Noah Gain Control 2022 In Nagoya

Noah Gain Control 2022 In Nagoya was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on February 23, 2022, in Nagoya, Japan, at the Nagoya Congress Center. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[2]

Noah Gain Control 2022 In Nagoya
Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers
PromotionCyberFight
Brand(s)Pro Wrestling Noah
DateFebruary 23, 2022
CityNagoya, Japan
VenueNagoya Congress Center
Attendance643[1]
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Storylines

The event featured ten 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 internal stable clash of Funky Express' teams of King Tany and Mohammed Yone, and Akitoshi Saito and Masao Inoue solded with the victory of the preceding team. In the second match, Nio defeated Kinya Okada in singles action. Next, Kotaro Suzuki and Nosawa Rongai picked up a victory over Yasutaka Yano and Yoshinari Ogawa. The fourth bout saw Aleja, Hajime Ohara and Tadasuke defeating Hao, Junta Miyawaki and Kai Fujimura in six-man tag team action. Aleja, began showing compassion towards real life brother Kai Fujimura, after stopping Tadasuke's attack on him, hinting his defection from Kongo which eventually happened two days later on February 25 at "Noah Step Forwrard".[4] Next, Kendo Kashin vs. Masato Tanaka ended in a double count-out. In the sixth match, Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura defeated Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura. The seventh bout saw Atsushi Kotoge and Yo-Hey defeating Hayata and Yuya Susumu to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Next up, Daisuke Harada retained the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time in a row against Super Crazy. In the semi main event, the team of Daiki Inaba, Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya defeated Kongo (Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Masakatsu Funaki).[5][6]

In the main event, Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career, ending Nakajima's reign at 136 days. After the match concluded, Fujita received a challenge from Takashi Sugiura.[7][8]

Results
No. Results[9][10] Stipulations Times[1]
1 Funky Express (King Tany and Mohammed Yone) defeated Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito and Masao Inoue) Tag team match 11:58
2 Nioh defeated Kinya Okada Singles match 9:58
3 Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Kotaro Suzuki and Nosawa Rongai) defeated Yasutaka Yano and Yoshinari Ogawa Tag team match 6:42
4 Kongo (Aleja, Hajime Ohara and Tadasuke) defeated Hao, Junta Miyawaki and Kai Fujimura Six-man tag team match 14:12
5 Kendo Kashin vs. Masato Tanaka ended in a double count-out Singles match 11:01
6 Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura defeated Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura Tag team match 20:22
7 Atsushi Kotoge and Yo-Hey defeated Stinger (Hayata and Yuya Susumu) (c) Tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 26:58
8 Daisuke Harada (c) defeated Super Crazy Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship 18:57
9 Daiki Inaba, Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya defeated Kongo (Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Masakatsu Funaki) Six-man tag team match 21:21
10 Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima (c) Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship 21:11
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References
  1. Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 23, 2022). "NOAH Gain Control 2022 In Nagoya". cagematch.net. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  2. Pro Wrestling Noah (February 23, 2022). 2022年02月23日 （水） GAIN CONTROL 2022 in NAGOYA. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  3. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  4. Alef, Por (February 26, 2022). "Cobertura: Pro-Wrestling NOAH Step Forward 2022 – Day 5 – Reunião!". wrestlingnoticias.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  5. Dark Angel (February 24, 2022). "NOAH: "Gain Control 2022 in Nagoya" The reign of the Beast begins". superluchas.com. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  6. Buckeldee, Mark (February 23, 2022). "NOAH: Kazuyuki Fujita wins GHC title at 'Gain Control in Nagoya'". postwrestling.com. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  7. Wyatt, Liam (March 22, 2022). "Kazuyuki Fujita Wins The GHC National Championship". itwrestling.com. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  8. Rose, Bryan (February 23, 2022). "Kazuyuki Fujita wins GHC Heavyweight Championship at NOAH Gain Control Fujita defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the championship for the first time". f4wonline.com. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  9. Daly, Wayne (February 23, 2022). "NOAH Results: Gain Control 2022 In Nagoya – Nagoya, Japan (2/23)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  10. Hymantor, Michael (February 22, 2022). "Preview: Pro Wrestling NOAH – GAIN CONTROL 2022 (2/23/2022)". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
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