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(NOAH) EVENT RECAP ~ N-1 VICTORY, NIGHT 10 (FUKUSHIMA NATIONAL SPORTS MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM, 8TH SEPTEMBER 2019)

9/8/2019

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​Noah returned to the Fukushima National Sports Memorial Gymnasium today for the final show before they return to Korakuen Hall tomorrow to decide who will go on to face each other in the finals on the 16th September at Osaka Edion Arena. The last time Noah where here, Atsushi Kotoge sustained the injury to his arm in February 2019 following "The Revolutionary Cloak Splash".

In a nice touch, the banners today were hung in square alcoves, giving the appearance of them being on monitors, as Go Shiozaki was on autograph duty, and STINGER the Noah's Ark fanclub.

I am afraid that on some matches I have only been able to present results, on others I have only had information relating to what happened after, and some only a few snippets about what happened in it. A lot of fans are of the opinion now that a streaming service is long overdue.
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Noah showed a small segment of Kinya Okada (who also fell victim to Takashi Sugiura's camera today), warming up briefly before going out to his match. This is an old "Golden Era" tradition and was normally used for high card and main event match wrestlers.

​MATCH ONE
Seiya Morohashi vs Kinya Okada
WINNER: Seiya Morohashi with the Boston Crab (7 minutes, 35 seconds)

MATCH TWO
Hajime Ohara & El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr vs Hi69 & Sonico

Said to be a very good exchange between El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr and Sonico. At one point in the match, Hajime Ohara and El Hijo de Wagner Jnr pulled a pose on the ropes with Sonico, which was very reminiscent of Ohara's days tagging with Kenoh in Kenohara.

WINNER: Hajime Ohara with the Mui Bien on Sonico (9 minutes, 42 seconds).
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MATCH THREE
Naomichi Marufuji & 50 Funky Powers (Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm) vs The Return of The Dark Agents (Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue) & Junta Miyawaki.

Naomichi Marufuji and Junta Miyawaki started the match off. Miyawaki noted to also be extensively taped on his shoulder and lower arm.
Despite the fact that he didn't win (and he came very close to beating Quiet Storm), he was said to be "shining" today.

WINNER: Quiet Storm with the 50cm Lariat on Junta Miyawaki (13 minutes, 14 seconds)

MATCH FOUR
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Kotoge & Chris Ridgeway) vs RATELS (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

Hajime Ohara and NOSAWA Rongai sat at a table at the back of the hall and watched the match, they have a personal stake in it, now that all three groups are at each other.

WINNER: Tadasuke with the 2PAC on Atsushi Kotoge (12 minutes, 55 seconds)

After the match, NOSAWA got into the ring and began bating everyone again, in specific Suzuki. Naturally, after what happened yesterday, Ogawa wasn't too pleased to see him. I am not sure of what was said, but if a fight didn't break out, things certainly got rough (shoving etc), and it looked like RATELS were the last people left in the ring.
Tadasuke got on the mic and did another shrieking manic promo with his fist raised and RATELS joining in (HAYATA crammed himself into the corner).

On the way back, YO-HEY did his strange umbrella\walking stick pose for a fan photograph.

MATCH FIVE
The Sugiura Army (Takashi Sugiura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO) vs Kongoh (Kenoh & Yoshiki Inamura)
WINNER: Kenoh with the diving footstamp on KAZMA (9 minutes, 31 seconds)

MATCH SIX
Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Minoru Tanaka vs Kumaxiz (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Go Shiozaki, Hitoshi Kumano)
WINNER: Kaito Kiyomiya with the Tiger Suplex on Hitoshi Kumano (15 minutes, 59 seconds)
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MATCH SEVEN
N-1 VICTORY
Masa Kitamiya vs Alex Hammerstone

"Endurance"

Main event was said to have the atmosphere of a title match (and while all of this was going on, Kenoh was photographed in short black pants, barefoot and bare chested, sitting on the wooden bleachers watching).

WINNER: Masa Kitamiya with the Saito Suplex* (17 minutes, 12 seconds)
*It took him two to put Hammerstone away

NOAH'S NEXT SHOW: 9th September 2019, Korakuen Hall
ATTENDANCE: 276
WITH THANKS TO: Sachan, Signal, nj45, Dragon, Ura Chamu, 
PICTURE CREDIT: Noah GHC
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(NOAH) EVENT RECAP ~ N-1 VICTORY, NIGHT 9 (YOKOHAMA RADIANT HALLS, 7TH SEPTEMBER 2019)

9/7/2019

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Noah live streamed their show today to much excitement for those both in the arena and watching all over the world at home. There were a couple of teething problems in the stream at the beginning, one where it was buffering, and another with a time delay, but both problems were rectified quickly and (without any of the dreaded lag) the stream proceeded smoothly.
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​MATCH ONE
Chris Ridgeway vs Sonico

"BritWres meets Lucha"

Handshake before the match, which turned ugly as in true STINGER style, Ridgeway started kicking Sonico, and then was told off by the referee as the bell hadn't even rung and he was attacking his legs.
Ridgeway went to remove Sonico's boot (like he did Harada) to get submission moves in, which bought a cheer from the crowd as they knew what was coming, as this has kind of become his trademark. During the match, Ridgeway managed to put the ankle lock on Sonico on the top turnbuckle. 

Short opening match in which Ridgeway managed to keep Sonico grounded. Unusually for him he kept a t-shirt on to wrestle in, which is probably due to being ill recently.

WINNER: Chris Ridgeway via ankle lock submission (6 minutes, 36 seconds) 

MATCH TWO
The Return of The Dark Agents (Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue) vs KAZMA SAKAMOTO & El Hijo de Doctor Wagner Jnr

Everything was going okay until Akitoshi Saito tagged Masao Inoue in, as he got kicked between the legs by KAZMA, slapped, El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr beat him up, and then both he and KAZMA punched him between them in the corner. Poor old man with gout later got chopped.
Naturally, Akitoshi Saito was far more dominant, and both inside and outside the ring was shouting instructions to Inoue.

WINNER: El Hijo de Doctor Wagner Jnr with the moonsault on Masao Inoue (7 minutes, 4 seconds)

MATCH THREE
Minoru Tanaka, Hi69, Junta Miyawaki & Seiya Morohashi vs RATELS (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

The crowd grew louder with the entry of RATELS...but there were lots of "Junta" calls too, and Minoru Tanaka towel flicked YO-HEY when he was standing on the turnbuckle during entry.

Match started with HAYATA vs Minoru Tanaka (Tanaka lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight to HAYATA, so he has a score to settle).

A lot of high spots in the match - Hi69's moonsault from the second rope onto Tadasuke in the crowd, Daisuke Harada with a diving footstamp from the top turnbuckle, and HAYATA almost knocked Miyawaki out with an Enziguri. 

I think RATELS felt refreshed in this match as they weren't fighting STINGER, and Tadasuke spoke yesterday about how good it felt to have a break from it.

WINNER: Tadasuke with the OutKast on Seiya Morohashi (14 minutes, 17 seconds)
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After the match, the referee was handed the belts, and YO-HEY took the GHC Junior. HAYATA tried to get it back, but YO-HEY refused - even insisting on having it over his shoulder while their hands were raised and making HAYATA raise his.
Tadasuke left early, leaving them to argue about it.

MATCH FOUR
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Kotoge) vs The Sugiura Army (Hajime Ohara, NOSAWA Rongai & Kinya Okada)

Lots of cheers for Kinya Okada when he faced off against Kotaro Suzuki. Okada seems to have learned new techniques, using an impressive slam on Atsushi Kotoge (which he has probably learned from Sugiura). Fast paced match.
Kotoge has started to look a lot happier, and seems to be slowly becoming more animated again.

