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APEX CONQUEST 2026 in NAGOYA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest major event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. This was an exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1280. That’s just over half capacity for the venue in the promotion’s debut since it reopened in January after a brief closure (it first opened in 2008). The venue’s main arena capacity listed is 2536.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi beat Manabu Soya, Black Menso-re & Yuto Koyanagi. Odashima pinned Menso-re after Dead End.

Match 2: Angel Reyes & RYUSEI beat Eita & Hiroto Tsuruya. RYUSEI beat Tsuruya with a reverse Boston Crab.

Match 3: Knull, Kai Fujimura & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hi69. Tadasuke pinned Hi69.

Match 4: Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & AMAKUSA beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata. AMAKUSA pinned Inabata after Opening Of The Country.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Kitamiya beat Harutoki with Stranglehold y.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Kid Lycos 1 & 2 to retain the titles. Bane pinned 2 after Santa Maria. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat OZAWA & Jun Masaoka to retain the titles. Naito pinned OZAWA. V3 for the champs.

Main event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura beat Alpha Wolf to retain the title. V6 for Inamura.

The next event is Saturday at Bandaijima Mumtipurpose Square Okama in Niigata. There will be no live or on demand broadcast (at this time).

UPDATE: Here is the post-event news/fallout roundup:

Next up for Inamura: Shane Haste, who until a few months ago was part of New Japan but hasn’t been seen in a while. He was a regular in NOAH in his early career along with longtime tag partner Mikey Nicholls. That match will happen on 5/2 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. 5/2 will also have GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. Dragon Bane for the title. Haste will be part of the White Raven Squad faction in this current run.

It’s time for GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Bane & Alejandro to run the Team 2000X gauntlet as next up are Tadasuke & Fujimura. That match will happen on 4/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

New Japan wrestler Tiger Mask 4, who is retiring in July, has been announced for 5/13 at Korakuen and will team with Kenoh to face Marufuji & Alejandro.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran another UNIVERSE MAGIC event yesterday in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: UNIVERSE CUP Semifinals: Naomichi Marufuji beat Hayabusa.

Match 2: UNIVERSE CUP Semifinals: Sanshiro Takagi beat The Great Sasuke.

Match 3: Tokyo Joshi Pro Match: Miyu Yamashita beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Takeshi Masada & Yunehito Imanari beat Masato Tanaka, Isami Kodaka, Taro Nobashi & The Great Mummy. Inanari pinned Mummy after a lariat.

Match 5: Yuna won a 10 woman battle royal, last eliminating Chika Akatsuki.

Main Event: UNIVERSE CUP Finals: Naomichi Marufuji beat Sanshiro Takagi to win the tournament.

The next event is APEX CONQUEST 2026 in NAGOYA Sunday at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 439.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Dragon Bane, Alejandro, Harutoki & Katsumi Inahata. Yone pinned Inahata after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura, Knull & Tadasuke beat AMAKUSA. Eita & Black Menso-re. Tadasuke pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Manabu Soya & Daiki Odashima. Endo pinned Odashima after Burning Star Press.

Match 4: OZAWA beat Midori Takahashi.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Yuto Koyanagi.

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, RYUSEI & Angel Reyes. Masaoka pinned RYUSEI after Ambitions.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the monthly Legacy Rise 2026 Tour 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 1012.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara. Endo pinned Ohara after God’s Right Knee.

Match 2: Knull beat Manabu Soya & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by beating Menso-re.

Match 3: Naomichi Matufuji, Dragon Banr, Eita & Yuto Koyanagi beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. Bane pinned Tsuruya after Twister Bane.

Match 4: Kai Fujinura beat Alejandro.

Match 5: Kenoh beat AMAKUSA.

Match 6: OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, RYUSEI & Angel Reyes. OZAWA pinned RYUSEI after Destino. Real Rebel stuff of course.

Match 7: Daga beat Daiki Odashima.

Main Event: Alpha Wolf & Masa Kitamiya beat Yoshiki Inamura & Kazuyuki Fujita. Wolf pinned Inamura after a package piledriver.

The next event is Saturday at Tama Mirai Messe. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling MOAH continued the (new never-ending) Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 322.

Match 1: Daga & Hiroto Tauruya beat Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi. Daga pinned Takahashi after a vertical drop brainbister.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Manabu Soya & Black Menso-re. HAYATA beat Menso-re with a modified Indian deathlock.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh beat AMAKUSA & Katsumi Inahata. Marufuji beat Inahata with a perfect neck lock.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Knull, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara. Knull pinned Ohara after Mount Nur.

Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Hiroto Tsuruya by submission.

Match 6: Harutoki & Alejandro beat OZAWA & Kai Fujinura by DQ. Fujimura DQ’d. weapon use.

