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Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up the NOAH Jr. Tag League today with the Finals. The top 2 after the preliminary round face off today and it’s the promotion’s lucha brothers running it back-after Alpha Wolf turned on brother Dragon Bane to defect to Team 2000X and take the GHC National Championship with him, they are on opposite sides once again and this time for the league victory. Wolf teamed with Kai Fujimura, who also turned heel and joined Yoshitatsu’s faction before the tournament, to finish first while Bane & partner Alejandro finished second. Besides the league victory, the winners will likely earn a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match against champions Daga & Daiki Odashima in the future.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. There are 8 matches planned but no title matches today, despite that with the main event being no time limit I anticipate this being on the longer side for a “normal” Korakuen event with a running time of about 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Eita & Katsumi Inagata
KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsiua Endo vs. Daga, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi
BUSHI & Angel Reyes vs. Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi
OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Galeno & Harutoki in a 3-way
Tetsuya Naito & RYUSEI vs. Manabu Soya & Hiroto Tsuruya
Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & Shuihei Taniguchi
NOAH Jr. Tag League Finals: Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura

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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. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are the regulars whose names I didn’t catch and Akitoshi Saito. Your English hosts are Stewart (BANG!) Fulton & Mark Pickering.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s already a near-sellout based on advance ticket sales coming into today but probably no standing room seats. Sounds like it’s whether or not they may get to 1500 but I’ll guess a super full house of 1450. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1396)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:34 PM PT/9:34 PM ET.

Match 1: AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Eita & Katsumi Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Menso-re pinned Inahata. Afterwards, Mark Trew hit the ring. Challenge issued for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Accepted by AMAKUSA, which led to a beatdown by Trew & Kieron Lacey.

Match 2: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsiua Endo vs. Daga, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi. 20 minute time limit
Result: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Daga, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi. HAYATA beat Takahashi with an armbar.

Match 3: BUSHI & Angel Reyes vs. Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi. 20 minute time limit
Result: BUSHI & Angel Reyes beat Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi. Reyes pinned Koyanagi after an inverted brainbuster.

Match 4: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara. 20 minute time limit
Result: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara. OZAWA pinned Ohara after a top rope lionsault.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Galeno & Harutoki in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Galeno beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki in a 3-way by pinning Harutoki. This was Galeno’s last match in NOAH for now as he is headed back to Mexico. (Correction-second-to-last. He will face Kiyomiya on 3/8)

Match 6: Tetsuya Naito & RYUSEI vs. Manabu Soya & Hiroto Tsuruya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Naito & RYUSEI beat Manabu Soya & Hiroto Tsuruya. RYUSEI beat Tsuruya with a Boston crab.

Match 7: Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & Shuihei Taniguchi. 45 minute time limit
Result: Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey. Kenoh pinned Lacey after PFS.

Main Event: NOAH Jr. Tag League Finals: Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. No time limit
Result: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura to win the tournament. Alejandro pinned Fujimura after Zero Gravity. As a result, Bane & Alejandro likely will get a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match in the near future. (UPDATE: That match will happen on 3/8)

The next event is APEX CONQUEST 2026 on 3/8 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin on 3/7 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This will be an exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: Both hinted-at title matches today will happen on 3/8. That makes 3 title matches for the event along with Inamura-Kenoh.

Pro Wrestling NOAH finishes up the preliminary round of the NOAH Jr. Tag League today with a holiday matinee in Fukuoka. 5 teams still have a chance at the top 2 spots that advance to the Finals, and while Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura have a 2-point advantage they’re not clear by any means. The other 4 teams are at 8 points which could make for some complicated tiebreaker scenarios.

Today’s event will be held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 8 matches scheduled today so it may run a little longer than a normal house show although the tournament matches are only 15 minute time limits, so I’ll predict the running time will be around 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki vs. Kenoh & Yuto Koyanagi
Galeno vs. Midori Takahashi
Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Hiroto Tsuruya vs. KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo
NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 vs. Eita & Katsumi Inahata
AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka
Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura
Yoshiki Inamura, Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura
NOAH Jr. Tag League: Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Dragon Bane & Alejandro

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 5-10 minutes.

7:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The setup appears to be for around 500 (I think the full capacity for wrestling is 650-700) and while the crowd is still filing in right now it’s a mixed bag. I’ll guess it’ll be a little on the low side for a holiday midday Monday and say it’ll be around 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 559. Really late arriving crowd I guess, but we also couldn’t see much on hard camera)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin right on time at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki vs. Kenoh & Yuto Koyanagi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki beat Kenoh & Yuto Koyanagi. Kiyomiya pinned Koyanagi after a jumping knee strike.

Match 2: Galeno vs. Midori Takahashi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Galeno beat Midori Takahashi. Short match possibly cut shorter by a potential Takahashi injury. Neck or shoulder. We’ll see.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Hiroto Tsuruya vs. KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Hiroto Tsiruya. KENTA beat Tsuruya with a front neck lock.

NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 4: Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 vs. Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Both are out of contention. 15 minute time limit
Result: Eita & Katsumi Inagata beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Inahata pinned Hi69.
Eita/Inahata finish 1-5-1, 3 pts. Kotoge & Hi69 finish 2-5, 4 pts.

Match 5: AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. Tadasuke/Masaoka must win to stay in conteintion. 15 minute time limit
Result: AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re beat Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. AMAKUSA pinned Masaoka.
AMAKUSA/Menso-re finish 1-5-1, 3 pts. Tadasuke/Masaoka finish 4-3, 8 pts. They now need an absolute miracle and then some to have any chance at finishing top 2 due to tiebreakers-they only beat Dragon Bane & Alejandro.

Intermission. The event will resume in 10-15 minutes (as of 9 PM PT/midnight ET).

The matches resume at 9:14 PM PT/12:15 AM ET.

Match 6: NOAH Jr. Tag League: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. The winner, if there is one, advances to the Finals. 15 minute time limit
Result: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey. Wolf pinned Lacey after Wolf Driver.
Wolf/Fujimiura finish 6-1, 12 pts. Trew/Lacey finish 4/3, 8 pts. As a result, Wolf/Fujimura finish 1st and will advance to the Finals.

Match 7: Yoshiki Inamura, Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura. 30 minute time limit
Result: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Yoshiki Inamura, Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara. OZAWA pinned Ohara after Big Ben Edge.

Main Event: NOAH Jr. Tag League: Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Dragon Bane & Alejandro. The winner, if there is one, advances to the Finals. 15 minute time limit
Result: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Daga & Daiki Odashima. Alejandro pinned Odashima after Zero Gravity.
Bane/Alejandro finish 5-2, 10 pts. Daga/Odashima finish 4-3, 8 pts. As a result, Bane/Odashima finish 2nd and advance to the Finals.
The Final will be Wolf/Fujimura vs. Bane/Alejandro. The winner likely will face Daga/Odashima in the near future for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

The Final is Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate day of the NOAH Jr. Tag League preliminary round today in Kumamoto.

Today’s event was held at Grand Messe Kumamoto D Hall in Kumamoto and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 540.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Harutoki beat Kenoh, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. Harutoki pinned Takahashi after El Momento de Muerte.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Naomichi Marufuji & Hajime Ohara. Kitamiya beat Ohara with Stranglehold y.

Match 3: OZAWA beat Yuto Koyanagi by submission.

NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 3: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Trew pinned Hi69 after Black Flag. Trew/Lacey are 4-2, 8 pts. Kotoge/Hi69 are 2-4, 4 pts and are now OUT.
Match 4: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Fujimura pinned Inahata after Death hanger. Wolf/Fujimura are 5-1, 10 pts. Eita/Inahata are 0-5-1, 1 pt.
Match 5: Jun Masaoka & Tadasuke beat Dragon Bane & Alejandro. Tadasuke pinned Alejandro after Tadasuke Crush 2. Both are 4-2, 8 pts.
Match 6: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Daga pinned Menso-re. Daga/Odashima are 4-2, 8 pts. AMAKUSA/Menso-re are 0-5-1, 1 pt.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Manabu Soya & Mohammed Yone beat KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya endo. Inamura pinned HAYATA after DIS CHARGE.

