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Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/23/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up their 2022 schedule today with the final N INNOVATION event of the year, shining the spotlight on their Jr. Heavyweight division once more with a major event headlined by two title matches.

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

The announced paid attendance was 320. Vocal cheering was allowed meaning this sounded like a higher number than what reduced capacity would usually be, possibly a sellout (the venue’s normal capacity is roughly 500).

Match 1: Shoki Kitamura beat Hi69 by submission.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Andy Wu beat Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara. Alejandro pinned Tadasuke after Casadora con Hero.

Match 3: Yasutaka Yano beat NOSAWA Rongai. UPSET ALERT!

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Eita went to a No Contest. Tadasuke & Hi69 interference.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Kzy (Dragon Gate) beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka to win the titles. YO-HEY & Kzy become the 54th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Kzy pinned Kotoge after KZ Time.

Main Event: AMAKUSA beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Dante Leon to win the title. AMAKUSA becomes the 52nd GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion. The former Haoh plays the ultimate revenge version of Kongo Bongo…first he got kicked out of the faction. Then he got kicked out of NOAH. Then he snuck back under a mask and a new name. Now he does what most of Kongo has not been able to do-win the Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Very fun times ahead.

And with that, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s 2022 comes to a close. It was another up & down year especially with generally poor attendance for major events despite being helped out by funding from CyberFight Corporation to keep them going, and once again they were hurt by their top stars going down with injuries for long stretches. And then it became all about Keiji Muto when he announced he will retire in February, and I believe they did become the first promotion to run the new Ariake Arena in Tokyo (built for the 2020 Summer Olympics). The start of 2023 will be all about Muto’s retirement but they also have a literally red-hot rivalry between Kenoh & Kaito Kiyomiya that shows no signs of slowing down. It’s always been a bit of a struggle for the promotion since the death of founder Mitsuharu Misawa, but they always keep him in their hearts and continue voyaging forward.

The first event of 2023 is ABEMA presents “NOAH THE NEW YEAR” 2023 on 1/1 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. It’s an absolutely loaded blowout event with a one-last-time worldwide dream match as former New Japan superstar Shinsuke Nakamura, currently competing in WWE, returns to Japan for a special single match against Keiji Muto. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 1:45 AM ET/10:45 PM PT on 12/31. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast so the original Japanese broadcast will only be available on demand after the event.

Tokyo Gurentai Produced 12/20/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH hosted a Tokyo Gurentai Produced event today, billed as the final event together for the legendary heel faction that has spread across Japanese wrestling for parts of 3 decades as leader NOSAWA Rongai will be retiring in February. The card was a showcase for independent wrestlers and also brought back past Gurentai members including New Japan’s Dick Togo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 750, a legit advance sellout. Vocal cheering was allowed.

Match 1: Hideki Monma, Daisuke Nakamura, Taison Maeguchi & Kai Takuya beat Ikuto Hidaka, 2, SUSHI & Takatoshi Matsumoto. Momna pinned 2. Hidaka was a replacement for Hikaru Sato (injury).

Match 2: Maya Yukihi & Miyuki Watase beat Rina Yamashita & Sumire Natsu. Yukihi pinned Natsu after TSULALA.

Match 3: Eita beat Kotaro Suzuki.

Match 4: Ninja Mack beat The Reeve Mask & Dante Leon in a 3-way by pinning Mask. Unknown who Mask really was but the colors on the profile picture had me thinking maybe Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki Mochizuki & Akito beat BxB Hulk, Hokuto Omori & Yoshitomo Shimohigashi. Akito beat Shimohigashi with a Figure 4.

Main Event: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA, FUJITA, TAKEMURA, KIKUZAWA & Dick Togo. Kenoh pinned NOSAWA after PFS. Afterwards, NOSAWA’s retirement match was announced-NOSAWA & MAZADA vs. Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. That will happen at the Keiji Muto Retirement Event on 2/21 at Tokyo Dome.

The next event is the promotion’s final event of the year, which is also the last N INNOVATION event of the year, on Friday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/19/22 Results

Pro Wresting NOAH wrapped up the 2022 portion of the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION Tour with the final build to the New Year’s Day blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can now be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 551. Vocal cheering was allowed so with the resulting limits in place that was just under 80% capacity.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Taishi Ozawa. Yone pinned Ozawa after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Eita beat Hajime Ohara.

