Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/20/2025 N-1 Victory 2025 Day 7
Day 6 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/pro-wrestling-noah-9152025-n-1-victory.html
Alpha Wolf, Dragon Bane, Junta Miyawaki, Shuhei Taniguchi & Shuji Kondo vs. Alejandro, Atsushi Kotoge, Daiki Odashima, Kai Fujimura & Mohammed Yone
Kai won with an armdrag into a pin attempt here. Early on, Alejandro got beaten up. Kai and Junta got fiery with each other in this and Daiki tried his luck vs Shuhei. They didn't have a ton of time but fit a decent bit in. It needed a lot more time though and it was just a throwaway.
Kai and Jun fight after and have to be broken up multiple times.
Tadasuke & Takashi Sugiura vs. Jack Morris & Ricky Knight Jr.
Yoshi talks on the mic before the match then the heels attack. Yoshi hits Jack in the gut with his nightstick. Sugi tries to stand on Jack's gut for the pin. Sugi foot chokes Jack in the corner. Sugi running knees him in the gut then running facekicks him in the corner. Sugi running knees him in the corner. Jack suplexes Sugi.
Jack enzugiri's Sugi and tags out. Rick hook kicks Sugi then springboard forearms him in the back of the neck. Rick corner dropkicks Sugi twice. Rick bridging ddt's Sugi. Rick misses a 450 off the top. He and Sugi trade forearms. Sugi running spears him. Jack falcon arrows Tada for 2.
Tada hits Jack from behind. Jack ducks a double clothesline and baseball slides Yoshi. Rick comes in. He hook kicks and powerbombs Tada. Jack top rope frogsplashes Tada for 2. Rick plancha's outside onto Sugi. Jack tiger drivers Tada and pins him.
Thoughts: This one was even shorter than the first. Jack mostly got beaten up here until Rick came in and they made their comeback. It wasn't much of note. Rick hit a bunch of hook kicks in people's mouths here.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Kenoh vs. Harutoki
They lock up. Ken side headlocks him. Ken facekicks him off the apron. Ken goes out after him but is tope'd. Haru 2nd rope dropkicks him for 2. Ken chest kicks him down then slams him on the floor. Ken gets a 2 count inside. Ken kicks him in the back for 2.
Ken crabs him and Haru ropebreaks. Ken kicks him in the back and hits knees to the chest. Haru hits forearms and is chest kicked down. Haru dropkicks Ken.
Haru flies at him in the corner then top rope crossbodies him for 2. Ken slams him down from the suplex position. Ken hits kicks to the back for 2. Haru blocks a PK. They trade kicks for forearms. Haru enzugiri's him in the corner. Haru ties up his legs, hooks his arm and drops him for 2.
Haru pump kicks him for 2. Haru misses a top rope moonsault. Haru fackeicks him. Ken pele kicks him and chest kicks him down. Ken hits more chest kicks then Haru chest kicks back. Ken chest kicks him down.
Ken misses a PK and kicks out of a bridge pin at 2. Haru step up enzugiri's him. Haru tries it again and misses. Ken kicks him in the body then PK's him for 2. Ken hits a top rope double stomp and gets the pin.
Thoughts: It had some similarities to the Harutoki/Marufuji match. It wasn't as long though and Haru didn't get quite as much in. The result was never in doubt here. This did show some potential though.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Daga vs. Ulka Sasaki
They lock up. Daga wristlocks him and Ulka reverses it. Ulka armdrags him by the wrist. They trade more wrstilocks. Daga headflips out of one. Ulka then armdrags him again. They stand off after Daga goes for the leg.
Daga side headlock takeovers him and is put in a headscissors. Daga handstands out of a headscissors. Ulka hammerlocks him and Daga reverses it. Ulka side headlock takeovers him and Daga headscissors him. Daga grabs a hammerlock on the mat. Ulka headscissors him and Daga slides out.
Daga shoulders him over and rolls him out of a sleeper. Ulka rolls him up for 2. Ulka side headlocks him. Ulka uses the buckles to headlock takeover him. Ulka side headlock takeovers him. Daga pulls the hair and pushes him into the ref. Yoshitatsu trips Ulka and Daga gets a 2 count.
Daga tries more pin attempts. Ulka chest kicks him then cutters him for 2. Daga rolling armbars him. Ulka goes for a leglock then an armbar. They trade forearms then forearm each other down at the same time. Daga backrolls him but Ulka grabs a choke off of it. Daga tries to pin him off of it. Daga superkicks and enzugiri's Ulka. Daga suplexes him.
Daga superkicks him again. Ulka rolls him, tying up both arms with his legs. Daga then taps out.
Thoughts: They did a lot of basic technical wrestling here and Ulka did alright with it. It was a pretty average match but it wasn't awful. Ulka looked a little more comfortable here than usual.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Masa Kitamiya vs. Tetsuya Endo
Masa messes with the fans and sends Odashima into the post before the match starts. Masa misses a charge and is kicked. Endo flying headscissors him. Endo tope con hilos him. Endo springboard dropkicks him in the knee. Endo ties his legs up with a prison lock. Endo boots him in the knee. Masa uppercuts him then bulldogs him from the side.
