Author: Admin

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/29/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH held an event today called [MATCH 2], sponsored by Wada International Foundation, which advertised a visit by Fighting King Himei Maeda.

Today’s event was held at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1183.

Match 1: YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Alejandro & Cristobal went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Super Crazy.

Match 3: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Lee pinned Taniguchi after FBS.

Match 4: HAYATA, Eita & AMAKUSA beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki.

Match 5: NaomichI Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud) beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge. Sugiura pinned Yone after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 6: Shuji Kondo beat Junta Miyawaki.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & GAINA (Independent/Freelancer) beat YOICHI, Kazuyuki Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Kenoh pinned Owada after PFS.

The next event is Thursday at Kitami City Sports Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 6/29/24 Results

All-Japan kicked off the Dynamite Series 2024 Tour today with a Dan Tamura hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Kashima Sports Center Sub Arena in Ibaraki and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV tonight at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 428.

Match 1: Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana beat Hartley Jackson & Aizawa No. 1. Yoshioka pinned 1 after SK.

Match 2: Ren Ayabe beat Jack Kennedy.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Cyrus beat Shotaro Ashino & Ryuji Hijikata. Omori pinned HIjikata after a frog splash.

Match 4: Rising Hayato beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro). Doi pinned MUSASHI.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda beat Dan Tamura & Suwama. Anzai pinned Tamura after Gimlet.

The next event is tomorrow at Shirakawa City Kokutai Memorial Gym in Fukushima. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 6/29/24 Results

DDT took to the rails once again today for a wacky single match event aboard an actual operating train.

Today’s event was held on the Toden Arakawa Line train in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday with commentary. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 16, a legit advance sellout.

Before the planned match happened, or during it…

A towel beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sayaka Unagi to win the title. The towel becomes the 1656th Champion. Before this the title saw a handful of changes in GLEAT as Whip beat CIMA to win the title, then Unagi beat Whip to win the title. Which led to…

Sugichan beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion the towel to win the title. Sugichan becomes the 1657th Champion. Which led to…

The towel beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sugichan to win the title. Towel becomes the 1658th Champion. Which led to…

Funky Kato beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion the towel to win the title. Kato becomes the 1659th Champion.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki beat Sanshiro Takagi. That natch went over 55 minutes.

The next event is WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024 tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM with live results scheduled. Kentaro Kumagai has been announced as a guest on commentary.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/29/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran an event in Tokyo with an after-party to follow later on.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 262..

Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Chika Nanase.

Match 2: Wakana Uehara beat Uta Takami.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI. Kamifuku pinned HIMAWARI after Fameasser.

Match 4: Maki Itoh beat Tuna Okubo.

Match 5: Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino beat Shoko Nalajima & Yoshiko Hasegawa (Independent/Freelancer). Kakuta pinned Hasegawa after Shiden Kai.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Toga beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Yamashita pinned Suzuki after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Rika Tatsumi, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Toribami after Ring A Bell.

The next event is CROSS, a Nao Kakuta Produced event, on 7/6 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. The event isa legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/5 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

TJPW News: Tokyo Princess Cup Field Set

A short time ago, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the entrants for this year’s Tokyo Princess Cup, their annual singles tournament. A field of 19 makes up this year’s tournament, with round 1 & 2 matches TBA. The field: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai, Suzume, Arisu Endo, Yuki Kamifuku, Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku, Kaya Toribami, Wakana Uehara, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Runa Okubo, Ryo Mizunami, Zara Zakher.

Notably not in the field: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Raku, HIMAWARI & Mahiro Kiryu. All but Itoh will be in the UK when the Semifinals & Finals take place so they will miss the tournament as a result. Itoh will be in the US again in August and will miss all events that month. Also not entered due to being rookies (presumably) are Kira Summer & Uta Takami.

The tournament begins 7/28 at Ryogoku KfC Hall in Tokyo then continues on 8/3 at Shinjuku Face, 8/10 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka (Quarterfinals), 8/23 at Shinjuku Face (Semifinals) and concludes 8/25 at Korakuen Hall (Finals). It also has been announced that Arai, Mizunami & Zakher will participate in all events regardless of tournament results.

