#akitoshi lee

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Characters that are nonverbal, semiverbal, or selectively mute to me:

Inazuma Eleven: Gouenji Shuuya, Tachimukai Yuuki, Alpha, Mahoro Tadashi, and Ishigashi Gorham

Area no Kishi: Lee (Akitoshi) Chu-Joon, Aizawa Suguru

Kuroko no Basuke: Murasakibara Atsushi, Kuroko Tetsuya

Haikyuu: Shimizu Kiyoko, Kyōtani Kentarō, Aone Takanobu, Ushijima Wakatoshi

Blue Lock: Noel Noa, Nagi Seishiro, Kunigami Rensuke (after they saw him again, manga spoilers)

(I'm semiverbal and autistic btw)

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Sunny Voyage 2023 + Dominion 2023 Match Predictions

Checking at my clock and right now it's about 3:30 in the morning meaning I have about two hours to do all these predictions so here we go with predictions for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" and "Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall".

Let's start off with "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" which is headlined by an intense main event that could result in KO or too many kicks to count. Anyway, here we go with the predictions for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE"

Opening Match: Taishi Ozawa vs. Manabu Soya Prediction: Too easy of a win here. Going with Manabu Soya for the win

Match #2: Shuji Kondo, Hiroki, and Hajime Ohara vs. Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway, and Daga Prediction: Based on all that's been going on lately, I'm sensing another win for Stinger most likely in dominant fashion.

Match #3: Stallion Rogers vs. Sean Legacy Prediction: Sean has so far impressed me. He's got that potential. Stallion Rogers is okay but have yet to sense the potential I've been sensing in Sean Legacy so going with Legacy for the win.

Match #4: Dante Leon and Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA and Eita Prediction: Intriguing match here as we saw something we didn't expect, HAYATA and Eita teaming up. This is their biggest test but with them facing Dante Leon, it'll be a tall order. Most new teams don't win their first match together but based on the build here, I could sense HAYATA and Eita winning. Either that or Dante shows us all he'll do whatever it takes to become GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion once again.

Match #5: Akitoshi Saito, Shuhei Taniguchi, Mohammed Yone, Naomichi Marufuji, and Takashi Sugiura vs. Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya, Kaito Kiyomiya, and Go Shiozaki. Prediction: Crazy match that is just thrown together. Barely a storyline or build going into this match. So my prediction is a wild a crazy one. Got two predictions here. Sugiura will get the win by pinning Inaba but will get attacked by Jake Lee afterwards. Or Kiyomiya will get the win by pinning Mohammed Yone sending a clear message to Kazuchika Okada who has problems with not just Kiyomiya but with those in his own company that are all around the same age as him (Ren Narita and Shota Umino)

Semi-Final Match: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Atsushi Kotoge/Seiki Yoshioka (Challenger Team) vs. Tadasuke/YO-HEY (Champion Team) Prediction: I originally predicted the challengers to win but based on the fact NJPW did a retweet of this match alone and the fact that neither GLG or Just 5 Guys have been booked yet for "All Together Again" I expect the champions to retain and a surprise confrontation post-match.

Main Event Match: Special Singles Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenoh Prediction: This will be the third match of Nakajima/Kenoh I get to see live. First one was the N1 Victory 2021 finals where Nakajima won with a new move that has barely been seen since that victory. Last one was an intense 60-minute draw which turned out to be the first one I saw in any wrestling format since June 11, 2017 when Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada went the full distance. So...here, feel like and I've been saying this since the match has been made. Nakajima has to win. While with AXIZ, the two matches both him and Kenoh had ended with KO declaring Kenoh the winner. When he joined Kongo in August 2020, Nakajima unleashed a vicious side of himself and dominated against Kenoh to win their N1 Victory 2020 Block Match. Now that he's back with AXIZ, he has to prove that he made the right choice. If Nakajima cannot beat Kenoh as an AXIZ member, many people will be asking questions so in this main event, I'm going with Katsuhiko Nakajima for the win.

With the match predictions for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" done, it's now time to turn over to "Dominion 2023 in Osaka-Jo Hall" taking place this Sunday June 4, 2023.

Opening Match: Special Singles Match: Lance Archer vs. Will Ospreay Prediction: Winner here will get a shot at the IWGP United States Championship most likely at "The Forbidden Door". And with the way things are going, I see Will Ospreay emerging victorious but at what cost remains to be seen.

Match #2: Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, and Titan vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, and Taka Michinoku Prediction: As we await the status of a possible new LIJ member in Yota Tsuji, 4 of the 5 current LIJ members face 4 of the 5 Just 5 Guys members and to me, this one is too easy. I see a LIJ win with Tetsuya Naito most likely pinning Taka Michinoku

Match #3: IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship: Francesco Akira/TJP (Challenger Team) vs. Kevin Knight/KUSHIDA (Champion Team) Prediction: I'm sensing this to be a big night for the United Empire so going with new champions in Catch 2/2.

Match #4: NJPW World TV Championship: Jeff Cobb (Challenger) vs. Zac Sabre Jr. (Champion) Prediction: Last match, these two went the full distance (15 minutes) so there has to be a winner here within that 15-minute frame. Like I said, sensing a big night for the United Empire so...going with Jeff Cobb for the win here.

Match #5: Match to determine the 99th IWGP Tag Team Champions and the 4th NJPW Strong Tag Team Champions: Great O-Khan and Aaron Henare vs. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI Prediction: Very hard one to predict. Originally had predict Aussie Open to retain but when they pulled out, went with Bishamon but with YOSHI-HASHI's recent comments, have this wild prediction. Bishamon will win only if Hirooki Goto gets the winning pin. Other than that, United Empire will complete the sweep and leave Osaka with gold all over.

Match #6: NEVER Openweight Championship Match: El Phantasmo (Challenger) vs. David Finlay (Champion) Prediction: This match alone may reach Nakajima/Kenoh levels or something darker. Though I'll be rooting for El Phantasmo, I sadly see David Finlay retaining and how he retains could be worse than how he beat Tama Tonga for the title at "Wrestling Dontaku 2023"

Match #8: NEVER 6-man Tag Team Championship: Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Shota Umino (Challenger Team) vs. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hiroshi Tanahashi (Champion Team) Prediction: Kazuchika Okada can easily handle Kaito Kiyomiya (who's looking to avenge his loss on June 9th in Ryogoku). Okada can handle Ren Narita easily. But...when it comes to Shota Umino. I said this on social media this past weekend and saying it here again...everytime Okada is under the impression that he can handle Shota Umino easily, seems like Umino is one or two steps ahead of him and I feel like that 6-man tag in Long Beach, CA changed Umino to the man we're seeing now. So...my prediction for this match is we're getting new champions. BCC going to take the 6-man titles hostage.

Semi-Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Master Wato (Challenger/BOSJ 30 Winner) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (Champion) Prediction: A hard one to predict but right now going with Master Wato for the win. It's his hometown and most times, the hometown hero always wins.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (Challenger) vs. SANADA (Champion) Prediction: Hardest title match to predict in a long time even if this will be Tsuji's first match back from excursion. My prediction on this main event will shock you. I'm going with the time-limit draw. We'll most likely see our first 60-minute draw in 6 years.

So...there you have it. My predictions for today's "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" which starts about a hour from now (5:30 AM Eastern) and my predictions for Sunday's "Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall".

Tune in for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" today (May 31, 2023) at 5:30 AM Eastern/4:30 AM Central/2:30 AM Pacific. Pro Wrestling NOAH's English Twitter account has all the start times for the event. In the case you can't find your start time, go to timeanddate.com, type in the city you live in to find the start time in your area.

"Dominion 2023 in Osaka-Jo Hall" (aka Dominion 6.4) comes Sunday June 4th at 4 PM Local Time/3 AM Eastern/2 AM Central/Midnight Pacific. If your start time is not list, like I said about "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" go to timeanddate.com, type in the city you live in to find the start time in your area for "Dominion".

Enjoy both these shows coming later on today (for Sunny Voyage) and this Sunday (Dominion) respectively.

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New Year, New Format & Schedule; NOAH The New Year - 1/1/2022; AJPW New Year Wars Night 1 - January 2, 2022; More FanFyte Articles By Me, Other News

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Yesterday was Pro Wrestling NOAH’s mega show at Tokyo Nippon Budokan, NOAH The New Year. You can see this now on Wrestle Universe, for which you should have already been charged if you signed up for the 3-Months Free Deal back in October (it costs around what NJPWWorld does, and now you are able to cancel if you wish).

