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All-Japan 4/29/24 Results

All-Japan ran Day 6 of the Champions Carnival today.

Today’s event was held at Kurobe City Sports Center Main Arena in Toyama and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV beginning at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 852.

Match 1: Jun Saito, Hikaru Sato & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Yuma Anzai, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. Saito pinned Inoue after Psycho Break.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block B-Road Crew beat Hideki Suzuki.
Match 3: Block B-Rei Saito beat Hartley Jackson.
Match 4: Block A-Cyrus beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura beat New Toyama Black (?) & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6: Block A-Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Ren Ayabe.
Match 7: Block B-Suwama beat Ryuki Honda.
Main Event: Block A-Kento Miyahara beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

The next event is Friday at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Hall B/C in Sendai. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Thursday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

New Japan 4/29/24 Results (Updated)

Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni, New Japan’s annual end-of-April standalone event held in Kagoshima under the original name of the prefecture, took place earlier today.

Today’s event was held at Kagoshima Arena in Kagoshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1780,

There were last-minute changes to the first 2 matches due to SANADA being off again. Precautionary due to health concerns.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 2: TAKA Michinoku, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Uemura pinned TM 4 after a diving crossbody.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb. Sabre beat Newman with a reverse armbar.

Match 4: Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Jado, El Desperado, Shota Umino, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Narita pinned Jado.

Match 5; Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. KENTA pinned Honma after Busaiku Knee.

Match 6: Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp.

Match 7: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi to retain the titles. Connors pinned BUSHI after Full Clip. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Sho beat DOUKI to retain the title. V2 for Sho. Ren Narita interference set it up. Naturally this result and the post-match promo sent the crowd home very unhappy.

The next event is tomorrow at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

The promotion also announced that Ryusuke Taguchi is now out of Best Of The Super Junior due to injuries sustained recently. Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) is the replacement.

UPDATE: SANADA is now out until at least after ALL TOGETHER on 5/6. Medical, but nothing specific beyond appraisal results.

Stardom 4/27/24 Results

STARDOM ALL-STAR GRAND QUEENDOM 2024, Stardom’s latest blowout event today, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on PPV via Pia Stream for 4400 Japanese yen (just under $30 US) until Tuesday morning. It should be available on demand on Stardom World soon after that. However, there once again were issues with the PPV, this time with purchasing the English commentary version ahead of time (there was also Japanese). They fixed it quickly but had to issue refunds again because some had to purchase it twice to get English. You can also watch the pre-show matches and the first PPV match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 2735. This is a new venue that may be replacing Yokohama Budokan and has a listed capacity of 5000, but the setup was probably for quite a bit smaller. I’m guessing this number was 70-75% full.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Momo Kohgo beat Ranna Yagami.
Match 2: Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat Lady C & Rian. Mizumori pinned Rian.

PPV:
Match 1: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina beat Sayaka Kurara to retain the title. V8 for Rina.

Match 2: Syuri, Konami & Ami Sohrei beat Gina, Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO. Konami pinned Tsukiyama after Triangle Lancer. Now that she is part of Stardom and not a freelancer anymore, Konami has joined the God’s Eye faction.

Match 3: Saya Kamitani beat High Speed Champion Saki Kashima, Saya Iida & Fukigen in a 4-way by pinning Fukigen to win the title. Kamitani becomes the 26th High Speed Champion.

Match 4: Mina Shirakawa vs. Natsuko Tora went to a no contest. Thekla interference. Returning after a long absence, Thekla has now joined the Oedo Tai faction.

Match 5; Aja Kong & Kaoru Ito (OZ Academy) beat Tam Nakano & Natsupoi. Kong pinned Nakano after a diving elbow drop.

Match 6: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira beat Starlight Kid & Ruaka, Hazuki & Koguma and AZM & Miyu Amasaki in a 4-way, when Seira pinned Ruaka, to retain the titles. V2 for the champs. Afterwards, Kid was kicked out of Oedo Tai and got a post-match beatdown until Tam Nakano made the save.

Match 7: IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani beat Sareee to retain the title. V5 for Iwatani. Next up: Possibly Ice Ribbon star & longtime figurehead/leader Tsukasa Fujimoto, who also teased perhaps a handicap match with Arisa Nakajima before her apparent impending retirement against Iwatani.

