(NOAH) POST MATCH INTERVIEWS: "That day will never be forgotten" ~ Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial (13th June 2021)

HAJIME OHARA & JUNTA MIYAWAKI

OHARA: As you can see, we lost our match. However Junta, I think you are getting better and better, and I think that you have been able to create the chance to win. We have just begun to tag and so from now I we will co-operate more and more. I will teach you the secrets of Jave* even further, and make your submissions even more MuiBien, and then we will be even more MuiBien.

MIYAWAKI: Shit!!

*Lucha Libre joint techniques

GREAT MUTA

"Gwaaaaaa!! I wanna kill KENOH! Kenoh, I will kill you. I want to see your blood. I will kill you."

KENOH

"Great Muta!! I will do it!"

KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMA

NAKAJIMA: Just like I said in the ring, words have no significance without might. Wasn't that so today? I understand my position and speak accordingly. 

Q: Is this your first experience in a cage? 

NAKAJIMA: That's right. There is no other way, right? I'm looking forward to it. It's my ring, anything goes.

Q: How will you get the victory?

NAKAJIMA: As I said earlier, I will win by breaking his rotten head. By the way, was it the high kick*, the reason why he hates me again? Next is his turn, right? 

  

*Nakajima accidentally caught Kitamiya in the face.

NOSAWA RONGAI, IKUTO HIDAKA, EITA

NOSAWA: Hey, I bet no one thought that Eita would join our team?! This is also shared...thanks to Perro Aguayo Jnr in heaven. I wonder if I could return the favor a little. Eita and I together, our roots are originally in Mexico. Well, recently I didn't have his contact details. But how about the "new Noah Junior", aren't we the new Noah Junior? Was that the Noah Junior match in Saitama the other day? Ah? How should I apologize to CyberAgent's officers? STINGER they are silence is golden? Shit...I'm crazy about the war from today. Well, it's a long story, but please listen. 

EITA: I'll be brief (laughs) Because I talked in the ring. Like I said in the ring, Noah Jnr...wow, pathetic! I am not satisfied. It was far different from what I imagined, I thought it would be amazing. Well, today I was surrounded by two seniors and had a match, but I didn't know...well actually I was nervous!! I don't really understand the rules! But I am here. At the time I came in I didn't care, but now, the Noah Juniors I am going to throw into chaos more and more, and anyone who is idle about it I am going to dismiss. 

NOSAWA (leaves while saying): I'll be careful too...

Q: What does R.E.D have to do with this? 

EITA: R.E.D and this are completely different. I was contacted by NOSAWA, who I have a connection with from Mexico, and so I couldn't refuse. But did you understand from watching the match today that this is not Eita, the leader of R.E.D in DragonGate, but Eita in Noah. 

Q: The champion is a wrestler called Kotoge

EITA: Kotoge? Who is that? The guy from this promotion? I knew him from Osaka Pro wrestling originally!! If outsiders are gathering, is there any problem with me entering the frame? There seems to be a rumble match? I heard it in the ring, and from NOSAWA after the match. If you win it, you can challenge the GHC Junior Champion. Sounds interesting. Well, I'm coming out...and that's how it is. I don't have to say it, right? That is how it is!!

MASAAKI MOCHIZUKI & MASATO TANAKA

MOCHIZUKI: Mutoh and Marufuji fought for the GHC and because of that there are more tags for me and Tanaka. As M's Alliance, we are the only ones who are active it feels like (laughs).

TANAKA: There is a high probability that we will work together

MOCHIZUKI: I have been working with Tanaka since ZERO1's tag league. We do it without any sense of unease, and so no matter what kind of card is assembled we will be undefeated as it is and I want to do this tag with the intention of being second to none. 

TANAKA: It's reassuring. Since we started working together in the M's alliance like this, there is a high probability that we will team up. Even when we tagged after a long time, it didn't feel like ages, and I have a feeling that it will become more amazing when the tags accumulate. 

MOCHIZUKI: If there is the opportunity, please. I don't know what will happen with the M's alliance, but we are the M's alliance, and we will do our best. 

MOHAMMED YONE & AKITOSHI SAITO

YONE: I think I got passion from Saito today

SAITO: Like when I fought Shiozaki last year (in June for the GHC) on this day (at Misawa's memorial event), at the end I often look up at the ceiling at the end. I believe "today is such a day"....I was trying to get conscious for a while, but when I looked up all the metal parts (of the lighting equipment), on the ceiling looked like M,M,M. I lost the match, but I felt like he was saying, "Go it again one more time". Last year I said "I will go forward", and this year I was able to join a good group and have a good circle of friends this year. From the Anti Wrestlers Association to Funky. In such difficult times, move forward cheerfully. But I'm scared, I want to head to being real funky, and in that manner with the help of my friends. Mohammed Yone, who has been here from the beginning of Noah, then Tanny and Masao. No matter how many times we lose or fall down, we know how to stand up. We have to...I will definitely show hope to everyone! Hey, Yone!

