Pro Wrestling NOAH star Kenoh held a 15th Anniversary Event in his hometown today, which has to make one wonder-would the eternal stone-faced Kongo leader actually smile? Or even force a smirk? Or something else perhaps?
Today’s event was held at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on the Kenoh YouTube Channel, which also streamed the event live. You can also watch below (the total running time is about 3 hours; the broadcast begins at the 20 minute mark and has Japanese commentary, the matches begin at about the 38 minute mark…note that while the hard camera view is in HD, other ringside camera views will be lower quality: it is not available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at this time):
The announced paid attendance was 1321.
Match 1: Hi69 beat Taishi Ozawa.
Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Daiki Inaba & Stallion Rogers. Inamura pinned Rogers after Musou.
Match 3: Ninja Mack beat Dante Leon.
Match 4: Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Mohammed Yone & GAINA (Independent/Freelancer) beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher, Kazuyuki Fujita & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat.
Match 5: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Super Crazy. Daga pinned Kotoge after Diablo Wings.
Match 6: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, HAYATA & Eita beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kiyomiya beat Tadasuke with a double armbar.
Main Event: Kenoh 15th Anniversary Match: Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara beat Naomichi Marufuji, Masato Tanaka, Kazushi Sakuraba, AMAKUSA & Alejandro. Kenoh pinned Alejandro after Ring Of Fire. Then, the huge shocker…Kongo is no more. Kenoh has disbanded the iconic heel faction. This has resulted in the promotion announcing changes to the 7/9 card-and interestingly, one is the main event where Kenoh will now team with longtime archrival Kaito Kiyomiya against Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba.
The next event is 7/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Besides the aforementioned changes, the event also features GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. AMAKUSA for the title, fallout from Thuesday’s event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
