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GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest blowout event today, is now in the books. The event featured every GHC Title on the line, the first-ever women’s single match in the promotion and much more.

Today’s event was held at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was only in English because of it being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1277. This sounds bad but Xebio Arena Sendai is not a “huge” venue like the major gyms/sumo halls/Budokans are (it’s primarily a basketball stadium and it’s full capacity for that is only around 3500). With NOAH’s elaborate major event setup that would’ve reduced it to, at most, maybe 2000.

There were unannounced last-minute changes to the first 2 matches as both Yasutaku Yano & Kinya Okada were off the card. Unknown why at this time. Okada was to have been in the 2nd match. Akitoshi Saito was the replacement. Yano was to have been in the opening match. Anthony Greene was the replacement.

Match 1: Anthony Greene beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thacher & Saxon Huxley beat Akitoshi Saito, Yoshiki Inamura & Sean Legacy. Huxley pinned Saito after a diving knee drop.

Match 3: Maya Yukihi beat Sumire Natsu.

Match 4: Kenoh, Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro), Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Ninja Mack, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Shinzaki pinned Kotoge after Nembutsu powerbomb.

Match 5: Dralistico, Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Extreme Tiger, Alpha Wolf & Lancelot by ref stoppage. Dralistico beat Tiger when Tiger could not continue. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a Handicap Match, Dralistico, Dragon Bane & Alejamdro beat Alpha Wolf & Lancelot. Dralistico pinned Wolf with La Mystica.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba to win the titles. Sugiura & Taniguchi become the 64th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Taniguchi pinned Inaba with a half nelson suplex.

Match 7: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita to win the titles. YO-HEY & Tadasuke become the 56th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Tadasuke pinned Ogawa after a lariat.

Match 8: GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jack Morris to retain the title. V3 for Wagner Jr.

Match 9: HAYATA beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA to win the title. HAYATA becomes the 53rd GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee beat Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the title. V1 for Lee.

Post-event news/fallout:
First up for YO-HEY & Tadasuke: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. That match will happen on 4/29 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The full card for MAJESTIC 2023, the promotion’s Golden Week blowout event on 5/4 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, has been announced:
Pre-show:
Mohammed Yone & Super Crazy vs. Akitoshi Saito & Taishi Ozawa
Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Extreme Tiger & Lancelot
Main Show:
Sean Legacy, Stallion Rogers, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke
Maya Yukihi & SAKI vs. Sumire Natsu & Ryo Mizunami
AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro vs. Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69
Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Masato Tanaka
GHC Martial Arts Rules Match: Masakatsu Funaki vs. Shinya Aoki
Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway vs. Eita & Daga
Dralistico vs. Rey Escorpion
Intermission
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley for the titles
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Ninja Mack for the title
GHC National Champion Hijo de. Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Hideki Suzuki for the title
Go Shiozaki Return Match: Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya
GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the title
This event, as well as 4/29, is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast but WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have live streams in English only outside Japan.

The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka as it’s back to the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with another house show.

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

The announced paid attendance was 321.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Hi69 pinned Ozawa after Stuka Splash.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley vs. Yoshiko Inamura & Shawn Legacy went to a double countout.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Naomichu Marufuji, Super Crazy, Extreme Tiger & Lancelot. Mack pinned Tiger after Ninja Bomb.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yasutaka Yano. YO-HEY pinned Yano after a dropkick.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya & HAYATA beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & AMAKUSA. HAYATA pinned AMAKUSA with a transformed crucifix.

Match 7: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Nakajima pinned Greene after Vertical Spike.

Main Event: Takashi Sugiura beat Masa Kitamiya.

The next event is ABEMA Presents GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI on 4/16 at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai. This is a blowout event with all 5 GHC Titles on the line and the second ever Women’s single match in the promotion as Maya Yukihi & Sumire Natsu return to NOAH. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so Japanese will only be available on demand after the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the (really never-ending, it’s going through at least summer) SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the first of all weekend events this month.

Today’s event was held at Osaka ATC Hall Floor B2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 355.

Match 1: Kinya Okada beat Taishi Ozawa by submission.

Match 2: Super Crazy, Extreme Tiger & Lancelot beat Ninja Mack, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Tiger pinned Alejandro after a reverse face bomb.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley beat Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Huxley pinned Hi69 after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jack Morris & Tadasuke. Wagner pinned Morris after Wagner Driver.Match 5: HAYATA & Yasutaka Yano beat AMAKUSA & Atsushi Kotoge. HAYATA pinned AMAKUSA after Hedeck.

Match 6: Eita beat YO-HEY.Match 7: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Shawn Legacy beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Legacy pinned Inamura after a swan dive 450 splash.

Main Event: Jake Lee & Anthony Greene beat Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima by ref stoppage. Lee beat Nakajima with a cobra twist.

