Passionate RATEL'S, formely known as RATEL'S, is a professional wrestling stable in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH. It was formed on February 21, 2017, by Daisuke Harada, HAYATA, Tadasuke, and YO-HEY. It was formed after the disbanding of Momo no Seishun Tag and the conclusion of the NOAH storyline with Suzuki-gun. YO-HEY would leave the stable on December 16, 2018, after turning on Harada, followed by HAYATA, who rejoined RATEL'S days later, while YO-HEY returned to RATEL'S in May 2019.
HAYATA and Tadasuke were the first members to bring an accomplishment to the stable winning the Dove Pro Wrestling's One Night Tag Team Tournament and later HAYATA would win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. The stable would be disbanded on May 9, 2020, after HAYATA turned on YO-HEY to reform Stinger. The stable was reformed in September 2024, with Yuto Kikuchi joining the stable. The stable added its first heavyweight member Manabu Soya in February 2025, who brought the GHC National Championship to the stable, subsquently renaming to "Passionate RATEL'S". Eventually Soya became the stable's newest leader and began adding more members to the stable most notably Daiki Inaba and Saxon Huxley.
History[]
Formation (2016)[]
On December 5, 2016 Pro Wrestling NOAH announced the end of the Suzuki-gun storyline after NJPW pulled all of its wrestlers.[1] Subsquently, NOAH's president Masayuki Uchida allowed freelance wrestlers to compete in NOAH in order to rebuild the promotion, with freelance roster featuring YO-HEY and HAYATA. The following month, after defeating Hi69 and Taiji Ishimori, YO-HEY and HAYATA stated that they wanted a match for the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championshi, leading to a feud for the vacant titles. Meanwhile, Momo no Seishun disbanded on February 14, after Daisuke Harada faced his teammate Atsushi Kotoge in a losing effort.[2] Four days later, YO-HEY and HAYATA failed to win the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship losing to Hi69 and Taiji Ishimori. After the match, Harada reunited with Tadasuke as the two stepped forward to challenge newly crowned GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hi69 and Taiji Ishimori.[3] Three days later, Harada and Tadasuke came together with HAYATA and YO-HEY to form a new stable named RATEL's.[4]
Championship success (2016–2018)[]
On March 12, Harada and Tadasuke unsuccessfully challenged Hi69 and Taiji Ishimori to the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships.[5] On March 25, RATEL'S faced XX and Hitoshi Kumano and Hajime Ohara in a two out of three falls eight-man tag team match. During the match, HAYATA pinned the GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Ohara to get the first fall. RATEL'S ended up winning the match with Harada hitting Hi69 with the Katayama German Suplex to get the win. After the match, in a backstage interview, HAYATA challenged Ohara into a title match. This led on May 27, where HAYATA defeating Ohara to become the new GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. After the match, he was challenged by Taiji Ishimori into a title match at the Great Voyage in Fukushima. At the event, on June 25, HAYATA lost the title to Ishimori. In July, RATEL'S took part of the Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League, they would be splitted in two teams with Harada teaming with Tadasuke and HAYATA teaming with YO-HEY. Harada and Tadasuke would finish the tournament with four wins and three losses and HAYATA and YO-HEY with five wins and two losses advancing to the finals. In the finals, HAYATA and YO-HEY defeated Taiji Ishimori and Hi69 to win the tournament. On August 26, HAYATA and YO-HEY defeated them to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On September 3, Noah officially announced that HAYATA, YO-HEY and Tadasuke had signed an exclusive contract with the promotion, ending their days as a freelancer. On October 1, Harada defeated Ishimori to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.
On January 27, 2018, HAYATA and YO-HEY lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Taiji Ishimori and Hi69. RATEL'S would produce their own event on June 30 at Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo. From July 7 to July 31, RATEL'S were divided in two teams to take part of the Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League, with Harada teaming with Tadasuke and HAYATA teaming with YO-HEY. Harada and Tadasuke were victorious in the head-to-head match between the teams. HAYATA and YO-HEY advanced to the finals of the tournament with a record of four wins and two losses, while Harada and Tadasuke finished close behind with three wins and three losses. On August 5, HAYATA and YO-HEY defeated Hitoshi Kumano and Hajime Ohara in the finals to win the tournament for a second consecutive year.