NOAH The New Year - 1/1/2022, Tokyo Nippon Budokan (Wrestle Universe, ABEMA)

Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada d. Kai Fujimura & Yasutaka Yano (Miyawaki > Fujimura, Falcon Arrow, 8:39)

King Tany, Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito [Funky Express] d. Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Nio [Kongo] (Yone > Tadasuke, Kinniku Buster, 8:45)

Hao & ALEJA [Kongo] d. Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (Hao > Yoshioka, Firebird Splash, 11:44)

Ultimo Dragon [Dragon Gate], Dausuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara d. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, YO-HEY & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Ultimo > NOSAWA, La Magistral, 13:51)

Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin [Sugiura-gun] d. Masakatsu Funaki [M’s Alliance] & Ikuto Hidaka [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Fujita > Hidaka, Powerbomb, 12:17)

GHC Juniorheavyweight Championship: HAYATA [STINGER] © d. Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] (Pinfall, 20:54) - HAYATA succeeds his 8th defense

GHC Tag Team Championship: Keiji Muto & Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance] © d. Masato Tanaka & Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] (Muto > Mochizuki, Figure-4 Leglock, 20:50) - Muto/Marufuji succeed their 1st defense

Takashi Sugiura [Sugiura-gun], Kazushi Sakuraba [Sugiura-gun] & KENTA [Bullet Club] d. Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura (KENTA > Inamura, Go2Sleep, 25:46)

GHC National Championship: Kenoh [Kongo] © d. Kaito Kiyomiya (Referee Stoppage, 24:42) - Kenoh succeeds his 2nd defense

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kongo] © d. Go Shiozaki (Northern Lights Bomb, 30:10) - Nakajima succeeds his 3rd defense

No titles changed hands during this megashow, meaning Nakajima and Kenoh both main event Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama Arena with their titles in hand against Los Ingobernables de Japon. I fully recommend the top 4 matches on this show, however the junior title match was alright too, and has some tension behind it, being between not only stablemates but shared GHC junior tag champions. In fact, Ogawa threw down his tag belt post-match. The M’s Alliance all shared a moment in the ring after one side defeated the other. KENTA wins his first “real” match back in NOAH since going to WWE, beating Yoshiki Inamura, who is a massive tank of a man. Takashi Sugiura and Masato Tanaka had a busy night, as they wrestled each other earlier at Tokyo Korakuen Hall for Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Happy New Year show, with Sugiura defeating Tanaka to retain the ZERO1 World Heavyweight title. That show is also on Wrestle Universe. This is a show you should check out overall, the setup was fantastic in Nippon Budokan.

NOAH runs their next show on January 4, 2022, during WK16.

NOAH New Sunrise 2022 - January 4, 2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe, ABEMA)

Kai Fujimura v. Yasutaka Yano

King Tany & Muhamma Yone [Funky Express] v. Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada

NOSAWA Rongai & Eita [Perros del Mal de Japon] v. Nao & Nio [Kongo]

Atsushi Kotoge v. Seiki Yoshioka [STINGER]

Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba & Kazuyuki Fujita [Sugiura-gun] v. Masato Tanaka [M’s Alliance], Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] & Daiki Inaba

Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & ALEJA [Kongo] v. Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance], Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daisuke Harada & Hajime Ohara

Go Shiozaki v. Kaito Miyomiya

GHC Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship: HAYATA & Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] © v. YO-HEY & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon]

 All Japan Pro Wrestling

AJPW ran their first show of the year today from Tokyo Korakuen Hall. You can see it now on AJPW.tv. It was supposed to be headlined by Jake Lee defending the Triple Crown against Big Japan’s Abdullah Kobayashi, however Lee was forced to vacate the title earlier this week, after suffering fractured nasal and orbital bones in a match on 12/26/2021 against Ryuki Honda. No word on his return, nor what will become of the Triple Crown in the meantime.

