Suzuki-gun
Suzuki-gun | |
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The logo of Suzuki-gun | |
Stable | |
Members | See below |
Name(s) | Kojima-gun Suzuki-gun |
Debut | January 28, 2011[1] (as Kojima-gun) May 3, 2011[2] (as Suzuki-gun) |
Years active | 2011–present |
Suzuki-gun (鈴木軍, Suzukigun, literally translated to "Suzuki Army") is a villainous professional wrestling stable in the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The group was originally founded in December 2010 by IWGP Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima as Kojima-gun (小島軍, Kojimagun, "Kojima Army"), but in May 2011, the members of the stable turned on Kojima and appointed Minoru Suzuki as their new leader. Suzuki-gun has since added several new members, most notably Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer, known collectively as the Killer Elite Squad (K.E.S.), who are two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions and two-time NWA World Tag Team Champions as part of the stable. Other accomplishments attained by the stable include Suzuki and Archer winning the 2011 G1 Tag League and founding members Taichi and Taka Michinoku becoming one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. As the leader of Suzuki-gun, Suzuki became one of NJPW's top wrestlers and has challenged for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on multiple occasions.
In January 2015, Suzuki-gun, through a partnership between NJPW and Pro Wrestling Noah, took part in a storyline, where the stable invaded Noah, making it their primary promotion. Within two months, Suzuki-gun had capture all four of Noah's championships with Suzuki becoming the GHC Heavyweight Champion, K.E.S. the GHC Tag Team Champions, Taichi the GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and El Desperado and Michinoku the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
History
Kojima-gun (2010–2011)
On December 12, 2010, Taichi returned to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) from his latest excursion to Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), accompanying IWGP Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima to a match, where he successfully defended his title against Shinsuke Nakamura.[6] Kojima continued teaming with Taichi during the following week's events,[7][8] and on December 23, the two were also joined by freelancer Nosawa Rongai and Kaientai Dojo's Taka Michinoku.[9] On January 28, 2011, Kojima officially named the group "Kojima-gun".[1] On February 20 at The New Beginning, the debuting MVP became the fifth member of Kojima-gun, in storyline being brought to the group by Nosawa using his American connections.[10][11] However, prior to MVP's debut, Nosawa took a hiatus from professional wrestling altogether, after being arrested under suspicion of stealing a taxi.[12][13]
Suzuki-gun (2011–present)
After losing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome,[14] Kojima suffered another big loss against longtime rival Togi Makabe on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2011.[2] Following the match, Michinoku and Taichi entered the ring and attacked Kojima, who, however, quickly took care of both of them. This led to the surprise return of freelancer Minoru Suzuki, who appeared behind Kojima and locked him in a sleeper hold, before leaving the ringside area with Michinoku and Taichi, who proclaimed Suzuki as their new leader and renamed the stable "Suzuki-gun".[2] On May 15, during the Invasion Tour 2011, NJPW's first tour of the United States, Lance Archer made his debut for the promotion, attacking Kojima after a match, before being chased away by former Kojima-gun member MVP.[15][16] The following day, Archer was officially named a member of Suzuki-gun.[17] During the following months, Suzuki continued his feud with Kojima, while Archer went up against Togi Makabe and Michinoku and Taichi became a tag team in NJPW's junior heavyweight tag team division.[18][19] Suzuki's feud with Kojima culminated on July 18 in a grudge match, where Suzuki was victorious,[20] after which he transitioned to feuding with Togi Makabe.[21]
From late October to early November, Suzuki and Archer represented Suzuki-gun in the 2011 G1 Tag League, where they finished second in their round-robin block with four wins and one loss, advancing to the semifinals.[22] On November 6, Suzuki and Archer first defeated Chaos representatives Shinsuke Nakamura and Toru Yano in the semifinals and then the reigning IWGP Tag Team Champions, Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson), in the finals to win the 2011 G1 Tag League.[23] As a result, Suzuki and Archer were granted a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, but were defeated by Bad Intentions in a rematch on November 12 at Power Struggle.[24] During the same event, fellow Suzuki-gun member Taka Michinoku failed in his attempt to take the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from Prince Devitt.[25] Power Struggle was also the start of a relationship between Suzuki-gun and Suzuki's close friend, Pro Wrestling Noah representative Yoshihiro Takayama, who began making semi-regular NJPW appearances as a member of the stable.[26] On January 4, 2012, at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, Suzuki received his first shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in seven years, but was defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event of the evening.[27] During Suzuki's chase for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Takayama momentarily took over his feud with Togi Makabe, but their rivalry also ended at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome in a match, where Makabe was victorious.[28]
