Noah Deathnity was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on November 17, 2024, in Nagoya, Japan, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Broadcasting was made on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[2] The event featured the official retirement match of Akitoshi Saito.[3]
| NOAH Deathnity | |||
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 Promotional poster of the event featuring Akitoshi Saito | |||
| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand(s) | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||
| Date | November 17, 2024 | ||
| City | Nagoya, Japan | ||
| Venue | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | ||
| Attendance | 1,788[1] | ||
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Background
editStorylines
editThe event featured 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.[4]
Akitoshi Saito nominated Naomichi Marufuji on November 6 as the opponent for the Saito's retirement match.[5]
Event
editThe event started with two preshow confrontations streamed live on Noah's YouTube channel. In the first one, Alpha Wolf, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Galeno del Mal defeated Daiki Odashima, Junta Miyawaki and Yu Owada in six-man tag team competition, and in the second one, Anthony Greene, Eita, Harutoki and LJ Cleary outmatched Amakusa, Hitoshi Kumano, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi in eight-man tag team action.[6]
In the first main card bout, Atsushi Kotoge, Go Shiozaki and Hajime Ohara picked up a victory over Alejandro, Kai Fujimura and Kenoh in six-man tag team competition. Next up, Ulka Sasaki defeated Jack Morris in singles action. The fifth bout saw Masa Kitamiya and Shuji Kondo defeating GHC National Champion Manabu Soya and Kazuyuki Fujita in tag team competition. In the sixth bout, Hayata and Yo-Hey defeated Ratel's stablemates Tadasuke and Yuto Kikuchi to secure the fourth consecutive defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in that respective reign. The seventh bout saw Daga defeating 2024 N Innovation winner Dragon Bane to secure the first defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. In the semi main event, one half of the GHC Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji defeated Akitoshi Saito in the latter's official retirement match.[7]
In the main event, Kaito Kiyomiya defeated Takashi Sugiura to secure the sixth consecutive defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. During the event, Taishi Ozawa turned on All Rebellion to join Team 2000X and challenged Kiyomiya to a match set for Noah New Year 2025 on January 1.
Results
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 17, 2024). "NOAH Akitoshi Saito Retirement Show ~ Deathtiny ~". cagematch.net. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah. 齋藤彰俊引退記念大会 Deathtiny. noah.co.jp. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ "Akitoshi Saito Retirement Memorial Event Deathtiny【English Commentary】". wrestle-universe.com. Wrestle Universe. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
- ^ "【ノア】齋藤彰俊が引退試合の相手に丸藤正道を指名「彼の背中に三沢さんを感じている」". proresu-today.com. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ 【14:50配信開始‼︎第2試合まで】11.17(日)愛知・ドルフィンズアリーナ大会は全試合ABEMAで無料生中継！「第2試合」までNOAH公式YouTubeチャンネルにて無料同時中継！. youtube.com (in Japanese). Pro Wrestling Noah. November 17, 2024. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (November 17, 2024). "Akitoshi Saito competes in his final match, loses to Naomichi Marufuji". POSTWrestling. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (July 23, 2024). "Akitoshi Saito to retire from in-ring competition on November 17th". POSTWrestling. Retrieved November 7, 2024.