Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced a change to this Saturday’s LIMIT BREAK ex. event: REAL ZERO1 wrestler Satsuki Nagao is now off the card. Unspecified injury. He was to have faced Yoshitatsu. Junya Matsunaga (also from REAL ZERO1) is the replacement.
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Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/13/24 Results (Updated)
DESTINATION 2024, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest signature blowout event, is in the books.
Today’s event was held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV only on ABEMA in select countries including the US for the next week. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 4196. Not sure what the setup was for (the venue’s normal capacity is around 8500, I imagine it was set up for closer to 6000) but on paper this sounds like a decent number and much better than for recent major events capacity-wise.
Match 1: Alejandro & Cristobal beat Ninja Mack & Junta Miyawaki and Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy in a 3-way when Alejandro pinned Crazy.
Match 2: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Shuhei Taniguchi. Soya pinned Taniguchi after a jumping DDT.
Match 3: Shuji Kondo, Eita & AKIRA (Independent/Freelancer0 beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Eita pinned Owada after Imperial Uno.
Match 4; Kenoh beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan).
Match 5: GLG FInal Match: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Lee pinned Cleary after FBS. Per Lee’s earlier announcement, GLG has now disbanded.
Match 6: Go Shiozaki beat ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Akitoshi Saito to win the title. Shiozaki becomes the 34th ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion.
Match 7: Ulka Sasaki beat GHC National Champion HAYATA by ref stoppage (techinical submission) to win the title. Sasaki becomes the 12th GHC National Champion.
Match 8: AMAKUSA beat GHC Juntior Heavyweight Champion Daga to win the title. AMAKUSA becomes the 55th GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Match 9: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Wagner Jr. pinned Wolf after Wagner Driver.
Match 10: AJ Styles (WWE) beat Naomichi Marufuji.
Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat YOICHI to retain the title. V2 for Kiyomiya. Next up: Probably the N-1 VICTORY Tournament winner, unless it’s Kiyomiya.
The next event is The Reeve Presents LIMIT BREAK ex. on 7/20 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. LIve streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.
The usual post-event news/fallout:
Injury Report: Daiki Inaba was injured during his match. Torn meniscus. Out indefinitely.
After the event, YOICHI announced he was changing his ring name back to Yoshiki Inamura.
The next Nippon Budokan event will be NOAH THE NEW YEAR on 1/1/2025.
The full N-1 VICTORY schedule and field was announced, there will be 16 participants in 2 blocks of 8. More significantly, there is more WWE participation as WWE has recently shown more openness to working with other promotions (at least in their NXT brand, which has some programs going with US-based TNA Wrestling although they did allow AJ Styles to come over today and let Shinsuke Nakamura return to Japan to face Keiji Muto at the start of this year). The full field:
Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya, Go Shiozaki, Masa Kitamiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Jack Morris, Dragon Bane, Luis Mante (Dragon Gate, some graphics call him Lewis Mante), Josh Briggs (WWE).
Block B: Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki, Yoshiki Inamura, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Alpha Wolf, Titus Alexander, Tavion Heights (WWE).
Both Briggs & Heights are part of WWE’s NXT label.
Shiozaki is the defending tournament champion. The tournament begins on 8/4 and ends on 9/1 (all tournament events except 8/18 will stream LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, but there will be no live broadcast on 8/18 and 8/12 may only be on ABEMA). The winner in each block will advance to the Finals on 9/1. Tiebreakers will be head-to-head result. If that was a draw, a tiebreaker match will be held.
UPDATE: Akitoshi Saito announced his retirement after losing to Shiozaki. it’s not yet clear if it’s immediate or at a later date. If it’s immediate, Saito is walking away after 33 1/2 years in the ring. His exact age isn’t lnown vut I believe he is in his mid-50s. They also are acting like Jake Lee is leaving the promotion and jumping to New Japan, but he was already announced for this year’s G1 CLIMAX tournament so it’s not known if this is a permanent move or just an angle to cover for the appearance. Lee is apparently now part of Bullet Club. We’ll find out in September, I guess.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/8/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up a 3-day weekend in Hokkaido today with one more house show event.
Today’s event was held at Hakodate General Wholesale Center Distribution Hall in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (scheduled for Friday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 332.
