Naruki Doi is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate.
20 Facts About Naruki Doi
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Naruki Doi wrestled for Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ; in the former promotion, he was a one-time World Tag Team Champion with Shingo Takagi.
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Naruki 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.
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Naruki Doi joined the Toryumon Japan roster, and Shin M2K as T2P ended its run, later joining Final M2K.
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In January 2005, Naruki Doi turned heel and joined CIMA's new faction Blood Generation.
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Naruki Doi gained more rank then, and rose to be something of a second-in-command for the stable.
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Naruki 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".
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Naruki Doi briefly teamed with Horiguchi while Yoshino pursued CIMA and the Open the Dream Gate championship.
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On October 13,2010, Naruki Doi turned on Yoshino and joined the former Deep Drunkers and Takuya Sugawara to form a new heel stable.
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At the final Dragon Gate show of 2010, Final Gate 2010 on December 26, Naruki Doi unsuccessfully challenged his former partner Masato Yoshino for the Open the Dream Gate Championship.
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On January 14,2011, Team Naruki Doi aligned themselves with CIMA's Warriors stable, who turned heel in the process.
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On September 12,2013, Naruki Doi again turned on Yoshino and jumped to Mad Blankey, signalling the end of World-1 International.
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On October 12,2016, VerserK turned on Naruki Doi after disbanding Monster Express and kicked him out of the unit.
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Naruki Doi subsequently became a tweener, and began teaming with longtime partner Masato Yoshino.
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Naruki Doi refused a handshake from YAMATO after the match, and was helped to the back by two men wearing pink hoods over their heads.
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On January 18,2017, Naruki Doi saved Masato Yoshino, Kotoka, and Ben-K from an attack by VerserK.
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Naruki Doi became one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions on March 3,2007, with Shingo, beating The Briscoe Brothers in Liverpool, England.
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At Victory Road, Naruki Doi competed in the Ultimate X match but came up short.
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Naruki Doi has 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.
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Naruki Doi later returned for singles action at AZW's third anniversary show Anniversary Annihilation on June 2,2008 in a triple threat match against Akua and Sabaki.