(NOAH) EVENT RECAP: SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 (Act City Hamamatsu - Saturday, July 30th)

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There was a lot of news outside of Noah during today's show. So while in Hamamatsu, Kenoh signed autographs and was challenged by local fans to Rock-Paper-Scissors, which he lost as he kept choosing rock (as it looks like a fist), over in DragonGate, Perros Del Mal de Japon lost the Open The TriangleGate to M3K and later attacked Ultimo Dragon, and Keiji Mutoh made a surprise appearance as Stalker Ichikawa's mystery partner and defeated him with the Shining Wizard. Later in the show, Ultimo Dragon presented him with flowers. In Zero-1, Daisuke Sekimoto won A Block and will face Yoshiki Inamura tomorrow in the Fire Festival Finals. Go Shiozaki told Inamura after the main event today, to win. 

MATCH ONE

Hi69 vs Kai Fujimura

Hi69 made his usual entry, Kai Fujimura I think was a little more polite than Super Crazy and did not tap his wrist at him to hurry up.

WINNER: Hi69 with the Boston Crab (8 minutes, 51 seconds)

MATCH TWO

Funky Express (Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito) vs Masa Kitamiya & Kinya Okada

Mohammed Yone once said that it seemed to be the role of Funky Express to bring up the younger guys. This was the way it was once of course in Noah, as brutal as they were with Kinya Okada (Yone, irritated with the upstart, threw him into the railings after being kicked and Okada roughed up by a tough attack from Saito and Yone), he fought back as best as he could. Masa Kitamiya, however, was naturally a far different prospect. 

WINNER: Akitoshi Saito with the Running Suikurudesu on Kinya Okada (12 minutes, 12 seconds)

MATCH THREE

Alejandro vs Dante Leon

Fans were excited for this match as it was a continuation of the Noah Junior Regular high flying competition. 

WINNER: Dante Leon with the Crucio Cutter on Alejandro (7 minutes, 59 seconds)

I think Alejandro may have left, warning Leon he had scored the first mark, but this wasn't over.

MATCH FOUR

STINGER (HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu) vs The Noah Junior Regulars (Daisuke Harada, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka)

Naturally, even before the bell went, STINGER attacked the Noah Junior Regulars. Yoshinari Ogawa (who is probably both angry with Seiki Yoshioka and taking out all his anger over Perros Del Mal and their humiliation of him) laid into Yoshioka, even perhaps ignoring the referee and some tags I believe. For the most part, STINGER were not interested in YO-HEY or Daisuke Harada, their focus was purely on Yoshioka, and taking out Yoshioka's knees which they did relentlessly. Yoshioka's main target was HAYATA, as he is still on the path back to that belt. Ogawa was convinced he was going to get the win using a Figure 4, but Yoshioka managed to get the ropes. He looked like he kind of wanted to say, "I used to be one of you, so I know how you assholes think". Mercifully, he managed to tag in Harada soon afterwards. 

Bodies flew everywhere when YO-HEY got into the ring, and he and Yoshioka worked in tandem with a double top rope somersault onto Ogawa and Susumu. Perhaps, STINGER's attacks on Yoshioka's knees weren't as effective as they thought as he took the win with a sound like a gunshot.

WINNER: Seiki Yoshioka with the Buzzsaw Kick on Yuya Susumu (16 minutes, 49 seconds)

Yoshinari Ogawa kept attacking Yoshioka's knee after the match, triggering another brawl. Finally, when STINGER had gone, the Noah Junior Regulars posed together with Seiki Yoshioka with a slight smile as he and YO-HEY shook hands. Elated with how today had gone, the three of them posed together in front of the curtain and backstage YO-HEY said he felt they had good communication and was looking forward to the future. He and Yoshioka left as if they were old pals. 

MATCH FIVE

Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Stallion Rogers vs Satoshi Kojima, Daiki Inaba & Anthony Green

N-1 grudge match with Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura starting off, but before that it appeared that another Pec Flashing Competition broke out. Kojima sent a signal to Sugiura, but Shuhei Taniguchi did it instead. I think Kojima might have comically fallen to the floor in response. 

It wasn't just Sugiura and Inaba fighting over the N-1 (and the unspoken unfinished business of Sugiura defeating Kojima in 2015's Global League), Daiki Inaba attacked as if he was in the league. If he couldn't be in it, he could at least fight as if he was. Stallion Rogers left the match with a red chest courtesy of Kojima and with the taste of lariat in his mouth. 

WINNER: Satoshi Kojima with the Western Lariat on Stallion Rogers (10 minutes, 52 seconds)

MATCH SIX

Kongoh (Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara) vs Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Atsushi Kotoge & Ninja Mack

Fans were worried about Go Shiozaki's neck, as they know what he is like, but he seemed to be okay, okay enough to win the match by giving ultra-heavyweight Manabu Soya the Gowan Lariat. 

Kenoh and Yoshiki Inamura have lit a feud, and were even fighting after the match had finished. Forget Kinya Okada, Kenoh's focus is strongly on Inamura and I do wonder whether or not Inamura wins Fire Festival or if Kenoh wins the N-1 VICTORY, Kenoh will nominate him as a challenger further down the line. Katsuhiko Nakajima joined in with attacking Inamura, while Ninja Mack was the focus for all of Kongoh. Kenoh especially who seems irritated by him. Then again, Kenoh is irritated by most things. Poor guy also had Manabu Soya attack him too. 

WINNER: Go Shiozaki with the Gowan Lariat on Manabu Soya (23 minutes, 54 seconds)

After the match, Shiozaki spoke on the mic and told Inamura to win The Fire Festival tomorrow (Inamura said yes), he might have finished his speech with "I AM NOAH", and at one point he also told Kiyomiya that he would be the one to win N-1. As a result, Kiyomiya did not go to the backstage promo afterwards with the others.

Attendance: 179

With thanks to: Sekidon, Rui_d_dragon, JuaninJapan88, Shishikazu, GoaceKoji696969, Tintaotyaozu, Kai and Bunnakatoshi. 

Picture & GIF credit: Noah Official Twitter