Suzuki-gun

**Suzuki-gun** (鈴木軍, *Suzukigun*, literally translated to "Suzuki Army") was a villainous professional wrestling stable in the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The group was originally founded in December 2010 by IWGP Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima as **Kojima-gun** (小島軍, *Kojimagun*, "Kojima Army"), but in May 2011, the members of the stable turned on Kojima and appointed Minoru Suzuki as their new leader.

Suzuki-gun has since added several new members, most notably Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer, known collectively as the Killer Elite Squad (K.E.S.), who are three-time IWGP Tag Team Champions and two-time NWA World Tag Team Champions as part of the stable. Other accomplishments attained by the stable include Suzuki and Archer winning the 2011 G1 Tag League and founding members Taichi and Taka Michinoku becoming one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. As the leader of Suzuki-gun, Suzuki became one of NJPW's top wrestlers and has challenged for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on multiple occasions.

In January 2015, Suzuki-gun, through a partnership between NJPW and Pro Wrestling Noah, took part in a storyline, where the stable invaded Noah, making it their primary promotion. Within two months, Suzuki-gun had captured all four of Noah's championships with Suzuki becoming the GHC Heavyweight Champion, K.E.S. the GHC Tag Team Champions, Taichi the GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and El Desperado and Michinoku the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Suzuki-gun dominated Noah for the rest of 2015 until losing all but the GHC Tag Team Championship at the end of the year. The invasion storyline continued in 2016 with Suzuki-gun adding two new members; Noah originals Takashi Sugiura and Yoshinobu Kanemaru, who quickly brought the GHC Heavyweight and Junior Heavyweight Championships back to the stable. The invasion storyline concluded in December 2016, resulting in the stable's return to NJPW in January 2017. In March 2017, the stable added Zack Sabre Jr. who brought the British Heavyweight Championship, the Evolve Championship and the PWG Word Championship to the group, with Suzuki later also winning the British Heavyweight Championship and the British Tag Team Championships (alongside Sabre).

Since their return, Suzuki also brought the NEVER Openweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships, with Sabre also winning the New Japan Cup on two-multiple occasions, while Smith and Archer brought the IWGP Tag Team Champions once more, a feat that was later accomplished by Taichi and Sabre, Tachi, later Desperado and Kanemaru bringing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions on five occasions and Desperado the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on two-occasions, with Taichi also holding the NEVER Openweight Championship on two-occasions, with both Suzuki and Taichi being both Provisional KOPW trophy winners and Archer, who held the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. In 2019, in February, longtime member, Takashi Iizuka made his retirement from professional wrestling in February, with Taichi adopting the Iron Fingers from Hell, as tribute to him; meanwhile, a new member was added in May, DOUKI, who became also a manager and mouthpiece for the stable. In September 2021, Suzuki debuted for NJPW's American partner promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and realigned himself with Lance Archer, who returned to the stable, after leaving NJPW in February 2020.

Suzuki-gun disbanded at the end of 2022, after eleven years of existance, with a last match being held on December 23, with all members of the stable, including Takashi Iizuka, who returned from his retirement, one-time only for the post-match of the stable's last match.

## History

### Kojima-gun (2010–2011)

On December 12, 2010, Taichi returned to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) from his latest excursion to Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), accompanying IWGP Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima to a match, where he successfully defended his title against Shinsuke Nakamura. Kojima continued teaming with Taichi during the following week's events, and on December 23, the two were also joined by freelancer Nosawa Rongai and Kaientai Dojo's Taka Michinoku. On January 28, 2011, Kojima officially named the group "Kojima-gun". On February 20 at The New Beginning, the debuting MVP became the fifth member of Kojima-gun, in storyline being brought to the group by Nosawa using his American connections. However, prior to MVP's debut, Nosawa took a hiatus from professional wrestling altogether, after being arrested under suspicion of stealing a taxi.

### Suzuki-gun (2011–2022)

#### Formation and early feuds (2011–2013)

After losing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, Kojima suffered another big loss against longtime rival Togi Makabe on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2011. Following the match, Michinoku and Taichi entered the ring and attacked Kojima, who, however, quickly took care of both of them. This led to the surprise return of freelancer Minoru Suzuki, who appeared behind Kojima and locked him in a sleeper hold, before leaving the ringside area with Michinoku and Taichi, who proclaimed Suzuki as their new leader and renamed the stable "Suzuki-gun". On May 15, during the Invasion Tour 2011, NJPW's first tour of the United States, Lance Archer made his debut for the promotion, attacking Kojima after a match, before being chased away by former Kojima-gun member MVP. The following day, Archer was officially named a member of Suzuki-gun. During the following months, Suzuki continued his feud with Kojima, while Archer went up against Togi Makabe and Michinoku and Taichi became a tag team in NJPW's junior heavyweight tag team division. Suzuki's feud with Kojima culminated on July 18 in a grudge match, where Suzuki was victorious, after which he transitioned to feuding with Togi Makabe.

From late October to early November, Suzuki and Archer represented Suzuki-gun in the 2011 G1 Tag League, where they finished second in their round-robin block with four wins and one loss, advancing to the semifinals. On November 6, Suzuki and Archer first defeated CHAOS representatives Shinsuke Nakamura and Toru Yano in the semifinals and then the reigning IWGP Tag Team Champions, Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson), in the finals to win the 2011 G1 Tag League. As a result, Suzuki and Archer were granted a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, but were defeated by Bad Intentions in a rematch on November 12 at Power Struggle. During the same event, fellow Suzuki-gun member Taka Michinoku failed in his attempt to take the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from Prince Devitt. Power Struggle was also the start of a relationship between Suzuki-gun and Suzuki's close friend, Pro Wrestling Noah representative Yoshihiro Takayama, who began making semi-regular NJPW appearances as a member of the stable. On January 4, 2012, at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, Suzuki received his first shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in seven years, but was defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event of the evening. During Suzuki's chase for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Takayama momentarily took over his feud with Togi Makabe, but their rivalry also ended at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome in a match, where Makabe was victorious.

    On February 12 at The New Beginning, the five members of Suzuki-gun took a dominant 5–1 win over KUSHIDA, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata in a ten-man elimination tag team match, after which Archer and Takayama challenged Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. On February 19 at All Together, a charity event co-produced by NJPW, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah, AJPW's Masayuki Kono made a one-time appearance representing Suzuki-gun. Archer and Takayama received their title shot on March 18, but were unable to dethrone the defending champions. On April 15, the recently debuted Black Tiger won the 2012 Road to the Super Jr.2Days Tournament to earn a spot in the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. After his win, Michinoku and Taichi welcomed Black Tiger to Suzuki-gun, while also hinting that the man under the mask was a former associate of Minoru Suzuki. On May 23, Kazushige Nosawa, a former member of Kojima-gun and Suzuki's prior stable Suzuki Gundan, was arrested under suspicion of smuggling marijuana from Mexico to Japan. Though all charges against Nosawa were later dropped, NJPW immediately acknowledged that he had been portraying the latest Black Tiger and severed their ties with him. Meanwhile, Michinoku and Taichi had set their sights on the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but were, on June 16 at Dominion 6.16, defeated by Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask in a match for the vacant title. On July 22, Suzuki, Archer, Michinoku and Taichi picked up another dominant win over Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe and Yuji Nagata in an eight-man elimination tag team match, after which Archer again challenged Tenzan and Kojima to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, however, without specifying who his partner would be.

On August 13, Harry Smith was revealed as Archer's partner and the newest member of Suzuki-gun. Also in August, Michinoku and Taichi began blaming each other for their recent losses, which led to the two agreeing to a match, where the loser would be expelled from Suzuki-gun. The match took place on August 22 at Michinoku's Kaientai Dojo promotion, but ended without a winner as Minoru Suzuki interrupted the match and got the two men to make peace with each other. Harry Smith made his debut as a member of Suzuki-gun on September 7 in an eight-man tag team match, where he, Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Taka Michinoku were defeated by Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Togi Makabe and Yuji Nagata via disqualification, when Michinoku's Kaientai Dojo trainee Kengo Mashimo entered the ring and attacked Makabe, revealing himself as the newest member of Suzuki-gun. On September 23 at Destruction, Makabe ended his rivalry with Suzuki-gun by defeating Mashimo in a singles match. The following day, Harry Smith was renamed Davey Boy Smith Jr., after his father.

On October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Smith and Archer, now known collectively as Killer Elite Squad (K.E.S.), defeated Tencozy to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, bringing Suzuki-gun its first title. Later, in the main event of the evening, Minoru Suzuki unsuccessfully challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. From November 20 to December 1, K.E.S. took part in the round-robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League, finishing with a record of four wins and two losses, advancing to the semifinals of the tournament in the second place in their block, while Suzuki and Mashimo failed to advance from the other block with three wins and three losses. On December 2, K.E.S. defeated Always Hypers (Togi Makabe and Wataru Inoue) to advance to the finals of the tournament, where, later that same day, they were defeated by Sword & Guns (Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson). On January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome, K.E.S. successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Sword & Guns, while Minoru Suzuki was defeated by Yuji Nagata in another chapter of their long rivalry.