WINNER: Atsushi Kotoge with the diving body press on Kinya Okada (8 minutes, 9 seconds)

After the match Yoshinari Ogawa offered NOSAWA Rongai a handshake.
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NOSAWA shoved Hajime Ohara aside (almost like Harada and Tadasuke) and then went to shake Ogawa's hand. He took it after some hesitation as the crowd screamed as they thought NOSAWA had joined STINGER and ditched The Sugiura Army, but then NOSAWA knocked him down and a brawl broke out. NOSAWA (breathing heavily) got on the mic and challenged for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag belts.
Tadasuke (with Daisuke Harada) stormed the ring and then challenged for the titles. NOSAWA said that they could have a number one contenders match (and also something about Tadasuke already being champion), and a fight broke out which was broken up by YO-HEY & HAYATA. Then Tadasuke cut a crazy promo, which ended with him basically saying that it was his time now, and doing his fist pump thing.
YO-HEY joined in (but comically ducked when Tadasuke came round to his side of the ring).
Daisuke Harada maintained his distance from his crazy partner.
HAYATA hid in the corner, and kept his head down and away from the camera.

Kotaro Suzuki is not going to forgive or forget NOSAWA attacking Ogawa.

MATCH FIVE
Kumaxiz (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Go Shiozaki & Hitoshi Kumano) vs 50 Funky Powers (Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm) & Rocky Kawamura.

Mohammed Yone came to the ring with flashing glasses that lit up into a heart shape, and his tag partner (Quiet Storm) was subjected to the kick-chop sandwich of AXIZ.
Crowd with a heavy groan when Rocky Kawamura punched Hitoshi Kumano, and the resulting smack that his boxing gloves made when he did, soon afterwards Nakajima gave the boxer the soccer ball kicks, ending with a running kick to the face. Katsuhiko Nakajima very dominant in this match

WINNER: Katsuhiko Nakajima with the Vertical Spike on Rocky Kawamura (10 minutes, 50 seconds)
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MATCH SIX
Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Alexander Hammerstone vs Kongoh (Kenoh, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura)

Kenoh decided to shove Kiyomiya when he got into the ring and held the belt up to him, but the match however started with Kitamiya vs Hammerstone. Shortly after Inamura and Taniguchi faced off (Inamura is almost as tall as him), both sides stormed the ring, with Kenoh making a beeline for Kiyomiya with the brawl going outside the ring, naturally in this match, Kenoh's sole concern was beating up Kiyomiya.
Taniguchi and Inamura beat the hell out of each other, and Kiyomiya once tagged in took the opportunity to knock Kenoh off the apron. Kenoh could be seen outside the ring looking furious.

Later, when they were both in the ring together, Kenoh went to knock Hammerstone off of the apron and found that he couldn't...which led to Hammerstone getting in the ring to confront him, and Kenoh disposing of him by pulling down the top rope. This left both Kiyomiya and Kenoh in the ring together as the others were knocked to the outside.
Crowd went nuts when they went into a punch flurry. 

This match was very much a story of battle of the big thicc boys (and what seems like the start of Kitamiya vs Hammerstone and Inamura vs Taniguchi especially), and the continuation of Kenoh's jealousy towards Kiyomiya.

WINNER: Alex Hammerstone with the Pendulum Nightmare on Yoshiki Inamura (16 minutes, 40 seconds)

After the match Hammerstone and Kitamiya made it clear that this wasn't over, with Hammerstone holding up the belt to him.

MATCH SEVEN
N-1 VICTORY
Naomichi Marufuji vs Takashi Sugiura

Nothing at all was held back in this match, Marufuji chopped the hell out of Sugiura in the early stages, with Sugiura pulling no punches of his own, and at one point spearing Marufuji through the ropes and off the apron (Marufuji's shoulder is again heavily taped, and it was worrying to see him get up clutching it).
The best way to describe this match was brutal, and there was nothing in it that was not - it was a flurry of knees, elbows, kicks, chops, punches and slams. Maybe the best way to sum it up is by a comment that Marufuji made when he challenged Takashi Sugiura for the title in 2018, in it being "a match that only we can do".
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​WINNER: Takashi Sugiura with the front lock neck choke via submission (21 minutes, 38 seconds)

After the match Takashi Sugiura cut a short promo thanking Marufuji and thanking everyone for coming to Yokohama Radiant Halls today.
As for Marufuji, he said that the tickets were sold out, there was a live stream on YouTube, but Takashi Sugiura was too strong, and he could not win.

You can view the show retrospectively via Noah's Official YouTube channel (please consider subscribing). I am afraid that I don't know how long the show in its entirety will be kept up before Noah chop it into separate matches, but you should be able find these on the official channel if the link is now defunct.

NOAH'S NEXT SHOW: Sunday 8th September 2019, Fukushima National Sports Memorial Gymnasium 
ATTENDANCE: 360
WITH THANKS TO: Metal Noah, Abeshin, Kei
PICTURE\GIF CREDIT: Noah GHC
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(NOAH) EVENT RECAP ~ N-1 VICTORY, NIGHT 8 (TSUKUBA CAPIO, 6TH SEPTEMBER 2019)

9/6/2019

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​After their long tour in Japan's warm south, Noah started the final few dates of the inaugural N-1 VICTORY in Tsukuba, Ibaraki (which is only an hour and a half to and from Tokyo, so a lot of them traveled via public transport or in a shared car) which is the metropolitan area of Japan, the area (Yokohama, Fukushima, Tokyo) which will host the final few nights.

The card today was changed as Chris Ridgeway has fallen ill, and so Tadasuke stepped out of RATELS and into the opening match. Daisuke Harada commented that they were a man down, but it was still RATELS vs STINGER.

I am afraid that I don't have much information on some of today's event, so it is a little scattered in some places I have only been able to give a retrospective comment, in other something which happened after the match, and while in other matches just the result.
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​MATCH ONE
Tadasuke vs Kinya Okada

Tadasuke commented about this match (although it was an easy win for him), that it was refreshing to face someone else after so long fighting STINGER.

WINNER: Tadasuke with the lariat (7 minutes, 39 seconds)

Tadasuke took out a rookie heavyweight with his lariat which should give you an indication of how strong he is; a rookie yes, but this is still a heavyweight he took down with it.

MATCH TWO
The Return of The Dark Agents (Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue) vs THE TOUGH\KONGOH (Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura)

The Tough took down Masao Inoue by attacking his old gouty legs, then Masa Kitamiya put him in the Prison Lock.

WINNER: Masa Kitamiya with the Prison Lock (10 minutes, 59 seconds)

MATCH THREE
Minoru Tanaka & Junta Miyawaki vs Hi69 & Sonico

Fans commented on Sonico's t-shirt as it matched his mask and red contact lensed eyes, and when he pulled it over his head it briefly matched his mask. There also appears to be a rivalry developing with Junta Miyawaki.

WINNER: Minoru Tanaka with the Arm Criss-Cross on Sonico (10 minutes, 36 seconds)
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MATCH FOUR
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Kotoge) vs RATELS (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY)

WINNER: HAYATA with the Cross Fix on Atsushi Kotoge (14 minutes, 9 seconds)

After the match, YO-HEY got into the ring holding both the IPW Junior Heavyweight (Daisuke Harada's belt) and the GHC Junior Heavyweight (HAYATA'S). Harada gave him his "shark smells blood" look, which YO-HEY knew meant he had to give it to him or else Harada would hurt him, but HAYATA is a different story and after wearing it over his shoulder (and doing the usual messing around by handing it him and then withdrawing it), YO-HEY finally handed it back.

