(NOAH) Shota Umino joins the fight with Kaito Kiyomiya and others to form an alliance, and change the card to a six on six elimination match against H.O.T

22nd December 2023 

Tokyo Sports

It was decided on the 21st that New Japan's Shota Umino (26) will participate at Noah's Ariake event on January 2nd next year.

The match was originally scheduled to pit Kaito Kiyomiya and Ryohei Oiwa against EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi from New Japan's, "House of Torture". Kiyomiya, aiming for a complete resolution, proposed a lumberjack match, but all six members of H.O.T (which included Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Dick Togo) attacked at Noah's Korakuen Hall show on the 20th, and demanded an all out six on six conflict. 

At New Japan's Korakuen Hall event on the 21st, Umino, who has started a fight with House of Torture due to Narita's betrayal, took part in a six man tag. After the match, Kiyomiya and Oiwa came to rescue him while he was being assaulted by H.O.T, and shook hands as they shared a common enemy. Umino requested co-operation, "Kiyomiya-san, are you aiming for EVIL? Isn't that just perfect timing? Noah, please call on me for Ariake on January 2nd. We have the same intention of defeating him, so it's okay to team up right?" Kiyomiya also said, "If that is the case, then please let me go to the Tokyo Dome on January 4th." The possibility of them competing together in each others big matches, has suddenly occurred. 

In response to this, Noah urgently changed the card. A six man elimination match between Kiyomiya, Umino, Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki's "Allied Forces" against House of Torture's EVIL, Yujiro, Narita, SHO, Kanemaru & Togo will take place. 

Translated from Tokyo Sports

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