Mitsuharu Misawa: The Supreme Triple Crown Champion
Translated from the book by Kagehiro Osano (Former editor-in-chief of Weekly Gong) Childhood, amateur wrestling, Tiger Mask II, the Super Generation Army, the Triple Crown Champion, the Four Heavenly Kings of Pro Wrestling...the adolescence of a man who devoted himself to professional wrestling! INTRODUCTION "The Eternal Strongest Champion Jumbo Tsuruta," published in May 2025, was a new and direct challenge for me, who, as a former reporter for All Japan Pro Wrestling in Weekly Gong, had not been able to effectively convey the wrestler, Jumbo Tsuruta. The book was published twenty years after his passing, but it has been read by far more people than I had imagined, and the overwhelming response has not only helped me to reaffirm the greatness of Jumbo Tsuruta as a professional wrestler, but also served as a memorial for him. This time, I'm working on Misawa Mitsuharu. He was one year younger than me, and unlike Tsuruta, he joined All Japan Pro Wrestling the year after...
