Three title changes at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s 25th Anniversary Show

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Pro Wrestling NOAH celebrated its 25th Anniversary at Ryogoku Sumo Hall on Saturday.

The show was headlined by OZAWA defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against KENTA.

In the main event of the ‘Memorial Voyage’ show, OZAWA secured the pinfall victory after hitting his Real Rebel finisher. Following the match, Kaito Kiyomiya confronted OZAWA, indicating his intention to challenge for the championship.

In the semi-main event, billed as a 25th Anniversary Special “Ark Legend” match, Kiyomiya defeated Naomichi Marufuji via pinfall after connecting with a diving elbow drop.

Veteran competitors Jun Akiyama & Takashi Sugiura teamed to defeat Tetsuya Endo & Owadasan of Team 2000X. Akiyama pinned Endo following the Sternness Dust Alpha finisher.

YO-HEY captured the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship from Eita. YO-HEY won via pinfall using the Bamboo Dragonfly.

New GHC Tag Team Champions were crowned as Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki defeated the defending champions Jack Morris & Daga of Team 2000X. Sasaki secured the victory via referee stoppage, choking out Morris with a sleeper hold.

Galeno made his first successful defence of the GHC National Championship, defeating Saxon Huxley in just over five minutes with the Galeno Special.

In other singles action, Tadasuke pinned HAYATA with a Crucifix Hold in a match officiated by special referee Manabu Soya.

The GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles also changed hands earlier in the show. Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane of Los Golpeadores defeated AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki when Wolf pinned Miyawaki after the Santa Maria.

A ten-man tag team match kicked off the main card. The team of Mohammed Yone, Kazuyuki Fujita, Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Black Menso-re defeated Masa Kitamiya, Shuhei Taniguchi, Shuji Kondo, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura, with Kotoge pinning Fujimura after a Kill Switch.

Pro Wrestling Noah 25th Anniversary Show results

  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane def. AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki (c)
  • Mohammed Yone, Kazuyuki Fujita, Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Black Menso-re def. Masa Kitamiya, Shuhei Taniguchi, Shuji Kondo, Alejandro & Kai Fujimur
  • Tadasuke def. HAYATA
  • GHC National Title: Galeno (c) def. Saxon Huxley
  • GHC Tag Team Titles: Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki def. Jack Morris & Daga (c)
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Title: YO-HEY def. Eita (c)
  • Jun Akiyama & Takashi Sugiura def. Tetsuya Endo & Owadasan
  • Kaito Kiyomiya def. Naomichi Marufuji
  • GHC Heavyweight Title: OZAWA (c) def. KENTA
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Based in Northern Ireland, Neal Flanagan is a former newspaper journalist and copy editor. In addition to reporting for POST Wrestling, he co-hosts The Wellness Policy podcast with Wai Ting and Jordan Goodman.