NOAH Green Journey in Sendai 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on April 16, 2023, in Sendai, Japan, at the Xebio Arena Sendai. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[2]
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 Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand(s) | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||
| Date | April 16, 2023 | ||
| City | Sendai, Japan | ||
| Venue | Xebio Arena Sendai | ||
| Attendance | 1,277[1] | ||
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Ten matches were contested at the event, including three on the pre-show, and all five of Noah's championships were on the line. The main event saw Jake Lee defeat Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Other top matches included Hayata defeating Amakusa to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, Good Looking Guys (Tadasuke and Yo-Hey) defeated Yoshinari Ogawa and Eita to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, and Takashi Sugiura and Shuhei Taniguchi defeated Masa Kitamiya and Daiki Inaba to win the GHC Tag Team Championship.[3]
Storylines
editThe event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]
Event
editThe event started with three preshow bouts broadcast live on Noah's YouTube channel. The first one was the confrontation between Daishi Ozawa and Anthony Greene solded with the victory of the latter. Next up, Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley picked up a victory over Yoshiki Inamura, Kinya Okada and Sean Legacy in six-man tag team action. In the third bout, Maya Yukihi defeated Sumire Natsu by submission.[5] Go Shiozaki made an appearance, announcing he was returning from injury, and competing at Majestic 2023.[6] The first main event bout saw Kenoh, Jinsei Shinzaki, Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara and Hi69 outmatching Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Ninja Mack, Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka. The fifth match saw the Six-man tag team match in which Dralístico, Alejandro and Dragon Bane challenged Extreme Tiger, Lanzeloth and Alpha Wolf. The contest however went down to a 3-on-2 handicap match after Extreme Tiger was legitimately knocked out midmatch and was unable to furtherly compete. In the sixth match, Takashi Sugiura and Shuhei Taniguchi defeated Masa Kitamiya and Daiki Inaba to capture the GHC Tag Team Championship. During the event, after Sugiura and Taniguchi won the GHC Tag Team Championship, Sugiura stated that Sugiura-gun was not working and as such announced the disbanding of the stable. Next up, Tadasuke and Yo-Hey defeated Yoshinari Ogawa and Eita to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. After the match concluded, Ogawa and Eita fought each other, hinting the disband of their tag team. In the eighth bout, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Jack Morris to secure the third consecutive defense of the GHC National Championship. In the semi main event, Hayata defeated Amakusa to capture the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.[7]
In the main event, Jake Lee defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to secure his first defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Lee received a title challenge from Naomichi Marufuji.[8][9][10]
Results
editNotes
edit- ^ Yasutaka Yano was scheduled to face Ozawa but was pulled out of the card.
References
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 16, 2023). "NOAH Green Journey in Sendai 2023". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah (March 31, 2023). 2023年04月16日 （日） ABEMA presents GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ Dark Angelita (April 13, 2024). "NOAH: Cartel «Green Journey 2023 in Sendai»". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah (April 16, 2023). 【第3試合まで同時配信】4.16仙台は全試合ABEMA無料生中継！狂気の扉が開かれる GHCヘビー級選手権 ジェイク・リーvs中嶋勝彦｜プロレスリング・ノア. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Harris, Jeffrey (April 16, 2023). "Go Shiozaki Set to Return From Injury at Pro Wrestling NOAH Majestic 2023". 411Mania. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Wrestling Noticias (April 17, 2023). "Cobertura: Pro-Wrestling NOAH Green Journey in Sendai 2023 – A destruição completa!". wrestlingnoticias.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ^ Carlan, Lewis (April 16, 2023). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Green Journey 2023 In Sendai Results (4/16/2023)". PWMania.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Murray, Dylan (April 16, 2023). "Naomichi Marufuji Challenges GHC Champion Jake Lee, Match Set For May 4th". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Carlan, Lewis (March 26, 2023). "Full Pro Wrestling NOAH Green Journey 2023 In Sendai Line-Up (4/16/2023)". PWMania.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (April 16, 2023). "NOAH Results: Green Journey 2023 In Sendai – Sendai, Japan (4/16)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved April 16, 2023.