Feud with Stinger and disbanding (2018–2020)[]
On October 30, Harada lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship to Kotaro Suzuki, but regained the title on December 16 at Great Voyage in Yokohama vol.2, with the stipulation that if Harada had lost the match, RATEL'S would have had to disband. Afterwards, YO-HEY turned on Harada and sided with Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa. On January 15, 2019, Harada defeated James Castle in a tournament final to become the inaugural IPW:UK Junior Heavyweight Champion. On February 1, HAYATA served ties with the stable and sided with YO-HEY only turn on them days later. On March 10, HAYATA and Tadasuke unsuccessfully challenged Suzuki and Ogawa while Harada lost the title to Minoru Tanaka. On May 19, YO-HEY returned to RATEL'S, after Stinger turned on him, due to YO-HEY aming to win with HAYATA their third consecutive Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League, which they lost to Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa in the finals.
On July 28, HAYATA defeated Tadasuke to win the 2019 Global Junior League. From June until July, all members of RATEL'S took part in the 2019 Global Junior League, with Harada, Tadasuke and YO-HEY all wrestling in block A, while HAYATA wrestled in block B. Tadasuke and HAYATA were the only ones who advanced to the finals of the tournament, while Harada finished fourth and YO-HEY in third place. On July 28, HAYATA defeated Tadasuke in the finals to win the tournament. On August 4 at Departure, HAYATA defeated Minoru Tanaka to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for his second time. On September 16, Harada lost the IPW:UK Junior Heavyweight Championship to Atsushi Kotoge. On October 3, it was announced that RATEL'S would promote their second event on November 24 at Shinkiba 1stRing. On November 2 at Noah the Best, Harada and Tadasuke defeated Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Later that night, HAYATA's successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against YO-HEY marked a clean sweep for RATEL'S, who left Noah the Best holding all junior heavyweight championships in Pro Wrestling Noah. On November 16, Harada defeated Atsushi Kotoge to regain the IPW:UK Junior Heavyweight Championship. On November 26, Harada and Tadasuke lost the GHC Junior Tag Team Championship to Atsushi Kotoge and Kotaro Suzuki.
On January 4, 2020, at New Sunrise, HAYATA lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship to Yoshinari Ogawa. Later that month, all members of RATEL'S took part in the 2020 Global Junior League, wrestling in separate round-robin blocks. HAYATA finished second in his block of four, Tadasuke and YO-HEY finished third in their block of four. Meanwhile, Harada won his block with a record of one win and two draws, advancing to the semifinals of the tournament. On January 30, Harada first defeated Hajime Ohara in the semifinals and then Dick Togo in the finals to win the 2019 Global Jr. League. On March 29, HAYATA and YO-HEY defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Kotaro Suzuki to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the second time. Later that night, Harada unsuccessfully challenged Yoshinari Ogawa for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, ending RATEL'S feud with Stinger. On May 9, during a title defense against Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa, HAYATA turned on YO-HEY, joining Ogawa and Suzuki to reform Stinger. Afterwards, Tadasuke made the save, he and YO-HEY challenged HAYATA and Ogawa to a match for the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Following's HAYATA betrayal, Tadasuke proclaimed the disbanding of RATEL'S, ending their three-year existence.
Return and Passionate RATEL'S (2024–Present)[]
On July 13 at Destination, HAYATA lost the GHC National Championship to Ulka Sasaki. Following the match, HAYATA was helped by his former acquaintances YO-HEY and Tadasuke. On September 1, HAYATA reformed RATELS with YO-HEY, Tadasuke, Daisuke Harada and Yuto Kikuchi. Shortly after, HAYATA and YO-HEY defeated Eita and Shuji Kondo to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the third time. On February 11, 2025, after Manabu Soya regained the GHC National Championship from Tetsuya Endo, he was attacked by Team 2000 X, before being saved by RATEL'S. He was subsquently added to the stable, becoming RATEL'S first heavyweight member. Shortly after, the stable was renamed to Passionate RATEL'S, following Soya's addition.
