Just a few hours before their next event, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced a late No Go…Go Shiozaki is now off today’s event and possibly more. Potential coronavirus close contact. He was removed as a precaution. Several matches were changed and his status for the next event tomorrow (7/3) is uncertain (but a pre-event autograph session is off and he will be replaced there). After tomorrow the promotion is off for a week so at worst he may miss one more event but should be good for the next major event on 7/16.
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Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/24/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today, wrapping up their June schedule with the beginning of the build to the next GHC Heavyweight Championship match at the next Nippon Budokan blowout event in mid-July.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Tokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 202. Depending on the seating layout, this was probably at least a near-sellout (it’s a very small venue).
There were some last-minute changes to the card as Rene Dupree was announced as being off the card just before event time. The always-vague poor physical condition.
Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Atsushi Kotoge & Kinya Okada. Yone pinned Okada after Kinniku Muscle Buster.
Match 2: Simon Gotch beat Daiki Inaba.
Match 3: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Manabu Soya.
Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher beat Michael Elgin, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Thatcher beat Kitamiya with a Fujiwara armbar.
Match 5: Go Shiozaki beat Shuhei Taniguchi.
Main Event: Satoshi Kojima & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
The next event is 7/2 at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima. This event and the two events after that all will be taped for on demand broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (this is typically 3 days after the event).
In post-event news, the full card for ABEMA presents DESTINATION 2022 on 7/16 has been announced (this is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan, WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have a companion live broadcast in English):
Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Extreme Tiger vs. Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara, Tadasuke & Hi69
Masaaki Mochizuki, Shuhei Taniguchi, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba & Kinya Okada vs. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch, Stallion Rogers & Anthony Green
Ninja Mack vs. Dante Leon
Rob Van Dam & Masato Tanaka vs. NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy in a Hardcore match
Go Shiozaki, Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway vs. Eita & Kotaro Suzuki for the titles
PRO WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER 1 ~THE FINAL COUNTDOWN~: Keiji Muto vs. Kaito Kiyomiya (the first of the final 5 matches of Muto’s career)
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya vs. Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher for the titles
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Seiki Yoshioka for the title
GHC Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima vs. Kenoh for the title
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/23/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s N INNOVATION event today, and on paper it was a big event with 2 title matches and someone’s NOAH run ending. More potential big shifting in the Jr. Heavyweight ranks.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
The announced paid attendance was 360, a legit advance sellout.
There were a few late changes to the card yesterday and today before the event-first, Alejandro had to be removed from the card due to a fever. He was to have teamed with Kaito Kiyomiya to face Shuji Kondo & Hi69. Extreme Tiger was the telacement. Until…after that Daisuke Harada also had to be removed from the card. Fever. Because he was part of the champion team, it meant the Open The Triangle Gate Championship would now be VACANT. The scheduled title match was now for the vacant titles with Tiger replacing Harada, and TBA again with Kiyomiya in the first match.
Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya & TBA, which ultimately wound up being Satoshi Kojima (who IS NOT a Jr. Heavyweight), beat Shuji Kondo & Hi69. Kojima pinned Hi69 after a Western lariat.
Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kai Fujimura by submission. It only went 51 seconds. (Comment after watching on replay-this may have been a botched finish. Fujimura seemed to clearly have his shoulders up before the 3 count and the ref casually counted. Ogawa had caught Fujimura in a dropkick and was maybe setting up a Figure 4 but sat down for the pin. Very questionable but I think the ref blew this one)
Match 3: Seiki Yoshioka beat Yuya Susumu.
Match 4: NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki beat Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Extreme Tiger to win the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. NOSAWA, Eita & Suzuki become the 81st Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Eita pinned YO-HEY after Imperial Uno.
Match 5: In a Loser NOAH Expulsion match, Tadasuke beat Haoh. As a result, Haoh is done with NOAH.
Main Event: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Hajime Ohara by submission to retain the title. V2 for HAYATA. Next up: Yoshioka. That will happen on 7/16 at Nippon Budokan.
The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
UPDATE: Potential correction on the opening match-when I watched the replay, Hi69 was announced as HIROKI, which is a name he later used before becoming Nioh.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/19/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH returned to Kobe for the first time in some time yesterday, I forgot to post results although I was also feeling under the weather. The event was dubbed BACK IN THE KOBE! LIVE 2022.
Yesterday’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning Wednesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
The paid attendance was not announced.
Match 1; Mohammed Yone & Alexander Otsuka (Independent/Freelancer) beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Kinya Okada. Yone pinned Okada after Kinniku Muscle Buster.
Match 2: YO-HEY & Extreme Tiger beat Atsushi Kotoge & Alejandro. YO-HEY pinned Alejandro after Face G.