#### Feud with Chaos (2013–2015)

Afterwards, Suzuki-gun began feuding with NJPW's other villainous stable, CHAOS. In late January, Taichi was sidelined with a knee injury following a traffic accident, which led to Suzuki-gun recruiting another Taka Michinoku trainee, Hiro Tonai, as his replacement for the February events. After working exclusively against each other in multi-man tag team matches for the first part of February, the rivalry between Suzuki-gun and CHAOS built to two singles matches on February 10 at The New Beginning pay-per-view, where Kengo Mashimo was defeated by Shinsuke Nakamura, while Minoru Suzuki defeated Kazuchika Okada with help from Taichi. Meanwhile, K.E.S. retained the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Tencozy, after which Archer challenged Nakamura to a match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. Archer went on to fail in his title challenge on March 3 at NJPW's 41st anniversary event. During the same event, Suzuki-gun and Chaos faced off in a four-on-four elimination tag team match, where Suzuki-gun was victorious after Suzuki scored the final elimination over Okada. The rivalry between the two stables continued during the 2013 New Japan Cup, with Okada defeating Archer and Smith defeating Nakamura in their first round matches on March 11. Meanwhile, Suzuki also advanced in the tournament with a win over old rival Yuji Nagata, avenging the loss from Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome. The second round of the tournament on March 17 saw two more matches between Suzuki-gun and Chaos, when Smith eliminated Yujiro Takahashi, while Toru Yano eliminated Minoru Suzuki to advance to the semifinals. Smith, the final Suzuki-gun member left in the New Japan Cup, was eliminated from the tournament by Hirooki Goto in their semifinal match on March 23.

On April 5, K.E.S. made their fourth successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Chaos representatives Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii. The rivalry between Suzuki-gun and Chaos continued two days later at Invasion Attack, where Suzuki first defeated Toru Yano to avenge his loss from the second round of the New Japan Cup, and then Smith unsuccessfully challenged Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. The event concluded with Suzuki confronting new IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kazuchika Okada, seemingly as his first challenger for the title. Following the event, Taka Michinoku announced that Suzuki-gun had recruited a new member to take on Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, noting that he was suitable to challenge for said title. On April 20, the newest member was revealed as former multi-time WWE Intercontinental Champion Shelton X Benjamin. Later that same day, Archer and Smith took part in a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) event in Houston, Texas, where they defeated The Kingz of the Underground (Ryan Genesis and Scot Summers) to not only retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship, but to also win the NWA World Tag Team Championship. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013, K.E.S. lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Tencozy in a four-way match, which also included Crazy Ichizoku Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano, and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man), ending their reign at 207 days. Later in the event, Shelton X Benjamin unsuccessfully challenged Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, while the main event saw Minoru Suzuki fail in his challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada.

Suzuki then got involved in a rivalry with CHAOS member Tomohiro Ishii, which built to a singles match between the two on July 20 at the Kizuna Road 2013 pay-per-view, where Suzuki was victorious. That same event, Taichi and Michinoku unsuccessfully challenged Chaos members Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. From August 1 to 11, Suzuki, Archer, Benjamin and Smith took part in the 2013 G1 Climax, with Archer and Smith wrestling in block A and Benjamin and Suzuki in block B. Both Suzuki and Smith entered the final day with a chance to advance to the finals, however, Suzuki was eliminated after losing to Toru Yano, while Smith was eliminated after a loss against Archer. On October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Taichi and Michinoku won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the first time, when they, replacing Kushida and the injured Alex Shelley, who had earlier defeated them in a number one contender's match, defeated the Forever Hooligans for the title. Meanwhile, after avenging his G1 Climax loss against Toru Yano that same event, Suzuki made a challenge for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship with the added stipulation that should Shinsuke Nakamura lose the title to him, he would have to join Suzuki-gun. After a reign of 26 days, Taichi and Michinoku lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) on November 9 at Power Struggle. Later that same event, K.E.S. took part in a two-fall three-way match against Tencozy and The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway). In the first fall, they lost the NWA World Tag Team Championship to The IronGodz, but came back in the second to defeat Tencozy for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. Also during the event, Suzuki failed in his IWGP Intercontinental Championship challenge against Nakamura.

On November 24, two Suzuki-gun teams entered the 2013 World Tag League, competing in two separate blocks; K.E.S. in block A and Suzuki and Benjamin in block B. K.E.S. won their block with a record of five wins and one loss, while Suzuki and Benjamin were eliminated with a record of three wins and three losses, after losing to Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano in their final round-robin match. On December 8, K.E.S. was also eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by their old rival team, Tencozy. On January 4, 2014, at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, K.E.S. lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to the winners of the tournament, Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson). Also during the event, Michinoku and Taichi unsuccessfully challenged The Young Bucks for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a four-way match and Suzuki continued his feud with Toru Yano, with him and Benjamin losing to Yano and The Great Muta in a tag team match. Suzuki and Yano continued their rivalry for the next few months, leading to a tag team match at Back to the Yokohama Arena on May 25, where Yano's longtime tag team partner Takashi Iizuka turned on him during a tag team match, where they faced Suzuki and Benjamin, and jumped to Suzuki-gun. On June 9, NJPW suspended Taichi for two months with a 30% pay cut for "behavioral problems", after he had been caught cheating on his wife. On July 4, El Desperado joined Suzuki-gun, announcing his intention of bringing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to the stable. From July 21 to August 8, four members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2014 G1 Climax with Benjamin and Smith wrestling in block A and Suzuki and Archer in block B. All four failed to advance from their blocks with Benjamin finishing tied fifth and Smith eighth in their block of eleven and Suzuki finishing fourth and Archer tied sixth in their block. Following the tournament, Suzuki transitioned from Yano, who was busy feuding with Iizuka, to a new rivalry with Kazushi Sakuraba, who had come to Yano's aid in the aftermath of Iizuka's turn.

During September's Destruction tour, Suzuki-gun's three junior heavyweight members, referred to collectively as "Suzuki-gun Junior", set their sights on both of NJPW's junior heavyweight titles. On September 23 at Destruction in Okayama, El Desperado and Taichi failed in their attempt to capture the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from the Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA). On October 13 at King of Pro-Wrestling, K.E.S. defeated Tencozy to regain the NWA World Tag Team Championship. Later that same event, El Desperado unsuccessfully challenged Ryusuke Taguchi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, despite outside interference from Taichi and Michinoku. The Suzuki-gun Junior trio continued chasing the junior heavyweight titles during the 2014 Super Jr. Tag Tournament. Though El Desperado and Taichi were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by The Young Bucks, Taichi managed to pin Ryusuke Taguchi in the opening round of the tournament, with help from both Desperado and Taka Michinoku, putting himself in line for the next shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. Taichi received his title shot on November 8 at Power Struggle, but was defeated by Taguchi. Later in the month, two Suzuki-gun teams took part in the same block in the 2014 World Tag League; K.E.S. and Suzuki and Iizuka. Both teams narrowly missed the finals of the tournament due to losses on the final day; K.E.S. with a record of four wins and three losses and Suzuki and Iizuka with a record of three wins, one draw, and three losses. K.E.S. was victorious in the head-to-head match between the two Suzuki-gun teams. The rivalry between Suzuki and Sakuraba culminated in a "knockouts and submissions only" match on January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, where Suzuki was victorious. Also during the event, the Suzuki-gun quartet of Iizuka, Archer, Benjamin, and Smith were defeated in an eight-man tag team match by Yano and Pro Wrestling Noah's Naomichi Marufuji and TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste). The following day, El Desperado unsuccessfully challenged Jushin Thunder Liger for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

#### Pro Wrestling NOAH invasion (2015–2016)

The day after Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, Suzuki-gun declared war on Naomichi Marufuji and TMDK for them coming to Yano's aid at the event. On January 10, the entire Suzuki-gun made a surprise appearance for Pro Wrestling Noah, occupying the ring after the main event where Marufuji had successfully defended his GHC Heavyweight Championship. While Suzuki hit Marufuji with his finishing move, the *Gotch-Style Piledriver*, his stablemates attacked everyone who tried to enter the ring to stop him, including the new GHC Tag Team Champions TMDK and GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsushi Kotoge. The members of Suzuki-gun made their Noah in-ring debuts at the January 12 event, where El Desperado defeated Hitoshi Kumano in a singles match, Archer, Iizuka and, Smith defeated TMDK (Nicholls, Haste and Jonah Rock) in a six-man tag team match and Suzuki, Benjamin, Michinoku and, Taichi defeated BRAVE (Marufuji, Kotoge, Muhammad Yone and, Taiji Ishimori) in an eight-man tag team main event. Over the next four weeks, all eight members of Suzuki-gun also worked all subsequent Noah events. The first big event of the storyline was on February 11 with a card full of matches between members of Suzuki-gun and Noah and a mathen event, where K.E.S. defeated Haste and Nicholls with help from El Desperado to win the GHC Tag Team Championship. Noah's March 15 event saw Suzuki-gun featured in matches for all four of the promotion's titles. In the first two, Suzuki-gun captured both of Noah's junior heavyweight titles with El Desperado and Taka Michinoku defeating Choukibou-gun's Hajime Ohara and Kenoh and No Mercy's Daisuke Harada and Genba Hirayanagi for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and Taichi defeating Atsushi Kotoge, with help from El Desperado and Michinoku, for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. The third saw K.E.S. defeat TMDK in a rematch to make their first successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship. Finally, in the main event, Suzuki completed Suzuki-gun's clean sweep by defeating Naomichi Marufuji to become the new GHC Heavyweight Champion.

