Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year 2026 Card
Pro Wrestling NOAH kicks off 2026 with one of its biggest annual shows, NOAH The New Year 2026, set for January 1, 2026 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, with a 3:00 PM JST start time.
The show is stacked with title matches and major inter-promotional flavor, highlighted by a GHC Heavyweight Championship main event and a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship semi main that brings New Japan’s Hiromu Takahashi into the spotlight. Here is the card as it stands right now, along with what each match means heading into the new year.
Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year 2026 match card
GHC Heavyweight Championship Match – (Champion) Yoshiki Inamura vs (Challenger) OZAWA (TEAM 2000X)
This is the 49th champion’s second title defense, and it puts NOAH’s top prize in the middle of a heated faction clash.
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match – (Champion) Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW/Unaffiliated) vs (Challenger) AMAKUSA
Takahashi’s third defense adds serious star power, while AMAKUSA gets a massive stage at Budokan to chase junior heavyweight gold.
GHC Tag Championship Match – (Champions) Naomichi Marufuji and Kenoh vs (Challengers) BUSHI and XXXX (Los Tranquilos de Japon)
The 75th champions make their first defense, and the mystery “XXXX” slot is a built-in storyline hook that could reshape the tag picture on the night.
Kaito Kiyomiya and Jack Morris vs Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows
A true “invasion” style bout with The Good Brothers arriving to test two of NOAH’s key names.
GHC National Championship Match – (Champion) Dragon Bane vs (Challenger) Alpha Wolf
A high-pace title fight, and the 18th champion’s first defense could set the tone for NOAH’s mid-card title scene in 2026.
Break the Silence, 8-Man Tag Team Match – KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and HAYATA vs Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Hajime Ohara and Hi69 (TEAM NOAH)
A loaded multi-man tag that mixes veteran firepower with faction pride.
PROGRESS Atlas Championship Match – (Champion) Will Kroos vs (Challenger) Saxon Huxley (Passion RATEL’S)
The PROGRESS Atlas title comes to Tokyo, adding international stakes and a fresh change of pace on the undercard.
Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke and Jun Masaoka (TEAM 2000X) vs Kazuyuki Fujita, Minoru Suzuki, Shuhei Taniguchi and Junta Miyawaki
A brawl-heavy match built for hard-hitting exchanges and faction momentum.
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 3-Way Match – (Champions) Daga and Daiki Odashima vs Alejandro and Kai Fujimura (All Rebellion) vs Eita and Shuji Kondo
The 64th champions go for their second defense in a chaotic three-way to open the show hot.
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