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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 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 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.

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.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event today ahead of their next blowout event next weekend.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The live broadcast in Japanese was only on ABEMA.

The announced paid attendance was 938.

There were late changes to the card because Ninja Mack & HAYATA, who originally were not part of the event due to New Japan participation, were added to the event when the promotion learned they would not be part of today’s NJPW event.

Match 1: Ninja Mack & Hajime Ohara beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Mack pinned Hi69 after Phoenix Splash.

Match 2: Anthony Greene beat Takashi Sugiura.

Match 3: HAYATA, Starboy Charlie & Yu Owada beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy. Charlie pinned Crazy after Cosmic World.

Match 4: AMAKUSA Return Match: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Alejandro & Cristobal. AMAKUSA pinned Cristobal after Opening of the Country.

Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa, Ulka Sasaki & Titus Alexander beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Oiwa pinned Inaba after Doctor Bomb.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Jack Morris by submission.

Match 7: Shuji Kondo & Eita beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke to win the titles. Kondo & Eita become the 60th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Eita pinned YO-HEY after Imperial Uno.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh vs. Gabriel Kidd (New Japanj & Jake Lee went to a double countout.

In post-event news, it was announced that DESTINATION 2024, the July return to Nippon Budokan, will be-unfortunately for us outside Japan-only available live as a PPV on ABEMA. If available worldwide, which ABEMA generally is not, it is 3500 Japanese yen (around $22 US) if purchased before July 12, and 4000 yen (around $26) if purchased the day of the event-July 13-until the PPV window presumably ends on July 21. Also, Black Menso-re participation has been announced for 7/8 in Hokkaido.

The next event is ALL TOGETHER in SAPPORO Saturday at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido. The live broadcast will be a PPV only on ABEMA for 2500 yen (around $15 US).

The next regular event is GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA on 6/16 at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This is another ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a LIMIT BREAK .2 event today, featuring almost all crossover matches with wrestlers from other promotions.

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

The announced paid attendance was 402.

Match 1; Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Yuto Kikuchi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Shuji Ishikawa & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancers). Yone pinned Menso-re after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino (DDT) beat Hi69 & Harutoki (Independent/Freelancer). Endo pinned Narutoki after Burning Star Press.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama (DDT) beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita, Yoshitatsu (DDT) & Genta Yubari (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga (DDT). Fujita pinned Matsunaga after a face kick.

Main Event: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Akitoshi Saito vs. Go Shiozaki went to a 30 minute time limit draw. As a result, Saito retains the title. V2 for Saito.

The next LIMIT BREAK event will be LIMIT BREAK .ex on 7/20 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall. 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 Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe 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 780, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo & Eita beat Starboy Charlie & Yu Owada. Eita pinned Owada after Imperial Uno.

Match 2: Titus Alexander beat LJ Cleary.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki & Mohammed Yone beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Daiki Inaba. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat.

Match 4; Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Marufuji pinned Greene after Shiranui.

Match 5: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 to retain the titles. YO-HEY pinned Hi69 after a dropkick. V7 for the champs. Next up: Kondo & Eita. That match will happen on 6/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal beat Masa Kitamiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Junta Miyawaki & Andy Wu. Kiyomiya pinned Miyawaki after Hontai Shining Wizard.

The next event is The Reeve Presents LIMIT BREAK .2 Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

In other news, the full card for GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA on 6.16 is set and one more title match has been added: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura for the titles.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the second half of a STAR NAVIGATION 2024 doubleheader today, a ONE NIGHT DREAM special event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1488, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Ulka Sasaki beat Hikaru Sato (All-Japan).

Match 2: Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary & YO-HEY beat Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Junta Miyawaki & Yu Owada. Cleary pinned Miyawaki after Irish Goodbye 2.

Match 3: Takumi Iroha, Miyuki Takase & Nagisa Nozaki beat Great Sakuya, Brooke Havok & Yuu. Takase pinned Havok.

Match 4: Titus Alexander & Starboy Charlie beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro. Charlie pinned Alejandro after a 450 splash.

Match 5: Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan) beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 6: Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi (New Japan) beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Takagi pinned Tadasuke after Last Of The Dragon.

Main Event: Kenoh beat Minoru Suzuki.

The next event is Sunday at Kobe Sambo Hall on Kobe. There will be no live broadcast.

In post-event news, Miyuki Takase vs. Great Sakuya has bern added to GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA on 6/16.