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In addition to the "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya" full match being announced, also announced were match cards for three events in Pro Wrestling NOAH.

June 10th in Yokohama, June 18th in Osaka, and June 22nd in Korakuen Hall. There will also be an event on June 24th covering Kenoh's 15th anniversary in the Pro Wrestling business. Anyway here are the match cards for June 10th in Yokohama at the Yokohama Radiant Hall

Now here is the match card for June 18th in Osaka. As a reminder, pending on the events of "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya" this match card below is subject to change.

And lastly, here is the match card for June 22nd in Korakuen Hall. Like the previous list, with the exception of two matches; this card will also be subject to change.

For June 22nd only the GHC Junior Tag Championship match and the special singles match between Kenoh and Go Shiozaki are official. Though the rest of the card is official, that is subject to change pending on the events of "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya".

The June 10th event in Yokohama will air live on Wrestle Universe at 3:00 AM Eastern/4:00 PM Japan Time/2:00 AM Central/12 Midnight Pacific.

The June 18th event in Osaka will air on-demand on Wrestle Universe most likely 3-4 days after the event (June 21st or 22nd).

The June 22nd event in Korakuen Hall will air on ABEMA (for Japanese Commentary) and Wrestle Universe (for English commentary) at 5:15 AM Eastern/6:00 PM Local Time/4:15 AM Central/2:15 AM Pacific.

We're going to be in for quite the ride on Sunday May 14th. The reason...Korakuen Hall...AXIZ reunites while over in Nagoya...a rematch that took place at the finals of the 2023 New Japan Cup will be seen.

AXIZ reunites this Sunday in Korakuen Hall as part of the "Star Navigation 2023" series starting at 5:00 AM Eastern on ABEMA in Japanese and Wrestle Universe in English.

Meanwhile, it'll be night three of the "Best of Super Junior 30" coming from Nagoya with the event starting at 4:00 AM Eastern on NJPW World in both English and Japanese.

Eight Matches will be contested (2 of them singles) in Korakuen Hall for "Star Navigation" while 10 Block matches will be contested in Nagoya for "Best of the Super Junior 30".

Now..who will win each match that is presented. Well, the interesting thing is that predictions will be in a interesting type of format. Since "Best of Super Junior 30" is on before "Star Navigation" we'll start off by predicting their first three matches.

"Best of the Super Junior 30" Opening Match: Kevin Knight vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru: Considering how Kevin's BOSJ has started, one will have to think he'll need something to win if he's not victorious over Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Be interesting to see this one but I see Kevin going scoreless here.

"Best of the Super Junior 30" Match #2: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO: Many will already know who'll win this match and it's a sad fact. On the plus side, at least SHO's match is so early we can all skip it.

"Best of the Super Junior 30" Match #3: BUSHI vs. Clark Connors: Now...I predicted that Clark was going to fall to Robbie Eagles while I predicted BUSHI to win over Desperado. Should those predictions come true, I expect Clark to bounce back and win this won. If these predictions are wrong, I expect Clark to win. I'm just hoping he doesn't do any of the post-match stuff he did to Kevin Knight. We don't need it in this tournament.

Now...let's predict the first three matches from "Star Navigation 2023" in which these matches may be easy for me to predict. Then again...maybe not. Anyway, here we go with the first three match predictions for "Start Navigation 2023"

"Star Navigation 2023" Opening Match: Lancelot, Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki, and AMAKUSA vs. Xtreme Tiger, Super Crazy, Dragon Bane, and Alpha Wolf - I expect insanity in this opening bout with the Lucadors from Mexico emerging victorious.

"Star Navigation 2023" Match #2: Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Stallion Rogers - I do my best to like Shuhei Taniguchi but I feel like unless he becomes a true character, he won't pass himself as a wrestler. Meanwhile, Stallion Rogers is one wrestler to look out for. My predicted winner here will be Shuhei Taniguchi but I really need something more from him.

"Star Navigation Navigation 2023" Match #3: Chris Ridgeway and Daga vs. Hajime Ohara and Hi69 - Considering the state that both Stinger and KONGOH are in now, both will need a huge win in Korakuen Hall. I expect Stinger to emerge victorious in what I think will be a horrible night for KONGOH.

Now...let's head back to "Best of Super Junior 30" and predict the winners for matches 4 and 5.

"Best of Super Junior 30" Match #4: DOUKI vs. Taiji Ishimori - Crazy that Ishimori will go early on night one, late on night two, and early on night three. Is this because he wants to watch the AXIZ reunion? Interesting fact, some of Ishimori's entrance attire in the last 2 years resembled that of AXIZ in some way. Whatever the reason is here, I expect Ishimori to pull a fast one over DOUKI.

"Best of Super Junior 30" Match #5: Robbie Eagles vs. Francesco Akira - My prediction on this match is Robbie will remain perfect for at least one more match. He goes over Francesco Akira.

