Haste retains after hitting the Bomb Valley Death for the pinfall. Damn good match and well worth watching.
Afterwards, Tetsuya Endo would step up and proclaim himself the next challenger (with KENTA translating to Shane), with Haste accepting.
Also, Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara to compete on the show.
In case you don't know, NOAH wrestler Kouga has been on his excursion for a few months now. After debuting in Germany back in September and winning his first championship in his career back in February, the young wrestler just hit another milestone and won the GWF World Cup.
The tournament has been around for a few years and previous winners include El Phantasmo, Angélico and Axel Tischer (Alexander Wolfe at WWE).
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYLQ8NgCIjm/
Both nights of the tournament can be watched on the GWF YouTube channel, but if you want to see the finals see the main event here (starts at around 2 hours, 32 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/live/P\_uDt4jj3UQ?is=sJXVcw7dDR0tpigH
How do I treat the little logos jn eaxh sextion are they divisjons? Are they teams? Like are OZAWA and Masa Katiyama on Team 200X or is that not related to the people next to them? https://www.noah.co.jp/profile/
>!Shane Haste has done it! Can'tbelieve they pulled the trigger!!<
>!KENTA is the next challenger!<
A Block:
Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI (GHC Tag Champs)
Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki (ALL REBELLION)
Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA (WHITE RAVEN SQWAD)
Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows (GOOD BROTHERS)
Kid Lykos & Kid Lykos II (LYKOS GYM)
Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura (TEAM 2000X)
B-block:
Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh
Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers (Sunsetters)
Kazuyuki Fujita & Muhammad Yone (Funky Beasts)
KENTA & Katsumi Inahata
Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino (PASSION RATELS)
OZAWA & Tadasuke (TEAM 2000X)
At Pro Wrestling NOAH’s NOAH Final Burning In Budokan event on May 11, 2013, in front of nearly 17,000 fans at the legendary Nippon Budokan, Kenta Kobashi stepped into the ring for the final time in his career.
On that historic night, Kobashi teamed with Jun Akiyama, Keiji Muto, and Kensuke Sasaki to defeat the team of Go Shiozaki, KENTA, Maybach Taniguchi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru in 39 minutes and 59 seconds.
The atmosphere inside Budokan was deeply emotional throughout the night. Fans were seen in tears, chanting Kobashi’s name endlessly, fully aware they were witnessing the end of one of the greatest careers in puroresu history. Many legendary figures from across Japanese wrestling attended or sent messages honoring Kobashi’s impact on the industry.
Naomichi Marufuji beats Alpha Wolf!!!
Tadasuke is the next challenger>!​!<
Bane would defeat AMAKUSA with the “Bane Twister” to become the NEW Jr. Champ.
Bane wins the Jr. Title for the first time and is now a Double Champion, being 1/2 of the GHC Jr. Tag Champs alongside Alejandro.
Afterwards, Eita would step up as the first challenger.
- Kaito Kiyomiya will take on Masa Kitamiya in a singles match on the May 5th show, with the stipulation being that if Kiyomiya loses, ALL REBELLION will be forced to disband. Masa Kitamiya is cheekily putting his hair on the line in the match (what little he has).
- Tetsuya Endo would proclaim that he is staying in NOAH till he reaches the top of the promotion, telling his WRS stablemates that he intends to challenge the winner of the GHC Heavyweight Championship match between Shane Haste and KENTA.
- Yoshiki Inamura and OZAWA will have a singles match, yet to be decided.
- BUSHI said that he has his eyes on Yuto Koyanagi, who’s an interesting talent.
- Manabu Soya offered Daiki Odashima a place in PASSION RATELS.
- Kazuyuki Fujita & Muhammad Yone said they will team for the upcoming Tag League.
- Yoshiki Inamura said he will be calling his “best friend” to be teaming with him in the Tag League.
I recently watching NOAH again after a long haul and became an instant fan of Dragon Bane and Alejandro, writing two articles (one I forgot spoilers…my bad). But other than Shane Haste winning the belt, as well as KENTA and Marufuji, still getting used to the modern product.
What is the perfect event to jump in on via Wrestle Universe to gain some further understanding? Happy to have been back into it, especially with other wrestling as a lull for me. Thanks in advance.
Full disclosure: I am a big ol' apostle of NOAH's Evangelist, so yes, this is a biased take.
I think the upcoming title match between AMAKUSA and Dragon Bane has not been given the attention it deserves. Eita has even posted on Xwitter about it.
Which matches had special promo posters designed that are going to be distributed at the event on 5.2?
Bushi vs Masaoka
Naito vs Ozawa
Ryusei & Reyes vs Kai & Wolf
Oh, your Jr. Heavyweight who put on MOTY contenders with Hiromu Takahashi (had the crowd stomping on the floor) and Daiki Odashima? Nah, forget that guy. 🙄
Maybe I'm just in the minority on this one.
Gonna go yell at some clouds now.
How to watch:
https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/aLJZKpiuA2ofyTdwg93cBr
Start Times:
7:30 PDT; 9:30 CDT; 10:30 EDT; 3:30 GMT; 11:30 JST; 12:30 AEST
Match Card:
GHC National Championship Match -
Alpha Wolf (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji
Rest of the card to be announced at the start of the show.
Yuki Iino of DDT!
The trio of Iino, Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley would also get the win at Ryogoku, defeating T2X and ALL REBELLION.
Seems that this is part of the ongoing relationship between NOAH & DDT, as Junta Miyawaki is in DDT, and Tetsuya Endo of DDT is still in NOAH.