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Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up their 2024 today with another LIMIT BREAK ex. event. Like other events in the series, it will mostly focus on crossover matches with other promotions, in particular the ZERO1/REAL ZERO1 promotion. A title match will be the main event as (ZERO1) World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki defends against Junya Matsunaga.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches and none will probably have more than a 30 minute time limit, including the title match, so I anticipate the event’s total running time being around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yu Owada vs. Satsuki Nagao
The Reeve Masks 1 & 2 vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Black Menso-re
Hajime Ohara, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
Mohammed Yone & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Koji Doi
Atsushi Kotoge vs. Koji Iwamoto
ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Junya Matsunaga for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is sitll filing in and it’s probably the normal smaller-capacity setup (the venue’s normal max capacity is 600), with other events happening now around Tokyo plus seeing a number of empty ringside seats I’ll guess the number will be around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 243)

The matches should begin in a few minutes.

The matches begin at 7:03 PM PT/10:03 PM ET.

Match 1: Yu Owada vs. Satsuki Nagao. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yu Owada beat Satsuki Nagao

Match 2: The Reeve Masks 1 & 2 vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: The Reeve Mask 1 & 2 beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Black Menso-re. Mask 1 pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: Hajime Ohara, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Masato Tanaka (now bald), Takuya Sugawara & Yoshikazu Yokoyama. 20 minute time limit
Result: Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara & Yoshikazu Yokoyama beat Hajime Ohara, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kohei Kinoshita. Tanaka pinned Ohara after Sliding D.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Match 4: Mohammed Yone & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Koji Doi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mohammed Yone & Shuji Ishikawa beat Kazuyuki Fujita & Koji Doi. Yone pinned Doi after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 5: Atsushi Kotoge vs. Koji Iwamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Junya Matsunaga for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki beat Junya Matsunaga to retain the title. V3 for Shiozaki.

The next event is NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2025, the year-opening blowout event, on 1/1 at Nippon Budokan. Live streaming as a PPV only on ABEMA in select countries, including the US, will begin on 12/31 at 10:15 PM PT/1:15 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their final STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event of the year today, also featuring their annual NOAHful Gift holiday-themed matches and more.

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 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1205.

Match 1: Luis Mante (Dragon Gate) & Daga beat Eita & Titus Alexander, Naomichi Marufuji & HAYATA and Ulka Sasaki & AMAKUSA in a 4-way when Daga pinned Eita.

Match 2: Kouki Amarei, Takumi Iroha & Utami Hayashishita beat Great Sakuya, Bozilla & Myla Grace. Iroha pinned Grace after Running 3.

Match 3: Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & The Reeve Mask beat Hajime Ohara, Koki Iwamoto & Black Menso-re. Mask pinned Menso-re after The Reeve Press.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Odashima beat Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita. Kitamiya pinned Soya after a diving senton.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan).

Match 7: Alejandro & Junta Claus (Junta Miyawaki) beat Yu Owada & Takashi augiura. Claus pinned Owada after an over the shoulder Falcon Arrow.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Reindeer Fujimura (Kai Fujimura) & Kenoh beat Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Tree Man (YO-HEY). Kiyomoya pinned Tadasuke after Transformed Shining Wozard.

The next event is a LIMIT BREAK ex. Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, their final event of the year. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

In other news, the promotion announced MONDAY MAGIC will return in 2025, with the next season starting at the end of May and running through June.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with another event in Tokyo. None of the matches were announced in advance.

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

The announced paid attendance was 340.

Match 1: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Tadasuke & Daiki Odashima. Miyawaki pinned Odashima after Falcon Arrow.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya beat Eita & Yu Owada in a 3-way by pinning Owada.

Match 3: Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Harutoki beat HAYATA, YO-HEY & Yuto Kikuchi. Alejandro pinned HAYATA after Zero Gravity.

Match 4: Kenoh beat Shuhei Taniguchi.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki & Mohammed Yone beat Kazuyuki Fujita & Atsushi Kotoge. Shiozaki pinned Kotoge after Go Lariat.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Ulka Sasaki went to a Double KO.

Match 7: Jack Morris & Daga beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Takashi Sugiura. Morris pinned Sugiura after a tiger driver.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Manabu Soya beat Shuji Kondo to retain the title. V3 for Soya.

The next event is 12/8 at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast (last time this year).

