(NOAH) GREEN GUIDE TO "DESTINATION 2021 ~ BACK TO BUDOKAN ~" (Friday, February 12, 2021)

After eleven years of difficulty caused by scandal, loss of talent, almost constant changes in ownership, the disaster of Suzuki Gun and stagnation, Pro Wrestling Noah finally make their return to The Nippon Budokan, "The Holy Place of Professional Wrestling".

Card

Part One (starts 16:30 JST)
Kinya Okada vs Akitoshi Saito
Atsushi Kotoge, Daiki Inaba & Yasutaka Yano vs Hajime Ohara, YO-HEY & Kai Fujimura
Masaaki Mochizuki & Masato Tanaka vs Mohammed Yone & Shuhei Taniguchi
The Sugiura Army (Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kazunari Murakami, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai) vs Kongoh (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya, Haoh, Nioh & Tadasuke)

Part two (starts 17:45 JST)
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Match: STINGER (Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA) vs Kotaro Suzuki & Ikuto Hidaka
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Daisuke Harada vs Seiki Yoshioka
"Noah Generations Match": Naomichi Marufuji & Jun Akiyama vs Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura
GHC National Championship: Kenoh vs Masakatsu Funaki
GHC Heavyweight Championship: Go Shiozaki vs Keiji Mutoh

Broadcast details

ABEMA will show free all five matches of part 2 only
Whole event on ABEMA PPV (paid)
FITE TV ($19.99, English commentary)
WRESTLEUNIVERSE (will show the part 2 matches only live, with English commentary)

The first four matches will only be available via ABEMA or FITE TV, who will also broadcast the whole event.

The second half (the four title matches, and the "Noah Generations Tag") you can view on ABEMA for free or on WRESTLEUNIVERSE. 

Please note that it is not recommended that if you are outside of Japan, and do not have a working VPN, that you attempt to purchase the ABEMA PPV. Getting a VPN that works with ABEMA, can be notoriously hard. I suggest you purchase the FITE TV PPV and watch it that way if you want to see the whole show. The FITE TV PPV is not available in Japan.  

Special guests
Kenta Kobashi will be on commentary, but Noah have also announced the presence of another "big legend", who will join him (and Kuniko Yamada) on commentary. 

NEWS
~ Both Masao Inoue and Junta Miyawaki were removed from the event on the 6th and 7th February. Masao Inoue ran a fever on the 4th February and tested positive for Coronavirus on the 5th, with Junta Miyawaki undergoing an emergency appendix operation on the 6th. 

LINKS
Noah returns to "the sacred place"...the Nippon Budokan event will be held on February 12th, 2021! Thoughts revealed by wrestlers and others.
Noah sets a start time for The Budokan, changes to a two part system to bring forward the closing time. "Legend Commentary" is also available on PPV.
"Actually, I thought about cancelling or postponing", 12th February Nippon Budokan
Of "Fate" and a "Starting Point" at the Budokan on the 2nd February, interview with Naomichi Marufuji
"Watch the Battle of the GHC change The Budokan", Kenoh focuses on "Beyond The Budokan"
"For us, The Budokan is The "Beginning" rather than "The Return". Interview with Yoshiki Inamura
Noah's last show before The Budokan event (31st January 2021, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo)
"Beyond New Japan...Budokan is a new start" Go Shiozaki reveals the future of Noah
"I have gained the strength to do 90 minutes", Keiji Mutoh to challenge for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
Go Shiozaki & Keiji Mutoh (GHC Heavyweight Match Signing)
Kenoh (GHC National Championship Signing Ceremony)
Kenoh declares the instant defeat of Masakatsu Funaki at The Budokan on the 12th February
"Baba's shoulders were higher than the top rope..." Naomichi Marufuji talks about "Returning to The Sacred Place" for the first time in 11 years, and his memories of The Budokan
Seiki Yoshioka, the aim is to "bring back a championship" for Mutoh. Harada's 12th February GHC Junior Challenge
Naomichi Marufuji & Jun Akiyama vs Yoshiki Inamura & Kaito Kiyomiya (Press Conference)
Daisuke Harada & Seiki Yoshioka (GHC Junior Championship match signing ceremony)
"Enjoy the Noah Juniors, where various Indie All-Stars gather!" The Noah Junior's "Excitement Team" FULL THROTTLE, talk the Nippon Budokan at full power!
Complete defeat of "Mutoh in his heyday", Noah's 12th February Budokan event 7th defense match
"A feeling that new things will be born" What are you aiming for in returning to the "Sacred Place" of the Nippon Budokan, interview with Naomichi Marufuji