Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/23/2025 N-1 Victory 2025 Day 9

Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/23/2025 N-1 Victory 2025 Day 9

 
Day 8 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/pro-wrestling-noah-9212025-n-1-victory.html

KENTA, Manabu Soya, Tetsuya Endo & Ulka Sasaki vs. Daiki Inaba, Galeno, Kenoh & Ricky Knight Jr.

Kenoh is facekicked by Kenta. He hits chest kicks. Kenta spin kicks him and they stand off. Ulka side headlocks Inaba then shoulders him over. Inaba goes for a leapfrog and is just kicked. Inaba running lariats him then misses a splash. Ulka rolls Inaba into a triangle. Ulka then cranks back on Inaba's arm.

Kenta hammerlocks Inaba and sends him into the buckles shoulder first. Soya stomps on Inaba and wristlocks him. Endo misses a corner charge on Inaba and hits boots out of the corner. Endo running facekicks him. Inaba suplexes Endo. Rick comes in. He hook kicks Endo and springboard forearms him. He then dropkicks him in the corner. 

Rick puts Ulka and Endo on his shoulders and samoan drops both. Rick slams Endo then top rope elbow drops him for 2. Endo handspring corkscrew kicks Rick. Soya comes in and bulldogs Rick. He deadlift suplexes him for 2.

Rick superkicks and flying pumping knees Soya. Gal step up knees Soya then sliding lariats him for 2. Gal runs the ropes and splashes Soya. Soya takes corner attacks. Inaba corner flying spears Soya then 2nd rope diving spears Soya for 2.

Inaba misses a top rope splash. Inaba tries to get up but his leg hurts and he can't. Soya death valley bombs Inaba and wins.

Thoughts: Inaba got injured here near the end. I'm not surprised. He doesn't dive off the top rope the right way and is clearly hesitant to do so. Soya stupidly was still trying to do moves to him after he got injured and Kenta and Kenoh had to try and cover for it. They had your usual average opener but the end with an amateur hour mess. 

Charlie Dempsey and Harlem Lewis come out. Dempsey says they were here to rep WWE NXT and step in the ring with some of the best Japan has to offer. Lewis says they will showcase themselves on 10/4. He says you will remember them and what they do. Lewis says they will compete against members of the NOAH roster and says it will be NOAH vs NXT.  

Daiki Odashima & HAYATA vs. Team 2000X (Daga & Takashi Sugiura)

Dai offers a handshake but Daga doesn't oblige. They both headflips out of wristlocks. Daga shoulders Dai over. Oda flying headscissors him then is swept. Sugi gets in and they do amateur wrestling. Yoshitatsu trips Haya from the outside then Haya baseball slides him.

Haya atomic drops Sugi then flying kicks him in the side of the head. Haya 2nd rope moonsaults him for 2. Sugi knees Haya in the gut. Haya is pushed into the ref. Yoshi hits Haya in the head with his nightstick in front of the ref and is DQ'd.

Thoughts: It was short and not much with a stupid ending.

The heels stomp on Haya and Daiki after. Daga doesn't join in and throws Yoshi and Sugi out. Daga then protects Daiki.

Daga gets on the mic and asks Yoshi why he is hitting a kid. He asks why he wants to hit "my boy". He says if Yoshi wants to fight and hit people, they should have a match right now. 

Yoshitatsu and Takashi Sugiura vs Daga and Daiki Odashima

Daga hits shots on Yoshi. Daga dropkicks him. Daiki gets in and dropkicks Sugi. Daga superkicks Yoshi and uranage's him for the pin in less than a minute.

Atsushi Kotoge, Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita & Mohammed Yone vs. All Rebellion (Harutoki & Kaito Kiyomiya), Naomichi Marufuji & Shuhei Taniguchi

Kaz throws down Kaito. Kaito hits forearms then Kaz lariats him. Kaito flying crossbodies Kaz and pounds on him. Kaito is then pushed back. Yone and Maru go at it. Yone poses off the break and Maru chops him. Yone slams him and misses a legdrop. 

Go and Maru go at it. They trade chops. Maru gives him middlef fingers. Maru spin kicks him in the face. Shuhei comes in. He slams a bunch of people and slams Kaito onto Go. Shuhei then slams Yone onto Go. 

