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Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate day of the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today, narrowing the field of 8 still with a chance to reach the finals down to 2…hopefully, because there were some insane possibilities with tiebreakers.

Today’s event was held at Culttz Kawasaki in Kawasaki City and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 825.

Match 1: Pre-shoe dark match: Shuhei Taniguchi, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Stallion Rogers. Inaba pinned Rogers.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Anthony Greene.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Jack Morris beat Masa Kitamiya. As a result, Kitamiya is eliminated from Finals contention.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Masato Tanaka. As a result, Tanaka is eliminated from Finals contention.

Match 5: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Masakatsu Funaki beat Takashi Sugiura by submission. This went just 57 seconds.

Match 6: In a Captains Fall Match, where the match immediately ended if the Captain of a team was eliminated, HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa (C), Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita (C), Kotaro Suzuki & Super Crazy went to a No Contest. Chris Ridgeway interference.

Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hideki Suzuki beat Go Shiozaki. As a result, Shiozaki is eliminated from Finals contention.

Match 8: N-1 Victory BLOCK B: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kinya Okada by ref stoppage. Okada injury.

Match 9: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Alejandro beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi59. Wolf pinned Hi69 after Wolf’s Tusk.

Match 10: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Kenoh. As a result, Hideki Suzuki wins Block A and advances to the Finals.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Satoshi Kojima. As a result, Kiyomiya wins Block B and advances to the Finals.

The Final is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. The full card has been announced:
Super Crazy vs. Hajime Ohara
Jack Morris & Daiki Inaba vs. Anthony Greene & Stallion Rogers
HAYATA, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura vs. Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka
Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Shuji Kondo vs. Masa Kitamiya, Mohammed Yone & Alejandro
Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima vs. Shuhei Taniguchi & Yoshiki Inamura
Dragon Bane vs. Alpha Wolf
Naomichi Marufuji, Go Shiozaki, Masato Tanaka & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Ka Shin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Timothy Thatcher
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway vs. Eita & Kotaro Suzuki for the titles
The Great Muta, Great-O-Khan (New Japan Pro Wrestling) & NOSAWA Rongai vs. Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Tadasuke
N-1 VICTORY 2022 Finals: Hideki Suzuki vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English will begin Saturday at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Injury Report: Okada was legit injured against Nakajima. Mandibular fracture. Out indefinitely. This is the second time in less than 3 months Nakajima has legit injured an opponent with his stiff strikes-remember in June 2022 at CyberFight Festival 2022 he knocked DDT star Tetsuya Endo out with a concussion that cost him nearly 2 months of action AND the KO-D Openweight Championship.

Pro Wrestling NOAh continued the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today as the series enters the final stages. Tomorrow wraps up the preliminary stages and sets up next weekend’s finals.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 609.

Match 1: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Kinya Okada.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hideku Suzuki beat Anthony Greene by submission.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Takashi Sugiura beat Jack Morris.

Match 4: Mohammed Yone & Daiki Inaba beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Yoshiki Inamura. Inaba pinned Inamura.

Match 5: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Go SHiozaki beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Satoshi Kojima beat Masakatsu Funaki.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masato Tanaka beat Kazuyuki Fujita.

Standings:
1-Kenoh, 4-1-1, 9 pts
2-Suzuki, 4-1-1, 9 pts
3-Fujita, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Shiozaki, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Tanaka, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Wagner, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Greene, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
8-Masaaki Mochizuki, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Kiyomiya, 4-2, 8 pts
2-Kojima, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Sugiura, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Katsuhiko Nakajima, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Funaki, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Masa Kitamiya, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Morris, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Okada, 0-6, 0 pts (OUT)
The winner of each block advances to the Finals. In Block A, all of the top 4 have a chance, but if the current standings hold after tomorrow’s final matches, it;s complicated. If either Kenoh or Suzuki wins, butoont both, it’s settled. If they both win, things get interesting-presumably the tiebreaker is head-to-head result, but their match went to a time limit draw. Kenoh’s loss came to Tanaka while Suzuki’s was to Fujita, which opens the door more to Fujita if he beats Kenoh tomorrow. Suzuki has Shiozaki, and Shiozaki is in a tough tiebreaker spot because his losses are to Kenoh & Fujita. Everybody else is out. In Block B, also a potential mess brewing. We’re likely going to need tiebreakers without an epic upset because Nakajima’s final match tomorrow is against Okada, who has been the block jobber, Sugiura has Funaki and Kitamiya has Morris. Kiyomiya has Kojima. We’ll have to wait and see but here’s one key stat that could factor in at the end-one of Kiyomiya’s two losses was an early upset loss to Morris. The other was to Kitamiya. Funaki’s losses are Kiyamita & Kojima. Nakajima’s losses are Funaki & Kiyomiya. Kojima’s losses are Nakajima & Sugiura. Sugiura’s losses are Nakajima & Kojima. Tranlation: ANYTHING CAN AND WILL HAPPEN!

The next event is tomorrow at Culttz Kawasaki in Kawasaki with the final block matches. Live streaing on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. A pre-show dark match is scheduled for 20 minutes before the event.

