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Pro Wrestling NOAH finished up the preliminary round of the N-1 VICTORY 2026 today with the last day of both blocks.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 603.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 1: Block B: KENTA beat Kouga.
Match 2: Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yuki Iino by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 3: Block B: Titus Alexander beat Manabu Soya.
Match 4: Block A: Yoshiki Inamura beat Takashi Sugiura.

Match 5: Akira Kitamura, Satsuki Nagao, Takuma Baba & Ryo Hoshino (Tochigi Pro Wrestling) beat Dragon Bane, Alejandro, Hiroto Tsuruya & Yuto Koyanagi. Hoshino pinned Koyanagi after Cancun Tornado.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 5: Block B: OZAWA beat Tetsuya Endo. As a result, OZAWA wins Block B.
Match 6: Block A: Shane Haste beat Alpha Wolf.
Match 7: Block B: Masa Kitamiya beat Kenoh by countout.
Main Event: Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Chen. As a result, Kiyomiya wins Block A.

That means the Final is Kiyomiya vs. OZAWA.

The Final is 10/4 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10:40 PM PT/1:40 AM ET.

In other news/fallout, announced for 10/15 ay Korakuen Hall in Tokyo is Kenoh vs. Kitamiya in a Lumberjack Deathmatch and Yuto Koyanagi vs. Hiroya Namiki with the winner getting into the upcoming NOAH Jr. Grand Prix tournament.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2026 today with the penultimate day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Hachinohe U-Tree 1st Floor Multipurpose Hall in Aomori and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 519.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Yuto Koyanagi beat Shane Haste, HAYATA, Chen & Hiroya Namiki. Koyanagi pinned Namiki.

Match 2: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Naomichi Marufuji, Yuki Iino & Hiroto Tsuruya. Naito pinned Tsuruya after Pluma Blanca.

N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Match 3: KENTA beat Titus Alexander by submission.
Match 4: Kenoh beat Manabu Soya.

Match 5: Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima beat Kai Fujimura, Tadasuke & YO-HEY. Bane pinned YO-HEY.

N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Match 6: OZAWA beat Msas Kitamiya.
Main Event: Tetsuya Endo beat Kouga.

Standings (Block B(:
1-Kenoh, 4-2, 8 pts
2-Endo, 4-2, 8 pts
3-OZAWA, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Kitamiya, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
5-Alexander, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-KENTA, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Kouga, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Soya, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
The winner advances to the Finals. 5 still have a chance but it realistically is down to 3 and tiebreakers. Here’s what we know for the final matches: Endo-OZAWA means the winner has a chance to advance-if it’s Endo, he advances. OZAWA needs to win AND Kitamiya must beat Kenoh due to tiebreakers. Kenoh must win AND Endo must lose because KENOH beat OZAWA but lost to Endo. Kitamiya is OUT because he lost to OZAWA. Alexander is OUT because he only beat Kenoh. So Endo has the advantage on paper.

The next event is tomorrow at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi with the final day of both blocks. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2026 today with Block A.

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

The announced paid attendance was 344.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Katsumi Inahata being pulled off the event. Dislocated shoulder.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, Kouga, Titus Alexander & Hiroto Tsuruya beat LENTA, HAYATA, Tetsuya Endo, Black Menso-re & Hiroya Namiki. Kouga pinned Namiki after a running low kick.

Match 2: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI. OZAWA pinned RYUSEI after a swan dive moonsault.

N-1 VICTORY Block A:
Match 3: Alpha Wolf beat Chen.
Match 4: Yuki Iino beat Kaito Kiyomiya.

Match 5: Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima. YO-HEY pinned Odashima after HEART BREAKER.

N-1 VICTORY Block A:
Match 6: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Yoshiki Inamura by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Main Event: Shane Haste beat Takashi Sugiura.

