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Saitos, Junta and Chihiro is an inspired combo.

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Match Card Changes for NOAH Events on June 18th and 22nd

Due to the injury Junta Miyawaki sustained at "All Together Again" last week and due to Shuhei Taniguchi's defection to REAL; match cards for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Osaka" and "Star Navigation 2023 in Korakuen" have been changed.

Here are the original match cards for both events:

Now, here's the revised match cards for both events. Starting off with "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Osaka" taking place tomorrow (June 18, 2023).

Opening Match has been changed from a 8-man tag to a standard tag match as it'll be Stallion Rogers and Kai Fujimura facing Mohammed Yone and Super Crazy

Match #4 has been changed as Alejandro replaces Atsushi Kotoge to team up with Dante Leon to face the team of HAYATA and Eita.

Match #5 has been changed as Shuhei Taniguchi and Daiki Inaba have been added to what is now a 8-man tag-team match. It'll be all four members of REAL facing off against Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, and Daiki Inaba. And note about Kaito Kiyomiya. This 8-man tag match will be one of his last matches with Pro Wrestling NOAH before he heads over to NJPW to compete in G1 Climax 33 starting on July 15th. As of this typing, his final NOAH event before the G1 will be on July 9th in Hachioji. He is expected to return to the NOAH ring on September 3rd in Osaka.

And the main event has been changed as Atsushi Kotoge replaces Junta Miyawaki to team up with Takashi Sugiura and Naomichi Marufuji to face GLG members Jake Lee, Jack Morris, and Tadasuke.

Now...here's the changed match card for "Star Navigation 2023: Kenoh vs. Go Shiozaki" taking place on June 22nd in Korakuen Hall. Note that this card is not yet finalized. That finalization will come pending on what happens in Osaka on June 18th.

Originally slated for nine matches, match card for the event has been decreased to 8 as the original match #2 (Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Stallion Rogers) has been combined with the original match #3 (REAL+Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba, and Mohammed Yone) to become one whole match.

Also, Atsushi Kotoge replaces Junta Miyawaki in 6-man tag action. He was originally not booked to compete in this event.

With that said, here's the new match lineup for June 22 which again is subject to change pending on what happens tomorrow in Osaka:

Opening Match: Manabu Soya and Hajime Ohara vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka

NEW Match #2: Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba, Stallion Rogers, and Mohammed Yone vs. Timothy Thatcher, Saxon Huxley, Hideaki Suzuki, Shuhei Taniguchi, and Kazuyuki Fujita

NEW Match #3 (Originally Match #4): Takashi Sugiura and Sean Legacy vs. Jake Lee and Jack Morris

NEW Match #4 (Originally Match #5): Yoshinari Ogawa, LEONA, and Kai Fujimura vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Eita, and HAYATA

NEW Match #5 (Originally Match #6): Hiroki vs. Shuji Kondo

NEW Match #6 (Originally Match #7): Naomichi Marufuji, AMAKUSA, and Atsushi Kotoge vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Dante Leon, and Ninja Mack

Semi-Main Event: GHC Junior Tag Team Championship: Chris Ridgeway and Daga (Challenger Team) vs. YO-HEY and Tadasuke (Champion Team)

Main Event: Kenoh vs. Go Shiozaki

Also...N-1 Victory 2023 participants are expected to be announced and as of right now, only Jake Lee has been announced as a participant. Find out on Thursday who will join him in what is considered one of the most grueling tournaments of the summer.

"Sunny Voyage 2023 in Osaka" takes place on June 18th with the video of the event to air on Wrestle Universe on June 21st at 5:00 AM Eastern.

"Star Navigation 2023 Episode 5: Kenoh vs. Go Shiozaki" airs on ABEMA in Japanese and Wrestle Universe in English on June 22nd at 6:30 PM Local Time/5:30 AM Eastern/4:30 AM Central/2:30 AM Pacific. Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you're currently living in to find the start time in your area.

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NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2024 Review (Jan 2nd, 2024, Ariake Arena, Tokyo)

1, GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Title 3-Way Elimination Match - Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane (c) vs. Alejandro & Ninja Mack vs. YO-HEY & Tadasuke ***3/4

2, Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Titus Alexander & Vinnie Massaro **1/2

3, Masa Kitamiya vs. Tomohiro Ishii ****1/2+

4, Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima ****

5, Great Sakuya & Nagisa Nozaki vs. Haruka Umesaki & Miyuki Takase **1/2

6, Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki ***

7, Hiroshi Tanahashi & HAYATA vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa ***1/2

8, GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship - Daga (c) vs. Eita ***

9, NOAH/NJPW vs. House of Torture 12 Man Elimination Match - Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo, Ryohei Oiwa & Junta Miyawaki vs. EVIL, Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo ***3/4

10, GHC Heavyweight Championship - Kenoh (c) vs. Manabu Soya ****1/2

11, Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi *

This was my first full NOAH show I've watched in forever and it was a great watch. They pulled in a great crowd of over 5K, it had very good matches up and down the card, two fantastic bouts, but unfortunately it ended with one of the worst matches you're likely to see all year...

Things started hot with the Jr. Tag Title 3-Way. You know what to expect here; lots of crazy spots, not much in the way of traditional "psychology", and 100mph action. The crowd loved this and it was a great way to kick things off. There was confusion over the elimination nature of this one, and had it ended after after the first fall, I think I'd have liked it more, but it was a great little opener with the GLG duo of YO-HEY and Tadasuke eliminating both opponents at 8:48 and 12:24 respectively to win the straps. Things cooled down a tad with the next match, which was decent enough but just your standard 6-Man, which saw the GLG were victorious again.

The next match was something of a Dream Match for me, one that's been teased for a good couple of years now as Ishii and Kitomiya, two of my favourite guys from their respective companies, had an absolute war that is a strong MOTYC only two days in! You know what to expect here, it was tsandard Ishii big match fair, which is always tremendous. They pounded each other with chops, Lariats, headbutts, forearms punches and suplexes for 15:04, before Ishii got the win with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster. Amazing. The next match too was excellent as Go Shiozaki went over ageless veteran Satoshi Kojima, in a battle of the Go-wan Lariats! This was great, and kept relatively short at 13:56. Shiozaki won after an exchange of Lariats. Go formed a new faction called Team NOAH in the post-match.

Next up we got a couple of interesting debuts. "The Great Muta's daughter" Great Sakuya (Riko Kawahata) debuted in a doubles clash which ended in a DQ after she blew the dreaded Dokukiri in poor Umesaki's face. This was very silly, and the crowd were dead for it, but whilst it certainly wasn't great, it certainly wasn't bad either. The next match was better as former MMA fighter Ulka Sasaki battled NOAH legend Takashi Sugiura in a nice little exhibition. Sasaki looked good here, and it featured some good sequences, before Sugiura naturally won at the 11 minute mark with the Olympic Yossen Slam.

After intermission we got the ZSJ/Ogawa vs. Tana/HAYATA tag match. This was really good, as you'd expect, though at nearly 18 minutes it was a little long. They teased a lot of stuff with Zack and Tanahashi for their TV Title match at the Dome tomorrow. Sabre Jr. won for his team when he submitted HAYATA with a crazy leg stretch. The GHC Jr. Title bout was decent enough, as Daga retained over Eita in exactly 13 minutes. I expected a bit more here, and it ultimatly came off as a bit of a squash as Daga dominated the whole thing, despite the crowd really wanting Eita to win. The 6 on 6 Elimationation match was actually a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. Like everyone else, I'm at the end of my tether with this HoT stuff (and don't even get me started on Narita's inexplicably asinine inclusion in this nonsense), BUT, this match proves if done right, it can be pretty great. Obviously we got all the token House silliness like the never-ending stream of low blows, interference and incompetent refereeing, but it built really well as it boiled down to Kaito and EVIL, with Kiyomiya looking like a hero as he overcame the odds and sent EVIL to the floor with a Shining Wizard at the 26:14 mark to win for the babyfaces.

