Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/14/2025 N-1 Victory 2025 Day 4
Day 3 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/pro-wrestling-noah-9132025-n-1-victory.html
Alpha Wolf, Dragon Bane & Galeno vs. All Rebellion (Alejandro & Kai Fujimura) & Daiki Odashima
Wolf and Kai go at it. Kai side headlocks him and is shouldered over. Kai armdrags him then Wolf armdrags him back. Kai boots him out of the corner 2nd rope headscissors him. Kai forearms him over. Bane and Ale go at it. Bane chops him then takes a bodyscissors.
Bane headflips out of a springboard diving armdrag. They try to dropkick each other at the same time then headflip up together. Dai and Gal go at it. Gal wants a test of strength but Dai can't reach him. Dai stomps his foot. Gal misses a corner charge and is dropkicked.
Dai clips him then clubs his back. Gal face shoves him. Gal pop-up dropkicks him then facekicks him. Things slow down. Wolf gets in and Dai twisting dropkicks him. Kai comes in and flying headscissors Wolf. He running swantons him. Kai jumps off Ale's back into a back elbow on Bane then Bane takes a double superkick. Wolf takes a double dropkick. Ale and Kai then do stereo tope con hilos outside.
Wolf and Kai trade forearms. Ale springboard headscissors Wolf. Bane springboard back elbows Ale. Ale spinning ddt's Bane for 2. Bane takes a double team shot for 2. Kai superkicks Wolf then Wolf dropkicks him. Dai karelin's lifts Wolf. Gal then punches out Dai.
Gal headbutts Ale. Bane pumping knees Ale. Bane is pulled into a Gal lariat then Ale pins Bane.
Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Something was just off here and they couldn't get any kind of pace going. It was a slower match and there wasn't a lot to it but the various high flying moves.
Bane and Gal shove each other after.
Tadasuke & Takashi Sugiura vs. Black Menso-re & Junta Miyawaki
Sugiura won with an ankle lock on Menso here. This was all Menso comedy and him acting like a jobber. He had his masked turned around for half of this making him unable to see and of course, the heels capitalized on it. Even Junta was sadly getting in on looking like goof here which sucked. It was just filler and a way to get people on the show.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Naomichi Marufuji vs. Daiki Inaba
DI side headlocks him and shouldered him over. DI misses a splash. Maru chops him. Maru is drive into the corner and hits kicks to escape. Maru hook kicks him in the side of the head then DI flying spears him. DI is sent into the rails but he no sells it and shoulders Maru over.
DI chinlocks him and Maru ropebreaks. DI slams him then splashes him for 2. Maru boots him out of the corner then running lariats him. Maru flying back elbows him then chops and kicks him. Maru hists Kawada kicks. DI hits forearms then hits a flying spear in the corner.
DI corner cannonballs him for 2. DI overhead belly to belly suplexes him then lariats him. Maru chops DI. DI forearms back and spinning forearms him for 2. DI 2nd rope diving spears Maru for 2. Maru hook kicks him and pumping knees him. DI hits headbutts back. DI runs at him and is kind of hit with a shining wizard for 2. Maru rolling snapmares and superkicks him. Maru pumping knees him in the side of the head and wins.
Thoughts: Marufuji really only does strikes at this point and he does them in a slower fashion. It makes a lot of his matches be bouts where both guys tend to stand around a lot and that's only so exciting. We also didn't have a clear face and heel here, just an underdog in Inaba. I thought it was a bit on the boring side and was like watching someone hit a punching bag.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Ricky Knight Jr. vs. Harutoki
Haru hammerlocks him and Rick side headlocks him. Rick shoulders him over. Haru crossbodies him then plancha's him outside. Rick dropkicks him through the ropes. They evade each other and Rick hits a dropkick.
Rick chops him and forearms him. Haru dropkicks him. Haru corner cannonballs him while he's standing then top rope crossbodies him for 2. Rick springboard forearms him in the back of the head. Rick corner dropkicks him twice. Rick draping ddt's him for 2.
Rick hits mounted shots. Haru hits corner enzugiri's and suplexes him for 2. Rick pumping knees him then hits a razor's edge. Rick hits a top rope 450 and wins.
Thoughts: It was short and not that good. Haru's offense didn't look good here and Ricky did a bunch of indy style offense.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Kenoh vs. Jack Morris
Ken wristlocks him and Jack reverses it. Jack shoulders him over. Ken rolls out of a sunset flip, misses a PK and they stand off. Jack dropkicks him. Jack goes for a tope and is kicked. Jack is sent into the rails and Ken PK's him against the rails.
Jack is sent over the rails. They go back in. Jack hits forearms and is chest kicked down for 2. Ken leg locks him. Ken jumping double knees him in the corner. Jack ducks a PK and rolls him up for 2. Jack step up enzugiri's him. Jack topes him outside then hits a 2nd tope.
Jack hits a top rope splash for 2. Ken sweeps him into a double stomp on the back. Ken flying knees him from behind. Ken ankle locks him and Jack ropebreaks.
Ken hits chest kicks. Jack enzugiri's him. Ken enzugiri's back then Jack jumping knees him. They trade forearms and Jack pump kicks him. Jack falcon arrows him for 2. Jack tries a top rope splash and Ken gets his knees up. Ken ankle locks him. Ken kicks him in the chest for 2. Ken PK's him for 2.