Match 3: Yoshinari Ogawa & Yasutaku Yano vs. Tadasuke & Hi69 went to a No Contest. Eita interference.

Match 4: YO-HEY beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 5: Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Suzuki beat Inamura with a double wrist lock.

Match 6: Jack Morris beat Katsuhiko Nakajima.

Match 7: Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Masato Tanaka & Atsushi Kotoge by ref stoppage. Kenoh beat Kiyomiya with a sleeper hold.

Match 8: AMAKUSA & Ninja Mack beat Dante Leon & Alejandro. AMAKUSA pinned Leon.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji beat Satoshi Kojima.

The next event is a Tokyo Gurentai Produced “TOKYO DREAM FINAL ~LAST FESTIVAL-” independent event tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Kongo Produced Event 12/18/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a Kongo Produced event as the second half of their doubleheader today, again spotlighting the red-colored heel faction in the promotion. Every match featured Kongo vs. NOAH, but the main event was all Kongo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 288, a legit advance sellout. Vocal cheering was allowed.

Match 1: Hi69 beat Alejandro.

Match 2: Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Daiki Inaba & Seiki Yoshioka. Soya pinned Inaba.

Match 3: Masakatsu Funaki beat Yoshiki Inamura.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Satoshi Kojima went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: AMAKUSA beat Tadasuke.

Main Event: Kenoh beat Hajime Ohara.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, the last event of the 2022 portion of the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION Tour. There will be no live broadcast outside Japan as this is an ABEMA-only event, but it should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE after the event ends.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “NEW HOPE” Results (12/18/22) (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicks off their final week of events for 2022 today with the first of 3 special themed events this week, NEW HOPE. This is a short event with just 5 matches scheduled that will place more spotlight on the younger, more inexperienced members of the roster who haven’t gotten as much experience as ideal the last couple years due to the pandemic. They’ll get to face some of NOAH’s top stars in an event where vocal cheering will also be allowed. It should be a nice appetizer for the second half of today’s doubleheader-after this event is over, come back a couple hours later for a Kongo Produced event featuring the promotion’s top heel faction. The main event hasn’t been revealed.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There probably will be no commentary. With the event later and just 5 matches this won’t be a long event-I would expect the total running time, barring marathon matches, to be less than 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Shoki Kitamura (Tochigi Pro Wrestling) vs. Atsushi Kotoge
Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Yoshiki Inamura & Taishi Ozawa
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Alejandro
Kaito Kiyomiya & AMAKUSA vs. Jack Morris & Dante Leon
Yasutaka Yano vs. Satoshi Kojima

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

10 PM ET UPDATE: Live results begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a small venue and vocal cheering is allowed so it’ll be smaller than usual in spite of that, but looks full or close to it. Probably right around 200. We may have only hard-camera views today.

Match 1: Shoki Kitamura (Tochigi Pro Wrestling) vs. Atsushi Kotoge. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Yoshiki Inamura & Taishi Ozawa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Yoshiki Inamura & Taishi Ozawa. Inaba beat Ozawa with a modified arm & facelock. Almost went the time limit again.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Alejandro. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji beat Alejandro.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya & AMAKUSA vs. Jack Morris & Dante Leon. 45 minute time limit
Result: Jack Morris & Dante Leon beat Kaito Kiyomiya & AMAKUSA. Leon pinned AMAKUSA after a twisting diving senton.

Main Event: Yasutaka Yano vs. Satoshi Kojima. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Satoshi Kojima beat Yasutaka Yano

If you don’t mind only having the hard camera perspective, this was a good show. 5 solid matches crammed into 100 minutes. If you missed it live, it’s worth a watch on demand.

The next event is a Kongo Produced event later today. That event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3:30 AM ET/12:30 AM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 205. With reduced capacity for vocal cheering that was probably in the 80-85% full range.

BREAKING: NOSAWA Rongai To Retire In 2023

Breaking news from Pro Wrestling NOAH via Twitter: Kazushige Nosawa, beat known as longtime heel and Tokyo Gurentai leader NOSAWA Rongai, will retire on 2/21/23 at Tokyo Dome. The announcement comes on NOSAWA’s 46th birthday and approaching his 27th anniversary in the ring.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/14/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 tour with the series’ final event of the year (it will resume next year).

