(NOAH) September 16th is the day for the public lynching of Kenta Kobashi! NO FEAR featured on "NOAH'S ARK" Live Recording

Weekly Pro 

26th September 2000 (Issue 996)

Saturday September 9th, 1:00pm World Sports Plaza KINGS, Shibuya, Tokyo

 "Kobashi will miss the match on the 16th due to injury. Please note that tickets will not be refunded" 

(Yoshihiro Takayama, temporary public relations director) 

NO FEAR appeared on the live recording of "NOAH'S ARK", which is currently airing on Samurai!, but only Takayama and Asako appeared. There are meant to be three in NO FEAR, but in this situation, Omori's absence is something to be concerned about...even when Takayama embarked on a joint campaign with Akiyama at Ariake on August 19th, he did so without Omori, even though Omori was absent. Following this trend, Omori is scheduled for a singles match separate from Takayama on the card at Ariake on September 15th. 

Could it be that something is happening within NO FEAR? There's no way they're going to disband...so I asked Takayama about it after the recording.

"Regarding Omori, there's no point in him returning to the ring until he's fully recovered. The upcoming semi-final (September 15th) is also a fight with the top of Noah, so it's best not to get involved until his injury is truly healed. We've talked, but just things like, "How's the elbow?" There's absolutely no problem (with NO FEAR), at least for now. Omori hasn't said anything (about working with Akiyama). He himself doesn't intend to say anything like that until he's fully recovered." 

As far as Takayama is concerned, there are no apparent problems with NO FEAR. However, it remains to be seen what will happen depending on the results on the 15th. If Takayama strengthens his alliance with Akiyama, Omori could rebel. 

In that sense, the fight against Kobashi is one to watch. At the recent public practice, Kobashi analyzed his team saying, "I see more potential than Akiyama's team", but as Takayama says, "I think that's fine to think, but who will the people coming to the venue have higher expectations of? No matter how you look at it, with a guy who has just made his debut (Rikio) and a guy who has been idling around in the middle (Kikuchi) on either side, Akiyama and I have teamed up and Kanemaru has already come to the fore. There is no way we can put those three into the mix. On the 15th, there will be a public lynching of Kenta Kobashi, because it's not three on three". Takayama says that the outcome of victory is already clear, so all he's thinking about is "how to torture" his opponents. Hmm, he seems far too confident. Kikuchi and Rikio will likely be prepared for the match, and Kobashi is especially frightening. 

Who will be left standing on the 16th?

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