The next event is tomorrow at Takaoka Ecole in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the last day of their 4-day tour of northern Japan and the final event before a scheduled break from events.

Today’s event was held at Hachinohe Yutori 1F Multipurpose Large Hall in Aomori and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Thursday morning). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 269.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Akitoshi Saito beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Kinya Okada. Taniguchi pinned Okada after a face kick.

Match 3: Ninja Mack, Lancelot, Super Crazy & Extreme Tiger beat AMAKUSA, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Mack pinned Kotoge after Phoenix Splash.

Match 4: Saxon Huxley beat Yoshiki Inamura.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kaito Kiyomoya & HAYATA. Wagner pinned Kiyomiya after Wagner Driver.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Yasutaku Yano.

Main Event: In a Captains Fall Match, where the team that beat the opposing team’s Captain wins, Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Hahima Ohara & Hi69. Lee pinned Hi69 after a skewered front high kick. The Captains were Hi69 and Tadasuke.

The next event is 4/8 at Osaka ATC Hall Floor B2 in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast. It should be noted that, unless ABEMA-only events are simulcast in English, there are no live WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcasts scheduled until at least early May (everything will be on demand roughly 3 days after the events). (Update: It has been confirmed that 5/4 will be live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only. It’s another ABEMA exclusive)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the 3rd day of their 4-day northern Japan tour. Today’s event featured a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship match.

Today’s event was held at Mutsu Maeda Arena in Aomori and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, probably Wednesday morning. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 577.

Match 1: Yasutaku Yano beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kinya Okada & Akitoshi Saito. Kitamiya pinned Okada after Saito Suplex.

Match 3: Ninja Mack & Aleandro beat Super Crazy & Extreme Tiger. Mack pinned Tiger after Ninja Bomb.

Match 4: Saxon Huxley beat Mohammed Yone.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA. YO-HEY pinned Ogawa after a dropkick.

Match 6: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Nakajima pinned Kotoge after Vertical Spike.

Match 7: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA beat Lancelot to retain the title. V3 for AMAKUSA.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Yoshiki Inamura. Morris pinned Wagner after a tiger driver.

The next event is tomorrow at Hachinohe Yutori 1F Multipurpose Large Hall in Aomori. Because of today’s events, some matches have been changed, most notably the main event is now a 10 Man Captains Fall Match between GLG & Kongo. It’s an elimination match but when/if the Captain is eliminated the match immediately ends. GLG will reveal their captain tomorrow. Kongo captain will be Hi69.
There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, the full card for ABEMA presents GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI on 4/16 (the next major event) has been announced:
Yasutaka Yano vs. Taishi Ozawa
Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley vs. Yoshiki Inamura, Kinya Okada & Sean Legacy
Maya Yukihi vs. Sumire Natsu
Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Ninja Mac, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Kenoh, Jinsei Shinzaki, Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69
Dralistico, Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Extreme Tiger, Alpha Wolf & Lancelot
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi for the titles
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita vs. YO-HEY & Tadasuke for the titles
GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Jack Morris for the title
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. HAYATA for the title
GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima for the title

At this time the event will be an ABEMA-only live broadcast. We should know closer to event time if WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have a live English-only broadcast. If not, it should be available on demand after the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the second day of their 4-day tour of northern Japan.

Today’s event was held at Morioka Gym in Iwate and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 297.

Match 1: Kinya Okada beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Yoshinari Ogawa, HAYATA & Yasutaka Yano. Kotoge pinned Yano after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Wagner pinned Saito after Wagner Driver.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Saxon Huxley beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Taniguchi pinned Inaba after a face kick.

Match 5: Lancelot, Extreme Tiger & Super Crazy beat Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA & Ninja Mack. Lancelot beat AMAKUSA with Samson Clutch.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match, Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke.
Fall 1: Lee pinned Ohara.
Fall 2: Hi69 pinned YO-HEY.
Fall 3: Kenoh pinned Tadasuke.
Kongo wins 2-1.

The next event is tomorrow at Mutsu Maeda Arena in Aomori with AMAKUSA vs. Lancelot for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUBNY VOYAGE 2023 Your today with the start of a 4-day trip through northern Japan for daily house shows.

Today’s event was held at Akita Selion Plaza in Akita and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced pid attendance was 246.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Saito pinned Ozawa after Iron Claw Slam.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 3: Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Hi69 pinned Kotoge after Stuka Splash.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kitamiya pinned Taniguchi after Saito Suplex.

Match 5: AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Lancelot, Super Crazy & Extreme Tiger. AMAKUSA pinned Crazy.

Match 6: Manabu Soya vs. Saxon Huxley went to a double countout.

Match 7: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA beat Jack Morris, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Wagner pinned Morris after La Serviente Azteca.

Main Event: Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Jake Lee & Anthony Greene. Nakajima pinned Greene after Vertical Spike.

The next event is tomorrow at Morioka Gym in Iwate. There will be no live broadcast.