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NOAH News: 6/20 Press Conference Notes (with Video)

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a press conference earlier today (available on YouTube), and after he mentioned making an announcement on Twitter, some fans were worries that perhaps Naomichi Marufuji was going to announce his retirement or something worrisome…thankfully that was not the case. His announcement was a 25th Anniversary event to be held on 9/17 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Not too many hints about it were dropped during a media Q&A session so we’ll have to wait and see.

Also part of the presser was a signing ceremony for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match Thursday at Korakuen. It will be YO-HEY & Tadasuke defending against Chris Ridgeway & Daga.

And finally, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kento Miyahara appeared to promote their 7/15 Korakuen match. Based on photos posted by NOAH, it got physical and Miyahara laid out Nakajima. Watch the video below for that. Do keep in mind that their careers together go back to almost their beginning in the now-closed Kensuke Office/Diamond Ring promotion (Nakajima is basically an adopted som of owners and Hall of Famers Kensuke Sasaki & Akira Hokuto). They have teamed and feuded over their entire 15-year-plus careers so this is definitely going to be a hoss fight level match

The press conference can be watched below (in Japanese. Video courtesy of Pro Wrestling NOAH Japanese official YouTube channel):

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/18/23 Results (Updated)

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

Today’s event was held at Osaka ATC Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 335.Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Super Crazy beat Stallion Rogers & Kai Fujimura. Crazy pinned Fujimura.

Match 2: Manabu Soya beat Hi69.

Match 3: HAYATA & Eita beat Dante Leon & Alejandro. HAYATA pinned Alejandro after a moonsault press.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat Sean Legacy, AMAKUSA & Seiki Yoshioka. Wagner Jr. pinned AMAKUSA after Wagner Driver.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiiki Inamura & Daiki Inaba beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher, Hideki Suzuki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kiyomiya pinned Taniguchi after a transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kenoh & Hajime Ohara. Shiozaki pinned Ohara after Go Lariat.

Match 7: Daga beat YO-HEY.

Main Event: Jack Morris, Jake Lee & Tadasuke beat Takashi Sugiura, Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge. Tadasuke pinned Kotoge after Good Looking Piledriver.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to continue the also-never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 tour. In addition to a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match, the N-1 VICTORY Tournament participants for this year will be announced (no Kaito Kiyomiya due to New Japan participation). Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: The promotion announced on Twitter that Marufuji has an announcement to make at NOAH’s press conference later this week. It will happen at midnight PT/3 AM ET Tuesday and will stream live on the Pro Wrestling NOAH official YouTube channel. Updates will follow.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/17/23 Results

GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in Nagoya, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest major event today, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was only in English due to being an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 833. That sounds bad for a major event like this, but depending on the setup the capacity was likely only in the 1000-1200 range (the absolute maximum for the venue would be 1800).

Match 1: Akitoshi Saito, Seiki Yoshioka & Stallion Rogers beat Mohammed Yone, Alejandro & TaishI Ozawa. Yoshioka beat Ozawa with a crossface.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Hi69.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA & Super Crazy beat Hjo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa & Kai Fujimura. Kiyomiya beat Fujimura with a double arm lock.

Match 4: Hideki Suzuki beat Shuhei Taniguchi.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji & Eita beat Daiki Inaba & Atsushi Kotoge. Eita pinned Kotoge after Imperial Uno.

Match 6: Jack Morris, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Sean Legacy, Chris Ridgeway & Daga. Morris pinned LEgacy after a tiger driver.

Match 7: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kenoh & Manabu Soya. Nakajima pinned Soya after Vertical Spike.

Match 8: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Dante Leon to retain the title. V2 for HAYATA.

Match 9: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura to retain the titles. Huxley pinned Kitamiya after a neck hanging bomb. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee beat Takashi Sugiura to retain the title. V3 for Lee.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka ATC Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/10/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Yokohama, the first official event of Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial Month.

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

The announced paid attendance was 310, a legit advance sellout.

There was a last-second change to this event because Junta Miyawaki suffered an injury at yesterday’s ALL TOGETHER AGAIN event. Spinal cord concussion. Out 2 weeks and will miss all of this month’s events (that means he will officially be out a month because after 6/24 the promotion is off until 7/9). Match 2 was changed as a result. It was also announced that Kaito Kiyomiya is off all events from 7/15 until the end of August due to New Japan participation in the annual G1 CLIMAX tournament. This will be the first time Kiyomiya has participated in the tournament. But don’t get too excited about a potential 3rd Kazuchika Okada fight forever…the way the blocks are, it could only happen if both make the Semifinals or Finals. That could also keep him out of this year’s N-1 VICTORY Tournament depending on when it will start. (Update: Kiyomiya will not be in N-1 VICTORY this year because of it)

Match 1: Seiki Yoshioka vs. Eita went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA (Dradition) beat Atsushi Kotoge & Kai Fujimura. LEONA beat Fujimura with a Figure 4.

Match 3: Chris Ridgeway beat Tadasuke by submission.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara. Nakajima pinned Ohara after Vertical Spike.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Sean Legacy.

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Dante Leon & Alejandro beat HAYATA, Daiki Inaba, Super Crazy & Stallion Rogers. Leon pinned Crazy after Inferno.

Match 7: Jake Lee & YO-HEY beat Takashi Sugiura & AMAKUSA. Lee pinned AMAKUSA after FBS (Face Break Shot).

Main Event: Kenoh beat Hi69.

The next event is GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in NAGOYA on 6/17 at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya. 3 title matches headline including GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title in the main event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan (Japanese commentary will only be available on demand after the event).