With one day left in the tournament before the Finals here are the scenarios and there is a lot to unpack:
Wolf/Fujimura advance to the Finals with a win or draw tomorrow (Trew/Lacey). They are OUT with a loss AND Tadasuke/Masaoka win.
Trew/Lacey advance with a win AND Daga/Odashima-Bane/Alejandro MUST BE A DRAW because Trew/Lacey lose tiebreakers to both. They are OUT if it’s not OR with a loss or draw.
Tadasuke/Masaoka advance with a win AND Wolf/Fujimura win or draw AND Bane/Alejandro win or draw. They are OUT with Daga/Odashima win due to tiebreakers OR if Trew/Lacey win.
Bane/Alejandro advance with a win AND Tadasuke/Masaoka must lose or draw (AMAKUSA?Menso-re). They are OUT with a loss.
Daga/Odashima advance with a win.
If Daga/Odashima-Bane/Alejandro is a draw AND Wolf/Fujimira win or draw AND Tadasuke/Masaoka lose, there will be a Daga/Odashima-Bane/Alejandro rematch as the tiebreaker.
And if there are more than 3 teams tied? Well…let the promotion figure it out!
Daga/Odashima-Bane/Alejandro will be the main event tomorrow.

The next event is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the NOAH Jr. Tag League today in Kagoshima.

Today’s event was held at Sun Arena Sendai Sub Arena in Kagoshima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 377.

Match 1: Galeno & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Tetsuya Endo & Midori Takahashi. Galeno pinned Takahashi after Galeno Special.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya beat Yuto Koyanagi by submission.

NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 3: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Lacey pinned Inahata after Black Flag. Trew/Lacey are 3-2, 6 pts. Eita/Inahata are 0-4-1, 1 pt.
Match 4: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Bane pinned Menso-re after Twisterbane. Bane/Alejandro are 4-1, 8 pts. AMAKUSA/Menso-re are 1-4, 2 pts.
Match 5: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Wolf pinned Hi69 after Wolf Driver. Wolf/Fujimura are 4-1, 8 pts. Kotoge/Hi69 are 2-3, 4 pts.
Match 6: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. Odashima pinned Tadasuke. Both are 3-2, 6 pts.

Match 7: OZAWA & Takashi Sugiura beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. OZAWA pinned Harutoki after a swan dive moonsault.

Main Event: Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara beat Yoshiki Inamura, KENTA & HAYATA. Kenoh pinned HAYATA after PFS.

With regards to the tag league standings, the top 2 advance to the Finals and at this point AMAKUSA/Menso-re and Eita/Inahara are now OUT. Kotoge/Hi69 are now OUT because while they can still get to 8 pts which is the top 2, they lose all tiebreakers because they lost to both Team 2000X teams and Bane/Alejandro. For tiebreaker purposes, Bane/Alejandro lost to Wolf/Fujimura and Wolf/Fujimura lost to Tadasuke/Masaoka. For any other teams with a chance still except Daga/Odashima, the path to the top 2 goes through the top 2.

The next event is tomorrow at Grand Messe Kumamoto D Hall in Kumamoto. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the NOAH Jr. Tag League today in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 398.

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura, Tetsuya Endo, KENTA & HAYATA beat Kenoh, Hajime Ohara, Yuto Koyanagi & Midori Takahashi. HAYATA pinned Koyanagi after 403 Impact.

NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 3: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujinura beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Wolf pinned Menso-re after Wolf Driver. Wolf/Fujimura are 3-1, 6 pts. AMAKUSA/Menso-re are 1-3, 2 pts.
Match 4: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. Trew pinned Masaoka after Black Flag. Trew/Lacey are 2-2, 4 pts. Tadasuke/Masaoka are 3-1, 6 pts.
Match 5: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Alejandro pinned Inahata after Zero Gravity. Bane/Alejandro are 3-1, 6 pts. Eita/Inahata are 0-3-1, 1 pt.
Match 6: Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Daga & Daiki Odashima. Hi69 beat Daga with a neck lock. Both are 2-2, 4 pts.

Main Event: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Harutoki. Sugiura pinned Harutoki after Olympic Yosen Slam.

The next event is tomorrow at Sun Arena Sendai Sub Arena in Kagoshima. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

The second event of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s doubleheader today was held a couple hours after the first event finished.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 335, a legit advance sellout.

