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• Tetsuya Naito And BUSHI Win GHC Tag Team Championships In Pro Wrestling NOAH – First Match In Japan Since Leaving NJPW

Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI wasted absolutely no time reminding the Japanese wrestling scene that they’re still major players. On New Year’s Day, the former Los Ingobernables de Japon members made their first in-ring appearance in Japan since leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and they walked out of the Nippon Budokan with gold. Competing at Pro Wrestling … Continue reading Tetsuya Naito And BUSHI...2026
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• Pro Wrestling Noah The New Year Results (January 1st, 2026)

On January 1st, 2025 Pro Wrestling Noah aired The New Year live in Tokyo Japan inside Nippon Budokan in front of 6,278 fans & can watch it on Wrestle Universe. Want to discuss wrestling further? Join our Discord community by clicking here! If you enjoy Bodyslam’s content, you can help donate to the site here. You can […] The post Pro Wrestling Noah The New Year Results (J...2026
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• Pro Wrestling NOAH ‘NOAH The New Year 2026’ Results (1/1/26): Yoshiki Inamura Retains GHC Heavyweight Title

Full results from the event. The first show of 2026 for Pro Wrestling NOAH was the NOAH The New Year event from Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. There were nine matches on the bill, and the show was headlined by Yoshiki Inamura defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against OZAWA. Inamura had to fight off members … The post Pro Wrestling NOAH ‘NOAH The New Year 2026’ Results (...2026
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• Saxon Huxley Captures PROGRESS Atlas Championship At NOAH The New Year 2026

The first title change of the night. Pro Wrestling NOAH’s first show of 2026 was ‘NOAH The New Year’ at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The second championship match of the night was a PROGRESS Atlas Title bout. Going into the match as champion was Will Kroos, and he defended against Saxon Huxley. The … The post Saxon Huxley Captures PROGRESS Atlas Championship At NOAH ...2026
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• The Bloody Crescendo at Kuramae: The Funks vs The Sheik and Abdullah the Butcher
On December 15, 1977, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) hosted the finals of its inaugural Real World Tag League tournament at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan it was the bloody crescendo at Kuramae when The Funks vs The Sheik and Abdullah the Butcher battled. In a brutal and bloody battle, Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk defeated [...]...2025
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• Los Tranquilos de Japon Challenging For GHC Tag Team Titles At NOAH The New Year 2026

BUSHI and his mystery partner are getting a title shot. Starting 2026 for Pro Wrestling NOAH is the promotion’s NOAH The New Year 2026 event at Nippon Budokan. It had been advertised that Los Tranquilos de Japon would be in action at the show. Only BUSHI was promoted, and his partner was not unveiled. NOAH … The post Los Tranquilos de Japon Challenging For GHC Tag Team Titles At NOAH T...2025

• NOAH Destination 2024 Results (7/13): AJ Styles Faces Naomichi Marufuji
Pro Wrestling NOAH held their Destination event on July 13th from the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo Japan, with the event airing on Abema TV. You can check out the full results (courtesy of Cagematch) and highlights below. NOAH Destination 2024 Results (7/13) - Kenoh def. Yuji Nagata - GLG (Jake Lee, Tadasuke & YO-HEY) def. GLG (Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & LJ Cleary) - ZERO1 World Heavyweight Title M...2024
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• NJPW x AJPW x NOAH All Together Again Report (6/9): Okada And Kiyomiya Clash In Tag Team Match
On June 9, New Japan Pro Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling NOAH teamed up and held the All Together Again event on Friday, June 9. The event emanated from the Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Mark Pickering (Twitter: @_MarkPickering) shared a detailed report about the show with Fightful: Japanese pro wrestling’s three leading men’s promotions New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), ...2023
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"Pro Wrestling NOAH’s first show of 2026 was ‘NOAH The New Year’ at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan."

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"On January 1, Pro Wrestling NOAH held their NOAH The New Year 2025 show at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan."

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"On June 26, 1976, Ali competed in “The War of the Worlds” which was an exhibition match against WWE Hall of Famer Antonio Inoki inside the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, Japan."

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"OFFICIAL - 9 major pro wrestling organisations will establish the ‘United Japan Pro Wrestling’ group:NOAH, NJPW, AJPW, DDT Pro, Ganbare, Big Japan, DRAGONGATE, TJPW, STARDOMA joint event will be held at the Nippon Budokan on 6 May#noah_ghchttps://t."

