(NOAH) "No interaction is better for both promotions" Kenoh declares his refusal to participate in the "CyberFight Festival" on the June 6th Super Arena event!

23rd April 2021
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Noah's Kenoh has announced that he will refuse to participate in the "CyberFight Festival 2021" event on the 6th June at the Saitama Super Arena.

Kenoh has been complaining about the current President, Sanshiro Takagi, even before Noah merged with DDT to establish "CyberFight Co., Ltd" in July of last year. Recently, he has avoided professing it, but when it was announced on February 26th of this year that Noah & DDT would hold a joint festival with their other three groups, "CyberFight Festival 2021", he had something to say when it was announced, but "I didn't mention that topic at all".

However, when DDT decorated the front cover of the April 14th issue of "Weekly Pro", and the back cover was "CyberFight Festival 2021", he said his anger exploded with "I've finally run out of patience."
Kenoh's reason for criticizing the holding of "CyberFight Festival 2021" is that "I don't want Noah and DDT to line up. I don't want to be together." Kenoh's provocative words continued, "In the first place, is it really necessary to hold a festival event with CyberFight? Because it's so easy to get promotions to fight against each other, you don't need to put it together, "because it's a festival." The idea is too cheap. To Noah, the most important is the way of wrestling, don't interfere with that. It's all about rivalry and crushing promotions, and various companies come to mind because they are fighting against each other, but none of them come to mind because they are doing it for co-existence and co-prosperity. You can see why the rivalry between New Japan and UWF International was so interesting. If I really wanted to plan an event like a rock festival, then I would have Noah be on different day from DDT in a system of two consecutive events without a rivalry."

Kenoh has analyzed that Takagi's "CyberFight Festival 2021", is because he has a strong feeling for his promotion, that is DDT, which is behind the decision to launch it. Right now, his denunciation does not stop at one of the key figures, who was responsible for Noah's breakthrough. 
"Noah has gained momentum since entering CyberGroup. He's jealous of it. I wonder if he thinks about giving it back to DDT a little. As the President of a pro wrestling promotion, he has no sense of smell. I guess he has forcibly convinced everyone, but Sanshiro Takagi should recognize that he is "The Emperor with New Clothes*" 

Kenoh wrestled a six man tag match with Takagi at DDT'S "WRESTLE PETER PAN 2020 DAY 1" on June 6th last year. After that match, Takagi said, "Noah and DDT are altogether different. If you find it so difficult, then don't do it." Kenoh bought up what was said in the ring saying, "He should have realised that it no interaction is better for both promotions that Noah and DDT do not interact. It has been less than a year since then, and before he knew what he did, he took back what he just said that he wouldn't do. That's why everyone hates you. Also, because what he said in the ring is treated so lightly, DDT is said to have light pro wrestling. He is deadly as a President, he has no sense of responsibility in anything."

Not just speaking negatively, Kenoh also said "DDT has pro wrestling that only DDT can do." On December 27th last year, Jun Akiyama, who's origin is in All Japan and was the ace in the early days of Noah, won the "D King GRAND PRIX 2021". By defeating Tetsuya Endo on February 14th of this year, the "color" of the promotion has changed, such as becoming the KO-D Indiscriminate Champion, and becoming the head coach. Kenoh commented about the situation, "Actually, I wanted Danshoku Dino to defeat Jun Akiyama for the KO-D Openweight Championship. The reason for this is that I thought that if Dino wins, then he would return DDT to the entertainment route where it as its most appealing. Jun Akiyama is now the head coach and is on the "main road" route. It's shifting gears, but it's not right. But what is going to happen when it is brought together? Since both promotions are under the same group, it's wise for DDT to pursue the entertainment route, and leaving Noah to take the "original way". It's not necessary to compete in the same vector as Noah." 

In a final conclusion, Kenoh declared, "I will never attend the CyberFight Festival." However, on April 22nd, Takagi said on Twitter, "When the wrestlers, the company employees and all the staff are working together to make the CyberFight Festival a success, it's selfish to say "I will never appear at a CyberFight festival." You don't want to do it? Is that your belief? I can only say it's a shame". 

For the "CyberFight Festival 2021", the difference in opinion continuing from the difference in view of pro wrestling last year between Kenoh and Takagi, has been revealed once again.

*I.e. He is surrounded by yes-men, who will tell him what he wants to hear no matter what it is, just the tale of the Emperor in "The Emperor's New Clothes". 

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