They will have their match signing on the 15th September.
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MATCH FIVE
Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Alex Hammerstone vs Naomichi Marufuji & 50 Funky Powers (Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm)

At the start of the match Alex Hammerstone and Naomichi Marufuji (who is taped on his shoulder and back), squared up to each other.
Outside the ring, when Marufuji faced off with Shuhei Taniguchi, Taniguchi stretched out his arms and made a "T". Fans are not quite sure what this means, either it is a "T" for Taniguchi OR its the pose he has chosen for his new nickname "The Last Wyvern" (a Wyvern being a dragon that stands on two legs).
Marufuji kind of stared like he couldn't really work out what just what Taniguchi was doing, while referee Nishinaga was heard to ask "What's wrong?".

WINNER: Kaito Kiyomiya with the Tiger Suplex on Quiet Storm (14 minutes, 22 seconds)

MATCH SIX
Kumaxis (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Go Shiozaki & Hitoshi Kumano) vs The Sugiura Army (Takashi Sugiura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Hajme Ohara)

Go Shiozaki laid into Takashi Sugiura before their highly anticipated match in the closing stages of N-1 VICTORY on the 9th September at Korakuen). The chops that Shiozaki threw today were said to be louder and harder than usual.

WINNER: Go Shiozaki with the Gowan Lariat on Hajime Ohara (19 minutes)

MATCH SEVEN
N-1 VICTORY
Kenoh vs El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr

I think that El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr tried to moonsault on to Kenoh three times, but none of them worked (I think he either drew his knees up or rolled out of the way). The match itself was pretty spectacular apparently, and Kenoh more than held his own against someone who both outsized and outweighed him, and who isn't the same style as him. Kenoh had posted on Twitter previously that losing was not an option.

WINNER: Kenoh with the diving footstamp (14 minutes, 2 seconds)
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Afterwards Kenoh started screaming into the microphone, I am afraid I don't know what he said.

NOAH'S NEXT SHOW: Saturday 7th September 2019, LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Halls
ATTENDANCE: 208 
WITH THANKS TO: Naoki, Suigetsu, Takeda Kōichirō
PICTURE CREDIT: PKDK, Noah GHC
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(NOAH) EVENT RECAP ~ N-1 VICTORY, NIGHT 7 (KORAKUEN HALL, 29TH AUGUST 2019)

8/29/2019

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​Pro Wrestling Noah returned to Korakuen Hall today to kick off the second part of N-1 VICTORY. Sadly the venue was not sold out with only 835 in attendance, but those who did come were on their feet and enthusiastic since the start.
Personally, I would rather see a small excited crowd, than a small bored one.

Noah also announced that they would be live streaming the show via their YouTube channel, which had about 17,871 people worldwide tune in. Naturally, some of the theme music had to be muted as a result as Noah do not own the rights. However, the technology they use does have a slight lag at times, but on the whole the broadcast went well.

Previous to all of this, NOSAWA Rongai had announced that he would be bringing another "friend" to Korakuen Hall today, which he termed as "The Last Successor", and Noah also had an announcement to make during the interval about a future participant, although this was not announced prior to the event.

Naomichi Marufuji (who celebrated his 21st anniversary in pro-wrestling with a small party at Yamada Maru ((the former "Muscle Grill", which I believe he now owns)), which included Takashi Sugiura (and I like to think KENTA, although I doubt it), was on autograph duty.
Alex Hammerstone took charge of the Noah's Ark fanclub pictures.

MATCH ONE
50 Funky Powers & Sonico vs The Return of The Dark Agents (Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue) & Junta Miyawaki.

Lots of calls from the audience for Junta Miyawaki (and Sonico too), when they both locked up.
Energetic opening match with fast paced exchanges between Miyawaki and Sonico, which the crowd got behind. This is something that I think people would like to see more of.

WINNER: Sonico with the Swanton Bomb on Junta Miyawaki (8 minutes, 57 seconds)

At the end of the match, Mohammed Yone (with characteristic kindness), stopped Sonico from exiting the ring after the match and told him to go and stand on the opposite turnbuckle to celebrate his win.
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​MATCH TWO
Yoshiki Inamura vs Kinya Okada

Battle of the big thicc beefy boys, which was dominated by the far more experienced and advanced Inamura. Sadly, Okada's career has been blighted due to injury which prevented him from debuting at the same time as Inamura, and then he had another spell which put him behind further.
The match was short, but the crowd were screaming at the end when Inamura had Okada in the Boston Crab.

WINNER: Yoshiki Inamura with the Boston Crab (3 minutes, 49 seconds)

Okada rolled out of the ring.
Inamura stood and watched him, hands on hips.
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​Then NOSAWA Rongai appeared and got into the ring. He had bought with him "The Last Successor", Kazuyuki Fujita, and he challenged Inamura to a singles match with him at Osaka.
Inamura's response was to first yell into the microphone (he did that afterwards as well) and then attacked Fujita. A fight broke out (with the crowd chanting for Inamura "Ina-kun...Ina-kun"), and which NOSAWA had to break up), which was a nice little taster of the match to come.
This will be a very good experience for Inamura, who says he realizes this is a big chance for him.

MATCH THREE
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Kotoge & Chris Ridgeway) vs RATELS (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

RATELS came out first, and the got jumped by STINGER who did not wait for their own entrance. Kotoge attacking Harada (who hadn't even taken his jacket off). In the end it was Ogawa who helped Harada off with his jacket.
By flinging it into the crowd.
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​Tadasuke got into the ring like a manic whirlwind, knocking STINGER off the apron twice, and YO-HEY joined in with his fist pose on the apron (Harada was on the floor, HAYATA just watched).
Fast paced match, which made you quite understand why people in the countryside said that it was near impossible to take pictures. The crowd screamed when HAYATA did a massive over the top rope somersault.

Harada and Kotoge managed to roll back into the ring on the count of seventeen (everyone was outside the ring), and Harada got the pin.

WINNER: Daisuke Harada with the deformation pin on Atsushi Kotoge (9 minutes, 18 seconds)

The fight wasn't over, as Harada and Kotoge continued to go at it with the ref getting knocked down in the process, and then Kotoge angrily standing over him to protest the decision.
Harada told him to get lost.

Interestingly, Tadasuke didn't stay with the rest of RATELS to celebrate the win, and YO-HEY got into the ring with the GHC Junior Heavyweight on his shoulder.
HAYATA did a double take as he started parading around with it, and then asked for the belt back.
YO-HEY handed it over.
HAYATA was hesitant to take it, despite YO-HEY'S pleadings, but he did.
YO-HEY then tried to kick him.
HAYATA ducked.
YO-HEY made it look like it was all a jest, HAYATA didn't quite believe him.
YO-HEY is probably THE ONLY person who can irritate HAYATA. Many have tried. All have failed.
Thing is, they know each other too well.

MATCH FOUR
Katsuhiko Nakajima, Hi69, Hitoshi Kumano & Minoru Tanaka vs The Sugiura Army (Takashi Sugiura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Hajime Ohara) & El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr.

As music is not allowed, this makes a good substitute for "When Love Comes To Town"

Katsuhiko Nakajima and El Hijo de Dr Wagner Junior started the match. El Hijo making the mistake of offering his hand to, and then than shaking hands with Nakajima (who kicked him in the stomach).

The former Backbreakers (Hajime Ohara and Hitoshi Kumano) faced off, and Kumano still has a little blue in his hair left over from the Atsushi Aoki memorial show earlier this month.
Kick and chop battle between Takashi Sugiura and Katsuhiko Nakajima.

KAZMA SAKAMOTO did "the scream", which was imitated by both Takashi Sugiura and Hajime Ohara (I think this may be the first time that I know of that Ohara has done it).

Big applause for El Hijo de Dr Wagner Junior during the match, especially the moonsault at the end.

