Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate day of the NOAH Jr. Tag League preliminary round today in Kumamoto.
Today’s event was held at Grand Messe Kumamoto D Hall in Kumamoto and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 540.
Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Harutoki beat Kenoh, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. Harutoki pinned Takahashi after El Momento de Muerte.
Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Naomichi Marufuji & Hajime Ohara. Kitamiya beat Ohara with Stranglehold y.
Match 3: OZAWA beat Yuto Koyanagi by submission.
NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 3: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Trew pinned Hi69 after Black Flag. Trew/Lacey are 4-2, 8 pts. Kotoge/Hi69 are 2-4, 4 pts and are now OUT.
Match 4: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Fujimura pinned Inahata after Death hanger. Wolf/Fujimura are 5-1, 10 pts. Eita/Inahata are 0-5-1, 1 pt.
Match 5: Jun Masaoka & Tadasuke beat Dragon Bane & Alejandro. Tadasuke pinned Alejandro after Tadasuke Crush 2. Both are 4-2, 8 pts.
Match 6: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Daga pinned Menso-re. Daga/Odashima are 4-2, 8 pts. AMAKUSA/Menso-re are 0-5-1, 1 pt.
Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Manabu Soya & Mohammed Yone beat KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya endo. Inamura pinned HAYATA after DIS CHARGE.
With one day left in the tournament before the Finals here are the scenarios and there is a lot to unpack:
Wolf/Fujimura advance to the Finals with a win or draw tomorrow (Trew/Lacey). They are OUT with a loss AND Tadasuke/Masaoka win.
Trew/Lacey advance with a win AND Daga/Odashima-Bane/Alejandro MUST BE A DRAW because Trew/Lacey lose tiebreakers to both. They are OUT if it’s not OR with a loss or draw.
Tadasuke/Masaoka advance with a win AND Wolf/Fujimura win or draw AND Bane/Alejandro win or draw. They are OUT with Daga/Odashima win due to tiebreakers OR if Trew/Lacey win.
Bane/Alejandro advance with a win AND Tadasuke/Masaoka must lose or draw (AMAKUSA?Menso-re). They are OUT with a loss.
Daga/Odashima advance with a win.
If Daga/Odashima-Bane/Alejandro is a draw AND Wolf/Fujimira win or draw AND Tadasuke/Masaoka lose, there will be a Daga/Odashima-Bane/Alejandro rematch as the tiebreaker.
And if there are more than 3 teams tied? Well…let the promotion figure it out!
Daga/Odashima-Bane/Alejandro will be the main event tomorrow.
The next event is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.