|
 For the first time since 2013's Final Burning in Budokan (the Kenta Kobashi retirement show) Pro Wrestling NOAH are coming back to the Nippon Budokan. During the Misawa years they ran there regularly 6+ times a year, and before that it was All Japan's big show venue so returning now is of huge sentimental value for the company & its fans. And because it's a big moment for a company that looked like WWE was going to swallow it up just a couple of years ago we're going to get a big card. 9 matches, 4 title matches, Jun Akiyama's 1st match in NOAH since 2019 (& only his 4th since leaving in solidarity with Kenta Kobashi in 2013). They are also bringing in 3 legends of the sport to do commentary for this show: Kenta Kobashi, Genichiro Tenryu & one other (who Hisame believes would be either Taue or Kawada). In fact the show is so big that it's being broadcast in 2 parts. If that makes no sense to you then don't worry, I don't really get it either. Good news, the part with all the biggest matches is being shown on Wrestle Universe as part of your monthly subscription there, with English commentary or for free on Abema TV with Japanese commentary. The bad news is that if you want to watch the opening 4 matches you will need to buy the PPV from Fite TV for $19.99. I can't say that selling the part of the card with young boys & old guys and putting the title matches on your streaming service makes sense but that's what someone has decided. On Fite TV, starting 4:30pm JST/6:30pm AEDT/7:30am GMT/2:30am EST/11:30pm PST Akitoshi Saito vs Kinya Okada Atsushi Kotoge, Daiki Inaba & Yasutaka Yano vs Full Throttle (Hajime Ohara & YO-HEY) & Kawei Fujimura M's Alliance (Masaaki Mochizuki & Masato Tanaka) vs Mohammad Yone & Shuhei Taniguchi Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Haoh, Nioh & Tadasuke) vs Sugiuragun (Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kazunari Murakami, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai) On Abema for free & Wrestle Universe, starting 5:45pm JST/7:45pm AEDT/8:45am GMT/3:45am EST/12:45am PST GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: STINGER (HAYATA & Yoshinari Ogawa)(c) vs Ikuto Hidaka & Kotaro Suzuki GHC Junior Heavyweight Title: Daisuke Harada(c) vs Seiki Yoshioka) Jun Akiyama & Naomichi Marufuji vs Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura GHC National Title: Kenoh(c) vs Masakatsu Funaki GHC Heavyweight Title: Go Shiozaki(c) vs Keiji Mutoh If you've been paying attention to the card then you may have noticed the 2 opening matches have changed slightly, Masao Inoue has a positive PCR test & Junta Miyawaki had to withdraw with appendicitis so there's the opener was made a singles & Inaba moved from that to replace Miyawaki. For a preview of the card: https://chopskicksandnearfalls.com/pro-wrestling-noah-back-to-budokan-preview And for a lower effort but shorter preview: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2021/02/10/noah-destination-2021-february-12-preview-predictions/ And of course to catch up on all the press NOAH wrestlers have been doing you should check Hisame's blog: http://puroprogramtranslations.blogspot.com/ And please ignore the moron who forgot to tag the thread properly 
forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Feb 11, 2021 |
#
¿
Feb 11, 2021 23:18
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 10, 2024 10:16 |
|
|
Tenryu makes Tomoaki Honma sound like he has sweet sugary voice.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 08:23
|
|
|
Akitoshi Saito was on the last Budokan card NOAH ran, losing in a 6 man tag to a NJPW trio of Nagata, Kojima & Tanahashi. Okada was still in university.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 08:35
|
|
|
Flying through the undercard. We're already up to the Kongo vs Sugiuragun multiman.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 09:02
|
|
|
Kendo Kashin is still wearing the Saku custom belt. Alright mate.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 09:05
|
|
|
The look on Murakami's face when Nakajima is doing his corner pose spot. Like he about to kill a fool
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 09:12
|
|
|
Was a fun multiman tag but obviously just a warm up & so all the guys from Sugiuragun & Kongo could get to be part of the big show. Do want to see a singles between Nakajima & Murakami now though. Got a wee intermission now before the main card starts.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 09:22
|
|
|
We are live on Wrestle Universe & the free Abema feed!