Now...let's get back to "Star Navigation 2023" with the prediction to their fourth match.

"Star Navigation 2023" Match #4: Hideaki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher, and Saxon Huxley vs. Daiki Inaba, Yoshiki Inamura, and Masa Kitamiya - Considering that the new GHC Tag Champions will be looking for their first challengers, I don't expect it to come from this match. I expect domination from REAL with them most likely pinning Daiki Inaba.

We are now at the halfway mark for both events where it's time to predict the winners for Matches 6-8 from "Best of the Super Junior 30" and Matches 5-6 from "Star Navigation 2023"

"Best of the Super Junior 30" Match #6: KUSHIDA vs. Titan - Here I have Titan coming in undefeated against KUSHIDA where I have him winning over TJP. As for who I got winning here, going with an upset special. Titan starts his "Best of Super Junior 30" campaign 3-0.

"Star Navigation 2023" Match #5: Dante Leon and Sean Legacy vs. Naomichi Marufuji and HAYATA - First time we'll be seeing Dante Leon in a long time. For HAYATA, one thing to call out Ninja Mack but to call out Dante Leon...totally different story. Would be very careful if I'm HAYATA. I expect Dante to pin HAYATA here with the GHC Junior Champion thinking how to beat someone that'll do whatever it takes to win a title match. We all saw what Dante did to Ninja Mack back in November 2022. Fear deja vu could rear its ugly head.

"Best of the Super Junior 30" Match #7: YOH vs. Dan Moloney - Based on how I have these 2 predicted going into this match, I expect YOH to finally kick it into high gear. If YOH doesn't beat Master Wato, I expect this match here where YOH gets on the board.

"Star Navigation 2023" Match #6: Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Eita - Oh Boy! A non-block Junior match between two bitter rivals. Honestly can't predict a winner here but if I was able to, I see Eita winning but like Clark Connors, I expect Yoshinari Ogawa to have the final word.

"Best of the Super Junior 30" Match #8: TJP vs. Mike Bailey - Should my predictions prove to be right here, this match here is where I expect TJP to get on the board. The momentum of that win over the IWGP Junior Champion and 4-time BOSJ winner could overwhelm Mike Bailey. Expect TJP to get on the board.

Now...we are now at the semi-main event matches for both shows. Here we go with the predictions for these two.

"Star Navigation 2023" Semi-Main Event Match: Jake Lee, Anthony Green, Tadasuke, and YO-HEY vs. Takashi Sugiura, Kaito Kiyomiya, Atsushi Kotoge, and Seiki Yoshioka - Intriguing match here considering no one came out to challenge Jake Lee for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. I expect the challenger to come from this match here and I expect that challenger to be Takashi Sugiura. Expect Sugiura with the win by pinning Jake Lee, something no one has yet to accomplish during his Pro Wrestling NOAH stint.

"Best of the Super Junior 30" Semi-Main Event Match: El Desperado vs. Master Wato - My prediction on this is that El Desperado will walk into this match winless while Master Wato will have a 2-0 edge. Something tells me El Desperado will go 0-3 here and will win his last 6 matches of the tournament. Master Wato stays undefeated.

Now...time to predict the Main Event matches for "Best of the Super Junior 30" Night 3 from Nagoya and "Star Navigation 2023" from Korakuen Hall.

"Best of the Super Junior" Main Event Match: Lio Rush vs. Hiromu Takahashi - a rematch from the finals of the 2023 New Japan Cup where back then it was the semi-main. In Nagoya, it's the main event. Title's not on the line yet 2 points are. Many back in March expected Lio Rush to emerge victorious. Sadly, he was unable to. Here...well, this is harder to predict than the "Star Navigation 2023" main event. Believe it or not, this rematch is going to go the full 30-minutes. I'm expecting a time-limit draw here.

"Star Navigation 2023" Main Event Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima and Go Shiozaki vs. Kenoh and Manabu Soya - one of the most anticipated reunions has finally arrived. The last reunion I watched live from Korakuen Hall took place back in February 2018 when the Golden Lovers reunite as part of a 2-night collaboration event between NJPW and ROH. This reunion of AXIZ is taking place here only once this month with two more matches coming in Kobe and Niigata. This will be our only chance to see them LIVE this month. Their opponents is an interesting one because as of right now, Kenoh and Manabu Soya are the reigning AJPW World Tag Team Champions with a defense coming up in Kobe. Considering that this is the only buildup match for Nakajima/Kenoh coming up on May 31st and the fact that Nakajima reunited with AXIZ because he felt Kenoh didn't need him anymore, I'm expecting him to prove that here. AXIZ will emerge victorious with Kenoh getting pinned. However, should Kenoh and Manabu Soya emerge victorious, I expect the same thing that happened to Kenoh on April 29th to happen here again. Still...going with AXIZ for the win in their first match since August 30, 2020.

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