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>At the Ariake event, they knocked out Taichi with a devastating double-team move, securing their IWGP Tag Team Championship challenge at the Kobe show. Ice declared with confidence: “Taichi and Ishii are strong, so I want to take the belts from them. If we take the belts, the strong ones will come after us. I want to fight the strong and make money from it. Of course, I love one-on-one fights, but for now it’s all about tag team.”
>Ice’s senior from Ogaki City Higashi Junior High School in Gifu, Hiroshi Tanahashi—whom he once served as a ringside attendant—is set to retire at the Tokyo Dome event on January 4 next year. Ice reflected: “I got to know New Japan because of Hiroshi Tanahashi, and it changed my life. I feel like I’ve got to face him, but I’ll climb to a position where I can go after anyone. If my very existence becomes money, then naturally it’ll happen. I’ll get there.”
>Right now, New Japan’s ring is a battlefield where the new generation of warriors fiercely compete for supremacy. The “Danger: Do Not Touch” K.O.B. are set to bring a storm to the tag team division.