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DDT 10/19/24 Results

DDT held a special free outdoor event today in Tokyo, the weather cooperated to it went on as planned.

Today’s event was held at Global Ring Theater at Ikebukuro West Exit Park in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event with no paid admissions but they announced attendance of 2000, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Takao Soma & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata, with Iino pinning Hirata to win the title. Iino becomes the 1680th Champion. Which led to…

Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Iino to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1681st Champion.

Match 2: Danshoku DIeno & Yoshihiko beat Akito & Pocotan. DIeno pinned Pocotan after Masculine Driver.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Gota Ihashi. Sasaki beat Ihashi with a crossface.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Ueno pinned Matsunaga after Our Madmax.

Main Event: Keigo Nakamura, To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi beat KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi, Munetatsu Nakamura, Takeshi Masada & Mecha Mummy to win the titles. Nakamura, To-y, Koroku, Ishida & Sumi become the 10th KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions. Nakamura pinned Mummy. Nakamura was an interim champion fill-in due to a Takayuki Ueki injury.

The next event is GOD BLESS DDT 2024 tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled partially contingent on my ability to run 2 simultaneous UNIVERSE streams due to a live Pro Wrestling NOAH event beginning shortly after.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/19/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their fall 2024 house show tour today in Sendai.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi West Hall in Sendai and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 159.

It was announced before the event that Miyu Yamashita would miss this event due to being on an excursion to the US.

As part of her usual opening announcements, Sayuri Namba gave a short personal speech as today is her birthday (she’s in her early 30s I think). It’s also Miu Watanabe’s birthday (she’s 25 today).

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat Chika Nanase by submission.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Haru Kazashiro & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way by pinning Kazashiro.

Match 3: NEXGENE Tournament 2024 Quarterfinals: Kira Summer beat Shino Suzuki. As a result, Summer advances to the Semifinals and will face Toga. That match will happen on 11/16.

Match 4: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Maki Itoh, Toga & Uta Takami. Aino pinned Takami after Venus DDT.

Match 5: Mizuki beat Yoshioko Hasegawa.

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume beat Shoko Nakajima & Wakana Uehara. Suzume pinned Uehara after Ring A Bell.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Kamifuku & HIMAWARI. Watanabe pinned HIMAWARI after Teardrop.

The next event is 10/27 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Neko Haruna will return at this event after being out since mid-2023 due to injuries and the NEXGENE Tournament continues with Kazashiro vs. Takami. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/26 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/19/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 239.

The main event was changed and one match was added due to Taishi Ozawa being out due to injury (foot).

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Shuji Kondo beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & LJ Cleary. Kondo pinned Cleary after a King Kong lariat.

Match 3: Galeno Del Mal & Anthony Greene beat Jack Morris & Daga by DQ. Morris DQ’d. Daga weapon use. Yoshitatsu seconded Morris & Daga, apparently with a new facepainted look.

Match 4: Harutoki beat Yu Owada.

Match 5: HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat Shuhei Taniguchi, Eita, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. HAYATA pinned Taniguchi.

Match 6: Manabu Soya, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Go SHiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Soya pinned Kotoge after Ballistic.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Ulka Sasaki & Kai Fujimura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal. Sasaki beat Cristobal with Shining Triangle.

The next event is a doubleheader tomorrow at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. The first event will be an ALL REBELLION Produced event while the second event will be a LIMIT BREAK ex. event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET for the first event and at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET for the second event. I plan to try and do live results for the first event, but this is contingent on being able to run two UNIVERSE streams at the same time due to a DDT live event at the same time.

Stardom 10/19/24 LIVE Results

Stardom runs their latest NEW BLOOD event today, the 16th installment of the promotion’s developmental series focused on younger and less-experienced wrestlers. As has been the case recently, a lot of outside participation is scheduled as other promotions send their younger and inexperienced wrestlers to gain experience and exposure against the same in Stardom. There is also a title match scheduled-after recently seeing her year-plus record-setting Future Of Stardom Championship reign stunningly halted, Rina will try to hold on to the New Blood Tag Team Championship when she & Azusa Inaba defend against Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO. HANAKO has been on a hot streak since returning from a month-long excursion to the US, and with the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League fast approaching both the titles and potentially momentum going in are on the line.

