(NOAH) Masa Kitamiya - "It was a sad eleventh year..." Momentum to seize the belt in the ZERO-ONE New Year's Day title match

21st November 2022

Tokyo Sports.co.jp

This time it will change! Masa Kitamiya (34), Noah's "Prison Demon II", is wildly excited for the title match on New Year's Day. 

Kitamiya, who participated in ZERO-ONE'S annual "Pro Wrestling Dedication" (20th November, Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo), participated in the tag match in the main, demonstrating his inherent toughness and power in front of the World Heavyweight Champion Masato Tanaka (49) when he slammed Shoki Kitamura with a deadly Side Suplex and took the win. After the match, Kitamiya, who had set his sights on Tanaka's belt before the match, was fully prepared after the match. "I want to challenge for the World Heavyweight Belt. It is worth the challenge because Masato Tanaka has it." With the gauntlet thrown down, the title match has been arranged for Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on New Year's Day next year. He emphasized the reason for taking action, saying "If there is a chance, I will go to get any belt, and show my presence in Noah with it."

In January of this year, Kitamiya challenged Katsuhiko Nakajima for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, and in September he also challenged Masakatsu Funaki for the GHC National Championship, but was defeated in both. In the singles league "N-1 Victory" in the summer, he did not reach the top. Shaking his head, Kitamiya said, "In the end, it was a sad 11th year in that I didn't reach the title again". On top of that he yelled, "I have to break this status quo somehow! That's why I will on New Year's Day and begin a glorious 12th year!". Prison Demon II, who has been howling over this, intends to seize a singles belt this time and win a bright future.

Translated from Tokyo Sports

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