(NOAH) Green Guide to Autumn Navigation 2018


ROSTER
Akitoshi Saito
Atsushi Kotoge
Cody Hall
Daisuke Harada
Go Shiozaki
HAYATA
HI69
Hajime Ohara
Hitoshi Kumano
Junta Miyawaki
KAZMA SAKAMOTO (Freelancer)
Kaito Kiyomiya
Katsuhiko Nakajima
Kenoh
Koji Fujinaga (Freelancer) ~ 14th October only
Koji Kanemoto (Freelancer) ~ 14th October only
Kotaro Suzuki (Freelancer)
Kouki Iwasaki (Gunbare Pro) ~ 18th October only
Masa Kitamiya
Masao Inoue (Freelancer)
Maybach Taniguchi
Minoru Tanaka (Freelancer)
Mitsuya Nagai (Dradition)
Mohammed Yone
Naomichi Marufuji
Quiet Storm
Seiya Morohashi
Tadasuke
Takashi Sugiura
YO-HEY
Yoshiki Inamura
Yoshinari Ogawa

MAIN FEUDS & STORYLINES
Akitoshi Saito and Naomichi Marufuji are feuding with The Hooligans over the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Challenge was set for 14th October in Kobe, and their bid was unsuccessful. Afterwards, Mitsuya Nagai told Marufuji and Saito, that this was just the beginning. 


Daisuke Harada and Kotaro Suzuki are feuding over the GHC Junior Heavyweight title, after Kotaro Suzuki beat YO-HEY at Global Junior League, therefore winning the league and the right to challenge. Suzuki's comments that "today's Noah Juniors are weak" (unlike his own era he claims) have not gone down well.
On the 14th October, Kotaro Suzuki hit Daisuke Harada with the belt causing him to bleed like a trooper, the next day on the 15th, Harada went berserk.


Kotaro Suzuki made the situation worse on the 16th by grabbing the belt after the match and throwing it at him, and a huge brawl broke out which was encouraged by Yoshinari Ogawa, but broken up by Akitoshi Saito, two referees, Junta Miyawaki and the two rookies, Yoshiki Inamura and Kimiya Okada.

The title match signing was meant to take place on the 18th October, but only Daisuke Harada turned up, Kotaro Suzuki, in an ultimate heel move, didn't attend and sent a message that was read via Ally, the ring announcer, to say he was too busy, but would take care of business at the title match, which will be what when needs to be said, will be said. Daisuke Harada, humiliated and angry, said that he will defend the GHC Junior Heavyweight belt against all-comers, and in the match, he is going to beat Kotaro Suzuki thoroughly.
Later in the evening the match between Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY vs Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa, was said to be "chaotic". At the beginning, Suzuki punched Harada in the stomach and then stood on the belt to batter him some more. 

Title challenge will take place on the 30th October at Korakuen Hall.

Noah are gearing up for Global League 2018, which means the heavyweights will be fighting to win it and be the number one contender for the GHC Heavyweight title as held by Takashi Sugiura. Takashi Sugiura has stated he will win the league and nominate his own challenger, Masato Tanaka.

Kaito Kiyomiya is determined to win, especially as he is the only one who has not challenged Takashi Sugiura for the GHC Heavyweight Championship; Sugiura has dismissed him anyhow, saying that as he couldn't beat Kenoh for the title or to be the number one contender when they both challenged, Kenoh has half solved the problem. However, a Global League feud is building between the two.

Go Shiozaki has also waded into the Global League vocal challengers mixture, by glaring at Takashi Sugiura at the last match of the tour, and then afterwards addressing the crowd to the effect that he would be the one who wins.

No matter who wins, all of them (save Sugiura that is for obvious reasons) have to go through Takashi Sugiura twice or even three times; once in the qualifying matches, then to win the league, and then to win the championship.


Katsuhiko Nakajima is winding up Kenoh over Global League. They meet again in the first match like they did in 2017, that went to a draw, Kenoh says that will not happen this time, instead, he is going to beat Nakajima "black and blue".

Koji Kanemoto has declared a challenge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight tag belts, on Twitter Kouki Iwasaki has offered to be his partner. So far there have been four volunteers for the GHC Junior Tag Belts: Hiroshi Yamato, Kouki Iwasaki, Seiya Morihashi and Nobutaka Moribe. 

DATES & INDIVIDUAL EVENT RECAPS
Sunday, October 7th 2018 (16.00) New Sunpia, Gunma
Thursday, October 11th 2018 (18.30) Oyama City Cultural Centre, (small hall), Tochigi
Saturday, October 13th 2018 (5.00) Shimada City General Sports Centre, Shizuoka
Sunday, October 14th 2018 (5.00) Samba Hall, Kobe
Monday, October 15th 2018 (19.00) World Pavilion, Osaka
Tuesday, October 16th 2018 (18.30) Ozakazi-shi, Ryumaoka Kaikan, Aichi
Thursday, October 18th 2018 (18.30) Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama

ATTENDANCES:
New Sunpia, Gunma: 377
Oyama City Cultural Centre, (small hall), Tochigi: 180
Shimada City General Sports Centre, Shizuoka: 304 (full house)
Samba Hall, Kobe: 235
World Pavilion, Osaka: 185
Ozakazi-shi, Ryumaoka Kaikan, Aichi: 181
Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama: 340 (super crowded)

Total: 1,802

OTHER NOTES
No event recap for Tuesday October 16th as there was no information coming out of the show

Event from 18th October in Yokohama, can be downloaded\watched here 

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