Noah Grand Square 2021

NOAH Grand Square 2021
Promotional poster featuring Naomichi Marufuji
Promotion	CyberFight
Brand(s)	Pro Wrestling Noah
Date	October 10, 2021
City	Osaka, Japan
Venue	Edion Arena Osaka
Attendance	1,291 [1]
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NOAH Grand Square 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on October 10, 2021, in Osaka, Japan, at the Edion Arena Osaka. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. ^[2]

Background

Storylines

The event featured nine 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

The event started with the tag team confrontation between the teams of Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano, and Daiki Inaba and Kai Fujimura, solded with the victory of the latters. Next up, Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and [[Mohammed Yone] picked up a victory over Hao, Nio and Tadasuke in six-man tag team competition. The third bout saw Aleja and Manabu Soya outmatching Junta Miyawaki and Masa Kitamiya in tag team action. In the fourth match, Kotaro Suzuki and Yo-Hey defeated Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa in tag team competition. The fifth match saw Masaaki Mochizuki, Masakatsu Funaki and Masato Tanaka defeating Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura in six-man tag team action. Next up Eita and Nosawa Rongai defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, ending the latter team's reign at 28 days and no successful defenses. In the seventh match, Hayata defeated Daisuke Harada to secure the fifth consecutive defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. In the semi main event, one half of the GHC Tag Team Champions Kaito Kiyomiya and Kenoh picked up a victory over Kazushi Sakuraba and Keiji Muto in tag team competition. ^[4]

In the main event, Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Naomichi Marufuji to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship, ending the latter's reign at 126 days and two successful defenses. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Results

No.	Results [8]	Stipulations	Times [1]
1	Daiki Inaba and Kai Fujimura defeated Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano	Tag team match	11:17
2	Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone) defeated Kongo (Hao, Nio and Tadasuke)	Six-man tag team match	9:39
3	Kongo (Aleja and Manabu Soya) defeated Junta Miyawaki and Masa Kitamiya	Tag team match	13:47
4	Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Kotaro Suzuki and Yo-Hey) defeated Stinger (Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa)	Tag team match	6:54
5	M's Alliance (Masaaki Mochizuki, Masakatsu Funaki and Masato Tanaka) defeated Sugiura-gun (Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura)	Six-man tag team match	18:19
6	Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita and Nosawa Rongai) defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara (c)	Tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	4:04
7	Hayata (c) defeated Daisuke Harada	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship	19:09
8	Kaito Kiyomiya and Kenoh defeated Kazushi Sakuraba and Keiji Muto	Tag team match	20:54
9	Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Naomichi Marufuji (c)	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship	37:18
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

1. Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 10, 2021). "NOAH Grand Square 2021 In Osaka". cagematch.net. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
2. Pro Wrestling Noah (October 10, 2021). 2021年10月10日（日）GRAND SQUARE 2021 in OSAKA. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 14, 2021.
3. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
4. Hymantor, Michael (October 10, 2021). "#AndNEW: New Champions Crowned At NOAH's Grand Square 2021 In Osaka". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
5. Thomas, Jeremy (October 10, 2021). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Grand Square 2021". 411Mania . Retrieved October 12, 2021.
6. Di Trolio, Gerard (October 11, 2021). "PRO WRESTLING NOAH GRAND SQUARE 2021 IN OSAKA (OCTOBER 10) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
7. Lambert, Jeremy (October 10, 2021). "Pro Wrestling NOAH Grand Square 2021 Results (10/10): New GHC Heavyweight Champion Crowned". fightful.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
8. Daly, Wayne (October 10, 2021). "NOAH Results: Grand Square 2021 In Osaka – Osaka, Japan (10/10)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

External links

• Pro Wrestling Noah official website