There were last-second changes to the event due to Midori Takahashi being pulled off this event as well as the first event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Kenoh & Yuto Koyanagi. HAYATA pinned Koyanagi after 403 Impact.

Match 2: Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Naomichi Marufuji & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kondo pinned Taniguchi after a King Kong lariat.

Match 3: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Kai Fujimura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro. OZAWA pinned Alejandro after Big Ben Edge.

Match 4: Yoshiki Inamaura, Galeno & Dragon Bane beat Alpha Wolf, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. Galeno pinned Tadasuke after Wagner Driver.

Match 5: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, RYUSEI & Angel Reyes beat Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. BUSHI pinned Ohara after Fable.

NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 7: AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Eita & Katsumi Inahata went to a 15 minute time limit draw. Both are now 0-2-1, 1 pt.
Main Event: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey. Daga pinned Lacey after DIablo Wings. Daga/Osashima are 2-1, 4 points. Trew/Lacey are 1-2, 2 pts.

The next event is Friday at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

In other news, it looks like Soya found his partner for an upcoming GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge hinted at last week-Kondo. That match will happen on 3/20 at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the NOAH Jr. Tag League today with a same-day doubleheader in Tokyo. Each event will feature two tournament matches along with the usual other assortment of matches. The first event has a very intriguing one as it’s the co-leaders and Team 2000X entries-Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka facing off against Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. Who may take one for the team? Or will they play the strategy card and try to draw?

Today’s event(s) will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned and with the second event not long after the first I don’t anticipate this event running longer than about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Manabu Soya, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Yuto Koyanagi, Katsumi Inahata & Eita
KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo vs. Shuhei Taniguchi, Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara
OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura vs. Galeno, Harutoki & Midori Takahashi
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Hiroto Tsuruya
Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Kenoh, Daga & Daiki Odashima
NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69
Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

7:54 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue is usually setup for 350-400 most of the time for wrestling. based on advance sales estimates and what I can see from the hard camera my prediction will be around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 251. Virtually nailed it!)

The matches should begin in 5-10 minutes.

The matches begin right on time at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Match 1: Manabu Soya, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Yuto Koyanagi, Katsumi Inahata & Eita. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuto Koyanagi, Katsumi Inahata & Eita beat Manabu Soya, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Eita pinned Menso-re after a superkick.

Match 2: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo vs. Shuhei Taniguchi, Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. 20 minute time limit
Result: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Shuhei Taniguchi, Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. Endo pinned Ohara after a jumping knee strike.

Match 3: OZAWA & Takashi Sugiura vs. Galeno & Harutoki. 20 minute time limit. Apparently there were unannounced last-second changes to this match because Masa Kirtamiya & Midori Takahashi have been removed. I can’t find anything on NOAH’s website or socials as to why.
Result: OZAWA & Takashi Sugiura beat Galeno & Harutoki. Sugiura pinned Harutoki after Olympic Yosen Slam.
UPDATE: Finally found out why the changes…Takahashi was pulled last-minute. The always-vague poor health. Kitamiya was also removed from the match as a result. This means there likely will be a change to the second event card as well as Takahashi was to have been in an 8-man tag. (Changes for event 2 have been confirmed)

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Hiroto Tsuruya. 15 minute (?) time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Hiroto Tsuruya

Intermission.

The matches resume at 9 PM PT/midnight ET (about a 10 minute break).

Match 5: NOAH Jr. Tag League: Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. 15 minute time limit
Result: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Ataushi Kotoge & Hi69. Bane pinned Hi69 after a shooting star press.
Bane/Alejandro are 2-1, 4 pts. Kotoge & Hi59 are 1-2, 2 pts.

Match 6: NOAH Jr. Tag League: Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. 15 minute time limit
Result: Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. Tadasuke pinned Fujimura after a low blow.
Tadasuke/Masaoka are 3-0, 6 pts. Wolf/Fujimura are 2-1, 4 pts. Now we know which Team 2000X team has the edge.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Kenoh, Daga & Daiki Odashima. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat Kenoh, Daga & Daiki Odashima. Inamura pinned Kenoh after DIS CHARGE. Round 1 of the prelims to the champ.

The next event is later today. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

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

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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.