N Innovation 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on December 23, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Shinjuku Face. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[2] It was the last pay-per-view promoted by Noah in 2022.
| N Innovation 2022 | |||
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 Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand(s) | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||
| Date | December 23, 2022 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Shinjuku Face | ||
| Attendance | 320[1] | ||
| Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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Background
editStorylines
editThe event featured six 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]
Event
editPrior to the event, Kai Fujimura sustained an injury, therefore the show's card suffered minor changes.[4]
The event has been opened by the singles confrontation between one of the promotion's veteran Hi69 and rookie Shoki Kitamura which ended with the latter's victory. Next, Alejandro, Andy Wu and Ninja Mack picked up a victory over Kongo's Hajime Ohara, Shuji Kondo and Tadasuke. The third match saw Yasutaka Yano picking up a victory over Nosawa Rongai. The fourth match portraited the singles bout between Yoshinari Ogawa and Eita which ended in a no-contest. There have been two title fights in the main card. The first one which served as the semi-main event saw Yo-Hey teaming up with Dragon Gate's Kzy and defeating Stinger's sub-group tag team of Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, ending the champion team's reign at thirty days and no defenses.[5][6]
The main event portraited the confrontation between Dante Leon and Amakusa for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship which solded with the latter's victory and with Leon failing to score his first defense, his reign concluding after 43 days. After the match, Amakusa received a challenge from Junta Miyawaki which was set for The New Year 2023 on January 1.[7]
Results
edit| No. | Results[8] | Stipulations | Times[1] | ||
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| 1 | Shoki Kitamura defeated Hi69 by pinfall | Singles match | 9:22 | ||
| 2 | Alejandro, Andy Wu and Ninja Mack defeated Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Shuji Kondo and Tadasuke) by pinfall | Six-man tag team match | 11:53 | ||
| 3 | Yasutaka Yano defeated Nosawa Rongai by pinfall | Singles match | 13:41 | ||
| 4 | Eita vs. Yoshinari Ogawa ended in a no-contest | Singles match | 18:28 | ||
| 5 | Kzy and Yo-Hey defeated Stinger (Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka) (c) by pinfall | Tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | 27:53 | ||
| 6 | Amakusa defeated Dante Leon (c) by pinfall | Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship | 23:37 | ||
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References
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 23, 2022). "NOAH N Innovation". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah (December 23, 2022). 2022年12月23日 （金） N Innovation. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ Miller, Nick (December 14, 2022). "Several NOAH Shows Affected By Kai Fujimura Injury". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ Taigermen (December 23, 2022). "RESULTS: NOAH N INNOVATION 12.23.2022". zonawrestling.net. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Pollock, John (December 23, 2022). "Two title changes highlight final Pro Wrestling NOAH card of 2022". POSTWrestling. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Carlan, Lewis (December 23, 2022). "Pro Wrestling NOAH's N Innovation Results (12/23/2022); New Champions Crowned". pwmania.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (December 23, 2022). "NOAH Results: N Innovation 2022 Day 6 – Tokyo, Japan (12/23)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved December 28, 2022.