(NOAH) Kenoh plans a N-1 Veteran "Spring Clean", the number one target is Kazuyuki Fujita, the symbol of the old men
20th July 2022
Noah's new GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh (37) is looking forward to the single league battle, the "N-1 VICTORY 2O22" (opens in Yokohama on August 11th). This is because he plans to use the league matches, in which to take his first victory in the first time in three years, to "spring clean" the veterans who are dominating the mat of The Ark. Among them is Kazuyuki Fujita (51), a beast who Kenoh seems to have a particular feeling for, as "the symbol of the old men".
Kenoh defeated Satoshi Kohima at The Nippon Budokan event on the 16th, and returned to the GHC title for the first time in about four years and four months. Looking at past examples of not participating in the N-1 a champion*, he had the option to meet the winner in the title match, but he decided to participate with "I am not such a naïve champion. To completely release Noah from the curse of the old men, I can't not participate".
Kenoh, who has one once in the N-1's predecessor, Global League, won the first tournament in 2019 which was renamed the N-1. As he takes the win for the first time in three years, he blindly raised his voice about the wrestlers entering the event saying "Look at this! Isn't it just middle aged Japanese!", when he too is approaching middle age.
Of the twelve Japanese wrestlers, Fujita, Kojima and others in the fifties are the majority at five. It is a fact that the average age is high, with three people in their thirties and forties respectively, with only twenty-six year old Kaito Kiyomiya in his twenties. Kenoh says, "That is why I am going to get rid of all the old men in this league. It's a big clean! The best target? It's Kazuyuki Fujita. He's the symbol of the old men". He aims at the troublesome fifty-one year old who loves, beer, highball and fishing. Kenoh has a bitter memory of being robbed of the GHC National by The Beast, which he held in March last year. "I haven't had my revenge yet. And that old man didn't lose the GHC Heavyweight belt, but he had to return it due to corona in April, right? That's why I think I am the interim champion now. Only after defeating him, will I be the established champion for the first time".
Kenoh will fight against Fujita in the final official match of A Block (August 28th, Kultz Kawasaki, Kanagawa). "I will go up to that point with a good score, and fight against Kazuyuki Fujita. I will prepare the best situation, and make it the best revenge" he declared confidently.
Of course, there is also a blueprint after winning the N-1. "On winning, there is a guy I am thinking of nominating as an opponent for the first defense." With a smile, Kenoh called for two young people. "There are two people in their twenties, Yoshiki Inamura and Kinya Okada, who are in their twenties and weren't entered in this old men only league. You guys, do you think anything when you see the participating members? As a "flip side of the N-1" during the league, lets have single matches with the two of you a great deal." And so the one he approves of, "I will nominate him as the opponent for the first defense after winning".
Why does the rebellious man who is sharp tongued as usual, turn middle-aged and old men all over Japan into enemies so much? Looking at the future of The Ark, the league match is likely to cause turmoil.
*Kaito Kiyomiya & Naomichi Marufuji
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