Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/13/2025 N-1 Victory 2025 Day 3
Day 2 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/pro-wrestling-noah-9112025-n-1-victory.html
Alpha Wolf, Dragon Bane & Junta Miyawaki vs. All Rebellion (Alejandro & Kai Fujimura) & HAYATA
Jun and Haya go at it. They do the headlock takeover > headscissor spot twice. Haya shoulders him over and Jun hits Japanese armdrags. Haya atomic drops him and dropkicks him in the side of the head. Wolf shoulders Ale over when they get in. Ale gets his springboard headscissors caught. He then 2nd rope springboard armdrags him. Ale dropkicks him for 1.
Ale chinlocks Wolf. Kai shoulders Bane over then armdrags him. Bane armdrags back and they try to dropkick each other at the same time. Bane slaps him. Jun comes in and hits forearms on Kai. Kai flying corner forearms him and they trade forearms. Jun dropkicks him for 2.
Wolf comes in and ties up Kai on the mat. He bites his head and hand. Wolf stomps him and headbutts him down. Bane pumping knees Kai then is superkicked off a backslide. Ale gets in and bodyscissors takeovers Bane. He slingshot splashes him. Alex fights off a double team with a headscissors on Wolf.
Bane takes a double pumping knee for 2. Ale dropkicks Bane then is superkicked. Ale sattelite ddt's him. Haya and Jun get in. Jun forearms him over then triangle plancha's onto him outside. Jun top rope dropkicks him for 2. Haya enzugiri's Jun. Wolf lariats Haya. Everyone starts coming in to do a move.
Jun and Kai trade forearms. Haya atomic drops Jun into a ddt for 2. Bane and Wolf take back body drops outside then take tope con hilos. Haya hits a high angle underhook ddt on Jun and pins him.
Thoughts: It was fine. It went a little longer than it needed to but was an acceptable opener otherwise. Ale had a nice satellite ddt here.
Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara vs. AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Daiki Odashima & Harutoki
This was pretty much all comedy with Menso here. He got ignored early, then ganged up on and got beaten up most of the match. It didn't get a lot of time and Odashima had one of his lesser outings so far. The wrestlers also had a lot of trouble manipulating the much bigger Harutoki. Meno went for a crossbody on Harutoki on the finish but Haru backrolled him and pinned him. I didn't care for this.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Daiki Inaba vs. Galeno
DI tries shoulders that don't work to start. Gal shoulders him over. DI hits forearms and Gal flying shoulders him. Gal sweeps him and slams him. Gal misses a splash then DI hits one. DI clubs and boots him. Gal facekicks him down for 2. Gal texas cloverleafs him and DI ropebreaks.
Gal slams him and hits a splash for 2. Gal chops him. Gal misses a corner splash. DI gamengiri's him then flying shoulders him. DI flying corner spears him. DI corner cannonballs him for 2. DI hits forearms and Gal forearms him down. Gal sentons him for 2. DI hits headbutts then sliding lariats him for 2. DI comes off the 2nd rope and is met with a knee. Gal running lariats him for 2.
DI hits forearms on Gal then 2nd rope diving spears him for 2. DI suplexes him for 2. Gal headbutts him then hits a michioku driver for 2. Gal twisting double underhook drops him and pins him.
Thoughts: Gal really needed to squash and throw around DI here to really make this work and he didn't. DI did his usual underdog offense but it didn't click as well as I hoped and Gal didn't really want to heel it up. I thought it was average or maybe slightly above average.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jack Morris
Jack backs Maru up off the lock up and cleanbreaks him. Maru side headlocks him. They shoulderblock each other and flex their chest muscles together. Jack shoulders him over and poses. Jack bangs Maru's head off the buckles and forearms him. Maru hits a dropkick off a cartwheel.
Jack is sent into the rail and Maru bulldogs him over it. Maru chops him against the post. They shove each other in the ring and Maru chops him down for 2. Maru chinlocks him. Jack hits forearms then step up enzugiri's him. Jack flying lariats him.
Jack hits a top rope dropkick for 2. Maru running lariats him. Maru flying back elbows him in the corner. Jack shoves him and Maru chops him. Jack chops back. They trade chops and kicks. Jack pumping knees him and both go down. Jack hits a falcon arrow for 2. Jack misses a top rope frogsplash.
Maru pumping knees him in the corner for 2. Maru hits kicks out of the corner. Maru hook kicks him and pumping knees him. Jack hits kicks and drops him with a flying knee for 2. Jack flying knees him then tiger drivers him for the win.
Thoughts: The two worked okay together and definitely played up some of their similarities in this. We had a lot of strike exchanges with various kicks and knees. They tried here and it was an okay bout where Jack got the surprising upset win.
They shake hands after.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - KENTA vs. Daga
Kenta teases throwing his shirt in the crowd and Daga does it for him. Kenta clubs and boots him for it. Daga stomps on Kenta then side headlocks him. Kenta facelocks him and pulls the hair to keep it on. Daga pulls his hair back.
