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Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a Masa Kitamiya 15th Anniversary event today in Toyama.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 555.

There may have been a late change to the card due to Yuki Iino possibly being pulled off the event. DDT participation.

Match 1: Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Daiki Odashima beat Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka. Odashima pinned Masaoka after Rotating Olympics Hell 1.

Match 2: Yuto Koyanagi beat Tetsuya Endo & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: KENTA & HAYATA beat Atsushi Kotoge & Mohammed Yone. KENTA beat Yone with Relic Lock.

Match 4: Kaito kiyomiya beat Hiroya Namiki.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Hi69. Soya pinned Hi69 after Ballistic.

Match 6: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat OZAWA, Alpha Wolf & Tadasuke. Naito pinned Tadasuke after Destino.

Match 7: Kouga beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Main Event: The Chairman’s 15th Anniversary Match: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Yoshiki Inamura & Shane Haste. Kitamiya pinned Inamura after a diving senton. The Chairman is, of course, Kitamiya, as he has been since turning heel and defecting to Team 2000X.

The next event is Tuesday at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Thursday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their monthly Legacy Rise 0226 event today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 927. Compared to their other Korakuen events this year that’s unusually low.

Match 1: KENTA, Tetsuya Endo, Alejandro & Dragon Bane beat Jun Masaoka, Kai Fujimura, Tadasuke & YO-HEY. Bane pinned Fujinura after Vendetta.

Match 2: Hiroya Namiki beat Yuto Koyanagi. As a result, Namiki is in the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix.

Match 3: Atsushi Kotoge, Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Daiki Odashima, Hiroto Tsuruya & Kouga. Inamura pinned Tsuruya after Musou.

Match 4: Manabu Soya beat Doc Gallows.

Match 5: OZAWA & Alpha Wolf beat Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI. OZAWA pinned BUSHI.

Match 6: M.P.I. & Shuji Kondo beat Naomichi Marufuji & HAYATA. Kondo pinned HAYATA. Afterwards, M.P.I., who recebtly attacked Marufuji at a prior event and is the next GHC National Championship challenger, unmasked and was revealed to be Luis Mante (Dragon Gate).

Match 7: Katl Anderson beat Yuki Iino.

Main Event: In a Lumberjack Match, Kenoh beat Masa Kitamiya.

The next event is Saturday at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama for a Masa Kitamiya 15th Anniversary event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: A short time ago after the event concluded, the promotion announced on social media that Maybach Taniguchi, the former masked heel version of Shuhei Taniguchi, will appear for the final time on 10/25, teaming with KENTA to face Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Kagawa.

Today’s event was held at Takamatsu Symbol Tower in Kagawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 368.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows being added to the event following their surprise return to the promotion last week.

Match 1: Dragon Bane & Hiroya Namiki beat Alejandro & Yuto Koyanagi. Bane pinned Koyanagi after Vendetta.

Match 2: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Black Menso-re in 7 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Kazuyuki Fujita beat Black Menso-re in 10 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (yet again): Kazuyuki Fujita beat Black Menso-re in 135 seconds.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura, Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujinura & Jun Masaoka beat KENTA, HAYATA, Tetsuya Endo & Daiki Odashima. Fujimura pinned Odashima after Death Hanger.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura, Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows beat Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino & Mohammed Yone. Anderson pinned Iino after Magic Killer.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Kouga beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Kouga beat Hi69 with a stretch plum.

Main Event: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat OZAWA, Tadasuke & YO-HEY. Naito pinned Tadasuke after Destino.

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

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the (year-long) Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Kochi.

Today’s event was held at Chres Kochi in Kochi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE tomorrow. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 473.

Match 1: Takashi Sugiura beat RYUSEI.

Match 2: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hiroya Namiki beat Black Menso-re & Yuto Koyanagi. Fujita pinned Menso-re after Beast Bomb.

Match 3: Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujimura, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Kenoh, Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Atsushi Kotoge. Kitamiya pinned Alejandro after Saito Suplex.

Match 4: YO-HEY beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Match 5: Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino & Hi69 vs. KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo went to a no contest. Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows interference.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Odashima beat Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Kouga. Kiyomiya pinned Yone after a skywalk elbow.

Main Event: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat OZAWA & Jun Masaoka. Naito pinned Masaoka affer a combined bomb.