On February 12 at The New Beginning, the five members of Suzuki-gun took a dominant 5–1 win over Kushida, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata in a ten-man elimination tag team match, after which Archer and Takayama challenged Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[29] On February 19, at All Together, a charity event co-produced by NJPW, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah, AJPW's Masayuki Kono made a one-time appearance representing Suzuki-gun.[30][31] Archer and Takayama received their title shot on March 18, but were unable to dethrone the defending champions.[32] On April 15, the recently debuted Black Tiger won the 2012 Road to the Super Jr.2Days Tournament to earn a spot in the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. After his win, Michinoku and Taichi welcomed Black Tiger to Suzuki-gun, while also hinting that the man under the mask was a former associate of Minoru Suzuki.[33] On May 23, Kazushige Nosawa, a former member of Kojima-gun and Suzuki's prior stable Suzuki Gundan, was arrested under suspicion of smuggling marijuana from Mexico to Japan.[34] Though all charges against Nosawa were later dropped, NJPW immediately acknowledged that he had been portraying the latest Black Tiger and severed their ties with him.[35][36] Meanwhile, Michinoku and Taichi had set their sights on the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but were, on June 16 at Dominion 6.16, defeated by Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask in a match for the vacant title.[37] On July 22, Suzuki, Archer, Michinoku and Taichi picked up another dominant win over Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe and Yuji Nagata in an eight-man elimination tag team match,[38] after which Archer again challenged Tenzan and Kojima to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, however, without specifying who his partner would be.[39] On August 13, Harry Smith was revealed as Archer's partner and the newest member of Suzuki-gun.[40] Also in August, Michinoku and Taichi began blaming each other for their recent losses, which led to the two agreeing to a match, where the loser would be expelled from Suzuki-gun.[41] The match took place on August 22 at Michinoku's Kaientai Dojo promotion, but ended without a winner as Minoru Suzuki interrupted the match and got the two men to make peace with each other.[42] Harry Smith made his debut as a member of Suzuki-gun on September 7 in an eight-man tag team match, where he, Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Taka Michinoku were defeated by Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Togi Makabe and Yuji Nagata via disqualification, when Michinoku's Kaientai Dojo trainee Kengo Mashimo entered the ring and attacked Makabe, revealing himself as the newest member of Suzuki-gun.[43] On September 23 at Destruction, Makabe ended his rivalry with Suzuki-gun by defeating Mashimo in a singles match.[44] The following day, Harry Smith was renamed Davey Boy Smith Jr.[45]
On October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Smith and Archer, now known collectively as K.E.S. (Killer Elite Squad),[46] defeated Tencozy to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, bringing Suzuki-gun its first title.[47][48] Later, in the main event of the evening, Minoru Suzuki unsuccessfully challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[47][48] K.E.S. made their first successful title defense on November 11 at Power Struggle, defeating Tencozy in a rematch.[49] From November 20 to December 1, K.E.S. took part in the round-robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League, finishing with a record of four wins and two losses, advancing to the semifinals of the tournament in the second place in their block, while Suzuki and Mashimo failed to advance from the other block with three wins and three losses.[50][51] On December 2, K.E.S. defeated Always Hypers (Togi Makabe and Wataru Inoue) to advance to the finals of the tournament.[52] Later that same day, K.E.S. was defeated in the finals of the 2012 World Tag League by Sword & Guns (Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson).[52] On January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome, K.E.S. successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Sword & Guns, while Minoru Suzuki was defeated by Yuji Nagata in another chapter of their long rivalry.[53][54]
