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Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 340.

Match 1: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Atsushi Kotoge & Alejandro. Bane pinned Alejandro after Twisterbane.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi, Eita & Shuji Kondo beat Mohammed Yone, Hajime Ohara & Black Menso-re. Kondo pinned Menso-re after a King Kong Lariat.

Match 3: Manabu Soya beat AMAKUSA.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Tetsuya Endo & Daiki Odashima. Kitamiya beat Odashima with Stranglehold y.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Kai Fujinura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Junta Miyawaki. Fujimura pinned Moyawaki after Hat Trick.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis beat KENTA, Ulka Sasaki & HAYATA. Inamura pinned HAYATA after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is Sunday at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON today..

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate) & Daiki Odashima beat Eddie Vergara, Iker Navarro & Nathan De Wind. Odashima pinned Vergara.

Match 2: Miyuki Takase beat Great Sakuya by DQ. Poison mist.

Match 3: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Joey Trace & Clio Sanchez. Bane pinned Sanchez after Santa Maria

Match 4: Charles Crowley vs. Fanny Duggan went to a double pinfall.

Match 5: Starboy Charlie beat AMAKUSA, HAYATA & Alejandro in a 4-way elimination match. Order of elimination: Alejandro by AMAKUSA, AMAKUSA by Charlie, HAYATA by Charlie.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Kenoh & Titus Alexander went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The last episode of the season is 10/27 with GHC Women’s Champion Takumi Iroha vs. Risa Sera for the title and GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA vs. Starboy Charlie & TBA on a 3-way elimination match for the title.

The next event is tomorrow at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their latest STAR NAVIGATION 2025 Tour event today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 808. That’s the lowest Korakuen number for them in quite a while by a lot.

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 2: Alejandro, Harutoki & Kai Fujimura beat Mohammed Yone, Ulka Sasaki & Black Menso-re. Alejandro pinned Menso-re after Zero Gravity.

Match 3: Daga, Daiki Odashima, AMAKUSA & HAYATA vs. Eita, Alpha Wolf, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Tadasuke.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Charlie Dempsey (WWE).

Match 7: Dragon Bane beat GHC National Champion Galeno to win the title. Bane becomes the 18th GHC National Champion.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura & Harlem Lewis (WWE) beat KENTA & Tetsuya Endo. Inamure pinned KENTA after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON Episode 2 Monday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Daga may have suffered an i jury yesterday. Left knee synovitis, which I have never heard of. Out at least 10 days and the 10/21 & 10/26 events, which is being called precautionary.

WRESTLE ODYSSEY, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest blowout event today, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on ABEMA as a PPV in select countries, including the US, until 10/18. It’s about $14 in the US. It’s not known when it may be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (UPDATE: Next Saturday after the ABEMA PPV viewing period ends. Tentatively that’s 6 PM PT/9 PM ET)

The announced paid attendance was 3617.

Match 1: Junta Miyawaki beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 2: Galeno & Harutoki beat Manabu Soya & Yuto Kikuchi. Harutoki pinned Kikuchi after Brain Match.

Match 3: Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis (WWE) beat Jack Morris & Ulka Sasaki. Dempsey pinned Sasaki after Regalplex.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura & Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate) beat Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA. Sugiura pinned HAYATA after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 5: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf to win the titles. Daga & Odashima become the 64th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Odashima pinned Wolf with Samson Clutch.

Match 6: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Minoru Suzuki went to a double countout.

Match 7: Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan) & Kaito Kiyomiya beat Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh. Kiyomiya pinned Kenoh after a skywalk elbow.

Match 8: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat Eita to retain the title. V2 for Takahashi.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion KENTA beat Masa Kitamiya to retain the title. V2 for KENTA. Next up: Yoshiki Inamura, who at least for now is back from WWE and with his original name (no more YOICHI). That match will happen on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. (All remaining October events will be live & immediate on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

UPDATE: No real post-event news/fallout except for the announcement of a new tournament, NOAH Jr. Grand Prix, which will be held over 5 events in November. It will be only for Junior Heavyweights. More details TBA.

Pro Wrestling MOAH kicked off a new season of MONDAY MAGIC today, this one dibbed XTRENE SEASON.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was mot announced.

Match 1: Titus Alexandet & Starboy Charlie beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and Jack Morris & Danny Duggan in a 3-way when Alexander pinned Duggan.

