Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the final STAR NAVIGATION 2023 event of the year, before the series continues in 2024.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 688.
Match 1: LEONA (Dradition) & Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a swan dive elbow.
Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Hi69.
Match 3: Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat.
Match 4: Terry Yaki beat Extreme Tiger. This was to have been a 3-way including Alejandro but Alejandro was removed last-minute due to the ever vague poor health/physical condition.
Match 5: HAYATA, Eita & Titus Alexander beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Super Crazy & Vinny Massaro. Alexander pinned Massaro after Big Ugly.
Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Atsushi Kotoge.
Match 7: Jake Lee, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyoiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Lee pinned Miyawaki after a backdrop. Afterwards, the House Of Torture faction in New Japan Pro Wrestling appeared and beat down the losers. EVIL with microphone. Based on translation it sounds like a challenge was issued to Kiyomiya & Miyawaki for a match against EVIL & Dick Togo.
Main Event: Kenoh, Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh pinned Soya with a Samson Clutch.
The next event, which will be the final event of 2023, is “THE GIFT 2023 in MAKUHARI-KEIJI MUTO HAPPY BIRTHDAY” Saturday at Makuhari Messe Hall 6 in Chiba. There will be no live broadcast.
