English translation
週刊プロレス Weekly Pro-Wrestling,
No. 2305, 2024/6/26, p.66
Champ Talk
World Tag Champions (99th),
Jun Saito and Rei Saito
Their first World Tag Championship defence was an intense battle against The End. The Saito Brothers once again showed that they are both skillful and popular. After the match, the Saito Brothers became a unit with the unexpected addition of Naruki Doi, with the possibility that they may add more members in the future. However, there seem to be three conditions that must be met in order to join the team...
More members will join and the team will grow, but what are the three big conditions for joining the Saito Brothers?
Rei: We defended our titles against the end, but in terms of pure power, they were probably the strongest tag opponents we've had so far. They could even throw me around, and frankly, there were parts of that match that looked like we were going to get our asses kicked.
Jun: I guess if you looked throughout Japan, no, throughout the world, it'd be hard to find a team of power fighters as strong as they are. But, thinking about it, I feel like they're still hiding some of their power, so I want to have another match with The End where we don't hold anything back. I'm looking forward to the next time we have a match. Come to think of it, how many months had it been since we last won with DOOM (Double Impact)? We hadn't done that for a while.
Rei: Maybe it was the first time since I got injured (at Korakuen Hall on February 9th, dislocated right shoulder). Even before my injury, we hadn't used it for a while. I don't remember using it in the Strongest Tag League last year, either, so it really had been a long time, right?
Jun: Sounds about right. If we can use a move like that on The End, then it should work on any heavyweight. I'm more confident now. I was confident before, but I'm even more confident now because of our match against The End. Maybe my pent-up hatred because of the sweets ban helped. I also used the power of that hatred in the final DOOM, and I think our opponents felt that. I was so happy when we won and I could eat sweet things.
Rei: It looked like you were gonna choke, though (*laughs*)
Jun: Just between us, my mouth was so dry, it was difficult to taste the manjuu and daifuku I hadn't eaten in so long (*strained laugh*)
Rei: I gave you some tea!
Jun: But, they were delicious, without a doubt.
Rei: If you'd gone without sweets for much longer, your anger would have been focused on me.
Jun: I think, as twins, our tag team would have broken down. It's really good that the ban was lifted when it was.
Rei: (About Naruki Doi joining the Saito Brothers after the match) There are belts that Jun and I can't challenge for with just the two of us, so we've been thinking for a while about adding more members. So, that's why we agreed to let "Mr. Saito", Naruki Doi, join us. In particular, neither of us can challenge for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship. I'm just a little bit over 105kg, heheheh.
Jun: It would be interesting if I lost weight and got under 105kg so I could challenge, but then I'd have to be banned from eating sweet things again, so that would be difficult.
Rei: We can ask "Mr. Saito" Doi to get the Junior championship, then as a tag team, we can go after all the tag belts. The two of us as the Saito Brothers won't change at all, so what can we say...?
Jun: "Unit" is fine, isn't it?
Rei: Yeah. We'll probably get more members in the future. Maybe the Saito Brothers will become five people, or ten people.
Jun: There are probably other guys who think they wanna be a Saito Brother, and it'll probably be interesting if we get even more members. But, there are conditions you have to meet to join the Saito Brothers. First, you have to be able to eat a lot. Second, you have to be kind to animals. Third, you have to like sweets and beer and stuff. Y'know, that kind of thing.
Rei: Heheh, that's the first I've heard of this. Well, people who like food and are kind to animals are good. We really love animals.
Written by Kenshi Miyao.
Translated into English by Michelle @puroresueikaiwa
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