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Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their first major event of the month, NOAH THE BEST, today as the promotion builds to a big end of the year and start of 2024.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to the usual ABEMA exclusives in Japan. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1156.

Match 1: LEONA (Dradition) & Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. LEONA beat Owada with a figure 4.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Extreme Tiger beat Super Crazy, Terry Yaki & Alpha Zoe (?). Alejandro pinned Yaki after Empty Bullet.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Vinny Massaro & Stallion Rogers. Kitamiya beat Rogers with Prison Lock. Massaro is an American independent wrestler who trained and competed in NOAH some 15+ years ago and was making a return to the promotion.

Match 4: HAYATA & Eita beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Eita pinned Kotoge after a dropkick.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. Wagner Jr. pinned Taniguchi after Wagner Driver.

Match 6: GHC National Champion Jack Morris beat Hajime Ohara to retain the title. V1 for Morris.

Match 7: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Go Shiozaki, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. YO-HEY pinned Miyawaki after a dropkick.

Main Event: Manabu Soya & Tatsumi Fujinami (Dradition) beat Kenoh & Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro). Soya beat Kenoh with a dragon sleeper.

Major post-event news/fallout:
After the event, in backstage comments Kitamiya demanded a match against New Japan ironman Tomohiro Ishii. HOSS FIGHT ALERT!!! Please let that happen soon!
The 1/2 main event was set by a surprise appearance by Kota Ibushi, who recently signed with All Elite Wrestling (but it’s a limited deal of sorts and Ibushi won’t be full-time in AEW, he’ll have a lot of freedom to continue working in Japan as he pleases, which was very important to him). It will be Ibushi vs. Marufuji at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The next event is 12/10 at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Following up on his plans to take a step back from Pro Wrestling NOAH, the promotion has announced that Seiki Yoshioka is leaving the promotion at the end of December. He is terminating his contract because it would be difficult for him to compete full-time as he takes on a new career challenge. No word yet on that exactly that means.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the 4th and penultimate episode of MONDAY MAGIC today.

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

The paid attendance has not yet bern announced but it appears to be a legit advance sellout, which would mean 450-500. No same-day tickets.

Match 1: YO-HEY beat Dragon Bane & Alejandro in a 3-way by pinning Bane.

Match 2: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Titus Alexander & Hajime Ohara beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Alexander pinned Cleary after Big Ugly.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher, Vinny Massaro & ?. Kiyomiya pinned Massaro after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 4: Nagisa Nozaki Return Match: Nagisa Nozaki beat Miyuki Takase.

Match 5: HAYATA & Rising Hayato (All-Japan) beat Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Hayato pinned Miyawaki after Sid Vicious. (HAYATA & Hayato. The team we never knew we needed)

Match 6: Ninja Mack beat GHC Hardcore Champion Masato Tanaka and Super Crazy in a 3-way by pinning Tanaka to win the title. Mack becomes the 11th GHC Hardcore Champion. (NOAH apparently is not recognizing the title’s prior history, billing Mack as the second champion)

Main Event: Kenoh & Satoshi Kojima beat Manabu Soya & Go Shiozaki. Kojima pinned Shiozaki after a lariat.

At some point The Great Muta also showed up and did weird Muta things…

The next event is NOAH THE BEST 2023 Saturday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English ONLY will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/Saturday at 2 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced two injury absences, although one is an update to a prior issue…but the new one could have major implications because it’s GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Daga. Left knee sprain. Out indefinitely. It most likely happened Friday in his successful title defense against Shuji Kondo. Unless he’ll be out more than a month his title reign probably isn’t in jeopardy (the next scheduled title match is 1/2/24, and as of now it’s still on)

The other absence is an extension of Yoshinari Ogawa’s time out. Now out until at least after the 12/10 event. He has been out since last week as a precaution due to dizziness.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: NOAH now says Daga will miss “several events” so this will mean at least a couple weeks.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their monthly STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour event today.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being ABEMA exclusive in Japan. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 801.

The 1st and 4th matches were changed from original plans due to Yoshinari Ogawa being off the event. Precaution due to dizziness earlier in the week.

Match 1: Junta Miyawaki beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro, Terry Yaki & Hajime Ohara beat Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Extreme Tiger & Super Crazy. Mack pinned Wolf after Shooting Star Press.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura, Go Shiozaki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. Fujita pinned Taniguchi after a powerbomb.

