Noah Ariake Triumph 2022

Noah Ariake Triumph 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on October 30, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Ariake Arena. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[2]

Noah Ariake Triumph 2022
Promotional poster featuring Keiji Mutoh
PromotionCyberFight
Brand(s)Pro Wrestling Noah
DateOctober 30, 2022
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueAriake Arena
Attendance3,739[1]
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Background

Storylines

The event featured eleven professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3][4]

Event

The event started with the pre-show confrontation between rookies Taishi Ozawa and Kai Fujimura whih concluded with the victory of the latter competitor. The first match of the main card saw Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya and Shuji Kondo) defeateing Alejandro, Extreme Tiger and Shuhei Taniguchi in six-man tag team action. Next, Dante Leon and Jack Morris picked up a victory over Daiki Inaba and Yo-Hey. The fourth match portraited a stable clash between Stinger's Chris Ridgeway & Yoshinari Ogawa and Yasutaka Yano who defeated Los Perros del Mal de Japón's Eita, Nosawa Rongai and Super Crazy. Next, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Hideki Suzuki of Sugiura-gun picked up a victory over Masa Kitamiya and Masato Tanaka. In the sixth bout, the first of the five titles put on the line was the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, which Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka successfully defended against Kongo's Hi69 and Tadasuke. Next, Ninja Mack defeated Hayata by referee's stoppage to capture the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, ending the latter's reign at 184 days and 5 defenses. Hayata sustained an injury and was declared unable to continue in the process.[5] In the eighth match, veteran Masakatsu Funaki defeated Kazushi Sakuraba and secured the fifth successful defense of the GHC National Championship. Next, Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura defeated Kongo's Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh to hit their first successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship. The semi main event portraited Keiji Mutoh, Naomichi Marufuji and Yoshiki Inamura defeat New Japan Pro Wrestling's Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) and Hiroshi Tanahashi in one of Mutoh's last appearances in Pro Wrestling Noah.[6][7]

The main event saw Kaito Kiyomiya marking his first defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in his second reign against Kazuyuki Fujita.[8]

Results
No.Results[9]StipulationsTimes[1]
1PKai Fujimura defeated Taishi OzawaSingles match6:08
2Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya and Shuji Kondo) defeated Alejandro, Extreme Tiger and Shuhei TaniguchiSix-man tag team match9:08
3Dante Leon and Jack Morris defeated Daiki Inaba and Yo-HeyTag team match11:04
4Stinger (Chris Ridgeway & Yoshinari Ogawa) and Yasutaka Yano defeated Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita, Nosawa Rongai and Super Crazy)Six-man tag team match13:15
5Sugiura-gun (El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Hideki Suzuki) defeated Masa Kitamiya and Masato TanakaTag team match11:54
6Stinger (Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka) (c) defeated Kongo (Hi69 and Tadasuke)Tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship13:08
7Ninja Mack defeated Hayata (c) by referee stoppageSingles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship11:23
8Masakatsu Funaki (c) defeated Kazushi Sakuraba by referee stoppageSingles match for the GHC National Championship3:19
9TakaKoji (Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura) (c) defeated Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh)Tag team match for the GHC Tag Team Championship21:23
10Keiji Mutoh, Naomichi Marufuji and Yoshiki Inamura defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) and Hiroshi TanahashiSix-man tag team match20:32
11Kaito Kiyomiya (c) defeated Kazuyuki FujitaSingles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship24:06
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References
  1. Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 30, 2022). "NOAH Ariake Triumph - The Return - Pro-Wrestling Love Forever 3 ~ Triumph ~". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  2. Pro Wrestling Noah (October 30, 2022). 2022年10月30日 （日） 【武藤引退ロード】ABEMA presents 有明凱旋ーTHE RETURNーPRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER . 3 ～TRIUMPH～. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  3. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  4. Dark Angelita (October 13, 2022). "NOAH: Cartel «Ariake Triumph – The Return» Todos los títulos en juego". superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  5. Thompson, Andrew (November 29, 2022). "Ninja Mack chats becoming GHC Junior Champion due to HAYATA's injury, his schedule with NOAH". postwrestling.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  6. Moral, Ángel (October 31, 2022). "Resultados Pro Wrestling NOAH Ariake Triumph 2022". turnheelwrestling.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  7. Brennan, Corey (October 30, 2022). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Ariake Triumph Results (10/30/22)". bodyslam.net. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  8. Lambert, Jeremy (October 30, 2022). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Ariake Triumph Results (10/30): New GHC Junior Heavyweight Champ, NJPW Stars Compete". fightful.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  9. Daly, Wayne (October 30, 2022). "NOAH Results: Ariake Triumph – The Return ~ Pro Wrestling Love Forever 3 – Tokyo, Japan (10/30)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
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