Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/21/2025 N-1 Victory 2025 Day 8
Day 7 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/pro-wrestling-noah-9202025-n-1-victory.html
Alpha Wolf, Dragon Bane & Jack Morris vs. Alejandro, AMAKUSA & Kai Fujimura
Ale and Wolf go at it. Wolf takes him down then headflips out of an armdrag. Ale flying snapmares him. Ale spinning bodyscissors him. Wolf headflips up into a kick on him. Wolf chops Ale. Wolf takes orner attacks then a double superkick while seated. Ale is tripped into a basement dropkick. Bane then jumps off Wolf's back and hits a dropkick.
Jack and Ama fight. Jack is hit with a boot then knocks him over. Ama is sat up top. His 2nd rope diving headscissors is blocked but he sunset flips Jack for 2. Ama's springboard is caught and Jack suplexes him off of it.
Ama takes a double hiptoss into a double basement dropkick for 2. Ama springboard flying back elbows Bane. Kai comes in and flying headscissors Bane. Kai 2nd rope diving headscissors Bane from behind then forearms him down for 2.
Bane spin kicks Kai and hits more kicks. Band handspring back elbows him and standing moonsaults him for 2. Wolf top rope moonsaults Kai then Bane moonsaults off of Wolf's shoulders onto Kai. Ale tope con hilos Wolf outside. Kai superkicks Bane. Bane pumping knees him.
Kai armdrags Bane into a nice headscissors pin and wins.
Thoughts: It was fine. It could have been a little faster and shorter though. Bane's moonsault off of Wolf's shoulders was cool.
Atsushi Kotoge, HAYATA & Ryo Hoshino vs. Black Menso-re, Daiki Odashima & Junta Miyawaki
Jun and Ryo go at it. Ryo wristlocks Jun and Jun reverses it. Jun side headlocks him. They trade side headlock takeovers and stand off. Jun side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Ryo armdrags him and dropkicks him twice. Ryo hits another dropkick. Ryo plancha's him outside.
Kotoge bangs Jun's head off the buckles. Kotoge goes up and over him then back elbows him. Jun running forearms him. Jun tags in Daiki over Menso. Daiki side headlocks Haya when they both get in. Daiki headscissors Haya then flying headscissors him. Daiki dropkicks him.
Haya misses a corner charge. Daiki botches a dropkick and is catapulted into the buckles. Ryo comes in. He running back elbows Daiki in the corner. He then suplexes him. Daiki is tripped into the ropes and has the rope kicked into his face. Ryo asai moonsaults Daiki.
They trade forearms. Daiki rolls him up for 2 then karelin's lifts him. Daiki top rope crossbodies Ryo and Menso gets a 2 count on Ryo. Menso takes offense from his opponents then is hit with a crucifix driver for 2.
Ryo slams Menso then top rope tornillos him for the win.
Thoughts: Menso took the pin as usual here. Ryo got a lot of time to shine here. I don't think he's anything great but he's a new face and perfectly fine for these kinds of matches. It was average and unoffensive.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Daiki Inaba vs. Harutoki
Haru side headlocks him. Haru knees him in the face then slingshot armdrags him. DI shoulders him over. DI misses a splash then Haru back elbows him. Haru slingshot plancha's him outside. Haru lifts him by the arms and legs and drops him on his chest for 2.
They trade shots. DI blue thunders him. DI splashes him. DI slams him for 2. DI then kneels on his back and pulls on his chin. Haru ropebreaks. DI misses a corner spear. Haru suplexes him. Haru running facekicks him. Haru top rope crossbodies him for 2. DI overhead belly to belly suplexes him. DI then spears him.
DI hits a flying corner spear then a corner cannonball for 2. DI misses a 2nd rope diving spear. Haru hits corner enzugiri's. DI hits a hard foream. Haru hits his own forearms. Haru step up enzugiri's him. Haru double underhook suplexes him then pump kicks him for 2. Haru does a kubinage style throw with DI's arm's.
DI hits forearms. Haru pumping knees him. DI then lariats him. DI brainbusters him for 2. DI 2nd rope diving spears him for a close 2. DI top rope splashes him and wins.
Thoughts: It was alright. It got a lot of time. The two are both kind of underdog face wrestlers so that meant the match was going to look a certain way. DI got a lot more offense in than he usually does.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Manabu Soya vs. Ulka Sasaki
Ulka side headlocks him and is backdropped. MS forearms him in the spine, hiptosses him and shoulders him for 2. MS catches him in the air and Ulka tries to triangle him over the top rope. Ulka kimura's him. MS rams him in the corner and chops him. MS bulldogs him for 2.
