"After all, it's breathtaking..." Kenta Kobashi talks scathingly with affection for junior Masao Inoue.
17th June 2020
Noah "GO FORWARD Day 1"was an empty arena event, which was broadcast on June 14th with double commentary by Kuniko Yamada, a talented actress, who was a close relation with the wrestlers as a "Noah expert" entertainer, and Kenta Kobashi, which gave rise to an exciting double commentary. Attention was drawn to the sharp and accurate commentary of legend Kobashi, who was enthusiastic about the "new challenge" of his first remote commentary experience.
There was laughter especially at the 50 yar old veteran, Masao Inoue, who challenged Katsuhiko Nakajima for the GHC National Championship. The title match happened when Inoue came forward after hearing Nakajima's words "I will accept anyone's challenge".
For Kobashi, Inoue is a junior who has been with Noah since the start, however as the name "Gowan commentary" suggests, he often made a series of comments which were sometimes harsh and sometimes full of love.
Nakajima is flying high and in perfect shape, but for Inoue there were many voices of concern about his challenge with fans saying, "It is going to end in a second", "Nakajima, gentle" and "I wonder if it will be eight minutes..."
However, the champion, Nakajima, is wary of the "somehow unpleasant opponent", not only for his unique evasiveness, but also for the popular name of "MASAO WORLD" that will pull him in.
Yamada asked, "Mr Kobashi, is Inoue okay?", to which Kobashi replied "I don't think he is okay." However, earlier in the match when Nakajima (who is eighteen years younger), hit the back of Inoue's head he complained, "He is rude to older people."
Kobashi watched his junior from beginning to end and said, "Inoue has solid basics, that is "MASAO WORLD", so I want you to show the solid part. I want you to draw the courage to challenge Nakajima, who is the champion who beat Takashi Sugiura".
Immediately after this encouragement, Inoue pushed Nakajima off the ring apron, and aimed for a count out victory.
After that, the breathtaking Masao World exploded.
Kobashi referred to a move where by Inoue slips from the corner post, by saying "This is Masao's invitation", pointing out the fear that Inoue is here aiming for a one-time reversal while being attacked.
During the broadcast, Kobashi said "Masao used to be Jumbo Tsuruta's attendant, and was of an orthodox school. I sincerely wonder what happened..."
When Inoue started picking up the pace as he started to meet expectations, he shouted "OK, this is the end!". Kobashi responded with a laugh and said, "It's never the case that its over...". Laughter came from the commentary team at the random comment.
In the second half of the match, Inoue drove Nakajima one step further with the Argentine Backbreaker, but he lost the match due to a rough ending in which the referee called a stop to the match, when he fainted after a sleeper hold.
Fans, who had expected a catastrophic loss commented, "Masao had a good match", "Masao was good", "I will cry...it was his best effort". There were many moving comments.
In addition, to his 50 year old junior, who had a spectacular battle and was now spread out, Kobashi (who had been scathing from beginning to end) said, "You saw Masao's hard work. It's a shame that he didn't win the title, but I want him to try again."
Picture credits: Yahoo Japan\ABEMA Times
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