NOAH WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.173 ~ 22ND MAY 2022


NEWS

Junta Miyawaki to go on excursion
Following his defeat by Yoshiki Inamura (who is junior to him) Junta Miyawaki declared in typical Noah Born style that he had decided to go on excursion to Mexico. Noah hadn't agreed to anything, his seniors had not discussed it, but he did not care. Following this defeat he felt that he needed to go away and get tougher. He said he would come back when the time was right, and Noah, his seniors and the fans felt so. Noah agreed to Miyawaki's request and he will depart for Mexico after his farewell match against Kaito Kiyomiya on the 30th May.  

Open the Dog gate: Perros Del Mal De Japon make their surprise return to Noah
Our story starts at the press conference on the 18th May, when Yoshinari Ogawa and Chris Ridgeway made the stipulation that whoever lost the title match would leave STINGER. This was emotional enough for fans, especially as HAYATA was caught in the middle and forced to choose sides. Initially, he shook hands with Yuya Susumu that he would be on their side, but at the end of the match turned on his old friends and protected Yoshinari Ogawa from a Seiki Yoshioka buzzsaw kick. HAYATA does not feature in what is to happen, and as we shall see, this situation of sides is no longer relevant. However, I chose to mention it here as I will not have the opportunity to do so later. 

The title match came and the two sides had a ferocious war which made fans wonder would this match be settled by pinfall, because even though Seiki Yoshioka ended it with a limp and needed Yuya Susumu to help him up, it wasn't going to end by submission. Would it be a time out? A referee stop? HAYATA interfering? No. It was none of those things. It was a situation that no one at all could have predicted or seen coming. 
Perros Del Mal De Japon (NOSAWA Rongai, Eita and Kotaro Suzuki) stormed into the ring wearing masks, and throwing an Uber Eats bag in (which is apparently NOSAWA'S second job!) to beat down on Yoshinari Ogawa. 


This got the match thrown out, and Noah declared it to be not a valid defense. NOSAWA, Eita and Kotaro are currently the TriangleGate Tag Champions in DragonGate (it's a three man tag championship, which you would probably never see in Noah), and they had come to nominate  STINGER as the challengers. After a reunion in the ring between STINGER, backstage Ogawa said that since Chris Ridgeway is returning to Europe for now (and it goes unsaid that HAYATA is concentrating on the GHC Junior), he, Yoshioka and Susumu would accept the challenge. This has been set for a Noah show on the 7th June at Korakuen Hall. Ogawa did hint that STINGER vs STINGER was not over, but for now they needed to concentrate on this returned enemy. 

As far as anyone knew, NOSAWA and Perros had indeed left Noah. NOSAWA had announced he had chosen not to renew his contract, and Noah had removed all of Perros (including Texano Junior and Super Crazy) from the roster page and all of their merchandise too. Yuya Susumu contributed to this by saying that "Perros were gone". NOSAWA gave his reason for returning (if indeed he ever had left and if indeed his contract ever had expired, which was doubtful) due to the fact that seeing Ogawa and HAYATA acting like babyfaces and enjoying a nice Yakiniku meal and drinking alcohol was more than he could bear.  


HAYATA defends, more solo action
HAYATA defended the GHC Junior against Xtreme Tiger at Ota Ward Gymnasium on the 21st May. Xtreme Tiger was a new challenger for HAYATA in more ways than one as he hadn't really wrestled much foreign talent in his last title reigns and a luchadore was a new experience for him. He had to combine the aerial with the technical. HAYATA is slowly breaking out of his shell, and announced in the ring and backstage, that he would accept any challengers no matter who they where, were they where from, in what ring and what promotion. 

New GHC Heavyweight Tag Champions Crowned
Michael Elgin and Masa Kitamiya defeated Les Mexicana's, Rene Dupree and El Hijo Del Dr Wagner Jnr in Ota Ward. Masahiro Chono (who has known Dupree since he was a little boy, as he is friends with his father, Emil), has suggested to Dupree that he should start looking into the singles league. 

Keiji Mutoh's return
Keiji Mutoh was optimistic regarding his return at the press conference on the 18th May, half joking that he would steal Satoshi Kojima's thunder by pinning Go Shiozaki, and joking that he would steal his title challenge. Mutoh did acknowledge that his condition was never going to heal, but he had been training diligently to see how much pressure he could apply. During the match at Ota Ward Gymnasium, he was a lot more spritely than anyone had seen him for a long time, but towards the end he began to flag. After the match he sat on the steps and looked wistfully at the guys in the ring, who were all different ages and different stages in their careers. 


