NOAH 5/26 results

[GreatMuta423]

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1. Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota defeated Haruka Eigen & Kishin Kawabata in 8 minutes, 55 seconds when Momota pinned Kawabata.

2. Tamon Honda defeated Makoto Hashi in 12 minutes, 2 seconds with a cross-arm scissors hold.

3. Richard Slinger, Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan, & Juventud Guerrera defeated Masao Inoue, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Masaji Aoyagi, & Yasuhiro Suzuki in 10 minutes, 25 seconds when Slinger used his "Chattanooga Choo Choo" finisher on Suzuki for the win.

4. Vader & Scorpio defeated Takeshi Rikio & Daisuke Ikeda in 8 minutes, 19 seconds when Vader used a choke-slam on Ikeda for the win.

5. Mitsuharu Misawa & Naoki Sano defeated Jun Akiyama & Jun Izumida in 14 minutes, 44 seconds when Misawa used a running elbow smash on Izumida for the win.

6. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura defeated Takao Omori & Mohammed Yone in 19 minutes, 6 seconds when Takayama used a high-angle German Suplex on Omori for the win. After the match, Omori talked about a long-term "mission" in America (he'll be staying primarily in Missouri with Harley Race and that crew to do a few matches) while Takayama focused on his New Japan matches.

7. In the GHC Jr. Title Tournament Finals, Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated KENTA (Kobayashi) in 16 minutes, 1 second with an avalanche-style brainbuster. After the match, Takashi Sugiura did a microphone performance in which he said that he would transfer to NOAH's Jr. Heavyweight division and that Kanemaru would be a potential target for him along with the New Japan Jr. Heavyweights.

8. Yutaka Yoshie (NJ) defeated Takeshi Morishima in 17 minutes, 17 seconds with a back-fist punch. Tadao Yasuda was Yoshie's second. They did a big tease for a future tag match between Rikio & Morishima vs. Yasuda & Yoshie.

9. In the GHC Heavyweight Title Match, Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Akira Taue in 15 minutes, 5 seconds with an inside cradle.

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Originally posted by GreatMuta423
9. In the GHC Heavyweight Title Match, Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Akira Taue in 15 minutes, 5 seconds with an inside cradle.

How was that match? Are fans up with Ogawa as GHC Heavyweight champion?