Stardom 6/29/24 Results (Updated)

Stardom kicks off their regular weekend doubleheader today with a major event in Tokyo that also marks a new beginning for the promotion. Effective today, former owner Bushiroad Fight officially transferred all shares of the promotion, and thus complete ownership, to New Japan Pro Wrestling and Stardom will now be known on the corporate side as Stardom Co. Ltd. Essentially they are still under the Bushiroad Corporation umbrella though. This is expected to open the door to more cross-promotional opportunities with New Japan. The talent roster will be thin this weekend, and even more so tomorrow, due to participation in the All Elite Wrestling “Forbidden Door” PPV with New Japan this Sunday US time. Today’s event does have 3 title matches on tap first: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina looks to keep inching closer to the all-time defense record as she defends the title against Nanami from Diana, a small women’s promotion run by joshi legend Kyoko Inoue. The second title match sees Saya Kamitani, now all by herself in Queen’s Quest, defending the High Speed Championship against Fukigen as Oedo Tai looks to perhaps deal the death blow to the face faction. In the third title match, Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hazuki & Koguma have a tough challenge ahead as they defend the titles against Syuri & Konami.

The promotion has announced that Mina Shirakawa will miss the event due to AEW participation this weekend and Suzu Suzuki is out due to injury. Several wrestlers including Tam Nakano & Momo Watanabe will immediately head to the US after this event for Forbidden Door.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. It’s not yet known if there will be any commentary. The card has 7 matches set, with most non-title matches going 15-20 minutes at most and title matches normally have 30 minute time limits except High Speed matches (15 minutes), so while it depends in part on if there’s an intermission I anticipate the event running a little over 2 hours. If there is a break, closer to 2 1/2 hours. (Late-event update: You can also watch the beginning and the first match FOR FREE on YouTube)

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Maika, Gina, Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo
Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka
Tam Nakano, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara vs. Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami, Hina & Lady C
Aya Sakura vs. Rian
High Speed Champion Saya Kamitani vs. Fukigen for the title
Future Of Stardom Champion Rina vs. Nanami for the title
Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hazuki & Koguma vs. Syuri & Konami for the titles
(Note: I expect the second & third matches listed above to go off first because some of them have to get to the US for Sunday’s event)

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET or when the live stream begins, whichever is earlier.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live streaming has begun. Updates will begin when we go to the venue shortly.

7:26 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like close to normal capacity setup and the crowd is still filing in, right now it has me thinking it’ll be in the 700-750 range. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 946)

The matches should begin in a few minutes.

We actually start with “GO ACE!” That music only means one thing-New Japan President Hiroshi Tanahashi is in the house before heading to the US for Forbidden Door. With microphone in Japanese. He talks briefly about the acquisition of Stardom by New Japan which became effective today. He is then joined by who I’m guessing is Stardom President Taro Okada. They do the “start” shout and photo ops before Tanahashi heads off to the US.

The matches begin at 7:38 PM PT/10:38 PM ET.

Match 1: High Speed Champion Saki Kashima vs. Fukigen for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: High Speed Champion Saya Kamitani beat Fukigen to retain the title. V2 for Kamitani.

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

Match 3: Tam Nakano, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara vs. Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami, Hina & Lady C. 20 minute itme limit
Result: Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami, Hina & Lady C beat Tam Nakano, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara. Sohrei pinned Anou. Post-match, the announce table delivered what seemed to be a challenge to Anou & Natsupoi by Mika Iwata (who recently beat Anou to win the Wonder Of Stardom Championship) & Nanami.

Match 4: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki ebat Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka. Kid pinned Ruaka.

Match 5: Maika, Gina, Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Maika, Gina, Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO. Hanan pinned HANAKO.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 6: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina vs. Nanami (Diana) for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. As a result, Rina retains the title. V9 for Rina. One to go to tie the all-time defense record of 10 held by Hanan. Next up: Hinted at a rematch but Rina said no. Instead it may be Ranna Yagami as she came out and made the challenge. Accepted, it appears.

Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hazuki & Koguma vs. Syuri & Konami for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Syuri & Konami beat Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hazuki & Koguma to win the titles. Syuri & Konami become the 33rd Goddesses Of Stardom Champions. Konami beat Hazuki with a rear naked choke. Next up: Of course Oedo Tai…the question is who. TBA for now.

The next event is tomorrow at Shinjuku Sumitomo Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. Live results are tentatively scheduled although it conflicts with scheduled DDT live results.

