(NOAH) Must Read! Kenoh vs Wagner, the most popular battle among fans, and a world class tag team match! Check out the details ahead of the 4th February Sendai show, which is full of fierce competition.

24th January 2024

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At the Sendai event, which will be the first regional big show of 2024, will feature three major GHC matches featuring Noah's new generation of foreign wrestlers. The main event will be a GHC Heavyweight match, in which the champion, Kenoh, will be challenged by the "Murder Doctor", El Hijo Del Dr Wagner Jnr. Kenoh, who is from Michinoku Pro Wrestling, has had a series of fierce battles since the beginning of the year, and has continued to dominate as the center of The Ark from the start of 2024. He has recently held events for the "Kenoh Channel" in Sendai, where he has deep ties. This will be his third defense of the year. This will be his third defense of the year.

Wagner Jnr is making his long-awaited first challenge for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Last year, as the National Champion, he had a series of high average heated battles, and fully established as the top foreigner in Noah along with Jack Morris. Kenoh also acknowledges Wagner Jnr's ability, and just like the GHC match, Kaito Kiyomiya vs Jack Morris, held at the same time last year, it will be a Japanese vs Foreigner showdown in Noah's new landscape, is sure to be a heated battle. 

The Lucha brothers, "Los Golpeadores", Dragon Bane and Alpha Wolf, will challenge for the GHC Tag Team Championship held by the Good Looking Guys duo of Jack Morris and Anthony Green. The brothers, Bane and Wolf, have been leading the GHC Junior Tag for the past year, using their world-class combination techniques. Although they lost the 3WAY match earlier this year, and lost the titles, they have now set their sights on the heavyweight tag team championship. There has never been a team that has won the GHC Junior Tag Team Championship, and the the tag team championship, the so-called "two division championship". It is true that Wolf boasts a physique and power approaching that of a heavyweight, and Bane defeated Green in a pre match singles match. The title match is sure to be a fast paced, high level battle with complex, tricky and acrobatic developments. 

Ohara, who is celebrating his 20th debut anniversary, will challenge the GHC Junior Champion, Daga, who reigns as the "new absolute champion." Daga is an all-rounder who combines mind games, technique, and power, and has honed his ferocity, calling himself a "lion". At the end of last year, he defeated the "absolute champion" HAYATA, to win his first title, and then defended his title with complete victories against Shuji Kondo, Eita and top fighter opponents. He stands out as the "new face of the Noah Juniors". 

Ohara, who is celebrating his 20th debut anniversary this year, was the one who went to stop the Daga. At the end of last year, he challenged Morris for the GHC National, and fought hard. Although he did not reach the red belt, he immediately defeated Daga by pinfall at the beginning of the year, leading to a challenge for the junior championship. Daga sneered saying, "I'll beat you within three minutes", but in the pre match (23rd January, Yokohama), which was a singles match in the same card as the title match, Ohara had the upper hand, which resulted in a ten minute draw. Will he take the lead in the three major GHC matches, where all the challengers are luchadores? 

Jake Lee, who has been making his presence felt on the microphone since the beginning of the year, has set his sights on making a comeback as the GHC Heavyweight Champion by winning the "GLG vs Noah Main Force 6 on 6 All-out showdown", appears in a six man tag. He will have an eye catching encounter with Kazuyuki Fujita. 

Former UFC fighter, Ulka Sasaki, who will be making his first regional big match appearance, will form a trio with Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura, and will clash with the REAL team of Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher and Shuhei Taniguchi. At the Hachioji event on January 21st, he achieved his first victory in his fourth professional wrestling match. I would like to draw your attention to his rapid evolution. 

TEAM NOAH is a new unit formed around Go Shiozaki with the aim of "regaining Noah's fight", and for the first time in Sendai, all five members will appear together. Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, and the rest of Noah's main squad, will go head to head in a ten man tag match. 

Also, a chance has arrived for rookie Yu Owada. He will team up with Yoshinari Ogawa in a big match, and has the opportunity to face Kaito Kiyomiya and Ryohei Oiwa. 

Furthermore, in the opening match, there will be a partner showdown between Ninja Mack and Alejandro, which will be realized in a three way match with LJ Cleary. It's a composition of high flyer vs high flyer vs imposter, and I have the feeling that Ninja and Alejandro's flashy aerial fights and Cleary's lackadaisical fighting will create an unexpected chemical reaction.

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