NOAH Cross Over in Hiroshima 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on August 1, 2021, in Hiroshima, Japan, at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[2]
| NOAH Cross Over in Hiroshima 2021 | |||
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 Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand(s) | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||
| Date | August 1, 2021 | ||
| City | Hiroshima, Japan | ||
| Venue | Hiroshima Sun Plaza | ||
| Attendance | 1,085[1] | ||
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Eight matches were contested at the event, and three of Noah's five championships were on the line. The main event saw Naomichi Marufuji defeat Kazushi Sakuraba to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship.
Background
editStorylines
editThe event featured eight professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
Event
editThe event started with the confrontation between the teams of King Tany and Kinya Okada, and Akitoshi Saito and Mohammed Yone, solded with the latter team's victory. Next up, Aleja, Kenoh and Tadasuke picked up a victory over Daiki Inaba, Junta Miyawaki and Masa Kitamiya in six-man tag team competition. The third bout saw Ikuto Hidaka and Kotaro Suzuki outmatching Yasutaka Yano and Yoshinari Ogawa in tag team action. In the fourth match, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura defeated Hao, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Nio in six-man tag team action. Next up, Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu defeated Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, ending the latter team's reign at 62 days and one successful defense. In the sixth match, Atsushi Kotoge and one half of the GHC Tag Team Champions Kaito Kiyomiya defeated Nosawa Rongai and Great Muta by disqualification after Muta sprayed Kiyomiya with an Asian mist and attacked him with a chair. In the semi main event, Hayata defeated Yo-Hey to secure the fourth consecutive defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign.
In the main event, Naomichi Marufuji defeated Kazushi Sakuraba to secure the second consecutive defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. It was later announced that Marufuji's next defense of Heavyweight title would be against the upcoming N-1 Victory winner.[4][5][6]
Results
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 1, 2021). "NOAH Cross Over 2021 In Hiroshima". cagematch.net. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah (August 1, 2021). 2021年08月01日（日）CROSS OVER 2021 in HIROSHIMA. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ Dark Angelita (August 7, 2021). "NOAH:«Cross Over 2021 in Hiroshima» 3 títulos en juego". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ Evagood, Jeri (August 2, 2021). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Cross Over 2021 in Hiroshima (August 1) Results & Review". Voices of Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ Hymantor, Michael (August 1, 2021). "#AndNEW: STINGER Regains GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship At CROSS OVER 2021 In HIROSHIMA". Last Word On Sports. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.