Standings (Block A):
1-Kiyomiya, 4-1-1, 9 pts
2-Wolf, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Haste, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Inamura, 3-2-1, 7 pts
5-Sugiura, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Fujita, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Chen, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Iino, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
The winner advances to the Finals. It’s now down to 4. Kiyomiya is still in control and will win the block with a win or draw against Chen. If it’s a draw, Kiyomiya has tiebreakers over Wolf & Haste so their only hope is a win and Kiyomiya loss. Inamura must beat Sugiura AND Wolf, Haste & Kiyomiya all must lose-if that happens Inamura & Koyomiya would need a tiebreaker match because their match was a draw. Inamura has tiebreaker over Haste but not Wolf.

The next event is tomorrow at Hachinohe U-Tree 1st Floor Multipurpose Hall in Aomori with Block B. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2026 today in Tokyo with Block B.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1326.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Katsumi Inahata being pulled off the event. Dislocated shoulder. Now out indefinitely but now at least another week.

Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura, Yuki Iino, Chen & Atsushi Kotoge beat Kaiyo Kiyomiya, Kazuyuki Fujita, Hiroto Tsuruya & Hiroya Namiki. Iino pinned Namiki after a spear.

Match 2: Tadasuke, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Dragon Bane, Daiki Odashima & Yuto Koyanagi. Masaoka pinned Koyanagi after Ambitions.

Match 3: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Shane Haste & HAYATA went to a no contest. Outside interference.

N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Match 4: Titus Alexander beat Tetsuya Endo.
Match 5: Kouga beat Manabu Soya.
Match 6: KENTA beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 7: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Kai Fujimura beat Alejandro to retain the title. V1 for Fujimura. Next up: Bane. That match will happen on 10/25 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Also coming out of today is Bane & Alejandro defending the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against YO-HEY & Masaoka. That match will happen on 10/4 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2.

N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Main Event: Kenoh beat OZAWA.

Standings (Block B):
1-Kenoh, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Alexander, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Endo, 3-2, 6 pts
4-OZAWA, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Kitamiya, 3-2, 6 pts
6-Kouga, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Soya, 2-3, 4 pts
8-KENTA, 1-4, 2 pts
The winner advances to the Finals. Now it’s wide open as everyone still has a chance although KENTA has an incredibly slim chance due to tiebreakers. Now he has it over Kitamiya but has lost to Kenoh, Endo, Soya & OZAWA. He’s not officially out but he’s out.

The next event is Friday at Sendai Pit in Sendai with Block A. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2026 today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 496.

Match 1: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo. Kitamiya pinned HAYATA after Saito Suplex.

Match 2: Kouga & Huto Koyanagi beat Manabu Soya & Hiroya Namiki. Koyanagi pinned Namiki.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Katsumi Inahata beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI. Matufuji pinned RYUSEI.

N-1 VICTORY Block A:
Match 4: Takashi Sugiura beat Alpha Wolf.
Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura beat Chen.

Match 6: Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima. Fujimura pinned Alejandro after Death Hanger.

N-1 VICTORY Block A:
Match 7: Shane Haste beat Yuki Iino.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Kazuyuki Fujita.

Standings (Block A):
1-Kiyomiya, 4-0-1, 9 pts
2-Inamura, 3-1-1, 7 pts
3-Haszte, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Sugiura, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Wolf, 3-2, 6 pts
6-Chen, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Fujita, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
8-Iino, 0-5, 0 pts (OUT)
The winner advances to the Finals. It’s now down to 5 but it’s all but Kiyomiya’s to lose. Keep in mind, however, that Kiyomiya-Inamura was a draw so if they tie, it probably means a rematch. Kiyomiya still has Iino & Chen and must be careful to avoid an upset. Inamura has Fujita & Sugiura. Today’s result also means, if Team 2000X tie for the top spot, Sugiura gets it over Wolf. They both also still have Haste to come.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Block B. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: As noted earlier, Inahata was injured during today’s event. Dislocated shoulder. Out tomorrow. Status uncertain beyond that.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced an injury absence as it appears rookie Katsumi Inahata was recently injured. Dislocated shoulder. Out tomorrow and maybe longer. Corresponding card changes have been made. It’s not yet known if Inahata will be out past tomorrow.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2026 today in Tokushima with Block B.

