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New Japan 12/23/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan wrapped up their 2024 today with the final event of the year and the conclusion of the Road To TOKYO DOME Tour.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1509, a legit sellout.

Pre-show match; Hiromu Takahashi beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 1: Jeff Cobb beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer).

Match 2: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles went to a no contest. Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors interference. Then United Empire interference. Which led to…

Match 3: Francesco Akira & TJP vs. Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney went to a no contest in 40 seconds. Chairs used by Bullet Club. Afterwards, Fujita proposed changing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 4-way match on 1/4, possibly to either a No DQ or a TLC (Tables, Ladders, Chairs) match. We’ll see.

Match 4; Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima & El Desperado beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & DOUKI. Desperado pinned TAKA after Pinche Loco.

Match 5: Tomoaki Honma, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Phantasmo pinned Takahashi after Thunder Kiss 86. Afterwards, EVIL cut off at least some of Tanahashi’s hair, much to the anger of the crowd.

Match 6; Gedo, SANADA & David Finlay beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Finlay pinned BUSHI after Overkill.

Main Event: Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Oiwa after Death Rider.

2024 has now come to a close for New Japan. And you know what that means…it’s the end, but also the beginning…

The next event is WRESTLE KINGDOM 19, the annual year-opener and the biggest event in all of Japanese pro wrestling and perhaps the biggest in the world outside of WrestleMania, on 1/4 at The Tokyo Dome. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live and exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan. (UPDATE: The event will now begin with a pre-show match on 1/3 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET)

UPDATE: Another 1/4 change-the KOPW Title is now dead. Retired by Great-O-Khan and won’t return next year. Instead, the New Japan Ranbo Battle Royal on 1/4 now has a new stip-the winner will get an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot after 1/5.

Sumo-January 2025 Banzuke Announced

Christmas has come a couple days early for sumo fans as the Japan Sumo Association has just announced the official Banzuke (rankings) for the January 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament. Here are the rankings for the top 2 tiers and some notes/observations:

MakuuchI (top tier):
Yokozuna-Terunofuji
Ozeki-Kotozakura (November Champion), Hoshoryu, Onosato
Sekiwake-Wakamotoharu, Daisieho
Komusubi-Abi, Wakatakakage
Maegashira 1-Takanosho, Kirishima
Maegashira 2-Tobizaru, Atamifuji
Maegashira 3-Gonoyama, Oho
Maegashira 4-Shodai, Ura
Maegashira 5-Hiradoumi, Chiyoshoma
Maegashira 6-Takayasu, Ichiyamamoto
Maegashira 7-Endo, Mitakeumi
Maegashira 8-Roga, Takarafuji
Maegashira 9-Churanoumi, Oshoma
Maegashira 10-Tamawashi, Meisei
Maegashira 11-Midorifuji, Takerufuji
Maegashira 12-NIshikigi, Onokatsu
Maegashira 13-Shonannoumi, Kotoshoho
Maegashira 14-Hokutofuji, Kinbozan (November Juryo Champion)
Maegashira 15-Hakuoho, Kitanowaka
Maegashira 16-Tamashoho, Kagayaki
Maegashira 17-NIshikifuji, Tokihayate

Juryo:
Juryo 1-Sadanoumi, Kayo
Juryo 2-Shiden, Asakoryu
Juryo 3-Ryuden, Tsurugisho
Juryo 4-Shirokuma, Shishi
Juryo 5-Shimanoumi, Aonishiki
Juryo 6-Hidenoumi, Tomokaze
Juryo 7-Tochitaikai, Bushozan
Juryo 8-Fujiseiun, Mitoryu
Juryo 9-Daiseizan, Oshoumi
Juryo 10-Shimazuumi, Hakuyozan
Juryo 11-Daiamami, Tohakuryu
Juryo 12-Hatsuyama, Kiryuko
Juryo 13-Wakaikari, Kotoeiho
Juryo 14-Nabatame, Daishoho

