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Oops…Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced their official English language Twitter account has been suspended aka banned. Apparently a post made with post-match comments from Great–O-Khan, who appeared at the 9/3 event to team with The Great Muta, was deemed a “violent threat” and thus Twitter shut down the account. The promotion has appealed and is trying to get the account restored. Khan, who is based in New Japan, clearly showed no love for NOAH in the match and got a surprise mist blast from Muta after the natch., likely leading to the comments. Comeuppance?

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today with a major event, which would determine who gets the next GHC Heavyweight Championship opportunity. The Great Muta also would make his final Osaka appearance among other big matches.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. YOu can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube for a limited time.

The announced paid attendance was 2988, a full house/near sellout. A very badly needed strong number. Between capacity limits (Osaka has been among the strictest with limits during the pandemic) and the setup today, that likely was close to a legit sellout.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Super Crazy.

Match 2: Jack Morris & Daiki Inaba beat Anthony Greene & Stallion Rogers. Morris pinned Rogers after a tiger driver.

Match 3: Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka beat HAYATA, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura. Kotoge pinned Susumu after Kill Switch.

Match 4: Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & SHuji Kondo beat Masa Kitamiya, Mohammed Yone & Alejandro. Nakajima pinned Yone after Vertical Spike.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima beat SHuhei Taniguchi & Yoshiki Inamura. Kojima pinned Inamura after a Western lariat.

Match 7: Dragon Bane beat Alpha Wolf.

Match 8: Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Ka Shin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Timothy Thatcher beat Naomichi Marufuji, Go SHiozaki, Masato Tanaka & Masaaki Mochizuki. Thatcher beat Shiozaki with a Fujiwara armbar.

Match 9: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat Eita & Kotaro Suzuki to retain the titles. Ridgeway beat Suzuki with Ridgeway Clutch 2. V1 for the champs.

Match 10: The Great Muta (Keiji Muto), Great-O-Khan (New Japan Pro Wrestling) & NOSAWA Rongai beat Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Tadasuke. Khan pinned Tadasuke after Eliminator.

Main Event; N-1 VICTORY 2022 Finals: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Hideki Suzuki to win the tournament. As a result, Kiyomiya will get the next shot at GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh. That match will happen on 9/25 at Aichi Prefectural Gym.

The next event is 9/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This is scheduled to be an ABEMA live broadcast in Japan ONLY, and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time/date. (UPDATE: WRESTLE UNVIERSE will have a live broadcast in English)

As usual with a major NOAH event, lots of post-event news:
Injury Report: Daisuke Harada, who was tentatively scheduled to return to action today, did not and remains out indefinitely due to a neck injury.
Shiozaki was injured during his match, likely at or near the end. Unspecified but appeared to be left arm/elbow/shoulder based on his reaction after the finish, he was clutching what appeared to be his elbow or bicep area and clearly looked in pain. Out indefinitely with more details to come.
THe second match of the Keiji Muto 5 Match Retirement Series was revealed today: On 9/25 it will be Muto & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima.
Daishi/Daiji/Taishi (not sure of his exact first name from translation) Ozawa, the first new NOAH wrestler since Yasutaka Yano 2 years ago, will make his Debut on 9/15. Ozawa, 25, is from Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture and has been training at the NOAH Dojo for just over one year. He became a pro wrestling fan after watching on TV as a child and began gymnastics in high school, citing Mexican wrestler Mistico as inspiration. His Debut Match will be against Yoshiki Inamura. The promotion has launched a special support campaign for Ozawa’s debut-fans and sponsors in Japan can go to NOAH’s online shop and, for 30,000 yen (around $225 US) can submit a support message to Ozawa and it will be published during the opening of the 9/15 event and on NOAH’s official Teitter account, and at a later date an autographed portrait and program will be sent. This promotion starts today in Japan and runs through 9/10. Special Project Sponsor The Reeve (one of NOAH’s main sponsors) has already posted a support message from Representative Director Kazuhiro Sato.
GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masa Kitamiya for the title has been announced for 9/30 in Niigata.

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.