Pro Wrestling NOAH returned to Kobe for the first time in some time yesterday, I forgot to post results although I was also feeling under the weather. The event was dubbed BACK IN THE KOBE! LIVE 2022.
Yesterday’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning Wednesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
The paid attendance was not announced.
Match 1; Mohammed Yone & Alexander Otsuka (Independent/Freelancer) beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Kinya Okada. Yone pinned Okada after Kinniku Muscle Buster.
Match 2: YO-HEY & Extreme Tiger beat Atsushi Kotoge & Alejandro. YO-HEY pinned Alejandro after Face G.
Match 3: Kazushi Sakuraba beat Simon Gotch by submission.
Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu beat Seiki Yoshioka & Kai Fujimura. Susumu beat Fujimura with a crossface.
Match 5: HAYATA beat Hajime Ohara.
Match 6: Go Shiozaki, Michael Elgin, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beata Takashi Sugiura, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree & Timothy Thatcher. Shiozaki pinned Wagner after Go Lariat.
Match 7: GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki beat Masato Tanaka by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V4 for Funaki.
Main Event: Satoshi Kojima, Kaito Kiyomiya, Daiki Inaba, Daisuke Harada & Haoh beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hi69. Kojima pinned Hi69 after a Western lariat.
During the event it was also announced that Yoshiki Inamura participation is set for the upcoming ZERO1 Fire Festival Tournament in July. Inamura was to have been in last year’s tournament but was forced to miss the tournament due to injury.
The next event is an N INNOVATION event Thursday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo with an Open The Triangle Gate Championship match and main event of HAYATA vs. Ohara for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Between those matches is a big match of Haoh vs. Tadasuke in a Loser NOAH Expulsion match, meaning the loser is gone from the promotion. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Thursday at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
