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Pro Wrestling NOAH finished off a long weekend stretch of events today with this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2025 event.

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 broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1233.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya, AMAKUSA & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Eita, Shuji Kondo & Black Menso-re. AMAKUSA pinned Menso-re after Opening Of The Country.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley, HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi beat KENTA, Super Crazy & Daiki Odashima. Huxley pinned Crazy after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura and Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan in a 3-way by DQ. Owadasan DQ’d. Removing Bane’s mask.

Match 4: Atsushi Kotoge 20th Anniversary Match: Atsushi Kotoge beat Super Delfin.

Match 5: Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki to win the titles. Soya & Inaba become the 71st GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Inaba pinned Kenoh.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion YO-HEY beat Junta Miyawaki to retain the title. V2 for YO-HEY. Next up; Kotoge. That match will happen on 6/21 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion OZAWA beat Tetsuya Endo & Takashi Sugiura in a 3-way elimination match by eliminating both to retain the title. V6 for OZAWA. Afterwards, Sugiura apparently defected to Team 2000X.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

The promotion has also announced viewership for yesterday’s MONDAY MAGIC Prime Time Episode 2 actually topped last week’s record and now ranks in the all-time top 10 for viewership of ANY event/program on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. A break next week before Episode 3 on 6/16.

UPDATE: You can now watch the English commentary version of today’s YO-HEY vs. Miyawaki match FOR FREE on YouTube via the Pro Wrestling NOAH Official English channel.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC Prime Time today, looking to build on last week’s episode which was the most-watched MONDAY MAGIC to date on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

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

The paid attendance has not been announced.

Match 1: Junta Miyawaki beat HAYATA & Kai Fujimura in a 3-way by pinning Fujimura.

Match 2: AKIRA & Danny Duggan beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Odashima. Duggan pinned Odashima after a tombstone piledriver.

Match 3: Dragon Bane, Titus Alexander & Archie Cole beat Alpha Wolf, Robert Marter & Saxon Huxley. Bane pinned Marter after Twisterbane.

Match 4: Takumi Iroha beat GHC Women’s Champion Kouki Amarei to win the title. Iroha becomes the second GHC Women’s Champion.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Naoya Nomura beat Ulka Sasaki & Hikaru Sato. Kiyomiya pinned Sato.

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion Shuji Kondo beat Manabu Soya to retain the title. V2 for Kondo. In a 3-day stretch of title matches Soya is now 0-2.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall with 3 title matches including a 3-way for the GHC Heavyweight Championship and Soya trying AGAIN for the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship after failing yesterday. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. The live broadcast will be in English only because of being an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Saitama, the start of June which is designated as Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial Month in the promotion in memory of the legendary wrestler who also was the promotion’s founder. Misawa would have turned 63 on 6/18.

Today’s event was held at Westa Kawagoe Multipurpose Hall in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 359.

Match 1: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Eita beat Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Bane pinned Ohara.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Black Menso-re went to a double pinfall. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Shuhei Taniguchi beat Black Menso-re in 51 seconds.

Match 3: Daiki Inaba & HAYATA beat Shuji Kondo & Super Crazy. HAYATA pinned Crazy.

Match 4: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & YO-HEY beat Masa Kitamiya, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Soya pinned AMAKUSA after Ballistic.

Match 5: Kenoh, Ulka Sasaki & KENTA beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. KENTA beat Alejandro with Game Over.

Main Event: OZAWA, Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan beat Takashi Sugiura, Tetsuya Endo, Naomichi Marufuji & Daiki Odashima. OZAWA pinned Odashima after Big Ben Edge.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Prime Time Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

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

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

The announced paid attendance was 381.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat Daiki Odashima & ?. Kotoge pinned Odashima after a bat drop.

Match 2: Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Eita & Shuji Kondo. Kiyomiya pinend Kondo after a skywalk elbow.

Match 3: KENTA & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Masa Kitamiya & Black Menso-re. Taniguchi pinned Menso-re.

Match 4: Daiki Inaba, YO-HEY & HAYATA beat Mohammed Yone, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawako. Inaba beat Yone with Extreme Passion Hold.

Match 5: In an elimination match, OZAWA, Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan beat Takashi Sugiura, Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Tadasuke & OZAWA were the winners, with Tadasuke last eliminating Endo.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki beat Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley to retain the titles. Sasaki beat Huxley with a midified body sleeper hold. V1 for the champs. Next up: Soya AGAIN and (this time) Inaba. That match will happen on Tuesday at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Westa Kawagoe Multipurpose Hall in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off a new season of MONDAY MAGIC today, this one dubbed a “Prime Time” season.

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

The announced paid attendance was 412.

Match 1: Dragon Bane vs. Alpha Wolf went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & HAYATA beat Shuji Ishikawa, Mohammed Yone & Eita. Soya pinned Yone after Ballistic.

Match 3: Archer Cole (?) beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 4: AMAKUSA beat YO-HEY & Alejandro in a 3-way by pinning Alejandro.

Match 5: Kouki Amarei & Mayu Iwatani beat Great Sakuya & Sadie Gibbs. Iwatani pinned Gibbs with a dragon suplex hold. Well that didn’t take long…now that she’s left Stardom for Marigold, and thus the CyberFight/WRESTLE UNIVERSE umbrella, Iwatani has already made her first NOAH appearance (or first in at least a long time).