Match 8: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Saori Anou beat Hanan to retain the title. V2 for Anou. Next up: Ami Sohrei or Natsupoi. Anou made a determination match between them for the future.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match with different rules for each fall, World Of Stardom Champion Maika beat Momo Watanabe 2-1 to retain the title. Fall 1 was a normal match won by Watanabe. Fall 2 was a Hardcore Falls Count Anywhere match won by Maika. Fall 3 was a Last Woman Standing match won by Maika. V4 for Maika.

The next event is Monday at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. It will be available on demand at a later date. (The next scheduled live event is Friday, one of 6 live broadcasts scheduled for May. 4 will be on Stardom World while 5/5 in Fukuoka and 5/18 at Yokohama Budokan will be PPVs)

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/27/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the latest LIMIT BREAK event today, dubbed LIMIT BREAK ex. This series features more crossover matches with non-NOAH wrestlers.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Yoshitatsu (DDT) beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) beat Jun Akiyama & Rukiya (DDT). Kotoge pinned Rukiya after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo (DDT) beat Hi69.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita & Mohammed Yone vs. Shuji Ishikawa (Independent/Freelancer), Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya (DDT) went to a 20 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Extra Time (10 minutes): Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki FUujita & Mohammed Yone beat Shuji Ishikawa, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya. Shiozaki pinned Iino after Go Lariat.

Main Event: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Akitoshi Saito beat Yuki Nagao to retain the title. V1 for Saito.

The next event is WRESTLE MAGIC 2024 on 5/4 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a PPV ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. The PPV is available worldwide for 3800 Japanese yen (about $25 US) but those who were UNIVERSE subscribers prior to the price increase in March and remained subscribers at the start of April can buy the PPV for only 2800 yen (around $18 US). The event can be purchased until 5/12 at 4 AM PT/7 AM ET, the viewing window after purchase & the event is TBA. Currently there are 6 matches for the card-5 title matches and a special women’s match-with more TBA the day of the event.

All-Japan 4/27/24 Results

All-Japan ran Day 5 of the Champions Carnival today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 867.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino, Seigo Tachibana & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Road Crew. Tachibana pinned Tamura after Yankee Hammer.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block A-Hokuto Omori beat Ren Ayabe.
Match 3: Block B-Hideki Suzuki beat Hartley Jackson by submission.
Match 4: Block A-Kento Miyahara beat Cyrus.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & The Bodyguard (Independent/Freelancer) beat Suwama, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Ryo Inoue. Bodyguard pinned Inoue after Rising Dragon.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6-Block A-Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.
Match 7: Block B-Jun Saito beat Ryuki Honda.
Main Event: Block B-Rei Saito beat Yuma Anzai.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Miyahara, 3-1, 6 points
2-Ashino, 3-1, 6 points
3-Smith, 2-1, 4 points
4-Kuroshio, 2-1, 4 points
5-Aoyagi, 2-2, 4 points
6-Cyrus, 1-2, 2 points
7-Ayabe, 1-3, 2 points
8-Omori, 1-3, 2 points

Block B:
1-Jun Saito, 4-1, 8 points
2-Anzai, 3-2, 6 points
3-Rei Saito, 2-1, 4 points
4-Suwama, 2-1, 4 points
5-Suzuki, 2-2, 4 points
6-Crew, 1-2, 2 points
7-Honda, 1-3, 2 points
8-Jackson, 0-3, 0 points

The winner of each block advances to the Finals. If there are ties, a tiebreaker match will be held.

Day 6 is tomorrow at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 4/27/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today in Hiroshima with the final televised event before next weekend’s blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2145.

Pre-show match: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Ray Paloma & HANZO. Oleg pinned Paloma after Kamikaze.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned TM 4.

Match 2: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Cobb pinned Fujita after Tour of the Islands.

Match 3: El Desperado, Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii beat Yujirro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Takahashi after Death Rider.

Match 4: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Shoma Kato & Tomohiro Ishii. Tanahashi beat Kato with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Kanemaru pinned TAKA with Samson Clutch.

Match 6: STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat El Phantasmo & Hikuleo to retain the titles. Nicholls pinned Hikuleo. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: In a Rural Revitalization 3 Falls Match, Yuya Uemura beat KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan 2-1 to win the title.

Main Event: In an elimination match, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, David Finlay & Jake Lee (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Naito was the winner, last eliminating Lee.

