Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the N-1 VICTORY 2026 Tournament today with a morning matinee in Osaka. Today marks the halfway point of the tournament and will feature only Block A matches, with Day 4 of the block. With only one spot advancing nobody can clinch today but, if things don’t go his way, Yuki Iino could become the first elimination of the tournament. The highlight match is between former GHC Heavyweight Champions as Yoshiki Inamura faces Shane Haste.
Today’s event will be held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There is also a pre-show match scheduled, which will now be part of the live stream. There are 8 matches total, so including the pre-show match I anticipate the event’s running time being around 2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA except for pre-show match):
Pre-show:
Manabu Soya, Yuto Koyanagi & Hiroto Tsuruya vs. Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata
Main show:
Kouga, Titus Alexander & Hiroya Namiki vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke
Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Black Menso-re
Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka vs. Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima
N-1 VICTORY Block A:
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Alpha Wolf
Yuki Iino vs. Chen
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Takashi Sugiura
Yoshiki Inamura vs. Shane Haste
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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:40 PM PT/10:40 PM ET. The main show is scheduled to begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
Pre-show late note: Regarding Iino possibly being eliminated today, that will happen if he loses AND Kiyomiya wins or draws. Kiyomiya has beaten Iino so he has the tiebreaker.
7:30 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.
7:39 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout which could be anywhere between 300-800. From what I can see I’m going to go in the middle and predict 550. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout, was 500)
Pre-show match: Manabu Soya, Yuto Koyanagi & Hiroto Tsuruya vs. Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata. 10 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata beat Manabu Soya, Yuto Koyanagi & Hiroto Tsuruya. HAYATA pinned Tsuruya.
Updates will resume when the main show begins.
Card order announcement. The first 2 matches above open, then the first 2 N-1 VICTORY matches, possibly an intermission, then the Jr. Heavyweight 6-man tag followed by the final 2 N-1 VICTORY matches. Inamura-Haste will be the main event.
Main show:
The matches begin right on time at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
Match 1: Kouga, Titus Alexander & Hiroya Namiki vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke. 15 minute time limit
Result: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Kouga, Titus Alexander & Hiroya Namiki. Tadasuke pinned Namiki. Afterwards, Yoshitatsu joined the winners for a brief beatdown on Namiki.
Match 2: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Black Menso-re. RYUSEI beat Menso-re with a standing Boston crab.
Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Alpha Wolf. 30 minute time limit
Result: Alpha Wolf beat Kazuyuki Fujita
Wolf is 3-1, 6 pts. Fujita is 1-3, 2 pts.
Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Yuki Iino vs. Chen. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chen beat Yuki Iino
Chen is 2-2, 4 pts. Iino is 0-4, 0 pts and, with the Wolf win, has now been virtually eliminated from contention. Iino is DEFINITELY OUT if Kiyomiya wins today.
Intermission. Updates should resume in 10-15 minutes
The matches resume at 9:05 PM PT/12:05 AM ET after the obligatory second sponsor plugs.
Match 5: Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka vs. Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima. Masaoka pinned Bane. Afterwards, Masaoka with microphone. GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge issued for himself and YO-HEY.
Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Takashi Sugiura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Takashi Sugiura
Kiyomiya is 3-0-1, 7 pts. Sugiura is 2-2, 4 pts. Iino is now OUT.
Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Yoshiki Inamura vs. Shane Haste. 30 minute time limit
Result Yoshiki Inamura beat Shane Haste
Inamura is 2-1-1, 5 pts. Haste is 2-2, 4 pts.
As a result of today’s matches, with Iino now out Fujita is next to face elimination. Only the winner of the block advances to the Finals. Fujita must beat Kiyomiya in his next match.
The next event is Monday at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima with Block B. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.