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WRESTLE MAGIC, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Golden Week blowout event, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a PPV. You have until 4 AM PT/7 AM ET on 5/12 to purchase the replay. It costs 3800 Japanese yen (around $25 US), but qualifying UNIVERSE members-those who kept their subscription through March’s price increase-can get it for 2800 yen (around $19 US). You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3512. They ran a greatly reduced capacity setup-the venue’s capacity is nearly 15,000 for sumo but I imagine between the setup and using the lower level box seats at about 1/3 capacity (2 per box instead of the usual 4-6) that probably reduced the setup to around 6000-7000.

Note that half the card’s 12 matches were not announced ahead of time. That was basically all the non-title matches except for the women’s match.

Match 1: Shuji Ishikawa beat GHC Hardcore Champion Ninja Mack to win the title. Ishikawa becomes the 12th GHC Hardcore Champion. NOAH recognizes him as the 3rd because they do not recognize the title’s prior lineage before it was re-activated this past year.

Match 2: Titus Alexander & Starboy Charlie beat Ryohei Oiwa & Daiki Inaba. Charlie pinned Inaba after a 450 splash.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya beat Takashi Sugiura.

Match 4: AKIRA (Independent/Freelancer), HAYATA & Eita beat Jun Kumano, Junta Miyawaki & Yu Owada. AKIRA pinned Owada after a moonsault press.

Match 5: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Shuji Kondo & “brother” YASSHI and Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf in a 3-way elimination match to retain the titles. YO-HEY eliminated YASSHI then Wolf. V6 for the champs.

Match 6: Kenoh beat YAMATO (Dragon Gate).

Match 7: In a GHC Martial Arts Rules match, Ulka Sasaki & Kazushi Sakuraba beat Hikaru Sato (All-Japan) & Shuhei Taniguchi by TKO. Sasaki beat Taniguchi.

Match 8: Giulia, Utami Hayashishita, MIRAI & Mai Sakurai beat Nagisa Nozaki, Great Sakuya, Miyuki Takase & Takumi Iroha. Giulia pinned Nozaki after Northern Lights Bomb. The winners are all part of former Stardom boss Rossy Ogawa’s new Marigold promotion, which for at least the first few months will have their events streamed live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Match 9: Jake Lee & TAJIRI (Independent/Freelancer) beat Naomichi Marufuji & Hajime Ohara. TAJIRI pinned Ohara after Buzzsaw Kick.

Match 10: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga beat Alejandro to retain the title. V6 for Daga.

Match 11: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat TBA & TBA, revealed at match time to be Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (New Japan), to retain the titles. Morris pinned Kojima after Shooting Star Press. V8 for the champs. Another open challenge.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to win the title. Kiyomiya becomes the 45th GHC Heavyweight Champion.

The next event is ALL TOGETHER, the return of the joint promotional charity fundraiser event, this time for Noto Peninsula earthquake recovery efforts, Monday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. This installment will feature New Japan, Pro Wrestling NOAH and DDT Pro Wrestling as well as a Stardom match. Live streaming worldwide will be only on ABEMA as a PPV beginning at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. As far as when it may be available on demand on New Japan World & WRESTLE UNIVERSE, it probably would be at least 2 weeks afterwards as the PPV viewing window is until 5/19.

As for NOAH itself, the next regular event is 5/18 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Shortly after this was posted, the usual post-major event news/fallout began dropping:

2 matches have been announced for 5/22 at Korakuen Hall: Kenoh vs. Minoru Suzuki & Ulka Sasaki vs. Hikaru Sato.

MONDAY MAGIC will return for Season 3 this fall. Dates TBA.

The N-1 VICTORY Tournament will return later this year. The schedule was announced:
8/4-Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama
8/9, 8/10, 8/11-Korakuen Hall
8/12-Culttz Kawasaki, Kanagawa
8/17-Tama Mirai Messe, Tokyo
8/18-Sendai Pit, Sendai
8/25-Nagoya International Conference Center, Nagoya
9/1-Osaka Prefectural Gym, Osaka (Finals)
Further details TBA.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the latest LIMIT BREAK event today, dubbed LIMIT BREAK ex. This series features more crossover matches with non-NOAH wrestlers.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Yoshitatsu (DDT) beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) beat Jun Akiyama & Rukiya (DDT). Kotoge pinned Rukiya after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo (DDT) beat Hi69.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita & Mohammed Yone vs. Shuji Ishikawa (Independent/Freelancer), Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya (DDT) went to a 20 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Extra Time (10 minutes): Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki FUujita & Mohammed Yone beat Shuji Ishikawa, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya. Shiozaki pinned Iino after Go Lariat.

Main Event: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Akitoshi Saito beat Yuki Nagao to retain the title. V1 for Saito.

The next event is WRESTLE MAGIC 2024 on 5/4 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a PPV ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. The PPV is available worldwide for 3800 Japanese yen (about $25 US) but those who were UNIVERSE subscribers prior to the price increase in March and remained subscribers at the start of April can buy the PPV for only 2800 yen (around $18 US). The event can be purchased until 5/12 at 4 AM PT/7 AM ET, the viewing window after purchase & the event is TBA. Currently there are 6 matches for the card-5 title matches and a special women’s match-with more TBA the day of the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced an injury change to Friday’s event, and if it lingers it will have major title implications as the absent wrestler is Alejandro. Cervical spine strain. Out Friday. If he missed any more time it would affect major upcoming events including Dragon Gate’s 5/5 event as he is half of the Open The Twin Gate Champions with Kaito Kiyomiya. It’s bot yet known if he will miss additional time.

For Friday, he was to have been in a 6-man tag match. That has been changed to a 5-way.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up Season 2 of MONDAY MAGIC today with the final episode.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Titus Alexander & Starboy Charlie beat Naomichi Marufuji & Hajime Ohara. Alexander pinned Ohara after Big Ugly.

