(NOAH) Marufuji turns a minus into a plus with the resolution of wrestling.

23rd March 2020
Tokyo Sports

Noah's Genius, Naomichi Marufuji (40) has saved a crisis on the mat world. Noah had cancelled their events to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, and the shows resumed from Maebashi on the 21st. The discipline of the events (i.e. in keeping fans, roster and staff safe) will continue for about four weeks.
"I think everyone has something in their heart. Nevertheless, from the beginning, knowledge and prevention methods for viruses have spread throughout Japan. I think it's the biggest crisis in the industry, and when it comes to what professional wrestlers can do, there's only one answer."

Not only in Noah does the chaos continue, as Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki (50), who hold the GHC Tag championships, have had the DragonGate event cancelled. The Kobe event on the 22nd beforehand will be a no audience event.
The champions first defence, which was scheduled for May 5th at DragonGate has also been postphoned. Marufuji will enter Global Tag League in combination with Mochizuki (opens in Osaka on April 4th), he says "We are ready for the title defence there. So I realize that winning is a duty. There is no choice but to turn the minus into a plus with the help of professional wrestling."

At the Fuji event (22nd) he tagged with Minoru Tanaka (47), who will challenge the GHC National Champion, Takashi Sugiura (49) at the Korakuen Hall event on the 29th. They also tagged against the GHC Heavyweight champion Go Shiozaki (38) and Katsuhiko Nakajima (32). Using the Tiger King (two stage knee attack) on Go Shiozaki, Marufuji said "I felt the power of our fans".

The genius carries a big mission as he stands in the ring.

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Note: I have missed out Marufuji's speech about encouraging the fans as it doesn't translate well.