NOAH Majestic 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on May 4, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan, at the

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. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. Fourteen matches were contested at the event, including three on the pre-show, and four of Noah's five

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were on the line. The main event saw Jake Lee defeat Naomichi Marufuji to retain the

GHC Heavyweight Championship The is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight currently defended in the Pro Wrestling Noah brand division. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world titles, alon ...

. Other top matches included

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (born December 4, 1991) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, currently working Major League Wrestling (MLW) in the United States, Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan, and also on the Mexica ...

successfully defending the GHC National Championship against Hideki Suzuki, Hayata defeated

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 ...

to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, and Real ( Timothy Thatcher and

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) defeated Takashi Sugiura and Shuhei Taniguchi to win the

GHC Tag Team Championship The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio & Vader defeated Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in a tourname ...

Production

Background

The event featured fourteen

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that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Event

The preshow included three matches which were broadcast live on Noah's YouTube channel. In the first bout,

Super Crazy Francisco Islas Rueda (born December 3, 1973), better known by his ring name Super Crazy, is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler). In Mexico, Islas has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and made appearances f ...

and

Mohammed Yone , better known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a multi-time GHC Tag Team Champion, a one time GHC Openweight Hardcore Champion and winner of the Global Tag League in 2 ...

picked up a win over

Akitoshi Saito is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Early life Before pro wrestling, Akitoshi Saito was trained in karate by Masashi Aoyagi. Saito seconded Aoyagi i ...

and Daishi Ozawa. Next, Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka defeated

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and

Lanzeloth Lanzeloth (born October 10, 1995) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently competing in Pro Wrestling Noah as a freelancer. He previously competed for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he is a for ...

in tag team action. The third bout saw the confrontation between Sean Legacy, Stallion Rogers and Los Golpeadores (Dragon Bane and Alpha Wolf), and Jack Morris,

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, Tadasuke and Yo-Hey, solded with the victory of the latter team. The first bout of the main card saw a joshi confrontation in which

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and

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picked up a victory over

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and Saki. Next up, Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara and Hi69 outmatched the team of Amakusa,

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and Alejandro in six-man tag team action. In the sixth match, Kazuyuki Fujita and

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defeated

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and

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. The seventh bout saw Masakatsu Funaki defeating Shinya Aoki with an

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in a Martial arts rules match. In the eighth match,

Yoshinari Ogawa (born November 2, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah. He has earned the nickname of "Rat Boy" from the English-speaking Puroresu fanbase due to his sneaky, clever in-ring tactics and baiting his ...

and

Chris Ridgeway Chris Wareing is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Ridgeway. He is a former PROGRESS World Champion and one-half of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Daga. He currently works as a freelan ...

picked up a victory over Ogawa's former tag partner Eita, and Daga. During the match, Daga betrayed Eita and joined Stinger. Next up, Dralístico defeated Rey Escorpión in singles competition. In the tenth bout, Timothy Thatcher and

defeated

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stablemate Takashi Sugiura and Shuhei Taniguchi to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions, ending the latter team's reign at their first defense. Next, Hayata defeated

to secure his first defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. Next,

successfully defended the GHC National Championship against Hideki Suzuki for the fourth time in that respective reign. The semi main event portraited the return match of Go Shiozaki which came back from injury and teamed up with

Kaito Kiyomiya is a Japanese professional wrestler who works for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is the current GHC Heavyweight Champion in his second reign. Early life Kiyomiya grew up a lifelong fan of professional wrestling, citing Mitsuharu Misawa as his bigg ...

) and

Yoshiki Inamura is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2018–present) Inamura is known for seldomly competing for various promotions from the J ...

in a losing effort against

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's Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Manabu Soya. In the main event, Jake Lee defeated Naomichi Marufuji to secure the second successful defense of the

in that respective reign.

Results

References

External links

Pro Wrestling Noah official website
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