(CYBERFESTIVAL) Jun Akiyama "Great Gerontocracy" at full throttle! "Sermon" to Noah's Marufuji, Kotoge and Inamura

28th May 2022
Tokyo Sports

At the joint event "CyberFight Festival" held by four promotions, the combination of DDT's KO-D Openweight Champion Tetsuya Endo (30) and Jun Akiyama (52), who will fight against Noah at the Saitama Super Arena (June 12th), chop down the opposition. 

Endo and Akiyama of "Burning" will fight against Noah's Naomichi Marufuji, Atsushi Kotoge and Yoshiki Inamura, alongside Kazusada Higuchi. Endo, who holds the highest belt in DDT said, "I think the fact that a rivalry was arranged, not a KO-D Indiscriminate Title Match, is a command from DDT to "get Marufuji's neck." Marufuji said at the press conference on the 10th, "The old man humbly wants to fight this match" snorting he continued, "I'm telling you, the best guy in DDT appears and Marufuji stands in front of me."

Akiyama responded to the boasts of the young leader who is proud of Burning, "Generally, Marufuji is still young. He has still not calmed down. I have to be more critical. He may be a veteran over there, but he's 42 years old, yes? I was still dazzling at that time, right?"
After a long time, he turned on the "gerontocracy switch". 

Akiyama cannot be stopped when like this, his blade was also directed at Kotoge. Kotoge had said on Twitter, "Maru's neck cannot be taken without working together, for the DDT champion that's amazing"..."and the gerontocracy of the industry is still from the top"..."there is not much stimulation within the promotion"..."this is a CyberFight Festival quarrel. I will do this alone". Akiyama cut these comments down by saying, "Marufuji came up with those comments. There is no way Kotoge could say that. Marufuji put that idea into his head". 
Furthermore, "Gerontocracy is about me? What are you talking about? It's not gerontocracy. It's a great gerontocracy. But it's not your gerontocracy. It's my gerontocracy against Endo, and you are not a partner either. It's gerontocracy that gets in the way of Endo rising. But, how do you get in the way of someone on the edge? Don't ask Marufuji what he thinks about it, just say it in your own words"

Endo was surprised when Akiyama said, "get in the way of Endo rising", and looked twice at Akiyama who it didn't matter to. Furthermore, "Inamura hasn't said anything. Has Noah now decreed that young people don't speak? I have said for a long time, that it is natural to liven up the match because of how much interest you have. I know he is a good wrestler, but he has to transmit more."

The opposition have pointed out a fracture with Higuchi, who was supposed to form an individual unit "Eruption", but "Noah's team aren't as organized as we are. Kotoge is a puppet, Inamura doesn't say anything and Marufuji doesn't emerge". Finally, Akiyama said, "That's why I can only see Marufuji. I will leave Kotoge to my opponents. No, I will leave Kotoge to Higuchi because he is hard headed." 

The battle between Noah and DDT, the pressing of Higuchi who is absent...I feel this has started to turn in a strange direction.


Note: Gerontocracy is the rule of the old over the young. 

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