Match 3: Kazushi Sakuraba beat Simon Gotch by submission.
Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu beat Seiki Yoshioka & Kai Fujimura. Susumu beat Fujimura with a crossface.
Match 5: HAYATA beat Hajime Ohara.
Match 6: Go Shiozaki, Michael Elgin, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beata Takashi Sugiura, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree & Timothy Thatcher. Shiozaki pinned Wagner after Go Lariat.
Match 7: GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki beat Masato Tanaka by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V4 for Funaki.
Main Event: Satoshi Kojima, Kaito Kiyomiya, Daiki Inaba, Daisuke Harada & Haoh beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hi69. Kojima pinned Hi69 after a Western lariat.
During the event it was also announced that Yoshiki Inamura participation is set for the upcoming ZERO1 Fire Festival Tournament in July. Inamura was to have been in last year’s tournament but was forced to miss the tournament due to injury.
The next event is an N INNOVATION event Thursday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo with an Open The Triangle Gate Championship match and main event of HAYATA vs. Ohara for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Between those matches is a big match of Haoh vs. Tadasuke in a Loser NOAH Expulsion match, meaning the loser is gone from the promotion. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Thursday at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
Keiji Muto Retirement Series Set
At a press conference held by Pro Wrestling NOAH today for their major 7/16 main event, Keiji Muto announced the plans for his retirement series he revealed at CyberFight Festival ’22. The Living Legend will compete in just 5 more matches before bringing the curtain down on an incredible 40-year career in the ring, which will include one final appearance as his legendary alter-ego The Great Muta. It has been dubbed “Keiji Muto FINAL COUNTDOWN SERIES” and the schedule is currently as follows:
7/16-Muto vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
9/25 (Aichi Prefectural Gym)-TBA
10/30 (Ariake Arena, Tokyo)-TBA
1/22/23 (Yokohama Arena, Yokohama)-GREAT MUTA FINAL “BYE-BYE”, TBA
TBA-KEIJI MUTO GRAND FINAL-PRO WRESTLING “LAST” LOVE – HOLD OUT -, Location TBA
The 7/16 event is an ABEMA exclusive live broadcast but WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have an exclusive live broadcast in English beginning at 3 AM ET/midnight PT.
CyberFight Festival ’22 Results (6/12/22)
What is being billed as the biggest wrestling event of the year in Japan, in both size and scope, and it likely will be outside of New Japan’s Tokyo Dome January spectacular, returns today with the 3rd installment of CyberFight Festival ’22, the annual showcase for the CyberFight Group’s owned promotions-DDT Pro Wrestling, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Ganbare Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH. It will have a literal festival atmosphere with nearly a full day’s worth of events outside and inside the venue and 14 matches likely making up a 5-6 hour supershowcase that also will feature an appearance by WWE Hall Of Famer Rob Van Dam. A big announcement from Keiji Muto has been promised for before the event as well, and the double main event of Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title then, in the main event, it’s GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima of New Japan for the title.
There was a late change to the early card yesterday, as Ganbare star YuuRI is replacing TJPW star Raku in the second match. Raku is off due to what is being called “poor physical condition”.
Today’s event will be held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and can be watched LIVE EXCLUSIVELY on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. And because they are now offering a 2-week trial for new subscribers, you have the chance to watch FOR FREE! The Japanese commentary will feature several guests: Kendo Kobayashi, Yui Okada, Tina Matsuki and SKE48 member Marika Tani. English commentary is TBA but I expect it to include regular NOAH English commentary team Stewart “BANG!” Fulton & Mark Pickering.
Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Rob Van Dam Press Conference
Keiji Muto Press Conference
Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya vs. Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata
Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, YuuRI, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami
Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase
Main Show:
Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura vs. Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano vs. Hikari Noa, Suzume & Yuki Arai
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito Nishigaki vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Miu Watanabe in a 4-way for a Princess Of Princess Championship match at the 7/9/22 TJPW event
Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & Timothy Thatcher
HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimuram Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Asuka (Veny)
Rob Van Dam, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura
Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki in a No DQ Hardcore Match
Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title
GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title
Refresh occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. If NWA Always Ready ends in time, the pre-show press conferences will be covered, although they will likely be in Japanese only. Those should begin at 10:45 PM ET/7:45 PM PT.
If you’re coming just for match results, the matches will begin at midnight ET/9 PM PT. Also, a post-event talk show/recap special will air on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 5 AM PT/8 AM ET.
8:45 PM PT UPDATE: A pre-event talk show is underway featuring guest participants in tonight’s event including Yuki Arai.The main live stream is now up and running and will begin with the pre-show matches at midnight ET/9 PM PT. Stand by for updates.
