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

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto 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 334.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Taishi Ozawa beat Super Crazy, Hi69 & Yu Owada. Ohara pinned Owada after a backbreaker.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Alejandro & Extreme Tiger. Taniguchi pinned Tiger after Wyvern Catch.

Match 3: LEONA (Dradition) beat Kai Fujimura by submission.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Go Shiozaki & Stallion Rogers. Sugiura pinned Rogers after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 5: Manabu Soya, HAYATA & Eita beat Kenoh, Ninja Mack & Terry Yaki. Soya pinned Yaki after Trajectory.

Match 6: Daiki Inaba beat Anthony Greene.

Match 7: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Daga pinned Miyawaki after a lariat.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Jack Morris, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Manabu Soya, Ryohei Oiwa, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Morris pinned Kitamiya after a tiger driver.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Episode 3 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The card will not be announced in advance, but it has been announced that Haruka Umesaki, who was scheduled for the event, is now off. Illness. No replacement will be announced before the event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. Also, the January 2024 schedule indicates the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour will become the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour in the new year.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with an event in Osaka.

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 (should be Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 405.

Match 1: Taishi Ozawa beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Super Crazy & Stallion Rogers beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Crazy pinned Hi69.

Match 3: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wold & Extreme Tiger beat Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki. Wolf pinned Yaki after Wolf Driver.

Match 4: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Takashi Sugiura & Kai Fujimura. Huxley pinned Fujimura after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 5: Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA (Dradition). Kondo pinned Daga after King Kong lariat.

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Inaba pinned Greene after DDD.

Match 7: Go Shiozaki, HAYATA & Eita beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadauke. Shiozaki pinned Tadasuke after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Kenoh & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Manabu Soya & Kaito Kiyomiya. Kenoh pinned Soya after Kenoh Special.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast.

DEMOLITION STAGE in NIIGATA, the second of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s 2 major fall events in about a week, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Niigata City Gym in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1024.

Match 1: Eita beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Stallion Rogers & Taishi Ozawa. Huxley pinned Ozawa after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Ninja Mack, Alejandro, Extreme Tiger & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69, Hajime Ohara & Kai Fujimura. Mack pinned Fujimura after Ninja Bomb.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat LJ Cleary.

Match 5: Toshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy beat Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Crazy beat Miyawaki with a camel clutch.

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Go Shiozaki. Soya pinned Shiozaki after a jumping DDT.

Match 7: Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned YO-HEY after Kenoh Special.

Match 8: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa to retain the titles. Greene pinned Oiwa after M-83. V1 for the champs. Next up: Kitamiya & Inaba. That match will happen on 11/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Main Event: Daga beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion HAYATA to win the title. Daga becomes the 54th GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Kondo. That match will happen on 11/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is 11/11 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

DEMOLITION STAGE 2023 in FUKUOKA, Pro Wrestling NOH’s end-October blowout event, is now in the books. Today marked the farewell to Katsuhiko Nakajima, who is leaving the promotion, and possibly Seiki Yoshioka, who is sitting out the rest of the year and possibly moving on too.

Today’s event wqs held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The Japanese broadcast was an ABEMA exclusive and will be available soon as well. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1309. In spite of probably greatly reduced venue capacity due to the setup, and the fact the venue is primarily designed for sumo, this unfortunately continues a trend of bad major event attendance outside of Tokyo. (The venue’s max capacity for sumo and some pro wrestling is 7500, I figure today’s setup reduced it to around 4000)

Pre-show Match: Akitoshi Saito, Stallion Rogers & Kai Fujinura beat Mohammed Yone, Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo, Seiki Yoshioka, Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69, Hajime Ohara, Extreme Tiger & Junta Miyawaki. Yoshioka pinned Miyawaki after Crash Driver. This is possibly Yoshioka’s last match in NOAH as he is taking a hiatus for the rest of the year and may move elsewhere.

Match 2: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Oiwa pinned Greene.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi. Soya pinned Huxley after a jumping DDT.

Match 4: HAYATA & Eita vs. Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa went to a Draw. Double Pinfall.

Match 5: Katsuhiko Nakajima Final NOAH Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Go Shiozaki & Katsuhoko Nakajima. Sugiura pinned Nakajima after Olympic Yosen Slam. Nakajima is leaving NOAH after 7 years to continue his career elsewhere. Where is not yet known.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat YO-HEY & Tadasuke to retain the titles. Bane pinned Tadasuke after Twister Bane. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: Jack Morris beat GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to win the title. Morris becomes the 10th GHC National Champion. UPSET ALERT!!!

Main Event: Kenoh beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee to win the title. Kenoh becomes the 43rd GHC Heavyweight Champion. They went just short of 30 minutes. The Fist King is now a 3-time champion. Next up: Soya. Kongo Bongo! That match will happen on 1/2/24 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo to open the mew year. Before then, Kenoh will team with Jinsei Shinzaki to face Soya & Tatsumi Fujinami on 12/2 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama.

The next event is DEMOLITION STAGE 2023 in NIIGATA on 11/4 at Niigata City Gym with 2 more title matches-GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa for the titles and GHC Junior Hevayweight Champion HAYATA vs. Daga for the title. Unfortunately, for those not in attendance, there will be no live broadcast, You’ll have to wait until at least 11/7 for on demand.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Kunamoto. This was a 15th Anniversary Event for Seiki Yoshioka.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday (a longer delay than usual, normally it’s 3 days after the event for non-live streams): There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 434.

