N Innovation 2022
{{short description|2022 Pro Wrestling Noah event}}
{{Infobox professional wrestling event
|name = N Innovation 2022
|image = File:Noah_N_Innovation_2022.jpg
|caption = Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers
|alt =
|promotion = CyberFight
|brand = Pro Wrestling Noah
|date = December 23, 2022
|city = Tokyo, Japan
|venue = Shinjuku Face
|buyrate =
|tagline =
|event =
|lastevent = The Best 2022
|nextevent = The New Year 2023
}}
N Innovation 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on December 23, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Shinjuku Face. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.{{cite web|url=https://www.noah.co.jp/schedule/427/|script-title=ja:2022年12月23日 （金） N Innovation|work=noah.co.jp|author=Pro Wrestling Noah|language=ja|date=December 23, 2022|access-date=December 28, 2022}} It was the last pay-per-view promoted by Noah in 2022.
Six matches were contested at the event, and two of Noah's five championships were on the line. The main event saw Amakusa defeat Dante Leon for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. In another prominent match, Kzy and Yo-Hey defeated Stinger stablemates Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
Background
=Storylines=
The event featured six 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.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|access-date=August 21, 2017|work=HowStuffWorks, Inc.|publisher=Discovery Communications|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|archive-date=November 29, 2013}}
=Event=
Prior to the event, Kai Fujimura sustained an injury, therefore the show's card suffered minor changes.{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1137621/several-noah-shows-affected-by-kai-fujimura-injury/|title=Several NOAH Shows Affected By Kai Fujimura Injury|work=Wrestling Inc.|first=Nick|last=Miller|date=December 14, 2022|access-date=July 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221195555/https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1137621/several-noah-shows-affected-by-kai-fujimura-injury/|archive-date=December 21, 2022|url-status=live}}
The event has been opened by the singles confrontation between one of the promotion's veteran Hi69 and rookie Shoki Kitamura which ended with the latter's victory. Next, Alejandro, Andy Wu and Ninja Mack picked up a victory over Kongo's Hajime Ohara, Shuji Kondo and Tadasuke. The third match saw Yasutaka Yano picking up a victory over Nosawa Rongai. The fourth match portraited the singles bout between Yoshinari Ogawa and Eita which ended in a no-contest. There have been two title fights in the main card. The first one which served as the semi-main event saw Yo-Hey teaming up with Dragon Gate's Kzy and defeating Stinger's sub-group tag team of Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, ending the champion team's reign at thirty days and no defenses.{{cite web|url=https://zonawrestling.net/risultati-noah-n-innovation-23-12-2022/|title=RESULTS: NOAH N INNOVATION 12.23.2022|work=zonawrestling.net|author=Taigermen|date=December 23, 2022|access-date=December 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228194416/https://zonawrestling.net/risultati-noah-n-innovation-23-12-2022/|archive-date=December 28, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.postwrestling.com/2022/12/23/two-title-changes-highlight-final-pro-wrestling-noah-card-of-2022/|title=Two title changes highlight final Pro Wrestling NOAH card of 2022|work=POSTWrestling|first=John|last=Pollock|date=December 23, 2022|access-date=December 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228193409/https://www.postwrestling.com/2022/12/23/two-title-changes-highlight-final-pro-wrestling-noah-card-of-2022/|archive-date=December 28, 2022|url-status=live}}
The main event portraited the confrontation between Dante Leon and Amakusa for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship which solded with the latter's victory and with Leon failing to score his first defense, his reign concluding after 43 days. After the match, Amakusa received a challenge from Junta Miyawaki which was set for The New Year 2023 on January 1.{{cite web|url=https://www.pwmania.com/pro-wrestling-noahs-n-innovation-results-12-23-2022-new-champions-crowned|title=Pro Wrestling NOAH's N Innovation Results (12/23/2022); New Champions Crowned|work=pwmania.com|first=Lewis|last=Carlan|date=December 23, 2022|access-date=December 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116121315/https://www.pwmania.com/pro-wrestling-noahs-n-innovation-results-12-23-2022-new-champions-crowned|archive-date=January 16, 2024|url-status=live}}
Results
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|match1= Shoki Kitamura defeated Hi69 by pinfall
|stip1= Singles match
|time1= 9:22
|match2= Alejandro, Andy Wu and Ninja Mack defeated Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Shuji Kondo and Tadasuke) by pinfall
|stip2= Six-man tag team match
|time2= 11:53
|match3= Yasutaka Yano defeated Nosawa Rongai by pinfall
|stip3= Singles match
|time3= 13:41
|match4= Eita vs. Yoshinari Ogawa ended in a no-contest
|stip4= Singles match
|time4= 18:28
|match5= Kzy and Yo-Hey defeated Stinger (Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka) (c) by pinfall
|stip5= Tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
|time5= 27:53
|match6= Amakusa defeated Dante Leon (c) by pinfall
|stip6= Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
|time6= 23:37
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.noah.co.jp/ Pro Wrestling Noah official website]
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