Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/4/2024 Cross Over 2024 in Sendai

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/4/2024 Cross Over 2024 in Sendai 

I skipped one match here.

Alejandro vs. LJ Cleary vs. Ninja Mack

 

They all compete for crowd support and LJ starts a GLG chant. They do a triple lockup. LJ fights off various pin attempts and dodges a double dropkick. Mack and Ale go for backslides. LJ pushes them to give each one the advantage then puts them down and tries to pin both.

LJ takes corner attacks then Ale rolls up Mack for 2. LJ makes Ale cutter Mack by sweeping Ale's legs. LJ and Ale miss corner moves. LJ springboard armdrags Mack then dropkicks him. LJ is thrown out by both opponents Mack and Ale shake hands but Mack irish whips him. Ale hurricanrana's him and MAck flips out.

Mack kips down over Ale then LJ kicks both. LJ takes a double dropkick then Mack rolls up Ale. Ale cradles him. Mack goes between the legs then LJ slingshot sunset flips Mack, who germans Ale off of it. LJ then tope con hilos outside.

Mack is sent into the rails by LJ then LJ 2nd rope double stomps him for 2. Ale slingshot splashes LJ then slingshot plancha's Mack. Ale top rope crossbodies LJ for 2. Mack pulls Ale off and pushes him. We get a 3 person criss cross. Mack does a kick and chop combo on both opponents then does the ninja special outside onto both opponents.  Mack 2nd rope phoenix splashes LJ for 2. Mack misses a phoenix 630 then Ale dropkicks Mack. LJ jumping knees Ale. Ale gets a pin attempt on LJ then misses a cancun tornado. LJ springboard dropkicks Mack then ushigoroshi's Ale to win it.

I liked it. It was mostly all flying but they didn't overdo it and they had a story going on with Mack and Ale trying to work together.

Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki vs. REAL (Saxon Huxley, Shuhei Taniguchi & Timothy Thatcher)

REAL jump up and down then charge at the bell. TT and Ulka go at it. They trip each other and TT rides him on the mat. Ulka rolls into a leg lock and TT kicks him. Marufuji and Sax get in. Sax wants a test of strength but he's too tall for Maru. Maru then gets on the 2nd rope and challenges him to a test of strength.

Maru is pulled off the 2nd rope then Sax bangs Maru's head off the mat. Sax double lariats his opponents then Ulka hits kicks on Sax. Sax backbreakers him then Shuhei corner lariats him. Ulka is slammed by his opponents. Shuhei is then slammed on Ulka for 2. TT bow and arrows Ulka.

Ulka hits knees to the gut of Sax then Sugi gets in. Sugi face kicks Sax then face kicks TT off the apron. Sugi spears Sax. Sugi face kicks TT again then knees Shuhei in the gut. Sax crossbodies Sugi against the ropes then elbow drops him.

TT euros Sugi then belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Sugi germans TT then Maru gets in. Maru grabs TT by the beard and chops him. Maru dropkicks TT then is euro'd. TT hits a euro flurry then Maru hits bad strikes. Maru hook kicks and pumping knees him. TT running euros him.

Ulka and Shuhei get in. Ulka flying kicks and cutters him for 2. Shuhei cradles him for 2 then headbutts him in the chest. Ulka takes corner attacks then is thrown into a euro. Shuhei sledgehammer's in the chest then running lariats him for 2. Shuhei goes for a powerbomb but Ulka turns it into a triangle and taps him out to win it.

Well, it was good to see Ulka get a win here snce he's a name of some value and it'd be wise to make him look good. It wasn't that great otherwise. Marufuji missed some of his offense and it was older guys looking old.

Yoshinari Ogawa & Yu Owada vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa 

Owada and Oiwa start us off. Oiwa takes him down and thye trade wristlocks. Owada headflips then Oiwa headlocks him. Oiwa shoulders him over and hits an armdrag. Owada dropkicks him then Ogawa gets in.

Ogawa headlocks Oiwa then shoulders him over. Oiwa dropkicks Ogawa. Kaito gets in and fights Ogawa. He arm and wristlocks him then is armdragged over but holds onto the hold. Ogawa armdrags him again and Owada gets in. Kaito pushes Owada down into a bridge and Owada gets back up.

Owada takes a double armdrag and double dropkick. Oiwa fireman's carry takedowns Owada then Oiwa armbars him. Oiwa hammerlocks Owada and Owada rope breaks. Oiwa hiptosses Owada and key locks him. Oiwa hiptosses Ogawa then Kaito gets in.

Kaito double boots Ogawa out of the corner and takes a low blow as he comes off the buckles. Kaito is thrown out and into the rails. Owada hits forearms on Kaito and knocks him over. Owada fisherman suplexes Kaito for 2. Ogawa jawbreakers Kaito then boot rakes him. Ogawa rakes Kaito's face on the ropes.

