Tamon Honda & Junji Izumida drew Kentaro Shiga & Kishin Kawabata (10:00). Mohammed Yone & Makoto Hashi beat Junji Izumida & Tsutomu Hirayanagi (13:03) when Hashi pinned Hirayanagi. Akiyama crotches Kobashi, hoping to deliver a Super Exploder Suplex, but gets knocked down for his trouble. When it comes to the phrase that “it used to be better,” there is absolutely no doubt that Pro Wrestling NOAH is one of the very first wrestling promotions that springs to mind. Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Tamon Honda & Takashi Sugiura (11:54) when Taue pinned Honda.

Official PPV Replay: Zelo Pro Wrestling Pro Wrestling, Events LIVE Aug 15, 8PM ET/5PM PT Laynie Luck, Elayna Black, JJ Garrett, Jay Raves, Brooke Valentine, Bryce Benjamin, J Fowler "Buns of Steel", Blackheart Battalion, The Bang Bros, Missa Kate, CJ Esparza, Aiden English, Matt Rehwoldt Joe's on Weed St. 940 W Weed St, Chicago, IL 60642, United States GHC Tag Champs Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano beat Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (14:22) when Takayama pinned Castagnoli. That speaks volumes about Akiyama here since Kobashi would rarely use that. Akira Taue & Mohammed Yone beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano (10:32) when Yone pinned Sano. Lastly, I’ll mention again that I wish somehow, someway, there could’ve been a crossover with WCW; my belief is that it’d be a huge boost to the fledgling NOAH, while providing some depth and all-time great performers to the weakened WCW. Consider my palette cleansed now after this. Embedded below is the May 31, 2020 edition of the Post Puroresu podcast looking at the company’s birth and history. FITE continues to transverse the world to present the best professional wrestling action across the globe. Yoshihiro Takayama pinned Takeshi Morishima (14:56). Dark Order’s 10, 09/30 Prowrestling.net Free Podcast: Paul “Triple H” Levesque takes pro wrestling media questions and promotes Sunday’s NXT Takeover 31, Powell’s Impact Wrestling Hit List: Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. Dez and Wentz, Jordynne Grace vs. Tenille Dashwood, Ace Austin and Madman Fulton vs. The match ended with Stinger getting win after Ogawa prevented Harada to get in the ring for second time. In April, Kiyomiya and Kenoh took part of the tournament, finishing the Global Tag League with a record of four wins, two losses, and one draw, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. Kobashi sees this as an opportunity to target Akiyama’s neck, hitting a leg drop and another DDT inside the ring. Masao Inoue, Takeshi Rikio, & Jun Izumida beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Daisuke Ikeda, & Masashi Aoyagi (18:27) when Inoue beat Aoyagi via submission. Naomichi Marufuji pinned Akira Taue (13:23). Scorpio, Minoru Suzuki, & Suwa beat Takeshi Morishima, Mohammed Yone, & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (7:18) when Scorpio pinned Kikuchi. Go Shiozaki Interview on N-1 Victory 2020: Noah, Warrior Wrestling Stadium Series, Bundle Pack, Wrestling Revolver: Pancakes and Piledrivers, Synergy Pro Wrestling: Synergy's 2nd Birthday, Kunlun Combat Professional League: October 14th, Kunlun Combat Professional League: October 13th, EMC 6: Ismail Naurdiev vs Amiran Gogoladze. The show was headlined by Kaito Kiyomiya defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against the winner of the 2019 N-1 Victory Kenoh in a rematch from the 2019 Navigation For The Future tour. GHC Champ Naomichi Marufuji pinned Kenta (35:34).

The event itself wasn’t profitable, since ticket were scaled far too inexpensively, leading to incredible scalper demand at the event. Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima drew Naomichi Marufuji & Kenta (30:00). Bison Smith, Akitoshi Saito, & Doug Williams beat Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Shuhei Taniguchi (21:12) when Williams pinned Taniguchi. Dakota, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Naoki Sano beat Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue, & Tsutomu Hirayanagi (18:31) when Dakota pinned Hirayanagi. Since October 2018, RATEL'S begun a feud with Stinger. But after deep searching, I’m happy to have found some history that inexplicably slipped through the cracks for me several weeks ago. Shuhei Taniguchi & Ippei Ota beat Akihiko Ito & Thoruf (10:15) when Taniguchi pinned Thoruf. I so wish there could’ve been a crossover arrangement with WCW at this time so these two (and the participants of the next match) could’ve worked. Kentaro Shiga & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Mohammed Yone & Ippei Ota (14:11) when Kanemaru pinned Ota. We appreciate your continued support, thank you.”, As someone who’s not a puroresu expert, the best that I can do here before diving in is to provide resources of those who are well-versed on NOAH’s birth. Learn how your comment data is processed. City

Akira Taue & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Ippei Ota (15:20) when Nakajima pinned Ota. On October 11, Kiyomiya was attacked by KONGOH and Kitamiya and Inamura would force Kiyomiya to his knees, with Kenoh claimed that Kiyomiya was just spoiled not strong, leading AXIZ (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Go Shiozaki) to make the save. HAYATA, who faced his RATEL'S stablemate YO-HEY at the event. To the media, staff and fans, I, along with the rest of the roster, apologize for the trouble and worry we may have created. Kitamiya scored the win for his team after pinning Nakajima. Had I been in charge of WCW by mid-2000, I’d have jumped through whatever hoops necessary to convince Misawa to do cross-promotional business. Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (17:16) to win the vacant GHC Tag Title when Saito pinned Ogawa. We crack open 2001 to finally see some champions get crowned.

