Pro Wrestling NOAH officially announced that Takeshi Morishima as well as TMDK's, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste, contracts will be expiring as of December 31st.

Takeshi Morishima's status has been in limbo since he announced his retirement due to his health back in April of this year. Morishima was to have a retirement ceremony in September, but then the ceremony was canceled due to Morishima wanting to have one last match instead. Which just wasn't possible at that time, so everything was held off due to Morishima in a disagreement. What is known about Morishima is that he has been working out and getting into better shape since has been diagnosed with diabetes. Early rumors suggest that he may be trying to make a return to competition, but now it seems the door is now open for him to go anywhere that he wishes, if that is the case.

TMDK, Nicholls & Haste, will also see their contracts end come the new year. The duo have been under contracts with NOAH for nearly the last 2 years and have competed off and on for NOAH since 2011. Shane Haste has been out of action since June of this year after undergoing left knee ligament surgery, and Haste last competed for NOAH in September of this year. There have been rumors that the two could be WWE/NXT bound, with Marufuji wishing TMDK the best of luck wherever they go.