Pro Wrestling NOAH

[Ringo]

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Yay for the logo looking awful on black background!

The state of NOAH currently:

•*Sugiura has now defended the title 10 times. He has beaten Goto, Makabe, Takayama, Akiyama, Shiozaki, Chessman, Morishima, Smith, Bernard & Trevor Murdoch. He will never lose.
• KENTA is now a bad ass heel who enters to Waka Flocka Flame's "Hard In Da Paint". He is cool.
• Kotaro Suzuki is Junior Champ and he is kicking a fair amount of ass. He is cool.
• Takayama and Sano are tag champs. Sano has an annoying head.
• Nakajima now has MC Hammer pants. He is cool.
•*Kobashi is still broken.
•*The company is still slowly dying.

What am I missing?

[Cewsh]

You may be missing the fact that the shows are INTERMINABLY BORING TO WATCH.

Ugh. There are like 4 people worth watching now, and only Suguira of them is at his best right now.

I can't wait for them to fold and become something more interesting, because this company was always just about Misawa and much like AJPW with Baba, there's nothing there without him.

[Ringo]

Kobashi & Akiyama should take the boys home!

Sano, Shiga and Makoto Hashi can stay.

[DDT]

Hey! Hashi can be good! :mad:

[Ringo]

RARELY.

[DDT]

Doesn't that describe most of the NOAH roster?

[Ringo]

In my experience watching NOAH over the years, Makoto Hashi has not entertained me nearly as much as 90% of the current roster.

[DDT]

It was weird; he was released from his NOAH contract, then started going into shoot-style promotions like FUTEN and became super fun again. Never quite "PAY ATTENTION TO ME, AKIYAMA!!!" awesome, but I'll take what I can get.

[Cewsh]

Honestly, when Marufuji started working all over the place I lost any and all need to watch NOAH.

Sad but true. :(

[chotliwala]

What's sad is that NOAH finally have some semblance of storylines. They have got to handle the end of Sugiura's reign very well -- so no Rikio-ing.

[The Ricochet]

Personally can't stand Suguira, though having him as champ, a fighting champ no less, means it's very easy to avoid his matches. But I do love NOAH's Jrs division right now, especially with Nakajima and Suzuki so in focus, and the latter remains one of my favorite wrestlers right now, even though I sort of miss his heel act from a few years back in comparison to his Misawa-tributeness now.


Honestly, when Marufuji started working all over the place I lost any and all need to watch NOAH.

Sad but true. :(

Also, big second on this. Though I have to say, him and Aoki giving Osaka Pro's Kotoge and Harada so much, essentially "making them"... really got me watching NOAH again. Seemed out of character for them... though... I haven't seen much like it since.

[Ringo]

YUS! A new edition to the Puro Pals. Terrific.

Your lack of love of Big Sugz saddens me though. He's one of the few good things about NOAH these days!

[Defrost]

Tag League began today

NOAH GLOBAL DAY LEAGUE 2011 ", 04/16/2011 (G +)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1.700 Fans

1. Ricky Marvin defeated Shane Haste (8:08) with a running Shooting Star Press.
2. Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takashi Okita (13:14) after an elbow from Suzuki to Okita.
3. KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Naomichi Marufuji defeat Genbra Hirayanagi, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori (14:16) with the Touch Out by Kanemaru on Aoki.
4. Global Tag League: Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [2] defeated Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [0] (21:43) when Inoue pinned Taniguchi after the Terminator (Union Go Flasher).
5. Global Tag League: Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2] beat Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [0] (3:08) after a Northern Lights Bomb by Sasaki on Saito.
6. Global Tag League: Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [2] defeated Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [0] (15:46) after a top rope diving guillotine drop by Yone on Yoshie.
7. Global Tag League: Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [2] beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [0] (14:15) when Castagnoli pinned Sano after the KRS-ONE.

[Cewsh]

Big fucking win for the Kings.

[chotliwala]

GTL - the original, day 2

NOAH "GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2011", 17.04.2011
Oyama City Municipal Bunka Center Small Hall
350 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Chris Hero besiegt Taiji Ishimori (8:19) nach einem Rolling Elbow Smash.
2. Claudio Castagnoli besiegt Kotaro Suzuki (12:59) mit der Ricola Bomb.
3. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinari Ogawa besiegen Masao Inoue, Atsushi Aoki & Mikey Nicholls (17:15) nach dem Sickle of Death von Saito gegen Nicholls.
4. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone besiegen Bison Smith & Ricky Marvin (16:10) nach einem Muscle Buster von Yone gegen Marvin.
5. KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi besiegen Yoshihiro Takayama, Takuma Sano & Shane Haste (16:55) nach einem Vertical-Drop Brainbuster von Kanemaru gegen Haste.
6. Global Tag League: Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [2] besiegen Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [2] (19:03) nach einem Backdrop von Morishima gegen Taniguchi.

- Global Tag League Standings:

1. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2]
- Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [2]
- Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [2]
- Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [2]
- Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [2]
6. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [0]
- Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [0]
- Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [0]

[Matthew]

i honestly like reading these threads. so for those of you who wonder if anyone will care, matthew will care.

[Cewsh]

I did it, for da Peach.

[chotliwala]

KENTA asked Takayama again if he wanted to join NO MERCY. Takayama said no.

Cewsh don't click this spoiler.
Marufuji has some sort of neck injury. Might be off the rest of the tour and the Jr Tag Titles may have to be vacated.

[Cewsh]

YouTube - darth vader says NOOOOOOO

[chotliwala]

I SAID DON'T CLICK IT WHY DID YOU CLICK IT!

[chotliwala]

NOAH "IMP 2ND IMPRESSION", 21.04.2011
Matsushita IMP Hall
600 Fans

1. Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada besiegen Kotaro Suzuki & Shane Haste (13:35) mit einem German Suplex Hold von Harada gegen Haste.
2. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli besiegen Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masashi Aoyagi (6:02) nach einem Big Boot von Hero gegen Aoyagi.
3. KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi besiegen Atsushi Aoki, Taiji Ishimori & Mikey Nicholls (7:48) nach einem Vertrical-Drop Brainbuster von Kanemaru gegen Nicholls.
4. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie besiegen Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin (1:36) nach einem Oklahoma Stampede von Yoshie gegen Marvin.
5. Global Tag League: Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [1] vs. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [5] - Time Limit Draw (30:00).
6. Global Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [6] besiegen Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2] (13:24) nach einem Running Knee Lift von Takayama gegen Miyahara.
7. Global Tag League: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [2] besiegen Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [4] (16:46) nach einem Wrist-Clutch Exploder von Akiyama gegen Shiozaki.

- Global Tag League Standings:

1. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [6]
2. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [5]
3. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [4]
-. Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [4]
-. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [4]
6. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2]
-. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [2]
8. Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [1]

I cannot imagine why anyone would want to see match 5.

[Defrost]

NOAH "GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2011", 23.04.2011 (Samurai! TV)
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,050 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Taiji Ishimori besiegt Shane Haste (9:35) mit einem 450 Splash.
2. Katsuhiko Nakajima besiegt Atsushi Aoki (11:26) mit einem Cross Armbreaker Cutback.
3. Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin besiegen KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genbra Hirayanagi (18:56) nach einem Cradle von Marvin gegen Hirayanagi.
4. Global Tag League: Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [3] besiegen Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [2] (14:19) nach einem Horizontal Cradle von Inoue gegen Hero.
5. Global Tag League: Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [7] besiegen Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2] (14:05) nach einem Muscle Buster von Yone gegen Miyahara.
6. Global Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [5] vs. Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [5] - Time Limit Draw (30:00).
7. Global Tag League: Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [6] besiegen Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [4] (16:27) nach einem Backdrop Suplex von Morishima gegen Akiyama.


- Global Tag League Standings:

1. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [7]
2. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [6]
3. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [5]
-. Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [5]
5. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [4]
6. Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [3]
7. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2]
-. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [2]

[Ringo]

FATTIES R' US doing so well is brilliant but KoW losing every match since their first is lame and upsetting.

I swear the NOAH Tag League is like the most boring tournament in all of Japan. :zzz:

[Defrost]

All Japan's Jr Tag Tournament is pretty shit too

[Ringo]

Nah, that's got more to enjoy than this usually does.

Plus, Fuchi & Kikuchi > *

[chotliwala]

NOAH "GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2011", 24.04.2011 (Samurai! TV)
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,200 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima - Time Limit Draw (15:00).
2. KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genbra Hirayanagi besiegen Atsushi Aoki, Taiji Ishimori & Shane Haste (9:10) nach dem Go 2 Sleep von KENTA gegen Haste.
3. Kotaro Suzuki vs. Ricky Marvin - Double Pinfall (3:35).
3a. Kotaro Suzuki vs. Ricky Marvin - Time Limit Draw (5:00).
4. Global Tag League: Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [4] besiegen Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2] (17:48) als Hero Miyahara nach dem KRS1 pinnte.
5. Global Tag League: Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [5] besiegen Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [6] (17:20) nach einem Horizontal Cradle von Smith gegen Yoshie.
6. Global Tag League: Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [6] vs. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [8] - Time Limit Draw (30:00).
7. Global Tag League: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [6] besiegen Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [5] (13:53) nach einem Running Sickle of Death von Saito gegen Takayama.


- Global Tag League Standings:

1. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [8]
2. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [6]
-. Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [6]
-. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [6]
5. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [5]
-. Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [5]
7. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [4]
8. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2]

[Defrost]

NOAH "GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2011", 27.04.2011
Niigata City Gymnasium
2,000 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Masao Inoue besiegt Akira Taue (8:03) mit einem Inside Cradle.
2. Atsushi Aoki & Shane Haste besiegen Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mikey Nicholls (12:07) nach einem Cross Armbreaker von Aoki gegen Nicholls.
3. Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin besiegen Bison Smith & Taiji Ishimori (11:41) nach einem Inside Cradle von Marvin gegen Ishimori.
4. Go Shiozaki, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kotaro Suzuki besiegen KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genbra Hirayanagi (18:16) nach einem Rolling Elbow von Suzuki gegen Hirayanagi.
5. Global Tag League: Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [8] besiegen Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2] (15:13) nach einer Diving Body Press von Yoshie gegen Miyahara.
6. Global Tag League: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [8] besiegen Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [4] (16:13) nach einem Wrist-Clutch Exploder von Akiyama gegen Castagnoli.
7. Global Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [7] besiegen Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [8] (25:56) nach einem Rolling Savate von Sano gegen Yone.


- Global Tag League Standings:

1. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [8]
-. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [8]
-. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [8]
4. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [7]
5. Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [6]
6. Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [5]
7. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [4]
8. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [2]

[Ringo]

Final day on Friday. These are the two crucial matches:

5. Global Tag League: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone
6. Global Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano vs. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie

Would expect a time limit draw then. Hopefully match 5 goes to a draw and the main event becomes winner take all, with TEAM FAT winning the whole thing. Will probably be SanoYama though.

[chotliwala]

My money is on Sternness beating Sugs and Yone and the main going to a draw which hopefully isn't too painful to watch. Would lead to Takayama/Sano vs. Sternness on 5/8.

[Defrost]

Yeah that sounds like NOAH

[Ringo]

Oh yeah, for some reason I thought Sternness was on 7 and SanoYama on 8. What chot said may well happen.

[chotliwala]

With Marufuji out, Morishima has now been added to the UK shows.

[Cewsh]

That's roughly like ordering a cheeseburger and getting a dead hooker instead.