9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from the Saitama SUper Arena in Saitama, Japan. Commentary is available in Japanese and English. Stewart Fulton is joined by some new voices on the English side (no Mark Pickering)-Sebastian Cescon & Christelle Ciari. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano and a full complement of guests-Kendo Kobayashi, Yui Okada, Rina Matsuki & Marika Tani.
The paid attendance will be announced tomorrow. The crowd will still be filing in over the next hour-plus.
Match 1: Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya vs. Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya beat Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Naya pinned Hirata after a backdrop.
Match 2: Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, YuuRI (Ganbare Pro Wrestling), Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami beat Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, YuuRI, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. Kiryu pinned Harajuku.
Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase by ref stoppage. Sakaguchi beat Watase with a sleeper hold. After the match, Watase tried to cut off his hair before Ohka & Manase stopped him.
Updates will resume at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET (about 15 minutes).
Match 4: Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura vs. Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura beat Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku. Okada beat Kojima with a Boston Crab.
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano vs. Hikari Noa, Suzume & Yuki Arai. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano beat Yuki Arai, Suzume & Hikari Noa. Yamashita pinned Suzume after Skull Kick.
Match 6: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito Nishigaki vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito Nishigaki beat Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta. Akito beat Takagi.
Match 7: Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Miu Watanabe in a 4-way for a Princess Of Princess Championship match at the 7/9/22 TJPW event. 30 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Miu Watanabe in a 4-way by pinning Watanabe. As a result, Tatsumi will face the Princess Of Princess Champion for the title on 7/9.
Match 8: Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & Timothy Thatcher. 30 minute time limit
Result: Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & Timothy Thatcher beat Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Elgin pinned Inaba after Elgin Bomb.
Match 9: HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Asuka (Veny). 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Asuka. HARASHIMA pinned Katsumata after Blue Sword.
Match 10: Rob Van Dam, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY. 45 minute time limit
Result: Rob Van Damn, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA beat YO-HEY, Daisuke Harada & Kaito Kiyomiya. Van Dam pinned Harada after 5 Star Frog Splash.
“Halftime Performance” by Cyber Japan Dancers.
Match 11: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura. 34 minute time limit
Result: Katsuhiko nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi by ref stoppage (KO). Nakajima KO’d Endo with an EPIC b*tch slap. This went just 5 minutes. DAMN! Akiyama & Nakajima had quite a conversation as Endo was tended to.
Match 12: Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki in a No DQ Hardcore Match. No time limit
Result: Kenoh beat Daisuke Sasaki
Quick break for ring cleaning.
Keiji Muto comes out. With microphone. (I switched commentary to English for translation) He is retiring next spring. 5 more matches. More to come…O.M.F.G. The Living Legend has reached the end of the road after nearly 4 decades…
Match 13: Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima beat Yuka Sakazaki to retain the title. V2 for Nakajima. Next up: Because of earlier today, Rika Tatsumi. That match will happen on 7/9.
Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima (New Japan Pro Wrestling) for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Satoshi Kojima beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki to win the title. Kojima becomes the 39th GHC Heavyweight Champion. Between Bullet & Bread, it was a great day for the Clubs in New Japan. No Go today…but another no could be next in line…Kenoh. The title is not in NOAH anymore, which in the eyes of the Kongo leader means WAR. And challenge issued. Some breif comedy in response from Kojima before finishing his post-match victory promo to bring CyberFight Festival ’22 to a close.
End Show.
POST-SHOW UPDATRS:
The announced paid attendance was 4896. Based on how the arena was set up, this probably was a little under half capacity (the venue’s maximum capacity is about 17,000 but it appears at least 1/4 of the seats were blocked off).
After being KO’d in Match 11, Tetsuya Endo has been diagnosed with a concussion. He is out indefinitely.
Following the double main event, the two expected title matches are now official. Nakajima-Tatsumi for the Princess Of Princess Championship is set for 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo, while Kojima-Kenoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship will happen on 7/16 at Nippon Budokan.
The next events for the promotions are as follows:
NOAH-6/19 at Kobe Sambo Hall. Will be on demand only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date
DDT-Wednesday at Shinjuku Face. LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET
Tokyo Joshi Pro-6/19 at Korakuen hall. LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT
Ganbare Pro-6/29 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/8/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the second half of STAR NAVIGATION ’22 today, finishing off their build to CyberFight Festival ’22.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE later today. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA in Japan.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki beat Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada. Suzuki beat Okada with Robinson Special.
Match 2: NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki beat Extreme Tiger, Haoh & Alejandro. Eita pinned Alejandro after Trauma.
Match 3: Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Simon Gotch, HAYATA & Kai Fujimura. Ohara pinned Fujimura after Muy Bien.
Match 4: Timothy Thatcher beat Shuhei Taniguchi by submission.
