(NOAH CHRONOLOGY) RATELS (HAYATA & YO-HEY) ~ GHC JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TAG CHAMPIONSHIP

Won: 29th March 2020, "Noah The Chronicle Vol.2"
Number of title reigns: 1 (both), this is their 2nd 
Number of defenses: 0
Lost: "Sugiura vs Nakajima", 9th May 2020
Total number of days held: 42

HAYATA & YO-HEY won the GHC Junior Tag Heavyweight titles after defeating STINGER (Atsushi Kotoge & Kotaro Suzuki) via HAYATA with the Headache after 22 minutes and 34 seconds.

CHALLENGERS
1. The Sugiura Army (Hajime Ohara & Seike Yoshioka)
2. STINGER (Kotaro Suzuki & Yoshinari Ogawa)

VS THE SUGIURA ARMY (Hajime Ohara & Seike Yoshioka)
On the championship night of Global Tag League on the 18th April, YO-HEY in usual fashion decided to wear the belt slung over one shoulder and wrapped around his chest (he also did "GETZ" to an empty arena), HAYATA carried his tag belt.

Hajime Ohara and NOSAWA Rongai appeared, parted and stood aside, so that the new member of The Sugiura Army could make his entry. The new member was Seiki Yoshioka, who was most recently from the now defunct Wrestle-1, and a member of CIMA'S Strong Hearts stable. He is also well known to both HAYATA & YO-HEY (although HAYATA probably more than YO-HEY), and that showed today in this typically fast paced junior match as he was not only able to match them in terms of speed and technique, but at times he was also able to outwit them. Yoshioka had a big grin on his face, which will probably make him the Nakajima of the division, but its incredible as to how well he fitted in to Noah after just one match. He also got the win over YO-HEY with the crash driver after 12 minutes and 41 seconds.

After the match Hajime Ohara spoke, he and Seiki Yoshioka were laying down a challenge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight titles. Ignoring Ohara, YO-HEY said on his TWITTER that he Yoshioka would get to know "the married couple love".

With all the uncertainty surrounding the title match due and Noah shows due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Noah announced on the day that the GHC Junior Tag Titles would be defended on the 19th April at "Noah The Chronicle" as part of their "surprise card" match up.

As Seiki Yoshioka was an old friend of HAYATA'S, the two started the match off today. Yoshioka knows HAYATA very well. When it was YO-HEY'S turn to get into the ring it turned into a kind of crazy ballet dance until Yoshioka tired of this and bought him down to the mat. However, YO-HEY was not finished with him as he taunted him when Ohara was tagged in. Ohara and Yoshioka compliment each, Ohara has the technicality which Yoshioka does not have (and that is not to say that he lacks it, its just not on the same level), and Yoshioka has the speed and lucha style that Ohara does not have.

Very close three counts in the match with Ohara working on grounding RATELS, and Yoshioka countering their highflying moves. By the end of the match HAYATA had his "I've had enough" face on, but it was YO-HEY who got the win via Super Face G on Yoshioka.

VS STINGER (Kotaro Suzuki & Yoshinari Ogawa)
After the GHC Junior Heavyweight match, Kotaro Suzuki was presented with the title, and while Yoshinari Ogawa sat slumped in a corner, Kotaro laid the belt on the floor, and then spoke on the microphone. He said he knew how cheeky he sounded, but would Ogawa help him realize his dream for being a double crown champion? Would he team with him to challenge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight titles?

Then YO-HEY & HAYATA came to the ring. It took YO-HEY (who is used to squabbles with fellow unit members, although because of STINGER, RATELS had one of their worse and serious squabbles), to get them back together by asking them how they were going to work as a team if they didn't trust each other? They saw the wisdom in what YO-HEY was saying, and shook hands and got back together. RATELS accepted the title challenge, with HAYATA actually saying more than one or two words in response, although this was probably because it was an empty arena and he wasn't being stared at, and said "Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki, next". The match was announced to take place on 9th May 2020 at "Sugiura vs Nakajima"

All started as normal, HAYATA against Suzuki, YO-HEY against Ogawa (with no crazy lock up from YO-HEY, although I don't think YO-HEY would dare), and the usual torture by STINGER using the ring post. Fast tags between the two of them, which you don't see YO-HEY & HAYATA do, and because the two teams know each other so well, STINGER were able to wriggle out so to speak.

Then HAYATA turned on YO-HEY, kicking him to break up the pin.
YO-HEY turned around like he couldn't believe it.
The sad thing was that when he betrayed RATELS for STINGER, he had hesitated before kicking HAYATA in the face. HAYATA had had no such qualms. During this moment of fans looking on stunned, Harada and Tadasuke storming the ring, and YO-HEY mentally dividing up mutual property, Ogawa decided to kick the ref, so the match went no contest.

With YO-HEY in shock, Harada fighting STINGER, it was Tadasuke who was the most angry as he attacked HAYATA. HAYATA afterwards unusually spoke on the microphone, but only to return the tag belt which he left in the ring ("Belt...give up"). As HAYATA left with STINGER, Tadasuke took the microphone up and shrieked that he and YO-HEY would challenge Ogawa and HAYATA for the belts and asking HAYATA why he had done this and to "explain everything".

The title match has been set for the 10th May 2020. Tadasuke had a huge tantrum as they left the ring, slamming each of the iron guardrails.

Backstage when their heads were calmer, YO-HEY said he would never forgive HAYATA and that they were now divorced (he called him "Wife" one last time and himself "Husband"), Daisuke Harada has sworn vengeance, and dissolved RATELS by taking his shirt off and laying it on the floor. Tadasuke says RATELS are four people, not three.

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