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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.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Yokohama.

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 340. Surprised they didn’t say a full house/near sellout as that’s around 85% normal capacity.

Match 1: Manabu Soya & Taishi Ozawa beat Daiki Inaba & Yu Owada. Ozawa pinned Owada.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Koroge, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara. Yaki pinned Hi69 after Yaki Crusher.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki & Junta Miyawaki beat Masa Kitamiya & Kai Fujimura. Shiozaki pinned Fujimura after Go Flasher.

Match 4: HAYATA beat Stallion Rogers.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Kiyomita pinned Greene after Variant Shining Wizard.

Match 6: Dragon Bane beat YO-HEY.

Main Event: Kenoh & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Tadasuke after Kenoh Special.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to continue the also-never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:15 AM PT/5:15 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan in Japanese.

A surprise announcement at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s first Monday Magic event yesterday that is now official-former wrestler NOSAWA Rongai, the producer of the events, has revived the GHC Hardcore Championship. Also known as the Global Hardcore Crown, it was active from 2004-2009 and was even a tag team championship for a time. The first champion of this new era will be determined on 10/23 in a match between Ninja Mack & TBA.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off MONDAY MAGIC today, a new experiment featuring 5 events in a serialized format to be held every couple weeks over the rest of the year on Mondays.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTE UNIVERSE FOR FREE! No signup or login required! Click below to watch (the full event runs 1 hour 53 minutes):

https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en/lives/pLkUUJXfo97Y5jGuCYkv9V

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Ninja Mack beat Terry Yaki. Yaki is an American wrestler making his NOAH debut. Questionable ring name though.

Match 2: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita & Junta Miyawaki beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Kai Fujimura. Miyawaki pinned Fujimura after Falcon Arrow.

Match 3: Jake Lee & Anthony Greene beat LJ Cleary & Ryohei Oiwa. Greene pinned Oiwa. Cleary is a wrestler from Iteland also making his NOAH debut today.

Match 4: Takumi Iroha & Mio Momono beat Yuu & Rigo Kawabata. Iroha pinned Kawabata after Running 3.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 in a 3-way when YO-HEY pinned Bane.

Main Event: Kenoh beat Satoshi Kojima.

Episode 2 is 10/23. After the event, it was announced The Great Muta (Keiji Muto) will appear at that event.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, continuing the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12;30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion announced the free replay of this event will only be available until 10/23 at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. So watch quickly if you’re not a subscriber!

Major news from Pro Wrestling NOAH coming out…Katsuhiko Nakajima is now done with the promotion. He is terminating his contract at the end of the week and will only have 2 dates left-10/20 and 10/28. No hints yet as to why or where Nakajima may go next. He joined NOAH at the beginning of 2016 after Diamond Ring closed and will mark 20 years active early next year.

More as it becomes available.

GRAND SHIP 2023 in NAGOYA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s major event today, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was only in English due to ABEMA exclusives.

The announced paid attendance was 940.

Match 1: Pre-show match: Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge, Stallion Rogers & Taishi Ozawa beat Mohammed Yone, Daiki Inaba, Hi69 & Yu Owada. Rogers pinned Owada after a backdrop.

Match 2: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. YO-HEY pinned Ohara after a dropkick.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura, Manabu Soya & Masa Kitamiya beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Hideki Suzuki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Soya pinned Taniguchi after a jumping DDT.

Match 5: Daga beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 6: Kenoh & Lance Anoa’i beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Adam Brooks. Kenoh pinned Brooks after PFS.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Eita beat Naomichi Marufuji, Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA (Dradition) by DQ. LEONA DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 8: Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley to win the titles. Morris & Greene become the 66th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Morris pinned Thatcher after a tiger driver.

Match 9: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro to win the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Bane & Wold become the 58th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Bane pinned Alejandro after Twisterbane.

Match 10: GHC National Champion Hijo De Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Psycho Clown to retain the title. V6 for Wagner Jr. Next up: Morris. That match will happen on 10/28 at Fukuoka International Center.

Match 11: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Seiki Yoshioka to retain the title. V4 for HAYATA. Next up: Daga. That match will happen on 11/4 at Niigata City Gym.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee beat Go Shiozaki to retain the title. V4 for Lee. Next up: Kenoh. That match will happen on 10/28.

In other post–event news/fallout, it sounds like Seiki Yoshioka may be leaving the promotion at the end of the year. It was announced that after 10/28, the last of 4 scheduled October dates for him, he will be taking a break from the promotion to prepare for new challenges. This suggests his contract may be expiring and he will look to sign elsewhere. Updates to follow.

The next event is a special NOAH THE HOME DELUXE event on 10/7 at SKIP City Multipurpose Hall in Saitama. This event is open only to NOAH’s Ark fan cclub members only and will not be broadcast.

The next regular event is MONDAY MAGIC Episode 1, the debut of a new short series of 5 Monday night events, on 10/9 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.