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Just yesterday Pro Wrestling NOAH announced a 12th installment of it’s YouTube series “NOAH THE HOME”, which launched this past year to help provide their younger wrestlers with much-needed experience and matches during the pandemic. The show is filmed and produced entirely at the NOAH Dojo in a closed setting without fans, only the timekeeper is present along with the referee and wrestlers. It’s seen entirely from a hard camera perspective. They also encourage viewers to donate to help cover costs of producing the show and support the talent but it is not required.

This installment consists of 2 episodes, the first aired earlier today and the second will air tomorrow. You can watch today’s episode FOR FREE on YouTube below (NO SPOILERS WILL BE POSTED HERE):

The second episode is to air tomorrow at (I believe) 4 AM PT/7 AM ET and will be available for free on NOAH’s YouTube channel. Past episodes may be available on YouTube as well.

ABEMA Presents DEMOLITION STAGE 2022 in FUKUOKA is now in the books as Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a special event in the city today, which took on added build when Keiji Muto was added to the card for his final match in Fukuoka. He was originally scheduled for a pre-event autograph session and to be on commentary.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast earlier today was in English only due to this being an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan. If you watch the Japanese replay, skip ahead to about the 31 minute mark to jump past the pre-show talk (the actual event itself ran about 3 hours). You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube for a limited time.

The announced paid attendance was 1195. The venue was only at 50% capacity and they mostly used floor level seating, which made this sound like a poor number but that’s actually up for debate (full capacity with the setup likely would’ve been around 3000, had full capacity been allowed it would’ve been closer to 7000).

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Taishi Ozawa. Soya’s left face below his eye was busted open during the match.

Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Masa Kitamiya & Shuhei Taniguchi. Yone pinned Taniguchi after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 3: NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Yasutaka Yano & Kai Fujimura. Eita pinned Yano after Imperial Uno.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Chris Ridgeway.

Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita, Takashi Sugiura & Masato Tanaka beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Fujita pinned Kiyomiya after a powerbomb.

Match 6: In an Elimination Match with over the top rope, pinfall and submission eliminations, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Alejandro beat Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara, Tadasuke & Hi69. Order of elimination: Ohara by Alejandro (pinfall), Alejandro by Tadasuke (pinfall), Yoshioka & Kondo by Tadasuke simultaneously (over the top rope), YO-HEY by Tadasuke (over the top rope), Tadasuke by Kotoge (pindall), Hi69 by Kotoge (pinfall). Kotoge wins as last man left.

Match 7: PRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER .EX FUKUOKA FINAL ~TRANS MAGIC~: Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & Ninja Mack beat Naomichi Marufuji, Jack Morris & HAYATA. Mack pinned HAYATA after Ninja Bomb.

Main Event: In a Double Bout Rules match, where there were no pinfalls and the only way to win was by submission, TKO or DQ after 3 warnings, Kazushi Sakuraba & Hideki Suzuki beat Kenoh & Masakatsu Funaki. Sakuraba beat Funaki with a scorpion leglock.

The next event is MUTO RETIREMENT ROAD-ABEMA presents Ariake Gaisen-THE RETURN-PRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER . 3 ~TRIUMPH~ on 10/30 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. In addition to all 5 GHC Titles being defended, this will feature the 3rd of Muto’s 5 final matches-this time it’s Muto, Naomichi Marufuji & Yoshiki Inamura vs. the New Japan Pro Wrestling trio of Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma. This will be the promotion’s debut at the new venue that opened in 2021 for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. The venue will be at 50% capacity max because vocal cheering will be allowed. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin on 10/29 at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET with a pre-show dark match scheduled to begin at 11:40 PM PT/2:30 AM ET. The main card begins at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is another ABEMA-exclusive broadcast so Japanese commentary will only be available on demand after the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today with the second half of their latest pre-big show doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Arena in Sendai and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, probably Tuesday or Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 342.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Extreme Tiger beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 3: Ninja Mack & YO-HEY beat Eita & Super Crazy by DQ. Eita DQ’d. NOSAWA Rongai interference.

Match 4: Masato Tanaka, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Tanaka pinned Inaba after Sliding D.

Match 5: Seiki Yoshioka beat Hi69.

Match 6: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya, HAYATA & Yasutaka Yano. Ridgeway beat Yano with an ankle hold.

Main Event: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara beat Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Naomichi Marufuji, Atsushi Kotoge & Alejandro. Kenoh pinned Kojima after PFS.

The next event is ABEMA presents DEMOLITION STAGE 2022 in FUKUOKA tomorrow at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin TONIGHT at 10:45 PM PT/1:45 AM ET. The Japanese live broadcast is only on ABEMA and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today with the start of another doubleheader to lead into Sunday’s big event.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Monday or Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 317.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Extreme Tiger & YO-HEY in a 3-way by pinning Tiger.

Match 3: Yoshinari Ogawa, Jack Morris & Yasutaka Yano vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy went to a double countout.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura. Satoshi Kojima, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Naomichi Marufuji, Masato Tanaka, Masa Kitamiya & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kojima pinned Taniguchi after Western Lariat.

Match 5: HAYATA & Chris Ridgeway beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro. Ridgeway beat Alejandro with an ankle hold.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Atsushi Kotoge, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kenoh, Katsubiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hi69. Kiyomiya pinned Tadasuke after Transformed Shining Wizard.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. This will be taped for on demand delivery on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

Pro Wrestling NOAH likely wrapped up the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour today with the second half of a Tokyo doubleheader.

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

The announced paid attendance was 689.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2; NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy beat Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Crazy pinned Ohara after Liger Bomb.

