Departure (2017)

The Departure (2017) is a upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event will take place on August 6, 2017, Tokyo at the Korakuen Hall and is the fifith annual event under the Departure.

Storylines
The Departure (2017) featured a match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, where Taiji Ishimori would defend against YO-HEY. On June 25 at the Great Voyage 2017 in Fukushima Ishimori defeated HAYATA to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. After the match, HAYATA'S RATEL'S stablemate YO-HEY challenged Ishimori to a title match for his GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. In the past, at the beggining of 2017 in February Ishimori and his tag team partner Hi69 defeated HAYATA and YO-HEY to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.