(NOAH) "Follow Me You Bastards" - Kenoh's column

20th September 2022

Weekly Pro

Q: Tickets for 25th September Nagoya seem to be doing well, with the addition of extra seats on the 3rd floor.

KENOH: On the 16th July, the number of spectators at the Nippon Budokan increased even in January this year, and the 25th September Nagoya is also selling. Do you know what that means? 

Q: Kenoh was in both mains, competing for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.

KENOH: That's correct. By now everyone should have figured out just how many numbers I have. 

Q: And, Kenoh, 16th July Nippon Budokan & 25th September in Nagoya is Keiji Mutoh's Retirement Road...

KENOH: If I continue to defend the GHC Heavyweight Championship, it won't be long before Noah becomes the number one in the industry. 

Q: Perhaps Mutoh's retirement had the most impact...

KENOH: When it comes to yahoo news, I get more advertising income than anyone else, and it's really great.

Q: I'm sure the anti-comments are great

KENOH: The Hiroshima-yaki apology news*, that you made news at your company was also amazing, wasn't it? The man who summons a storm. Today, the most contraversial pro wrestler in the industry.  

Q: There were certainly a tremendous number of views. However, it seems that with YAHOO, "no" was overwhelmingly more common...

KENOH: (Ignoring the question) Alright, tickets are selling well, so I'm going to continue talking about 25th September Nagoya! I forgot to mention it last week, but in fact, regarding the GHC Heavyweight Championship, I won against Kiyomiya once in January 2018, and lost two in a row in January 2019 and November. Okay, this time I'll win and get five points.

Q: The singles record is 7 wins and 2 losses.

KENOH: I just wanted to add that I want to get rid of the stigma of losing in the GHC Heavyweight Championship. We talked about the main last week, so I will start from the perspective of the semi.

Q: Mutoh Retirement Road Vol 2, Keiji Mutoh & Kazuyuki Fujita vs Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima.

KENOH: This looks like this will go to two extremes, whether it will fit or not. It doesn't seem like it will end without any issues. 

Q: Why? 

KENOH: It's because all the four are "myself, myself" and are the type of people who aren't aware of what is around them and never try to let their partner do their thing. As a wrestler, I'm looking forward to seeing how this match turns out. If you are unlucky, the match will end messily. 

Q: That sounds scary.

KENOH: On the other hand, it could turn out to be an interesting match that you don't often see in professional wrestling today. There is a high possibility that it will be a match that destroys the pre-established harmony that Akira Maeda was talking about.

Q: I'm thrilled

KENOH: Besides, Funaki said that he wanted to fight Mutoh for the GHC National Championship as he was in the same generation as Mutoh. It's been a long time since he fought Mutoh, so I think he's burning up. 

Q: I'm looking forward to it. What about Nakajima? 

KENOH: After Mutoh came to Noah, I don't have the image of a fully fledged relationship.    

Q: Right after his debut, Nakajima went to Mutoh's All Japan with Kensuke, so he must have an obligation. 

KENOH: At any rate, Katsuhiko Nakajima has forgotten that. I want you to forget.

Q: Is that so...

KENOH: In addition to the GHC Heavyweight Championship and the Mutoh Retirement Road, there are also three other title matches. 

Q: Which of the three matches are you looking forward to? 

KENOH: HAYATA vs YO-HEY for the GHC Junior Championship, How many times have these two had a title match? 

Q: It's the fourth time. HAYATA has won all of them. 

KENOH: By all rights, HAYATA vs YO-HEY should become Noah's golden card like Kenoh vs Kiyomiya. On top of that, YO-HEY has never worn a singles belt in Noah. I want him to win here. 

Q: Oh!

KENOH: HAYATA has been leading the Noah Juniors for a long time. YO-HEY must catch up here and restart the rivalry story!

Q: What is your reason for recommending it? 

KENOH: YO-HEY's drop kick is amazing. The height of the strike, the beauty of the form, the feeling of weightlessness...I think when you look around the world, it is top class. Having an asset like that is powerful. There was a phase when he strayed into Perros Del Mal De Japon, and he used to be a character in a group with a spirit of loyalty to the company, but recently his innate cheerfulness has come to the fore. 

Q: Before and after his debut with DragonGate, he acted as an attendant to CIMA. There were high expectations for him for the position of the next ace. 

KENOH: There is no doubt that his rise will be the key to the Noah Juniors.

Q: Noah Junior has HAYATA and YO-HEY in the top two...

KENOH: You idiot! You forgot a super important person!

Q: Oh, who?

KENOH: Tadasuke of course! HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke...the dawn of the era of The Three Musketeers of The Ark is near!!         

News

Hiroshima-Yaki Apology: Kenoh had to apologize for his error in referring to Hiroshima's okonomiyaki as "Hiroshima-yaki". This isn't done as it's never referred to as this in Hiroshima prefecture. There is a kind of rivalry going on with Kansai's okonomiyaki, which Kenoh called just that...

Translated from Weekly Pro

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