NOAH Majestic 2022 was a two-night

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event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand

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. It took place on April 29 and 30, 2022, in

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, Japan, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.

Storylines

Both of the nights featured a total of twenty-one

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that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Noah Majestic - N Innovation

Event

The first night event started with the confrontation between Ikuto Hidaka and Kai Fujimura solded with the victory of the preceding one. Next, Melbourne City Wrestling's Slex picked up a victory over Yasutaka Yano. In the third bout, Kotaro Suzuki and

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fought in a ten-minute time-limit draw. The fourth match portraited the competition between

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, Nosawa Rongai and

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and Hajime Ohara, Tadasuke and Shuji Kondo which ended with the victory of the first team. Next,

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defeated

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in singles action. Next,

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picked up a victory over Seiki Yoshioka. In the seventh match, Dragon Gate's Z-Brats (

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and

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) defeated Alejandro, Daisuke Harada and

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. In the eighth match, Ninja Mack defeated Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane, two of International Wrestling Revolution Group's roster talent sent to an excursion in Japan. In the semi main event,

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and

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defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Yo-Hey to capture the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. In the main event, Hayata defeated Eita to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time in his career.

Results

Noah Majestic

Event

The second show started with the confrontation between Kai Fujimura and Slex and Alejandro and Yasutaka Yano solded with the victory of the preceding team. Next, Kongo ( Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya and Tadasuke) defeated Funky Express (

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, King Tany and

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) in six-man tag team action. The third bout saw Stinger (

, Hayata, Seiki Yoshioka,

and

) defeating

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( Eita,

, Kotaro Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai and

) by disqualification. In the fourth match,

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and Kendo Kashin picked up a victory over

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and

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. Next, Michael Elgin defeated

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in singles action. The sixth match saw

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securing the third consecutive defense of the GHC National Championship against Simon Gotch. The eighth match portraited Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane teaming up with

and Ninja Mack to defeat Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada,

and Yo-Hey. Next, Naomichi Marufuji and Satoshi Kojima defeated Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura. The semi main event saw Hideki Suzuki and

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securing their first defense of the

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against Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh. In the main event, Go Shiozaki succeeded in outmatching

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and winning the

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for the fifth time in his career, title which was previously vacated by

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who was tested positive for

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Results

References

External links

Pro Wrestling Noah official website
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