Pro Wrestling NOAH News and Results

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Pro Wrestling NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2016 in YOKOHAMA vol.2”, 10/23/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium

Maybach Taniguchi, Akitoshi Saito & Shiro Tomoyose vs. Muhammad Yone, Quiet Storm & Yoshinari Ogawa

Daisuke Harada & Hitoshi Kumano vs. Taichi & El Desperado

Masa Kitamiya vs. Takashi Iizuka

Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Minoru Suzuki

GHC Junior Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Jado & Gedo vs. [Challengers] Kenoh & Hajime Ohara

GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [32nd Champion] Atsushi Kotoge vs. [Challenger] Yoshinobu Kanemaru
~ 1st title defense.

Special Single Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Katsuyori Shibata

GHC Tag Championship Match: [34th Champions] Naomichi Marufuji & Toru Yano vs. [Challengers] Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma

GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [27th Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Katsuhiko Nakajima

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Pro Wrestling NOAH “Autumn Navigation 2016”, 10/13/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

~ Before the show, TAKA and Taichi announced that they will be hosting their self-produce show on December 30 at the Shinkiba 1stRING. This will mark the 3rd anniversary for their shows. Two matches were announced as Taichi will be taking on Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka will be taking on Jun Kasai in a hardcore rules match.

(1) Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Akitoshi Saito & Shiro Tomoyose
◆Winner: Yone (8:13) following the Funky Buster Bomb on Tomyose.

(2) Taichi, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku vs. Daisuke Harada, Taiji Ishimori & Yoshinari Ogawa
◆Winner: Ishimori (8:55) with a 450° Splash on TAKA.

(3) Captain NOAH & Hitoshi Kumano vs. Kenoh & Hajime Ohara
◆Winner: Kenoh (10:24) with a Muy Bien on Kumano.

(4) Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka vs. Masa Kitamiya & Kaito Kiyomiya
◆Winner: Suzuki (14:45) following a Gotch style Piledriver on Kiyomiya.
~ Suzuki with the decisive win over the young rookie as Suzuki made it clear in that will be his same fate come the Yokohama show.

(5) Naomichi Marufuji & Toru Yano vs. Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi
◆Winner: Marufuji (13:35) following a Shiranui on Taniguchi.
~ Marufuji and Yano look to be in top form heading into their title defense against Makabe and Honma on 10/23.

(6) Takashi Sugiura & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Atsushi Kotoge
◆Winner: Nakajima (17:57) following the Vertical Spike on Kanemaru.
~ Nakajima with the win in prelude to the title challenge on 10/23. Nakajima declared that is time for a change in NOAH and he plans to set that by taking out Sugiura and forcing a heavy blow back at SZKG.

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Pro Wrestling NOAH “Autumn Navigation 2016”, 10/17/2016 [Mon] @ Fukushima City Kokutai Kinen Taiikukan, Sub-Arena

(1) Quiet Storm vs. Shiro Tomyose
◆Winner: Storm (6:54) following the 50cm Arm Lariat.

(2) Taichi & TAKA Michinoku vs. Taiji Ishimori & Yoshinari Ogawa
◆Winner: Ishimori (9:22) with a 450° Splash on TAKA.

(3) Captain NOAH & Hitoshi Kumano vs. Kenoh & Hajime Ohara
◆Winner: Ohara (10:52) with the Muy Bien on Kumano.

(4) Takashi Iizuka & El Desperado vs. Masa Kitamiya & Daisuke Harada
◆Winner: Kitamiya (11:05) following the Saito Suplex on Desperado.

(5) Naomichi Marufuji, Toru Yano (NJPW) & Muhammad Yone vs. Go Shiozaki, Maybach Taniguchi & Akitoshi Saito
◆Winner: Marufuji (12:54) following a Shiranui on Saito.

