The N-1 Victory is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah, established in 2010 as the Global League. In 2019, the tournament was rebranded as the N-1 Victory.
The N-1 Victory adopts a points system, with two points for a win, one for a time expired draw, and, none for other draw or a loss. The tournament matches are held under the GHC title match rules as the base rule, having a 30-minute time limit. The prize for winning the tournament is a shot at the GHC Heavyweight Championship. In the 2024 edition, Kaito Kiyomiya, reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion, defended the title in the final.
In the below results, (c) signifies the GHC Heavyweight Champion at the time of each tournament.
List of winners TournamentYearWinnerTotal won Global League 2010 Yoshihiro Takayama 1 2011 Takeshi Morishima 1 2012 Kenta 1 2013 Yuji Nagata 1 2014 Takashi Sugiura 1 2015 Naomichi Marufuji 1 2016 Minoru Suzuki 1 2017 Kenoh 1 2018 Kaito Kiyomiya 1 N-1 Victory 2019 Kenoh 2 2020 Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 2021 Katsuhiko Nakajima 2 2022 Kaito Kiyomiya 2 2023 Go Shiozaki 1 2024 Kaito Kiyomiya 3 2025 Masa Kitamiya 1 2026 Ozawa 1
2010 The 2010 Global League was held from March 28 to May 2, through the Spring Navigation 2010 tour. The tournament featured a block system, with twelve wrestlers divided in two blocks of six. The top finishing wrestlers from each block met in the final.
+Final standings Block A Block B Jun Akiyama 8 Yoshihiro Takayama 7 Kensuke Sasaki 7 Toshiaki Kawada 6 Takashi Sugiura 6 Takeshi Morishima 5 Bison Smith 4 Muhammad Yone 5 Takeshi Rikio 3 Akitoshi Saito 4 Takuma Sano 2 Naomichi Marufuji 3
Block A Sugiura Rikio Smith Sano Akiyama Sasaki Sugiura Draw(30:00) Sugiura(20:04) Sugiura(16:20) Akiyama(21:49) Draw(30:00) Rikio Draw(30:00) Rikio(18:47) Sano(04:17) Akiyama(11:48) Sasaki(13:27) Smith Sugiura(20:04) Rikio(18:47) Smith(15:50) Akiyama(12:30) Smith(14:57) Sano Sugiura(16:20) Sano(04:17) Smith(15:50) Akiyama(14:02) Sasaki(14:14) Akiyama Akiyama(21:49) Akiyama(11:48) Akiyama(12:30) Akiyama(14:02) Sasaki(18:19) Sasaki Draw(30:00) Sasaki(13:27) Smith(14:57) Sasaki(14:14) Sasaki(18:19) Block B Marufuji Morishima Yone Saito Takayama Kawada Marufuji Draw(30:00) Yone(16:35) Saito(13:13) Marufuji(15:38) Kawada(22:21) Morishima Draw(30:00) Morishima(12:39) Saito(15:38) Takayama(14:56) Morishima(12:41) Yone Yone(16:35) Morishima(12:39) Yone(12:50) Takayama(08:15) Draw(30:00) Saito Saito(13:13) Saito(15:38) Yone(12:50) Takayama(10:16) Kawada(16:13) Takayama Marufuji(15:38) Takayama(14:56) Takayama(08:15) Takayama(10:16) Draw(30:00) Kawada Kawada(22:21) Morishima(12:41) Draw(30:00) Kawada(16:13) Draw(30:00)
2011 The 2011 Global League was held from November 3 to November 20, through the Global League 2011 tour. The tournament featured a block system, with eighteen wrestlers divided in two blocks of nine. The top finishing wrestlers from each block met in the final.
