NOAH Great Voyage in Yokohama

Pro-Wrestling NOAH
Great Voyage in Yokohama
12th October 2014, Cultural Gymnasium, Yokohama

After the relative stinker in Niigata, NOAH played their cards immediately correctly by announcing a hip and relevant main-event and a slew of major title bouts for the Yokohama supercard (here) and a very attractive line-up for the Global League (coming soon).

Your main event

These larger NOAH events seem to do quite well at the gate too, attracting a reported 3500 for this particular show. Admittedly New Japan dragged an extra 2000 bodies into the same building but let's not be churlish - NOAH still has some sex appeal remaining, even if it seems to have a kind of funereal tone in parts.

NOAH Great Voyage in Tokyo vol. 2

Pro-Wrestling NOAH
Great Voyage in Tokyo vol. 2
5th July 2014, Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo

Whilst NOAH events aren't exactly easy to get hold of in the present market, if Ustream get their way then they're not much more hard to get hold of than New Japan events will be. As it goes I found that I really enjoyed the event I considered for the "Investigates" piece and felt that it wouldn't be too difficult to add NOAH's bigger shows to a regular reviews cycle. 

Navigation With Breeze seemed like a decent primer if you ignore the whole 'the biggest star is leaving' deal they hit us with in the penultimate match. That said, if you find me routinely proclaiming ignorance then let me apologise in advance. It's the good will that counts, right?

Tonight's main event: Uncle Yuji vs Sullen Goth Nephew (credit: Keeping The Spirit Alive)