Good Looking Guys (グッド・ルッキング・ガイズ Guddo Rukkingu Gaizu) (GLG), was a professional wrestling stable primarily appearing in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH).
The group was formed by Anthony Greene, Jack Morris and Jake Lee on January 17, 2023, following Lee's debut for NOAH, which they subsequently named "Good Looking Guys", with Lee being appointed the leader of the stable. The stable added shortly after two new members; Noah's junior heavyweight wrestlers Tadasuke and YO-HEY, who quickly brought the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to the stable, holding it on multiple occasions. Meanwhile, Lee established himself as one of NOAH's top wrestlers, after winning the promotion's top title the GHC Heavyweight Championship in March. At the end of 2013, Good Looking Guys held the GHC Heavyweight, GHC National and GHC Tag Team Championships, while also having conquered four of NOAH's six championships.
As part of an interpromotional rivalry in May 2024, GLG formed an alliance with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)'s, Bullet Club War Dogs, as part of a storyline rivalry with Kaito Kiyomiya and Kenoh's All Rebellion stable, who were feuding with both stables, before Lee disbanded the stable to join Bullet Club War Dogs.
History[]
Formation (2023)[]
On January 1, 2023 at The New Year, Jake Lee, who had recently left All Japan Pro Wrestling after his contract expired, made his debut for Pro Wrestling Noah, confronting Jack Morris after his match, before congratulated him on his victory, with the two forming a team. On January 8 at Reboot, Lee made his in-ring debut for the promotion, teaming with Morris in a winning effort against Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura. On January 17, Lee and Morris announced the creation of the "Good Looking Guys" (GLG) stable alongside Anthony Greene. The stable's official match took place on January 22, at The Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye", where they faced Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba and Yoshiki Inamura in a winning effort. On February 4, Morris scored a direct pinfall victory over GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya in a tag team match. Afterwards, Morris challenged him to a title match. On February 12, at Great Voyage in Osaka, Morris unsucessfully challenged Kiyomiya for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. After the match, in a post-match, interview, Lee challenged Kiyomiya to a title match.
Expansion and championship success (2023–2024)[]
On March 17, at Great Voyage in Yokohama, after a eight-man tag team match, Shuji Kondo, who was brought to KONGOH by Tadasuke, confronted him, after he had accidentally attacked Kondo during the match. Afterwards, YO-HEY came into the ring and attacked Kondo, Hajime Ohara and Hi69 came out, before extending their blame to Tadasuke, who took it, leaving KONGOH. Later that night, Tadasuke and YO-HEY were revealed as the newest members of Jake Lee's newest stable Good Looking Guys. In the main event, Lee defeated Kiyomiya to win GHC Heavyweight Championship, becoming the first person of Korean descent to hold the title. Afterwards, GLG began feuding with KONGOH, whom Tadasuke and YO-HEY deffected from, after Lee was challenged by Katsuhiko Nakajima to a title match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. On March 25, GLG were defeated by KONGOH in a Two-out-of-three falls six man tag team match. Afterwards, Kenoh demanded that their match on March 27, to be changed to a Captain's Fall match, where Hi69 would be KONGOH's captain and GLG's captain would be Tadasuke. On March 27, GLG defeated in the Captain's Fall match. On April 16 at Green Journey in Sendai, Tadasuke and YO-HEY defeated Eita and Yoshinari Ogawa to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Later that night, Lee successfully defended the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Katsuhiko Nakajima, ending GLG's feud with KONGOH.
On June 22, Tadasuke and YO-HEY lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Stinger (Chris Ridgeway and Daga). In August, both Lee and Morris took part in the 2023 N-1 Victory, wrestling in the same round-robin blocks. Lee and Morris drew in their head-to-head match, and both were left behind in the final standings, with Lee entering the final day with a chance to reach the finals, but a loss against Kenoh eliminated him from the tournament. On September 24 at Grand Ship In Nagoya, Morris and Greene defeated Real (Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship. On October 9, LJ Cleary, who is an old friend of Morris, was announced as the newest member of the stable. On October 28 at Demolition Stage In Fukuoka, Morris defeated El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to win the GHC National Championship. Later that night, Lee lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Kenoh.
On January 2, 2024 at The New Year, YO-HEY and Tadasuke defeated Los Golpeadores (Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane) and Ninja Mack and Alejandro in a three-way match to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On April 11, Morris lost the GHC National Championship to HAYATA.
Alliance with Bullet Club War Dogs and disbanding (2024)[]
Shortly after, Lee began appearing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), looking to face Tetsuya Naito in a match. He would align himself with Bullet Club War Dogs, and on May 21, Lee along with the rest of GLG, invited Ryohei Oiwa to join GLG, after he had turned on Kaito Kiyomiya's All Rebellion stable. Afterwards, Lee and Bullet Club War Dogs' Gabe Kidd, who was feuding with Kiyomiya, were announced to face him and Kenoh on June 9. At event, Tadasuke and YO-HEY lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Eita and Shuji Kondo. Later that night, Lee and Kidd faced Kiyomiya and Kenoh in a double count out. On June 15 at All Together in Sapporo, Lee was defeated by Tetsuya Naito. The following day, at Grand Ship In Yokohama, Lee announced that the stable would disband on July 13 at Destination. Later that night, Morris and Greene lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to The New NOAH's Leaders (Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura). On July 13 at Destination, Lee, YO-HEY and Tadasuke faced Morris, Greene and Cleary in a winning effort. Afterwards, Gedo came to the ring and announced that Lee was going to join Bullet Club War Dogs and his departure from Pro Wrestling NOAH. He was subsquently confronted by Morris, attacking him.
Members[]
| * | Founding member | I | Leader |
|---|
| Member | Joined | Left | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Greene | * | January 17, 2023 | July 13, 2024 |
| Jack Morris | * | January 17, 2023 | July 13, 2024 |
| Jake Lee | I* | January 17, 2023 | July 13, 2024 |
| LJ Cleary | October 9, 2023 | July 13, 2024 | |
| Tadasuke | March 17, 2023 | July 13, 2024 | |
| YO-HEY | March 17, 2023 | July 13, 2024 | |
Timeline[]
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Pro Wrestling NOAH
- GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Lee
- GHC National Championship (1 time) – Morris
- GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Greene and Morris
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Tadasuke and YO-HEY
