Autumn Navigation Day 12 | Pro Wrestling NOAH Saturday Night RetroView Review

On October 12th, 2007, Pro Wrestling Noah aired Autumn Navigation Day 12 of the Autumn Navigation tour. On this tour, fans were witness to eight matches. Of these eight matches these included; 3 title matches (Junior Heavyweight, GHC Tag Team & GHC Heavyweight).

Autumn Navigation Day 12
Tag Team Match

Junji Izumida & Tsutomu Hirayanagi vs. Mitsuo Momota & Akihiko Ito

Mitsuo Momota grabs Tsutomu Hirayanagi and nails a piledriver then goes for the cover but it gets a two count. Irish whip by Mitsuo Momota but Hirayanagi hits a sunset flip for a two count. Fisherman suplex by Hirayanagi but again he only gets a two count.

Hirayanagi tags in Izumida & a Irish whip by Junji Izumida to the corner then hits a running body press. Izumida throws Momota to the mat and stomps him in the chest then Izumida goes off the ropes but Momota rolls out of the way when he goes for a headbutt.

Irish whip by Momota to the corner but it’s reversed but Momota moves when Izumida runs in and hits a DDT then Momota tags in Ito & he comes off the top turnbuckle with a diving crossbody for a two count.

Double Irish whip to Izumida into the corner & Ito hits a forearm before Momota delivers a backdrop suplex and Ito finishes with a Frog Splash then a cover but Izumida breaks it up.

Momota takes care of Hirayanagi but Izumida hits a chokeslam onto Ito for a two count. Ito sneaks in a schoolboy to Izumida but it gets a two count.

Lariat by Izumida then goes for a cover but only gets a two then Izumida goes up to the top turnbuckle and nails Meteorite for the win.

Winners: Junji Izumida & Tsutomu Hirayanagi (9:00)

Autumn Navigation Day 12
6 Man Tag Team Match

Kentaro Shiga, Kawabata & Makoto Hashi vs. Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

Tsuyoshi Kikuchi charges Kawabata, but Kawabata hits a Samoan Drop and tags in Kentaro Shiga & we get a double Irish whip to Kikuchi, and they hit a drop toehold/senton combination, then a jackknife by Shiga, but it gets a two count.

Back up a face crusher by Shiga connects then hooks the leg but again he only gets a two count. Shiga picks up Kikuchi and applies the abdominal stretch but Tamon Honda breaks it up.

Kikuchi & Honda headbutt Shiga and then Honda throws Kikuchi onto him then a cover but Makoto Hashi breaks it up. Masao Inoue is tagged in an Irish whip by Inoue from the corner, and he delivers a lariat, then a side Russian leg sweep by Inoue then he waits for Shiga to get up but Shiga blocks a lariat and sneaks in a backslide for a two count.

Stunner by Shiga and Kawabata runs in to hit a shoulder block then Hashi comes in as well and all three connect with strikes in the corner. Hashi goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving headbutt then a cover, but Honda breaks it up.

The ring is cleared as Hashi hits a lariat onto Inoue then cover but it gets a two count then Hashi picks up Inoue, but Inoue’s teammates come in and make the save.

Kikuchi slams Hashi then Honda drops him with Dead End then a cover by Inoue but it is broken up.

Inoue waits for Hashi to get up and delivers a lariat then a cover but Hashi barely gets a shoulder up. Backbreaker by Inoue and he puts Hashi in the Argentine Backbreaker for the submission win.

Winners By Submission: Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (14:38)

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6 Man Tag Team Match
Yoshinari Ogawa, Doug Williams & Bobby Fish vs. Takeshi Morishima, Mohammed Yone & Taiji Ishimori

Taiji Ishimori with a roll-up but gets a two count, then a superkick by Ishimori connects before he goes off the ropes, but Yoshinari Ogawa knees him from the apron then Ogawa holds Ishimori for Doug Williams, but Ishimori moves, and Williams accidentally hits Ogawa with a jumping knee then a schoolboy by Ishimori, but Williams kicks out.

Jumping knee by Williams and he tags in Bobby Fish & he does a Irish whip and he hits a spinning backbreaker. Fish goes up top and attempts a moonsault but Ishimori rolls out of the way but Fish lands on his feet before a backbreaker into a Falcon Arrow by Fish gets a two count.

Fisherman Buster by Fish, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and delivers a diving headbutt and then a cover, but Ishimori kicks out. Irish whip by Fish but it’s reversed and Ishimori hits a release German suplex allowing him to tag in Mohammed Yone.

Irish whip by Yone to the corner and he hits a jumping knee. Irish whip again but it’s reversed as Yone kicks him away, but Fish connects with the hurricanrana. Fish goes off the ropes and hits a jumping kick then a cover but it gets a two count.

Scoop slam by Fish then he goes to the top turnbuckle and hits the moonsault then hooks the leg but Yone gets a shoulder up. Fish picks up Yone & goes off the ropes but Yone catches him with a spinning heel kick.

Takeshi Morishima & Ishimori come in & Irish whip to the corner for Fish and all 3 connect with strikes then Ishimori goes to the top turnbuckle and hits a senton bomb then Yone picks up Morishima and dumps him onto Fish. Cover by Yone but Williams breaks it up.

Ishimori takes care of Williams as Yone goes off the ropes and hits a lariat onto Fish then goes for the pin but it still only gets two then a headbutt by Fish and he rolls up Yone but Yone kicks out.

High kick by Yone then puts Fish up in the corner and nails Muscle Buster to get the win for his team.

Winners: Takeshi Morishima, Mohammed Yone & Taiji Ishimori (13:17)

Autumn Navigation Day 12
Tag Team Match
Akitoshi Saito & Taka Michinoku vs. Jun Akiyama & Atsushi Aoki

Jun Akiyama with a running boot before he goes for the jumping knee in the corner but Akitoshi Saito pushes him back then a exploder connects by Atsushi Aoki, but Saito jumps to his feet and hits a backdrop suplex.

Akiyama returns the favor and gets back up as he hits a enziguiri by Saito, but Akiyama connects with the running knee then both wrestlers are slow to get up, and they both tag in their partners. Irish whip by Aoki but it gets reversed but Aoki hits a spinning heel kick.

He goes for a backdrop suplex Taka Michinoku blocks it before Aoki goes for a German suplex, but that is also blocked, but Aoki hits the northern lights suplex for a two count.

Modified armbar by Aoki but Michinoku gets to the ropes then Irish whip by Aoki to the corner but it’s reversed, but Aoki blocks the jumping knee attempt.

Michinkou goes for the Just Facelock, but Aoki rolls through it and applies a Cross Armbreaker in the middle of the ring.

Saito breaks free from Akiyama and makes the save with Michinoku in the corner Aoki charges him but Michinoku and hits a jumping kick.

2 more kicks by Michinoku but Aoki fires back with an elbow then Aoki goes for an Irish whip but Michinoku slams on the breaks and locks in Just Facelock for the submission win.

Winners By Submission: Akitoshi Saito & Taka Michinoku (11:42)

Autumn Navigation Day 12
6 Man Tag Team Match
Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Ricky Marvin, Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano vs. Akira Taue, Kenta & Go Shiozaki

Go Shiozaki picks up Takuma Sano, but Sano blocks the suplex attempt then a diving shoulder block by Shiozaki then he picks up Sano and hits Fisherman Buster then a cover, but Sano gets a shoulder up.

Shiozaki picks up Sano but Sano elbows him back. Irish whip by Shiozaki but it’s reversed and they trade their signature kicks as Sano gets the better of it as he goes up to the 2nd rope and hits the double stomp down onto Shiozaki then Sano makes the tag to Ricky Marvin.

Marvin picks up Shiozaki, Irish whip by Shiozaki but it’s reversed and Marvin delivers a dropkick to the face then a cover, but it gets a two count. Marvin picks up Shiozaki and hits an enziguiri before we get a another cover, but again it gets two. Marvin goes up top and goes for the moonsault but Shiozaki gets his knees up.

German suplex by Marvin but Shiozaki gets a shoulder up as Shiozaki fights off Marvin and his teammates but they get the better of him and Marvin hits a rope running dropkick out of the corner for a two count.

Back up, they trade strikes. Shiozaki throws Marvin in the corner and hits a lariat before Akira Taue & Kenta come into the ring and Taue hits a chokeslam while Shiozaki delivers a backdrop suplex then a cover but Yoshihiro Takayama breaks it up.

Shiozaki picks up Marvin and hits a German suplex but it gets a two then Shiozaki charges Marvin but Marvin kicks him back then goes for a springboard attack but Shiozaki moves and Kenta runs in the ring in time to connect with the Knee Kick.

Fisherman Buster by Shiozaki then goes for the cover but it is broken up then we get some chops by Shiozaki but Marvin returns fire then Shiozaki goes for a roundhouse kick but Marvin ducks and sneaks in a small package.

