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As you may have seen Tuesday, 2 Pro Wrestling NOAH wrestlers appeared to suffer injuries during the event-Daiki Inaba and YO-HEY. Those have now been confirmed. Inaba-dislocated right hip. YO-HEY-torn left medial meniscus (knee). Both out indefinitely. I think it’s safe to say YO-HEY is done for the year and longer but Inaba could be back sooner.

More as it becomes available

Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up the N-1 VICTORY 2025 Tournament today with the Finals, part of a holiday matinee in Tokyo. It’s a rather unlikely final consisting of Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris, with the winner getting to face KENTA for the GHC Heavyweight Championship next. Both are Team 2000X members and heels by default, but Kitamiya turned and defected to the unit before the tournament, either way the unit once again will stand tall today with a chance to regain the title soon.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE OUTSIDE JAPAN on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only. This is a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan, which will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the event. The event is a legit advance sellout including standing room. There are 7 matches scheduled including a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match and the main event will be no time limit but I expect it will be a standard Korakuen event with a running time of 2 1/2-3 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
KENTA, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Galeno, Kenoh, Daiki Inaba & Ricky Knight Jr.
Takashi Sugiura & Daga vs. HAYATA & Daiki Odashima
Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Shuhei Taniguchi
YO-HEY vs. Tadasuke
Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) & AMAKUSA vs. Eita & Junta Miyawaki
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Alejandro & Kai Fujimura for the titles
N-1 VICTORY Finals: Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hal in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Mark Pickering & Mike Trellner. We’re watching the ABEMA broadcast live where Akitoshi Saito is among the guests on commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout but some reduced capacity due to the commentary setup, but between that and standing room only tickets being sold out it should be 1500-1550. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout plus standing room, was 1596)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET.

Match 1: KENTA, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Galeno, Kenoh, Daiki Inaba & Ricky Knight Jr.. 20 minute time limit
Result: KENTA, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuy Endo beat Galeno, Kenoh, Daiki Inaba & Ricky Knight Jr. Soya pinned Inaba after Death Valley Bomb. Inaba may have been injured just before the end and the ref nearly stopped it. Potential hamstring injury attempting a diving body press off the top rope. He was stretchered out post-match. Updates to follow.

WWE wrestlers Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis come out. Dempsey with microphone in English. He says they’re here to represent WWE NXT in Japan and compete against the best NOAH has to offer. (Japanese translation for the live crowd follows) Dempsey, for those who don’t know, is the the real-life son of the legendary William Regal. Lewis says they will compete on 10/4 in a single match. Dempsey tries to take the microphone but Lewis shoots him a glance before saying they will compete in a tag match against NOAH at Ryogoku Kokugikan on 10/11 then possibly one more appearance on 10/16 at Korakuen.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura & Daga vs. HAYATA & Daiki Odashima. 20 minute time limit
Result: HAYATA & Daiki Odashima beat Takashi Sugiura & Daga by DQ. Sugiura DQ’d. Yoshitatsu interference after a forced ref bump. Afterwards, Daga turned on Team 2000X to protect Odashima. Daga with microphone. He challenged Yoshitatsu to a match right now. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Yoshitatsu & Takashi Sugiura
Result: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Yoshitatsu & Takashi Sugiura in seconds. Daga pinned Yoshitatsu.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Shuhei Taniguchi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat. Afterwards, while the winners stayed in the ring, Minoru Suzuki came out. With microphone. He called out Fujita and issued the challenge, leaving before Fujita could respond although he seemed to nod yes.

Match 4: YO-HEY vs. Tadasuke. 30 minute time limit
Result: YO-HEY beat Tadasuke by DQ. Ref assaults. YO-HEY may have been injured right before the end after a diving foot stomp attempt.

A video announces NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2026 for 1/1/26 at Nippon Budokan.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8:37 PM PT/11:37 PM ET.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) & AMAKUSA vs. Eita & Junta Miyawaki. 30 imnute time limit
Result: Eita & Junta Miyawaki beat Hiromu Takahashi & AMAKUSA. Eita pinned AMAKUSA after a jumping knee strike.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Alejandro & Kai Fujimura for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Alejandro & Kai Fujimura to retain the titles. Bane pinned Alejandro after Santa Maria. V4 for the champs. Next up: Daga & Odashima. Possibly at Ryogoku.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Finals: Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris. No time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya beat Jack Morris by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Kitamiya gets the next GHC Heavyweight Championship shot. A lot of Team 2000X interference late of course to assist. We should find out later today when that match will happen but I’m thinking Ryogoku. Kitamiya called out KENTA and laid him out in the ring to end the show.

The next event is 10/4 at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. All October events will also be available live and immediately on demand on the service, 10/11 (Ryogoku) will probably be English only for live as it’s an ABEMA exclusive.

UPDATE: It’s now official-10/11 for KENTA-Kitamiya. As a consolation prize, Morris gets another GHC National Championship shot against Galeno. That match will happen on 10/4.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate day of the N-1 VICTORY Tournament today.

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 617.

Match 1: AMAKUSA, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Jack Morris, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Fujimura pinned Bane after Hat Trick.