Afterwards, Suzuki-gun began feuding with NJPW's other villainous stable, Chaos.[55][56][57] In late January, Taichi was sidelined with a knee injury following a traffic accident, which led to Suzuki-gun recruiting another Taka Michinoku trainee, Hiro Tonai, as his replacement for the February events.[58] After working exclusively against each other in multi-man tag team matches for the first part of February,[57][59][60][61][62] the rivalry between Suzuki-gun and Chaos built to two singles matches on February 10 at The New Beginning pay-per-view, where Kengo Mashimo was defeated by Shinsuke Nakamura,[63] while Minoru Suzuki defeated Kazuchika Okada with help from Taichi.[64] Meanwhile, K.E.S. retained the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Tencozy,[65] after which Archer challenged Nakamura to a match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.[63] Archer went on to fail in his title challenge on March 3 at NJPW's 41st anniversary event.[66] During the same event, Suzuki-gun and Chaos faced off in a four-on-four elimination tag team match, where Suzuki-gun was victorious after Suzuki scored the final elimination over Okada.[67] The rivalry between the two stables continued during the 2013 New Japan Cup, with Okada defeating Archer and Smith defeating Nakamura in their first round matches on March 11.[68][69] Meanwhile, Suzuki also advanced in the tournament with a win over old rival Yuji Nagata, avenging the loss from Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome.[70][71][72] The second round of the tournament on March 17 saw two more matches between Suzuki-gun and Chaos, when Smith eliminated Yujiro Takahashi, while Toru Yano eliminated Minoru Suzuki to advance to the semifinals.[73] Smith, the final Suzuki-gun member left in the New Japan Cup, was eliminated from the tournament by Hirooki Goto in their semifinal match on March 23.[74][75]
On April 5, K.E.S. made their fourth successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Chaos representatives Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii.[76][77][78] The rivalry between Suzuki-gun and Chaos continued two days later at Invasion Attack, where Suzuki first defeated Toru Yano to avenge his loss from the second round of the New Japan Cup,[79] and then Smith unsuccessfully challenged Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.[80] The event concluded with Suzuki confronting new IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kazuchika Okada, seemingly as his first challenger for the title.[81][82][83] Following the event, Taka Michinoku announced that Suzuki-gun had recruited a new member to take on Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, noting that he was suitable to challenge for said title.[84] On April 20, the newest member was revealed as former multi-time WWE Intercontinental Champion Shelton X Benjamin.[85] Later that same day, Archer and Smith took part in a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) event in Houston, Texas, where they defeated The Kingz of the Underground (Ryan Genesis and Scot Summers) to not only retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship, but to also win the NWA World Tag Team Championship.[86][87][88] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013, K.E.S. lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Tencozy in a four-way match, which also included the Chaos team of Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano, and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man), ending their reign at 207 days.[89] Later in the event, Shelton X Benjamin unsuccessfully challenged Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship,[90][91] while the main event saw Minoru Suzuki fail in his challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada.[92][93][94]
Suzuki then got involved in a rivalry with Chaos member Tomohiro Ishii,[95][96] which built to a singles match between the two on July 20 at the Kizuna Road 2013 pay-per-view, where Suzuki was victorious.[97] That same event, Taichi and Michinoku unsuccessfully challenged Chaos members Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[98][99][100] From August 1 to 11, Suzuki, Archer, Benjamin and Smith took part in the 2013 G1 Climax, with Archer and Smith wrestling in block A and Benjamin and Suzuki in block B.[101] Both Suzuki and Smith entered the final day with a chance to advance to the finals, however, Suzuki was eliminated after losing to Toru Yano, while Smith was eliminated after a loss against Archer.[102][103][104] On October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Taichi and Michinoku won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the first time, when they, replacing Kushida and the injured Alex Shelley,[105] who had earlier defeated them in a number one contender's match,[106] defeated the Forever Hooligans for the title.