Match 3: Extreme Tiger beat Alejandro.

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Yasutaka Yano beat Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Kai Fujimura. Ridgeway beat YO-HEY with an ankle hold.

Match 5: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh pinned Inaba after PFS.

Match 6: Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 7: Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima & Naomichi Marufuji beat Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kndo Ka Shin. Kojima pinned Mochizuki after Western Lariat.

Main Event: HAYATA & Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ninja Mack. HAYATA pinned Mack.

The next event is Friday at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto. This event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour with the first half of another Tokyo doubleheader today, beginning the build to the next blowout event at the end of the month.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA in Japan, but for a limited time you can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 625.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa, Jack Morris & Yasutaka Yano beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy. Morris pinned NOSAWA.

Match 3: Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kendo Ka Shin beat Masa Kitamiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Daiki Inaba. Tanaka pinned Inaba after Sliding D.

Match 4: Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Alejandro. Tadasuke pinned Yoshioka after Jidanda Lariat.

Match 5: HAYATA & Chris Ridgeway beat Ninja Mack & Extreme Tiger. HAYATA pinned Tiger.

Match 6: Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Naomichi Marufuji & Kazushi Sakuraba. Nakajima pinned Sugiura after Vertical Spike.

Main Event: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Fujita pinned Inamura after a powerbomb.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In post-event news, the main event of 10/16 (Kenoh & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Sakuraba & Hideki Suzuki) and the GHC National Championship match (Funaki vs. Kitamiya and a just-announced GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match (Kojima & Sugiura vs. Kenoh & Nakajima) for 10/30 have been changed to GHC Martial Arts Rules matches. Those rules are as follows: No pinfalls, win by KO, TKO or submission only, ring outs and other fouls will result in a Yellow Card-3 Yellow Cards ends the match by DQ. If a DQ happens because of 3 Yellow Cards, the titles can change hands.

UPDATE: As of just before 10 AM PT/1 PM ET the replay of today’s event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today, wrapping up their September schedule with an event featuring a GHC National Championship match.

Today’s event was held at Bandaijima Multipurpose Square Ogama in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

There were a few last-minute changes to the card because Yoshinari Ogawa was a late removal from the event. Head injury. He was to have been in a 6-man tag match. Kai Fujimura was the replacement.

The announced paid attendance was 516.

Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Super Crazy beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 3: Ninja Mack, Extreme Tiger & Alejandro beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Mack pinned Ohara after Ninja Bomb.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Daiki Inaba. Kojima pinned Taniguchi after Western lariat.

Match 5; Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & YO-HEY beat HAYATA, Chris Ridgeway & Kai Fujimura. YO-HEY pinned Fujimura after a dropkick.

Match 6: GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki beat Masa Kitamiya by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V5 for Funaki. Next up: Kazushi Sakuraba. That match will happen on 10/30 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Naomichi Marufuji & Jack Morris beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Kiyomita pinned Soya after Transformed Shining Wizard.

The next event is 10/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the start of a doubleheader continuing the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour. This will be an ABEMA ONLY live broadcast in Japan and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time.

On a side note, for WRESTLE UNIVERSE subscribers the monthly subscription for October 2022, if you are renewing today (I was charged yesterday) is currently $6.25 US.

The Keiji Muto Retirement Road series continued in Pro Wrestling NOAH today with the second of his 5 final events, capping off a busy week for Muto that saw him return to the US for a special appearance by The Great Muta in All Elite Wrestling, which set up longtime US icon Sting for a return visit in January. It was also announced after the event that the opponent for Muto’s 3rd retirement series match will be announced at a press conference tomorrow at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. It will be streamed live on YouTube.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube for a limited time.

The announced paid attendance was 1933. Because the venue was limited to 50% capacity, and the setup probably reduced that further, this number isn’t as bad as it sounds.

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: NOSAWA Rongai & Eita beat Yasutaka Yano & Kai Fujimura. Eita pinned Fujimura after a low dropkick to the face.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Inamura pinned Yone after Musou.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Extreme Tiger & Alejandro beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 by DQ. Tadasuke DQ’d. Mask removal from Alejandro.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, Jack Morris & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Inaba. Morris pinned Inaba after Shooting Star Press.

Match 6: Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway to win the titles. Kotoge & Yoshioka become the 51st GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Yoshioka pinned Ogawa after Buzzsaw Kick. Next up: Possibly Tadasuke & Hi69 (or Hiroki if you prefer, that’s what he is announced as), who attacked the new champs immediately after the match (Tadasuke broke a chair on Kotoge’s already busted open head with the initial assault).

Match 7: Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher to win the titles. Sugiura & Kojima become the 62nd GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Sugiura pinned Suzuki after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 8: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat YO-HEY to retain the title. V6 for HAYATA.

Match 9: Keiji Muto Retirement Road Match 2: Keiji Muto & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Muto pinned Nakajima after Shining Wizard.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh to win the title. Kiyomiya becomes the 41st GHC Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Fujita. That will happen on 10/30 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The next event is Friday at Bandaijima Multipurpose Square Ogama in Niigata. The event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (no live broadcast).

UPDATE: After the event, it was announced that HAYATA would next defend the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship against Ninja Mack on 10/30. That is also when the next GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match will occur as Kotoge & Yoshioka will defend against Tadasuke & Hi69.

Based on the post-match comments just posted by the promotion (late evening US time), it looks like Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is finished with NOAH for now as he is on his way back to Mexico.
Kiyomiya wanted Fujita as the next challenger for the GHC Heavyweight Championship because Fujita beat Kiyomiya in the N-1 VICTORY Tournament, which Kiyomiya won to get this title shot.