Suzuki-gun's dominance led to a storyline, where all of Noah's stables, villainous ones included, came together in order to reclaim the titles. As part of the storyline, Yoshihiro Takayama officially broke off his affiliation with Suzuki-gun by announcing his loyalty to Noah on March 28. In April, Suzuki-gun entered the 2015 Global Tag League with two teams; Suzuki and Iizuka and K.E.S. Benjamin also took part in the tournament, teaming with Brian Breaker. K.E.S. eventually made it to the finals of the tournament, where, on May 4, they were defeated by Dangan Yankies (Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura). All four of Suzuki-gun's titles were put on the line on May 10 and all were defended successfully. First El Desperado and Michinoku successfully defended the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre Jr. and then helped Taichi defeat Atsushi Kotoge to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. In the semi-main event, K.E.S. avenged their Global Tag League loss against Dangan Yankies by defeating them to retain the GHC Tag Team Championship, albeit following outside interference from Benjamin. The main event featured Kenta Kobashi making sure that the rest of Suzuki-gun did not interfere in the match, but nonetheless Suzuki defeated Marufuji in a rematch to make his first successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship.

On June 9, Suzuki-gun produced their own show in Korakuen Hall, entitled *We Are Suzuki-gun*, where K.E.S. made their third successful defense of the NWA World Tag Team Championship against Tencozy. On June 15, Suzuki made his second successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Maybach Taniguchi, after which he was attacked by former stablemate Takayama, who issued a challenge for a title match. On July 18 at Noah's 15th anniversary event, Suzuki defeated Takayama, following outside interference from El Desperado, K.E.S. and Iizuka, to make his third successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Afterwards, Takashi Sugiura, who earlier in the event had defeated Shelton X Benjamin in their personal grudge match, stepped up as Suzuki's next challenger.

Through late July and early August, both El Desperado and Michinoku took part in the 2015 Global Junior Heavyweight League, wrestling in separate blocks. Although both managed to secure early wins, losses on the final day of the tournament prevented them from making it to the finals. The winner, Daisuke Harada, issued a challenge to Taichi afterwards. On September 19, after Suzuki had made his fourth successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Takashi Sugiura, he was again challenged for the GHC Heavyweight Championship by Naomichi Marufuji, prompting Suzuki to present an added stipulation for their match; should Marufuji lose, Noah would be dissolved. Uniting the entire Noah roster together, Marufuji stated he was prepared to dissolve Noah if any member of Suzuki-gun was able to win the upcoming Global League Tournament. Meanwhile, El Desperado and Taka Michinoku made it to the finals of the 2015 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League, but were defeated there on September 22 by Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada. This led to a match on October 4, where Suzuki-gun's title monopoly was broken, when El Desperado and Michinoku lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Kotoge and Harada in their fifth defense.

From October 16 to November 6, five members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2015 Global League Tournament. In block A, Archer and Smith both finished their tournament with a record of three wins and four losses with Smith winning the head-to-head match between the K.E.S. members. In block B, Iizuka finished with a record six losses and one draw, wrestled against Suzuki on the final day, which eliminated Suzuki from advancing to the finals with a record of five wins and two draws. Instead, Benjamin won the block and advanced to the finals with a record of six wins and one draw, wrestled against Suzuki. On November 8, Benjamin was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Naomichi Marufuji. Noah ended their 2015 on December 23 with the promotion's 15h anniversary event, *Destiny 2015*, where all members of Suzuki-gun were involved in big matches. The stable's members were defeated in both junior heavyweight title matches with El Desperado and Michinoku failing to regain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Kotoge and Harada, while Taichi lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship to Taiji Ishimori, ending his nine-month reign in his fifth defense. Out of the six matches they were involved in, Suzuki-gun won only one, which saw K.E.S. make their fifth successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship against Big in USA. In the main event, with Noah's future supposedly on the line, Suzuki lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship back to Global League Tournament winner Naomichi Marufuji in his fifth official title defense. During Marufuji's victory celebration, Takashi Sugiura turned on him and Noah and joined Suzuki-gun.

On January 31, 2016, Sugiura defeated Marufuji with help from Archer and Suzuki to bring the GHC Heavyweight Championship back to Suzuki-gun. Prior to the event, Suzuki teased the possibility of there being another traitor within Noah. During his match with Go Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru revealed himself as the traitor by turning on Shiozaki, helping Suzuki win the match and joining Suzuki-gun. On February 24, Kanemaru defeated Taiji Ishimori with help from his new stablemates to become the new GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. On March 27, Suzuki-gun produced the second *We Are Suzuki-gun* event. The following month, K.E.S. set a new record for most successful defenses of the GHC Tag Team Championship by making three defenses on the American independent circuit. From April 21 to May 3, three teams representing Suzuki-gun took part in the 2016 Global Tag League; K.E.S., Benjamin and Sugiura, and Suzuki and Iizuka. Suzuki and Iizuka finished the tournament with six points and Benjamin and Sugiura with eight points, while K.E.S. won the single round-robin block with ten points, advancing to the finals. On May 4, Archer and Smith were defeated in the finals of the tournament by Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano. On May 28, Archer and Smith lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Marufuji and Yano, ending their 15-month title reign in their 11th defense. Later that same day, Sugiura lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Go Shiozaki in his second title defense. On July 26, it was announced that Shelton Benjamin was returning to WWE, signaling the end of his run as a member of Suzuki-gun. On July 30, Sugiura regained the GHC Heavyweight Championship from Go Shiozaki in the first lumberjack match in Noah history. Also in July, Suzuki-gun returned to NJPW, when Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru represented the stable in the 2016 Super J-Cup. The two had earned the spots in the tournament by winning a round-robin tournament, contested between the four Suzuki-gun junior heavyweight wrestlers. Both made it to the final day on August 21, where both were defeated by reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Kushida with Taichi losing to him in the semifinals and Kanemaru in the finals. On September 23 Kanemaru lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship to Atsushi Kotoge. On October 23, Sugiura lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Katsuhiko Nakajima in his third defense.

The following month, five members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2016 Global League Tournament with Suzuki, Archer, and Iizuka in block A and Smith and Sugiura in block B. Suzuki advanced to the finals of the tournament by winning his block with a record of six wins and one loss, while Archer finished with a record of four wins and three losses and Iizuka with one win and six losses. Meanwhile, both Smith and Sugiura finished their block with a record of four wins and three losses. On November 23, Suzuki defeated Masa Kitamiya in the finals to win the 2016 Global League Tournament. Following his win, Suzuki challenged GHC Heavyweight Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima to a Loser Leaves Noah match on December 2. That same day, K.E.S. regained the GHC Tag Team Championship from Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano. On December 2 Taichi unsuccessfully challenged Atsushi Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Later that night Suzuki was defeated by Nakajima in the match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Following the match, Suzuki-gun entered the ring to show support for Suzuki, but this led to Sugiura turning on Suzuki-gun, attacking each of his stablemates and quitting the stable. The following day, K.E.S. lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi in their first defense, while in the main event, Suzuki was defeated by Sugiura. With Suzuki-gun having been defeated in all ten of their matches during the two events, Noah announced on December 5 that the stable was gone from the promotion, concluding the two-year-long storyline.

#### Return to NJPW (2017–2022)

On January 5, 2017, Suzuki-gun made its return to NJPW after two years away with all eight members attacking the ring following a ten-man tag team match between the CHAOS stable and NJPW's main army. The attack saw K.E.S. target IWGP Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano and concluded with Suzuki laying out IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada with the *Gotch-Style Piledriver*. Suzuki then declared war on all of NJPW, including top stables Chaos, Bullet Club, and *Los Ingobernables de Japón*, stating that Suzuki-gun was going to take over all of the promotion's championships. The angle led to multiple title matches the following month. On February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo, Michinoku and Taichi unsuccessfully challenged Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Later that same event, K.E.S. unsuccessfully challenged Ishii and Yano for the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, also involving Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma. In the main event of the show, Suzuki unsuccessfully challenged Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Six days later at The New Beginning in Osaka, Smith and Iizuka, replacing an injured Archer, unsuccessfully challenged Ishii and Yano for the IWGP Tag Team Championship in another three-way match involving Makabe and Honma.

