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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.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced a major change to tomorrow’s GREAT VOYAGE 2024 in YOKOHAMA event-Kaito Kiyomiya, who was to have challenged for the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Ryohei Oiwa, is now off. Spinal concussion suffered in practice. Out indefinitely. No replacement, which means as a result, VC Tag League runner-ups Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher get the title shot instead.

This means several other changes to the card as well as the match order:
What had been Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Huxley, Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi is now Inaba vs. Taniguchi.
Soya & Kitamiya will now face Oiwa in a 3-way.
Instead of 8 matches on the event, there will now be 9 because of the 3-way.

The event will be streamed live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only outside of Japan and ABEMA only in Japan. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. The event is scheduled do begin tonight at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with a house show in Gifu.

Today’s event was held at Gifu Memorial Center Gym in Gifu and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE sometime next week. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 145.

There were some last-minute changes as the promotion announced Jake Lee was off this event due to a concussion. Status going forward remains uncertain.

Match 1: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wold beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro. Bane pinned Mack after a reverse Frankensteiner.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura beat Hi69.

Match 3: Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Daiki Inaba beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. Inaba pinned Taniguchi.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 5: Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Atsushi Kotoge beat Naomichi Marufuji, Masa Kitamiya & Hajime Ohara. Kotoge pinned Ohara after Kill Switch.

Match 6: Ulka Sasaki & HAYATA beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Sasaki beat Owada with Shining Triangle.

Match 7: Anthony Greene beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshinari Ogawa, Daga & Super Crazy beat Jack Morris, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kiyomiya pinned Cleary after a modified tiger driver.

The next event is GREAT VOYAGE 2024 in YOKOHAMA Sunday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

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

Today’s event was held at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 298.

Match 1: Super Crazy beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Shuji Kondo, HAYATA & Alejandro vs. Ninja Mack, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: YO-HEY & LJ Cleary beat Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa by DQ. Daga DQ’d. Ogawa ref assault.

Match 4: Kenoh beat Tadasuke.

Match 5: Saxon Huxley, Tinothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Ulka Sasaki. Taniguchi pinned Inaba with a half nelson suplex.

Match 6: Jack Morris beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 7: Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge, Akitoshi Saito & Hi69 beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Manabu Soya, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki. Shiozaki pinned Ohara after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Anthony Greene by submission.

The next event is tomorrow at Memorial Center Gym in Gifu. There will be no live broadcast.