Alejandro, Tsunagu Sato & Daiki Odashima Advance to the Second Round of NOAH Jr. GRAND PRIX 2

By: Ian McCord 

The next set of first round matches for the NOAH Jr. GRAND PRIX 2 went down at the Umeda Sky Building Stella Hall on November 14th, with three tournament matches taking place on the card.

The first of the three Grand Prix matches took place in the fourth bout of the evening, pitting the rookie Hiroya Namiki against former GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Alejandro. Namiki came out guns blazing, looking to make an impact against one of the promotion’s top Jr. heavyweights. At times, it looked as if Namiki was going to score the upset victory over his senior.  However, it was Alejandro who secured the win in nine and a half minutes after hitting a modified Canadian Destroyer.

Next up was Michinoku Pros Tsunagu Sato defeating Kid Lykos II in his Pro Wrestling NOAH debut. He secured the win after hitting an impressive Moonsault Press which led to the pinfall victory.

Daiki Odashima and Jun Masaoka closed out the night with a hard-fought contest to see who would advance to face Tsunagu Sato in the second round.

After just about sixteen minutes and multiple suplexes, Daiki Odashima was able to overcome Masaoka, putting him one step closer to the tournament final and obtaining his goal of becoming the Ark’s top Jr. Heavyweight.

The final first round matches will take place in less than twelve hours at Lives NAGOYA in Aichi, with Black Mensore set to face off against Dragon Bane and Tadasuke taking on Hi69 in the show’s semi-main event.

Here are the full results from Pro Wrestling NOAH Jr. GRAND PRIX 2 on November 14th courtesy of PuroLove.com:

• Masa Kitamiya, YO-HEY, and Tadasuke defeat Naomichi Marufuji, Atsushi Kotoge, and Hi69 (11:43)
• Kaito Kiyomiya, Dragon Bane & Hiroto Tsuruya defeat Tetsuya Endo, Black Mensore & Yuto Koyanagi (7:43)
• Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino, and Mohammed Yone defeated OZAWA, Kai Fujimura, and Alpha Wolf (10:59)
• NOAH Jr. Grand Prix 2 – Round 1: Alejandro defeated Hiroya Namiki (9:30)
• Yoshiki Inamura, Sidney Akeem & Kid Lykos defeat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI (9:15)
• NOAH Jr. Grand Prix 2 – Round 1: Tsunagu Sato defeats Kid Lykos II (11:44)
• NOAH Jr. Grand Prix 2 – Round 1: Daiki Odashima defeats Jun Masaoka (15:54)