[The Ricochet]

She's only dead because she forgot to bring Morishima his cheeseburger.

I love Morishima. He was really the only person on their roster they could have replaced someone as great as Marufuji and me not go "meh."

[DDT]

That's roughly like ordering a cheeseburger and getting a dead hooker instead.

You shut your face-hole; Morishima is awesome, or at least can be. And he lost weight, you fucker! You can see his eyes and everything now!



...at least his shit looks like it actually hurts...

[Cewsh]

Poor DDT. His life is pain.

[chotliwala]

NOAH "GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2011", 29.04.2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Mikey Nicholls besiegt Shane Haste (6:35) mit einem Inside Cradle.
2. Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin besiegen Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takashi Okita (12:08) nach einem Jackknife Hold Cutback Marvin gegen Okita.
3. Kotaro Suzuki, Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Aoki besiegen KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genbra Hirayanagi (10:07) als Hirayanagi disqualifiziert wurde.
4. Global Tag League: Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [4] besiegen Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [5] (18:45) nach einer Northern Light Bomb von Sasaki gegen Inoue.
5. Global Tag League: Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [8] besiegen Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [4] (18:45) nach einem Modified Go Flasher von Shiozaki gegen Hero.
6. Global Tag League: Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [9] besiegen Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [8] (14:37) nach einer Northern Light Bomb von Sano gegen Morishima.
7. Global Tag League: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [10] besiegen Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [8] (20:45) nach deam Detah Brand von Saito gegen Sugiura.


- Global Tag League Final Standings:

1. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito [10]
2. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano [9]
3. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone [8]
-. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie [8]
-. Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi [8]
6. Bison Smith & Masao Inoue [5]
7. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli [4]
-. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara [4]

And Marufuji/Aoki officially vacated the junior tag titles.

[chotliwala]

NOAH "GREAT VOYAGE 2011 IN TOKYO VOL. 2", 08.05.2011 (G+)
Tokyo Ariake Colosseum

1. Atsushi Aoki, Taiji Ishimori & Mikey Nicholls vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kento Miyahara & Satoshi Kajiwara
2. Yoshinari Ogawa & Masao Inoue vs. Akira Taue & Kentaro Shiga
3. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Okita
4. Go Shiozaki vs. Shuhei Taniguchi
5. Special Handicap Match: Mohammed Yone vs. KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi
6. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kotaro Suzuki (c) vs. Ricky Marvin
7. GHC Tag Team Title: Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano (c) vs. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito
8. GHC Heavyweight Title: Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki

Maybe MiSu and Sternness get them above 3000 paid?

[Ringo]

This show could actually be pretty good. Sugz/MiSu, STERNNESS, another Kotaro title defense and perhaps most interestingly Go vs. Taniguchi.

Oh, and Ratboy, Smiley Inoue, TAUE and Kentaro Shiga in one match? Comedy gold.

[chotliwala]

Yeah match 4 stood out to me as well. I was quite impressed with Taniguchi's match against Sugiura last year and hopefully he can do just as well against Shiozaki.

[Defrost]

Was not even aware of this show. Neither was anyone in Tokyo it seems

NOAH "GREAT VOYAGE 2011 IN TOKYO VOL. 2", 08.05.2011 (G+)
Tokyo Ariake Colosseum
4,400 Fans

1. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kento Miyahara & Satoshi Kajiwara besiegen Atsushi Aoki, Taiji Ishimori & Mikey Nicholls (9:30) nach einer Moonsault Press von Kajiwara gegen Nicholls.
2. Yoshinari Ogawa & Masao Inoue besiegen Akira Taue & Kentaro Shiga (11:39) nach einem Horizontal Cradle von Ogawa gegen Shiga.
3. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie besiegen Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Okita (11:11) nach einem Backdrop Suplex von Morishima gegen Okita.
4. Go Shiozaki besiegt Shuhei Taniguchi (20:28) durch Referee Stop (Modified Shoulder Hold).
5. Special Handicap Match: Mohammed Yone besiegt Genba Hirayanagi (2:42) mit einem Face Kick.
- Mohammed Yone besiegt Yoshinobu Kanemaru (11:00) mit einem Muscle Buster.
- KENTA besiegt Mohammed Yone (3:13) mit dem Go 2 Sleep.
6. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kotaro Suzuki (c) besiegt Ricky Marvin (21:34) mit einem Tiger Driver (5th defense).
7. GHC Tag Team Title: Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano (c) besiegen Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (19:11) nach einem Everest German Suplex Hold von Takayama gegen Saito (4th defense).
8. GHC Heavyweight Title: Takashi Sugiura (c) besiegt Minoru Suzuki (28:15) mit einem Olympic Slam (11th defense).

[Ringo]

LOL

Despite the shit attendance, this show has my interest. A number of these matches could be pretty damn good.

Want NOAH to just die so much right now though.

[chotliwala]

Sugiura, Shiozaki, Morishima, Taniguchi, Akiyama, Saito, Kotaro, Marufuji, KENTA, Aoki, Genba --> Misawa Office

Go invade AJPW.

[Ringo]

YES.

AJPW is already pretty damn interesting right now. How great would it be if Kobashi and Taue steered the ark back home?!

Won't happen though. If NOAH folds they'll just found another fucking promotion.

[chotliwala]

Sugiura is now defending the title on all three nights of the European excursion: vs. Dave Mastiff and vs. Kotaro Suzuki in England and vs. Claudio Castagnoli in Germany.

So he'll pass Kobashi's record unless a gaijin or a junior can beat him.

:dunno:

[Cewsh]

Put it on Claudio just for shits and giggles.

[chotliwala]

How is that different than what is being done now?

[Cewsh]

It'd actually be entertaining?

[DDT]

Sugiura is now defending the title on all three nights of the European excursion: vs. Dave Mastiff and vs. Kotaro Suzuki in England and vs. Claudio Castagnoli in Germany.

So he'll pass Kobashi's record unless a gaijin or a junior can beat him.

:dunno:

:mad:

[Defrost]

So I am assuming since they inexplicably had Sugiura break Kobashi's record it is time to get the belt back on Go. In front of 3,000 people.


NOAH "THE WEEKDAY NAVIGATION 2011 IN KORAKUEN", 25.05.2011 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Kento Miyahara besiegt Genba Hirayanagi (8:34) mit einem German Suplex Hold.
2. Mohammed Yone & Takuma Sano besiegen Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin (8:20) nach einem Muscle Buster von Yone gegen Marvin.
3. Takeshi Morishima, Yutaka Yoshie & Akira Taue besiegen Kensuke Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takashi Okita (14:12) nach einem Backdrop von Morishima gegen Okita.
4. Jun Akiyama besiegt Taiji Ishimori (3:23) mit dem Sternness Dust Alpha.
5. Takashi Sugiura besiegt Masao Inoue (12:13) mit einem Ankle Hold.
6. Yoshihiro Takayama besiegt Shuhei Taniguchi (13:09) mit dem Everest German Suplex Hold.
7. Go Shiozaki besiegt Akitoshi Saito (18:44) mit einem Shoulder Hold.
8. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title, Decision Match: KENTA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru besiegen Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki (28:13) mit dem Touch Out von Kanemaru gegen Aoki - Titelwechsel.


NOAH, 11.06.2011 (G+)
Tokyo Differ Ariake

1. GHC Heavyweight Title Contendership: Go Shiozaki vs. Takeshi Morishima


NOAH "GREAT VOYAGE 2011 IN TOKYO VOL. 3", 10.07.2011 (G+)
Tokyo Ariake Colosseum

1. GHC Heavyweight Title: Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Shiozaki/Morishima

[chotliwala]

If Shiozaki wins, hopefully they don't rush the Kensuke rematch. Maybe defenses against Makabe and Yoshie before Kensuke (and Akiyama and Takayama).

If Morishima wins, please god let his first defense be against Takayama.

If Sugiura retains, then it's clearly Daichi Hashimoto who will be the one to dethrone him.

[Defrost]

If Sugiura retains, then it's clearly Daichi Hashimoto who will be the one to dethrone him.

Sano

[chotliwala]

NOAH "NAVIGATION WITH BREEZE 2011", 11.06.2011 (G+)
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,400 Fans

1. Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Akira Taue (6:29) with a Cradle.
2. Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi (12:35) when Ishimori used the 450 Splash on Genba.
3. Kensuke Sasaki http://www.purolove.com/images/logos/small/kensukeoffice.jpg & Katsuhiko Nakajima http://www.purolove.com/images/logos/small/kensukeoffice.jpg defeated Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue (13:31) when Sasaki used the Stranglehold γ on Inoue.
4. Roderick Strong & Bobby Fish defeated Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin (19:58) when Strong used the Strong Driver on Marvin.
5. Mohammed Yone defeated KENTA (14:10) via Referee Stop.
6. Jun Akiyama, Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano defeated Takashi Sugiura, Bison Smith & Shuhei Taniguchi (22:19) when Takayama used the Everest German Suplex Hold on Taniguchi.
7. GHC Heavyweight Title Contendership: Go Shiozaki defeated Takeshi Morishima (23:06) with a Lariat.


- Before Match #2, Michinoku Pro's Kenoh came out and announced that he and fellow Michinoku Pro member Kenbai will be participating in the upcoming Jr. Tag League. He said that he is coming for KENTA's head.
- After Match #2, Tatsuhito Takaiwa came out and said that he wants to wrestle in NOAH. He appealed to be a part of the upcoming Jr. Tag League with Osamu Namiguchi, another ZERO1 alumnus.
- Mohammed Yone won Match #5 after putting KENTA through an announcer's table.


So Shiozaki wins the title on 7/10 and probably something like Shiozaki/Taniguchi vs. Sasaki/Nakajima on 7/23 in Osaka. Unless they're really stupid and do Shiozaki vs. Sasaki that quickly.

[Defrost]

Maybe they do an Osaka rematch of Shiozaki vs Makabe and Go gets his win back from thei IWGP Title match last year

[chotliwala]

•*Kobashi is still broken.

He returns on 7/23.

[Defrost]

He shouldn't. Unless he Baba's/Jumbo's it.

[chotliwala]

http://i54.tinypic.com/2z8p1g5.jpg

Junior Heavyweight Tag League:

- Yoshinobu Kanemaru & KENTA
- Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki
- Taiji Ishimori & Zack Sabre Jr.
- Ricky Marvin & Rocky Marvin
- Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kajiwara
- Atsushi Kotoge http://www.purolove.com/images/logos/small/osaka.jpg & Daisuke Harada http://www.purolove.com/images/logos/small/osaka.jpg
- Kenou http://www.purolove.com/images/logos/small/mpro.jpg & Kembai http://www.purolove.com/images/logos/small/mpro.jpg
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Osamu Namiguchi
- Eddie Edwards & Delirious
- Jack Evans http://www.purolove.com/images/logos/small/aaa.jpg & Aero Star http://www.purolove.com/images/logos/small/aaa.jpg

KENTA/Kanemaru, Suzuki/Aoki have to be locks to make the semifinals. Hopefully the KO team makes it as well. Pretty underwhelming group as a whole.

[Cewsh]

Its a shame Edwards is saddled with Delirious or i'd guess that he'd get a decent run in this.

[Defrost]

The KENTA/Aoki vs Edwards/Strong final was so fucking great last year

[DDT]

Indeed, it was the Edwards breakout performance. I don't think anyone really appreciated how good he was before that match; he was just Davey Richards' "little brother".

