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Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with another house show.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Ecole in Toyama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 321.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Hi69 pinned Ozawa after Stuka Splash.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley vs. Yoshiko Inamura & Shawn Legacy went to a double countout.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Naomichu Marufuji, Super Crazy, Extreme Tiger & Lancelot. Mack pinned Tiger after Ninja Bomb.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yasutaka Yano. YO-HEY pinned Yano after a dropkick.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya & HAYATA beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & AMAKUSA. HAYATA pinned AMAKUSA with a transformed crucifix.

Match 7: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Nakajima pinned Greene after Vertical Spike.

Main Event: Takashi Sugiura beat Masa Kitamiya.

The next event is ABEMA Presents GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI on 4/16 at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai. This is a blowout event with all 5 GHC Titles on the line and the second ever Women’s single match in the promotion as Maya Yukihi & Sumire Natsu return to NOAH. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so Japanese will only be available on demand after the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the (really never-ending, it’s going through at least summer) SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the first of all weekend events this month.

Today’s event was held at Osaka ATC Hall Floor B2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 355.

Match 1: Kinya Okada beat Taishi Ozawa by submission.

Match 2: Super Crazy, Extreme Tiger & Lancelot beat Ninja Mack, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Tiger pinned Alejandro after a reverse face bomb.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley beat Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Huxley pinned Hi69 after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jack Morris & Tadasuke. Wagner pinned Morris after Wagner Driver.Match 5: HAYATA & Yasutaka Yano beat AMAKUSA & Atsushi Kotoge. HAYATA pinned AMAKUSA after Hedeck.

Match 6: Eita beat YO-HEY.Match 7: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Shawn Legacy beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Legacy pinned Inamura after a swan dive 450 splash.

Main Event: Jake Lee & Anthony Greene beat Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima by ref stoppage. Lee beat Nakajima with a cobra twist.

The next event is tomorrow at Takaoka Ecole in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the last day of their 4-day tour of northern Japan and the final event before a scheduled break from events.

Today’s event was held at Hachinohe Yutori 1F Multipurpose Large Hall in Aomori and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Thursday morning). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 269.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Akitoshi Saito beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Kinya Okada. Taniguchi pinned Okada after a face kick.

Match 3: Ninja Mack, Lancelot, Super Crazy & Extreme Tiger beat AMAKUSA, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Mack pinned Kotoge after Phoenix Splash.

Match 4: Saxon Huxley beat Yoshiki Inamura.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kaito Kiyomoya & HAYATA. Wagner pinned Kiyomiya after Wagner Driver.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Yasutaku Yano.

Main Event: In a Captains Fall Match, where the team that beat the opposing team’s Captain wins, Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Hahima Ohara & Hi69. Lee pinned Hi69 after a skewered front high kick. The Captains were Hi69 and Tadasuke.

The next event is 4/8 at Osaka ATC Hall Floor B2 in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast. It should be noted that, unless ABEMA-only events are simulcast in English, there are no live WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcasts scheduled until at least early May (everything will be on demand roughly 3 days after the events). (Update: It has been confirmed that 5/4 will be live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only. It’s another ABEMA exclusive)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the 3rd day of their 4-day northern Japan tour. Today’s event featured a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship match.

Today’s event was held at Mutsu Maeda Arena in Aomori and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, probably Wednesday morning. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 577.

Match 1: Yasutaku Yano beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kinya Okada & Akitoshi Saito. Kitamiya pinned Okada after Saito Suplex.

Match 3: Ninja Mack & Aleandro beat Super Crazy & Extreme Tiger. Mack pinned Tiger after Ninja Bomb.

Match 4: Saxon Huxley beat Mohammed Yone.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA. YO-HEY pinned Ogawa after a dropkick.

Match 6: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Nakajima pinned Kotoge after Vertical Spike.

Match 7: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA beat Lancelot to retain the title. V3 for AMAKUSA.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Yoshiki Inamura. Morris pinned Wagner after a tiger driver.

The next event is tomorrow at Hachinohe Yutori 1F Multipurpose Large Hall in Aomori. Because of today’s events, some matches have been changed, most notably the main event is now a 10 Man Captains Fall Match between GLG & Kongo. It’s an elimination match but when/if the Captain is eliminated the match immediately ends. GLG will reveal their captain tomorrow. Kongo captain will be Hi69.
There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, the full card for ABEMA presents GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI on 4/16 (the next major event) has been announced:
Yasutaka Yano vs. Taishi Ozawa
Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley vs. Yoshiki Inamura, Kinya Okada & Sean Legacy
Maya Yukihi vs. Sumire Natsu
Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Ninja Mac, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Kenoh, Jinsei Shinzaki, Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69
Dralistico, Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Extreme Tiger, Alpha Wolf & Lancelot
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi for the titles
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita vs. YO-HEY & Tadasuke for the titles
GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Jack Morris for the title
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. HAYATA for the title
GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima for the title

At this time the event will be an ABEMA-only live broadcast. We should know closer to event time if WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have a live English-only broadcast. If not, it should be available on demand after the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the second day of their 4-day tour of northern Japan.