Over the following weeks, Tetsuya Endo began trying to recrute Kikuchi into Team 2000 X. On March 2 at Memorial Voyage in Yokohama, Soya faced OZAWA for the GHC Heavyweight and GHC National Championships. During the match, Endo handed a steel chair to Kikuchi and gave him the opportunity to attack Soya, only for Tadasuke to grab the chair and turn on both Kikuchi and Soya. This led to Soya losing the GHC National Championship and failing to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship to OZAWA. On March 22, Saxon Huxley was revealed as the newest member of the stable. Later that night, HAYATA and YO-HEY lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to AMAKUSA and Junta Miyawaki. On May 3 at Memorial Voyage in Kokugikan, Daiki Inaba, who had been absent since July 2024, due to a torn meniscus, asked Soya and HAYATA to join Passionate RATEL'S, but they ignored him. Seven days later, Inaba saved Soya and YO-HEY from a post match assault from Tadasuke. After shouting "Passion!" to chase away Tadasuke and the other members of Team 2000 X, Soya accepted Inaba into the stable. On June 3, Soya and Inaba defeated Kenoh and Ulka Sasaki to win the GHC Tag Team Championship.
Members[]
| * | Founding member |
|---|---|
| I | First Leader |
| II | Second Leader |
Current[]
| Member | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| Daiki Inaba | May 9, 2025 – Present | |
| HAYATA | * | February 21, 2017 – February 1, 2019 February 24, 2019 – May 9, 2020 September 1, 2024 – Present |
| Manabu Soya | II | February 11, 2025 – Present |
| Saxon Huxley | March 22, 2025 – Present | |
| YO-HEY | * | February 21, 2017 – December 18, 2018 May 19, 2019 – May 9, 2020 September 1, 2024 – Present |
| Yuto Kikuchi | September 1, 2024 – Present | |
Former[]
| Member | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| Daisuke Harada | I* | February 21, 2017 – May 9, 2020 September 1, 2024 |
| Tadasuke | * | February 21, 2017 – May 9, 2020 September 1, 2024 – March 2, 2025 |
Timeline[]
In wrestling[]
- Double-team finishing moves
- HAYATA and YO-HEY
- Double superckick into a seated opponent
- Wheelbarrow facebuster/ cutter combination
- HAYATA and YO-HEY
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Dove Pro Wrestling
- Dove Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – HAYATA
- One Night Tag Team Tournament (2017) – HAYATA and Tadasuke
- International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
- IPW:UK Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times, inaugural) – Harada
- IPW:UK Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2018) – Harada
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- GHC National Championship (1 time) – Soya
- GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – Inaba and Soya
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (4 times) – HAYATA (2) and Harada (2)
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (4 times) – HAYATA and YO-HEY (3) and Harada and Tadasuke (1)
- Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League (2017, 2018) – HAYATA and YO-HEY
- Global Junior League (2019) – HAYATA
- Global Junior League (2020) – Harada
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ ja:【ノア】鈴木軍撤退で方舟マットどうなる？ (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports (2016-12-05). Retrieved on 2016-12-05.
- ↑ ja:ノアに武藤登場! 3.12横浜で丸藤と初タッグ 中嶋がGHCヘビー王座戦前哨戦で潮崎組に勝利 (in Japanese). Sports Navi. Yahoo! (2017-02-15). Retrieved on 2017-02-15.
- ↑ ja:「俺とHi69の持ってる可能性ならヘビーのタッグを狙うことだってできる。Noah the Rebornって言ってるなら､全部を覆す!(石森)」2月18日(土)博多スターレーン大会 試合後コメント (in Japanese). Pro Wrestling Noah (2017-02-18). Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ↑ ja:原田、タダスケ、Hayata、Yo-Hey新軍団のチーム名が決定！ (in Japanese). Pro Wrestling Noah (2017-03-02). Retrieved on 2017-03-02.
- ↑ ja:【試合結果速報致します】ザ・リーヴ presents「GREAT VOYAGE 2017 in YOKOHAMA」3月12日(日)横浜文化体育館大会 (in Japanese). Pro Wrestling Noah (2017-03-12). Retrieved on 2017-03-12.