New Year Wars - January 2, 2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (AJPW.tv)

Ryo Inoue Debut Singles Match: Dan Tamura [Evolution] d. Ryo Inoue (Boston Crab, 6:24)

Shuji Ishikawa & Jun Saito d. Rei Saito & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] (Jun > Rei, Boston Crab, 9:45)

Masanobu Fuchi, Takao Omori, Black Menso-re, TAMURA & Andy Wu d. Yoshitatsu, Seigo Tachibana, Takayuki Ueki, Baliyan Akki & Raimu Imai [Yoshitatsu Kingdom] (Omori > Tachibana, Ax Bomber, 7:15)

Super Crazy, TAJIRI & CIMA [STRONGHEARTS] d. Izanagi, SUGI & MASASHI (Crazy > SUGI, Powerbomb, 10:01)

New Year Battle Royale: Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] d. Shigehiro Irie, Raimu Imai [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Ryo Inoue, Takao Omori, Dan Tamura, TAMURA, Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Andy Wu, Black Menso-re, Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Baliyan Akki [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Takayuki Ueki [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Seigo Tachibana [Yoshitatsu Kingdom] & Devil Murasaki (7:54)

Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Atsuki Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] d. Suwama, Shotaro Ashino & Hikaru Sato [Evolution] (Yuma > Ashino, Spin Kick, 11:44)

Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito & Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] d. Koji Doi [TOTAL ECLIPSE], Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] & Ryuki Honda (Kobayashi > Arashi, Diving Back Elbow Drop, 9:19)

All Asia Tag Team Championship: Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. T-Hawk & El Lindaman [STRONGHEARTS] © (Omori > Lindaman, , 14:40) - T-Hawk/Lindaman fail their 3rd defense - Omori/Kodama are the 112th champions

Representing TOTAL ECLIPSE, Omori & Kodama won this chance through winning the Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory one-day tournament on 12/26/2021. NEXTREAM gets a direct pin on Evolution, leading into tomorrow’s World Tag Team Championship match, with Runaway SUPLEX defending against the 2021 World’s Strongest Tag Determination League winners Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. The card below is not the final order.

- January 3, 2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (AJPW.tv)

Ryo Inoue v. Seigo Tachibana [Yoshitatsu Kingdom]

Dan Tamura [Evolution], Hikaru Sato [Evolution] & Ryuji Hijikata v. Black Menso-re, Hiroshi Yamato & Andy Wu

Hokuto Omori [TOTAL ECLIPSE], Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] & Ryuki Honda v. Atsuki Aomori [NEXTREAM], Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] & Yu Iizuka

TAJIRI & Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] v. Izanagi & Devil Murasaki

Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Omori & Ren Ayabe [JTO] v. Yoshitatsu [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Jun Saito & Rei Saito

GAORA TV Championship: Shigehiro Irie © v. Koji Doi [TOTAL ECLIPSE]

World Juniorheavyweight Championship: Super Crazy © v. SUGI

World Tag Team Championship: Suwama & Shotaro Ashino [Evolution] © v. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi [NEXTREAM]

 Other News

Big Japan ran today at Korakuen Hall as well, with Yuji Okabayashi winning the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship for the 4th time, defeating Takuya Nomura on his 4th defense of the title.

GLEAT ran a show on 12/30/2021 that included the first half of the show being all Lidet UWF matches, all of which I highly recommend. Featuring the likes of Minoru Suzuki, Chihiro Hashimoto and Shuji Ishikawa, that half of the show slapped, so go watch it now on YouTube (honestly, the G-Pro Wrestling portion of GLEAT I can take or leave).

Minoru Suzuki also main evented at Hard Hit’s show yesterday at Shinkiba 1st-RING, beating Hikaru Sato after 40:28.

A lot of shows have run over the holiday period. I cannot list all of them.

So as you can tell, I’m trying something different with this blog thing. I am going to post on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays… I think. Special occasions (i.e. Wrestle Kingdom Week) will prompt more. I may end up hating this format very soon, and revert back to how it was before. NJPW is still my primary focus, but I wanna talk other wrestling too on my wrestling blog.

In the meantime, I’ve had not one but two 2021 In Review articles posted at FanFyte – one all about Shingo Takagi rescuing NJPW’s 2021, but also how Matt Cardona was the heel of the year based on his work in Game Changer Wrestling. Please take a look at these, as well as other great pieces on the site covering the best of 2021 in pro wrestling.

@damascenocs​ and I recorded the penultimate episode of the podcast yesterday, and I’ll be editing and posting that later today.

Hope you like this new format, and I do too.

