- Naruki Doi
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Naruki Doi 
Ring name(s) Naruki Doi[1]
Second Doi[1]Billed weight 82 kg (180 lb)[1] Born October 4, 1980 [1]
Ikoma, Nara[1]Trained by Último Dragón[1]
Jorge Rivera[1]Debut May 13, 2000[1] Naruki Doi (土井 成樹 Doi Naruki, born October 4, 1980 in Ikoma, Nara, Japan)[1] is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate, where he is currently one third of the Open the Triangle Gate Champions. He also wrestled for Ring of Honor, where he is a former World Tag Team Champion with Shingo Takagi, as well as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Contents
Career
Toryumon
Doi debuted in Toryumon Japan as part of the T2P. As one of his family members was a player for the Japanese baseball team the Yomiuri Giants, he was given a baseball gimmick and the name of Second Doi.
Doi was originally groomed as the top face for T2P, but injuries forced him to debut in Japan late and his growth was slightly stunted. He joined the Toryumon Japan roster, and Shin M2K as T2P ended its run, later joining Final M2K.
Dragon Gate
Doi continued on in Final M2K. At the end of 2004, he abruptly dropped the baseball gimmick and started competing under his real name.
In January 2005, Doi turned heel and joined CIMA's new faction Blood Generation. He gained more rank then, and rose to be something of a second-in-command for the stable. He also became the first Open the Brave Gate Champion on March 13, and would hold it until November 13, when he lost it to Dragon Kid.
On April 12, 2006, when Gamma was kicked out of Blood Generation due to constant clashes with CIMA, Doi left with Gamma, along with Masato Yoshino and Naoki Tanisaki. It was unclear whether Doi or Gamma was the leader of the splinter faction. After Doi and Gamma won the rights to the Blood Generation name in a tag match against CIMA and Don Fujii eleven days later, Doi's faction renounced it, renaming themselves the Muscle Outlaw'z. The MO'z ranks would grow when Magnitude Kishiwada joined them after returning from a stint of injury, as well as referee Kinta Tamaoka. The group would lose Tanisaki later that year, but shortly after recruited Genki Horiguchi. MO'z would also host any heel wrestlers visiting Dragon Gate.
Doi continued to gain rank in 2007, and formed a regular tag team with Masato Yoshino, known as Speed Muscle, an amalgamation of their respective nicknames "Speed Star" and "Bosou Muscle". Doi and Yoshino declared themselves the first Open the Twin Gate Champions after winning the inaugural Summer Adventure Tag League Tournament in June, and later defeated Taku Iwasa and Keni'chiro Arai for the I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to unify the two belts. In November, Doi and Yoshino added the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to their collection. Doi and Yoshino would drop the GHC titles to Shingo Takagi and BxB Hulk of New Hazard in January 2008, and then the Open the Twin Gate titles to Iwasa and Arai the month after, and opted to stop teaming with each other. Doi briefly teamed with Horiguchi while Yoshino pursued CIMA and the Open the Dream Gate championship. Yoshino put forward an impressive performance, and despite losing, was congratulated by both CIMA and Doi. Their team reconciled.
Doi and Yoshino's increasing popularity began to cause a split in the Muscle Outlaw'z, as Yoshino began to feud with stablemate Yasushi Kanda. The MO'z eventually split, with the heel faction of Kanda, Horiguchi, Gamma and YAMATO joining up with Shingo Takagi and Cyber Kong to form Real Hazard. Doi and Yoshino formed their own new stable, World-1, that also included BxB Hulk, Naoki Tanisaki, and m.c. KZ.
In August, he and Yoshino won the Summer Adventure Tag League Tournament for the second year in a row, and then a month later, on September 26, they captured the Open the Twin Gate Titles for a second time from Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka. Their second reign was very short, for they lost the titles nine days later to YAMATO and Cyber Kong. However, Doi would go on to become the ace of the promotion by year's end: He won the King of Gate Tournament on December 19, and then nine days later he defeated Shingo Takagi to become the Open the Dream Gate Champion.