+Final standings Block A Block B Takeshi Morishima 12 Kenta 12 Go Shiozaki 11 Takashi Sugiura 11 Jun Akiyama 11 Kensuke Sasaki 11 Yoshihiro Takayama 10 Bison Smith 9 Trevor Murdoch 8 Muhammad Yone 7 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 6 Takuma Sano 6 Yutaka Yoshie 6 Akitoshi Saito 6 Kotaro Suzuki 5 Shuhei Taniguchi 6 Kento Miyahara 3 Bobby Fish 4
Block A Shiozaki Takayama Akiyama Morishima Kanemaru Suzuki Yoshie Miyahara Murdoch Shiozaki Takayama(19:19) Draw(30:00) Morishima(15:30) Shiozaki(11:52) Shiozaki(15:06) Shiozaki(16:01) Shiozaki(11:00) Shiozaki(15:36) Takayama Takayama(19:19) Akiyama(15:33) Morishima(9:12) Takyama(5:03) Takayama(5:30) Takayama(9:48) Takayama(3:07) Murdoch(9:04) Akiyama Draw(30:00) Akiyama(15:33) Morishima(12:56) Kanemaru(5:14) Akiyama(7:20) Akiyama(11:19) Akiyama(10:04) Akiyama(16:40) Morishima Morishima(15:30) Morishima(9:12) Morishima(12:56) Morishima(3:57) Morishima(8:04) Yoshie(12:15) Morishima(6:22) Murdoch(6:51) Kanemaru Shiozaki(11:52) Takayama(5:03) Kanemaru(5:14) Morishima(3:57) Draw(30:00) Yoshie(3:55) Draw(30:00) Kanemaru(8:10) Suzuki Shiozaki(15:06) Takayama(5:30) Akiyama(7:20) Morishima(8:04) Draw(30:00) Suzuki(6:49) Suzuki(11:46) Murdoch(8:24) Yoshie Shiozaki(16:01) Takayama(9:48) Akiyama(11:19) Yoshie(12:15) Yoshie(3:55) Suzuki(6:49) Yoshie(9:28) Murdoch(7:22) Miyahara Shiozaki(11:00) Takayama(3:07) Akiyama(10:04) Morishima(6:22) Draw(30:00) Suzuki(11:46) Yoshie(9:28) Miyahara(4:34) Murdoch Shiozaki(15:36) Murdoch(9:04) Akiyama(16:40) Murdoch(6:51) Kanemaru(8:10) Murdoch(8:24) Murdoch(7:22) Miyahara(4:34) Block B Kenta Sugiura Sano Saito Yone Taniguchi Sasaki Smith Fish Kenta Sugiura(2:08) Kenta(4:03) Kenta(16:12) Kenta(15:11) Kenta(11:51) Sasaki(18:04) Kenta(12:18) Kenta(9:24) Sugiura Sugiura(2:08) Sugiura(7:53) Saito(16:20) Draw(30:00) Sugiura(17:33) Sugiura(19:05) Smith(25:28) Sugiura(11:00) Sano Kenta(4:03) Sugiura(7:53) Saito(10:05) Sano(11:03) Taniguchi(11:59) Sano(11:54) Smith(10:27) Sano(9:12) Saito Kenta(16:12) Saito(16:20) Saito(10:05) Saito(5:38) Taniguchi(10:44) Sasaki(13:09) Smith(11:16) Fish(7:25) Yone Kenta(15:11) Draw(30:00) Sano(11:03) Saito(5:38) Yone(11:05) Sasaki(4:42) Yone(8:25) Yone(10:58) Taniguchi Kenta(11:51) Sugiura(17:33) Taniguchi(11:59) Taniguchi(10:44) Yone(11:05) Sasaki(11:27) Taniguchi(11:58) Fish(11:04) Sasaki Sasaki(18:04) Sugiura(19:05) Sano(11:54) Sasaki(13:09) Sasaki(4:42) Sasaki(11:27) Draw(30:00) Sasaki(10:10) Smith Kenta(12:18) Smith(25:28) Smith(10:27) Smith(11:16) Yone(8:25) Taniguchi(11:58) Draw(30:00) Smith(12:07) Fish Kenta(9:24) Sugiura(11:00) Sano(9:12) Fish(7:25) Yone(10:58) Fish(11:04) Sasaki(10:10) Smith(12:07)
2012 The 2012 Global League was held from November 3 to November 23, through the Global League 2012 tour. The tournament featured a block system, with fourteen wrestlers divided in two blocks of seven. The top finishing wrestlers from each block met in the final.