Match 2: Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA (Dradition) beat Maybach Taniguchi (Shuhei Taniguchi) & The Great Mummy. Fujinami beat Taniguchi with a dragon sleeper. While mot yet confirmed, in post-match backstage comments Fujinami claimed Mummy actually was Manabu Soya.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro, Harutoki, Kai Fujinura & Galeno beat Joey Trace, Cito Sanchez, Eddie Vergara, Iker Navarro & Nathan de Wind. Kiyomiya pinned Wind after Shining Lancer.

Match 4: The result of a match of Takumi Itoha, Mio Momomo & Chika Akatsuki vs. Mayu Iwatani, Utami Hayashishita & Seirei Yamaoka was not posted. This will be updated once I have a chance to watch the match.
UPDATE: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA beat Yuko Miyamoto to retain the title. V1 for HAYATA.

Episode 2 will be on 10/20.

The next event is WRESTLE ODYSSEY Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming ONLY ON ABEMA as a PPV will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. The PPV will be available in select other countries including the US and can be pre-ordered now. In the US it will cost $14.42 and includes on demand viewing until 10/18. As far as commentary goes, it will be in English.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the (never-ending) SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Nagoya.

Toady’s event was held at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 402.

Match 1: Alejandro beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Ulka Sasaki & Eita beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo. Eita pinned Kondo after Imperial Uno.

Match 3: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & HAYATA beat Daga, Daiki Odashima & Tetsuya Endo. Bane pinned Endo after a reverse huracanrana.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Junta Miyawaki beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Kai Fujimura. Marufuji pinned Fujimura.

Match 5: Charlie Dempsey (WWE) beat Harlem Lewis (WWE).

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & AMAKUSA. Kitamiya beat Ohara with Stranglehold y.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Galeno beat Jack Morris to retain the title.V4 for Galeno. Next up: Bane. That match will happen on 10/16 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON Episode 1 Monday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Also an important heads-up for WRESTLE ODYSSEY next Saturday: There will be NO LIVE OR ON DEMAND BROADCAST OUTSIDE JAPAN. It is live only on ABEMA in Japan, no alternate English broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (and probably no on demand for a while). So either get to Japan or figure out how to use ABEMA with VPN so you can watch when it begins Friday at 11 PM PT/Saturday at 2 AM ET. (Correction: It was announced on 10/6 that it will be a PPV on ABEMA and available worldwide. In the US it will be available for $14.42 and includes live stream and on demand until 10/18)

In a statement just posted by parent company CyberFight Corporation, it was announced that Go Shiozaki appears to be done with Pro Wrestling NOAH. Contract expires today (9/30 Japan time) and will not be renewed. The promotion has also confirmed this on their website. No word yet on Shiozaki’s future plans (his last social media posts appear to be from 3 days ago) and he has not yet been removed from NOAH’s roster page on their website.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: A translation of comments by Shiozaki seem to indicate he will continue his career somewhere as there was no mention of retirement (he’s 43 with 20 years experience).

As you may have seen Tuesday, 2 Pro Wrestling NOAH wrestlers appeared to suffer injuries during the event-Daiki Inaba and YO-HEY. Those have now been confirmed. Inaba-dislocated right hip. YO-HEY-torn left medial meniscus (knee). Both out indefinitely. I think it’s safe to say YO-HEY is done for the year and longer but Inaba could be back sooner.

More as it becomes available

Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up the N-1 VICTORY 2025 Tournament today with the Finals, part of a holiday matinee in Tokyo. It’s a rather unlikely final consisting of Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris, with the winner getting to face KENTA for the GHC Heavyweight Championship next. Both are Team 2000X members and heels by default, but Kitamiya turned and defected to the unit before the tournament, either way the unit once again will stand tall today with a chance to regain the title soon.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE OUTSIDE JAPAN on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only. This is a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan, which will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the event. The event is a legit advance sellout including standing room. There are 7 matches scheduled including a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match and the main event will be no time limit but I expect it will be a standard Korakuen event with a running time of 2 1/2-3 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
KENTA, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Galeno, Kenoh, Daiki Inaba & Ricky Knight Jr.
Takashi Sugiura & Daga vs. HAYATA & Daiki Odashima
Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Shuhei Taniguchi
YO-HEY vs. Tadasuke
Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) & AMAKUSA vs. Eita & Junta Miyawaki
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Alejandro & Kai Fujimura for the titles
N-1 VICTORY Finals: Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hal in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Mark Pickering & Mike Trellner. We’re watching the ABEMA broadcast live where Akitoshi Saito is among the guests on commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout but some reduced capacity due to the commentary setup, but between that and standing room only tickets being sold out it should be 1500-1550. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout plus standing room, was 1596)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET.