Following the match, Kiyomiya called out Kenoh and asked him to be his partner for the upcoming Global Tag League, which he accepted, declaring a united front to create a new scene for Noah, dubbing their team "KAIOH". I can say that once again, I’m disappointed that he didn’t challenge Takayama to a future singles match, as he was there outside during the match and checking on Omori afterward. KAIOH disbanded on April 30, after losing to Akitoshi Saito and Masao Inoue in their last round-robin match. New Japan IWGP Tag Champs Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki beat Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima (12:55) when Takayama pinned Morishima. Mitsuharu Misawa, Naomichi Marufuji, & Takashi Sugiura beat Kenta Kobashi, Yoshihiro Takayama, & Katsuhiko Nakajima (17:46) when Sugiura forced Nakajima to submit. Jun Akiyama pinned Kensuke Sasaki (22:46) to win the GHC Title. Date Tamon Honda, Jun Izumida, & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Masao Inoue, Kishin Kawabata, & Masaji Aoyagi (10:58) when Izumida pinned Kawabata. In return for putting over Akiyama plus either Kobashi or Misawa, the agreement is that Goldberg goes over clean here in a strong title defense, entering 2000 still the face of the company. Kitamiya also showed his dislike for Nakajima, when they were part of Diamond Ring.

Mitsuo Momota pinned Haruka Eigen (8:03). Yoshinari Ogawa & Daisuke Ikeda beat Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito (7:23) when Ikeda pinned Aoyagi.

Masanobu Fuchi pinned Hitoshi Kumano (6:21). (deployads = window.deployads || []).push({}); The merger also includes Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling(home of Yuka Sakazaki and Shoko Nakajima who western fans may have seen in AEW) and Ganbare Pro Wrestling which were also DDT sub brands. Genba Hirayanagi & Akihiko Ito beat Ippei Ota & Kento Miyahara (13:25) when Ito pinned Miyahara.

August 2000 PPV #1 August 5, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan Differ Ariake drawing 1,800 Shown August 12 on Japanese PPV. I’m in love with Hashimoto now and am interested in seeing if Omori rises up or remains in this gatekeeper role that he proved himself excellent at. Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) After the rope break, Kobashi is just fire with corner strikes, including a spinning back fist. Takeshi Rikio pinned Yoshinari Ogawa (8:19). On October 3, Riki Choshu announced on the behalf of LIDET Entertainment, the creation of the GHC National Championship, with the inaugural champion crowned being crowned at the event, in a match between Michael Elgin and Takashi Sugiura. Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori beat Genba Hirayanagi & Suwa(8:45) when Ishimori pinned Suwa. Mysterio’s biggest career match to date, he’d put on an incredible underdog performance but Akiyama’s size advantage and experience in bigger matches would prove the difference-maker. Takeshi Rikio, Naomichi Marufuji, & Mohammed Yone beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Takuma Sano, & Ricky Marvin (16:01) when Yone pinned Marvin.

Reports that the show was sold out before the announcement of Hashimoto appearing were more hype than reality. This would at least give NOAH some TV exposure in America while waiting for it to happen back home.

GHC Tag Champs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea (21:46) when pinned Kea. Our first match is the debut show’s main event, pitting an all-time great tandem from AJPW’s Burning faction against two other “pillars” of the 1990s. Mitsuharu Misawa pinned Katsuhiko Nakajima (9:15). Kishin Kawabata & Kentaro Shiga beat Takuma Sano & Ippei Ota (11:04) when Kawabata pinned Ota.

The description of the atmosphere reminded people of when the second UWF was formed in 1988 and tickets would sell out immediately (similar to WWF TV tapings and major market house shows of late)” –, Tickets for both shows sold out in minutes. Akira Taue & Kentaro Shiga beat Akitoshi Saito & Go Shiosaki (11:43) when Shiga pinned Shiosaki. A big part of this journey is to chronicle a significant portion of those stars’ careers. Just several minutes into this, Hashimoto puts Omori down for the three-count via a Brainbuster. The Lapsed Navigation continues as the next chapter very soon on this journey, en route to the eventual return of the flagship known as the Lapsed ROHbot. I can say that once again, I’m disappointed that he didn’t challenge Takayama to a future singles match, as he was there outside during the match and checking on Omori afterward. Oh my fucking god I wasn’t expecting that finish! GHC Junior Heavyweight Champ Kenta beat Taiji Ishimori (21:04). Will that steal the show? Rating: ***1/2. Shinya Hashimoto pinned Takao Omori (6:28). Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue, & Junji Izumida drew Kentaro Shiga, Kishin Kawabata, & Ippei Ota (10:00). In order to stick to my wrestling ideals, and not to destroy the AJPW that Baba-san created, I have decided to leave. GHC Champ Go Shiozaki pinned Akitoshi Saito (24:42). Kensuke Sasaki, Takeshi Morishima, & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Genichiro Tenryu, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Kotaro Suzuki (21:05) when Morishima pinned Suzuki. Recover your password . Coming up in what will likely be a two-parter, it’s the next chapter of The Lapsed Navigation. While Akiyama is clearly getting the boost here, it’s still Kobashi left alone in the ring to close out the evening with the crowd, indicating he’s the flagship for now as he should be, having vacated the AJPW Triple Crown Championship to jump ship earlier in the summer.