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Pro Wrestling NOAH hasn’t yet posted results from today’s MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 Episode 3 (it is available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE) but one result has been revealed on the socials: Kouki Amarei won a 10 woman battle royal to become the inaugural GHC Women’s Champion. To me, anyone but Great Sakuya winning would be an upset so yeah, that’s an upset to me.

Results will be posted when available.

The next event is “DEATHTINY”, the Akitoshi Saito Retirement Event, Sunday at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. Saito will face Naomichi Marufuji in his final match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This is a live ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so the live version will be edited/clipped. The full unedited version should be available on demand after the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH made the likely final stop on the Akitoshi Saito retirement tour today in Osaka ahead of his retirement match next weekend.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Originally scheduled for no live broadcast, it was changed to be live and immediate on demand rather than the normal 3-day wait.

The announced paid attendance was 614.

Before the event, a public weigh-in was held to determine the status of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match scheduled, as it was contingent on Shuhei Taniguchi making weight. Results weren’t announced but apparently he did.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) beat Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary & Yu Owada. Kitamiya pinned Owada after Saito Suplex. For those who missed it, Menso-re was actually Cristobal until a recent event where he was forced to unmask.

Match 2: Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat Junta Miyawaki & Daiki Odashima. Tadasuke pinned Odashima after Outcast.

Match 3: Kenoh, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Alejandro pinned Kotoge after Blank Bullet.

Match 4: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jack Morris & Daga. Bane pinned Daga after a huracanrana.

Match 5: Ulka Sasaki beat Harutoki.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Eita to retain the titles. HAYATA pinned Taniguchi with a schoolboy. V3 for the champs.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya & Naomichi Marufuji beat Takashi Sugiura & Akitoshi Saito. Kiyomiya pinned Saito after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Manabu Soya beat Go Shiozaki to retain the title. V2 for Soya.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 Episode 3 Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The match card will not be announced in advance as usual except for a 10 woman battle royal to crown the first GHC Women’s Champion. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 916.

Pre-show match; LJ Cleary beat Hajime Ohara.

Match 1: N INNOVATION Tournament Semifinals: Dragon Bane beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 2: N INNOVATION Tournament Semifinals: Junta Miyawaki beat AMAKUSA.

Match 3: Shuhei Taniguchi, Eita & Shuji Kondo beat HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Taniguchi pinned HAYATA after Maybach Bomb Zwei.

Match 4: Jack Morris & Daga beat Ulka Sasaki & Daiki Odashima. Morris pinned Sasaki after GLK.

Match 5: Anthony Greene, Aloha Wolf, Luis Mante (Dragon Gate) & Gaia Hox beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. Wolf pinned Alrjandro after Wolf Driver.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge beat Manabu Soya, Harutoki & Yu Owada. Kotoge pinned Owada after Kill Switch.

Match 7: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 8: N INNOVATION Tournament Finals: Alpha Wolf beat Junta Miyawaki to win the tournament. As a result, Wolf gets a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship shot against Daga on 11/17.

Main Event: Takashi Sugiura beat Naomichi Marufuji by ref stoppage (technical submission). As a result, Sugiura will face GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya for the title on 11/17. Marufuji will now be the final opponent for the retiring Akitoshi Saito that day.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET, but may be moved up as the Shuhei Taniguchi public weigh-in will be held 20 minutes before the event. If Taniguchi weighs in at 220 pounds/100 kg or less, his match with Eita vs. HAYATA & YO-HEY is for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. If Taniguchi weighs over 220 pounds, it’s a NON-TITLE match.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watrched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 282.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 2: Jack Morris & Daga beat Ulka Sasaki & Atsushi Kotoge. Daga pinned Kotoge after Diablo Wings.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Anthony Greene, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & LJ Cleary. Kenoh pinned Cleary after PFS.

Match 4: HAYATA, Yuto Kikuchi & Yu Owada beat Shuhei Taniguchi, Eita & Shuji Kondo. HAYATA pinned Taniguchi.

Match 5: Manabu Soya, Takashi Sugiura & Masa Kitamiya beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Kazuyuki Fujita. Kitamiya pinned Yone after Saito Suplex.

Match 6: N INNOVATION Tournament: AMAKUSA beat Tadasuke.

Main Event: N INNOVATION Tournament: Junta Miyawaki beat YO-HEY.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English (it’s also an ABEMA simulcast) will begin at )remember the time change!) 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. Also, because of changes made to upcoming broadcast schedules, EVERY NOVEMBER EVENT IS NOW LIVE ON WRESTLE UNIVERSE! They also will be available on demand immediately after each event. In fact, this now means all but one event until mid-January 2025 will be available live & on demand immediately afterwards on the service (the only one that won’t be live now is 12/8 at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka).

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with an event in Niigata, the last Akitoshi Saito appearance there before bis retirement.

Today’s event was held at Bandaijima Multipurpose Hall Large Okama in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast. (UPDATE: Said later date will be 10/31 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET on 11/1)

The announced paid attendance was 753.

Match 1: HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Atsushi Kotoge. Tadasuke pinned AMAKUSA after a lariat.