[chotliwala]

False. My "woah - Eddie Edwards is actually pretty good" moment was in the KENTA/Ishimori vs. Danielson/Edwards match from 2008. But no one actually watched that show. And then everyone discounted his performance in Ladder War II because it was in ROH.

[Defrost]

It occurs to me. Kobashi is still the Hardcore Champion.

[chotliwala]

Either he defends it on smaller shows as they build up to a Shiozaki vs. Kobashi unification match, he defends and drops it to Morishima or someone once they see he doesn't have it in him for a big Shiozaki match or they just don't re-activate it. Not sure which way I'd prefer -- we all remember that epic Kobashi/Aijima title match...

[Defrost]

NOAH "NAVIGATION WITH BREEZE 2011", 26.06.2011 (G+)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Atsushi Aoki defeated Osamu Namiguchi with a Cross Armbreaker.
2. Yoshinari Ogawa & Bobby Fish defeated Masao Inoue & Genba Hirayanagi when Fish used an Ankle Hold on Genba.
3. Akitoshi Saito, Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima Image, Kento Miyahara Image & Satoshi Kajiwara Image when Ishimori used the 450 Splash on Kajiwara.
4. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & KENTA defeated Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano (11:31) when KENTA used the Go 2 Sleep on Sano.
5. Takeshi Morishima defeated Shuhei Taniguchi with a Backdrop Suplex.
6. Kensuke Sasaki Image defeated Bison Smith (19:15) with the Northern Lights Bomb.
7. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kotaro Suzuki (c) defeated Roderick Strong (22:56) with the Tiger Driver (6th defense).
8. 7.10 Ariake Colosseum Show GHC Heavyweight Title Scrimmage: Go Shiozaki & Jun Akiyama defeated Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone (17:55) when Shiozaki used a Lariat on Sugiura.

- On Match #4, Takayama attacked Sano, hitting him with a Kneelift and the Everest German Suplex and helped KENTA hit the Go 2 Sleep on Sano. KENTA announced that Takayama is the newest member of NO MERCY and that NO MERCY will be collaborating with NO FEAR in the near future, which could mean the return of Takayama's former partner in NOAH, Takao Omori.
- After Match #5, Morishima said that he and Yutaka Yoshie will bring back the GHC Tag Titles to NOAH.
- After Match #6, Morishima came out and challenged Kensuke for a singles match on 7/10. Kensuke shook his hand and it's probably all set for 7/10.
- After Match #7, Kanemaru came out and challenged Kotaro for the Jr. Title.
- Akiyama told Go after the match backstage that if he wins the GHC Title from Sugiura, he wants to be his first challenger.

[DDT]

Hey, remember when NOAH was good? Like, "Best Wrestling Company in the World" good? 2004ish, for instance?

Heard they had a big-ass Tokyo Dome show that year.

Part 1 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CJOXDDQD)

Part 2 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QY3W54Z1)

Part 3 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NHMCJ40Z)


Card

1. Mitsuo Momota vs. Haruka Eigen
2. Tamon Honda, Jun Izumida & Tsuyoshi Kikucki vs Masao Inoue, Kishin Kawabata & Masashi Aoyagi
3. Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan vs Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin
4. Scorpio & Richard Slinger vs Akitoshi Saito & Makoto Hashi
5. Akira Taue & Takuma Sano vs Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone
6. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA © vs Takashi Sugiura & Kendo Kashin
7. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Jushin Liger
8. IWGP Tag Team Title: Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki © vs Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio
9. GHC Tag Team Title: Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa © vs Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea
10. GHC Heavyweight Title: Kenta Kobashi © vs Jun Akiyama

(Credit goes to Crew at DVDVR)

I feel like watching and then reviewing this show, just to reaffirm that NOAH should commit ritual suicide just out of shame of how far they have fallen. Anyone want to tag team it with me like it was Megan Fox?

[Cewsh]

Holy shit, now THAT'S a card.

Not only do I want to review it with you, but I want to REVIEW it with you.

[DDT]

I have it d/loaded plus time after this weekend. :D

[Defrost]

Destiny was better

[Ringo]

Well duh. This is still more than worthwhile viewing.

[Defrost]

Now I want to watch Destiny. I was about to start watching the Kobashi vs Kawada stuff, I haven't started since this week has been a bitch, but now I really want to pop the DVD in.

[Defrost]

NOAH "PRO-WRESTLING NOAH ANNIVERSARY", 06.08.2011 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Zack Sabre Jr. (9:44) with a Backdrop Hold.
2. Akira Taue & Kentaro Shiga defeated Masao Inoue & Ricky Marvin (11:51) when Taue used a Cradle on Inoue.
3. Takuma Sano defeated Ryuji Hijikata (10:49) with a Northern Lights Bomb.
4. Takeshi Morishima defeated Akitoshi Saito (11:18) with a Backdrop Suplex.
5. Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone defeated Kenta Kobashi & Shuhei Taniguchi (28:34) when Sugiura used an Elbow Strike on Taniguchi.
6. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Scrimmage: KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi defeated Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori (16:27) when Kanemaru used the Touch Out on Ishimori.
7. GHC Heavyweight Title: Go Shiozaki (c) defeated Jun Akiyama (33:06) with a Modified Reverse DDT (1st defense).

[Ringo]

http://tsmradio.com/coltcabana/

This weeks Art Of Wrestling podcast. It's with Bison Smith as Cabana is touring with NOAH. Lots of interesting stuff about Bison's experiences in NOAH. :yes:

[Ringo]

Oh yeah also:

NOAH "SHINY NAVIGATION 2011", 23.09.2011 (G+)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,100 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Akira Taue & Ricky Marvin besiegen Mohammed Yone & Zack Sabre Jr. (6:34) mit dem Santa Maria von Marvin gegen Sabre.
2. Kenta Kobashi, Yoshinari Ogawa & Masao Inoue besiegen Kensuke Sasaki, Kento Miyahara & Satoshi Kajiwara (17:44) nach einem Backdrop von Ogawa gegen Kajiwara.
3. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Takuma Sano besiegen Takeshi Morishima, Yutaka Yoshie & Bison Smith (12:28) nach einer Northern Lights Bomb von Sano gegen Yoshie.
4. Shuhei Taniguchi besiegt Colt Cabana (8:20) mit einem German Suplex Hold.
5. KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi besiegen Takashi Sugiura, Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Aoki (14:34) nach dem go 2 sleep von KENTA gegen Ishimori.
6. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Katsuhiko Nakajima besiegt Kotaro Suzuki (c) (21:02) via TKO (Facekick) - Titelwechsel.
7. GHC Heavyweight Title: Go Shiozaki (c) besiegt Yoshihiro Takayama (27:25) nach einer Lariat (2nd defense).

NAKAJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Cewsh]

Is Marufuji still injured?

[Ringo]

Yup.

[Cewsh]

:(

[Defrost]

Marufuji comes back on the next Ariaki Coliseum show

[Cewsh]

YUS.

NOAH will be worth watching again.

[Ringo]

IWGP Tag & GHC Tag double champions Bad Intentions will make their V2 defense of NOAH’s GHC Tag Team Title on 10/31 at Differ Ariake against the young generation team of Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki is the reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion and just bypassed a tough V2 defense against Yoshihiro Takayama, so will be looking to become a 2-crown champion like both Bernard and Anderson are at the moment.

NOAH “NOAHFUL HALLOWEEN NIGHT”, 10/31/11
Tokyo Differ Ariake

- GHC Tag Team Title: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) vs. Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi

Differ :zzz:

[DDT]

I seem to remember Go being able to get something out of Differ every time he goes.

[Defrost]

NOAH "FAITH IT!", 10.10.2011
Tokyo Differ Ariake

1. Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin vs. Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste
2. Takuma Sano & Kentaro Shiga vs. Mohammed Yone & Taiji Ishimori
3. Kotaro Suzuki vs. Genba Hirayanagi
4. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue
5. Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Atsushi Aoki
6. Go Shiozaki vs. Shuhei Taniguchi
7. GHC Heavyweight Title Contendership: Takashi Sugiura vs. KENTA


NOAH "THE NAVIGATION SUNDAY 2011 IN KORAKUEN", 16.10.2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: KENTA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) vs.Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki
2. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Katsuhiko Nakajima (c) vs. Ricky Marvin


NOAH "THE NAVIGATION SATURDAY 2011 IN NIIGATA", 29.10.2011
Niigata City Gymnasium

1. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: KENTA/Kanemaru-Suzuki/Aoki (16.10.) (c) vs. Kenou & Kenbai


NOAH "NOAHFUL HALLOWEEN NIGHT", 31.10.2011
Tokyo Differ Ariake

1. GHC Tag Team Title: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) vs. Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi


NOAH "GREAT VOYAGE 2011 IN TOKYO VOL. 4", 27.11.2011
Tokyo Ariake Colosseum

1. GHC Heavyweight Title: Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Sugiura-KENTA (10.10.)

[Ringo]

Mon the KENTA.

[Cewsh]

Agreed. Seems like a good time to see if there's any potential there.

[Defrost]

NOAH, 23.09.2011 (G+)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,100 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Akira Taue & Ricky Marvin vs. Mohammed Yone & Zack Sabre Jr.
2. Kenta Kobashi, Yoshinari Ogawa & Masao Inoue vs. Kensuke Sasaki, Kento Miyahara & Satoshi Kajiwara
3. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito & Takuma Sano vs. Takeshi Morishima, Yutaka Yoshie & Bison Smith
4. Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Colt Cabana
5. KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Takashi Sugiura, Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Aoki
6. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kotaro Suzuki (c) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
7. GHC Heavyweight Title: Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama

FILESERVE

http://www.fileserve.com/file/yy9PZHp/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part1.rar

http://www.fileserve.com/file/SMC4Dbw/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part2.rar

http://www.fileserve.com/file/UXrJWvS/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part3.rar

FILESONIC

http://www.filesonic.com/file/2227844411/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part1.rar

http://www.filesonic.com/file/2227808101/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part2.rar

http://www.filesonic.com/file/2227844381/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part3.rar

WUPLOAD

http://www.wupload.com/file/213352621/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part1.rar

http://www.wupload.com/file/213353226/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part2.rar

http://www.wupload.com/file/213353035/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part3.rar

GLUMBO

http://glumbouploads.com/dvouh9oxjvmo/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part1.rar

http://glumbouploads.com/h93dxgj0mjof/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part2.rar

http://glumbouploads.com/uw4atej2qwht/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.part3.rar

FILESONIC 1 LINK

http://www.filesonic.com/file/2227826091/Pro.Wrestling.NOAH.2011.09.23.Shiny.Navigation.Day .9.HDTV.x264-RUDOS.Fight-BB.mp4

[Ringo]

Did you watch it Frosty? I downloaded the whole thing but will probably only be watching Suzuki/Nakajima (OBVIOUSLY) unless somebody praises something else on the card.

[Defrost]

I have yet to watch it. I am still catching up on my puro watching.

[DDT]

The KENTA/Sugz tag was good violent fun, and I really enjoyed the main event; hey look Japan! See Shiozaki! See Shiozaki SELL!!!!!

Cabana/Taniguchi was a decent enough romp if you aren't tired of Cabana's schtick and are a fan of Taniguchi's rough style (like me). The Akiyama six-man was good enough, and Kobashi fans will love...portions...of his six man. Fuck Zack Sabre Jr though; jack-ass sells Taue offense by laughing.