• Shinsuke Nakamura returns to Pro Wrestling NOAH on New Year’s Day

Pro Wrestling NOAH WWE’s relationship with NOAH continues as the King of Strong Style comes home. WWE Superstar Shinsuke Nakamura is returning to Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH. On Monday, NOAH broke the news and posted a video on X featuring Nakamura cutting a promo. Translated by NOAH, the 2018 Royal Rumble winner said, “NOAH, it’s been a while. After that miraculous fight, WWE’s SHINSUKE ...2024
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• NJPW forms United Japan Pro-Wrestling with 8 other promotions

All Japan’s Kento Miyahara, NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya, and New Japan’s Hiroshi Tanahashi (l-r), at the press conference for June 2023’s All Together. | Kaito Kiyomiya’s X Not many doors are forbidden for New Japan Pro-Wrestling if the promotion and its parent company Bushiroad think a partnership or alliance is what’s (Triple H voice) best for business. NJPW has worked with AEW & Impact/TNA i...2023
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• NJPW Joins United Japan Pro-Wrestling, Joint Event To Be Held On May 6
New Japan Pro-Wrestling is joining United Japan Pro-Wrestling. NJPW announced they have joined United Japan Pro-Wrestling alongside other Japanese promotions All Japan Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT Pro Wrestling, STARDOM, and more. A joint event with the nine promotions will be held on May 6. From NJPW: December 15, Tokyo Japan New Japan Pro-Wrestling today announces that it is one o...2023
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• NJPW x AJPW x NOAH All Together Again Report (6/9): Okada And Kiyomiya Clash In Tag Team Match
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• Pro Wrestling NOAH ‘NOAH The New Year 2026’ Results (1/1/26): Yoshiki Inamura Retains GHC Heavyweight Title
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• Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year 2025 Results – January 1st, 2025

Pro Wrestling NOAH held their The New Year 2025 pay-per-view on Wednesday January 1st, 2025 from the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The event aired live on AbemaTV. Below are the quick results for Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year 2025 – 1/1/25: (h/t Cagematch for the results.) Want to discuss wrestling further? Join our […] The post Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year 2025 Results – ...2025
• NOAH The New Year Results (1/1): Shinsuke Nakamura, Omos, And More In Action

