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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.

When Pro Wrestling NOAH announced the card for the next LIMIT BREAK event on 11/24 a short time ago, there was an injury note too-although it won’t happen for at least a couple weeks, Hajime Ohara will miss that 11/24 event due to surgery. Deviated septum, it appears (nose). At this time it’ll probably be after the 11/6 Korakuen Hall event that wraps up the upcoming N INNOVATION Tournament, and Ohara is currently on the 11/2 event before that, so probably surgery in mid-November then out indefinitely.

More as it becomes available.

The second event of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s doubleheader today was a LIMIT BREAK event.

Today’s event was held at Club eX at Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 344. That was a bit higher than the ALL REBELLION Produced event a few hours earlier.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Daiki Odashima by submission.

Match 2: The Reeve Mask & Yuki Iino (DDT) beat Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) & Tomomitsu Matsunaga (DDT). Mask pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Yukio Naya (DDT) beat Mohammed Yone & Kohei Kinoshita. Endo pinned Kinoshita after Burning Star Press.

Match 4: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Shuji Ishikawa went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat Akira Iwamoto & Takumi Siato. Kotoge pinned Saito after Kill Switch.

Match 6: Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama (DDT) beat Satoshi Kojima (New Japan) & Yu Owada. Saito pinned Owada after Swirl Death.

Main Event: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki beat Harutoki to retain the title. V1 for Shiozaki.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC AUTUMN Episode 1 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has a doubleheader on tap in Tokyo today, originally scheduled to continue the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 tour in the first event but it now will be an ALL REBELLION Produced event, featuring the faction led by eternal rivals-turned-factionmates-for-now Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh. There’s not much to say about what to expect right now because the match card won’t be announced until right before the event, or maybe not until it begins.

Today’s event(s) will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There likely will be no commentary. (The second event today is a LIMIT BREAK ex) With no way to predict the running time based on the card, it may depend largely on the fact the second event is to start only about 3 1/2 hours after this one, so it really can’t go more than 2 1/2 hours. I’d guess it’ll be around 2 hours. Also, live results for this event are dependent on the ability to simulcast WRESTLE UNIVERSE on multiple devices/browser windows because a DDT live event will happen at the same time.

Today’s lineup:
TBA. It will not be announced until the event begins

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will (hopefully) begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7:45 PM PT/10:45 PM ET.

7:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Not sure what the setup is for but the lower level seating looks mostly full but not sold out. Upper level has some balcony seating. For this event my initial guess is around 300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 268)

At the start the lights go out briefly and when they come back ALL REBELLION is in the ring to greet the crowd. This includes the injured Taishi Ozawa, who is on crutches so his “out indefinitely” is going to be several weeks at least.

The matches begin at 8:05 PM PT/11:05 PM PT. Nothing announced until match time.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Ulka Sasaki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 2: Kenoh vs. Cristobal. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kenoh beat Cristobal

Match 3: Alejandro & Kai Fujimura vs. Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. 20 minute time limit
Result: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. Bane pinned Alejandro after Twister Bane.

Intermission. Sounds like about 10 minutes starting at 9 PM PT. Updates will resume afterwards.

The matches resume at 9:15 PM PT. Just one match left.

Main Event: Alejandro, Cristobal, Kai Fujimura, Kenoh & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Hajime Ohara, Tadasuke, Shuji Kondo, Masa Kitamiya & Manabu Soya in a 2/3 Falls match. 1 Hour time limit
Fall 1: Tadasuke beat Alejandro with a standing heel hold.
Fall 2: Fujimura pinned Ohara after a diving elbow drop.
Fall 3: Kiyomiya pinned Tadasuke after Transformed Shining Wizard.
Result: Alejandro, Cristobal, Kai Fujimura, Kenoh & Kaito Kiyomiya beat Hajime Ohara, Tadasuke, Shuji Kondo, Masa Kitamiya & Manabu Soya 2-1.

The next event is a LIMIT BREAK ex. event later today. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

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 watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 239.

The main event was changed and one match was added due to Taishi Ozawa being out due to injury (foot).

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Shuji Kondo beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & LJ Cleary. Kondo pinned Cleary after a King Kong lariat.

Match 3: Galeno Del Mal & Anthony Greene beat Jack Morris & Daga by DQ. Morris DQ’d. Daga weapon use. Yoshitatsu seconded Morris & Daga, apparently with a new facepainted look.

Match 4: Harutoki beat Yu Owada.

Match 5: HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat Shuhei Taniguchi, Eita, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. HAYATA pinned Taniguchi.