The first half of the Double Main Event; Kenoh's GHC Heavyweight Title defence against former tag partner Manabu Soya came next and it was another fantastic, hard-hitting war, and another early MOTYC. We all know Kenoh's great, and I've always been a fan of Soya since his All Japan days, but he's kind of lingered in the NOAH mid-card since arriving and gotten lost in the shuffle somewhat. Well this was a coming out party if ever there were one, both guys looked fantastic here, and I was worried someone was going to get legit KO'd at points, given how hard they were hitting each other. Kenoh missed a Moonsault knee drop by a considerable margin at the end there, but recovered well by devastating the big man with some headkicks and got the submission win at 28:36 with the Kenoh Special. Excellent, excellent match. Shiozaki came out in the post match and challenged Strong Fist to a title match, which will be happening on January 13th. Count me in as these two always have great matches together. And this is where I'd recommend everyone just turn this show off...

The Marufuji/Ibushi main event *sigh*... look I'm sure everyone already knows about this match, something that once upon a time was a dream match, but in the harsh realities of 2024, was an abject nightmare. This match was all kinds of bad, as Ibushi came into this thing banged up to oblivion and physically incapable of doing... anything, really. AND IT WENT 33:26!!! Which honestly felt like a good couple of hours watching live. Ibushi announced he was working through a broken hand and foot in the days prior, and when he made his entrance with tears streaming down his face, I feared the worst. The reality is this match shouldn't have happened, or if it did, have it go like 10 minutes maximum or something. And certainly don't have it be the main event! It was total insanity to book this to go north of 30 minutes. But even then, nobody made Ibushi try to do his signature spots in this thing. The guy couldn't even get himself up to go over the ropes on a backdrop, so what made him think attempting a Moonsault to the floor was a wise move? Well, he seemingly broke his ankle doing so, and the match only descended into more of a train wreck from there. The crowd were dead, almost like they were at a funeral, the "action" was a level lower than snail pace, and watching it was a profoundly sad experience. I never thought I'd see the day when the Keiji Muto of 2023 looked more mobile and having more business being in the ring than Kota Ibushi ever. Ibushi won with Kamigoye to put everyone out of their misery, none more so than the two guys in the match, then there was a totally bizarre post match where Kiyomiya and Jake Lee came out and seemingly banished Ibushi from NOAH. Ibushi could barely stand or walk on his way to the back, and this is a match I'll never watch again in my life. I had thought about giving this a DUD, but I couldn't be that harsh given the circumstances. Also, Marufuji did try his best out there, bless him. But the fact is Ibushi needs some time away from the ring to heal. I mean, this could be the end of his illustrious in-ring career, which is beyond heartbreaking, and he's looked a shadow of his former self since he returned to wrestling last Spring, but he wasn't even the same person out there on this show.

All in all, this was a great supershow from NOAH, marred slightly by a catastrophically bad main event, for obvious reasons. But I recommend everyone check it out up the fab Kenoh/Soya match, and just pretend the Ibushi/Maru match never happened.

NDT

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The New Year 2023

I still don't follow Pro Wrestling Noah but they're doing they're biggest show of the year, so I caved in and signed up for Wrestle Universe. (It's 900 yen for a month, which works out to $6.86 US, so that seems like a good deal.) The show starts at 2am EST tonight, with English commentary, so after Americans ring in the new year they can stay up late watching wrestling.

All I really know about the show is the main event: the Great Muta vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. Muta (aka Keiji Mutoh) is a living legend in Japan and he's winding down his retirement tour. WWE has given Nakamura special permission to come in for one of Muta's final matches. It's not exactly like Shinsuke returning to New Japan, but it's about as close as we're going to get anytime soon. Mutoh is 60 years old so I'm not expecting a five-star classic, but the fact this matchup seemed impossible a couple of months ago should fill it with drama.

Here's the rest of the card:

GHC heavyweight champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Kenoh

GHC junior tag champions YO-HEY & Kzy vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita

GHC heavyweight tag champions Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA

GHC junior champion AMAKUSA vs. Junta Miyawaki

Timothy Thatcher vs. Jack Morris

Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin & Rongai NOSAWA & ?

Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. & Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioki vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr.

Ninja Mack & Dante Leon & Alejandro vs. Shuji Kondo & Tadasuke & HIROKI

Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura vs. Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito & Shuhei Taniguchi

Yasutaka Yano vs. Taishi Ozawa

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Cyber Fight 2021.06.06

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NOAH results for June 19, 2018

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Navig. with Emerald Spirits 2018”, 6/19/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Aizu Wakamatsu City Bunka Center in Fukushima 302 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Cody Hall vs. Junta Miyawaki ◆Winner: Hall (4:50) following a Sitdown Side Chokeslam.

(2) Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano vs. Maybach Taniguchi, Tadasuke & Masao Inoue ◆Winner: Kotoge (12:50) with the Kakumei Manto (Revolutionary…

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Junta Miyawaki is a cool wrestler.

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Miyawaki Junta

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Match Card and Order Changed for "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya"

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced that due to injury, Junta Miyawaki will not be participating in any of the remaining June events including "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya" and "Star Navigation 2023" on June 22nd.

Down below is the original match card:

Now down below is the revised match card with a small order change to the original one above:

What has changed from the original match card is the first four matches have all been moved

Original Opening Match: Hajime Ohara vs. Hiroki

New Opening Match: Akitoshi Saito, Seiki Yoshioka, and Stallion Rogers vs. Muhammed Yone, Alejandro, and Taishi Ozawa

Original Match #2: Akitoshi Saito, Seiki Yoshioka, and Stallion Rogers vs. Muhammed Yone, Alejandro, and Super Crazy

New Match #2: Hajime Ohara vs. Hiroki

Original Match #3: Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Hideaki Suzuki

New Match #3: Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA, and Super Crazy vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa, and Kai Fujimura

Original Match #4: Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA, and Junta Miyawaki vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa, and Kai Fujimura

New Match #4: Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Hideaki Suzuki

The rest of the match card remains the same despite the card change.

And a note about the seventh match before revealing the revised match card for June 22nd. As of June 10, 2023, it is unknown whether it'll stay as a standard non-title tag match (Kenoh and Soya are AJPW World Tag Team Champions as of this typing) or if they'll add Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi to the mix or if that Tag Title match will take place at a date after June 24th since Kenoh and Soya are mostly booked the rest of the month. Stay tuned to all social media fronts for any changes (if any are made).

And now...here's the revised card for June 22nd which will also include the announcement of the N-1 Victory 2023 participants where it is now guaranteed that unless you're Kenoh or Nakajima, a new N-1 Victory winner will be crowned.

Opening Match: Manabu Soya and Hajime Ohara vs. Seiki Yoshioka and Katsuhiko Nakajima

Match #2: Stallion Rogers vs. Shuhei Taniguchi

Match #3: Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba, and Mohammed Yone vs. Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher, Kazuyuki Fujita, and Hideaki Suzuki

Match #4: Takaishi Sugiura and Sean Legacy vs. Jake Lee and Jack Morris

Match #5: Yoshinari Ogawa, LEONA, and Kai Fujimura vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, HAYATA, and Eita

Match #6: Hi69 vs. Shuji Kondo

Match #7: Naomichi Marufuji, AMAKUSA, and Atsushi Kotoge vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Ninja Mack, and Dante Leon

Semi-main: GHC Junior Tag Team Championship: Chris Ridgeway and Daga (Challenger Team) vs. YO-HEY and Tadasuke (Champion Team)

Main Event: Go Shiozaki vs. Kenoh

Everyone, please pray Junta Miyawaki makes a speedy recovery.

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Golden Week Begins: NOAH Majestic Night 1 - 4/29/2022; STARDOM Cinderella Tournament 2022 Finals - 4/29/2022; AJPW Champion Carnival 2022 Final Set; Dragon Gate, TJPW, DDT, Osaka Pro, More

Golden Week has begun. The annual week of holidays always has a lot of pro wrestling going on, so let’s just get into this special post.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

NOAH returned to action for the first time in nearly two weeks, with the first night of Majestic 2022 from Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan. This was the “N Innovation” part of the event, with a lot of outside wrestlers coming in from the USA, Mexico and Australia. Possibly the most talent from outside of Japan on a single show since the pandemic started. Jushin Thunder Liger was a guest on commentary for this show.

