Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/15/2023 One Night Dream
Kai Fujimura vs. Yu Owada
They lock up. Yu wristlocks him then Kai wristlocks him back. Yu hammerlocks him and goes for a headscissors, but Kai gets out. Kai hits a nice shoulder block then a hiptoss. Yu dropkicks him then takes a back body drop for 2. Kai stomps Yu's back and Yu hits chest forearms. Yu knocks him over with one.
Yu hits stomps then slams him for 2. Yu dropkicks him then Kai dropkicks him back. Kai high crabs him and Yu taps out.
It was your usual young lions match. Not great or anything but it was fine for what it was.
Jimmy Yang, Stallion Rogers & Super Crazy vs. GLG (Anthony Greene, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)
Yang uses the ropes to flip out of AG's wristlock. He then cradles him off of it. Yang flying headscissors him then does a flying single leg kick and backflips off of it. Yang enzugiri's him in the head. Rogers hits a nice dropkick on AG then Tada gets in.
Rogers is sunset flipped by Taga then basement dropkicks him. Yohey and Crazy go at it. Crazy armdrags Yohey then Yohey flying headscissors him. Crazy side steps a dropkick and misses a corkscrew elbow. Crazy takes an atomic drop + dropkick. Rogers gets in and chops Tada and Yohey. AG superkicks Rogers then tilt-a-whirl sideslams him.
GLG stands on Rogers and poses. Tada hits boots on Rogers then is slapped and german suplexed. Yang dropkicks and enzugiri's AG. He leg lariats him in the corner then top rope dropkicks him. Yohey dropkicks Yang and Rogers flying back elbows him. Everyone gets a move in and AG does his rope walk twisting crossbody.
Yang hits whisper in the wind on AG then takes an enzugiri + forearm combo. Crazy bangs Yohey's head off the buckle and hits wasteland on him. Crazy misses a top rope moonsault then Yohey meteoras him to win it.
It was a short trios match with the juniors. Nothing wrong with it and it was basically a sprint. Yang looked really good for his age and hasn't lost a step.
Hibiscus Mii & Yuu vs. Jazzy Yang & Miyuki Takase
Mii side headlocks MT. She shoulders her over and they trade forearms. MT dropkicks Mii then takes a stunner. Mii sliding dropkicks her. Yang and Yuu shoulder battle. Yuu knocks her over then side kicks her. Yuu fights off a double team with chops then crossbodies both. Yuu does her steamroller spot to the outside.
Yuu splashes MT then Mii bulldogs MT. Mii top rope crossbodies MT then ddt's her. MT lariats her for 2. Mii flying neckbreakers MT. Yuu spinning side slams MT then sentons her. Yuu and MT trade chops. MT hits a flurry of chops and is chopped down. MT 2nd rope dropkicks her then takes a body block.
MT corner lariats Yuu then comes off the 2nd rope on her. Yuu catches her then MT puts her in an octopus stretch. Yuu hip throws MT. Yang and Mii get in. Mii waistlocks her and is spun. Yang hits bad kicks to the body then hits a top rope crossbody. Yangis dropkicked into the corner with two other girls. Yuu tries to cannonball all 3 including her own partner for some reason and only nails her own partner. Yang spinning neckbreakers Mii then elbow slices her. Yang top rope moonsaults Mii and wins it.
It went 11 minutes and was nothing too special. I didn't like the Yuu corner cannonball spot. Yang needs to drop some weight and isn't that good in the ring.
Adam Brooks, Jack Morris, Lance Anoa'i & Saxon Huxley vs. Daiki Inaba, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura
Adam and Inamura push each other. Adam hits some shots then Ina fires back with forearms. Inamura shoulders him over then Adam does like a flying knee press. Inamura hits forearms then Adam hits knees. Adam spinning back elbows him and 2nd rope codebreakers him for 2. Adam grabs him by the ear and Lance gets in.
Lance bites Inamura then neckbreakers him. Lance does a headbutt drop then misses a splash. Inamura slams and splashes him for 2. Inaba hits strikes on Lance then takes a forearm on the ropes. Lance back elbows him then takes a flying shoulder. Lance john woo dropkicks him.
Sax gets in and face kicks Soya off the apron. Sax misses a corner charge then takes forearms from Inaba. Sax face kicks him, bangs Inaba's head off the mat and Inaba is thrown out. Inaba is sent into the rails. Sax elbow drops Inaba then Inaba enzugiri's him. Inaba spinning forearms him then diving lariats him.
Masa and Jack trade forearms. Jack flying lariats him then step up enzugiri's him. Jack hits a corner splash and spinebuster for 2. Masa sends Jack into the corner then hits double chops. Masa spears and sentons him.
Soya gets in and trips into the middle buckle. Soya flying lariats Jack then knee drops him. Soya brainbusters Jack and slips during it. Jack flying knees Soya then Lance gets in. Lance splashes and cannonballs Soya. Lance does a people's standing moonsault on Soya and everyone else goes out to fight. Lance double throat thrusts Soya then superkicks him. Lance top rope splashes Soya and wins it.
It was a fun tag. Everyone got a section in and that was it. Inaba and Lance had good showings with Inaba getting some good stuff out of Sax. Soya kept slipping. I wish we could have gotten more time for this.
