Massive Main Event Featuring Superstars From AJPW & Dragon Gate Set For Naruki Doi’s 25 Anniversary Event

By: Lewis Carlan

On November 7th, freelancer Naruki Doi will be celebrating his 25th anniversary as a professional wrestler with a huge event at Shinjuku FACE. The event will feature stars from All Japan Pro-Wrestling & Dragon Gate which are the two promotions that Doi has mainly competed in for the last three years. In addition the current DDT Pro-Wrestling KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata will be appearing on the event.

Doi confirmed that the show is completely sold out and he revealed the final line-up of matches on X.

Image Credit: Naruki Doi/Gaora Sports

The massive main event will feature some of the top superstars from AJPW and Dragon Gate. It will be Shun Skywalker, Yuma Anzai & Homare facing the trio of AJPW Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara, YAMATO & Yuma Aoyagi.

Image Credit: Naruki Doi/Gaora Sports

YAMATO was quick to respond to the match announcement saying that he may be a Jr. Heavyweight but he won’t fall behind the AJPW heavyweights in the bout. YAMATO indicated that everyone is an opponent even his teammates for the match.

From YAMATO:

“I may be a junior-weight wrestler, but I won’t fall behind the heavyweight division of All Japan Pro Wrestling. We may be teaming up, but everyone is an opponent. See for yourselves why YAMATO is truly YAMATO. All Japan Pro Wrestling fans, take note!” (Via Google Translate)

In another huge bout, the current Dragon Gate Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta will team with his fellow Gajadokuro faction members Kota Minoru & ISHIN as they face Naruki Doi and his partners AJPW superstars Jun & Rei Saito plus a mystery wrestler.

Image Credit: Naruki Doi/Gaora Sports

In addition, a bout has been confirmed that features some of the best Jr. heavyweights in both AJPW and Dragon Gate. On one side will be MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka, Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka as they square off against the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi, Dragon Kid, Dragon Dia & Rising HAYATO.

The Open The Twin Gate Champions Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka will interestingly be on opposite sides of this eight man bout.

Image Credit: Naruki Doi/Gaora Sports

The KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata will be on the event as he will be competing in a four team trios match.

Here is the full line-up of matches for the Naruki Doi 25th anniversary event On November 7th:

• Main Event: Shun Skywalker, Yuma Anzai, Homare vs. Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & YAMATO
• Kikuta Madoka, ISHIN & Kota Minoru vs. Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Naruki Doi & a mystery partner
• MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka, Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Dragon Kid, Dragon Dia & Rising HAYATO.
• Hokuta Omori, Takashi & Yuma Arashi vs. Ren Ayabe, Talos & Riita vs. Kuroshio Tokyo Japan, Hyo & Ben-K vs. Kazuki Hirata, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka
• Hideki Suzuki & Shuji Kondo vs. Punch Tominaga & Seigo Tachibana
• Ryo Inoue vs. Mochizuki Jr.

The event can be viewed on PPV at vod.gaora.co.jp/contents/932 on November 7th.