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Pro Wrestling NOAH held Episode 3 of MONDAY MAGIC Season 2 today.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Kiyomiya pinned Inaba after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 2: Alejandro beat Daga in 79 seconds.

Match 3: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat TBA & TBA, revealed to be two of Great Mummy, to retain the titles. Morris pinned one Mummy after a tiger driver. V6 for the champs.

Match 4: HAYATA & Ulka Sasaki beat Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. HAYATA beat Owada with Gedo Clutch.

Match 5: Great Sakuya & Nagisa Nozaki vs. Miyuki Takase & Takumi Iroha went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 6: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Lee pinned Miyawaki after FBS.

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion Ninja Mack beat Alpha Wolf to retain the title.. V2 for Mack.

The final episode of Season 2 is next Monday. Announced for next week are Morris & Greene again defending the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Titles vs. TBA in an open challenge and Kiyomiya vs. Lee, with the winner facing Wagner Jr. for the GHC Heavyweight Championship on 5/4. That’s the next event on the schedule, and it’s already a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the STAR NAVIGATION 2024 Tour today with this month’s installment.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 935.

There were a couple late changes to the card because Dragon Bane was removed due to injury (broken nose).

Match 1: Ninja Mack beat Alejandro & Alpha Wolf in a 3-way by pinning Wolf.

Match 2: Daiki Inaba beat Yu Owada.

Match 3: Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Tadasuke pinned Hi69 after Good Looking Piledriver.

Match 4: Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ulka Sasaki beat Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki by ref stoppage. Sasaki beat Miyawaki with a sleeper hold.

Match 5: HAYATA beat GHC National Champion Jack Morris to win the title. HAYATA becomes the 11th GHC National Champion.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Go Shiozaki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Jake Lee, Masa Kitamiya & Ryohei Oiwa. Shiozaki pinned Oiwa after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Kenoh.

The next event is Sunday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo for a doubleheader. There will be no live broadcasts.

Pro Wrestling NOAH held Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC Season 2 today, promising more unpredictable happenings after last week’s season premiere.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Jake Lee beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi & HAYATA beat Daiki Inaba & Junta Miyawaki. HAYATA pinned Miyawaki after a tiger driver.

Match 3: Miyuki Takase beat Great Sakuya by DQ. Deadly weapon use.

Match 4: Alpha Wolf beat Daga, Ninja Mack & Alejandro in a 4-way by pinning Mack.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Masa Kitamiya beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud). Kiyomiya pinned Sugiura after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Main Event: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto to retain the titles.YO-HEY pinned Miyamoto after a dropkick. V5 for the champs.

Episode 3 is next Monday with GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. TBA in an Open Challenge for the titles and GHC Hardcore Champion Ninja Mack vs. Alpha Wolf for the title.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Injury Report: Akitoshi Saito is now off Thursday. Lower back contusion. He was to have teamed with Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge to fave Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Hi69 is the replacement.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 today in Osaka, headlined by a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Title match.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 448.

There were last-minute changes because Dragon Bane was off the event due to a broken nose. Currently out at least 1 week.

Match 1: Tadasuke beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki in a 3-way by pinning Miyawaki.

Match 3: Yo-HEY beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 4: HAYATA & Shuji Kondo beat Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa. HAYATA pinned Ogawa.

Match 5: Alpha Wolf beat Ninja Mack.

Match 6: Kenoh, Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Naomichi Marufuji, Daiki Inaba & Ulka Sasaki. Kenoh pinned Inaba after PFS.

Match 7: Jake Lee beat Go Shiozaki.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa to retain the titles. Morris pinned Oiwa after a tiger driver. V5 for the champs.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 2 Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, which will feature a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. It is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has just announced a breaking njury change for today’s event in Osaka: Dragon Bane is now off. Broken nose. Out at least 1 week. For today, he was to have teamed with Alpha Wolf to face Ninja Mack & Alejandro, but now it means Alpha Wolf will now face Ninja Mack and Alejandro will face Junta Miyawaki & Hajime Ohara in a 3-way instead of original plans. For Thursday at Korakuen Hall, the first match is now Ninja Mack vs. Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro in a 3-way. For 4/14, match 2 is now Ninja Mack vs. Alpha Wolf & Hajime Ohara in a 3-way.

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

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 189.

Match 1: Takashi Sugiura beat Yu Owada by submission.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 3: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. Daga pinned Ohara after Diablo Wings.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Kotoge pinned Tadasuke after Bat Hanging.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Ulka Sasaki beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Wagner Jr. pinned Inaba after Serpiente Azteca.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Mack pinned Bane after Whirlwind Leg.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & HAYATA beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & YO-HEY. Kiyomiya pinned YO-HEY after Hentai Shining Wizard.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with Kiyomiya & Oiwa vs. Morris & Greene for the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Unfortunately, because of how Osaka is with events, there will be no live broadcast.

