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MAJESTIC 2023, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Golden Week blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE In Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 2721. Again quite low even with configuration and reduced box seat capacity which still should have meant a capacity of at least 8000-9000 (the venue’s normal full capacity, primarily for sumo, is around 14,000).

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Super Crazy beat Akitoshi Saito & Taishi Ozawa. Crazy pinned Ozawa after a moonsault press.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat Extreme Tiger & Lancelot. Kotoge pinned Lancelot after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Sean Legacy, Stallion Rogers, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Greene pinned Rogers after Alternate Ending.

Match 4: Sumire Natsu & Ryo Mizunami beat Maya Yukihi & SAKI. Natsu pinned Yukihi after Youran.

Match 5: Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro. Hi69 pinned Miyawaki after Stuka Splash.

Match 6: Kazuyuki Fujita & Masato Tanaka beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Tanaka pinned Inaba after Sliding D.

Match 7: In a GHC Martial Arts Rules match, Masakatsu Funaki beat Shinya Aoki by submission.

Match 8: Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat Eita & Daga. Ogawa pinned Eita after a Daga Diablo Wings.

Match 9: Dralistico beat Rey Escorpion.

Match 10; Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi to win the titles. Huxley & Thatcher become the 65th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Huxley pinned Taniguchi after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 11: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Ninja Mack to retain the title. V1 for HAYATA. Next up: Dante Leon. That match will happen on 6/17 at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya.

Match 12: GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Hideki Suzuki by submission to retain the title. V4 for Wagner Jr.

Match 13: Go Shiozaki Return Match: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Nakajima pinned Shiozaki after Vertical Spike. It’s possible Nakajima defected from Kongo after the match to re-form Axiz with Shiozaki as Kenoh vs. Nakajima has been announced for 5/31 at Shinjuku Face.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee beat Naomichi Marufuji to retain the title. V2 for Lee.

The next event is 5/14 at Korakuen Hall as part of the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is also an ABEMA broadcast so the live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE may be in English only.

In other news, the annual N-1 VICTORY Tournament was announced for 2023. The full schedule was announced and is as follows:
8/6-Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama
8/9-Korakuen Hall
8/10-Korakuen Hall
8/11-Korakuen Hall
8/19-Chateraise Gatteaux Kingdom Sapporo, Hokkaido
8/26-Sendai Pit, Sendai
8/27-Culttz Kawasaki, Kanagawa
9/3-Osaka Prefectural Gym, Osaka (Finals)
All events will be streamed live on ABEMA or WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour today, which now covers mainly mid-major shows in Tokyo like today.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English soon. It is unavailable as of this post due to technical issues. The live broadcast was an ABEMA exclusive with English commentary on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1028. Under the current “new normal” for Korakuen that’s just under 80% full.

Match 1: Ninja Mack & Lancelot beat HAYATA & Super Crazy. Mack pinned Crazy after Phoenix Splash.

Match 2: Daiki Inaba & Atsushi Kotoge beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hajime Ohara. Kotoge pinned Ohara after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Ridgeway pinned Yoshioka after Onslaught.

Match 4: Naomichi Matufuji, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Marufuji pinned Greene after Tiger King.

Match 5: Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Sean Legacy & AMAKUSA. Kondo pinned AMAKUSA after a King Kong lariat.

Match 6: Junta Miyawaki beat Hi69.

Match 7: Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi. Suzuki pinned Wagner with a Japanese leg toll clutch hold.

Main Event: GHC Jr.Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf to retain the titles. YO-HEY pinned Bane with a rollup. V1 for the champs.

The next event is ABEMA presents MAJESTIC 2023 Thursday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan. A free press conference event, which is open to the public, will be held Monday at Edmont Metropolitan Hotel in Tokyo.

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 356.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Shuhei Taniguchi. Thatcher beat Taniguchi with Fujiwara armbar.

Match 3: AMAKUSA & Alejandro beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy. Alejandro pinned Crazy.

Match 4: Alpha Wolf beat Tadasuke & Lancelot in a 3-way by pinning Tadasuke.

Match 5: Kenoh, katsuhiko Nakajima, Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya & Hi69 beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Atsushi Kotoge, Yoshiki Inamura & Seiki Yoshioka. Kenoh pinned Yoshioka after PFS.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura beat Saxon Huxley.

Match 7: Ninja Mack beat HAYATA, Dragon Bane & YO-HEY in a 4-way by pinning YO-HEY.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Naomichi Marufuji & Sean Legacy. Lee pinned Legacy after a skewered front high kick.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to resume the also-never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour, which for now will be only Korakuen events. This event is headlined by a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match as YO-HEY & Tadasuke defend against Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

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

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka 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 337.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Lancelot beat Alejandro & Super Crazy in a 3-way by pinning Alejandro.

Match 3: Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Nakajima pinned Yone after Vertical Spike.

Match 4 Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat AMAKUSA, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Hi69 pinned Kotoge after Stuka Splash.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Kiyomiya pinned Greene with a rollup.

Match 6: Ninja Mack & Sean Legacy beat HAYATA & Daiki Inaba. Legacy pinned Inaba after a swan dive 450 splash.

