The Global League is an annual

professional wrestling Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...

round-robin

tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...

held by

Pro Wrestling Noah (stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left the ...

, established in 2010. In 2019, the Global League was rebranded as the N-1 Victory. The Global League 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 The is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight currently defended in the Pro Wrestling Noah brand division. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world titles, alon ...

. In the below results, (c) signifies the

GHC Heavyweight Champion The is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight currently defended in the Pro Wrestling Noah brand division. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world titles, alon ...

at the time of each tournament.

List of winners

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.

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.

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.

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.

2014

The 2014 Global League took place from October 18 to November 8.

2015

The 2015 Global League took place from October 16 to November 8.

2016

The 2016 Global League took place from November 3 to 23.

2017

The 2017 Global League took place from October 14 to November 19.

2018

The 2018 Global League took place from October 30 to November 25.

Naomichi Marufuji (born September 26, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), R ...

withdrew from the final due to a shoulder injury. A

three-way match Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a ...

between

Kenoh (born January 1, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist, better known by the ring name . He currently wrestles in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former GHC National Champion and a former two-time GHC Heavyweight Champion ...

Katsuhiko Nakajima is a Japanese professional wrestler, signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. He started his career in Riki Choshu's Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling (WJ) promotion before heading to Kensuke Sasaki's Kensuke Office/Diamond Ring dojo and promotion. He ...

, and

Kohei Sato is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted with Pro Wrestling Zero1. Sato is also a former mixed martial artist. Career A former judoka and amateur wrestler, Sato made his transition to mixed martial arts after meeting Kazunari Murakami a ...

determined Marufuji's replacement, which Nakajima won.

2019

The 2019 N-1 Victory took place from August 18 to September 16. 10 wrestlers competed in 2 blocks of 5. Prior to the tournament,

Kaito Kiyomiya is a Japanese professional wrestler who works for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is the current GHC Heavyweight Champion in his second reign. Early life Kiyomiya grew up a lifelong fan of professional wrestling, citing Mitsuharu Misawa as his bigg ...

announced he would not participate, but would instead defend the championship against the winner of the tournament at the November 2 Ryogoku event. Dragon Gate wrestler

Masaaki Mochizuki is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Dragon Gate and Pro Wrestling Noah. Mochizuki is a former FIP World Champion and three-time Open the Dream Gate Champion. Professional wrestling career Early years A former karateka ...

and

Major League Wrestling Major League Wrestling (MLW), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in New Rochelle, New York. The promotion was founded in 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by former WWE writer Court Bauer. The promotion markets its product as ...

wrestlers

Alexander Hammerstone Alex Rohde (born January 17, 1991), better known by his ring names Alexander Hammerstone or simply Hammerstone is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling, where he is the current MLW World Heavyweight ...

and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. also competed in the tournament.

2020

The 2020 N-1 Victory tournament took place from September 18 to October 11. 12 wrestlers competed in 2 blocks of 6. Unlike the previous year, the reigning

competed. Dragon Gate's

competed in the tournament for the second straight year. Also competing was freelancer

Kazushi Sakuraba is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and submission wrestler, currently signed to Rizin Fighting Federation and Pro Wrestling Noah, where he was formerly one-half of the former GHC Tag Team Champions with Takashi Sugiura. ...

, who was one half of the

GHC Tag Team Champions The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio & Vader defeated Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in a tourname ...

at the time (along with fellow entrant

Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined Noah's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestler ...

). {, class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" align="center" !Block A ! Kiyomiya ! Shiozaki ! Soya ! Mochizuki ! Kitamiya ! Sakuraba , - align="center" ! Kiyomiya , , , Kiyomiya
(24:07) , , Kiyomiya
(21:55) , , Draw
(30:00) , , Kitamiya
(14:32) , , Kiyomiya
(9:47) , - align="center" ! Shiozaki , Kiyomiya
(24:07) , , , , Shiozaki
(16:54) , , Mochizuki
(16:21) , , Shiozaki
(20:00) , , Shiozaki
(8:35) , - align="center" ! Soya , Kiyomiya
(21:55) , , Shiozaki
(16:54) , , , , Mochizuki
(13:14) , , Soya
(12:56) , , Soya
(5:57) , - align="center" ! Mochizuki , Draw
(30:00) , , Mochizuki
(16:21) , , Mochizuki
(13:14) , , , , Kitamiya
(9:23) , , Sakuraba
(8:28) , - align="center" ! Kitamiya , Kitamiya
(14:32) , , Shiozaki
(20:00) , , Soya
(12:56) , , Kitamiya
(9:23) , , , , Sakuraba
(2:29) , - align="center" ! Sakuraba , Kiyomiya
(9:47) , , Shiozaki
(8:35), , Soya
(5:57), , Sakuraba
(8:28), , Sakuraba
(2:29) , , , - align="center" !Block B !