On March 6 at NJPW's 45th anniversary show, Kanemaru and Taichi defeated Roppongi Vice to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Later that same event, Suzuki and Smith helped Zack Sabre Jr. defeat Katsuyori Shibata for Revolution Pro Wrestling's British Heavyweight Championship with Sabre becoming the newest member of Suzuki-gun in the process. The following day, Sabre was set up as the next challenger for Hirooki Goto's NEVER Openweight Championship. Sabre went on to fail in that challenge on April 9, despite help from El Desperado and Minoru Suzuki, the latter of whom afterwards brawled with Goto. This led to Suzuki defeating Goto on April 27 to become the new NEVER Openweight Champion. That same day, Taichi and Kanemaru lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to Roppongi Vice in their second defense. On June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall, Kanemaru, Tachi and Sabre unsuccessfully challenged *Los Ingobernables de Japon* (BUSHI, EVIL, and SANADA) for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship in a Gauntlet match. The match also included Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Hangman Page, andYujiro Takahashi), CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, and Yoshi-Hashi) and Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson, Ricochet, andRyusuke Taguchi). Later on the same event, Suzuki made his first defense of the NEVER Openweight Championship defeating Hirooki Goto in a Lumberjack deathmatch. During the following summer, Suzuki and Sabre represented Suzuki-gun in the 2017 G1 Climax, wrestling in separate blocks. Both failed to advance to the finals with Suzuki finishing with a record of four wins, four losses, and one draw, and Sabre finishing with five wins and four losses. On September 24 at Destruction in Kobe, K.E.S. defeated War Machine and Guerrillas of Destiny in a three-way tornado tag team match to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the third time.

On January 4, 2018, at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome, K.E.S. lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to *Los Ingobernables de Japon* (EVIL and SANADA). Later that same event, Suzuki lost the NEVER Openweight Championship back to Hirooki Goto in a Hair vs. Hair match. On January 20 at Revolution Pro Wrestling's High Stakes, Suzuki and Sabre defeated Tyler Bate and Trent Seven to win the Undisputed British Tag Team Championship. On January 27 at The New Beginning in Sapporo, Suzuki defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. On March 6, Kanemaru and Desperado won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship defeating Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) and Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi) in a three-way match. On March 21, Sabre defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in the finals of the 2018 New Japan Cup, becoming the second gaijin to win the tournament after Giant Bernard in 2006. After the match, he challenged for a title shot against IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada at Sakura Genesis. On April 1 at Sakura Genesis, Sabre unsuccessfully challenged Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Five days later, at Revolution Pro Wrestling's WrestleCon Sabre lost the British Heavyweight Championship to Tomohiro Ishii. On April 29 at Wrestling Hinokuni, Suzuki lost the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to Tetsuya Naito. From May 18 to June 4, Desperado and Kanemaru took part in 2018 Best of the Super Juniors, wrestling in separate round-robin blocks. Both finished the tournament with a record of three wins and four losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On July 1 at Strong Style Evolved UK, Suzuki defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the British Heavyweight Championship. Suzuki and Sabre represented Suzuki-gun in the 2018 G1 Climax, wrestling in separate blocks. Both failed to advance to the finals with Suzuki finishing with a record of five wins, four losses and Sabre finishing with six wins and three losses. On September 17, at Destruction in Beppu, Taichi defeated Hirooki Goto to win the NEVER Openweight Championship. On October 14 at Global Wars UK, Suzuki lost the British Heavyweight Championship back to Tomohiro Ishii. From October 16 until November 1, Desperado and Kanemaru took part in the Super Jr. Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of five wins and two losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On November 3 at Power Struggle, Kanemaru and Desperado were defeated in the finals by Sho and Yoh in a three-way match also BUSHI and Shingo Takagi. Later that night, Taichi lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Hirooki Goto. From November 17 until December 7, Suzuki-gun were represented by three teams in the 2018 World Tag League; K.E.S., Sabre and Taichi and Iizuka and Suzuki. During the tournament, Taichi, and Sabre formed a tag team named "Dangerous Tekkers". Neither teams qualified for the finals, with Sabre and Taichi finishing the tournament with a record of seven wins and six losses, while Iizuka and Suzuki finished with five wins and eight losses and K.E.S finished with nine wins and four losses.

On January 4, 2019 at Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome, Desperado and Kanemaru lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to BUSHI and Takagi in a second three-way match also involving Sho and Yoh. Later that night, Sabre defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the British Heavyweight Championship. After Iizuka being 33 years with New Japan Pro Wrestling, on January 7, 2019, NJPW Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi announced Iizuka would retire from professional wrestling the following month, with his retirement match taking place on February 21. In Iizuka's last match on February 21, Iizuka, Suzuki, and Taichi were defeated by Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kazuchika Okada, and Toru Yano. After the match, Tenzan once again begged Iizuka to return to his former self, and Iizuka finally gave in and shook hands with Tenzan, reuniting Friendship Tag albeit for mere seconds as Iizuka and the rest of Suzuki-gun attacked Tenzan, Okada, and Yano. Afterwards, his signature iron glove was left in the ring as the fans applauded and chanted his name. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku, Taichi defeated Jeff Cobb to regain the NEVER Openweight Championship. On May 10, Taichi introduced DOUKI as the hired gun for Suzuki-gun, becoming the newest member of the stable, replacing Desperado in the 2019 Best of the Super Juniors, after he was sidelined with a broken jaw. On June 6, Taichi lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Tomohiro Ishii. On June 15, Smith left New Japan Pro Wrestling, leaving Suzuki-gun. From July 6 to August 11, three members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2019 G1 Climax, with Archer and Sabre wrestling in block A and Taichi in block B. All three failed to advance from their blocks with Archer finishing fourth and Sabre finishing tied third in their block of eleven and Taichi finishing tied third in his block. On August 31 at Royal Quest, Sabre lost the British Heavyweight Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi. In the main event, Suzuki unsuccessfully challenged Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. On September 15 at Destruction in Beppu, Sabre defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to regain the British Heavyweight Championship. On October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Archer defeated Juice Robinson in a no disqualification match to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. From October 16 until November 1, Kanemaru and Desperado took part in the 2019 Super Jr. Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of five wins and two losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On November 3 at Power Struggle, Kanemaru and Desperado were defeated in the finals by Sho and Yoh. From November 16 until December 8, two teams of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2019 World Tag League, Archer, and Suzuki; Sabre and Taichi, with both teams failing to win the tournament.

On January 4, 2020, on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome, Archer lost the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship to Jon Moxley in a Texas Deathmatch. On February 14 at Revolution Pro Wrestling's High Stakes, Sabre lost the British Heavyweight Championship to Will Ospreay. On February 26, Archer left the promotion in order to sign for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). In June, all members of Suzuki-gun except for DOUKI took part in the 2020 New Japan Cup. All members of Suzuki-gun failed to win the tournament with only Taichi being the only Suzuki-gun member to reach the quarterfinals. On July 12 at Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall, Taichi and Sabre defeated Golden☆Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship. On August 29, at Summer Struggle in Jingu, Suzuki defeated Shingo Takagi to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the second time. From September 19 until October 13, three members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2020 G1 Climax, with Taichi and Suzuki wrestling in block A and Sabre in block B. All three failed to advance from their blocks with Taichi finishing tied third and Suzuki finishing fourth in their block of eleven and Sabre finishing tied third in his block. On September 11, at *New Japan Road* tour, Kanemaru and Desperado defeated *Los Ingobernables de Japon* (BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi) in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On November 7 at Power Struggle, Suzuki lost the NEVER Openweight Championship back to Shingo Takagi. On November 12, it was announced that Kanemaru would be forced to withdraw from the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors due to an injury, being replaced by Yuya Uemura. From November 15 until December 6, Desperado and DOUKI took part in the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors. DOUKI finished the tournament with a record of two wins and seven losses, while Desperado managed to advance to the finals, after finishing the tournament with a record of seven wins and two losses. Meanwhile, Sabre and Taichi took part in the 2020 World Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of six wins and three losses, failling advance to the finals of the tournament, due to losing to FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) in their head-to-head match. On December 11, Desperado was defeated in the finals of the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors by Hiromu Takahashi.

