NOAH: Two NXT Talents Announced for 2024 N-1 Victory Tournament, AJ Styles Defeats Naomichi Marufuji at Destination 2024, Jake Lee Joins Bullet Club War Dogs

Jul 13, 2024

NXT’s Josh Briggs & Tavion Heights Announced for NOAH’s 2024 N-1 Victory Tournament

Saturday’s Destination 2024 event in Tokyo, Japan featured Pro Wrestling NOAH announcing the full field for this year’s N-1 Victory tournament.

In regards to surprise competitors, it was announced that this year’s tournament will feature two talents from WWE’s NXT brand. They are Josh Briggs for A Block and Tavion Heights for B Block.

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🏆世界が沸騰する夏🏆
【N-1 VICTORY 2024】出場選手発表🔥🔥🔥
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「ABEMA presents N-1 VICTORY 2024」
8月4日(日)横浜武道館～ 9月1日(日)エディオンアリーナ大阪第1競技場

全16選手がエントリー！

そして『 WWE NXT 』から、2選手の参戦決定‼‼‼#noah_ghc #NXT #n12024 pic.twitter.com/A11coQAidS
— プロレスリング・ノア｜PRO WRESTLING NOAH (@noah_ghc) July 13, 2024

Full field & group blocks for NOAH N-1 Victory 2024 tournament:

A Block:

Kaito Kiyomiya
Go Shiozaki
Masa Kitamiya
Rohei Oiwa
Jack Morris
Dragon Bane
Luis Mante
Josh Briggs

B Block:

Kenoh
Manabu Soya
Ulka Sasaki
YOICHI
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.
Alpha Wolf
Titus Alexander
Tavion Heights

AJ Styles Defeats Naomichi Marufuji at NOAH Destination 2024

Saturday’s NOAH Destination 2024 event in Tokyo also featured AJ Styles defeating Noamichi Marufuji in the main event.

The ending to this match involved Styles setting up Marufuji in a Styles Clash only for Marufuji to partially escape it but Styles managed to get Marufuji back into the setup and hit it for the pinfall victory. Following the match, Styles and Marufuji gave their respect towards each other over their hard fought match.

Two geniuses showcased why professional wrestling is the best sport in the world. @AJStylesOrg @noah_marufuji_ #noah_ghc #DESTINATION2024 #WWE pic.twitter.com/QFqnvISvTX
— Pro Wrestling NOAH Global (@noahglobal) July 13, 2024

Following the match, Styles gave his thoughts about his match with Marufuji in a post-match backstage press conference.

“A talented professional wrestler. If I could beat him, then I’d beat one of the best, and I needed to prove that to myself. I’ve lost against the best, and I’ve won against the best. One of the best tonight was Marufuji. Excellent wrestler. If anybody else could call themselves phenomenal besides AJ Styles, it is Marufuji. He gave me everything that I wanted in a match and more. He’s a class above the rest. I think a lot of his experience paid off tonight as he took me to the edge. He made it very difficult tonight. I was struggling out there, I won’t lie to you. One of Japanese finest was in the ring with AJ Styles tonight. A lot of Japanese matches get five star ratings from people that really don’t matter. But when you watch it back, you understand because it’s always the fans that make the match. It’s not the wrestlers, we’re just there. The fans always, always make the best matches. The Japanese fans are one, if not the best in the world. If you wanna experience what it’s like to be respected as a professional wrestler, come to Japan. They understand what it takes to get to where we’re at and I have nothing but appreciation for the Japanese fans.”

Translate h/t: Fightful.com

Jake Lee Joins Bullet Club War Dogs at NOAH Destination 2024

Saturday’s NOAH Destination 2024 event also featured Jake Lee departing from NOAH and officially joining NJPW’s Bullet Club War Dogs stable.

Following Jake Lee, Tadasuke, & YO-HEY’s victory over Anthony Greene, Jack Morris, & LJ Cleary in a 6-Man Tag Team match that was the final match of Lee’s Good Looking Guys stable, NJPW’s Gedo showed up and offered Lee a Bullet Club War Dogs shirt and spot in the group. Lee grabbed the shirt and put it on leading to Greene confronting Lee over what he did. Lee responded hitting a chokeslam to Greene and grabbed the microphone stating “goodbye NOAH.”

Gedo welcomes Jake Lee to the Bullet Club War Dogs‼️

Jake Lee: “Goodbye NOAH!”#noah_ghc #DESTINATION2024 #njpw @njpwglobal pic.twitter.com/QrYMxSdZkB
— Pro Wrestling NOAH Global (@noahglobal) July 13, 2024