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CROSS OVER 2024 in SENDAI, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s next major event, is on tap today with 3 big title matches at the top of the card. First up is a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match between Daga & Hajime Ohara. The second title match is GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene defending against the masked duo of Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Finally, in the main event, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. challenges Kenoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. The son of Mexican legend Dr. Wagner Jr. recently had perhaps the greatest GHC National Championship reign to date and now looks to end the current reign of the “Fist King” and add another notch to his already-impressive record in the promotion.

Today’s event will be held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The live stream is ENGLISH ONLY due to ABEMA exclusive broadcast rights (their stream is free but only available in Japan). Japanese commentary will be available on demand later today after the event. You can also watch the first 2 matches LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube via the Pro Wrestling NOAH Official YouTube channel. With 8 matches on the card and the 3 title matches it’s tricky to predict how long the event will run, but I’m anticipating the main event going 30+ minutes so it probably will run 3 1/2-4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Ninja Mack vs. Alejandro & LJ Cleary in a 3-way
Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, HAYATA & Eita vs. Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69
Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki vs. Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi
Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Yu Owada
Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki
GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga vs. Hajime Ohara for the title
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf for the titles
GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh vs. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. for the title

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Updates below will begin at 9:45 PM PT/12:45 AM ET. The event is scheduled to begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

9:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has started. Updates will begin in a few minutes when we go to the venue.

10 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai, Japan. Your hosts are Stewart Fulton & Mark Pickering.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. While the venue has a capacity of over 5000, it looks like their setup will be for 3000 tops, and probably not even close to that as their major events like these seem to draw poor numbers on paper. Let’s hope for at least 1000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1104)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 10:05 PM PT.

Match 1: Ninja Mack vs. Alejandro & LJ Cleary in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: LJ Cleary beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro in a 3-way by pinning Alejandro.

Match 2: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, HAYATA & Eita vs. Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. 20 minute time limit
Result: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, HAYATA & Eita beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Kitamiya beat Hi69 with Prison Lock.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki vs. Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. Sasaki beat Taniguchi with Shining Triangle.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Yu Owada. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yu Owada. Kiyomiya pinned Owada after a tiger driver.

Match 5: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Lee pinned Miyawaki.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga vs. Hajime Ohara for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga beat Hajime Ohara to retain the title. V3 for Daga.

Match 7: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf to retain the titles. Morris pinned Bane after a tiger driver. V3 for the champs.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh vs. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh to win the title. Wagner Jr. becomes the 44th GHC Heavyweight Champion. UPSET ALERT!!! And based on the crowd’s reaction that’s a massive understatement. Wagner didn’t even get to catch his breath before Jake Lee came out with GLG in tow. Lee with microphone. Challenge issued. We’ll find out when that may happen in a few hours.

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

UPDATE: Here’s all the post-event news/fallout so far:
Wagner-Lee is now official. That match will happen on 3/31 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
A new tag team tournament, Victory Challenge Tag League, has been announced. There will be 7 teams entered in the tournament, which will be round-robin format with GHC Championship Match Rules and a 20 minute time limit for all matches. The top 2 advance to the Finals and the eventual winners will face GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene for the titles on 3/17 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. The entered teams: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa, Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki, Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo, Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. The tournament begins on 2/24 and ends on 3/10.
Before Morris & Greene defend their titles, they will first face each other as Greene is the next challenger for Morris and the GHC National Championship. That match will happen on 2/23 at Korakuen Hall. Could be a bad day for the GLG champs as YO-HEY & Tadasuke will also defend the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship that day against HAYATA & Eita.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with a matinee in Saitama.

Today’s event (last night US time was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 327.

Match 1: HAYATA & Eita beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro. HAYATA pinned Mack after 403 Impact.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Naomichi Marufuji & Junta Miyawaki. Sasaki beat Miyawaki with Shining Triangle.

Match 3: LJ Cleary beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 4: Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Thatcher beat Yone with a Fujiwara armbar.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Oiwa pinned Owada with a German suplex hold.

Match 6: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Hajime Ohara. Daga pinned Ohara after Diablo Wings. This match went less than 2 minutes.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Greene pinned Wolf after M-58.

The next event is CROSS OVER 2024 in SENDAI tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast so no Japanese commentary until on demand. However, you can also watch the first 2 matches in Japanese FOR FREE on YouTube. Live results are tentatively scheduled.

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.