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. & Go Shiozaki vs. Jake Lee & Kenoh
Go shoulders him and Jake doesn't budge. Go chops him then takes an atomic drop. Ken gets in and snapmares Go. Ken sends Go into the rails then pulls on his face. Ken double knee drops Go then chops Jake to tag him in. Ken and Jake have words and Jake wants to do a double team. Ken ruins it by hitting Go with a face kick. Jake and Ken kick each other and Jake throws Ken out. Jake crabs Go and Go ropebreaks.
Go kicks and chops Jake. Go suplexes Jake. Doc cannonballs Jake then frogsplashes him. Jake stun guns Doc. They collide in the ring. Jake forearms him and takes a step up enzugiri. Jake then does a gamengiri style kick.
Go and Ken go at it. Ken hits kicks and Go hits chops. Go flying shoulders him then hits machine gun chops. Ken hits a kick flurry then Go fisherman busters him. Ken rolls, grabs Go's ankle and kicks him in the gut. Ken PK's Go for 2. Jake backdrops Go then Doc superkicks Ken. Doc michinoku drivers Ken then Ken takes go flasher.
Go lariats Jake then Doc topes Jake. Go lariats Ken for 2. Go hits a wrist-clutch and throat hooking backdrop. Ken forearms Go then Go bolo punches him. Ken ducks lariats and slaps him then Go lariats him for the win.
It was a fun tag. Go and Ken worked well together and issues with Ken and Jake got some personality out of Jake. Not a classic or anything but a solid and satisfying tag with some stiffness and a good crowd.
AMAKUSA, Dralistico & Ninja Mack vs. Dante Leon, HAYATA & Rey Escorpion
They fight before the match starts and everyone takes a shot or a kick to start. Dral flying headscissors Rey then tope con hilos him, ending up in the first row. Rey and Dral trade chops and Dral is chopped down. Dral flips off of Rey's shoulders and hurricanrana's him. Dral comes off the top and hurricanrana's him outside.
Ama and Haya get in. Haya throws him into the buckles then does a nice armdrag. Haya takes a double dropkick then Ama top rope corkscrew crossbodies Haya. Ama headscissors Haya and Haya cartwheels out of it. Haya dropkicks him in the side of the head.
Dante gets in and chops Ama. Dante superkicks him off the ropes then Ama spinning heel kicks him. Dante spinning high kicks Mack then Mack super kicks him. Dante forearms Mack and Mack hadouken's him. Mack hits a jumping knee. Mack goes for backflips into a dive outside but Haya kicks him during it and stops it.
Rey chairs Dral outside. Rey trips Mack outside and Mack takes a baseball slide and rolling senton off of it. Rey poses on Mack's back then Dral springboard hurricanrana's him. Dral corkscrew kicks Haya then dropkicks Rey through the ropes. Dral jumps off the platform at Korauken and hurricanrana's Rey. Dral springboard swantons Rey for 2.
Rey pop-up powerbombs Dral. Dral corkscrew kicks Rey then takes a lariat. Rey and Dral trade chops. Rey headbutts him and Dral jumping knees him. Rey pop up forearms Dral. Dral top rope hurricanrana's him.
Mack and Dante walk the top rope at the same time, slap each other then Dante spanish flies him. Haya ddt's Ama then Mack corkscrew kicks Dante. Ama springboard chops Haya then tornillo topes him. Mack then does his ninja mack special outside. Dral top rope crossbodies Rey then satellite la mistica's him to win it.
It was long at 16 minutes and pretty much just a collection of spots. They were real picky about who worked who here as well with Dral and Rey and Ama and Haya being permanently paired off here.
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kento Miyahara
They stare down and lock up. Kento goes for a shot on the ropes and KN moves. They continue to do nothing then KN takes two face kicks. Kento poses then KN spinning high kicks him. Kento rolls out and KN PK's him from the apron. Kento is thrown into the rails then face kicked. This happens twice.
KN chinlocks him on the rails then kicks him in the back. KN running face kicks him in the corner. KN comes back with a headbutt then face kicks KN off the top. Kento headbutts him outside, throws him into the rails then is tripped into the rails.
Kento drops him throat first on the rails then hits headbutts. Kento face kicks him then KN hits forearms. Kento face kicks him then KN dropkicks him in the knee. KN hits a step up enzugiri then a corner face kick. KN double foot chokes him in the corner then face kicks and double foot chokes him again. KN chest kicks him then dragon screws him.
KN puts him in a prison lock and Kento ropebreaks. Kento rolls out. They fight on the apron then Kento piledrivers him on it then hits a step up knee in the corner. They trade and no sell germans then KN backdrops him. Kento no sells it and lariats him. They stare down and trade forearms. KN chest kicks him and Kento face kicks him several times. KN tells him to do it again. They no sell each others shots and stare down.
KN punts him in the head then brainbusters him for the win.
I didn't like this at all. They did nothing for the first 15 minutes and then no sold each others moves for the rest of the match. Both guys are not good sellers, so I'm not really surprised this happened that way. The crowd loved it, but I thought it brought out the worst in each guy.
Overall thoughts: I put this one in the middle. I didn't like the main or the juniors trios match. I did like the Jake Lee tag and I liked the 8-man. The women's match wasn't anything special and the opener was okay for being a young lions match.
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