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Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today with the start of another doubleheader to lead into Sunday’s big event.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Monday or Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 317.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Extreme Tiger & YO-HEY in a 3-way by pinning Tiger.

Match 3: Yoshinari Ogawa, Jack Morris & Yasutaka Yano vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy went to a double countout.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura. Satoshi Kojima, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Naomichi Marufuji, Masato Tanaka, Masa Kitamiya & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kojima pinned Taniguchi after Western Lariat.

Match 5: HAYATA & Chris Ridgeway beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro. Ridgeway beat Alejandro with an ankle hold.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Atsushi Kotoge, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kenoh, Katsubiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hi69. Kiyomiya pinned Tadasuke after Transformed Shining Wizard.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. This will be taped for on demand delivery on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

Pro Wrestling NOAH likely wrapped up the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour today with the second half of a Tokyo doubleheader.

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

The announced paid attendance was 689.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2; NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy beat Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Crazy pinned Ohara after Liger Bomb.

Match 3: Extreme Tiger beat Alejandro.

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Yasutaka Yano beat Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Kai Fujimura. Ridgeway beat YO-HEY with an ankle hold.

Match 5: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh pinned Inaba after PFS.

Match 6: Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 7: Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima & Naomichi Marufuji beat Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kndo Ka Shin. Kojima pinned Mochizuki after Western Lariat.

Main Event: HAYATA & Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ninja Mack. HAYATA pinned Mack.

The next event is Friday at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto. This event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour with the first half of another Tokyo doubleheader today, beginning the build to the next blowout event at the end of the month.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA in Japan, but for a limited time you can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 625.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa, Jack Morris & Yasutaka Yano beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy. Morris pinned NOSAWA.

Match 3: Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kendo Ka Shin beat Masa Kitamiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Daiki Inaba. Tanaka pinned Inaba after Sliding D.

Match 4: Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Alejandro. Tadasuke pinned Yoshioka after Jidanda Lariat.

Match 5: HAYATA & Chris Ridgeway beat Ninja Mack & Extreme Tiger. HAYATA pinned Tiger.

Match 6: Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Naomichi Marufuji & Kazushi Sakuraba. Nakajima pinned Sugiura after Vertical Spike.

Main Event: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Fujita pinned Inamura after a powerbomb.

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

In post-event news, the main event of 10/16 (Kenoh & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Sakuraba & Hideki Suzuki) and the GHC National Championship match (Funaki vs. Kitamiya and a just-announced GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match (Kojima & Sugiura vs. Kenoh & Nakajima) for 10/30 have been changed to GHC Martial Arts Rules matches. Those rules are as follows: No pinfalls, win by KO, TKO or submission only, ring outs and other fouls will result in a Yellow Card-3 Yellow Cards ends the match by DQ. If a DQ happens because of 3 Yellow Cards, the titles can change hands.

UPDATE: As of just before 10 AM PT/1 PM ET the replay of today’s event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today, wrapping up their September schedule with an event featuring a GHC National Championship match.

Today’s event was held at Bandaijima Multipurpose Square Ogama in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

There were a few last-minute changes to the card because Yoshinari Ogawa was a late removal from the event. Head injury. He was to have been in a 6-man tag match. Kai Fujimura was the replacement.

The announced paid attendance was 516.

Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Super Crazy beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 3: Ninja Mack, Extreme Tiger & Alejandro beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Mack pinned Ohara after Ninja Bomb.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Daiki Inaba. Kojima pinned Taniguchi after Western lariat.

Match 5; Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & YO-HEY beat HAYATA, Chris Ridgeway & Kai Fujimura. YO-HEY pinned Fujimura after a dropkick.

Match 6: GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki beat Masa Kitamiya by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V5 for Funaki. Next up: Kazushi Sakuraba. That match will happen on 10/30 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Naomichi Marufuji & Jack Morris beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Kiyomita pinned Soya after Transformed Shining Wizard.

The next event is 10/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the start of a doubleheader continuing the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour. This will be an ABEMA ONLY live broadcast in Japan and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time.

On a side note, for WRESTLE UNIVERSE subscribers the monthly subscription for October 2022, if you are renewing today (I was charged yesterday) is currently $6.25 US.

The Keiji Muto Retirement Road series continued in Pro Wrestling NOAH today with the second of his 5 final events, capping off a busy week for Muto that saw him return to the US for a special appearance by The Great Muta in All Elite Wrestling, which set up longtime US icon Sting for a return visit in January. It was also announced after the event that the opponent for Muto’s 3rd retirement series match will be announced at a press conference tomorrow at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. It will be streamed live on YouTube.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube for a limited time.

The announced paid attendance was 1933. Because the venue was limited to 50% capacity, and the setup probably reduced that further, this number isn’t as bad as it sounds.

