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After leaving All Japan, on June 16, 2000, Misawa announced that 24 of the 26 All Japan roster members were leaving with him for this new company, with the first show in August. The name Pro Wrestling NOAH was revealed the next day, June 17

This came after the 1999 death of Giant Baba, AJPW owner and booker, and the ensuing fracture between Misawa, who was AJPW President and Baba’s widow Motoko, who owned most of the company.

NOAH reached the peak of its success in 2004 and 2005, but fell off. Misawa’s in-ring death in 2009 shook the company, but it perservered.