[107] Meanwhile, after avenging his G1 Climax loss against Toru Yano that same event,[108] Suzuki made a challenge for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship with the added stipulation that should Shinsuke Nakamura lose the title to him, he would have to join Suzuki-gun.[109][110][111][112][113] After a reign of only 26 days, Taichi and Michinoku lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) on November 9 at Power Struggle.[114][115][116] Later that same event, K.E.S. took part in a two-fall three-way match against Tencozy and The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway). In the first fall, they lost the NWA World Tag Team Championship to The IronGodz, but came back in the second to defeat Tencozy for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[115][116][117][118] Also during the event, Suzuki failed in his IWGP Intercontinental Championship challenge against Nakamura.[115][116][119]
On November 24, two Suzuki-gun teams entered the 2013 World Tag League, competing in two separate blocks; K.E.S. in block A and Suzuki and Benjamin in block B.[120] K.E.S. won their block with a record of five wins and one loss,[121] while Suzuki and Benjamin were eliminated with a record of three wins and three losses, after losing to Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano in their final round-robin match.[122] On December 8, K.E.S. was also eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by their old rival team, Tencozy.[123][124][125] On January 4, 2014, at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, K.E.S. lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to the winners of the tournament, Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson).[126][127][128] Also during the event, Michinoku and Taichi unsuccessfully challenged The Young Bucks for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a four-way match and Suzuki continued his feud with Toru Yano, with him and Benjamin losing to Yano and The Great Muta in a tag team match.[126][127][128] K.E.S. received a rematch for the IWGP Tag Team Championship on February 9 at The New Beginning in Hiroshima, but were again defeated by Bullet Club.[129][130][131] Suzuki and Yano continued their rivalry for the next few months, leading to a tag team match at Back to the Yokohama Arena on May 25, where Yano's longtime tag team partner Takashi Iizuka turned on him during a tag team match, where they faced Suzuki and Benjamin, and jumped to Suzuki-gun.[132][133] During the same event, K.E.S. failed in their attempt to regain the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Tencozy in a three-way match, which also included Rob Conway and Wes Brisco.[132][133] On June 9, NJPW suspended Taichi for two months with a 30% pay cut for "behavioral problems", after he had been caught cheating on his wife.[134][135][136] On June 21 at Dominion 6.21, K.E.S. received another shot at the NWA World Tag Team Championship, this time in a regular tag team match, but were again defeated by Tencozy.[137][138] On July 4, El Desperado joined Suzuki-gun, announcing his intention of bringing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to the stable.[139][140] From July 21 to August 8, four members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2014 G1 Climax with Benjamin and Smith wrestling in block A and Suzuki and Archer in block B.[141][142] All four failed to advance from their blocks with Benjamin finishing tied fifth and Smith eighth in their block of eleven and Suzuki finishing fourth and Archer tied sixth in their block.[143][144] Following the tournament, Suzuki transitioned from Yano, who was busy feuding with Iizuka, to a new rivalry with Kazushi Sakuraba,[145] who had come to Yano's aid in the aftermath of Iizuka's turn.[146]
During September's Destruction tour, Suzuki-gun's three junior heavyweight members, referred to collectively as "Suzuki-gun Junior",[147] set their sights on both of NJPW's junior heavyweight titles.[148] On September 23 at Destruction in Okayama, El Desperado and Taichi failed in their attempt to capture the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from the Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida).[149] On October 13 at King of Pro-Wrestling, K.E.S. defeated Tencozy to regain the NWA World Tag Team Championship.[150][151] Later that same event, El Desperado unsuccessfully challenged Ryusuke Taguchi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, despite outside interference from Taichi and Michinoku.[150][151] The Suzuki-gun Junior trio continued chasing the junior heavyweight titles during the 2014 Super Jr. Tag Tournament. Though El Desperado and Taichi were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by The Young Bucks,[152] Taichi managed to pin Ryusuke Taguchi in the opening round of the tournament, with help from both Desperado and Taka Michinoku, putting himself in line for the next shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.[153] Taichi received his title shot on November 8 at Power Struggle, but was defeated by Taguchi.