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Pro Wrestling NOAH returned to Europe today to take part in a crossover event with independent promotions Progress Wrestling & DEFY Wrestling.

Today’s event was held at TURBINENHALLE 2 in Oberhausen, Germany and can be watched on demand on Triller TV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month) or a Progress Plus subscription (7.99 British Pounds/month, about $10.75 US) in English. It is not known when/if it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1; Gringo Loco beat Kid Lycos 2.

Match 2: Cara Noir beat Taishi Ozawa by submission.

Match 3: Man Like Dereiss beat Arez, Latigo & Kid Lycos in a 4-way by pinning Latigo.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji beat Axel Tischer. Slightly questionable finish as it was very close on the 3 count because the ref seemed to count 3 as Tischer kicked out but waited a few seconds to actually call for the bell. Afterwards, Tischer with microphone. He claimed it was 2 and demanded a rematch either here or in Japan. Accepted by Marufuji.

Match 5: Progress Women’s World Champion Rhio beat Stephanie Maze to retain the title.

Main Event: Progress Men’s World Champion Luke Jacobs beat Timothy Thatcher to retain the title.

The next event is Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the 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 287.

Match 1: AMAKUSA & Eita beat Alejandro & Cristobal. Eita pinned Cristobal after Imperial Uno.

Match 2: Junta Miyawaki & Kai Fujimura beat Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi. Miyawaki pinned Tadasuke.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Yu Owada beat Daga, Super Crazy, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Kitamiya pinned Crazy after Saito Suplex.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Manabu Soya & Ulka Sasaki. Wagner Jr. pinned Soya after Wagner Driver.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Daiki Odashima by submission.

Match 6: Jack Morros vs. Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary in a 3-way went to a no contest.

Main Event: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & HAYATA beat Hajime Ohara & Atsushi Kotoge to retain the titles.YO-HEY pinned Kotoge after Super Face-G. V2 for the champs.

The next event is a special crossover event with Progress Wrestling & Defy Wrestling Saturday at TURBINENHALLE 2 in Oberhausen, Germany. It will be available for live streaming on the Progress Wrestling streaming service Progress Plus, which is available worldwide for the equivalent of 7.99 British Pounds/month, or about $10.70/US, or 79.99 Pounds/year (about $107 US), beginning at 5 AM PT/8 AM ET. It will also be available on demand on the service immediately after the live event.

The next Japan event is 10/7. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

10/2/24 UPDATE: Saturday’s event will also be available on TrillerTV/FITE for Triller+ subscribers. That service is available for $7.99/month. (Although because I was a subscriber before a price hike and have remained so, I get to keep my old rate of $49.99/year)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their latest LIMIT BREAK ex. event 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 290.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Yuya Koroku (DDT).

Match 2: The Reeve Mask beat Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer).

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino (DDT) beat Kai Fujimura & Kohei Kinoshita (Independent/Freelancer). Endo pinned Fujimura after a torture rack bomb.

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

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match, Go Shiozaki, Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge beat Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya, Tomomitsu Matsunaga (DDT) & Harutoki. Fall 1: Harutoki pinned Shiozaki. Fall 2: Shiozaki pinned Harutoki. Fall 3: Saito pinned Matsunaga. NOAH Team wins 2-1.

The next event is Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The next LIMIT BREAK card has been announced and will be headlined by Harutoki defending the ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship against Shiozaki. That event will be at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo.

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

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 289.

Match 1: Yoshitatsu beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 2: Junta Miyawaki beat Tadasuke & Yu Owada in a 3-way by pinning Owada.

Match 3: Mohammed Yone & Kai Fujimura beat AMAKUSA & Super Crazy. Yone pinned Crazy after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 4: Ulka Sasaki & Eita beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Eita pinned Wolf.

Match 5: YO-HEY beat Hajime Ohara.

Match 6: HAYATA vs. Atsushi Kotoge went to a no contest.

Match 7: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo. Wagner Jr. pinned Kondo after a jumping DDT.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Masa Kitamya beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh & Alejandro. Kitamiya pinned Alejandro after Saito Suplex.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama for a LIMIT BREAK ex. event. 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 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 285.

Match 1: Kenoh beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 2: Shuji Kondo & Eita beat Dragon Bane & Tadasuke. Kondo pinned Tadasuke after a King Kong lariat.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Kai Fujimura. Sasaki pinned Taniguchi with a backdrop hold.

Match 4: Daga & Alpha Wolf beat AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Daga pinned Miyawaki with La Magistral.

Match 5: Galeno Del Mal beat Yu Owada.

Match 6: Manabu Soya, HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Soya pinned OHara after Michinoku Driver 2.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji & Masa Kitamiya beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro. Kitamiya beat Kiyomiya with Prison Lock.

The next event is Monday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Kaaukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 356.

Match 1: AMAKUSA beat Daiki Odashima by submission.

Match 2: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Mohammed Yone & Shuhei Taniguchi. Bane pinned Taniguchi after Twister Bane.

Match 3: Super Crazy beat Yu Owada.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno Del Mal & Daga beat Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Junta Miyawaki. Daga pinned Miyawaki with La Magistral.

Match 5: Shuji Kondo, Eita, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi. Kotoge pinned YO-HEY after Kill Switch.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Kai Fujimura. Alejandro pinned Sugiura.

The next event is Saturday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In fallout from today, Kotoge & Ohara have been given a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot. That match will happen on 9/30. And despite being a Junior Heavyweight, Alejandro’s stunning upset by pinning Sugiura today means a GHC Heavyweight Championship chance with Kenoh as his partner. That match will happen on 10/14 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event today, saying farewell to Ryohei Oiwa before the Young Lion returns to New Japan upon completion of his traditional training excursion, which he chose to spend in Japan instead of going overseas like most do.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to ABEMA exclusives in Japan. Former NOAH wrestler Tamon Honda was a special guest on Japanese commentary. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1391.

