(NOAH) Sasuke pays a courtesy visit to Noah's President, Misawa. The second and fourth Tiger Masks meet face to face...it's sure to make dreams come true.

Weekly Pro 3rd October 2000

(Issue No. 997)

All match cards for the two day Michinoku Tokyo event have been decided! 

The full card for Michinoku Pro Wrestling's two-day event has been confirmed as shown in the table below. On Monday, September 18th, at 3:00 PM, The Great Sasuke, accompanied by Tiger Mask (IV), paid a courtesy visit to Pro Wrestling Noah President Mitsuharu Misawa, who will be lending Naomichi Marufuji for the Ariake event on October 8th. 

First, the three of them, including Misawa, posed for a press photo shoot in front of Differ Ariake. With the event coming up, the prospect of a meeting between the second and the fourth generation Tiger Mask,  is sure to make dreams come true. 

Afterwards, they had a pleasant chat in the office. The conversation progressed in a friendly atmosphere, and the possibility of group exchanges greatly increased. 

"Thank you for readily giving us the go-ahead to borrow Marufuji. I have just defended the NWA Middleweight, so I would like to make the match against Marufuji at Ariake, a title match. "Actually, the day after Noah's Morioka show, I have a show in Nishine, so I'm hoping to have some real interaction there, so I'll be putting up posters and selling tickets." (Sasuke)

"He said he would be helping me with the business side of things (laughs). It's possible that we'll have more opportunities in the future. I'm also starting to develop my own style of wrestling, so it's possible that we'll have more opportunities to interact. I might even team up with him (Tiger)" (Misawa)

A signing ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan on the 22nd. 

Regarding exchanges, it has been agreed that the two parties intend to begin by offering Michinoku a match at Noah's Morioka event. Having overcome the turmoil surrounding the departure, Michinoku is moving forward to make its dream a reality! 

Notes about the card

Naomichi Marufuji vs Great Sasuke was the main event

SUWA was also on the card. True to form, he had been suspended by the Michinoku Pro Wrestling commission for assaulting a spectator, but he had requested to participate. If he wins his match (which was against Tiger Mask IV), he would be allowed to participate in the tag league. He had won the league in the previous year with CIMA as his partner. 

Mohammed Yone teamed with Jinsei Shinzaki

Other notes

This was in fact the second time that Tiger Mask had met Misawa, he said "I thought he was a kind person when I talked to him. I'd be happy if we could team up". 

Great Sasuke said, "I wanted to get a sense of the charisma that President Misawa has. Bringing along dozens of wrestlers, and talking about Misawa, but the moment I saw him, I could feel his charm". 

Misawa joked, "Today is the first time, so I don't know if I can really trust this person". 

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