Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/8/2025 Star Navigation 2025

Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/8/2025 Star Navigation 2025

Kaito Kiyomiya comes out to talk to start. He has three new young lions with him and says all 3 will debut on December 7th. They are Takahashi (he says he will give his all), Suruya (he says he will give his best) and a third guy whose name I didn't catch.

Thoughts: This is the biggest news of the year coming out Noah. They've needed young guys for most of their existence and hopefully this will help with that.

Jack Morris, Kenoh & Naomichi Marufuji vs. All Rebellion (Harutoki & Kaito Kiyomiya) & Mohammed Yone

Ken shoulders over KK to start. KK back elbows him then misses an elbow drop. They trade forearms. Ken chest kicks him and hits mounted corner punches. KK does the same. Yone and Maru get in. Yone does his disco dance and Maru chops him. Yone makes Maru do a pose then he shoulders him over. 

Haru comes in and hits forearms on Maru. Maru chops back. Haru hits enzugiri's in the corner. Maru facekicks him then Maru back kicks him. Maru hits a ddt. Jack comes in and lariats then enzugiri's Haru. Jack falcon arrows Haru for 2.

Haru and Jack trade forearms. Haru pump kicks him and is pump kicked back. Haru dropicks Jack. KK comes in and elbows over Jack. He 2nd rope twisting froearms him. Ken and Jack trade shots. Jack pump kicks him then Ken dragon screws him.

Jack flying knees him. Yone and Ken fight. Yone corner lariats him and is hit with a facekick. Yone double throat thrusts him down. Yone running lariats Ken for 2. Maru running lariats Yone then Yone takes a PK + kick to the back combo. 

Ken top rope double stomps Yone while Maru twists Yone's neck with his feet. Ken pins Yone.

Thoughts: It was short and average. It just didn't get a lot of time to develop. 

HAYATA & Ulka Sasaki vs. Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane vs. Passionate RATEL'S (Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley)

Ulka, Bane and Soya go at it. They do a double headlock spot. Soya takes a double shoulder. Ulka shoulders Bane over. Bane then takes a double shoulderblock. Ulka chest kicks Soya down and takes a pumping knee from Bane.

Their partners get in. Wolf takes a double boot and a double knee to the gut. Wolf takes a double back elbow. Bane bites Haya. Sax and Bane shoulder battle. Bane chops him then suplexes him. Sax hits a double chokeslam. 

Haya and Bane are put against the ropes and takes attacks on the ropes from Soya's team. Soya slams Wolf for 2. Bane handspring corkscrew kicks Haya. Sax takes a finlay roll but Wolf misses a top rope moonsault. Wolf and Bane are put down and put in bridging submission holds. 

Haya yanks Wolf's arm and is bitten. Haya takes shots from the luchadores then Bane top rope con hilos outside. Wolf does a driver on Haya's head and pins him.

Thoughts: They had 3 people in the ring at all time here so it was hard to transcribe. It didn't get a ton of time and it's a shame because I'm curious as to how it would have played out. It was average.

Bane holds up his title and Wolf grabs the title., trying to bite him. He says he wants to be the next challenge for Bane's National Title. Bane asks if he is sure and says okay. He says it'll be brother vs brother on 1/1 at Budokan Hall. Wolf says it's a new years present from the Mexican luchadores to the world. Wolf the bites young boys outside.

NOAH Jr. Grand Prix First Round Match - Junta Miyawaki vs. Kai Fujimura

They lock up. Kai shoulders him over and armdrags him twice. Kai dropkicks him. Kai misses a plancha outside and Jun triangle plancha's him outside. Kai is sent into the rails and facekicked. Jun suplexes him on the floor.

Jun top rope dropkicks him then falcon arrows him for 2. Jun rebound germans him then hits a regular german. Jun germans him for 2. Kai superkicks him. Jun running forearms him then Kai flying forearms him. Kai dropkicks him. 

They trade forearms on the 2nd rope. Jun headbutts him down. Kai hits a top rope spanish fly for 2. Kai final cuts him for 1. Kai does something like an electric chair driver to the side and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. They didn't get a ton of time, they lost the pace in the last stretch of this and I didn't like the top rope spanish fly not meaning a lot.

NOAH Jr. Grand Prix First Round Match - Shuji Kondo vs. Black Menso-re

SK running lariats him for 2 to start. Menso rolls him up for 2 and la magistral's him. SK chops him then Menso back slides him for 2. SK la magistral's him for 2. SK hits a big lariat then running lariats him. SK then pins him.

