February 21st, 2023

~ Results for Keiji Muto Retirement Show [Muto vs Naito], DRAGON GATE [Tag League] & Marvelous
~ News and updates for NOMADS'

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KEIJI MUTO GRAND FINAL PRO-WRESTLING "LAST" LOVE ~ HOLD OUT ~, 2/21/2023 [Tue] 17:00 @ Tokyo Dome
30,096 Spectators

(0-1) STARTING BATTLE 1: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Yoshiki Inamura & Yasutaka Yano
 ◆Winner: Kitamiya (7:21) following a Saito Suplex on Yasutaka.
(0-2) STARTING BATTLE 2 ~ TJPW Offer Match: Yuka Sakazaki, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Maki Ito, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai
 ◆Winner: Sakazaki (11:38) with the Maho Shojo Niwatoriyaro on Arai.
(0-3) STARTING BATTLE 3 ~ WORLD WARRIOR BATTLE: Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima & Timothy Thatcher vs. Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene
 ◆Winner: Jake (7:14) following a Front High Kick on Thatcher.
~ Kojima announced that his time in NOAH has come to an end, as he will be putting his focus back into New Japan.

(1) NEW EXPLOSION: Yoshinari Ogawa, Eita, HAYATA, Chris Ridgeway & Daga vs. Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY, Seiki Yoshioka, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki
 ◆Winner: Ridgeway (6:23) with a Leg Capture Chicken Wing Combination on Miyawaki.
~ Ogawa and Eita continued an attack on HAYATA and Ridgeway.
~ Miyawaki announced that he will be returning to Mexico to continue training.
(2) DDT Offer Match: Tetsuya Endo, Hideki Okatani, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada vs. MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima
 ◆Winner: Ueno (9:06) following the WR on Masada.
(3) DRAGON GATE vs NOAH: Shun Skywalker, KAI & Diamante vs. Naomichi Marufuji, El Hijo de Doctor Wagner Jr. & Ninja Mack
 ◆Winner: Wagner (11:20) with a Moonsault Press on KAI.
(4) AJPW vs NOAH: Kento Miyahara, Suwama & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya
 ◆Winner: Kenoh (15:37) following the PFS on Yuma.
~ Kenoh stated that with the win over All Japan's World Tag Champion that he should seek to capture the All Japan belts and unify them with GHC Tag belts. (As he and Soya will challenge for the GHC Tag on 3/19.)
~ Nothing seemed to be settled between Miyahara and Nakajima, but as Nakajima stated "today was only a greeting". Though Miyahara requested that his other former DIAMOND RING / Kensuke Office ally Masa Kitamiya, who was at the commentary table, to come and visit All Japan on February 27th.

(5) FINAL DE LUCHA: Taiji Ishimori & Gedo vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
 ◆Winner: Ishimori (4:43) following the Bloody Cross on NOSAWA.
~ NOSAWA ends his career at 27 years and acknowledged that he could barely stand for today's match. He stated that he really does not want to quit, not like this, but its now in his best interest to focus on a new path.
(6) TOKYO TORNADO: Hiromu Takahashi vs. AMAKUSA
 ◆Winner: Hiromu (11:02) following the TIME BOMB II.
~ Hiromu invited the former "Kenbai", whom he met 10 years ago, an open spot to LIJ if ever so desires.
(7) SHINING THROUGH: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
 ◆Winner: Okada (16:32) following the Rainmaker.
~ During  the backstage interview, Jake Lee then appeared and challenged the fallen GHC Champ, who was crawling to the interview area. saying to Kiyomiya "Just get some rest now" but that he'll be leading NOAH to a more profitable future.

(8) PRO-WRESTLING "LAST" LOVE ~ Keiji Muto's Retirement Match: Keiji Muto vs. Tetsuya Naito
 ◆Winner: Naito (28:58) following the Destino.

~ Masahiro Chono, who was at the commentary booth, then called for a match against Mutoh, which he accepted. Tiger Hattori came out to be the referee as well.

(-) Special Single Match: Keiji Muto vs. Masahiro Chono
 ◆Winner: Chono (1:37) with an STF.

~ Muto's career comes to an end at 38 years and 4 months.

~ Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Jake Lee was announced to take place on March 19th at the Yokohama Budokan.

NOAH Event Cards 2023
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/noah-event-cards-2023.html

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DRAGON GATE "Rey de Parejas 2023", 2/21/2023 [Tue] 18:30 @ Oro City Hall in Kagoshima
228 Spectators

(1) Dragon Dia & Hoho Lun vs. HYO & ISHIN
 ◆Winner: HYO (10:11) following a Diving Senton on Lun.
(2) Strong Machine J vs. Yoshiki Kato
 ◆Winner: Machine (12:15) via pin-fall.
(3) Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO & Don Fujii vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora
 ◆Winner: Ultimo (11:45) with a La Magistral on Genki.
(4) Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minourita vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Junior
 ◆Winner: Be-K (14:09) following a Double Team Spear w/ Minourita on Junior.

(5) Rey de Parejas A BLOCK: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta vs. Jason Lee & JACKY "FUNKY" KAMEI
 ◆Winner: Lee (19:23) with a Modified Cruccifix Hold on Yoshioka.
~ KAMEI/Lee [2 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw = 5 points]
~ Yoshioka/Kikuta [1 win, 2 losses = 2 points]

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Marvelous, 2/21/2023 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Leo Isaka vs. Kensuke Suzuki [SECRET BASE]
 ◆Winner: Isaka (8:35) with a Crossface Lock.
(2) Itsuki Aoki vs. Maria vs. Riko Kawahata
 ◆Winner: Itsuki (12:57) with a Jacknife Hold.
(3) Chikayo Nagashima & Ai Houzan vs. Tomoko Watanabe & Sayaka Unagi
 ◆Winner: Watanabe (10:04) with the Go to HEAVEN on Houzan.
~ Watanabe challenged Nagashima for the AAAW belt.
(4) Arisa Nakajima vs. Mio Momono
 ◆Winner: Arisa (12:42) with a Dragon Suplex Hold.

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NOMADS' NEWS

~ Sumire Natsu, Maya Yukihi, Rina Yamashita & Miyuki Takase announced that their next show will be on April 14th at Shinjuku FACE. No matches were announced, but it the main purpose was to say that Jungle Kyona will be competing on the show and soon after she will be, once more, undergoing surgery on her left knee and thus she will be out of action definitely.

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