NOAH The Glory 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah took place on April 29, 2021, in Nagoya, Japan, at the Nagoya Congress Center. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service, CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe and FITE TV.[2]
| NOAH The Glory 2021 | |||
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 Promotional poster featuring Takashi Sugiura | |||
| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand(s) | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||
| Date | April 29, 2021 | ||
| City | Nagoya, Japan | ||
| Venue | Nagoya Congress Center | ||
| Attendance | 718[1] | ||
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Eight matches were contested at the event, and three of Noah's five championships were on the line. The main event saw Keiji Muto defeat Masa Kitamiya to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship. In another prominent match, Takashi Sugiura defeated Kazuyuki Fujita to win the GHC National Championship.
Background
editStorylines
editThe event featured eight 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
editThe event started with the six-man tag team competition confrontation between Momo No Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) and Yasutaka Yano, and Full Throttle (Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and Yo-Hey), solded with the victory of the latter team. In the second bout, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Nio picked up a victory over Akitoshi Saito and Junta Miyawaki in tag team action. The third match saw Kotaro Suzuki and Yuya Susumu going into a draw after a double pinfall. Next up, Kazunari Murakami, Kazushi Sakuraba and Kendo Kashin defeated Masao Inoue, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi in six-man tag team competition. Next up, Hayata and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Ikuto Hidaka and Nosawa Rongai to secure the fifth consecutive defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in that respective reign. In the sixth bout, Masaaki Mochizuki, Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Kaito Kiyomiya, Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura in six-man tag team competition. In the semi main event, Takashi Sugiura defeated Kazuyuki Fujita to win the GHC National Championship, ending the latter's reign at 39 days and no defenses. After the bout ended, Kazushi Sakuraba stepped up to challenge Sugiura for the title.
In the main event, Keiji Muto defeated Masa Kitamiya to secure the second defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign.[4][5][6][7]
Results
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 29, 2021). "NOAH The Glory 2021". cagematch.net. Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ NOAH the GLORY 2021 2021年04月29日（木）. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Pro Wrestling Noah. April 29, 2021. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Evagood, Jeri (April 30, 2021). "Pro-Wrestling NOAH The Glory 2021 (April 29) Results & Review". Voices of Wrestling. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 29, 2021). "Pro Wrestling NOAH The Glory Results (4/29): Keiji Mutoh Defends Title, Kazushi Sakuraba Appears". Fightful. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Harris, Jeffrey (April 29, 2021). "Pro Wrestling NOAH The Glory 2021: Keiji Mutoh Beats Masa Kitamiya". 411Mania. Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (April 29, 2021). "New GHC National Champion crowned at 'NOAH The Glory'". POSTWrestling. Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (April 29, 2021). "New GHC National Champion Crowned At NOAH: The Glory 2021". wrestling-news.net. Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Dark Angelita (April 30, 2021). "NOAH: «NOAH The Glory 2021» Se exponen tres títulos". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.