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SPRING MAYHEM RYOGOKU 20026, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Golden Week blowout event, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Keiji Muto & Shinjiro Otani joined Akitoshi Saito as guest former wrestlers on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 4539. They did not use the full capacity (particularly in the lower level box seats that can seat 4-6 for sumo) so it was not setup for the normal maximum of 15,000. So this number is not as bad as it sounds.

The match order was not announced until event time, in part due to fan voting for the main event.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. Kotoge beat Takahashi with a Texas cloverleaf.
Match 2: Eita beat Katsumi Inahata.

Main show:
Match 1: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Mohammed Yone, Kazuyuki Fujita & Daiki Odashima. KENTA pinned Odashima after GO 2 SLEEP.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Knull beat Kid Lykos 1 & 2 by pinning 2.

Match 3: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & TBA, revealed at match time to be Yuki Iino (DDT) beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro and Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke in a 3-way when Soya pinned Alejandro.

Match 4: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat RYUSEI & Angel Reyes. Wolf pinned Reyes after a package piledriver.

Match 5: In a No DQ match, BUSHI beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh beat Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows. Marufuji pinned Gallows.

Match 7: OZAWA beat Tetsuya Naito.

Match 8: Dragon Bane beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA to win the title. Bane becomes the 61st GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Eita. That match will happen on 6/20 at Agematsu Town Community Center in Nagano at the Eita 15th Anniversary Event.

Main Event: Shane Haste beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura to win the title. Haste becomes the 50th GHC Heavyweight Champion. UPSET ALERT!!! Whoa. Seriously. Never saw this coming! But it could be a short reign. Next up: KENTA. That match will happen on 5/13 at Korakuen Hall. As for Inamura, he could get back in the picture quickly on 5/13 but he’ll have to get through old-new nemesis OZAWA first.

More news/fallout presumably to come.

The next event is AFTER MAYHEM 2026 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Also an important note for Tuesday’s (Monday US time) Korakuen Hall event-the match card will not be announced in advance. That event is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan but will be available outside Japan on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has just announced an injury change to upcoming events-rookie Hiroto Tsuruya apparently was injured over the last few days. Concussion, or at least a suspected one. Out indefinitely. Changes to Wednesday’s card have been made. It’s not yet known how long Tsuruya may be out but the promotion stated on social media in English that “His health and safety are our top priority.”

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their monthly Legacy Rise 2036 Tour event today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1021.

Match 1: Manabu Soya, Eita, Super Crazy & Daiki Odashima beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hajime Ohara & Katsumi Inahata. Soya pinned Ohara after Ballistic.

Match 2: Kid Lycos 1 & 2 & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Yuto Koyanagi. 1 pinned Koyanagi after a swanton bomb.

Match 3: Knull beat Midori Takahashi. Squash (81 seconds).

Match 4: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Anderson pinned Harutoki after Magic Killer.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh beat Masa Kitamiya & Alpha Wolf. Marufuji pinned Wolf with a perfect neck hold.

Match 6: OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Masaoka beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI by DQ. BUSHI DQ’d. Mist attack.

Match 7: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Tadasuke & Kai Fujimura to retain the titles. Alejandro pinned Tadasuke. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: KENTA & Shane Haste beat Yoshiki Inamura & AMAKUSA. Haste pinned Inamura after Bomb valley Death.

The next event is tomorrow at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Monday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Gunma.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 414.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Hi69 beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Yone pinned Inahata after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Yuto Koyanagi beat Midori Takahashi by submission.

Match 3: Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat Super Crazy & Angel Reyes. Kotoge pinned Crazy.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & AMAKUSA beat Manabu Soya, Balck Menso-re & Hiroto Tsuruya. AMAKUSA pinned Menso-re after Opening Of The Country.

Match 5: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Takashi Sugiura, Knull & Jun Masaoka. Naito pinned Masaoka.

Match 6: Shane Haste, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Daiki Odashima. Haste pinned Harutoki after Bomb Valley Death.

Main Event: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Alpha Wolf, Tadasuke & Kai Fujimura beat Yoshiki Inamura, Dragon Bane, Alejandro, Kid Lykos 1 & 2. Kitamiya pinned Alejandro after Saito Suplex.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Niigata.

Today’s event was held at Bandaijima Multipurpose Square Okama in Niigata. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 781.

Match 1: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat HIroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. Alejandro pinned Takahashi after Spartana.

Match 2: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, AMAKUSA & Yuto Koyanagi beat Mohammed Yone, Hajime Ohara, Katsumi Inahata & Black Menso-re. Kenoh pinned Menso-re after PFS.

Match 3: Alpha Wolf, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Manabu Soya, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Tadasuke beat Hi69 with an armbar.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Odashima beat Super Crazy & Hitoshi Kumano. Kiyomiya pinned Crazy after Skywalk Elbow.

Match 5: Takashi Sugiura beat Harutoki by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 6: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Knull & Kai Fujimura beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, Angel Reyes & RYUSEI. Knull pinned RYUSEI after Mount Nur.

Main Event; Shane Haste, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Yoshiki INamura, Kid Lykos 1 & 2. Haste pinned 2 after Bomb Valley Death.

