(NOAH) The scene of pro-wrestling Vol.23 ~ The wish for the soul that inherits the light of the emerald green.

Puroresu Today

Translated from an article by Taiki Enomoto

On the 25th November, Pro Wrestling Noah held the Global League final at Korakuen Hall, with the wrestlers who won, Kaito Kiyomiya and Naomichi Marufuji. It was to be a clash between Noah's "absolute existence" and the "young athlete of the future". I thought this was a wonderful card. 

However, just before, an accident happened and Naomichi Marufuji was diagnosed with a left shoulder contusion and left thigh muscle rupture.

In order to decide the new wrestlers who would complete in the finals, Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kohei Sato it was decided that they would compete in a three way match.

It was Katsuhiko Nakajima who grabbed the opportunity. 

Although the cards had been changed because of bad luck; I think for Noah's future, that it became a really good match in that sense, and in my view, Kiyomiya fought very hard against the perfect construction that is Katsuhiko Nakajima. He fought well, especially when in a groggy state against the homicidal kicking attacks; Kiyomiya returned these with extraordinary ones of his own.

The chicken wing face lock left a big impression. It is a technique that he admires that was Mitsuharu Misawa's, and it is a technique that he is professing. It is a reminder of how good Misawa was at the face look, while adding to the original flavor of Kaito Kiyomiya. Then there was the deadly Tiger Suplex that erupted in fire as it took the grand three counts.

Kiyomiya had first defeated the enemy, Nakajima, and won "Global League" for the first time. With great enthusiasm, he will challenge the champion, Takashi Sugiura, with that momentum. Kiyomiya has a sunny type of energy, and I feel that he has a sincerity in pro wrestling. More than anything else, his Noah growth is amazing, and I feel significance at his rushing up. 

I hope he will shine further as a new star. He is one of the wrestlers I want to be photographed with one day.

Link to original article by Taiki Enomoto at Proresu Today (in Japanese)

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