The next event is Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni, the traditional standalone end-of-April event named for the original name of Kagoshima Prefecture, Monday at Kagoshima Arena in Kagoshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: After this was posted I learned there were last-minute changes to the event due to SANADA being off. Illness.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/27/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues their Spring house show tour today with the final event before YES! WONDERLAND, their annual Golden Week blowout event. As such, this will represent the final builds for the 2 title matches on 5/6 (not 3 because Yuki Arai won’t defend the International Princess Championship. That may be held back for July). Interestingly there is just one single match today as trios matches feature the champions opposite their challengers one last time, an opportunity for one side to build more momentum.

While this probably didn’t affect the card at all, Kaya Toribami will miss this event due to an overseas tour.

Today’s event will be held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. It’s still a house show and no match should have more than a 20 minute time limit, so with 6 matches I anticipate this event will run just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Rika Tatsumi vs. Nao Kakuta & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Kira Summer vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Maki Itoh & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Toga
Mizuki & Shino Suzuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Suzume, Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo
Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 8:15 PM PT/11:15 PM ET.

8:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. They turned the lights down right away for the opening announcements but based on advance sales it has me thinking around 200 initially. A legit sellout at the venue is 294. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:45 PT/11:45 PM ET. The hard camera is higher-up than normal and at an angle today.

Match 1: Kira Summer vs. Mahiro Kiryu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mahiro Kiryu beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi vs. Nao Kakuta & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Nao Kakuta & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by beating Nanase.

Match 3: Maki Itoh & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh & Uta Takami beat Yuki Kamifuku & Toga. Itoh beat Toga with Itoh Punish.

Match 4: Mizuki & Shino Suzuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Raku pinned Suzuki after Doctor Yellow.

Match 5: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo (her left eye has what looks like a massive bandage/wrap on her left cheek just under her eye, hopefully not anything serious). 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro. HIMAWARI pinned Kazashiro.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino beat Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto. Nakajima pinned Miyamoto after a diving senton.

The next event is YES! WONDERLAND ’24, the annual Golden Week blowout event, on 5/6 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 5/5 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

DDT 4/26/24 Results

DDT ran the first event of a special collaboration today with Zeekstar, a Tokyo-based pro handball team.

Today’s event was held at Sumida General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 687.

Pre-show match: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuni & Illusion in a 3-way by pinning Yuni.

Match 1: Keigo Nakamura Return Match: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Keigo Nakamura to retain the title. V8 for MAO.

Match 2: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuya Koroku beat Yukio Naya & Rukiya. Higuchi beat Rukiya with a Canadian backbreaker.

Match 3: KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada & Mecha Mummy beat Toru Owashi, Hiroshi Yamato, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Takao Soma & Shuichiro Kawamatsu to retain the titles. Masada pinned Matsunaga. V2 for the champs.

Match 4: Sanshiro Unagi (Sanshiro Takagi) beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sayaka Unagi to win the title. Sanshiro becomes the 1626th Champion. Which led to…

Sayaka Unagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sanshiro Unagi to win the title. Unagi becomes the 1627th Champion. Which led to…

Sanshiro Unagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sayaka Unagi to win the title. Sanshiro becomes the 1628th Champion.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Shunma Katsumata & To-y. Endo pinned To-y after Burning Star Press.

Intermission. During which…

Jister (a member of Zeekstar Tokyo) beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sanshiro Unagi to win the title. Jister becomes the 1629th Champion.

Match 6: HARASHIMA beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 7: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat DDT 6-Man Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi to win the titles. Sasaki, Paul & KANON become the 54th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Sasaki beat Oishi with a crossface.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat Akito to retain the title. V4 for Ueno.

The next event is Sunday at Sapporo Sunplaza Kanaeda Room in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 4/26/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 751.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma. Oleg pinned Kato after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. KENTA pinned TM 4.

Match 3: El Desperado, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & Taichi. Takahashi pinned TAKA after Big Juice.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jado, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita beat Jado with a chicken wing.

Match 6: Yuya Uemura & SANADA beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. SANADA pinned Newman.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 4/25/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today in Fukui.

Today’s event was held at Fukui Industrial Hall Building 1 Exhibition Hall in Fukui. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 632.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Tomihiro Ishii beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned TM 4 after a package driver.

Match 3: El Desperado, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat TAKA Michimoku, DOUKI & SANADA. Kanemaru pinned TAKA with Samson Clutch.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jado, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita beat Jado with a chicken wing.

Match 6; Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Taichi pinned Newman after Tensho Cross Fang.

Main Event; BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabirel Kidd & David Finlay. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.