Backstage, he announced sadly that he had experienced pain when doing moves and was bitterly disappointed. So disappointed, he did not want to talk about it. He left promising he would make an announcement. Noah have reported that he will do just this at CyberFight Festival on the 12th June. 

Shuhei Taniguchi
Now that he's shed all the trappings of King Tany (the crown, the shades, the boa, the cigar and the chain) Shuhei Taniguchi has gone back to the start and came out in the somber colors of a trainee to have a match against Mohammed Yone in Ota Ward. Taniguchi beat Yone, and picked up his most significant win in a long while. Taniguchi says he is now aiming for the top. Something his seniors are relieved to hear no doubt as this silliness they did not approve of is over, and he will have a big match not only at CyberFestival, but will face an unknown opponent on the 8th June. 

Noah come to the United Kingdom
UK based promotion, Wrestle Carnival, have announced that some Noah talent will be coming to their first anniversary show on August 7th in Nottingham. Further details to be announced. 

EVENT RECAPS AND POST MATCH INTERVIEWS

Dream on 2022
Thursday 19th May, Yokohama Radiant Hall

Dream on 2022 Final
Saturday May 21st, Ota Ward Gymnasium

ELSEWHERE IN NOAH
- Satoshi Kojima says that his favorite theme song is Kenoh's
- Kazuyuki Fujita has gone back to the start since having to vacate the GHC Heavyweight. He arrived at the Ota Ward venue at 8am and helped put up the ring, had an opening match with Kinya Okada, and stayed to take the ring down too. After this he drank what he claimed was "Melon Soda" (which has kind of become the unofficial drink of Noah), which Tokyo Sports later revealed was in fact beer when they looked in the trash. Fujita was inspired by fighting Okada to help the younger wrestlers to understand what wrestling was, rather than just what it looks like. I get the impression that given Fujita's earlier comments about a training camp, plus his talk of "opportunity" a good way to wind down his career would be to teach the next generation, which Noah will give him the opportunity to do.
- Shuji Kondo won the match for the Kongoh Juniors, and was furious that he had to win it and not them. Tadasuke has suggested calling him again (with the gift of Patisserie) to prove him wrong as he is tired of lectures. Hajime Ohara was terrified by Kondo's ominous "remember your trainee era"... 


- Kenoh, of all people, complained about Simon Gotch's profanity in their singles match! In an evening when everyone seemed to be swearing at each other, Gotch gave Kenoh two fingers, and Tadasuke (who Kenoh says knows more about "native" swearing) gave Gotch two and was spat at twice. Kenoh and Tadasuke were spiteful in victory, Kenoh offering his hand and then withdrawing it to clap sarcastically. Backstage he praised Gotch though, before talking about himself. Gotch signed autographs with "Fuck Kongoh".
- HAYATA was teased in the interview STINGER (Ogawa, himself and Ridgeway) did with Weekly Pro. Ogawa said HAYATA liked to talk, and would be doing most of the talking. They also said his mic work sounded like Kenoh's! Joking aside, HAYATA acknowledged that to be the Ace of the division he needed to overcome his reserved character and he would be taking it step by step.
- Daisuke Sasaki said that the Kenoh channel was "laughable". 
- There will be no Mitsuharu Misawa 2022 June memorial shows. 
- Regarding the TriangleGate challenge, Eita said he is aiming for "that guy". You know, the "guy with the perm and black hair".
- The UberEats bag that NOSAWA Rongai bought with him, has become a celebrity. Akitoshi Saito commented that "UberEats delivery men are not usually this aggressive" when Perros were attacking Yoshinari Ogawa, and NOSAWA claims that because Ogawa trashed the bag, he will be losing his job with them! Kotaro also added that Ogawa "stamped on the masks, too".
- The mystery X who will be appearing at CyberFestival, will be revealed in a six man tag on the 7th June.

CURRENT CHAMPIONS

GHC Heavyweight Champion: Go Shiozaki
Challenger: Satoshi Kojima
CyberFight Festival, Sunday June 12th

GHC Junior Champion: HAYATA
Challenger: TBA

GHC Heavyweight Tag Champions: Masa Kitamiya & Michael Elgin
Challengers: TBA

Challengers: TBA

GHC National Champion: Masakatsu Funaki
Challenger: TBA

THIS WEEK IN NOAH
(May schedule)

NOAH Sanctuary
Monday, May 30th
Venue: Noah Special Arena (Club Citta, Kawasaki)
Broadcast: WrestleUniverse


LINKS

Mitsuharu Misawa's diary entry for December 2nd 2005 is now complete. 

With thanks to: Metal-Noah
GIF credit: WrestleUniverse

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