Today’s event was held at Morioka Gym in Iwate and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 297.

Match 1: Kinya Okada beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Yoshinari Ogawa, HAYATA & Yasutaka Yano. Kotoge pinned Yano after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Wagner pinned Saito after Wagner Driver.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Saxon Huxley beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Taniguchi pinned Inaba after a face kick.

Match 5: Lancelot, Extreme Tiger & Super Crazy beat Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA & Ninja Mack. Lancelot beat AMAKUSA with Samson Clutch.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match, Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke.
Fall 1: Lee pinned Ohara.
Fall 2: Hi69 pinned YO-HEY.
Fall 3: Kenoh pinned Tadasuke.
Kongo wins 2-1.

The next event is tomorrow at Mutsu Maeda Arena in Aomori with AMAKUSA vs. Lancelot for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUBNY VOYAGE 2023 Your today with the start of a 4-day trip through northern Japan for daily house shows.

Today’s event was held at Akita Selion Plaza in Akita and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced pid attendance was 246.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Saito pinned Ozawa after Iron Claw Slam.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 3: Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Hi69 pinned Kotoge after Stuka Splash.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kitamiya pinned Taniguchi after Saito Suplex.

Match 5: AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Lancelot, Super Crazy & Extreme Tiger. AMAKUSA pinned Crazy.

Match 6: Manabu Soya vs. Saxon Huxley went to a double countout.

Match 7: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA beat Jack Morris, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Wagner pinned Morris after La Serviente Azteca.

Main Event: Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Jake Lee & Anthony Greene. Nakajima pinned Greene after Vertical Spike.

The next event is tomorrow at Morioka Gym in Iwate. There will be no live broadcast.

GREAT VOYAGE 2023 in YOKOHAMA, the latest installment of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s signature blowout event series, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1308. The venue was at 50% capacity and only has a full max capacity of 3000, so this actually is much better than it sounds given the sellout would’ve been around 1500. Possibly a super full house as it’s near 90% full.

Match 1: Yasutaka Yano beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Kotoge pinned Tadasuke.

Match 3: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kinya Okada.

Match 4: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley beat Mohammed Yone & Yoshiki Inamura. Huxley pinned Yone after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 5: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Takashi Sugiura.

Match 6: Jake Morris & Anthony Greene beat Naomichi Marufuji & Hijo de. Dr. Wagner Jr. Morris pinned Wagner after Tiger Driver.

Match 7: Extreme Tiger & Lancelot beat AMAKUSA & Ninja Mack. Lancelot beat AMAKUSA after Broken Bomb.

Match 8: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kenoh & Manabu Soya to retain the titles. Kitamiya pinned Soya after a diving senton. V1 for the champs.

Match 9: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita beat HAYATA & Chris Ridgeway to retain the titles. Ogawa beat Ridgeway with a Figure 4. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Jake Lee beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya to win the title. Lee becomes the 42nd GHC Heavyweight Chanpion. This went 35 1/2 minutes. Next up: Nakajima. That match will happen on 4/16 at Xebio Arena Sendai as will Wagner Jr. vs. Morris for the GHC National Championship. Kitamiya & Inaba will also defend the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Sugiura & Taniguchi and women’s action returns to NOAH with Maya Yukihi vs. Sumire Natsu.

The next event is Friday at Akita Selion Plaza in Akita to start 4 straight days with events continuing the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour. There will be no live broadcast (all 4 events will be available on demand next week).

UPDATE: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. Lancelot for the title has been added to 3/26 as fallout from this event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the final house show before next weekend’s blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 254.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi & Yaustaku Yano beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Yano pinned Ozawa.

Match 2: Kenoh beat Daiki Inaba by ref stoppage (KO).

Match 3: Manabu Soya beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 4: Extreme Tiger, Super Crazy & Lancelot beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Lancelot pinned Hi69 after Spanish Fly.

Match 5: HAYATA beat Yoshinari Ogawa.

Match 6: Chris Ridgeway beat Eita.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya & YO-HEY beat Jake Lee & Anthony Greene. Kiyomiya pinned Greene with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.

The next event is GREAT VOYAGE 2023 in YOKOHAMA Sunday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast so Japanese will only be available on demand. (The venue likely will be at only 50% capacity so the attendance will likely sound worse than it actually is)

At a press conference earlier today, top Pro Wrestling NOAH Jr. Heavyweight Daisuke Harada announced he will retire at the 3/9 event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Harada is retiring due to a neck injury suffered last August on doctor’s advice, and will finish his career with a 1 minute exhibition match against Atsushi Kotoge. There likely will be a retirement ceremony afterwards. The match eill be the 3rd match on the card.

Harada debuted in Osaka Pro in 2006 and has been with NOAH since 2013, and has been one of the top Jr. Heavyweights in NOAH over the last decade and formed one of the top tag teams in Japan with Kotoge dating back to Osaka Pro.