(NOAH) CARD - DEPARTURE 2021 Day 2 (Friday 6th August, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo)

Noah return to Korakuen Hall for the second night of their 21st anniversary celebrations. The card has been changed slightly as Nioh has had to self isolate. Tonight at Korakuen Noah will also announce the sixteen participants for the N-1 Victory 2021, sadly for the fans who are hoping for his return soon, I do not think that Go Shiozaki will be among them. 

Today's event will be broadcast live on ABEMA, hopefully this should be a free worldwide broadcast, but you cannot watch a replay, therefore you will need to watch it live. If you cannot watch it live, you will be able to watch it at a later date on WrestleUniverse, but you will need to be a subscriber. Coverage starts from 18:00 JST, with the event itself starting at 18:30 JST. 

MATCH ONE

Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada vs Yasutaka Yano & Kai Fujimura

Junta Miyawaki, the most senior man in this match, teams with Kinya Okada against the rookie team of the increasingly impressive Yasutaka Yano and his friend/rival, Kai Fujimura. I am expecting for Miyawaki to be the one doing the teaching tonight. 

MATCH TWO

Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara & Atsushi Kotoge vs Kongoh Juniors (Haoh, Tadasuke & Aleja)

The juniors kick off the evening with the first of two RATELS squabbles, as Daisuke Harada gnashes his teeth against the increasingly wild Tadasuke (if that was such a thing). 

MATCH THREE

Masa Kitamiya, Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Inaba vs Funky Express (King Tani, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito)

King Tani's increasingly arrogant behavior is bought before a polite Noah Born, his equally polite frenemy, the Masa Kitamiya, who won't hesitate to show them what he thinks, or even tell them to their faces.

MATCH FOUR

STINGER (HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu) vs Perros Del Mal De Japon (YO-HEY, Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai & Eita)

Yoshinari Ogawa makes his first appearance with his team who are now the centre of the Noah Juniors (and have somehow become more reclusive than ever), to take on his mortal enemies in Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai and Eita. It will be interesting to see what happens after the match, especially if Eita decides to humiliate Ogawa again, and just what Kotaro's reaction is. 

MATCH FIVE

The Sugiura Army (Takashi Sugiura & Kazushi Sakuraba) vs The M's alliance (Masato Tanaka & Masaaki Mochizuki)

After the junior whirlwind of chaos has gone, the heavyweights take over the semi main and the main event. This match sees Takashi Sugiura take on Masato Tanaka in their one and only pre match before the title vs title match that will take place on the 15th at KAWASAKI GO!

MATCH SIX

The M's alliance (Naomichi Marufuji, Keiji Mutoh & Masakatsu Funaki) vs Kongoh (Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya)

Kenoh doesn't need to look up his extensive enemies list to decide who he hates more out of his opponents, the answer will always be Naomichi Marufuji, will no doubt stick the belt in Kenoh's face, like Kenoh used to do to him. The champion is naturally a target, but even more so than usual due to the upcoming N-1 Victory (which Marufuji is not entering), so Kongoh will make him a marked man. 

Picture credit: Noah.co.jp