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Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the winding-down SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numzau in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 309.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Alejandro being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat AMAKUSA & Hahime Ohara. Daga pinned Ohara after a huracanrana.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Naomichi Marufuji & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Atsushi Kotoge & Eita beat Mohammed Yone & Hi69. Kotoge pinned Hi69 after Kill Switch.

Match 4: Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke. Sasaki pinned Tadasuke with a backdrop hold.

Match 5: Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley beat Yoshiki Inamaura & Will Kroos. Huxley pinned Kroos.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Kai Fujimura beat Kenoh, Jack Morris & Junta Miyawaki. Kiyomiya pinned Miyawaki after a skywalk elbow.

The next event is a Kaito Kiyomiya Produced 10th Anniversary event on 12/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Niigata.

Today’s event was held at Bandaijima Multipurpose Square Okama in Niigata. There was no live broadcast and there appears to be no plans for on demand broadcasts.

The announced paid attendance was 721.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat HAYATA & Black Menso-re. Kotoge pinned Menso-re after Kill Switch.

Match 2: Will Kroos beat Alejandro.

Match 3: Manabu Soya & Kai Fujimura beat Eita & Junta Miyawaki. Soya pinned Miyawaki after Ballistic.

Match 4; KENTA, Tetsuya Endo & Ulka Sasaki beat Daiki Odashima, Shuhei Taniguchi & Hitoshi Kumano. KENTA pinned Taniguchi after Knee Kick to Ugly. Afterwards, the winners formed a new faction along with HAYATA. Name TBA.

Match 5: AMAKUSA & Daga beat Jun Masaoka in a 3-way by DQ. Tadasuke interference. Afterwards, Masaoka issued a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge for 12/13. It’s now official.

Match 6: Kenoh & Naomichi Marufuji beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Kenoh pinned Harutoki after a round fist. Afterwards, Kenoh & Marufuji made another GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge even though they just lost in in their latest opportunity. That match will happen on 12/13 at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Jack Morris & Saxon Huxley beat Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke. Inamura pinned Takadsuke after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is a Team NOAH Produced event tomorrow at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET.

In perhaps non-posted news, a glance at NOAH’s 2026 schedule reveals MONDAY MAGIC will be back for at least 2 more seasons next year. The first begins on 1/19 and will run for 4 straight Mondays at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Between seasons there will be 2 monthly UNIVERSE MAGIC events on the first Monday of the month. Then an INSIDE OUT Season will begin on 5/18 and continue on 5/25 and 6/8. Notably missing? The seemingly-never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE Tour may be ending at the end of this year.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix today with a second Osaka event.

Today’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall Sky Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 422.

Match 1: Jack Morris, Daiki Odashima, Daga & Eita beat KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Hajime Ohara. Morris pinned Ohara after a tiger driver.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura & Masa Kitamiya beat Jun Masaoka (Independent/Freelancer) & Black Menso-re. Sugiura pinned Menso-re after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 3: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley, Nonja Mack (Independent/Freelancer) & Junta Miyawaki beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi. Mack pinned Kikuchi after a phoenix splash.

NOAH Jr. Grand Prix Round 2:
Match 4: Kai Fujimura beat Shuji Kondo.
Match 5: Tadasuke beat AMAKUSA. During this match, Masaoka joined Team 2000X by turning on AMAKUSA.
As a result, Fujimura & Tadasuke afvance to the Semifinals. Fujimura will face HAYATA and Tadasuke will face Hiromu Takahashi.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Hank Walker & Tank Ledger (WWE) beat Kaito Kiyomoya, Harutoki & Alrjandro. Inamura pinned Alejandro after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is CROSS OVER 2025 Friday at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

11/18/25 UPDATE: The on demand broadcast of this event is now available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (a couple days ahead of schedule).

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix today in Osaka with Quarterfinals matches.

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 659.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura & AMAKUSA beat Shuji Kondo & Tadasuke. Fujimura pinned Tadasuke after Hat Trick.

Match 2: KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Junta Miyawaki beat Daga, Daiki Odashima, Hajime Ohara & Alejandro. Endo pinned Odashima after Burning Star Press.

Match 3: Hank Walker (WWE), Tank Ledger (WWE) & Yuto Kikuchi beat Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & Atsushi Kotoge. Walker pinned Kotoge after Collision Course.

