Noah Ariake Triumph 2022

NOAH Ariake Triumph 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on October 30, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Ariake Arena. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.^[2]

NOAH Ariake Triumph 2022
Promotional poster featuring Keiji Mutoh
Promotion	CyberFight
Brand(s)	Pro Wrestling Noah
Date	October 30, 2022
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Ariake Arena
Attendance	3,739[1]
Pay-per-view chronology
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Background

Storylines

The event featured eleven 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.^[3][4]

Event

The event started with the pre-show confrontation between rookies Taishi Ozawa and Kai Fujimura which concluded with the victory of the latter competitor. The first match of the main card saw Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya and Shuji Kondo) defeating Alejandro, Extreme Tiger and Shuhei Taniguchi in six-man tag team action. Next, Dante Leon and Jack Morris picked up a victory over Daiki Inaba and Yo-Hey. The fourth match portraited a stable clash between Stinger's Chris Ridgeway & Yoshinari Ogawa and Yasutaka Yano who defeated Los Perros del Mal de Japón's Eita, Nosawa Rongai and Super Crazy. Next, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Hideki Suzuki of Sugiura-gun picked up a victory over Masa Kitamiya and Masato Tanaka. In the sixth bout, the first of the five titles put on the line was the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, which Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka successfully defended against Kongo's Hi69 and Tadasuke. Next, Ninja Mack defeated Hayata by referee's stoppage to capture the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, ending the latter's reign at 184 days and 5 defenses. Hayata sustained an injury and was declared unable to continue in the process.^[5] In the eighth match, veteran Masakatsu Funaki defeated Kazushi Sakuraba and secured the fifth successful defense of the GHC National Championship. Next, Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura defeated Kongo's Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh to hit their first successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship. The semi main event portraited Keiji Mutoh, Naomichi Marufuji and Yoshiki Inamura defeat New Japan Pro Wrestling's Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) and Hiroshi Tanahashi in one of Mutoh's last appearances in Pro Wrestling Noah.^[6][7]

The main event saw Kaito Kiyomiya marking his first defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in his second reign against Kazuyuki Fujita.^[8][9]

Results

No.	Results[10]	Stipulations	Times[1]
1P	Kai Fujimura defeated Taishi Ozawa by pinfall	Singles match	6:08
2	Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya and Shuji Kondo) defeated Alejandro, Extreme Tiger and Shuhei Taniguchi by pinfall	Six-man tag team match	9:08
3	Dante Leon and Jack Morris defeated Daiki Inaba and Yo-Hey by pinfall	Tag team match	11:04
4	Stinger (Chris Ridgeway & Yoshinari Ogawa) and Yasutaka Yano defeated Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita, Nosawa Rongai and Super Crazy) by pinfall	Six-man tag team match	13:15
5	Sugiura-gun (El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Hideki Suzuki) defeated Masa Kitamiya and Masato Tanaka by pinfall	Tag team match	11:54
6	Stinger (Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka) (c) defeated Kongo (Hi69 and Tadasuke) by pinfall	Tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	13:08
7	Ninja Mack defeated Hayata (c) by referee stoppage	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship	11:23
8	Masakatsu Funaki (c) defeated Kazushi Sakuraba by referee stoppage	Singles match for the GHC National Championship	3:19
9	TakaKoji (Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura) (c) defeated Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh) by pinfall	Tag team match for the GHC Tag Team Championship	21:23
10	Keiji Mutoh, Naomichi Marufuji and Yoshiki Inamura defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) and Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall	Six-man tag team match	20:32
11	Kaito Kiyomiya (c) defeated Kazuyuki Fujita by pinfall	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship	24:06
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match P  – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References

1. Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 30, 2022). "NOAH Ariake Triumph - The Return - Pro-Wrestling Love Forever 3 ~ Triumph ~". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
2. Pro Wrestling Noah (October 30, 2022). 2022年10月30日 （日） 【武藤引退ロード】ABEMA presents 有明凱旋ーTHE RETURNーPRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER . 3 ～TRIUMPH～. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 31, 2022.
3. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
4. Dark Angelita (October 13, 2022). "NOAH: Cartel «Ariake Triumph – The Return» Todos los títulos en juego". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 31, 2022.
5. Thompson, Andrew (November 29, 2022). "Ninja Mack chats becoming GHC Junior Champion due to HAYATA's injury, his schedule with NOAH". POSTWrestling. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
6. Moral, Ángel (October 31, 2022). "Resultados Pro Wrestling NOAH Ariake Triumph 2022". turnheelwrestling.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 31, 2022.
7. Brennan, Corey (October 30, 2022). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Ariake Triumph Results (10/30/22)". bodyslam.net. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
8. Lambert, Jeremy (October 30, 2022). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Ariake Triumph Results (10/30): New GHC Junior Heavyweight Champ, NJPW Stars Compete". fightful.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
9. "Résultats de NOAH Ariake Triumph 2022". catch-newz.com (in French). Catch Newz. November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
10. Daly, Wayne (October 30, 2022). "NOAH Results: Ariake Triumph – The Return ~ Pro Wrestling Love Forever 3 – Tokyo, Japan (10/30)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved December 31, 2022.

External links

• Pro Wrestling Noah official website