Match 1: Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) beat Tadasuke & Junta Miyawaki in a 3-way by pinning Miyawaki.
Match 2: Anthony Greene beat Daiki Inaba.
Match 3: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Super Crazy. Bane pinned Crazy.
Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Eita beat Jake Lee, LJ Cleary & YO-HEY. Marufuji pinned Cleary after Shiranui.
Match 5; Daga & Ulka Sasaki vs. HAYATA & AMAKUSA went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Daga & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal beat YOICHI, Masa Kitamiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Kiyomiya pinned Owada after Transformed Shining Wizard.
The next event is ABEMA Presents DESTINATION 2024 Saturday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Live streaming only on ABEMA as a PPV in select countries (including the US) in Japanese and English will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. Note that while it can be watched in a web browser, you must download the ABEMA iOS/Android app to purchase the PPV, which before event day costs 3500 Japanese yen (around $22 US) plus additional fees. On event day or after the event )on demand) it goes up to 4000 yen (around $27 US) and will be available on demand until 8 AM on 7/21. That means it will be at least a week or more after the event before it could show up on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (UPDATE: You also will be able to watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube)
Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/7/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the second half of their weekend Hokkaido doubleheader today.
Today’s event was held at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 445.
Match 1: Alejandro & Cristobal beat YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Alejandro pinned Tadasuke.
Match 2: Junta Miyawaki beat Yu Owada.
Match 3: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Wolf pinned Inaba after a Bane moonsault press.
Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Wagner Jr. pinned Greene after Wagner Driver.
Match 5: HAYATA, AMAKUSA & Eita beat Daga, Super Crazy & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki with Gedo Clutch.
Main Event: YOICHI & Ryohei Oiwa beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh. YOICHI pinned Kiyomiya after a diving body press.
The next event is tomorrow at Hakodate General Wholesale Center Distribution Hall. There will be no live broadcast.
In other news, GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shuji Kondo & Eita vs. Alejandro & Cristobal for the titles was announced after today’s event. That match will happen on 7/21 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/6/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with an event in Hokkaido, the first half of a weekend doubleheader.
Today’s event was held at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 414.
Match 1: Super Crazy beat Junta Miyawaki.
Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Kitamiya beat Cleary with Prison Lock.
Match 3: Dragon Bane beat Alpha Wolf.
Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, HAYATA & Eita vs. Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke went to a no contest. Ulka Sasaki interference.
Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Daga beat Takashi Sugiura & AMAKUSA. Daga pinned AMAKUSA after Diablo Wings.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal beat YOICHI, Ulka Sasaki, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Kiyomiya pinned Owada after Transformed Shining Wizard.
The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/4/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with an event in Hokkaido.
Today’s event was held at Kitami Municipal Sports Center In Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 429.
There was a last-minute change to the event because Yoshinari Ogawa was removed from the card. The always-vague poor health/physical condition. He was to have teamed with Daga to face HAYATA & AMAKUSA. Super Crazy was the replacement.
Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yu Owada.
Match 2: YOICHI & Ulka Sasaki beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. YOICHI pinned Inaba after a modified powerbomb.
Match 3: HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Daga & Super Crazy. AMAKUSA pinned Crazy.
Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Takashi Sugiura, Eita & Junta Miyawaki. Bane pinned Miyawaki after Twister Bane.
Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji beat LJ Cleary.
Main Event: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal. Lee pinned Cristobal after FBS.
The next event is Saturday at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/29/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH held an event today called [MATCH 2], sponsored by Wada International Foundation, which advertised a visit by Fighting King Himei Maeda.
Today’s event was held at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 1183.
Match 1: YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Alejandro & Cristobal went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Super Crazy.
Match 3: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Lee pinned Taniguchi after FBS.
Match 4: HAYATA, Eita & AMAKUSA beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki.
Match 5: NaomichI Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud) beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge. Sugiura pinned Yone after Olympic Yosen Slam.
Match 6: Shuji Kondo beat Junta Miyawaki.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & GAINA (Independent/Freelancer) beat YOICHI, Kazuyuki Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Kenoh pinned Owada after PFS.
The next event is Thursday at Kitami City Sports Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/22/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Osaka, featuring the return of the former Yoshiki Inamura to the promotion after an international excursion over the last 8-9 months. Inmaura has also changed his ring name to YOICHI.
