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Akira Taue

Birthdate: May 8th, 1951
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 242 lbs.
Debut: January 2nd, 1988
Background: Trained by Giant Baba
Promotion History: All Japan (1988 to 2000) and NOAH (2000 to present)
Alliances: None
Ring Attire: Red trunks
Card Position: Upper Mid-Card
Major Tournaments Won: Champion Carnival (1996) and the Real World Tag League (1996 and 1997)
Championship History: Triple Crown, All Asia Tag Team Championship, All Japan World Tag Team Championship, and the GHC Heavyweight Championship
Current Title Held: None

Biggest Matches:
- March 4, 1992 with Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Terry Gordy and Steve Williams (title win)
- April 20th, 1996 vs. Steve Williams (tournament win)
- May 24th, 1996 vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (title win)
- December 6th, 1996 with Kawada vs. Misawa and Jun Akiyama (tournament win)
- November 5th, 2005 vs. Takeshi Rikio (title win)

Pictures:
- Taue with the big boot
- Taue with a chokeslam
- Another big boot by Taue
- With the GHC Heavyweight Championship
- Taue hits the Nodowa Otoshi

Signature Moves:
- Dynamic Bomb
- German Suplex, Release
- Ore Ga Taue (HQ)
- Nodowa Otoshi
- Tope Suicida

Super Signature Moves:
- Nodowa Otoshi from the Top Turnbuckle
- Nodowa Otoshi off the Apron
- Nodowa Otoshi on the Bare Floor
- Nodowa Otoshi on the Ramp
- Ore Ga Taue from the Apron

Big Match Moves (rarely used):
- Chichibu Cement Brainbuster
- Hurricanrana
- STF
- Tsukuba Makiwari

Old School Signature Moves:
- Dropkick
- Japanese Drop

Special High Quality Videos:
- Akira Taue wins his first Triple Crown Championship on 5/24/96

Matches:
- Akira Taue debuts (with Giant Baba) against Buddy Landel and Paul Harris on 1/2/88

2005 Recap:
Akira Taue is a unique wrestler, but one with a great fan following. Under normal NOAH format, Taue wrestled in mid-card to upper mid-card tag matches for much of the year, rarely getting pinned. After getting a key pinfall victory over Akiyama on September 18th, Taue was set to face Rikio for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. To the shock of many, he won the belt on November 5th, winning with the Ore Ga Taue. Taue successfully defended the title a month later against Morishima, and ended 2005 as the top man in NOAH.

2006 Recap:
Taue would lose the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Jun Akiyama in January, having only successfully defended the title once. In March, he would lose to Marufuji, a huge upset as Marufuji was still regarded as a Jr. Heavyweight by most (although by the end of the year Marufuji had grown quite a bit). Taue mostly wrestles in tag matches but in general he fairs well as he wasn't pinned after his defeat to Marufuji. In the Tag Team Tournament held in the fall, Taue teamed with SUWA. They reached the semi-finals, but lost to Yoshihiro Takayama and Takuma Sano.

2007 Recap:
One of the most popular wrestlers in NOAH, Taue continued to have success in 2007. He pinned Makoto Hashi at the first Budokan event in January, starting the year off well. On July 15th he got another chance to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship from Misawa, but Misawa would come out the victor. The only other times in 2007 he was pinned was twice by Sano. In the GHC Tag Team Title League he teamed with Shiosaki, but the pair wouldn't pick up any victories.

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