YONE: Yes! (they shake hands)

KAITO KIYOMIYA 

(Out of breath) "Ha ha ha...this is regrettable!! It's really regrettable!! Ha ha...but I really enjoyed wrestling today, thanks to Ogawa"

TAKASHI SUGIURA

Q: From the outset in Marufuji's first match as champion, you crushed him? 

SUGIURA: Yeah, I'm not complaining 

Q: While being the National Champion, you made your challenge? 

SUGIURA: I want two belts, after all the significance of the GHC is different, so I want it too. 

Q: You said it was because of Naomichi Marufuji

SUGIURA: That's true. The previous champion was the new student, (Keiji Mutoh), right? It wouldn't be so great to take the belt from the new student. After all, it is sweet to take the belt from Naomichi Marufuji who has returned to being Noah's face after putting it on for the first time in several years. I don't know what Maru thinks, but we don't know how many years each of us will be able to do this. I think it is important to have a situation where the both of us are champions and do it... 

Q: It was the Mitsuharu Misawa memorial? 

SUGIURA: There were various matches today. I think he was watching with peace of mind. 

Q: Do you have the feeling that you want to lead Noah to the forefront again? 

SUGIURA: Yeah. I will tell you from Naomichi Marufuji after I take the belt. 

DAISUKE HARADA

Q: Looking back on the match? 

HARADA: I wanted to take the three count from the singles champion, but as I expected, it wasn't easy. But next time it is the GHC Junior rumble, so I will come out, conquer and make real the GHC Junior Championship of "Atsushi Kotoge vs Daisuke Harada". 

Q: There seems to be a special feeling about tagging with Sugiura? 

HARADA: Yes, there is something special about working with Sugiura, and watching him I realized once again that I need to be stronger. But Sugiura will not be in the next match, it will be a rumble. Is NOSAWA Rongai bringing someone in today and trying to crush the Noah's Juniors again? I will nip that in the bud! Hey, NOSAWA! No matter who you bring in, I will stop everything you do. No matter who comes, I will win the next rumble.

NAOMICHI MARUFUJI & ATSUSHI KOTOGE

Q: What happened in your first match as GHC Heavyweight Champion? 

MARUFUJI: It's always the way with Takashi Sugiura. When I think he's on my side when something happens, he's suddenly standing inn front of me and trying to take the lead role. I lost today, but sooner or later I thought I had to work with Takashi Sugiura. It's okay. He is the perfect opponent to fight first, get the momentum and get the best start.

Q: It feels fateful that the two of you, who have been supporting Noah on the anniversary of Misawa's death, have been drawn together again. 

MARUFUJI: We wouldn't say that, but apart from that, isn't that what it means to be in these circumstances? It's true that the power of the young is growing, they have momentum, but is there momentum and a new view? You might want to show it but in the end it's not because something is lacking, in the end after all it is we who have the belts who are the champions, that is why we will let you run swiftly. 

Q: Sugiura is also the National Champion? 

MARUFUJI: Oh, I'm all about this belt (GHC Heavyweight), which I took from Keiji Mutoh. I want to concentrate on this belt, and for now I have no intention of challenging for the red belt. The challenge was made today, and there is no such thing as "Yours too" just because I lost. If I won I might have said "I will do it for your belt too", but I lost. So I am not going to challenge as I am focused on this belt, which I am going to wear. 

Q: Kotoge, how are you looking back on the match? 

KOTOGE: It's special, isn't it? But maybe I am only thinking about the surroundings. I think Marufuji is a symbol of the current Noah, Sugiura is a symbol of Noah's strength and I think Harada is a symbol of the strength of the Noah Juniors. I want to work together to create the Noah Juniors with him but without any conflict, and I want to have a match like today to create the Noah Juniors. So, in order to create the Noah Juniors, I am preparing for rumble battle and the next challenger decision, so I am refraining from being challenged and just fulfilling my mission as the Noah Junior champion. 

Q: Eita, who appeared today, seemed to be aiming for that belt too? 

KOTOGE: I saw the match, and I think he is a strong man, but I don't think the Noah Juniors are so weak. I think everyone is really individual, and so it won't be that easy, and no matter who comes I will do it properly.

MARUFUJI: Let's both do our best

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