Notes:
In the top tier, 2 of the 3 Ozeki are on Yokozuna Watch as if either Kotozakura or Hoshoryu can win the championship, ideally with at least 13 wins, or finish with that many wins or more, one or both have a chance to be promoted for March. The Sekiwake this time, Wakamotoharu & Daieisho, both would have to win the championship to have any chance at promotion to Ozeki. Still no word yet on Terunofuji’s status for January, he has been on parts of the December tour as I’ve seen from YouTube videos but the feeling is that if all goes as planned, he’ll compete. Wakatakakage returns to Sanyaku for the first time since being injured in the March 2023 Tournament, coming in on 7 straight winning records and his worst performance since returning to Juryo has been 9-6. Abi returns to Komusubi after 11 wins in September following a 4-tournament winning run being snapped. Kirishima falls out of Sanyaku for the first time since summer 2022, down to M1. blowing another chance at an Ozeki return with a 6-9 November while Takanosho almost makes it back after a bounceback November following a disastrous September just after a July playoff title loss. Up one rank to M10, Tamawashi’s Iron Man Streak should reach 1674 by the end of the tournament as he’s held steady in the middle of the rankings. The bottom is filled out by a number of returns as Kitanowaka, Hakuoho, Tamashoho, Kagayaki and Juryo Champion Kinbozan all are promoted up from Juryo while Nishikifuji & Tokihayate hang on to the last spots after there were 5 demotions to Juryo.
The Juryo demotions were Sadanoumi, Asakoryu, Ryuden, Shishi & Bushozan, the last one of which was injured during November. Shishi could very well be about to be usurped as the Ukraine-born fan favorite by Aonishiki, whose fast rise up the ranks has taken him to J5 after a 10-5 debut, putting the top tier within reach if he can duplicate or improve on that effort. The Shin-Juryo Hatsuyama will make his second tier debut from J12 alongside Sai-Juryo Kiryuko, with Nabatame back up at J14.

Lower tier notes:
Because the rankings were determined before his retirement last week, Onosho is ranked at Makushita 3 but of course won’t compete and this tournament won’t go on his final record. He has left sumo completely because there was no elder stock for him even though he qualified, and will be going to work for a skin care company in a corporate role. Fast-rising Isegahama prospect Kusano has Ms3 all to himself, while Wakanosho & Kazekeno have the Ms1 ranks. Asanoyama is down at Ms41 and is considered questionable for January as he continues recovery from a foot/ankle injury (worst-case seems to be a March return). Below that, another 6-1 effort was not quite enough to get Enho out of the Sandanme, he will be at Sd4 this time and, in a surprise development, the Sandanme has shrunk down to just 80 ranks. A year or so ago it went down from 100 to 90 and now 90 to 80 amidst concerns about the thinning ranks of pro sumo wrestlers. The Jonidan grew slightly and is back up to 100 ranks this time, while the Jonokuchi has 19 ranks with 37 total entrants including what looks like at least 7 debuts. We’ve also learned from YouTube reporter Chris Sumo that come March or May we’ll probably have another new Makushita 60 debut.

The January Tournament runs from 1/12-1/26 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Tickets have just sold out right before this post went up.

New Japan 12/22/24 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate event of the Road To TOKYO DOME Tour, and the year, today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a free live simulcast on ABEMA in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1420, a full house/near sellout.

Pre-show match: Hiromu Takahashi beat Shoma Kato.

Match 1: Satoshi Kojima beat Boltin Oleg. This was to have been Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Oleg & Toru Yano, but Tenzan was a last-minute removal from the event due to a fever. Yano was also removed as a result.

Match 2; Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Jacob Austin Young & Jeff Cobb and Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa in a 3-way when Narita pinned Young. After the match, El Phantasmo, who has been away from the promotion due to treatment for cancer, appeared and announced he will return tomorrow, and also issued a NJPW WORLD TV Championship challenge. As a result, the 3-way for the title on 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome is now a 4-way.

Match 3: Master Wato & El Desperado beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Desperado beat TAKA with Numero Dos.

Match 4: Robbie Eagles beat Kevin Knight, Francesco Akira & Drilla Moloney in a 4-way by pinning Moloney.

Match 5: BUSHI, SHingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, SANADA & David FInlay. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Gene Blaster.

