(NOAH) NOAH WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.140 ~ 9TH SEPTEMBER 2021


NEWS

STINGER'S new challengers
With the rule that if you beat the champion(s) you can challenge the champion(s), Atsushi Kotoge challenged GHC Junior Tag Champions, Yuya Susumu and Seiki Yoshioka, after Hajime Ohara defeated Yuya Susumu in a tag match on September 3rd at Yokohama Radiant Halls. In usual style, STINGER made no comment and simply held up the belts. Backstage they were a little more talkative, saying they would accept the challenge, even though their opponents had no chance in taking the belts. Susumu wondered on his official Twitter if the opponents even knew what day it was they were asking from, but he did admit, he liked that kind of big talk. Title match will take place at Korakuen Hall on the on the 12th September. 

In the same evening at Yokohama Radiant Halls, HAYATA defended the GHC Junior Heavyweight against Kotaro Suzuki in 14 minutes and 12 seconds, winning by a brutal reversal of The Tiger Driver into The Headache. After the match, Daisuke Harada rolled into the ring to challenge. Harada requested that the match take place in Osaka, which was a special place for both him and HAYATA (HAYATA has done a lot of poignant matches this year). The title match will take place on the 10th October, the same night that the winner of the N-1 VICTORY will face GHC Heavyweight Champion, Naomichi Marufuji for the title. 

A six man tag was formed on the 6th September at ShinJuku FACE, which was the last pre-match for GHC Junior Tag title match. A lot of the action was between Susumu, Yoshioka, Kotoge and Ohara as Noah want to save the fireworks between HAYATA and Harada for their singles match on the 15th September. The match was won by Yuya Susumu again over Hajime Ohara, who he made tap. After the match the usual junior brawl broke out when Susumu provoked Atsushi Kotoge with; 


"Fucking challengers. You challenge by casually teaming up just because you happened to win? Don't be stupid. Hot Noah Junior, Kotoge? What is hot? Your fire has gone out. Is it originating from your challenge? I don't have any indication. What is the new Noah Junior? Don't show me the unfinished thing!"

Backstage Susumu said that he would make it no title match, and didn't see that it was worth even bringing the belt. Sarcastically on Twitter he asked Kotoge if he needed help creating this "new Noah Junior" he was always talking about. 

Kenoh wins the first round in the N-1 pre match
Noah held an "N1 ROAD SCRAMBLE 4vs4 Elimination Match" between Takashi Sugiura, Kenoh, Kotaro Suzuki and Masa Kitamiya vs Kaito Kiyomiya, Daiki Inaba, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Akitoshi Saito. Kenoh and Takashi Sugiura got on better than expected and functioned as a good team just as they had once been. Akitoshi Saito was the first to be eliminated, with Kitamiya eliminated by Nakajima, Suzuki eliminating Nakajima (and by Tiger Driver) before being eliminated himself by Inaba, who was in turn eliminated by Sugiura. Sugiura was eliminated by Kiyomiya and this left Kaito Kiyomiya and Kenoh in a brutal showdown. It was so stiff that when Kiyomiya appeared on Battlemen the next day, the dark brown fading to a sickly yellow color could be seen on his jaw and neck. However, his run of questionable luck meant that he lost to Kenoh, who defeated him with a massive PFS in a match that went almost an hour. Kenoh then growled on the microphone about the N-1 being filled with some clowns (Kendo Kashin, who he said in an interview he was going to beat up so badly he couldn't wrestle in any other matches), and "some guys who should be in a nursing home". He would show "these old men" what Noah was, and it wasn't an extension of an MMA performance. Kenoh vowed to win the N-1 fighting Noah's fight. 

Kenta Kobashi vs Mohammed Yone
In an interview with Tokyo Sports on September 5th, Kenta Kobashi made some comments about King Tany (Shuhei Taniguchi), which Mohammed Yone later labeled "scathing". The problem of what to do with Shuhei Taniguchi has been going on for a while in Noah, with both Naomichi Marufuji and Jun Akiyama commenting on it in the past, with Kobashi saying that Taniguchi needs to leave his mark on matches, and finding the gimmick vague. When the subject was bought up, Kobashi made an angry noise. Yone said that if Kobashi was concerned about Taniguchi, he should have called him with his worries or come to the ring and supported him, not spoken about it to the media. It's rare that anyone stands up to one of Noah's grand seniors in this way, and it's ironic that it's "mild mannered, gentle and caring about what happens around him, took the decision not to put up with this and argued against this matter" Yone. Kobashi doesn't come from an era in wrestling when you had characters like this, so his concern for his trainee is understandable, but at the end of the day as I have often said,Taniguchi is looking happier than he has done for a long time. 


