(NOAH) NOAH WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.145 ~ 17TH OCTOBER 2021


NEWS

"I am Noah!" Katsuhiko Nakajima is the new GHC Heavyweight Champion
The mid generation in Noah are starting to make waves over their seniors in a manner that before they had never made any progress in; Go Shiozaki finally overcame Naomichi Marufuji in a singles match, and next it was Katsuhiko Nakajima's turn. Nakajima beat Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Heavyweight title on the 10th October in Osaka. Nakajima, who had won the N-1 and won the championship, barely had time to pause as his next challenger appeared, Masato Tanaka. Nakajima had been speaking of his appetite, "devouring, devouring and devouring" but still being hungry. 


Tanaka told him that Nakajima had not "devoured me" yet and challenged him for the belt. The title match has been set for the 30th October in Fukuoka, which is Nakajima's hometown. After Tanaka had gone, Nakajima told the crowd, "The era is moving. I have finally taken the GHC Heavyweight! I AM NOAH"*

The first pre-match between Tanaka and Nakajima was a tag which saw Masaaki Mochizuki team with Nakajima against Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura on the 17th October in Kawasaki. Mochizuki of course had challenged Takashi Sugiura for the GHC National. Tanaka scored the first round in the pre title battles by pinning Nakajima with the Sliding D. Tanaka closed out the show, addressing Nakajima with "I am going to devour you deliciously, and tear the belt from your waist!""

*This phrase is more attributed to Go Shiozaki, but it was Katsuhiko Nakajima who said it first. Nakajima used it against Minoru Suzuki during the Suzuki Army invasion. 

Eita & NOSAWA Rongai become the new GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Champions
The GHC Junior Tag Belts (which are just as chaotic as the division that holds them), changed hands in a short match on the 10th October in Osaka when Perros De Mal Del Japon's Eita & NOSAWA Rongai defeated Hajime Ohara and Atsushi Kotoge in only four minutes and four seconds. Kotoge and Ohara were completely overwhelmed by the underhand tricks of their opponents, which included double teaming, face stamping and NOSAWA using apron interference. Afterwards, Eita spoke on the microphone;

"We are the new champions! You are below trash, we don't need your applause! Kotoge, Ohara, they were boring today"

Backstage, NOSAWA said they weren't interested in defending the belts against any of Noah, and told Eita to bring someone from DragonGate. 

HAYATA retains against Daisuke Harada, NOSAWA Rongai challenges and builds a house of cards
HAYATA retained the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Daisuke Harada in Osaka on the 10th October. He did the unthinkable and made Harada do something that HAYATA would never have done in the past, and that Harada has probably never done since he was a rookie, and that was to tap out. After the match, HAYATA was surrounded by Perros Del Mal De Japon like they were a pack of jackals, who made him choose a challenger. NOSAWA was at the forefront, and is probably the person that STINGER hate the most, and so HAYATA nominated him and breaking his record of not speaking for about ten months to say, "Next...NOSAWA Rongai". NOSAWA's face fell as everyone in the juniors knew that HAYATA was rapidly being seen as the ultimate champion, and no one was going to let him back out of it. The title match was arranged for the 30th October in Fukuoka. 

NOSAWA said he would accept HAYATA'S nomination on one condition; he chose the pre-match, he chose where it was going to be and he chose the people. So what did he choose on the 17th October? A match between himself, Yoshinari Ogawa & Naomichi Marufuji at Club Citta who would take on HAYATA, YO-HEY and Kaito Kiyomiya. It must have seemed a good way to wind Ogawa and HAYATA up, but in reality it turned around to bite NOSAWA hard and fell around him like a house of cards when Ogawa defected practically to STINGER, YO-HEY tried to somehow stay true to the team he was in (although he and HAYATA were ignoring each other practically) and NOSAWA used him to take HAYATA'S springing elbow, and Kaito Kiyomiya joined the fray as he is allied with HAYATA and Ogawa in their hatred of NOSAWA. After HAYATA got the win by kicking NOSAWA in the crotch, the three of them beat up on NOSAWA, Kiyomiya smiling as sadistically as his teammates. You can be sure that unconscious and with his tongue lolling out of his mouth as he was, NOSAWA is going to be out for revenge against all three of them. 


