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==Production==
 
==Production==
 
===Background===
 
===Background===
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In January 1999, [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] (AJPW) founder and promoter [[Giant Baba]] died, leaving the company in the hands of his widow Motoko Baba as owner and AJPW top star [[Mitsuharu Misawa]] as president. However, disheartened with Motoko Baba's proposed direction for the company following disputes over management of the company, Misawa departed the promotion on May 28, 2000, to form a new promotion called [[Pro Wrestling Noah]]. All but two native stars ([[Masanobu Fuchi]] and [[Toshiaki Kawada]]) and two gaijin ([[Stan Hansen]] and [[Maunakea Mossman]]) followed Misawa. On June 16, 2000, 24 out of the 26 contracted native wrestlers for All Japan were led by Misawa for a press conference, where it was announced that they would be leaving the promotion; more than 100 reporters and photographers attended, and Misawa expressed his wish for the promotion to debut in August, with the Differ Ariake being the site of the unnamed promotion's debut. On June 21, 2000, Misawa was interviewed in Tokyo, where he announced that he and the other wrestlers leaving to form NOAH would compete on four of the sixteen shows in All Japan's Summer Action Series 2000 tour, which began on July 1 and finished on July 23 . 
   
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On June 19, 2000, it was confirmed (at a press conference at All-Japan's dojo held by Toshiaki Kawada and Masanobu Fuchi) that NTV has decided to discontinue broadcasting All Japan Pro Wrestling after 27 years. On June 20, twelve All Japan office employees resigned from their positions with the promotion, with intentions to follow Misawa to Noah. NTV also announced that they will carry weekly tapings of Misawa's Noah promotion, with the title of the program being called "Colosseo." Noah took All Japan's 30-minute timeslot on Sundays at midnight. On June 28, 2000, Misawa formally announced at a press conference that Pro Wrestling NOAH would debut with two consecutive shows being Departure (signaling Misawa and the contracted talents departure of the promotion) in Differ Ariake on August 5 and 6 in Tokyo.
===Storylines===
 
The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
 
   
 
==Event==
 
==Event==

Revision as of 19:35, 23 April 2020

Departure was a two-day the inaugural professional wrestling event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). It took place at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan in August 5, and 6, 2000. It was also the inaugural Departure held by the promotion.

The first night of the show was headlined by Jun Akiyama and Kenta Kobashi against Akira Taue and Mitsuharu Misawa. The second night of the show was headlined by Jun Akiyama against his partner Kenta Kobashi. Both nights were broadcasted live on Nippon TV as a pay-per-view (PPV).

The event marked Noah's first pay-per-view event after the mass exodus that happened in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) two months earlier.

Production

Background

In January 1999, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) founder and promoter Giant Baba died, leaving the company in the hands of his widow Motoko Baba as owner and AJPW top star Mitsuharu Misawa as president. However, disheartened with Motoko Baba's proposed direction for the company following disputes over management of the company, Misawa departed the promotion on May 28, 2000, to form a new promotion called Pro Wrestling Noah. All but two native stars (Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada) and two gaijin (Stan Hansen and Maunakea Mossman) followed Misawa. On June 16, 2000, 24 out of the 26 contracted native wrestlers for All Japan were led by Misawa for a press conference, where it was announced that they would be leaving the promotion; more than 100 reporters and photographers attended, and Misawa expressed his wish for the promotion to debut in August, with the Differ Ariake being the site of the unnamed promotion's debut. On June 21, 2000, Misawa was interviewed in Tokyo, where he announced that he and the other wrestlers leaving to form NOAH would compete on four of the sixteen shows in All Japan's Summer Action Series 2000 tour, which began on July 1 and finished on July 23 . 

On June 19, 2000, it was confirmed (at a press conference at All-Japan's dojo held by Toshiaki Kawada and Masanobu Fuchi) that NTV has decided to discontinue broadcasting All Japan Pro Wrestling after 27 years. On June 20, twelve All Japan office employees resigned from their positions with the promotion, with intentions to follow Misawa to Noah. NTV also announced that they will carry weekly tapings of Misawa's Noah promotion, with the title of the program being called "Colosseo." Noah took All Japan's 30-minute timeslot on Sundays at midnight. On June 28, 2000, Misawa formally announced at a press conference that Pro Wrestling NOAH would debut with two consecutive shows being Departure (signaling Misawa and the contracted talents departure of the promotion) in Differ Ariake on August 5 and 6 in Tokyo.

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators
Ring announcer
Referees
Interviewer

Preliminary matches

Main event

Aftermath

Results

Night 1

# Results Stipulations Times
1 Takeshi Morishima defeated Makoto Hashi Singles match 14:05
2 Haruka Eigen, Jun Izumida and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated Mitsuo Momota, Rusher Kimura and Takeshi Rikio Six-man tag team match 13:08
3 Kentaro Shiga and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Masao Inoue and Yoshinobu Kanemaru Tag Team match 19:30
4 Daisuke Ikeda, Masahito Kakihara and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated No Fear (Satoru Asako, Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama) Six-man tag team match 23:46
5 Jun Akiyama and Kenta Kobashi defeated Akira Taue and Mitsuharu Misawa Best 2-out-of-3 Falls tag team match 19:45
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • Videoicon – refers to the video of that match

Night 2

# Results Stipulations Times
1 Satoru Asako defeated Kenta Kobayashi Singles match 10:53
2 Makoto Hashi, Mitsuo Momota and Rusher Kimura defeated Haruka Eigen, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru Six-man tag team match 13:32
3 Masao Inoue and Takeshi Morishima defeated Naomichi Marufuji and Takeshi Rikio Tag team match 19:30
4 Akira Taue and Jun Izumida defeated No Fear (Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama) Tag Team match 15:08
5 Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Daisuke Ikeda and Kentaro Shiga Tag Team match 20:41
6 Jun Akiyama defeated Kenta Kobashi by referee stoppage Singles match 24:25
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • Videoicon – refers to the video of that match