Also, after the event it was announced that Yasutaka Yano, who has been out the last few months due to injury, will return on 9/21 at the next N INNOVATION event. He will face Kai Fujimura in his return match.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced changes to the N-1 VICTORY Tournament lineups, but they will not affect the tournament itself as it’s a Jr. Heavyweight. Still significant because it’s top talent Daisuke Harada. Neck injury revealed during a routine MRI. Out indefinitely but will miss the rest of the tournament (through 9/3) and will be re-evaluated afterwards. The promotion takes a nearly 2-week break after the 9/3 event.
More as it becomes available.

Update: For Saturday, he was to have teamed with Seiki Yoshioka & Alpha Wolf to face Dragon Bane, Alejandro & YO-HEY. Atsushi Kotoge is the replacement. For Sunday (Culttz Kawasaki), he was not on the card so no changes are anticipated. The 9/3 card has not been announced yet except for a 6-man tag with The Great Muta, NOSAWA Rongai & Great-O-Khan (New Japan) vs. TBA and Dragon Bane vs. Alpha Wolf. Also the N-1 VICTORY Final.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today, approaching the halfway point of the tournament with the second half of a Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 609.

Match 1: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Kinya Okada. Okada is now OUT of Finals contention.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hideki Suzuki beat Anthony Greene by submission.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Takashi Sugiura beat Jack Morris.

Match 4: Mohammed Yone & Daiki Inaba beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Yoshiki Inamura. Inaba pinned Inamura.

Match 5: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Go Shiozaki beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Satoshi Kojima beat Masakatsu Funaki.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masato Tanaka beat Kazuyuki Fujita.

The next event is 8/27 at Nagoya Conference Center in Nagoya. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan, but WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have the live broadcast in English beginning at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. A dark match is scheduled 20 minutes before the event. The Japanese version will be available on demand at a later time.

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.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today, heading north to Sendai for Day 4.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 505. Bad.

Match 1: Pre-show dark match: Yoshiki Inamura beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Jack Morris beat Kinya Okada.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Satoshi Kojima beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 5: Daisuke Harada, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Kendo Ka Shin, NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy went to a double countout. Only went 2 minutes. Which led to…
Daisuke Harada, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kendo Ka Shin, NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy. Yoshioka pinned NOSAWA after Buzzsaw Kick.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Hideki Suzuki by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Takashi Sugiura.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kenoh beat Go Shiozaki.

Day 5 is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This is an ABEMA exclusive live broadcast, but WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have a live stream in English beginning at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH finished off a very busy Sunday in Japanese wrestling with the next day of N-1 VICTORY 2022, the 3rd day of their annual singles tournament.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 704.

Match 1: Pre-show dark match: Daisuke Harada & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Takashi Sugiura beat Kinya Okada.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Anthony Greene beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Masa Kitamiya beat Masakatsu Funaki.

Match 5: Seiki Yoshioka & YO-HEY beat Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura. YO-HEY pinned Fujimura after Face G.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Satoshi Kojima beat Jack Morris.

Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Go Shiozaki beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

Match 9: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Katsuhiko Nakajima by submission.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masato Tanaka beat Kenoh.

The next event is Wednesay at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET with a pre-show dark match scheduled 20 minutes before the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Day 2 of N-1 VICTORY 2022 today, continuing their annual big singles tournament with a full slate of tournament action.

Today’s event was held as Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVIERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 505.

Match 1: Dark Match-Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers beat Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura. Rogers pinned Fujimura after a missile headbutt.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Go SHiozaki beat Anthony Greene.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Satoshi Kojima beat Kinya Okada.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hidjo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Kazuyuki Fujita.

Match 5: Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY beat Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Harada pinned Kotoge with Katayama German.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kenoh beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Masa Kitamiya beat Kaito Kiyomiya.

Match 8: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hideki Suzuki beat Masato Tanaka by submission.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Masakatsu Funaki beat Katsuhiko Nakajima.

Day 3 is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET with a dark match scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

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.

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off their August schedule with DEPARTURE 2022, a standalone event representing the final event before N-1 VICTORY 2022 begins.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 616.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya & Mohammed Yone beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kitamiya pinned Taniguchi after a Saito suplex.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy. Fujimura pinned NOSAWA. HUGE.

Match 3: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Anthony Greene & Stallion Rogers. Nakajima pinned Rogers after Vertical Spike.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Daisuke Harada & Seiki Yoshioka beat Dante Leon, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY. Mack pinned Kotoge after Ninja Bomb.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, El Hijo Del Santo (Mexico), Ultimo Dragon & Alejandro beat Kenoh, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Santo pinned Ohara.

Match 6: Kinya Okada beat Yoshiki Inamura. As a result, Okada qualifies for N-1 VICTORY.

Match 7: Naomichi Matufuji Return Match-Naomichi Marufuji, Go Shiozaki & Takashi Sugiura beat Satoshi Kojima, Masato Tanaka & Daiki Inaba. Shiozaki pinned Inaba after Go Lariat.

Main Event: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Shuji Kondo to retain the title. V4 for HAYATA.

Next up is the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament beginning Thursday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. This will be an ABEMA-ONLY live broadcast but will be available live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. Live streaming will begin at 2:30 AM ET/Wednesday at 11:30 PM PT.

In other news, The Great Muta (Keiji Muto) will appear at the final event of the tournament on 9/3 at Osaka Prefectural Gym). It will be Muta’s final Osaka appearance.

UPDATE: Thatcher is now out of N-1 VICTORY due to visa issues. Okada is the replacement.