Naomichi Marufuji participated in the last-minute press conference for “ABEMA presents NOAH “THE NEW YEAR” 2024” (C) ORICON NewS inc. Professional wrestler Naomichi Marufuji attended the press conference held at a hotel in Tokyo on January 27th.・Participated in the press conference just before the Pro Wrestling Noah Ariake Tournament “ABEMA presents NOAH “THE NEW YEAR” 2024” to be held at Ariake Arena.
[Photo]Hiroshi Tanahashi’s first match after becoming president was against Noah
In the main event of the first match of the year, Marufuji will face Kota Ibushi in a singles match. Ibushi, who was absent from the press conference because he was in America, made a comment. “I don’t have any regrets. I’ve always tried to do my best at that point, to reach my max. However, if there’s one thing I feel closest to regret, it’s with Mr. Marufuji. A singles match was played twice.Sometimes I think about what it would have been like to have played the match at that time.Just as the title “DESTINY 2024″ was given to the match this time, two singles matches have been played so far. We’ve both missed many opportunities and continued to grow in our careers despite both getting injured, and I feel like it’s fate that we’ll be competing in the ring in Ariake on January 2nd.”
Ibushi said that during his time competing with Noah, “If you think about it now, he was as close to Kota Ibushi as he was in his natural state,” and he also made it clear that Ibushi is who he is today because of those days. He was looking forward to the match, saying, “I want to go to the one-on-one fight with Marufuji-san on January 2nd to pick up something I forgot.”
After Ibushi’s comment, Marufuji took the microphone and said, “I feel pretty much the same way.” He declared, “I want to express in my mind the meaning of being placed in the main event, where there are big matches, various matches, and title matches at the beginning of NOAH.” “The future is what’s important to Noah right now,” he said, adding, “If you ask me if this fight is his future, there are some things that aren’t. “Maybe we can play a match where the staff can feel all kinds of emotions. I want to get in good condition and do my best to win,” he said passionately.
The tournament will be broadcast on ABEMA from 2:30 pm on January 2nd.
■ Match card
[Special Single Match DESTINY 2024]
Masamichi Marufuji VS Kota Iibushi
[GHC Heavyweight Championship Match]
Boxing Champion VS Seiya Manabu
[6 VS 6 Elimination Match NOAH & NJPW VS HOUSE OF TORTURE]
Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Unno, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo, Junta Miyawaki VS EVIL, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Dick Togo
[GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match]
Daga VS Eita
[Tag Match WRESTLING SYMPHONY]
Zack Saber Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa VS Hiroshi Tanahashi, HAYATA
[Single match Yuruka Sasaki professional wrestling debut match Road to PRO WRESTLER]
Takashi Sugiura VS Yuruka Sasaki
[Tag Match Gureito Sakuya Advent]
Sakuya Gureito, Nagisa Nozaki VS Haruka Umesaki, Miyuki Takase
[Single match NOAH VS NJPW]
Go Shiozaki VS Satoshi Kojima
[Single match NOAH VS NJPW]
Masa Kitamiya VS Tomohiro Ishii
[6-person tag match International Sensation]
Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Green VS Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro, Titus Alexander
[GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship 3WAY Match]
Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf VS YO-HEY, Tadasuke VS Ninja Mac, Alejandro
[Dark match 2nd match 8-man tag match]
Mohamed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge, Spell Crazy, TERRY YAKI VS Akitoshi Saito, Hajime Ohara, Hi69, Kaei Fujimura
[Dark Match 1st Match Singles Match]
Ozawa Otsuki VS Yamada Yu
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