The next event is tomorrow at Takamatsu Symbol Tower in Kagawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

As a result of Match 5, there have been last-minute changes to tomorrow as Anderson & Gallows have been added to the event. A change was also made to the GHC Heavyweight Fag Team Championship match on 10/25, which originally was Soya & Iino vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls-it’s now a 3-way as Anderson & Gallows have been added.

In a brief news post today, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced the passing of Hiroaki Otani, the father of longtime wrestler Shinjiro Otani who is being managed by the promotion as he recovers from severe spinal cord injuries. Hiroaki Otani died yesterday. No further details were provided, I’m guessing that based on Shinjiro Otani’s age Hiroaki Otani was at least in his 80s. Services will be private at the family’s request. The promotion and CyberFight have requested fans not send condolences, gifts, etc.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the N-1 VICTORY 2026 today with the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. Harutoki, who is out long-term due to injury, was a special guest on English commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 2077. Based on the setup I estimate they used the venue at about 85% capacity, particularly with upper level arena seating.

Pre-show match: Atsushi Kotoge & Yuto Koyanagi beat Black Menso-re & Hiroya Namiki. Kotoge pinned Namiki after a bat hanging drop.

Match 1: Kazuyuki Fujita & Titus Alexander beat Yoshiki Inamura & Chen. Alexander pinned Chen after Big Ugly.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat Kenoh, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hiroto Tsuruya. Kitamiya pnned Tsuruya after Saito suplex.

Match 3: KENTA, Shane Haste & Tetsuya Endo beat Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino & Shuji Kondo. Haste pinned Iino after Ayers Rock Bottom.

Match 4: Kouga & Daiki Odashima beat Tetsuya Naito & RYUSEI. Odashima pinned RYUSEI.

Match 5: BUSHI & M.P.I. (Mysterious Phantom Invader) beat Naomichi Marufuji & HAYATA. M.P.I. pinned Marufuji after a modified powerbomb.

Match 6: YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alejandro to win the titles. YO-HEY & Masaoka become the 66th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Masaoka pinned Alejandro after Ambitions. Next up: Odashima and…Alejandro again?

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Finals: OZAWA beat Kaito Kiyomiya to win the tournament. As a result, OZAWA will face GHC Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito for the title on 10/25 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Looks like after being down for a bit, Team 2000X is about to be back on top of NOAH, much to the dismay of fans.

The next event is 10/11 at Chres Kochi in Kochi. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Monday/early Tuesday.

In initial news/fallout, there will be a post-event press conference streaming live FOR FREE on YouTube TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. In addition to OZAWA & Marufuji being present, it also features other big news broken on NOAH’s English social media accounts-Shuhei Taniguchi will be present after announcing backstage that he is retiring. He plans to do 2 retirement matches. More as it becomes available.
Also backstage, Kondo challenged HAYATA for the GHC 200 Championship. More as it becomes available.
The participants and matches for the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix 2 were also announced. This will be a single-elimination bracket format event held in November. The participants: Kai Fujimura, BUSHI, Kid Lykos 1 & 2, Alejandro, Tsunagu Sato (Michinoku Pro), Daiki Odashima, Shuji Kondo, Yo-HEY, Jun Masaoka, Tadasuke, Hi69, HAYATA, Dragon Bane, Sidney Akeem (fka Reggie in WWE), TBA which will be the 10/15 Yuto Koyanagi-Hiroya Namiki winner. The tournament starts on 11/9 and ends on 11/28.

UPDATE: Based on translation of social media comments from Kenta Kobashi, it sounds like the Taniguchi second and final retirement match/event may be on 1/10 at Korakuen. Further details forthcoming at tonight’s presser.

UPDATE 2: It’s. Ow official 1/10 will be Taniguchi’s second and official retirement match with a honetown event first on 12/10 in Tottori.

Also announces is that EVERY GHC Championship except Women’s will be defended on 10/25. Besides Naito-OZAWA, added are GHC National Champion Naomichi Marifuji vs. M.P.I. for the title, GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls for the titles, GHC 200 Champion HAYATA vs. Shuji Kondo for the title and NEW GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka vs. Daiki Ofashima & Alrjandro for the titles. Previously announced was GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Kai Fujinura vs. Dragon Bane for the title. The cars will also feature Yoshiki Inamura & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Kenoh & Kouga.

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.