+Final standings Block A Block B Kenta 9 Takashi Sugiura 8 Takeshi Morishima 8 Maybach Taniguchi 8 Yuji Nagata 8 Naomichi Marufuji 6 Go Shiozaki 6 Akitoshi Saito 6 Muhammad Yone 6 Jun Akiyama 6 Mikey Nicholls 3 Katsuhiko Nakajima 4 Kento Miyahara 2 Shane Haste 4
Block A Shiozaki Kenta Miyahara Nicholls Yone Morishima Nagata Shiozaki Kenta(11:03) Shiozaki(10:29) Nicholls(14:07) Shiozaki(17:53) Shiozaki(17:43) Nagata(18:47) Kenta Kenta(11:03) Kenta(7:36) Draw(30:00) Kenta(13:08) Kenta(16:55) Nagata(16:21) Miyahara Shiozaki(10:29) Kenta(7:36) Miyahara(6:45) Yone(11:13) Morishima(6:51) Nagata(10:43) Nicholls Nicholls(14:07) Draw(30:00) Miyahara(6:45) Yone(4:10) Morishima(6:34) Nagata(12:14) Yone Shiozaki(17:53) Kenta(13:08) Yone(11:13) Yone(4:10) Morishima(16:08) Yone(15:16) Morishima Shiozaki(17:43) Kenta(16:55) Morishima(6:51) Morishima(6:34) Morishima(16:08) Morishima(15:05) Nagata Nagata(18:47) Nagata(16:21) Nagata(10:43) Nagata(12:14) Yone(15:16) Morishima(15:05) Block B Saito Akiyama Nakajima Taniguchi Marufuji Haste Sugiura Saito Saito(16:28) Saito(8:28) Taniguchi(10:54) Marufuji(11:58) Haste(12:29) Saito(12:39) Akiyama Saito(16:28) Akiyama(12:12) Taniguchi(7:33) Marufuji(19:58) Akiyama(13:17) Akiyama(15:05) Nakajima Saito(8:28) Akiyama(12:12) Nakajima(9:58) Marufuji(12:08) Nakajima(9:28) Sugiura(12:08) Taniguchi Taniguchi(10:54) Taniguchi(7:33) Nakajima(9:58) Taniguchi(14:05) Taniguchi(10:40) Sugiura(10:29) Marufuji Marufuji(11:58) Marufuji(19:58) Marufuji(12:08) Taniguchi(14:05) Haste(9:11) Sugiura(9:37) Haste Haste(12:29) Akiyama(13:17) Nakajima(9:28) Taniguchi(10:40) Haste(9:11) Sugiura(16:02) Sugiura Saito(12:39) Akiyama(15:05) Sugiura(12:08) Sugiura(10:29) Sugiura(9:37) Sugiura(16:02)
2013 The 2013 Global League was held from October 19 to November 10. The tournament featured a block system, with fourteen wrestlers divided in two blocks of seven. The top finishing wrestlers from each block met in the final.
+Final standings Block A Block B Takeshi Morishima 8 Yuji Nagata 8 Kenta 6 Naomichi Marufuji 8 Muhammad Yone 6 Takashi Sugiura 6 Daisuke Sekimoto 6 Maybach Taniguchi 6 Shane Haste 6 Ryoji Sai 6 Katsuhiko Nakajima 6 Mikey Nicholls 4 Eddie Edwards 4 Akitoshi Saito 4
Block A Sekimoto Edwards Nakajima Kenta Yone Haste Morishima Sekimoto Sekimoto(7:42) Sekimoto(11:05) Kenta(21:38) Sekimoto(11:49) Haste(8:13) Morishima(14:42) Edwards Sekimoto(7:42) Edwards(12:36) Edwards(13:57) Yone(10:39) Haste(12:45) Morishima(6:53) Nakajima Sekimoto(11:05) Edwards(12:36) Nakajima(19:52) Nakajima(5:06) Nakajima(13:33) Morishima(12:09) Kenta Kenta(21:38) Edwards(13:57) Nakajima(19:52) Kenta(18:26) Kenta(15:33) Morishima(9:39) Yone Sekimoto(11:49) Yone(10:39) Nakajima(5:06) Kenta(18:26) Yone(9:36) Yone(13:16) Haste Haste(8:13) Haste(12:45) Nakajima(13:33) Kenta(15:33) Yone(9:36) Haste(10:19) Morishima Morishima(14:42) Morishima(6:53) Morishima(12:09) Morishima(9:39) Yone(13:16) Haste(10:19) Block B Saito Taniguchi Nicholls Marufuji Sai Sugiura Nagata Saito Taniguchi(8:49) Saito(10:55) Marufuji(13:07) Sai(10:12) Saito(13:46) Nagata(11:08) Taniguchi Taniguchi(8:49) Nicholls(10:20) Marufuji(15:29) Sai(11:05) Taniguchi(6:41) Taniguchi(12:23) Nicholls Saito(10:55) Nicholls(10:20) Marufuji(13:32) Sai(6:17) Nicholls(13:22) Nagata(10:29) Marufuji Marufuji(13:07) Marufuji(15:29) Marufuji(13:32) Marufuji(10:32) Sugiura(16:02) Nagata(8:34) Sai Sai(10:12) Sai(11:05) Sai(6:17) Marufuji(10:32) Sugiura(12:03) Nagata(12:19) Sugiura Saito(13:46) Taniguchi(6:41) Nicholls(13:22) Sugiura(16:02) Sugiura(12:03) Sugiura(15:16) Nagata Nagata(11:08) Taniguchi(12:23) Nagata(10:29) Nagata(8:34) Nagata(12:19) Sugiura(15:16)
