Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour today with their latest Tokyo event, headlined by the reunited Axiz team of Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima after the latter defected from Kongo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was only in English due to being an ABEMA exclusive.
The announced paid attendance was 935.
Match 1: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Extreme Tiger & Super Crazy beat AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki, Alejandro & Lancelot. Wolf pinned Miyawaki after Wolf Driver.
Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Stallion Rogers.
Match 3: Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Daga pinned Hi69 after a piledriver.
Match 4: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Hideki Suzuki. Inamura pinned Huxley after Musou.
Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji & HAYATA beat Sean Legacy & Dante Leon. HAYATA pinned Legacy.
Match 6: Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Eita went to a no contest. HAYATA interference.
Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya, Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kotoge pinned YO-HEY after Kill Switch.
Main Event: Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Kenoh pinned Shiozaki after PFS.
Lots of post-event news:
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka for the titles has been added to 5/31 at Shinjuku Face.
GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title and GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher vs. Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura for the titles have been added to GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in NAGOYA on 6/17 at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya.
Masakatsu Funaki vs. Josh Barnett in a GHC Martial Arts Rules Match has been announced for 9/3 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka.
The next event is 5/21 at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe (back to the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour). There will be no live broadcast.
