January 1st, 2022 (NOAH, ZERO1, WAVE)

 Pro-Wrestling NOAH "THE NEW YEAR 2022"
16:00 @ Nippon Budokan in Tokyo [3,181 Spectators]

(1) Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada vs. Kai Fujimura & Yasutaka Yano
◆ Winner: Miyawaki (8:39) with a Falcon Arrow on Fujimura.
(2) King Tani, Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito vs. Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Nioh
◆ Winner: Yone (8:45) following a Kinniku Buster on Tadasuke.
(3) Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu vs. Haoh & Aleja
◆ Winner: Haoh (11:44) with a Firebird Splash on Yoshioka,
(4) Ultimo Dragon, Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, YO-HEY & Kotaro Suzuki
◆ Winner: Dragon (13:51) with a La Magistral on NOSAWA.
(5) Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Ikuto Hidaka
◆ Winner: Fujita (12:17) following a Powerbomb on Hidaka.

(6) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [46th Champion] HAYATA vs. [Challenger] Yoshinari Ogawa
◆ Winner: HAYATA (20:54) with a Figure Four counter hold.
~ 8th successful title defense.
~ HAYATA sees victory in the master and apprentice showdown, but next up for the two is the GHC Jr. Tag defense on 1/4.

(7) GHC Tag Championship Match: [57th Champions] Keiji Muto & Naomichi Marufuji vs. [Challengers] Masato Tanaka [ZERO1] & Masaaki Mochizuki [DG]
◆ Winner: Muto (20:50) with a Figure Four Leg Lock on Mochizuki.
~ 1st successful title defense.

(8) Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba & KENTA vs. Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura
◆ Winner: KENTA (25:46) following the go2sleep on Inamura.
~ KENTA celebrates a win in his first match in NOAH in roughly 7 and a half years.

(9) GHC National Championship Match: [7th Champion] Kenoh vs. [Challenger] Kaito Kiyomiya
◆ Winner: Kenoh (24:42) following a Right High Kick.
~ 2nd successful title defense.

(10) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [36th Champion] Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. [Challenger] Go Shiozaki
◆ Winner: Nakajima (30:10) following a Northern Light Bomb.
~ 3rd successful title defense.
~ Following the win, Nakajima declared that "I AM NOAH". Following the decisive win against the one who can challenge him for that title.
~ Nakajima stated that his focus is now on the upcoming NJPW vs. NOAH show on January 8th in Yokohama.
~ When asked about what he seeks most from it, he remarked that it isn't Shingo Takagi as he holds not one, but two single match victories over him. Though someone like Tetsuya Naito is still a challenge that he has yet to overcome.

~ Next up for NOAH is the January 4th show at Korakuen. The full card has been updated as follows...

NOAH "NEW SUNRISE 2022", 1/4/2022 [Tue] @ 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Kai Fujimura vs. Yasutaka Yano
(2) King Tani & Muhammad Yone vs. Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada
(3) NOSAWA Rongai & Eita vs. Haoh & Nioh
(4) Atsushi Kotoge vs. Seiki Yoshioka
(5) Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Inaba
(6) Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Aleja vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daisuke Harada & Hajime Ohara
(7) Go Shiozaki vs. Kaito Kiyomiya

(8) GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [47th Champions] Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. [Challengers] Kotaro Suzuki & YO-HEY
~ 1st title defense.

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Pro-Wrestling ZERO1 "Happy New Year"
@ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo [602 Spectators]

 ~ Tsugataka Sato formally announced that he has joined ZERO1.

(1) Takafumi & Junya Matsunaga vs. Takumi Baba & Satsuki Nagao
◆Winner: Matsunaga (8:17) following a Backdrop on Nagao.
(2) Takuya Sugawara & Asuka vs. Tsugataka Sato & Genta Hiriki
◆Winner: Sugawara (9:30) following a Lariat on Niki.
(3) CYT vs. Ganbare: Chris Vise & Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari
◆Winner: Imanari (9:37) with a Tiger Driver on Yokoyama.
~ After the match TARU appeared after a lengthy absence and questioned how Yokoyama could lose to an amateur like Imanari. TARU stated that he doesn't want VOODOO-MURDERS to have its existence to be polluted as such.
~ Yokoyama didn't take this lightly and got angry while TARU left the hall.

(4) Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [45th Champions] Tomohiko Hashimoto & Gajo vs. Yasu & Hide Kubota
◆Winner: Tomohiko (15:24) following the XCT on Yasu.
~ First successful title defense.
~ Takafumi came out and confronted the champions after the match. Though he did not have a partner with him at the time he looked to have asserted himself as eager to face the champions.

~ Megumi Kudo came out and greeted the audience. She announced that due to Yasukuni Shrine undergoing maintenance work, ZERO1 will be hosting their yearly honor show at the Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Shinjuku. Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsumi Fujinami, Alexander Otsuka, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Jaguar Yokota, Dump Matsumoto, Shinobu Kandori, Takaco Inoue, OZ Academy, Ice Ribbbon, and All Japan Pro-Wrestling (Suwama & Dan Tamura vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Izanagi) will also be featured on the show.

(5) Junior Double Crown Championship Match: [26th & 126th Champion] Fuminori Abe vs. [Challenger] Shoki Kitamura
◆Winner: Abe (18:00) with an Onryo Clutch.
~ 5th successful title defense.

(6) World Heavyweight Championship Match: [30th Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Masato Tanaka
◆Winner: Sugiura (22:40) with a Front Neck Lock.
~ 1st successful title defense.

~ Takuya Sugawara, winner of last years Fire Festival, made the challenge for the belt.
~ All of ZERO1's belts remain under the possession of outsiders.
~ Otani came out and stated that he wants ZERO1 to recapture the belts.
~ ZERO1's 20th Anniversary Show, held-off from last year, is scheduled to take place on April 10th at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
~ A special video package was played as Yuji Hino, Imanari, Yuji Okabayashi, Alexander Otsuka, Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka, Jun Kasai, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan were all announced to be competing on the show. Masahiro Chono will also appear but as an ambassador the event.

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 Pro-Wrestling WAVE "HAVE A NICE WAVE"
@ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo [208 Spectators]

(1) New Year Future Wave: Yuu & Itsuki Aoki vs. Kurea & Chie Ozora
◆ Winner: Itsuki (14:45) with a Frog Splash on Kurea.
(2) New Year Comical Wave: Sakura Hirota vs. Kuishinbo Kamen
◆ Winner: Kuishinbo (14:58) with a Jacknife Hold counter.
(3) New Year Premium Scramble: SAKI & Hikari Shimizu vs Miyuki Takase & Haruka Umesaki
◆ Winner: DRAW (20:00) Time Limit Expired.
(4) New Years Waves of Waves: Nagisa Nozaki vs Yumi Ohka
◆ Winner: Ohka (12:24) via pin-fall.

(5) W.W.W.D World Elizabeth Championship Match ~ Hardcore Rules: [7th Champion] Kaori Yoneyama vs. [Challenger] Yuki Miyazaki vs. [Challenger] Miss Mongul
◆ Winner: Miyazaki (16:32) following a Death Valley Bomb on Yoneyama.
~ Champion falls on their 2nd title defense. Yuki Miyazaki becomes the 8th champion.

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