Funky Future

Funky Future in August 2017

**Funky Future** was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Ryusuke Taguchi and Ricochet working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The team name consists of Taguchi and Ricochet nicknames, Taguchi **Funky Weapon** and Ricochet **Future of Flight**.

## History

During the G1 Special in USA, after The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) retained their IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Roppongi Vice, Ricochet challenged The Young Bucks into a title match. Ricochet then announced his Taguchi Japan stablemate Ryusuke Taguchi to be his partner and the two dubbed themselves as the *Funky Future*. The team name consists of Taguchi and Ricochet nicknames, Taguchi **Funky Weapon** and Ricochet **Future of Flight**. On August 13, Ricochet and Taguchi defeated The Young Bucks to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to Roppongi 3K (Yoh and Sho) on October 9, 2017. Following the match, Ricochet took responsibility for the loss and thanked both NJPW and Taguchi Japan. His mannerisms were interpreted as meaning he had wrestled his final NJPW match, thus disbanding of the team.

## In wrestling

* **Ricochet's finishing moves**
	+ 630° senton
	+ *Benadryller* (Fireman's carry dropped into a roundhouse kick)
	+ *Benadryller 2point* (Fireman's carry dropped into an overhead kick)
	+ Shooting star press
* **Taguchi's finishing moves**
	+ *Dodon* (Chickenwing facebuster)
	+ *Dodon's Throne* / *Milano-saku Dodon's Throne* (Double chickenwing double knee gutbuster)
	+ *Magic Mirror Go!* (Side headlock rolled forward into a cradle, as a German suplex counter)
	+ *Oh My & Garankle* (Ankle lock)
	+ Sliding hip attack
	+ *Uradodon* (Reverse powerbomb)
* **Entrance music**
	+ "Master of Dropkick" (Taguchi) (NJPW; 2005–2014, 2016–2017)
	+ "The Future of Flight" by Yonosuke Kitamura (Ricochet)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **New Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time)

## References

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5. ↑ Road to Power Struggle  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2015-10-28.
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12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Best of the Super Jr.XXII  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2015-05-30.
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14. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `KOPW2014`
15. ↑ Best of the Super Jr.XXII  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2015-05-26.
16. ↑ Best of the Super Jr.XXII  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2015-05-26.
17. ↑ Best of the Super Jr.XXII  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2015-05-26.
18. ↑ New Japan Road  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-05-11.