MS hiptosses him. Ulka traps one arm and cranks back on the other. Ulka does a bridging hammerlock on MS. MS ropebreaks. Ulka hits kicks to the arm. MS tries some chops. Ulka pele kicks the arm. MS death valley drivers him for 2. Ulka rolls him up for 2 and then puts another armbar on him.
MS gets up and hits a lariat. MS blocks a move and hits a suplex off of it. Ulka tries to block a lariat but goes down anyone. MS running lariats him and pins him.
Thoughts: They were going somewhere with Ulka working the arm but then they ran out of time and had to go to the finish. I thought this could have been better with more time and wouldn't mind seeing them try this again. They had the right idea with Soya selling the arm a lot and Ulka working it.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Kenoh vs. Galeno
Gal pushes him over on the lock up. Ken tries shoulder blocks and gets nowhere. Gal leapfrogs then shoulders him over. Gal slams him then misses a splash. Ken double stomps his back. Ken runs the ropes and either trips/gets tripped by Gal into the ropes. Ken then tries again and double stomps him.
Gal facekicks him for 2. Gal chops him. Gal step up knees him then sliding lariats him for 2. They trade chest kicks for forearms. Ken spinning high kicks him. Gal hits boots to the ace and Ken mocks his brother's head twist aunt.
Ken pele kicks him. Gal headbutts him then gets german'd. Ken PK's him for 1. Ken does another PK for 2. Ken PK's him for 2 again. Ken misses a top rope double stomp. Gal lariats him twice for 2. Gal does a twisting double underhook suplex and pins him.
Thoughts: I was surprised to see Gal pin Ken. I was also surprised this went only a little over 6 minutes. Ken had issues with Gal's size here as he was literally bouncing off of him when he did double stomps and tripped over him while running the ropes. Win or lose, I can't say Ken would have came out of this one looking that great.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Match - Naomichi Marufuji vs. Ricky Knight Jr.
They trade chops to start. Rick dropkicks him then topes con hilos him. Rick springboards off the rail into a superkick. Maru chops him against the post. Maru bangs the rail door into Rick's face.
We see Jack and Galeno watching this in the crowd. Maru chinlocks Rick and Rick bites his way out. Rick sunset flips him then Maru rakes his eyes with his feet off of it. Maru flying back elbows him. Rick powerslams him.
Rick hits a corner dropkick then a low dropkick in the corner. Rick bridging ddt's Maru. Rick misses a 450 off the top. They hook kick each other. Rick asai moonsaults and Maru superkicks him in the mid-air. Rick is tripped into the ropes and Maru misses a driveby kick on him.
Rick gets hung over the top rope and Maru superkicks him for 2. They trade chops. Rick hook kicks him. Rick hits a styles clash for 2. Maru hook kicks him then pumping knees him for 2. Rick blocks a shiranui and backslides him for the win.
Thoughts: I didn't like it that much. There wasn't much of a story or logic to it. I thought they were going to have Maru outsmart and be tricky with Rick through this one but it didn't happen. Ricky did his usual offense and Marufuji did mostly all strikes.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Daga vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
They do some grappling to start. Daga side headlocks him. Daga hiptosses and armdrags him. KK flips out of a snapmare. KK back elbows him and elbow drops him for 2. Daga enzugiri's him. Daga springboard dropkicks him off the apron then slingshot plancha's him outside.
Daga misses a slingshot swanton inside but is able to tilt-a-whirl backbreaker him. Daga dropkicks him again. Daga gets a 2 count on him. KK is sent into the post shoulder first. KK flying neckbreakers him. KK drppkicks him.
KK hits euros in the corner. KK dragon screws him. Daga bocks a shining wizard. Daga superkicks him then germans him for 2. They trade strikes. Daga reverse ddt neckbreakers him then lariats him.
KK hits a dropkick. KK flying knees him. Daga cradles him for 2. Daga shining wizards him. KK just gets up and no sells it. Daga hits slaps and KK flying shining wizards him. KK hits another shining wizard for 2. Daga brainbusters KK for 2. Yoshitatus gets on the apron and Daga is sent into him. KK goes for a hurricanrana but Daga rolls through to win.
Thoughts: Of course Kaito takes a loss here. He really is NOAH's whipping boy and I'll never get why. The match wasn't much and I wasn't totally shocked when Daga won as it felt like something was up. This match didn't do much for me.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masa Kitamiya
They charge each other to start. They forearm each other. They shoulder each other. Kaz shoulders him over. Masa germans him. Masa headbutts him outside. Kaz sends Masa into the rails. Kaz running back elbows him and slams him. Kaz prison locks him. Kaz then turns it into a figure four.