Main Event: Alpha Wolf & Masa Kitamiya beat Yoshiki Inamura & Dragon Bane. Kitamiya pinned Bane.

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

In other news, the promotion announced on Twitter that OZAWA’s official Twitter account has been hacked. It has been locked while recovery efforts are underway but they caution users not to click on any messages or links from the account. This is the second major incident affecting Japanese wrestlers recently following New Japan wrestler Yuji Nagata having his account hacked & taken over by crypto pushers/scammers. After failed attempts to recover the account, including fellow wrestlers like Josh Barnett trying to amplify the issue and get higher-up help (which won’t happen because of how Musky it is there), Nagata made a new account about a week ago and is back to his normal online self.

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

Today’s event was held at Shinagawa Stella Ball in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 455.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Midori Takahashi. Hi69 pinned Takahashi after Transrave.

Match 2: Knull beat Angel Reyes. Squash.

Match 3: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Manabu Soya, Eita & Black Menso-re. KENTA pinned Menso-re after a diving foot stomp.

Match 4: Yoshiki Inamura beat Katsumi Inahata.

Match 5: AMAKUSA, Mohammed Yone & Yuto Koyanagi beat Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & Hiroto Tsuruya AMAKUSA pinned Tsuruya after a firebird splash.

Match 6: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI. Kitamiya pinned RYUSEI after a diving senton.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujimura, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Dragon Bane, Alejandro, Daga & Daiki Odashima. Order of elimination: Daga by Masaoka, Masaoka over top rope, Bane & Wolf over top rope, Alejandro over top rope, Tadasuke by Odashima, Odashima by Fujimura. Fujimura wins as only one left.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face. Kaito Kiyomiya is off this event due to Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling participation in Canada. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

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

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

The announced paid attendance was 804. Usually that’s at least a near-sellout for the venue.

Match 1: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Daga, Daiki Odashima & Yuto Koyanagi. KENTA beat Koyanagi with a reverse Boston Crab.

Match 2: Eita beat Midori Takahashi by submission.

Match 3: Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Angel Reyes & RYUSEI. Ohara pinned Reyes after Javelin.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Atsushi Kotoge beat Mohammed Yone, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Kenoh beat Menso-re with a ground cobra twist.

Match 5: OZAWA, Knull, Tadasuke, Jun Masaoka & Kai Fujinura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro, Katsumi Inahata & Hiroto Tsuruya. OZAWA pinned Inahata after a swan dive moonsault.

Match 6: Alpha Wolf, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Yoshiki Inamura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Dragon Bane. Kitamiya pinned Bane after a diving senton.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo to retain the titles. Naito pinned Kondo after Destino. V2 for the champs. Next up: OZAWA & Masaoka. That match will happen on 4/12 at Kinto Pier Arena in Nagoya.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the (probably going to be never-ending but at least year-long) LETHAL ODYSSEY 2026 Tour today in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Hodogawa Public Hall in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 446.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Hi69 beat Daiki Odashima & Katsumi Inahata. Hi69 pinned Inahata after Michinoku Driver 2.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge beat Hajime OHARA & Yuto Koyanagi in a 3-way by pinning Koyanagi.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura beat Black Menso-re by submission.

Match 4: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Midori Takahashi. HAYATA beat Takahashi with an Indian deathlock.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya, Knull, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kitamiya beat Harutoki with Stranglehold y.

Match 6: Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo, AMAKUSA & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, RYUSEI & Angel Reyes. Soya pinned RYUSEI after Passion DDT.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Dragon Bane & Daga beat OZAWA, Alpha Wolf & Tadasuke. Inamura pinned Tadasuke after Musou.

The next event is Friday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

To bridge the gap somewhat between MONDAY MAGIC seasons, Pro Wrestling NOAH held UNIVERSE MAGIC 2036 today, a special one-off event with the start of an 8-man tournament featuring CyberFight-affiliated promotions. The tournament is single-elimination.

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.

Match 1: Takeru Inoue & Sentaro Motojima beat Toki Hiromi (?) & Nobuhiko Kimura. Inoue pinned Kimura.

Match 2: UNIVERSE CUP: Sanshiro Talagi beat The Great Mummy.

Match 3: UNIVERSE CUP: Naomichi Marufuji beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 4: Mayu Iwatani, Mika Iwata & Mio Momomo vs. Takumi Iroha, Miyuki Takase & Utami Hayashishita went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: UNIVERSE CUP: The Great Sasuke beat Isami Kodaka.

Main Event: UNIVERSE CUP: Hayabusa (2.0) beat Yumehito Imanari.

No word yet on when the Semifinals will be but the schedule suggests 4/6 at the next UNIVERSE MAGIC event.

