Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the NOAH Jr. Tag League today with a same-day doubleheader in Tokyo. Each event will feature two tournament matches along with the usual other assortment of matches. The first event has a very intriguing one as it’s the co-leaders and Team 2000X entries-Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka facing off against Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. Who may take one for the team? Or will they play the strategy card and try to draw?
Today’s event(s) will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned and with the second event not long after the first I don’t anticipate this event running longer than about 2 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Manabu Soya, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Yuto Koyanagi, Katsumi Inahata & Eita
KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo vs. Shuhei Taniguchi, Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara
OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura vs. Galeno, Harutoki & Midori Takahashi
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Hiroto Tsuruya
Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Kenoh, Daga & Daiki Odashima
NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69
Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura
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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.
7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.
7:54 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue is usually setup for 350-400 most of the time for wrestling. based on advance sales estimates and what I can see from the hard camera my prediction will be around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 251. Virtually nailed it!)
The matches should begin in 5-10 minutes.
The matches begin right on time at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
Match 1: Manabu Soya, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Yuto Koyanagi, Katsumi Inahata & Eita. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuto Koyanagi, Katsumi Inahata & Eita beat Manabu Soya, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Eita pinned Menso-re after a superkick.
Match 2: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo vs. Shuhei Taniguchi, Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. 20 minute time limit
Result: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Shuhei Taniguchi, Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. Endo pinned Ohara after a jumping knee strike.
Match 3: OZAWA & Takashi Sugiura vs. Galeno & Harutoki. 20 minute time limit. Apparently there were unannounced last-second changes to this match because Masa Kirtamiya & Midori Takahashi have been removed. I can’t find anything on NOAH’s website or socials as to why.
Result: OZAWA & Takashi Sugiura beat Galeno & Harutoki. Sugiura pinned Harutoki after Olympic Yosen Slam.
UPDATE: Finally found out why the changes…Takahashi was pulled last-minute. The always-vague poor health. Kitamiya was also removed from the match as a result. This means there likely will be a change to the second event card as well as Takahashi was to have been in an 8-man tag. (Changes for event 2 have been confirmed)
Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Hiroto Tsuruya. 15 minute (?) time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Hiroto Tsuruya
Intermission.
The matches resume at 9 PM PT/midnight ET (about a 10 minute break).
Match 5: NOAH Jr. Tag League: Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. 15 minute time limit
Result: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Ataushi Kotoge & Hi69. Bane pinned Hi69 after a shooting star press.
Bane/Alejandro are 2-1, 4 pts. Kotoge & Hi59 are 1-2, 2 pts.
Match 6: NOAH Jr. Tag League: Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. 15 minute time limit
Result: Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. Tadasuke pinned Fujimura after a low blow.
Tadasuke/Masaoka are 3-0, 6 pts. Wolf/Fujimura are 2-1, 4 pts. Now we know which Team 2000X team has the edge.
Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Kenoh, Daga & Daiki Odashima. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat Kenoh, Daga & Daiki Odashima. Inamura pinned Kenoh after DIS CHARGE. Round 1 of the prelims to the champ.
The next event is later today. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.