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In a social media post in English a short time ago, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that YO-HEY, who has been out nearly a year due to injury (orbital bone and then other surgery), will return on 8/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. He will team with Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino to face OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke.

Before the injuries occurred, YO-HEY was the reigning GHC Junior He He has also won the GHC Junior Heavavyweight Champion, making 4 successful defenses in his first reign before losing the title to Hiromu Takhaashi. He also has won the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championchip 7 times…once, ironically, with Tadasuke. They reigned for 5 months and made 7 successful defenses in 2024,

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a house show today in Kanagawa as the minds & hearts of many were with Kumamoto Prefecture after a major earthquake struck the region yesterday. 13 have been confirmed dead from damage including the collapse of a shopping mall that just reopened after repair work following the massive quake from a decade ago. My heart goes out to those lost and suffering. (While I did not visit Kumamoto on my first trip to Japan last year I was in nearby Nagasaki Prefecture for a day, which was also affected)

Today’s event was held at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 387.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Yuto Koyanagi by submission.

Match 2: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Masaoka beat Kid Lykos 1 & 2, Katsuni Inahata & Hiroto Tsuruya. Masaoka pinned Tstruya after Ambitions.

Match 3: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Shuji Kondo & Super Crazy. Naito beat Crazy with a Corriendo neck hold.

Match 4: Midori Takahashi beat RYUSEI.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura, Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hi69 beat Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino (DDT), Dragon Bane & Alejandro. Inamura pinned Iino after DIS CHARGE.

Match 6: Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujimura & Tadasuke beat Kenoh, Eita & Daiki Odashima. Tadasuke pinned Odashima after Cat King.

Main Event: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Naomichi Marufuji, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. KENTA beat Menso-re with Relic Lock. Post-match comments included AMAKUSA sending prayers & well-wishes to his native Kumamoto.

The next event is Saturday at Green Dome Marbashi Sub Arena in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Monday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their (at least) annual Noto Peninsula Earthquake Recovery charity event yesterday in Ishikawa.

Yesterday’s event was held at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE tomorrow. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1331, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Midori Takahashi by submission.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Masaoka beat Yoshiki Inamura, Kid Kylos 1 & 2. Kitamiya pinned 2 after Saito Suplex.

Match 4: Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Yuto Koyanagi. Bane pinned Koyanagi after Santa Maria.

Match 5: KENTA beat Daiki Odashima by submission.

Match 6: OZAWA, Tadasuke, Kai Fujimura & Alpha Wolf beat Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino (DDT), Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Fujimura pinned Inahata after Death Hanger.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & AMAKUSA beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI. Matufuji pinned RYUSEI after a round fist.

The next event is Wednesday at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

SUMMER EPIC 2026, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest major event, was held earlier today in Osaka at a first-time venue.

Today’s event was held at Intex Osaka Hall 5 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. This was an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan so the live broadcast outside Japan was English only.

The announced paid attendance was 2088. They used only a small portion of the venue because it it a massive convention center-type space (reportedly the 3rd-biggest in Japan) but it sounds like a good number for the setup.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Katsumi Inahata, Yuto Koyanagi, Midori Takahashi & Hiroto Tsuruya. Kotoge pinned Takahashi.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat RYUSEI & Black Menso-re. Endo pinned RYUSEI after God’s Right Knee.

Main show:
Match 1: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat JACKY KAMEI & Riiita to retain the titles. Bane pinned KAMEI after Twisterbane. V4 for the champs.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura beat Kazuyuki Fujita.

Match 3: Alpha Wolf won a 7 man ladder match over Tadasuke, Jun Masaoka, Daiki Odashima, AMAKUSA, Kid Lykos 1 & 2. As a result, Wolf is in the N-1 VICTORY Tournament and, because he put his spot on the line, Tadasuke is OUT.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito beat Kaito Kiyomiya. As a result, Naito gets the next GHC Heavyweight Championship shot after today.

