Pro Wrestling NOAH began the annual N-1 VICTORY tournament today, their annual singles tournament to determine the top wrestler in the promotion. The winner also will likely earn a GHC Heavyweight Championship match unless current champion Kenoh wins.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, possibly in English. The live stream was ABEMA-only in Japanese and may not yet be available on demand.
The announced paid attendance was 940.
Match 1 (Pre-Show Match): Mohammed Yone & Daiki Inaba beat Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers. Inaba pinned Rogers after DDD.
Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Masa Kitamiya.
Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masato Tanaka beat Anthony Greene.
Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Masakatsu Funaki beat Kinya Okada by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 5: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hideki Suzuki beat Masaaki Mochizuki.
Match 6: Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Alejandro beat Daisuke Harada, Seiki Yoshioka & Kai Fujimura. Kotoge pinned Fujimura after Kill Switch.
Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya.
Match 8: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kenoh beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
Match 9: Naomichi Marufuji, El Hijo Del Santo & Ultimo Dragon beat NOSAWA Rongai, Kotaro Suzuki & Super Crazy. Santo pinned NOSAWA.
Match 10: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Takashi Sugiura beat Satoshi Kojima by ref stoppage.
Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Go Shiozaki.
The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE is scheduled to begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, but there is a pre-show dark match scheduled 20 minutes before the event begins.