Match 1: Hahime Ohara & Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a swan dive elbow.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Extreme Tiger. Mack pinned Hi69 after Ninja Bomb.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Takashi Sugiura, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Huxley pinned Saito after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 4: Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Masa Kitamiya & Junta Miyawaki. Inaba pinned Miyawaki after DDD.

Match 5: Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa. Greene pinned Oiwa after M-83.

Match 6: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat HAYATA & Eita by DQ. HAYATA DQ’d.

Match 7: Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Tadasuke after PFS.

Main Event: Seiki Yoshioka 15th Anniversary Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Shuji Kondo beat Go Shiozaki & Seiki Yoshioka. Kondo pinned Yoshioka after King Kong Lariat.

The next event is DEMOLITION STAGE in FUKUOKA tomorrow at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. In addition to the usual title matches, this will be Katsuhiko Nakajima’s final event in NOAH. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in ENGLISH ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan. Japanese and the original broadcast will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the event ends.

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

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall West Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Sunday or Monday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 390.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Alejandro beat Kai Fujimura, Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Kotoge pinned Owada after Knee Upper.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Manabu Soya beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Kitamiya beat Yone with Prison Lock.

Match 3: Match 3: LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara & Seiki Yoshioka. Cleary pinned Ohara after Killing A Cow. That’s what my browser’s translator said.

Match 4: Jack Morris beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kaito Kiyomiya, HAYATA & Eita by DQ. HAYATA DQ’d.

Match 6: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Extreme Tiger beat Ninja Mack, Terry Yaki & Junta Miyawaki. Bane pinned Miyawaki after Twisterbane.

Match 7: Jake Lee & Anthony Greene beat Kenoh & Stallion Rogers. Lee pinned Rogers after FBS.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Go Shiozaki beat Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat.

The next event is tomorrow at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC today, promising the return of an old championship and a former retired legend making an appearance (the latter being The Great Muta, the face-painted/masked in recent years alter-ego of Keiji Muto).

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 appears to have been a legit advance sellout. There were no same-day tickets available. That means it would have been close to 500.

Match 1: HAYATA beat Daga.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Kai Fujimura & Yu Owada. Huxley pinned Owada after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Extreme Tiger & Terry Yaki beat Naomichi Marufuji, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki. Yaki pinned Miyawaki after Yaki Crusher.

Match 4: TBA, revealed at match time to be Masato Tanaka (ZERO1), beat Ninja Mack to win the reactivated GHC Hardcore Championship. Tanaka becomes the 10th GHC Hardcore Champion. (That takes the title’s prior lineage into account although the promotion’s website bills him as the first champion following the reactivation by NOSAWA Rongai)

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyomita, Ryohei Oiwa, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Order of elimination (pinfall, submission, over the top rope): Tadasuke by Kiyomiya, Wolf by Lee, Oiwa by Greene, Greene by Kitamiya, Kitamiya by YO-HEY, Bane by YO-HEY, YO-HEY by Soya, Cleary by Soya, Kiyomiya by Morris, Morris by Soya, Soya by Lee. Lee wins as only remaining member.

Episode 3 is 11/13.

The next event is Thursday at Hiroshima Industrial Hall West Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Ulka Sasaki, an MMA fighter who competes in Rizin and previously fought in UFC, has been announced for Episode 3 and will participate in an exhibition match vs. TBA.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 tour today with a house show in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 192.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Mohammed Yone & Taishi Ozawa. Huxley pinned Ozawa after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Extreme Tiger & Junta Miyawaki beat Ninja Mack & Terry Yaki. Miyawaki pinned Yaki after Falcon Arrow.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya, Daiki Inaba, Shujio Kondo & Hajime Ohara beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge, Go Shiozaki & Hi69. Soya pinned Hi69 after Ballistics.

Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene.

Match 6: Yoshinari Ogawa, Daga & LEONA (Dradition) beat Kaito Kiyomita, HAYATA & Eita by countout. HAYATA counted out.

Main Event: Kenoh, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Stalliion Rogers, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Cleary after Kenoh Special.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Katsuhiko Nakajima made his final appearance in Tokyo for Pro Wrestling NOAH today, ahead of his final match next week before he leaves the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1280. That was probably at least a near-sellout depending on the layout (under the new post-pandemic setups that’s somewhere between 80-97% full)

Pre-show Match: Stallion Rogers & Kai Fujinura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a missile kick.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Hajime Ohara. Mack pinned Kotoge after Ninja Bomb.

Match 3: Shuji Kondo & Extreme Tiger beat Hi69 & Junta Miyawaki. Kondo pinned Miyawaki after King Kong lariat.

Match 4: Kazunari Murakami Return Match: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud) beat Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi. Marufuji pinned Taniguchi.

Match 5: HAYATA & Eita beat Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa. HAYATA pinned Ogawa.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kiyomiya pinned Greene.

Match 7: Kenoh & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jake Lee & Jack Morris. Wagner Jr. pinned Morris after a tiger driver.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate), Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba. Nakajima pinned Inaba after Vertical Spike.

The next event is Sunday at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.