Noah The New Year 2026

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NOAH The New Year 2026
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Promotional poster featuring various participants
Promotion CyberFight
Brand Pro Wrestling Noah
DateJanuary 1, 2026
City Tokyo, Japan
Venue Nippon Budokan
Attendance6,278 [1]
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NOAH The New Year 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah and took place on January 1, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Nippon Budokan. It was broadcast on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. [2] It was the first pay-per-view promoted by Noah in 2026. [3]

Contents

Background

Storylines

The event featured eleven 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. [4]

Event

The event started with one preshow bout in which Daga and Daiki Odashima defeated Kai Fujimura and Alejandro, and Eita and Shuji Kondo in three-way tag team competition to secure the second consecutive defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in that respective reign.

In the second bout, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke and Jun Masaoka outmatched Kazuyuki Fujita, Minoru Suzuki, Shuhei Taniguchi and Junta Miyawaki in eight-man tag team competition. The third bout saw Saxon Huxley defeated Will Kroos to win Progress Wrestling's Progress Atlas Championship, ending the latter's reign at 95 days and three defenses. Next up, Kenta, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Hayata picked up a victory over Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Hajime Ohara and Hi69 in eight-man tag team competition. In the fifth match, Alpha Wolf defeated former Los Golpeadores tag team partner Dragon Bane to win the GHC National Championship, ending the latter's reign at 77 days and no defenses. After the bout concluded, Wolf joined Team 2000X. Next up, Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows picked up a victory over Kaito Kiyomiya and Jack Morris in tag team competition. The seventh bout saw Bushi and Tetsuya Naito defeat Kenoh and Naomichi Marufuji to win the GHC Tag Team Championship, ending the latter's reign at 19 days and no defenses. In the semi main event, Amakusa defeated Hiromu Takahashi to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, ending the latter's reign at 115 days and two defenses. After the bout concluded, Daiki Odashima stepped up as Amakusa's new challenger. [5]

In the main event, Yoshiki Inamura defeated Ozawa to secure the second consecutive defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Kenoh stepped up as the new challenger, not before Masa Kitamiya also making a statement for a challenge. [6]

Results

No.Results [7] StipulationsTimes [1]
1PLos Intocables (Daga and Daiki Odashima) (c) defeated All Rebellion (Kai Fujimura and Alejandro) and Eita and Shuji Kondo by pinfall Three-way tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 7:43
2 Team 2000X (Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke and Jun Masaoka) defeated Kazuyuki Fujita, Minoru Suzuki, Shuhei Taniguchi and Junta Miyawaki by submission Eight-man tag team match 6:48
3 Saxon Huxley (with Manabu Soya) defeated Will Kroos (c) by pinfall Singles match for the Progress Atlas Championship 8:07
4White Raven Sqwad (Kenta, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Hayata) defeated Team Noah (Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Hajime Ohara and Hi69) by pinfall Eight-man tag team match 6:53
5 Alpha Wolf defeated Dragon Bane (c) by pinfall Singles match for the GHC National Championship 13:17
6 Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows) defeated Kaito Kiyomiya and Jack Morris by pinfall Tag team match 11:50
7Los Tranquilos de Japon (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) (with Ryusei) defeated Maruken (Kenoh and Naomichi Marufuji) (c) by pinfall Tag team match for the GHC Tag Team Championship 13:16
8 Amakusa defeated Hiromu Takahashi (c) by pinfall Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship 14:24
9 Yoshiki Inamura (c) defeated Ozawa by pinfall Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship 21:18
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References

  1. 1 2 Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 1, 2026). "NOAH The New Year 2026". cagematch.net. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  2. "LINEyahoo PRESENTS NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2026". Wrestle Universe . January 1, 2026. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  3. "LINE Yahoo! PRESENTS NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2026". noah.co.jp. Pro Wrestling Noah . Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  4. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  5. Steve C. (January 1, 2026). "NOAH The New Year 2026 Notes: Saxon Huxley Wins PROGRESS Atlas Title, Alpha Wolf Wins GHC National Title & Joins Team 200X, Naito Revealed as BUSHI's Mystery Partner for GHC Tag Titles Match, Los Tranquilos de Japon Wins GHC Tag Titles, AMAKUSA Wins GHC Jr. Title". tpww.net. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  6. Thompson, Andrew (January 1, 2026). "Pro Wrestling NOAH 'NOAH The New Year 2026' Results (1/1/26): Yoshiki Inamura Retains GHC Heavyweight Title". fightful.com. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  7. Black, Ethan (January 1, 2026). "Pro Wrestling Noah The New Year Results – January 1, 2026". pwmania.com. Retrieved January 1, 2026.