Oh, and Nakajima/Suzuki was nuts. The finish came the fuck out of nowhere, and made perfect sense.

[Ringo]

I am amazed that anybody could enjoy 27 minutes of 2011 Takayama, but I shall give it a go!

Maybe I'll just watch the lot!

[Defrost]

NOAH "FAITH IT!", 10.10.2011 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin besiegen Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste (9:29) mit einem Cradle von Marvin gegen Nicholls.
2. Mohammed Yone & Taiji Ishimori besiegen Takuma Sano & Kentaro Shiga (13:45) nach einem Muscle Buster von Yone gegen Shiga.
3. Kotaro Suzuki besiegt Genba Hirayanagi (10:03) mit einem Tiger Driver.
4. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama besiegen Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue (19:53) nach einer Lariat von Kobashi gegen Inoue.
5. Go Shiozaki besiegt Shuhei Taniguchi (22:33) mit einem Modified Reverse DDT.
6. Atsushi Aoki besiegt Yoshinobu Kanemaru (2:02) mit dem Assault Point.
7. GHC Heavyweight Title Contendership: KENTA besiegt Takashi Sugiura (30:52) nach dem go 2 sleep.

[Cewsh]

Iiiiiinteresting.

So they're really giving it a shot with KENTA then, having him face off with Shiozaki.

I'm sure he'll lose, but they seem to be testing the waters with it, and I can't blame them.

[Defrost]

NOAH "NOAHFUL HALLOWEEN NIGHT", 31.10.2011 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,000 Fans

1. Mikey Nicholls besiegt Genba Hirayanagi (8:23) mit einer Death Valley Bomb.
2. Yoshinari Ogawa besiegt Akira Taue (5:46) mit einem Inside Cradle.
3. Ricky Marvin besiegt Shane Haste (7:10) mit einem Horizontal Cradle.
4. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito besiegen Mohammed Yone & Masao Inoue (14:40) nach dem Sickle of Death von Saito gegen Inoue.
5. Takashi Sugiura & Takeshi Morishima besiegen Kenta Kobashi & Takuma Sano (15:40) nach einem Backdrop Suplex von Morishima gegen Sano.
6. Yoshihiro Takayama, KENTA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru besiegen Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori (16:49) nach einem Cradle Cutback von KENTA gegen Ishimori.
7. GHC Tag Team Title: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) besiegen Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi (22:13) nach dem Bernard Driver von Bernard gegen Taniguchi (2nd defense).

[Defrost]

NOAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011 EVE", 03.11.2011
Sendai Industrial Exhibition Mansion Aztec
1,050 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Yoshinari Ogawa besiegt Genba Hirayanagi (5:53) mit einem Backdrop Hold.
2. Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori besiegen Ricky Marvin, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste (11:28) nach einem 450° Splash von Ishimori gegen Haste.
3. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima [2] besiegt Yoshinobu Kanemaru [0] (3:57) mit einem Backdrop Suplex.
4. Global League - Block B: KENTA [2] besiegt Shuhei Taniguchi [0] (11:51) mit dem Go 2 Sleep.
5. Kenta Kobashi & Takuma Sano besiegen Mohammed Yone & Masao Inoue (14:52) nach einer Short Range Strong Arm Lariat von Kobashi gegen Inoue.
6. Global League - Block A: Yoshihiro Takayama [2] besiegt Yutaka Yoshie [0] (9:48) mit einem Everest German Suplex Hold.
7. Global League - Block B: Akitoshi Saito [2] besiegt Takashi Sugiura [0] (16:20) mit dem Death End.
8. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki [1] vs. Jun Akiyama [1] - Time Limit Draw (30:00).


- Global League Standings

Block A:
1. Takeshi Morishima [2]
-. Yoshihiro Takayama [2]
3. Go Shiozaki [1]
-. Jun Akiyama [1]
5. Kotaro Suzuki [0]
-. Kento Miyahara [0]
-. Trevor Murdoch [0]
8. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [0]
-. Yutaka Yoshie [0]

Block B:
1. KENTA [2]
-. Akitoshi Saito [2]
3. Takuma Sano [0]
-. Mohammed Yone [0]
-. Kensuke Sasaki [0]
-. Bison Smith [0]
-. Bobby Fish [0]
8. Takashi Sugiura [0]
-. Shuhei Taniguchi [0]

[Defrost]

NOAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011", 05.11.2011 (G+)
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,000 Fans

1. Yoshinari Ogawa, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori besiegen Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Genba Hirayanagi & Mikey Nicholls (10:33) nach einem Cross Armbreaker von Aoki gegen Nicholls.
2. Global League - Block A: Yutaka Yoshie [2] besiegt Kento Miyahara [0] (9:28) mit einer Diving Body Press.
3. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura [1] vs. Mohammed Yone [1] - Time Limit Draw (30:00).
4. Kenta Kobashi, Takeshi Morishima & Ricky Marvin besiegen Bison Smith, Trevor Murdoch & Masao Inoue (14:58) nach einem Backdrop Suplex von Morishima gegen Inoue.
5. Global League - Block B: Takuma Sano [2] besiegt Bobby Fish [0] (9:12) mit einer Northern Light Bomb.
6. Global League - Block B: Kensuke Sasaki [2] besiegt Shuhei Taniguchi [0] (11:27) mit dem Strangle Hold Gamma.
7. Global League - Block B: KENTA [4] besiegt Akitoshi Saito [2] (16:12) mit dem GAME OVER.
8. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki [3] besiegt Kotaro Suzuki [0] (15:06) mit dem Go Flasher.
9. Global League - Block A: Jun Akiyama [3] besiegt Yoshihiro Takayama [2] (15:33) mit einem Front Necklock.


- Global League Standings

Block A:
1. Go Shiozaki [3]
-. Jun Akiyama [3]
3. Takeshi Morishima [2]
-. Yoshihiro Takayama [2]
-. Yutaka Yoshie [2]
6. Kotaro Suzuki [0]
-. Kento Miyahara [0]
-. Trevor Murdoch [0]
-. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [0]

Block B:
1. KENTA [4]
2. Akitoshi Saito [2]
-. Takuma Sano [2]
-. Kensuke Sasaki [2]
5. Takashi Sugiura [1]
-. Mohammed Yone [1]
7. Bison Smith [0]
-. Bobby Fish [0]
-. Shuhei Taniguchi [0]

NOAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011", 06.11.2011
Nagoya International Conference Hall
1,200 Fans

1. Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori besiegen Ricky Marvin & Akito (8:33) nach dem Spiral Poseidon von Aoki gegen Akito.
2. Takuma Sano & Masao Inoue besiegen Yoshinari Ogawa & Masashi Aoyagi (7:18) nach einem Backslide von Inoue gegen Aoyagi.
3. Global League - Block A: Yutaka Yoshie [4] besiegt Yoshinobu Kanemaru [0] (3:55) mit einer Diving Body Press.
4. Global League - Block A: Kento Miyahara [2] besiegt Trevor Murdoch [0] (4:34) mit einem High-Angle Reverse Cradle.
5. Global League - Block B: Akitoshi Saito [4] besiegt Mohammed Yone [1] (5:38) mit einem Running Sickle of Death.
6. Global League - Block B: KENTA [6] besiegt Bobby Fish [0] (9:24) mit dem GAME OVER.
7. Global League - Block A: Jun Akiyama [5] besiegt Kotaro Suzuki [0] (7:20) mit einem Wrist-Clutch Exploder.
8. Global League - Block B: Kensuke Sasaki [3] vs. Bison Smith [1] - Time Limit Draw (30:00).
9. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura [3] besiegt Shuhei Taniguchi [0] (17:33) mit einem Olympic Slam.
10. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima [4] besiegt Go Shiozaki [3] (15:30) mit einem Backdrop Suplex.


- Global League Standings

Block A:
1. Jun Akiyama [5]
2. Takeshi Morishima [4]
-. Yutaka Yoshie [4]
4. Go Shiozaki [3]
5. Yoshihiro Takayama [2]
-. Kento Miyahara [2]
7. Kotaro Suzuki [0]
-. Trevor Murdoch [0]
-. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [0]

Block B:
1. KENTA [6]
2. Akitoshi Saito [4]
3. Kensuke Sasaki [3]
-. Takashi Sugiura [3]
5. Takuma Sano [2]
6. Mohammed Yone [1]
-. Bison Smith [1]
8. Bobby Fish [0]
-. Shuhei Taniguchi [0]

[Ringo]

oh this is on cool.

Come on Shuhei, get your act together!

[DDT]

a 30 minute Yone match sounds horrifying.

[Ringo]

Of course, but I'm not sure I want to see any of these guys go half an hour with each other at this point.

[Ringo]

(apart from Morishima and Yoshie)

[Defrost]

KENTA and Sugiura just went over 30 minutes and it was fucking great

[Ringo]

That I could believe actually.

MrLARIATO has that uploaded too, might give it a watch.

[Defrost]

OAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011", 10.11.2011
Hiroshima Industrial Hall
1,000 Fans

1. Kotaro Suzuki besiegt Shane Haste (7:08) mit einem Mass Driver (Modified Vertical Drop DDT).
2. Yutaka Yoshie, Bobby Fish & Mikey Nicholls besiegen Shuhei Taniguchi, Ricky Marvin & Taiji Ishimori (13:19) nach einem Air Scissors Drop von Yoshie gegen Ishimori.
3. Global League - Block B: Akitoshi Saito [6] besiegt Takuma Sano [2] (10:05) mit einem Running Sickle of Death.
4. Global League - Block A: Yoshihiro Takayama [6] besiegt Yoshinobu Kanemaru [2] (5:03) mit einem Running Kneelift.
5. Global League - Block A: Trevor Murdoch [4] besiegt Takeshi Morishima [6] (6:51) mit einem Top Rope Jumping Bulldog.
6. Kenta Kobashi, Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Aoki besiegen Jun Akiyama, Yoshinari Ogawa & Masao Inoue (18:08) nach dem Go Flasher von Shiozaki gegen Inoue.
7. Global League - Block B: KENTA [8] besiegt Mohammed Yone [3] (15:11) mit dem GAME OVER.
8. Global League - Block B: Bison Smith [3] besiegt Takashi Sugiura [3] (25:28) mit dem Bisontennial.


- Global League Standings

Block A:
1. Takeshi Morishima [6]
-. Yoshihiro Takayama [6]
3. Jun Akiyama [5]
4. Yutaka Yoshie [4]
-. Trevor Murdoch [4]
6. Go Shiozaki [3]
7. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [2]
8. Kento Miyahara [2]
9. Kotaro Suzuki [0]

Block B:
1. KENTA [8]
2. Akitoshi Saito [6]
3. Kensuke Sasaki [5]
4. Takashi Sugiura [3]
-. Mohammed Yone [3]
-. Bison Smith [3]
7. Takuma Sano [2]
-. Bobby Fish [2]
9. Shuhei Taniguchi [0]

NOAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011", 11.11.2011
Kochi Sunpia Chres
800 Fans

1. Akitoshi Saito besiegt Shane Haste (7:20) nach dem Sickle of Death.
2. Mohammed Yone & Ricky Marvin besiegen KENTA & Genba Hirayanagi (11:20) nach einem Muscle Buster von Yone gegen Hirayanagi.
3. Global League - Block A: Trevor Murdoch [6] besiegt Kotaro Suzuki [0] (8:24) nach einem Top Rope Jumping Bulldog.
4. Global League - Block B: Bison Smith [5] besiegt Bobby Fish [2] (12:07) mit dem Bisontenial.
5. Global League - Block B: Shuhei Taniguchi [2] besiegt Takuma Sano [2] (11:59) mit einem German Suplex Hold.
6. Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori besiegen Jun Akiyam, Yoshinari Ogawa & Masao Inoue (21:43) mit einem Ankle Hold von Sugiura gegen Inoue.
7. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki [5] besiegt Yoshinobu Kanemaru [2] (11:52) nach dem Go Flasher.
8. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima [8] besiegt Yoshihiro Takayama [6] (9:12) nach einem Backdrop.