Match 2: HAYATA, Atsushi Kotoge & Ryo Hoshino beat Junta Miyawaki, Daiki Odashima & Black Menso-re. Hoshino pinned Menso-re after Cancun Tornado.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 3: Block B: Daiki Inaba beat Harutoki.
Match 4: Block A: Manabu Soya beat Ulka Sasaki.
Match 5: Block B: Galeno beat Kenoh.
Match 6: Block B: Ricky Knight Jr. beat Naomichi Marufuji. As a result, there will be a tiebreaker match between Galeno & Jack Morris to determine who wins Block B.
Match 7: Block A: Daga beat Kaito Kiyomiya.
Match 8: Masa Kitamiya beat Kazuyuki Fujita by ref stoppage.
Match 9: Tetsuya Endo beat KENTA. As a result, Kitamiya wins Block A.
Main Event: Block B Tiebreaker: Jack Morris beat Galeno. As a result, Morris wins Block B.
As a result, the Final will be Kitamiya vs. Morris.

The Final is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin Monday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. This is a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY Tournament 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 494.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge, Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Daiki Odashima beat Shuhei Taniguchi, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Fujimura pinned Miyawaki.

Match 2: Jack Morris & Ricky Knight Jr. beat Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke. Morris pinned Tadasuke after a tiger driver.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 3: Block B: Kenoh beat Harutoki.
Match 4: Block A: Ulka Sasaki beat Daga by submission.
Match 5: Block A: Masa Kiramiya beat Tetsuya Endo by countout.
Match 6: Block A: KENTA beat Kazuyuki Fujita.
Match 7: Block B: Naomichi Marufuji beat Galeno.
Main Event: Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Manabu Soya.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Fujita, 4-2, 8 pts
2-Kitamiya, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Kiyomiya, 4-2, 8 pts
4-KENTA, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Endo, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Soya, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Sasaki, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Daga, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Morris, 5-1-1, 11 pts
2-Marufuji, 5-1, 10 pts
3-Galeno, 4-1-1, 9 pts
4-Knight, 4-2, 8 pts (OUT)
5-Kenoh, 4-2, 8 pts (OUT)
6-Harutoki, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Daiki Inaba, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
8-OZAWA, 0-7, 0 pts (OUT)
Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. With the final preliminary matches next, Block A is wide open. Because of the final matches and what they are, It’s all but going to come down to tiebreakers. Block B is a little simpler as only the top 3 have a chance now-because Morris has no matches left, Marufuji wins if he wins his last match tomorrow (Knight). If Marufuji loses, everything depends on Galeno-if Galeno wins his last match (Kenoh), there will be a tiebreaker rematch because Morris-Galeno was a draw. If Galeno loses, Morris advances. If Marufuji draws and Galeno loses or draws, Morris advances on tiebreakers because he beat Marufuji. If Marufuji draws and Galeno wins, a 3-way tiebreaker match will be needed to settle it.

The next event is tomorrow at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The promotion announced some last-minute changes to the event, namely swapping AMAKUSA & Daiki Odashima between the two non-tournament matches (not due to injuries).

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY Tournament 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 621.

Match 1: Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Daiki Odashima beat Galeno, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Alejandro pinned Bane.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke beat Junta Miyawaki & Black Menso-re. Sugiura beat Menso-re with an ankle hold.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 3: Block B-Naomichi Marufuji beat Daiki Inaba.
Match 4: Block B: Ricky Knight Jr. beat Harutoki.
Match 5: Block B: Kenoh beat Jack Morris.
Match 6: Block A: Tetsuya Endo beat Manabu Soya.
Match 7: Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Kaito Kiyomiya.
Main Event: Block A: KENTA beat Masa Kitamiya.
At about the halfway point now, Fujita leads Block A at 4-0, 8 pts while Morris still leads Block B at 4-1, 8 pts. Soya & Inaba are now all but eliminated from contention in Blocks A & B, respectively.

The next event is tomorrow at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY Tournament today in Hiroshima.

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 515.

Match 1: Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & HAYATA beat Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Junta Miyawaki. HAYATA pinned Miyawaki after 403 Impact.

Match 2: Harutoki & Daiki Odashima beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hajsime Ohara and AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re in a 3-way when Harutoki pinned Menso-re.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 3: Block B: Galeno beat Daiki Inaba.
Match 4: Block B: Jack Morris beat Naomichi Marufuji.
Match 5: Block A: KENTA beat Daga.
Match 6: Block A: Ulka Sasaki beat Masa Kitamiya by DQ. Tadasuke interference.
Main Event: Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Manabu Soya.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Fujita, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Kitamiya, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Kaito Kiyomiya, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Tetsuya Endo, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Daga, 1-3, 2 pts
6-Soya, 1-2, 2 pts
7-KENTA, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Sasaki, 1-2, 2 pts

Block B:
1-Morris, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Galeno, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Marufuji, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Ricky Knight Jr., 2-1, 4 pts
5-Go Shiozaki, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Inaba, 1-1, 2 pts
7-Kenoh, 1-2, 2 pts
8-OZAWA, 0-7, 0 pts (OUT) (Injured)
Only the winners of each block will advance to the Finals.

