The Story of HipHop Kikuta, SB KENTo, Sora Fujikawa & Taketo Kamei In the back: Madoka Kikuta & Kento Kobune In Front: Sora Fujikawa & Taketo kamei Prepared for the future On December 22. 2019 Dragon Gate trainees Kento Kobune and Taketo Kamei has their debut match in Dragon Gate. No longer trainees, rookie members of the Dragon Gate roster. About six months later Madoka Kikuta and Sora Fujikawa follows along as they have their debut match (delayed a bit as Covid-19 shuts down Dragon Gate's operations) and becomes rookie members of the roster. From what you see with many other promotions, in particular with Japanese promotions like New Japan Pro Wrestling, you would expect these four to remain at the bottom of the totem pole for quite a while. It almost seems like an unwritten law of wrestling, that you need to go through the motions of being a rookie or a young lion, fighting your fellow rookies and be the fall guy with the veterans, then go on an excursion or s...
credit: Johan Falkenström Determination, thy name is Ender Kara I was late to the party and I fully admit that. I had not heard of Ender Kara until early 2020. And that was despite of Ender living in my neighboring country of Sweden, coming over to Denmark often to wrestle before Covid-19 shut all of that down. Looking back it feels like I must have lived under a rock when you've got a talent like Ender Kara succeeding in your country while you have no idea. But then I learned and I have been keeping my eyes on him ever since, because I can feel that he is going to become something special in time. I don't know when, which year will be his breakout year or in which promotion or region of the world. I just know that sometime in the future Ender Kara will find success, he is just that much of a hard worker. Ender Kara with Katsuyori Shibata at NJPW's LA Dojo The Journey The story of Ender Kara in the wrestling business begins in 2017, when he makes his debut for Let's ...