Match 6; Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino. Sabre pinned Tanahashi after Zack Driver.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls 3 Years Of KOPW Culmination Match, KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan vs. Taichi ended in a DRAW. 1-1-1. As a result, Khan retains the title. Fall 1, a No Ropes Push Out Match, was won by Taichi. Fall 2, with Yoshinobu Kanemaru as special referee, was won by Khan. Fall 3, a Last Man Standing Anywhere Match )originally a Last Man Standing Lumberjack Death Match), ended in a Double KO. Khan will be the final KOPW 2024 Champion as it will reset and start over for 2025.

The next event, and the final event of the year, is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Stardom 12/22/24 LIVE Results (Updated x2)

Stardom finishes up their weekend tripleheader today in Tokyo, headlined by the last 4-way match that will fill out the International Women’s Cup 4-way match at WRESTLE DYNASTY on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome. The winner today will represent Stardom against All Elite Wrestling, Ring Of Honor & CMLL and, based on the participants, I would call anyone but Syuri winning an upset as she’s up against Suzu Suzuki, Tomoka Inaba & Momo Watanabe. Anyone could win of course but I don’t see any of them beating Syuri, although Watanabe is the wild card because of potential H.A.T.E. interference. Also, after returning yesterday, Thekla apparently had her 3 week suspension lifted a couple days early as it was to go through today but she is on the card.

Today’s event will be held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World (the new relaunch mainly was a re-do of the website and the video archives with no real changes to streaming and still some issues present from before, albeit minor ones). There will be no commentary. The 4-way will have no time limit and there are 7 matches total, yesterday’s event ran a big longer than I predicted so today I’ll guess the event’s running time will be about 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuna Mizumori vs. Rian
AZM vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Aya Sakura in a 3-way
Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saki Kashima, Hina & Ranna Yagami
Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe vs. Konami, Rina & Thekla
Natsupoi, Sayaka Kurara & Momo Kohgo vs. Mei Seira, Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki
Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Maika vs. Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka
International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Syuri vs. Suzu Suzuki, Tomoka Inaba & Momo Watanabe in a 4-way

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

6:40 PM PT UPDATE: There has been a last-minute change to today’s event-AZM is now off. The always-vague poor health. The 3-way is now a single match (Tsukiyama vs. Sakura)

7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. Updates will begin in a few minutes.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced sometime tomorrow. Looks like a similar setup to Tokyo Joshi Pro yesterday and mostly full from what I can see. That has me thinking it’ll be around 400. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 489)

Today’s lineup rundown opens the event. The 4-way International Women’s Cup Qualifier is today’s main event.

The matches begin at 8:05 PM PT/11:05 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuna Mizumori vs. Rian. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuna Mizumori beat Rian by submission

Match 2: Waka Tsukiyama vs. Aya Sakura. 15 minute time limit
Result: Waka Tsukiyama beat Aya Sakura

Match 3: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saki Kashima, Hina & Ranna Yagami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma beat Saki Kashima, Hina & Ranna Yagami. Hazuki pinned Hina.

Match 4: Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe vs. Konami, Rina & Thekla. 20 minute time limit
Result: Konami, Rina & Thekla beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe. Thekla pinned Hanan after Poisonous Spider Drop. Thekla continued to beat down Hanan afterwards and Konami prevented Iida from making the save.

Match 5: Natsupoi, Sayaka Kurara & Momo Kohgo vs. Mei Seira, Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mei Seira, Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Natsupoi, Sayaka Kurara & Momo Kohgo. Seira pinned Kohgo after a sitout powerbomb.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 9:50 PM PT (5 minute break).

Match 6: Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Maika vs. Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Maika beat Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka. Maika pinned Ruaka after Michinoku Driver 2. Afterwards, Maika stopped to interact with several young children in the crowd and send them home very happy.

Main Event: International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Syuri vs. Suzu Suzuki, Tomoka Inaba & Momo Watanabe in a 4-way. No time limit
Result: Momo Watanabe beat Syuri, Suzu Suzuki & Tomoka Inaba in a 4-way by pinning Inaba. As a result, Watanabe advances to the International Women’s Cup 4-way on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome as the Stardom representative. Upset!

The next event is STARDOM YEAREND X’MAS NIGHT 2024 Tuesday at Korakuen Ball. Live streaming on Stardom World AND YouTube will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and best of all you can watch on both platforms FOR FREE!