Kaito slips on a forearm on Ogawa then dropkicks him at 10 minutes. Oiwa gets in and hits forearms on Ogawa. Oiwa dropkicks him then running dropkicks him. Oiwa karelin's lifts Ogawa. Oiwa slams and splashes Ogawa.

Oiwa flying shoulders Ogawa then Ogawa takes a double dropkick. Owada dropkick Kaito twice then top rope crossbodies him for 2. Owada hits forearms on Kaito then Kaito dropkicks him. They trade dropkicks and Kaito dragon screws him. Owada takes a doomsday device crossbody then Kaito half-nelson sitout slams Owada to win it.

This was a basic young lions match for the most part with Kaito, who was once the ace of the company. I don't know what they are doing with Kaito, but I don't get it. If you had told me Kaito was a young lion like Oiwa and Owada here are, I'd totally believe you if I didn't know better. Kaito didn't look good here and it was a slower match with a lot of dropkicks.

Junta Miyawaki, Kazuyuki Fujita & Shuji Kondo vs. GLG (Jake Lee, Tadasuke & YO-HEY)

 

I don't know about this one. Jake and Fujita lock up. JAck backs off and bows. They shoulder battle and Fujita headlock takeovers him. Jake headscissors him and they stand off. Shuji headlocks Yo then shoulders him over. Yo flying headscissors him and kips up.

Tada and Junta get in. Tada is armdragged several times then Junta dropkicks him. Junta takes an atomic drop into a dropkick. Tada does his GLG taunt at Fujita then Jake gets in. Jake slams him with one arm. Yo snapmares Junta and basement dropkicks him.

Tada back elbows Junta then Jake crabs Junta. Jake camel clutches Junta and twists his neck. Fujita pours alcohol in Junta's mouth while he's in the hold and tells him to come on instead of helping him. Junta boots Yo in the corner then top rope dropkicks him. Junta dropkicks Tada and tags in Shuji.

Shuji corner lariats Tada, holding him there. Shuji does a bulldog + flying neckbreaker combo then lanzarse's Tada. Shuji takes a knee in the corner from Yo then is ddt's by Tada. Fujita and Jake get in.

Jake step up kicks him then Fujita puts him in a choke. Fujita suplexes Jake then double suplexes Yo and Tada. Jake back body drops Fujita then knees him. Jake hits a germaon Fujita then Fujita germans him. Junta gets on Shuji's shoulders and is flipped over onto Jake.

Junta comes off the top and into a knee from Jake. Jake backdrops Junta and wins it.

It was long and not good. I didn't like Fujita watching his partner be put in a hold and pouring alcohol in his mouth. What if Junta tapped out and they lost there? Stupid stuff. There were few highlights here.

They have Jake and Fujita stare down after in what would be guaranteed to be one of the most boring matches of the year.

GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Match - Daga (c) vs. Hajime Ohara 

Daga shoulders him over then hurricanrana's him over. Daga dropkicks him then Ohara rolls him into a headlock. Ohara hits armdrags. Daga goes out and hides under the ring. Daga come sout of the other side and is rolled up. Ohara is thrown into the rails then into the post.

Daga release suplexes him onto the apron then dropkicks him in the ring. Daga 2nd rope euros him. Dagap ulls Ohara's neck over the top, leg sweeps him then slingshot swantons him. They fight on the apron. Daga goes for a tiger driver but is hurricanrana'd off the apron.

Ohara john woos' him into the corner then backbreakers him for 2. Daga grabs the ref to stop a move then Ohara tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Ohara jumps and armdrags him, then takes a spinning lariat. Ohara puts him in the tequila sunrise and Daga ropebreaks.

Ohara double chops him. Daga spinning forearms him then Ohara does a hurricanrana counter off of the fireman's carry. Daga rolls him around the ring for 2. Daga superkicks him then does a handspring enzugiri. Daga back crackers him  and superkicks him in the body.

Ohara hits a tilt-a-whirl emerald flowsion for 2 and backbreakers him for 2. Ohara sliding back elbows him. Daga hits a half-nelson suplex then Ohara hits la mistica into an AT lock. Daga bites him to get out of it then michinoku drivers him for 2. Daga jumps off the top with a codebreaker for 2. Daga lariats him for 2. Daga misses a jay driller but they sell it like he hit it anyway. Daga wins it.

They botched the finish here and it wasn't anything special. No real story or anything. It was kind of even on who got the most offense in and just a general unimpressive juniors match.

GHC Tag Team Title Match - GLG (Anthony Greene & Jack Morris) (c) vs. Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane

Wolf has the singlet and Bane has the horns on his mask. Wolf and AG start us off. They leapfrog each other. Wolf headflips out of a hurricanrana. Wolf flying headscissors him. Jack back elbows Wolf. Bane springboard hurricanrana's Jack then Bane flying hurricanrana's him. Bane hits a leg lariat then AG slingshot sunset flips Bane into a single leg dropkick.

Bane does a pop-up hurricanrana's on AG then jumps off of Bane's back to dropkick Jack. Wolf then flips Bane into Jack. Bane 2nd rope headscissors AG then Wolf tope con hilos both opponents. Bane walk up the ropes blind moonsaults his opponents outside.