WINNER: El Hijo de Dr Wagner Junior with the Moonsault Press on Hi69 (11 minutes, 38 seconds)

The Sugiura Army then posed together to celebrate their win.
I guess El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr is now a member, as he was wearing a "Company Dog" t-shirt.
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"Gore! Gore! Gore!"

During the intermission, Noah made an announcement.
A video package played announcing that IMPACT'S Rhyno would be appearing in Noah at the Edion Arena 1st Stadium Osaka event on 16th September.
Further match details are to be announced.
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During the intermission, RATELS, squabble over (for now) appeared at the merchandise table.

MATCH FIVE
Kaito Kiyomiya & Alex Hammerstone vs Naomichi Marufuji & Shuhei Taniguchi.

Shuhei Taniguchi had warned Naomichi Marufuji yesterday that they would celebrate his 21st anniversary by taking on "the championship team", and he should take care he does not fall behind. Any feelings of comradeship were short lived, as at the beginning of the match, Taniguchi shoved Marufuji aside to start with Kiyomiya.
Taniguchi also refused to tag him in at one point.
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Kaito Kiyomiya took the time to greet a small child on his way to the ring, while inside of it, Hammerstone and Marufuji squared up.
Kiyomiya got into the ring and held up the GHC Heavyweight to both Taniguchi and Marufuji. There were a lot of alternating and intermingling "Marufuji" and "Kaito" calls.

Marufuji and Hammerstone faced off ahead of their N-1 match (the ever curious Marufuji said at the N-1 press conference that he was only interested in wrestling the gaijin wrestlers), and he got his wish here - Hammerstone threw him around the ring after mocking the "Marufuji" chants.
Hammerstone not only no sold the infamous chops, he knocked Marufuji down in return. The Shiranui was met by Hammerstone picking him up and putting him on the turnbuckle.

WINNER: Alex Hammerstone with the Pendulum Nightmare on Shuhei Taniguchi (16 minutes, 2 seconds)

After the match, the champions posed with their belts.
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MATCH SIX
N-1 VICTORY
Kenoh vs Masaaki Mochizuki
*Hisame's Match of The Year 2019*

Lets get one thing straight.
All they were going to do in this match pretty much was have a stiff kick competition, which got going as soon as the bell rang (at one point I thought Kenoh had been genuinely knocked out). Neither held back at all from anything, and the crowd volume rose in pitch with each kick, punch and anything else in between.
Crowd was on Kenoh's side pretty much, as he might not be a Noah born, and like Mochizuki come from elsewhere, but he is part of the home team.
Utterly brilliant stiff as hell match.

WINNER: Masaaki Mochizuki with the Triangular Kick (16 minutes, 53 seconds)

MATCH SEVEN
N-1 VICTORY
GO Shiozaki vs Masa Kitamiya

Masa Saito homed in on Go Shiozaki's heavily taped elbows and shoulder (which appeared to be giving him some pain at the start of the match). One of his knees is also heavily taped, and I did think that he had picked up an injury at one point, but he seemed to come through the match fine.
Hitoshi Kumano came out to second him.

It is very rare to see Shiozaki pull up the crash mats from outside the ring and expose the floor, (but this is a league), and in the event of things it was Kitamiya who drove his knees into it.
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This match was brute force, full of chops, kicks, elbows and slams (perhaps the most technical thing you got was Masa Kitamiya's "Prison Lock" submission". This was not a technical match, this was a test of endurance and strength.
The crowd were on fire.

WINNER: Go Shiozaki with the Gowan Lariat (25 minutes, 23 seconds)

After the match Go Shiozaki cut an emotional promo thanking everyone for coming today. He also said that this is Noah, and at the center of it was Go Shiozaki,

NOAH'S NEXT SHOW: Friday September 6th
ATTENDANCE: 835
WITH THANKS TO: Metal Noah, Abeshin
GIF CREDIT: Noah GHC 

Before Noah chop it up, you may be able to catch the full event here from their official YouTube channel
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(NOAH) EVENT RECAP ~ N-1 VICTORY, NIGHT 5 (TAKAMATSU SYMBOL TOWER EXHIBITION HALL, 24TH AUGUST 2019)

8/24/2019

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Noah had a long drive (about seven hours) from Kumamoto to Takamatsu, Shikoku, where unsurprisingly most of the roster (save Takashi Sugiura, who couldn't sleep, and Atsushi Kotoge who photographed a cute dog), fell asleep. It's not surprising given how grueling and intense this short tour has been. After today's show its a short 2 -3 hours drive to Osaka (Mohammed Yone is sad as it means he can't eat udon noodles), and from there back to Tokyo, and for the majority of the roster (except those appearing in TAKAYAMANIA on Monday), it is three days off until N-1 resumes again on the 29th. ​
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Neither of the Shikoku boys (Junta Miyawaki who's hometown Takamatsu is, and Kenoh, who is from a town about an hour away, Tokushima aka "this fucking countryside"), appeared in the fan events today, with Takashi Sugiura on autograph duty, and Kaito Kiyomiya and HAYATA appearing for the fan club pictures. Kiyomiya looked a lot more relaxed than HAYATA.

MATCH ONE
Hi69 & Junta Miyawaki vs NOSAWA Rongai & Kinya Okada
WINNER: Junta Miyawaki with the Arm Criss-Cross on Kinya Okada (11 minutes, 35 seconds)

MATCH TWO
Go Shiozaki, Akitoshi Saito & Hitoshi Kumano vs 50 Funky Powers (Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm) & Masao Inoue.

Handshake between Dark Agents, but this didn't stop Inoue getting the worst of his opponents (Shiozaki even chopped him when he fell in a heap in the corner), but MASAO WORLD managed to fight back...for a bit...with the wind up punch.

WINNER: Go Shiozaki with the short range Gowan lariat on Masao Inoue (10 minutes, 43 seconds) 

MATCH THREE
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Kotoge & Chris Ridgeway) vs RATELS (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

"Collecting shoes every night"

Another blurry fast paced match (a YO-HEY dive over the top rop), and Daisuke Harada getting his revenge on Chris Ridgeway by torturing his ankle outside the ring this time.
However, later in the match, Ridgeway got hold of a chair again and battered Harada with it, and for the third night in a row Harada had his boot removed and his ankle tortured (and Ridgeway swinging the chair at Harada caused the match to be restarted).
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There is only so far that Harada can be pushed, and he threw one of his tantrums (although he didn't throw anything or kick anything this time), and started battering Ridgeway with the chair, and then later trapped him under it while he sat on it.

The match was restarted three times:
1. Mass brawl with the two legal men, Atsushi Kotoge & Tadasuke getting counted out (1 minute, 25 seconds)
2. Chris Ridgeway hit Daisuke Harada with a chair (1 minute, 16 seconds)
3. Chris Ridgeway hit Daisuke Harada with a chair (12 minutes, 7 seconds)

MATCH FOUR
The Sugiura Army (Takashi Sugiura & Hajime Ohara) & El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr vs Kongoh (Kenoh, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura)

El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr took the fight to Kongoh, knocking Kenoh off of the top turnbuckle with what appeared to be a roundhouse kick, and squaring off with Masa Kitamiya.

WINNER: Takashi Sugiura with the Olympic Slam on Yoshiki Inamura (14 minutes, 55 seconds)

Afterwards when his team posed for the win, Sugiura stood with his mouthguard looking like a cigar. Like. A. Boss.
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​MATCH FIVE
Kaito Kiyomiya & Alex Hammerstone vs Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Tanaka 

"The team of champions, Kiyomiya and Hammerstone"

Hammerstone got chopped by Marufuji, while Kiyomiya was tortured by Minoru Tanaka (who it looks like did his Fireball splash too). I think there was also some kind of test of strength between Marufuji and Hammerstone. Sadly, I don't have too many details on this match.