UPDATE 2: An open practice session between two trainees, Akira & Yuria (guessing from translation), has been added to Tuesday. This will be a pre-show match starting 20 minutes before the event. It’s not known if it will be part of the Stardom World and/or YouTube broadcasts.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/22/24 LIVE Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up their 2024 today with another LIMIT BREAK ex. event. Like other events in the series, it will mostly focus on crossover matches with other promotions, in particular the ZERO1/REAL ZERO1 promotion. A title match will be the main event as (ZERO1) World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki defends against Junya Matsunaga.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches and none will probably have more than a 30 minute time limit, including the title match, so I anticipate the event’s total running time being around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yu Owada vs. Satsuki Nagao
The Reeve Masks 1 & 2 vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Black Menso-re
Hajime Ohara, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
Mohammed Yone & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Koji Doi
Atsushi Kotoge vs. Koji Iwamoto
ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Junya Matsunaga for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is sitll filing in and it’s probably the normal smaller-capacity setup (the venue’s normal max capacity is 600), with other events happening now around Tokyo plus seeing a number of empty ringside seats I’ll guess the number will be around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 243)

The matches should begin in a few minutes.

The matches begin at 7:03 PM PT/10:03 PM ET.

Match 1: Yu Owada vs. Satsuki Nagao. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yu Owada beat Satsuki Nagao

Match 2: The Reeve Masks 1 & 2 vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: The Reeve Mask 1 & 2 beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Black Menso-re. Mask 1 pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: Hajime Ohara, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Masato Tanaka (now bald), Takuya Sugawara & Yoshikazu Yokoyama. 20 minute time limit
Result: Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara & Yoshikazu Yokoyama beat Hajime Ohara, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kohei Kinoshita. Tanaka pinned Ohara after Sliding D.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Match 4: Mohammed Yone & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Koji Doi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mohammed Yone & Shuji Ishikawa beat Kazuyuki Fujita & Koji Doi. Yone pinned Doi after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 5: Atsushi Kotoge vs. Koji Iwamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Junya Matsunaga for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki beat Junya Matsunaga to retain the title. V3 for Shiozaki.

The next event is NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2025, the year-opening blowout event, on 1/1 at Nippon Budokan. Live streaming as a PPV only on ABEMA in select countries, including the US, will begin on 12/31 at 10:15 PM PT/1:15 AM ET.

DDT Pro Wrestling “Never Mind 2024” LIVE Results (12/22/24) (Updated)

DDT runs their final tour-ending Tokyo signature event of 2024 today, Never Mind 2024, which also is the final event before their blowout year-ender. Unusually there are no title matches scheduled today, but there’s a big potential hoss fight highlighting the card because of New Japan participation, as Tomohiro Ishii comes over for a special match against Yuki Iino…in other words, BEEF! Tough 2 Dollar Steaks all around! It will also be the last time Chris Brookes & Daisuke Sasaki are on opposite sides before their KO-D Openweight Championship match on 12/28, and challenger Sasaki has been getting the better of champion Brookes almost every time so far. Will that continue?

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Marika Tani will be making her semi-regular appearance as a special guest on commentary. There are 7 matches and no 30+ minute matches so the longest the event could go is about 3 1/2 hours but I expect it to be close to a”normal” Korakuen event running about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
MJ Paul, Demus & Illusion vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda
Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
MAO, To-y & Takao Soma vs. Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito
Yuki Ueno vs. Super Sasadango Machine
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yuki Iino
Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event (based on social media posts the broadcast at the venue should start about 10 minutes before the event).

6:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

6:22 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Marika Tani.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in and it’s their usual smaller-capacity setup, with a few other events happening in Tokyo soon I’ll predict a little on the low side and go around 800. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 966, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET.

Match 1: MJ Paul, Demus & Illusion vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: MJ Paul, Demus & Illution beat Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. Demus pinned Sumi.