The next event is tomorrow at G Messe Gunma in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

APEX CONQUEST 2026 in NAGOYA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest major event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. This was an exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1280. That’s just over half capacity for the venue in the promotion’s debut since it reopened in January after a brief closure (it first opened in 2008). The venue’s main arena capacity listed is 2536.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi beat Manabu Soya, Black Menso-re & Yuto Koyanagi. Odashima pinned Menso-re after Dead End.

Match 2: Angel Reyes & RYUSEI beat Eita & Hiroto Tsuruya. RYUSEI beat Tsuruya with a reverse Boston Crab.

Match 3: Knull, Kai Fujimura & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hi69. Tadasuke pinned Hi69.

Match 4: Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & AMAKUSA beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata. AMAKUSA pinned Inabata after Opening Of The Country.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Kitamiya beat Harutoki with Stranglehold y.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Kid Lycos 1 & 2 to retain the titles. Bane pinned 2 after Santa Maria. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat OZAWA & Jun Masaoka to retain the titles. Naito pinned OZAWA. V3 for the champs.

Main event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura beat Alpha Wolf to retain the title. V6 for Inamura.

The next event is Saturday at Bandaijima Mumtipurpose Square Okama in Niigata. There will be no live or on demand broadcast (at this time).

UPDATE: Here is the post-event news/fallout roundup:

Next up for Inamura: Shane Haste, who until a few months ago was part of New Japan but hasn’t been seen in a while. He was a regular in NOAH in his early career along with longtime tag partner Mikey Nicholls. That match will happen on 5/2 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. 5/2 will also have GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. Dragon Bane for the title. Haste will be part of the White Raven Squad faction in this current run.

It’s time for GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Bane & Alejandro to run the Team 2000X gauntlet as next up are Tadasuke & Fujimura. That match will happen on 4/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

New Japan wrestler Tiger Mask 4, who is retiring in July, has been announced for 5/13 at Korakuen and will team with Kenoh to face Marufuji & Alejandro.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran another UNIVERSE MAGIC event yesterday in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: UNIVERSE CUP Semifinals: Naomichi Marufuji beat Hayabusa.

Match 2: UNIVERSE CUP Semifinals: Sanshiro Takagi beat The Great Sasuke.

Match 3: Tokyo Joshi Pro Match: Miyu Yamashita beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Takeshi Masada & Yunehito Imanari beat Masato Tanaka, Isami Kodaka, Taro Nobashi & The Great Mummy. Inanari pinned Mummy after a lariat.

Match 5: Yuna won a 10 woman battle royal, last eliminating Chika Akatsuki.

Main Event: UNIVERSE CUP Finals: Naomichi Marufuji beat Sanshiro Takagi to win the tournament.

The next event is APEX CONQUEST 2026 in NAGOYA Sunday at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 439.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Dragon Bane, Alejandro, Harutoki & Katsumi Inahata. Yone pinned Inahata after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura, Knull & Tadasuke beat AMAKUSA. Eita & Black Menso-re. Tadasuke pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Manabu Soya & Daiki Odashima. Endo pinned Odashima after Burning Star Press.

Match 4: OZAWA beat Midori Takahashi.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Yuto Koyanagi.

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, RYUSEI & Angel Reyes. Masaoka pinned RYUSEI after Ambitions.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the monthly Legacy Rise 2026 Tour today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1012.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara. Endo pinned Ohara after God’s Right Knee.

Match 2: Knull beat Manabu Soya & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by beating Menso-re.

Match 3: Naomichi Matufuji, Dragon Banr, Eita & Yuto Koyanagi beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. Bane pinned Tsuruya after Twister Bane.

Match 4: Kai Fujinura beat Alejandro.

Match 5: Kenoh beat AMAKUSA.

Match 6: OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, RYUSEI & Angel Reyes. OZAWA pinned RYUSEI after Destino. Real Rebel stuff of course.

Match 7: Daga beat Daiki Odashima.

Main Event: Alpha Wolf & Masa Kitamiya beat Yoshiki Inamura & Kazuyuki Fujita. Wolf pinned Inamura after a package piledriver.

The next event is Saturday at Tama Mirai Messe. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling MOAH continued the (new never-ending) Lethal Odyssey 2026 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 322.

Match 1: Daga & Hiroto Tauruya beat Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi. Daga pinned Takahashi after a vertical drop brainbister.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Manabu Soya & Black Menso-re. HAYATA beat Menso-re with a modified Indian deathlock.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh beat AMAKUSA & Katsumi Inahata. Marufuji beat Inahata with a perfect neck lock.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Knull, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara. Knull pinned Ohara after Mount Nur.

Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Hiroto Tsuruya by submission.

Match 6: Harutoki & Alejandro beat OZAWA & Kai Fujinura by DQ. Fujimura DQ’d. weapon use.

Main Event: Alpha Wolf & Masa Kitamiya beat Yoshiki Inamura & Dragon Bane. Kitamiya pinned Bane.

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

In other news, the promotion announced on Twitter that OZAWA’s official Twitter account has been hacked. It has been locked while recovery efforts are underway but they caution users not to click on any messages or links from the account. This is the second major incident affecting Japanese wrestlers recently following New Japan wrestler Yuji Nagata having his account hacked & taken over by crypto pushers/scammers. After failed attempts to recover the account, including fellow wrestlers like Josh Barnett trying to amplify the issue and get higher-up help (which won’t happen because of how Musky it is there), Nagata made a new account about a week ago and is back to his normal online self.