NOAH Christmas Eve show results

Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki VS Takuma Sano & KENTA Suzuki quickly takes down KENTA and tries for a leg lock. Back to their feet and KENTA throws a big kick, but Suzuki catches it and hits a big shotei! KENTA tries another kick, Suzuki catches it, but this time KENTA hits an Enziguiri! Both men tag out. Takayama slams Sano and tries a leg lock. Sano reverses an Irish-whip and knocks down Takayama with a big boot to the face. Suzuki tags in and Sano catches him in a tombstone piledriver! Tag to KENTA throws kicks at Suzuki and pins him for a 2 count. Takayama tags in and gets taken down with a drop toe hold! Takayama catches KENTA off the ropes with a big jumping knee followed by a kick to the back. Suzuki & Sano back in and start trading strikes. Suzuki takes down Sano and tries for an arm bar. KENTA breaks the hold and Takayama tags back in. The big man ducks a kick from Sano and gets a near fall with a school boy! Sano fires off some knees, but is taken down by a big middle kick. Big running knee lift by Takayama followed by a leg drop! Backdrop by Takayama followed by another leg drop and a body slam. Suzuki and KENTA tag in and Suzuki takes down KENTA with a stiff right hand and locks on a single leg crab. KENTA escapes and takes down Suzuki with a drop toe-hold followed by a swift kick to the head, before hitting a big springboard missile dropkick! Suzuki comes back with a leg trip and tags Takayama. KENTA ducks a high kick and tags in Sano who unleashes a barrage of knees followed by a sobat kick. Takayama catches Sano off the ropes with a big kick to the head followed by a knee to the face! He hits a second big running knee to the face, but KENTA breaks up the pin attempt. Belly-to-belly by Takayama followed by the Dynamic Knee-Lift! Both men tag out and KENTA hits another big springboard dropkick on Suzuki! Suzuki blocks a shining wizard and hits a big head kick. Suzuki locks on the sleeper, but KENTA escapes and hits the falcon arrow for a 2.9! Both men tag out and Takayama quickly catches Sano with a big release dragon suplex followed by a running knee! Sano blocks a second knee and tries for the Northern Lights Bomb, but Takayama escapes. Tags on both sides again and KENTA misses the Busaikyu Knee and Suzuki escapes a tiger suplex and locks on an octopus-hold! Suzuki lays several big kicks into KENTA and takes him down with a dropkick. Both partners tag in and Takayama gives Sano a big backdrop, but Sano comes back and locks him in a modified double arm lock! Back to their feet and Takayama counters a kick into a release Everest German! Takayama hits the Dynamic Knee Lift and gets the 3 count! Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama VS Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue Match starts quickly with Misawa giving Kobashi a quick suplex, but Kobashi rebounds with a diving shoulder block off the ropes. Misawa locks on a face lock, and Kobashi escapes and Misawa gives him a backdrop. Akiyama tags in and quickly tries for an Exploder, but Kobashi escapes and tags Taue, they then give Akiyama a double brainbuster and Akiyama roles out of the ring. Back in the ring, and they exchange ground holds before Akiyama counters a high kick into a dragon screw. They trade strikes and Taue gives Akiyama a hip-toss followed by a barrage of short lariats. Kobashi tags in and they trade strikes before Akiyama escapes a powerbomb attempt and tags in Misawa who unloads elbow shots to Kobashi, but misses a dropkick. Both men tag out and Taue tosses Akiyama with a hip-toss followed by a big jumping boot to the face. Taue goes up top and hits a diving body press, but only gets a 1 count! Akiyama comes back with a snap suplex followed by a big back drop suplex. Kobashi tags in and unleashes the machine-gun chops, but Akiyama blocks a big lariat and hits Kobashi from behind with a big diving elbow shot. Kobashi unleashes more chops followed by a half-nelson suplex for a 2 count! Akiyama scrambles to his corner and tags in Misawa who quickly catches Kobashi in a release German suplex, and Akiyama gets in some cheap stomps before exiting the ring. Misawa hits a flying lariat off the ropes, and pops up and tries for a lariat, but Misawa blocks it and gives Kobashi a snap suplex. Misawa unleashes more elbow strikes in the corner, but Kobashi escapes a German suplex attempt and both men tag out. Taue catches and drops Akiyama with a nadoa sweep. Akiyama tries for an Exploder, but Taue counters into a powerbomb! Taue then hits a big jumping boot to Akiyama’s face and hits the I AM TAUE to win the match! Post match Taue issued a challenge to Minoru Suzuki for the GHC Heavyweight Title. Misawa & Kobashi supported Taue's challenge, and after a while, Akiyama did too before walking off first as the show ended. NOAH “NOAHFUL GIFT IN DIFFER 2004” 12/24/2004 Differ Ariake - 1,200 Fans Masaji Aoyagi & Mitsuo Momota beat Kishin Kawabata & Haruka Eigen in 21:29 when Aoyagi KO’d Kawabata with a spinning back kick. 79% Takashi Sugiura beat Yoshihito Sasaki in 12:23 with a chicken wing armlock. 61% Masao Inoue beat Daisuke Ikeda, Muhammed Yone and Akitoshi Saito in 29:39. 69% - Ikeda pinned Saito at 13:13 with the Dai-chan Bomber. - Yone pinned Ikeda at 29:19 with a high head kick. - Inoue pinned Yone at 29:39 with a school boy. Kotaro Suzuki & Kuishinbo Kamen beat Makoto Hashi & Ebessan in 25:04 when Kuishinbo pinned Ebessan with the Ebese-Otoshi. 73% Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Naomichi Marufuji in 27:51. 88% - Kikuchi pinned Ogawa at 21:51 with an running elbow strike - Marufuji pinned Kanemaru in 22:48 with an avalanche-style Shiranui. - Kikuchi pinned Marufuji at 27:51 with a running elbow strike Takeshi Rikioh & Takeshi Morishima beat Tamon Honda & Jun Izumuda in 11:35 when Rikioh pinned Honda with a powerbomb. 58% Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki beat Takuma Sano & KENTA in 27:51 when Takayama pinned Sano with the Dynamic Knee Lift. 74% Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama in 15:51 when Taue pinned Akiyama with the I AM TAUE. 73%