- Global League Standings

Block A:
1. Takeshi Morishima [8]
2. Yoshihiro Takayama [6]
3. Trevor Murdoch [6]
4. Jun Akiyama [5]
5. Go Shiozaki [5]
6. Yutaka Yoshie [4]
7. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [2]
8. Kento Miyahara [2]
9. Kotaro Suzuki [0]

Block B:
1. KENTA [8]
2. Akitoshi Saito [6]
3. Kensuke Sasaki [5]
-. Bison Smith [5]
5. Takashi Sugiura [3]
-. Mohammed Yone [3]
7. Bobby Fish [2]
-. Shuhei Taniguchi [2]
-. Takuma Sano [2]

[Defrost]

NOAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011", 14.11.2011 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,150 Fans

1. Atsushi Aoki Taiji Ishimori besiegen Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste (6:52) mit einer Mexican Roll von Ishimori gegen Nicholls.
2. Kenta Kobashi, Shuhei Taniguchi & Ricky Marvin besiegen Takeshi Morishima, Mohammed Yone & Masao Inoue (15:59) nach einer Short-Range Lariat von Kobashi gegen Inoue.
3. Bison Smith & Kento Miyahara besiegen Jun Akiyama & Yoshinari Ogawa (8:01) mit dem Bisontenial von Smith gegen Ogawa.
4. Global League - Block B: Bobby Fish [4] besiegt Akitoshi Saito [6] (7:25) mit dem Sleep with the Fishes.
5. Global League - Block A: Trevor Murdoch [8] besiegt Yoshihiro Takayama [8] (9:04) nach einem Top Rope Jumping Bulldog.
6. Global League - Block B: KENTA [10] besiegt Takuma Sano [2] (4:03) mit dem GAME OVER.
7. Global League - Block A: Kotaro Suzuki [3] vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [3] - Time Limit Draw (30:00).
8. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki [7] besiegt Yutaka Yoshie [4] (16:01) nach dem Go Flasher.
9. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura [7] besiegt Kensuke Sasaki [9] (19:05) nach einem Olympic Slam.

- Global League Standings

Block A:
1. Takeshi Morishima [10]
2. Jun Akiyama [9]
3. Trevor Murdoch [8]
4. Yoshihiro Takayama [8]
5. Go Shiozaki [7]
6. Yutaka Yoshie [4]
7. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [3]
-. Kotaro Suzuki [3]
9. Kento Miyahara [2]

Block B:
1. KENTA [10]
2. Kensuke Sasaki [9]
3. Bison Smith [7]
4. Takashi Sugiura [7]
5. Akitoshi Saito [6]
6. Mohammed Yone [5]
7. Bobby Fish [4]
8. Shuhei Taniguchi [4]
9. Takuma Sano [2]

[chotliwala]

NOAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011", 17.11.2011
Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center
950 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Ricky Marvin besiegt Shane Haste (7:37) mit einem Cradle.
2. Shuhei Taniguchi & Trevor Murdoch besiegen Takashi Sugiura & Masao Inoue (14:32) nach einem Top Rope Jumping Bulldog von Murdoch gegen Inoue.
3. Global League - Block B: Mohammed Yone [7] besiegt Bobby Fish [4] (10:58) nach einem Muscle Buster.
4. Global League - Block B: Bison Smith [9] besiegt Akitoshi Saito [6] (11:16) nach einem Iron Claw Slam.
5. Global League - Block A: Jun Akiyama [11] besiegt Kento Miyahara [2] (10:04) nach einem Wrist-Clutch Exploder.
6. GHC Heavyweight Title Skirmish: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori besiegen KENTA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi (16:35) nach dem Go Flasher von Shiozaki gegen KENTA.
7. Global League - Block A: Yoshihiro Takayama [10] besiegt Kotaro Suzuki [3] (5:30) nach einem Running Knee Lift.
8. Global League - Block B: Takuma Sano [4] besiegt Kensuke Sasaki [9] (11:54) mit einem Jumping Cross Armbreaker.
9. Global League - Block A: Yutaka Yoshie [6] besiegt Takeshi Morishima [10] (12:15) mit einer Diving Body Press.


- Global League Standings

Block A:
1. Jun Akiyama [11]
2. Takeshi Morishima [10]
-. Yoshihiro Takayama [10]
4. Trevor Murdoch [8]
5. Go Shiozaki [7]
6. Yutaka Yoshie [6]
7. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [3]
-. Kotaro Suzuki [3]
9. Kento Miyahara [2]

Block B:
1. KENTA [10]
2. Kensuke Sasaki [9]
-. Bison Smith [9]
4. Takashi Sugiura [7]
-. Mohammed Yone [7]
6. Akitoshi Saito [6]
7. Bobby Fish [4]
-. Shuhei Taniguchi [4]
-. Takuma Sano [4]


League matches left are:

1. Global League - Block B: Mohammed Yone vs. Takuma Sano
2. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura vs. Bobby Fish
3. Global League - Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Trevor Murdoch
4. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki vs. Kento Miyahara


1. Global League - Block B: Akitoshi Saito vs. Shuhei Taniguchi
2. Global League - Block B: Mohammed Yone vs. Kensuke Sasaki
3. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura vs. Takuma Sano
4. Global League - Block B: KENTA vs. Bison Smith
5. Global League - Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Kento Miyahara
6. Global League - Block A: Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yutaka Yoshie
7. Global League - Block A: Jun Akiyama vs. Takeshi Morishima
8. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki vs. Trevor Murdoch

Maybe they have Morishima beat Akiyama before losing to Kensuke in the finals?

[Cewsh]

I would love to see them go Akiyama/KENTA and have Akiyama do for KENTA what he did for Marufuji.

[chotliwala]

I doubt All Japan would want their champion losing to a junior who will soon be losing to NOAH's champion.

Though I'd be down to see another Akiyama/KENTA match.

[Cewsh]

Well in my fantasy booking, KENTA doesn't lose.

[chotliwala]

Oh.

[Defrost]

Speaking of fantasy booking I have this idea rolling around in my head where KENTA wins the title drops it to Nakamura at the Dome then he loses it to Shiozaki

[Cewsh]

I'm for it.

[DDT]

I'm not feeling it. Shiozaki just won the title back not too long ago, now we're going to take it off of him just to put it back on in the immediate future?

[Cewsh]

I actually didn't even see the Shiozaki gets it back part. I'm not for that.

[chotliwala]

May I ask why?

[Cewsh]

Because it puts us right back where we started.

[DDT]

And another victory over Nakamura will not validify him anymore than he already is.

[Cewsh]

Plus, I like his whole deal where he puts up a great fight against Nakamura, but Nakamura beats him anyway because he's just better. Its very Kobashi/Kawada.

[Defrost]

NOAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011", 18.11.2011
Nanporo Town Sports Center
1,300 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori besiegen KENTA & Genba Hirayanagi (12:05) nach einem 450° Splash von Ishimori gegen Hirayanagi.
2. 7 Man Battle Royal: Bison Smith besiegt Ricky Marvin mit dem Bisontennial (12:09). Reihenfolge des Ausscheidens: Shuhei Taniguchi, Kotaro Suzuki, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Yutaka Yoshie & Ricky Marvin.
3. Global League - Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru [5] besiegt Trevor Murdoch [8] (8:10) mit einem Avalanche-Style Brainbuster Cutback -> Inside Cradle.
4. Global League - Block B: Takuma Sano [6] besiegt Mohammed Yone [7] (11:03) mit einer Northern Light Bomb.
5. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura [9] besiegt Bobby Fish [4] (11:00) mit einem Olympic Slam.
6. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki [9] besiegt Kento Miyahara [2] (11:00) mit dem Go Flasher.
7. Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito besiegen Kensuke Sasaki, Takeshi Morishima & Masao Inoue (22:46) nach einer Strong Arm Lariat von Kobashi gegen Inoue.


- Global League Standings

Block A:
1. Jun Akiyama [11]
2. Takeshi Morishima [10]
3. Yoshihiro Takayama [10]
4. Go Shiozaki [9]
5. Trevor Murdoch [8]
6. Yutaka Yoshie [6]
7. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [5]
8. Kotaro Suzuki [3]
9. Kento Miyahara [2]

Block B:
1. KENTA [10]
2. Bison Smith [9]
3. Takashi Sugiura [9]
4. Kensuke Sasaki [9]
5. Mohammed Yone [7]
6. Akitoshi Saito [6]
7. Takuma Sano [6]
8. Bobby Fish [4]
9. Shuhei Taniguchi [4]

[chotliwala]

Whaaaaaaaaaat


NOAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011", 19.11.2011 (G+)
Sapporo Teisen Hall
1,050 Fans - No Vacancy

1. Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori besiegen Bobby Fish & Mikey Nicholls (8:53) nach einem Cross Armbreaker von Aoki gegen Nicholls.
2. Masao Inoue & Ricky Marvin besiegen Masashi Aoyagi & Genba Hirayanagi (6:42) nach einem Inside Cradle von Inoue gegen Aoyagi.
3. Global League - Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru [6] vs. Kento Miyahara [3] - Time Limit Draw (30:00).
4. Global League - Block A: Kotaro Suzuki [5] besiegt Yutaka Yoshie [6] (6:49) durch Countout.
5. Global League - Block B: Shuhei Taniguchi [6] besiegt Akitoshi Saito [6] (10:44) mit einem German Suplex Hold.
6. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki [11] besiegt Trevor Murdoch [8] (15:36) mit dem Go Flasher.
7. Global League - Block B: Kensuke Sasaki [11] besiegt Mohammed Yone [7] (4:42) mit einer Northern Light Bomb.
8. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura [11] besiegt Takuma Sano [6] (7:53) mit einem Front Necklock.
9. Global League - Block B: KENTA [12] besiegt Bison Smith [9] (12:18) mit dem GAME OVER.
10. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima [12] besiegt Jun Akiyama [11] (12:56) mit einem Backdrop Suplex.


- Global League Group Stage Final Standings

Block A:
1. Takeshi Morishima [12]
2. Jun Akiyama [11]
-. Go Shiozaki [11]
4. Yoshihiro Takayama [10]
5. Trevor Murdoch [8]
6. Yutaka Yoshie [6]
7. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [6]
8. Kotaro Suzuki [5]
9. Kento Miyahara [3]

Block B:
1. KENTA [12]
2. Takashi Sugiura [11]
3. Kensuke Sasaki [11]
4. Bison Smith [9]
5. Mohammed Yone [7]
6. Shuhei Taniguchi [6]
7. Akitoshi Saito [6]
8. Takuma Sano [6]
9. Bobby Fish [4]

[Defrost]

KENTA will beat Morishima and be on his way to the World Title

[Cewsh]

YUS.