Thoughts: It was short but I liked it. It was exactly what it should have been with Menso going down fast and hard but getting some hope spots in. 

NOAH Jr. Grand Prix First Round Match - Alejandro vs. Ninja Mack

Ale side headlocks him. Ale springboard diving armdrags him but Mack headflips out. Ale spinning headscissors him but Mack corkscrews out. Ale dropkicks him then tope con hilos him outside. Ale kneeling springboard swantons him for 1. Mack handspring back elbows him in the corner then Ale does the same. 

Ale basement dropkicks him for 2. Mack pulls Ale's arms back. Ale rolls him up for 2. Mack boots him over. Ale is sent hard into the corner for 2. Mack crossfaces him. Ale hits chops on Mack and is punched. 

Mack teases doing his ninja mack special but Ale intercepts and tornado ddt's him in the ring. Ale top rope frogsplashes Mack for 2. Ale canadian destroyers him. Ale pumping knees him then code red's him for 2. Ale does a top skytwister press but misses. Mack corkscrew kicks him. Mack does his ninja special outside. 

Mack hits a wild phoenix 630 splash and wins.

Thoughts: Mack has put on a lot of weight and it slowed him down in this one. You could see him having to recover after some of his big spots.It wasn't quite the fast paced bout you would expect but they did do their flying spots. It was alright overall but I thought it should have been better. 

OZAWA comes out with crutches and a boot and is dressed all clean. He apologizes for being out with an injury. He says he will be back. He says he will sign autographs on 12/23 and then carries his crutch and jumps down from the apron. 

NOAH Jr. Grand Prix First Round Match - Hiromu Takahashi vs. Daiki Odashima

Dai charges at him and is lariated. HT tries pin attempts for 2 counts. Dai slides out. Dai is sent into the rails. HT gets a 2 count on him inside. HT chops him then corner lariats him. HT basement dropkicks him for 2. HT camel clutches him. 

They trade chest chops. Dai spinning dropkicks him. Dai hits a top rope crossbody for 2. Dai karelin's lifts him. HT slides out and begs off. They go on the apron and Dai sunset bombs him on the floor.

HT air raid crashes him on the floor. They both get back in and avoid a double countout. They chop each other in the ring. Dai dropkicks him. HT tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him then falcon arrows him for 2. HT lariats him. Dai tries to get back up. Dai does a head and arm choke on him and HT ropebreaks. 

Dai hits a big german then does another head and arm choke. HT hits an AA for 2. HT running lariats him and then hits a time bomb for the win.

Thoughts: I didn't like it that much. It really slowed down in the 2nd half and I had a hard time buying Daiki was going to beat HT. I think if they cut this match in half it would have accomplished about the same thing and been better.

GHC Tag Team Title Match - Team 2000X (Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura) (c) vs. Hank And Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger)

Hank and Tank had an over the top entrance here with them slapping their bellies around.

The heels attack before the bell. Masa eye rakes Tank and bangs his head off the buckles. Yoshitatsu beats up Hank outside. Tank takes corner attacks then him and Hank hit stereo suplexes on the heels. Sugi takes a double slam as does Masa. Tank gets on Hank's back and they double splash Masa. 

Masa grabs Tank's hair and they trade shots. Hank is double teamed and double suplexed. Masa rolling sentons Hank then Hank is thrown out. Tadasuke chairs Hank outside. 

Sugi hits forearms on Hank then stands on him on the bottom rope. Masa shoulders Hank over. Masa works Hank's leg and butt drops it. Hanks leg is banged off the post and he is booted in it. Masa kicks the rail into Tank's leg. 

Sugi boots Hank in the knee then knees him in the gut. Sugi hits shots to the gut and knees him in the gut again. Tank saves Hank in the corner then Hank flying lariats Sugi. Tank is tagged in. He lariats Sugi and pumping knees him. Tank goes to springboard and falls down. Tank then tries it again and 2nd rope twisting shoulders him. 

Tank corner splashes Sugi twice then misses the 3rd. They trade shots. Sugi germans Tank. Masa corner lariats Tank and bulldogs him. Masa bangs Tank's face off the mat. Tank back body drops Masa. 

