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Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off their August schedule with DEPARTURE 2022, a standalone event representing the final event before N-1 VICTORY 2022 begins.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 616.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya & Mohammed Yone beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kitamiya pinned Taniguchi after a Saito suplex.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy. Fujimura pinned NOSAWA. HUGE.

Match 3: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Anthony Greene & Stallion Rogers. Nakajima pinned Rogers after Vertical Spike.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Daisuke Harada & Seiki Yoshioka beat Dante Leon, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY. Mack pinned Kotoge after Ninja Bomb.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, El Hijo Del Santo (Mexico), Ultimo Dragon & Alejandro beat Kenoh, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Santo pinned Ohara.

Match 6: Kinya Okada beat Yoshiki Inamura. As a result, Okada qualifies for N-1 VICTORY.

Match 7: Naomichi Matufuji Return Match-Naomichi Marufuji, Go Shiozaki & Takashi Sugiura beat Satoshi Kojima, Masato Tanaka & Daiki Inaba. Shiozaki pinned Inaba after Go Lariat.

Main Event: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Shuji Kondo to retain the title. V4 for HAYATA.

Next up is the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament beginning Thursday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. This will be an ABEMA-ONLY live broadcast but will be available live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. Live streaming will begin at 2:30 AM ET/Wednesday at 11:30 PM PT.

In other news, The Great Muta (Keiji Muto) will appear at the final event of the tournament on 9/3 at Osaka Prefectural Gym). It will be Muta’s final Osaka appearance.

UPDATE: Thatcher is now out of N-1 VICTORY due to visa issues. Okada is the replacement.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up their July schedule today with MIDSUMMER CLASH 2022, an uncommon standalone house show between ongoing & upcoming tours.

Today’s event wad held at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1276, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Alexander Otsuka beat Akitoshi Saito & Kinya Okada. Yone pinned Okada after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 3: Ninja Mack, Dante Leon & YO-HEY beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Mack pinned Tadasuke after Ninja Bomb.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Stallion Rogers beat Daiki Inaba & Anthony Greene. Rogers pinned Inaba after a missile headbutt.

Match 5: HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu beat Daisuke Harada, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Susumu beat Alejandro with a crossface.

Match 6: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Ka Shin beat Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Fujita pinned Taniguchi after a powerbomb.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Kiyomiya pinned Soya with a Tiger suplex hold.

The enxt event is DEPARTURE 2022 on Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, headlined by the return of Naomichi Marufuji from injury and GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Shuji Kondo for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour with a weekend house show, the first of two events this weekend.

Today’s event was held at Act City hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 179.

Match 1: Hi69 beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Masa Kitamiya & Kinya Okada. Saito pinned Okada after a running Sickle Of Death.

Match 3: Dante Leon beat Alejandro.

Match 4: Daisuke Harada, YO-HEY & Seiki YOshioka beat HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu. Yoshioka pinned Susumu after Buzzsaw Kick.

Match 5: Satoshi Kojima, Daiki Inaba & Anthony Greene beat Takashi Sugiura, Shihei Taniguchi & Stallion Rogers. Kojima pinned Rogers after Western lariat.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Atsushi Kotoge & Ninja Mack beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hajime OHara. Shiozaki pinned Soya after Go Lariat.

The next event is MIDSUMMER CLASH 2022 tomorrow at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 in Ishikawa. This event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (there will be no live broadcast).

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SSTAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour today with the second half of an opening Tokyo doubleheader. No title matches today because ABEMA seemingly gets first dibs. There also was No Go today as Go Shiozaki was removed from the event due to a neck injury.

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

The announced paid attendance was 442.

Match 1: Daiki Inaba beat Kinya Okada.

Match 2: Super Crazy beat Hi69.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Yoshiki Inamura beat Takashi Sugiura, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Kitamiya pinned Saito after a Saito suplex. Oh, irony…

Match 4: Daisuke Harada & Seiki Yoshioka beat Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara. Harada pinned Tadasuke with Katayama German.

Match 5: NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura. Suzuki pinned Fujimura.

Match 6: Ninja Mack, Atsushi Kotoge & Anthony Greene beat Dante Leon, YO-HEY & Stallion Rogers. Mack beat Leon with a rear naked choke.

Match 7: Masato Tanaka & HAYATA beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo. Tanaka pinned Soya after Sliding D.

Main Event: Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Masaaki Mochizuki. Nakajima pinned Kiyomiya after Vertical Spike.

The next event is 7/30 at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka, going back to the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour. This event will be taped for on demand broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (no live broadcast).

In post-event news, Naomichi Marufuji will be returning to the US in August to appear in House Of Glory Wrestling on 8/28 in New York City. The event is expected to be available to watch live on PPV.
The September schedule was also announced today, headlined by Keiji Muto’s 5 Final Match Series event 2 on 9/25 at Aichi Prefectural Gym. The current schedule:
9/15, 9/16-Korakuen Hall
9/19-Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama
9/21-Shinjuku Face, Tokyo (N INNOVATION)
9/25-[Muto Retirement Road] “GRAND SHIP 2022 in NAGOYA PRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER .2-OUT BREAK-“, Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
9/30-Bandaijima Multipurpose Plaza Large Kama, Niigata

Pro Wrestling NOAH began the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour today, beginning the fallout from last weekend’s blowout event and the build to the upcoming N-1 VICTORY Tournament.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA and only available in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 537.

There were several last-minute changes to the card because Hideki Suzuki was a late removal from the event. Fever. No word on how long he will be out.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Kinya Okada.

Match 2: Dante Leon & YO-HEY beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro. Leon pinned Alejandro after Crusio Cutter.

Match 3: Daisuke Harada beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 4: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Mohammed Yone, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Kenoh pinned Yone after PFS.

Match 5: Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura. Kondo pinned Fujimura after a King Kong lariat.

Match 6: Anthony Greene & Stallion Rogers beat Satoshi Kojima & Atsushi Kotoge. Greene pinned Kotoge after Alternate Ending.

Match 7: Open The Triangle Gate (Dragon Gate) Champions NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Kagetora (Dragon Gate) to retain the titles. Eita pinned Kagetora after Imperial Uno. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Kaito Kiyomiya beat Go Shiozaki, Masato Tanaka & Masa Kitamiya. Kiyomiya beat Shiozaki with a double armlock.

The next event is tomorrow. The promotion just announced Shiozaki is now off the event. Neck injury. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a post-7/16 press conference early today that also revealed the entire field for the upcoming N-1 Victory Tournament. This year’s N-1 will feature 16 participants in 2 blocks with traditional round-robin tournament rules.
The participants:
Block A: Kenoh, Kazuyuki Fujita, Go Shiozaki, Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki, Hideki Suzuki, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Anthony Greene
Block B: Masakatsu Funaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya, Satoshi Kojima, Timothy Thatcher, Jack Morris
Nakajima is the defending tournament winner, beating Kenoh in last year’s final. So they could very well have a Finals rematch that could set up a rubber match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.
The tournament runs from 8/11-9/3. Note that some events will be ABEMA-only live broadcasts and will be on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The Finals likely will be an English-only live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

In terms of 7/16 fallout, GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Shuji Kondo for the title has been announced for 8/5 at Korakuen Hall, as well as the return of Naomichi Marufuji, who has been out the last few months due to injury. Marufuji was on Japanese commentary for yesterday’s event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest blowout event, DESTINATION 2022, is now in the books. Besides featuring multiple title matches, it marked the return of Keiji Muto for the beginning of the end as The Living Legend began his series of the final 5 matches of his incomparable 40-year career.

Today’s event was held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The live broadcast was in English only outside Japan due to it being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan. The first 2 matches can also be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3215. With everything else happening today including New Japan and other events, and considering capacity limits and the layout of the venue, this sounds like a much-needed good number for the promotion-I’d say this represented around 75% capacity. In addition to the hosts, the guests on commentary included Rina Matsuki, Jushin Thunder Liger, Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. (At this time the replay, which includes pre-show coverage, has a total run time of just over 5 hours) If you want to skip the pre-show, you can jump ahead to about the 30 minute mark.