UPDATE: That challenge from Sendai Girls was by Iwata & Aimi for a match against Natsupoi & Anou, and now it has been announced that match will happen on Thursday at Korakuen.

AEW Dynamite 6/26/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Buffalo, NY (this is the final Dynamite recap I am doing for the time being):
MJF promo. Daniel Garcia interrupted immediately. Eventually Will Ospreay barged in too.

Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi (New Japan) & Titan (CMLL) beat Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta by DQ. Moxley DQ’d. Chair use. Post-match brawl brought out Tetsuya Naito, who brawled with Moxley to the back.

Owen Hart Cup Men’s Quarterfinals: Jay White beat Rey Fenix. As a result, White advances to the Semifinals and will face the Jeff Jarrett-Wild Card winner.

The Young Bucks announced the Wild Card member will be someone from The Elite. (Early thinking is this means Adam Page)

The Acclaimed segment. The Elite interrupted. This led to The Elite vs. The Acclaimed & Hiroshi Tanahashi at Forbidden Door.

Mariah May, Mina Shirakwaw (Stardom) & Toni Storm beat Saraya, Harley Cameron & Anna Jay. Shirakawa pinned Cameron after Glamorous Driver Mina. Shirakawa tried to hit Storm with a champagne bottle post-match but Storm ducked and May got hit instead.

Mercedes Mone promo. She talked like she would be on commentary for a Stephanie Vaquer-Lady Frost match Saturday on Collision. (Note: As of this posting that episode of Collision is being taped)

Chris Jericho promo. He said he recruited Minoru Suzuki to be a trios partner for Forbidden Door (Bryan Keith is out) but in a video package Suzuki said no. Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & Hook them came out and a brief brawl ensued.

Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) beat Kyle O’Reilly.

Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay beat Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona. Ospreay pinned Liona after Hidden Blade. Afterwards, Strickland laid out Ospreay.

No Rampage taping this week. This Friday’s episode was taped last week in Allentown, PA.

This week’s Collision will be TAPED. They are taping that right now.

Notice Regarding Changes in Coverage July 2024

Effective July 1, 2024, it has been decided that coverage of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and TNA Wrestling on this site will be suspended until further notice. For AEW I have lost interest and disagree with the direction the product has taken over the last 6+ months and have stopped watching & closely following the promotion for now. The final coverage for the time being will be Sunday’s Forbidden Door PPV. For TNA it is primarily due to time constraints and changes in their streaming products-the YouTube Ultimate Insider subscription ended June 1 and now they are pushing their more expensive TNA+ platform (the Insider subscription on YouTube, which includes only the weekly TV episodes, remains available). That was how I watched as my cable/satellite provider does not carry AXS TV. Plus monthly PPVs were cheaper that way instead of $10 each on Triller/FITE.

All pages related to AEW & TNA will be removed next week as the site will focus solely on Japanese wrestling and sumo. With regards to Japan I am currently undecided on whether to add coverage of the new Marigold promotion. It partly depends on being able to get event results in a tamely manner (they have a website but it has little more than pre-debut promo material, schedule and roster).

DDT 6/26/24 Results

DDT tan another of their wacky “only in DDT” events, a single match event billed as a showdown between Sanshiro Takagi, who is preparing to step back from regular conpetition, and Super Sasadango Machine. In particular they tried to sell many types of tickets with benefits at prices up to 1 million yen (only one, and the buyer got an actual wristwatch worn by Takagi if it sold. As of late last night it had not).

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 346, a super full house/very near sellout. Not all were actually at the venue though.

The event started with introductory speeches and bell ringings by those in designated seats. Then all 51 seat types sold and their respective roles were explained. A few seats that were reserved for pro wrestlers then were revealed and said wrestlers showed up. They includes Toru Yano (New Japan), Cherry (Independent/Freelancer, formerly of now-defunct Union Pro) and more. Much hilarity and DDT wackiness ensued until eventually…

Main Event: Toru Yano beat Super Sasadango Machine. The whole thing went almost 67 minutes. When it was over, Takagi & Machine entrusted Konosuke Takeshita with getting revenge against New Japan.

There are 2 events coming up Saturday: First is another one-match event, this to be held on an actual train departing from Tokyo, between Sanshiro Takagi & Minoru Suzuki. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE early Monday morning with commentary. The second event is WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.