On January 1, Pro Wrestling NOAH held their NOAH The New Year 2025 show at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. WWE’s Shinsuke Nakamura and Omos competed at the event, which featured multiple title changes. The results, courtesy of Fightful, are as follows: RELATED: NOAH’s Yoshiki Inamura Visits WWE Performance Center As Part Of NXT-NOAH Relationship The post NOAH The New Year Results (1/1): Shin...2025
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• NOAH New Year Results (1/1): Kaito Kiyomiya, Shinsuke Nakamura, Omos, KENTA In Action
Pro Wrestling NOAH held its NOAH The New Year event on January 1 from Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. Full results and highlights are below. NOAH New Year Results (1/1) - Battle Royal: Tadasuke def. Daiki Odashima and Harutoki and Shuhei Taniguchi and Yu Owada and Yuto Kikuchi - GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: RATEL'S (HAYATA & YO-HEY) (c) def. All Rebellion (Alejandro & Kai Fujim...2025
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• KENTA Returning To Pro Wrestling NOAH For 25th Anniversary Event
KENTA is set to take on Kenoh at Pro Wrestling NOAH's 25th anniversary event on January 1, 2025. Kenoh confronted KENTA to set up the match at the December 6th NJPW World Tag League event. KENTA has competed at the NOAH The New Year events in 2022 and 2023. --OFFICIAL - Kenoh’s opponent has been decided for Nippon Budokan --NOAH 25th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL@kenoh_prowres --@KENTAG2S ORDER THE PPV ...2024
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• Shinsuke Nakamura Returning To Pro Wrestling NOAH On January 1, 2025
Shinsuke Nakamura is headed back to Pro Wrestling NOAH. WWE superstar Shinsuke Nakamura appeared in a video message to announce that he will return to Pro Wrestling NOAH on January 1, 2025. Nakamura will face Ulka Sasaki at the event. ／ --【中邑真輔】からメッセージ到着再びNOAHのリングに…舞台は、元日の日本武道館＼中邑「NOAH、久しぶりだな。奇跡の一戦から再び、#WWE SHINSUKE NAKAMURAが元日の日本武道館に戻ってくる！俺の目の前に立つのはどいつだ？滾ろうぜぇ。イヤァオ！」#noah_ghc#あけまして日本武道館 pic...2024
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• Pro Wrestling NOAH Destination Results – July 13, 2024
The post Pro Wrestling NOAH Destination Results – July 13, 2024 first appeared on PWMania - Wrestling News.The following results are from Saturday’s Pro Wrestling NOAH Destination event at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan: – All Rebellion (Cristobal and Alejandro) def. Super Crazy and Hajime Ohara and Ninja Mack and Junta Miyawaki in a Pre-Show Match. – Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba and...2024
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• Pro Wrestling NOAH DESTINATION 2024 Results (7/13/24)
Pro Wrestling NOAH held its DESTINATION 2024 event earlier today at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. You can check out the complete results from the show below: * Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Seiya, and Hiroki Inaba beat Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, and Shuhei Taniguchi at 9:55. * Shuji Kondo, Eita, and AKIRA beat Yoshinari Ogawa, […] The post Pro Wrestling NOAH DESTINATION 2024 Results (7/...2024
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• NOAH Destination 2024 Results (7/13): AJ Styles Faces Naomichi Marufuji
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• NOAH Grand Ship 2024 In Yokohama Results (6/16): Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Gabe Kidd Headlines
Pro Wrestling NOAH held its NOAH Grand Ship 2024 In Yokohama event on June 16 from Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama, Japan. The event aired on Wrestle Universe. Full results and highlights are below. NOAH Grand Ship 2024 In Yokohama Results (6/16) - LJ Cleary def. Ninja Mack and Super Crazy - REAL ZERO1 (Chris Vice, Hide Kubota, Satsuki Nagao, Takuya Sugawara & Yasu Kubota) def. Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi...2024
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• Muhammad Ali To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024
Muhammad Ali will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. WWE confirmed Variety's report that Muhammad Ali will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Ali will be inducted by his widow, Lonnie Ali. Muhammad Ali, one of the most legendary boxers of all time and an Olympic gold medalist, memorably faced Antonio Inoki in "The War of the Worlds”, an exhibition match that was held in Tokyo...2024
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• NOAH The New Year Results (1/1): Shinsuke Nakamura, Omos, And More In Action
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• NJPW forms United Japan Pro-Wrestling with 8 other promotions
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• Eddie Kingston Keeps Telling Tony Khan He Wants AEW To Run An Event At Legendary Venue In Japan
Eddie Kingston wants AEW to run Japan. The top company star, who is currently the ROH World Champion and NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion, spoke on this topic during a recent interview on AdFreeShows. Kingston reveals that he’s been pushing AEW President Tony Khan to run an event from Nippon Budokan, a famous venue that is […] The post Eddie Kingston Keeps Telling Tony Khan He Wants AEW...2023
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• Eddie Kingston Keeps Dropping Hints To Tony Khan To Bring AEW To Nippon Budokan
Eddie Kingston wants to bring AEW to Japan. AEW went international in August, bringing AEW All In to Wembley Stadium in London, England. AEW will return to England in 2024, but it is unknown if they have other international travel plans. The company is partners with NJPW, and Eddie Kingston not only competed in the NJPW G1 Climax, but he is also the NJPW Strong Openweight Champion. Speaking dur...2023
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• Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year 2025 Results – January 1st, 2025
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• Muhammad Ali To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024
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• Shinsuke Nakamura returns to Pro Wrestling NOAH on New Year’s Day
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• NJPW, NOAH, DDT, Dragon Gate, BJPW, STARDOM To Participate In All Together Event On May 6
Multiple matches have been announced for the UJPW Inauguration event. The United Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced that their inaugural show will be titled All Together: United Japan Pro-Wrestling Inauguration & Noto Earthquake Benefit Event, and it will be held on May 6. A portion of the proceeds will benefit those still recovering from the earthquake that hit the Noto peninsula on January 1. Ne...2024
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• Los Tranquilos de Japon, The Good Brothers, PROGRESS Atlas Title Match Added To NOAH The New Year 2026

Los Tranquilos de Japon’s return to Japan. Pro Wrestling NOAH is starting 2026 with their annual NOAH The New Year show on January 1st at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The announcement was pushed out that Los Tranquilos de Japon will be in action. Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI and Naito’s trainee RYUSEI make up Los Tranquilos … The post Los Tranquilos de Japon, The Good Brothers, PROGRE...2025
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• GHC National Championship Match Made Official For NOAH ‘The New Year’ 2026

