Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Day 3 of the N-1 VICTORY 2026 today in Kumamoto.
Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall in Kumamoto and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 590.
There was a late change to the card due to AMAKUSA being pulled off the event, as noted over the last few days. He was to have faced GHC National Champion Naomichi Marufuji for the title. That unfortunately did not happen as this was a hometown opportunity. AMAKUSA did appear at the event though. Hiroto Tsuruya was the replacement and it became a NON-TITLE match.
Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya, Shane Haste & HAYATA beat Yoshiki Inamura, Chen & Black Menso-re. Haste pinned Menso-re after Ayers Rock Bottom.
Match 2: Naomichi Marufuji beat Hiroto Tsuruya.
Match 3: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Mohammed Yone, Katsumi Inahata & Yuto Koyanagi. BUSHI beat Koyanagi with a reverse Boston crab.
N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Match 4: Masa Kitamiya beat Titus Alexander by submission.
Match 5: Manabu Soya beat OZAWA.
Match 6: Kai Fujmura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima. Masaoka pinned Odashima after Ambitions.
N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Match 7: Kenoh beat Kouga by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Main Event: Tetsuya Endo beat KANTA.
Day 4 is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka with Block A. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
UPDATE: According to a report from a Japanese wrestling news site, the issue with AMAKUSA is a neck abnormality. The specific circumstances have not been revealed but the exam that revealed the issue was part of an annual evaluation conducted by the promotion.