Ken misses a top rope double stomp and Jack flying knees him for 2. Ken hits a hard spinning back kick to the head. Jack pumping knees him then hits a death valley driver for 2. Jack goes up top and is kicked. Ken hits a top rope release dragon suplex for 2. Ken then top rope double stomps him to win.
Thoughts: It was acceptable but not much more. Jack didn't get that much offense in here and as usual, Ken mostly switched between kicks and ankle locks.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Manabu Soya vs. Tetsuya Endo
They lock up. Soya side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Endo hndsprings but is caught. Endo flips out of a german. Endo goes to springboard but Soya shakes the ropes on him, sending him out. Endo is sent into the rails then is ddt'd on the floor.
Soya stomps him. Endo hits chops. Soya neckbreakers him for 2. Soya knee drops him then headscissors him. Endo ropebreaks. Soya chops him and Endo chops back. Soya neckbreakers him for 2. Endo springboard forearms him. Endo handspring corksrew kicks Soya for 2.
Endo hits forearms then runs into a chop. They butt heads and trade chops. Soya hits double chops. Endo boots him in the side of the head then Soya flying lariats him. Soya bulldogs him for 2 then suplexes him for 2. Endo chinlocks him.
Endo flying headscissors him then Soya spears him. Endo hits a pumping knee. They fight on the buckles and Soya 2nd rope slams him for 2. Soya death valley drivers him for 2. Endo headbutts him then poisonrana's him.
Endo running lariats him but Soya pushes him off with his neck. Endo spinning torture rack bombs him for 2. Endo hits a top rope corkscrew ssp and wins.
Thoughts: It got a lot of time. It didn't quite have the crowd or the spirit I had hoped it would have. I also thought Soya could have thrown and powered Endo around more than he did. It was alright but not the classic it maybe could have been on a bigger stage.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
Kaz shoves him down off the lock-up. KK hits forearms in the corner and is shoved down again. KK is shoved down again then Kaz lariats him over the top rope. Kaz stomps him outside then hits forearms outside. KK is sent into the rails.
KK's head is banged off the rails and the post. Kaz forearms the post when KK ducks. KK wraps around the post and kicks Kaz then runs the apron and shining wizard's him. Kaz blocks a shining wizard and kicks him in the gut. Kaz yanks on KK's leg.
Kaz prison locks him. KK slaps him while in the hold and Kaz chops him while keeping the hold on. Kaz running back elbows him then suplexes him for 2. Kaz forearms him then KK hits a dropkick. KK top rope dropkicks him for 2. Kaz blocks a shining wizard then lariats him over for 2. KK tries to fight out of a powerbomb but just ends up falling and powerbombing himself anyway. KK then shining wizards him for 2. KK is caught off the buckles then is chokeslammed. Kaz hits a big lariat then powerbombs him for the win.
Thoughts: Ah good ol' NOAH. The year may change but they stick with the classics - jobbing out younger talent for older guys like Fujita. It wasn't good and Kaito looked like a jobber here.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - KENTA vs. Masa Kitamiya
Masa side headlocks him. Ken kind of kicks him in the side of the head. Masa hits some polish hammers and other shots. Masa then bulldogs him. Ken hits kicks to the body and leg. Ken kicks him in the back then neckbreakers him.
Masa slams him and hits a big slap. Masa hits punches and they butt heads. Ken hits forearms then Masa shoulders him over. Masa tries pin attempts but can't put him down. Masa stomps him.
Masa backbreakers him for 2. Masa chinlocks him. Masa goes out into the crowd and yells at fans. Masa then threatens one with a sign. Ken hits Masa while he messes with the fan and they fight in the front row. Ken is then thrown into the seats.
Ken is thrown over the rail and is put back in the ring. Masa stomps him and hits punches. Ken hits forearms. Masa hits him in the gut. Ken facekicks him then powerslams him. Ken boots him out of the corner then drops him throat first on the top rope. Ken top rope diving clotheslines him. Ken corner facekicks him. Masa slaps him then suplexes him for 2. Masa misses a corner charge and goes into the buckles shoulder first. Ken hits a draping ddt.
Ken corner facekicks him then corner dropkicks him. Ken hits a top rope double stomp for 2. Ken goes for a kick and Masa sideswipes him, sending him into the ref. Tadasuke comes in and tries to chair Ken. Ken lariats him over.
Masa hits punches on Ken. Ken hits a bunch of slaps. Ken runs the ropes and Tadasuke chairs him in the back. Masa is back body dropped on a chair. Ken grabs Tadasuke then draping ddt's him. Masa is sat in a chair. Ken slaps him and hits a busaiku knee. Ken picks up Masa. Tadasuke low blows Ken. Masa running lariats Ken. Masa tries to wake up the ref.
Masa running lariats Ken for 2. Ken side headlock takeovers him for 2. Ken facekicks him then Masa lariats him. Masa piledrivers him for 2. Ken then cradles him and steals the pin to win.
Thoughts: It was going well then we had to have the interference and ref bumps. That stuff added nothing here and brought this one down. Masa didn't look that good here booking wise as he got help and still ended up losing in the end.
Masa beats up Menso, Ken and the ref after. Ken then talks on the mic to close the show.
Overall thoughts: It wasn't good. Soya/Endo was maybe the best thing on here and it was by no means great. It was a hard show to get through with lots of questionable booking decisions, a rough crowd and matches that just weren't that good.. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and would not recommend this at all.
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