The Aggression

The Aggression is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya. The duo are currently signed to Pro Wrestling NOAH and Nakajima is the current GHC Heavyweight Champion in his first reign.

History
On April 21, 2016 Mitsuhiro Kitamiya teamed with Katsuhiko Nakajima and Maybach Taniguchi at We Are Suzuki-Gun 2, losing to NJPW's Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Juice Robinson. After the match Kitamiya formed a team with Nakajima latter dubbed as The Aggression. On April 10, Kitamiya defeated Hitoshi Kumano, announcing afterwards that he would now be going under the ring name as tribute to former professional wrestler and Kitamiya's childhood hero, Masa Saito, soon after adopting aspects of Saito's moveset and a similar attire.

From April 24 to May 3, Kitamiya and Nakajima participated in the 2016 Global Tag League, finishing the tournament with 6 points and second in their block after a loss to Suzuki-gun (Shelton Benjamin and Takashi Sugiura) cost them a place in the finals. On July 16, Kitamiya and Nakajima unsuccessfully challenged Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano for the GHC Tag Team Championships. On August 25, Kitamiya scored the biggest win of his career, pinning former GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki. Later on in that night, Kitamiya attacked Takashi Sugiura and delivered a Saito Suplex before challenging him to a match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. On September 4, Kitamiya pinned Sugiura in a tag team match. Kitamiya failed to defeat Sugiura on September 23, with Sugiura pinning him after an Olympic Qualifying Slam from the top rope to retain. On October 23, Nakajima defeated Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the first time. From November 3 to November 23, Kitamiya and Nakajima took part of the 2016 Global League Tournament separately Nakajima at block A and Kitamiya at block B. Nakajima finish the tournament with 10 poiints and also Kitamiya finished his block also with 10 points managing to advance to the finals. Kitamiya faced A Block winner Minoru Suzuki in the finals, losing after outside interference from Suzuki-Gun. On December 3, Kitamiya challenged tag team partner Katsuhiko Nakajima to a match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, which Nakajima accepted. On December 24 Kitamiya unsuccessfully challenged Nakajima for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.

Then Kitamiya started teaming with Kenoh, the two even won the GHC Tag Team Champions. After Kenoh turned on Kitamiya (vacating the GHC Tag Team Champions in the process) to align himself with Takashi Sugiura. Then to bounce back to the GHC Tag Team Championship title hunt in April The Agression (Kitamiya and Nakajima) took part of the Global Tag League. They wolud start the tournament with a winning streak even defeating the GHC Tag Team Champions Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji. However they would lose to Kenoh and Takashi Sugiura to end their winning streak. The two would lose to Akitoshi Saito and Muhammad Yone at the final day costing them a spot in the finals and finishing up the tournament with 8 points.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Pro Wrestling NOAH
 * GHC Heavyweight Championship (1, current) - Nakajima
 * GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Kitamiya with Kenoh
 * Tokyo Sports
 * Fighting Spirit Award (2016) - Nakajima