NOAH The First Navigation 2017

Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. YO-HEY & Hitoshi Kumano

Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinari Ogawa (left) are two long time vets that are tough as nails. Saito has honestly never been anything special but he is a solid and reliable hand. Ogawa (Rat Boy) has had a moderately successful career. These two are looking to teach a lesson to the much younger YO-HEY (punk rock looking worker) and his partner, a Young Lion with much promise, Hitoshi Kumano, who seems to still be figuring out what his path in Noah is, or may be. The veterans Akitoshi Saito & Yoshinari Ogawa get the win here. Kumano seems to desert his partner in disgust after the match.

Taiji Ishimori vs. HAYATA

Ishimori, longest reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, and a pure joy to watch in the ring, takes on HAYATA the other half of the team YO-HEY and HAYATA in a very fast paced match up. HAYATA gets the upset victory after a series of ground reversals leads to a pin in his favor. Ishimori is irate, and protests to no avail. This match may lead him to explore the tag division as he will soon team with Hi69 as "XX."

Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kaito Kiyomiya

Kaito Kiyomiya, a young lion having turned heel just a few weeks before this show, shaking hands with former Suzuki Gun member, Takashi Sugiura, and he brings his new look, and new attitude into this match up against the beloved Marufuji. This is an intense fight with Kaito out to prove he's the real deal, and Marufuji out to teach this kid a lesson.

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Mohammed Yone vs. Takashi Sugiura

Yone, a beloved face for years, coming to the ring to 70's American disco music that matches his wild afro hair cut, often surprises first time viewers as he is a very good wrestler inside the ring. Takashi Sugiura however is a beast, an animal even, and since the departure of his former stable, Suzuki Gun, he's been proving that he needs no help or assistance to be a major player, and top contender in Noah. Having recently recruited Kaito Kiyomiya he is on the lookout for more partners to bring his kind of pain and suffering to all that stand in their way! Sugiura gets the victory is a very hard hitting contest where their disdain for each other could be felt.

Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Atsushi Kotoge

Having forfeited his Junior Heavyweight Championship two shows ago, Kotoge steps up against the GHC Heavyweight champion in a non title match. Kotoge wants to prove beyond a doubt that he made the right decision to enter the heavyweight division and this will be his ultimate way to prove just that. Makajima has been defending his championship against the strongest competitors for months and is a major part of Noah's claims to have been "Reborn." While Kotoge proved he belongs with the heavy weights, the champ over came and won with his dreaded brainbuster.

GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Match Hajime Ohara (c) vs. Daisuke Harada

Ohara having just won the vacant GHS Junior Heavyweight championship when Kotoge vacated it to enter the heavyweight division, faces his first challenge from the former champion, and multi time GHS Junior Tag champion.This is a very "super junior" style match without being anything too wild, just faster paced with some bigger moves but nothing over the top at all. It's the co-main event of this show and proved that it deserved that spot! It's clear that you must avoid Ohara's submission finisher or the match is over, and in the end Harada couldn't avoid it and submitted. Young Lion Hitoshi Kumano steps up big and challenges Ohara for the title after the match.

GHC Tag Team Title Match Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi (c) vs. Kenou & Masa Kitamiya

Shiozaki and Taniguchi have been fighting heavyweight tag team champions, but Kenou has a fire for the tag team titles like nothing I've ever seen. Kitamiya is his willing partner, and very talented, but Kenou has been displaying a passion that's hard to explain. He wants the tag titles the way most men chase the world title. As a tag team fan I love that about Kenou, but there seems to be something amiss with him teaming with Kitamiya, almost like he took any partner he could to get him the tag titles. It worked, as new champions are crowned here!