(NOAH CHRONOLOGY) GHC HEAVYWEIGHT TAG CHAMPIONSHIP: The Sugiura Army (Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher) vs THE TOUGH (Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura)

ABEMA presents DESTINATION 2022 - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Saturday 16th July

To explain quickly, this match was meant to be between Masa Kitamiya & Michael Elgin vs Hideki Suzuki and Timothy Thatcher. But, following Elgin being announced to be absent from the fan event on the 9th and then in Fujisan Messe on the 10th, Noah later announced that "due to various circumstances", the belts would be vacated and Yoshiki Inamura would join his old partner, Masa Kitamiya in fighting for them. Noah have not announced just what the situation is with Elgin, and he himself has not made any statement. 

All four had great chemistry together, so much so it was hard to believe that Thatcher hadn't been in Noah for years. Masa Kitamiya was busted open during the match, but this always seems to fire him up, but tragically when THE TOUGH came close to the win, Kitamiya could do nothing to prevent Thatcher from pulling Inamura off of Suzuki. 

WINNER: Hideki Suzuki via referee stop on due to a sleeper-hold on Yoshiki Inamura (20 minutes, 38 seconds)

After a few moments of lying immobile on the mat, Inamura attacked Suzuki and a heavyweight brawl broke out and bodies tumbled everywhere. 

Once order was restored, Suzuki swore in Inamura's face and THE TOUGH limped off. Kitamiya was screaming in rage, backstage he turned on his tag partner and walked off swearing in anger. Inamura protested, "I tried my best!". For Suzuki and Thatcher, they are looking forward to who the future is going to bring. 

Next champions: The Sugiura Army (Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher)