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Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the (never-ending) SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with an event in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 484.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Yu Owada.

Match 2; Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Jake Lee, LJ Cleary, Anthony Greene & Jack Morris. Wolf pinned Cleary after Wolf Driver.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Sasaki beat Inaba with a triangle.

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 5: Kenoh & Hajime Ohara beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Daga by ref stoppage. Kenoh beat Wagner with Kenoh Special.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kazuyuki Fujita, HAYATA & Eita beat Go Shiozaki, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Fujita pinned Kotoge after Beast Bomb.

Main Event: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki to retain the titles. YO-HEY pinned Miyawaki after a dropkick. V2 for the champs. Next up: HAYATA & Eita. That match will happen on 2/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is 2/3 at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with a house show in Yokohama.

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 204.

Match 1: Daga vs. Hajime Ohara went to a 10 minute time limit draw. This was a near-last-minute addition to the card.

Match 2: Junta Miyawaki beat Tadasuke.

Match 3: Jack Morris & LJ Cleary beat Alpha Wolf & Alejandro. Morris pinned Wolf.

Match 4: Taishi Ozawa Final Send Off Match: Jake Lee beat Taishi Ozawa. Ozawa is now leaving for an international training excursion.

Match 5: Dragon Bane beat Anthony Greene.

Match 6: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & HAYATA beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. HAYATA pinned Owada after 403 Impact.

Match 7: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kaito Kiyomoya, Ryohei Oiwa & Ulka Sasaki. Soya pinned Sasaki after a jumping DDT.

Main Event: Shuji Kondo beat YO-HEY.

The next event is Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. There will be no live broadcast. (It will be available on demand next Wednesday [1/31])

UPDATE; In post-match backstage comments, it was revealed Ozawa is headed to England for his training excursion.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with an event headlined by a big year-opening pre-event autograph session for fans.

Today’s event was held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 476.

Match 1; Taishi Ozawa Send-Off Match 2: Ryohei Oiwa beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2; HAYATA, Dragon Bane & Ninja Mack beat Eita, Alpha Wolf & Alejandro. Bane pinned Alejandro after Twister Bane.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Ulka Sasaki & Yu Owada beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Sasaki beat Hi69 with a reverse armbar. First official win for Sasaki.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy. Daga pinned Ohara after Diablo Wings.

Match 5; Go Shiozaki beat Shuhei Taniguchi.

Main Event: In a 2 of 3 Falls Match, Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Fall 1: Kiyomiya pinned Tadasuke after Transformed Shining Wizard. Fall 2: Lee pinned Miywaki after a backdrop. Fall 3: YO-HEY pinned Kondo. GLG wins 2-1.

The next event is Tuesday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with an event in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Nagano Arcs in Nagano and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 191.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Yu Owada by submission.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Super Crazy.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, HAYATA & Eita beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Ulka Sasaki, Ninja Mack & Alejandro. HAYATA pinned Alejandro after 403 Impact.

Match 4; Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned YO-HEY after PFS.

Match 5: Taishi Ozawa Send-Off Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Taishi Ozawa by submission. After one more match Ozawa will be leaving NOAH indefinitely for an overseas training excursion.

Match 6: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Wagner Jr. pinned Cleary after Wagner Driver.

Main Event: Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Soya pinned Kotoge after a jumping DDT.

The next event is tomorrow at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their first STAR NAVIGATION 2024 Tour event today, continuing the never-ending tour name for their monthly Tokyo big events.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and an be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to ABEMA exclusive rights. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1139.

Match 1; Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro and HAYATA & Eita in a 3-way when Bane pinned Alejandro.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Ulka Sasaki.

Match 3: Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Kotoge pinned Ozawa after a moonsault press.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy. Wagner Jr. pinned Crazy after Aztec Snake.

Match 5: Titus Alexander & Vinny Massaro beat Jack Morris & LJ Cleary. Alexander pinned Cleary after Big Ugly.

Match 6: Manabu Soya beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 7: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Miyawaki pinned Tadasuke.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh beat Go Shiozaki to retain the title. V2 for Kenoh. Next up: Wagner Jr. That match will happen on 2/4 in Sendai.

