NOAH Spring Mayhem was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight‘s sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah and took place on May 2, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.[2] It was broadcast on CyberAgent‘s AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight’s streaming service Wrestle Universe.[3]
Eleven matches were contested at the event, including four during the pre-show, and two of Noah’s seven championships were on the line. The main event saw Shane Haste defeat Yoshiki Inamura to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship. In another prominent match, Dragon Bane defeated Amakusa to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.
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.[4]
Event
The event started with four preshow bouts. The first one portrayed the six-man tag team confrontation between Hiroto Tsuruya, Midori Takahashi and Yuto Koyanagi, and the team of Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara and Hi69, solded with the victory of the latters. In the second one, Eita picked up a victory over Katsumi Inahata in singles competition. Next up, Hayata, Kenta and Tetsuya Endo outmatched Daiki Odashima, Kazuyuki Fujita and Mohammed Yone in six-man tag team competition. In the last preshow match, Knull defeated Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II in two-on-one handicap competition.
In the first main card bout, Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley and Yuki Iino picked up a victory over the teams of Alejandro, Harutoki and Kaito Kiyomiya, and Masa Kitamiya, Tadasuke and Takashi Sugiura in three-way tag team competition. Next up, Alpha Wolf and Kai Fujimura defeated Angel Reyes and Ryusei in tag team competition. The seventh bout of the event saw Bushi defeat Jun Masaoka in singles competition. Next up, Kenoh and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson in tag team competition. Next up, Ozawa defeated Tetsuya Naito. In the semi main event, Dragon Bane defeated Amakusa to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, ending the latter’s reign at 121 days and two defenses.
In the main event, Shane Haste defeated Yoshiki Inamura to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship, ending the latter’s reign at 175 days and six defenses.[5][6][7]
Results
References
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- ^ “LINE Yahoo presents SPRING MAYHEM RYOGOKU 2026”. noah.co.jp. Pro Wrestling Noah. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
- ^ “LINEyahoo presents SPRING MAYHEM RYOGOKU 2026”. Wrestle Universe. May 2, 2026. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. “How Pro Wrestling Works”. HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
- ^ Sanchez, Taylor (May 2, 2026). “Shane Haste Wins GHC Heavyweight Championship At Pro Wrestling NOAH Spring Mayhem 2026”. WrestleTalk. Archived from the original on May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (May 2, 2026). “Shane Haste Def. Yoshiki Inamura To Become New GHC Heavyweight Champion”. Fightful. Archived from the original on May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
- ^ Carey, Ian (May 2, 2026). “New GHC Heavyweight Champion crowned at NOAH Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026”. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
- ^ McCord, Ian (April 14, 2026). “OZAWA Challenges LTJ to an All-Out Battle at NOAH’s SPRING MAYHEM RYOGOKU 2026 on 5/2”. Monthly Puroresu. Archived from the original on May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
- ^ Wannan, Jack (April 12, 2026). “NOAH Apex Conquest in Nagoya 2026 Results: Shane Haste returns, calls out GHC champ Yoshiki Inamura”. POSTWrestling. Archived from the original on May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 2, 2026.