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Yoshiki Inamura defends Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC title this weekend

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

Yoshiki Inamura is set to defend Pro Wrestling NOAH’s GHC Championship against Kenoh this Sunday. The title match will main event NOAH’s Apex Conquest 2026 event in Yokohama.

Inamura, best known to many US fans for his appearances in NXT last year, won the GHC title from KENTA last November. He has defended the title four times since then, most recently against Takashi Sugiura at Korakuen Hall in February. He has only competed in trios matches since then, often against KENTA’s White Raven Squad. 

Inamaura wrestled in 36 matches for NXT in 2024 and 2025, often in a tag team with Josh Briggs. He competed for the NXT Tag Team Championship (against Hank & Tank) and the NXT Championship (against Oba Femi).

Kenoh has won more than a dozen championships in NOAH dating back to 2014. He is a four-time GHC Champion, most recently winning the title from OZAWA last July before losing the belt to KENTA the very next day. 

Apex Conquest 2026 will air live from the Yokohama Budokan on Sunday, March 8, at 3 p.m. JST. The event will stream live on Wrestle Universe with English commentary. Top matches include:

  • GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kenoh
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: AMAKUSA vs. Mark Trew
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Dragon Bane & Alejandro

KENTA returning to Pro Wrestling NOAH for 25th anniversary celebration

Posted on by Joseph Currier

One of the biggest stars in Pro Wrestling NOAH history is returning to the promotion to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

KENTA will be back in NOAH for a match against Kenoh at NOAH The New Year 2025 on Wednesday, January 1. The match was made official after Kenoh showed up at Friday’s NJPW event, confronting KENTA and challenging him to a match.

Kenoh said that, if KENTA still had feelings for the promotion where he came from, he would return to NOAH and face him on January 1. The challenge was then accepted by KENTA. Kenoh teased that, after he defeats KENTA in NOAH, they could potentially wrestle each other again in NJPW.

During his NOAH career, KENTA was a decorated champion with both Heavyweight and Junior Heavyweight title reigns. He left the promotion in 2014 but has returned a few times since then, making appearances while with WWE and NJPW.

Kenoh is a three-time GHC Heavyweight Champion in NOAH with his most recent reign lasting from October 2023-February 2024.

NOAH The New Year 2025 — a celebration of NOAH entering its 25th year in existence — is taking place from Budokan Hall in Tokyo. It will air live as a pay-per-view with English commentary. WWE’s Shinsuke Nakamura is part of the card, facing off against Ulka Sasaki.

Two new matches set for cross-promotional United Japan event

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Two new matches have been added to the card for May’s All Together event, the first show under the United Japan Pro-Wrestling banner.

It was announced in December 2023 that nine promotions had come together to form the United Japan Pro-Wrestling industry group. Their first collaborative show is being held at Budokan Hall on Monday, May 6.

A singles match between Pro Wrestling NOAH star Kenoh and NJPW’s Kosei Fujita has been added to the All Together event. A tag team match with SANADA (NJPW) & KAI (Dragon Gate) facing Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW) & Chris Brookes (DDT) is also now set.

NJPW, AJPW, NOAH, DDT, Ganbare, Big Japan, Dragon Gate, Stardom, and Tokyo Joshi Pro are the nine promotions in the industry group. While still operating separately, they’ve come together to advance pro wrestling in Japan following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The mission statement for the group is:

To further the presence of pro-wrestling and its cultural merit in Japanese society at large, allow professional wrestling to contribute further to cultural and sporting sectors, and work toward continued health and prosperity of the industry. 

All Together is airing as a pay-per-view on ABEMA. A portion of the proceeds from the event are being donated to the victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake that happened at the beginning of this year.

Here’s the updated All Together card:

  • Hiroshi Tanahashi, Naomichi Marufuji & Sanshiro Takagi vs. EVIL, Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi
  • Tomohiro Ishii & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Jeff Cobb & Masa Kitamiya
  • Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino & Yuki Ueno vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Yuya Uemura & Shun Skywalker
  • Kenoh vs. Kosei Fujita
  • SANADA & KAI vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Chris Brookes