Match 5: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Eita beat BUSHI to retain the title. V2 for Eita. Next up: Here comes the Team 2000X Gauntlet…starting with Kai Fujimura. That match will happen on 8/10 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Match 6: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura to retain the titles. Soya pinned Kitamiya after Passion IS. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: GHC National Champion Naomichi Marufuji beat Kenoh to retain the title. V3 for Marufuji. Next up: KENTA. That match will happen on 8/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste beat OZAWA to retain the title. V3 for Haste. Next up: As noted above, Naito. That match will happen on 8/9.

In post-event news/fallout, a new championship has been created, the GHC 200 Championship. Perhaps loosely inspired by championships such as the High Speed Championship, GLEAT’s G-RUSH Championship and the WWE Speed Championship, this is a title for matches that will have-no kidding-a 200 second time limit. An 8-man tournament will be held on 8/9 & 8/10 to crown the first champion with these special rules: 5 count count-outs, any draw in the tournament means BOTH are out, if nobody reaches the finals because of this rule there will be another tournament at a later date. For the Finals, if there is a time limit draw a discussion will be immediately held to determine the winner. In future title defenses, a time limit draw means the champion retains the title.
The 8/9 matches & participants: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Yoshiki Inamura, Kenoh vs. Alpha Wolf, Tetsuya Endo vs. AMAKUSA, HAYATA vs. Masa Kitamiya.

Another new wrestler will debut on 8/10: Hiroya Namiki, a new rookie, will debut against Daiki Odashima. Namiki, 24, is about 5’10” and 77 kg/165 pounds and will be a Junior Heavyweight.

The next event is 7/26 at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 in Ishikawa for a charity fundraiser event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 7/28.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the Lethal odyssey 2026 Tour today in Saitama. This is the last house show before their next blowout event next week so the last time we’ll see Shane Haste in action before the GHC Heavyweight Champion has to start running the Team 2000X gauntlet if he wants to keep the title, beginning with OZAWA. There will also be Dragon Gate participation ahead of their GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge next week.

Today’s event will be held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned so I imagine this will be a standard house show with a running time is just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
HAYATA & Daiki Odashima vs. Kid Lykos 1 & 2 and Tadasuke & Alpha Wolf in a 3-way
Kazuyuki Fujita, Atsushi Kotoge & Midori Takahashi vs. Yoshiki Inamura, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re
Eita & Katsumi Inahata vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI
Naomichi Marufuji, Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi vs. Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Hiroto Tsuruya
Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Super Crazy vs. JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. RYUSEI
Shane Haste, Tetsuya Endo, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Masaoka

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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

8:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 5 minutes.

8:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Almost all the seating I can see is full which hints at a potential sellout. Based on the seating map I’m thinking the setup is for around 300 so that’s what I’ll go with. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 510)

The matches should begin in about 5 minutes.

The matches begin right on time at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Match 1: HAYATA & Daiki Odashima vs. Kid Lykos 1 & 2 and Tadasuke & Alpha Wolf in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tadasuke & Alpha Wolf beat HAYATA & Daiki Odashima and Kid Lykos 1 & 2 in a 3-way when Tadasuke pinned Odashima. Afterwards, Tadasuke with microphone. Brief borderline comedy promo based on crowd reactions.

Match 2: Kazuyuki Fujita, Atsushi Kotoge & Midori Takahashi vs. Yoshiki Inamura, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kazuyuki Fujita, Atsushi Kotoge & Midori Takahashi beat Yoshiki Inamura, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Fujita pinned AMAKUSA after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Eita & Katsumi Inahata vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI (whose new theme sounds like it’s saying “Bulls**t rather than BUSHI). 20 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. BUSHI beat Eita with a knee lock. Afterwards, BUSHI left with the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship belt as the winners continued to beat down the losers.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi vs. Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Hiroto Tsuruya. 20 minute time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji, ShujiKondo & Yuto Koyanagi beat Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Hiroto Tsuruya. Marufuji pinned Tsuruya after a jumping knee strike.

Intermission. (Starting at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET)

The matches resume at 10:10 PM PT/1:10 AM ET.

