N Innovation 2022 was a
professional wrestling event promoted by
CyberFight's sub-brand
Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on December 23, 2022, in
Tokyo, Japan, at the
Shinjuku Face. The event aired on
CyberAgent's
AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service
Wrestle Universe. It was the last
pay-per-view
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promoted by Noah in 2022.
Background
Storylines
The event featured six
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.
Event
Prior to the event,
Kai Fujimura
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling NOAH under the ring name Kai Fujimura. He has also made appearances for wrestling promotions Dragon Gate and WRESTLE-1.
Professional wrestling career (since 2019) WRESTLE ...
sustained an injury, therefore the show's card suffered minor changes.
The event has been opened by the singles confrontation between one of the promotion's veteran
Hi69 and rookie Shoki Kitamura which ended with the latter's victory. Next, Alejandro,
Andy Wu and
Ninja Mack
Brenden McAleavey (born December 31, 1989), better known by his ring name Ninja Mack, is an American professional wrestler currently performing for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a one-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. He is best known for h ...
picked up a victory over Kongo's
Hajime Ohara,
Shuji Kondo and
Tadasuke. The third match saw Yasutaka Yano picking up a victory over
Nosawa Rongai. The fourth match portraited the singles bout between
Yoshinari Ogawa and Eita which ended in a no-contest. There have been two title fights in the main card. The first one which served as the semi-main event saw
Yo-Hey teaming up with
Dragon Gate's
Kzy and defeating
Stinger's sub-group tag team of
Atsushi Kotoge and
Seiki Yoshioka to win the
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, ending the champion team's reign at thirty days and no defenses.
The main event portraited the confrontation between
Dante Leon and
Amakusa for the
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship which solded with the latter's victory and with Leon failing to score his first defense, his reign concluding after 43 days. After the match, Amakusa received a challenge from
Junta Miyawaki which was set for ''
The New Year 2023'' on January 1.
Results
References
External links
Pro Wrestling Noah official website
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