[154][155] Later in the month, two Suzuki-gun teams took part in the same block in the 2014 World Tag League; K.E.S. and Suzuki and Iizuka.[156] Both teams narrowly missed the finals of the tournament due to losses on the final day; K.E.S. with a record of four wins and three losses and Suzuki and Iizuka with a record of three wins, one draw and three losses.[157] K.E.S. was victorious in the head-to-head match between the two Suzuki-gun teams.[158] The rivalry between Suzuki and Sakuraba culminated in a "knockouts and submissions only" match on January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, where Suzuki was victorious.[159][160] Also during the event, the Suzuki-gun quartet of Iizuka, Archer, Benjamin and Smith were defeated in an eight-man tag team match by Yano and Pro Wrestling Noah's Naomichi Marufuji and TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste).[159][160] The following day, El Desperado unsuccessfully challenged Jushin Thunder Liger for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[161][162]
Pro Wrestling Noah invasion
The day after Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, Suzuki-gun declared war on Naomichi Marufuji and TMDK for them coming to Yano's aid at the event.[163] On January 10, the entire Suzuki-gun made a surprise appearance for Pro Wrestling Noah, occupying the ring after the main event where Marufuji had successfully defended his GHC Heavyweight Championship. While Suzuki hit Marufuji with his finishing move, the Gotch-Style Piledriver, his stablemates attacked everyone who tried to enter the ring to stop him, including new GHC Tag Team Champions TMDK and GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsushi Kotoge.[5][164] The members of Suzuki-gun made their Noah in-ring debuts at the January 12 event, where El Desperado defeated Hitoshi Kumano in a singles match, Archer, Iizuka and Smith defeated TMDK (Nicholls, Haste and Jonah Rock) in a six-man tag team match and Suzuki, Benjamin, Michinoku and Taichi defeated Brave (Marufuji, Kotoge, Muhammad Yone and Taiji Ishimori) in an eight-man tag team main event.[165] Over the next four weeks, all eight members of Suzuki-gun also worked all subsequent Noah events.[166] The first big event of the storyline was on February 11 with a card full of matches between members of Suzuki-gun and Noah and a main event, where K.E.S. defeated Haste and Nicholls with help from El Desperado to win the GHC Tag Team Championship.[167][168][169] Noah's March 15 event saw Suzuki-gun featured in matches for all four of the promotion's titles. In the first two, Suzuki-gun captured both of Noah's junior heavyweight titles with El Desperado and Taka Michinoku defeating Choukibou-gun's Hajime Ohara and Kenoh and No Mercy's Daisuke Harada and Genba Hirayanagi for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and Taichi defeating Atsushi Kotoge, with help from El Desperado and Michinoku, for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.[170][171][172] The third saw K.E.S. defeat TMDK in a rematch to make their first successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship.[173][174] Finally, in the main event, Suzuki completed Suzuki-gun's clean sweep by defeating Naomichi Marufuji to become the new GHC Heavyweight Champion.[173][175]
Suzuki-gun's dominance led to a storyline, where all of Noah's stables, villainous ones included, came together in order to reclaim the titles.[176] As part of the storyline, Yoshihiro Takayama officially broke off his affiliation with Suzuki-gun by announcing his loyalty to Noah on March 28.[177][178] Suzuki-gun's junior heavyweight champions made their first successful title defenses on April 11 with El Desperado and Michinoku defeating Hajime Ohara and Kenoh and Taichi defeating Taiji Ishimori.[179] Later that month, Suzuki-gun entered the 2015 Global Tag League with two teams; Suzuki and Iizuka and K.E.S.[180] Benjamin also took part in the tournament, teaming with Brian Breaker.[181] K.E.S. eventually made it to the finals of the tournament, where, on May 4, they were defeated by Dangan Yankies (Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura).[181][182] All four of Suzuki-gun's titles were put on the line on May 10 and all were defended successfully.[183] First El Desperado and Michinoku successfully defended the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre Jr. and then helped Taichi defeat Atsushi Kotoge to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.[184][185][186] In the semi-main event, K.E.S. avenged their Global Tag League loss against Dangan Yankies by defeating them to retain the GHC Tag Team Championship, albeit following outside interference from Benjamin.[184][187] The main event featured Kenta Kobashi making sure that the rest of Suzuki-gun did not interfere in the match, but nonetheless Suzuki defeated Marufuji in a rematch to make his first successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship.[184][188]
