(NOAH) NOAH NEWSLETTER VOL.197 ~ 6th April 2023

April 06, 2023

(NOAH) NOAH NEWSLETTER VOL.197 ~ 6th April 2023

NEWS

Kaito Kiyomiya given the green light to return to the ring

Following on from his concussion sustained on March 27th, Kaito Kiyomiya has been given the go ahead to return to the ring at Noah's first April show in Osaka on the 8th April. Despite the disappointments and frustrations of the past few weeks (loss to Kazuchika Okada, loss to Jake Lee, the cancellation of his trip to America), he seems a little more positive and says he will work his way back up. Fortunately, his symptoms were mild and he had no issues with the feeling in hands or feet or vision problems, but he did have to rest for three days in which he said he spent thinking about wrestling. Kiyomiya's first match back will be a eight man tag against Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura and Sean Legacy, who is making his Noah debut (Marufuji did not mention Shuhei Taniguchi). Kiyomiya has issued a "come at me" challenge to his opponents, making Marufuji remark that he must be mad considering who he is up against.

"I will do my best to stand in the center", green light for Kaito Kiyomiya's return

Kenoh & Shuji Kondo win the DragonGate TwinGate Tag Championship

Kenoh has become a double champion with two different tag partners, as he and Shuji Kondo won the DragonGate TwinGate Tag Championships by defeating Natural Vibez (Big Boss Shimizu and Kzy) on the 4th April. Kenoh stated that these belts were "brighter" than the All Japan tag belts, but was surprised that no one had come forward to challenge them. At the time of writing, both the All Japan World Heavyweight and the DragonGate TwinGate have no challengers.

Sean Legacy comes to Noah

Sean Legacy, who was one of the two chosen in Noah's USA tryouts, will make his Noah debut in Osaka on the 8th April. Before this he has been training at the Noah dojo in order to get used to both the Japanese style and of course the ring, he has described the Noah dojo as "beautiful"

ELSEWHERE IN NOAH

- The relationship between UK based Wrestle Carnival and Noah looks to continue, as Jack Morris (who may well be GHC National Champion) will be appearing for the promotion on May 21st.

- Tadasuke has created a new hashtag for himself, "TaddyDaddy"

- When Kohei Suwama demanded to know why Manabu Soya hadn't bought the All Japan World Heavyweight Tag belts to the Champion Carnival press conference, Soya replied there was no point as Kongoh were not going to be defending them in All Japan.

- Daisuke Harada will be working as a trainer at KICKY gym, alongside DragonGate's Kotoka Shiiba.

- Hitoshi Kumano has hinted that he may be returning to the Noah ring via a post on Twitter. Nothing more of this has been announced however.

- Daisuke Harada sent his brother, Akio, a signed picture of himself as a birthday present and then maintained he was an only child. Elsewhere, Naomichi Marufuji asked Harada that if now he was retired he could possibly follow him on Twitter? Harada gave him a very formal and stiff response.

CURRENT CHAMPIONS

GHC Heavyweight Champion: Jake Lee

Challenger: Katsuhiko Nakajima