May 31st, 2023

~ Results for NOAH, Sportiva & Shota Nakagawa Produce
~ News and updates for FORTUNE DREAM [6/14] & FREEDOMS [6/9] & Keiichi Sato Produce [Koji Iwamoto full-time return]

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NOAH "SUNNY VOYAGE 2023", 5/31/2023 [Wed] 18:30 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
455 Spectators

(1) Manabu Soya vs. Taishi Ozawa
 ◆Winner: Soya (1:28) following a Double Chop.
(2) Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Daga vs. Shuji Kondo (Free), Hajime Ohara & Hi69
 ◆Winner: Daga (7:51) following a Tombstone Piledriver on Hi69.
~ Hi69 announced that he is leaving Kongo.
(3) Sean Legacy vs. Stallion Rodgers
 ◆Winner: Legacy (8:53) following the Shambles.
(4) HAYATA & Eita vs. Dante Leon & Junta Miyawaki
 ◆Winner: HAYATA (10:00) following the 403 Impact on Miyawaki.
(5) Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Shuhei Taniguchi, Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito
 ◆Winner: Kiyomiya (17:19) following a Shining Wizard on Saito.
~ Kiyomiya stated that he is focused on the upcoming ALL TOGETHER show as he seeks to confront Kazuchika Okada once more.

(6) GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [56th Champions] YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. [Challengers] Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka
 ◆Winner: Tadasuke (13:47) following the Good Looking Piledriver on Kotoge.
~ 2nd successful title defense.

~ Ridgeway & Daga came forward to make the challenge. The match will take place on June 22nd.

(7) Kenoh vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
 ◆Winner: DRAW (45:00) Time Limit Expired.

~ Nakajima bowed to Kenoh following the match.
~ Shiozaki then challenged Kenoh to a singles match. The two will face each other on June 22nd.

~ The full event cards were updated for the June tour of shows between June 10th and June 22nd.

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

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Sportiva, 5/31/2023 [Wed] 20:00 @ Nagoya City Sportiva Arena in Aichi

(1) Kenta Kosugi vs. Shinya Ishida
~ Special rules: Kosugi wins if he survives for 10 mins. Ishida can instantly win if he can body slam Kosugi at any time.
 ◆Winner: Kosugi (10:00) Survived the time limit.
(2) 801 Kenichi & Yu Shimizu vs. Konaka = Pale One & Masatsugu Kimura
 ◆Winner: Kenichi (18:12) with a German Suplex Hold on Kimura.

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Shota Nakagawa Independent Produce MONSTER PARTY #10, @ ARENA Shimo-Kitazawa in Tokyo

(1) Takato Nakano & Isami Kodaka vs. Rekka & Koju Takeda
 ◆Winner: Nakano (8:33) following the Katana Kogeki on Rekka.
(2) Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Kyu Mogami vs. Lil Kraken
 ◆Winner: Mogami (14:14) with a Small Package Hold.
(3) Shota Nakagawa, Jun Masaoka, Akira Joe & Ayato Yoshida vs. TORU, Koji Doi & Shu Asakawa & Joji Otani
~ Doi (3:50) via pin-fall on Joe.
~ Nakagawa (10:53) following a Buzzsaw Kick on TORU.
 ◆Winner: Asakawa (17:17) following the Rebellion on Nakagawa.

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FORTUNE DREAM NEWS

~ The match order was announced for the upcoming show on June 14th.

Kenta Kobashi Produce FORTUNE DREAM 8, 6/14/2023 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Satsuki Nagao [ZERO1] vs. Yuya Koroku [DDT]
(3) Yuji Okabayashi [BJW] & So Daimonji [LAND'S END] vs. Yuji Hino [ONLY_WE] & Quiet Storm [Free]
(3) Talk Battle: Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen
(4) Sayaka Unagi [Unagi Kabuki Ltd] vs. KAIRI [Free]
(5) Jun Akiyama [DDT] & Minoru Suzuki [Pancrase MISSION] vs. Chihiro Hashimoto [Sendai Girls] & Yuu [EVE]
(6) Yuma Aoyagi [AJPW], T-Hawk [GLEAT] & Takuya Nomura [BJW] vs. Tetsuya Endo [DDT], Hayato Tamura [GLEAT] & Ayato Yoshida [2AW] 

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ Matches were announced for the June 9th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING. The show will feature several wrestlers from BJW and 2AW.

FREEDOMS "Tono no Yabo 2023 ~ NEW GENERATION IS HERE 2023", 6/9/2023 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Jun Masaoka & Yuya Susumu vs. Tatsuya Hanami & Takuro Niki [both 2AW]
() Hardcore 6-Man Tag Match: Masashi Takeda [Free], Takumi Tsukamoto [BASARA] & Yusaku Ito [DOVE] vs. Mammoth Sasaki, Daisuke Masaoka & Minoru Fujita
() 6-Man Tag Death Match: Tomoya Hirata, Hideyoshi Kamitani [BJW] & Daiju Wakamatsu [2AW] vs. Jun Kasai, Yuki Ishikawa [BJW] & (tba)
() Kengo, Dragon Libre & Takahiro Katori vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa, GENTARO & Rekka
() Death Match: Takashi Sasaki & Abdullah Kobayashi [BJW] vs. Toru Sugiura & Kazumi Kikuta [BJW]

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MISC NEWS

~ Freelance wrestler Keiichi Sato, active in GLEAT, will be hosting his second self produce show on June 18th at the Shinkiba 1stRING. The major piece of news going with the news is that Koji Iwamoto stated that he will be making his full return to pro-wrestling after this show. He made his recent return to the ring at the HEAT-UP show on May 3rd.

Keiichi Sato Independent Show Ver.2, 6/18/2023 [Sun] 12:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Jun Masaoka [Free] & Bryan Ishizaka [A-TEAM] vs. Tetsuya Izuchi & Jun Tonsho [both GLEAT]
(2) Black Menso~re [AJPW] vs. SUSHI [Free]
(3) Sendai Girls Offer Match: Mika Iwata vs. Yurika Oka
(4) Shuji Ishikawa [AJPW] vs. SAGAT [BASARA]
(5) Koji Iwamoto [Free] & Keiichi Sato [Free] vs. Kotaro Suzuki [Free] & So Daimonji [LAND'S END]

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