By late 2017, YO-HEY & HAYATA had left Dove and gone to Noah, however they were still allowed to appear for their old promotion from time to time, although this was one of the last times. At this period they were the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Champions, and YO-HEY still held the Dove Tag Championship with Kenshin Chikano.
"We started a typhoon camp"
Yabu is YO-HEY'S hometown, it's very rural and nestled amongst mountains and dense forests which have wild bear in them, and even locals still get lost in them. The town gets its name, according to folklore, from an old man who suffered flatulence.
YO-HEY'S father is part of the local government, and his parents jointly run a farm, they seem to get on well with the crazy people YO-HEY brings to their home. YO-HEY says that had he not become a wrestler, then he would have become a farmer. This was the second time that an event had been held in Yabu.
YO-HEY described his life leading up to today as drinking, training, tanning, drinking, training etc. He said that he had lived in Osaka for over ten years by this point, which probably explains why in 2019, he and HAYATA moved back there from Tokyo.
The event was held on the day Typhoon Talim hit Japan (gusts of 935mph were recorded with 5 people killed and 750million USD estimated in damages across the country), so what do you do the night before?
YO-HEY hosted a barbecue for some of the roster at his parents house, and while HAYATA was at the grill, Brother Yasshi and Gunso lazed on the lawn smoking and looking up at the sky. Earlier that day Gunso and YO-HEY had been to see the venue.Inside the house, the music loving Gunso and Brother Yasshi had a look through the vinyl collection of YO-HEY'S parents, and the evening concluded with them playing Street Fighter 2 in a room which had a framed poster of JAWS, Stone Cold Steve Austin and a guitar stored in it (it looks like the same room that YO-HEY & HAYATA played Mario World in until 3am during Noah's last visit there in 2020.)
The event (links will take you to pictures of the show)
It was raining as fans made their way to the event from Osaka mainly, noting the warnings at the station about the weather. Referee Yoshino advised fans to either leave very early, or find accomodation for the night if they weren't going to get back to their homes that evening. Driving back was a nightmare for fans (one said they seriously thought they were going to die), strong winds meant that the steering wouldn't work properly and visibility was reduced due to heavy rain
YO-HEY came out at the start and addressed the crowd, naturally in his match he got a lot of paper tape. Main event was a battle royale, which the local boy won via Bamboo Dragonfly (he then posed with both wives, HAYATA & Kenshin Chikano)
Local boy YO-HEY
YO-HEY came out to greet the crowd, for his match he bought both the Dove Tag Team Championship and the Noah Junior GHC Tag Belt, dressed GinGin Boys style with flashing glasses that said "YO-HEY"
HAYATA looking tired
Shoichi Uchida
Gunso
Kenshin Chikano
HAYATA must have been feeling talkative (or else at ease with the photographer), as he offered to change his position if asked
YO-HEY, HAYATA & Kenshin Chikano
Group photo (Shoichi Uchida is the only person looking at the camera, other than Gunso)
Picture credit: YO-HEY
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