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[Riki Choshu News] The full event card was announced for the next POWER HALL show that is scheduled to take place on July 10th at the Korakuen Hall. Among the additions is a 6 man tag featuring the veteran alliance of the  Heisei Ishin-gun taking on the TOYKO GURENTAI and then the NOAH power combination of Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya taking on BJW’s  Hideyoshi Kamitani & Takuya Nomura.

Below is the card in full at this time...

Riki Choshu Produce POWER HALL 2018 ~ Battle of another dimension~, 7/10/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) AJPW Offer Match ~ THE NEW GENERATION: Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto vs. Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi (2) BLAZE OF GLORY: Minoru Tanaka (FREE), Mitsuhiro Yoshida (GJPW) & LEONA (DRADITION) vs. HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke (all NOAH) (3) NATURAL BORN WARRIORS: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya (both NOAH) vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani & Takuya Nomura (both BJW) (4) TRIO WITH SKILLS: [Heisei Ishin-gun] Shiro Koshinaka, AKIRA & Akitoshi Saito vs. [Tokyo Gurentai] NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA

(5) Semi-final ~ A NEW ENCOUNTER: Tatsumi Fujinami (DRADITION), Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Shotaro Ashino (W-1) vs. Shingo Takagi (DG), Koji Doi (W-1) & Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH)

(6) Main Event ~ JOIN THE REVOLUTION II: Riki Choshu, Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW) & Yoshitatsu (FREE/AJPW) vs. Jun Akiyama (AJPW), Daichi Hashimoto (BJW) & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/riki-choshu-power-hall

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Puroresu Best Bout Listing for February 2017

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Zeus & The Bodyguard vs Kento Miyahara & Jake Lee, 2/17 @ Korakuen HAll Kento Miyahara vs. The Bodyguard, 2/26 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Hikaru Sato vs. Koji Iwamoto, 2/26 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Hideki Suzuki vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, 2/10 @ Korakuen Hall Masashi Takeda vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda, 2/16 @ Shinkiba 1stRING

Dragon Gate

YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk, 2/2 @ Korakuen Hall Naruki Doi, Eita, Big R Shimizu & Ben-K vs. Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk, Cyber Kong & Punch Tominaga, 2/12 @ Hakata StarLanes CIMA & Dragon Kid vs. Kzy & Yosuke Santa Maria, 2/12 @ Hakata StarLanes

Dramatic Dream Team

Jun Kasai vs. Mad Paulie, 2/4 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase @ 2/4 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. HARASHIMA & Akito, 2/12 @ Nerima, Tokyo HARASHIMA & KUDO vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Dick Togo, 2/19 @ Korakuen Hall Tetsuya Endo vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, 2/19 @ Korakuen Hall DNA - Kotaro Suzuki vs. Shunma Katsumata, 2/23 @ Shinjuku FACE DNA - Akebono & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuji Okabayashi & Naomi Yoshimura, 2/23 @ Shinjuku FACE  BASARA - Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Sean Guinness, 2/5 @ BASEMENT MONSTAR BASARA - Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu, 2/12 @ Nagoya Higashi BASARA - FUMA vs. Ryuichi Sekine, 2/20 @ Shinkiba 1stRING

KAIENTAI DOJO

Yuji Hino vs. Saburo Inematsu, 2/5 2 Blue Field Kengo Mashimo vs. Taishi Takizawa, 2/26 @ TKP Chiba Shiori Asahi vs. SUSHI, 2/26 @ TKP Chiba Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami vs. Tank Nagai & Yuki Sato, 2/26 @ TKP Chiba

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki, 2/5 @ Hokkaido KitaYell Hirooki Goto vs. Juice Robinson, 2/5 @ Hokkaido KitaYell Tetsuya Naito vs. Michael Elgin, 2/11 @ EDION Osaka, Main Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee, 2/11 @ EDION Osaka, Main Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii, 2/21 @ Korakuen Hall Hirooki Goto vs. Punisher Martinez, 2/27 @ Korakuen Hall

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Atsushi Kotoge vs. Daisuke Harada, 2/14 @ Korakuen Hall Kenoh vs. Hajime Ohara, 2/14 @ Korakuen Hall Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. HAYATA & YO-HEY, 2/18 @ Hakata StarLanes Takashi Sugiura vs. Kenoh, 2/18 @ Hakata StarLanes Naomichi Marufuji vs. Atsushi Kotoge, 2/24 @ Korakuen Hall Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hajime Ohara vs. Go Shiozaki & Hitoshi Kumano, 2/24 @ Korakuen Hall

