to counselor after Taue's promotion left Momota with no political power. Kobashi and Akiyama attempted to dissuade him, but Momota tendered his resignation to Taue on July 7. Momota's role was taken over by Haruka Eigen, and a power struggle for control of the company between Kobashi, who felt that the company should remain loyal to its talent, and Ryu Nakata, who believed cuts were necessary in Noah's financial state, ended in Nakata's favor. Eigen and Nakata were implicated in the Yakuza-related "black money" scandal whose fallout would affect Noah in 2012. Misawa's death caused several wrestling promotions to work toward a stronger approach to regulating professional wrestling in the country. On what would have been his 47th birthday, June 18, Hiroshi Hase organized a meeting towards this end with the heads of NJPW (Naoki Sugabayashi), AJPW (Keiji Mutoh), and Noah (business head Ryu Nakata) in attendance, as well as Yoshirō Mori, Kenshiro Matsunami, and Shinobu Kandori. While the unified regulating body favored by Mutoh did not come to exist, these talks did have some positive effects. Championships and accomplishments See also List of premature professional wrestling deaths Notes References Bibliography External links Puroresu.com: Mitsuharu Misawa 1962 births 2009 deaths Japanese male professional wrestlers Professional wrestling deaths Professional wrestling executives Sport deaths in Japan Sportspeople from Hokkaido GHC Heavyweight Champions GHC Tag Team Champions All Asia Tag Team Champions World Tag Team Champions (AJPW) Triple Crown Heavyweight Champions PWF World Tag Team Champions