Noah The New Year 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on January 1, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Nippon Budokan. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[2] It was the first pay-per-view promoted by Noah in 2022.
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| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand(s) | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||
| Date | January 1, 2022 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Nippon Budokan | ||
| Attendance | 3,181[1] | ||
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The event featured ten matches with four of Noah's championships on the line. The main event saw Katsuhiko Nakajima defeat Go Shiozaki to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Other top matches included Kenoh successfully defending the GHC National Championship against Kaito Kiyomiya, Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji defeated M's Alliance stablemates Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka to retain the GHC Tag Team Championship, and Hayata defeated Yoshinari Ogawa to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Background
editThe event featured ten 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] The official theme song for the event was "Voyage" by Funky Kato.
Event
editPreliminary matches
editThe event started with the confrontation between the teams of Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada, and Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano which solded with the victory of the preceding team. In the second bout, Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone) defeated Kongo (Manabu Soya, Nio and Tadasuke) in six-man tag team action. Next, Kongo (Aleja and Hao) outmatched the team of Stinger (Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu). The fourth bout saw Hajime Ohara, Momo No Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) and Último Dragón picking a victory over Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita, Kotaro Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai and Yo-Hey) in eight-man tag team action. Next up, Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin defeated Ikuto Hidaka and Masakatsu Funaki. In the sixth match, Hayata secured the eighth consecutive defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Stinger stablemate Yoshinari Ogawa. In the seventh match, Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji defended the GHC Tag Team Championship for the first time against M's Alliance stablemates Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka. Next up, Kenta and Sugiura-gun (Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura) defeated Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura. In the semi main event, Kenoh secured the second consecutive defense of the GHC National Championship against Kaito Kiyomiya.[4][5][6]
Main event
editIn the main event, Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Go Shiozaki to mark his third consecutive defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship.[7][8]
Results
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 1, 2022). "NOAH The New Year 2022". cagematch.net. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah (January 1, 2022). 2022年01月01日 （土） ABEMA presents NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2022. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 14, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Last Word Staff (December 31, 2021). "Preview: Pro Wrestling NOAH – NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2022 (1/1/22)". Last Word On Sports. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Dark Angel (January 9, 2022). "NOAH: "The New Year 2022" Katsuhiko Nakajima continues to reign". Superluchas.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Völsch, Paul (January 2, 2022). "NOAH The New Year 2022 (January 1) Results & Review". Voices of Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Buckeldee, Mark (January 1, 2022). "NOAH "The New Year 2022" Report: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Go Shiozaki". POSTWrestling. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (January 1, 2022). "PRO Wrestling NOAH The New Year Results (1/1): Ultimo Dragon In Action, Nakajima vs. Go Shiozaki". Fightful. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (January 1, 2022). "NOAH Results: The New Year 2022 – Tokyo, Japan (1/1)". wrestling-news.net. Archived from the original on July 14, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Harris, Jeffrey (January 1, 2022). "Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year Results 1.01.22: KENTA Makes His NOAH Return". 411Mania. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.