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Hikaru Sato.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya & Titus Alexander beat Minoru Suzuki & Ryan Clancy. Kiyomiya pinned Clancy after Skywalk Elbow.

Episode 2 is 6/2. Announced for that event are GHC Hardcore Champion Shuji Ishikawa vs. Manabu Soya for the title and GHC Women’s Champion Kouki Amarei vs. Takumi Iroha for the title (2nd defense for those wondering, I believe part of the limited activity with the title this year has been Amarei injuries). Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion has announced this episode is now the most-watched MONDAY MAGIC episode ever on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. At least to date.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today 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 292.

Match 1: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Kazuyuki Fujita & SHuhei Taniguchi. Miyawaki pinned Taniguchi.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley beat Masa Kitamiya & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Eita, Super Crazy & Daiki Odashima. Fujimura pinned Odashima.

Match 4: Tadasuke & Owadasan beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Tadasuke pinned Ohara.

Match 5: Kenoh, Ulka Sasaki & KENTA beat Manabu Soya, Daiki Inaba & YO-HEY. Kenoh pinned Inaba after PFS.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Naomichi Marufuji beat Daga & OZAWA by DQ. OZAWA DQ’d. Deadly weapon use.

Main Event: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi to retain the titles. Bane pinned Kikuchi after Santa Maria. V1 for the champs.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Prime Time Episode 1 Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH’s monthly STAR NAVIGATION 2025 Tour event for this month just finished up. I joined the event in progress but did not do live results due to illness and recovering from my recent trip to Japan plus watching on about a 45-minute tape delay. Here are the quick results.

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 outside Japan due to ABEMA exclusives. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1562, a legit advance sellout. Standing room only tickets were sold today.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Shuji Kondo & Daiki Odashima. Yone pinned Odashima after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. Kotoge pinned Fujimura after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Masa Kitamiya beat Tetsuya Endo, Daga & Owadasan. Sugiura pinned Owadasan after Olympic Yosen Slam. During the match, Endo turned on and defected from Team 2000X.

Match 4: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat HAYATA. Yuto Kikuchi, Eita & Super Crazy and AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki in a 4-way when Wolf pinned Kikuchi.

Match 5: Daiki Inaba Return Match: Kenoh, KENTA & Ulka Sasaki beat Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh beat Inaba with Kenoh Special.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion YO-HEY beat Tadasuke to retain the title. V1 for YO-HEY. Next up: Miyawaki.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion OZAWA beat Kaito Kiyomiya to retain the title. V5 for OZAWA. As a result, Kiyomiya may now have to join Team 2000X. Next up: Endo & Sugiura in a 3-way.

More news/fallout when it becomes available.

The next event is Friday at Aizuwakamatsu City Cultural Center in Fukushima. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The post-event news/fallout:

It’s now official-OZAWA next defends in aforementioned 3-way. That match will happen on 6/3 at Korakuen as will YO-HEY vs. Miyawaki and an Atsushi Kotoge 20th Anniversary match of Kotoge vs. Super Delfin.

Announced for 5/31 at Shinjuku Face is GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki vs. some combination of Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & Daiki Inaba for the titles.

Announced for 5/24 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama is GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi for the titles.

The N-1 VICTORY Tournament will return this year in September. The schedule was announced today with further details TBA. The schedule is as follows:
9/8-Korakuen
9/11-Okayama Convention Center, Okayama
9/13-Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall, Hiroshima
9/14-Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka
9/15-Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall, Kumamoto
9/17-Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka
9/20-Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
9/21-Light Cube Utsunomiya, Tochigi
9/23-Korakuen (Finals)

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

Today’s event was held at Sendai Pit in Sendai and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 359.

Match 1: Eita & Knull beat Daiki Odashima & Bryce Hansen. Knull pinned Hansen after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge beat Masa Kitamiya & Shuhei Taniguch. Kotoge pinned Taniguchi after Trance Rave.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura & Kenoh beat Daga & Owadasan. Kenoh pinned Owadasan after SKS.

Match 5; OZAWA, Tetsuya Endo & Tadasuke beat Manabu Soya, HAYATA & YO-HEY. Tadasuke pinned Soya with a small package.

Match 6: Jack Morris beat Ulka Sasaki.

Main EventL Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Saxon Huxley, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Kiyomiya pinned Miyawaki after a diving elbow drop.

The next event is MEMORIAL VOYAGE 2025 in KOKUGIKAN Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a live and exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan. I will just miss out on being able to try and attend in person because I arrive in Tokyo that day, but around the time the event is finishing up (arriving around 7 PM Japan time, the event is a 3 PM start, plus I will be en route to Shinagawa which is who knows how far from Ryogoku).

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

Today’s event was held at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 315.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat Kai Fujimura, Daiki Odashima & Knull. Kotoge pinned Odashima after Stuka Splash.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Tadasuke & Owadasan. AMAKUSA pinned Owadasan after Opening Of The Country.

Match 4: YO-HEY & HAYATA beat Eita & Bryce Hansen. YO-HEY pinned Hansen after a dropkick.

Match 5: Kenoh beat Daga.

Match 6: OZAWA, Tetsuya Endo & Jack Morris beat Takashi Sugiura, Jack Morris & Ulka Sasaki. Endo pinned Sugiura after Exploder.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Alejandro. Marufuji pinned Alejandro after Shin Torah.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Pit in Sendai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.