Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY Tournament today, which is starting to fall apart due to an unfortunate string of injuries. Today was the third and last day of a Tokyo tripleheader.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 957.
It didn’t affect today, but the promotion has now announced that Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is OUT of the tournament. Cervical sprain. Out indefinitely. All his remaining matches will be forfeits. He joins Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshinari Ogawa as out of the tournament and/or the tour.
Match 1: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Ulka Sasaki beat Alpha Wolf by submission.
Match 2: Shuji Ishikawa, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kai Fujimura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Jnuta Miyawaki. Ishikawa pinned Sugiura after Splash Mountsin.
Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Dragon Bane beat Masa Kitamiya.
Match 4; N-1 VICTORY Block B: Manabu Soya beat Tavion Heights (WWE).
Match 5: HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Daga, Super Crazy & Yu Owada. Tadasuke pinned Owada with Tadasuke Clutch.
Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Luis Mante (Dragon Gate) beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block B; Titus Alexander beat Yoshiki Inamura.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Mante, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Bane, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Jack Morris, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Josh Briggs, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Kitamiya, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Kaito Kiyomiya, 1-1-1, 3 pts
7-Oiwa, 1-2, 3 pts
8-Atsushi Kotoge, 0-8, 0 pts (OUT) (injured)
Block B:
1-Kenoh, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Soya, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Alexander, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Sasaki, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Inamura, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Heights, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Bane, 1-3, 2 pts
8-Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., 1-7, 2 pts (OUT) (injured)
The top 2 in each block will advance to the Semifinals. All standings now include forfeit wins for those who had not yet faced Kotoge or Wagner Jr.
Day 5 is tomorrow at Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in ENGLISH ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so Japanese (and unedited) will only be available outside Japan on demand after the event.
UPDATE: After the event, Ninja Mack announced he is leaving the promotion after tomorrow’s event. However, the American wrestler, who has become a fan favorite in Japan, says this is not a permanent farewell to the promotion. A translation of his original post in Japanese suggests he is going to pursue other goals & opportunities in wrestling, and after those are complete he will be back.
