NOAH Limit Break 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah and took place on May 29, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Shinjuku Face. Broadcasting was on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. The event also featured the participation of various wrestlers from Pro Wrestling Zero1, All Japan Pro Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling.[2]

NOAH Limit Break 2
Promotional poster of the event
PromotionCyberFight
Brand(s)Pro Wrestling Noah
DateMay 29, 2024
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueShinjuku Face
Attendance403[1]
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Six matches were contested at the event. The main event saw Akitoshi Saito and Go Shiozaki go to a time-limit draw for the Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship.

Background

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Storylines

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The event featured six professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]

Event

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The event started with the singles confrontation between Yu Owada and Daisuke Sekimoto solded with the latter's victory via submission. Next up, Muhammad Yone and Yuto Kikuchi defeated Shuji Ishikawa and Black Menso-re in tag team action. The third bout saw the time's KO-D Tag Team Champions Burning (Tetsuya Endo and Yuki Iino) picking up a victory over Hi69 and Harutoki. In the fourth bout, Jun Akiyama defeated Atsushi Kotoge in singles competition. In the semi main event, Kazuyuki Fujita, Yoshi Tatsu and Genta Yubari defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya and Tomomitsu Matsunaga in six-man tag team competition.

In the main event, Akitoshi Saito and Go Shiozaki went into a time-limit draw in a singles bout disputed for the Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship, therefore Saito secured the second successful defense of the title in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, he received a title challenge from Chris Vice.[4]

Results

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No.Results[5]StipulationsTimes[1]
1Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Yu Owada by submissionSingles match8:31
2Muhammad Yone and Yuto Kikuchi defeated Shuji Ishikawa and Black Menso-re by pinfallTag team match12:29
3Burning (Tetsuya Endo and Yuki Iino) defeated Hi69 and Harutoki by pinfallTag team match12:38
4Jun Akiyama defeated Atsushi Kotoge by pinfallSingles match18:14
5Kazuyuki Fujita, Yoshi Tatsu and Genta Yubari defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya and Tomomitsu Matsunaga by pinfallSix-man tag team match21:42
6Akitoshi Saito (c) vs. Go Shiozaki ended in a time-limit drawSingles match for the Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship30:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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  1. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 29, 2024). "NOAH Limit Break 2". cagematch.net. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Pro Wrestling Noah. 2024年05月29日(水)ザ・リーヴPresents LIMIT BREAK .2. noah.co.jp. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  4. ^ Daly, Wayne (May 30, 2024). "NOAH Results: Limit Break 2 – Tokyo, Japan (5/29)". wrestling-news.net. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  5. ^ Dark Angelita (June 13, 2024). "NOAH: «Limit Break 2» Akitoshi Saito retiene titulo". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
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