Quick break for the GM Imabayashi opening announcements. Announced for 1/3 is Danshoku Dieno vs. Shuji ishikawa, HARASHIMA & KANON in a 4-way for the next KO-D Openweight Championship shot. That title match will happen on 1/26. Yuji Nagata (New Japan) participation is also announced for the Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary event on 2/3, and MInoru Suzuki participation is announced for the annual 5 Hour Anniversary event on 3/20.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Dieno pinned Honda after Danshoku Driver. Afterwards, Dieno with microphone. He calls out-and gets-New Japan wrestler Great-O-Khan. They talk a possible match on 12/28. Soon they are joined by Kentaro Kumagai. Khan apparently has convinced Kumagai to join United Empire. Then someone I don’t recognize comes out of the crowd to side with Dieno. So perhaps a tag match. Either way, sounds like Dieno now wants to put the DDT Extreme Championship on the line. We’ll see. Updates to come.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakmaura beat HARASHIMA, Yuko Naya & Yuki Ishida. Nakamura pinned Ishida after 3 right head kicks.

The D GENERATIONS CUP Tournament will return in 2025, which is for the younger/less experienced wrestlers. Participants announced: Yuni, Kazuma Sumi, Illusion, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku, Keigo Nakamura, Takeshi Masada, To-y. It will be held on 2/4 at Shinjuku Face & 2/23 at Korakuen. The winner gets a future KO-D Openweight Championship match. Masada won the first tournament in 2023, To-y won last year.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: MAO, To-y & Takao Soma vs. Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito beat MAO, To-y & Takao Soma. Koroku beat To-y with an armbar.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno vs. Super Sasadango Machine. 30 minute time limit
Result: Super Sasadango Machine beat Yuki Ueno

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan) vs. Yuki Iino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tomohiro Ishii beat Yuki Iino

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat Daisuke Sasaki & KANON. Brookes pinned Sasaki after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Updated 12/28 card to finish the show. DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Great-O-Khan for the title is now official, and it’s an Unauthorized Match. Tetsu Inada will be in Dieno’s corner, Kentaro Kumagai in Khan’s corner.

The next event is ULTIMATE PARTY 2024, the year-ending blowout event, Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: The DDT Extreme Championship match on 12/28 will be an “unofficial” match, meaning the outcome, whether successful defense or title change, will not be recognized as official. Interesting.

New Japan 12/21/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan reached the halfway point of the Road To TOKYO DOME Tour today with an event in Tochigi, the last event for a while outside of Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1056.

Match 1: Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma beat Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima. Kato pinned Nagai.

Match 2; SANADA, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & TJP by DQ. Young DQ’d.

Match 3: Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Oiwa pinned Taguchi after The Grip.

Match 4: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Sho & Ren Narita. Cobb pinned Sho after Tour of the Islands.

Match 5: Master Wato, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval.

Match 6: TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI beat Tiger Mask & El Desperado. DOUKI beat TM 4 with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 7: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & David Finlay. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

Main Event: Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer) & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Jackson after Death Rider.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

In other news, the promotion will host a retirement match for longtime wrestler Sumie Sakai, who has been competing since the mid-1990s, at Battle In The Valley on 1/11 in San Jose, CA. It will be a 6-person tag match with Sakai and 2 partners of her choice vs. Hiromu Takahashi and 2 partners of his choice. Today we learned Takahashi’s second partner will be Yuka Sakazaki, formerly of Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and now competing internationally, including with All Elite Wrestling. Takahashi’s first partner was previously revealed to be current IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani. Sakai hasn’t revealed her partners yet. As I will be there in person on 1/11 I’m excited to be able to see Sakazaki compete both in person and in New Japan.

UPDATE: Hiroyoshi Tenzan is now off tomorrow’s event. Fever. He was to have teamed with Satoshi Kojima to face Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Yano is now off and it will be Kojima vs. Oleg.

Stardom 12/20/24 Results

Stardom began their tripleheader weekend earlier today/yesterday in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 417.

Match 1: Maika beat Matoi Hamabe.

Match 2: Lady C & Tomoka Inaba beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. C pinned Tsukiyama after Reverse Oklahoma Stampede.

Match 3: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo beat Natsuko Tora, Konami, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka. Iwatani pinned Ruaka after a moonsault press.