! Nakajima ! Marufuji ! Taniguchi ! Sugiura !Inamura , - align="center" !

, , , Nakajima
(17:19) , , Kenoh
(15:05) , , Kenoh
(9:40) , , Sugiura
(16:04) , , Kenoh
(10:26) , - align="center" ! Nakajima , Nakajima
(17:19), , , , Nakajima
(16:25) , , Taniguchi
(14:42) , , Nakajima
(17:42) , , Nakajima
(11:49) , - align="center" ! Marufuji , Kenoh
(15:05) , , Nakajima
(16:25) , , , , Marufuji
(18:21) , , Draw
(30:00) , , Marufuji
(12:23) , - align="center" ! Taniguchi , Kenoh
(9:40) , , Taniguchi
(14:42) , , Marufuji
(18:21) , , , , Sugiura
(21:57) , , Taniguchi
(4:36) , - align="center" ! Sugiura , Sugiura
(16:04) , , Nakajima
(17:42) , , Draw
(30:00) , , Sugiura
(21:57), , , , Sugiura
(9:11) , - align="center" !Inamura , Kenoh
(10:26) , , Nakajima
(11:49) , , Marufuji
(12:23) , , Taniguchi
(4:36) , , Sugiura
(9:11) , ,

2021

The 2021 N-1 Victory tournament took place from September 12 to October 3. 16 wrestlers competed in 4 blocks of 4, where the winners of each block advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were single elimination matches with the winners facing each other in the final later in the same night.

, who won the tournament, also received a

match against then-champion

at ''Grand Square 2021 in Osaka'' on October 10. {, class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center" , +Final standings , - ! colspan="2" style="width:25%" , Block A ! colspan="2" style="width:25%" , Block B ! colspan="2" style="width:25%" , Block C ! colspan="2" style="width:25%" , Block D , - !

, style="width:35px" , 5 !

, style="width:35px" , 4 ! Katsuhiko Nakajima , style="width:35px" , 4 ! Masakatsu Funaki , style="width:35px" , 6 , - !

Keiji Mutoh is a Japanese professional wrestler and professional wrestling executive currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), where he is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion. He is best known for his work as in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Ne ...

, 4 !

, 3 !

Kazuyuki Fujita is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and a former amateur wrestler, currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a one-time GHC Heavyweight Champion. He has most recently fought in Road FC, but is also known for his ...

, 4 , - !

, 3 !

Daiki Inaba is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently competes as a freelancer, majorly for Pro Wrestling Noah. He's best known for his time in Wrestle-1, where he was a two-time Wrestle-1 Champion, and the winner of the 2019 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix. ...

, 2 !

Masato Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Ext ...

, 3 ! Masa Kitamiya , 2 , - !

Manabu Soya is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling. He previously lived in Canada training at the Can-Am Wrestling School under Scott D'Amore, working regularly for the Maximum Pro Wrestling promotion. He is c ...

, 0 !

Kendo Kashin Tokimitsu Ishizawa (''Ishizawa Tokimitsu'', born August 5, 1968), better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin (ケンドー・カシン, ''Kendō Kashin''), is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his time in New Japan Pr ...

, 2 !

Kotaro Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name . He is currently working as a freelancer, mainly for promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. Career Pro Wrestling Noah (2001-2013) Suzuki was the last person remaining of a grueling t ...

, 2 !

Akitoshi Saito is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Early life Before pro wrestling, Akitoshi Saito was trained in karate by Masashi Aoyagi. Saito seconded Aoyagi i ...