Today’s event was held at Tokushima Municipal Gym in Tokushima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 854.

Match 1: Shane Haste & Chen beat Yoshiki Inamura & Hiroya Namiki. Chen pinned Namiki after MADE IN SINGAPORE.

Match 2: Kaito Kiyomiya, Katsumi Inahata & Yuto Koyanagi beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Black Menso-re. Kiyomiya pinned Menso-re after Shining Wozard.

Match 3: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Naomichi Marufuji, Yuki Iino & Hiroto Tsuruya. Naito beat Tsuruya with a knee lock.

N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Match 4: OZAWA beat Titus Alexander.
Match 5: Kouga beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 6: Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima beat Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka. Alejandro pinned Fujimura after a swan dive huracanrana.

N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Match 7: Tetsuya Endo beat Manabu Soya.
Main Event: Kenoh beat KENTA.

Standings (Block B):
1-Endo, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Kitamiya, 3-1, 6 pts
3-OZAWA, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Kenoh, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Alexander, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Soya, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Kouga, 1-3, 2 pts
8-KENTA, 0-4, 0 pts (OUT)
The winner advances to the Finals. KENTA can only force tiebreakers to advance but I marked him out because he does lose tiebreaker to OZAWA. He hasn’t faced Endo & Kitamiya yet.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka with Block A. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the N-1 VICTORY 2026 Tournament today with a morning matinee in Osaka. Today marks the halfway point of the tournament and will feature only Block A matches, with Day 4 of the block. With only one spot advancing nobody can clinch today but, if things don’t go his way, Yuki Iino could become the first elimination of the tournament. The highlight match is between former GHC Heavyweight Champions as Yoshiki Inamura faces Shane Haste.

Today’s event will be held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There is also a pre-show match scheduled, which will now be part of the live stream. There are 8 matches total, so including the pre-show match I anticipate the event’s running time being around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA except for pre-show match):
Pre-show:
Manabu Soya, Yuto Koyanagi & Hiroto Tsuruya vs. Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata

Main show:
Kouga, Titus Alexander & Hiroya Namiki vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke
Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Black Menso-re
Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka vs. Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima
N-1 VICTORY Block A:
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Alpha Wolf
Yuki Iino vs. Chen
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Takashi Sugiura
Yoshiki Inamura vs. Shane Haste

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:40 PM PT/10:40 PM ET. The main show is scheduled to begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Pre-show late note: Regarding Iino possibly being eliminated today, that will happen if he loses AND Kiyomiya wins or draws. Kiyomiya has beaten Iino so he has the tiebreaker.

7:30 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

7:39 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout which could be anywhere between 300-800. From what I can see I’m going to go in the middle and predict 550. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout, was 500)

Pre-show match: Manabu Soya, Yuto Koyanagi & Hiroto Tsuruya vs. Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata. 10 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata beat Manabu Soya, Yuto Koyanagi & Hiroto Tsuruya. HAYATA pinned Tsuruya.

Updates will resume when the main show begins.

Card order announcement. The first 2 matches above open, then the first 2 N-1 VICTORY matches, possibly an intermission, then the Jr. Heavyweight 6-man tag followed by the final 2 N-1 VICTORY matches. Inamura-Haste will be the main event.

Main show:
The matches begin right on time at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Match 1: Kouga, Titus Alexander & Hiroya Namiki vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke. 15 minute time limit
Result: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Kouga, Titus Alexander & Hiroya Namiki. Tadasuke pinned Namiki. Afterwards, Yoshitatsu joined the winners for a brief beatdown on Namiki.

