(NOAH) Kenoh defeats Sugiura and wins "N-1". 2nd November GHC Championship challenge at Sumo Hall

East Sports Web
17th September 2019

The "N-1 Victory 2019" championship match was held at the Osaka Edion 1st Arena, where after a fierce battle of more than 28 minutes, Kenoh (34) defeated King Shame, Takashi Sugiura (49).
After winning the first memorable tournament, Kenoh won the right to challenge the GHC Heavyweight champion, Kaito Kiyomiya (23) at Sumo Hall on November 2nd.

In the fierce battle where the fight went backwards and forwards, after eight minutes, Kenoh got a head start with a diving foot stamp to the outside.
Enduring Sugiura's intense face kick, he went to win victory with the modified falcon arrow. Sugiura, went for the face lock with the expression of a demon. From then on, they aimed elbows and kicks to the face as the match continued. However, after more than 20 minutes, Sugiura demonstrated superhuman toughness. Catching Kenoh's kicking leg he went to hit the Olympic qualifying rounds repeatedly, and changed the flow of the match with the front neck lock again.
However, at the end Kenoh finished with an intense kick to the head, and the somersault diving foor stamp.

After the match, the champion who had won the semi final dream match, got in the ring, and declared he would fight against Kenoh.

Kenoh, who has carved his name in history after winning the first strongest league of the new Noah said, "I won against Takashi Sugiura who has outstanding ability and presence at Noah. It's not just taking the belt in the main at Sumo Hall. I will fill it up. YOU and Noah's fucking fans will see a new view!"
He is determined to smash the era of the young Kiyomiya, and bring a new landscape to Noah.

Link to original article from Yahoo Japan (in Japanese)
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