Match 4: Yoshiki Inamura & Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Morris pinned Harutoki after a tiger driver.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh. Sugiura pinned Kenoh after Olympic Yosen Slam. As a result, Kitamiya & Sugiura get the next GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot at new champions Hank Walker & Tank Ledger. Or in this case an immediate rematch.

NOAH Jr. Grand Prix:
Match 6: Hiromu Takahshi (New Japan) beat Ninja Mack.
Main Event: HAYATA beat Eita.
As a result, Takahashi & HAYATA advance to the Semifinals. Takahashi will face the Tadasuke-AMAKUSA winner while HAYATA will face the Kondo-Fujimura winner. Both matches are tomorrow.

The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Thursday.

According to widely reported news in the Japanese media today, Nippon Television Network (NTV) announcer Daisuke Sugaya, whose career included announcing pro wrestling, died today due to potential complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 53. He was hospitalized on 11/7 after work due to not feeling well because of digestive issues.
Sugaya’s work with NTV included being a TV announcer for Pro Wrestling NOAH when the promotion had a partnership with NTV, with some events airing on NTV’s G+ network for the first decade-plus. Several NOAH wrestlers who were in the promotion at that time, including KENTA, have posted memories and messages of condolences on social media. Sugaya also did a wide variety of other programming work including news, sports, management and more.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2025 event today in Tokyo, featuring the start of the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix, a single-elimination Junior Heavyweight tournament.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1560, a legit sellout with standing room overflow.

There was a late change to the card due to Tetsuya Endo being pulled off the event. Flu. He was to have been in a 3-way tag match. HAYATA was the replacement.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Mohammed Yone. Kenoh pinned Yone after Round Fist.

Match 2: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley and Ulka Sasaki & HAYATA in a 3-way when Wolf pinned HAYATA.

NOAH Jr. Grand Prix Round 1:
Match 3: Kai Fujimura beat Junta Miyawaki.
Match 4: Shuji Kondo beat Black Menso-re.
Match 5: Ninja Mack (Independent/Freelancer) beat Alejandro.
Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 7: Hank Walker & Tank Ledger (WWE) beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura to win the titles. Walker & Ledger become the 73rd GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Ledger pinned Sugiura after Collision Course. Next up: Potentially a rematch but to get it, Sugiura & Kitamiya must first beat Marufuji & KENTA in a determination match for the next title shot. That match will happen on 11/15 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura beat GHC Heavyweight Champion KENTA to win the title. Inamura becomes the 49th GHC Heavyweight Champion. Third time’s the charm. After a first failed attempt as a young prospect, a second failed attempt after an excursion and brief name change to YOICHI, an excursion to WWE and now returning as a cowboy of sorts, he finally breaks through and wins the big one. Next up: The true obligatory rite of passage…Kiyomiya. That match will happen on 11/21 at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai.

The next event is tomorrow at Espoir Isanuma in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

In other news, a new title match has been added to 1/1 at Nippon Budokan-GHC National Champion Dragon Bane vs. Alpha Wolf for the title.

UPDATE: Kiyomiya also announced that 3 new wrestlers-Midori Takahashi, Hiroto Tsuruyа and Yuto Koyanagi-are schedsuled to debut on 12/7.

Calling wrestlers out due to “poor health”, which is always vague, has happened a lot in Japan the last few months but sometimes we do get more details as to why, such as when Pro Wrestling NOAH announced earlier today that Tetsuya Endo is now temporarily sidelined. Flu. Out Saturday. He was to have teamed with Ulka Sasaki to face Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley in a 3-way. HAYATA is the replacement. It’s not yet known how long Endo may be out, I’d say he probably will be out Sunday (match card TBA outside of Jr. Heavyweight tournament matches) and then questionable for an Osaka doubleheader next week. Beyond that would be worst-case but flu is usually 1-2 weeks unless it’s severe so I expect him back in time for CROSS OVER 2025 on 11/21 in Sendai, the next big event on the schedule.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Saitama with a rare “true” house show.

Today’s event was held at Ikos Ageo in Saitama. There was no live broadcast and, in a very unusual move for the promotion, there will be no on demand broadcast available anywhere.

The announced paid attendance was 241.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi, Atsushi Kotoge & Daiki Odashima. Bane pinned Taniguchi after Twisterbane.

Match 2: Manabu Soya beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro. Endo pinned Harutoki after God’s Right Knee.