Majestic 2022 - 4/29/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (ABEMA)

Ikuto Hidaka [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. Kai Fujimura (Shawn Capture, 6:37)

Slex d. Yasutaka Yano (Business Bomb, 8:37)

Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon] TLD Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (20:00)

NOSAWA Rongai, Texano Jr. & Super Crazy [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. Tadasuke [Kongo], Hajime Ohara [Kongo] & Shuji Kondo [Dragon Gate] (Texano > Tadasuke, Road to Texas, 10:46)

Hair v. Hair + Loser Must Change Name: Hao d. Nio [Kongo] (Tatsumaki, 16:03)

Extreme Tiger [FREE] d. Seiki Yoshioka [STINGER] (Tijuana Lock, 11:31)

HYO, SB KENTo & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] d. Daisuke Harada, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki (Skywalker > Miyawaki, SSW, 25:00)

3-Way Elimination Match: Ninja Mack [GCW] d. Dragon Bane [IWRG] & Alpha Wolf [IWRG] Order of Eliminations: - Bane > Wolf, Twister Bane, 15:47 - Mack > Bane, Ninja Bomb, 18:03

GHC Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship: Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway [STINGER] d. Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY (c) (Ridgeway > Kotoge, Stretch Muffler, 33:41) - Kotoge/YO-HEY fail their 3rd defense - Ogawa/Ridgeway are the 50th champions

GHC Juniorheavyweight Championship: HAYATA [STINGER] d. Eita [Perros del Mal de Japon] © (Headache, 28:08) - Eita fails his 1st defense - HAYATA is the 49th champion

Eita doesn’t even last his first defense, which makes sense, as he is not a NOAH-contracted wrestler, despite the fact there is a lot of Dragon Gate talent nowadays (Z-Brats and Eita today, Masaaki Mochizuki and Don Fujii on tomorrow’s show). Daisuke Harada v. HYO in a singles match will happen on 5/14/2022 in Yokohama.

HAYATA declared he would usher in a new era of NOAH. I hope that’s good, what with attendances not great (1585 reported today), and everyone associated with their English social media accounts being gotten-to weirdos (to wit, getting into it with one of my oldest friends in puroresu internetting, over them misspelling it as “Ryuguku” on a meme edit yesterday).

Is this the first time Texano Jr. has appeared in NOAH? It would appear so. I know he is no longer in AAA since last year, so he is freelance as of now. Ninja Mack said he wants to become the GHC Junior champion. It’s good to have goals. Alpha Wolf is also known as Hijo de Canis Lupus.

Nio of Kongo lost his hair, and also now will lose his name, following defeat to his former Kongo stablemate Hao. Slex is an Australian wrestler; he once wrestled Kazuchika Okada in Sydney.

The GHC Heavyweight title match has now been confirmed, as Kaito Kiyomiya will in fact be Go Shiozaki’s opponent in the decision match main event tomorrow at Ryogoku. That will be on Wrestle Universe. As a reminder, an utter piece of human filth is in a featured match on this show facing Masa Kitamiya, so be warned.

- 4/30/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (Wrestle Universe)

Slex & Kai Fujimura v. Alejandro & Yasutaka Yano

King Tany, Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito [Funky Express] v. Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara [Kongo]

NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, Texano Jr., Kotaro Suzuki & Super Crazy [Perros del Mal de Japon] v. HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu [STINGER]

Kazushi Sakuraba & Kendo Kashin [Sugiura-gun] v. Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] & Don Fujii [Dragon Gate]

Masato Tanaka [M’s Alliance] & Daiki Inaba v. Renee Dupree [FREE] & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. [FREE]

Masa Kitamiya v. Michael Elgin [FREE]

GHC National Championship: Masakatsu Funaki [Kongo] (c) v. Simon Gotch [FREE]

Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Junta Miyawaki v. Dreagon Bane [IWRG], Alpha Wolf [IWRG], Extreme Tiger [FREE] & Ninja Mack [GCW]

Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance] & X v. Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada

GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Takashi Sugiura & Hideki Suzuki [Sugiura-gun] © v. Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kongo]

GHC Heavyweight Championship Decision Match: Go Shiozaki v. Kaito Kiyomiya

STARDOM

The winner of the Cinderella Tournament 2022 has been determined, on a show that also featured several title matches, including the World Of Stardom championship.