Shiozaki rolls through it however and nails a lariat then goes for the cover but Marvin gets a shoulder up so Shiozaki picks up Marvin and nails Go Flasher to score the victory.

Winners: Akira Taue, Kenta & Go Shiozaki (15:26)

Autumn Navigation Day 12
Junior Heavyweight Title Match
Mushiking Terry (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Yoshinobu Kanemaru goes to the 2nd rope and nails Deep Impact, then goes for a cover but it only gets a two count. Then back up, Kanemaru goes for a brainbuster but Mushiking Terry reverses it with a small package for a two count.

Irish whip by Kanemaru to the corner but Kanemaru rebounds out of it with a roll up and they trade pin attempts with neither finding success before Kanemaru goes off the ropes but Terry again gets a quick pin attempt for a two count. Kanemaru goes for a brainbuster but Terry reverses it into a crucifix pin for another two.

Blue Destiny attempt by Terry but Kanemaru gets out of it and hits a brainbuster then another brainbuster by Kanemaru then goes for a cover but Terry gets a shoulder up. Kanemaru picks up Terry and puts him onto the top rope before he joins him and goes for a superplex but in the air Terry rotates and Kanemaru takes the brunt of the fall.

Both wrestlers slowly get up and Terry hits a jumping knee in the corner then Terry puts Kanemaru onto the top turnbuckle and joins him but Kanemaru pushes him off. Kanemaru jumps off the turnbuckle but Terry catches him with a Shotei and hits a German suplex for a two-count.

Terry with Myst Crash then hooks the leg but Kanemaru kicks out at one then Terry goes off the ropes and nails Shotei as he picks up Kanemaru and hits Blue Destiny then hooks the leg but Kanemaru gets a foot on the bottom rope.

Terry picks up Kanemaru and puts him on the top rope then goes for the Teradrive but Kanemaru reverses it with a DDT from standing on the top rope down to the mat then a delayed cover, and Terry manages to kick out.

Kanemaru slowly gets to the corner and hits Deep Impact then a cover but again it gets a two-count then a brainbuster by Kanemaru then a another cover but Terry kicks out at one.

Back kick by Terry but Kanemaru levels him with a lariat for another two count then Kanemaru picks up Terry and puts him on the top rope as he joins him up top and hits a top rope brainbuster.

Kanemaru goes for the cover but Terry barely gets a shoulder up then Kanemaru picks up Terry & nails Touch Out to put away Terry.

Winner: AND NEW Junior Heavyweight Champion: Yoshinobu Kanemaru (22:22)

Autumn Navigation Day 12
GHC Tag Team Titles Match
RO&D (D Lo Brown & Buchanan) (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura

Karelin Lift by Takashi Sugiura then he picks up D’Lo Brown and goes off the ropes but Bull Buchanan runs in the ring and they hit a double flapjack then a cover by Brown but it only gets a two count then a spinning side slam by Brown follows then he hits a backdrop suplex for a two count then a another cover but it gets a two count.

Brown goes up to the 2nd rope but Sugiura gets up and joins him as Sugiura hits a Frankensteiner by Sugiura and hits a release German suplex while Buchanan hits an Iron Claw Bomb onto Naomichi Marufuji on the apron.

Brown tags in Buchanan & Buchanan chops Sugiura into the corner then a Irish whip by Buchanan and he hits a lariat followed by a bridged vertical suplex for a two count then a Irish whip by Buchanan to the corner but it’s reversed but Buchanan avoids Sugiura and lariats him in the back of the head then a cover but it gets a two count.

Double chokeslam by Buchanan & Brown then a cover but Marufuji breaks it up before Buchanan picks up Sugiura and hits a powerbomb then a another cover but again it gets a two count.

Buchanan slams Sugiura to the mat and goes to the top turnbuckle & hits a diving leg drop while Brown hits a frog splash from the opposite corner then a cover by Buchanan but Marufuji breaks it up. Brown takes Marufuji onto the ramp and goes off the ropes but Marufuji goes off the ropes behind him and hits a lariat.

Inside the ring Buchanan has the claw onto Sugiura & Marufuji tries to help but Buchanan puts him in the claw as well but they kick out of it as they do a double Irish whip to Buchanan and they hit a double flapjack. Superkicks by Marufuji and he goes for Shiranui but Buchanan puts him onto the top turnbuckle.

