(NOAH) Shiozaki's first clash with beast Fujita

21st October 2019
Tokyo Sports

The former GHC Heavyweight champion Go Shiozaki (37) collided with the former IWGP Heavyweight champion Kazuyuki "Beast" Fujita (49) at Noah's Korakuen Hall event on the 20th.
In combination with Shuhei Taniguchi (43), Shiozaki faced the tag team of Fujita and Takashi Sugiura (49).

Before the match, Fujita said "I can't really see what I want to do with Noah. Because I am an outsider, Noah has to be a clincher, but for now I am just a member of The Sugiura Army."
As it happened at the Sumo Hall event on November 2nd, Taniguchi started with a slap to Fujita. Naturally, the focus was on Fujita and Taniguchi, but it was different when the match started and and Shiozaki fired strong chops at Fujita. With this "baptism" of Noah, he was struck with a sense of rivalry.

At the end of the match, Fujita finished Taniguchi with a sleeper hold, but after the match Shiozaki said, "If its over. Ask Taniguchi". Sensing something, he vanished into the waiting room.

At Sumo Hall, he and Katsuhiko Nakajima (31) will make their third defense of the GHC Tag Championship against the "rebel army" Kongoh's Masa Kitamiya (30) and Yoshiki Inamura (26).
Shiozaki said, "Rather than being defeated, I don't feel like losing. We will wrap them in love"
How will this change in the future after receiving first contact with The Beast? Attention is likely to gather.

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