Pro Wrestling NOAH held a Kaito Kiyomiya Produced 10th Anniversary event today as the current torchbearer for the promotion celebrated a decade so far in the ring. It also set the stage for the next generation with 3 new rookies beginning their careers today.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1290.
Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Hitoshi Kumano. This was a rematch of Kiyomiya’s debut match.
Match 2: Yuto Koyanagi Debut Match: Daiki Odashima beat Yuto Koyanagi.
Match 3: Midori Takahashi & Hiroto Tsuruya Debut Match: Hiroto Tsuruya beat Midori Takahashi.
Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Junta Miyawaki, Jack Morris, Naomichi Marufuji & Andy Wu. Kiyomiya pinned Miyawaki with a tiger suplex hold.
Main Event: In a 1 Hour Iron Man Match, Kenoh beat Kaito Kiyomiya 4-3. Kenoh scored the winning pinfall with 1 minute left. Kenoh took the first 2 including a countout, then Kiyomiya took the next 2 to pull even. They alternated wins before Kenoh got the clincher.
The next event is Saturday at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya with both GHC Tag Team Championships on the line. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
A lot of post-event news:
Los Tranquilos de Japon, made up of former New Japan wrestlers BUSHI and Tetsuya Naito among others who were formerly Los Ingobernables de Japan before BUSHI & Naito left the promotion, will be part of the 1/1 Nippon Budokan event. BUSHI participation is confirmed along with TBA who is a mystery member of the group. The obvious question is whether it’s Naito or someone else.
More New Japan participation is set for 12/23 with Hiromu Takahashi & Daiki Nagai vs. AMAKUSA & Daiki Odashima. Also set for 12/23 is a Takashi Sugiura 25th Anniversary Match of Sugiura vs. KENTA.
The Good Brothers, aka Karl Anderson & Luke/Doc Gallows, have been added to 1/1. They will face Kiyomiya & Jack Morris. Also added to 1/1 is Will Kroos vs. Saxon Huxley for the Progress Atlas Championship held by Kroos. That now makes 4 title matches so far for the year-opening blowout event.