Cinderella Tournament 2022 Finals - 4/29/2022, Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

3-Way Match: Ami Sorei [God’s Eye] d. Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] and Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] (Sorei > Tsukuiyama, Brainbuster, 4:19)

Future of Stardom Championship: Hanan [STARS] © d. Hina [Queen’s Quest] (Backdrop Hold, 6:26) - Hanan succeeds her 5th defense

Cinderella Tournament 2022 Semifinal: Koguma [STARS] d. Hazuki [STARS] (Jackknife Hold, 6:17)

Cinderella Tournament 2022 Semifinal: MIRAI [God’s Eye] d. Natsupoi [Donna del Mondo] (Miramare, 8:17)

Trios Gauntlet Match: Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa & Unagi Sayaka [Cosmic Angels] d. Giulia, Maika & Thekla [Donna del Mondo] and Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] and Ruaka, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] and Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo [STARS] and Saki Kashima, Rina & Fukigen Death [Oedo Tai] Order of Eliminations: - Iwatani > Lady C, 4:06 - Watanabe > Iida, 5:11 - Kid > Sayaka, 5:01 - Maika > Ruaka, 3:35 - Nakano > Giulia, 7:19

High Speed Championship: AZM [Queen’s Quest] © d. Mei Suruga [Gatoh Move] (Azumisushi, 13:06) - AZM succeeds her 2nd defense

Cinderella Tournament 2022 Final: MIRAI [God’s Eye] d. Koguma [STARS] (Miramare, 11:45) - MIRAI wins the Cinderella Tournament 2022

World of Stardom Championship: Syuri [God’s Eye] © d. Himeka [Donna del Mondo] (SyuSekai, 21:24) - Syuri succeeds her 4th defense

MIRAI wins the tournament, and afterwards challenges her stable’s leader Syuri to the Red Belt. Mei Suruga asked to form a team with AZM following her defeat in the High Speed title match.

STARDOM have a whole Golden Week Fight Tour coming up starting Sunday, with a big show on 5/5/2022 from Fukuoka Kokusai Center that will feature three title matches, as well as an elimination match between Donna del Mondo v. God’s Eye. I’d type it all up here but my day has already gotten away from me.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

The Champion Carnival 2022 Final is now set, as we had the end of B Block today.

- 4/29/2022, Aichi Nagoya Congress Center

Shuji Ishikawa & Takao Omori d. Shigehiro Irie & Ryo Inoue (Takao > Inoue, Boston Crab, 7:42)

Black Menso-re d. Konaka = Pale One [666] (5:44)

TAJIRI & Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Atsuski Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] (Kodama > HAYATO, Mad Splash, 9:41)

Jake Lee, Ryuki Honda & Hokuto Omori [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Shotaro Ashino, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura [Evolution] (Lee > Tamura, D4C, 11:50)

Champion Carnival B Block: Takuya Nomura [BJW] d. Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] (Ground Cobra Twist, 11:05)

Champion Carnival B Block: Yoshitatsu d. Suwama [Evolution] (6:54)

Champion Carnival B Block: Kento Miyahara [NEXTREAM] TLD Yuma Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] (30:00)

Yuma Aoyagi advances to the Final after drawing with his stablemate (and Triple Crown Champion) Kento Miyahara, but also will face off against his former stablemate in Jake Lee. That will happen on Wednesday, 5/4/2022 from Korakuen Hall.  No other matches have been announced as yet.

Shuji Ishikawa announced he will challenge for Runaway SUPLEX’s World Tag Team Championship, partnering with Kohei Sato on 5/14/2022 in Sapporo, which will also have an All Asia tag title defense on the card.