Match 7: Timothy Thatcher, Saxon Huxley, Hideki Suzuki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Takashi Sugiura, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Shuhei Taniguchi & Yoshiki Inamura. Huxley pinned Sugiura after a neck hanging bomb.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Bane pinned YO-HEY after Twisterbane.

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

GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest blowout event today, is now in the books. The event featured every GHC Title on the line, the first-ever women’s single match in the promotion and much more.

Today’s event was held at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was only in English because of it being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1277. This sounds bad but Xebio Arena Sendai is not a “huge” venue like the major gyms/sumo halls/Budokans are (it’s primarily a basketball stadium and it’s full capacity for that is only around 3500). With NOAH’s elaborate major event setup that would’ve reduced it to, at most, maybe 2000.

There were unannounced last-minute changes to the first 2 matches as both Yasutaku Yano & Kinya Okada were off the card. Unknown why at this time. Okada was to have been in the 2nd match. Akitoshi Saito was the replacement. Yano was to have been in the opening match. Anthony Greene was the replacement.

Match 1: Anthony Greene beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thacher & Saxon Huxley beat Akitoshi Saito, Yoshiki Inamura & Sean Legacy. Huxley pinned Saito after a diving knee drop.

Match 3: Maya Yukihi beat Sumire Natsu.

Match 4: Kenoh, Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro), Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Ninja Mack, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Shinzaki pinned Kotoge after Nembutsu powerbomb.

Match 5: Dralistico, Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Extreme Tiger, Alpha Wolf & Lancelot by ref stoppage. Dralistico beat Tiger when Tiger could not continue. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a Handicap Match, Dralistico, Dragon Bane & Alejamdro beat Alpha Wolf & Lancelot. Dralistico pinned Wolf with La Mystica.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba to win the titles. Sugiura & Taniguchi become the 64th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Taniguchi pinned Inaba with a half nelson suplex.

Match 7: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita to win the titles. YO-HEY & Tadasuke become the 56th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Tadasuke pinned Ogawa after a lariat.

Match 8: GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jack Morris to retain the title. V3 for Wagner Jr.

Match 9: HAYATA beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA to win the title. HAYATA becomes the 53rd GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee beat Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the title. V1 for Lee.

Post-event news/fallout:
First up for YO-HEY & Tadasuke: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. That match will happen on 4/29 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The full card for MAJESTIC 2023, the promotion’s Golden Week blowout event on 5/4 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, has been announced:
Pre-show:
Mohammed Yone & Super Crazy vs. Akitoshi Saito & Taishi Ozawa
Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Extreme Tiger & Lancelot
Main Show:
Sean Legacy, Stallion Rogers, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke
Maya Yukihi & SAKI vs. Sumire Natsu & Ryo Mizunami
AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro vs. Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69
Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Masato Tanaka
GHC Martial Arts Rules Match: Masakatsu Funaki vs. Shinya Aoki
Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway vs. Eita & Daga
Dralistico vs. Rey Escorpion
Intermission
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley for the titles
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Ninja Mack for the title
GHC National Champion Hijo de. Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Hideki Suzuki for the title
Go Shiozaki Return Match: Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya
GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the title
This event, as well as 4/29, is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast but WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have live streams in English only outside Japan.

The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka as it’s back to the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with another house show.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Ecole in Toyama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 321.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Hi69 pinned Ozawa after Stuka Splash.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley vs. Yoshiko Inamura & Shawn Legacy went to a double countout.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Naomichu Marufuji, Super Crazy, Extreme Tiger & Lancelot. Mack pinned Tiger after Ninja Bomb.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yasutaka Yano. YO-HEY pinned Yano after a dropkick.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya & HAYATA beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & AMAKUSA. HAYATA pinned AMAKUSA with a transformed crucifix.

Match 7: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Nakajima pinned Greene after Vertical Spike.

Main Event: Takashi Sugiura beat Masa Kitamiya.

The next event is ABEMA Presents GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI on 4/16 at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai. This is a blowout event with all 5 GHC Titles on the line and the second ever Women’s single match in the promotion as Maya Yukihi & Sumire Natsu return to NOAH. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so Japanese will only be available on demand after the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the (really never-ending, it’s going through at least summer) SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the first of all weekend events this month.

Today’s event was held at Osaka ATC Hall Floor B2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 355.

Match 1: Kinya Okada beat Taishi Ozawa by submission.

Match 2: Super Crazy, Extreme Tiger & Lancelot beat Ninja Mack, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Tiger pinned Alejandro after a reverse face bomb.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley beat Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Huxley pinned Hi69 after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jack Morris & Tadasuke. Wagner pinned Morris after Wagner Driver.Match 5: HAYATA & Yasutaka Yano beat AMAKUSA & Atsushi Kotoge. HAYATA pinned AMAKUSA after Hedeck.

Match 6: Eita beat YO-HEY.Match 7: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Shawn Legacy beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Legacy pinned Inamura after a swan dive 450 splash.

Main Event: Jake Lee & Anthony Greene beat Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima by ref stoppage. Lee beat Nakajima with a cobra twist.

The next event is tomorrow at Takaoka Ecole in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast.