Former Impact Wrestling X-Division Champion Taiji Ishimori has announced on his Instagram page that he has given his resignation to Pro Wrestling NOAH.
Ishimori has worked for the promotion since March of 2006. He’s won the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship three times and is a former six time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. According to sources, Ishimori felt he needed to leave NOAH to take a big step now, otherwise he'd regret it forever.
"Lots of Japanese wrestlers are active internationally right now," Ishimori told Tokyo Sports, translated by Charlton. "I want to be among them, for Taiji Ishimori to appeal on a global scale. I'm open to offers at home and abroad."
Ishimori has been working for Impact Wrestling since last summer as part of a talent exchange agreement between Impact and NOAH. He last wrestled for Impact at this past January's television tapings in Orlando, where he lost the X-Division Championship to Matt Sydal (which was just shown last Thursday).
It’s unclear whether Ishimori will continue to work for Impact now that he has left NOAH.
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