On June 9, Suzuki-gun produced their own show in Korakuen Hall, entitled We Are Suzuki-gun, where K.E.S. made their third successful defense of the NWA World Tag Team Championship against Tencozy.[189][190][191] Suzuki-gun's junior heavyweight champions made their next title defenses on June 13 with Taichi successfully defending his title against Daisuke Harada and El Desperado and Michinoku successfully defending their title against Genba Hirayanagi and Hitoshi Kumano.[192] Two days later, Suzuki made his second successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Maybach Taniguchi. After the match, Suzuki was attacked by former stablemate Takayama, who issued a challenge for a title match.[193][194] Four days later, K.E.S. made their third successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship against Big in USA (Chris Hero and Colt Cabana).[195][196] On July 18 at Noah's 15th anniversary event, Suzuki defeated Takayama, following outside interference from El Desperado, K.E.S. and Iizuka, to make his third successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Afterwards, Takashi Sugiura, who earlier in the event had defeated Shelton X Benjamin in their personal grudge match, stepped up as Suzuki's next challenger.[197][198] Through late July and early August, both El Desperado and Michinoku took part in the 2015 Global Junior Heavyweight League, wrestling in separate blocks. Although both managed to secure early wins, losses on the final day of the tournament prevented them from making it to the finals. The winner, Daisuke Harada, issued a challenge to Taichi afterwards.[199][200] On August 22, Desperado and Michinoku made their fourth successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Hajime Ohara and Kenoh.[201][202] Suzuki-gun's other champions all made their fourth successful title defenses on September 19 with Taichi defeating Daisuke Harada,[203] K.E.S. defeating War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe),[204] and Suzuki defeating Takashi Sugiura.[205] Following the main event, Suzuki was again challenged for the GHC Heavyweight Championship by Naomichi Marufuji, prompting Suzuki to present an added stipulation for their match; should Marufuji lose, Noah would be dissolved.[206] Uniting the entire Noah roster together, Marufuji stated he was prepared to dissolve Noah if any member of Suzuki-gun was able to win the upcoming Global League Tournament.[207][208] Meanwhile, El Desperado and Taka Michinoku made it to the finals of the 2015 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League, but were defeated there on September 22 by Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada.[209] This led to a match on October 4, where Suzuki-gun's title monopoly was broken, when El Desperado and Michinoku lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Kotoge and Harada in their fifth defense.[210][211]
From October 16 to November 6, five members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2015 Global League Tournament. In block A, Archer and Smith both finished their tournament with a record of three wins and four losses with Smith winning the head-to-head match between the K.E.S. members. In block B, Iizuka finished with a record six losses and one draw, wrestled against Suzuki on the final day, which eliminated Suzuki from advancing to the finals with a record of five wins and two draws. Instead, Benjamin won the block and advanced to the finals with a record of six wins and one draw, wrestled against Suzuki.[212][213] On November 8, Benjamin was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Naomichi Marufuji.[214][215] Noah ended their 2015 on December 23 with the promotion's 15h anniversary event, Destiny 2015, where all members of Suzuki-gun were involved in big matches. The stable's members were defeated in both junior heavyweight title matches with El Desperado and Michinoku failing to regain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Kotoge and Harada,[216] while Taichi lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship to Taiji Ishimori, ending his nine-month reign in his fifth defense. Out of the six matches they were involved in, Suzuki-gun won only one, which saw K.E.S. make their fifth successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship against Big in USA. In the main event, with Noah's future supposedly on the line, Suzuki lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship back to Global League Tournament winner Naomichi Marufuji in his fifth official title defense. During Marufuji's victory celebration, Takashi Sugiura turned on him and Noah and joined Suzuki-gun.[217][218] On January 31, 2016, Sugiura defeated Marufuji with help from Archer and Suzuki to bring the GHC Heavyweight Championship back to Suzuki-gun.[219][220] During the same event, Taichi and Michinoku unsuccessfully challenged Harada and Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship,[221] while K.E.S. made their sixth successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship against Katsuhiko Nakajima and Muhammad Yone.[219] Prior to the event, Suzuki teased the possibility of there being another traitor within Noah.[222] During his match with Go Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru revealed himself as the traitor by turning on Shiozaki, helping Suzuki win the match and joining Suzuki-gun.[219][223] Kanemaru received his first title shot as a member of Suzuki-gun on February 19, when he and Taichi unsuccessfully challenged Harada and Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[224]
