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Reckless Run Series and in a match dubbed a "Dangerous Comedy Match." He would lose in eighteen seconds, getting knocked out by a punch in retaliation for slapping Necro in the face. He asked for a restart and their match went longer before Necro pinned him with the Necro Bomb
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Stalker Ichikawa name and returned as Stalker Ichikawa Z. Not long after returning, he engaged in another Reckless Run series which included him facing
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374:. Nagata initially refused, but then Stalker tricked him into signing a contract for the match during a New Japan autograph session on June 8. Nagata would defeat Stalker in just over five minutes with a left middle kick.
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79:Ring name(s)
1353:1974 births
1276:Mad Blankey
1209:Shuji Kondo
1179:La Estrella
927:Jacky Kamei
816:Jimmy Kanda
664:Battle News
604:Dragon Gate
496:Battle News
433:Dragon Gate
364:Yuji Nagata
319:Jun Akiyama
294:Kevin Steen
206:Dragon Gate
130:Billed from
1337:Categories
1286:New Hazard
1272:Masquerade
1259:Past units
1189:Mondai Ryu
1077:Naruki Doi
1067:Dragon Kid
967:Gold Class
943:Dragon Dia
917:Luís Mante
900:Dragongate
801:Rich Swann
670:2015-12-01
643:2007-09-27
614:2007-09-27
585:2007-09-27
556:2007-09-27
527:2007-09-27
502:2016-04-04
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326:Naruki Doi
317:superstar
140:Trained by
107:Tiger Jeet
50:1974-10-12
36:Birth name
1245:Ryo Saito
1154:Don Fujii
1118:Jason Lee
1005:Ho Ho Lun
936:D'courage
903:employees
858:(current)
796:Don Fujii
445:(8 times)
401:A second
394:CIMA and
307:Vale Tudo
302:Rice Cake
148:Dos Caras
1199:Ryu Fuda
1072:Kagetora
979:BxB Hulk
780:Kikutaro
546:Show #70
468:Kikutaro
388:Shizuoka
379:Kikutaro
286:Mr. Pogo
278:BxB Hulk
259:Aja Kong
231:Don Fuji
109:Ichikawa
104:Ichikawa
99:Ichikawa
84:Ichikawa
1096:Z-Brats
1060:Paradox
1036:Flamita
910:Big Hug
608:YouTube
356:Fukuoka
309:fight.
1291:R.E.D.
1108:Homare
1087:Yamato
989:Riiita
396:K-ness
292:, and
1113:Ishin
974:Ben-K
848:2020s
789:2010s
738:2000s
476:Notes
384:Aichi
372:Hyogo
366:from
290:Onryo
282:Gamma
274:Tokyo
170:市川 寛二
154:Debut
64:Japan
1010:Holy
750:Cima
328:and
280:and
229:and
227:CIMA
97:Stan
44:Born
1123:Kai
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