WINNER: Kaito Kiyomiya with the Tiger Suplex on Minoru Tanaka (13 minutes, 6 seconds)

MATCH SIX
N-1 VICTORY
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Shuhei Taniguchi

Nakajima had spent most of the past week winding Taniguchi up, and he did this also in the match by doing his usual grin and the rope choke where he poses for pictures for fans.
Taniguchi, however, swore that he would not lose, and kicked out the Vertical Spike at 2. I don't really have too many details on the match itself, but fans are saying that it was intense.

WINNER: Time out draw

NEXT NOAH EVENT: 25th August, Osaka Edion Arena 2
ATTENDANCE: 247
WITH THANKS TO: Peke Poko, Ehime Yosuke, Nodapooh
PICTURE CREDIT: Noah GHC
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(NOAH) EVENT RECAP ~ N-1 VICTORY, NIGHT 4 (KUMAMOTO CITY DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION HALL, KUMAMOTO, 23RD AUGUST 2019)

8/23/2019

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​Kumamoto is Go Shiozaki's hometown, and naturally, he was on autograph duty. There was a long line to greet him, and when he got in the ring for his match he was given flowers.

After the event Akitoshi Saito thanked everyone for coming and (in one of his poetic moments) said, "thank you for the heat that chased away the rain".

I am afraid that it is another one of those times when I don't really have too much information on the opening matches aside from results, and then information on others is sporadic (for example, I don't have much info on the main event, or what Go Shiozaki said on the microphone afterwards).

MATCH ONE
The Return of The Dark Agents (Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue) vs Hitoshi Kumano & Junta Miyawaki.
WINNER: Akitoshi Saito with the Suicludees on Junta Miyawaki (8 minutes, 12 seconds)

MATCH TWO
Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka vs The Sugiura Army (NOSAWA Rongai & Kinya Okada)
WINNER: Minoru Tanaka with the Arm criss-cross on Kinya Okada (8 minutes, 44 seconds)
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​MATCH THREE
The Sugiura Army (Takashi Sugiura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Hajime Ohara) vs 50 Funky Powers (Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm) & Sonico

Fast paced match, and as Hajime Ohara seems to like carrying a towel to the ring, he has now the "Sugiura Army\Company Dog" one, which he proudly displays.

One fan noticed that following a spot to the outside of the ring on Hajime Ohara, Sonico appeared to be injured on landing. Noah later announced that he had suffered a sprained ankle (so hopefully nothing too serious), he says himself that with ice, rest and "watching the best wrestlers in the world", he will get better. There have been a lot of well wishes from fans for his recovery. 

WINNER: Hajime Ohara with the Mui Bien on Sonico (11 minutes, 9 seconds)

MATCH FOUR
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Kotoge & Chris Ridgeway) vs RATELS (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

"I stole a belt & shoe & a SMILE"
(Chris Ridgeway. One fan said that one of Harada's boots signed by him would be a good thing).

Mass brawl outside the ring, both teams so intent on laying into each other that no one seemed to notice the bell. Not that this match lasted for long.
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​Daisuke Harada had his ankle attacked again by Chris Ridgeway. Ridgeway also attacked his leg with a chair (which got him disqualified), and then when Harada was on the floor after being battered with it, sat and laughed at him.

WINNER: Daisuke Harada due to Chris Ridgeway getting disqualified for using a chair (1 minute, 24 seconds)
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​Both fans, RATELS and STINGER requested that the match be restarted, which led a much longer match (13 minutes, 16 seconds) to a double count out between Atsushi Kotoge & Tadasuke.
Outside the ring, Ridgeway again took off Harada's left boot (which he apparently stole later), and then tortured his bare foot again.

Judging by the blurry pictures taken by fans, the match seemed to be another one done at the speed of light.

MATCH FIVE
Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Alex Hammerstone vs Kongoh (Kenoh, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura)

Except for Kenoh and Kiyomiya, this was a proper hoss match when Hammerstone and Taniguchi collided with Kitamiya and Inamura.
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Naturally at the start, Kenoh started yelling at Kaito Kiyomiya, with Yoshiki Inamura (whose Mohawk appears to be growing as much as he is) attempting to get between them.

WINNER: Alex Hammerstone with the Pendulum Nightmare on Yoshiki Inamura (14 minutes, 23 seconds)

MATCH SIX
N-1 VICTORY
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr

KUMAXIZ team member, Hitoshi Kumano (who is kind of like their mascot bear) came out to second Katsuhiko Nakajima today.

There was something of a size difference today...but that didn't stop Nakajima from shaking his hand when Hijo held it up (it looked like he was going to touch the ceiling) and saying, "Welcome to Kumamoto".

WINNER: El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr with the moonsault (16 minutes, 16 seconds)
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MATCH SEVEN

N-1 VICTORY
Naomichi Marufuji vs Go Shiozaki

"A match between favorite wrestlers is always bittersweet"

Naturally, this match (which has been called one of the best of the singles between them, and the match of the evening) was a hardhitting chopfest.

WINNER: Go Shiozaki with the lariat (27 minutes and 54 seconds)

Naomichi Marufuji said that despite the two losses (Kitamiya and now Shiozaki), he is not going to give up, and is looking ahead to the next tournament, which is in Takamatsu.
Against Kaito Kiyomiya and Alex Hammerstone.

"A win in local Kumamoto over Naomichi Marufuji. 
I got a victory at last
Noah's heart is me"
(Go Shiozaki)
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NOAH'S NEXT SHOW: Saturday 24th August 2019, Takamatsu
ATTENDANCE: 386 (overcrowded)
WITH THANKS TO: Susie Creamcheese, Phantom, Shin-g, Kapibara1210,  
PICTURE CREDIT: Noah GHC, Chris Ridgeway, Atsushi Kotoge
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(NOAH) EVENT RECAP ~ N-1 VICTORY, NIGHT 3 (OITA EVENT HALL, OITA, 2019)

8/21/2019

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"Noah for the first time in 7.8 years! The last time I saw it in Fukuoka, I came to see Trevor Murdoch."
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Noah continued their journey to Japan's warm south by visiting Oita today.
During the day, Takashi Sugiura filmed Masao Inoue eating (and then wondered why it was fans thought these videos were cute, when Inoue is an old gout ridden man), Daisuke Harada took the Sonic train and went to the countryside to visit his ancestors, and the rest if RATELS went on a wander through the city.
Atsushi Kotoge apparently went shopping.

I am afraid that I don't have too much information on some of today's show, and in some cases have been only able to present results.

MATCH ONE
The Sugiura Army (KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Hajime Ohara) vs Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka
WINNER: Hajime Ohara with the Mui Bien on Hi69 (9 minutes, 42 seconds)

Hajime Ohara left the ring proudly carrying the "Company Dog" towel high.
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MATCH TWO
The Return of The Dark Agents (Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue) w\ Junta Miyawaki vs 50 Funky Powers (Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm) w\ Sonico
WINNER: Quiet Storm with 50 CM Lariat on Junta Miyawaki (9 minutes, 57 seconds)

MATCH THREE
The Sugiura Army (Takashi Sugiura & Kinya Okada) vs Kongoh (Kenoh & Yoshiki Inamura)

This is the first time that Kenoh and Yoshiki Inamura have tagged together, and it may be the first time that Okada has tagged with Sugiura. Yoshiki Inamura is well on the way to carving out his own style, but Okada is sadly lagging a little behind, and it showed. At the start of the match Sugiura squared up to Kenoh and Inamura (Kenoh in particular though), while Okada, who I don't think really knew what to do, stayed in their corner looking on.
At one point during the match both Kenoh and Sugiura had each other in the ankle lock.