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 Tuesday or Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 461.
Match 1; Super Crazy beat Yu Owada.
Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Hi69.
Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Ulka Sasaki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Inaba pinned Taniguchi after DDD.
Match 4: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Daga pinned Cleary after Diablo Wings.
Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. AMAKUSA pinned Tadasuke after Opening of the Country.
Match 6: Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge beat Takashi Sugiura & Junta Miyawaki. Shiozaki pinned Miyawaki after a short range Go Lariat.
Main Event: YOICHI (Yoshiki Inamura), Ryohei Oiwa, Shuji Kondo & Eita beat Kenoh, Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Cristobal. YOICHI pinned Cristobal.
The next event is Wada International Foundation Presents [MATCH 2] on 6/29 at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/19/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH held another special LIMIT BREAK event today, this one also being a Go Shiozaki 20th Anniversary event.
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 1220.
Match 1: MAZADA beat Yu Owada.
Match 2; Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara & Yuki Nagao beat Hi69, Yoshitatsu & Harutoki. Tanaka pinned Harutoki after Sliding D.
Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa beat Mohammed Yone.
Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku beat Atsushi Kotoge, Black Menso-re & Yuto Kikuchi. Endo pinned Menso-re after Torture Rack Bomb.
Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Kazusada Higuchi.
Match 6: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Akitoshi Saito beat Chris Weiss to retain the title. V3 for Saito. Next up: Go Shiozaki. That match will happen on 7/13 at Nippon Budokan.
Main Event: Go Shiozaki 20th Anniversary Match: Go Shiozaki & Jun Akiyama vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
The next LIMIT BREAK will be on 7/20 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama.
The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/16/24 Results (Updated x2)
GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s mid-June blowout event, is in the books.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The live broadcast in Japanese was only in Japan on ABEMA. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 1815. This was the first time they ran this new venue, intended to be an eventual replacement for Yokohama Budokan, and while the venue’s listed capacity is 5000 I don’t know what the actual setup was. Until that is possibly known it makes the number once again sound on the low side.
Match 1: LJ Cleary beat Ninja Mack & Super Crazy in a 3-way by pinning Crazy.
Match 2: Chris Weiss, Takuya Sugawara, Yuki Nagao, Yasu & Hide Kubota beat Akitoshi Saito, Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Weiss pinned Hi69 after a package piledriver.
Match 3: Shuhei Taniguchi & Titus Alexander beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Alexander pinned Inaba after Big Ugly.
Match 4: AMAKUSA, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki beat Shuji Kondo, Eita & Yu Owada. AMASKUA pinned Owada after Opening of the Country.
Match 5: Takumi Iroha beat Great Sakuya.
Match 6: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal. Lee pinned Cristobal after FBS.
Match 7: Yoshinari Ogawa & Ulka Sasaki beat HAYATA & Ryohei Oiwa. Sasaki beat HAYATA with a modified heel hook.
Match 8: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga beat Starboy Charlie to retain the title. V7 for Daga.
Match 8: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene to win the titles. Marufuji & Sugiura become the 67th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Sugiura pinned Greene after Olympic Yosen Slam.
Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat Gabriel Kidd (New Japan) to retain the title. V1 for Kiyomiya. Next up: YOICHI. Never heard of him? Me neither. That match will happen on 7/13 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Also, as a result of what happened in Match 7, GHC National Champion HAYATA vs. Ulka Sasaki for the title will also happen on 7/13.
During the event a major announcement from a major WWE superstar was promised. It happened and it was…AJ Styles vs. Naomichi Marufuji on 7/13. The Phenomenal One returns to Japan! The 7/13 event, as a heads-up, will be an ABEMA-only PPV.
The next event is The Reeve Presents LIMIT BREAK.3 GO!, a Go Shiozaki 20th Anniversary event, Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
UPDATE: It was also announced that Manabu Soya will return on 7/13 from injury, and that GLG will be disbanded after 7/13 (hinted at based on backstage comments with Lee headed back to New Japan for the G1 CLIMAX Tournament).
UPDATE 2: YOICHI is the former Yoshiki Inamura. He had been competing internationally since September.