Match 5: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Takashi Sugiura, Rene Dupree & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Nakajima pinned Dupree after Vertical Spike.
Match 6: Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu to win the titles. Harada, Kotoge & YO-HEY become the 80th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Harada pinned Yoshioka with Katayama German.
Main Event: Satoshi Kojima, Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Inaba beat Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya. Kojima pinned Shiozaki after a Western lariat.
Next up is CyberFight Festival ’22 Sunday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, with Shiozaki-Kojima for the GHC Heavyweight Championship as the main event. The next event after that is 6/19 at Kobe Sambo Hall on Kobe. There will be mo live broadcast
In post-event news, 2 title matches have been announced for the next N INNOVATION on 6/23: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Hajime Ohara for the title and NEW Open The Triangle Gate Champions Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki for the titles. Anticipate another title change here because these are Dragon Gate titles and Eita is based there.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/7/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the first half of STAR NAVIGATION 2022 today, a doubleheader that serves as their final build to CyberFight Festival ’22.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The live broadcast was available only on ABEMA in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 455.
Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Alejandro.
Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Kai Fujimura. Saito pinned Fujimura after Sickle Of Death.
Match 3: HAYATA & Daiki Inaba beat YO-HEY & Kinya Okada. HAYATA pinned Okada with a crucifix.
Match 4: Atsushi Kotoge beat Extreme Tiger.
Match 5: Daisuke Harada & Haoh beat Tadasuke & Hi69 by DQ. Tadasuke DQ’d. Ref assault.
Match 6: Satoshi Kojima beat Manabu Soya.
Match 7: Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki to win the titles. Ogawa, Yoshioka & Susumu become the 79th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Yoshioka pinned NOSAWA after a buzzsaw kick. These are the trios/6-man titles in Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling.
Match 8: Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Simon Gotch beat Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Tanaka pinned Funaki.
Main Event: Takashi Sugiura, Hideki Suzuki, Rene Dupree, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Timothy Thatcher beat Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Michael Elgin, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Thatcher beat Inamura with a Fujiwara armbar.
The second event is tomorrow. 2 late changes were announced for tomorrow: TBA in the 4th match, who may also be added to CyberFight Festival, is Thatcher, and Ogawa/Yoshioka/Susumu vs. Kotoge/Harada/YO-HEY is now for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship. Live streaming of the event is ABEMA ONLY, but it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE afterwards.
Other post-event news:
GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masato Tanaka for the title and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Simon Gotch have been announced for 6/19 at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. This event will be taped for on demand broadcast at a later date (no live broadcast).
Announced for the next N INNOVATION on 6/23 at Shinjuku Face is Haoh vs. Tadasuke in a Loser Expulsion Match-the loser must leave NOAH.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/5/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH began the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour, a short 2-event series that is part of several short series that make up the June schedule around next weekend’s CyberFight Festival ’22.
Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 273.
Match 1: Haoh beat Kai Fujimura.
Match 2: Rene Dupree beat Kinya Okada.
Match 3: Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu beat NOSAWA Rongai & Kotaro Suzuki. Yoshioka pinned Suzuki after a buzzsaw kick.
Match 4: Atsushi Kotoge, Extreme Tiger & Alejandro beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Kotoge pinned Hi69 after Kill Switch.
Match 5: Simon Gotch, HAYATA & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY went to a no contest. NOSAWA Rongai & Kotaro Suzuki interference.
Match 6: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Michael Elgin, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Nakajima beat Inamura.
Main Event: Go Shiozaki, Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Satoshi Kojima, Mohammed Yone & Daiki Inaba. Shiozaki pinned Yone after Go Lariat.
Next up is STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tuesday & Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Tuesday features a title match for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship, the 6-man tag team title of Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling. Both events will be ABEMA-only live broadcasts and will not be available live outside of Japan. The next live WRESTLE UNIVERSE event is CyberFight Festival ’22 next Sunday.
6/5/22-6/11/22 Events Schedule
Here is next wee’s (6/5/22-6/11/22) events schedule, which is subject to change (all times PT):
6/5;
1 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2022, Aore Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. Available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning 6/8 at 2 AM
4/7:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2022, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live in Japan only on ABEMA. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
3 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Pumping Iron 2022”, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
6/8:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2022, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live in Japan only on ABEMA. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Independence, MO. LIVE on TBS in US, New Japan World in Japan and FITE elsewhere.
6/10:
TBA-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”, Independence, MO. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere. Start time dependent on NHL Western Conference Playoffs schedule.
6/11:
5 PM-NWA Alwayz Ready, Knoxville, TN. LIVE on FITE
9 PM-CyberFight Festival ’22, Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan. LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
10 PM-New Japan Pro Wrestling DOMINION, Osaka-jo Hall, Osaka, Japan. LIVE on New Japan World