The first match announcement for the show. Pro Wrestling NOAH’s annual NOAH The New Year event is scheduled for January 1st, 2026. Playing host to the event will be the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The first match announcement has been pushed out for the show, and it’ll be Dragon Bane defending the GHC National … The post GHC National Championship Match Made Official For NOAH ...2025
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• Kaito Kiyomiya Puts OZAWA Through A Table At NOAH Press Conference
By Mark Pickering GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya finally lost his patience with his protege-turned-rival OZAWA, who turned his back on the All Rebellion group leader in November. OZAWA (formerly Taishi Ozawa) was unveiled by Kiyomiya as the latest member of the All Rebellion stable when he appeared alongside his fellow NOAH dojo graduate upon returning from his European excursion. OZAWA ...2024
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• WWE Star Heads To Japan For Crossover Match
The post WWE Star Heads To Japan For Crossover Match first appeared on PWMania - Wrestling News.WWE is set to collaborate with Pro Wrestling NOAH once again, as Shinsuke Nakamura is scheduled to wrestle Ulka Sasaki on January 1, 2025. This marks Nakamura’s return to the Japanese promotion following his iconic match against The Great Muta at Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year event in 2023 at the Nipp...2024
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• Giovanni Giorgio Announces He Will Be Making His Announcing Debuts For Marigold And NOAH In 2025
Giovanni Giorgio makes an announcement for the new year. Gio is someone who has been present all over the UK wrestling scene in 2024, working a range of promotions in multiple different roles including ring announcing, commentary, backstage interviewer and more. Now, he will be working for two of the top promotions in Japan next month. While speaking to Fightful's Corey Brennan in a new interview,...2024
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• Shinsuke Nakamura returns to Pro Wrestling NOAH on New Year’s Day
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• NOAH Destination 2024 Results (7/13): AJ Styles Faces Naomichi Marufuji
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• AJ Styles and Naomichi Marufuji – A Phenomenal First Time Ever Battle
On July 13th, 2024, at NOAH Destination in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, one of the most beloved veterans in wrestling today will return to Japan in a decade to challenge one of the greatest Japanese competitors of all time in a first-time dream matchup when AJ Styles and Naomichi Marufuji do battle. In one […]...2024
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• WWE SmackDown Preview, Zilla Fatu's Next GCW Match, More | Fight Size
Here is your fight size update for Friday, June 28, 2024. - Tonight, WWE SmackDown will emanate from Madison Square Garden and feature a Bloodline Acknowledgement Ceremony. Check out the full preview from WWE embedded above. - Triple H also recently the time to speak on the special nature of events in Madison Square Garden. So many memories in such a special place. It’s always good to be home i...2024
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• Pro Wrestling NOAH DESTINATION 2024 Set For July 13th Not Available To View In Canada, UK or Mexico.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has one of it’s biggest shows of the year DESTINATION 2024 scheduled for July 13th at the Nippon Budokan. There are some incredible matches lined up for this event including WWE superstar AJ Styles appearing as he faces NOAH legend Naomichi Marufuji. Yoichi returns from excursion and will challenge current GHC Heavyweight […] The post Pro Wrestling NOAH DESTINATION 2...2024
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• Omos Changes The Landscape Of Pro Wrestling NOAH (Exclusive Photos)

Pro Wrestling NOAH’s New Year Begins with a Tumultuous Start! Text & Photo Exclusively by Tokio Tsukada (Edited by Kyle Dunning) Courtesy & Copyrights Reserved by Pro Wrestling NOAH January 1, 2025. Pro Wrestling NOAH’s New Year event at the Nippon Budokan kicked off with shocking developments as both the GHC Heavyweight Champion and the […] The post Omos Changes The Landscape Of Pro...2025
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• Tetsuya Naito To Face Jake Lee At 6/15 UJPW All Together
Grudge match set for All Together. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Tetsuya Naito will face Jake Lee at All Together on June 15. From NJPW: The next time United Japan Pro-Wrestling comes All Together will be in Sapporo on June 15. All Together Sapporo has already gained a big singles matchup, as Tetsuya Naito is set to go head to head with Jake Lee. Lee first appeared in NJPW on the Road...2024
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• Wrestle And Romance ~ First Anniversary Of Revolution~ 06/17/93

Wrestle And Romance Tokyo, Japan Nippon Budokan Attendance: 14,000 Previously In WAR… Masao Orihara competed in NJPW’s round robin Top Of The Super J ’93 and left with the lowest score. He’s not on this anniversary show presumably because of the shame he brought to WAR. The show was originally released across two tapes with […]...2023
• WAR ~ First Anniversary Of Revolution~ 06/17/93

Wrestle And Romance Tokyo, Japan Nippon Budokan Attendance: 14,000 Previously In WAR… Masao Orihara competed in NJPW’s round robin Top Of The Super J ’93 and left with the lowest score. He’s not on this anniversary show presumably because of the shame he brought to WAR. The show was originally released across two tapes with […]...2023

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