Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their monthly Legacy Rise 0226 event today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English.
The announced paid attendance was 927. Compared to their other Korakuen events this year that’s unusually low.
Match 1: KENTA, Tetsuya Endo, Alejandro & Dragon Bane beat Jun Masaoka, Kai Fujimura, Tadasuke & YO-HEY. Bane pinned Fujinura after Vendetta.
Match 2: Hiroya Namiki beat Yuto Koyanagi. As a result, Namiki is in the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix.
Match 3: Atsushi Kotoge, Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Daiki Odashima, Hiroto Tsuruya & Kouga. Inamura pinned Tsuruya after Musou.
Match 4: Manabu Soya beat Doc Gallows.
Match 5: OZAWA & Alpha Wolf beat Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI. OZAWA pinned BUSHI.
Match 6: M.P.I. & Shuji Kondo beat Naomichi Marufuji & HAYATA. Kondo pinned HAYATA. Afterwards, M.P.I., who recebtly attacked Marufuji at a prior event and is the next GHC National Championship challenger, unmasked and was revealed to be Luis Mante (Dragon Gate).
Match 7: Katl Anderson beat Yuki Iino.
Main Event: In a Lumberjack Match, Kenoh beat Masa Kitamiya.
The next event is Saturday at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama for a Masa Kitamiya 15th Anniversary event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
UPDATE: A short time ago after the event concluded, the promotion announced on social media that Maybach Taniguchi, the former masked heel version of Shuhei Taniguchi, will appear for the final time on 10/25, teaming with KENTA to face Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura.