(NOAH) October 2007, World Junior fight, Nakajima vs Silver King

Tokyo Sports
May 13th 

Noah's GHC tag champion, Katsuhiko Nakajima (31) swore to defend the belt on the 12th for the veteran now in heaven.

In their second defense on June 13 (Edion Arena, Osaka Stadium 2), the champion team of Go Shiozaki (37), will confront the enemies, Takashi Sugiura (48) and KAZMA SAKAMOTO (36).
On the day of the pre-match, the news arrived before the Saitama event. The official WWE site announced that the legendary Mexican, Silver King, had died at the age of 51. According to the foreign media, the cause of death was a heart attack while he was wrestling in London, England.

Nakajima recalls, "He would return attacks in an unexpected form, I was surprised that there was such a way."
At that time, although he had a belt, he was still a teenager, "I was inexperienced as a wrestler, and I learned a lot through that match".
Nakajima looks back on him as having a deep connection.

In October 2007, when he was the All Japan World Heavyweight champion, King's challenge went to a no contest match. In the rematch in March the following year he lost and dropped the belt.
Nakajima says of the death of the benefactor who taught him the intensity of wrestling, Nakajima says "I cannot lose for King. I am looking ahead, and and do not want to lose the belt."
In the pre-match with Sugiura, Ohara was sunk with the vertical spike, which gave a boost to the championship match.

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