Departure was a professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on August 5, 2015 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. This was the sixth event under the Departure name.
The show was headlined by Naomichi Marufuji facing longtime partner and rival Takashi Sugiura. Another high-profile match scheduled for the show featured Atsushi Kotoge facing Daisuke Harada in the finals of the 2015 Global Junior Heavyweight League. The show also featured matches from the 2015 Global Junior Heavyweight League to crown the winner of both A and B blocks of the tournament.
Production[edit | edit source]
Storylines[edit | edit source]
Departure (2015) featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results[edit | edit source]
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Sho Tanaka | Singles match for the Global Junior Heavyweight League | 3:32 |
| 2 | Kenoh defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match for the Global Junior Heavyweight League tournament | 7:33 |
| 3 | Daisuke Harada defeated El Desperado | Singles match for the Global Junior Heavyweight League | 5:23 |
| 4 | Bengala defeated Super Crazy | Singles match for the Global Junior Heavyweight League | 3:24 |
| 5 | Taiji Ishimori defeated Hajime Ohara) | Singles match for the Global Junior Heavyweight League | 7:15 |
| 6 | Atsushi Kotoge defeated Taka Michinoku | Singles match for the Global Junior Heavyweight League | 10:44 |
| 7 | Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Takashi Iizuka) defeated Genba Hirayanagi and Captain Noah | Tag Team match | 9:12 |
| 8 | Manabu Nakanishi, Mitsuhiro Kitamiya, Hitoshi Kumano and Tamon Honda defeated Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue, Muhammad Yone and Quiet Storm | Eight-man Tag Team Match | 6:17 |
| 9 | Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer and Shelton Benjamin) defeat Katsuhiko Nakajima, Maybach Taniguchi, Mikey Nicholls and Yoshihiro Takayama | Eight-man Tag Team Match | 11:26 |
| 10 | Daisuke Harada defeated Atsushi Kotoge | Singles match for the Global Junior Heavyweight League tournament finals | 16:35 |
| 11 | Takashi Sugiura defeated Naomichi Marufuji | Singles match | 17:52 |
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