Shane Haste Keeps His Dream Alive at NOAH LEGACY RISE 2026 in Korakuen Hall

By: Ian McCord

On May 13th, GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste made good on his promise to have KENTA translate his victory speech when he defeated his White Raven Squad stablemate at NOAH LEGACY RISE 2026 in front of 1,165 Fans at Korakuen Hall.

After winning the GHC Heavyweight Championship from Yoshiki Inamura on May 2nd at NOAH SPRING MAYHEM RYOGOKU 2026, Shane Haste would nominate KENTA as the first challenger for his newly won title.

As expected KENTA and Haste gave everything they had in the main event on May 13th, with KENTA at points looking like he was going to leave Korakuen with the GHC Heavyweight championship. Haste would ultimately secure the victory after hitting his Bomb Valley Death finishing move on KENTA at (28:39) to secure his first successful defense of the championship.

After the match, White Raven Squad member Tetsuya Endo, who was present at ringside, stepped up to challenge Haste for a shot at the GHC Heavyweight Championship, with a match being made official for June 25th at Korakuen Hall.

Elsewhere on the card, Tiger Mask and KENOH defeated Naomichi Marufuji and Alejandro in a special tag team match, and OZAWA picked up the victory against former GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura with a surprise roll up in the semi-main event of the evening.

Here are the full results from NOAH LEGACY RISE 2026 on May 13th courtesy of purolove.com:

• RYUSEI defeats Hiroto Tsuruya (6:31) with a Crab Hold.
• Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino defeat Eita & Shuji Kondo (4:07) after Soya hits Kondo with the Jonetsu IS.
• 3-Way Match: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Yuto Koyanagi defeat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata and Kid Lykos, Kid Lykos II & Midori Takahashi (7:38) following a Fisherman’s Suplex Hold by Kiyomiya on Takahashi.
• Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI defeat AMAKUSA & Black Menso~re (6:22) following BUSHI’s Fable against Menso~re.
• Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka defeat Atsushi Kotoge, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Daiki Odashima (6:24) following a Cross Armbreaker by Tadasuke on Odashima.
• Special Tag Match: Tiger Mask & KENOH defeat Naomichi Marufuji & Alejandro (12:12) following a Tiger Driver by Tiger against Alejandro.
• OZAWA defeats Yoshiki Inamura (13:31) via modified pinfall.
• GHC Heavyweight Title: Shane Haste (c) defeats KENTA (28:39) with the Bomb Valley Death (1st defense).