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Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/23/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up their 2023 today with THE GIFT 2023 in MAKUHARI, a special event to celebrate The Living Legend Keiji Muto’s 61st birthday. Muto attended the event and participated in a limited pre-event autograph session for fans.

Today’s event was held at Makuhari Messe Hall 6 in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 366.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Taishi Ozawa beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Super Crazy. Shiozaki pinned Saito after Go Lariat.

Match 3: Eita beat Hi69.

Match 4: Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat Takashi Sugiura, Hajime Ohara & Kai Fujimuta. Kondo pinned Fujimura after Overdose.

Match 5: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Naomichi Marufuji, ALejandro & Terry Yaki. YO-HEY pinned Yaki after a dropkick.

Match 6: HAYATA beat Yoshinari Ogawa.

Main Event: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kenoh, Kaito Kiyomya & Ryohei Oiwa. Soya pinned Kenoh after Trajectory.

This brings NOAH’s 2023 to a close. It was another up & down year for the promotion, kinda down near the end with the loss of several wrestlers who are moving on or have moved on to other promotions (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka in particular) and their major events still struggle with attendance, but they’re hanging in there with backing from CyberFight Corporation and hopefully will have a relatively injury-free 2024 (another big challenge for some of their major superstars).

The next event, and first of the new year, is NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2024 on 1/2 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin on 1/1 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/20/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the final STAR NAVIGATION 2023 event of the year, before the series continues in 2024.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 688.

Match 1: LEONA (Dradition) & Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a swan dive elbow.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Hi69.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat.

Match 4: Terry Yaki beat Extreme Tiger. This was to have been a 3-way including Alejandro but Alejandro was removed last-minute due to the ever vague poor health/physical condition.

Match 5: HAYATA, Eita & Titus Alexander beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Super Crazy & Vinny Massaro. Alexander pinned Massaro after Big Ugly.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 7: Jake Lee, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyoiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Lee pinned Miyawaki after a backdrop. Afterwards, the House Of Torture faction in New Japan Pro Wrestling appeared and beat down the losers. EVIL with microphone. Based on translation it sounds like a challenge was issued to Kiyomiya & Miyawaki for a match against EVIL & Dick Togo.

Main Event: Kenoh, Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh pinned Soya with a Samson Clutch.

The next event, which will be the final event of 2023, is “THE GIFT 2023 in MAKUHARI-KEIJI MUTO HAPPY BIRTHDAY” Saturday at Makuhari Messe Hall 6 in Chiba. There will be no live broadcast.

BREAKING: Last-Minute NOAH Change For Today

A few minutes ago Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that Alejandro is now off today’s Korakuen Hall event. The ever vagus poor health/poor physical condition. He was to have faced Extreme Tiger & Terry Yaki in a 3-way. It’s now a single match. No word on Alejandro’s status going forward but monitor because he is scheduled to be in Dragon Gate Sunday in a match for the Open The Twin Gate Championship.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/18/23 Results (Updated x3)

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up MONDAY MAGIC today with the final episode of what, on paper, appears to have been a very successful experiment.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout (every event in the series was). So that likely means 450-500 depending on the setup.

Match 1: Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat 2 Great Mummies. Huxley pinned a Great Mummy after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 2: Jake Lee, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Masato Tanaka (ZERO1), Titus Alexander, Alejandro & Terry Yaki. Lee pinned Yaki after FBS.

Match 3: Haruka Umesaki & Miyuki Takase beat Nagisa Nozaki & Arisa Nakajima. Takase pinned Nozaki with La Magistral.

Match 4: Kenoh, Kota Minoura (Dragon Gate) & Ben-K (Dragon Gate) beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh pinned Inaba after PFS.

Match 5: HAYATA & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Gedo (New Japan) & Eita by DQ. Gedo DQ’d. Ref assault.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Ryohei Oiwa.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall for the final STAR NAVIGATION 2023 event (of course this tour continues next year). Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 1:30 AM Pt/4:30 AM ET. This is another ABEMA exclusive in Japan only.

UPDATE: The promotion has announced MONDAY MAGIC will return in April. Season 2 will be 4 episodes on 4/1, 4/8, 4/15 & 4/22, all at Shinjuku Face.

UPDATE 2: Today’s event is currently unavailable on demand or limited due to technical issues.

UPDATE 3: Issue fixed as of 12:30 PM ET and today’s event is now available on demand again.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/17/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the last event of the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour (which will continue into 2024) today with a house show in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 319.