That is really the best case scenario here. The truth is that it might very well fall flat, but the man has such incredible crowd support, and NOAH is on such a downward turn right now that they don't have a ton to lose in taking the chance. They could lose Kobashi and Akiyama pretty much anytime now and they have nobody the fans really love to replace them with. If KENTA can be that guy they need to find out now.

[chotliwala]

Semblance of sanity. Morishima or Sasaki must be the next challenger right?

NOAH "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2011", 20.11.2011 (G+)
Sapporo Convention Center
1,600 Fans

1. Ricky Marvin besiegt Mikey Nicholls (9:54) mit dem Santa Maria.
2. Kenta Kobashi, Atsushi Aoki & Taiji Ishimori besiegen Masao Inoue, Masashi Aoyagi & Genba Hirayanagi (16:33) nach einem 450° Splash von Ishimori gegen Hirayanagi.
3. Global League Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Yoshihiro Takayama besiegen Bison Smith & Shuhei Taniguchi (13:31) nach einem Wrist Clutch Exploder von Akiyama gegen Taniguchi.
4. Global League Special Tag Match: Takuma Sano & Bobby Fish besiegen Yutaka Yoshie & Kento Miyahara (14:10) nach einer Northern Light Bomb von Sano gegen Miyahara.
5. Global League Special Tag Match: Kensuke Sasaki & Akitoshi Saito besiegen Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki (17:33) nach einer Northern Light Bomb von Sasaki gegen Suzuki.
6. Global League Special Singles Match: Takashi Sugiura besiegt Yoshinobu Kanamaru (13:43) durch Pinfall.
7. Global League Special Singles Match: Mohammed Yone besiegt Trevor Murdoch (10:40) mit einem Muscle Buster.
8. Global League - Final: Takeshi Morishima besiegt KENTA (16:43) mit einem Backdrop Suplex.

[DDT]

:wtf:

The only sense I can make of this is that they think KENTA will draw no matter what, and he gets a title shot no matter what, so they need to build the next challenger, who will be Morishima.

[Cewsh]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Defrost]

Takeshi Rikio retired

[chotliwala]

Sad, because they could have used the depth and he had some cache in him being a former GHC Heavyweight champion. Hopefully the rookies they have amount to something -- and quick.

Or Shiozaki/KENTA sells out Ariake today.

[Defrost]

Or Shiozaki/KENTA sells out Ariake today.

I'd have my fingers crossed for a half house honestly

[Defrost]

Crowd shots

http://twitpic.com/7kfw02
http://twitpic.com/7kfx5e

[Defrost]

If KENTA wins I am going to be so fucking obnoxious about it

[DDT]

Takeshi Rikio retired

Doesn't shock me; dude's been hurt forever.

[chotliwala]

Shiozaki/Akiyama vs. Morishima/Sasaki on 12/15 in Korakuen and Shiozaki vs. Morishima on 1/22 in Osaka.

Hopefully that Osaka show also has Bad Intentions vs. Takayama/KENTA.

[DDT]

KENTA is out for six-months with a knee injury. He apparently hurt it during the Global League, and stuck with it to his title match. He'll be out for six-months.

What is it with him and Marufuji never being healthy at the same time?

[Cewsh]

GAH.

I wonder if that influenced the result of the title match.

[chotliwala]

Fuck man.

And Cewsh, I don't think it did. Shiozaki is clearly the golden child and he's not going to lose to a junior.

[Defrost]

NOAH "GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN OSAKA", 22.01.2012 (G+)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
3,400 Fans

1. Yoshinobu Kanamaru besiegt Harlem Bravado (3:47) mit einem Reverse Cradle.
2. Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin besiegen Ryuji Hijikata & Lance Bravado (8:34) nach dem Santa Maria von Marvin gegen Bravado.
3. Mohammed Yone besiegt Yutaka Yoshie (10:35) mit einem Head Kick.
4. Takashi Sugiura & Naomichi Marufuji besiegen Yoshihiro Takayama & Genba Hirayanagi (14:24) nach dem Shiranui von Marufuji gegen Hirayanagi.
5. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima besiegen Kenta Kobashi & Shuhei Taniguchi (15:44) nach einer Northern Light Bomb von Sasaki gegen Taniguchi.
6. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki (c) besiegen Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada (21:10) nach dem Assault Point von Aoki gegen Kotoge (3rd defense).
7. GHC Tag Team Title: Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito besiegen Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) (15:38) nach dem Death Brand von Saito gegen Anderson - Titelwechsel.
8. GHC Heavyweight Title: Takeshi Morishima besiegt Go Shiozaki (c) (22:30) mit einem Backdrop Suplex - Titelwechsel.

[Cewsh]

:lol:

I can think of at least 4 things wrong with those results off the top of my head.

[Matthew]

Matthew besiegt Cewsh mit enem Flying Tomato Driver - Titelwechsel

[Cewsh]

:mad:

The Flying Tomato Driver isn't even legal. Corrupt officiating!

[DDT]

:lol:

I can think of at least 4 things wrong with those results off the top of my head.

Really? I only spot two, and only one of them was at least built up.

[Cewsh]

Morishima winning, AkiIto winning, Suzuki and Aoki winning and Yone ever winning a wrestling match ever were mine.

[mth]

Flying Tomato Driver > Canadian Destroyer

[DDT]

Morishima winning, AkiIto winning, Suzuki and Aoki winning and Yone ever winning a wrestling match ever were mine.

The first two are mine as well, especially the second one with Bernard and Anderson already losing the IWGP titles to a reunited dream team in a much more heavily pimped environment; Morishima at least won the Global League Tournament to justify his getting a shot and winning.

NOAH are NOT dropping their Jr. tag titles to a couple of nobodies from Osaka Pro who wrestle in front of even smaller crowds than the one NOAH and Zero-1 draw these days. Besides, I like the Suzuki and Aoki tandum, and how dare you not adore them, sir!

I'm meh about Yone winnning; he won a throwaway match against eternal throwaway opponent Yoshie, and both men's standing remains the same.

EDIT: No idea what you are on about, Ringo.:eyebrow:

[Ringo]

:rant:

YANO > YONE.

:grumpy:

[Defrost]

The problem with the tag titles is the booking got fucked since KENTA and Takayama were supposed to win them but KENTA got hurt

[Defrost]

NOAH "GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN OSAKA" 1/22/12
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

1. Yoshinobu Kanamaru vs Harlem Bravado
2. Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin vs Ryuji Hijikata & Lance Bravado
3. Mohammed Yone vs Yutaka Yoshie
4. Takashi Sugiura & Naomichi Marufuji vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Genba Hirayanagi
5. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Kenta Kobashi & Shuhei Taniguchi
6. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki (c) vs Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada
7. GHC Tag Team Title: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) vs Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito
8. GHC Heavyweight Title:Go Shiozaki (c) vs Takeshi Morishima

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[Defrost]

http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/24822-big-shake-up-forthcoming-in-noah


Pro Wrestling NOAH just announced that General Manager Ryu Nakata and Counselor Haruka Eigen had ties to the Yakuza from 2003 to 2010, working with them to sell tickets to the company's live events.

All of the major Japanese media covered the story, which will give the promotion a bad public image. Virtually every promotion in sports and entertainment in Japan has Yakuza tie-ins, but it's probably best analogized like the steroid issue in sports in the U.S. It's commonplace in every major sport, deep down everyone knows it, but if it comes out that somebody used it publicly, it's a black mark against them. Pride went down largely because of these revelations.

Exactly how this will fall out is unknown, but expect fall out very quickly.

NOAH was, at least among Japanese sports fans, the most popular promotion in the country for much of the last decade, but fell on hard times in recent years once losing its network television outlet. A financially-strapped NTV, due to the recession, canceled pro wrestling, one of the longest lasting shows in the history of television in any country, dating back more than 50 years. The death of president Mitsuharu Misawa was another gigantic blow. Without strong television, the company was unable to create new stars who could sell tickets like Misawa and the frequently injured and physically destroyed Kenta Kobashi.

[DDT]

:lol::sadwave:

[Cewsh]

I gave them a year about 6 months ago, right?

[DDT]

To be fair, you've been giving them a year every year for a couple years now. But yes, your latest doom prediction was 6 months ago.

I smell a merger with Diamond Rings.

[Cewsh]

I really do wonder when the talent exodus will begin. Most NOAH guys are really loyal, but its a sinking ship and it has to be clear to everyone after this.

[DDT]

So NOAH has been boring the shit out of me (who'da thunk it?) and Morishima's "Don't Stop!" thing is actually super annoying in front of tiny crowds. So why not watch a compilation of a REAL champion?

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00503/Kenta_Kobashi_503782a.jpg

That's right; as part of the great "DDT Reviews Japan!" Revival after literally months of procrastination, I will sit down, watch and review Kobashi's title win, and all 14 of his title defenses. Or 13 and the last ten minutes of the 14th, as that seems to be the only portion of Kobashi/Rikio II that exists anywhere (yes, there were TWO Rikio title matches). From his wars against eternal rivals, to bouts against other promotions' stars; From "gaijin monsters", to Japanese monsters; from utter dickheads to sidekicks, I will conduct the most scientific of experiments to see if the Kobashi reign was truly as brilliant as I want it to be, or if nostalgia dulls my senses; by watching them with soda, popcorn, and marking the fuck out. Totally legit.

For those who wish to join in this epic quest, from Defrost to Vice to Cewsh to...does anyone else come to these boards anymore? Anyway, feel free! You'll be paid with pictures of chocolate chip cookies, and will marvel at how delicious they look. Oh, and for those of you who are all like, "I don't have time to find all those matches and download them!!"

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x247g8_Jahmale_Hepburn_kenta-kobashi-superman/1

Yeah, what now, bitches?

Anyway, whether there are takers in this quest or not, I shall venture forth into the good night, take up arms, and say, "Once, NOAH was GOOD!"

[Defrost]

Did you ever watch the monster New Year's Eve 2008 Kobashi 24 hour marathon that Samurai tv ran that ended up on Youtube, then taken off Youtube?

[Defrost]

Also I've never seen the matches with Bison or Awesome so I'm in

[Defrost]

Did you ever watch the monster New Year's Eve 2008 Kobashi 24 hour marathon that Samurai tv ran that ended up on Youtube, then taken off Youtube?

I mention this and it gets reuploaded


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxVhd3ixONw

[DDT]

First off, holy shit that is the most amazing thing ever; 24 hours of Kobashi? WIN!!!

Second, welcome aboard, Mr. Frost. Welcome aboard.

[Defrost]

Start watching now?

[Defrost]

So Kobashi vs Misawa is sorta good

[DDT]

Start watching now?

Yes.


So Kobashi vs Misawa is sorta good

Just a wee bit.

Do you have AIM Frosty? That's the only instant messenger I have access to right now. If not then we'll just back-and-forth via PM's.

[Defrost]

PM is fine

[Tainted Eclipse]

I mention this and it gets reuploaded


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxVhd3ixONw

wow, the second match on there is awesome, and not something i had heard about before.


watched the misawa/kobashi ghc match, i like it now a lot more than i used to. enough to say its a great match, even though theres still plenty if NOAH matches i'd take over it.

[DDT]

I can not stress how much fun I am having watching these matches over again; in the middle of the Bison Smith one, and even THAT is really good. It's like a birthday present from me to me. :D

[Tainted Eclipse]

watched Kobashi/Honda, legit one of the best japanese singles matches ever. top 10 maybe?

