NOAH N-1 Victory 2024 Night 1 A-Block Atsushi Kotoge vs Dragon Bane

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00:00And one victory, 2024, match 2 of 10, monstrous matchups on the card here today.

00:29Dragon Bane steps out. He's going to be feeling good right now just after watching his brother take the win in the first match, of course.

00:38You know, they are in both of these men in it to win it individually, but must feel good.

00:43Yeah, just seconds after watching his younger brother win, Dragon Bane is going to be in action in the A Block now.

00:50This is his first time to join the N1 victory. Dragon Bane's had 82 career singles matches with a 60% win rate.

00:58Wrestled in Dragon Gate with his brother last month.

01:02And this one was a bit of a wild card. Nobody saw this coming.

01:21Unfortunately, Hoshio Zaki had to pull out of the tournament and he is replaced by a huge fan favorite.

01:30No better replacement possible than this fantastic man, Shishiko Toge.

01:35The crowd is going to be absolutely rooting for him. Comes in on late notice as an underdog.

01:41He's going to give it his all, you know that.

01:43And he's flying the flag. He's coming in as the de facto Team Noa leader.

01:48Handpicked to be Hoshio Zaki's replacement in this tournament.

01:52Shishiko Toge joined the Global League in 2017, finishing 4th place under Ken Oh, Masato Tanaka and Katsuhiko Nakajima.

02:04He took a win over Akitoshi Saito that year.

02:07And of course that year, 2017, was Ken Oh and Shishio Zaki in the final.

02:12And I believe he joined the following year also.

02:14Yep, 2018, defeated Takashi Sugiura, Hoshio Zaki and Kaito Kiyomiya.

02:19Cannot underestimate Shishiko Toge.

02:25Just so experienced.

02:27Shishiko Toge debuted 8 years prior to Dragonbane, his opponent here today.

02:34He's had over 2300 career matches.

02:39476 singles matches.

02:42That's more matches than Dragonbane has ever had.

02:45That's incredible.

02:46He's just so dependable, isn't he, Toge?

02:48And something's been different with him this year in that Team Noa stable on the limit break shows.

02:54The fire's been lit deep inside of him, teaming up with the likes of Shishio Zaki.

02:58We've seen a different side of him.

03:00Faced Yonaki Yama even recently, the three-time GHF world champion, legend in pro wrestling, Noa.

03:06Yeah, it feels like he's really found his place in Team Noa.

03:12The former 11-time GHC junior heavyweight tag team champion.

03:21Well, he has held the heavyweight tag team championship with Hoshio Zaki back in 2017.

03:27Challenged on two occasions for the GHC heavyweight championship.

03:33He's held the junior heavyweight championship three times in his career.

03:37First time 10 years ago, then 2016, then 2021.

03:41He's just always, like you said, he's still alive, he's always been up there.

03:45He's never faded.

03:46Always there, thereabouts, so consistent.

03:49That's why he's so popular with the Noa fan base.

03:53Oh my word.

03:56Flying here, schoolboy.

04:00This is going to be a different style tonight.

04:02Not what we're going to see in this N1 tournament.

04:04We've got two junior heavyweights out there.

04:07Inviting the Noa showpiece heavyweight tournament.

04:13Togi, out here in 2024, still showing that he can hang with the best of them.

04:21Daisuke Harada will be rooting for him as well.

04:23Watching on from Osaka, I'm sure.

04:29Togi won the ITW UK junior heavyweight championship in 2019,

04:33which he actually won from Daisuke Harada.

04:37A lot of history between those two men.

04:38They had some classics over the years.

04:40Fantastic tag team as well.

04:43More so as tag team partners than opponents.

04:48Man on a mission here today, Atsushi Kotoge.

04:51Dragonbane kicks out on two.

04:57This might be just the sort of contest Kotoge needs to get into that N1 victory fold,

05:01coming up against fellow junior heavyweight,

05:03before he meets the big super heavyweights later on in the tournament.

05:07Yes, not everybody has quite as kind a first match, I have to say.

05:12Ryohei Oiwa has his work cut out for him here today,

05:15going up against WWE NXT superstar Josh Briggs.

05:20Yeah, that's an intimidating man, Josh Briggs.

05:23Yeah, I was talking to him earlier and I'm actually having to look up to him.

05:27And I'm 6 foot 5, so that tells you how big that man is.

05:32He's a legit 6 foot 7.

05:37Air traffic control have been notified through the second rope

05:40with the suicide dive, wipes out Atsushi Kotoge.

05:44Dragon is flying in Yokohama.

05:47Breathing fire while he's at it.

05:51Scorpio Dorian is looking to go 2-0 in the N1 victory.

05:56Both brothers on opposite blocks, of course.

05:59Alpha Wolf in the B block and Dragonbane in the A block.

06:05They're dreaming about meeting in the final, of course, the brothers.

06:13Oh, look at that. Kotoge got wiped out and he's still throwing insults.

06:18He's like, just in the face of Dragonbane with disdain.

06:23He's like, you're not taking me out that easily.

06:26Because he's been through some absolute wars in his time.

06:29He's taken some absolutely hellish beatings and come back to win.

06:34Yeah, especially recently Kotoge's been to the ring.

06:36He's gone through this phase of headbutts and he's been busted open so many times,

06:40especially when Shiozaki and Kotoge challenged for the DDT tag team titles,

06:45the KOD tag team titles against Burning.

06:53That was a hell of a chop right there.

06:56I think the whole of Yokohama heard that one.

07:05He smashes, sends him across, follows up immediately with the running variant,

07:09sweeps the legs away. Dragonbane off the ropes now.

07:13My word.

07:14Face with dropkick.

07:17Drags him in.

07:18Throws the legs up.