Final Champion Carnival 2022 standings:

A Block Lee: 8pts (4W 0D 1L) ***WINNER*** Ishikawa: 6pts (3W 0D 2L) Ashino: 6pts (3W 0D 2L) Irie: 5pts (2W 1D 2L) T-Hawk: 5pts (2W 1D 2L) Honda: 0pts (0W 0D 5L)

B Block Aoyagi: 7pts (3W 1D 1L) ***WINNER*** Miyahara: 6pts (2W 2D 1L) Nomura: 6pts (3W 0D 2L) Suwama: 5pts (2W 1D 2L) Yoshitatsu: 4pts (2W 0D 3L) Arashi: 2pts (1W 0D 4L)

Dragon Gate

The Gate of Passion 2022 tour continued today.

The Gate of Passion 2022 Night 15 - 4/29/2022, Hiroshima Sangyo Hall

KAI, BxB Hulk & Diamante [Z-Brats] d. Susumu Yokosuka, Genki Horiguchi & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (Diamante > Kamei, Vuelta Finale, 10:11)

Yosuke Santa Maria d. Konomama Ichikawa (Inside Cradle, 7:58)

Kota Minoura, Kaito Ishida & Minorita [Gold Class] d. Takashi Yoshida, Punch Tominaga & Ho Ho Lun (Minoura > Tominaga, R-201, 12:27)

Ben-K [HIGH-END] d. Shachihoko Boy (Spear, 8:08)

Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. Yasushi Kanda & Ishin Iihashi (Dia > Ishin, Double Cork, 11:07)

Kzy, Big Boss Shimizu, U-T & Jason Lee [Natural Vibes] d. YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Kagetora & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] (U-T > Kagetora, Hikari no Wa, 15:04)

Jason Lee, while not getting the pin, wins in his first match as a member of Natural Vibes.

DG run shows tomorrow and Sunday as well, before the first of three livestreamed showed beginning Tuesday, a two-night stand at Kyoto KBS Hall and then Dead Or Alive 2022 on Thursday.

DDT / Tokyo Joshi

Tokyo Joshi ran the first of two nights at Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall earlier today.

TJPW Spring Tour ‘22 - 4/29/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall

Yuki Aino d. Kaya Toribami (Venus DDT, 6:57)

Miu Watanabe d. Haruna Neko (Canadian Backbreaker, 7:33)

Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta d. Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo (Kakuta > Endo, Shidenkai, 11:20)

Miyu Yamashita d. Moka Miyamoto (Attitude Adjustment, 8:25)

Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku d. Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu (Sakazaki > Kiryu, Toy Story 4, 13:01)

Shoko Nakajima & Pom Harajuku d. Hyper Misao & Suzume (Nakajima > Suzume, Northern Lights Suplex, 12:45)

Nakajima accidentally unmasked Hyper Misao during a hurricanrana spot. Reika Saiki will be retiring on Tuesday from Korakuen Hall, and will have a three-minute exhibition match with former partner Arisu Endo.

TJPW runs one last show before Tuesday’s Korakuen Hall show. In the meantime, DDT held an outdoor street wrestling match, as a last preview before Sunday’s big show in Yokohama

DDT “Just Before Yokohama Budokan! Rojo Pro Wrestling In I-Canal Street” - 4/29/2022, Yokohama i-Canal Street (YouTube)

Falls Count Anywhere 3-Way Tag Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata [The 37KAMIINA] d. Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani [Eruption] and Yuki Naya & Yuki Ishida (Katsumata > Ishida, Diving Body Press From Telephone Pole Through Table, 29:08)

DDT does the kind of match that only DDT can really do.

Other News

Osaka Pro ran today, showing off their new title belt that will be crowned on Sunday. They also announced a new Light Heavyweight title that will be determined via tournament beginning on 6/26/2022, with the champion being crowned on 7/31/2022.

Big Japan, 2AW, Michinoku Pro, Kyushu Pro, Diana, SEAdLINNNG, Colega, Sportiva, and several other produced shows all ran today.

More shows happening all through the weekend, and into all next week. See you Sunday.

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