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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.

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

Today’s event was held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 484.

There was a last-minute change to Match 4 due to Ulka Sasaki being pulled off the event. Shingles. Daga was also removed as a result. Sasaki is also out tomorrow.

Match 1: Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Dragon Bane & Super Crazy. Alejandro pinned Crazy after Zero Gravity.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat KENTA, Alpha Wolf, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Yone pinned Miyawaki after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 4: OZAWA & Knull beat Tetsuya Endo & Eita. Knull pinned Eita after a chokeslam.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat HAYATA by submission.

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke beat Manabu Soya, Kazuyuki Fujita & Daiki Odashima. Kitamiya beat Odashima with Stranglehold Y.

Main Event: Galeno & Daiki Inaba beat Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh. Inaba pinned Kenoh with Extreme Passion Hold.

The next event is DISCO BALL, a Mohammed Yone 30th Anniversary Event, tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Not in a good way. Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced changes for their events the next couple days because Ulka Sasaki is now off those events. Shingles. Out indefinitely but at least tomorrow & Monday. For tomorrow he was to have teamed with Tetsuya Endo & Eita to face OZAWA, Daga & Knull. Daga is now off as a result and it will be a tag match. On Monday he was to have teamed with Endo & Kaito Kiyomiya to face KENTA, Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita. Daga is the replacement. It’s not yet known how long Sasaki may be out past these couple days but the next event after these is 8/30 and there’s another week after that before the N-1 VICTORY Tournament begins so hopefully he will be back by then.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION PREMIUM 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 and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being am exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1596, a legit advance sellout including standing room only tickets.

Match 1: Eita, Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Daiki Odashima beat Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan), Atsushi Kotoge, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Eita pinned Miyawaki after Imperial Uno.

Match 2: Ulka Sasaki, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Kenoh, Shuhei Taniguchi & Black Menso-re. Endo pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba. Kitamiya beat Inaba with Stranglehold Y.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara beat Takashi Sugiura, Daga & Knull by DQ. Daga DQ’d. Tadasuke interference.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Harutoki.

Match 6: Galeno, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Super Crazy beat Luis Mante (Dragon Gate), Flamita (Dragon Gate), Bendito (Dragon Gate) & Caribbean. Galeno pinned Caribbean after Galeno Special.

Match 7: Owadasan Farewell Match: OZAWA beat Owadasan. Owadasan is now headed on an international training excursion.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion KENTA beat Naomichi Marufuji to retain the title. V1 for KENTA. Next up: Probably the N-1 VICTORY 2025 winner unless it’s KENTA.

Speaking of the N-1, the full field was announced today for this year’s tournament, a field of 16 divided into 2 blocks as follows:
Block A: KENTA, Kaito Kiyomiya, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Tetsuya Endo, Masa Kitamiya, Daga
Block B: Galeno, Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, Daiki INaba, Jack Morris, Harutoki, Ricky Knight Jr., OZAWA
Kiyomiya is the defending tournament winner. The tournament begins on 9/8 and ends on 9/23. It will be round-robin format with the winners of each block advancing to the Finals.

The next event is 8/24 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/23 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. Including today’s event, all events through the end of the N-1 VICTORY will be available LIVE and immediately on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The 9/8 and 9/23 live broadcasts may be English only due to being listed as ABEMA live broadcasts.

UPDATE: For now at least Owadasan is headed to England to start his excursion-he has been announced for a Progress Wrestling event next week.