Green Journey in Nagoya 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). The event took place on June 17, 2023, in Nagoya, Japan, at the Nagoya Congress Center. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.
Ten matches were contested at the event, including three on the pre-show, and all five of Noah's championships were on the line. The main event saw Jake Lee defeating Takashi Sugiura to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Other top matches included HAYATA defeating Dante Leon to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, and Real (Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley) defeating The Tough (Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura) to retain the GHC Tag Team Championship.
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Storylines[]
The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Jake Lee, who defended the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Takashi Sugiura.
The Green Journey in Nagoya 2023 was main evented by Jake Lee defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Takashi Sugiura. On May 14, Good Looking Guys faced Kaito Kiyomiya, Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka in a winning effort. Afterwards, while Sugiura was leaving and almost backstage, Lee announced that the next challenger for his title would be Sugiura, who was surprised by Lee's announcement. Backstage, Sugiura said he was honored to be nominated, as he was "not the most popular" wrestler. On May 21, following a eight-man tag team match, a fight broke out between Sugiura and Lee. Sugiura then baited Lee with the GHC Heavyweight Championship belt, before handing it back to him, with Lee losing his temper as the two had to be separated.
Also on May 14, Real (Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher and Hideki Suzuki) faced Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba and Yoshiki Inamura in a losing effort. Afterwards, The Tough (Kitamiya and Inamura) challenged Huxley and Thatcher to a title match for the GHC Tag Team Championship. This caused Huxley and Thatcher to attacked the challengers, setting the title match at Green Journey in Nagoya.
On May 21, after HAYATA was attacked by Stinger, whom he had been recently feuding with, Dante Leon removed the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship belt, so they couldn't hit HAYATA with it, challenging him to a title match.
Results[]
| # | Matches | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akitoshi Saito, Seiki Yoshioka and Stallion Rogers defeated Muhammad Yone, Alejandro and Taishi Ozawa | Six-man tag team match | 7:42 |
| 2 | Hajime Ohara defeated Hi69 | Singles match | 7:44 |
| 3 | Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA and Super Crazy defeated El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa and Kai Fujimura | Six-man tag team match | 13:25 |
| 4 | Hideki Suzuki defeated Shuhei Taniguchi | Singles match | 6:56 |
| 5 | Daiki Inaba and Atsushi Kotoge defeated Naomichi Marufuji and Eita | Tag team match | 10:00 |
| 6 | Good Looking Guys (Jack Morris, Tadasuke and YO-HEY) defeated Chris Ridgeway, Daga and Sean Legacy | Six-man tag team match | 12:34 |
| 7 | AXIZ (Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima) defeated KONGOH (Kenoh and Manabu Soya) | Tag team match | 12:19 |
| 8 | HAYATA (c) defeated Dante Leon | Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship | 19:03 |
| 9 | Real (Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley) (c) defeated The Tough (Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura) | Tag team match for the GHC Tag Team Championship | 17:06 |
| 10 | Jake Lee (c) defeated Takashi Sugiura | Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship | 30:28 |
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