{"id":13355,"date":"2019-09-10T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=13355"},"modified":"2019-09-10T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T16:53:08","slug":"noah-n-1-victory-finals-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/10\/noah-n-1-victory-finals-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAH: N-1 Victory Finals Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pro Wrestling NOAH&#8217;s first ever N-1 Victory Finals\nis set between former rivals Takashi Sugiura and Kenoh! The two will face off\nat the EDION Arena 1st Stadium in Osaka, Japan. Not only that but a plethora of\nother exciting match ups will take place in this event as well, so without\nfurther ado, let&#8217;s take a look at the N-1 Victory Finals that will culminate\nthis September 16, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dark Matches:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Muhammad\nYone, Quiet Storm, Hi69, &amp; Minoru Tanaka vs. Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue,\nTadasuke, and Sonico<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KAZMA\nSAKAMOTO &amp; Kinya Okada vs. Hitoshi Kumano &amp; Junta Miyawaki<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Official Card:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Masa Kitamiya vs. Rhyno<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Masa Kitamiya vs Rhyno (16th September, Osaka Edion 1st Arena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noah_ghc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#noah_ghc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IMPACT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IMPACT<\/a> <br><br>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hi5ame?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hi5ame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dKt1rklS3f\">pic.twitter.com\/dKt1rklS3f<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Impact Wrestling Updates (@ImpactUpdates_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImpactUpdates_\/status\/1171365806019493888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the N-1 Victory tour, former WWE wrestler now\na member of the IMPACT roster: Rhyno has been announced to make his debut at\nPro Wrestling NOAH. At this stage of his career, Rhyno has been wrestling for\ntwo decades now and being a part of a historic promotion in NOAH would only add\nmore to his legacy. He is going to face a young up and coming star in Masa\nKitamiya, one of the participants in the N-1 Victory. Kitamiya has faced off\nhis fair share of veterans and being mentored by the great Masa Saito he is\nprepared but surely he hasn&#8217;t face anyone yet quite like the Man Beast. It will\nbe an interesting and exciting matchup for sure between the past and the\npresent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yoshiki\nInamura vs. Kazuyuki Fujita<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rhyno isn&#8217;t the only wrestler that will be making\ntheir debut at NOAH but also pro wrestling &amp; MMA veteran: Kazuyuki Fujita!\nA former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Fujita has succeeded in the combat sport\nfield and he is still going strong to this day. He will be stepping foot inside\na NOAH ring for the first time at the N-1 Victory Finals where he will face one\nof the top prospects of the NOAH Dojo in Yoshiki Inamura. Unlike Fujita,\nInamura only made his pro debut last year in 2018 so the experience advantage\nis far from his favor but facing a fighter in the caliber of the Ol&#8217; Ironhead\nwill certainly help in his future as a wrestler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katsuhiko\nNakajima &amp; El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Go Shiozaki &amp; Alexander\nHammerstone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representatives of both A and B Blocks. The reigning\nGHC Heavyweight Tag-Team Champions are on opposite sides of one another and\nhave teamed up with the AAA and MLW representatives respectively. Nakajima was\npartnered with the son of Dr. Wagner Jr. going against Go Shiozaki and the\nreigning MLW Openweight Champion: Alexander Hammerstone. All four men had great\nshowing in the N-1 Victory and now will be facing each other in this unique\ntag-team matchup. It would be interesting how the tag champs will be locking\nhorns with one another, could we witness AXIZ go up in flames eventually? Or\nwill it be a friendly match as some would say? We have to wait and see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IPW:UK\nJunior Heavyweight Championship: Daisuke Harada (c) vs. Atsushi Kotoge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his reign as former GHC Jr. Heavyweight\nChampion, Daisuke Harada has gained the respect of many fans due to the great\nabilities he was able to showcase. Now he currently holds an international belt\nwith the IPW:UK Jr. Title which he is the inaugural champion of and has been\nfor 200+ days. He has already successfully defended the belt twice in NOAH\nagainst Hitoshi Kumano and Chris Ridgeway. Now a new challenger has emerged in\nAtsushi Kotoge. He was a member of the heavyweights division but has decided to\ntrim down and go back to the juniors and compete there, leaving the Kongoh\nstable led by Kenoh. Kotoge himself is a former GHC Jr. Champ himself twice now\nand has also held the Jr. Tag Titles five times. He may seem silly at first but\ndon&#8217;t let the looks fool you as Atsushi Kotoge can go at it with the best of\nthem when need be, so Harada has a tough opponent ahead of him for his\nchampionship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yoshinari\nOgawa, Kotaro Suzuki, &amp; Chris Ridgeway vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, Hajime Ohara,\n&amp; NOSAWA Rongai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A six man tag match with a lot of interesting\nmatchups, representing two of NOAH&#8217;s biggest factions right now. The trio of\nOgawa, Suzuki, and Ridgeway of IPW:UK are representing STINGER while\nSugiura-Gun members Ohara and Rongai have found a new partner among their ranks\nand that is the great Kazushi Sakuraba. A Hall of Famer, Sakuraba has announced\nduring the N-1 Victory tour that he has joined the stable and will also compete\nin NOAH for the first time. A lot of veteran presence in this match and should\nbe fun overall to see the interactions of both sides, especially for me as a\nfan of both Ogawa and Sakuraba, see how those two legends will square up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: HAYATA (c) vs. YO-HEY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;The Married Couple Showdown&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kwc6TyWnIl\">pic.twitter.com\/Kwc6TyWnIl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hisame (\u51b0\u96e8Pro-Wrestling Noah in English) (@Hi5ame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hi5ame\/status\/1171333318006247424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month at NOAH&#8217;s Departure 2019 show, HAYATA\ndefeated Minoru Tanaka to become GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion for the second\ntime in his career! Now his first challenger for the belt is a very familiar\nopponent and that is his long time tag-team partner in RATEL&#8217;s: YO-HEY. These\ntwo pretty much went on the same path in their voyage to NOAH and now the\nbiggest matchup of their careers yet will take place for the coveted GHC Jr.