On January 4, 2021, on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome, Taichi and Sabre lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa). Following Wrestle Kingdom 15, Suzuki-gun entered a rivalry with the Bullet Club over both stables tag team championships. After working exclusively against each other in multi-man tag team matches for the last part of January. Desperado and Kanemaru went on to lose the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Bullet Club members El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori on January 23, before regaining it on February 25. Three days later at Castle Attack, Desperado won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship by defeating El Phantasmo and BUSHI in a three-way match. In March, Sabre, Suzuki, and Taichi took part in the 2021 New Japan Cup. All three members failed to win the tournament with only Sabre and Suzuki being the only Suzuki-gun members to reach the second round of the tournament. On April 4 at Sakura Genesis, Desperado and Kanemaru lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh). On June 1, Sabre and Taichi regained the IWGP Tag Team Championship from the Guerrillas of Destiny. They lost the titles to *Los Ingobernables de Japón* (Tetsuya Naito and SANADA) on July 11 at Summer Struggle in Sapporo, before regaining them on July 25 at Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome. Also at the event, Desperado lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to Robbie Eagles. The following month, Desperado and Kanemaru won the 2021 Super Jr. Tag League, after finishing the tournament with a record of four wins and one loss. On September 5 at Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome, Desperado and Kanemaru defeated El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. During that day, at All Elite Wrestling's All Out, Suzuki made his AEW debut by confronting Jon Moxley. A match between the two was made for the ensuing episode of *Dynamite*, which Moxley won in his hometown of Cincinnati; prior to the match, Suzuki's iconic "Kaze ni Nare" entrance music was cut off. Citing hometown bias on September 15, Suzuki and Lance Archer, who returned to the stable, challenged Moxley and Eddie Kingston to a tag team match at *Rampage*: Grand Slam. At the event on Spetember 24, Archer and Suzuki were defeated by Moxley and Kingston in a Lights Out match, following the interference of Homicide. From September 18 to October 20, two members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2021 G1 Climax with Sabre wrestling in block A and Taichi in block B. Both failed to advance from their blocks with Sabre finishing tied third in his block of ten and Taichi tied sixth in his block. On October 26, Desperado and Kanemaru lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask. On November 6 at Power Struggle, Desperado defeated Robbie Eagles to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. From November 13 until December 11, Desperado, Kanemaru and DOUKI took part in the 2021 Best of the Super Juniors. Kanemaru finished the tournament with a record of four wins and seven losses, DOUKI with a record of three wins and eight losses, and Desperado with a record of six wins, four losses and a draw, with a loss against El Phantasmo at the final day, forcing him to miss the finals of the tournament by a single point. Meanwhile, two teams of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2021 World Tag League; Suzuki and Michinoku, and Taichi and Sabre. Suzuki and Michinoku lost all of their qualifying matches, while Sabre and Taichi finishing the tournament with a record of eight wins and three losses, with a loss in the final day against Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi, eliminating them from the finals.

During that month, NJPW announced the New Japan Rambo to determine challengers to the KOPW 2022. This led on January 4, 2022, on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 16, Suzuki, CIMA, Chase Owens and Toru Yano winning the New Japan Rambo by last eliminating Togi Makabe to become the participants to decide the inaugural KOPW 2022. Later that night, Taichi and Sabre lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi. The following day, Suzuki defeated CIMA, Owens and Yano to become the provisional KOPW 2022 Champion. On February 20, Suzuki lost the provisional KOPW 2022 Championship to Toru Yano in a dog cage match. On March 27, Sabre defeated Tetsuya Naito in the finals of the 2022 New Japan Cup, and earn the right to challenge Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, a feat that accomplished twice with the same reigning champion. On April 1, Suzuki took part in the Ring of Honor (ROH)'s Supercard of Honor XV event, where defeated Rhett Titus for the ROH World Television Championship, winning his first title in a U.S. based promotion. On April 9 at Hyper Battle, Sabre unsucessfully challenged Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. On the April 13 episode of AEW Dynamite, Suzuki lost the ROH World Television Championship to Samoa Joe. On April 25, Taichi lost the provisional KOPW 2022 trophy to Shingo Takagi. On May 1, at Wrestling Dontaku, Desperado lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to Taiji Ishimori. Later that month, three members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2021 Best of the Super Juniors, with Kanemaru wrestling block A and Desperado and DOUKI in block B. Kanemaru finished his tournament with a record of four wins and five losses and DOUKI with four wins and five losses, with Tonga winning the head-to-head match between the two. Meanwhile, Desperado won his block with a record of six wins and three losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. In a rematch from the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors, on June 3, Desperado was defeated in the finals by Hiromu Takahashi. From July 16 to August 16, three members of Suzuki-gun took part in the 2022 G1 Climax with Archer, Taichi and Sabre wrestling in seperate blocks. All three failed to advance from their blocks with Sabre entering the final day with a chance to reach the semifinals, but a loss against Tetsuya Naito eliminated him from the tournament. From November 22 until December 14, Suzuki and Archer took part in the 2022 World Tag League finishing the tournament with a record of five wins and five losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. Meanwhile, DOUKI and Kanemaru took part in the 2022 Super Jr. Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record four wins and five losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On December 14, Suzuki announced that the stable would disband by the end of the year. On December 23, Suzuki-gun had their final match, with DOUKI, Sabre, Taichi and Kanemaru facing Suzuki, Archer, Desperado and Michinoku in a winning effort. Afterwards, Iizuka returned to the stable for the final time, with every Suzuki-gun member hoisting the Suzuki-gun banner and posing one last time.

### Sub-groups

 Dangerous Tekkers | TaichiZack Sabre Jr. | 2019–2022

## In wrestling

* **Double-team finishing moves**
	+ **Archer and Smith**
		- *Killer Bomb* (Sitout full nelson slam (Archer) / Sitout powerbomb (Smith) combination)
	+ **El Desperado and Taichi**
		- *13Y5* (*Guitarra de la Muerta* (El Desperado) / *Black Mephisto* (Taichi) combination)
	+ **Kanemaru and Taichi**
		- *Highball W* (Release powerbomb by Taichi followed by a *Deep Impact* by Kanemaru)
		- *Shirokaku* (Release powerbomb by Taichi followed by a moonsault by Kanemaru)
	+ **Michinoku and Taichi**
		- *Michinoku Mephisto* (*Michinoku Driver II* (Michinoku) / *Black Mephisto* (Taichi) combination)
	+ **Sabre and Taichi**
		- *Zack Mephisto* (Assisted over the shoulder back-to-belly piledriver)
	+ **Suzuki and Taichi**
		- *Low Fly Flow* (Aided frog splash)
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Kaze ni Nare" by Ayumi Nakamura (Suzuki; Unit)
	+ "Ichiban" by Yonosuke Kitamura

## Championships and accomplishments

### Kojima-gun

* **New Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Kojima

### Suzuki-gun

* **Evolve**
	+ Evolve Championship (1 time) – Sabre
* **Kaientai Dojo**
	+ Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Michinoku
	+ UWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time) – Michinoku
* **National Wrestling Alliance**
	+ NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Archer and Smith
* **New Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Intercontinental Championship (1 time) – Suzuki
	+ IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Archer
	+ IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Desperado
	+ IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (6 times) – Taichi and Michinoku (1), Kanemaru and Taichi (1) and Desperado and Kanemaru (4)
	+ IWGP Tag Team Championship (6 times) – Archer and Smith (3), and Sabre and Taichi (3)
	+ NEVER Openweight Championship (4 times) – Suzuki (2) and Taichi (2)
	+ Provisional KOPW 2022 (1 time) – Suzuki (1) and Taichi (1)
	+ G1 Tag League (2011) – Archer and Suzuki
	+ Road to the Super Jr. 2Days Tournament (2011) – Taichi
	+ New Japan Cup (2018, 2022) – Sabre
	+ IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship tournament (2020) – Desperado and Kanemaru
	+ Super Jr. Tag League (2021) – Desperado and Kanemaru
* **Progress Wrestling**
	+ Super Strong Style 16 (2018) – Sabre
* **Pro Wrestling Guerrilla**
	+ PWG World Championship (1 time) – Sabre
* **Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out**
	+ Only Give Up Tournament (2020)
	+ King of JTO (1 time, inaugural) - Michinoku
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked Suzuki No. 19 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2015 and 2018
	+ Ranked Sabre No. 24 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2018
	+ Ranked Sugiura No. 44 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2016
	+ Ranked Smith No. 81 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2015
	+ Ranked Archer No. 92 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2015
	+ Ranked Benjamin No. 124 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2013
	+ Ranked Taichi No.117 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2018
	+ Ranked Desperado No.146 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2018
	+ Ranked Kanemaru No. 223 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2016
	+ Ranked Iizuka No. 334 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2018
	+ Ranked Michinoku No. 340 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2016 and 2018
* **Pro Wrestling Noah**
	+ GHC Heavyweight Championship (3 times) – Suzuki (1) and Sugiura (2)
	+ GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Taichi (1) and Kanemaru (1)
	+ GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Desperado and Michinoku
	+ GHC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Archer and Smith
	+ Global League Tournament (2016) – Suzuki
* **Revolution Pro Wrestling**
	+ British Heavyweight Championship (4 times) – Sabre (3) and Suzuki (1)
	+ Undisputed British Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Sabre and Suzuki
* **Ring of Honor**
	+ ROH World Television Championship (1 time) – Suzuki
* **Taka & Taichi Box Office**
	+ Suzuki-gun Super J-Cup Qualifying League (2016) – Kanemaru and Taichi
* ***Tokyo Sports***
	+ Outstanding Performance Award (2015) – Suzuki
	+ Tag Team of the Year (2021) – Sabre and Taichi
* **What Culture Pro/Defiant Wrestling**
	+ WCPW/Defiant Internet Championship (1 time) – Sabre
* ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter***
	+ Match of the Year (2012) Suzuki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on October 8
	+ Match of the Year (2014) Suzuki vs. A.J. Styles on August 1

