There are sixteen competitors in this year’s N-1 Victory with one huge name opting to skip the tournament. The current GHC Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito decided in the infancy of his reign that he would not be participating in the tournament.
Pro Wrestling ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Junya Matsunaga successfully defended his title on August 30th, defeating Koji Doi at the promotion’s Yamanashi Pro Wrestling Festival at the Kose Sports Park Gymnasium Sub Arena in Yamanashi.
On August 30th, DDT Pro Wrestling returned to Korakuen Hall where the current KO-D Openweight Champion MAO made his second defense of the title against Daichi Satoh.
On August 29th, All Japan Pro-Wrestling held its SUMMER ACTION WARS 2026 event at EBARA WAVE Arena in Ota City. 3068 fans were in attendance to witness the conclusion of the Zennichi Jr. Festival 2026 and Kento Miyahara’s ninth defense of the Triple Crown Heavyweight Title against Yuma Anzai.
Marvelous are set to make their United Kingdom this coming January. Announced on Pro Wrestling EVE’s EVE x The World 2 event, the two promotions will collaborate for a co-promoted show at the Big Penny Social in London, England.
With all eyes on London fall All In weekend, Pro Wrestling EVE hosted EVE 153: EVE x The World 2. With joshi representatives across the card, the main event saw TJPW’s Miyu Yamashita retain the International Title against Kay Lee Ray, only to be attacked by Marina Shafir.
On Sept. 12th, the biggest Pro Wrestling NOAH tournament, the N-1 VICTORY 2026 is scheduled to get underway at the famed Korakuen Hal. Sixteen competitors will be broken into two blocks as each with fight to earn the right to particpate in the tournament finals on Oct.12 at the Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2.
Sendai Girls were in the National Yoyogi Stadium, Second Gymnasium for The Top of Joshi Wrestling, headlined by Chihiro Hashimoto defending against Mika Iwata. After successfully retaining, Hashimoto was confronted by her next challenger, Spike Nishimura.
The current Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC National Champion and perennial superstar Naomichi Marufuji celebrated his 28th anniversary as a pro-wrestler on Aug. 28th.