In other news, the full card for 1/1 at Nippon Budokan has been announced:
Pre-show 13 man battle royal. The winner gets a title shot of their choice
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki in a 3-way for the titles
Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Black Menso-re
Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Galeno Del Mal
Kenoh vs. Lover (?)
GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga vs. Eita in a 3 1 Hour Matches match for the title
GHC National Champion Manabu Soya vs. Masa Kitamiya for the title
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. Jack Morris & TBA for the titles
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ulka Sasaki
GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. OZAWA (Taishi Ozawa) for the title
The event will be a PPV available only on ABEMA. No WRESTLE UNIVERSE until sometime after the event (probably a week).

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a doubleheader today in Tokyo, with the first event featuring only single matches where each match featured a current or former GHC Heavyweight or National Champion, and the second event being a regular house show.

Today’s events were held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

There were many last-minute changes to the second event card based on the results of the first event.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 264.

Match 1: Go Shiozaki beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 2: Jack Morris beat Tadasuke.

Match 3: Kenoh beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 4: Ulka Sasaki beat Alejandro.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya beat HAYATA.

Match 6: Manabu Soya vs. YO-HEY went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Harutoki.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 314.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Manabu Soya & Go Shiozaki vs. Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Jack Morris & Daga beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Eita. Daga pinned Eita after Diablo Wings.

Match 4: HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat Atsushi Kotoge, AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Daiki Odashima. YO-HEY pinned Odashima after a dropkick.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Harutoki beat Anthony Greene, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, LJ Cleary & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer). Kiyomiya pinned Menso-re after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal to retain the titles. Marufuji beat Del Mal with a neck lock. V4 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Shinjuku Face. The matches will not be announced in advance. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan so there will be Japanese commentary only.

UPDATE: Next up for the tag champs-Jack Morris & TBA, who he will reveal tomorrow. Likely to happen on 1/1 at Nippon Budokan.

UPDATE 2: If a post Taishi Ozawa has made on the socials is legit, he could be the next challenger for Kiyomiya & the GHC Heavyweight Championship on 1/1. He posted a photo holding a contract for the match which he has signed, but Kiyomiya hasn’t yet. Click below and judge for yourself.

https://twitter.com/noah_taishi/status/1862853443712659623

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the current season of MONDAY MAGIC today with the final episode.

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

The paid attendance has not been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Ulka Sasaki & Junta Miyawaki vs. Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Daga beat Eita, HAYATA, AMAKUSA & Alejandro in a 5-way by pinning Alejandro.

Match 3: Bozilla & Nagisa Nozaki vs. Great Sakuya & Takumi Iroha went to a double countout.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji beat Yu Owada.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno Del Mal, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Titus Alexander, Kevin Blackwood, Vinnie Massaro & Anthony Greene. Wagner Jr. pinned Massaro after a moonsault press.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat Brian Kendrick to retain the title. V7 for Kiyomiya.

The next event is a doubleheader Saturday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. The first event will be a CHALLENGE BOUT 1 ON 1 event with only single matches, each match featuring a current or former GHC Heavyweight or National Champion to include current champions Kaito Kiyomiya & Manabu Soya. The second event will be a regular SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 event with a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match scheduled. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE for both events will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET with the second event Saturday at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. I am planning to do live results for the first event.

Also in case you missed it, the 1/1 event at Nippon Budokan will (unfortunately) be a PPV only on ABEMA. The earliest it might be available on WRESTLE UNVIERSE if plans don’t change is 1/15.

Pro Wrestling NOAH runs another LIMIT BREAK ex. event today, a rare weekend matinee event continuing the series of house shows focused on crossover matches with wrestlers from other promotions. That’s the case in all of the matches today including the main event which is a title match as Go Shiozaki defends the ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship, commonly just called World Heavyweight Championship, against Shuji Ishikawa.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. I don’t know what the time limits will be yet but nothing will probably be more than 30 minutes, and with just 6 matches I anticipate the event will run just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Daiki Odashima vs. Junya Matsunaga
The Reeve Mask vs. Black Menso-re
Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuhei Taniguchi & Yu Owada vs. Chris Weiss, Satsuki Nagao & Takuya Sugawara
Mohammed Yone vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga
Atsushi Kotoge & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Koji Iwamoto & Brian Ishizaka
ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Shuji Ishikawa for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

6:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a small setup (the venue’s maximum capacity is roughly 600) but looks like it’ll be mostly full, at least from what we can see on camera. I’ll guess it’ll be in the 200-250 range. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 245)

The matches should begin in a few minutes.

Heads-up, there may be an intermission at the halfway point. It’s also a hard-camera only view.

The matches begin at 7:05 PM PT/10:05 PM ET.