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45. ↑ 永田裕志デビュー20周年記念興行 Blue Justice Ⅳ ～青義凱旋～  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2012-10-08.
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47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 Caldwell, James 2012-10-08. Japan News: TNA stars drop Tag Titles, former WWE stars win Tag Titles, Low-Ki recaptures title, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2012-10-08.
48. ↑ NJPW 40ｔｈ anniversary Tour World Tag League 2012  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2012-12-01.
49. ↑ NJPW 40ｔｈ anniversary Tour World Tag League 2012  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2012-12-01.
50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 NJPW 40ｔｈ anniversary Tour World Tag League 2012  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2012-12-02.
51. ↑ Wrestle Kingdom 7 ～Evolution～ in 東京ドーム  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-01-04.
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53. ↑ 2月シリーズ全対戦カード決定！ 2・10広島の前哨戦が熱い！ Chaosvs鈴木軍の抗争にも注目！  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-01-15). Retrieved on 2013-01-30.
54. ↑ 対Chaos、対棚橋、桜庭＆柴田…「鈴木みのるが"新日本"を語りまくる!!」 2月より携帯＆スマホで集中連載!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-01-30). Retrieved on 2013-01-30.
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56. ↑ *ja:【対戦カード変更のお知らせ】タイチ選手が交通事故で負傷欠場、ヒロ・トウナイ選手が代打出場* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-01-29). Retrieved on 2013-01-30.
57. ↑ Road to The New Beginning  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
58. ↑ Road to The New Beginning  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
59. ↑ Road to The New Beginning  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
60. ↑ Road to The New Beginning  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
61. ↑ 61.0 61.1 The New Beginning  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
62. ↑ The New Beginning  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
63. ↑ The New Beginning  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
64. ↑ *ja:旗揚げ記念日* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-03-03.
65. ↑ *ja:旗揚げ記念日* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-03-03.
66. ↑ New Japan Cup 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-03-11.
67. ↑ New Japan Cup 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-03-11.
68. ↑ New Japan Cup 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-03-11.
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70. ↑ Chaosと鈴木軍の抗争激化／新日本  (in Japanese). *Nikkan Sports* (2013-03-12). Retrieved on 2013-03-12.
71. ↑ New Japan Cup 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
72. ↑ New Japan Cup 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-03-23.
73. ↑ 新日本プロレス「New Japan Cup 2013」優勝決定戦  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-03-23). Retrieved on 2013-03-23.
74. ↑ Road to Invasion Attack  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-04-05.
75. ↑ *ja:ファンの後押しを受けてタッグ王座に挑戦した石井だが、無念の撃沈！荒ぶるデヴィットがシェリーを踏みつける！* (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2013-04-05). Retrieved on 2013-04-06.
76. ↑ *ja:アーチャー＆スミス組がＶ４に成功！ オカダはＩＷＧＰ前哨戦で棚橋に快勝＝新日本プロレス* (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-04-06). Retrieved on 2013-04-06.
77. ↑ Invasion Attack  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-04-07.
78. ↑ Invasion Attack  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-04-07.
79. ↑ Invasion Attack  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-04-07.
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81. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Invasion Attack」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-04-07). Retrieved on 2013-04-07.
82. ↑ ５.3『レスリングどんたく』絶賛発売中!! オカダvs鈴木！棚橋vsアンダーソン! 後藤vs柴田！中邑の相手"X"とは？  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-04-16). Retrieved on 2013-04-20.
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84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 Caldwell, James 2013-04-20. Show Results - 4/20 NWA Houston Parade of Champions: Caldwell's in-person report on Conway vs. Masters for NWA Title, Hoyt & Archer defend IWGP Tag Titles, three title changes . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2013-04-21.
85. ↑ *ja:ＩＷＧＰ王者スミス組が２冠／ＮＷＡ* (in Japanese). *Nikkan Sports* (2013-04-22). Retrieved on 2013-04-22.
86. ↑ Kiken！！ NWAにKESが参戦！ IWGPに続き、NWAタッグ王座も奪取！  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-04-22). Retrieved on 2013-04-22.
87. ↑ *ja:レスリングどんたく 2013* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-05-03.
88. ↑ *ja:レスリングどんたく 2013* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-05-03.
89. ↑ 中邑がV8　ベンジャミンをボマイェ葬  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-05-04). Retrieved on 2013-05-03.
90. ↑ *ja:レスリングどんたく 2013* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-05-03.
91. ↑ "レインメーカー"オカダがみのるを倒しIWGP初防衛  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-05-04). Retrieved on 2013-05-03.
92. ↑ Show results - 5/3 NJPW Dontaku PPV: U.S. stars lose titles or title matches, Okada's first IWGP Title defense, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch* (2013-05-04). Retrieved on 2013-05-04.
93. ↑ Dominion 6.22  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-07-20.
94. ↑ 吉野家Presents Kizuna Road 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-07-20.
95. ↑ 吉野家Presents Kizuna Road 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-07-20.
96. ↑ 吉野家Presents Kizuna Road 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-07-20.
97. ↑ 新日本プロレス「Kizuna Road 2013」最終戦  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-07-20). Retrieved on 2013-07-20.
98. ↑ Namako, Jason 2013-07-20. 7/20 NJPW iPPV Results: Akita, Japan (Devitt vs. Okada) . *Wrestleview*. Retrieved on 2013-07-20.
99. ↑ ブ『G1 Climax 23』出場メンバー発表!! 飯伏幸太、石井智宏が初出場!! 柴田勝頼が9年ぶりエントリー!!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-07-05). Retrieved on 2013-08-11.
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101. ↑ Caldwell, James 2013-08-11. Live results - New Japan's G1 Climax Finals 8/11: Caldwell's complete coverage of Sunday's event featuring Naito vs. Tanahashi, Shelton, Hoyt, Bulldog, Jr., Devitt, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2013-08-11.
102. ↑ 大混戦の公式戦を勝ち抜いた内藤が、絶対エースの棚橋を下して涙のG1初制覇！「俺の夢は新日本プロレスの主役になること！」  (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2013-08-11). Retrieved on 2013-08-11.
103. ↑ アレックス・シェリーが負傷欠場、10月14日両国大会のIWGPジュニアタッグはTaka&タイチが挑戦へ!!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-10-07). Retrieved on 2013-10-14.
104. ↑ Destruction  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-14.
105. ↑ 105.0 105.1 King of Pro-Wrestling  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-14.
106. ↑ King of Pro-Wrestling  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-14.
107. ↑ King of Pro-Wrestling  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-14.
108. ↑ *ja:中邑、防衛成功「イヤァオ！」／新日本* (in Japanese). *Nikkan Sports* (2013-10-15). Retrieved on 2013-10-14.
109. ↑ 新日本プロレス「King of Pro-Wrestling」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-10-14). Retrieved on 2013-10-14.
110. ↑ Namako, Jason 2013-10-14. 10/14 NJPW iPPV Results: Tokyo, Japan (Tanahashi/Okada) . *Wrestleview*. Retrieved on 2013-10-14.
111. ↑ オカダに敗れた棚橋「さらばだ、IWGP！」丸藤を撃破した中邑に鈴木が「俺と闘え！たぎるぜ」永田と桜庭が合体してグレイシー狩りへ  (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2013-10-15). Retrieved on 2013-10-15.
112. ↑ 112.0 112.1 Power Struggle  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.
113. ↑ 113.0 113.1 113.2 新日本プロレス「Power Struggle」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-11-09). Retrieved on 2013-11-09.
114. ↑ 114.0 114.1 114.2 Namako, Jason 2013-11-11. 11/9 NJPW iPPV Results: Osaka, Japan (Okada/Anderson) . *Wrestleview*. Retrieved on 2013-11-11.
115. ↑ Power Struggle  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.
116. ↑ Caldwell, James 2013-11-09. NJPW news: Double title change in IWGP Tag Title vs. NWA Tag Title match, Young Bucks add Tag Title gold . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.
117. ↑ Power Struggle  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.
