Pro Wrestling NOAH announced today that the current GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee will be defending his title against Takashi Sugiura on June 17th at Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya at the Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall.
? OFFICIAL – 17 June Nagoya, MAIN EVENT!
? GHC Heavyweight Championship@JakeLee19890119 (c)
?@noah_sugiura (Challenger)? GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in NAGOYA
? LIVE on #wrestleUNIVERSE
? English commentary #noah_ghc pic.twitter.com/rISjR8Pd9Z— Pro Wrestling NOAH Global (@noahglobal) May 14, 2023
On May 14th at Star Navigation 2023, Jake Lee called out Takashi Sugiura to face him in a one on one match thus prompting NOAH to make the match official.
Jake Lee will have a tough challenge ahead of him as Takashi Sugiura is a former 4 time GHC Heavyweight Champion as well as a former 2 time GHC National Champion, 2 time GHC Jr Heavyweight Champion, 2 time GHC Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and 9 time GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champion.
This will be Jake Lee’s third defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship as he most recently defeated Naomichi Marufuji at Majestic 2023 back on May 4th.
Also announced for Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya will be a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Title match as the champions Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley will make their first defense of the titles against Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura.
? OFFICIAL – 6/17 Nagoya, GHC Title Match!
? GHC HVT Tag Team Titles
T. Thatcher @SaxonHuxleyUK (c)
?@noah_yoshiki @noah_kitamiya (Challengers)? GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in NAGOYA
? LIVE on #wrestleUNIVERSE
? English commentary #noah_ghc pic.twitter.com/uFPYQMMCCw— Pro Wrestling NOAH Global (@noahglobal) May 14, 2023
Here is the updated card for Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya on June 17th:
- Main Event GHC Heavyweight Championship: Jake Lee (c) vs. Takashi Sugiura
- GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Saxon Huxley and Timothy Thatcher (c) vs. Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura
- GHC Jr Heavyweight Championship: HAYATA (c) vs. Dante Leon
PWMania.com will have more match announcements for Pro Wrestling NOAH Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya as they become available.
