Shota Takanishi To Retire

The Retirement trend continues as ZERO1-MAX wrestler, Shota Takanishi announced his pending retirement from Professional Wrestling. His final match will take place on May 29th at the "Unshakeable - Final" show in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall versus Minoru Fujita.

Shota's began his career in April of 05 when he joined the All Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo. But before he could debut, he jumped to the then new KINGS ROAD promotion in January of 06, where he debuted at there first show and wrestled on every show until ther collapse in July of that very same year. The young pro wrestler then signed with ZERO1-MAX where he had remained until now.

ZERO1 President Shinjiro Otani was with Shota as he made the announcement to the media. Otani said he had first heard Shota mention it about 1 week ago, but apparently Shota had been think about it since the beginning of 2008. Otani said he believes Shota is not taking a step backwards by leaving professional wrestling but is taking a step forward to challenge the world.

Shota gave a brief comment on his decision:

"I've decided that I want a new challenge that is something besides Professional Wrestling, so I chose to retire. Since there are remaining matches before my final, I promise to do my best until the last so I will have no regrets. I want to show the best of KINGS ROAD and ZERO1 in my retirement match."

"After graduating high school, I entered the world of professional wrestling immediately. The best part has been the support from the fans on all sides when they appreciate my work in the ring. These types of experiences are very rare. I will certainly do my best in the next stage of life and try to take advantage of such a unique experience."