#wk20

He had gifted one of his bands to Konosuke takeshita to wear into his match against yota tsuji having wanted to be there spiritually and saw no one more fitting at the time to wear it and personally gave it to him asking him to wear it so he could be able to share one last time with tana in a non-physical manner. Thank you konosuke, and we'll always love you Shinsuke.

Shinsuke Nakamura also sent flowers to tana<3

Once I returned backstage I sat in stand-by lost in thought watching the monitor. Before I knew it, everyone around me had left. Tana, Ibushi, and I made the final walk. I joked that all 3 of us had to take the stairs slowly one by one - something I’m usually self conscious about (it doesn’t look cool), but today was different. We owned it proudly.

In the car ride back to the dressing rooms we shared one last conversation. I could easily type what was said, but to explain the real meaning of it was probably different for all 3 of us.

Broken down rivals now turned comrades. It’s really a beautiful thing, isn’t it?

Thanks to all that tuned in to celebrate the retirement of one of the greatest to ever do it."