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: NOSAWA Rongai & Eita beat Yasutaka Yano & Kai Fujimura. Eita pinned Fujimura after a low dropkick to the face.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Inamura pinned Yone after Musou.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Extreme Tiger & Alejandro beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 by DQ. Tadasuke DQ’d. Mask removal from Alejandro.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, Jack Morris & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Inaba. Morris pinned Inaba after Shooting Star Press.

Match 6: Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway to win the titles. Kotoge & Yoshioka become the 51st GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Yoshioka pinned Ogawa after Buzzsaw Kick. Next up: Possibly Tadasuke & Hi69 (or Hiroki if you prefer, that’s what he is announced as), who attacked the new champs immediately after the match (Tadasuke broke a chair on Kotoge’s already busted open head with the initial assault).

Match 7: Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher to win the titles. Sugiura & Kojima become the 62nd GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Sugiura pinned Suzuki after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 8: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat YO-HEY to retain the title. V6 for HAYATA.

Match 9: Keiji Muto Retirement Road Match 2: Keiji Muto & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Muto pinned Nakajima after Shining Wizard.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh to win the title. Kiyomiya becomes the 41st GHC Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Fujita. That will happen on 10/30 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The next event is Friday at Bandaijima Multipurpose Square Ogama in Niigata. The event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (no live broadcast).

UPDATE: After the event, it was announced that HAYATA would next defend the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship against Ninja Mack on 10/30. That is also when the next GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match will occur as Kotoge & Yoshioka will defend against Tadasuke & Hi69.

Based on the post-match comments just posted by the promotion (late evening US time), it looks like Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is finished with NOAH for now as he is on his way back to Mexico.
Kiyomiya wanted Fujita as the next challenger for the GHC Heavyweight Championship because Fujita beat Kiyomiya in the N-1 VICTORY Tournament, which Kiyomiya won to get this title shot.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran an N INNOVATION event today, resuming the monthly Jr. Heavyweight showcase series after a break last month due to the N-1 VICTORY Tournament.

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

The announced paid attendance was 360, a full house/near sellout. That suggests the venue was allowed to be at full capacity-this number would represent about 80% full.

Match 1: Yasutaka Yano Return Match: Kai Fujimura beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 2: Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy. Tadasuke pinned Crazy after an Eita dropkick backfired.

Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki vs. Shuji Kondo went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Ninja Mack beat Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Extreme Tiger & Alejandro in a 5-way elimination match. Order of elimination: Tiger by Wolf, Wolf by Alejandro, Alejandro by Bane, Bane by Mack.

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & YO-HEY beat HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway. Order of elimination: Kotoge by Ridgeway, Ogawa by Yoshioka, Yoshioka by Ridgeway, Ridgeway by YO-HEY, HAYATA by YO-HEY. YO-HEY remains and wins.

The next event is Muto Retirement Road-GRAND SHIP 2022 in NAGOYA PRO WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER 2 ~OUT BREAK~ Sunday at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. This is a blowout event with 4 title matches and the second of Keiji Muto’s 5 final career matches, which will be Muto & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. The main event will be GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh vs. Kaito Kiyomiya for the title, coming out of Kiyomiya winning the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Toournament. There are also GHC Heavyweight Tag Team and Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship matches and HAYATA vs. YO-HEY for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship.
Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Sunday at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today with an event representing the final build to Sunday’s blowout event in Osaka, the second stop of 5 on the Keiji Muto Retirement Road Tour.

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 269.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Masato Tanaka beat Yoshiki Inamura.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi. Suzuki beat Taniguchi with Royal Stretch.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Jack Morris beat Kenoh & Manabu Soya. Morris pinned Soya after a tiger driver.

Main Event: Timothy Thatcher beat Satoshi Kojima by submission.

The next event is an N INNOVATION event Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, the return of the monthly Jr. Heavyweight showcase series after a break last month. This month’s installment will feature the return of Yasutaka Yano from injury. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour today with the second half of a Tokyo doubleheader to continue the build to the 9/25 blowout event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 554.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Extreme Tiger beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 3: Satoshi Kojima, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Kojima pinned Inaba after Western lariat.

Match 4: Alpha Wolf beat Dragon Bane.

Match 5: Hideki Suzuki, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., NOSAWA Rongai, Kotaro Suzuki & Super Crazy beat Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Wagner pinned Hi69 after Wagner Driver.

Match 6: HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Jack Morris beat Naomichi Marufuji, YO-HEY, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. HAYATA beat Yoshioka with a modified armbar.

Match 7: Kenoh & Shuji Kondo beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Atsushi Kotoge. Kenoh pinned Kiyomiya after Shining Wizard. TOUCHE.

Main Event; Timothy Thatvher beat Takashi Sugiura by submission. UPSET ALERT!

The next event is Monday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, which will be the resumption of the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.