Kaz lariats Go down. Kotoge running knees Shuhei. Go lariats Shuhei for 2. Haru step up enzugiri's Kotoge then hits enzugiri's on Go. Shuhei polish hammers Go and even his teammates help break the pin. Shuhei headbutts Go then Go hits a big lariat for the win.

Thoughts: It was a short one here. No one put that great of an effort in and it wasn't much of note. Too many people and not enough time. 

Minoru Suzuki comes out and has words for Yone's team. He subtlety challenges Fujita.

Tadasuke vs. YO-HEY

Yo poses on the buckles and is hit. Yo is knocked to the outside. Tada brings a chair in and the ref stops him from using it. Tada stomps Yo. Yo superkicks him in the gut and spinning heel kicks him. Yo top rope dropkicks him for 2. Tada kneebreakers and dragon screws Yo.

Yo dropkicks Tada. Yo misses a move off the top and sells his knee. Tada does a spinning toe hold and Yo ropebreaks. The ref tries to break it and Tada pushes the ref away. Tada then throws the ref down and stomps on Yo. Tada is then DQ'd.

Thoughts: Tada just mostly worked the leg here until he got DQ'd. This didn't go very long.

Tada chairs Yo in the knee after.  Tada hits him in the knee with the chair as he tries to leave.

AMAKUSA & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Eita & Junta Miyawaki

Ama throws out Jun before it starts. HT side headlocks Eita then shoulders him over. HT flying headscissors Eita. He corner lariats him then is armdragged. Eita hurricanrana's him then dropkicks him. 

Eita stomps on HT. Jun gets in and facekicks Ama off the apron. Jun flying shoulders HT. HT shoulders him over. Jun dropkicks HT. Jun hits mounted corner shots on HT. HT corner lariats him then basement dropkicks him. HT chops Jun in the corner.

Ama ends Jun into the rails outside. Jun forearms him over. Jun shoulders Ama over. Ama boots and foot chokes him in the corner. Jun hits forearms on Ama. Jun hits forearms on HT then HT chops him down twice. HT crabs Jun.

Jun hits slaps on Ama. Ama slaps him back and axe kicks him. Ama facekicks Jun. Jun rebound germans him. Jun arm throws Ama. HT and Eita get in. Eita and HT trade chest chops. Eita basement dropkicks him off a sunset flip for 2.

HT boots Eita out of the corner. Eita facekicks him then HT tilt-a-whirl slams him. Ama comes in and top rope diving headscissors Eita. Ama dropkicks Jun out. Ama tope con hilos Eita through the ropes. Eita is slammed. Jun 2nd rope falcon arrows Ama. Jun triangle tornillo's HT outside.

Eita does a nasty vertebreaker suplex on Ama for 2. HT back elbows Eita. Eita superkicks HT. Ama gets a 2 count on Eita but Eita holds on and does a Z360. Eita then pins Ama.

Thoughts: Eita's vertebreaker suplex on Ama was super nasty and should have finished this. This wasn't bad otherwise though with lots of flying and them trying to build more hype for Eita vs Hiromu.

GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane (c) vs. All Rebellion (Alejandro & Kai Fujimura)

The lucha's hit dropkicks to start then do stereo tope con hilos outside. Wolf chops down Ale. Ale is tripped into an elbow drop. He then takes a double hiptoss and a double dropkick for 2. Ale is in tree of woe and is booted. Wolf bites Ale's neck. Ale takes a double hiptoss into the ropes but does an armdrag off of it. Ale is then popped up into a flying headscissors on wolf. Kai flying headscissors Bane out.

Kai and Ale get caught on stereo plancha's then are rammed into each other. They all go into the stands and fight. The lucha's are thrown into each other. Kai and Ale climb the top of the stair entrance and do plancha's en stereo.

Wolf takes a double superkick to the head. Kai to prope swantons Wolf then Ale top rope splashes Wolf. Kai and Wolf trade forearms. Wolf slaps and spinning foreamrs him. They trade superkicks. Wolf lariats and headbutts him. Kai then dropkicks him. Wolf headbutts Kai down.

Bane springboard elbows Ale then handsprings into a corkscrew on him. Bane standing spanish flies Kai. Bane corner splashes both opponents. Wolf top rope moonsaults Kai then Bane flips off of him into a moonsault on Kai. Ale canadian destroyers Wolf. then tope con hilos Wolf outside.

