(NOAH) "I'm going to spread Noah and Kaito Kiyomiya to the world!" Kaito Kiyomiya to defend his GHC Heavyweight title for the fourth time in London on the 8th

4th September 2024

Tokyo Sports

Noah have announced that the GHC Heavyweight Championship will be held as the main event at the London event on the 8th, where the champion Kaito Kiyomiya (28) will face off against Ricky Knight Jr. in a bout to defend his title for the fourth time. 

This will be the first time the title has been held in the UK for thirteen years, since the May 2011 match between the champion Takashi Sugiura and Kotaro Suzuki. This will be the first overseas GHC Heavyweight title match since November 2017, when champion Eddie Edwards faced El Hijo Del Fantasma in Ottawa, Canada. 

Kiyomiya recently won the singles league tournament, "N-1 VICTORY" as the first ever GHC Heavyweight Champion. He wrote on his X, "I will defend the belt, and spread the word about Noah and Kaito Kiyomiya to the world!". 

In addition, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura will challenge the reigning champion Luke Jacobs in a three-way match for the Progress Men's World Championship at the same event.

Translated from Tokyo Sports

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