Match 1: Daiki Odashima vs. Junya Matsunaga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Junya Matsunaga beat Daiki Odashima

Match 2: The Reeve Mask vs. Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: Draw. Double submission. They both gave up at the same time even though Mask has Menso-re in an armbar. Comedy match.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuhei Taniguchi & Yu Owada vs. Chris Weiss, Satsuki Nagao & Takuya Sugawara. 20 minute time limit
Result: Chris Weiss, Satsuki Nagao & Takuya Sugawara beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuhei Tnaiguchi & Yu Owada. Nagao pinned Owada.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Match 4: Mohammed Yone vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mohammed Yone beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga

Match 5: Atsushi Kotoge & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Koji Iwamoto & Brian Ishizaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Atsushi Kotoge & Kohei Kinoshita beat Koji Iwamoto & Brian Ishizaka. Kotoge pinned Ishizaka after Kill Switch. Afterwards, Kotoge with microphone. He challenged Iwamoto to a match for the next LIMIT BREAK event. Seemingly accepted.

Main Event: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Shuji Ishikawa for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki beat Shuji Ishikawa to retain the title. V2 for Shiozaki. It almost went the distance, just short of 29 minutes.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 FINAL Monday at Shinjuku Face with GHC Heavyweight Champoion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Brian Kendrick for the title. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate episode of MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 today.

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

The paid attendance was not announced but if not a legit sellout it again was very close (only a few tickets were left before the event).

Match 1: Eita beat LJ Cleary.

Match 2: Kevin Blackwood & Anthony Greene beat Ulka Sasaki & Yu Owada. Blackwood pinned Owada after a diving foot stomp.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Black Menso-re.

Match 4: Kouki Amarei, Natsumi Showzuki & Bozilla beat Miyuki Takase, Sadie Gibbs & Hyan. Bozilla pinned Hyan after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Alejandro & Kai Fujimura, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and HAYATA & YO-HEY in a 4-way when Del Mal pinned Alejandro.

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion Shuji Ishikawa beat Masato Tanaka to retain the title. V1 for Ishikawa.

The next event is a LIMIT BREAK ex. event Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. I will attempt to do live results but this is dependent on other event conflicts (namely a DDT event at the same time).

UPDATE: The first match for the finale next week has apparently been revealed on the socials: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Brian Kendrick for the title.

Today is a date with DEATHTINY…for the last time as Pro Wrestling NOAH hosts the retirement event for 30-year-plus veteran Akitoshi Saito in his homwtown. The respected veteran has been in NOAH full-time since 2009 but has competed there since the beginning through the best and worst of times…he was in the ring when the death of NOAH founder and Japanese icon Mitsuharu Misawa happened (after taking Saito’s finisher Misawa suffered a medical emergency and was left paralyzed, he died soon after) but carried on and honored Misawa’s memory, and today he’ll participate in one final match against current NOAH icon Naomichi Marufuji. Surprisingly it’s probably not the main event-that may be a GHC Heavyweight Championship match as Kaito Kiyomiya defends the title against Takashi Sugiura. Both the GHC Junior Heavyweight and Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships will be defended too, but this event is all about mid-50-something (actually 59) Saito and his farewell to a career that began way back in 1990.

Today’s event will be held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. This is a live ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so the UNIVERSE version will be edited/clipped, but the full version should be available on demand after the event. You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. I’m gonna try to make it through the whole event as I expect it to be blowout level with a running time of close to 4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno Del Mal & Alpha Wolf vs. Junta Miyawaki, Yu Owada & Daiki Odashima
Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi, AMAKUSA & Hitoshi Kumano vs. Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, Eita & Harutoki
Kenoh, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara
Ulka Sasaki vs. Jack Morris
Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masa Kitamiya & Shuji Kondo
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & HAYATA vs. Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi for the titles
GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga vs. Dragon Bane for the title
Akitoshi Saito Retirement Match: Akitoshi Saito vs. Naomichi Marufuji
GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The WRESTLE UNIVERSE stream is scheduled to begin at 9:45 PM PT/12:45 AM ET and the YouTube broadcast is scheduled to begin at 9:50 PM PT/12:50 AM ET.

9:45 PM PT UPDATE: The WRESTLE UNIVERSE stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes.

9:50 PM PT UPDATE: The YouTube broadcast is now live. It is a simulcast of the ABEMA broadcast and is in Japanese.