118. ↑ *ja:『ワールドタッグ』出場チーム決定!! 内藤＆ソンブラ! コンウェイ＆ダンも参戦! アンダーソンは“新顔”ドク・ギャローズとタッグ結成!!* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2013-11-11). Retrieved on 2013-12-08.
119. ↑ World Tag League 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-12-08.
120. ↑ World Tag League 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-12-08.
121. ↑ World Tag League 2013  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-12-08.
122. ↑ 新日本プロレス「World Tag League 2013優勝決定戦」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-12-08). Retrieved on 2013-12-08.
123. ↑ Namako, Jason 2013-12-09. 12/8 NJPW Results: Nagoya, Japan (Tag League finals) . *Wrestleview*. Retrieved on 2013-12-09.
124. ↑ 124.0 124.1 バディファイトPresents Wrestle Kingdom 8 in 東京ドーム  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
125. ↑ 125.0 125.1 Caldwell, James 2014-01-04. Caldwell's NJPW Tokyo Dome results 1/4: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of New Japan's biggest show of the year - four title changes, former WWE/TNA stars featured, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
126. ↑ 126.0 126.1 新日本プロレス「Wrestle Kingdom 8」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2014-01-04). Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
127. ↑ Back to the Yokohama Arena  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-05-25.
128. ↑ Caldwell, James 2014-05-25. Caldwell's NJPW iPPV results 5/25: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live show featuring Styles vs. Okada for IWGP World Title, MOTY Contender, NWA Tag Titles, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2014-05-25.
129. ↑ *ja:菅林直樹会長が、タイチ選手の処分を発表* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2014-06-09). Retrieved on 2014-06-09.
130. ↑ *ja:不倫騒動のタイチに２カ月出場停止処分* (in Japanese). *Nikkan Sports* (2014-06-09). Retrieved on 2014-06-09.
131. ↑ Caldwell, James 2014-06-09. NJPW news: New Japan suspends Jr. Hvt., announces full line-up for "Dominion" featuring big U.S. stars . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2014-06-09.
132. ↑ Kizuna Road 2014  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-07-04.
133. ↑ 【新日本プロレス】飯伏vsKushidaのIWGPJr.戦、棚橋＆内藤vs後藤＆柴田  (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2014-07-05). Retrieved on 2014-07-05.
134. ↑ 【G124】「G1」出場メンバー、各大会の主要カードを電撃発表!! 開幕戦で、中邑vs柴田が実現! 西武ドームにROH勢が参戦!!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2014-06-21). Retrieved on 2014-08-08.
135. ↑ Namako, Jason 2014-07-21. Full details on the 2014 New Japan G-1 Climax tournament . *Wrestleview*. Retrieved on 2014-08-08.
136. ↑ バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-08-08.
137. ↑ Namako, Jason 2014-08-08. 8/8 NJPW G-1 Climax Day 11 recap (Okada/Suzuki) . *Wrestleview*. Retrieved on 2014-08-08.
138. ↑ Caldwell, James 2014-08-10. Caldwell's New Japan G1 Climax finals results 8/10: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of Okada vs. Nakamura tournament finals, Styles vs. Tanahashi, Jeff Jarrett, ROH tag champs, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2014-08-10.
139. ↑ Best of the Super Jr.XXI  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-08-10.
140. ↑ 【11.1相模原、11.2静岡の追加カードが決定!】「Super Jr.Tag Tournament」準決勝の行方は？  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2014-10-27). Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
141. ↑ Caldwell, James 2014-09-21. Caldwell's New Japan PPV results 9/21: Complete live coverage of "Destruction in Kobe" - Nakamura regains IC Title, Tanahashi vs. Shibata, A.J. Styles, new Jr. Hvt. champion, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2014-09-23.
142. ↑ Destruction in Okayama  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-09-23.
143. ↑ 143.0 143.1 143.2 King of Pro-Wrestling  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-10-13.
144. ↑ 144.0 144.1 PPV results - 10/13 New Japan in Tokyo, Japan: Styles drops IWGP World Hvt. Title to Tanahashi, more title changes, former WWE star returns to New Japan, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch* (2014-10-13). Retrieved on 2014-10-13.
145. ↑ Road to Power Struggle  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
146. ↑ Road to Power Struggle  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
147. ↑ Power Struggle  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
148. ↑ Show results: 11/8 New Japan "Power Struggle" - Nakamura vs. Shibata main event, ROH tag champs capture Tag Titles, new Bullet Club member, Styles vs. Yoshi Tatsu, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch* (2014-11-08). Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
149. ↑ 『World Tag League 2014』出場チーム＆公式戦が決定！ 棚橋はヨシタツとタッグ結成！ 桜庭、AJ、柴田、ROH、NWAも参戦!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2014-11-11). Retrieved on 2014-12-05.
150. ↑ World Tag League 2014  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-12-05.
151. ↑ World Tag League 2014  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-12-05.
152. ↑ 152.0 152.1 Wrestle Kingdom 9 in 東京ドーム  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2015-01-04.
153. ↑ 153.0 153.1 Caldwell, James 2015-01-04. Caldwell's NJPW Tokyo Dome show results 1/4: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Wrestle Kingdom PPV - Tanahashi vs. Okada, Bullet Club, Nakamura, Jim Ross, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2015-01-04.
154. ↑ New Year Dash !!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2015-01-05.
155. ↑ Show results - 1/5 NJPW New Year's Dash in Tokyo: Fall-out from the Tokyo Dome - Scott Hall's son joins Bullet Club, Styles next in-line for title shot, NWA Jr. Hvt. Title match, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch* (2015-01-05). Retrieved on 2015-01-05.
156. ↑ New Year Dash !!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2015-01-10.
157. ↑ 衝撃! なんと鈴木軍フルメンバーがノアのリングを占拠!　みのるが宣戦布告!　小島はGHCに手が届かず……丸藤の前に轟沈!【1.10ノア結果】  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-01-11). Retrieved on 2015-01-10.
158. ↑ 丸藤V6もみのるが襲撃　鈴木軍がノアに宣戦布告  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2015-01-11). Retrieved on 2015-01-11.
159. ↑ 「コイツら、弱いんだもん!!」早くも、鈴木軍vsノアの"全面戦争"が開戦!　初戦は鈴木軍の3戦全勝!!【1.12ノア横浜結果】  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-01-13). Retrieved on 2015-01-12.
160. ↑ *ja:鈴木軍の乱入及び参戦アピールを受け 2015年1月＆2月ツアー全対戦カード変更！* (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah* (2015-01-11). Retrieved on 2015-01-11.
161. ↑ 161.0 161.1 アーチャー＆スミスがTMDKを下し、GHCタッグを初戴冠!　3.15有明コロシアムでリマッチ実現!!【2.11ノア名古屋大会】  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-02-12). Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
162. ↑ Caldwell, James 2015-02-11. Japan news: KES captures major Tag Titles, New Japan's "New Beginning" viewing schedule, Mason Ryan & MMA fighter heading to Inoki's IGF promotion . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
163. ↑ *ja:“鈴木軍”がＧＨＣタッグを強奪* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-02-12). Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
164. ↑ 164.0 164.1 164.2 Taka＆デスペラードがGHCジュニアタッグ、タイチがGHCジュニア王座を不敵に戴冠! キャプテン・ノアがデビュー!?【3.15ノア有明結果その1】  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-03-16). Retrieved on 2015-03-16.
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167. ↑ 167.0 167.1 167.2 鈴木みのる、丸藤に無法勝利でGHCヘビーを強奪! 鈴木軍は4大GHC王座を総ざらいで、ノアマット風雲急!!【3.15ノア有明大会結果2】  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-03-16). Retrieved on 2015-03-16.
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169. ↑ Macklin, Matthew 2015-03-15. New Japan news & notes . *Pro Wrestling Insider*. Retrieved on 2015-03-15.
170. ↑ *ja:４大王座失ったノア勢が「対鈴木軍」で団結* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-03-17). Retrieved on 2015-03-17.
171. ↑ ノア「Spring Navig.2015」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2015-03-28). Retrieved on 2015-03-28.
172. ↑ *ja:なんと“帝王” 高山善廣が鈴木軍に反目! ノア連合軍との共闘表明で、またも風雲急!!【ノア3.28後楽園結果】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-03-29). Retrieved on 2015-03-29.
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175. ↑ 「グローバル・タッグリーグ」決勝でK.E.Sが敗戦！弾丸ヤンキースが2連覇達成!　みのるは丸藤を激しく挑発！【ノア5.4後楽園結果】  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-05-05). Retrieved on 2015-05-10.
176. ↑ Caldwell, James 2015-05-10. Noah news: "Great Voyage" - former ROH Champ announces retirement, Marufuji challenges for GHC Title, Hoyt & Smith defend Tag Titles, Shelton Benjamin, Taka, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2015-05-10.
