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NARUKI DOI |
| Real Name: Naruki Doi | |
| Nickname: Bosou Muscle 暴走マッスル | |
| Date of Birth: 10/4/1980 | |
| Birthplace: Ikoma-shi, Nara | |
| Height/Weight: 173cm/82kg | |
| Theme: BLOOD #5 | |
| Debut: 5/13/2000 vs. Keni'chiro Arai | |
| Title History: UWA 6 Man Tag, Open the Brave Gate, Open the Triangle Gate, ROH Tag Title, Open the Twin Gate, IJ Tag, GHC Jr Tag |
Specialties:
•Bakatare Sliding Kick - バカタレスライディングキック
Running dropkick to the face. Usually following
standard base running slide form.
•Doi555 - 土井555
Firemans lift into face buster.
•Muscular Bomb - マスキュラーボム
Wheelbarrow lift with half nelson into very vertical
drop driver.
•Dai Bosou! - 大暴走!
High speed cannonball senton to opponent in corner.
•High Angle Spinebuster - ハイアングル・スパインバスター
Whip counter sit out spine bomb, with opponent
lifted at a high angle. Hence the name.
•V9 Clutch - V9クラッチ
Now used almost exclusively as a Lariat counter, an arm trapping cradle pinfall.
The name comes from the V9 era Yomiuri Giants that won 9 championships in a row
from 1965-1973.
2000: Debuts as a 5th Term student for T2P.
Adopts a baseball character, patterned after Yomiuri Giants star Souzo Doi.
Changes ringname to Second Doi
2001: Injuries prevent him from debuting in Japan with the rest
of T2P.
2002: Debuts in Japan during the T2P League tour in March.
2003: Joins Shin M2K, remains a member through the year, until
the unit is dissolved.
2004: Remains without a unit until Final M2K forms in July.
Loses a Bat vs. Iron Perm match to Don Fujii, forcing him to change his hair
style to an Iron Perm. Aligns with Fujii and Naoki Tanisaki to form the Aipas
team in the 2004 Rey de Parejas. Announces at the end of the year he was
reverting to his real name.
2005: Turns heel on the first Korakuen Hall show of the year,
joining the newly formed Blood Generation. Becomes the first Open the Brave Gate
champion, and holds the title most of the year.
2006: Betrays CIMA and leads the Blood Generation coup d'état
that lead to the formation of Muscle Outlaw'z. Suffers a serious injury in July,
and doesn't return until October.
2007: Finds great success in the tag ranks. Early in the year,
he captured the ROH Tag titles with Shingo Takagi. Later in the year his Speed
Muscle team with Masato Yoshino dominates. They won the Summer Adventure Tag
League, becoming the first Open the Twin Gate champions. They also held the IJ
Tag and GHC Jr. Tag titles at the same time.
Currently Doi is in the middle of the unit shuffle. He and Yoshino were on the verge of splitting their team, before reconciling. After several months of dissention, he and Yoshino split from MO'z. They went on to found the WORLD-1 unit. He and Yoshino also traveled to the US to compete for TNA, the first DG trip to a "major" US company.