In other news, both Ninja Mack & HAYATA were announced for this year’s Best Of The Super Junior Tournament by New Japan Pro Wrestling. It will be the first entry for both in the prestigious Junior Heavyweight showcase.

After a very successful first run several months ago, Pro Wrestling NOAH brought back the MONDAY MAGIC series for a second season of events, which kicked off today with Episode 1.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It also streamed live on ABEMA in Japan.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Luis Mante (Dragon Gate) beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Mante pinned Wolf after Vuelta Finale.

Match 2; Kenoh beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 3: Nagisa Nozaki & Great Sakuya beat Miyuki Takase & Nameless (?). Sakuya pinned Nameless after a moonsault press.

Match 4; Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Masa Kitamiya, Junta Miyawaki & Yu Owada. YO-HEY pinned Owada after a dropkick.

Match 5: Yoshinari Ogawa & Gedo (New Japan) vs. HAYATA & Eita went to a no contest.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Ulka Sasaki.

Episode 2 is next Monday and will feature a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match as YO-HEY & Tadasuke defend the titles against Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto.

The next event is Saturday at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, after making a surprise appearance today, former Stardom wrestler Giulia has been added to the 5/4 event at Ryogoku Kokugikan. More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up March with a STAR NAVIGATION 2024 Tour event, headlined by a GHC Heavyweight Championship match.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (No ABEMA this time) You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1338. If not a sellout or at least a near-sellout it had to be close.

Match 1; Masa Kitamiya beat Shuhei Taniguchi.

Match 2: Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge beat Takashi Sugiura & Hajime Ohara. Kotoge pinned Ohara after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Anthony Greene beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 4; Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy beat Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki. Daga pinned Miyawaki after Diablo Wings.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Oiwa pinned Owada after Doctor Bomb.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Ulka Sasaki.

Match 7: HAYATA, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jack Morris, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. HAYATA beat Morris with Samson Clutch.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jake Lee to retain the title. V1 for Wagner Jr.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 2 Episode 1 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (and ABEMA) will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their second standalone LIMIT BREAK event today, dubbed LIMIT BREAK ex.

Today’z event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. However, it may be temporarily unavailable due to audio issues with the live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 330, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Yu Owada beat Rukiya (DDT).

Match 2: Mohammd Yone & Hi69 beat Yuto Kikuchi & Harutoki (?). Hi69 pinned Harutoki after Stuka Splash.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita & Atsushi Kotoge beat Kazusada Higuchi (DDT) & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer). Kotoge pinned Menso-re after Kill Switch.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama (DDT) & Akitoshi Saito vs. Shuji Ishikawa (Independent/Freelancer) & Ren Ayabe (All-Japan) went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino (DDT) beat Go Shiozaki & Genta Yubari (Independent/Freelancer). Endo pinned Yubari after Burning Star Press.

The next LIMIT BREAK event will be on 6/19 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be a Go Shiozaki 20th Anniversary event.

The next event is 3/31 at Korakuen Hall for a STAR NAVIGATION 2024 Tour event with GHC Heavyweight Champion Hijo dr Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Jake Lee for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET

GREAT VOYAGE 2024 in YOKOHAMA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest major event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. This was an English-only live broadcast due to the usual ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 977. Unfortunately low as usual, it seems.

There were multiple changes just before the event because Kaito Kiyomiya was removed due to injury. Spinal concussion. He was to have teamed with Ryohei Oiwa to challenge for the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

Match 1; HAYATA, Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Super Crazy. Mack pinned Bane after a diving foot stomp in the corner on a hanging opponent.

Match 2 Daiki Inaba beat Shuhei Taniguchi.

Match 3: LJ Cleary beat Hajime Ohara.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Shuji Kondo beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Wagner pinned Tadasuke after Wagner Driver.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya beat Manabu Soya & Ryohei Oiwa in a 3-way by pinning Soya.

Match 6: Kenoh beat Ulka Sasaki by countout.

Match 7: In an elimination match, Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Yoshinari Ogawa, Junta Miyawaki & Yu Owada beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Owada & Marufuji were the remaining winners.

Match 8: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga beat YO-HEY to retain the title. V5 for Daga.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher to retain the titles. Morris pinned Huxley after a shooting star press. V4 for the champs.

The next event is The Reeve Presents LIMIT BREAK ex. Wednesday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: Soya apparently has some planned surgery upcoming. Cubital tunnel syndrome (elbow/ulnar nerve). Out indefinitely but likely a few months.

In better news, the promotion announced that Samurai! TV broadcaster/personality Miki Motoi will make her NOAH commentary debut as a special guest on 3/31 at Korakuen Hall, which will be a live WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast. She frequently appears in New Japan on Samurai! TV broadcasts and is fluent in English & Spanish, and regularly covers Mexican wrestling for the network.