Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY Tournament today in Kanagawa.
Today’s event was held at Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. This was an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan
The announced paid attendance was 1555.
Match 1: Titus Alexander & Yu Owada beat Daga & Kai Fujimura. Alexander pinned Fujimura after Big Ugly.
Match 2; AMAKUSA, Eita & Ninja Mack beat HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Eita pinned YO-HEY after Trauma. This was Mack’s final NOAH match for now as he is leaving the promotion, apparently to pursue other goals in wrestling. He stated he will return to the promotion at some point in the future.
Match 3: Hajime Ohara 20th Anniversary Match: Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano beat Hi69 & Super Crazy. Ohara pinned Crazy after Muy Bien.
Match 4; N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Dragon Bane.
Match 5: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Tavion Heights (WWE) beat Kenoh.
Match 6; N-1 VICTORY Block A: Josh Briggs (WWE) beat Masa Kitamiya.
Match 7: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Shuji Ishikawa & Shuhei Taniguchi to retain the titles. Sugiura beat Taniguchi with an ankle hold. V1 for the champs.
Mtch 8: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Ryohei Oiwa beat Jack Morris.
Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Yohsiki Inamura beat Manabu Soya.
Day 6 is Saturday at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.
In other news, after the event the promotion announced GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. Daga for the title has been added to 9/1.
It was also announced after the event that Yoshinari Ogawa, out with a serious neck injury, has retired effective immediately, ending a nearly 40-year career. He is expected to fully recover from the injury. He did not and will not make a comment or have a press conference.