Match 1; Taishi Ozawa beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Hajime Ohara & Extreme Tiger. Alehandro pinned Tiger after Empty Bullet.

Match 3: Junta Miyawaki beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 4: Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Thatcher beat Hi69 with a Fujiwara armbar.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy. Kiyomiya pinned Crazy after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 6; Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kenoh, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Soya beat Yone with a dragon sleeper.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, HAYATA & Eita beat Jake Lee, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Marufuji pinned Cleary after God Tiger King.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC FINAL, the 5th and final event of the series, tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/16/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVIERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 290.

Match 1: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Tadasuke pinned Hi69 after Good Looking Piledriver.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Taishi Ozawa. Huxley pinned Ozawa after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Extreme Tiger & Super Crazy beat Alejandro & Terry Yaki. Tiger pinned Yaki after a reverse Gory Special Bomb.

Match 4: LJ Cleary beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 5: Manabu Soya & Kai Fujimura beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a swan dive elbow attack.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Junta Miyawaki.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

FREE VIDEOS: MONDAY MAGIC Episodes 1-3 (Updated)

Ahead of the final “episode” this Monday, Pro Wrestling NOAH has made the first 3 MONDAY MAGIC events available FOR FREE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. No account or payment requires to view but also note their acclaimed 1 week free trial is back too.

Click below to watch Episode 1 (and scroll down for links to Episodes 2 & 3) on WRESTLE UNIVERSE:

https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en/videos/3hMN5wdg8AGt2oioG7DVWo

UPDATE: They will only be free until 12/24 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

News: United Japan Pro Wrestling Industry Group Formed

Just after Mitsuharu Misawa formed Pro Wrestling NOAH in 2000, he would spearhead the creation of an alliance to attempt to better facilitate cooperation between Japanese promotions. Today a new such alliance was formed to modernize those efforts-the United Japan Pro Wrestling Industry Group.

The initial membership will consist of the following promotions: New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro Wrestling and its affiliated sub-brands (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling & Ganbare Pro Wrestling) and Stardom. Seiji Sakaguchi is the founding chairman with the executive offices based at New Japan Pro Wrestling HQ and New Japan Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi serving as executive chief.

The biggest thing for fans to get excited about here is a joint event scheduled for 5/6/24 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo under the United Japan Pro Wrestling banner. More details forthcoming.

New Japan’s English website has posted a press release with much more about this new alliance, read the full statement here:

https://www.njpw1972.com/166568

DEVELOPING: Tokyo Sports Awards Winners Announced

The Japanese newspaper/website Tokyo Sports announced the winners of their annual Year-End Awards, which are a very big deal in Japanese pro wrestling. The promotions have begun congratulating their winners, for convenience here is a full list of the major winners courtesy of Samurai! TV and New Japan World personality:commentator Miki Motoi:

The award winners:
MVP-Tetsuya Naito (New Japan)
Match Of The Year-The Great Muta vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NOAH, 1/1)
Tag Team-Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (New Japan)
Outstanding Performance: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan)
Fighting Spirit-Kenoh (NOAH)
Technique-Yuma Aoyagi (All-Japan)
Rookie Of The Year-Jun & Rei Saito (All-Japan)
Women’s MVP-Tam Nakano (Stardom)

News: Major TV Crossover Event in Early 2024

According to news items from both All-Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH, both promotions are set to participate in a special February 2024 event to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Japanese TV station Nippon TV (NTV), which at one time or another was a broadcast partner for both (I remember NOAH events in the early days airing on NTV’s G+ network). The event, called (loosely translated from Japanese) “70 Years of Pro Wrestling Broadcast THE Nippon TV Pro Wrestling”, will be held on 2/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Tickets are now on sale ranging from around $60 US up to around $650 (Correction: Earlier versions of this post said $6500, which was incorrect as that’s around 1 million yen where these tickets actually are 100,000 yen) for front row VIP seats that come with commemorative goods, a special photo opportunity and more. All-Japan has announced Masanobu Fuchi will appear at the event while NOAH Vice President Naomichi Marufuji issued a statement about the event but didn’t do any name drops.

The event will be broadcast on Japanese TV but it’s not yet known if it will be live or taped, and at this time it’s not known when/if it may be available on AJPW.TV and/or WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Check out a promo graphic for the event below:

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