Pro Wrestling NOAH finished up the preliminary rounds of the N-1 VICTORY Tournament today, which would set up the Finals for next weekend.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 843.
Match 1: Manabu Soya & Yu Owada beat Luis Mante (Dragon Gate) & Shuhei Taniguchi. Soya beat Taniguchi with a dragon sleeper.
Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Alpha Wolf beat Titus Alexander.
Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masa Kitamiya beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 4; Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone & Kai Fujimura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Hajime Ohara. Saito pinned Ohara after Sickle Of Death.
Match 5: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Ulka Sasaki beat Tavion Heights (WWE) by submission.
Match 6: N-1 VICTORY lock A: Josh Briggs (WWE) beat Dragon Bane.
Match 7: In an Elimination Match (with over the top rope eliminations), AMAKUSA, Shuji Kondo, Eita, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki beat Daga, Super Crazy, HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Order of elimination: Crazy by Miyawaki, Alejandro by YO-HEY, Miyawaki by Tadasuke, Tadasuke by Eita, Amakusa & Daga simultaneously, YO-HEY by Eita, Kondo by HAYATA, HAYATA by Eita. Eita wins.
Match 8: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Kenoh beat Yoshiki Inamura.
Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Jack Morris.
Final Standings:
Block A:
1-Kiyomiya, 4-1-2, 10 pts
2-Briggs, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Morris, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Mante, 4-3, 8 pts
5-Kitamiya, 3-3-1, 7 pts
6-Oiwa, 3-3-1, 7 pts
7-Bane, 3-4, 6 pts
8-Atsushi Kotoge , 0-7, 0 pts (injured)
As a result of tiebreakers, Kiyomiya wins Block A and advances to the Finals (he beat Briggs in their match).
Block B:
1-Kenoh, 5-1-1, 11 pts
2-Soya, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Alexander, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Heights, 4-3, 8 pts
5-Sasaki, 3-4, 6 pts
6-Inamura, 3-4, 6 pts
7-Wolf, 2-3-1, 5 pts
8-Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., 1-7, 2 pts (injured)
As a result, Kenoh wins Block B and advances to the Finals.
The Final is Kiyomiya vs. Kenoh, and in an unexpected twist it will now be for the GHC Heavyweight Championship held by Kiyomiya.
The Final is 8/1 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. 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 it will be edited/clipped for live. The full unedited version including in Japanese will be available on demand after the event.