Masaaki Mochizuki challenges for the GHC National
While Kendo Kashin attempted to throw Masakatsu Funaki off of the balcony in Osaka on the 10th October, Masaaki Mochizuki who had defeated Takashi Sugiura with the True & Strong High Kick, challenged him for the GHC National title. Mochizuki who has always wanted to have a singles match with Sugiura, took the chance as under Noah rules if you beat the champion then you can challenge the champion. Sugiura accepted the challenge, and it has been set for the 28th October in Kumamoto. Their first pre match took place on the 17th October at Club Citta, Kawasaki. Unfortunately neither Sugiura or Mochizuki won the match, and neither got the pin over the other, as it was won by Masato Tanaka over Katsuhiko Nakajima. 


Kenoh & Haoh go to DragonGate
Kenoh and Haoh invaded DragonGate, who were holding a show in Kyoto, to challenge the tag champions (Susumu Yokosuka and KING Shimizu). Haoh said "It seems that the next challenger is not decided, that is why we came all the way to Kyoto. What are you going to do? Do it or not?" Haoh took off his t-shirt and charged, he was taken out and he and Kenoh were told that the champions were not going to run from them and to come dressed to fight in Osaka on the 3rd November. 

EVENT RECAPS & POST MATCH PROMOS
"Grand Square in Osaka" - 10th October 2021

"Go to the Demolition Stage" - 15th October 2021

"Noah Sanctuary" - 17th October 2021

ELSEWHERE IN NOAH
- Kinya Okada debuted new ring wear in Osaka on the 10th October. True to Okada's Showa era style, his ringwear reflected this in a simple pattern of black and grey. 
- Keiji Mutoh said to Kazushi Sakuraba that they should do "Double Impact" during their tag match against Kenoh and Kaito Kiyomiya on the 10th October. Sakuraba thought he meant the Van Dam film, but no Mutoh was referring to the "Doomsday Device" (which is known in Japan as "Double Impact"). During the match, Sakuraba did the lifting while Mutoh went to jump off of the top turnbuckle. Kenoh fortunately saved Mutoh a scolding from his doctor by knocking him down. 
- Tadasuke has sworn that the Kongoh Juniors will make a comeback. This was said after wading into a mass brawl between STINGER and Perros De Mal Del Japon on the 15th October. 
- Manabu Soya is showing a growing frustration with his lack of wins and apparently Kongoh. Snatching his arm away from the ref recently, and walking off when his team got the win. 
- Unsurprisingly, after wrestling the equivalent of four matches in one day in a short space of time, YO-HEY ended up with a black eye. 
- Kenoh and Kaito Kiyomiya found that they had a lot in common after their tag together in Osaka on the 10th. Teaming together against Keiji Mutoh and Kazushi Sakuraba, Kenoh said "Kiyomiya and I defeated those guys..." and then after a moment of silence, glared at Kiyomiya and walked off. 


- YO-HEY made a cryptic comment following a brief moment of almost doing a tandem move with HAYATA and then doing one with NOSAWA, which NOSAWA ruined by shoving YO-HEY in the way of HAYATA'S handspring elbow, "I wanted to work together." Was he referring to NOSAWA or to HAYATA? 
- Junta Miyawaki scored a huge win in the elimination match of the 15th October when he pinned Ikuto Hidaka. Miyawaki's second win came on 17th October when he pinned Kinya Okada. 

CURRENT CHAMPIONS

GHC Heavyweight Champion: Katsuhiko Nakajima
Challenger: Masato Tanaka
("LEC Cleanup! presents DEMOLITION STAGE 2021 in FUKUOKA", Fukuoka International Centre, October 30th.)

GHC Junior Champion: HAYATA
Challenger: NOSAWA Rongai
("LEC Cleanup! presents DEMOLITION STAGE 2021 in FUKUOKA", Fukuoka International Centre, October 30th.)

GHC Heavyweight Tag Champions: Masa Kitamiya & Kaito Kiyomiya
Challengers: TBA

Challengers: TBA

GHC National Champion: Takashi Sugiura 
Challenger: Masaaki Mochizuki
("Go on to the DEMOLITION STAGE 2021", Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall, Thursday October 28th)

THIS WEEK IN NOAH

Monday, October 18th: Atsushi Kotoge (36)
Monday, October 18th: Shuhei Taniguchi (45)
Friday, October 22nd: Haoh debut anniversary (16 years)

Sunday, October 24th: Go on to the DEMOLITION STAGE 2021
Aore Nagaoka
Start time: 17:00 JST
Broadcast: WrestleUniverse

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