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Andrew’s Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Ratings & Analysis: Day 7

Pro Wrestling NOAH has another show on YouTube this year! Let’s see how the show went!

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Pro Wrestling NOAH has another show on YouTube this year! Let’s see how the show went!

Personally, I haven’t caught as much Pro Wrestling NOAH as I would like, but these are always a great opportunity for a snapshot of the product. With the N-1 winding down, it’s a good time to see how it’s all shaping up.

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Ratings:

  • Quiet Storm, Mohammed Yone & Sonico vs Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue & Junta Miyawaki: Sonico wins via Senton Atomico @8:55 – **
  • Kinya Okada vs Yoshiki Inamura: Inamura wins via Boston Crab @3:50 – ** 1/2
  • HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Daisuke Harada vs Kotaro Suzuki, Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Atsushi Kotoge: Harada wins via Cross Legged Prawn Hold @9:20 – *** 1/4
  • KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Takashi Sugiura, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr & Hajime Ohara vs Minoru Tanaka, Hi69, Hitoshi Kumano & Katsuhiko Nakajima: Hijo wins via Moonsault @11:40 – ***
  • Shuhei Taniguchi & Naomichi Marufuji vs Kaito Kiyomiya & Alexander Hammerstone: Hammerstone wins via Pendulum Nightmare @16:00 – *** 1/2
  • B Block: Kenoh vs Masaaki Mochizuki: Mochizuki wins via Triangle Kick @16:55 – ****
  • A Block: Go Shiozaki vs Masa Kitamiya: Shiozaki wins via Gowan Lariat @25:25 – **** 1/4

 

Analysis:

Quiet Storm, Mohammed Yone & Sonico vs Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue & Junta Miyawaki – Well this walked the line somewhere between serious match with mostly veterans and a few younger guys…to messy/funny. Inoue will always add a layer or comedy, be it on purpose or not…but this really was just there. A few sloppy transitions, Inoue going for the pin when he wasn’t legal, nor was the end of the sequence and general tom foolery made this odd.

If you appreciate the Inoue element, you’ll enjoy this. Otherwise, it’s just an opener that makes you wonder why the next match didn’t open the show.

Kinya Okada vs Yoshiki Inamura – This was a great Young Lion style match. Both men hit the ring hard, and went at one another with a lot of energy. Inamura is definitely being groomed as the next big boy, and he shows great fire and damn well dominates this match.

– Kazuyuki Fujita shows up as the mystery member of Sugiura-Gun. Inamura gets punked out a little bit, but it looks like we’re gonna get Yoshiki Inamura vs Kazuyuki Fujita fairly soon.

HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Daisuke Harada vs Kotaro Suzuki, Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Atsushi Kotoge   With Kotoge joining Stinger after he moved back down to Junior Heavyweight, we have faction warfare. Kotoge has been looking to reignite the rivalry with Harada, all while the teams vie for superiority. As for the match, it was a fast paced junior style match. Lots of fun moves and transitions, but due to the dislike of the factions, it boiled down into a bar fight at different points. So it was fun and entertaining, but not a technical masterpiece.

KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Takashi Sugiura, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr & Hajime Ohara vs Minoru Tanaka, Hi69, Hitoshi Kumano & Katsuhiko Nakajima –  So this is just a combination of people who don’t like one another. Wagner Jr recently beat Nakajima in the N-1, so there are numerous undercurrents of dislike between the combatants. Since there really wasn’t a ton of story, it’s just a solid multi-man tag match. Also I’m guessing it’s a Sugiura-Gun thing to just scream as you charge an opponent in the corner. Not watching as much NOAH as I would like to, this is kind of a new thing to me. It’s amusing, but I could do without it. Wagner Jr getting the win over Hi69 helps to give him a little more momentum. Especially when he was seen as the weak link in B Block.

-Promotional video and small message from Rhino, talking about him making his NOAH debut on September 16th 

Shuhei Taniguchi & Naomichi Marufuji vs Kaito Kiyomiya & Alexander Hammerstone – For fans of New Japan, this was a more traditional undercard tag for a Round Robin tournament. Hammerstone and Marufuji still have yet to face off, so this was a good test of mettle. All four looked great in this match, Shuhei did however show reluctance to tag in Marufuji. So this man without a country thing is really interesting. Given Marufuji’s history and him being generally beloved by fans, him having no real allies is interesting and odd all at the same time. Kaito call the shots a few different times in the match, which is important in taking him seriously as such a young champion. This was just a really great tag match to set up the two N-1 matches as well as build heat for Alexander and Naomichi.