WINNER: Yoshiki Inamura with The Boston Crab on Kinya Okada (13 minutes, 44 seconds)

There was apparently an altercation between Kenoh and Sugiura after the match, (I think Sugiura might have tried to give him an elbow to the face), and Kenoh being Kenoh stamped off while Yoshiki Inamura was having his arm raised in the ring.
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MATCH FOUR
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Kotoge & Chris Ridgeway) vs RATELS (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

"What is scary about STINGER is that Yoshinari Ogawa is appearing in the front-line as an active leader".

Usual melee brawl before the match, HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke stamping down Chris Ridgeway, while Kotaro Suzuki attacked Daisuke Harada (who hadn't taken his RATELS jacket off yet).
Ridgeway again went after Harada's ankle, and stamped on it when the bare foot was exposed.

WINNER: Neither, Chris Ridgeway and Daisuke Harada were counted out (15 minutes, 25 seconds)

After the match, Kotoge made a somewhat excitable post on Twitter saying, "Thank you Oita! STINGER is strong! Strong even when apart! Everyone is strong! LOL other than me!"

Tadasuke remains hopeful of victory against STINGER in Kumamoto
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MATCH FIVE
Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Alex Hammerstone vs KUMAXIZ (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Go Shiozaki & Hitoshi Kumano)

Taniguchi seemed to get the worse from KUMAXIZ today (especially Nakajima who was intent on winding him up), and he found himself caught between the infamous chop\kick sandwich.
One fan said that the "violent" interactions came from AXIZ, Taniguchi and Hammerstone, Kiyomiya as a result was somewhat weak in presence by it.

Fans hope that Hammerstone will continue participating in Noah.

WINNER: Kaito Kiyomiya with The Tiger Suplex on Hitoshi Kumano (15 minutes, 21 seconds)

MATCH SIX
N-1 VICTORY
Masaaki Mochizuki vs El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr

El Hijo de Wagner Junior was said to have pulled out a lot of techniques against Masaaki Mochizuki.

WINNER: Masaaki Mochizuki with the Rotating Cross (12 minutes, 45 seconds)
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MATCH SEVEN
N-1 VICTORY
Naomichi Marufuji vs Masa Kitamiya.

Marufuji offered a handshake before the match, I am unsure of whether Kitamiya accepted it, slapped it away or swore at him.

The match was not won by Marufuji's Key Lock or Kitamiya's Prison Lock (and they did use both), but neither was going to tap out. This match had to be won by either pinfall or knock out.

WINNER: Masa Kitamiya with The Saito Suplex (20 minutes, 36 seconds)

Marufuji wrote after the match, "...lost. The loss with these many people is tough. It is vs Shiozaki in Kumamoto the day after tomorrow."
In his usual stoic style, Masa Kitamiya simply wrote his schedule of opponents and the results.
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Shiozaki is unbeatable in local Kumamoto!
However, Marufuji cannot be thought of as giving up!
Will it be a time-out draw?"
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NOAH'S NEXT SHOW: Kumamoto Distribution Information Hall, 23rd August, 2019
ATTENDANCE: 343 (full house)
WITH THANKS TO: BB, KO-JI, Michy, 
PICTURE CREDIT: Noah GHC, Quiet Storm, PKDX
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(NOAH) EVENT RECAP ~ N-1 VICTORY, NIGHT 2 (ACROSS FUKOKA, FUKOKA, TUESDAY AUGUST 20TH 2019)

8/20/2019

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​"In each official N-1 VICTORY match, each wrestler fought for the win! But, it's just getting started, and I don't know which wrestler will win!"
Noah decorated the venue beautifully today with a big curtain which had the N-1 official picture on it which made it very striking as it hung behind the ring. It looked really impressive when the venue lights were dimmed, and a single spotlight was shone on it. 

There was a long line of people to see Katsuhiko Nakajima at the merchandise booth. He was videoed signing of the "YES" towel, and then holding it up and grinning.

MATCH ONE 
Yoshiki Inamura vs Kinya Okada

The two rookies turned rivals, Yoshiki Inamura (the ever growing tank from "Kongoh"\"THE TOUGH") and his classmate, Kinya Okada ("The Sugiura Army") opened the show.

WINNER: Yoshiki Inamura with the Boston Crab (8 minutes, 33 seconds)

MATCH TWO
Junta Miyawaki vs Sonico

Fast moving match, which Miyawaki (not a Lucha wrestler), managed to pretty much keep pace in and at one point doing a dive to the outside (not a moonsault or anything though, although it was top rope).

WINNER: Sonico with the AMF (8 minutes, 8 seconds)
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MATCH THREE
The Return of The Dark Agents (Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue) & Hi69 vs The Sugiura Army (KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Hajime Ohara) & El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr.

Contrary to popular belief and internet rumor, El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jnr has not joined The Sugiura Army, although he is teaming a lot with them outside of his N-1 matches.

Masao Inoue's battle began before the bell went. He had to take his t-shirt off.

WINNER: El Hijo de Wagner Jnr with the Wagner Slam on Hi69 (9 minutes, 31 seconds)

MATCH FOUR
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Kotoge & Chris Ridgeway) vs RATELS (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

When YO-HEY had ditched RATELS for STINGER earlier this year, RATELS developed a tandem move whereby they lifted YO-HEY into the air and threw him, they kind of did the same today with Kotoge when YO-HEY & Tadasuke lifted him.

The focus today seemed to be Kotoge vs primarily Tadasuke and then YO-HEY (at one point he got them in a double rope choke), with Daisuke Harada concentrating more on Chris Ridgeway, and HAYATA filling in the gaps.
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At the end of the match when Chris Ridgeway got Daisuke Harada in the ankle lock, someone (most likely Yoshinari Ogawa) draped the IPW Junior Heavyweight belt over Ridgeway's shoulder.
Ridgeway had a big smile on his face as Harada screamed, and then tapped out. 

​WINNER: Chris Ridgeway with the Ankle Hold on Daisuke Harada (11 minutes, 17 seconds)

MATCH FIVE
Kaito Kiyomiya & Alex Hammerstone vs 50 Funky Powers (Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm).

Alex Hammerstone (who one fan said thought he looked a little like Gellert Grindelwald from "Fantastic Beasts") continued his dominance in Noah by showing that he is not only very strong, he is also very agile for a man of his size. He manhandled Mohammed Yone, and gave 50 Funky Powers a massive lariat.

WINNER: Alex Hammerstone with the Pendulum Nightmare on Quiet Storm (8 minutes, 57 seconds)

After the match, the two champions held up their belts to each other.
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MATCH SIX
Kumaxiz (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Go Shiozaki & Hitoshi Kumano) vs Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki Mochizuki & Minoru Tanaka.

Minoru Tanaka said he enjoyed this match, as teaming with Marufuji was a lot of fun.
After the match, Marufuji (the youngest by about ten years on his team), joked that he was very careful with the two seniors.

AXIZ were reunited today, and came out as per usual with the GHC Heavyweight tag belts and the dark sinister jackets (which shed black feathers)

Go Shiozaki's woes did not end yesterday when Hammerstone threw him around, Naomichi Marufuji decided to use a ring barrier on him today when the fight went outside the ring.

Hitoshi Kumano got the brunt of it from the opposition, and although he said he was in a lot of pain (his chin and chest), he got to wrestle Masaaki Mochizuki, which he said he was grateful to the N-1 for. He has vowed to work on his body so he can absorb more kicks easily.

WINNER: Masaaki Mochizuki with the Triangular Kick on Hitoshi Kumano (15 minutes, 21 seconds)
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MATCH SEVEN
N-1 VICTORY
Kenoh vs Shuhei Taniguchi

Shuhei Taniguchi had the advantage today standing 6ft to Kenoh's 5'9, and outweighing him by about 136kg, but Kenoh, as outnumbered as he was by (fractional) size and weight, took Taniguchi down despite the Wyvern clutch and the lariats, with strong kicks to the legs.

WINNER: Kenoh with the diving footstamp (12 minutes, 51 seconds)

Afterwards Shuhei Taniguchi wrote something on Twitter afterwards that indicated either a concussion or else he was drunk.

MATCH EIGHT
N-1 VICTORY
Takashi Sugiura vs Masa Kitamiya

Brutal match which was not an easy fight for either competitor, and it came very close to going to a time out draw before Sugiura got the win at the last moment.
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WINNER: Takashi Sugiura with the Front Neck Lock, referee stop (17 minutes, 51 seconds)


After the match Sugiura spoke on the microphone and after thanking everyone for coming said, "the league started in Osaka..."
It actually started in Nagoya. Sugi apologized for the mistake on Twitter, saying that he was dazed after the big match.

Masa Kitamiya went back to the drawing board, and listed his remaining dates and matches.

"It was really fun! There were many gaijin who I have never seen, and they are really good, Taniguchi is awake, and above all Pro Wrestling is serious!!! Weekeday nevertheless, I am very satisfied!!! Thank you very much"

NOAH'S NEXT EVENT: August 21st,  Oita Event Hall, Oita.
ATTENDANCE: 356 people
WITH THANKS TO: Yui, SixTONES, Phantomu, Tōhō Fuhai, Teika, Iftybb,     
PICTURE CREDIT: Noah GHC, PKDX
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(NOAH) EVENT RECAP ~ N-1 VICTORY, NIGHT 1 (NAGOYA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, SUNDAY AUGUST 18TH 2019)

8/18/2019

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​"It was maybe more than ten years ago when I came to Noah last"

Old fans are coming back to Noah.

Noah held the inauguration of the very first "elite" heavyweight league, the "N-1 VICTORY" today. House was not sold out, but it was full, and the crowd was excited.

Some local children gave a karate demonstration in the ring before the event started (Noah usually have a demonstration of some sort going on beforehand, sometimes they let the local children play in the ring, and very often Yoshinari Ogawa holds classes for the roster in technique which everyone, no matter what level, benefits from). They were later joined by Katsuhiko Nakajima, (his background is in Karate, which is part of the reason why he was often at odds with KENTA who did kickboxing).
I'm not exactly sure what he said, but it looks like Nakajima gave some kind of speech.
Speaking of children, after the event a little girl (fourth grade) gave Naomichi Marufuji a handmade card which said that she came to see Noah today for the first time and had a lot of fun.

Mohammed Yone celebrates 25 years in wrestling today.

I am afraid that today was a day of lots of pictures, but not too much saying what was going on, so I have only been able in some cases to give a result, and in others elaborate a little more.

Event will be broadcast on Samurai on Sunday August 25th at 10pm JST.
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​Opening ceremony
As per tradition, the competitors came out to the ring as their names were announced. Everyone was wearing N-1 t-shirts, and they lined up in their respective blocks.
As far as I know everyone managed to behave themselves, there was no arguments or squaring up, Kenoh swearing and stamping off, or Marufuji winding him up by holding the ropes open for him.

MATCH ONE
The Sugiura Army (KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Kinya Okada) vs Junta Miyawaki & Sonico

Not really too much to say about the opening I am afraid, except it was a good match (and Okada and SAKAMOTO wore the dog t-shirts)

WINNER: KAZMA SAKAMOTO with the Pop-Up-Powerbomb on Sonico (5 minutes, 58 seconds)

Sound problems occurred and the event was delayed a little, fortunately it was sorted out quickly.
Atsushi Kotoge was seen peeping out of the curtain during the downtime.

MATCH TWO
STINGER (Atsushi Kotoge & Chris Ridgeway) vs RATELS (Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke)

Atsushi Kotoge is noted to have some weight now that he has become a junior again, and he was semi-hyper again today. He seemed to suddenly cheer up when going to the ring.

Kotoge got the win over Tadasuke, while Ridgeway held Harada outside the ring in a headlock.

WINNER: Atsushi Kotoge with the Kill Switch on Tadasuke (10 minutes, 20 seconds)

In his backstage interview, a much happier looking Atsushi Kotoge said that STINGERS goal is to have all the junior belts.
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MATCH THREE
The Sugiura Army (Takashi Sugiura & Hajime Ohara) & El Hijo de Doctor Wagner Jnr vs Kongoh (Kenoh, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura)

Wagner Jnr did not wear a Sugira Army t-shirt (he's doesn't have to as he is not a member), but Hajime Ohara was overheard to be speaking to him in Spanish. Hajime Ohara has always been "Noah's treasure", but for the fans today this raised him even further in many peoples eyes.

The match started with the N-1 participants, Sugiura and Kitamiya, having a fierce fight. Sugiura came to the ring with his "I'm going to fuck your shit up" face on, and he got a serious kicking from Kenoh outside the ring later in the match.

WINNER: El Hijo De Wagner Jnr with the Wagner Slam on Yoshiki Inamura (14 minutes, 32 seconds)

MATCH FOUR
GHC JUNIOR TAG CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki) vs Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka

WINNER: Kotaro Suzuki with the Tiger Driver on Minoru Suzuki (13 minutes and 39 seconds) 

After the match, Ogawa said that it would be interesting to defend against Chris Ridgeway and Atsushi Kotoge if there are no immediate challengers.
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MATCH FIVE
Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuhei Taniguchi, The Return of The Dark Agents (Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue), and Hitoshi Kumano vs Naomichi Marufuji, 50 Funky Powers (Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm), YO-HEY & HAYATA

Big fan expectation for Shuhei Taniguchi.

Naomichi Marufuji did the usual bounce into the ring, BUT he ignored Kaito Kiyomiya and headed straight for Taniguchi to square up to. Later, he chopped Masao Inoue. However, he couldn't ignore Kiyomiya forever as he had to face him in the ring, and Kiyomiya sent him flying with a top rope dropkick.
At one point outside the ring, YO-HEY was overheard asking Marufuji if he was okay.

With so many people in the ring, there were naturally brawls breaking out everywhere, and there was one going on outside the ring between Kiyomiya and Marufuji as the bell went.

WINNER: Shuhei Taniguchi with the Wyvern Catch on Mohammed Yone (15 minutes, 58 seconds)

After the match Kiyomiya held up the belt to Marufuji (probably the first time he's even been mildly rude to him), Taniguchi (who was standing just opposite Marufuji) looked up too.
Kiyomiya looked smug!!
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In his post match interview, Kiyomiya showed even more how he has changed and grown from a slightly nervous and overly polite boy, to a manifestly nasty and budding trouble making champion with a growing manipulative mean streak, to say that he was enjoying being surrounded by enemies, it stimulated him.
His facial expression was also smug and demonic, showing how much he was enjoying stirring them up, and watching them fight.

Taniguchi's comment was simply that he would win and challenge for the belt.

MATCH SIX
N-1 VICTORY
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Masaaki Mochizuki

"Nakajima got up first from the double knockdown and won by KO. I got goosebumps!"

Their last singles match was ten years ago (Nakajima later said that their next would be in ten years time in 2029, Mochizuki said by that time he would be 59!)

This was said to be a good opener for the league.
Naturally in the opening moments, it started with Nakajima kicking Mochizuki in the head, and there was a kick war between them that have been described as "shivers" in the ring.
Nakajima was his usual grinning evilly self.

The match finished with a double kick and they both knocked each other out at the same time, it was Nakajima who managed to get to his feet first.

