Global Dream was a professional wrestling co-produced by Dragon Gate (DG) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). The show took place on November 11, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at Korakuen Hall.
The show was headlined by Kaito Kiyomiya and Yuki Yoshioka facing Kenoh and Kota Minoura. The event aired live on AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.
Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the event had some restrictions in attendance, after the Japanese Government lifted the State of Emergency.
Production[]
Background[]
In 2005, Dragon Gate (DG) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) formed for short time a working agreement that would saw wrestlers taking part in events of both promotions, with Dragon Gate wrestlers Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi holding Noah's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. However, for multiple reasons their relationship ended in 2007, following the closure of the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance (GPWA). In April 2022, Dragon Gate and Noah renewed their working relationship, with both promotion's head booker Nosawa Rongai and Último Dragón being crucial to their agreement, while wrestlers of both promotions began appearing in Dragon Gate and Noah, and were also including in the "Toryumon CASA" project, an expedition base to serve as a recipient of overseas training for wrestlers from Dragon Gate and NOAH in Mexico.
On September 4, Noah's wrestlers Atsushi Kotoge, Alejandro, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY, who was trained in the Dragon Gate Dojo, appeared in a Dragon Gate event, annoucing that both promotions would be co-promoting an event. Five days later, Dragon Gate and Noah officially announced the show for November 11, 2022, taking place at Korakuen Hall. Both promotions also announced the match card for the event.
Storylines[]
Global Dream featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Kaito Kiyomiya, who teamed with Yuki Yoshioka in the main event
Global Dream was main evented by Kaito Kiyomiya and Yuki Yoshioka facing Kenoh and Kota Minoura. On October 6, 2022, Kiyomiya made a surprise appearance for Dragon Gate, annoucing that he would teaming with Yoshioka to face Kota Minoura and Kenoh at Global Dream. Afterwards, Minoura confronted them, before attacking Kiyomiya, who quickly overpowered him with the Shinning Wizzard, only to evacuate to the outside of the ring, as both Kiyomiya and Yoshioka shook hands. On November 9, in a press conference, before their match, Kenoh branded Kiyomiya and Yoshioka as patetic champions carried by their respective promotions
The event also included a tag team match between Amakusa and Takuma Fujiwara facing Shun Skywalker and Tadasuke. Since April 2022, Tadasuke began feuding with Haoh, which culminated in a match, where was Haoh forced to leave Noah, before he made his return on October 30, saving Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka from a post-match attack from Tadasuke and Hi69, before revealing himself to be Amakusa. On November 9, in a press conference, before their match, Taduske and Skywalker attacked Amakusa and Fujiwara.
Results[]
| # | Matches | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1P | Kai Fujimura, Yasutaka Yano, and Yoshiki Inamura defeated Madoka Kikuta, Mochizuki Junior and Ryu Fuda | Six-man tag team match | 12:55 |
| 2 | ISHIN and Manabu Soya defeated Gold Class (Ben-K and Minorita), Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita and Super Crazy), M3K (Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda) and Big Boss Shimizu and Muhammad Yone | Five-way elimination tag team match | 9:44 |
| 3 | Funky "Jacky" Kamei, Kzy and YO-HEY defeated Genki Horiguchi, Nosawa Rongai and Ryo Saito | Six-man tag team match | 10:20 |
| 4 | Satoshi Kojima defeated Konomama Ichikawa | Singles match | 4:22 |
| 5 | Atsushi Kotoge, Dante Leon and Punch Tominaga defeated Natural Vibes (Jason Lee, Strong Machine J and U-T) | Six-man tag team match | 8:30 |
| 6 | YAMATO defeated Seiki Yoshioka | Singles match | 13:14 |
| 7 | Amakusa and Takuma Fujiwara defeated Shun Skywalker and Tadasuke | Tag team match | 10:44 |
| 8 | Alejandro, Dragon Dia, Dragon Kid, Extreme Tiger and Ninja Mack defeated BxB Hulk, Diamante, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and H.Y.O | Ten-man tag team match | 17:14 |
| 9 | Kenoh and Kota Minoura defeated Kaito Kiyomiya and Yuki Yoshioka | Tag team match | 21:53 |
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Five-way elimination tag team match[]
| Elimination | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda | M3K | Big Boss Shimizu and Muhammad Yone | Eliminated over the top rope | 6:42 | |
| 2 | Super Crazy | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | Minorita | Pinned with the Horizontal Cradle | 7:02 | |
| 3 | Minorita | Gold Class | Manabu Soya | Eliminated over the top rope | 8:45 | |
| 4 | Big Boss Shimizu | Big Boss Shimizu and Muhammad Yone | ISHIN | Eliminated over the top rope | 8:45 | |
| Winners: | ISHIN and Manabu Soya | |||||