Masa back body drops him. Masa then running lariats him. Masa then does a prison lock. They trade shots and lariats. Kaz suplexes him. They go out and Kaz is sent into the rails. Masa chairs him in front of the ref. Masa then piledrivers him on a chair on the floor. Masa chairs him more.
Masa running lariats him inside then piledrivers him. Masa hits a top rope senton. Masa strangle hold alpha's him and Kaz submits.
Thoughts: I liked it up to the outside section. Masa was hitting him with a chair for a while and somehow the ref didn't see it or do anything about it. That section just took the flow away from what was actually looking like a decent match.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block A Match - KENTA vs. Tetsuya Endo
Endo side headlocks him then facekicks him. They trade facekicks him and Ken goes down. Endo back elbows him for 2. Ken hits knees to the body. End is laid on the top rope and kicked. Ken then top rope double stomps him as he hangs. Ken snapmares him and kicks him in the back. Ken does a half-camel clutch and Endo ropebreaks.
Endo is thrown hard into the buckles. Ken slams him then does a bodyscissors. Ken back elbows him for 2. Ken tries pin attempts. Kne knees him in the gut. Endo springboard forearms him. Endo handspring corkscrew kicks him for 2.
Ken is headbutted in the face. Endo torture racks him. Ken kicks him over the 2nd rope. Endo facekicks him off the apron. Endo goes for a plancha but Ken kicks him on the dive attempt. Ken corner facekicks him then corner dropkicks him. Ken hits a top rope double stomp for 2.
They trade forearms. Ken drops him with a slaps for 2. Endo powerbomb backbreakers Ken on the knee. Endo top rope moonsaults and Ken gets his knees up. Ken flying knees him for 2. Ken slaps him down then flying knees him for 2.
Endo hits chops. Ken slaps him. Endo avoids a go to sleep and cradles him for 2. Ken facekicks him then spinning lariats him for 2. Endo poisonrana's him off a GTS attempt. Endo step up knees him in the corner. Endo top rope corkscrew ssp's him for the win.
Thoughts: I was surprised Endo won here. This didn't really pick up until the end. It was a bit of a slower match and Kenta didn't do much but strikes. Endo was definitely booked as the underdog throughout this. I thought it was just average. This could have used a little more spirit.
N-1 Victory 2025 Block B Representative Playoff Match - Jack Morris vs. Galeno
They hockey fight to start. Gal spinning forearms him then is hit with a flying knee. Jack bodyscissors him over the top rope. Jack then 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him outside. Ken hits a top rope splash for 2. Gal pop-up drops him, forearms him then sentons him for 2.
They trade forearms. Jack pumpkicks him then takes a spinning lariat. Jack step up enzugiri's him. Gal blue thunders him for 2. Jack hits a code red on him for 2. Gal gordbusters Jack then step up knees him in the corner. Jack enzugiri's him from the apron. Jack goes up top. Gal walks up the buckles and superplexes him.
Jack flying knees him for 2. Jack hits another flying pumping knee for 2. Gal back body drops him. Gal headbutts him. Gal hits a running lariat for 2. Gal michinoku drivers Jack for 2. Gal goes for a move and Jack cradles him for 2. Jack pumping knees and flying knees him for 2. Jack hits another flying knee for 2. Jack tiger drivers him and wins.
Thoughts: Galeno had some nice spinning strikes here. Jack did his usual pumping knees and enzugiri's. There wasn't a clear heel or face here and the work wasn't anything too great. They also didn't get enough to really have a classic here. I thought it was just average.
They hug after.
Jack talks on the mic. He says he didn't know if he was winning the block or had to fight. He said he had to fight Galeno, not just anyone. Jack says he will go to Korauken Hall and win the N-1.
He says he has a lot of history with the man he is fighting. He says he doesn't just plan to win the N-1, he plans on getting his revenge on Team 2000X. He says he hopes to see everyone there.
Masa Kitamiya comes out. He speaks in Japanese and they stare down. Jack then speaks in Japanese.
Overall thoughts: They had a lot of matches here and most of them didn't get enough time. I can't really say I loved anything here. Fujita/Masa was close but then they did a bunch of weapons stuff outside and lost me. Soya/Ulka were also on the right track but then they ran out of time. The top matches here were just average and I wasn't a big of this show overall though we had some upsets. I would give this a 5 out of 10 total.
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