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Dragon Gate 4/10/24 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Rey De Parejas 2024 today with the Semifinals and Finals.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1374, a super full house/very near sellout)

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: YAMATO & Susumu Yokosuka (Susumu Mochizuki) beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J. YAMATO pinned Shimizu after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner. Yokosuka changed back from his real name to his longtime ring name effective today.

Match 2: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Luis Mante & Hyo. Kid pinned Hyo after countering Sansom Driver.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Kagetora beat Yasushi Kanda, Shuji Kondo & Punch Tominaga. Kagetora pinned Tomonaga after Gurumakakari.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka & Daiki Yanagiuchi beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Ryu Fuda. Dia pinned Fuda after DDDDT.

Match 5: Ultimo Dragon & Toru Owashi (DDT) beat KAI & Gianni Valetta by DQ. Valetta DQ’d. Mask removal from Dragon.

Match 6: Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. Shun Skywalker, ISHIN & Jason Lee went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 6 (again): In a No Countouts Match, Shun Skywalker, ISHIM & Jason Lee beat Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUBKY” KAMEI by DQ. KAMEI DQ’d. Chair use.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Finals: Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat YAMATO & Susumu Yokosuka to win the tournament. Kid pinned Yokosuka after Ultra Huracanrana. As a result, Kid & Doi will probably get an Open The Twin Gate Championship shot in the future, maybe at DEAD OR ALIVE 2024 on 5/5. (Post-script thought: 5/5 is a toss-up because the titles are held by Pro Wrestling NOAH wrestlers Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro and NOAH has a PPV on 5/4 in Tokyo. The 5/5 event is in Nagoya and it’s also 24 hours before ALL TOGETHER, which will feature Kiyomiya and also Shun Skywalker on opposite sides in a 6-man tag match. We’ll see what happens. I think 5/4 is more likely, but nothing has been announced yet for either event).

Next up is The Gate Of Passion 2024 Tour beginning Saturday at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no love or on demand broadcast. That will be followed that night (Sunday Japan tome) by a doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka with both events live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK beginning at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. I may be able to do live results for the first event.

UPDATE: With regards to the Twin Gate title match, it’s now official for 5/5. Also set for 5/5 is a 5-way Hair vs. Mask cage match with Kzy, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Shun Skywalker, Hyo & Jason Lee (I think he’ll be JACKY “BALDY” KAMEI afterwards) and Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante vs. Gianni Valetta for the title. I think Mante’s fairy tale story that began last year after he lost his own mask in said Hair vs. Mask Cage Match (when he was Diamante) is coming to an ugly end.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/8/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH held Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC Season 2 today, promising more unpredictable happenings after last week’s season premiere.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Jake Lee beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi & HAYATA beat Daiki Inaba & Junta Miyawaki. HAYATA pinned Miyawaki after a tiger driver.

Match 3: Miyuki Takase beat Great Sakuya by DQ. Deadly weapon use.

Match 4: Alpha Wolf beat Daga, Ninja Mack & Alejandro in a 4-way by pinning Mack.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Masa Kitamiya beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud). Kiyomiya pinned Sugiura after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Main Event: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto to retain the titles.YO-HEY pinned Miyamoto after a dropkick. V5 for the champs.

Episode 3 is next Monday with GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. TBA in an Open Challenge for the titles and GHC Hardcore Champion Ninja Mack vs. Alpha Wolf for the title.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Injury Report: Akitoshi Saito is now off Thursday. Lower back contusion. He was to have teamed with Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge to fave Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Hi69 is the replacement.

Dragon Gate 4/6/24 & 4/7/24 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate ran the penultimate days of the Rey De Parejas 2024 tournament this weekend.

Yesterday’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and today’s event was held at Mercure Hotel Yokosuka in Kanagawa. There are/were no live or on demand broadcasts for both events.

Yesterday:
The announced paid attendance was 289, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Luis Mante & Hyo beat BxB Hulk & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Mante pinned Yanagiuchi after MCK.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 3: Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda beat Takashi Yoshida, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. Horiguchi pinned Tominaga after Backslide From Heaven.

Match 4; Jason Lee & ISHIN vs. U0T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI went to a no contest. Natural Vibes & Z-Brats interference.

Match 5: Susumu Mochizuki, Kagetora & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Mochizuki pinned Tanaka after Yokosuka Cutter.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A; BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat KAI & Gianni Valetta. J pinned KAI with Genie Clutch. As a result, Shimizu & J finish 2nd in Block A and advance to the Semifinals.

Today:
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 357, a super full house/very near sellout).

