It was a DISCO BALL in Tokyo today as Pro Wrestling NOAH held a Mohammed Yone 30th Anniversary Event, the Funky One still going strong and the ‘fro still as epic as ever.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 1189.
There was a last-minute change to match 5 due to Ulka Sasaki being off the event. Shingles. Daga was the replacement.
Match 1: Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & AMAKUSA beat HAYATA & Daiki Odashima. Hidaka pinned Odashima after Shawn Capture.
Match 2: Junta Miyawaki won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating Black Menso-re. As a result, Miyawaki wins gift certificates for 300,000 yen of Yone Family meals at their restaurant. That’s over $2000 US so, assuming he eats there once a week, that could be at least a year’s worth of food.
Match 3: Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and Eita & Shuji Kondo in a 3-way when Alejandro pinned Bane.
Match 4: OZAWA & Masa Kitamiya beat Kenoh & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kitamiya beat Taniguchi with Stranglehold Y.
Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Tetsuya Endo & Daga beat KENTA, Kazuyuki Fujita & Manabu Soya. Kiyomiya beat KENTA with a neck lock.
Match 6: Tadasuke beat Hahime Ohara.
Main Event: Mohammed Yone 30th Anniversary Match: Mohammed Yone, Naomichi Marufuji & Daisuke Ikeda beat Go Shiozaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Atsushi Kotoge. Yone pinned Kotoge after Kinniku Muscle Buster.
The next event is Saturday at Sendai Pit in Sendai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
UPDATE: As a result of their win in the 3-way, Alejandro & Fujimura ate getting a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship shot. That match will happen on 9/23.