Match 5: Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Super Crazy vs. JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior (Dragon Gate). 30 minute time limit
Result: JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Super Crazy. KAMEI pinned Crazy after JACKY Knife.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. RYUSEI. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya beat RYUSEI

Main Event: Shane Haste, Tetsuya Endo, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino (DDT) vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Masaoka. 1 Hour time limit
Result: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Masaoka beat Shane Haste, Tetsuya Endo, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino. Kitamiya beat Iino with Prison Lock. Afterwards, Team 2000X destroyed the NEO Global Tag League champions trophies Soya & Iino had been carrying around with them. Kitamiya promo followed to send the crowd home definitely not happy.

The next event is SUMMER EPIC 2026 Saturday at Intex Osaka in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin Friday at 10:30 PM PT/1:30 AM ET. This will be an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: A change to the 7/18 card was announced after the event, specifically for Match 2 which will be Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kazuyuki Fujita…it will now have a 5 minute time limit. They are billing it as a single 5-minute round. Normally single matches this early on the card have a 15 minute time limit. Also, there was another change made to the N-1 Participant Decision Ladder Match that originally was Tadasuke putting his spot on the line against Alpha Wolf, Jun Masaoka & Daiki Odashima, with AMAKUSA later added…now the Lykoses have been added to make it a 7 person match.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Shimada City General Sports Center Sub-Arena in Shizuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 412.

Match 1: Hiroto Tsuruya beat Yuto Koyanagi.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura, Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Super Crazy, Katsumi Inahata & Midori Takahashi. Bane pinned Takahashi after Santa Maria.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 beat Kenoh, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. 1 pinned Menso-re after a brainbuster.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya beat RYUSEI.

Match 5: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Eita & Daiki Odashima. BUSHI pinned Odashima after Fable.

Match 6: Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino (DDT) & Shuji Kondo beat Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke & Alpha Wolf. Soya pinned Tadasuke after Passion IS.

Main Event; OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Jun Masaoka beat Shane Haste, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA. OZAWA pinned HAYATA after a swan dive moonsault.

The next event is tomorrow at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their final Shinjuku Face event today, saying their farewell to the Tokyo venue as it prepares to shut down at the end of summer after 20 years.

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

The announced paid attendance was 470. Possibly a near-sellout as only standing room tickets were sold today.

Match 1: Hiroto Tsuruya vs. Midori Takahashi went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura, Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara. Inamura pinned Ohara after Musou.

Match 3: AMAKUSA, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 beat Tadauske, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka by DQ. Tadasuke DQ’d. ref assault.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito beat Daiki Odashima by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 5: Eita & Katsumi Inahata beat BUSHI & RYUSEI. Eita pinned RYUSEI after Numero Uno.

Match 6: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Shane Haste, Manabu Soya & Yuki iino (DDT). Kitamiya pinned Iino after Saito seiplex.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya won a 12 man battle royal, last eliminating Yuto Koyanagi.

The next event is Saturday at Shimada General Sports Center Sub-Arena in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH runs their monthly Legacy Rise 2026 event today with a morning matinee in Tokyo. The featured match is a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match-after winning the title in his hometown, Eita wasted no time in making the very brave-or very stupid-move of calling out the best of the best for his first defense-HAYATA. Although he hasn’t held the title in over 2 1/2 years, HAYATA remains perhaps the best of the class in the promotion and is no doubt eager to become a 6-time champion and get within one of the all-time record of 7 reigns still held by Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. There are 7 matches planned with just the one title match so it probably will be a normal Korakuen event with a running time of around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Midori Takahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI
AMAKUSA, Daiki Odashima & Yuro Koyanagi vs. Super Crazy, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 and Tadasuke, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka in a 3-way
Naomichi Marufuji, Yoshiki Inamura & Katsumi Inahata vs. Kenoh, Kazuyuki Fujita & Hiroto Tsuruya
Yuki Iino vs. Masa Kitamiya
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Alejandro
Shane Haste & Manabu Soya vs. OZAWA & Takashi Sugiura
GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Eita vs. HAYATA for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan Your Japanese hosts are the usual guy whose name I can’t catch, Inoue someone from Weekly Pro and guest Akitoshi Saito. Your English hosts are Mark Pickering & Mike Stroud (?).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales were good but not sellout, so it’ll depend on same-day tickets. I’ll go just below sellout and predict 1200. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1359)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:32 PM PT/10:32 PM ET.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Midori Takahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI. 15 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Midori Takahashi. Naito beat Takahashi with a kneebar.

