Pro Wrestling NOAH ran an N INNOVATION event today, resuming the monthly Jr. Heavyweight showcase series after a break last month due to the N-1 VICTORY Tournament.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 360, a full house/near sellout. That suggests the venue was allowed to be at full capacity-this number would represent about 80% full.
Match 1: Yasutaka Yano Return Match: Kai Fujimura beat Yasutaka Yano.
Match 2: Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy. Tadasuke pinned Crazy after an Eita dropkick backfired.
Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki vs. Shuji Kondo went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
Match 4: Ninja Mack beat Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Extreme Tiger & Alejandro in a 5-way elimination match. Order of elimination: Tiger by Wolf, Wolf by Alejandro, Alejandro by Bane, Bane by Mack.
Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & YO-HEY beat HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway. Order of elimination: Kotoge by Ridgeway, Ogawa by Yoshioka, Yoshioka by Ridgeway, Ridgeway by YO-HEY, HAYATA by YO-HEY. YO-HEY remains and wins.
The next event is Muto Retirement Road-GRAND SHIP 2022 in NAGOYA PRO WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER 2 ~OUT BREAK~ Sunday at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. This is a blowout event with 4 title matches and the second of Keiji Muto’s 5 final career matches, which will be Muto & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. The main event will be GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh vs. Kaito Kiyomiya for the title, coming out of Kiyomiya winning the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Toournament. There are also GHC Heavyweight Tag Team and Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship matches and HAYATA vs. YO-HEY for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship.
Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Sunday at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
