Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today, also making some big announcements regarding upcoming tournament dates.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The Japanese broadcast was ABEMA only and will be available on demand soon. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 584.
Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers beat Daiki Inaba & Kai Fujimura. Rogers pinned Fujimura after a missile headbutt.
Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Anthony Greene.
Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Jack Morris.
Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Masato Tanaka.
Match 5: HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu vs. Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka went to a no contest. Perros Del Mal De Japon interference.
Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Takashi Sugiura beat Masa Kitamiya by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kenoh vs. Hideki Suzuki went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Masakatsu Funaki.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Kenoh, 3-1-1, 7 pts
2-Fujita, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Suzuki, 2-1-1, 5 pts
4-Tanaka, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Go Shiozaki, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Greene, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Mochizuki, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
Block B:
1-Sugiura, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Satoshi Kojima, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Nakajima, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Kiyomiya, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Morris, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Funaki, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Kitamiya, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Kinya Okada, 0-4, 0 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Finals. Only Mochizuki is out at this point but Okada is just about out too.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
In the big other news, it was announced that in his final Osaka match on 9/3, The Great Muta (Keiji Muto) will team with NOSAWA Rongai and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Great-O-Khan vs. TBA.
Based on today’s no contest, a Captains Fall match of HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, Kotaro Suzuki & Super Crazy has been added to 8/28 at Culttz Kawasaki. The match ends only when a Captain of a team is eliminated. The Captains will be Ogawa & Eita. More for the event TBA after tomorrow.