Buchanan joins him but Sugiura recovers and helps Marufuji hit an avalanche Shiranui then a cover but Buchanan gets a shoulder up then a superkick/knee combination by Sugiura & Marufuji follow by a cover but Brown breaks it up. Spear by Sugiura onto Brown as Brown crawls out to the ramp and Marufuji follows him out.

Marufuji & Brown trade blows and Marufuji hits a Shiranui off the ropes onto the ramp. Meanwhile in the ring Sugiura hits a release German suplex onto Buchanan then Buchanan gets back up, but Marufuji hits a superkick on him.

Olympic Slam by Sugiura but Buchanan gets back up then a superkick by Marufuji connects, and Sugiura hits him with a 2nd Olympic Slam again Buchanan finds a way to his feet so Sugiura gives him a 3rd one for the win.

Winners: AND NEW GHC Tag Team Champions: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura (26:17)

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Autumn Navigation Day 12
GHC Heavyweight Title Match
Mitsuharu Misawa (c) vs. Samoa Joe

Side headlock by Mitsuharu Misawa to start this match before Samoa Joe Irish whips out of it and they collide with no result then a elbow by Misawa and he ducks a Joe kick, but Joe goes off the ropes and hits a big boot.

Misawa falls out of the ring before Joe goes off the ropes and sails out onto him with a elbow suicida. Samoa Joe slams Misawa into the apron and gives him a headbutt then Joe slides Misawa back into the ring and he applies a headscissors.

After a moment Misawa gets a foot on the ropes and Joe chops Misawa into the corner then a Irish whip to the corner by Joe and he connects with the jumping knee then a cover but Misawa gets a foot on the bottom rope.

Joe picks up Misawa and headbutts him, but Misawa comes back with an elbow before they trade blows but Joe hits an enziguiri, then Joe throws Misawa into the corner and gives him a combination of face washes then a cover by Joe but it gets a two count.

Joe applies the Stretch Plum then he goes for the cover but it gets another two count then some kicks to the chest by Joe but Misawa comes back with an elbow before they trade strikes with Misawa getting the better of it with an elbow to the head.

Irish whip by Misawa from the corner but it’s reversed but Misawa connects with a back elbow then Misawa goes off the ropes, but Joe hits a shoulder block followed by a kick to the chest then a cover, but Misawa kicks out.

Irish whip by Joe to the corner and he hits a running splash followed by a Northern Lights suplex for a two-count. Samoa Joe picks up Misawa as he ducks an elbow and goes for an exploder, but Misawa blocks it then goes off the ropes Joe tries for a kick, but Misawa elbows him to the mat.

Seated Crossface by Misawa then a snapmare and he re-applied the hold then a cover by Misawa, but it gets a two count. Misawa waits for Joe to get up and goes for an elbow but Joe hits a powerslam for a two count then Joe applies an armbar but Misawa eventually gets a foot on the bottom rope.

Joe picks up Misawa then a Irish whip to the corner and hits a back elbow followed by a front kick. Atomic drop by Joe and he connects with jumping kick then Joe hits a senton then a cover, but it gets a two count.

Joe picks up Misawa and goes for a powerbomb, but Misawa blocks it then some kicks to the chest by Joe and hits the powerbomb then a cover but when Misawa kicks out he reverts it into an STF. Samoa Joe then applies the crossface but after a moment Misawa gets a foot on the bottom rope.

Joe throws Misawa into the corner but Misawa elbows out of it then snapmare by Misawa and he applies an armbar then back up we some elbows by Misawa but Joe nails an enziguiri. Joe picks up Misawa & puts him onto the top turnbuckle and hits Muscle Buster.

Joe goes for the cover, but it only gets a two count, so Joe picks up Misawa and throws him into the corner as he puts him onto the top turnbuckle again and goes for Island Driver but Misawa blocks it.

Exploder by Joe then he picks up Misawa and nails Island Driver then a cover, but Misawa barely gets a shoulder up. Joe gets Misawa to his feet then some elbows by Misawa and he knocks Joe to the mat.

Running elbow smash by Misawa then a cover but it only gets a two count then Misawa picks up Joe and puts him in the corner before delivering a back elbow.

He then puts Samoa Joe onto the top turnbuckle & puts him over his shoulder and hits Emerald Frosion then Misawa places Joe sitting up on the mat & nails an elbow smash to the back of the head for the win.

Winner: AND STILL GHC Heavyweight Champion: Mitsuharu Misawa (17:14)