WINNER: Katsuhiko Nakajima by KO (17 minutes, 22 seconds)

Afterwards, Nakajima did the usual "worship me" pose inside and outside the ring.
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MATCH SEVEN
N-1 VICTORY
Go Shiozaki vs Alex Hammerstone

Alex Hammerstone made his debut today in Noah, and came out wearing the National Openweight Championship belt, shades and white ripped jeans. He did not disappoint.

Go Shiozaki is heavily taped around his left shoulder and elbow, which makes me wonder if the problem that has kept him out twice earlier this year is going to flare up again.

I am afraid that I don't have too many details on this match (my Twitter feed and the Noah GHC hashtag went dead for the duration), but the crowd were said to be on fire throughout it.
Hammerstone's punches were commented on it, one fan calling them a "straight punch" with a lot of power behind them.

WINNER: Alex Hammerstone with the Pendulum Nightmare (17 minutes, 10 seconds)

NOAH'S NEXT SHOW: 20th August 2019, Fukuoka 
ATTENDANCE: 618
WITH THANKS TO: Shiyun, Nomu Sandā, iwasborn1, Seikichi, Koji Yoshimura, Mari
PICTURE CREDIT: Noah GHC
GIF CREDIT: Noah GHC
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(NOAH) "NOAH THE SPIRIT" ~ EVENT REPORT (16TH AUGUST 2019, KASUKABE CONTACT CUBE, KASUKABE, SAITAMA)

8/16/2019

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"Now, a summer full of NOAH excitement begins"
Go Shiozaki

Noah returned from a long summer break (filled with drunken RATELS barbecues, Masao Inoue wilting in the heat and looking "sad and middle aged" according to Tokyo Sports, Atsushi Kotoge and Katsuhiko Nakajima heading to the countryside and Kaito Kiyomiya doing promotional work),  held their interim show before the N-1 VICTORY begins, today to a sold out crowd.

A long queue formed of Noah's Ark Fanclub members to have their pictures taken with HAYATA, and another long queue formed for people to have their merchandise signed by Go Shiozaki. Shiozaki looked a lot more at ease meeting people than HAYATA, who was very nervous, and kept doing his nervous habit of brushing his hair out of his face.

Although not appearing on the card, Alex Hammerstone and Dr Wagner Jnr (who arrived in Noah yesterday) were seen to be watching the event from the back.
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MATCH ONE
Hitoshi Kumano vs Sonico

Sonico made his first appearance in Noah today. I don't think the crowd really knew what to expect, and he was a lot bigger than they expected (and he didn't have his serpents tongue).
Hitoshi Kumano also appears to have blue hair...

WINNER: Hitoshi Kumano with the Argentine Backbreaker (9 minutes, 25 seconds)

MATCH TWO
Fifty Funky Powers (Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm) vs The Return of The Dark Agents (Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue)

Masao Inoue's fight started before the bell even rang. In fact it started the moment he got into the ring.
He got into a fight with his t-shirt.
Then there was a test of strength with Quiet Storm....

WINNER: Quiet Storm with the Funky Buster Bomb on Masao Inoue (10 minutes, 8 seconds) 

MATCH THREE
Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka vs The Sugiura Army (Hajime Ohara & Kinya Okada)

Hajime Ohara entered with the Sugiura Army "Yip-Yip Company Dog" towel. Throughout the match he was seen to be giving advice to the rookie Okada, and as for the entry of Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka, it has been noted that their theme music has changed a bit.

WINNER: Hi69 with the arm cross on Kinya Okada (10 minutes, 50 seconds)

After the match Tanaka and Hi69 made championship belt motions.
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MATCH FOUR
STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Kotoge & Chris Ridgeway) vs RATELS (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

"It's just the beginning"
Tadasuke

Atsushi Kotoge introduced new ringwear today, and in keeping with the more somber style of STINGER (Chris Ridgeway says that the name must be written all in caps), he was dressed in dark clothes with just a little hint of pink.

The match was said to be a very fast paced one, so much so that fans said pictures were near impossible to take. The action got going when the bell was still vibrating after being rung, both teams not wasting a moment to lay into each other...and crazy Tadasuke also made an appearance.
The moment the bell rang with its chimes still in the air, Kotoge attacked Harada.

WINNER: Atsushi Kotoge with the Killswitch on Daisuke Harada (14 minutes, 21 seconds)

After the match, Atsushi Kotoge said in the interview that people were "tired of watching the camaraderie​ of RATELS".

MATCH FIVE
Kaito Kiyomiya & Junta Miyawaki vs THE TOUGH\KONGOH (Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura)

"Noah's new scenery in green and orange"

Kaito Kiyomiya and Junta Miyawaki teamed up to take on fellow Noah born Yoshiki Inamura, who was with THE TOUGH partner, Masa Kitamiya.
Miyawaki used a lot of judo techniques, and at one point he and Kiyomiya used a double submission on Kitamiya.

WINNER: Masa Kitamiya with the Saito Suplex on Junta Miyawaki (14 minutes, 32 seconds)

After the match Masa Kitamiya spoke on the microphone to say that he would win the N-1.
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MATCH SIX
Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Go Shiozaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kenoh

N-1 VICTORY A block vs B block

The atmosphere was said to be really special, and like the start of dramatic play with, "all the actors in place". Probably a somewhat foul mouthed play, as Kenoh apparently started swearing at Marufuji, and Marufuji just laughed at him. Kenoh did not appreciate the audience cheering for Marufuji either.  
Happily enough, it also looked like the event was being filmed for Noah's YouTube channel...

Kenoh declared on Twitter that EVERYONE in this match was an enemy, and it seemed that AXIZ were the only civil participants as they shook hands before the match (and everyone came out to their own theme music, which did not set the mood of a team on either side). The handshake, however, didn't stop Shiozaki (who is taped again) from giving Nakajima the machine gun chops though (the record incidentally belongs to Kenta Kobashi, who once gave someone something like 200). The resulting red rash on Nakajima's chest stretched from his neck to his mid chest. Shiozaki later complained to the ref when Nakajima did his choke on the ropes when grinning to Marufuji.
Nakajima later posted about being chopped, "Painful! Painful! Painful!"
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Hitoshi Kumano is not the only one to have dyed his hair, Naomichi Marufuji has changed the sides of his head from red to blonde.
And it was apparently, very blonde.

Kenoh and Nakajima once teamed up for one night (and one night only) as a team, and they were named by fans "Kick Tag", and tonight they were back together again, kicking the forty-nine year old Takashi Sugiura between them.
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Shuhei Taniguchi was the one who showed the most momentum in this match (fans said he "woke up"), ignoring Kenoh when he demanded the tag, taking advantage of his size and power, to throw around Marufuji, lariat both himself and Shiozaki, and then and subdue Takashi Sugiura after Sugi had taken the kicks.

WINNER: Shuhei Taniguchi with the Wyvern Catch on Takashi Sugiura (24 minutes 2 seconds)

Yes. You read that right.
Noah's resident porn loving Terminator, tapped out.

Taniguchi made a typically short promo on the microphone after the match, by simply saying that he would win the N-1 (and then thanking everyone for coming today).
Takashi Sugiura said later, "so you got an unexpected win...wait until the N-1 final".

NOAH'S NEXT EVENT: Sunday 18th August 2018, Opening night of N-1 VICTORY, Nagoya
ATTENDANCE: 294 people (full house)
WITH THANKS TO: Maki, Atsuka, Hae, MK Bomber, Naoki, iwasborn, Kei, Lily, Shikazu,       PICTURE CREDIT: Katsuhiko Nakajima, PKDX, Noah GHC, Naomichi Marufuji ​
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