NOAH Majestic 2022 was a two-night professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on April 29 and 30, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[3][4]
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 Promotional poster of the April 29 show featuring Tadasuke, Yo-Hey, Hayata, Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada | |||
| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand(s) | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||
| Date | April 29, 2022 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Ryogoku Kokugikan | ||
| Attendance | 1,585 (Night 1)[1] 2,077 (Night 2)[2] Combined: 3,662 | ||
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Storylines
editBoth of the nights featured a total of twenty-one 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.[5]
Noah Majestic - N Innovation
editEvent
editThe first night event started with the confrontation between Ikuto Hidaka and Kai Fujimura solded with the victory of the preceding one. Next, Melbourne City Wrestling's Slex picked up a victory over Yasutaka Yano. In the third bout, Kotaro Suzuki and Yuya Susumu fought in a ten-minute time-limit draw. The fourth match portraited the competition between El Texano Jr., Nosawa Rongai and Super Crazy and Hajime Ohara, Tadasuke and Shuji Kondo which ended with the victory of the first team. Next, Hao defeated Nio in singles action. Next, Xtreme Tiger picked up a victory over Seiki Yoshioka. In the seventh match, Dragon Gate's Z-Brats (H.Y.O, SB Kento and Shun Skywalker) defeated Alejandro, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki. In the eighth match, Ninja Mack defeated Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane, two of International Wrestling Revolution Group's roster talent sent to an excursion in Japan. In the semi main event, Chris Ridgeway and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Yo-Hey to capture the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[6]
In the main event, Hayata defeated Eita to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time in his career.[7]
Results
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edit| Noah Majestic Final 2022 | |
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 Promotional poster of the April 30 show featuring Kazuyuki Fujita and Go Shiozaki | |
| Promotion | CyberFight |
| Brand(s) | Pro Wrestling Noah |
| Date | April 30, 2022 |
| City | Tokyo, Japan |
| Venue | Ryogoku Kokugikan |
| Attendance | 2,077 [2] |
Event
editThe second show started with the confrontation between Kai Fujimura and Slex and Alejandro and Yasutaka Yano solded with the victory of the preceding team. Next, Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya and Tadasuke) defeated Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone) in six-man tag team action. The third bout saw Stinger (Chris Ridgeway, Hayata, Seiki Yoshioka, Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu) defeating Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita, El Texano Jr., Kotaro Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai and Super Crazy) by disqualification. In the fourth match, Kazushi Sakuraba and Kendo Kashin picked up a victory over Daiki Inaba and Masato Tanaka. Next, Michael Elgin defeated Masa Kitamiya in singles action. The sixth match saw Masakatsu Funaki securing the third consecutive defense of the GHC National Championship against Simon Gotch. The eighth match portraited Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane teaming up with Xtreme Tiger and Ninja Mack to defeat Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Junta Miyawaki and Yo-Hey. Next, Naomichi Marufuji and Satoshi Kojima defeated Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura. The semi main event saw Hideki Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura securing their first defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship against Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh.[9]
In the main event, Go Shiozaki succeeded in outmatching Kaito Kiyomiya and winning the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the fifth time in his career, title which was previously vacated by Kazuyuki Fujita who was tested positive for COVID-19.[10]
Results
edit| No. | Results[11] | Stipulations | Times[2] | ||
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| 1 | Kai Fujimura and Slex defeated Alejandro and Yasutaka Yano by pinfall | Tag team match | 10:22 | ||
| 2 | Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya and Tadasuke) defeated Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone) by pinfall | Six-man tag team match | 12:55 | ||
| 3 | Stinger (Chris Ridgeway, Hayata, Seiki Yoshioka, Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu) defeated Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita, El Texano Jr., Kotaro Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai and Super Crazy) by disqualification | Ten-man tag team match | 9:28 | ||
| 4 | Sugiura-gun (Kazushi Sakuraba and Kendo Kashin) defeated Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki by pinfall | Tag team match | 6:47 | ||
| 5 | Sugiura-gun International (El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée) defeated Daiki Inaba and Masato Tanaka by pinfall | Tag team match | 10:51 | ||
| 6 | Michael Elgin defeated Masa Kitamiya by pinfall | Singles match | 12:33 | ||
| 7 | Masakatsu Funaki (c) defeated Simon Gotch by pinfall | Singles match for the GHC National Championship | 9:47 | ||
| 8 | Los Golpeadores (Alpha Wolf and Dragón Bane), Xtreme Tiger and Ninja Mack defeated Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Junta Miyawaki and Yo-Hey by pinfall | Eight-man tag team match | 16:33 | ||
| 9 | Naomichi Marufuji and Satoshi Kojima defeated Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura by pinfall | Tag team match | 15:01 | ||
| 10 | Sugiura-gun (Hideki Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura) (c) defeated Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh) by pinfall | Tag team match for the GHC Tag Team Championship | 23:36 | ||
| 11 | Go Shiozaki defeated Kaito Kiyomiya by pinfall | Singles match for the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship | 30:02 | ||
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References
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 29, 2022). "NOAH Majestic 2022 - N Innovation". cagematch.net. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ a b c Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 30, 2022). "NOAH Majestic 2022". cagematch.net. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah (April 30, 2022). 2022年04月30日 （土） WRESTLE UNIVERSE presents MAJESTIC 2022. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah (April 29, 2022). 2022年04月29日 （金） ABEMA presents MAJESTIC 2022~N Innovation~. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (March 24, 2022). "Ninja Mack making his Pro Wrestling NOAH debut on 4/29". POSTWrestling. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Dark Angel (April 29, 2022). "NOAH: "Majestic 2022" New monarchs are crowned, Mexicans in action". Superluchas.com. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (April 29, 2022). "NOAH Results: Majestic 2022 – Tokyo, Japan (4/29)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Buckeldee, mark (April 30, 2022). "NOAH Majestic Report: New GHC Heavyweight Champion crowned". POSTWrestling. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Di Trolio, Gerard (April 30, 2022). "NOAH MAJESTIC 2022 (APRIL 30) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (April 30, 2022). "NOAH Results: Majestic 2022 Day 2 – Tokyo, Japan (4/30)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved January 28, 2023.