Today’s event will be held at Bellesalle Grand Shinjuku in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. No word yet on if the event will also be live on YouTube. This will be a shorter event with only 5 matches including the title match so the running time should be a little over 90 minutes.
UPDATE (Pre-show): You can also watch the entire event FOR FREE on YouTube. The live stream won’t be set up until right before it begins.
UPDATE 2: They changed broadcast plans last-minute-this event IS NOT live on Stardom World. Only on YouTube.

Today’s lineup:
Manami (Sendai Girls) vs. Rian
Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara
Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki vs. YUNA (Sendai Girls) & Spike Nishimura (Independent/Freelancer)
Hina & Tomoka Inaba vs. Cohaku & HONOKA (WAVE)
New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba vs. Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO for the titles

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Stardom has set up the YouTube live stream. I will be watching on YouTube tonight for ease of use and also to be able to watch on my TV.

8:54 PM PT UPDATE: The YouTube stream has begun. It will be in up to 1080p60 format. We should be going to the venue in about 5 minutes.

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

We are LIVE from Bellesalle Grand Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced later today or tomorrow. While the venue’s maximum capacity is 1400 the setup is for much smaller and the seating areas I can see initially are mostly full. What they’re showing us so far suggests a crowd of around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 236)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 9:02 PM PT/12:02 AM ET.

Match 1: Manami (Sendai Girls) vs. Rian. 15 minute time limit (Manami’s entrance music is muted, darn copyrights)
Result: Manami beat Rian

Match 2: Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Lady C & Ranna Yagami beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Yagami pinned Kurara. Afterwards, Yagami with microphone. She quickly handed off to C for a few words then it was passed to Kurara.

Match 3: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki vs. YUNA (Sendai Girls) & Spike Nishimura (Independent/Freelancer). 20 minute time limit. Muted entrance music for the outsiders
Result: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat YUNA & Spike Nishimura. Kid beat YUNA with Black Tiger Leg Murder. Afterwards, Kid with microphone. Sounded like basic putting over.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 10:10 PM PT/1:10 AM ET.

Match 4: Hina & Tomoka Inaba vs. Cohaku & HONOKA (WAVE). 20 minute time limit
Result: Hina & Tomoka Inaba beat Cohaku & HONOKA. Inaba pinned HONOKA.

Main Event: New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba vs. Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO for the titles. 20 minute time limit
Result: New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO to retian the titles. Rina beat HANAKO an octopus stretch hold. V1 for the champs. Next up: Possibly Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Challenge issued.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 10/17/24 Results

DDT ran their last Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event of the year yesterday in Tokyo.

Yesterday’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Sunday or Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 536.

Match 1: Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. Katsumata pinned Sumi after Totonoe Splash.

Match 2: In a Loser Retirement Death Match, Toru Owashi, Yuki Ishida & Yuya Koroku beat KANON, MJ Paul & Motaro Suzuki. Ishida pinned Suzuki after People’s Elbow Suicide. As a result, Suzuki must retire.

Match 3: In a Street Kickboxing Match, HARASHIMA, Yukimitsu Takahashi & Keigo Nakamura beat Tanomusaku Toba, Takeshi Masada & Gota Ihashi by ref stoppage (TKO). HARASHIMA beat Ihashi.

Match 4: In a Treasured Rope Death Match, Jun Akiyama beat Antonio Honda.

Match 5: Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata in 18 seconds to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1678th Champion. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a handicap match, Kazuki Hirata, HARASHIMA, To-y, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno, Akito, Shunma Katsumata, Toru Owashi, Tanomusaku Toba, Yukio Naya & Gota Ihashi when Hirata pinned Dieno to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1679th Champion. And then escaped after several attempts by the other winners to win the title.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino and Yuki Ueno & MAO in a 3-way when Takanashi pinned Endo. Apparently a lot of tequila was consumed in this match…

The next event is tomorrow at Global Ring Theater at Ikebukuro West Exit Park in Tokyo. This is a free event but is weather permitting and subject to cancellation if weather is bad. There will be no live broadcast. If the event is held as scheduled, on demand will be available Wednesday.