\nTitle. They&#8217;ve held the Jr. Tag titles before but this time, they&#8217;re on\nseparate sides of the ring with one goal in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keiji\nMutoh, Jun Akiyama, &amp; Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki\nMochizuki, &amp; Shuhei Taniguchi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two legendary figures make their returns in Pro\nWrestling NOAH: Keiji Mutoh and Jun Akiyama! They will be teaming up with the\nreigning GHC Heavyweight Champion: Kaito Kiyomiya and will take on the trio of\nMarufuji, Mochizuki, &amp; Taniguchi all of whom competed in the N-1 Victory. A\nvery exciting six man tag for the semi main event of the show, I&#8217;m particularly\nexcited to see Akiyama back in a NOAH ring where he solidified his career as an\nall time great. The last time he wrestled for the company was two years ago\nduring Marufuji&#8217;s career anniversary event where he teamed up with the late\nAtsushi Aoki. The living legend in Keiji Mutoh on the other hand had his fair\nshare of greatness in NOAH as well, most notably his dream match against\nMitsuharu Misawa wherein they faced in a tag match back in 2004 in front of a\nsold out Tokyo Dome for the GHC Heavyweight Tag-Team Championships, Misawa was\nwith Ogawa and Mutoh was with Taiyo Kea. Kaito kept his promise and has stayed\noff the N-1 Victory and will face the winner of the main event eventually at\nthe Sumo Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marufuji had a disappointing run in his N-1 Victory,\nlosing all of his matches. He needs a redemption badly but things aren&#8217;t\nlooking so bright. The Dragon Gate representative: Mochizuki, while did not\nwin, impressed a lot of fans and to no surprise as he could still go at it with\nthe best despite his age. Taniguchi is also looking to pick back some momentum\nso a lot is at stake in this six man tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>N-1 Victory Finals: Takashi Sugiura vs. Kenoh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\uff19\u670811\u65e5\uff08\u6c34\uff09\u767a\u58f2\u306e\u300c\u9031\u520a\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u300d\uff19\u670825\u65e5\u53f7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4n3cS21dxx\">https:\/\/t.co\/4n3cS21dxx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E9%80%B1%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u9031\u30d7\u30ed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noah_ghc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#noah_ghc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/n1victory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#n1victory<\/a> <br>\u2605\uff2e\u2212\uff11\u3092\u52dd\u3061\u6b8b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u306f\u62f3\u738b\u3068\u6749\u6d66\u2026\uff19\u30fb\uff19\u5f8c\u697d\u5712\uff06\uff19\u30fb\uff17\u6a2a\u6d5c<br>\u2605\u8c37\u53e3\u304c\u65b0\u5175\u5668\u3092\u30ca\u30a6\u304f\u89e3\u8aac<br>\u2605\u539f\u7530\uff06\u5c0f\u5ce0\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30d3\u30e5\u30fc<br>\u2605\u7a32\u6751vs\u85e4\u7530\u3078\u306e\u671f\u5f85\u3092\u8a9e\u308b\u2026\u62f3\u738b\u306e\u30af\u30bd\u30e4\u30ed\u30fc\u3069\u3082\u30aa\u30ec\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u6765\u3044!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lMI3z7ZpMb\">pic.twitter.com\/lMI3z7ZpMb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RealNgreen (@RealNgreen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealNgreen\/status\/1171361812085739521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last but not the least we got the main event, the\nfinals of the first ever N-1 Victory will be two former GHC Heavyweight\nChampions: Takashi Sugiura and Kenoh. These two are very much familiar with one\nanother going way back in 2017. Kenoh became GHC Champion for the first time in\nthe aforementioned year when he defeated IMPACT wrestler: Eddie Edwards. It was\nthe biggest win of his career yet, having also won the Global League. Making\nhim the first GHC Heavyweight Champion to never face Mitsuharu Misawa in a\nmatch, which seemed like a sign for the future for NOAH. But his reign was cut\nshort by the dominant veteran Takashi Sugiura just 79 days in. In his fourth\nreign with the belt, Sugiura would go on to have a monstrous run, a seemingly\nunbeatable champion who has taken down six different challengers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It all ended however at Yokohama where last year&#8217;s\nGlobal League winner Kaito Kiyomiya finally dethroned Sugiura and became GHC\nHeavyweight Champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now at present, the two had a great showing in their\nrespective N-1 Victory journey. But only one will get to headline Sumo Hall and\nattempt in gaining back what was once theirs. Both of them will also be\nrepresenting their own stables which they lead and a lot of pride is at stake.\nWho will be the inaugural winner of the N-1 Victory? Will it be the grizzled\nold veteran or the young superstar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shoutout to the Facebook page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReportsFromTheArk\">NOAH: Reports from the Ark<\/a> for the full card preview. Make sure to check out NOAH via the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/puroresudream\">PuroresuDream Archives<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWbl4loi-eC1CuK-jXAD3hg\/videos?disable_polymer=1\">KINGS AARK<\/a>&#8216;s Youtube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pro Wrestling NOAH's first ever N-1 Victory Finals is set between former rivals Takashi Sugiura and Kenoh! 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