Noah's Magic Ark

Pro Wrestling Noah (プロレスリング・ノア, Puroresuringu Noa) (stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion. Noah was founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) wrestler and President Mitsuharu Misawa; Misawa had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers and most of its backstage workers left the promotion to form Noah. Noah held its first shows in August 2000, and established the Global Honored Crown as the in-house governing body for its collection of championships. Throughout its 26-year history, Noah has had working relationships with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), in which the latter now has a working relationship with its wrestlers from the NXT brand. In January 2020, the company was purchased by CyberAgent, parent company of DDT Pro-Wrestling, with DDT's executives taking over Noah's operations and Noah's content appearing on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe.