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Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the usually-monthly LEGACY RISE 2026 Tour (the new STAR NAVIGATION 2022-2025 Tour) with a second signature event this month and a rare weekday morning matinee (it’s a holiday in Japan), this one continuing the NOAH Jr. Tag League. The annual Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Tournament kicked off Friday and continues today with 4 round-robin format matches, so every team will have 2 matches after today is finished. A highlight match today will see Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf on opposite sides in the tournament for the first time since Wolf turned on his brother to defect to Team 2000X and take the GHC National Championship with him. This will be followed by 2 title matches-the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship will be defended as Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI look to back up their New Year NOAH Debut upset win by defending against KENTA & HAYATA. In the main event, Yoshiki Inamura looks to get one step closer to his desired GHC Heavyweight Championship defense against Kenoh but first, the Team 2000X gauntlet continues with a defense against Takashi Sugiura.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. This is a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan in Japanese (so we get an at-times-muted & edited version), which will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the event ends. There are 7 matches and since the tournament matches have time limits, even with the 2 title matches it probably will have close to a “normal” Korakuen running time of around 2 1/2 hours, but I’m thinking closer to 3 hours. But It can’t go too long because there are other events at Korakuen later in the day.

Today’s lineup:
Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Harutoki & Midori Takahashi vs. Manabu Soya, Hajime Ohara, Yuto Koyanahi & Hiroto Tsuruya
NOAH Jr. Tag League:
AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey
Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 vs. Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka
Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Eita & Katsumi Inahata
Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. KENTA & HAYATA for the titles
GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

6:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. It sounds like we should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Stewart (BANG!) Fulron & Mark Pickering.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout with standing room only tickets sold so that guarantees 1500-1550. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout and more, was 1598)

Shinjiro Otani, who has been injured and rehabbing back/cervical spine injuries since 2022, is scheduled to appear before the matches begin. The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

At the start Naomichi Marufuji brings Shinjiro Otani out, in a wheelchair but seems to be in good spirits. We briefly get some Japanese commentary before English comes back on. He says despite his injury he wants to stand in the ring again and is rehabbing every day to make that happen. A promo video for his new YouTube channel is shown. He encourages everyone to subscribe of course. Otani says it’s been 4 years since he was last at Korakuen and he really misses everything about the iconic venue. He finishes with some final words of encouragement and saying he loves pro wrestling.

The matches begin at 6:43 PM PT/9:43 PM ET. Otani will be at ringside for most or all matches.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Harutoki & Midori Takahashi vs. Manabu Soya, Hajime Ohara, Yuto Koyanagi & Hiroto Tsuruya. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Harutoki & Midori Takahashi beat Manaby Soya, Hajime Ohara, Yuto Koyanagi & Hiroto Tsuruya. Galeno pinned Koyanagi after Galeno Special.

NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 2: AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Trew pinned Menso-re after a shooting star press.
Trew/Lacey are 1-1, 2 pts. AMAKUSA/Menso-re are 0-2, 0 pts.

Match 3: Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 vs. Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. 15 minute time limit
Result: Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Masaoka pinned Hi69.
Tadaauke/Masaoka are 2-0, 4 pts. Kotoge/Hi69 are 1-1, 2 pts.

Match 4: Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Eita & Katsumi Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Daga pinned Inahata after Diablo Wings.
Daga/Odashima are 1-1, 2 pts. Eita/Inahata are 0-2, 0 pts.

Match 5: Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. 15 minute time limit
Result: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat Dragon Bane & Alejandro. Fujimura pinned Alejandro after Golazo.
Wolf/Fujimura are 2-0. 4 pts. Bane/Alejandro are 1-1, 2 pts.

Match 6: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. KENTA & HAYATA for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat KENTA & HAYATA to retain the titles. BUSHI pinned HAYATA. V1 for the champs. Late in the match, an unknown wrestler, soon revealed by commentary to be Angel Reyes, interfered as an apparent new member of Los Tranquilos de Japon, giving them 4. As soon as it ended, Soya came out. With microphone. Challenge issued. But he didn’t name a partner, just repeatedly saying “With Passion!” Saxon Huxley is back in England so…anyway, seemingly accepted. Updates to follow, hopefully later today or tomorrow.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura beat Takashi Sugiura to retain the title. V4 for Inamura. Next up: Let’s try this yet again…Kenoh. This time it’s happening. If Inamura gets his wish, that match will happen on 3/8 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. (UPDATE: It’s now official)

The next event is a same-day doubleheader Saturday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

UPDATE: In more post-event news, it appears Galeno is heading back to Mexico again so his latest stint is almost over. His last match this time will be on 3/8 against Kiyomiya.

No word yet on when/if Soya will get his tag title shot or who his partner is. However, a clue may have been dropped-on 3/1 at Korakuen Soya & Tsuruya will face Naito & RYUSEI.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the latest season of MONDAY MAGIC today with the final episode.

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

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

Match 1: Masato Tanaka beat GHC Hardcore Champion Titus Alexander to win the title. Tanaka becomes the 15th GHC Hardcore Champion. 6th to the promotion because history prior to 2023 is not recognized anymore.

Match 2: Miyuki Takase,, Marie Malenko & Sofia Sivan beat ZONES, Alivia Rose & Dream Girl Ellie. Malenko beat Rose with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 3: OZAWA beat Archie Cole, Dragon Bane & Eita in a 4-way by pinning Cole.

Match 4: Galeno, Chase Emery, Iker Navarro & Danny Duggan beat Izzy James, Rich Port Ayala, Nathan De Wind & ? (I doubt it’s the loosely translated “Soda pop”). Navarro pinned Ayala.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro beat BUSHI & RYUSEI. Kiyomiya pinned RYUSEI after Shining Wizard.

Main Event: GHC Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani beat Great Sakuya to retain the title. V2 for Iwatani.

The next MONDAY MAGIC series will be in March & early April for UNIVERSE MAGIC featuring an 8-man tournament.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall with the start of the NOAH Jr. Tag League and 2 title matches. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin Tuesday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. This is an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

Correction: The original post misspelled Rose’s first name. It is Alivia, not Olivia.

In an announcement a short time ago on social media and their official website, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced they are taking over management duties for wrestler Shinjiro Otani, who is out long-term due to spinal cord injuries. Otani, the founder of the ZERO1 promotion, is currently rehabbing and communicates with fans on social media while trying to work towards an eventual return, while NOAH will take over managing and arranging appearances by Otani, portrait rights and more. Additionally, the promotion plans to have Otani appear at Wednesday’s event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to greet fans but this is subject to change depending on his condition.

Forgot about this one yesterday…Pro Wrestling NOAH continued what is now the LEGACY RISE 2026 Tour-what was STAR NAVIGATION during the pandemic-yesterday in Tokyo with the kickoff of the 2026 NOAH Jr. Tag League.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1522, a legit sellout with standing room only tickets sold on the day.

NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 1: Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Tadasuke pinned Inahata after Tadasuke Crush.
Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Hi69 pinned Menso-re with Samson Clutch.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Yuto Koyanagi beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Hiroto Ysuruya & Midori Takahashi. Kenoh pinned Takahashi after PFS.

Match 4: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & TBA, which was revealed before the event to be Ryusei. KENTA beat Ryusei with GAME OVER.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura, Galeno & Manabu Soya beat OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura. Inamura beat Sugiura with a neck lock.

NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 6: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat Daga & Daiki Odashima. Fujimura beat Odashima.
Main Event: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey. Alejandro pinned Lacey after Zero Gravity.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC RISING SUN SEASON FINAL Monday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. Also a heads-up for the next event after that on Wednesday at Korakuen-it will be an English Only live broadcast on UNIVERSE because it is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 3 of MONDAY MAGIC RISING SUN SEASON today.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

The match card was not announced in advance.

Match 1: AMAKUSA beat Dragon Bane & Atsushi Kotoge in a 3-way by pinning Kotoge.

Match 2: Chase Emery beat Soda Pop (?).

Match 3: Great Sakuya & Alivia Rose beat ZONES & Dream Girl Ellie and Marie Malenko & Sofia Sivan in a 3-way when Sakuya pinned Ellie.

Match 4: Titus Alexander won an 8 man battle royal, last eliminating Archie Cole. Order of elimination: Jacob Crane, Nathan De Wind, Rich Port Ayala (?), Galeno, Iker Navarro, HAYATA, Cole.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Masaaki Mochizuki & Hikaru Sato went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Izzy James

The final episode of the season is 2/9.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall to begin the NOAH Jr. Tag League. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. (If you missed the comment on social media they made changes in that some tournament events were going to be on demand only but all events will now be live)

UPDATE: While not yet officially announced, Mayu Iwatani vs. Great Sakuya for the GHC Women’s Championship may happen on 2/9 if Iwatani gets what she asked for today. (I didn’t know Iwatani won the title from Takumi Iroha because I currently do mot follow Marigold)

UPDATE 2: It’s now official. Also announced for 2/9 is GHC Hardcore Champion Titus Alexander vs. Masato Tanaka for the title.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC RISING SUN SEASON today.

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

The paid attendance was not announced

Match 1: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Archie Cole & Dragon Bane. Odashima pinned Cole after Dead End

Match 2: Galeno beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Nathan De Wind beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Jack Morris and Danny Duggan & Harutoki in a 3-way when De Wind pinned Duggan

Match 4: Great Sakuya, ZONES & Amare beat Miyuki Takase, Mio Momomo & Hibiscus Mii. ZONES pinned Mii after a lariat.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura & Titus Alexander beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Iker Navarro. Inamura pinned Navarro after DIS CHARGE.

Main Event: Alejandro, Dragon Kid & Hayabusa beat HAYATA, MAZADA & Shuji Kondo. Alejandro pinned MAZADA after Zero Gravity.

Episode 3 is 2/2. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 665.

Match 1: Eita, Daiki Odashima, Katsumi Inahata, Yuto Koyanagi & Midori Takahashi beat Manabu Soya, Tetsuya Endo, AMAKUSA, Black Menso-re & Hiroto Tsuruya. Inahata pinned Tsuruya.

Match 2: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Harutoki beat Mohammed Yone, Quiet Storm (GLEAT) & Hajime Ohara. Kiyomiya pinned Ohara after a skywalk elbow.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya, Jun Masaoka (Independent/Freelancer) & Tadasuke beat Kenoh, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Kitamiya beat Hi69 with Stranglehold y.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji beat Alejandro.

Match 5: BUSHI beat HAYATA.

Match 6: Yoshiki Inamura, Jack Morris & Dragon Bane beat OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura & Kai Fujimura by DQ. Fujimura DQ’d. T-shirt choking.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf beat Daga to retain the title. V1 for Wolf.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC RISING SUN SEASON Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a very rare untelevised event today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There was no live broadcast and, as discovered earlier today, there will be no on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 292.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Katsumi Inahata beat Yuto Koyanagi & Midori Takahashi. Ohara pinned Takahashi after Jandalarin.

Match 2: Hi69 beat Atsushi Kotoge & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat AMAKUSA & Hiroto Tsuryua. Endo beat Tsuruya with a Fujiyama knee lock.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Alejandro beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro. Marufuji pinned Harutoki after a round fist.

Match 5: Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka beat Manabu Soya, Daga & Daiki Odashima. Wolf pinned Odashima after La Pesadilla.

Main Event: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke beat Yoshiki Inamura, Jack Morris, Galeno & Dragon Bane. Sugiura pinned Bane after Olympic Yosen Slam.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. Including tomorrow, the next 8 events will be live broadcasts.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the 2026 debut event of MONDAY MAGIC today, kicking off the year’s first season of their serial Monday events.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

The matches were not announced in advance.

Match 1: Alejandro vs. Ryoya Tanaka (Dragon Gate) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT) & Danny Duggan beat Manabu Soya & Hiroshi Yamato (Independent/Freelancer). Digga pinned Yamato after a tombstone piledriver.

Match 3: Archie Cole, Dragon Bane & Iker Navarro beat Jack Morris, Galeno & Nathan de Wind. Cole pinned de Wing after a swanton bomb.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer).

Match 5: Mayu Iwatani & Miku Aono beat ZONES & ChiChi. Iwatani pinned ZONES after a moonsault press.

Main Event: Titus Alexander beat GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA to win the title. Alexander becomes the 14th GHC Hardcore Champion. NOAH says the 4th because they do not recognize the title history prior to 2023.

Episode 2 of the new RISING SUN season is next Monday.

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

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the LEGACY RISE 2026 Tour yesterday in Gunma.

Yesterday’s event was held at Green Done Maebashi Sub Arena in Gunma and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday (and only on UNIVERSE, the paid ABEMA add-on does not include on demand replays, only live broadcasts). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 297.

Match 1: Eita & Harutoki beat Katsumi Inahata & Hiroto Tsuruya. Eita beat Inahata.

Match 2: AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re beat Yuto Koyanagi & Midori Takahashi. Menso-re pinned Koyanagi after Snake Boy.

Match 3: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Manabu Soya, Mohammed Yone & Shuhei Taniguchi. HAYATA pinned Taniguchi after 403 Impact.

Match 4: In a 3-way to determine 2 participants in the upcoming NOAH Jr. Tag League, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Hajime Obara. Kotoge won first by pinning Hi69 then Bi69 won second by pinning Ohara.

Match 5: Alejandro beat Kai Fujimura by DQ. During the match, Fujimura turned heel and became the latest to defect to Team 2000X.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Alpha Wolf & Tadasuke. Daga pinned Wolf. Afterwards, Daga issued a GHC National Championship challenge to Wolf.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Will Kroos, Jack Morris & Dragon Bane beat Naomichi Marifuji, Kenoh, Kazuyuki Fujita & Shuji Kondo. Kroos pinned Kondo after a diving body press. Based on post-match comments, Kroos finished up his current NOAH stint today and will be returning home to Europe. He promised to come back though. And Inamura continued to build towards a desired GHC Heavyweight Championship match with Kenoh, if he ever finishes with Team 2000X.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC RISING SUN SEASON Episode 1 Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

In other news coming out today, Daga-Wolf was quickly made official post-event. That match will happen on 1/25 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka.

The (almost) full Jr. Tag League field was announced: Daga/Odashima, Bane/Alejandro, Kotoge/Hi69, AMAKUSA/Menso-re, Mark Trew/Kieron Lacey, Tadasuke/Jun Masaoka, Wolf/Fujimura, TBA (one team). It’s a round-robin format tournament starting on 2/6, the top 2 teams will meet in the Finals on 3/1.