(NOAH) CARD: PREMIUM PRELUDE 2020 ( Friday November 27, Tsukuba Capio, Tsukuba, Ibaraki)

Pro Wrestling Noah (albeit with a reduced roster due to Coronavirus), take the show an hour out of Tokyo to Tsukuba Capio, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, for the fallout of the Yokohama Budokan show and the first of the pre-matches. 

The event starts at 18:30, but as it is in the provinces (i.e. the countryside) it will not be streamed live, but will be shown on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on the 30th November from 9am JST. 

Naomichi Marufuji will be on autographs.  

MATCH ONE

Junta Miyawaki vs Yasutaka Yano

Two Noah born start the show. 

MATCH TWO

Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kinya Okada vs Kongoh (Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Nioh)

Very heavyweight orientated match for Haoh. Kitamiya & Soya vs Taniguchi will be interesting. 

MATCH THREE

Go Shiozaki & Hajime Ohara vs The Sugiura Army (Takashi Sugiura & NOSAWA Rongai)

Rare card that not only sees Go Shiozaki & Hajime Ohara team, but puts the first GHC Heavyweight pre match in the third match. Ohara vs NOSAWA will be interesting, but the real fireworks will be the increasingly battle damaged Go Shiozaki vs Takashi Sugiura. Odd though that the GHC Heavyweight pre match should only be third on the card. 

MATCH FOUR

Naomichi Marufuji vs Seiki Yoshioka

A singles match which Marufuji has been looking forward to for a while, with Yoshioka admitting that Marufuji has been an inspiration to him and vowing to win. They have only had two matches (tag matches) so far. Yoshioka has picked up the Noah style quickly, and has signed a year long contract with the promotion. Very excited after wrestling at the Yokohama Budokan, I wouldn't be surprised if he stays for longer.

MATCH FIVE

Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Momo No Seishun (Daisuke Harada & Atsushi Kotoge) vs Kongoh (Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Haoh & Tadasuke)

Six man tag that will pit the GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion (Daisuke Harada) against his challenger (Tadasuke). Harada will be looking for revenge against Tadasuke for jumping him, with Tadasuke out to prove to Harada that the member of RATELS he described as "the fourth wheel" (and "behind HAYATA") can both fire the first shot in the pre-match and is capable of taking the belt.

Katsuhiko Nakajima will make his first appearance since being defeated in his challenge for the GHC Heavyweight (he's been very quiet) and may well start giving the first signs of troublemaking in Kongoh. Expect Kenoh to rub it right in Kaito Kiyomiya's face that he did not take the GHC National from him. This won't stop them from tearing into each other, however.