The next event is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Day 2 of the N-1 VICTORY Tournament today.

Today’s event was held at Okayama Convention Center 1st Floor Event Hall in Okayama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 420.

Match 1: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Junta Miyawaki beat Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Atsushi Kotoge. Miyawaki pinned Fujimura with Sunshine Schoolboy.

Match 2: Daiki Inaba & Daiki Odashima beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re in 22 seconds. Inaba pinned Menso-re after a spear. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Daiki Inaba & Daiki Odashima beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Inaba pinned Menso-re.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 3; Block B: Jack Morris beat Ricky Knight Jr.
Match 4: Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Daga.
Match 5: Block A: Tetsuya Endo beat Ulka Sasaki.
Match 6: Block A: Masa Kitamiya beat Kaito Kiyomiya by submission.
Match 7: Block A: Manabu Soya beat KENTA.
Main Event: Block B: Naomichi Marufuji beat Kenoh.
While it did not affect today’s event, if you missed the news yesterday OZAWA is now out of the tournament due to injury and will forfeit all his remaining matches. The only one who doesn’t get a forfeit win is Marufuji, who beat OZAWA in their first tournament match.

The next event is Saturday at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off the annual N-1 VICTORY Tournament today, the promotion’s annual Heavyweight single tournament, which is in a round-robin format with 2 blocks.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan-that version will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly if it’s not already.

The announced paid attendance was 1548, a legit advance sellout. Some standing room only tickets were sold today.

All matches were N-1 VICTORY matches with one exception.

Match 1: Block A: Daga beat Tetsuya Endo.

Match 2: Block B: Jack Morris beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 3: Block B: Galeno beat Harutoki.

Match 4: Block A: Masa Kitamiya beat Manabu Soya by submission.

Match 5: Block B: Ricky Knight Jr. beat Kenoh. Obligatory first day UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 6: Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Ulka Sasaki.

Match 7: Block B: Naomichi Marufuji beat OZAWA by countout.

Match 8: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion YO-HEY to win the title. Takahashi becomes the 59th GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Main Event: Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya beat KENTA.

The next event is Wednesday at Okayama Convention Center 1st Floor Event Hall in Okayama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Injury Report-OZAWA was injured in his loss to Marufuji. Left foot, later diagnosed as a Lisfranc injury. Out indefinitely but will miss the rest of the tournament. All remaining matches will be forfeits.

The first challenger for Takahashi will be Eita. That match will happen on 10/11 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Sendai.

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

The announced paid attendance was 349.

There was a last-minute change to the first match due to Ulka Sasaki being off the event again as a precaution after missing last weekend’s events due to shingles. He was to have teamed with HAYATA & Junta Miyawaki to face Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Shuhei Taniguchi was the replacement.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Shuhei Taniguchi, HAYATA & Junta Miyawaki. Endo pinned Miyawaki after Burning Star Press.

Match 2: Super Crazy beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Galeno & Alejandro beat Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge. Galeno pinned Kotoge after Galeno Special.

Match 4: Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Knull & Tadasuke. Soya pinned Tadasuke after Ballistic.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya beat Hajime Ohara by submission.

Match 6: OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura & Daga beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & AMAKUSA. OZAWA pinned AMAKUSA after Big Ben Edge.

Main Event: KENTA & Daiki Odashima beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Kai Fujimura. KENTA beat Fujimura with GAME OVER.

The next event is the N-1 VICTORY 2025 Tournament opener on 9/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

It was a DISCO BALL in Tokyo today as Pro Wrestling NOAH held a Mohammed Yone 30th Anniversary Event, the Funky One still going strong and the ‘fro still as epic as ever.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1189.

There was a last-minute change to match 5 due to Ulka Sasaki being off the event. Shingles. Daga was the replacement.

Match 1: Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & AMAKUSA beat HAYATA & Daiki Odashima. Hidaka pinned Odashima after Shawn Capture.

Match 2: Junta Miyawaki won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating Black Menso-re. As a result, Miyawaki wins gift certificates for 300,000 yen of Yone Family meals at their restaurant. That’s over $2000 US so, assuming he eats there once a week, that could be at least a year’s worth of food.

Match 3: Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and Eita & Shuji Kondo in a 3-way when Alejandro pinned Bane.

Match 4: OZAWA & Masa Kitamiya beat Kenoh & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kitamiya beat Taniguchi with Stranglehold Y.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Tetsuya Endo & Daga beat KENTA, Kazuyuki Fujita & Manabu Soya. Kiyomiya beat KENTA with a neck lock.

Match 6: Tadasuke beat Hahime Ohara.

Main Event: Mohammed Yone 30th Anniversary Match: Mohammed Yone, Naomichi Marufuji & Daisuke Ikeda beat Go Shiozaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Atsushi Kotoge. Yone pinned Kotoge after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

The next event is Saturday at Sendai Pit in Sendai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: As a result of their win in the 3-way, Alejandro & Fujimura ate getting a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship shot. That match will happen on 9/23.