Naruki Doi (土井 成樹 Doi Naruki?, born October 4 1980 in Ikoma, Nara, Japan) is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate. He currently is the de facto leader of Muscle Outlaw'z. He also wrestles for Ring of Honor, where he was a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with Shingo Takagi.
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Biography
"Bosou Muscle" was originally groomed as the top face for T2P, injuries forced him to debut in Japan late. This stunted his development a bit, but his baseball character quickly gained popularity. He joined the Toryumon Japan roster, and Shin M2K as T2P ended it's run, later joining Final M2K. Reverted to his real name, Naruki Doi starting in 2005, after spending his entire career as Second Doi. Abruptly left FM2K, to join Blood Generation on the night it was created, which prompted his 2005 rebirth. Doi has gained even more rank in 2006. After several conflicts within the group between Nobuhiko Oshima and Gamma, Doi broke away with Gamma, Magnitude Kishiwada, Naoki Tanasaki and Masato Yoshino to form Muscle Outlaw'z Across 2006, Muscle Outlaws engaged in a feud with Blood Generation (highlighted by a character change match which saw Gamma and CIMA swapped gimmicks), and then with Tozawa-Juku, highlighting in a trio's match which pitted Muscle Outlaw'z evil referee against Tozawa-Juku's flag bearer. Doi is expected to continue his rise as a potential ace of the company in 2007, despite the threat of several unit-changes. Doi became one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions on March 3, 2007, with Shingo Takagi, beating the Briscoe Brothers in Liverpool, England. The two would lose the title back to the Briscoes at All–Star Extravaganza III on March 30.
Finishing and signature moves
- Bakatare Sliding Kick (Running single leg dropkick to the face of kneeling opponent)
- Doi 555 (Fireman's carry into sit-out facebuster)
- Muscular Bomb (Half nelson lifted and dropped into a wheelbarrow sitout scoop slam piledriver)
- Dai Bosou (Cannonball splash)
- V9 Clutch (Dragon sleeper with body scissors)
Championships and accomplishments
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- Open the Brave Gate (1 time)
- Open the Triangle Gate (5 times) – with CIMA & Don Fujii (1), Gamma & Masato Yoshino (2), Gamma & Magnitude Kishiwada (1) and Magnitude Kishiwada & Masato Yoshino (1)
- Open the Twin Gate (1 time, current; First-ever champions) – with Masato Yoshino
- I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time; Final champions) – with Masato Yoshino
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- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Masato Yoshino
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- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shingo
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- UWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Dragon Kid & Ken'ichiro Arai
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- 5 Star Match: with Masato Yoshino & CIMA vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito (ROH – Supercard of Honor – March 31 2006)
- 2006 Match of the Year: with Masato Yoshino & CIMA vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito (ROH – Supercard of Honor – March 31 2006)