Kai superkicks Bane and armdrags him into a pin for 2. Bane superkicks Kai. Ale spinning ddt's Bane for 2. Kai final cuts Bane. Ale top rope tornillo's Bane for 2. Wolf takes a sandwich double flying knee. Wolf tope con hilos Kai through the ropes. Bane flying headscissors Ale while he's on the 2nd rope for 2.

Kai hurricanrana's Bane for 2. Ale gets a 2 count on Bane for 2. Bane pumping knees Ale. He then hits a made in Japan on him and wins.

Thoughts: They did a little too much here in the last pat of this which was too be expected. They didn't go that far though. It was a fast paced match with a lot of action as expected. It was a bit welcome though after some of the slower matches on this tour. 

Daga and Daiki Odashima come out to challenge Bane and Wolf after. Daga says he has a new mission and says Daiki is the future of Noah. He says he will make sure he becomes a champ. Daiki is given the mic. Daiki talks in Japanese and says him and Daga are the next challengers. Bane says okay and says they are the best tag team in the world. 

N-1 Victory 2025 Final Match - Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris 

They trade shots to start. Jack hits mounted shots and hits forearms in the corner. Jack lariats Masa. Masa suplexes him and blows Jack's pose. Masa hits chops and backbreakers Jack. Jack hits forearms on Masa. Masa then hits bolo punches on him. Masa suplexes Jack. Jack pump kicks him then step up enzugiri's him.

Jack top rope dropkicks Masa. Jack topes him then is tripped by Tadasuke. Tada and Yoshitatsu then stomp Jack outside. Masa chokes Jack over the 2nd rope with his legs. Masa knocks him down and boots him out of the ring. Jack is sent into the post.

Masa headbutts Jack and bangs his head off the post. They fight on the apron. Jack suplexes Masa into the ring from the apron. Jack hits forearms. Masa back body drops Jack. Jack flying knees Masa.

Jack hits forearms on Masa. Masa eye rakes him then Jack dropkicks him out. Jack slingshot plancha's him outside. Masa is sent into the rails. Jack running facekicks him. Jack 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Masa and Tadasuke outside.

Jack top rope splashes Masa for 2. Jack germans Masa then runs into a big uranage. Jack facekicks Masa. Masa germans him from the side and bangs Jack's face off the mat. Jack flying knees Masa. Masa is put on a table. Jack top rope splashes him through the table outside. 

They go back in. Jack hits shots on Masa. Masa double underhook suplexes him for 2. Masa olympic slams him for 2. Masa misses a top rope senton. Jack flying knees him for 2. Jack tiger drivers him for 2. Jack top rope ssp's Masa. Yoshi pulls the ref out on the count. 

Masa knocks Yoshi off the apron on accident. Jack tiger drivers Masa but the ref is down. Masa chairs Jack. Masa piledrivers Jack on the chair for 2. Masa top rope sentons Jack for 2. Masa 2nd rope backdrops Jack for 2. Masa does a strangle hold alpha on Jack. Jack submits.

Thoughts: It was nice to see Masa win something of note after years of not really being treated right. It got a lot of time and they put out a good effort. I didn't think it was a great and would have maybe cut out some of the stuff at the end but this was fine overall.

Masa is given the trophy after and picks up the girl who gave him it. He then talks on the mic.  

Masa calls out KENTA for a title match since he won the N-1 and they talk. Masa drops him with a shot and chairs him. Masa then talks more and poses with KENTA down. 

Overall thoughts: The show was fine overall. We got a bunch of nonsense in the first half with DQ's and short matches. The last three matches were all fine though and definitely helped this one. It was an unusual show with a lot of the bigger stars being left in meaningless undercard tags while juniors were put near the top. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 total as the undercard really dragged this down. I would say the junior heavyweight tag title match was the best match of the night. 

Overall thoughts on the N-1 Victory 2025: It was a really disappointing tournament and was super weak. The talent just isn't really there in NOAH. The years of putting older wrestlers over younger wrestlers and not training new talent have caught up to them. They also only brought one person in instead of using WWE guys and he wasn't that good. The Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix was miles better than this and the G-1 was also a lot better than this. There's virtually nothing I would recommend from this tournament and it was a chore to get through.