Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off the Victory Challenge (VC) 2024 Tag League today, a new tag team tournament featuring 8 teams in a round-robin format.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 309. They didn’t say so but that may be a full house/near sellout as the venue’s normal full capacity is 350.
Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Junta Miyawaki.
Match 2: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & LJ Cleary beat HAYATA, Ninja Mack & Alejandro. Cleary pinned Alejandro after Cattle Killing.
Match 3: VC Tag League: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Bane pinned Inaba after Twister Bane.
Match 4: VC Tag League: Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Kondo pinned Owada after a King Kong lariat.
Match 5: Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy by DQ. Daga DQ’d.
Match 6: VC Tag League: Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa. Thatcher beat Oiwa with a Fujiwara armbar.
Main Event: VC Tag League: Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge. Sasaki beat Kotoge with Shining Triangle.
The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
Injury Report: Naomichi Matufuji apparently suffered an injury at the previous event or in the days since. Sprained right knee. Out Wednesday. It’s not yet known if he will miss any additional time. He currently is still on the card for GREAT VOYAGE 2024 in NAGOYA next weekend.
