No Fear (professional wrestling)

No Fear
Tag team
Members Takao Omori
Yoshihiro Takayama
Name(s) No Fear
Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama[1]
Heights 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)- Omori[2]
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)- Takayama[3]
Combined
weight		 235 kilograms (518 lb)
Debut 1998[1]
Disbanded 2002[1]
Promotions AJPW
Noah

No Fear was a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama. During their history, the team competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (1998-2000)

No Fear formed in All Japan Pro Wrestling in the fall of 1998 as a subset of the "Triangle of Power" stable led by Gary Albright. The first highlight for the team was participating in the 1998 World's Strongest Tag Determination League but they ended up finishing in last place with 2 points.[4] A few months later they teamed with Hiroshi Hase in a one night six-man tag team tournament where they made it to the semi-finals before losing to Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa, and Masahito Kakihara.[5] After Albright left them, Omori and Takayama began slowly moving up the ranks over the next few months. No Fear won their first title on June 4, 1999 when they defeated Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship.[6][7] One month later, on July 23, No Fear defeated Johnny Ace and Bart Gunn to win the World Tag Team Championship[8][9] thus giving the team a monopoly on the All Japan tag team division. On August 25, 1999, No Fear lost both tag titles to Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion: Mitsuharu Misawa and World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Yoshinari Ogawa.[9]

Three months later, on October 30, 1999, No Fear challenged Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama for the World Tag Team Championship but lost.[10] After that, they entered the 1999 World's Strongest Tag Determination League where they finished in 6th place with 4 points.[4] On June 9, 2000, No Fear entered a tournament for the vacated World Tag Team Championship. They defeated Misawa and Ogawa in the semi-finals but lost to The Holy Demon Army in the finals.[11] Shortly afterwards, Misawa left All Japan to form Pro Wrestling Noah, No Fear (along with the majority of the native roster) left All Japan and followed Misawa to Noah.

Pro Wrestling Noah( 2000-2002)

No Fear debuted at Noah's first show on August 5, 2000 as they teamed with Satoru Asako in a six man tag losing to Yoshinari Ogawa, Masahito Kakihara, & Daisuke Ikeda.[12] A year later, Noah eventually started a tag team division and on December 9, 2001, No Fear defeated Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa to win the GHC Tag Team Championship.[13][14] The team would hold the titles for 2 months before losing them to Takeshi Morishima and Takeshi Rikio on February 17, 2002.[13] No Fear eventually broke up in spring 2002 when both Omori and Takayama left Noah.

In Wrestling

Takao Omori's finishing moves

Yoshihiro Takayama's finishing moves

Entrance themes

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  2. ↑ "Purolove.Com". Purolove.Com. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  3. ↑ "Purolove.Com". Purolove.Com. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  4. 1 2 "Wrestling Information Archive - All-Japan Real World Tag League". 100megsfree4.com. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  5. ↑ "CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  6. ↑ "All Asia Tag Team Championship". Puroresucentral.com. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  7. ↑ "All Asia Tag Team Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  8. ↑ "All Japan World Tag Team Championship". Puroresucentral.com. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  9. 1 2 "World Tag Team Title (All Japan Pro-Wrestling)". Wrestling-titles.com. 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  10. ↑ "Purolove.Com". Purolove.Com. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  11. ↑ "Pro Wrestling History". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  12. ↑ "Pro Wrestling History". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  13. 1 2 "GHC Tag Team Championship". Puroresucentral.com. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  14. ↑ "GHC Tag Team Title". Wrestling-titles.com. 2011-06-18. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

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