Match 1: Susumu Mochizuki vs. Masaaki Mochizuki went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Ryu Fuda & Ryoya Tanaka beat Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. Tanaka pinned Tominaga after Spanish Fly.

Match 3: Gianni Valetta beat Problem Dragon.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Takashi Yoshida. J pinned Horiguchi after Diamond Frame.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block B: Luis Mante & Hyo vs. Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia went to a 20 minute time limit draw. As a result, Mante & Hyo finish 2nd in Block B and advance to the Semifinals.

Main Event: Susumu Mochizuki, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi beat KAI, Jason Lee & ISHIN. Mochizuki pinned KAI with Jumbo Pin.

The tournament Semifinals and Finals are Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: After today’s event, Susumu Mochizuki announced that, starting Wednesday, his name is changing back to Susumu Yokosuka, his prior name (Susumu Mochizuki is his real name, no known relation to Masaaki Mochizuki or Mochizuki Junior).

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/7/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 today in Osaka, headlined by a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Title match.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 448.

There were last-minute changes because Dragon Bane was off the event due to a broken nose. Currently out at least 1 week.

Match 1: Tadasuke beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki in a 3-way by pinning Miyawaki.

Match 3: Yo-HEY beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 4: HAYATA & Shuji Kondo beat Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa. HAYATA pinned Ogawa.

Match 5: Alpha Wolf beat Ninja Mack.

Match 6: Kenoh, Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Naomichi Marufuji, Daiki Inaba & Ulka Sasaki. Kenoh pinned Inaba after PFS.

Match 7: Jake Lee beat Go Shiozaki.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa to retain the titles. Morris pinned Oiwa after a tiger driver. V5 for the champs.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 2 Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, which will feature a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. It is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Injury Report: The Dragon’s Bane

Pro Wrestling NOAH has just announced a breaking njury change for today’s event in Osaka: Dragon Bane is now off. Broken nose. Out at least 1 week. For today, he was to have teamed with Alpha Wolf to face Ninja Mack & Alejandro, but now it means Alpha Wolf will now face Ninja Mack and Alejandro will face Junta Miyawaki & Hajime Ohara in a 3-way instead of original plans. For Thursday at Korakuen Hall, the first match is now Ninja Mack vs. Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro in a 3-way. For 4/14, match 2 is now Ninja Mack vs. Alpha Wolf & Hajime Ohara in a 3-way.

DDT Pro Wrestling 4/7/24 Results (Updated)

After once again being part of “The Collective” in the US ahead of WWE WrestleMania, DDT is back in Japan for a short-turnaround event, their monthly tentpole tour beginner/ender in Tokyo-APRIL FOOL 2024. It sounds like everyone made it back safely ahead of today’s event, which has 2 title matches scheduled: First up is DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. Hi69, coming over from Pro Wrestling NOAH, for the title in a “Lucky Draw! Calling for Pain Survival Kuji Great Battle!” (or something like that), which is no rope escapes or countouts, win only by pinfall or submission and various weapons will be available. In the second title match, KO-D Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino defend the titles against Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. The main event will feature a couple of Englanders teaming up as Zack Sabre Jr. comes over from New Japan Pro Wrestling to team with Chris Brookes against Yuki Ueno & MAO, just back from the US. Additionally, this will be the last time Hideki Okatani will be seen for a while as after today, he will be having ACL/knee surgery and will be out at least several months.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Actor Takumi Momose will be a special guest on commentary. There is now a pre-show match scheduled for 30 minutes before the event’s planned start time, so adding that in I anticipate this will be a “normal” Korakuen event with a total running time of about 3 hours. It will be going up against the last hour or two of WrestleMania Night 1 so I might be a little behind early on with updates.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Unpaid RUMBLE FINAL! aka Battle Royal

Main show:
Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Illusion & Munetatsu Nakamura
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Yoshitatsu & Takeshi Masada and Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani and Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi in a 4-way
D GENERATIONS CUP Final: To-y vs. Rukiya
Shinya Aoki vs. Chihiro Hashimoto
DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. Hi69 for the title
KO-D Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino vs. Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga for the titles
Chris Brookes & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO

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Updates below will begin at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

6:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 15 minutes for the pre-show match.

6:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano and special guest Takumi Momose.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd will still be filing in over the next 30+ minutes but it looks like it’s set up for their usual 1000-1100. Based on advance ticket sales they’re probably trending for in the 700s. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1334, a super full house/very bear sellout. Unusually late arriving crowd, maybe due to WrestleMania? Night 1 ran against the first half of today’s event)

Pre-show match: Unpaid Fighter Battle Royal. Entrants are Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Akito and a ridiculous(ly long) list of comedy characters
Result: Sayaka Unagi won. She was the last entrant and eliminated Takagi. All the other participants were comedy impersonations of wrestlers or people who probably were extras, interns, etc. Even a teenage boy was in it. Afterwards, A Takagi-Unagi match for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship currently held by Unagi was made for the future. Takagi then had all the participants come back in and crowd into and around the ring for the group photo op.

Main show:
Coming up momentarily as the pre-show went just over 30 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Illusion & Munetatsu Nakamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuni & Yuya Koroku beat Illusion & Munetatsu Nakamura. Koroku beat Illusion with a cross armbar/wrist lock.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Yoshitatsu & Takeshi Masada and Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani and Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi in a 4-way. 30 minute time limit. At the start, all 4 teams each were placed in a different corner of the venue and when the bell rang, they all rushed to the ring to begin the match.
Result: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON,. HARASHIMA, Yoshitatsu & Takeshi Masada and Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi in a 4-way when Okatani pinned Sumi.

Match 3: D GENERATIONS CUP Final: To-y vs. Rukiya. No time limit
Result: To-y beat Rukiya to win the tournament. As a result, Yo-y gets into KING OF DDT 2024. They then announce the Round 1 matches for the tournament, so To-y’s “reward” is KANON. Round 1 is 5/5 at Korakuen.

Quick break for the opening announcements. During them, it was announced that Unagi-Takagi will be on 4/26 at Sumida City Gym in Tokyo along with a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match and KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Akito for the title. UPDATE: Yuki Ishida also came out here and announced he will return on 5/16.

Match 4: Shinya Aoki vs. Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls). 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 5: DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH) in a Great Kuji Survival Match for the title. No rope escapes, no countouts, lucky weapons are in each corner that can be used. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat Hi69 to retain the title. V2 for Katsumata.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino vs. Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga to retain the titles. Iino pinned Matsunaga after a lariat. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO. 30 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

The next event is Saturday at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/6/24 Results

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

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 189.

Match 1: Takashi Sugiura beat Yu Owada by submission.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 3: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. Daga pinned Ohara after Diablo Wings.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Kotoge pinned Tadasuke after Bat Hanging.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Ulka Sasaki beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Wagner Jr. pinned Inaba after Serpiente Azteca.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Mack pinned Bane after Whirlwind Leg.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & HAYATA beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & YO-HEY. Kiyomiya pinned YO-HEY after Hentai Shining Wizard.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with Kiyomiya & Oiwa vs. Morris & Greene for the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Unfortunately, because of how Osaka is with events, there will be no live broadcast.

In other news, both Ninja Mack & HAYATA were announced for this year’s Best Of The Super Junior Tournament by New Japan Pro Wrestling. It will be the first entry for both in the prestigious Junior Heavyweight showcase.

New Japan 4/6/24 Results (Updated)

SAKURA GENESIS, New Japan’s traditional April blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. This event aired in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 6632.

Pre-show Match: Frontier Zone: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Chicharito Shoko, Takuro Niki & Ayako Yoshida. Oleg pinned Shoki after Kamikaze. The losing team were from the 2AW promotion in Chiba.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Fujita pinned Taguchi with O’Connor Bridge.

Match 2; BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo & David Finlay. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Uemura pinned Khan with Storm Clutch.

Match 4: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA and Francesco Akira & TJP in a 3-way, when Connors pinned KUSHIDA, to retain the titles. V1 for the champs.

Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & KENTA to win the titles. YOSHI-HASHI & Goto become the 102nd IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Goto pinned Owens after Shoto.

Match 6: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Sho beat Yoh by ref stoppage to retain the title. V1 for Sho. Stoppage came in less than 90 seconds due to a Yoh injury. Shoulder. Next up: Sounds like it’s between Fujita & DOUKI.

Match 7: Shota Umino & Jon Moxley beat Jack Perry & Ren Narita. Moxley pinned Narita after Death Rider.

Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL to win the title. Takagi becomes the 44th NEVER Openweight Champion. Yoshinobu Kanemaru as referee and the usual H.O.T. antics weren’t enough. Next up: Gabriel Kidd.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito beat Yota Tsuji to retain the title. V2 for Naito. Next up: Moxley. Already set for 4/12 in the US, it now seems like it will be for the title.

