The request was made by Yoshioka.
There were five championship matches on the bill for Pro Wrestling NOAH’s ‘Grand Ship’ show in Nagoya. Coming out of the event, the promotion pushed out the announcement that four-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Seiki Yoshioka will be taking a break.
He is scheduled for October 20th in Korakuen, October 26th in Hiroshima, October 27th in Kumamoto and October 28th in Fukuoka. After that, his leave of absence will begin.
There was no direct explanation provided for why Yoshioka is taking a break, but it is noted in the announcement post that he is taking time off to prepare for a new challenge.
Below are the results from Grand Ship in Nagoya:
- Dark Match: Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge, Stallion Rogers & Taishi Ozawa def. Daiki Inaba, Hi69, Mohammed Yone & Yu Owada
- G.L.G. (Tadasuke & YO-HEY) def. Hajime Ohara & Shuji Kondo
- Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura def. Hideki Suzuki, Kazuyuki Fujita & Shuhei Taniguchi
- Daga def. Junta Miyawaki
- Kenoh & Lance Anoai def. Adam Brooks & Katsuhiko Nakajima
- Eita, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa def. LEONA, Naomichi Marufuji & Yoshinari Ogawa by DQ
- GHC Tag Team Team Championships: G.L.G. (Anthony Greene & Jack Morris) def. Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher (c)
- Vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane def. Alejandro & Ninja Mack
- GHC National Championship: El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. (c) def. Psycho Clown
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Title: HAYATA (c) def. Yuki Yoshioka
- GHC Heavyweight Championship: Jake Lee (c) def. Go Shiozaki