Also, before the event it was announced that the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya vacated the titles because Elgin would miss the event. Unspecified. The scheduled title defense against Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher would now be for the vacant titles with Yoshiki Inamura replacing Elgin.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Extreme Tiger. Kondo pinned Harada after a King Kong lariat.

Match 2: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch, Stallion Rogerse & Anthony Greene beat Kazushi Sakuraba, Masaaki Mochizuki, Shuhei Taniguchi, Daiki Inaba & Kinya Okada. Greene pinned Okada after Walkin Talkin Flying. Inamura was to have been in this match but due to the tag title situation, Sakuraba was added as a replacement.

Match 3: Eita & Kotaro Suzuki beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susummu. Eita pinned Ogawa after Numero Uno.

Match 4: Ninja Mack beat Dante Leon.

Match 5: In a Hardcore Match, Rob Van Dam & Masato Tanaka beat NOSAWA Rongai & SUper Crazy. Van Dam pinned NOSAWA after 5 Star Frog Splash.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki, Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Fujita pinned Soya after a powerbomb.

Match 7: PRO WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER 1-THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Keiji Muto by submission. The proverbial torch has officially been passed to The Supernova.

Match 8: Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher beat Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura by ref stoppage to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Suzuki & Thatcher become the 61st GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Suzuki beat Inamura with a sleeper hold.

Match 9: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Seiki Yoshioka to retain the title. V3 for HAYATA. Next up: Kondo. Kongo Kondo, haha.

Kaito Kiyomiya joined commentary for the final match.
Main Event: Kenoh beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima to win the title. Kenoh becomes the 40th GHC Heavyweight Champion. And somewhere deep within CyberFight Corporation, one of Sanshiro Takagi’s worst nightmares has come true…Hahaha.

Next up is the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour starting Thursday at Korakuen Hall. This will be an ABEMA-only broadcast with replay on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time, meaning there will be no live broadcast outside Japan. The only match announced so far is an Open The Triangle Gate (Dragon Gate) Championship match. Additionally, a post-event press conference for today’s event and match announcements for the upcoming N-1 VICTORY Tournament will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube beginning tomorrow at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today with the final event before their next blowout event next weekend. There were a few last-minute changes to today’s lineup as both Michael Elgin & Mohammed Yone would miss the event. Unspecified but perhaps stemming from something happening the day before.

Today’s event was held at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 328.

Match 1: Rene Dupree beat Kinya Okada.

Match 2: Extreme Tiger beat Alejandro.

Match 3: Anthony Green beat Stallion Rogers.

Match 4: HAYATA & Simon Gotch beat Seiki Yoshioka & Kai Fujimura. Gotch pinned Fujimura adter a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Akitoshi Saito, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY Beat Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hi69. Harada pinned Hi69 with Katayama German.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu beat NOSAWA Rongai, Kotaro Suzuki & Super Crazy. Kiyomiya pinned NOSAWA after Shining Wizard.

Match 7: Takashi Sugiura, Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Masa Kitamiya, Shuhei Taniguchi, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Inaba. Thatcher beat Taniguchi with a Fujiwara armbar.

Main Event: Kenoh & Hajime Ohara beat Satoshi Kojima & Atsushi Kotoge. Kenoh pinned Kotoge after PFS.

The next event is ABEMA Presents DESTINATION 2022 Saturday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Keiji Muto begins the road to retirement with the first of his 5 final matches as part of a loaded card headlined by Kojima-Kenoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming in English on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at midnight PT/3 AM ET (This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan).

Developing NOAH news for 7/16: The GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title match that day is now off and has been postponed. Current co-champion Chris Ridgeway is now off the event. Visa issues. Delays in issuance procedures in the UK may prevent him from making it to Japan in time. New date TBA but it will be when Ridgeway can travel to Japan. Yuya Susumu will now team with Yoshinari Ogawa to face Eita & Kotaro Suzuki in a NON-TITLE match.