Match 4: HAYATA & Eita beat LEONA (Dradition) & Kai Fujimura. Eita pinned Fujimura after a dropkick. Fujimura was the replacement for Ogawa here.

Match 5: Jake Lee, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Naomichi Marufuji, Titus Alexander, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Cleary pinned Kotoge after Cattle Killing.

Match 6: Manabu Soya, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Kenoh, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Stallion Rogers. Soya pinned Rogers after a jumping DDT.

Match 7: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba to retain the titles. Greene pinned Inaba after a 450 splash. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga beat Shuji Kondo to retain the title. V1 for Daga. Next up: Eita. That match will happen on 1/2 at Ariake Arena.

Also added to 1/2: A blockbuster crossover tag match-Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan) & HAYATA.

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

Pro Wrestling NOAH just announced on the socials that Yoshinari Ogawa, likely their oldest wrestler at 57, will be off Friday’s Korakuen Hall event as a precaution. Dizziness. Not expected to miss much if any more time. He was to have teamed with LEONA to face HAYATA & Eita. Kai Fujimura is the replacement. This also resulted in the first match being changed to Junta Miyawaki vs. Taishi Ozawa.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Uematsucho Community Center in Nagano and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 414.

Match 1: Taishi Ozawa beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Extreme Tiger beat Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki. Bane pinned Yaki after Twister Bane.

Match 3: Ryohei Oiwa beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 4: Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara beat Kenoh & Super Crazy. Soya pinned Crazy after Trajectory.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kitamiya pinned Greene after a diving senton.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, HAYATA & Eita beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA (Dradition) by DQ in 58 seconds. Ogawa DQ’d. Ref assault. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Kaito Kiyomita, HAYATA & Eita beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA. Eita pinned Ogawa after Imperial Uno. They went almost 35 minutes.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan (Japanese commentary version will be available on demand after the event).

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 3 of MONDAY MAGIC today, the halfway point of the series.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it appears to have been a legit advance sellout.

The card was not announced in advance but there was a last-minute change because Haruka Umesaki, who was scheduled to participate, was removed due to illness.

Match 1: In an Exhibition Match, Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki vs. Manabu Soya & Daisuke Nakamura went to a 10 minute time limit draw. Sasaki is a former UFC & MMA fighter who was making his pro wrestling debut.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating Saxon Huxley. As a result, Ohara gets the next GHC National Championship shot against Jack Morris. That match will happen on 12/2 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama..

Match 3: HAYATA & Titus Alexander beat Atsushi Kotoge & Terry Yaki. Alexander pinned Kotoge with a German suplex hold

Match 4: Miyuki Takase & Chihiro Hashimoto beat Yuu & Hibiscus Mii. Takase pinned Mii after a diving guillotine drop.

Match 5: Dragon Bane vs. Alpha Wolf went to a double pinfall.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Yuma Anzai (All-Japan) beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Kiyomiya pinned Cleary after a modified tiger driver.

After the event, GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Aloha Wolf vs. Ninja Mack & Alejandro and YO-HEY & Tadasuke for the titles was announced for 1/2 at Ariake Arena.

Episode 4 is 11/27.

The next event is Friday at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Corrected Match 6 result to note ? from earlier (bad website translation) was actually Yuma Anzai.

Additionally, the first match for Episode 4 has been announced: Nagisa Nozaki Return Match-Nagisa Nozaki vs. Miyuki Takase.

UPDATE 2: Added Match 3 result.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Kyoto.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto 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 334.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Taishi Ozawa beat Super Crazy, Hi69 & Yu Owada. Ohara pinned Owada after a backbreaker.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Alejandro & Extreme Tiger. Taniguchi pinned Tiger after Wyvern Catch.

Match 3: LEONA (Dradition) beat Kai Fujimura by submission.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Go Shiozaki & Stallion Rogers. Sugiura pinned Rogers after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 5: Manabu Soya, HAYATA & Eita beat Kenoh, Ninja Mack & Terry Yaki. Soya pinned Yaki after Trajectory.

Match 6: Daiki Inaba beat Anthony Greene.

Match 7: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Daga pinned Miyawaki after a lariat.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Jack Morris, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Manabu Soya, Ryohei Oiwa, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Morris pinned Kitamiya after a tiger driver.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Episode 3 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The card will not be announced in advance, but it has been announced that Haruka Umesaki, who was scheduled for the event, is now off. Illness. No replacement will be announced before the event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. Also, the January 2024 schedule indicates the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour will become the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour in the new year.