Kenta shoulders him over. Daga avoids a GTS and they kind of stand off. Kenta hits leg and chest kicks. Kenta drops him with a chest kick and back elbows him for 2. Kenta neckbreakers him for 2.
Kenta facekicks him out of the corner then tornado ddt's him over the top rope. Kenta goes to springboard and is dropkicked. Daga's buddy Yoshitatsu stomps Kenta outside. Daga and Kenta fight outside and Kenta is sent into the rails. Daga hits stomps and forearms inside. Kenta slaps him. Daga trips him into an elbow drop. Kenta is sent into the buckles and takes a kneebreaker for 2. Daga yanks on Kenta's leg for 2 then half-crabs him.
They trade forearms. Daga headbutts him. Kenta sends Daga shoulder first into the post and ddt's him. Kenta top rope diving lariats him for 2. Kenta STF's him. Daga boots Kenta in the gut. Kenta dragon screws him.
Kenta flying corner facekicks him then flying corner dropkicks him. Kenta hits a top rope double stomp and only gets a 2 count as Yoshi pulls on the ref's leg. Kenta yells at Yoshi and is rolled up for 2. Daga final cuts him for 2.
Kenta hits chest kicks. They then slap each other. Kenta drops him with slaps. They facekick each other and Daga flying hurricanrana's him for 2. Kenta flying lariats him for 2.
Yoshi gets on the apron and Kenta hits him. Daga is then sent into Yoshi Kenta slaps Daga then hits a go to sleep for the win.
Thoughts: I don't get why Daga wasn't DQ'd for Yoshi pulling the ref out. Kenta tried here and was a lot better than he was for most of his NJPW run. They didn't quite lean into them both being jerks as much as they could have here. I'd say it was acceptable overall
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Masa Kitamiya vs. Ulka Sasaki
Masa beats up a ring attendant and Menso as he enters.
Ulka hammerlocks him then top wristlock takedowns him. Masa yanks on his arm and then hits it. Masa wristlock takedowns him. Masa armlocks him. Ulka monkey flips him but Masa keeps ahold on the arm. He then stomps on it. Masa side headlocks him and shoulders him over.
Ulka pulls him out and ankle locks him but lets go. Ulka rolling kimura takeovers him. Masa back elbows him. Masa chops him and slams him. Masa goes after a fan in the front row and he hits the people stopping him from doing so again. Masa sends Ulka into and over the rails.
They trade shots in the front row. They get back in. Masa hits stomps and punches. Ulka fires back with shots to the gut. Masa shoulders him over. Ulka's head is banged off the buckles. Masa goes into the buckles on a missed charge and is german'd. Ulka flying knees him.
Ulka hits kicks while he's seated. Ulka guillotine chokes him. Masa suplexes Ulka. Ulka flying knees him then cutters him for 2. Ulka sit out underhook suplexes him for 2. Masa's buddy Tadasuke chairs Ulka when he is whipped into the ropes and Masa is DQ'd.
Thoughts: It's a shame we didn't get a clean finish here. This was one of Ulka's better bouts. Masa did well as a heel and Ulka did what he was supposed to do with the selling and the comebacks. I liked this minus the finish and it definitely beat my expectations.
Masa throws the ref out after then lariats Ulka. Masa then does a strangle hold alpha variation to him while Tadasuke talks on the mic. Masa then chairs Ulka and chairs a ring attendant. Masa then talks on the mic after.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Manabu Soya
They charge at each other to start then trade chops for forearms. Kaz drops him with forearms. Soya side headlocks him. Soya shoulders Kaz over. They trade chops for forearms outside. Kaz is sent into the rails. They get back in. Kaz hits more forearms and slams him. Kaz half-crabs him. Kaz ties up his legs and rolls with a figure four variation.
Kaz stomps the leg and twists Soya's foot. Soya flying lariats him. Soya running back elbows him and bulldogs him. Soya knee drops him for 2. Soya hits chops and Kaz hits a nice lariat. Kaz forearms him then running back elbows him. Kaz suplexes him for 2.
Kaz goes up top and is headbutted. Soya 2nd rope superplexes him for 2. Soya death valley drivers him for 2. They lariat each other at the same time and then lariat battle. Soya charges at him and runs into a knee for 2. Kaz running lariats him for 2. Kaz hits a big powerbomb and gets the pin.
Thoughts: I liked it, surprisingly. Kaz actually looked like he knew what he was doing at times and they had the idea of two hosses throwing big strikes. It wasn't bad though the finish could have been better and was definitely one of Kaz's best efforts. It only took Kaz 30 years, but maybe he's finally getting it.
Kaz talks on the mic after to close the show.
Overall thoughts: The opener was alright. The three way tag match was a waste. Inaba/Galeno was slightly above average but it could have been great. Morris/Marufji was a decent bout with them playing up their similarities. Kenta/Daga was acceptable. Masa/Ulka was on the path to being good but had a dirty finish. The main was one of Kaz's better efforts and was alright. I'd give this a slight 6 out of 10 as we had some acceptable matches here, but there was nothing must see on this one.
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