Members
Suzuki-gun
Member | Time |
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Minoru Suzuki (leader) | May 3, 2011–present |
Davey Boy Smith Jr. | September 7, 2012–present |
El Desperado | July 4, 2014–present |
Lance Archer | May 15, 2011–present |
Shelton X Benjamin | April 20, 2013–present |
Taichi | May 3, 2011–present |
Taka Michinoku | May 3, 2011–present |
Takashi Iizuka | May 25, 2014–present |
Takashi Sugiura | December 23, 2015–present |
Yoshinobu Kanemaru | January 31, 2016–present |
- Former
Member | Time |
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Black Tiger | April 15, 2012–May 25, 2012 |
Hiro Tonai | February 2, 2013–February 12, 2013 |
Masayuki Kono | February 19, 2012 |
Kengo Mashimo | September 7, 2012–March 3, 2013 |
Yoshihiro Takayama | October 10, 2011–April 5, 2013 |
Kojima-gun
Member | Time |
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Satoshi Kojima (leader) | January 28, 2011–May 3, 2011 |
MVP | February 20, 2011–May 3, 2011 |
Nosawa Rongai | January 28, 2011–February 20, 2011 |
Taichi | January 28, 2011–May 3, 2011 |
Taka Michinoku | January 28, 2011–May 3, 2011 |
In wrestling
- Double-team finishing moves
- Archer and Smith
- Killer Bomb (Sitout full nelson slam (Archer) / Sitout powerbomb (Smith) combination)[225][226][227][228]
- El Desperado and Taichi
- 13Y5 (Guitarra de la Muerta (El Desperado) / Black Mephisto (Taichi) combination)[229]
- Michinoku and Taichi
- Michinoku Mephisto (Michinoku Driver II (Michinoku) / Black Mephisto (Taichi) combination)[230][231]
- Suzuki and Taichi
- Low Fly Flow (Aided frog splash)[232][233]
- Archer and Smith
- Suzuki's finishing moves
- Gotch-Style Piledriver (Cradle piledriver)[3][234]
- Sleeper hold[3][234]
- Archer's finishing moves
- Blackout (Inverted crucifix powerbomb)[225][235]
- Dark Days (Snap inverted DDT)[225][235]
- Texas Tornado (Fall forward fireman's carry facebuster)[29]
- Benjamin's finishing moves
- Pay Dirt (Leaping reverse STO)[236][237]
- T-Bone Suplex (Exploder suplex lifted and dropped into a modified scoop powerslam)[236][237]
- El Desperado's finishing moves
- Diving splash[170][179][238][239]
- Guitarra de Angel (Double underhook overhead gutwrench backbreaker rack transitioned into a piledriver)[238][240]
- Guitarra de la Muerta (Back-to-back double underhook piledriver)[238][240]
- Iizuka's finishing moves
- Iron Finger from Hell (Throat thrust while wearing a loaded glove)[241][242]
- Mashō no Sleeper (Sleeper hold)[241][242]
- Kanemaru's finishing moves
- Deep Impact (Diving DDT)[243][244]
- Touch Out (Twisting brainbuster)[243][244]
- Mashimo's finishing moves
- Michinoku's finishing moves
- Just Facelock (Bridging crossface)[246][247]
- Michinoku Driver II[246][247]
- Smith's finishing moves
- Bulldog Bomb (Jumping sitout powerbomb)[40][226][248]
- Sharpshooter[40][226]
- Sugiura's finishing moves
- Ankle hold[249][250]
- Olympic Yosen Slam (Olympic slam)[249][250]
- Taichi's finishing moves
- Black Mephisto (Over the shoulder back-to-belly piledriver)[251][252]
- Jage Koroshi (Knee strike to the face with a knee brace)[253][254] – 2013
- Taichi Clutch / Taichi-shiki Gedo Clutch (Double leg nelson)[107][252][255][256]
- Taichi-shiki Liger Bomb (Sitout powerbomb)[257][258][259][260]
- Takayama's finishing moves
- Everest German Suplex Hold (Bridging high-angle German suplex)[26][261]
- Tonai's finishing moves
- Taki Otoshi (Leg hook belly-to-back suplex)[262]
- Entrance themes
- "Kaze ni Nare" by Ayumi Nakamura[263]
Championships and accomplishments
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Archer and Smith[86][150]
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Kojima[6]
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Taichi and Michinoku[107]
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Archer and Smith[47][114]
- G1 Tag League (2011) – Archer and Suzuki[23]
- Road to the Super Jr. 2Days Tournament (2011) – Taichi[264]
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- GHC Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current) – Suzuki (1)[173] and Sugiura (1, current)[219]
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Taichi[170]
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Desperado and Michinoku[170]
- GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – Archer and Smith[167]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Match of the Year (2012) Suzuki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on October 8[265]
- Match of the Year (2014) Suzuki vs. A.J. Styles on August 1[266]
See also
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