Golden Lovers
Golden Lovers | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Kenny Omega Kota Ibushi |
Name(s) | Golden☆Lovers |
Debut | January 2009[1] |
Years active | 2009–2014 2018–2019 2023–present |
Golden☆Lovers (ゴールデン☆ラヴァーズ, Gōruden☆Ravāzu) is the
History
In July 2008, Canadian wrestler
On January 31, 2010, the Golden☆Lovers made their debut for
Meanwhile, in DDT, Ibushi and Omega came together with Gota Ihashi to form the Golden☆Rendezvous~ stable, with the three holding the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship from May 26 to June 23, 2013.[14][15] On January 26, 2014, the Golden☆Lovers won the KO-D Tag Team Championship for the second time by defeating reigning champions Yanke Nichōkenjū (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto) and the team of Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo in a three-way match.[16] On April 12, Ibushi and Omega became double champions, when the two, along with the newest member of the Golden☆Rendezvous~ stable, Daisuke Sasaki, defeated Team Drift (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[17] The trio's reign lasted until May 4, when they were defeated by Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) in their second defense.[18] Ibushi and Omega continued holding the KO-D Tag Team Championship until September 28, 2014, when they were defeated by Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo.[19][20]
On October 3, 2014, Omega announced he was leaving DDT and signing with NJPW, where Ibushi was already a semi-regular. However, with Ibushi having recently moved to NJPW's heavyweight division, Omega stated that the Golden☆Lovers were done as a tag team due to him wanting to remain in the junior heavyweight division.[21] The Golden☆Lovers wrestled their final match together on October 26, 2014, when they defeated Danshoku Dino and Konosuke Takeshita in Omega's DDT farewell match.[2][22]
On January 28, 2018, the Golden☆Lovers were apparently reformed after Omega was seemingly kicked out of Bullet Club and attacked by fellow member Cody. Ibushi made the save for Omega as Bullet Club fled the scene. At first, Omega refused to shake Ibushi's hand, but moments after, both Omega and Ibushi emotionally embraced as confetti fell to the ring. At Honor Rising: Japan Night 2 on February 24, the Golden☆Lovers won their return match as a team against Cody and Marty Scurll. After the match, Omega and Ibushi were confronted by The Young Bucks and challenged to a match at Strong Style Evolved on March 25, which the Golden☆Lovers won.[23][24]
At
On the finals of the World Tag League, Ibushi defeated Hirooki Goto to win the NEVER Openweight Championship.
At Wrestle Kingdom, Ibushi lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Will Ospreay and Omega lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi. At the end of January, Omega left NJPW to join All Elite Wrestling in the United States meanwhile Ibushi stayed in NJPW full-time, disbanding for the second time.
On the July 13 episode of
Championships and accomplishments
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Gota Ihashi (1) and Daisuke Sasaki (1)[14][17]
- KO-D Tag Team Championship (2 times)[3][16]
- KO-D Openweight Championship (2 times) – Omega (1), Ibushi (1)
- Japan Indie Awards
- Best Bout Award (2012) Ibushi vs. Omega on August 18
- Best Bout Award (2014) vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo on October 28[25]
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- Nikkan Sports
- Best Tag Team Award (2010)[27]
- SoCal Uncensored
- Southern California Match of the Year (2018) vs. The Young Bucks on March 25[28]
- Tokyo Sports
- Best Bout Award (2010) vs. Apollo 55 on October 11[9]
- Weekly Pro Wrestling
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- ^ "Southern California Match of the Year". SoCal Uncensored. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
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