Shitty machine translation:
(This article is written by Tanahashi):
In 2005, I was active as an IWGP tag team champion with Nakamura (Shinsuke). There was a saying that it would be easy to see if it was a fan. Now it's like Umino (Shota) and Uemura’s (Yuya) group. It was fun to do it while there was a royal flow like fighting and fighting together.
The sling blade, which was my finish hold at the time, was also named by Nakamura. That's cool! I was overjoyed, but when I looked it up later, it was a movie with a knife, and I found out that it was Nakamura's big joke, so I said "That bastard…" (laughs).
The two of us went on an expedition to CMLL in Mexico, and it was so much fun. Nakamura is really sociable, and even if he goes to the Lucha class over there, he does it dexterously. On the other hand, it was an expedition that caught a glimpse of the amazingness of Nakamura and his current appearance, such as struggling with Lucha's movements. At this time, I also went to the Toryumon Gym in Naucalpan, so I also met Okada (Kazuchika). He was about 17 years old at the time, and I was watching it because I thought there was a tall girl.
The tag team with Nakamura would be resolved by losing to Chono (Masahiro) and Tenzan (Hiroyoshi) at the Kobe Games on October 30, 2005 and losing the belts. When the form of the team was formed, "There is still one more!" I also thought so, but I also felt that "it's not a tag team that will continue to do it for a long time". I went to the singles front at the end of the match with Mr. Nagata (Yuji) and Mr. Nakanishi (Manabu) at the end of the Korakuen tournament. I have an image that I have been working together for a long time, but the period is less than a year. That's how memorable it is.
Immediately after that, on November 14, a major incident was waiting in New Japan. YUKES (a game company) acquired the shares held by Mr. Inoki and became the new owner company. At that time, I didn't understand the management part at all, and I never dreamed that it would be in the form of selling.
The fact that the president of YUKES, Taniguchi (Yukinori), saved New Japan Pro Wrestling, which was in a bad debt situation at the time, later became more and more grateful. The YUKES system lasted for 12 years, but looking back now, it was exactly my time. In the late 2000s, many players emerged, and I can only thank you for supporting me until New Japan was in a situation where it would grow a lot from now on.
However, at that time, New Japan Pro Wrestling continued to be a negative topic, and many players left in 2006, after the end of the year.
by MrPuroresu42