Know Your Indie Wrestlers: Naruki Doi

Bosou Muscle

Who?: Naruki Doi
Promotions: DGUSA, FIP (alumnus), PWG (guest star), TNA (guest star alumnus), ROH (alumnus)
Alias: Bosou Muscle
Current Affiliations: Member of the WORLD-1 stable, primarily with Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk, Kotoka, Naoki Tanisaki and PAC. Doi and Yoshino form the team Speed Muscle

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Hometown: Ikoma-Shi, Japan

After the jump... Wrestling Style: A graduate of the Torymon dojo, which means lightning fast, questionable selling, head-dropping, emphasis on strikes. Doi is one of the most exciting wrestlers in the world.

Signature Maneuvers:

Muscular Bomb


Bakatare Sliding Kick


Avalanche Doi 555


Top 30 Moves of Naruki Doi


Titles Held:

DG Open the Dream Gate Championship
DG Open the Brave Gate Championship (2x)
ROH World Tag Team Championships (with Shingo Takagi)

Promos:

He no speaka the good English

Why You Should Know Doi: Aside from CIMA and possibly Dragon Kid, Doi is the most visible of the DGUSA Japanese guys. It's for good reason. He's one of the most exciting wrestlers in the world. He combines the Japanese head-dropping with the blistering speed that his tag partner, Yoshino, brings to the table. He's probably as close to being the complete package in terms of in-ring as any of the DG guys.

He has a great panache about him in the ring too. He plays cocky extremely well, which worked well in the beginning of DGUSA with his and Yoshino's feud with Shingo and Dragon Kid. He also measures up well with the Americans he wrestles, which was a big reason why he was chosen to wrestle Bryan Danielson last fall in his final DGUSA match before his recent indie sabbatical from WWE.

Doi is the cream of the crop, and it's easy to see why. While you're not going to get psychology, Doi brings excitement and storytelling in his own way, and that's why he's a guy you need to watch in DGUSA.

Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein - Please visit his site to view the plentiful amounts of pictures he's taken for DGUSA, ROH and other indie feds: Get Lost Photography

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