The regular post-major event news/fallout:
Taishi Ozawa has decided to go on an international excursion. Where and for how long is unknown but he will leave after the 1/23 event.
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki for the titles has been announced for 1/28 in Osaka. (No live broadcast)
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Daga vs. Hajime Ohara for the title has also been announced for 2/4 in Sendai.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face with GHC National Champion Jack Morris vs. Titus Alexander for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Ahead of the GHC Heavyweight Championship match on 1/13 featuring Go Shiozaki challenging Kenoh for the title, Pro Wrestling NOAH has uploaded Shiozaki’s match against Satoshi Kojima from the 1/3 event to YouTube for a limited time. If lariats (sadly in Kojima’s case here, sans bread courtesy of fans) are your thing, Go check it out below. Video courtesy of the Pro Wrestling NOAH Official Japanese YouTube Channel:

You can also watch the match on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (paid subscription required) in Japanese and English.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has provided an update on Kota Ibushi, who was hospitalized after Monday’s Ariake Arena event and said beforehand he injured both ankles during the match: A diagnosis of his right leg has been completed. Right ankle joint ligament injury (complex injury to lateral ligament group according to translation) and ruptured right tibia ligament. A separate examination for the left leg is planned. Remains out indefinitely and no timetable is expected until the other diagnosis is completed.

More as it becomes available.

In announcing full cards for their upcoming events, namely 1/13 at Korakuen Hall, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that Kai Fujimura was apparently injured at Tuesday’s year-opening event. Right distal radius fracture. In simpler terms, a broken wrist. Out indefinitely but it probably will keep him out at least a couple months.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH opened their 2024 with NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2024, their year-opening blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Ariake Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was in English only due to ABEMA exclusivity.

The announced paid attendance was 5135. Like with All-Japan’s event, it’s not known how much potential attendance was affected by the major earthquake on the western coast northwest of Tokyo.

Pre-show Match 1: Yu Owada beat Taishi Ozawa.

Pre-show Match 2: Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge, Super Crazy & Terry Yaki beat Akitoshi Saito, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 & Kai Fujimura. Kotoge pinned Fujimura after a moonsault press.

Match 1: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Apha Wolf and Ninja Mack & Alejandro in a 3-way, when YO-HEY pinned Wolf after pinning Mack, to win the titles. YO-HEY & Tadasuke become the 60th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. This was an elimination match.

Match 2: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinny Massaro & Titus Alexander. Morris pinned Massaro after M-83.

Match 3: Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan) beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki beat Satoshi Kojima (New Japan).

Match 5: Haruka Umesaki & Miyuki Takase beat The Great Sakuya & Nagisa Nozaki by DQ. Sakuya DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 6: Ulka Sasaki Debut Match: Takashi Sugiura beat Ulka Sasaki.

Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan) & HAYATA. Sabre pinned HAYATA.

Match 8: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga beat Eita to retain the title. V2 for Daga.

Match 9: In an Elimination Match, Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino (New Japan), Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat EVIL, Ren Narita, Divk Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Yodhinobu Kanemaru (New Japan). Kiyomiya won as the only one remaining, last eliminating EVIL.

Match 10: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh beat Manabu Soya to retain the title. V1 for Kenoh. Next up: Shiozaki. That match will happen on 1/13.

Main Event: Kota Ibushi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Naomichi Marufuji.

The next event is 1/13 at Korakuen Hall for the first STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event, continuing that never-ending series of usually monthly events. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET. This is another ABEMA exclusive broadcast so Japanese will only be available on demand after the event.

UPDATE: Ibushi was reportedly hospitalized after the event. Possible broken ankle from fan accounts and ankle injuries via Ibushi himself. Official statement from NOAH is they are waiting for official diagnosis.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up their 2023 today with THE GIFT 2023 in MAKUHARI, a special event to celebrate The Living Legend Keiji Muto’s 61st birthday. Muto attended the event and participated in a limited pre-event autograph session for fans.

Today’s event was held at Makuhari Messe Hall 6 in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 366.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Taishi Ozawa beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Super Crazy. Shiozaki pinned Saito after Go Lariat.

Match 3: Eita beat Hi69.

Match 4: Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat Takashi Sugiura, Hajime Ohara & Kai Fujimuta. Kondo pinned Fujimura after Overdose.

Match 5: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Naomichi Marufuji, ALejandro & Terry Yaki. YO-HEY pinned Yaki after a dropkick.

Match 6: HAYATA beat Yoshinari Ogawa.

Main Event: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kenoh, Kaito Kiyomya & Ryohei Oiwa. Soya pinned Kenoh after Trajectory.

This brings NOAH’s 2023 to a close. It was another up & down year for the promotion, kinda down near the end with the loss of several wrestlers who are moving on or have moved on to other promotions (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka in particular) and their major events still struggle with attendance, but they’re hanging in there with backing from CyberFight Corporation and hopefully will have a relatively injury-free 2024 (another big challenge for some of their major superstars).

The next event, and first of the new year, is NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2024 on 1/2 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin on 1/1 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan.