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Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced last-minute injury changes to tomorrow’s event because Taishi Ozawa, who was scheduled to compete back in Japan again after being on a training excursion to Europe, is now off. Left foot (fractured cuboid bone) injury suffered in practice. Out indefinitely. He was to have been in the main event, a match of Ozawa, Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal vs. Yu Owada, Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Ulka Sasaki & Kai Fujimura. Owada has now been removed from the match and will now face Harutoki in a new match added to the card, which will be the 4rh match. The main event will instead be an 8-man tag. It’s not yet known how long Ozawa will be out.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their monthly STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event in Tokyo today, this one a special PREMIUM event as it would be the last such event for Akitoshi Saito before his retirement next month.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. Japanese may not be available yet and the English version is edited because it was an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1302.

Pre-show match: HAYATA beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi & Eita beat Galeno Del Mal & Alpha Wolf. Taniguchi pinned Wolf after Maybach Bomb Zwei.

Match 2: Junta Miyawaki, Tadasuke, Kai Fujimura & Yu Owada beat YO-HEY, AMAKUSA, Dragon Bane & Yuto Kikuchi. Miyawaki pinned YO-HEY.

Match 3: Jack Morris & Daga beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Morris pinned Greene after a tiger driver.

Match 4: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Kenoh & Alejandro to retain the titles. Sugiura pinned Alejandro after an avalanche Olympic Yosen Slam. V3 for the champs.

Match 5: Masakatsu Funaki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Josh Barnett & Ulka Sasaki. Funaki beat Barnett with a heel hold.

Match 6: GHC National Champion Manabu Soya beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to retain the title. V1 for Soya.

Match 7: Akitoshi Saito Final Korakuen Match: Akitoshi Saito, Shiro Koshinaka & AKIRA beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge. Saito pinned Kotoge after Death Brand.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat Masa Kitamiya by submission to retain the title. V5 for Kiyomiya.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

The post-event news/fallout:
For the second straight year, former New Japan icon and current WWE wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura will return to Japan for NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2025 on Janiuary 1, 2025. Last year he faced Keiji Muto, this year he’ll face Ulka Sasaki.

It was announced that Saturday’s event, the first half of a doubleheader that day at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, will now be an ALL REBELLION produced event. The second event is a LIMIT BREAK ex. event. Both events that day will be live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE with the first event beginning Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The second event will begin Saturday at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

Nest up for Kiyomiya: The winner of a determination match between Marufuji & Sugiura. That match will happen on 11/6 at Korakuen. The title match will be on 11/17 at the Akitoshi Saito Retirement Event.

Next up for Soya: Shiozaki. That match will happen on 11/9 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending 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 189.

Match 1: Daga beat Daiki Odashima by submission.

Match 2: Eita & LJ Cleary beat Shuhei Taniguchi & HAYATA. Eita pinned HAYATA.

Match 3: Dragon Bane & Yuto Kikuchi beat Kai Fujimura & Yu Owada. Kikuchi pinned Fujimura after a tornado stamp.

Match 4: YO-HEY & AMAKUSA beat Junta Miyawaki & Tadasuke. YO-HEY pinned Miyawaki after a dropkick.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno Del Mal & Alpha Wolf beat Manaby Soya, Go Shiozaki & Hajime Ohara. Wagner Jr. pinned Ohara after Aztec Snake.

Match 6: Anthony Greene beat Jack Morris by DQ.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal beat Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya, Ulka Sasaki & Atsushi Kotoge. Order of elimination: Cristobal by Sugiura, Kotoge, Kenoh by Sugiura, Sufiura by Alejandro, Alejandro, Sasaki by Kiyomiya, Kitamiya by Kiyomiya.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall for the final Akitoshi Saito match in the venue as well as 3 title matches including GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Masa Kitamiya for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in ENGLISH ONLY will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is a live ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so the UNIVERSE live version will be edited at times. The original unedited ABEMA broadcast will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the broadcast ends.

Also announced for 11/9 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 was HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Eita & Shuhei Taniguchi. If Taniguchi can get his weight down to or under the 220 pound/100kg weight limit before the event, the match will be for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. If he can’t, it will be a NON-TITLE match.

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.