Match 4: International Women’s Cup Qualifier 1: Momo Watanabe beat Yuna Mizumori, Saki Kashima & Hanan in a 4-way by pinning Mizumori. As a result, Watanabe qualifies for an upcoming 4-way to determine who will represent Stardom in a 4-way on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.

Match 5: International Women’s Cup Qualifier 2: Syuri beat Ranna Yagami, Saya Iida & Fukigen in a 4-way by pinning Yagami. As a result, Syuri qualifies for the upcoming 4-way.

Main Event: Tam Naknao, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Mei Seira, Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki, AZM & Miyu Amasaki. Natsupoi beat Kid with an armbar.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Stardom 12/21/24 LIVE Results

Stardom continues a tripleheader weekend today with the second event, continuing to build to both their year-end blowout PPV on 12/29 and WRESTLE DYNASTY on 1/5. The focus is more on the latter with the second half of 4 qualifying matches for a 4-way to determine who goes into a 4-way against representatives from All Elite Wrestling, Ring Of Honor and CMLL on 1/5 (the first 2 matches were held yesterday, results when they become available).
There have also been last-minute changes to the card because of happenings yesterday-Thekla, who was suspended without pay through this weekend due to actions at an event earlier this month, made an unexpected appearance yesterday and attacked Hanan during her match, which was one of the 4-way qualifiers. As a result, Thekla will replace Fukigen in a 6-woman tag with Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe against Hanan, Tam Nakano & Saya Iida. What had been a match between Sayaka Kurara & Matoi Hamabe will now be a 3-way with Fukigen added as a result.

Today’s event will be held at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched LIVE on THE ALL-NEW Stardom World. The service has been completely redesigned to be more user-friendly and relaunched yesterday, the price remains the same (920 Japanese yen/month, or around $6.15 US). There will be no commentary. The event currently has 7 matches do depending on whether or not there is an intermission I anticipate th eevent’s runnign time being 2-2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Sayaka Kurara vs. Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way
Tam Nakano, Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Thekla
Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Mei Seira, Starlight Kid, AZM & Miyu Amasaki
Maika & Rian vs. Natsuko Tora & Ruaka
Mayu iwatani, Momo Kohgo & Hazuki vs. Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori
International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Koguma vs. Waka Tsukiyama, Tomoka Inaba & Rina in a 4-way
International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Suzu Suzuki vs. Hina, Aya Sakura & Konami in a 4-way

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

7:52 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya, Japan. There is no commentary. We saw a live shot on launch for a few seconds before going back to pre-show mode.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The Event Hall is the biggest of 3 available spaces at the venue and can hold up to 1800, but it won’t be anywhere near that. What I did see already looked quite full so I’m thinking the setup will be for closer to 800 with a crowd of around 550. (Quick shots from when we go live again suggest it could be a full house. Not many empty seats) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 645)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET.

Match 1: Sayaka Kurara vs. Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Rellut: Sayaka Kurara beat Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way by pinning Hamabe. The addition of Fukigen made this more of a comedy match.

Match 2: Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Mei Seira, Starlight Kid, AZM & Miyu Amasaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mei Seira, Starlight Kid, AZM & Miyu amasaki beat Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. AZM pinned C.

Match 3: Maika & Rian vs. Natsuko Tora & Ruaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Maika & Rian. Ruaka pinned Rian after a powerbomb. (On a side note, earlier this week it was announced the Tora-Maika match on 12/29 will now be a No DQ match)

Match 4: Mayu iwatani, Momo Kohgo & Hazuki vs. Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo & Hazuki beat Natsupoim Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Kohgo pinned Mizumori after 619DDT.

Match 5: International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Koguma vs. Waka Tsukiyama, Tomoka Inaba & Rina in a 4-way. No time limit
Result: Tomoka Inaba beat Koguma, Waka Tsukiyama & Rina in a 4-way by pinning Tsukiyama. As a result, Inaba advances to the 4-way for a spot in the 1/5 4-way at the Tokyo Dome. Afterwards, Inaba with microphone. Quick promo in which it sounded like she vowed to be the one to represent Stardom on 1/5.

Match 6: International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Suzu Suzuki vs. Hina, Aya Sakura & Konami in a 4-way. No time limit
Result: Suzu Suzuki beat Hina, Aya Sakura & Konami in a 4-way by pinning Hina. As a result, Suzuki advances to the 4-way for a spot in the 1/5 match at Tokyo Dome. That match will be Suzuki vs. Tomoka Inaba, Momo Watanabe & Syuri in a 4-way and will happen tomorrow.

Intermission. Main Event is next.

The matches resume at 10:07 PM PT after a 5 minute break.

Main Event: Tam Nakano, Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Thekla. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tam Nakano, Hanan & Saya Iida beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Thekla. Hanan pinned Thekla with La Magistral after a Watanabe bat attack backfired and hit Thekla instead. H.A.T.E. beatdown on the winners and Yuna Mizumori followed until Maika & Syuri made the save

The next event is tomorrow at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. I plan to do live results but with 2 other live events at the same time it may be difficult to keep up.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Se-no, Merry Christmas!” 2024 LIVE Results (12/21/24) (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro holds their annual pre-Christmas special event today in Tokyo, featuring most of the roster in special single matches with only 7 minute time limits. All the matches were determined by fan drawing with those not participating being in tag matches instead. Those matches will feature champions & challengers for upcoming events as Pom Harajuku prepares to defend her newly-won SPW (Thailand) All-Asia Championship against Matcha, who she beat for the title, and the likely main event sees International Princess Champion Yuki Arai opposite challenger Suzume, with Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo as their respective partners.

As previously announced, Kira Summer will miss the event as she is back home in Australia following the death of her father and is spending the holidays with family. She has occasionally posted on social media and thanked the fans for their continued support. She will be back after Christmas.

Today’s event will be held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE FOR FREE! No monthly paid subscription required! There will be no commentary. Even though there will be 12 matches none will go longer than 10 minutes, so the event won’t go longer than about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Hyper Misao vs. Haru Kazashiro
Neko Haruna vs. Wakana Uehara (see below)
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Yuki Aino
Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa
Maki Itoh vs. Toga
Chika Nanase vs. Uta Takami
Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima
Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki
Shino Suzuki vs. Raku
Moka Miyamoto vs. Ivy Steele
Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI vs. Matcha & Kaya Toribami
Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo Wakana Uehara (see below)

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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: There are last-minute changes to the event because Arisu Endo & Neko Haruna are now off. The always vague poor health. Haruna-Wakana Uehara is now off and Uehara will replace Endo in the main event.

You also will be able to watch the entire event FOR FREE on YouTube. The YouTube broadcast is scheduled to begin at event time The WRESTLE UNIVERSE feed is scheduled to go live 15 minutes early.

8:45 PM PT UPDATE: The WRESTLE UNIVERSE livestream has begun. YouTube is scheduled to begin in 15 minutes.

8:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. YouTube should join in a couple minutes. (YouTube started about 5 minutes early and is now live as well) Late FYI: No on demand replay on YouTube. Live only.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue normally has a max capacity of 800-850 but has a much smaller setup today. I’m thinking the attendance will be closer to 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 356)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 9:13 PM PT/12:13 AM ET. Remember all the single matches today have only a 7 minute time limit.

Match 1: Chika Nanase vs. Uta Takami. 7 minute time limit
Result: Chika Nanase beat Uta Takami by submission

Match 2: Moka Miyamoto vs. Ivy Steele. 7 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Ivy Steele by submission

Match 3: Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 7 minute time limit
Result: Mahiro Kiryu beat Yoshiko Hasegawa

Match 4: Shino Suzuki vs. Raku. 7 minute time limit
Result: Raku beat Shino Suzuki

Match 5: Maki Itoh vs. Toga. 7 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh beat Toga by submission

Match 6: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Yuki Aino. 7 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 7: Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI vs. Matcha & Kaya Toribami. 10 minute time limit
Result: Matcha & Kaya Toribami beat Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI. Matcha pinned Harajuku after a backdrop.

Match 8: Hyper Misao vs. Haru Kazashiro. 7 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Haru Kazashiro

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 9: Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima. 7 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 10: Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki. 7 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai vs. Suzume & Wakana Uehara. 10 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. Post-match promo ended with Watanabe & Arai wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

The next event is “TJPW Year-End Party 2024”, their final event of the year, on 12/29 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

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