(6) Takashi Sugiura, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Kaito Kiyomiya
◆Winner: Sugiura (19:46) following the Olympic Qualifying Slam on Kiyomiya.
~ Sugiura with the win as it is now less than a week before the big show in Yokhama on 10/23. Suzuki continued to belittle the NOAH frontline as he said that SZKG will remain dominant.

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Pro Wrestling NOAH “Autumn Navigation 2016”, 10/21/2016 [Fri] 18:30 @ Choshi City Gymnasium in Chiba

~ Taiji Ishimori was absent from today's show as he was teaming with ACH in New Japan's Super Jr Tag Tournament.

(1) Muhammad Yone vs. Shiro Tomoyose
◆Winner: Yone (9:26) following the Kinniku Buster.

(2) Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hitoshi Kumano
◆Winner: Ogawa (11:17) with an Arm capture Camel Clutch.

(3) Taichi & TAKA Michinoku vs. Kenoh & Hajime Ohara
◆Winner: Kenoh (11:18) following the Kibo on Desperado.

(4) Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Masa Kitamiya, Atsushi Kotoge & Kaito Kiyomiya
◆Winner: Kanemaru (13:24) following the Touch Out on Kotoge.

(5) Naomichi Marufuji, Toru Yano [NJPW] & Quiet Storm vs. Go Shiozaki, Maybach Taniguchi & Akitoshi Saito
◆Winner: Shiozaki (13:10) following the Go-Arm Lariat on Storm.
~ Shiozaki declared that he will defeat Shibata at the Yokohama show in 2 days.

(6) Takashi Sugiura & TAKA Michinoku vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Daisuke Harada
◆Winner: Nakajima (13:23) following the Vertical Spike on TAKA.
~ Nakajima manages to turn the momentum a bit in his favor today with the win. Tomorrow will be the final prelude match before the showdown for the GHC belt.

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The big Yokohama show is this Sunday. Shiozaki vs Shibata, Nakajima vs Sugiura II, GBH vs Yano and Marufuji, Kiyomiya vs Suzuki II and more. Definitely gonna be a huge one.

The last Navigation show beforehand is tomorrow.

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Pro Wrestling NOAH “Autumn Navigation 2016”, 10/22/2016 [Sat] 17:00 @ Differ Ariake in Tokyo

(1) Akitoshi Saito vs. Shiro Tomoyose
◆Winner: Saito (6:22) following an Iron Claw Slam.

(2) Jado, Gedo & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
◆Winner: Ogawa (12:01) via pin-fall on Kumano.
~ Gedo took out Ohara at ringside, which left Kenoh irate as he declared that he will do the same to the GHC Jr. Champions at tomorrow’s show.

(3) Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku vs. Muhammad Yone, Quiet Storm, Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada
◆Winner: Kotoge (10:42) following a Kill Switch on TAKA.
~ Kotoge with the win as he stands tall before tomorrow’s title defense against Kanemaru.

(4) Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Juice Robinson [both NJPW]
◆Winner: Shibata (15:01) following a P.K. on Taniguchi.

(5) Toru Yano [NJPW] vs. Tomoaki Honma [NJPW]
◆Winner: Yano (5:49) via foul, Yano with a chair.

(6) Naomichi Marufuji vs. Togi Makabe [NJPW]
◆Winner: Makabe (12:39) following the King Kong Knee Drop.
~ Makabe claims the prelude win over the GHC Tag champion before the title challenge at tomorrow’s big show.

(7) Takashi Sugiura, Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Kaito Kiyomiya
◆Winner: Nakajima (22:29) following the Vertical Spike on Iizuka.
~ Nakajima claims the final prelude win, but Sugiura doesn’t take the loss as he assaulted the challenger with a chair after the match. Nakajima was holding his ribs following the assault, which were already taped up before the match, but stated that he will take the GHC belt from SZKG’s grasp.

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

Shiozaki beating Sugiura for the GHC was cool but if Nakajima wins the belt tomorrow I will lose my shit. Fingers crossed!

