Noah The New Year 2022

Noah The New Year 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on January 1, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Nippon Budokan. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[2] It was the first pay-per-view promoted by Noah in 2022.

Noah The New Year 2022
Promotional poster featuring Kaito Kiyomiya, Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Hayata
PromotionCyberFight
Brand(s)Pro Wrestling Noah
DateJanuary 1, 2022
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueNippon Budokan
Attendance3,181[1]
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The event featured ten matches with four of Noah's championships on the line. The main event saw Katsuhiko Nakajima defeat Go Shiozaki to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Other top matches included Kenoh successfully defending the GHC National Championship against Kaito Kiyomiya, Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji defeated M's Alliance stablemates Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka to win the GHC Tag Team Championship, and Hayata defeated Yoshinari Ogawa to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Background

Storylines

The event featured ten 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]

Event

Preliminary matches

The event started with the confrontation between the teams of Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada, and Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano which solded with the victory of the preceding team. In the second bout, Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone) defeated Kongo (Manabu Soya, Nio and Tadasuke) in six-man tag team action. Next, Kongo (Aleja and Hao) outmatched the team of Stinger (Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu). The fourth bout saw Hajime Ohara, Momo No Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) and Último Dragón picking a victory over Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita, Kotaro Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai and Yo-Hey) in eight-man tag team action. Next up, Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin defeated Ikuto Hidaka and Masakatsu Funaki. In the sixth match, Hayata secured the eighth consecutive defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Stinger stablemate Yoshinari Ogawa. In the seventh match, Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji defended the GHC Tag Team Championship for the first time against M's Alliance stablemates Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka. Next up, Kenta and Sugiura-gun (Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura) defeated Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura. In the semi main event, Kenoh secured the second consecutive defense of the GHC National Championship against Kaito Kiyomiya.[4][5][6]

Main event

In the main event, Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Go Shiozaki to mark his third consecutive defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship.[7][8]

Results
No.Results[9][10]StipulationsTimes[1]
1Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada defeated Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka YanoTag team match8:39
2Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone) defeated Kongo (Manabu Soya, Nio and Tadasuke)Six-man tag team match8:45
3Kongo (Aleja and Hao) defeated Stinger (Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu)Tag team match11:44
4Hajime Ohara, Momo No Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) and Último Dragón defeated Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita, Kotaro Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai and Yo-Hey)Eight-man tag team match13:51
5Sugiura-gun (Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin) defeated Ikuto Hidaka and Masakatsu FunakiTag team match12:17
6Hayata (c) defeated Yoshinari OgawaSingles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship20:54
7M's Alliance (Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji) (c) defeated M's Alliance (Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka)Tag team match for the GHC Tag Team Championship20:50
8Kenta and Sugiura-gun (Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura) defeated Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki InamuraSix-man tag team match25:46
9Kenoh (c) defeated Kaito Kiyomiya by referee's decisionSingles match for the GHC National Championship24:42
10Katsuhiko Nakajima (c) defeated Go ShiozakiSingles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship30:10
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References
  1. Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 1, 2022). "NOAH The New Year 2022". cagematch.net. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  2. Pro Wrestling Noah (January 1, 2022). 2022年01月01日 （土） ABEMA presents NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2022. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  3. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  4. Last Word Staff (December 31, 2021). "Preview: Pro Wrestling NOAH – NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2022 (1/1/22)". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  5. Dark Angel (January 9, 2022). "NOAH: "The New Year 2022" Katsuhiko Nakajima continues to reign". superluchas.com. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  6. Völsch, Paul (January 2, 2022). "NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2022 (JANUARY 1) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  7. Buckeldee, Mark (January 1, 2022). "NOAH "The New Year 2022" Report: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Go Shiozaki". postwrestling.com. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  8. Lambert, Jeremy (January 1, 2022). "PRO Wrestling NOAH The New Year Results (1/1): Ultimo Dragon In Action, Nakajima vs. Go Shiozaki". fightful.com. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  9. Daly, Wayne (January 1, 2022). "NOAH Results: The New Year 2022 – Tokyo, Japan (1/1)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  10. Harris, Jeffrey (January 1, 2022). "Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year Results 1.01.22: KENTA Makes His NOAH Return". 411mania.com. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
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