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Kohei Sato vs. KAI, 2/3 @ Korakuen Hall Kotaro Suzuki vs. Shinjiro Otani, 2/3 @ Korakuen Hall Yusaku Obata vs. Shogun Okamoto, 2/19 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Masakatsu Funaki vs. Atsushi Onita, 2/6 @ Esforta Hachioji

WRESTLE-1

Koji Doi vs. Hiroki Murase, 2/22 @ Shinjuku FACE Daiki Inaba, Yusuke Kodama & Kohei Fujimura vs. Shuji Kondo, Manabu Soya & NOSAWA Rongai, 2/22 @ Shinjuku FACE

MISC/INDIES

DOVE - GUNSO vs. Isami Kodaka, 2/4 @ Shinkiba 1stRING PRO WRESTLING MASTERS - Keiji Mutoh, Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Shiro Koshinaka, The Great Kabuki, AKIRA & Akitoshi Saito, 2/8 @ Korakuen Hall FREEDOMS - Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Jun Kasai, 2/11 @ Shinkiba 1stRING GUTS World - Masked Mystery vs. YUJI KITO, 2/21 @ Shinkiba 1stRING FMW - Atsushi Onita vs. The Great Sasuke, 2/24 @ Shinkiba 1stRING

JOSHI SELECTION

Stardom - Toni Storm vs. Viper, 2/5 @ KBS Hall WAVE - Ryo Mizunami vs. Misaki Ohata, 2/11 @ Korakuen Hall WAVE - Yumi Oka & Yuki Miyazaki vs. Risa Sera & Maya Yukihi, 2/11 @ Korakuen Hall Marvelous - Mio Momono vs. Mika Shirahome, 2/13 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Stardom - Io Shirai vs. Shayna Baszler, 2/23 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Kairi Hojo vs. Jungle Kyona, 2/23 @ Korakuen Hall Diana - Kyoko Inoue vs. Kaoru Ito, 2/26 @ Korakuen Diana - Sareee vs. Yoshiko, 2/26 @ Korakuen Hall Sendai Girls - Cassandra Miyagi & DASH Chisado vs. Hikaru Shida & Syuri, 2/26 @ Shinjuku FACE OZ ACADEMY - Kagetsu vs. Hikaru Shida, 2/26 @ Shinjuku FACE

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-> OG template

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Happy birthday Kurebayashi ; - ;)

I made little LeeKure fan comic to celebrate :) (they are in ID because I'm embarrassed sorry;;;)

Read left to right

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I love them T _ ^

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Final Match Card for June 22nd + Match Predictions

After the events for Pro Wrestling NOAH from Saturday and Sunday, we now have the official match card for Episode 5 of "Star Navigation 2023" as another injury has caused a card change once again.

Back on Saturday at "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya" during his challenge for the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Jake Lee, Takashi Sugiura apparently dislocated his eye that got worse during his 6-man tag match the next day in Osaka. He has since elected to take surgery to repair the eye. At the current time, there is no timetable for his return. Due to the injury, he's been removed from Thursday's show and has been replaced by Daiki Inaba who was to compete in the second match on the card. Akitoshi Saito (who was not booked to compete) will take his spot in that second match.

With that said, here are the predictions for Episode 5 of "Star Navigation 2023"

Opening Match Prediction: I consider this almost too easy to predict at the same time a little hard. Out of all the makeshift Kongo/NOAH teams back in January, it was Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka that were the most consistent and that consistency managed them to win the 2023 Scramble Tag Tournament. Now, more than 5 months after winning the tournament, both are together under the main unit banner facing Manabu Soya and Hajime Ohara who were each pinned by Nakajima this past weekend. The prediction here is that the team of Nakajima and Yoshioka will win with Nakajima pinning Ohara once again.

Match #2 Prediction: Night One with Shuhei Taniguchi as the newest member of "REAL" didn't go the way they wanted it to go. Don't think that'll be the case in this second match. "REAL" for the win.