Match 1: KENTA, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Galeno, Kenoh, Daiki Inaba & Ricky Knight Jr.. 20 minute time limit
Result: KENTA, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuy Endo beat Galeno, Kenoh, Daiki Inaba & Ricky Knight Jr. Soya pinned Inaba after Death Valley Bomb. Inaba may have been injured just before the end and the ref nearly stopped it. Potential hamstring injury attempting a diving body press off the top rope. He was stretchered out post-match. Updates to follow.

WWE wrestlers Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis come out. Dempsey with microphone in English. He says they’re here to represent WWE NXT in Japan and compete against the best NOAH has to offer. (Japanese translation for the live crowd follows) Dempsey, for those who don’t know, is the the real-life son of the legendary William Regal. Lewis says they will compete on 10/4 in a single match. Dempsey tries to take the microphone but Lewis shoots him a glance before saying they will compete in a tag match against NOAH at Ryogoku Kokugikan on 10/11 then possibly one more appearance on 10/16 at Korakuen.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura & Daga vs. HAYATA & Daiki Odashima. 20 minute time limit
Result: HAYATA & Daiki Odashima beat Takashi Sugiura & Daga by DQ. Sugiura DQ’d. Yoshitatsu interference after a forced ref bump. Afterwards, Daga turned on Team 2000X to protect Odashima. Daga with microphone. He challenged Yoshitatsu to a match right now. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Yoshitatsu & Takashi Sugiura
Result: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Yoshitatsu & Takashi Sugiura in seconds. Daga pinned Yoshitatsu.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Shuhei Taniguchi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat. Afterwards, while the winners stayed in the ring, Minoru Suzuki came out. With microphone. He called out Fujita and issued the challenge, leaving before Fujita could respond although he seemed to nod yes.

Match 4: YO-HEY vs. Tadasuke. 30 minute time limit
Result: YO-HEY beat Tadasuke by DQ. Ref assaults. YO-HEY may have been injured right before the end after a diving foot stomp attempt.

A video announces NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2026 for 1/1/26 at Nippon Budokan.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8:37 PM PT/11:37 PM ET.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) & AMAKUSA vs. Eita & Junta Miyawaki. 30 imnute time limit
Result: Eita & Junta Miyawaki beat Hiromu Takahashi & AMAKUSA. Eita pinned AMAKUSA after a jumping knee strike.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Alejandro & Kai Fujimura for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Alejandro & Kai Fujimura to retain the titles. Bane pinned Alejandro after Santa Maria. V4 for the champs. Next up: Daga & Odashima. Possibly at Ryogoku.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Finals: Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris. No time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya beat Jack Morris by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Kitamiya gets the next GHC Heavyweight Championship shot. A lot of Team 2000X interference late of course to assist. We should find out later today when that match will happen but I’m thinking Ryogoku. Kitamiya called out KENTA and laid him out in the ring to end the show.

The next event is 10/4 at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. All October events will also be available live and immediately on demand on the service, 10/11 (Ryogoku) will probably be English only for live as it’s an ABEMA exclusive.

UPDATE: It’s now official-10/11 for KENTA-Kitamiya. As a consolation prize, Morris gets another GHC National Championship shot against Galeno. That match will happen on 10/4.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate day of the N-1 VICTORY Tournament today.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 617.

Match 1: AMAKUSA, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Jack Morris, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Fujimura pinned Bane after Hat Trick.

Match 2: HAYATA, Atsushi Kotoge & Ryo Hoshino beat Junta Miyawaki, Daiki Odashima & Black Menso-re. Hoshino pinned Menso-re after Cancun Tornado.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 3: Block B: Daiki Inaba beat Harutoki.
Match 4: Block A: Manabu Soya beat Ulka Sasaki.
Match 5: Block B: Galeno beat Kenoh.
Match 6: Block B: Ricky Knight Jr. beat Naomichi Marufuji. As a result, there will be a tiebreaker match between Galeno & Jack Morris to determine who wins Block B.
Match 7: Block A: Daga beat Kaito Kiyomiya.
Match 8: Masa Kitamiya beat Kazuyuki Fujita by ref stoppage.
Match 9: Tetsuya Endo beat KENTA. As a result, Kitamiya wins Block A.
Main Event: Block B Tiebreaker: Jack Morris beat Galeno. As a result, Morris wins Block B.
As a result, the Final will be Kitamiya vs. Morris.

The Final is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin Monday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. This is a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.