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 For the first time since 2013's Final Burning in Budokan (the Kenta Kobashi retirement show) Pro Wrestling NOAH are coming back to the Nippon Budokan. During the Misawa years they ran there regularly 6+ times a year, and before that it was All Japan's big show venue so returning now is of huge sentimental value for the company & its fans. And because it's a big moment for a company that looked like WWE was going to swallow it up just a couple of years ago we're going to get a big card. 9 matches, 4 title matches, Jun Akiyama's 1st match in NOAH since 2019 (& only his 4th since leaving in solidarity with Kenta Kobashi in 2013). They are also bringing in 3 legends of the sport to do commentary for this show: Kenta Kobashi, Genichiro Tenryu & one other (who Hisame believes would be either Taue or Kawada). In fact the show is so big that it's being broadcast in 2 parts. If that makes no sense to you then don't worry, I don't really get it either. Good news, the part with all the biggest matches is being shown on Wrestle Universe as part of your monthly subscription there, with English commentary or for free on Abema TV with Japanese commentary. The bad news is that if you want to watch the opening 4 matches you will need to buy the PPV from Fite TV for $19.99. I can't say that selling the part of the card with young boys & old guys and putting the title matches on your streaming service makes sense but that's what someone has decided. On Fite TV, starting 4:30pm JST/6:30pm AEDT/7:30am GMT/2:30am EST/11:30pm PST Akitoshi Saito vs Kinya Okada Atsushi Kotoge, Daiki Inaba & Yasutaka Yano vs Full Throttle (Hajime Ohara & YO-HEY) & Kawei Fujimura M's Alliance (Masaaki Mochizuki & Masato Tanaka) vs Mohammad Yone & Shuhei Taniguchi Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Haoh, Nioh & Tadasuke) vs Sugiuragun (Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kazunari Murakami, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai) On Abema for free & Wrestle Universe, starting 5:45pm JST/7:45pm AEDT/8:45am GMT/3:45am EST/12:45am PST GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: STINGER (HAYATA & Yoshinari Ogawa)(c) vs Ikuto Hidaka & Kotaro Suzuki GHC Junior Heavyweight Title: Daisuke Harada(c) vs Seiki Yoshioka) Jun Akiyama & Naomichi Marufuji vs Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura GHC National Title: Kenoh(c) vs Masakatsu Funaki GHC Heavyweight Title: Go Shiozaki(c) vs Keiji Mutoh If you've been paying attention to the card then you may have noticed the 2 opening matches have changed slightly, Masao Inoue has a positive PCR test & Junta Miyawaki had to withdraw with appendicitis so there's the opener was made a singles & Inaba moved from that to replace Miyawaki. For a preview of the card: https://chopskicksandnearfalls.com/pro-wrestling-noah-back-to-budokan-preview And for a lower effort but shorter preview: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2021/02/10/noah-destination-2021-february-12-preview-predictions/ And of course to catch up on all the press NOAH wrestlers have been doing you should check Hisame's blog: http://puroprogramtranslations.blogspot.com/ And please ignore the moron who forgot to tag the thread properly 
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drat, I was hoping to catch the first half of the card before I had to go to work, but none of that now. Hopefully the full show ends up on Universe eventually, the M's tag and the 12-man have to potential to be real sleepers
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Feb 12, 2021 02:29
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mutoh is going to be ghc champion in 2021, insallah.
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Feb 12, 2021 02:35
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Mutoh here to make Go cruiser-wait brother.
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Feb 12, 2021 02:42
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If I didn't have to work tomorrow, I'd be all over this, but as it stands I'll have to catch up Friday evening. Have fun NOAH buddies.
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Feb 12, 2021 05:01
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Yeah, I'll stay up for this. Hope Go doesn't lose it on the first NOAH show I watch live!
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Feb 12, 2021 05:25
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Tenryu makes Tomoaki Honma sound like he has sweet sugary voice.
