Departure is a professional wrestling event promoted by Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH). The event was established in 2000 following All Japan Pro Wrestling mass exodus that resulted in 24 out of the 26 contracted native wrestlers for All Japan to newly founded Pro Wrestling Noah and event would be held annually until 2004 and returned one time in 2009 until suffered two hiatus in 2010 to 2012 another one in 2014 and 2016. The event is one of NOAH's biggest events alongside The Great Voyage and Destiny before and now New Sunrise, NOAH The Chronicle and Noah the Best.
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| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Main event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Departure (2000) | August 5, 2000 | Tokyo | Differ Ariake | 1,800 | Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama versus Mitsuharu Misawa and Akira Taue |
| August 6, 2000 | Jun Akiyama versus Kenta Kobashi | |||||
| 12 | Departure (2001) | August 26, 2001 | Togane, Chiba | Togane Arena | 1,700 | Akira Taue, Junji Izumida and Masao Inoue versus Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito and Kentaro Shiga |
| August 27, 2001 | Tokyo | Korakuen Hall | 2,100 | Daisuke Ikeda, Takeshi Morishima and Takeshi Rikio versus Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito and Makoto Hashi | ||
| August 28, 2001 | Tokyo | Korakuen Hall | 2,100 | Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito and Kentaro Shiga versus Vader, Michael Modest and Donovan Morgan | ||
| August 30, 2001 | Kasugai, Aichi | City Gymnasium | 2,100 | Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito and Yoshinobu Kanemaru versus Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa and Naomichi Marufuji | ||
| August 31, 2001 | Osaka | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2 | 1,800 | Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama and Satoru Asako versus Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito and Kentaro Shiga | ||
| September 1, 2001 | Kyoto | KBS Hall | 1,500 | No Fear (Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama) versus Akira Taue and Takashi Sugiura | ||
| September 2, 2001 | Shizuoka | Twin Messe | 2,400 | Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama and Satoru Asako versus Vader, Bull Schmitt and Bison Smith | ||
| September 4, 2001 | Tagajo, Miyagi | General Gymnasium | 1,600 | Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama and Satoru Asako versus Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa and Naomichi Marufuji | ||
| September 5, 2001 | Morioka, Iwate | Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium | 3,100 | Jun Akiyama (c) versus Tamon Honda for the GHC Heavyweight Championship | ||
| September 6, 2001 | Aomori | Aomori Budokan | 1,700 | Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito and Kentaro Shiga versus Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa and Takuma Sano | ||
| September 8, 2001 | Nagaoka, Niigata | Welfare Hall | 2,600 | Akira Taue, Junji Izumida and Masao Inoue versus Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa and Takuma Sano | ||
| September 9, 2001 | Tokyo | Differ Ariake | 1,800 | Jun Akiyama and Kentaro Shiga versus Vader and Scorpio | ||
| 13 | Departure (2004) | July 10, 2004 | Tokyo | Tokyo Dome | 58,000 | Kenta Kobashi (c) versus Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship |
| 14 | Departure (2009) | August 1, 2009 | Tokyo | Differ Ariake | 1,800 | KENTA versus Taiji Ishimori |
| 15 | Departure (2013) | August 4, 2013 | Tokyo | Differ Ariake | 1,700 | KENTA (c) versus Muhammad Yone for the GHC Heavyweight Championship |
| 16 | Departure (2015) | August 5, 2015 | Tokyo | Differ Ariake | 917 | Takashi Sugiura versus Naomichi Marufuji |
| 17 | Departure (2017) | August 6, 2017 | Tokyo | Korakuen Hall | 884 | Taiji Ishimori (c) versus YO-HEY for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship |
| 18 | Departure (2018) | August 5, 2018 | Tokyo | Korakuen Hall | 1,521 | RATEL'S (HAYATA and YO-HEY) versus Back Breakers (Hajime Ohara and Hitoshi Kumano) |
| 19 | Departure (2019) | August 4, 2019 | Tokyo | Korakuen Hall | 1,288 | Naomichi Marufuji versus Kotaro Suzuki |
| 20 | Departure (2020) | August 4, 2020 | Tokyo | Korakuen Hall | N/A | Katsuhiko Nakajima (c) versus Kenoh for the GHC National Championship |
| August 5, 2020 | N/A | Go Shiozaki (c) versus Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Heavyweight Championship | ||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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