(NOAH) "Overwhelming power vs Classic technique", Yoshiki Inamura and Kinya Okada, creating a famous match for Noah's future

9th July 2020

ABEMA TIMES\Yahoo.co.jp

Right now, apart from the title front, what is attracting the attention of Noah fans is the battle of the young rivals, Yoshiki Inamura and Kinya Okada. Both are heavyweight wrestlers who Noah have high hopes for. Born in the same year, their birthday is different by only one day, and their entry as trainees were synchronized. Their debut was supposed to be at the same time, but Okada's was delayed due to injury. It was none other than Inamura who served as the opponent at Okada's official debut a few months later.

Inamura is a larger power wrestler, but Okada's technique is far more orthodox. The single match on "NOAH'S NEW HOPE" that was broadcast on July 5th was also a conflict between their personalities. 

Okada has a the side suplex, and a backslide pin to prevent various arm attacks and bridging pins, with which he drives Inamura with a technique that can be called "classic". However, with just a single tackle, Inamura's strength lies in what he can do. Using the belly-to-belly, which throws the opponent behind was decided on, with the final with the Avalanche hold to Splash Mountain. Inamura outperformed him with "uniqueness". Inamura commented after the match, "The only classmate, it's not that he doesn't work hard, he can't keep up. I am the contemporary, so I will defeat him and run ahead."

However, it does seem that he has a special feeling for Okada. However, Okada's attack was also outstanding in the match and to the fans their response is that the gap is narrowing, so the story of the rivalry will become more intense in the future. 

At the first match of the Korakuen Hall event on July 18th when the "audience performance" starts, a singles match between Inamura and Okada has been formed. The fact that the matches have been made in such a short period of time and decorating the opener at Korakuen is also a sign of the expectations from the promotion. The fight between the two, who will penetrate to the top in the near future, will gain more attention. 

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Note: original title phrase was "singing a famous match" which means a match that is amazing no matter how many times it is done. The term comes from an old match between Tatsumi Fujinami and Riki Choshu.