Masa back body drops him twice. Masa stomps him then elbows him in the back of the head. Masa hits shots in the corner. Masa stomps on him. Endo hits forearms. Masa hits bolo punches and Endo handspring corkscrew kicks him.
Endo springboard forearms him for 2. Masa eye rakes him to escape a torture rack move. Endo headscissors him for 2. Endo step up enzugiri's him then superkicks him. Endo misses a corner charge and is backdropped. Masa running lariats him for 2. Masa hits another running lariat for 2. Masa piledrivers him.
Endo rolls him into a leglock. Masa ropebreaks. Endo kneebreakers him then spinning torture rack bombs him for 2. Endo goes up top and Masa's buddy Tadasuke knocks him off the top.
Masa hits chops outside and sends him into the post. Masa tries to send him into the rail but Endo jumps over it. Endo jumps off the rail and is speared in mid-air. Masa piledrivers him in the aisle. Tadasuke distracts the ref and Masa chairs Endo outside. Endo is then counted out.
Thoughts: It wasn't that good and there wasn't a lot of structure here. They never go outside to fight during the middle of a match, only in the beginning, so when they did that, it was obvious something was up there. Endo flew a little but Masa didn't use his size against him and the ending was lame.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Kazuyuki Fujita vs. KENTA
They stare down for a bit. Kaz gets in closer and Ken stalls outside. Ken goes for leg kicks. Kaz misses a shot on the ropes and is slapped. They forearm each other. Kaz shoulders him over. Kaz slams him then prison locks him. Kaz chops Ken while keeping the hold on. Ken rope breaks and Kaz takes a while to break the hold. Kaz hits a straight punch to the face.
Ken hits forearms and is forearmed down. Kaz's throat is pulled down over the top. Ken clips him and hits leg kicks. Kaz's leg is banged off the post. Ken wraps Kaz's leg around the rail and kicks the rail.
Ken hits jumping facekicks in the corner. Ken tries another and is lariated over. Kaz goes for the powerbomb but can't do it because of his knee. Ken then figure fours Kaz. Kaz ropebreaks. Ken tries to put it back on and is forearmed.
Kaz hits a lariat for 2. Ken ddt's him. Ken does 5 busaiku knees and pins him.
Thoughts: Kaz actually sold throughout most of this and played his role well. I didn't like the ending. Ken kept hitting busaiku knees and Kaz really wasn't selling them much at all, thought he eventually went down to them. I thought the match made sense with Kenta working the knee to ground him for flying knees. This was easily one of Kaz's better matches ever.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Naomichi Marufuji vs. Galeno
Gal shoves Maru over off the lock up. Gal then pulls him down off the lock up. Maru tries to shoulder him and gets nowhere. Gal lepafrogs him then flying shoulders him. Gal chinlocks him. Gal slams him then runs the ropes with a splash for 2.
Maru hits chops. Gal misses a senton. Maru double boots him out of the corner. Maru then suplexes him for 1. Gal is pulled over the top rope. Maru plancha's him outside. Gal step up knees him in the corner and sliding lariats him for 2. Gal reverse suplexes him for 2.
Maru boots him out of the corner. Maru hits kicks on him. He pumping knees him, Gal no sells it and headbutts him over. Gal running lariats him for 2. Maru rolls him up for the win off of a crab attempt.
Thoughts: I liked this one. It was a decent match here with Galeno using his size on Marufuji and Maru doing various strikes then a surprise roll-up to win. It made sense and they had the logic down here.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Manabu Soya vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
They lock up and test strength. Soya pushes him down, gets on top of him and KK bridges. KK side headlock takeovers him and is put in a headscissors. They then stand off. Soya shoulders him over. KK elbows him over then elbow drops him for 2. KK is back body dropped over the top rope.
KK is dropped throat first on the rail. Soya chops him. KK hits forearms him back outside. Soya ddt's him on the floor for 2. Soya chops him down and tries pins. Soya neckbreakers him for 2. Soya chops him in the corner. KK flying lariats him.
KK dropkicks him then kips up. KK top rope dropkicks him for 2. KK hits euros in the corner. KK is rammed into the corner. Soya lariats him then bulldogs him for 2. Soya flying lariats him for 2.
KK dragon screws him then Soya dragon screws him. Soya dragon screws him. Soya headbutts him several times. Soya suplexes him. KK flying knees him. KK shining wizards him for 2. Soya 2nd rope powerslams him for 2. KK hits euros. Soya fires up then running lariats him. KK death valley drivers him.
Soya lariats him for 2. KK shining wizards him from behind then tiger suplexes him for 2. KK half and half bombs him for 2. KK hits a top rope elbow drop and wins.
Thoughts: They didn't quite dwell into Soya throwing KK around. They showed some spirit and fire here though and they the action going in this. I liked it but there wasn't much of a story here.
Overall thoughts: The top matches delivered while the undercard didn't. Galeno/Marufuji was the best bout here while Kenta/Fujita was also in the running. The main was okay enough. Kitamiya/Endo disappointed and Daga/Uglka was average. Kenoh/Harutoki was a little one-sided and it wasn't their best effort. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10 mostly due to the top matches delivering. I would say it was above average.
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