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HE DID IT! OH MY GOD HE DID ITHHAKSKDLCLCKLSLCLC

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Pro Wrestling NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2016 in YOKOHAMA vol.2”, 10/23/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
2,104 Spectators

(1) Maybach Taniguchi, Akitoshi Saito & Shiro Tomoyose vs. Muhammad Yone, Quiet Storm & Yoshinari Ogawa
◆Winner: Storm (5:45) following the Funky Buster Bomb on Tomoyose.

(2) Daisuke Harada & Hitoshi Kumano vs. Taichi & El Desperado
◆Winner: Harada (5:40) with the Katayama German Suplex Hold on Desperado.

(3) Masa Kitamiya vs. Takashi Iizuka
◆Winner: Kitamiya (6:45) following a Saito Suplex.
~ Kitamiya stated that he hopes this win can carry over to Nakajima later tonight. As he wishes to see Nakajima kickstart the new era.

(4) Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Minoru Suzuki
◆Winner: Suzuki (11:33) following a Gotch style Piledriver.
~ The young rookie put up a fight, but Suzuki’s rush of anger proved too much for him in the end.

(5) GHC Junior Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Jado & Gedo vs. [Challengers] Kenoh & Hajime Ohara
◆Winner: Jado (19:49) with the Crossface of JADO on Kenoh.
~ 1st successful title defense.


(6) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [32nd Champion] Atsushi Kotoge vs. [Challenger] Yoshinobu Kanemaru
◆Winner: Kotoge (15:44) following the Kill Switch.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ Taichi tried to get involved in the match, but Kotoge managed to keep the momentum in his favor.
~ Harada came forward to challenge his ally for the next title shot. Kotoge accepted.


(7) Special Single Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Katsuyori Shibata
◆Winner: Shibata (18:01) following a P.K.
~ Shibata wins the very first singles showdown between the two. Shiozaki did not take well to the loss as he still wanted to continue fighting.


(8) GHC Tag Championship Match: [34th Champions] Naomichi Marufuji & Toru Yano vs. [Challengers] Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma
◆Winner: Marufuji (21:21) following a Shiranui on Honma.
~ 6th successful title defense.

(9) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [27th Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Katsuhiko Nakajima
◆Winner: Nakajima (33:45) following the Vertical Spike.
~ Champion falls on his 3rd title defense. Nakajima becomes the 28th generation champion.
~ Nakajima finally captures the GHC belt that he has long sought after. He declared that this moment shall begin a new era in NOAH.


~ The Global League is up next as it begins on November 3 and runs throughout the month with the final match of the league on November 23. Expect an update on the league soon.

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

Nakajima!!! Disappointed that J&G retained the belts, I would have flipped them straight onto Kenoh & Ohara. Very interested in what happens over the Jr. belt between Momo No Seishun Tag. Everything else was pretty much as expected.

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[The Kevstaaa]

Congrats to Nakajima. Dude deserves it. Hopefully the match didn't follow typical NOAH formula (overly long with interference and shenanigans). Even if it did though, I see this as a step in a new direction for the company.

[Crow Dust]

There's your guy NOAH now don't drop the ball with him.

[chrom]

Shibata's victory ended any hope Shiozaki had of facing him at The Dome for the NEVER title.

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Oct 23, 2016 16:55:32 GMT -5 chrom said:

Shibata's victory ended any hope Shiozaki had of facing him at The Dome for the NEVER title.

Not quite, Go got on the mic afterwards and said he wants to keep fighting, which means we're likely to either get Shio/Shibata 2 at Destiny or at WK.

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The Global League participants have been revealed. Most of the participants were fairly obvious but I'm pleasantly surprised to see Alejandro Saez (who you may know from competing in round one of the CWC) included.