B Block: Masaaki Mochikzuki vs Kenoh – Well now, you get two guys known for kicking, it’s definitely not gonna be an arm wrestling contest. This was a mirror match a lot of the time. Both having submission near falls, trying to one up the other with kick combinations and just generally great fighting spirit. Mochizuki dazes Kenoh before finally hitting the Triangle Overhead Kick to pick up the 2 points and lead in the B Block.

A Block: Go Shiozaki vs Masa Kitamiya –  This is a hard hitting, old school NOAH, King’s Road-esque match. Kitamiya and Shiozaki have a current common tie of Katsuhiko Nakajima (Nakajima turned on Kitamiya and joined with Shiozaki shortly after. Aggression out, AXIZ in). Kitamiya started off strong and really imposed his power onto Shiozaki. Shiozaki is known to take a hell of a beating, and this match did a lot to help to validate Kitamiya. This was the type of match where you assume big things are on the horizon for Kitamiya. I’m personally just happy Shiozaki won since he’s my N-1 pick, but damn good match.

 

Overall: 6.75/10

With their wins, Shiozaki and Mochizuki lead their respective blocks. Takashi Sugiura is the only other one with a chance at A Block, and Kenoh still has a shot to steal B Block because he’s got two matches remaining. So we got to see a rather pivotal moment in the inaugural N-1 Victory tournament.

Kazuyuki Fujita showing up as the new member of Sugiura-Gun, and challenging the up and coming Inamura should be interesting. YO-HEY and HAYATA added a little more sibling level heat to what will be a great match, but mostly an angle of competition between brothers. Kotoge trying to establish himself against Harada is also a great story, especially for loyal NOAH fans.

This was just a solid show that made a ton of sense, even though the first few matches were kinda lackluster, the surprise appearance of Fujita and video promo from Rhino helped to make the show feel bigger than the matches let on early. Still a good show, just not without a few points to improve upon.


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Mitchell’s AEW Rampage Results & Report! (5/1/24)

Jay White is on a Rampage!

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Will Angel Dorado breathe with the Switchblade?

After battling in the Casino Gauntlet, and then over the Unified AEW & ROH Trios Championships, Jay White and Dante Martin are on a Rampage to go 1v1!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Jay White VS Dante Martin; wins.

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Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (5/1/24)

Kenny Omega returns!

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What will The Cleaner have to say to The Elite?

Finally, Kenny Omega returns to AEW! But given how his friends, The Young Bucks, gave Tony Khan a piledriver, will his homecoming be a dour one?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Samoa Joe VS Isiah Kassidy; wins.
  • Claudio Castagnoli VS Brian Cage; wins.
  • Serena Deeb VS Mariah May w/ Toni Storm & Luther; wins.
  • FTW Championship: Chris Jericho VS Katsuyori Shibata; wins and
  • AEW TNT Championship: Adam “Edge” Copeland VS ??? w/ The House of Black; wins and

PLAY BY PLAY

Tony Khan speaks.

“Welcome to AEW Dynamite. I’m here live in Jacksonville, Florida, and I’ll be producing tonight’s show here in the offices of the Jaguars. I wish I could be live there in Winnipeg for Kenny Omega’s return in his hometown tonight at a perfect time. Unfortunately I’m not cleared to leave Jacksonville, Florida, due to the actions of AEW’s Executive Vice Presidents, Matthew & Nicholas Jackson, and the reinstated Jack Perry.” Something’s going wonky with Tony’s video as he explains the head and neck injuries suffered… And then The Bucks cut in to say they’re “losing” Tony. Technical difficulties. Sorry, TK, they lost connection.

But hey, Tony may not be here, but the Bucks are. And some of you may be asking, how is that cool after what they did last week? How are they not fired? Well, see, iron clad contracts, with a founder’s clause. They won’t get into the details, but let’s just say that they and their colleagues are not going anywhere. And in those same details, it says that if Tony Khan cannot physically be at an event, the EVPs would succeed him. In other words, The Bucks are in charge now! With that said, they’re going to run the new show open! It’s all Elite, as in all Bucks, all Jack and all Okada! They said they wanted to change the world, is that change just more of themselves?

