(NOAH) CARD: STAR NAVIGATION 2023 (Wednesday December 20th - Korakuen Hall, Tokyo)

BROADCAST

Doors: 17:30 JST

Start time: 18:30 JST

Broadcast: WrestleUniverse & ABEMA

WrestleUniverse will be able to be viewed with English commentary, but you must be a subscriber to view. ABEMA will be streamed with Japanese commentary, and will be free to view worldwide. However, you will not be able to view any repeat viewing on ABEMA should you miss the show. If you are outside of Japan it is recommended that you subscribe to WrestleUniverse, and not ABEMA, due to the issues of bypassing their firewall, VPN can be hit and miss and will work for some while it can be a nightmare and waste of time and money for others. WrestleUniverse is a far better investment for the overseas fan. ABEMA do not broadcast any special Noah shows that WrestleUniverse do not, and neither do they show old classic Noah, as this is owned by NTV. All ABEMA shows are eventually put on WrestleUniverse. 

Current Champions (and challengers)

GHC Heavyweight: Kenoh

Challenger: Manabu Soya

Title match: ABEMA PRESENTS NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2024 (Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - Ariake Arena, Tokyo)

GHC Junior Heavyweight: Daga

Challenger: Eita

Title match:  ABEMA PRESENTS NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2024 (Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - Ariake Arena, Tokyo)

GHC Heavyweight Tag: Good Looking Guys (Anthony Green and Jack Morris)

Challengers: TBA

GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag: Los Golpeadores (Dragon Bane and Alpha Wolf)

Challengers: Good Looking Guys (YO-HEY & Tadasuke) & Ninja Mack & Alejandro (three way match)

Title match: ABEMA PRESENTS NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2024 (Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - Ariake Arena, Tokyo)

GHC National: Jack Morris

Challenger: TBA

GHC HARDCORE: Ninja Mack

Challenger: TBA

EVENT NOTES

(Recap of Noah's last event)

NOTES ABOUT TONIGHT

Tonight is the final Korakuen Hall of 2023 and the second to last show of the year. 

CARD

MATCH ONE

LEONA & Kai Fujimura vs Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada

MATCH TWO

Hajime Ohara vs Hi69

MATCH THREE

Go Shiozaki & Funky Express (Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito) vs REAL (Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi)

MATCH FOUR

3 WAY MATCH

X-Treme Tiger vs Alejandro vs TERRY YAKI

Yes, someone booked this wild match for Noah's final Korakuen Hall of the year. 

MATCH FIVE

Yoshinari Ogawa, Super Crazy & Vinnie Massaro vs HAYATA, Eita & Titus Alexander

MATCH SIX

Naomichi Marufuji vs Atsushi Kotoge

Daisuke Harada has announced that he will be attending the show tonight. Naomichi Marufuji told him that he should come as Atsushi Kotoge's second, and if he (Kotoge) loses, then Harada has to follow him on social media. History does not record Harada's response. In addition to Harada, Hitoshi Kumano has also said that he wants to come and watch this as a second. 

MATCH SEVEN

Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke) vs Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki

Over the past few days, Kaito Kiyomiya has been baiting his New Japan rivals/opponents at Ariake Arena on the 2nd January, House of Torture (EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi) to come to the Noah ring and face him. Will he get his wish tonight? There is also a chance that the Korakuen Hall crowd could be serenaded by Tadasuke should Good Looking Guys win.   

MATCH EIGHT

Kenoh, Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita vs Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba

Kenoh and Manabu Soya fight it out in their second to last pre match before the title match. So far Soya has managed to defeat Kenoh once via submission, but this seems to be something he is wisely keeping for the title match. 

Picture credit: WrestleUniverse