The next event is Windy City Riot Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY as a PPV for $19.99 will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. This will be a live TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

In other news, the participants for Beat Of The Super Junior 31 were announced today: Sho, Yoh, Hiromu Takahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, Kevin Knight, BUSHI, Titan, TJP, Francesco Akira, DOUKI, Robbie Eagles, Taiji Ishimori, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, Kosei Fujita, Blake Christian, Ninja Mack, HAYATA. There will be no repeat champion this year because 2023 winner Master Wato is out due to injury.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Naito-Moxley Friday is for the title.

Tokyo Joshi Pro “GCW vs. TJPW” Results (4/6/24) (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up their time at The Collective for this year today with a crossover event featuring matches against the women of Game Changer Wrestling (GCW). 6 of the 8 matches are direct crossovers while one match is a TJPW single match and a 6-woman tag match will have both sides on each team. 6 single matches are the majority of the card with 2 tag team matches. The likely main event on paper features Rina Yamashita, Masha Slamovich & Maki Itoh vs. Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuki AIno. No relation between the Yamashitas for those wondering.

As was the case earlier today/yesterday, there are some last-minute changes because Nao Kakuta is off due to illness and Sawyer Wreck is also off due to injury. Because of that, a planned tag match of Wreck & Allie Katch vs. Mizuki & Kakuta is now Allie vs. Mizuki. SAKI has also been added to the opening TJPW match to make it a 3-way.

Today’s event will be held at Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV/FITE in English only with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $69.99/year). It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. Due to a potential scheduling conflict I may be joining this event in progress and watching from the beginning and catching up so there may be near live results instead (if that happens I hope to be no more than 30 minutes behind). (Update: I made it home and got set up with a few minutes to spare, so proper live results) While there seemingly are no time limits the many events at the venue keeps them on a tight clock and near the end they’ll be up against the start of WWE WrestleMania so I imagine that, like several other events so far here, it will probably run just under 2 hours, which puts it up against the first half-hour of WrestleMania.

Today’s lineup:
Suzume vs. Pom Harajuku & SAKI in a 3-way
Session Moth Martina vs. Raku
Dark Sheik vs. Yuki Kamifuku
Steph De Lander vs. Hyper Misao
Shazza McKenzie vs. Arisu Endo
Allie Katch vs. Mizuki
Billie Starkz & Janai Kai vs. Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi
Rina Yamashita, Masha Slamovich & Maki Itoh vs. Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino

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Updates below will begin at 11:30 AM PT/2:30 PM PT.

11:30 AM PT UPDATE: Live stream begins. We go to the venue in 30 seconds. And right on cue…

We are LIVE from Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA. Commentary should join momentarily.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. According to DDT’s website there were some tickets still available but the venue looks close to sold out again. Hopefully it’ll be a sellout of 750 or at worst close. (Based on what I saw during the first match it’s not a sellout. I think it’s gonna be in the 650-700 range). (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 672, a full house/near sellout)

Right to the action. Your hosts are Dave Prazak & Veda Scott. And once again we have STREAMERS!!!

Match 1: Suzume vs. Pom Harajuku & SAKI in a 3-way
Result: Suzume beat Pom Harajuku & SAKI in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku.

Match 2: Session Moth Martina vs. Raku
Result: Session Moth Martina beat Raku. This was a great comedy match, Martina really played along well with Raku’s “sleepy” antics and Raku even got “intoxicated” early on as Martina had a (presumably) empty beer can she brought out with her. The fans didn’t like the result but loved the match.

Match 3: Dark Sheik vs. Yuki Kamifuku
Actually…last-second change of match order, it seems. This will come up later. Which led to…

Match 3 (Take 2): Shazza McKenzie vs. Arisu Endo
Result: Arisu Endo beat Shazza McKenzie

Match 4: Steph De Lander vs. Hyper Misao
Result: Steph De Lander beat Hyper Misao. They went hardcore with some really fun stuff including several moments when they both had skewers stuck in their heads, actually a great look! Naturally the fans hated the result because De Lander is associated with Matt Cardona, who everyone hates.

Alright, try that original Match 3 again…
Match 5: Dark Sheik vs. Yuki Kamifuku
Result: Dark Sheik beat Yuki Kamifuku

Match 6: Billie Starkz & Janai Kai vs. Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi. The entrance music for Watanabe/Tatsumi got botched as they started inadvertently playing Mizuki’s music before the transition and that got a “You F’d Up!” chant from the crowd. Another match order change. Which led to…

Match 6 (Take 2): Allie Katch vs. Mizuki
Result: Mizuki beat Allie Katch

Try that again, take 2…
Match 7: Billie Starkz & Janai Kai vs. Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi.
Result: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Billie Starkz & Janai Kai. Watanabe pinned Kai after Daydream.