Match 4: Daga, Hajime Ohara & Kai Fujimura beat Eita, Tadasuke & Junta Miyawaki. Ohara pinned Eita.

Match 6: Tank Ledger (WWE) beat Masa Kitamiya by DQ. Ref assault.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura & Hank Walker (WWE) beat KENTA & Ulka Sasaki. Inamura pinned Sasaki after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is 11/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with KENTA-Inamura for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET (don’t forget about the time change tomorrow in the US! Unless you’re in Arizona or Hawaii).

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON today with the final episode.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Joey Trace & Cito Sanchez beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Trace pinned Ohara after Skyral Tap.

Match 2: Miyuki Takase, Haruka Umesaki & LEON beat Great Sakuya, Nightshade & AKARI. Takase pinned AKARI.

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Itie beat Maybach Taniguchi & The Great Mummy. Ishikawa pinned Taniguchi after Fire Thunder.

Match 4: Titus Alexander won a 7 man battle royal, last eliminating Iker Navarro. Order of elimination: Nathan De Wind, Danny Duggan, Eddie Vergara, Dragon Bane, Kaito Kiyomiya, Navarro.

Match 5: GHC Women’s Champion Takuni Iroha beat Risa Sera to retain the title. V4 for Iroha. Next up: Based on backstage comments post-match, possibly Mayu Iwatani

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA beat Starboy Charlie & Naruki Doi in a 3-way elimination match by eliminating both to retain the title. V2 for HAYATA.

The text event is Saturday at Ikos Ageo in Saitama. Broadcast plans TBA.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with an event in Saitama. Recently the promotion has been building towards an upcoming Junior Heavyweight tournament and a GHC Heavyweight Championship match between KENTA & Yoshiki Inamaura, the latter recently returning from competing in WWE, as well as additional WWE NXT wrestlers visiting the promotion. No KENTA-Inamura happenings today but they are both in action along with Hank Walker & Tank Leisure visiting from WWE.

Today’s event will be held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches scheduled so how long the event could run partially depends on if there will be an intermission, I anticipate the total running time regardless being between 2 and 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Manabu Soya & Eita vs. Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara
Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Atsushi Kotoge
AMAKUSA vs. Junta Miyawaki & Black Menso-re in a 3-way
Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Hank Walker & Tank Ledger
Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Daiki Odashima
Yoshiki Inamura vs. Shuji Kondo
KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

8:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

8:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The layout on the promotion’s website suggested a setup for around 350 (I think the venue’s full capacity for wrestling is around 500), based on the quick shot of the crowd before they went to the sponsor announcements I’m guessing it’ll be around 275. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 411)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin right on time at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Match 1: Manabu Soya & Eita vs. Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Manabu Soya & Eita beat Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara. Soya pinned Yone after a lariat.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Atsushi Kotoge. 20 minute time limit. Taniguchi looks like he’s got quite the sunburned face as it’s quite red except around his eyes.
Result: Atsushi Kotoge beat Shuhei Taniguchi

Match 3: AMAKUSA vs. Junta Miyawaki & Black Menso-re in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Junta Miyawaki beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 4: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Hank Walker & Tank Ledger (WWE). 20 minute time limit
Result: Hank Walker & Tank Ledger beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Walker pinned Bane.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 10:05 PM PT/1:05 AM ET.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Daiki Odashima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Daiki Odashima. Kitamiya beat Odashima with Stranglehold y. Afterwards, Team 2000X beatdown on Odashima until the WWE guys made the save. Hank & Tank with microphone afterwards. In English, they made a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge. Kitamiya responded in Japanese. Accepted. May happen at the next Korakuen Hall event. Updates to come. (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 11/8 at Korakuen)

Match 6: Yoshiki Inamura vs. Shuji Kondo. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiki Inamura beat Shuji Kondo. Afterwards, Inamura with microphone. Mixed Japanese & English promo for his upcoming GHC Heavyweight Championship match.

Main Event: KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. KENTA beat Alejandro with GAME OVER. Afterwards, KENTA with microphone. He immediately called out Inamura in Japanese and English. More building up for 11/8 to wrap things up.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON Final Monday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Correction: The original post listed Tank’s last name incorrect due to the promotion’s and WRESTLE UNIVERSE’s translations being inaccurate. It’s Ledger, not Leisure.