(NOAH) GHC Heavyweight Tag Signing Ceremony: Sugiura exposes "back door entry", Taniguchi is full of anxiety and repeatedly calls out "perfect".

13th April 2023

Pro Wrestling DX

TANIGUCHI: Good day. I think this is a chance given to me by Sugiura-san, so I definitely want to win in order to change my current situation. 

SUGIURA: We had pre-matches in Tohoku, Osaka and Takaoka, and I think that both Shuhei and I were able to able to finish them in a good way. Hey, Shuhei? I think we can face Sendai with a good image. After that, we returned to Tokyo, and practiced wrestling together. I think that by sweating together and remembering that time, our bond deepened. Hey, Shuhei? Has our bond deepened? (Taniguchi does not respond) Sendai, in good form, hey, Shuhei? Let's go, yes? (Taniguchi does not respond). That's why I want to make sure that Shuhei and I win in Sendai, and it becomes my third hometown. 

INABA: The defense match is in Sendai at this time. I want to strongly defend these belts, so when it comes to the GHC tag, the team of Kitamiya and Inaba will come to mind. I want to defend and win. 

KITAMIYA: Singles matches were set up in the pre matches, but both of them were lost. Moreover, I lost in Toyama prefecture, my hometown, and was made to swallow a very bitter pill and so in Sendai, I would like to win the championship and settle that matter. Also, Shuhei Taniguchi. Until now wearing masks, becoming funky, and now after going through many things, you finally abandoned everything and ended up with just a pair of short tights, but now you are shining the most. But it's already too late. Taniguchi, it's too late for you to notice. I want to teach you in the match in Sendai, that there is nothing that can be done about it now. 

Q: After the pre matches, what impression did you have of each other as a team? 

TANIGUCHI: In the pre-matches, both myself and Sugiura-san won, so I have nothing to worry about. I have also taken special wrestling training, and I'm fine. 

Q: I'd like to hear your impression of the other team? 

TANIGUCHI: Okay. Already perfect. 

Q: It appears you didn't hear what Sugiura said? 

TANIGUCHI: No, it was perfect. It's good. 

SUGIURA: They are a champion team, but I think they are still a developing team. From here, I think if they continue to defend, they will acquire various strengths and many things will be born. But, in that sense, I think that Shuhei and I have a deeper bond. Hey, Shuhei? (Taniguchi doesn't react) So yeah, it's okay. 

KITAMIYA: It's like Takashi Sugiura with a total strong point, and Shuhei Taniguchi with a fatal weak point. 

INABA: I had a pre match with Sugiura, who is truly strong, but I also felt Taniguchi's strength. I couldn't quite grab it, but I think that is the fear of Taniguchi. 

Q: What about your teaming up and challenging at this timing? 

SUGIURA: Maybe it's fate? In the first place, Shuhei couldn't do squats or push ups during the introductory test, so he should have failed right? Is it because he went to the toilet halfway and vomited? (Taniguchi does not respond) So he didn't pass the introductory test, actually.

Q: Whether there is a bond...? 

SUGIURA: It's okay. He didn't pass the introductory test, but I let him in in through the back door. It's because of the back door entry, it is that kind of relationship, 

Q: Do you have any thoughts about this expose? 

TANIGUCHI: Perfect. 

Q: Taniguchi, you appealed to Sugiura to team up, and he interprets this as a challenge to yourself, but what kind of match do you want to have?

TANIGUCHI: I would like to win perfectly. 

Translated from Pro Wrestling DX

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