Match 3: Ulka Sasaki beat Masa Kitamiya by submission.

Match 4: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat TBA & TBA, which were Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Yokosuka (Dragon Gate), to retain the titles. Greene pinned Mochizuki. V7 for the champs.

Match 5: Alejandro, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat HAYATA, Daga, Ninja Mack, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kondo pinned YO-HEY after a King Kong lariat.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Jake Lee. As a result, Kiyumiya will face GHC Heavyweight Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. for the title on 5/4.

The next event is Friday at Bandaijima Multipurpose Plaza in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Next up for Morris/Greene: Another open challenge. That match will happen on 5/4.

Pro Wrestling NOAH held Episode 3 of MONDAY MAGIC Season 2 today.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Kiyomiya pinned Inaba after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 2: Alejandro beat Daga in 79 seconds.

Match 3: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat TBA & TBA, revealed to be two of Great Mummy, to retain the titles. Morris pinned one Mummy after a tiger driver. V6 for the champs.

Match 4: HAYATA & Ulka Sasaki beat Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. HAYATA beat Owada with Gedo Clutch.

Match 5: Great Sakuya & Nagisa Nozaki vs. Miyuki Takase & Takumi Iroha went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 6: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Lee pinned Miyawaki after FBS.

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion Ninja Mack beat Alpha Wolf to retain the title.. V2 for Mack.

The final episode of Season 2 is next Monday. Announced for next week are Morris & Greene again defending the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Titles vs. TBA in an open challenge and Kiyomiya vs. Lee, with the winner facing Wagner Jr. for the GHC Heavyweight Championship on 5/4. That’s the next event on the schedule, and it’s already a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the STAR NAVIGATION 2024 Tour today with this month’s installment.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 935.

There were a couple late changes to the card because Dragon Bane was removed due to injury (broken nose).

Match 1: Ninja Mack beat Alejandro & Alpha Wolf in a 3-way by pinning Wolf.

Match 2: Daiki Inaba beat Yu Owada.

Match 3: Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Tadasuke pinned Hi69 after Good Looking Piledriver.

Match 4: Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ulka Sasaki beat Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki by ref stoppage. Sasaki beat Miyawaki with a sleeper hold.

Match 5: HAYATA beat GHC National Champion Jack Morris to win the title. HAYATA becomes the 11th GHC National Champion.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Go Shiozaki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Jake Lee, Masa Kitamiya & Ryohei Oiwa. Shiozaki pinned Oiwa after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Kenoh.

The next event is Sunday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo for a doubleheader. There will be no live broadcasts.

Pro Wrestling NOAH held Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC Season 2 today, promising more unpredictable happenings after last week’s season premiere.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Jake Lee beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi & HAYATA beat Daiki Inaba & Junta Miyawaki. HAYATA pinned Miyawaki after a tiger driver.

Match 3: Miyuki Takase beat Great Sakuya by DQ. Deadly weapon use.

Match 4: Alpha Wolf beat Daga, Ninja Mack & Alejandro in a 4-way by pinning Mack.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Masa Kitamiya beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud). Kiyomiya pinned Sugiura after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Main Event: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto to retain the titles.YO-HEY pinned Miyamoto after a dropkick. V5 for the champs.

Episode 3 is next Monday with GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. TBA in an Open Challenge for the titles and GHC Hardcore Champion Ninja Mack vs. Alpha Wolf for the title.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Injury Report: Akitoshi Saito is now off Thursday. Lower back contusion. He was to have teamed with Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge to fave Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Hi69 is the replacement.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 today in Osaka, headlined by a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Title match.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka 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 448.

There were last-minute changes because Dragon Bane was off the event due to a broken nose. Currently out at least 1 week.

Match 1: Tadasuke beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki in a 3-way by pinning Miyawaki.

Match 3: Yo-HEY beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 4: HAYATA & Shuji Kondo beat Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa. HAYATA pinned Ogawa.

Match 5: Alpha Wolf beat Ninja Mack.

Match 6: Kenoh, Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Naomichi Marufuji, Daiki Inaba & Ulka Sasaki. Kenoh pinned Inaba after PFS.

Match 7: Jake Lee beat Go Shiozaki.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa to retain the titles. Morris pinned Oiwa after a tiger driver. V5 for the champs.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 2 Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, which will feature a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. It is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has just announced a breaking njury change for today’s event in Osaka: Dragon Bane is now off. Broken nose. Out at least 1 week. For today, he was to have teamed with Alpha Wolf to face Ninja Mack & Alejandro, but now it means Alpha Wolf will now face Ninja Mack and Alejandro will face Junta Miyawaki & Hajime Ohara in a 3-way instead of original plans. For Thursday at Korakuen Hall, the first match is now Ninja Mack vs. Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro in a 3-way. For 4/14, match 2 is now Ninja Mack vs. Alpha Wolf & Hajime Ohara in a 3-way.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 189.

Match 1: Takashi Sugiura beat Yu Owada by submission.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 3: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. Daga pinned Ohara after Diablo Wings.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Kotoge pinned Tadasuke after Bat Hanging.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Ulka Sasaki beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Wagner Jr. pinned Inaba after Serpiente Azteca.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Mack pinned Bane after Whirlwind Leg.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & HAYATA beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & YO-HEY. Kiyomiya pinned YO-HEY after Hentai Shining Wizard.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with Kiyomiya & Oiwa vs. Morris & Greene for the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Unfortunately, because of how Osaka is with events, there will be no live broadcast.

In other news, both Ninja Mack & HAYATA were announced for this year’s Best Of The Super Junior Tournament by New Japan Pro Wrestling. It will be the first entry for both in the prestigious Junior Heavyweight showcase.