Main Event: Rina Yamashita, Masha Slamovich & Maki Itoh vs. Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino
Result: Rina Yamashita, Masha Slamovich & Maki Itoh beat Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino. Itoh beat Aino with Itoh Punish.

For those keeping score, GCW wins 4-3.

Like yesterday’s TJPW event, this one was a lot of fun even though of course I didn’t like some of the results (no, I’m not a Mizuki or Itoh fan). The match order changes thankfully were no big deal as everything went on as planned and the event ran a neat & tidy 2 hours (they cut away as soon as the main event ended so anything we see post-match will come via fan uploads to the socials). Another event that is definitely worth watching as both GCW and TJPW fans will find plenty to enjoy.

End Show.

In TJPW news from Japan, Yuki Arai’s participation schedule for May & June was announced today, which is subject to change. Hopefully it will because, disappointingly, it’s only 2 events-the next 2 Korakuen Hall events on 5/6 (the annual Golden Week blowout event) and 6/9.

The next event is 4/13 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, which will be the final event for Juria Nagano before she leaves TJPW and wrestling. Her final matches will be a trios match then a single match against Moka Miyamoto. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET with live results scheduled.

Tokyo Joshi Pro “TJPW LIVE IN PHILLY” Results (4/5/24)

Tokyo Joshi Pro is in the US again as part of “The Collective” for a morning matinee today. This is one of two events for TJPW this weekend in the US, the other being a crossover event Saturday with the women of Game Changer Wrestling. 6 matches are on tap for today including participation from semi-regular outsiders and fan favorites including Riho, VertVixen and Viva Van.

There have been last-minute changes to the event because unfortunately Max The Impaler and Nao Kakuta are now off the events. Max is off due to coronavirus, which sadly deprives us of a Wasteland Pom Party reunion as they were to have teamed with Pom Harajuku to face Mizuki & VertVixen. Aja Kong is the replacement. Kakuta did not travel from Japan due to illness. She was to have teamed with Raku to face Yuki Kamifuku & Viva Van. Trish Adora is the replacement.

Today’s event will be held at Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV/FITE in English only with a Triller+ subscription, available for $7.99/month or $69.99/year. You also get unlimited on demand replays. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. Because the early start time conflicts with my work schedule and I will have to watch the live stream on my phone due to it, results/updates may be delayed at times. With 6 matches and in spite of possibly no time limits, due to other events possibly at the venue I expect the event’s total running time to be just over 90 minutes, no more than 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Hyper Misao vs. Billie Starkz
Shoko Nakajima vs. Rhio
Yuki Kamifuku & Viva Van vs. Raku & Trish Adora
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher
Aja Kong & Pom Harajuku vs. Mizuki & Vertvixen
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe

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Updates below will (hopefully) begin at 8 AM PT/11 AM ET.

8 AM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA. No Sayuri Namba today, the regular GCW ring announcer is handling the duties. No commentary yet.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so based on yesterday’s events that should be 750. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was indeed 750)

Up Up Girls out first, just Miu Watanabe & Raku.

The matches begin at 8:10 AM PT/11:10 AM ET. Your hosts are Dave Prazak & Veda Scott. And we have STREAMERS!!!

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher. Suzume pinned Zakher with a rollup.

Match 2: Hyper Misao vs. Billie Starkz
Result: Billie Starkz beat Hyper Misao. Athena interference helped.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Viva Van vs. Raku & Trish Adora
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Viva Van beat Raku & Trish Adora. Kamifuku pinned Raku after Fameasser.

Match 4: Aja Kong & Pom Harajuku vs. Mizuki & Vertvixen
Result: Mizuki & Vertvixen beat Aja Kong & Pom Harajuku. Mizuki pinned Harajuku with Cutie Special.

Match 5 Shoko Nakajima vs. Rhio (I unknowingly stated the wrong Riho earlier, this isn’t the Japan/AEW one but the UK one)
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Rhio

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe. Yamashita pinned Tatsumi after Skull Kick.

Despite no Sayuri Namba and the missing wrestlers who were dearly missed, this was still a fun event that showcased what TJPW is all about. If you missed it, catch a replay on Triller+ if you subscribe, otherwise it will be on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at some point. The entire event ran 110 minutes.

End Show.

The next event is GCW vs. TJPW tomorrow, a crossover event with Game Changer Wrestling. Live streaming on Triller/FITE via the Triller+ subscription package will begin at 11:30 AM PT/2:30 PM ET. I plan to do live results but they may be delayed due to potential schedule conflicts (at worst I’ll join the event in progress and watch from the beginning).