Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour today with their latest Tokyo event, featuring the announcement of this year’s N-1 VICTORY 2023 entrants.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 1022.
Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Seiki Yoshioka beat Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara. Nakajima pinned Ohara after Hari-te.
Match 2: Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher, Hideki Suzuki, Kazuyuki Fujita & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Masa Kitamiya, Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone, Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers. Taniguchi pinned Rogers with a half nelson suplex. Taniguchi is now part of Suzuki’s Real faction.
Match 3: Jake Lee & Jack Morris beat Daiki Inaba & Sean Legacy. Morris beat Legacy with a cobra twist.
Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, HAYATA & Eita beat Yoshinari Ogawa, LEONA (Dradition) & Kai Fujimura. Kiyomiya pinned Fujimura after a deformed tiger driver.
Match 5: Shuji Kondo beat Hi69.
Match 6: Naomichi Matifuji, AMAKUSA & Atsushi Kotoge beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Ninja Mack & Dante Leon. AMAKUSA pinned Wagner.
Match 7: Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke to win the titles. Ridgeway & Daga become the 57th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Daga pinned YO-HEY after Justice.
Main Event: Kenoh beat Go Shiozaki.
Here is the N-1 VICTORY Tournament field as announced today:
Block A: Jake Lee, Kenoh, Masa Kitamiya, Jack Morris, Yoshiki Inamura, Timothy Thatcher, Adam Brooks, Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate)
Block B: Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Manabu Soya, Daiki Inaba, Saxon Huxley, Lance Anoai, Yuma Anzai (All-Japan)
In other news/fallout, GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. AMAKUSA for the title was announced for 7/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. This event will be a live WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast.
The next event is the Kenoh 15th Anniversary Event Saturday at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima. This event will be streamed live FOR FREE on the Kenoh YouTube Channel beginning at midnight PT/3 AM ET. The link is below:
https://www.youtube.com/@kenoh_ch