Match 2: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Dr Mal beat Anthony Greene & Alpha Wolf. Wagner Jr. pinned Wolf with a small package.

Match 3: Jack Morris & Daga beat Ulka Sasaki & LJ Cleary. Morris pinned Cleary after a toger driver.

Match 4: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Ofashima beat Shiji Kondo, Eita & Hajime Ohara. Soya beat Ohara with a dragon sleeper.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue. Shiozaki pinned Inoue after Go Lariat.

Match 6: N INNOVATION Tournament Quarterfinals: Yuto Kikuchi beat Yu Owada.

Match 7: N INNOVATION Tournament Quarterfinals: Dragon Bane beat Kai Fujimura.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh & Alejandro beat Naomichi Matufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Kumano. Kiyomiya pinned Kumano after Transformed Shining Wizard.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12;30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

Big news coming out of yesterday’s MONDAY MAGIC event: Pro Wresting NOAH has announced a new title-the GHC Women’s Championship. To be awarded at the next MONDAY MAGIC event on 11/11, a 10-woman staggered battle royal will determine the inaugural champion. Participants will not be announced prior to the match. I think Great Sakuya is a lock though.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 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 been announced but it was very close to a legit sellout if it didn’t get there. Only a few same-day tickets were left.

Match 1: Great Sakuya & Halan beat Sadie Gibbs & Jesse Jackson. Sakuya pinned Jackson.

Match 2: Dragon Bane, Anthony Greene, Titus Alexander & Vinny Massaro beat Alpha Wolf, LJ Cleary, Starboy Charlie & JAC. Alexander pinned JAC after Big Ugly.

Match 3; HAYATA beat Shuhei Taniguchi. Borderline squash in just 82 seconds.

Match 4: In a Mascara Contra Caballera match, where the losing team immediately would face off in a Hair vs. Hair or Mask vs. Mask match, Junta Miyawaki & Yu Owada beat Alejandro & Cristobal. Owada pinned Cristobal. Which led to…
Match 5: In a Mascara Contra Mascarra (Mask vs. Mask Match), Alejandro beat Cristobal. As a result, Cristobal loses his mask. And was revealed to be…Black Menso-re! Although he quickly put that mask on as the lights went out so his real face was only visible for a split second.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuji Ishikawa & Manabu Soya. Shiozaki pinned Soya after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Ulka Sasaki beat Masaaki Mochizuki by submission.

Episode 3 is on 11/11.

The next event is Wednesday at Bandaijima Multipurpose Square Okama in Niigata for both Akitoshi Saito’s final Niigata match and the start of the N INNOVATION 2024 Tournament (a single-elimination 8-man tournament for the Junior Heavyweights). There will be no live broadcast. After this event they have a stretch where 10 of the next 11 events will be streamed live (in fact, the only 2 non-live events left in 2024 are this one, 11/9 and 12/8. That means live and immediate on demand for 11 of the next 14 events. Note the live broadcast for 11/17-Saito retirement-will probably be English only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and thus edited due to ABEMA exclusives)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Sendai, this event marking Akitoshi Saito’s last visit to the area before retiring.

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

The announced paid attendance was 289.

Match 1: Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge. Greene pinned Kotoge after Alternate Ending.

Match 2: Manabu Soya, HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Go Shiozaki, Shuhei Taniguchi & Eita. Soya pinned Taniguchi after Ballistic.

Match 3: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Alejandro & Cristobal. Wagner Jr. pinned Cristobal after Slam Wagner.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki beat Jack Morris & Daga by DQ. Morris DQ’d. Deadly weapon use.

Match 5; Akitoshi Siato Last Sendai 3 Single Matches:
1-Akitoshi Saito beat Daiki Odashima.
2-Akitoshi Saito beat Yu Owada.
3-Akitoshi Saito vs. Junta Miyawaki went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Saito goes 2-0-1.

Match 6: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi. Bane pinned Tadasuke after Santa Maria.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh & Kai Fujimura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & AMAKUSA. Kiyomiya pinned AMAKUSA after Transformed Shining Wizard.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off the 3rd installment of MONDAY MAGIC today with the first of 5 Monday events in the unpredictable 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 if it wasn’t a legit advance sellout, it was very close. There were no same-day ticket sales at the venue and only a few electronic advance tickets were left. That would suggest, depending on the setup, anywhere between 350-475 (maximum capacity for the venue is 500).

The matches were not announced in advance.

Match 1: Alejandro & Cristobal vs. Junta Miyawaki & Yu Owada went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2; AMAKUSA beat LJ Cleary.

Match 3; Daga beat Hikaru Sato (All-Japan).

Match 4: Eita, Ulka Sasaki, Huji de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Dragon Bane beat HAYATA, Tadasuke, Anthony Greene & Vinny Massaro. Sasaki beat Tadasuke with Shining Triangle.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Titus Alexander by submission.

Main Event: Kenoh & Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Manabu Soya & Masa Kitamiya. Kenoh pinned Kitamiya after Kenoh Special.

Episode 2 is next Monday.

The next event is Sunday at Sendai Pit in Sendai for Akitoshi Saito’s final match in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast.