Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event today ahead of their next blowout event next weekend.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The live broadcast in Japanese was only on ABEMA.
The announced paid attendance was 938.
There were late changes to the card because Ninja Mack & HAYATA, who originally were not part of the event due to New Japan participation, were added to the event when the promotion learned they would not be part of today’s NJPW event.
Match 1: Ninja Mack & Hajime Ohara beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Mack pinned Hi69 after Phoenix Splash.
Match 2: Anthony Greene beat Takashi Sugiura.
Match 3: HAYATA, Starboy Charlie & Yu Owada beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy. Charlie pinned Crazy after Cosmic World.
Match 4: AMAKUSA Return Match: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Alejandro & Cristobal. AMAKUSA pinned Cristobal after Opening of the Country.
Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa, Ulka Sasaki & Titus Alexander beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Oiwa pinned Inaba after Doctor Bomb.
Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Jack Morris by submission.
Match 7: Shuji Kondo & Eita beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke to win the titles. Kondo & Eita become the 60th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Eita pinned YO-HEY after Imperial Uno.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh vs. Gabriel Kidd (New Japanj & Jake Lee went to a double countout.
In post-event news, it was announced that DESTINATION 2024, the July return to Nippon Budokan, will be-unfortunately for us outside Japan-only available live as a PPV on ABEMA. If available worldwide, which ABEMA generally is not, it is 3500 Japanese yen (around $22 US) if purchased before July 12, and 4000 yen (around $26) if purchased the day of the event-July 13-until the PPV window presumably ends on July 21. Also, Black Menso-re participation has been announced for 7/8 in Hokkaido.
The next event is ALL TOGETHER in SAPPORO Saturday at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido. The live broadcast will be a PPV only on ABEMA for 2500 yen (around $15 US).
The next regular event is GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA on 6/16 at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This is another ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.