ALL TOGETHER AGAIN 6/9/23 Results

In 2011, shortly after the devastating earthquake that caused catastrophic destruction in Fukushima Prefecture and other areas of Japan, the Big 3 promotions-New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH-came together for ALL TOGETHER, a joint charity fundraiser effort to support recovery causes. Today, with Japan still struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they reunited for ALL TOGETHER AGAIN and another joint fundraiser effort for pandemic recovery.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World only as a PPV for about $30 US. I expect the PPV window to be 3 months. You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 6569.

Pre-show match: Ryo Inoue, Black Menso-re, Yoh & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Super Crazy, Alejandro, Seiki Yoshioka & Atsushi Kotoge. Yoh pinned Kotoge after Direct Drive.

Japanese musician FUNKIST performed the event’s theme song to open the event.

Match 1: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii beat Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba & Masa Kitamiya. Goto pinned Inaba after Shoto.

Match 2: Sean Legacy & Chris Ridgeway beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Ridgeway beat Fujita with Uncle Lock.

Match 3: Shota Umino beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Go Shiozaki beat Hokuto Omori & Satoshi Kojima. Nakajima pinned Omori after Vertical Spike. Kojima was a late replacement for Shuji Ishikawa (fever).

Match 5: Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki beat Junta Miyawaki, Takashi Sugiura & Naomichi Marufuji. Desperado pinned Miyawaki after Pinche Loco.

Match 6: Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato, Ryuki Honda, Jun & Rei Saito. Alira pinned Tamura after Fireball.

Match 7: Yuma Anzai, Suwama & Yuji Nagata beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Suwama pinned BUSHI after Last Ride.

Match 8: Tadasuke, YO-HEY & Jake Lee beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Lee pinned TAKA after FBS.

Match 9: AMAKUSA, Atsuki Aoyagi & Hiromu Takahashi beat HAYATA, Rising Hayato & Master Wato. Aoyagi pinned Hayato after Firebird Splash.

Main Event: Kenoh, Yuma Aoyagi & Kazuchika Okada beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kento Miyahara & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Okada pinned Tanahashi after Rainmaker. After the match, Okada invited Antonio Inoki’s grandchildren into the ring to help lead the late New Japan founder’s signature “1…2…3…DA!” shout to close the event.

As all 3 now return to “normal”, next up for New Japan is the New Japan Road ~Road to STRONG~ Tour beginning tomorrow at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 1 in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

FREE VIDEO: ALL TOGETHER AGAIN Press Conference (6/7/23)

The final pre-event press conference for tomorrow’s ALL TOGETHER AGAIN event was held today. Click below to watch the presser (in Japanese only). This is from New Japan’s Japanese YouTube channel but is also available on the All-Japan & Pro Wrestling NOAH YouTube channels and on New Japan World:

News: WRESTLE UNIVERSE Free Trial Is Back!

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News: ALL TOGETHER AGAIN Full Card Announced

The full card for Friday’s ALL TOGETHER AGAIN New Japan/All-Japan/Pro Wrestling NOAH card was finalizes today. New Japan announced the entire card which is as follows:
Pre-show (scheduled for 30 minutes before event): Ryo Inoue, Black Menso-re, Yoh & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, Alejandro & Super Crazy
Main show (in order):
YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura
Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Chris Ridgeway & Sean Legacy
Shota Umino vs. Yoshitatsu
Hokuto Omori & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima
Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Junta Miyawaki
Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb vs. Jun & Rei Saito, Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryuki Honda
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Yuji Nagata, Suwama & Yuma Anzai
TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA vs. Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke
AMAKUSA, Atsuki Aoyagi & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Master Wato, Rising Hayato & HAYATA
Kaito Kiyomiya, Kento Miyahara & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Yuma Aoyagi & Kenoh

With the pre-show match added, the start time is now 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The event is available only as a PPV on New Japan World for about $30. The PPV window is expected to be 3 months and commentary will be by the New Japan broadcast team. This suggests the earliest it could possibly be available on AJPW.TV and WRESTLE UNIVERSE (or as a non-PPV on New Japan World) is roughly September 10.

BREAKING: NOAH Wrestlers Departing

Pro Wrestling NOAH announced on Twitter a short time ago that Kinya Okada & Yasutaka Yano are leaving the promotion, presumably effective immediately. It seems to be by mutual agreement but no further details were released. An official statement has also been posted on NOAH’s website but that also said nothing further.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/31/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with an event that promised a Stormy Voyage of a main event as a heated rivalry resumed.

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

The announced paid attendance was 455. A legit advance sellout. No same-day tickets were sold.

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Taishi Ozawa. Borderline squash, it went just 88 seconds.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Daga pinned Hi69 after a piledriver. (Update: After this match/event Hi69 left Kongo)

Match 3: Sean Legacy beat Stallion Rogers.

Match 4: HAYATA & Eita beat Dante Leon & Junta Miyawaki. HAYATA pinned Miyawaki after 403 Impact.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Kiyomiya pinned Saito after Shining Wizard.

Match 6: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka to retain the titles. Tadasuke pinned Kotoge after Good Looking Piledriver. V2 for the champs. Next up: Chris Ridgeway & Daga. That match will happen on 6/22 at Korakuen Hall.

Main Event: Kenoh vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima went to a 45 minute time limit draw.

The next event is ALL TOGETHER AGAIN, a New Japan/All-Japan/NOAH crossover event for charity, on 6/9 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

The next NOAH standalone event is 6/10 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

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