Match 6: Manabu Soya, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Go SHiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Soya pinned Kotoge after Ballistic.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Ulka Sasaki & Kai Fujimura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal. Sasaki beat Cristobal with Shining Triangle.

The next event is a doubleheader tomorrow at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. The first event will be an ALL REBELLION Produced event while the second event will be a LIMIT BREAK ex. event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET for the first event and at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET for the second event. I plan to try and do live results for the first event, but this is contingent on being able to run two UNIVERSE streams at the same time due to a DDT live event at the same time.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced last-minute injury changes to tomorrow’s event because Taishi Ozawa, who was scheduled to compete back in Japan again after being on a training excursion to Europe, is now off. Left foot (fractured cuboid bone) injury suffered in practice. Out indefinitely. He was to have been in the main event, a match of Ozawa, Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal vs. Yu Owada, Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Ulka Sasaki & Kai Fujimura. Owada has now been removed from the match and will now face Harutoki in a new match added to the card, which will be the 4rh match. The main event will instead be an 8-man tag. It’s not yet known how long Ozawa will be out.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their monthly STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event in Tokyo today, this one a special PREMIUM event as it would be the last such event for Akitoshi Saito before his retirement next month.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. Japanese may not be available yet and the English version is edited because it was an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1302.

Pre-show match: HAYATA beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi & Eita beat Galeno Del Mal & Alpha Wolf. Taniguchi pinned Wolf after Maybach Bomb Zwei.

Match 2: Junta Miyawaki, Tadasuke, Kai Fujimura & Yu Owada beat YO-HEY, AMAKUSA, Dragon Bane & Yuto Kikuchi. Miyawaki pinned YO-HEY.

Match 3: Jack Morris & Daga beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Morris pinned Greene after a tiger driver.

Match 4: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Kenoh & Alejandro to retain the titles. Sugiura pinned Alejandro after an avalanche Olympic Yosen Slam. V3 for the champs.

Match 5: Masakatsu Funaki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Josh Barnett & Ulka Sasaki. Funaki beat Barnett with a heel hold.

Match 6: GHC National Champion Manabu Soya beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to retain the title. V1 for Soya.

Match 7: Akitoshi Saito Final Korakuen Match: Akitoshi Saito, Shiro Koshinaka & AKIRA beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge. Saito pinned Kotoge after Death Brand.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat Masa Kitamiya by submission to retain the title. V5 for Kiyomiya.

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.

The post-event news/fallout:
For the second straight year, former New Japan icon and current WWE wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura will return to Japan for NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2025 on Janiuary 1, 2025. Last year he faced Keiji Muto, this year he’ll face Ulka Sasaki.

It was announced that Saturday’s event, the first half of a doubleheader that day at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, will now be an ALL REBELLION produced event. The second event is a LIMIT BREAK ex. event. Both events that day will be live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE with the first event beginning Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The second event will begin Saturday at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

Nest up for Kiyomiya: The winner of a determination match between Marufuji & Sugiura. That match will happen on 11/6 at Korakuen. The title match will be on 11/17 at the Akitoshi Saito Retirement Event.

Next up for Soya: Shiozaki. That match will happen on 11/9 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 189.

Match 1: Daga beat Daiki Odashima by submission.

Match 2: Eita & LJ Cleary beat Shuhei Taniguchi & HAYATA. Eita pinned HAYATA.

Match 3: Dragon Bane & Yuto Kikuchi beat Kai Fujimura & Yu Owada. Kikuchi pinned Fujimura after a tornado stamp.

Match 4: YO-HEY & AMAKUSA beat Junta Miyawaki & Tadasuke. YO-HEY pinned Miyawaki after a dropkick.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno Del Mal & Alpha Wolf beat Manaby Soya, Go Shiozaki & Hajime Ohara. Wagner Jr. pinned Ohara after Aztec Snake.

Match 6: Anthony Greene beat Jack Morris by DQ.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal beat Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya, Ulka Sasaki & Atsushi Kotoge. Order of elimination: Cristobal by Sugiura, Kotoge, Kenoh by Sugiura, Sufiura by Alejandro, Alejandro, Sasaki by Kiyomiya, Kitamiya by Kiyomiya.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall for the final Akitoshi Saito match in the venue as well as 3 title matches including GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Masa Kitamiya for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in ENGLISH ONLY will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is a live ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so the UNIVERSE live version will be edited at times. The original unedited ABEMA broadcast will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the broadcast ends.

Also announced for 11/9 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 was HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Eita & Shuhei Taniguchi. If Taniguchi can get his weight down to or under the 220 pound/100kg weight limit before the event, the match will be for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. If he can’t, it will be a NON-TITLE match.