Injury Report: On A Bad Foot Back Home

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced last-minute injury changes to tomorrow’s event because Taishi Ozawa, who was scheduled to compete back in Japan again after being on a training excursion to Europe, is now off. Left foot (fractured cuboid bone) injury suffered in practice. Out indefinitely. He was to have been in the main event, a match of Ozawa, Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal vs. Yu Owada, Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Ulka Sasaki & Kai Fujimura. Owada has now been removed from the match and will now face Harutoki in a new match added to the card, which will be the 4rh match. The main event will instead be an 8-man tag. It’s not yet known how long Ozawa will be out.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan 10/17/24 Results

All-Japan continues the Flag Raising Commemoration Series 2024 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. (UPDATE: You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube)

The announced paid attendance was 337.

Match 1: Kumaarashi beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat MUSASHI & Hikaru Sato. Anzai pinned Sato after Gimlet.

Match 3: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura. Suwama pinned Ashino after a backdrop.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi beat Fuminori Abe.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Jun Saito, Ryuki Honda & Cyrus beat Davey Boy Smith Jr., Rei Saito, Ren Ayabe & Hokuto Omori. Miyahara pinned Omori with a shutdown suplex hold.

The tour-ender is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom News: Goddess Tag League Field Announced, More

At a press conference earlier today, Stardom announced the full field for the upcoming Goddess Of Stardom Tag League 2024 tournament. You can watch the full presser FOR FREE on YouTube and Stardom’s website, but here are the details:

It will be a round-robin format with 18 teams divided into 2 blocks of 9. Usual scoring format (2 points for win, 1 point for time limit draw, 0 points for loss), at the end the top 3 teams in each block advance with the block winners going straight to the Semifinals and the 2-3 teams facing off for the other spots.

Here are the participants:
Red Block:
Konami & Saya Kamitani
AZM & Miyu Amasaki
Natsuko Tora & Ruaka
Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami
Syuri & Saki Kashima
Maika & HANAKO
Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo
Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara
Hazuki & Koguma

Blue Block:
Waka Tsukiyama & Rian
Hina & Lady C
Rina & Azusa Inaba
Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura
Mei Seira & Cohaku (WAVE)
Hanan & Saya Iida
Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki
Natsupoi & Saori Anou
Momo Watanabe & Thekla

The tournament will be held over 17 events from 10:26-12/8. The Semifinals will be on 12/7 and Finals on 12/8. The winners presumably will get a Goddesses Of Stardom Championship shot unless current champions Watanabe & Thekla win. Some events will be streamed live on Stardom World with all available on demand.

In other news, the full card for NEW BLOOD 16 on Saturday at Bellesalle Shinjuku Grand in Tokyo has been announced, with the main event being New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba vs. Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO for the titles. On Sunday there will be an 8 woman battle royal with Saori Anou, Starlight Kid, Hazuki, Koguma, Lady C, HANAKO, Konami & Ruaka entered. The last 2 remaining will go to a 4-way at the New Japan “Fighting Spirit Unleashed” event in the US on 11/8 against Anna Jay & TBA for a shot at STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone.

Announced for 10/27 at Korakuen Hall is High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Yuna Mizunori for the title, Dump Matsumoto & ZAP participation and more TBA.

Injury Report: DDT Champs Need A Substitution

DDT has announced a card change for an event this weekend (after Thursday’s event), and it’s noteworthy because it affects a title match-Takayuki Ueki, one member of the KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions, is now off. The event. Dislocated right shoulder. Reportedly happened in a match recently. Out indefinitely. Munetatsu Nakamura is the replacement and the title match will go on as planned. It will be interesting to see who is recognized as titleholder should the champs retain, but there is a chance the match will be cancelled last-minute: The event is to be held outdoors so if the weather is bad (rain), it’s possibly off (admission is free).

News: 2024 PWI Women’s 250 Notes (SPOILERS!)

On the heels of their annual PWI 500 issue, I just became aware that Pro Wrestling Illustrated just published their latest issue featuring an expanded women-only ranking, this year growing the list to 250. The digital version is out now, for those waiting for the print edition in 3-4 weeks and/or who want to avoid SPOILERS, stop reading now. Otherwise, click below to see the top 10 and notable Japan wrestler rankings.

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