NOAH kicked off it’s second navigation with an eventful show in Differ Ariake. Even though they went head to head with pretty much every other major Tokyo promotion, they still drew a sellout crowd to Differ. The first major upset was when Aoki managed to pin Kanemaru. Whether this will lead to a title challenge is yet to be seen.
Following match seven, the evil junior trio of GHC Jr. Tag Team Champions, Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru, along with Genba Hirayanagi joined Rikio and Yone in the ring. The five announced the formation of the first official unit in NOAH since the early days. They will be known as “Change”.
Two matches announced for the upcoming tour though, were announced. Genba Hirayanagi will challenge Makoto Hashi for the GHC Hardcore Openweight Title on the 26th of this month. Nakajima’s first challenger to the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title will in fact be a rematch, as KENTA will look to recapture the title he only has just lost. That match will happen at the Budokan
NOAH 15/02/09
Differ Ariake
1800 fans (Super No-Vacancy)
1. Naoki Sano d. Masao Inoue (11:38) with a Northern Lights Bomb.
2. Akira Taue & Taiji Ishimori d. Buchanan & Ricky Steamboat Jr. (9:27) when Ishimori used a Diving Body Attack on Steamboat.
3. Naomichi Marufuji, Atsushi Aoki & Akihiro Ito d. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Kotaro Suzuki & Genba Hirayanagi (14:38) when Aoki used a rotating school boy on Kanemaru.
4. KENTA & Ippei Ota d. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kento Miyahara (13:38) when KENTA used an Octopus Hold on Miyahara.
5. Doug Williams, Roderick Strong & Davey Richards d. Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ricky Marvin (15:56) when Richards used the DR Driver on Marvin.
6. Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito d. Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Okita (18:33) when Saito used the Sickle of Death on Okita.
7. Takeshi Rikio & Mohammed Yone d. Takeshi Morishima & Makoto Hashi (5:43) when Yone used a volley kick on Hashi.
8. Takashi Sugiura & Go Shiozaki d. Jun Akiyama & Shuhei Taniguchi (21:02) when Shiozaki used a Short Ranged Lariat on Taniguchi.