(NOAH) CARD ~ "PRO WRESTLING NOAH 20th ANNIVERSARY NOAH the CHRONICLE vol.1", Nagoya International Convention Center Event Hall, 24th February 2020

If you are going to visit the event please read Noah's guidance on hygiene and safety due to the Coronavirus. Article has been translated into English here. Please DO NOT visit the event if you are suffering cold, fever or flu like symptoms. 

Akitoshi Saito will celebrate his 30th anniversary today, teaming with old friends (and Masao Inoue) against a team who are as rebellious as he once was with Heisei Ishingun. Old stablemate, The Great Kabuki, will also be in attendance. Kabuki is one of those old vets who never have officially retired (Noah's 2017 match and ceremony for him was classed as a memorial), but while he may throw a few punches, he's too frail now to do some actual physical wrestling along the lines of when he said to Mutoh after beating him to the canvas and making him bleed, "My son, did you not know that I was so tough? Next time...next time, I will kill you".

Naomichi Marufuji will return (after only 20 days) from a knee operation, and HAYATA will return from rib injuries.

The doors will open at 4pm JST with the event starting an hour later. Parking is available, and for those who are not\do not drive, the walk from the station ("Nishitakakura Station" (Exit 2) or subway Meiko Line "Hibino Station" (Exit 1) on he Meijo line is only about five minutes. Event will be broadcast live on Samurai TV, and later be uploaded to DDT Universe.

Naomichi Marufuji and Akitoshi Saito will be on merchandise, with STINGER (Atsushi Kotoge & Kotaro Suzuki) and Go Shiozaki covering the Noah's Ark Fanclub pictures.

MATCH ONE
"The curtain of the big event opens with the fight of two young men, the new generation of "a struggle with aesthetics" of the two young men that will be responsible for Noah's future. Sparks will fly as neither will want to yield."

Junta Miyawaki vs Kinya Okada

MATCH TWO
Mohammed Yone & Tadasuke vs "The Blue Team" (Hitoshi Kumano & Seiya Morohashi)

MATCH THREE
"The Lucha warriors land in Nagoya for the first time. There is no doubt that astonishment and excitement will swirl from the number of feats!"

Dragon Bain & El Hijo de Canis Lupus

MATCH FOUR
"Inamura has been hit by the heavy rain of AXIZ. Finally, a singles match, he will be aiming to return the strikes"

Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Yoshiki Inamura

MATCH FIVE
"Marufuji returned in 20 days after missing time due to a meniscus removal operation on his knee. What kind of action will you see when wrestling against Sakuraba?"

Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki Mochizuki & Minoru Tanaka vs The Sugiura Army (Kazushi Sakuraba, Hajime Ohara & NOSAWA)

MATCH SIX
"Fate or Destiny? A fight against those with rebellious spirit will happen on Saito's 30th anniversary, and the appearance of The Great Kabuki will take place. Can they decorate the 30th anniversary with victory?"

Akitoshi Saito's 30th Anniversary Match
Akitoshi Saito, Shiro Koshinaka, Masashi Aoyagi & Masao Inoue vs Kongoh (Kenoh, Masa Kitamiya, Haoh and Nioh)

I feel sorry for Masao Inoue.

MATCH SEVEN
"Harada aims at Ogawa to ensure the challenge of the GHC Jnr. HAYATA, who returns today, will with YO-HEY, be ferociously attacking towards Kotaro & Kotoge's Jnr Tag Challenge"

STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa, Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Kotoge) vs RATELS (Daisuke Harada, HAYATA & YO-HEY)

MATCH EIGHT
"On the 16th February Fujita defeated Shiozaki in the GHC pre-match at Korakuen. On the 8th March, who will dominate the title challenge at Yokohama?"

Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi vs The Sugiura Army (Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki)

MATCH NINE
"With the ups and downs of The Ark over 20 years carved into a body of steel*, Sugiura has walked the path of an absolute champion. Kiyomiya challenges the wall that must be overcome to open up Noah's future."

GHC National Championship (60 minute time limit)
Takashi Sugiura vs Kaito Kiyomiya

*You have no idea how much I wanted to change this to "Endoskeleton"

Picture credit (and link to original article): Noah.co.jp