 

Swerve Strickland is here!

Winnipeg cheers as Prince Nana leads the way for the AEW World Champion! Swerve takes the mic to say, “What’s going on, everybody? Three matches, three shows, in one week. That is the type of champion that All Elite Wrestling deserves, and that is the type of champion that Swerve said he was always gonna be.” The fans cheer that! Swerve says what AEW does not deserve are selfish, greedy, childish, power hungry EVPs that think they can just throw their weight around without any kind of consequences. Swerve stands on his words: What the Bucks did was a b*tch move. Now that’ll be handled at some point, but Swerve will get to business.

Who is going to be Swerve’s opponent for Double or Nothing? The fans ask “WHO? WHO? WHO?” and Swerve says he doesn’t know. Winnipeg doesn’t know. But whoever it is, come, present yourself. But wipe your feet before you step into whose house? “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” But then The Bucks interrupt on the tron. They tell the champ congrats. But guess who else are champs: The Bucks! And uh, they also wanted to stop by because something else has been bothering them. It seems that success has gone to Swerve’s head. The first time he talks after winning the big one, and he badmouths his bosses, the EVPs, on national television, and using curse words?

The network hated that, that is a fine. And maybe Swerve just needs a dose of humility. How do you do that? Well, how about The Bucks arrange the very best, the perfect opponent, for Swerve at Double or Nothing? This man happens to be one of the best Canadian pro-wrestlers of all time. He’s a former champion, and hasn’t been around. But he’s waiting at the go position, ready to meet Swerve! Hit the music in three, two, one. GO! It’s… Christian Cage?! The fans are a bit torn as they were hoping for a different Canadian star, but The Patriarch leads Mother Shayna, Nick Wayne & Killswitch/Luchasaurus to the ring.

Christian gets a mic as he goes up onto the apron. He steps inside, Shayna Wayne by his side, but Nick and Killswitchasaurus lurking outside. There are fans who cheer on Christian, and then he sucker punches Swerve with the mic!! Christian fires off hands and knocks Swerve down, and Nana can only cower in a corner! But Swerve gets up to fire back! And he DECKS Nick! And he BOOTS Killswitch! But then Shayna gets in Swerve’s face. Killswitchasaurus turns Swerve around to HEADBUTT him! And he CLOBBERS Nana! Christian snatches the world title, drags Swerve up, KILLSWITCH on the belt!!

The fans are again torn, but Christian then drags Nana up! He holds Nana in place so Nick can hit WAYNE’S WORLD! Christian then goes back to the mic, and he looms over Swerve to tell him, “There’s something you should know about me. I never forget. I haven’t forgotten that some months ago, you broke into my son, Nick Wayne’s gym and left him in a pool of his own blood. I haven’t forgotten- Keep it down while I’m conducting my business!” The fans boo but Christian says he didn’t forget that at one time, they were a tag team at the biggest show in the history of this business, and Swerve lost! Swerve embarrassed Christian!

Christian’s been waiting for the right moment to make him answer for those mistakes, and Swerve went and won the world championship. It seems like there’s no better time than right now to make Swerve pay for those mistakes. Christian will embarrass Swerve the same way Swerve embarrassed him. Christian will end Swerve’s reign before it even begins, and make him a footnote in the history of AEW! The fans boo more but Christian says he heard that speech last week, Swerve talking about his path to this title, how grueling it was and how he put every ounce of himself into it, to where his own daughter doesn’t even know him.

Christian tells Swerve that when he’s done with Swerve, Swerve’s daughter won’t want to know him! But Christian will promise Swerve this: Swerve’s daughter will have a father she can be proud of for the rest of her life! Christian tells Winnipeg that the same way the Colorado Avalanche walked into their house and took their championship dreams away, Christian will walk into Swerve’s House at Double or Nothing and rip this AEW World Championship from his hands. But Swerve, know this: “The pain has just begun.” And with that, Luchasaurus PULLS Swerve’s hair out of his head! Luchasaurus shows off the braid, will that only be the first trophy The Patriarchy takes?

 

 


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