A Block
Katsuhiko Nakajima - Maybach Taniguchi - Quiet Storm - Akitoshi Saito - Lance Archer - Minoru Suzuki - Toru Yano - Takashi Iizuka


B Block
Naomichi Marufuji - Go Shiozaki - Masa Kitamiya - Davey Boy Smith Jr - Takashi Sugiura - Muhammad Yone - Kaito Kiyomiya - Alejandro Saez

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The Global League matches have been announced, too.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/3/2016 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Muhammad Yone vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Alejandro Saez vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Masa Kitamiya vs. Takashi Sugiura
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Noamichi Marufuji vs. Go Shiozaki

() GL – A BLOCK Match: Akitoshi Saito vs. Takashi Iizuka
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Lance Archer vs. Maybach Taniguchi
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Quiet Storm

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/4/2016 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Masa Kitamiya vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Muhammad Yone vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Noamichi Marufuji vs. Alejandro Saez
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Takashi Sugiura

() GL – A BLOCK Match: Maybach Taniguchi vs. Quiet Storm
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Akitoshi Saito vs. Lance Archer
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Takashi Iizuka
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Toru Yano

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/5/2016 [Sat] 18:00 @ Kiramesse Numazu in Shizuoka
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Quiet Storm vs. Takashi Iizuka
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Akitoshi Saito vs. Minoru Suzuki
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Toru Yano vs. Lance Archer
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Maybach Taniguchi

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/8/2016 [Tue] 18:30 @ Aizu-Wakamatsu Bridal Renaissance Nakanoshima, 2nd Floor
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Masa Kitamiya vs. Alejandro Saez
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Takashi Sugiura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Noamichi Marufuji vs. Muhammad Yone

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/11/2016 [Fri] 18:30 @ Twin Messe Shizuoka
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Lance Archer vs. Takashi Iizuka
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Toru Yano vs. Quiet Storm
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Akitoshi Saito
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Maybach Taniguchi vs. Minoru Suzuki

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/12/2016 [Sat] 18:30 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Muhammad Yone vs. Alejandro Saez
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Masa Kitamiya
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Noamichi Marufuji vs. Takashi Sugiura

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/13/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Matsuyama City General Community Center Organized Exhibition Hall
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Maybach Taniguchi vs. Takashi Iizuka
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Toru Yano vs. Akitoshi Saito
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Quiet Storm vs. Minoru Suzuki
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Lance Archer

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/14/2016 [Mon] 18:30 @ Okayama Wholesale Center, Exhibition Hall, Orange Hall
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Alejandro Saez
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Muhammad Yone
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Masa Kitamiya vs. Takashi Sugiura
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/15/2016 [Tue] 18:30 @ Act City Hamamatsu
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Akitoshi Saito vs. Quiet Storm
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Toru Yano vs. Maybach Taniguchi
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Lance Archer
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Takashi Iizuka

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/17/2016 [Thu] 18:30 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Alejandro Saez vs. Takashi Sugiura
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Muhammad Yone
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kaito Kiyomiya

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/19/2016 [Sat] 18:00 @ Yume Messe Miyagi, West Building Hall
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Quiet Storm vs. Lance Archer
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Toru Yano vs. Takashi Iizuka
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Maybach Taniguchi vs. Akitoshi Saito
() GL – A BLOCK Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Minoru Suzuki

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/22/2016 [Tue] 18:30 @ Niigata City Gymnasium
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Alejandro Saez
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Muhammad Yone vs. Takashi Sugiura
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Masa Kitamiya
() GL – B BLOCK Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global League 2016”, 11/23/2016 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() GL 2016 Final Match: (A BLOCK #1) vs. (B BLOCK #1)

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Hooray for my fellow chilean saez

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Nakajima made the cover of this week's edition of Weekly Pro Wrestling.

[mhamm05]

As someone who follows much less NOAH than I should, what is the consensus reaction to Nakajima winning the Heavyweight title? My first real experience with him and Marufuji was at the G1 and they both were more than impressive. Seems like a well deserved title run if he hasn't had one already.