[Defrost]

What do you like so much about it?

[Tainted Eclipse]

i'd have to watch it again and 'think' about it more to really defend a claim of top 10 japanese singles matches, but some things i liked: kobashi really working the headlock in the beginning to actually make it and interesting segment; honda's offense made for a lot of cool, unique spots; insane crowd, especially for honda's near falls; a bunch of cool big spots; and a cool ending with honda taking some nasty suplexes. do you think much of it?

[Defrost]

I think it is very good, but some people take one look at Honda and lower their expectations to the point that a very very good match because an amazing match. Once Honda suplexes Kobashi on the Ramp and starts going for the rapped up arm it gets great. My issue is everything before that is sorta meandering.

[Tainted Eclipse]

honda is pretty much consistently awesome from what i've seen of him, crazy underrated. his match vs. saito in which i think he won the shot against kobashi would maybe also be in my top 3 NOAH matches, along with a tag featuring honda, kobashi, and i think saito and akiyama. so my top 3 NOAH matches are all honda from 03.

[DDT]

While Defrost and I disagreed on semantics and ratings, not even Kenta Kobashi could drag Takuma Sano to anything three stars or above. That is...wow. Just wow.

[DDT]

Upon further review, I am closer to Defrost's opinion about the Sano match; Kobashi couldn't even drag him to a two star one.

Also, the more research I do into the Rikio push, the more it pisses me off.

[DDT]

The matches are watched, now the writing begins. A tale, my friends, of an epic reign, an epic hero, an epic mistake, and an epic fail. Look forward to it, the reign of Kobashi!

[Defrost]

Shiozaki keeps pinning KENTA

via purolove

NOAH "AUTUMN NAVIGATION 2012", 26.10.2012
Niigata City Gymnasium

1. NOAH vs. Diamond Ring: Ricky Marvin besiegt Mitsuhiro Kitamiya (6:39) mit dem Deadline.
2. NOAH vs. Diamond Ring: Zack Sabre Jr. besiegt Satoshi Kajiwara (8:43) durch Modified Pinfall.
3. S.A.T vs. TMDK: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls besiegen Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki (13:42) nach der Mikey Bomb von Nicholls gegen Aoki.
4. BRAVE vs. Diamond Ring: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kento Miyahara besiegen Takashi Sugiura & Atsushi Kotoge (13:50) nach einem Twister von Nakajima gegen Kotoge.
5. BRAVE vs. NO MERCY: Takeshi Morishima, Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori besiegen Yoshihiro Takayama, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi (17:14) nach einem 450° Splash von Ishimori gegen Hirayanagi.
6. S.A.T vs. BRAVE: Jun Akiyama vs. Mohammed Yone - Double Countout (14:25).
7. GHC Tag Team Title: Go Shiozaki & Akitoshi Saito besiegen KENTA & Maybach Taniguchi (c) (30:53) nach dem Limit Brake von Shiozaki gegen KENTA - Titelwechsel.



NOAH "AUTUMN NAVIGATION 2012", 27.10.2012 (G+)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,700 Fans

1. Zack Sabre Jr. besiegt Genba Hirayanagi (7:47) mit einem Cross Armbreaker.
2. BRAVE vs. S.A.T: Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki besiegen Ricky Marvin & Taiji Ishimori (8:48) nach dem Mass Driver von Suzuki gegen Ishimori.
3. Mikey Nicholls besiegt Atsushi Kotoge (8:49) mit der Mikey Bomb.
4. Shane Haste besiegt Takuma Sano (8:23) mit einer Death Valley Bomb.
5. BRAVE vs. Diamond Ring: Takashi Sugiura, Mohammed Yone & Naomichi Marufuji besiegen Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kento Miyahara & Satoshi Kajiwara (19:41) nach einem Dragon Suplex Hold von Sugiura gegen Kajiwara.
6. NO MERCY vs. S.A.T: Jun Akiyama, Go Shiozaki & Akitoshi Saito besiegen KENTA, Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (27:29) nach einer Short-Range Strong Arm Lariat von Shiozaki gegen KENTA.
7. GHC Heavyweight Title: Takeshi Morishima (c) besiegt Kohei Sato (21:31) mit einem Backdrop Suplex (7th defense).

[Defrost]

I used to complain about how big he had gotten, but now I think Morishima has lost too much weight

[Defrost]

So going by this picture popping up when I searched GHC in twitter I am assuming KENTA won the Global League

http://i.imgur.com/0gnFC.jpg

[Cewsh]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooo

[mmocongcu]

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[Defrost]

NOAH "NEW YEAR NAVIGATION 2013", 06.01.2013 (G+)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. 2013 Opening Match: Kento Miyahara b. Masao Inoue (10:38) with an Inside Cradle.
2. NOAH vs. Diamond Ring: Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin b. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitanomiya (13:19) with the Deadline by Marvin on Kitanomiya.
3. NOAH vs. AJPW Special Tag Match: Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge b. Shuji Kondo & Hiroshi Yamato (9:47) with a Backslide by Ishimori on Kondo.
4. 9 Man Battle Royal: Masao Inoue b. Ricky Marvin & Atsushi Kotoge via Double Pinfall (7:33). Order of elimination: Hitoshi Kumano (pre-debut), Yoshinari Ogawa, Mitsuhiro Kitanomiya, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kento Miyahara, Taiji Ishimori, Ricky Marvin & Atsushi Kotoge.
5. BRAVE vs. NO MERCY 4 Match Series 1st: Mohammed Yone b. Genba Hirayanagi (8:42) via DQ when two Maybachs interfered.
6. BRAVE vs. NO MERCY 4 Match Series 2nd: Yoshihiro Takayama b. Naomichi Marufuji (11:56) with the Kneelift.
7. BRAVE vs. NO MERCY 4 Match Series 3rd: Maybach Taniguchi b. Takashi Sugiura (13:18) with the Maybach Bomb.
8. BRAVE vs. NO MERCY 4 Match Series 4th: KENTA b. Takeshi Morishima (11:18) with the Go 2 Sleep.

- Taiji Ishimori is the next challenger to Shuji Kondo's GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title.
- Hitoshi Kumano, Noah's first rookie for 7 years, chose the colour red for his gear. His model is Sugiura.
- Two wrestlers appeared during the Yone/Hirayanagi match dressed in the outfit of Maybach Taniguchi...

KENTA beating Morishima twice in a month makes me think he is losing that title match

[Cewsh]

For their sake, I hope not.

[Cewsh]

So I read somewhere that they're considering having KENTA's first title defense against Marufuji. It pains me to say this, because I would adore the match, but they would have to be out of their fucking minds to do that after what it did to Marufuji when he won the title and did the same thing.

[Defrost]

Everything I've seen points to Nagata as 1st challenger

[Cewsh]

Best possible choice. :yes:

[Defrost]

Yano and Iizuka with the help of Maybach who betrayed KENTA have stolen all the GHC Belts

[Cewsh]

So Colt Cabana debuted a new finisher recently, and I just saw it for the first time in NOAH. It's called the Chicago Skyline and it is pretty fucking awesome.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Hf8Uif_K9c/UReTjSMIgNI/AAAAAAAA3uY/sbGM_ruoLfw/s1600/i.gif

[Vice]

Love it.

[The Rick]

I like the move alot, but that would remove the "flying asshole from this guy's top ten moves of Colt Cabana.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S15AgvaE7c

[Ringo]

http://youtu.be/XwDtG3kf4b4

22:05. That was worrying. Disgusting Vertebreaker.

[Defrost]

http://i.imgur.com/gASCPAJ.jpg

[Cewsh]

:lol:

[Matthew]

http://i.minus.com/ibwAEsvfMxcLpf.gif

[Defrost]

NOAH "VOYAGE FOR COLOSSEUM", 30.06.2013 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,950 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Kyle Sebastian & Slex besiegen Yoshinari Ogawa & Zack Sabre Jr. (7:05) nach einem Horizontal Cradle von Sebastian gegen Ogawa.
2. Jake Dirden besiegt Masao Inoue (5:12) mit einem Chokeslam.
3. NOAH vs. NJPW Special Singles Match: Yujiro Takahashi besiegt Maybach Taniguchi (6:21) durch DQ.
4. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Skirmish: Taiji Ishimori, Daisuke Harada & Hitoshi Kumano besiegen Super Crazy, Pesadilla & Kaiser (13:39) nach einem 450° Splash von Ishimori gegen Pesadilla.
5. GHC Tag Team Title Skirmish: Takashi Iizuka besiegt Mikey Nicholls (9:19) mit einem Iron Finger From Hell.
6. GHC Tag Team Title Skirmish: Toru Yano besiegt Shane Haste (4:47) mit dem Uragasumi.
7. NO MERCY vs. BRAVE Captain's Fall Elimination Match: Mohammed Yone, Naomichi Marufuji (c), Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge besiegen KENTA (c), Takashi Sugiura, Genba Hirayanagi & Maybach SUWA Jr. (27:01).
Ishimori eliminierte SUWA mit einem Aussie Suplex Hold (4:01). Hirayanagi eliminierte Ishimori mit dem Shoryu Genba (5:10). Kotoge eliminierte Sugiura mit einem Thrust Kick (17:17). KENTA eliminierte Kotoge mit dem Go 2 Sleep (18:05). Yone eliminierte Hirayanagi mit einem Diving Guillotine Drop (23:38). Marufuji eliminierte KENTA mit dem Tiger Flowsion (27:01).

[virms]

CHOT COME BACK TO US :panic:

[chotliwala]

NOAH "DEPARTURE 2013 ~ 13 YEARS SUMMER", 04.08.2013
Tokyo Differ Ariake


1. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
2. GHC Heavyweight Title: KENTA (c) vs. Mohammed Yone

[Cewsh]

*thunk*

That's the sound of any interest the Marufuji match generated hitting the floor due to a Yone title shot.

I mean, come on. Fucking Yone?

[chotliwala]

There really aren't that many challengers. I'd hope for a singles match against Nagata at some point, but can't see Kensuke agreeing to lose to KENTA, and he's already beaten Morishima, Sugiura and Marufuji.

[Cewsh]

Very true. Though 100% their own fault, there.

[Cewsh]

[NOAH News] Update to previous post (http://keepingthespiritalive.tumblr.com/post/56115684864/noah-news-pro-wrestling-noah-held-a-press). Pro Wrestling NOAH held a press conference to announce a couple more matches added to the DEPARTURE 2013 show on August 4th, as well as Marufuji’s 15th Anniversary show that will be held on August 24th.

First up, Naomichi Marufuji stated that he was in long deliberation in regards to what kind of match he wanted for his upcoming 15th anniversary on August 24th. Marufuji mentioned that he would have faced against the senior he debuted against on August 28, 1998, in Yoshinobu Kanemaru, but they are current in two different places now. Morishima, whom they both were dorm mates in All Japan, is currently out on injury, so there is no way they could work together. Then another name in Makoto Hashi, but he is no longer actively competing.
But after some thought a certain name in Shinsuke Nakamura had a strong ring to it. These two have always found themselves to be against one another in tag matches, more specifically in 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzp2Ru73afE) and 2011, and with that he announced that they would be facing KENTA and Takashi Sugiura. Nakamura and Sugiura have faced countless times in the past and have proven to bring a fight against one another. Then with the addition of KENTA, whom is Marufuji’s rival, it seems the match could be something that the fans would want to see.
Marufuji also noted the fact that Nakamura is currently in CHAOS in NJPW and Marufuji has recently been against two of their members in Yano & Iizuka, but he seems Nakamura as having something more to him.