Today’s event was held at Aizuwakamatsu City Cultural Center in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 284.

Match 1: Hi69 beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito by ref stoppage. Inaba beat Saito.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji & Jack Morris beat Yoshiki Inamura & Yasutaka Yano. Morris pinned Yano after a tiger driver.

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa beat NOSAWA Rongai by submission. This went over 27 minutes.

Match 5: Dante Leon & YO-HEY beat AMAKUSA & Alejandro. Leon pinned Alejandro after Inferno.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara. Kitomiya pinned Ohara after Trnasformed Shining Wizard.

The next event is NOAH “NEW HOPE” Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. This will be an event mainly focusing on the younger, less experienced wrestlers. Vocal cheering will be allowed.

Wrestler Absences Due To Injury

Pro Wrestling NOAH and All-Japan have announced pending card changes due to Hikaru Sato suffering an injury at an event yesterday. Lower back contusion. He was scheduled for the Tokyo Gurentai event in NOAH on 12/20 and All-Japan events on 12/21 and 12/25. For the NOAH event, he was to have been in an 8-man tag team match. Ikuto Hidaka is the replacement. For All-Japan in 12/21, he was to have teamed with Dan Tamura to face Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. No replacement named yet.

BREAKING: NOAH Wrestler Injured

Pro Wresting NOAH has just announced numerous card changes for upcoming events due to word breaking that Kai Fujimura is injured. Fractured left arm. The injury was suffered while practicing. Out indefinitely but likely a few months.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/23/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran NOAH THE BEST 2022 today, a mid-major standalone event that likely will be the last such event for the promotion this year as December’s light schedule will mainly feature special themed events.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese (may not yet be available as it was an ABEMA live broadcast) and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube for a limited time.

The announced paid attendance was 872.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Tadasuke & Hi69. Saito pinned Hi69 after Iron Claw Slam.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki beat Shuhei Taniguchi by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 3: FINAL PERROS DE MAL DE JAPON: Yoshinari Ogawa, Yasutaka Yano & Kai Fujimura vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy went to a double countout. It went just 65 seconds. Which led to…
Yoshinari Ogawa, Yasutaka Yano & Kai Fujimura vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy went to a double countout. It went just 53 seconds. Which led to…
Yoshinari Ogawa, Yasutaku Yano & Kai Fujimura beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy by DQ. NOSAWA DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 4: Jack Morris beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki Mochizuki & Masato Tanaka beat Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Timothy Thatcher. Marufuji pinned Sugiura.

Match 6: AMAKUSA & Alejandro beat Dante Leon & YO-HEY. AMAKUSA pinned Leon.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Masa Kitamiya beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Kiyomiya pinned Kenoh after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 8: Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara to win the titles. Kotoge & Yoshioka become the 53rd GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Kotoge pinned Ohara after Kill Switch.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Yoshiki Inamura to retain the title. V1 for Wagner Jr.

The next event is 12/14 at Aizuwakamatsu City Gym in Fukushima, continuing the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour, which will continue into 2023. Broadcast plans TBA.

In upcoming event news/fallout from today, 2 title matches are set for the year-ending N INNOVATION event on 12/23: Kotoge & Yoshioka will defend the Jr. Tag Team Titles against YO-HEY & Kzy (Dragon Gate), and GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Dante Leon vs. AMAKUSA (formerly Haoh) for the title is also set. 12/18 will be a Kongo produced event, 12/20 will be a Tokyo Gurentai Produced Independent event, possibly the final farewell to the iconic heel faction led by NOSAWA Rongai that dates back to the 1990s, and a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship has been added to 1/1…and it’s gonna be a big blast from the past as Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima defend against Naomichi Marufuji and…KENTA!!! Let’s keep that New Japan-NOAH crossover door wide open!

And finally, the January & February 2023 schedule was announced. After the New Year event on 1/1, the 2023 campaign begins with a same-day doubleheader on 1/8 at Korakuen Hall, then the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour continues with two events in January & February after Keiji Muto’s Farewell Event…or is it? Might not be because Muto will appear at GREAT VOYAGE 2023 in OSAKA on 2/12 at Osaka Prefectural Gym-although the plan is he will only be a guest and not participating. And the also-never ending STAR NAVIGATION 2022-23 your continues in February.