Pro Wrestling NOAH will launch its annual N-1 Victory Tournament next month.
Sixteen performers have been split between two blocks with a round-robin format over eight events to crown the winner.
This year’s N-1 will not include company star Kaito Kiyomiya, who is competing in the ongoing G1 Climax, which overlaps with the N-1.
The first event of the N-1 is set for Sunday, August 6 at Yokohama Budokan and will stream on Wrestle Universe with the following matches:
A BLOCK
*Jake Lee vs. Timothy Thatcher
*Kenoh vs. Adam Brooks
*Yoshiki Inamura vs. Jack Morris
*Masa Kitamiya vs. Yuki Yoshioka
B BLOCK
*Go Shiozaki vs. Saxon Huxley
*Daiki Inaba vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
*Lance Anoa’i vs. Yuma Anzai
*Manabu Soya vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
NOAH re-branded the Global League tournament to the N-1 Victory version in 2019 with previous winners including Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, and Kaito Kiyomiya.
The finals will occur on Sunday, September 3 at Edion Arena in Osaka on a card that includes Masakatsu Funaki taking on Josh Barnett in a GHC Martial Arts Rules Match.