Something else to note for the Maru’s part of the conference was when someone of the press asked if KENTA vs. Nakamura could potentially happen? Marufuji replied that “the possibilities are indeed there, but something may or may not happen." From what it seems the possibility is there, but does not exactly mean it is guaranteed to happen. We’ll see where the wind of favor blow.

Give me this. This I will pay to see.

[Defrost]

NOAH "SUMMER NAVIGATION 2013", 24.08.2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. GHC Tag Team Title: Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste (c) vs. Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinya Ishikawa
2. Naomichi Marufuji 15th Anniversary Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. KENTA & Takashi Sugiura

Oddly hyped for that tag title match

[Defrost]

Liger and Tiger Mask are the GHC Jr Tag Champs

[Defrost]

Jesus that Differ show was today? Talk about being eaten up by the G1.


NOAH "DEPARTURE 2013 ~13 YEARS SUMMER~, 04.08.2013
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,700 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. NOAH vs. South American Wrestling Mission: Daisuke Harada & Hitoshi Kumano besiegen Kaiser & Gaston Mateo (9:42) nach einem Diving Elbow Drop von Harada gegen Mateo.
2. Yoshinari Ogawa besiegt Masao Inoue (11:11) mit einem Sleeper Hold Cutback-Cradle.
3. Genba Hirayanagi & Maybach SUWA Jr. besiegen Super Crazy & Pesadilla (9:03) nach dem Shoryu Genba von Hirayanagi gegen Pesadilla.
4. Uncontrollable Iron Mask vs. DIAMOND RING: Katsuhiko Nakajima besiegt Maybach Taniguchi (9:32) nach einem Right High Kick.
5. NO MERCY vs. BRAVE: Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama besiegen Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge (17:54) nach einem Olympic Slam von Sugiura gegen Kotoge.
6. GHC Tag Team Title Skirmish Special Singles Match: Shane Haste besiegt Shinya Ishikawa (11:35) nach dem Bomb Valley Death.
7. GHC Tag Team Title Skirmish Special Singles Match: Yoshihito Sasaki besiegt Mikey Nicholls (9:21) nach einer Lariat.
8. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Taiji Ishimori (c) besiegt Zack Sabre Jr. (19:41) mit dem Revolucion (6th defense).
9. GHC Heavyweight Title: KENTA (c) besiegt Mohammed Yone (24:36) nach dem go 2 sleep (5th defense).

[Cewsh]

25 minutes for a Yone title match? Who's asking for that?

[Defrost]

NOAH "SUMMER NAVIGATION 2013 ~ ARK NEW CHAPTER MEMORABLE PRO-WRESTLING", 24.08.2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,100 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Maybach Taniguchi besiegt Kaiser (3:24) mit der Maybach Press.
2. Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinari Ogawa besiegen Ross von Erich & Marshall von Erich (11:08) nach dem Sickle of Death von Saito gegen Ross.
3. Daisuke Harada & Hitoshi Kumano besiegen Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge (15:21) nach einem Katayama German Suplex Hold von Harada gegen Kotoge.
4. Mohammed Yone vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima - Double Countout (17:12).
5. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask (c) besiegen Genba Hirayanagi & Maybach SUWA Jr. (16:07) nach einem Avalanche-Style Vertical Drop Brainbuster von Liger gegen SUWA (1st defense).
6. GHC Tag Team Title: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls (c) besiegen Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinya Ishikawa (16:38) als Nicholls Sasaki nach einem Thunder Valley pinnte (1st defense).
7. Naomichi Marufuji 15th Anniversary Match: KENTA & Takashi Sugiura besiegen Shinsuke Nakamura & Naomichi Marufuji (20:39) nach einem Yonemitsu Lift von Sugiura gegen Marufuji.

[Defrost]

Awesome match


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjt5JzqdVFY

[Defrost]

Kenou is leaving Michinoku Pro and joining NOAH

[DDT]

That's a strong acquisition right there; Kenou is a great worker who made it in my top ten matches last year. Shame for Michinoku, as other than Hayato he's the only one under 30 who drew.

[Cewsh]

I hate to say it, but NOAH has been making some really good decisions lately. The long KENTA run, bringing in the right New Japan guys, signing an interesting indy talent. Good for them.

[Defrost]

Morishima beat KENTA for the GHC Title on the 5th and today Morishima and Maybach beat TMDK for the tag titles

[DDT]

......................................WHAT?!

[Cewsh]

Ahahahahahahahahahaha.

Well that brief glimpse of hope sure was nice. Enjoy oblivion, NOAH.

[DDT]

Hell I LIKED Morishima's previous run as champion and I think this is bullshit. If they really wanted the belt off of KENTA to prevent it from being stale, they couldn't think of anyone else to win? Anyone at all?

[Cewsh]

Apparently they're building up Morishima's new stable as the big thing in NOAH. As far as I can tell it's called the Ultra Dangerous Club or something like that.

[DDT]

Not going to lie, Ultra Dangerous Club is a wicked cool name.


Still, no one else?

[Cewsh]

There isn't anyone else. There's no one else in that promotion that i'd even call an upper midcarder.

[Defrost]

http://i.imgur.com/7pqVeXz.jpg

[DDT]

:panic::panic::panic::panic:



There isn't anyone else. There's no one else in that promotion that i'd even call an upper midcarder.

Problem solved. :D

[Cewsh]

BUT THEY WERE JUST BUILDING THE WHOLE FUCKING PROMOTION AROUND MORISHIMA. MAKE UP YOUR FUCKING MINDS NOAH.

Though actually, this makes me certain that they took the belt off of KENTA because they expected him to be leaving.

[Defrost]

Though actually, this makes me certain that they took the belt off of KENTA because they expected him to be leaving.

According to the Observer the title changes happened because they thought KENTA was leaving and the idea was to build up Marufuji to take the title off Nagata and be the Ace

Today's show

NOAH "THE SECOND NAVIGATION 2014", 22.02.2014 (G+)
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,600 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. NOAH vs. DIAMOND RING: Mitsuhiro Kitamiya besiegt Hitoshi Kumano (8:05) mit einem Texas Clover Hold.
2. BRAVE vs. XNL: Katsuhiko Nakajima besiegt Xtra Large (5:06) via TKO (Right High Kick).
3. Cho Kibou-Gun vs. BJW: Kenou besiegt Ryuichi Kawakami (9:57) mit einem Modified Camel Clutch.
4. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Skirmish: Mohammed Yone & Taiji Ishimori besiegen Genba Hirayanagi & Daisuke Harada (14:13) mit dem Kaze Muso von Ishimori gegen Harada.
5. BRAVE vs. DANGAN Soldier: Takashi Sugiura & Masato Tanaka besiegen Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge (14:50) nach einem Olympic Slam von Sugiura gegen Kotoge.
6. Cho Kibou-Gun vs. TMDK: Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Jonah Rock besiegen Takeshi Morishima, Maybach Taniguchi & Hajime Ohara (15:31) als Haste Taniguchi nach dem Thunder Valley pinnte.
7. GHC Heavyweight Title: Yuji Nagata (c) besiegt KENTA (25:01) mit einem Backdrop Hold (1st defense).

[Defrost]

Marufuji defends against Daisuke Sekimoto next

[Cewsh]

Seeing this thread get bumped is like finding a dusty old photo album of your recently murdered spouse.

[DDT]

Sekimoto vs. Marufuji should be good, as big Daisuke has finally recovered his form from his injury.

[Gibby]

Yesterday's NOAH vs Zero1 card probably one of the worst things I've seen.

[Cewsh]

How bad was it?

[Gibby]

Main event was a barbed wire/electric deathmatch between Onita & pals against Sugiura/Takayama and someone, absolutely dire stuff. GHC title clash between Marufuji and MAYBACH may as well have been conducted in front of a colony of ants for all the crowd were into it. Just painful stuff.

[Ringo]

Spoilers just in case

Suzukigun attacked Marufuji after the Kojima match! MiSu/Marufuji next then, I like the sound of that.

And TMDK won the tag titles in an apparently really good match.

[Hero!]

This NOAH/NJPW deal is sexy already.

[Hero!]

Obv I'll be watching the world title stuff for the Championship match challenge, but how's the Jrs division in NOAH these days? Not seeing anyone in familiar with.

[Defrost]

It's quite great. Harada, Kotoge, and Zack Sabre Jr are all super good, and Kenou and Ohara as jr tag champs has been fun as well.

[Hero!]

How do you watch NOAH? I wanna watch Marufuji/Kojima and can't find

[Ringo]

The usual suspects upload to Daily Motion but I'm guessing it'll take a few days?

[Defrost]

The usual suspects upload to Daily Motion but I'm guessing it'll take a few days?

While they have stopped uploading NJPW World stuff the other promotions can still be found there. NOAH doesn't air day of though so I think there will be a wait.

[Defrost]

According to Super Crazy, who works here obviously, all of his bookings are now going through the New Japan office and all finishes are being told to him by Jado. So basically it sounds like NJPW straight up owns NOAH.

[Tainted Eclipse]

I wish it were an NJPW/AJPW partnership instead so Akiyama could wrestle the NJ guys.

[Cewsh]

All Japan is worth about $10 at present. I'm sure New Japan could buy it with pocket change if there was anything worth owning.

[Cewsh]

According to Super Crazy, who works here obviously, all of his bookings are now going through the New Japan office and all finishes are being told to him by Jado. So basically it sounds like NJPW straight up owns NOAH.

Now that's interesting. I wonder if that's just for the duration of the Suzukigun invasion, or if the Suzukigun invasion is more an expression of the new ownership.

[Ringo]

Neat-o.

And agree with Tainted. AJ's roster is rather good right now, I'd love to see them mix it up with NJ. Whereas NOAH has very little of any real worth left.

[Cewsh]

I would be perfectly happy if Marufuji joined New Japan full time and NOAH shut down altogether.

[Tainted Eclipse]

yuck

[Cewsh]

Yes, yes, I know how you feel about people with actual charisma.

[Gibby]

I like NOAH quite a bit and clearly NJPW isn't going to properly dilute its own show with Raw & Smackdown style split crews, so I am glad there is an outlet for the under-used talent of NJPW and some good people for the top NOAH guys to fight (Ishimori, Kotoge and Harada are PERFECT Omega opponents, for instance). If you cut some of the crap hires across NOAH and shored up the contracts of people like ZSJ, Sekimoto, etc and maybe amalgamated the tag titles then you could really run some focused stuff across the two rather than giving GHC belts to bored guys.

[Defrost]

Takeshi Morishima has retired. Apparently from diabetes.

[Tainted Eclipse]

too bad. i haven't watched him in forever but his ROH world title run is criminally underrated.

[Hero!]

So underrated. I think people hate Gabe's booking more than they actually hate the matches Morishima produced.

[DDT]

Poor Morishima. Every time he got momentum behind him something always came up and cut his legs from underneath him.

[Hero!]

cut his legs from underneath him.

can't tell if diabetes joke or not.

[Cewsh]

So underrated. I think people hate Gabe's booking more than they actually hate the matches Morishima produced.

Not all of us.

[DDT]

can't tell if diabetes joke or not.


Not intentional.

...Wow. I'm an ass-hole.