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Sumo-March 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 6 Results (3/15/24) (Top 2 Tiers) (Updated)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 6 of the March 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo

Makuuchi (top tier:
Daiamami (M16) beat Takarafuji (J1)
Nishikifuji (M14) beat Eoga (M15)
Myogiryu (M15) beat Ryuden (M13)
Takerufuji (M17) beat Churanoumi (M13)
Shonannoumi (M12) beat Endo (M16)
Sadanoumi (M11) beat Kitanowaka (M16)
Ichiyamamoto (M11) beat Hokutofuji (M9)
Onosho (M8) beat Shodai (M10)
Mitakeumi (M10) beat Takayasu (M8)
Tamawashi (M7) beat Kotoshoho (M9)
Gonoyama (M6) beat Midorifuji (M5)
Onosato (M5) beat Meisei (M2)
Atamifuji (M2) beat Asanoyama (M1)
Daieisho (S) beat Ura (M1)
Wakamotoharu (S) beat Nishikigi (K)
Kirishima (O) beat Oho (M3)
Kotonowaka (O) beat Abi (K)
Takakeisho (O) beat Hiradoumi (M4)
Tobizaru (M4) beat Hosboryu (O)
Takanosho (M3) beat Terunofuji (Y). KINBOSHI!!! The second career Gold Star Victory for Takanosho!
Leader: Takerufuji, Onosato (6-0)
Of note: This may be it for Terunofuji for March. The knees are gone, or that’s what NHK World Japan’s English daily highlights program led us to believe. 3 straight Kinboshi are good for all but Yokozuna but clearly #10 will have to wait. If Terunofuji continues, he would face Tobizaru tomorrow. The Flying Monkey beat the Yokozuna in July but Terunofuji won their last match in January. If he’s done, 2-13 for March (technically 2-5-8).

Juryo:
Akua (J13) beat Chiyosakae (J14)
Kitaharima (J14) beat Kotoeko (J12)
Shiden (J10) beat Tsushimanada (J12)
Wakatakakage (J10) beat Hakuoho (J13)
Shimanoumi (J9) beat Oshoumi (J11)
Tamashoho (J9) beat Aoiyama (J11)
Shishi (J8) beat Hidenoumi (J7)
Asakoryu (J8) beat Hakuyozan (J6)
Daishoho (J7) beat Chiyoshoma (J6)
Bushozan (J5) beat Shirokuma (J5)
Tohkuryu (J2) beat Oshoma (J4)
Mitoryu (J2) beat Kagayaki (J4)
Tokihayate (J1) beat Tomokaze (J3)
Leader: Wakatakakage, Asakoryu (6-0)
Of note: That’ll pretty much do it for chances of Hakuoho returning to the top tier in May. He has now lost 3 straight since a 3-0 start. The lead is quickly becoming between Wakatakakage & Asakoryu, only Shiden is within one now at 5-1.

Tomorrow starts the traditional Promotion Day in the lower 4 tiers, where the leaders will be 4-0 and clinch promotions over the next 2 days.

UPDATE: Nikkan Sports reports Terunofuji has WITHDRAWN for Day 7. Unspecified as to exactly why yet. If true, Tobizaru gets a free win but no Kinboshi.

Injury Report: Can’t Be A Skywalker Like This

Another injury…this time in Dragon Gate as they report Shun Skywalker is grounded for now. Knee. Out indefinitely and off tomorrow’s event in Okayama as a result. He was to have faced Shachihoko BOY. ISHIN is the replacement. If he misses any further time it could jeopardize their Rey De Parejas spot.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/16/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues their spring house show tour today with an event in Yokohama. While there is one more event after this before GRAND PRINCESS ’24, this essentially will be the final build for the biggest event of the year as the next event is a separate standalone crossover with Ganbare Women. So today is the last time Moyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe will be on opposite teams before their 3/31 main event, same for Yuki Aino and Suzume & Arisu Endo (no Ryo Mizunami today. Also no Yuki Arai). It also begins the road to the end of Nao Kakuta’s career as she announced earlier this week she will retire in July to focus on other activities.

There were unannounced last-minute changes for today’s event due to no Hyper Misao. Acute back pain. Status uncertain for 3/31.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. This looks like a standard quick-paced house show and should have a total running time of just under 2 hours, even with the presumptive main event likely to go the full 20 minutes, but roughly 2 hours tops.

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

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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

7:58 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like a good crowd so far as the closest seats to the ring are all sold out and sounds good too. Not sure if a sellout or not but I’m thinking 275-300. A legit full capacity sellout would maybe be 350-375. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 277, a legit sellout. So closer to 75% capacity)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. Hard camera only view with the position such that the ropes slightly obstruct view. They had very few announcements and quickly went to Up Up Girls so we’ll be starting matches by 8:10 PM PT.

The matches begin at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM PT.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Uta Takami in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Mahiro Kiryu & Uta Takami in a 3-way by beating Takami.

Match 3: Wakana Uehara & Toga vs. Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. Uehara beat Okubo with a sleeper hold.

Match 4: Maki Itoh & Shino Suzuki vs. Moka Miyamoto & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh & Shino SUzuki beat Moka Miyamoto & Chika Nanase. Itoh beat Nanase with Itoh Punish.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance. Only about a minute or so.