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 09:46
|
|
|
ItohRespectArmy posted:we do keep saying that its an insane deal for a reason, DDT does some really good shows too. Sunday's show baby! Jun Akiyama vs Tetsuya Endo!
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 09:48
|
|
|
Surprise result with Yoshioka beating Harada, but what wasn't a surprise is the match is very good, because Harada matches are always very good.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 10:27
|
|
|
BEEF
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 10:34
|
|
|
Akiyama trying to get DQ'd here
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 10:37
|
|
|
Did Kaito try to get with Jun's daughter or something? He's in proper grumpy auld bastard mode.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 10:39
|
|
|
Even just the struggle for the suplex was incredibly cool.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 10:44
|
|
|
Okay, that shove into the German suplex is absolutely gifworthy. Beautiful spot https://twitter.com/noah_ghc/status/1360164015998001156?s=20
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 10:49
|
|
|
Real good match, the right team won.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 10:50
|
|
|
JUN WANTS KAITO ONE ON ONE, LOOK AT HIM
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 10:51
|
|
|
It's the man with a chip on his shoulder bigger than the Solar System, Kenoh 
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 10:53
|
|
|
Funaki working as stiff as you'd hope
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:05
|
|
|
gently caress YEAH NOAH has really turned me into a shootstyle fan.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:10
|
|
|
BTF posted:Shiozaki/Muto might go really long and that is really loving scary. The shortest match of this title reign was 28 minutes with Akitoshi loving Saito. This match was always very likely going 30 bare minimum. (The last time Saito had a match rated as highly as that match with Go was against Kenta Kobashi in 2004. Go is a miracle worker) forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Feb 12, 2021 |
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:16
|
|
|
Patch of white hair on Mutoh's chest is weird. It's the Budokan mother fucker, couldn't you shave?
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:24
|
|
|
It's great that Yuko Miyamoto has a free ringside spot & hasn't even had to wrestle. Lucky bastard
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:32
|
|
|
Pylons posted:I've counted 7 "gently caress"s from Mutoh so far. Really does have a filthy mouth. Go should chop it out of him
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:46
|
|
|
Pylons posted:I'm up to 20 now, including one "motherfucker" Shouting motherfucker makes the Shining Wizard more powerful
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:48
|
|
|
Mutoh looks like he can't believe he just stole Misawa's move
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:50
|
|
|
loving HELL
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:51
|
|
|
A top rope Emerald Flowsion is a move that should exist only in videogames
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:52
|
|
|
They loving kid it. Man. Mutoh looks like he wasn't meant to win.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:53
|
|
|
I mean for a guy who became the 3rd man to win the top titles in the 3 top promotions in Japan, he's not exactly overjoyed. Still though, I thought that was a very good match. I just hope it's a short, transitional reign because Mutoh against anyone but an absolute wizard like Go could be disastrous.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:56
|
|
|
BTF posted:gently caress this company. Eh, it's playing into the story. Kaito Kiyomiya lost to Mutoh back in August. Now he gets his win back. Maybe even as soon as the Yokohama Budokan show this month (pure guess work by me). forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 12:00 on Feb 12, 2021 |
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 11:57
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/Hi5ame/status/1360182854244835329?s=20 I congratulate NOAH for finally booking a Kenoh match I'm not into.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 12:06
|
|
|
Stall_19 posted:Heavily pushed Ace loses championship to 58 year old legend way past his prime in biggest show of the year.....are we sure wwe didn't purchase them? Yes because this has more to it than just old guy beats ace. One, Go being walking wounded for months has been a pushed story. Two, Kaito Kiyomiya is challenging him to take back his loss. If Kaito loses then sure, we can write it off, but as a transitional champion it's fine.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 12:43
|
|
|
If NOAH was on too early for you or while you were at work & you, for some perverse reason don't have a Wrestle Universe sub, you can watch the 5 big matches for free on Abema! https://twitter.com/Hi5ame/status/1360212644741980161?s=20 (Or you can get a Wrestle Universe sub & watch them with English commentary)
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 16:55
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 10, 2024 10:16 |
|
|
That is sacrilege, Ogawa's zebra shorts are high art, HAYATA actually going out & getting new gear & he can still only afford 1 & a half legs though? That's tragic.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2021 17:45
|
|