Tank cartwheels then lariats Masa. Masa is hit with snake eyes in the corner and Hank flying back elbows Masa. Hank top rope diving lariats Masa for 2. Masa bites and eye rakes Tank. Masa samoan drops him. Masa running lariats him. Masa backdrops Hank for 2. Masa misses a big top rope senton. Hank flying lariats him then suplexes him. Masa spinebusters him. Sugi comes in and running facekicks and running knees Hank in the corner. Sugi hits forearms. 

Hank black hole slams Sugi for 2. Hank climbs the buckles and Yoshitatsu grabs him. Hank misses a lariat and the ref is pushed into him. Sugi chairs his opponents. Masa drops Hank onto his knees and Sugi running knees Hank. Sugi olympic slams Hank. Sugi grabs the chair and Tank lariats the chair into his face. Tank flpajacks Hank onto Sugi for 2. Tank tope con hilos the heels outside. Hank and Sugi trade forearms. Hank wheelbarrow lifts Sugi and drops him on his back for 2.

Sugi takes a sandwich bodyblock then a running back elbow + powerslam combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: Hank and Tank kind of came in randomly so obviously something was up here. The crowd liked them but it took these four a while to get on the same page likely due to language differences. It ended up being acceptable but Masa and Sugi were working pretty slow here and this went a little longer than it needed to.

Kenoh and Marufuji come in. Ken asks if they understand Japanese. Ken says he accepts them as champs and says they are fantastic wrestlers themselves. Ken then challenges for the titles. Masa comes back in and complains. Masa says Sugiura had a 3 count during the match. Masa wants a rematch. Tank suggests the two teams fight in a #1 contender's match. The two teams agree. Tank then speaks in Japanese and thanks the fans.

GHC Heavyweight Title Match - KENTA (c) vs. Yoshiki Inamura

YI's pretty heavy here and has put on some serious weight. Ken slaps him and YI slaps him in the corner. YI misses a charge and Ken facekicks him. YI shoulders him over and elbow drops him for 2. 

Ken goes out and YI hits him. YI misses a charge and goes into the rails. Ken kicks him outside while he's down and armbreakers him. YI is rammed back first into the post. Ken hits chest kicks and YI chops him.

YI is sent into the rails. Ken kicks him in the back inside. YI forearms and chops him. Ken double boots im in the corner and takes a big belly to belly suplex. YI hits a forearm and chop combo. YI suplexes him.

YI blocks Ken's sunset flip and overhead belly to belly suplexes him. YI bearhugs him and stomps him. Ken does an armlock and YI drops him down to break it. Ken hits forearms and YI chops him. Ken kicks him in the arm and facekicks him. Ken powerslams him. 

Ken corner facekicks him then corner dropkicks him. Ken hits a top rope double stomp on YI for 2. YI lariats him from behind. Ken hits a flying busaiku knee kick. Ken hits chest kicks. YI corner splashes him the 2nd rope diving shoulders him. YI lariats him for 2. 

YI misses a top rope splash. Ken crossfaces him and YI ropebreaks. Ken flying knees him from behind then tiger suplexes him. Ken hit a busaiku knee for 2. Ken hits slaps on YI and drops him. YI spears him then lariats him. YI runs the ropes and hits a big lariat for 2. YI muso's him. YI hits a top rope splash on him and pins him.

Thoughts: Inamura finally wins something after doing jobs forever and it's the big one. Good for him but it should have happened years ago. The match was fine and they got a lot of time for this. Ken worked the arm some but could have followed up a bit better on it. Inamura did a bunch of comebacks and stuck to lariats and chops here. 

Inamura talks on the mic after and is pretty excited. He says he's back and he's GHC champ. He says the title is his treasure and says Kenta is always the best wrestler. He calls out Kaito Kiyomiya as the next challenger. He says Kaito is a genius and a great wrestler. He says he has big respect for him and says that's why he wants to overcome him. Kaito accepts. Inamura thanks him and hugs him. They then shake hands.

Inamura talks more. He thanks everyone. He says his dream is just getting started and he loves the fans.

Overall thoughts: The first half of this show didn't get that much time. Kondo/Menso was what it should have been. Alejandro/Mack could have been better but I still liked it. I didn't like Takahashi/Odashima that much. Hank and Tank tried but there were some language issues and the match had a slower pace than it should have. It was acceptable though. The main was fine with Kenta mostly doing kicks and Inamura doing comebacks before he won the title. I thought that was the match of the night. They had some different things on this show which was nice and it was notable for having two titles change hands. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall and thought it was alright.