(NOAH) Harada "RATELS" generation change of junior championship

27th March 2020
Tokyo Sports

Daisuke Harada (33), the leader of Noah's unit "RATELS", has pledged another generation change.

Yoshitatsu (42) of All Japan who will be at Korakuen Hall on Wednesday, is worried about the spread of the new Coronavirus hitting the world. In March of last year, he won the Corona Premier Intercontinental Championship of UCE Wrestling, a promotion in Hawaii, which is owned by a cousin of The Rock, Dwayne Johnson (47) and is still champion. Coincidentally, the belt has the same name as the virus that is causing the pandemic, "Corona" which means "crown" in Greek. Of course, the title itself is not to blame.
He still enters with the belt, but he is careful as to how he handles it, "Conversely, if you don't enter with the belt then it looks strange and will attract attention...it's a completely different "Corona", but because the names are the same, its hard to say." He is sensitive about the topic, and the fact that he does not speak of it in the comments, is a sign of consideration. He added in a quiet voice about his intentions, "Until the Coronavirus is over, I am thinking of self restraint, including a title match".
While "locking down" the championship, he will be looking for a new medal. On April 6th, the Spring Festival the "Champion Carnival" (CC) begins. Aiming for his first victory in A-BLOCK, "World Famous" says, "I am excited because this is my first year as a CC member. It's an important league match".

Daisuke Harada will challenge the GHC Junior Heavyweight champion, Yoshinari Ogawa (53) at Noah's Korakuen event. Earlier in the year in January, the veterans have monopolized the GHC championships with Ogawa taking the belt, Takashi Sugiura defending the National and the combination of Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki of DragonGate taking the tag titles.
Harada feels a sense of crisis in this situation, "It is frustrating, and I can't keep quiet about it. At last in our early 30s when we thought that our time had come, the clock hands were quickly reversed in two days." Intensely he added, "I will take it one go."

HAYATA (32) and YO-HEY (32) of the same unit, will challenge the junior tag champions Kotaro Suzuki (41) and Atsushi Kotoge (34) at the event on the 29th. Harada, who is convinced that the junior championships will be taken over by RATELS said, "We cannot help but decorate the 20th anniversary of Noah with RATELS. RATELS will monopolize the belts and become the stars of the 20th anniversary event (August 4th & 5th Korakuen). We will keep going, right until the end of 2020!"
Regarding the first empty arena event he says, "I will just do the same wrestling as always. In my previous promotion (Osaka Pro), there was an event with 8 spectators. Because I have experienced that, it does not matter how many people, even at the Budokan it could be 0 to 8. It doesn't change what I am going to do, it will be the same".

He will engrave a new chapter in the history of the juniors.

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