Wednesday 13 June 2018

Grand Sword


Theme music of Kenta Kobashi, composed in 1998 by Osamu Suzuki.

Kenta Kobashi first used the theme on June 12th 1998 in All Japan when he won the Triple Crown for the second time.
There are four versions.

"Big Match Version"
Slow version of "GRAND SWORD", which he used for his entire All Japan run.

"Version III"
A mix of theme song "Burning". This theme was used early on in Noah during the match against Jun Akiyama for the inaugural show.

"NOAH Version"
This was first used in 2001 and combined the "Big Match Version", it has been rarely used since 2001.

"Full Version"
Kenta Kobashi used this for his return in February 2002 until the GHC Heavyweight match against Mitsuharu Misawa in March 2003, and then again on July 18th 2005 against Kensuke Sasaki. This theme was only used for big matches.

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