Bane is back body dropped to the outside and Wolf superkicks AG. Wolf is thrown over the top then Bane is thrown onto him. AG corkscrew plancha's outside then Jack 2nd rope moonsaults outside. Bane takes a dropkick + flatliner combo for 2. AG suplexes Bane for 2 then Bane takes a double suplex. AG chinlocks Bane then Bane does a double handspring back elbow. Bane flips off of Jack and hurricanrana's AG off the top. Bane jumping back kicks AG. Wolf top rope crossbodies his opponents, pop-up dropkicks AG and superkicks Jack.

Wolf does an assisted walk up the ropes springboard dropkick. Wolf flips Bane into a tope con hilo on his opponents. Jack takes a powerbomb > asai moonsault and then Bane jumps off of Wolf for a moonsault.

AG is thrown out. Wolf northern lights suplexes Jack then Jack pump kicks him. Wolf headbutts him in the chest. Jack jawbreakers Wolf and neckbreakers him. AG does his ropewalk corkscrew crossbody on Wolf for 2. Wolf pump kicks him. Bane springboard elbows AG then superkicks him. AG rebound gutwrench powerbombs Bane.

AG does a weird hammerlock driver on Bane then single leg crabs him. Bane is flipped by Wolf into a styles clash while Wolf is frogsplashed. Wolf springboard moonsaults Jack and Bane tries to flip off Wolf for a moonsault but Jack mobes. AG reverse slams Wolf then Jack tiger drivers Bane for 2.

Jack spears the post when Bane moves then Bane is flipped into a top rope hurircanrana on AG. Wolf tope con hilos Jack outside. AG superkicks Wolf then diving canadian destroyers him off the top. Wolf no sells it and crucifix drivers him. Bane and Jack get on the ropes at the same time and both hit ssp's. Bane hits a made in Japan on Jack for 2. Bane 2nd rope poisonrana's AG then Jack flying knees Bane for 2.

Wolf running headbutts Jack from the side then tope con hilos AG who is on the floor. Jack gets his knees up on Bane's top rope ssp. Bane hurricanrana's him for 2 and buzzsaw kicks him. Jack flying knees him then tiger drivers him for the win.

It went too long, they did way too much and didn't sell any of it. The first half was okay with them mostly sticking to flying but then there was a second half to it where it was flying plus all kinds of vicious moves.

GHC Heavyweight Title Match - Kenoh (c) vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.

 

 

Doc grabs a waistlock then trips him. Doc shoulders him over then Ken rolls him. They end up doing a pose off. Doc trips him, pulls him out and sends him into the rails. Ken kicks Doc through the rail gate. Doc is on the rails, Ken makes it seem like he will do a running attack, but just kicks the rail. Doc is sent into the rails but bounces off and lariats him.

Doc backdrops him, chops him and eye pokes him. Doc ties up his legs and kimura's him. Doc basement dropkicks him in the back of the head. Ken hits leg kicks and takes chops. Doc catches his pele kick with an ankle lock.

Doc surfboards him and hits a forearm. Doc goes up and over in the corner, Ken leg sweeps him then double stomps his back. Ken then hits double knees to the back. Ken surfboards him. Ken takes him on the stage, kicks him and surfboards him there. Ken kicks him while he's on his knees. Ken camel clutches him then double knee drops him. Ken double stomps him off the 2nd rope while he's on the apron. Ken throws him in then Doc recovers and topes him. Doc step up knees him in the ring then meteora's him against the bottom rope. Doc electric chair sitout powerbombs him.

Doc superkicks him then takes a spinning high kick. Both go down then trade shots. Ken hits kicks to the body then slap combos him. Doc headbutts him in the chest then Ken pump kicks him. Ken pele kicks him then is lariated. Ken suplexes him. Ken boots him out of the corner, then germans him. Doc germans him back then Ken dragon suplexes him. Ken PK's him for 2. Ken is crotched up top then Doc superplexes him. Doc rolls him into a michinoku driver.

Doc top rope moonsaults him for 2. They seem to forget a spot then Ken slaps him and high kicks him. Ken puts him in a lebell lock. Ken top rope double stomps Doc for 2.  Ken misses a moonsault then is rolled up and cradled for 2. Doc lariats him then cradle shocks him for 2. Doc hits a triple jump moonsault and wins it in a total shocker.

It was decent main event. It went long at almost 30 minutes but didn't get boring and they didn't do too much. Doc winning is a total shocker, but I don't really have a problem with it. Ken's been on top in one way or another forever and Doc winning it is maybe a chance to establish someone different.

Overall thoughts: I wasn't a big fan of this show. I liked the main and I somewhat liked the opener, but not the rest. They did too much in the semi-main and the junior singles title match didn't impress me. Kaito was treated like a young lion again and the Jake/Fujita tag was boring. Every match minus the opener was over 10 minutes here and it made for a long show.