Match 2: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Black Menso-re. RYUSEI beat Menso-re with a standing Boston crab.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Alpha Wolf. 30 minute time limit
Result: Alpha Wolf beat Kazuyuki Fujita
Wolf is 3-1, 6 pts. Fujita is 1-3, 2 pts.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Yuki Iino vs. Chen. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chen beat Yuki Iino
Chen is 2-2, 4 pts. Iino is 0-4, 0 pts and, with the Wolf win, has now been virtually eliminated from contention. Iino is DEFINITELY OUT if Kiyomiya wins today.

Intermission. Updates should resume in 10-15 minutes

The matches resume at 9:05 PM PT/12:05 AM ET after the obligatory second sponsor plugs.

Match 5: Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka vs. Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima. Masaoka pinned Bane. Afterwards, Masaoka with microphone. GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge issued for himself and YO-HEY.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Takashi Sugiura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Takashi Sugiura
Kiyomiya is 3-0-1, 7 pts. Sugiura is 2-2, 4 pts. Iino is now OUT.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Yoshiki Inamura vs. Shane Haste. 30 minute time limit
Result Yoshiki Inamura beat Shane Haste
Inamura is 2-1-1, 5 pts. Haste is 2-2, 4 pts.

As a result of today’s matches, with Iino now out Fujita is next to face elimination. Only the winner of the block advances to the Finals. Fujita must beat Kiyomiya in his next match.

The next event is Monday at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima with Block B. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Day 5 of the N-1 VICTORY today in Hiroshima, with only Block B matches.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 482.

Match 1: Takashi Sugiura & Alpha Wolf beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Hiroya Namiki. Wolf pinned Namiki after a lariat.

Match 2: Shane Haste, HAYATA & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Yoshiki Inamura, Black Menso-re & Yuto Koyanagi. HAYATA pinned Koyanagi.

Match 3: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Naomichi Marufuji, Chen & Katsumi Inahata. Naito pinned Inahata after Destino.

N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Match 4: Titus Alexander beat Kouga.
Match 5: Tetsuya Endo beat Kenoh. Only went 149 seconds…

Match 6: Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima beat Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka. Odashima pinned Masaoka after Dead End.

N-1 VICTORY Block B:
Match 7: OZAWA beat KENTA.
Main Event: Masa Kitamiya beat Manabu Soya.

Standings (Block B):
1-Kitamiya, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Alexander, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Endo, 2-1, 4 pts
4-OZAWA, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Soya, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Kenoh, 1-2, 2 pts
7-KENTA, 0-3, 0 pts
8-Kouga, 0-3, 0 pts
The winner advances to the Finals. The big surprises are at the bottom-did not expect KENTA to be 0-3 and almost out of it now, but also surprised by Kouga 0-3. It’s looking like Team 2000X’s to lose but still a ways to go and there is still a Kitamiya-OZAWA match at the end.

Day 6 is Sunday at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka with Block A. The event is now a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET, but could be a little earlier due to a pre-show match being listed. Right now it’s uncertain based on the UNIVERSE schedule.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Day 4 of the N-1 VICTORY 2026 today in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 596.

Match 1: Manabu Soya, Kouga & Yuto Koyanagi beat Kenoh, Titus Alexander & Black Menso-re. Kouga pinned Menso-re after FOK.

Match 2: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat KENTA, HAYATA & Hiroto Tsuruya. OZAWA pinned HAYATA after a swan dive moonsault.

Match 3: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Katsumi Inahata. Naito pinned Inahata.

N-1 VICTORY Block A:
Match 4: Takashi Sugiura beat Kazuyuki Fujita.
Match 5: Alpha Wolf beat Yuki Iino.

Match 6: Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima. Fujimura pinned Odashima after Death Hanger.

N-1 VICTORY Block A:
Match 7; Shane Haste beat Chen.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Yoshiki Inamura went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Standings (Block A):
1-Kiyomiya, 2-0-1, 5 pts
2-Sugiura, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Wolf, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Haste, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Inamura, 1-1-1, 3 pts
6-Fujita, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Chen, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Iino, 0-3, 0 pts
The winner of the block advances to the Finals. Nobody is out of it yet but Iino is close.

Day 5 is tomorrow at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.