NOAH The Best 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on November 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. 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 Kaito Kiyomiya, Takashi Sugiura, Naomichi Marufuji and Katsuhiko Nakajima | |||
| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand(s) | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||
| Date | November 28, 2021 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | ||
| Attendance | 917[1] | ||
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Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show, and three of Noah's five championships were on the line. The main event saw Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh go to a time-limit draw in their Winner takes all match for both the GHC Heavyweight Championship and GHC National Championship.
Background
editStorylines
editThe event featured seven 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 preshow singles confrontation between Kai Fujimura and Kinya Okada solded with the victory of the latter.
In the first main card bout, Kotaro Suzuki and Yo-Hey picked up a victory over Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu in tag team action. Next up, Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone defeated Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura in six-man tag team action. In the fourth bout, Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Kaito Kiyomiya and Yasutaka Yano picked up a victory over Aleja, Hao, Manabu Soya, Nio and Tadasuke in ten-man tag team competition. Next up, Hayata and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Eita and Nosawa Rongai to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, ending the latter team's reign at 49 days and one successful defense. In the semi main event, GHC Tag Team Champions Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji alongside Masato Tanaka defeated Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita and Takashi Sugiura in six-man tag team action. On the night of the event, it was announced that New Japan Pro Wrestling's Kenta would make his return to Noah at The New Year 2022 on January 1.[4][5]
In the main event, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh went into a sixty-minute time-limit draw in a bout where they defended the GHC Heavyweight Championship and GHC National Championship in a winner-takes all stipulation. Both champions retained their respective titles, therefore Nakajima secured his second defense of that respective reign of his title, and Kenoh the first one.[6][7] After the bout concluded, a returning Go Shiozaki laid a title challenge to Nakajima in a bout which was set for The New Year 2022 on January 1.[8]
Results
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 28, 2021). "NOAH The Best 2021". cagematch.net. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah (November 28, 2021). 2021年11月28日（日）LEC クリンぱっ！ presents NOAH the BEST 2021. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Mohan, Sai (November 28, 2021). "KENTA To Return To Pro Wrestling NOAH On January 1st, 2022". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ "NOAH THE BEST 2021 28 NOV 2021 MATCHES AND RESULTS". zohash.com. ZOHASH Wrestling Inc. Retrieved December 30, 2021.[dead link]
- ^ Hymantor, Michael (November 28, 2021). "Pro Wrestling NOAH News: Synopsis for NOAH the BEST 2021". Last Word On Sports. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Evagood, Jeri (November 28, 2021). "Pro Wrestling NOAH The Best 2021 (November 28) Results and Review". Voices of Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (November 28, 2021). "Go Shiozaki returns to Pro Wrestling NOAH, issues challenge for GHC Heavyweight Title". POSTWrestling. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (November 29, 2021). "NOAH Results: The Best 2021 – Tokyo, Japan (11/28)". wrestling-news.net. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Dark Angelita (December 1, 2021). "NOAH: «NOAH the Best 2021» Título contra título". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.