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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.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/28/23 Results

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

Today’s event was held at Bandaijima Multipurpose Hall Large Hall in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 582.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Dante Leon & Super Crazy beat HAYATA & Lancelot. Leon pinned Lancelot after Dante Driver.

Match 3: Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Hi69 beat Sean Legacy, Extreme Tiger & Stallion Rogers. Hi69 pinned Tiger after Stuka Splash.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Naomichi Marufuji & Mohammed Yone. Inamura pinned Yone after Unrivaled.

Match 5: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro. Ridgeway beat Miyawaki with a sleeper hold.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi, Atsushi Kotovge & Seiki Yoshioka beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Sugiura beat Greene with a front neck lock.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Inaba. Shiozaki pinned Inaba after Go Lariat.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and includes a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/21/23 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with an event headlined by an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match. Kenoh & Manabu Soya are the champions but Suwama & KONO were looking to take the title back to All-Japan.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe 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 891, a full house/near sellout. That’s the biggest crowd by a considerable amount for anyone in the venue since at least pre-pandemic.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Alejandro & Super Crazy. Ohara beat Alejandro with Muy Bien.

Match 2: HAYATA, Dragon Bane & Lancelot beat Dante Leon, Extreme Tiger & Alpha Wolf. Bane pinned Wolf after Koura Del Dragon.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Ka Shin, Masato Tanaka & Dave The Clown beat Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Clown pinned Inaba after a package piledriver.

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Sean Legacy beat Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Legacy pinned Miyawaki after Shambles.

Match 5: Daga beat Eita.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Masakatsu Funaki & Shuji Kondo. Shiozaki pinned Kondo after Go Lariat.

Match 7: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Naomichi Matufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. YO-HEY pinned Yoshioka after a dropkick.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Suwama & KONO (All-Japan) to retain the titles. Soya pinned KONO after a jumping DDT. V1 for the champs.

The next event is 5/28 at Bandaijima Multipurpose Plaza Large Hall in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Next up for Kenoh/Soya: Suwama (again) & Rei Saito. That will happen on 5/29 in All-Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/14/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour today with their latest Tokyo event, headlined by the reunited Axiz team of Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima after the latter defected from Kongo.

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 only in English due to being an ABEMA exclusive.

The announced paid attendance was 935.

Match 1: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Extreme Tiger & Super Crazy beat AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki, Alejandro & Lancelot. Wolf pinned Miyawaki after Wolf Driver.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Stallion Rogers.

Match 3: Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Daga pinned Hi69 after a piledriver.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Hideki Suzuki. Inamura pinned Huxley after Musou.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji & HAYATA beat Sean Legacy & Dante Leon. HAYATA pinned Legacy.

Match 6: Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Eita went to a no contest. HAYATA interference.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya, Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kotoge pinned YO-HEY after Kill Switch.

Main Event: Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Kenoh pinned Shiozaki after PFS.

Lots of post-event news:
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka for the titles has been added to 5/31 at Shinjuku Face.
GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title and GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher vs. Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura for the titles have been added to GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in NAGOYA on 6/17 at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya.
Masakatsu Funaki vs. Josh Barnett in a GHC Martial Arts Rules Match has been announced for 9/3 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka.

The next event is 5/21 at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe (back to the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour). There will be no live broadcast.

News: First All Together Again Matches Announced

The first matches for All Together Again, the joint New Japan/All-Japan/NOAH charity fundraiser event in June, were announced today. 3 trios matches are set for the card which are as follows:
YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Yuji Nagata, Suwama & Yuma Anzai
Kaito Kiyomiya, Kento Miyahara & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Yuma Aoyagi & Kenoh

I can see that last match being the main event, and it’s probably going to be Kiyomiya & Okada fighting amongst themselves constantly and a match maybe happening around it given their history.

More matches TBA. The event is scheduled for 6/9 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and will be available as a PPV on New Japan World.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/4/23 Results

MAJESTIC 2023, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Golden Week blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE In Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 2721. Again quite low even with configuration and reduced box seat capacity which still should have meant a capacity of at least 8000-9000 (the venue’s normal full capacity, primarily for sumo, is around 14,000).

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Super Crazy beat Akitoshi Saito & Taishi Ozawa. Crazy pinned Ozawa after a moonsault press.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat Extreme Tiger & Lancelot. Kotoge pinned Lancelot after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Sean Legacy, Stallion Rogers, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Greene pinned Rogers after Alternate Ending.

Match 4: Sumire Natsu & Ryo Mizunami beat Maya Yukihi & SAKI. Natsu pinned Yukihi after Youran.

Match 5: Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro. Hi69 pinned Miyawaki after Stuka Splash.

Match 6: Kazuyuki Fujita & Masato Tanaka beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Tanaka pinned Inaba after Sliding D.

Match 7: In a GHC Martial Arts Rules match, Masakatsu Funaki beat Shinya Aoki by submission.

Match 8: Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat Eita & Daga. Ogawa pinned Eita after a Daga Diablo Wings.

Match 9: Dralistico beat Rey Escorpion.

Match 10; Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi to win the titles. Huxley & Thatcher become the 65th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Huxley pinned Taniguchi after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 11: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Ninja Mack to retain the title. V1 for HAYATA. Next up: Dante Leon. That match will happen on 6/17 at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya.

Match 12: GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Hideki Suzuki by submission to retain the title. V4 for Wagner Jr.

Match 13: Go Shiozaki Return Match: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Nakajima pinned Shiozaki after Vertical Spike. It’s possible Nakajima defected from Kongo after the match to re-form Axiz with Shiozaki as Kenoh vs. Nakajima has been announced for 5/31 at Shinjuku Face.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee beat Naomichi Marufuji to retain the title. V2 for Lee.

The next event is 5/14 at Korakuen Hall as part of the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is also an ABEMA broadcast so the live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE may be in English only.

In other news, the annual N-1 VICTORY Tournament was announced for 2023. The full schedule was announced and is as follows:
8/6-Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama
8/9-Korakuen Hall
8/10-Korakuen Hall
8/11-Korakuen Hall
8/19-Chateraise Gatteaux Kingdom Sapporo, Hokkaido
8/26-Sendai Pit, Sendai
8/27-Culttz Kawasaki, Kanagawa
9/3-Osaka Prefectural Gym, Osaka (Finals)
All events will be streamed live on ABEMA or WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/29/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour today, which now covers mainly mid-major shows in Tokyo like today.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English soon. It is unavailable as of this post due to technical issues. The live broadcast was an ABEMA exclusive with English commentary on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1028. Under the current “new normal” for Korakuen that’s just under 80% full.

Match 1: Ninja Mack & Lancelot beat HAYATA & Super Crazy. Mack pinned Crazy after Phoenix Splash.

Match 2: Daiki Inaba & Atsushi Kotoge beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hajime Ohara. Kotoge pinned Ohara after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Ridgeway pinned Yoshioka after Onslaught.

Match 4: Naomichi Matufuji, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Marufuji pinned Greene after Tiger King.

Match 5: Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Sean Legacy & AMAKUSA. Kondo pinned AMAKUSA after a King Kong lariat.

Match 6: Junta Miyawaki beat Hi69.

Match 7: Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi. Suzuki pinned Wagner with a Japanese leg toll clutch hold.

Main Event: GHC Jr.Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf to retain the titles. YO-HEY pinned Bane with a rollup. V1 for the champs.

The next event is ABEMA presents MAJESTIC 2023 Thursday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan. A free press conference event, which is open to the public, will be held Monday at Edmont Metropolitan Hotel in Tokyo.

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