NOAH Legacy Rise 2026 was a multiple-night professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. The four pay-per-view nights of the event took place between January 11 and August 10, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. It was broadcast on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.
Background Storylines The event featured eleven professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Night 1 Event Seven matches were contested at the event, with two of Noah's seven championships on the line. The main event saw Yoshiki Inamura defeat Masa Kitamiya to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship. In another prominent match, Amakusa defeated Daiki Odashima to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.
The event started with the ten-man tag team confrontation in which the team of Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Shuhei Taniguchi picked up a victory over the team of Hiroto Tsuruya, Katsumi Inahata, Midori Takahashi and Yuto Koyanagi. Next up, Daga, Dragon Bane, Galeno, Jack Morris and Will Kroos outmatched Eita, Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Naomichi Marufuji in eight-man tag team competition. The third bout saw Kenta defeat Ulka Sasaki in singles competition. In the fourth bout, Alpha Wolf, Jun Masaoka, Tadasuke and Takashi Sugiura defeated Alejandro, Harutoki, Kai Fujimura and Kaito Kiyomiya in eight-man tag team competition. During the match, Fujimura attacked Alejandro, thus handing Team 2000X the win. Fujimura defected All Rebellion and joined Team 2000X in the process. In the fifth match, Tetsuya Endo picked up a victory over Ozawa in singles competition.
In the semi main event, Amakusa defeated Daiki Odashima to secure the first successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign.
In the main event, Yoshiki Inamura defeated Masa Kitamiya to secure the third consecutice defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in that rspective reign. After the bout concluded, Kenoh demanded a title match but was attacked by Takashi Sugiura who wanted a title match for himself instead.
Results
Night 2
Event The event started with the six-man tag team confrontation in which the team of Amakusa, Stallion Rogers and Yoshiki Inamura outmatched Kenoh, Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II.
In the second main card match, Daiki Odashima, Hiroto Tsuruya, Midori Takahashi and Yuto Koyanagi picked up a victory over Alpha Wolf, Jun Masaoka, Tadasuke and Takashi Sugiura via disqualification. Next up, Hayata and Katsumi Inahata outmatched Eita and Super Crazy in tag team competition. The fourth match saw Kai Fujimura, Masa Kitamiya and Ozawa defeat Alejandro, Kaito Kiyomiya and Dragon Bane in six-man tag team competition. In the fifth bout of the event, Naomichi Marufuji defeated Shuji Kondo to secure the second consecutive defense of the GHC National Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, he received a title challenge from Kenoh. In the semi main event, 2026 Global Tag League winners Manabu Soya and Yuki Iino defeated Tetsuya Naito and Bushi to win the GHC Tag Team Championship, ending the latter team's reign at 175 days and three defenses.
In the main event, Shane Haste defeated Tetsuya Endo to secure the second consecutive defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, he received a title challenge from Ozawa.
Results
Night 3
Event The event started with the eight-man tag team competition bout from which the team of Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Mohammed Yone emerged victorious over the team of Alejandro, Dragon Bane, Katsumi Inahata and Shuji Kondo. Next up, Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II picked up a victory over the teams of Buahi and Ryusei, and Black Menso-re and Super Crazy, and Midori Takahashi and Yuto Koyanagi in four-way tag team competition. The third bout saw Daiki Odashima and Eita wrestle Jun Masaoka and Kai Fujimura into a double countout, only for the match to restart and be lost by Odashima and Eita via disqualification.
On July 18, 2026, Pro Wrestling Noah announced the creation of the GHC 200 Championship. The first rounds of the inaugural tournament started with Hayata defeating Masa Kitamiya, and Tetsuya Endo defeating Amakusa to advance to the further phases. In the other two first round bouts, Alpha Wolf against Kenoh and Kaito Kiyomiya against Yoshiki Inamura both ended in time-limit draws, therefore Hayata and Endo obtained bye victories through the finals.
In the seventh bout of the event, Ozawa, Tadasuke and Takashi Sugiura outmatched Manabu Soya, Yo-Hey and Yuki Iino in six-man tag team competition. In the semi main event, Naomichi Marufuji defeated Kenta to secure the fourth consecutive defense of the GHC National Championship in that respective reign.
In the main event, Tetsuya Naito defeated Shane Haste to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship, ending the latter's reign at 99 days and three defenses.
Results
Night 4
Event The event started with the signles confrontation between Hiroya Namiki and Daiki Odashima, solded with the victory of the latter.
Next up, Kenoh and Naomichi Marufuji picked up a victory over Amakusa and Black Menso-re. The third bout saw Hiroto Tsuruya, Katsumi Inahata, Kazuyuki Fujita and Yoshiki Inamura outmatch Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino, Super Crazy and Yuto Koyanagi in eight-man tag team competition. Next up, Alpha Wolf, Jun Masaoka and Ozawa picked up a victory over Kenta, Shane Haste and Midori Takahashi in six-man tag team competition. The fifth bout of the event portrayed Bushi, Ryusei and Tetsuya Naito outmatching Kid Lykos, Kid Lykos II and Kaito Kiyomiya in six-man tag team competition. Next up, Tadasuke defeated Yo-Hey by disqualification after Team 2000X members attacked Yo-Hey. The latter then attacked his Passionate Ratel's stablemates after they tried to make the save for him and joined Team 2000X. In the seventh bout, Hayata defeated Tetsuya Endo in the finals of the inaugural eight-man tournament for the GHC 200 Championship. In the semi main event, Alejandro and Dragon Bane defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Hi69 to secure the fifth consecutive defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in that respective reign.
In the main event, Kai Fujimura defeated Eita to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, ending the latter's reign at 51 days and two defenses.
Results
References
External links Pro Wrestling Noah official website