Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo: WrestleFile Historical Verdict

Mitsuhiro Kitamiya defeating Hitoshi Kumano is a compact opener that gives the card an immediate generational signal. Kitamiya wins in 6:58 with the spear, reinforcing the more physical direction his presentation was taking at the time. The match is too short to carry major standalone weight, but it works well as a snapshot of two wrestlers still building their places in NOAH before the event shifts toward established factions and title programs.

Mohammed Yone, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Taiji Ishimori and Captain NOAH defeating Yoshinari Ogawa, Zack Sabre Jr., Super Crazy and Jonah Rock gives the undercard a broader roster showcase. Ishimori scores the fall on Super Crazy, keeping his junior-heavyweight relevance visible while Nakajima and Sabre add retrospective interest. The bout's exact time differs across period sources, so the editorial value comes more from the personnel and role than from treating the timing record as perfectly settled.

Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi defeating Akitoshi Saito and Quiet Storm gives Big Japan's Strong BJ team a credible win on a NOAH major show. Sekimoto pins Storm after the deadlift German suplex hold in 11:57, preserving Saito while giving the visiting team momentum toward the heavyweight tag picture. The match is not one of the night's headline attractions, but it adds important interpromotional texture and heavyweight physicality to the first half.

Takeshi Morishima and Maybach Taniguchi defeating Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Manabu Nakanishi is a veteran-heavy collision with clear promotion-versus-promotion flavor. Morishima pins Nakanishi in 12:11, giving the NOAH side a useful victory over two established NJPW names. The result matters more in hindsight because Morishima was still being positioned as a central heavyweight presence, while the visitors provide enough stature to make the win feel larger than a routine midcard tag.

Takashi Sugiura and Masato Tanaka against Shelton Benjamin and Takashi Iizuka gives the card a sharper faction edge before the championship block. Sugiura pins Iizuka in 16:34, while the match also advances the Sugiura-Benjamin rivalry that had been brewing through Suzuki-gun's NOAH invasion. The mixture of NOAH, ZERO1 and NJPW-linked talent makes the bout historically useful, and Sugiura's win keeps a core NOAH heavyweight strong before Suzuki-gun's title sweep later in the show.

TAKA Michinoku and El Desperado winning the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a three-way match pushes Suzuki-gun's takeover from invasion angle into championship control. They defeat Kenoh and Hajime Ohara plus Daisuke Harada and Genba Hirayanagi in 10:02, taking the belts from the reigning champions without requiring a long showcase. The title change matters most as the first step in the faction's sweep of NOAH's championships on this card.

Taichi defeating Atsushi Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship deepens Suzuki-gun's grip on the promotion. Kotoge had entered for his second defense, but Taichi wins in 18:57 and takes the singles junior belt after his stablemates had already captured the tag titles. The match's lasting value comes from its place in the same-night takeover, giving the junior division a coordinated faction story rather than an isolated championship switch.

Killer Elite Squad defended the GHC Tag Team Championship against TMDK at Great Voyage 2015, pitting Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. against Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste. The title defense had wider consequences because Suzuki-gun was already taking control of NOAH's championship picture. Archer and Smith had the size and destructive offense to make that threat tangible, while Nicholls and Haste brought experience as a coordinated tag team rather than merely two wrestlers assembled for the occasion. The champions retained in approximately 15:45, recording their first successful defense and keeping a central part of Suzuki-gun's title holdings intact.

TMDK's presence prevented the contest from functioning as a walkover. Their ability to work together gave the crowd a credible alternative to an Archer-Smith win. The result nevertheless reinforced the idea that NOAH's established teams were having difficulty breaking the visiting faction's grip. The bout deserves attention for this divisional context even though the GHC Heavyweight main event delivered the night's largest change. The B+ grade reflects a strong, purposeful defense rather than a standalone historical title switch.

Minoru Suzuki defeated Naomichi Marufuji at Great Voyage 2015 to capture the GHC Heavyweight Championship, completing one of the most consequential faction takeovers in NOAH's title history. Marufuji entered seeking another successful defense after reestablishing himself as the promotion's lead champion. Suzuki's win, recorded at about 23:44, placed the top singles belt alongside the other GHC championships already under Suzuki-gun control. This wasn't just an individual victory by a dangerous visiting veteran. NOAH's own champions had effectively lost the entire title structure to a faction arriving from outside the company.

The post-match confrontation with NOAH wrestlers extended the result beyond the bell. With Suzuki holding the heavyweight title, the conflict had an identifiable figurehead and a set of championships that the home roster would need to recover. Marufuji's loss was especially consequential because he had restored the belt from Yuji Nagata the previous year. The A grade recognizes a decisive main event whose storyline consequences reached across multiple divisions.