2014 The 2014 Global League took place from October 18 to November 8.
+Final standings Block A Block B Daisuke Sekimoto 10 Takashi Sugiura 10 Satoshi Kojima 8 Chris Hero 8 Katsuhiko Nakajima 8 Yuji Nagata 8 Naomichi Marufuji 8 Masato Tanaka 8 Colt Cabana 6 Maybach Taniguchi 8 Akitoshi Saito 6 Muhammad Yone 6 Takeshi Morishima 6 Mikey Nicholls 6 Shane Haste 4 Quiet Storm 2
Block A Saito Cabana Sekimoto Nakajima Marufuji Kojima Haste Morishima Saito Cabana(6:00) Sekimoto(10:30) Saito(14:12) Marufuji(12:01) Saito(12:57) Haste(12:02) Saito(9:01) Cabana Cabana(6:00) Sekimoto(11:50) Nakajima(8:06) Marufuji(9:11) Kojima(10:14) Cabana(10:57) Cabana(8:43) Sekimoto Sekimoto(10:30) Sekimoto(11:50) Sekimoto(12:15) Marufuji(16:01) Kojima(12:29) Sekimoto(12:07) Sekimoto(13:17) Nakajima Saito(14:12) Nakajima(8:06) Sekimoto(12:15) Nakajima(19:41) Kojima(10:27) Nakajima(13:36) Nakajima(13:34) Marufuji Marufuji(12:01) Marufuji(9:11) Marufuji(16:01) Nakajima(19:41) Kojima(14:41) Marufuji(6:54) Morishima(13:20) Kojima Saito(12:57) Kojima(10:14) Kojima(12:29) Kojima(10:27) Kojima(14:41) Haste(11:43) Morishima(7:12) Haste Haste(12:02) Cabana(10:57) Sekimoto(12:07) Nakajima(13:36) Marufuji(6:54) Haste(11:43) Morishima(10:09) Morishima Saito(9:01) Cabana(8:43) Sekimoto(13:17) Nakajima(13:34) Morishima(13:20) Morishima(7:12) Morishima(10:09) Block B Hero Tanaka Taniguchi Nicholls Yone Storm Sugiura Nagata Hero Hero(13:22) Hero(12:56) Hero(11:26) Yone(12:20) Hero(8:05) Sugiura(12:07) Nagata(13:28) Tanaka Hero(13:22) Tanaka(10:07) Nicholls(10:09) Tanaka(12:34) Tanaka(7:39) Tanaka(15:13) Nagata(13:37) Taniguchi Hero(12:56) Tanaka(10:07) Taniguchi(12:06) Taniguchi(8:23) Taniguchi(8:11) Sugiura(1:57) Taniguchi(12:28) Nicholls Hero(11:26) Nicholls(10:09) Taniguchi(12:06) Yone(9:26) Nicholls(8:35) Sugiura(13:54) Nicholls(11:01) Yone Yone(12:20) Tanaka(12:34) Taniguchi(8:23) Yone(9:26) Storm(6:06) Sugiura(15:56) Yone(11:01) Storm Hero(8:05) Tanaka(7:39) Taniguchi(8:11) Nicholls(8:35) Storm(6:06) Sugiura(12:05) Nagata(10:50) Sugiura Sugiura(12:07) Tanaka(15:13) Sugiura(1:57) Sugiura(13:54) Sugiura(15:56) Sugiura(12:05) Nagata(18:09) Nagata Nagata(13:28) Nagata(13:37) Taniguchi(12:28) Nicholls(11:01) Yone(11:01) Nagata(10:50) Nagata(18:09)
2015 The 2015 Global League took place from October 16 to November 8.