, 0 {, class="wikitable" align=center style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" , +Tournament overview , - ! Block A !! Sugiura !! Kiyomiya ! Soya !! Mutoh , - align="center" ! Sugiura , , , Kiyomiya
(21:15) , , Sugiura
(10:19) , , Draw
(30:00) , - align="center" ! Kiyomiya , Kiyomiya
(21:15) , , , , Kiyomiya
(25:07) , , Draw
(30:00) , - align="center" ! Soya , Sugiura
(10:19) , , Kiyomiya
(25:07) , , , , Mutoh
(17:37) , - align="center" ! Mutoh , Draw
(30:00) , , Draw
(30:00) , , Mutoh
(17:37) , , , - align="center" ! Block B !!

!! Inaba ! Mochizuki !! Kashin , - align="center" !

, , , Kenoh
(14:59) , , , Kenoh
(16:30) , , Kashin
(12:46) , - align="center" ! Inaba , Kenoh
(14:59) , , , , Mochizuki
(12:39) , , Inaba
(7:07) , - align="center" ! Mochizuki , Kenoh
(16:30) , , Mochizuki
(12:39) , , , , Mochizuki
(9:28) , - align="center" ! Kashin , Kashin
(12:46) , , Inaba
(7:07) , , Mochizuki
(9:28) , , , - align="center" ! Block C !! Nakajima !! Sakuraba !

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Tanaka is the fourth most common Japanese name, Japanese surname. It is typically written with the kanji for . Less common variants include , , , , and . People with the surname *, Japanese musician formerly known as Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi *, Japane ...

, - align="center" ! Nakajima , , , Nakajima
(12:33) , , Nakajima
(18:31) , , Tanaka
(14:08) , - align="center" ! Sakuraba , Nakajima
(12:33) , , , , Sakuraba
(15:02) , , Draw
(30:00) , - align="center" !

, Nakajima
(18:31) , , Sakuraba
(15:02) , , , , Suzuki
(5:26) , - align="center" !

, Tanaka
(14:08) , , Draw
(30:00) , , Suzuki
(5:26) , , , - align="center" ! Block D !! Kitamiya !! Saito ! Funaki !!

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, - align="center" ! Kitamiya , , , Kitamiya
(7:58) , , Funaki
(10:54) , , Fujita
(9:29) , - align="center" ! Saito , Kitamiya
(7:58) , , , , Funaki
(12:53) , , Fujita
(13:12) , - align="center" ! Funaki , Funaki
(10:54) , , Funaki
(12:53) , , , , Funaki
(5:05) , - align="center" !

, Fujita
(9:29) , , Fujita
(13:12) , , Funaki
(5:05) , , , - align="center"

2022

The 2022 edition took place between August 11 and September 3, with the final at

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Namba, Osaka, Japan. It first opened in 1952 and the current building was constructed in 1987. It is the venue of a professional sumo tournament (honbasho) held in March every year. The capacity of the a ...

. The participants and matches were announced on July 17.

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withdrew from the tournament due to visa issues. Kinya Okada defeated Yoshiki Inamura to take Thatcher's spot in the N-1. {, class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center" , + Current standings , - ! colspan="2" style="width:51%" , Block A ! colspan="2" style="width:51%" , Block B , - !

Hideki Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler who is currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). He previously wrestled in WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand under the ring name Hachiman as a member of Diamond Mine, and also worked as a coach at ...

, style="width:35px" , 11 !

, style="width:35px" , 10 , - !

, 10 !

, 10 , - !

, 9 !

Masakatsu Funaki is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as , who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF), ...

, 8 , - !

Go Shiozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion where he is the former GHC Heavyweight Champion in a record breaking fifth reign. He made his debut for the promotion in July 2004 and remained with it unti ...

, 8 !

, 8 , - ! El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. , 6 !

Satoshi Kojima is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, but makes appearances for Pro Wrestling Noah. Considered to be one of the greatest Japanese professional wrestlers of the 21st century and of all-time, he was the first wrest ...

, 8 , - !

, 6 !Jack Morris , 6 , - !

, 4 ! Masa Kitamiya , 6 , - !Anthony Greene , 2 !Kinya Okada , 0 {, class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" align="center" !Block A !

! Shiozaki !

! Mochizuki !

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!Greene , - align="center" !

, , , Fujita
(19:04) , , Kenoh
(20:00) , , Tanaka
(19:01) , , Kenoh
(13:32) , , Draw
(30:00) , , Kenoh
(15:03) , , Kenoh
(11:14) , - align="center" !

, Fujita
(19:04) , , , , Fujita
(20:46) , , Tanaka
(20:56) , , Fujita
(8:43) , , Fujita
(19:05) , , Wagner
(9:23) , , Fujita
(4:59) , - align="center" ! Shiozaki , Kenoh
(20:00) , , Fujita
(20:46) , , , , Shiozaki
(15:54) , , Shiozaki
(14:22) , , Suzuki
(15:13) , , Shiozaki
(15:15) , , Shiozaki
(9:35) , - align="center" !

, Tanaka
(19:01) , , Tanaka
(20:56) , , Shiozaki
(15:54) , , , , Mochizuki
(13:43) , , Suzuki
(15:24) , , Wagner
(11:37) , , Tanaka
(11:21) , - align="center" ! Mochizuki , Kenoh
(13:32) , , Fujita
(8:43) , , Shiozaki
(14:22) , , Mochizuki
(13:43) , , , , Suzuki
(14:35) , , Wagner
(13:18) , , Mochizuki
(9:46) , - align="center" !

, Draw
(30:00) , , Fujita
(19:05) , , Suzuki
(15:13) , , Suzuki
(15:24) , , Suzuki
(14:35) , , , , Suzuki
(12:46) , , Suzuki
(9:00) , - align="center" !

, Kenoh
(15:03) , , Wagner
(9:23) , , Shiozaki
(15:15) , , Wagner
(11:37) , , Wagner
(13:18) , , Suzuki
(12:46) , , , , Greene
(12:12) , - align="center" !Greene , Kenoh
(11:14) , , Fujita
(4:59) , , Shiozaki
(9:35) , , Tanaka
(11:21) , , Mochizuki
(9:46) , , Suzuki
(9:00) , , Greene
(12:12) , , , - align="center" !Block B ! Funaki ! Kiyomiya ! Nakajima ! Sugiura ! Kitamiya !

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!Okada !Morris , - align="center" ! Funaki , , , Kiyomiya
(13:49) , , Funaki
(22:26) , , Funaki
(0:57) , , Kitamiya
(9:03) , , Kojima
(10:11) , , Funaki
(7:49) , , Funaki
(8:44) , - align="center" ! Kiyomiya , Kiyomiya
(13:49) , , , , Kiyomiya
(17:45) , , Kiyomiya
(19:30) , , Kitamiya
(18:54) , , Kiyomiya
(17:06) , , Kiyomiya
(9:59) , , Morris
(11:50) , - align="center" ! Nakajima , Funaki
(22:26) , , Kiyomiya
(17:45) , , , , Nakajima
(16:35) , , Nakajima
(10:36) , , Nakajima
(24:44) , , Nakajima
(3:17) , , Nakajima
(13:41) , - align="center" ! Sugiura , Funaki
(0:57) , , Kiyomiya
(19:30) , , Nakajima
(16:35) , , , , Sugiura
(10:26) , , Sugiura
(16:54) , , Sugiura
(6:43) , , Sugiura
(16:33) , - align="center" ! Kitamiya , Kitamiya
(9:03) , , Kitamiya
(18:54) , , Nakajima
(10:36) , , Sugiura
(10:26) , , , , Kojima
(12:36) , , Kitamiya
(6:09) , , Morris
(11:00) , - align="center" !

, Kojima
(10:11) , , Kiyomiya
(17:06) , , Nakajima
(24:44) , , Sugiura
(16:54) , , Kojima
(12:36) , , , , Kojima
(8:50) , , Kojima
(12:48) , - align="center" !Okada , Funaki
(7:49) , , Kiyomiya
(9:59) , , Nakajima
(3:17) , , Sugiura
(6:43) , , Kitamiya
(6:09) , , Kojima
(8:50) , , , , Morris
(11:06) , - align="center" !Morris , Funaki
(8:44) , , Morris
(11:50) , , Nakajima
(13:41) , , Sugiura
(16:33) , , Morris
(11:00) , , Kojima
(12:48) , , Morris
(11:06) , ,

References

External links

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