177. ↑ 177.0 177.1 177.2 鈴木軍がGHC王座戦で4連勝！ 永田裕志が"マイバッハ・ブルージャスティス"として登場！【5月10日（日）ノア横浜大会・試合結果】  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-05-11). Retrieved on 2015-05-10.
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179. ↑ GHCジュニアヘビーは小峠がレフェリーダウンでＶ逃す  (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-05-11). Retrieved on 2015-05-11.
180. ↑ *ja:弾丸ヤンキースもＧＨＣタッグに届かず* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-05-11). Retrieved on 2015-05-11.
181. ↑ みのるGHCヘビー初防衛！小橋屈辱のベルト授与  (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-05-11). Retrieved on 2015-05-11.
182. ↑ 鈴木軍興行はまさかのバッドエンド…!? 素顔となったマイバッハがみのるに大逆襲! K.E.Sがテンコジ相手にNWAタッグ防衛!!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-06-09). Retrieved on 2015-06-09.
183. ↑ 鈴木軍興行6.9後楽園大会　鈴木＆飯塚vs.高山＆マイバッハ、ベンジャミン＆Takavs.杉浦＆原田  (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2015-06-09). Retrieved on 2015-06-09.
184. ↑ Show results - 6/9 NJPW vs. Noah in Tokyo, Japan: Suzuki-Gun "runs their own show" - NWA Tag Title match, inter-promotional matches, Shelton, Liger, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch* (2015-06-09). Retrieved on 2015-06-09.
185. ↑ みのるvs高山 ７・１８ノアマットで"Ｕ対決"へ  (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-06-16). Retrieved on 2015-06-16.
186. ↑ *ja:鈴木が無法ファイトでマイバッハを轟沈！ しかし“帝王”高山が宣戦布告!!【6月15日（月）ノア大阪大会・試合結果】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-06-17). Retrieved on 2015-06-17.
187. ↑ 「俺が"プロレス王"だ！ 杉浦、次はテメーだ！」鈴木が高山を血の海に沈めてV3！ 田中はジュニアリーグ白星スタート！【7.18ノア後楽園結果】  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-07-19). Retrieved on 2015-07-19.
188. ↑ *ja:打倒みのる！高山が杉浦の王座奪還を全面支援* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-07-20). Retrieved on 2015-07-20.
189. ↑ *ja:グローバル・ジュニア・ヘビー級リーグ戦2015* (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah*. Retrieved on 2015-08-06.
190. ↑ *ja:「これが最後の旗揚げ記念日だ!」鈴木が杉浦を挑発!! 「グローバル・ジュニア」優勝者・原田がタイチに再挑戦!! 9.19大阪決戦、待ったなし!!【8.5ノア・ディファ有明大会】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-08-06). Retrieved on 2015-08-06.
191. ↑ *ja:【ノア・大阪】みのるＶ４！杉浦もＧＨＣ奪還失敗　田上社長の“進退問題”に発展も* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-09-20). Retrieved on 2015-09-20.
192. ↑ *ja:ノア勢が鈴木軍に惨敗！ GHC戦で杉浦に完勝した鈴木が丸藤の挑戦を受けるも“負けたら解散”を要求！【9月19日（土）ノア『旗揚げ15周年記念大会』結果】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-09-20). Retrieved on 2015-09-20.
193. ↑ *ja:ご報告* (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah* (2015-09-20). Retrieved on 2015-09-23.
194. ↑ *ja:解散覚悟のノア軍、緊急会見で決意表明* (in Japanese). *Daily Sports Online*. Kobe Shimbun (2015-09-23). Retrieved on 2015-09-23.
195. ↑ *ja:「もう負けたくない！」小峠＆原田、デスペラード＆Takaを下してジュニアタッグリーグ初優勝！ 丸藤らが“鈴木軍殲滅”に逆襲のノロシ！【9.22ノア後楽園結果】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-09-23). Retrieved on 2015-09-23.
196. ↑ *ja:デスペラード＆TakaがGHC Jr.タッグ王座陥落！ 鈴木組は丸藤組に敗れる！ 永田＆田中も参戦！【10月4日（日）ノア名古屋大会・試合結果】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-10-05). Retrieved on 2015-10-05.
197. ↑ *ja:小峠、原田組が鈴木軍からベルト奪還* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-10-05). Retrieved on 2015-10-05.
198. ↑ Global League 2015  (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah*. Retrieved on 2015-11-06.
199. ↑ *ja:「俺には、優勝しなきゃいけない義務がある！」『グローバル・リーグ戦』決勝に勝ち上がったのは、丸藤とベンジャミン！【ノア11.6新潟結果】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-11-07). Retrieved on 2015-11-07.
200. ↑ *ja:ベンジャミンの“猛攻”を凌いで、丸藤が「グローバル・リーグ戦」に悲願の初優勝！ 12月23日大田区大会で鈴木と最終決戦へ！* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-11-09). Retrieved on 2015-11-09.
201. ↑ *ja:丸藤１２・２３ＧＨＣヘビー最後の挑戦* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-11-09). Retrieved on 2015-11-09.
202. ↑ *ja:原田＆小峠がTaka＆デスぺラードに王座防衛！ 杉浦が飯塚に、中嶋がベンジャミンに勝利！ 潮崎は谷口に激勝！【12.23ノア大田区結果2】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-12-24). Retrieved on 2015-12-23.
203. ↑ *ja:丸藤が鈴木を下し、悲願のGHC王座奪還！ しかし杉浦が衝撃の鈴木軍入り！ KESはタッグ王座死守、タイチはJr.王座陥落！【12.23ノア大田区結果1】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2015-12-24). Retrieved on 2015-12-23.
204. ↑ *ja:【ノア】杉浦　造反行為で鈴木軍に寝返り* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2015-12-24). Retrieved on 2015-12-24.
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207. ↑ *ja:みのるが潮﨑豪を“劣化版小橋”と一刀両断* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2016-01-30). Retrieved on 2016-01-31.
208. ↑ *ja:鈴木軍に金丸が加入* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2016-02-01). Retrieved on 2016-02-01.
209. ↑ 209.0 209.1 *ja:中嶋が苦闘の末に鈴木を撃破！ 杉浦のGHCヘビー挑戦へ！ 金丸はタイチたちの手を借りてGHC Jr.王者へ返り咲き！ 【2月24日(水)ノア後楽園・試合結果】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2016-02-25). Retrieved on 2016-02-25.
210. ↑ Velten, Dan 2016-02-24. Tuesday: Reigns' nose, McGregor vs. Diaz, Nakajima vs. Suzuki . *Wrestling Observer Newsletter*. Retrieved on 2016-02-24.
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212. ↑ We are Suzukigun 2  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2016-03-27.
213. ↑ *ja:潮崎が王者杉浦撃破でＧＨＣ挑戦名乗り* (in Japanese). *Daily Sports Online*. Kobe Shimbun (2016-03-27). Retrieved on 2016-03-27.
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216. ↑ *ja:4月16日(日)フィラデルフィア州 2300 Arenaにて GHCタッグ選手権開催決定！* (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah* (2016-04-16). Retrieved on 2016-04-17.
217. ↑ Caldwell, James 2015-04-11. Noah announces Global Tag League teams, including New Japan stars . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2016-05-04.
218. ↑ Global Tag League 2016  (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah*. Retrieved on 2016-05-04.
219. ↑ Caldwell, James 2016-05-04. Final Result of Noah's Global Tag League tournament . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2016-05-04.
220. ↑ *ja:【グローバルタッグリーグＬ】開幕３連敗から４連勝の丸藤組が大逆転優勝* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2016-05-05). Retrieved on 2016-05-05.
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222. ↑ *ja:丸藤、矢野組がＧＨＣタッグ新王者に* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2016-05-30). Retrieved on 2016-05-30.
223. ↑ *ja:矢野＆丸藤がGHCタッグ獲得！ GHC王者へ返り咲いた潮崎にベンジャミンが挑戦表明！ 邪道＆外道が復活！ GHC Jr.タッグ挑戦へ！【5月28日(土)ノア大阪・試合結果】* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2016-05-29). Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
224. ↑ Currier, Joseph 2016-07-26. Shelton Benjamin returning to WWE . *Wrestling Observer Newsletter*. Retrieved on 2016-07-26.
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229. ↑ Meltzer, Dave 2016-08-20. Super J-Cup 2016 finals live results: Will Ospreay vs. Matt Sydal . *Wrestling Observer Newsletter*. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
230. ↑ *ja:【スーパーＪカップ】初ＶのKushidaが来年Ｇ１出撃宣言* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2016-08-22). Retrieved on 2016-08-22.
231. ↑ Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama vol.2  (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah*. Retrieved on 2016-10-23.
232. ↑ *ja:「グローバル・リーグ戦2016」最新得点状況！優勝決定戦は鈴木みのるvsマサ北宮！【11/22終了時点】* (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah* (2016-11-22). Retrieved on 2016-11-22.
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234. ↑ *ja:中嶋が鈴木との“最終決戦”制してＧＨＣ初防衛！杉浦は仲間暴行で鈴木軍離脱へ* (in Japanese). *Daily Sports Online*. Kobe Shimbun (2016-12-03). Retrieved on 2016-12-02.
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236. ↑ One Night Cruise 2016 in Differ  (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah*. Retrieved on 2016-12-03.
237. ↑ *ja:【ノア】鈴木軍撤退で方舟マットどうなる？* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2016-12-05). Retrieved on 2016-12-05.
238. ↑ *ja:戦国炎舞 -Kizna- Presents New Year Dash !!* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2017-01-05.
239. ↑ Rose, Bryan 2017-01-05. NJPW New Year's Dash results: The return of Suzuki-gun . *Wrestling Observer Newsletter*. Retrieved on 2017-01-05.
240. ↑ 240.0 240.1 240.2 NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo live results: Okada vs. Suzuki . *Wrestling Observer Newsletter* (2017-02-04). Retrieved on 2017-02-05.
241. ↑ Rose, Bryan 2017-02-10. NJPW New Beginning in Osaka live results: Naito vs. Elgin . *Wrestling Observer Newsletter*. Retrieved on 2017-02-11.
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243. ↑ Rose, Bryan 2017-03-07. NJPW 45th Anniversary show results: LIJ vs. Chaos six-man main event . *Wrestling Observer Newsletter*. Retrieved on 2017-04-27.
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