The match between the two talents had to be stopped.
In a B block match for Pro Wrestling NOAH’s N-1 Victory tournament, Katsuhiko Nakajima went one-on-one with Kinya Okada. Their match was thrown out by the referee after Nakajima delivered a kick directly to the face of Okada.
Okada was stretchered away from the ring. NOAH provided an update on Okada and noted that he’ll be out of action after suffering a fractured jawbone.
Notice of Absence of Kinya Okada
Kinya Okada will be absent due to a fracture of the mandible.
We apologize for any inconvenience and concern this may cause to our fans and other concerned parties.
Looks like Okada was expecting PK to the chest, instead Nakajima annihilated him with kick straight to the face. Ridiculous. https://t.co/yDU4VHVl9h pic.twitter.com/dfR2qBtWwU
— Raion (@Raion74_) August 28, 2022
【選手欠場のお知らせ】
岡田欣也選手は下顎骨骨折のため欠場となります。
ファンの皆様、関係各位の皆様には大変ご迷惑、ご心配をおかけいたしますが、何卒ご理解ご了承のほどよろしくお願いいたします。#noah_ghc pic.twitter.com/Q4O0IUby3Q
— プロレスリング・ノア ｜PROWRESTLING NOAH (@noah_ghc) August 28, 2022
Initially, Okada was not slated for the N-1 Victory tourney. He filled in for Timothy Thatcher who had visa issues.
Back in June at CyberFight Festival, Nakajima got into a striking exchange with DDT Pro-Wrestling’s Tetsuya Endo and concussed him. Endo was out of action until July 24th.
Nakajima is now leading the B block with 10 points. Here are the results from today’s show:
- Dark Match: Daiki Inaba, Shuhei Taniguchi & Yoshiki Inamura def. Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Stallion Rogers
- N-1 Victory A Block Match: Masaaki Mochizuki (4) def. Anthony Greene (2)
- N-1 Victory B Block Match: Jack Morris (6) def. Masa Kitamiya (6)
- N-1 Victory A Block Match: El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (6) def. Masato Tanaka (6)
- N-1 Victory B Block Match: Masakatsu Funaki (8) def. Takashi Sugiura (8)
- HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, Kotaro Suzuki & Super Crazy — No Contest due to Chris Ridgeway’s interference
- N-1 Victory A Block Match: Hideki Suzuki (11) def. Go Shiozaki (8)
- N-1 Victory B Block Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima (10) def. Kinya Okada (0)
- Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Alejandro def. Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69
- N-1 Victory A Block Match: Kazuyuki Fujita (10) def. Kenoh (9)
- N-1 Victory B Block Match: Kaito Kiyomiya (8) def. Satoshi Kojima (8)