10 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya, Japan. English commentary will start in a few minutes.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Setup is for maybe 60-65% capacity (the venue’s full capacity, primarily for sumo, is 7500) but from the early shot the trend of what appears to be not good big event crowds outside Korakuen Hall is going to continue. I see a lot of empty sears especially on the lower level. Admittedly hoping for at least 2000 but that could be a stretch, just too much happening in west Japan with the New Japan/Stardom Crossover event in Osaka and the Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1788)

The matches begin at 10:05 PM PT/1:05 AM ET. Your hosts are Stewart (BANG!) Fulton & Mark Pickering.

Match 1: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno Del Mal & Alpha Wolf vs. Junta Miyawaki, Yu Owada & Daiki Odashima. 15 minute time limit
Reslut: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno Del Mal & Alpha Wolf beat Junta Miyawaki, Yu Owada & Daiki Odashima. Wagner Jr. pinned Owada after a sitout powerbomb.

Match 2: Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi, AMAKUSA & Hitoshi Kumano vs. Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, Eita & Harutoki. 20 minute time limit
Reslut: Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, Eita & Harutoki beat Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi, AMAKUSA & Hitoshi Kumano. Eita beat Taniguchi with a modified armbar.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Kenoh, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. 20 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat Kenoh, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. Shiozaki pinned Alejandro after Go Lariat.

Match 4: Ulka Sasaki vs. Jack Morris. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ulka Sasaki beat Jack Morris

Match 5: Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masa Kitamiya & Shuji Kondo. 30 minute time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya & Shuji Kondo beat Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita. Kitamiya pinned Soya after Saito Suplex. Afterwards, everyone continued to go at it.

Intermission. The first half of the event went really fast, just 65 minutes for 5 matches. Updates will resume in a few minutes.

The matches resume at 11:20 PM PT/2:20 AM ET (15 minute intermission).

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & HAYATA vs. Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi to retain the titles. HAYATA pinned Kikuchi after 403 Impact. V4 for the champs.

Junta Miyawaki joins Japanese commentary for the next match.

Match 7: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga vs. Dragon Bane for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga beat Dragon Bane to retain the title. V1 for Daga. Next up: Eita. If what he says holds true, that match will happen on 1/1 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (UPDATE: It’s now official)

Match 8: Akitoshi Saito Retirement Match: Akitoshi Saito vs. Naomichi Marufuji. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji beat Akitoshi Saito. It went 15 minutes.

Retirement ceremony for Saito. Short but powerful with the final call coming as he walked back to the top of the entrance ramp.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Heavyweight Champino Kaito Kiyomiya beat Takashi Sugiura to retain the title. V6 for Kiyomiya. Kiyomiya had ALL REBELLION join him for the show-ending promo, but at the end Taishi Ozawa turned on Kiyomiya and laid him out with his crutch as Team 2000X hit the ring for the heel beatdown. Ozawa has officially defected and turned heel. A shocking ending.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 Episode 4 Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: Right before the WRESTLE UNIVERSE live stream ended, Sugiura post-match backstage comments with Marufuji were interrupted by Wagner Jr. & Del Mal, who made a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge. That match will happen on 11/30 at the second event of a doubleheader at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo.

Pro Wrestling NOAH reached the halfway point of MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 today with the 3rd episode.

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

The paid attendance was not announced but it may have been a legit sellout or very close. Only a few seats and a limited number of standing room only tickets were available today.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo & Shuji Ishikawa beat Masato Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara (ZERO1). Kondo pinned Sugawara after a King Kong lariat.

Match 2: AMAKUSA beat Starboy Charlie, Alejandro, Eita & Dragon Bane in a 5-way by pinning Alejandro.

Match 3; The result of Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki vs. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Anthony Greene & Vinny Massaro isn’t listed right now.

Match 4: Titus Alexander beat Kevin Blackwood to win the WCP World Heavyweight Championship.

Match 5: Kouki Amarei won a 10 woman battle royal, last eliminating Sadie Gibbs, to become the inaugural GHC Women’s Champion. Over the top rope only eliminations. Order of elimination: Chiguya Nagayo, Nightshade, Yuu, Bojira, Utami Hayashishita, Takumi Iroha, Miku Aono, Miyuki Takase, Great Sakuya, Gibbs. Because Sakuya didn’t win that’s an upset in my book.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya & Kai Fujimura beat Takashi Sugiura & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a swan dive elbow.

Episode 4 is 11/18.

The next event is “DEATHTINY”, the Akitoshi Saito Retirement Event, Sunday at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This is a live ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so the WRESTLE UNIVERSE version will be edited/clipped. I will try to do live results.