The next event is 3/17 at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand TBA but it currently is not on the schedule.

APEX CONQUEST 2026 in YOKOHAMA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s next blowout event, is on tap today in Yokohama and Yoshiki Inamura is finally getting what he wants in the main event. Having survived the Team 2000X Gauntlet as GHC Heavyweight Champion, he now gets the man he first and most wanted to defend the title against-Kenoh. A lot has changed since they last faced off some 3 years ago, before Inamura went off on a pair of training excursions including to WWE after briefly coming back from Europe and changing his name to YOICHI. Now “Mr. Smack Daddy” tests himself once again against the Fist King. There are 2 other title matches before that-as their prize for winning the NOAH Jr. Tag League, Dragon Bane & Alejandro get to face GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Daga & Daiki Odashima for the titles and, in post-tournament fallout. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA defends the title against Mark Trew.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. This is an exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan in Japanese, which will be available on demand shortly after the event. Since this is a blowout event with 3 title matches I anticipate the running time being close to 4 hours, which means if you’re not on the west coast of the US, and in particular in the eastern US, it’s going to be wacky tonight due to the time change forward.

Today’s lineup:
Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara vs. Manabu Soya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Midori Takahashi
Alpha Wolf, Kai Fumiiura, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Eita, Kieron Lacey, Black Menso-re & Katsumi Inahata
Naomichi Marufuji & Hiroto Tsuruya vs. Angel Reyes & RYUSEI
KENTA, HAYATA, Tetsuya Endo & Yuto Koyanagi vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Knull
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Galeno
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Dragon Bane & Alejandro for the titles
GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. Mark Trew for the title
GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kenoh for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

9:40 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

9:50 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan. Your hosts are Stewart (BANG!) Fulton & Mark Pickering.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Depending on who you ask, the venue’s full capacity is either 3000 or 5000 but the setup leans towards the former. The crowd behind Japanese commentary (with, as usual for ABEMA and some WRESTLE UNIVERSE events, Akitoshi Saito as a guest) looks decent already, not sure what the setup is for but I’ll predict low based on history and guess it’ll be around 1500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1904)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes. During the card preview commentary mentioned Daiki Odashima is wrestling injured. Right knee.

The matches begin at 10:03 PM PT/1:03 AM ET. Remember to set clocks forward an hour at 2 AM!

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara vs. Manabu Soya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Midori Takahashi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara beat Manabu SOya, Shuhei Tnaiguchi & Midori Takahashi. Yone pinned Takahashi after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Alpha Wolf, Kai Fumiiura, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Eita, Kieron Lacey, Black Menso-re & Katsumi Inahata. 20 minute time limit
Result: Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujimura, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Eita, Kieron Lacey, Black Menso-re & Katsumi Inahata. Wolf pinned Inahata after Wolf Driver.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji & Hiroto Tsuruya vs. Angel Reyes & RYUSEI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Angel Reyes & RYUSEI. Marufuji beat RYUSEI with a side headlock.

Match 4: KENTA, HAYATA, Tetsuya Endo & Yuto Koyanagi vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Knull. 20 minute time limit
Result: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Knull beat KENTA, HAYATA, Tetsuya Endo & Yuto Koyanagi. Knull pinned Koyanagi after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Galeno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Galeno. Galeno is finished with the promotion again for now.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 11:30 PM PT/3:30 AM ET.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Dragon Bane & Alejandro for the titles, 1 Hour time limit
Result: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Daga & Daiki Odashima to win the titles. Bane & Alejandro become the 65th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Bane pinned Odashima after a shooting star press. Next up: But of course…Team 2000X. Tadasuke & Masaoka.

Keiji Muto is now a guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 7: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. Mark Trew for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA beat Mark Trew to retain the title. V2 for AMAKUSA.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kenoh for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura beat Kenoh to retain the title. V5 for Inamura. Next up: KENTA.

This was a much shorter event than I anticipated, checking in at just under 3 hours total.

The next event is UNIVERSE MAGIC Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. (MONDAY MAGIC, by the way, will be back in mid-May for the next 3-episode season)

UPDATE: KENTA is not next for Inamura. Team 2000X isn’t done with the champ yet…Alpha Wolf is next. That match will happen on 4/12 at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya, as will Bane $ Alejandro’s first GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship defense. The challengers are Kid Lykos 1 & 2. Inamura-Wolf will not be for the GHC. National Championship at this time.

In other news/fallout, the next tournament coming in May & June will be the NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2026, a Heavyweight tag team tournament. It will be a round-robin block format event. Participation TBA. Mercari was announced as title sponsor for the tournament.

The promotion also announced the Golden Week event cards for 5/3 and 5/5 will not be announced in advance.