(NOAH) CARD PREVIEW: THE GIFT 2023 in MAKUHARI ~KEIJI MUTO HAPPY BIRTHDAY~ (Saturday, December 23rd - Makuhari Messe Hall 6, Chiba)
Doors: 15:30 JST
Start time: 17:00 JST
Broadcast: WrestleUniverse from 18:00 JST on the 26th December (subscription required to view)
Current Champions (and challengers)
GHC Heavyweight: Kenoh
Challenger: Manabu Soya
Title match: ABEMA PRESENTS NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2024 (Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - Ariake Arena, Tokyo)
GHC Junior Heavyweight: Daga
Challenger: Eita
Title match: ABEMA PRESENTS NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2024 (Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - Ariake Arena, Tokyo)
GHC Heavyweight Tag: Good Looking Guys (Anthony Green and Jack Morris)
Challengers: TBA
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag: Los Golpeadores (Dragon Bane and Alpha Wolf)
Challengers: Good Looking Guys (YO-HEY & Tadasuke) & Ninja Mack & Alejandro (three way match)
Title match: ABEMA PRESENTS NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2024 (Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - Ariake Arena, Tokyo)
GHC National: Jack Morris
Challenger: TBA
GHC HARDCORE: Ninja Mack
Challenger: TBA
EVENT NOTES
NOTES ABOUT TONIGHT
Noah's final show of 2023 has been combined with Keiji Mutoh's 61st birthday. However, this is not a produce, and Keiji Mutoh will be on hand to sign autographs.
CARD
MATCH ONE
Shuhei Taniguchi vs Yu Owada
MATCH TWO
Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Taichi Ozawa vs Funky Express (Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito) & Super Crazy
MATCH THREE
Hi69 vs Eita
Due to his knee injury (a sprain) there have been no pre matches between Eita and Daga, but Daga did recently post on social media "On my way", so I wonder if he will show up tonight as this is the last show before Ariake Arena on January 2nd. I should also note that Daga has quit AAA to concentrate on Noah.
MATCH FOUR
Takashi Sugiura, Hajime Ohara & Kai Fujimura vs Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki
MATCH FIVE
Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke) vs Naomichi Marufuji, Alejandro & TERRY YAKI
Alejandro returns from illness tonight to take part in a wild Noah Junior match, which leaves Jake Lee to fight Naomichi Marufuji. Like Misawa, Marufuji likes teaming with Juniors as they remind him of how much fun being one was. Also, YO-HEY celebrated his fifteenth anniversary in Wrestling on the 22nd, so no doubt there will be some kind of fan commemoration. Or Tadasuke singing.
MATCH SIX
Yoshinari Ogawa vs HAYATA
This is a long running grudge, but it's not over a title, this is a pre match of sorts for the Ariake match where HAYATA will team with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Ogawa with Zack Sabre Jnr.
MATCH SEVEN
Kenoh, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba
Kaito Kiyomiya commented that this is the first time he has tagged with Kenoh since July. I am sure that Kenoh will be warm and welcoming, especially since he thinks that Kiyomiya is to blame for the intrusion by House of Torture, which Kenoh believes was done deliberately by Kiyomiya to get attention. This is also the last pre match between Kenoh and Soya, with Soya getting one win over Kenoh so far, and Kenoh managing to escape from the Dragon Sleeper the last time they fought.
At Korakuen Hall on the 20th December, all six members of House of Torture stormed in and attacked Kaito Kiyomiya and Ryohei Oiwa. Kiyomiya and Oiwa entered New Japan the next day and saved Shota Umino from a House of Torture beat down. Perhaps they will leave things as they are until Ariake, or else there will be some kind of retaliation tonight.
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