Match #3 Prediction: Last-minute card change as Daiki Inaba replaces Takashi Sugiura in what could've been the last tag match post-title for Lee and Sugiura. Originally would've gone with the team of Sugiura and Legacy but due to Sugiura's injury and the withdrawal, this match here...going with Jake Lee and Jack Morris for the win.

Match #4 Prediction: A very intriguing 6-man tag that could somewhat determine HAYATA's next challenger while at the same time begin a feud between LEONA and Eita. Prediction here is the team of Yoshinari Ogawa, Kai Fujimura, and LEONA getting the win over Kaito Kiyomiya, Eita, and HAYATA. And the feeling is post-match, there maybe a surprise instore for the losing team.

Match #5 Prediction: This is Hi69's last test to see if what he had learned from Kongo is enough for him to move to the next step. So far, he's 0-3 and have to wonder what will happen if he loses this last bout against Shuji Kondo. My prediction for this match is Shuji will win in dominating fashion.

Match #6 Prediction: Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. is looking for his next challenger for the GHC National Championship and apparently has his eyes set on AMAKUSA. Interesting note I learned last year is that the GHC National Championship is an Openweight Championship meaning anyone can challenge it so if AMAKUSA is to be the next challenger, he has to pin the champion. Also, Dante Leon and Ninja Mack, need to keep an eye on those two because though they are teaming up together, cannot really trust Dante Leon. With all the elements in this match, I'm predicting here that the team of Naomichi Marufuji, AMAKUSA, and Atsushi Kotoge emerge victorious.

GHC Junior Tag Team Championship Prediction: Many are predicting here that there will be new champions crowned in Korakuen Hall. Don't think that's happening anytime soon. My prediction is that somehow and someway Tadasuke and YO-HEY emerge victorious but in post-match, will be attacked by the next challenger team.

Main Event Prediction: After Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh went to a 45-minute draw back on May 31st; Go Shiozaki approached Kenoh with the request of a singles match. Though he accepted it, since then Kenoh has basically been stating that Go has done "nothing" before his return while he's been seen (in his eyes) as the one that kept NOAH a float. Not sure if Kenoh knows this but I learned that most athletes while on rehab, never really tweet or post on Instagram. They're mostly silent so that they can focus on getting 100% which is what I believe Go was doing. As for who wins this match, this is must-win for Go Shiozaki. These two have met 4 times (2 of them taking place in Korakuen Hall) with the record being 0-3-1 in favor of Kenoh. Back in 2020, Shiozaki almost beat Kenoh in a double-title match but the clock ran out. Will that be the same case this time around? Unlike NJPW websites, a time-limit is never listed until we see on-screen, so it's unknown what the time-limit to the main event is but if this match is 30 minutes, they'll go the full 30. If it's 45 minutes, then I believe Go will win with minutes to spare. Again, this match, must-win for Go Shiozaki. Has to beat Kenoh to prove to himself and to the world that he still has it. And the feeling is that should he emerge victorious, then he'll call out Timothy Thatcher for a singles match while at the same time declare himself and Nakajima as the next challengers for the GHC Tag Team Championships.

Episode 5 of "Star Navigation 2023" comes Thursday June 22nd at 6:30 PM Local Time/5:30 AM Eastern/4:30 AM Central/2:30 AM Pacific on ABEMA with Japanese Commentary and Wrestle Universe with English Commentary. Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you're currently live in to find the start time in your area if the start time is not listed on here.

Final note, also on Thursday, we will find out who will be the 2023 N-1 Victory Participants. So far, only Jake Lee has announced his entry. Again, due to Kaito Kiyomiya withdrawing back on June 10th to focus on NJPW's G1 Climax Tournament, we are already guaranteed a new N-1 Victory winner unless that winner ends up being either Kenoh or Katsuhiko Nakajima. Thursday, find out who joins Jake Lee in one of the cruelest tournaments of the summer, N-1 Victory.

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New Predictions for "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya"

Back on June 5th, I made my official predictions for Pro Wrestling NOAH's "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya" (click here to read those original predictions which does include the match card for the NJPW event taking place that very same day) . Due to the injury though to Junta Miyawaki that occurred at "All Together Again" last Friday, I'm making down below a new prediction list here. Some predictions could remain the same while other will change.

With that said, here is the new set of match result predictions for "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya"

Opening Match prediction: When I originally made this match prediction, I said I was going with the team of Mohammed Yone, Super Crazy, and Alejandro for the win. But since this match has been changed and moved from the #2 position to the opening position, my prediction has changed. Going with Akitoshi Saito, Stallion Rogers, and Seiki Yoshioka with the win as Taishi Ozawa will be pinned in the new opening bout.

Match #2 prediction: What was the original opening match is now the second match and right now...my prediction for this one stays the same. Hiroki already lost to Kenoh in dominating fashion. I don't expect the same here but I do expect Hajime Ohara to come out victorious over the former Kongo member.

Match #3 Prediction: When this match was originally announced as Kaito Kiyomiya, Junta Miyawaki, and AMAKUSA vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. , Yoshinari Ogawa, and Kai Fujimura; my first impression was this could be a preview to who the next challenger would be for the GHC National Championship. Then when Kaito Kiyomiya was announced for NJPW's G1 Climax 33 starting on July 15th; kind of leaned towards his team winning so that he can make a statement. Now...with this match being changed and moved, the prediction for this one does not change. I expect Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA, and Super Crazy (who is replacing Miyawaki in this match) to win with Kiyomiya sending a strong message to Yota Tsuji who is claiming that Kiyomiya is somewhat weak. In this match, the Supernova will send a strong message to "Gene Blast" and that message is...don't underestimate the power of Pro Wrestling NOAH.

Match #4 Prediction: Another original prediction that'll somewhat remain the same. Hideaki Suzuki still wins in dominating fashion and should Jake Lee emerge victorious in the main event, could be the next challenger for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.

Match #5 Prediction: Consider this one to now be a match under the radar for once it was announced, has barely been talked about. The prediction here remains somewhat the same. Eita and Marufuji with the surprise victory as the crumbling of Atsushi Kotoge continues.

Match #6 Prediction: The original prediction for this match also remains the same with YO-HEY getting pinned here instead of Tadasuke. Jack Morris will show a strong performance but it'll be Chris Ridgeway and Daga that'll have the last word in this next to last tune-up match before June 22nd.

Match #7 Prediction: My original prediction for this match was AXIZ was going to win and as of right now, that prediction stays the same. The question now is will this match continue the downfall of Kenoh now that he has not had to witness 3 departures from Kongo but now is coming to Nagoya with no gold around his waist. This match is one that has to be must-see and must-win for Go Shiozaki here and in Korakuen Hall on June 22nd. Again, he's never beaten Kenoh in singles competition and with the way Kenoh is now...got the feeling this is the once chance that AXIZ has to take advantage of. Again...the original prediction here remains the same. Just going to be interesting on the mindset of Kenoh and Manabu Soya who have to rebound after losing the AJPW World Tag Team Titles 2 nights before.

Match #8 Prediction: Still a hard match to predict but based on what I read and heard from Dante Leon, it's kind of clear to me who'll win this match. HAYATA has stated that this match will truly decide who is the GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. If HAYATA wins, then it'll be him. If Dante wins, then it'll be him. As of right now, I can't see HAYATA retaining because there's this sense that Dante has something in his back pocket. Feel like tomorrow, a new Junior Champion will be crowned in Nagoya.

Semi-main Event match Prediction: Though this match is still hard to predict, I'm sticking with my original prediction here in which we're getting new Tag Team Champions. Feel like it's time for Yoshiki Inamura to become Champion though there's the feeling that this reign could be short-lived because I feel like whoever wins between AXIZ and Kongo two matches earlier will be next in line and many including myself are ready for another AXIZ Tag title reign. Again, Kitamiya and Inamura with the win but their reign will be very short.

Main Event Prediction: The original prediction for this match was Jake Lee over Takashi Sugiura. Despite the encouraging words Sugiura received from Shinjiro Otani and the overwhelming praise heading into this match, I'm still going with the result. Still feel like nothing will stop Jake Lee until the N-1 Victory 2023 begins this August. And...again, whoever wins this match, believe their next challenger will be Hideaki Suzuki.

So...as all read here, based on the original predictions and the new predictions...two have changed as seen above.

"Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya" comes this Saturday (June 17th) at 4:00 AM Eastern on ABEMA in Japanese and Wrestle Universe in English. Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you live in to find the start time to the event in your area.