Match 5: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki AIno, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & HIMAWARI. Aino pinned Suzume after UBV. Final shots fired before thee Princess Tag Team Championship match at GRAND PRINCESS ’24 and they favor the champs.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima vs. Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta. Yamashita pinned Kakuta after Skull Kick. Yamashita immediately posed & taunted Watanabe afterwards. 15 days to go. It’s all over but the shouting and, presumably, final pre-event press conference. On to their biggest event of the year! But first…

The next event is 3/22 at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo for a crossover event with Ganbare Women. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 3/15/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 8 of the New Japan Cup today, finishing up Round 2 and completing the setup for the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Kanaoka Park Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1077.

Match 1: Shoma Kato vs. Katsuya Murashima went to a 10 minute time limit draw. This was a hometown match for Young Lion Kato.

Match 2: Mikey Nicholls beat Callum Newman.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Boltin Oleg, El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Uemura pinned Honma with a Tannuki suplex hold.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd, Chase Owens, KENTA & David Finlay beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano, Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned Taguchi after a package driver.

Match 5: Jado, Yoh, Hikuleo, Tama Tonga & Shota Umino beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Jack Perry & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo with 5 Star Clutch.

Match 6: Francesco Akira, TJP, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat BUSHI, Hiromu Talahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Cobb pinned BUSHI after Tour of the Islands.

New Japan Cup Round 2:
Match 7: Yota Tsuji beat El Phantasmo.
Main Event: Ren Narita beat Zack Sabre Jr. No repeat.
As a result, the last Quarterfinals match will be Tsuji vs. Narita.

Day 9 is tomorrow at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya with the first half of the Quarterfinals. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV simulcast.

Injury Report? Stardom Write-Off?

That or the relentless Japan injury/illness bug strikes again in Stardom. Curious in timing and circumstances because this time it’s Giulia. The ever-vague poor health/physical condition. Out this weekend. For tomorrow, she was to have been in a 3-way 6-woman tag match. Mei Seira is the replacement. For Sunday, TBA. This is all amidst rumors she is leaving Stardom at the end of the month.

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: They Best Not Need A Hero

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the latest Japan injury casualty today…they hopefully won’t need a hero anytime soon because the sidelined one this time is Hyper Misao. Acute back pain. Out tomorrow. Status beyond that is uncertain but since she is not on the next event after this, that gives her 2 weeks to recover before GRAND PRINCESS ’24…assuming she is in good enough shape to he a hero opposite Max The Impaler and Aja Kong. I’d ride that Hyper Bike straight out of Ryogoku Kokugikan.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/14/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with a house show in Gifu.

Today’s event was held at Gifu Memorial Center Gym in Gifu and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE sometime next week. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 145.

There were some last-minute changes as the promotion announced Jake Lee was off this event due to a concussion. Status going forward remains uncertain.

Match 1: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wold beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro. Bane pinned Mack after a reverse Frankensteiner.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura beat Hi69.

Match 3: Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Daiki Inaba beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. Inaba pinned Taniguchi.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 5: Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Atsushi Kotoge beat Naomichi Marufuji, Masa Kitamiya & Hajime Ohara. Kotoge pinned Ohara after Kill Switch.

Match 6: Ulka Sasaki & HAYATA beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Sasaki beat Owada with Shining Triangle.

Match 7: Anthony Greene beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshinari Ogawa, Daga & Super Crazy beat Jack Morris, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kiyomiya pinned Cleary after a modified tiger driver.

The next event is GREAT VOYAGE 2024 in YOKOHAMA Sunday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

GLEAT 3/13/24 Results

GLEAT ran their latest major event, GLEAT Ver. 10, yesterday in Tokyo.

Yesterday’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 598.

Match 1: Takehiro Yamamura, Issei Onitsuka, Yusuke Kodama, Yuya Susumu & Kumaarashi beat Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson, Quiet Storm, Junjie & JD Lee. Kumaarashi pinned Lee after a diving senton.

Match 2: G INFINITY Championship Tournament: Kaz Hayashi & CIMA beat Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Hayashi pinned Kawakami.

Match 3: G INFINITY Championship Tournaemtn: T-Hawk & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kaito Ishida & Jordan Oliver. T-Hawk pinned Oliver after Ready To Wear.

Match 4: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Soma Watanabe & Jun Tonsho. Kuroshio pinned Tonsho after a jumping high kick.

Match 5: El Lindaman beat Check Shimatani. Afterwards, Lindaman announced a 10th Anniversary match for 4/4 against trainee Go Miyake.

Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Izuchi beat Riki Aitaka & Yu Iizuka. Izuchi beat Aitaka with a reverse armbar.

Match 7: So Daimonji beat Takamori Ito.

Intermission. Before this, a GLEAT x DDT crossover event was announced for 6/6 at Korakuen.

Match 8: Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls) beat MICHIKO.

Match 9: G INFINITY Championship Tournament: Kaz Hayashi & CIMA beat T-Hawk & Seiki Yoshioka to win the tournament and the titles. Hayashi & CIMA become the 4th G INFINITY Champions. CIMA pinned Yoshioka after Meteora. Next up: Possibly Quiet Storm & Kumaarashi.

Main Event: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Minoru Tanaka to retain the title. V3 for Tamura.

The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 70 Saturday at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

Sumo-March 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 4 & 5 Results (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from yesterday & today’s Day 4 & 5 of the March 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

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