Katsuhiko Nakajima Victorious At ZERO1 Shin-Kiba Event

By: Ian McCord 

The highly anticipated matchup between Katsuhiko Nakajima and Hayabusa took place on March 20th when Pro Wrestling ZERO1 returned to Shin-Kiba 1stRING.

Nakajima and Hayabusa battled in the main event, giving fans a hard-hitting match that saw both men give their best efforts to try and secure the win. Nakajima would ultimately get the better of Hayabusa, planting him with a Northern Lights Bomb at the (20:54) mark for the victory.

After the match, Nakajima would get on the microphone and ask Hayabusa if he would compete at his self-produced event on May 31st, which Hayabusa would accept.

Hayabusa took to social media to share his feelings after the loss to Nakajima stating:

“I lost to Katsuhiko Nakajima. It’s frustrating, but I will prove—through my future achievements—that this loss was necessary for me to move forward. I will.”

(English Translation via DeepL)

Here are the full results from ZERO1’s Shin-Kiba event on March 20th courtesy of purolove.com:

• Takuya Sugawara & Bryan Ishizaka defeat Quiet Storm & Yuya Aoki (9:59) following a leg lock backslide by Sugawara on Aoki.
• Yuko Miyamoto defeats Chris Vice (8:19) with a La Magistral.
• Yuki Toki & Van Vert Jack defeat Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota (11:16) following a Shooting Star Press by Jack on Kubota.
• Junya Matsunaga defeats Tsugutaka Sato (10:41) with the Beasting.
• Masato Tanaka defeats Shuji Ishikawa (15:32) with the Sliding D.
• Katsuhiko Nakajima defeats Hayabusa (20:54) with a Northern Lights Bomb