07:20Relentless pressure now from Dragonbane.

07:23Kotoge needs to hang in there, needs to stick with Dragonbane here.

07:27Needs to fight his own fight.

07:38Five minutes in to this second match here today.

07:42N1 Victory 2024 kicking off things with a bang in Yokohama Budokan.

07:55Spicy palm strike from Kotoge, but receives an even bigger one from the dragon.

08:04Kotoge won't be anywhere near the body weight of most of the competitors in this tournament,

08:07but he is six foot tall.

08:08He has got the size in that area.

08:11And then moonsault from Dragonbane there.

08:13Kotoge kicks out on two.

08:17But he's just so durable, bro.

08:18He has shown again and again and again, he can hang with much bigger opponents.

08:24He's got so much heart, doesn't he?

08:25That's what has endeared him to the NOAH fans.

08:28Everyone loves an underdog.

08:30It's a great story, isn't it?

08:32The pink and white attack.

08:33Look at his chest already though, Kotoge.

08:35Some serious welts forming there.

08:37First of seven matches in this tournament for him.

08:41It's an orthodox submission.

08:42What has he got in store for Kotoge here?

08:44I have not seen Dragonbane do this in the pro wrestling NOAH ring before.

08:52Kotoge couldn't even tap if he wanted to.

08:53It would have to be a verbal submission.

08:56A lot of torque on that right leg of Kotoge.

08:58There's the cover for two.

09:02Dragonbane and Alpha Wolf are going to bring out so many things we've never seen from them before in this tournament.

09:08That's why they're so exciting.

09:09The box office brothers, they always have something new and fresh for the fans.

09:14Kotoge with the waist lock.

09:18He's hanging on to that though, Mark.

09:20Yes, he's still keeping the grip from the waist.

09:22This is that durability that we were talking about.

09:25Rocking!

09:27That'll do.

09:28Great response from Kotoge.

09:32A hang in there.

09:33Shiozaki said he's going to fight his own fight.

09:35He's not doing this for Shiozaki.

09:36He's going to do this for himself.

09:40He's got almost no time to prepare.

09:42Only announced yesterday, in fact, that Kotoge is joining this tournament.

09:50Bridge body attack.

09:53Signature offense from Kotoge.

09:55Dragonbane's face got planted over the pro-wrestling logo there at high velocity.

10:09Yeah.

10:14Sends him across.

10:17Handspring into the back elbow.

10:18Smash.

10:19Both legs up there.

10:21Shoulder up on two from Kotoge.

10:26Kotoge's having to dig deep now.

10:32Heel kick.

10:33And another standard moonsault from Dragonbane.

10:36Could make a three here, but Kotoge will not go without a fight.

10:41Looked like his knee connected to the face of Kotoge then as well.

10:46Forearm smashes.

10:47Kotoge not hanging around for that follow-up.

10:51Oh, flying knee from Dragonbane.

10:54Kotoge again on the attack with the cut of the maximum.

10:57Lands it perfectly.

11:00Fantastic comeback from Kotoge.

11:02Got this crowd energized in Yokohama.

11:05This is classic Tatsushi Kotoge mark.

11:202024 is the year of the dragon.

11:23How about that for a knee lift.

11:26Faces with a kick.

11:28The feint made him block and he followed up and caught him with the last one.

11:31Gonna go for the moonsault.

11:33Kotoge gets the knees up.

11:34Well scouted from Kotoge.

11:36Still experienced.

11:37He's throwing on that now.

11:47With a slam.

11:50Kotoge wants to put a period mark on this match.

11:56The height on that kick stops Kotoge in his tracks momentarily.

12:00Don't tend to see Kotoge up on the top rope so much these days.

12:07Medics changing.

12:08Forearm smashes.

12:11Kotoge on the turnbuckle.

12:14Dragonbane looking to get underneath him.

12:20Kotoge put the anchors down on that.

12:22Follows up with the headbutt.

12:24Steps through.

12:25Out the back door.

12:27Slick.

12:28At the back of Dragonbane now.

12:30That's a tight waist lock.

12:32He could do something devastating with this but Dragonbane hanging on.

12:38You know his long time teammate Harada had that Katayama German suplex.

12:44Oh beautiful.

12:46Flip powerbomb.

12:47From the second rope.

12:50Innovative offense from Kotoge here.

12:53Follows up.

12:54Knee to the face.

12:55Hooks up the leg.

12:56Can he get the three?

12:57Knock weight.

12:59Traction away.

13:03Crowd desperately urging Kotoge on.

13:09Kotoge feels it.

13:13Looking for that.

13:15Knock weight.

13:17Oh wow.

13:19Spanish fly.

13:22Dragonbane.

13:24Down he goes.

13:25Drops him to the driver.

13:26One.

13:27Two.

13:28No.

13:34Nice soft kick and a heel kick.

13:36Two shots landing on the jaw of Matsushi Kotoge as Dragonbane goes.

13:42From the top rope with the SSP.

13:47Oh my.

13:48Still not enough.

13:49Kotoge kicks out.

13:51What a titanic effort as always from Matsushi Kotoge.

13:54Absolutely love to see it.

13:57Kotoge chance now.

13:58Huge chance of Kotoge here.

14:03This is pro wrestling not at its finest.

14:11Oh hell of a knee to the jaw there.

14:12And the punch.

14:15He got it.

14:16All of it.

14:17Hooks up the legs.

14:18Dragonbane gets the three count in full and takes a win off the back of his brother.

14:24The match before in the B block.

14:26Dragonbane in the A block picks up two points.

14:29Box off his brother has gone two for two.

14:31Los Corpiadores the talk of the N1 to kick off here in Yokohama.

14:37The Mexican invasion successful so far.

14:40The boot is in the door.

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