Wearing his red Kongoh suit, Kenoh appeared in DragonGate on the September 8th to call out YAMATO and challenged him to a match as he is someone he has fought before and not defeated. YAMATO accepted Kenoh's challenge, but looking at how he was dressed, suggested that next time he comes to the ring dressed to fight. The match has been arranged as a tag match with Kenoh and Haoh taking on YAMATO and Masaaki Mochizuki. Date has yet to be announced, but the match will take place on Amazon Prime and be sponsored by LEC, who are also sponsors of Noah. 

Go Shiozaki update
Kenta Kobashi said he met up with Go Shiozaki recently, and said that overall his condition is much better. However, he had to tell him to have patience, train and remain calm when he trains, as Shiozaki is (naturally) "too impatient" to return. Kobashi says that this stage in his recovery is a "crucial time" and doesn't want Shiozaki coming back before he is in proper shape and getting injured again. 

Junta in ZERO1
Junta Miyawaki's ZERO1 adventure came to an end when he was defeated in the semi finals of their junior league on the 9th September. Junta returns to Noah a hero, as everyone is very proud of him for getting where he did. 

Noah launch official English Twitter & Noah The Universal Vol 1
The official English language Twitter, NoahGlobal has launched, it made it's official entry when Noah launched "Noah The Universal" on the 7th September on WrestleUniverse. Showcasing Noah matches and Lucha from their associates in Mexico (plus El Hijo De Dr Wagner Jnr), fans from around the world tuned in. An added bonus was subtitling the post match promos in English. There being a volume 1 suggests there will be more editions. 

EVENT RECAPS & POST MATCH PROMOS

ELSEWHERE IN NOAH
- Yoshinari Ogawa celebrated his 36th anniversary in wrestling quietly with flowers in the lobby of Yokohama Radiant Halls.
- Kenta Kobashi said that the person he is most interested to see return (aside from Go Shiozaki that is), would be Yoshiki Inamura. Kobashi says he reminds him of the old days when there were a lot of big guys in wrestling, and is fascinated by his tire training. 
- Nioh made his return to the ring on the 3rd September
- Junta Miyawaki has made Hayabusa's Falcon Arrow his finisher. Hayabusa was good friends with Mitsuharu Misawa, Naomichi Marufuji and Mohammed Yone, and despite not being a member of Noah (or ever being in Noah), a remembrance ceremony was held for him when he passed away. It's good to see that a part of him lives on in Noah's ring. 
- Daisuke Harada overcame Tadasuke, Tadasuke slunk off to lick his wounds saying he would recharge and return. Harada estimates he has had about 30 singles matches with Tadasuke. 
- There is a slight rivalry growing between Yasutaka Yano and Kinya Okada
- King Tany puffed on and blew out smoke from an unlit cigar
- When Masa Kitamiya and Kaito Kiyomiya appeared on Battlemen, it looked very like Kitamiya was playing with his phone behind the belt...


CURRENT CHAMPIONS

GHC Heavyweight Champion: Naomichi Marufuji
Challenger: Winner of the N-1 VICTORY 2021

GHC Junior Champion: HAYATA
Challenger: Daisuke Harada
(GRAND SQUARE 2021 in OSAKA, Edion Arena Osaka 1st Stadium, October 10th)

GHC Heavyweight Tag Champions: Masa Kitamiya & Kaito Kiyomiya
Challengers: TBA

GHC Junior Tag Champions: STINGER (Yuya Susumu & Seiki Yoshioka)
Challengers: Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara 
(N-1 VICTORY 2021 ~ NOAH NUMBER ONE PRO-WRESTLING LEAGUE ~ Korakuen Hall, September 12th)

GHC National Champion: Takashi Sugiura 
Challenger: TBA

THIS WEEK IN NOAH
Saturday 11th September: Noah hold the N-1 Victory press conference, live on their official YouTube at 17.00 JST
Sunday 12th September: Night one of the N-1 Victory (11.30am JST, live on ABEMA)
Wednesday 15th September: "Noah Sanctuary" (20.00 JST, broadcast to be announced)
Saturday 18th September: Night two of the N-1 Victory (20.00 JST, live on WrestleUniverse)
Sunday 19th September: Night three of the N-1 Victory (20.00 JST, live on WrestleUniverse)

Full schedule of the N-1 can be found here

BROADCASTS
The ABEMA broadcasts should hopefully be free and worldwide, but you can only watch them live. You must be a subscriber to watch the replays on ABEMA and I would not recommend that unless you are either based in Japan or have a VPN that you know works with ABEMA as compatible VPN and ABEMA can be notoriously difficult and expensive. I would recommend that you subscribe to WrestleUniverse (900 yen per month) rather than ABEMA. 

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