Pro Wrestling NOAH began their May schedule today with the opener of the Dream On 22 Tour. It began with the first half of a Golden Week doubleheader and was headlined by a GHC Tag Team Title match.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokkyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time/date. It was an ABEMA-only live broadcast in Japan only.
The announced paid attendance was 645. It appears they are still reduced capacity at Korakuen even though they previously said they intended to run full capacity by now. If still reduced, this likely was a near-sellout.
Match 1: Simon Gotch beat Kinya Okada.
Match 2: NOSAWA Rongai, Texano Jr. & Super Crazy beat Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Yasutaka Yano. Texano pinned Fujimura after Road To Texas.
Match 3: Dragon Bane, Ninja Mack & Alpha Wolf beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 (formerly Nioh). Wolf pinned Hi69 after Night Wolf.
Match 4: Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Elgin pinned Nakajima after Elgin Bomb.
Match 5: HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu beat Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY, Haoh & Junta Miyawaki. Yoshioka pinned YO-HEY after Buzzsaw Kick.
Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Ninja Mack.
Match 7: Satoshi Kojima (New Japan Pro Wrestling), Naomichi Marufuji & Masato Tanaka beat Go Shiozaki, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Kojima pinned Shiozaki after a lariat.
Main Event: Rene Dupree & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Takasho Sugiura & Hideki Suzuki to win the titles. Dupree & Wagner Jr. become the 59th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Wagner Jr. pinned Sugiura after a moonsault press.
The next event is tomorrow. There has been a late change because Yasutaka Yano is now off due to injuries. Head and face. It’s not known how long he may be out. He was to have teamed with HAYATA, Yuya Susumu & Seiki Yoshioka to face Alejandro, Alpha Wolf, Dragon Bane & Extreme Tiger. Kai Fujimura is the replacement.
Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin tomorrow at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
The usual post-event news dump:
Added to 5/14 at Yokohama Radiant Hall (N INNOVATION) are Chris Ridgeway vs. Seiki Yoshioka and Simon Gotch & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Yuya Susumu.
Added to 5/19 at Yokohama Radiant Hall is HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway vs. Seiki Yoshioka, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura.
Added to 5/21 at Ota City General Gym (tour ender) is NEW GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway vs. Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu for the titles. At this time this event will be an ABEMA-ONLY live broadcast.
The 2022 N-1 Victory Tournament has been announced. This year’s edition will be the August tour with the exception of 8/3 and will conclude on 9/3. Further details to come.