Match 1: Daiki Odashima Debut Match: Yu Owada beat Daiki Odashima by submission. Odashima was trained by Honda so he got to watch his latest protege begin his pro career.

Match 2: Shuji Kondo & Eita beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Kai Fujimura. Eita pinned Fujimura after Imperial Uno.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Masa Kitamiya beat Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal. Kitamiya pinned Cristobal after Saito suplex.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno Del Mal & Daga beat Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Super Crazy. Del Mal pinned Crazy after Galeno Special.

Match 5: HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat AMAKUSA, Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawako. YO-HEY pinned Kotoge after a dropkick. This was the first official NOAH match for Kikuchi as a member of the promotion (he previously competed on some LIMIT BREAK events, he previously was a member of Dotonbori Pro Wrestling but joined NOAH on 9/1 on the recommendation of Daisuke Harada).

Match 6: Manabu Soya beat GHC National Champion Ulka Sasaki to win the title. Soya becomes the 13th GHC National Champion.

Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa Final NOAH Match: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Ryohei Oiwa by submission. The match went over 27 minutes. As noted earlier, Oiwa is now headed back to New Japan although when he will resume competing there is not yet known.

The usual post-big event news/fallout:
First up for Soya: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., the most dominant GHC National Champion to date. That match will happen on 10/14 at Korakuen
GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Masa Kitamiya for the title is also now official for 10/14.
10/14 will be the final Korakuen match for Akitoshi Saito before his retirement in November. That match will be Saito, Shiro Koshinaka & AKIRA vs. Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge.
The 4th match now set for 10/14 is Josh Barnett & Ulka Sasaki vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Kazyyuki Fujita.
Daiki Odashima, after his debut today, faces AMAKUSA tomorrow then gets quite the step up after that in his third career match-Kenoh. That match will happen on 9/21 at Shinjuku Face.

The next event is Monday at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: In outside-the-ring news, congratulations to NOAH semi-regular LJ Cleary on his announcement of becoming engaged to current WWE wrestler Lyra Valkyria, which was made on Cleary’s Instagram.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up their UK weekend tour earlier today with the final event in England.

Today’s event was held at the Electric Ballroom in London, England. There was no live broadcast and no on demand broadcast T this time.

The announced paid attendance was 304.

Match 1: LJ Cleary beat AMAKUSA.

Match 2: Manabu Soya beat Gene Munny.

Match 3: Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki beat Kieron Lacey & Mark Trew. Sasaki pinned Lacey with a backdrop hold.

Match 4: Dragom Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jack Morris & Tate Mayfairs. Bane pinned Mayfairs after Santa Maria.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji & Saxon Huxley beat Axel Tiacher & Taishi Ozawa. Huxley pinned Ozawa after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Kid Lycos & Lycos 2 to retain the titles. YO-HEY pinned Lycos after Super Face G. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: Progress Wrestling Men’s World Champion Luke Jacobs beat Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura in a 3-way by pinning Inamura to retain the title.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat Ricky Knight Jr. to retain the title. V4 for Kiyomiya.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:40 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: Next up for Kiyomiya-if he has his way, Masa Kitamiya. When is TBA. Also, Inamura states post-match he will not return to NOAH and instead go on another international training excursion.

UPDATE 2 (9/11/24): All 3 UK events will be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 9/26 at 6 AM PT/9 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH is on a weekend tour of the UK this weekend, running 2 events co-produced with the independent promotion Progress Wrestling. The tour wraps up today but we now have results from the first 2 events.

Friday;s event was held at O2 Academy n Edinburgh, Scotland. There was no live broadcast and it’s not known if it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 240.

Match 1; AMAKUSA & TO-HEY beat Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey. YO-HEY pinned Trew after a dropkick.

Match 2: Naomichi Marufuji & Grado beat HAYATA & Tate Mayfairs. Marufuji pinned Mayfairs after Shiraniu.

Match 3: Ulka Sasaki beat LJ Cleary by submission.

Match 4: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Kid Lycos & Lycos 2 went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Kenoh beat Gene Munny.

Match 6: Axel Tischer beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 7: Yoshiki Inamura beat Will Kroos.

Match 7: Ricky Knight Jr. beat Manabu Soya. I think…NOAH’s official website also has graphics that suggest it could have been a Double KO.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya & Masa Kitamiya beat Jack Morris & Saxon Huxley. Kiyomiya pinned Hucley after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Yesterday’s event was held at The O2 Ritz in Manchester, England.

The announced paid attendance was 420.

Match 1: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey. Bane pinned Trew after Santa Maria.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya beat Gene Munny.

Match 3: Luke Jacobs beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 4: Kid Lycos & Lycos 2 beat Jack Morris & YO-HEY. Lycos pinned YO-HEY after a oackage DDT. This led to a card change for today’s event, namely the Lycoses getting a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji & AMAKUSA Beat Ulka Sasaki & LJ Cleary. Marufuji pinned Cleary after Shiranui.

Match 6: Yoshiki Inamura beat Charlie Sterling.

Match 7: Saxon Huxley & HAYATA beat Manabu Soya & Tate Mayfairs. Huxley pinned Mayfairs after a neck hanging bomb.

Main Event: Ricky Knight Jr. & Axel Tischer beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh. Knight pinned Kiyomiya after Goodnight Dricer. Momentum for their previously-announced GHC Heavyweight Championship match today.

The tour-ender is today at The Electric Ballroom in London, England, and is currently in progress as of this post. Results will be posted when available. There is no live broadcast.