Match 2: AMAKUSA, Daiki Odashima & Yuro Koyanagi vs. Super Crazy, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 and Tadasuke, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Super Crazy, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 beat AMAKUSA, Daiki Odashima & Yuto Koyanagi and Takaduke, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka in a 3-way when 1 pinned Masaoka.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Yoshiki Inamura & Katsumi Inahata vs. Kenoh, Kazuyuki Fujita & Hiroto Tsuruya. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kenoh, Kazuyuki Fujita & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Naomichi Marufuji, Yoshiki Inamura & Katsumi Inahata. Kenoh beat Inahata with Kenoh Special. Kenoh promo post-match but was distracted by Fujita & Inamura still going at it outside the ring.

Match 4: Yuki Iino (DDT) vs. Masa Kitamiya. 20 minute time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya beat Yuki Iino by submission

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Alejandro. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Alejandro. Kiyomiya promo followed as he called out Naito ahead of their 7/18 match.

Match 6: Shane Haste & Manabu Soya vs. OZAWA & Takashi Sugiura. 30 minute time limit
Result; OZAWA & Takashi Sugiura beat Shane Haste & Manabu Soya. Sugiura pinned Soya after a huracanrana. Team 2000X interference of course set it up.

Main Event: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Eita vs. HAYATA for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Eita beat HAYATA to retain the title. V1 for Eita. Next up: If his actions post-match are any indication, Kai Fujimura. Which of course means the Team 2000X Gauntlet. Or not…because those plans seem to have been foiled by BUSHI. And he’s next. Eita hints at a 7/18 match. We should know more later today. (UPDATE: It’s now official)

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: There was a change made to the Naito-Kiyomiya 7/18 match after today’s event: It will now be for the next GHC Heavyweight Championship shot after 7/18.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s Legacy Rise 2026 Tour event today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1202.

Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura, Stallion Rogers & AMAKUSA beat Kenoh, Kid Lykos 1 & 2. AMAKUSA pinned 1.

Match 2: Daiki Odashima, Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi beat Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka by DQ. Tadasuke DQ’d. Ladder use.

Match 3: HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata beat Eita & Super Crazy. HAYATA pinned Crazy after 403 Impact.

Match 4: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Kai Fujimura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Dragon Bane. OZAWA pinned Alejandro after a swan dive moonsault.

Match 5: GHC National Champion Naomichi Marufuji beat Shuji Kondo to retain the title. V2 for Marufuji. Next up: Kenoh. That match will happen on 7/18 at Intex Hall Osaka in Osaka.

Match 6: Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI to win the titles. Soya & Iino become the 77th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Soya pinned BUSHI after Passion IS. Next up: Kitamiya & Sugiura. That match will happen on 7/18.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste beat Tetsuya Endo to retain the title. V2 for Haste. Next up: The gauntlet that is Team 2000X, starting with OZAWA. That match will happen on 7/18.

The next event is 7/5. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/4 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

In other news/fallout, there has been a change to the 7/18 N-1 VICTORY Participant Ladder Match that was to feature Tadasuke, Alpha Wolf, Jun Masaoka & Daiki Odashima-AMAKUSA has been added to make it a 5-way. So now the Team 2000X deck is less stacked against Odashima.

In schedule news, they announced that 7/8 will be their final event at Shinjuku Face before the venue closes later this summer. In addition to 3 matches announced they will finish it with a Royal Rumble match called FINAL RUMBLE in Shinjuku Face. Participants will be announced on event day.