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Feb 12, 2021 08:23
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Akitoshi Saito was on the last Budokan card NOAH ran, losing in a 6 man tag to a NJPW trio of Nagata, Kojima & Tanahashi. Okada was still in university.
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Feb 12, 2021 08:35
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Shida's in the building. https://twitter.com/shidahikaru/status/1360128476444053505
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Feb 12, 2021 08:42
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Flying through the undercard. We're already up to the Kongo vs Sugiuragun multiman.
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Feb 12, 2021 09:02
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Kendo Kashin is still wearing the Saku custom belt. Alright mate.
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Feb 12, 2021 09:05
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The look on Murakami's face when Nakajima is doing his corner pose spot. Like he about to kill a fool
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Feb 12, 2021 09:12
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Was a fun multiman tag but obviously just a warm up & so all the guys from Sugiuragun & Kongo could get to be part of the big show. Do want to see a singles between Nakajima & Murakami now though. Got a wee intermission now before the main card starts.
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Feb 12, 2021 09:22
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it is NOAH time, my dudes.
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Feb 12, 2021 09:45
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We are live on Wrestle Universe & the free Abema feed!
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Feb 12, 2021 09:46
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Between Positive Chain and this my Wrestle Universe account is seeing a lot of use today.
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Feb 12, 2021 09:46
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Pylons posted:Between Positive Chain and this my Wrestle Universe account is seeing a lot of use today. we do keep saying that its an insane deal for a reason, DDT does some really good shows too.
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ItohRespectArmy posted:we do keep saying that its an insane deal for a reason, DDT does some really good shows too. Sunday's show baby! Jun Akiyama vs Tetsuya Endo!
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forkboy84 posted:Sunday's show baby! Jun Akiyama vs Tetsuya Endo! 
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Feb 12, 2021 09:49
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forkboy84 posted:Sunday's show baby! Jun Akiyama vs Tetsuya Endo! Well gently caress, I definitely can't miss that. I need to see what Endo is all about.
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Feb 12, 2021 09:49
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Surprise result with Yoshioka beating Harada, but what wasn't a surprise is the match is very good, because Harada matches are always very good.
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Very enjoyable, though I could've done with five more minutes.
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Feb 12, 2021 10:28
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Harada/Yoshioka was very good and the best stuff so far. It might even end up being the best match tonight but this tag might be a banger as well.
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Feb 12, 2021 10:30
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BEEF
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Feb 12, 2021 10:34
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BIG BOY BATTLE
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Feb 12, 2021 10:35
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Akiyama trying to get DQ'd here
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Feb 12, 2021 10:37
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Did Kaito try to get with Jun's daughter or something? He's in proper grumpy auld bastard mode.
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Feb 12, 2021 10:39
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i havent seen NOAH in a decade and my takeaway so far was that KENTA must have a picture of Dorian Gray depicting Marufuji hidden in his attic
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Feb 12, 2021 10:41
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Jeez, these tortured screams from Kaito.
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Feb 12, 2021 10:42
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Even just the struggle for the suplex was incredibly cool.
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Feb 12, 2021 10:44
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Okay, that shove into the German suplex is absolutely gifworthy. Beautiful spot https://twitter.com/noah_ghc/status/1360164015998001156?s=20
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Real good match, the right team won.
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That was great.
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Feb 12, 2021 10:50
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JUN WANTS KAITO ONE ON ONE, LOOK AT HIM
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Feb 12, 2021 10:51
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God, Inamura's chest.
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Feb 12, 2021 10:52
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It's the man with a chip on his shoulder bigger than the Solar System, Kenoh 
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Feb 12, 2021 10:53
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Funaki working as stiff as you'd hope
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This is a really fascinating match. Not usually my thing but commentary is really helping make this accessible enough to be enjoyable.
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Feb 12, 2021 11:06
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gently caress YEAH NOAH has really turned me into a shootstyle fan.
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That was... a match. The crowd didn't really seem to get into it but it was solid after Funaki started using Kenoh's head as bongos.
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