On May 5, he made a notable defense of the title against the former sumo champion-turned-wrestler Akebono. Despite the huge size difference, he was able to defeat Akebono and retain the title, after hitting him with five consecutive Bakatare Sliding Kicks. On July 19, he got his biggest victory ever when he defeated Open the Brave Gate Champion CIMA in a Title vs. Title Match, claiming the Brave Gate for a second time and really cementing his status as the unquestioned ace of the promotion. He vacated the Brave Gate immediately afterwards. On August 24, 2010, Doi and Masato Yoshino won their third Summer Adventure Tag League by defeating Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito in the finals.[2] On October 13, 2010, Doi turned on Yoshino and joined the former Deep Drunkers and Takuya Sugawara to form a new heel stable.[3] On November 23, 2010, Doi and Gamma defeated K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka to win the Open the Twin Gate Championship.[4] At the final Dragon Gate show of 2010, Final Gate 2010 on December 26, Doi unsuccessfully challenged his former partner Masato Yoshino for the Open the Dream Gate Championship.[5] On January 10, 2011, Doi and Gamma lost the Open the Twin Gate Championship to Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki. On January 14, 2011, Team Doi aligned themselves with CIMA's Warriors stable, who turned heel in the process.[6] On January 18 the new group was named Blood Warriors.[6] On September 2, Doi, Kzy and Naoki Tanisaki defeated Gamma, Masato Yoshino and YAMATO to win the Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship.
Foreign excursion
Doi became one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions on March 3, 2007, with Shingo, beating the Briscoe Brothers in Liverpool, England.[7] The two would lose the title back to the Briscoes at All Star Extravaganza III on March 30.[7] In June 2008, he and Masato Yoshino joined Milano Collection A.T. and Puma to form Team Japan in that year's TNA World X Cup Tournament and together they had matches against members of the other teams, losing each match. At Victory Road, Doi competed in the Ultimate X match but came up short.
Doi has also appeared for the Hawaii-based Action Zone Wrestling, debuting with tag team partner Masato Yoshino on January 7, 2008 in a four-way tag team match. He later returned for singles action at AZW's third year anniversary show Anniversary Annihilation on June 2, 2008 in a triple threat match against Akua and Sabaki.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
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- Bakatare Sliding Kick (Running single leg dropkick to the face of a kneeling opponent)[1]
- Doi 555 (Fireman's carry sitout facebuster, sometimes from the second rope)[1]
- Muscular Bomb (Half nelson lifted and dropped into a wheelbarrow driver)[1]
- Signature moves
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- Bosou Elbow (Diving high-angle elbow drop)[8]
- Crossbody to the back of an opponent draped over the second rope[9]
- Dai Bosou! (Corner cannonball splash)[1]
- Flapjack dropped into a hangman[10]
- Inverted DDT[10]
- Lifting sitout spinebuster[10]
- Multiple fast open-hand slaps[11]
- Multiple suplex variations
- Rope hung dropkick[10]
- Rope hung senton bomb[9]
- Spin-out powerbomb[9]
- Suicide dive[14]
- Turnbuckle powerbomb[15]
- V9 Clutch (Arm trap somersault cradle)[1]
- With Masato Yoshino
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- Assisted double stomp to the arm (Yoshino)
- Assisted missile dropkick into a senton on another opponent (Yoshino)
- Assisted rope hung senton bomb (Doi)
- Drop toe hold (Doi) / Sliding kick (Yoshino) combination
- Flapjack (Doi) / One-handed bulldog (Yoshino) combination
- Front missile dropkick (Yoshino) / Doi 555 (Doi) combination
- Poetry in Motion corner elbow (Yoshino)
- Springboard spinning sleeper slam (Yoshino) / Powerbomb (Doi) combination[8]
- With Genki Horiguchi
- Backslide from Bakatare (Backslide (Horiguchi) / Bakatare Sliding Kick (Doi) combination)
Championships and accomplishments
- Dragon Gate
- Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masato Yoshino[16]
- Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship (2 times)[16]
- Dragon Gate Open the Dream Gate Championship (1 time)[16]
- Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship (9 times, current) – with CIMA and Shingo Takagi (1), CIMA and Don Fujii (1), Gamma and Masato Yoshino (3), Gamma and Magnitude Kishiwada (1) Magnitude Kishiwada and Masato Yoshino (1), PAC and Naoki Tanisaki (1), and Kzy and Naoki Tanisaki (1, current)[16]
- Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship (3 times) – with Masato Yoshino (2) and Gamma (1)[16]
- King of Gate (2008)
- Summer Adventure Tag League (2007, 2008, 2010) – with Masato Yoshino[2][8]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shingo[7]
- Toryumon Japan
- UWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Dragon Kid and Keni'chiro Arai[16]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 5 Star Match (2006)with Masato Yoshino and CIMA vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito (ROH – Supercard of Honor – March 31)
- Match of the Year (2006) with Masato Yoshino and CIMA vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito (ROH – Supercard of Honor – March 31)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Cagematch profile". Cagematch. http://cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=3269. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ^ a b Boutwell, Josh (2010-08-30). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. http://wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1283192682. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^ Boutwell, Josh (2010-10-15). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. http://wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1287180298. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ Boutwell, Josh (2010-11-26). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1290753672. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
- ^ "2010 Dragon Gate results". Purolove. http://www.purolove.com/dragongate/results/results10.php. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ^ a b Boutwell, Josh (2011-01-21). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1295648558. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ a b c "Ring Of Honor Tag Team Championship". Ring of Honor. http://www.rohwrestling.com/rohworldtagteamtitles.php. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ^ a b c "Puroresu Central profile". Puroresu Central. http://www.puroresucentral.com/doi.html. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ^ a b c "Open the Garoon Gate Infinity 206". http://bgsays.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/infinity-206-or-yoshino-vs-fujii.
- ^ a b c d e "Open the Garoon Gate Compilation Gate 2010". http://bgsays.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/compilation-gate-2010/.
- ^ "Open the Garoon Gate Infinity 188". http://bgsays.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/infinity-188-or-summer-adventure-tag-league-iv-part-4/.
- ^ a b "Open the Garoon Gate Open The Historic Gate". http://bgsays.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/dgusa-open-the-historic-gate.
- ^ "Open the Garoon Gate Infinity 165". http://bgsays.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/infinity-165-or-no-rope-knockout-ii/.
- ^ "Open the Garoon Gate Gate of Destiny 2010". http://bgsays.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/gate-of-destiny-2010//.
- ^ "Open the Garoon Gate Infinity 137". http://bgsays.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/infinity-137-or-speed-vs-muscle.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cagematch title history". Cagematch. http://cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=3269&view=erfolge#erfolge. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ^ ""PWI 500": 101–200". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2010-07-31. http://prowrestlingillustrated.blogspot.com/2010/07/pwi-500-101-200.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
External links
Junction Three wrestlers Dragon Kid • Gamma • KAGETORA • Masaaki Mochizuki • Masato Yoshino • PAC • Rich Swann • Shingo Takagi • Super Shisa • Susumu Yokosuka • YAMATOBlood Warriors wrestlers Akira Tozawa • Brodie Lee • BxB Hulk • CIMA • Genki Horiguchi • Kzy • Naoki Tanisaki • Naruki Doi • Ricochet • Ryo Saito • Tomahawk T.T • Yasushi KandaUnaffliated wrestlers Cyber Kong • Don Fujii • Eita Kobayashi • Keni'chiro Arai • K-ness • Kotoka • Shachihoko Machine • Shisa BOY • Stalker Ichikawa • Super Shenlong II • Takafumi Watanabe • Taku IwasaOther talent ROH World Tag Team Champions The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan) · A.J. Styles and Amazing Red · The Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid) · Special K (Dixie and Izzy) · The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) · Second City Saints (CM Punk and Colt Cabana) · The Prophecy (B.J. Whitmer and Dan Maff) · The Rottweilers (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) · B.J. Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs · The Carnage Crew (HC Loc and Tony DeVito) · Sal Rinauro and Tony Mamaluke · Austin Aries and Roderick Strong · The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) · Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal · Naruki Doi and Shingo · The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) · No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards and Rocky Romero) · El Generico and Kevin Steen · The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) · Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) (current)Categories:- 1980 births
- Japanese professional wrestlers
- Living people
- People from Nara Prefecture
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