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Ganbare Pro 3/9/24 Results

Ganbare Pro ran the last Ganbare Women event under the CyberFight Corp. label before the promotion breaks away and becomes independent at the end of the month, leaving the spin-off’s future uncertain due also to some wrestlers leaving the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center 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 111.

Match 1; Kamoe Kobayashi beat Bunny Oikawa.

Match 2: Alex Lee & Tyson Maeguchi beat Riara & Shota. Lee pinned Riara after Viscoplex.

Match 3: Sumire Natsu beat Yoshiko Hasegawa. Afterwards, Natsu put Hasegawa, who is leaving Ganbare at the end of the month, over even as a “business enemy” and suggested they become a team.

Main Event: Takumi Iroha & Mio Momomo beat Yuna Manase & YuuRI. Momomo pinned YuuRI with a German suplex hold. After the match, YuuRI vowed GanJo would continue and hinted at a rivalry with the Marvelous promotion.

It’s not known when the next Ganbare Women event will be.

The next Ganbare event is 3/20. There likely will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/9/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate day of the Victory Challenge Tag League today.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka Island City Forum in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 434.

Match 1: Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy. Alejandro pinned Crazy after a Canadian destroyer.

Match 2: HAYATA beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 3: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Hi69. Lee pinned Yone after FBS.

Match 4: VC Tag League: Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo. Thatcher beat Soya with a Fujiwara armbar.

Match 5: VC Tag League Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jack Morris, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Ogawa pinned YO-HEY.

Match 7: VC Tag League: Kenoh & Yu Owada beat Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki. Owada pinned Sasaki.

Main Event: VC Tag League: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Kiyomiya pinned Inaba after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Standings:
1-Huxley/Thatcher, 4-2, 8 points
2-Bane/Wolf, 3-2-1, 7 points
3-Shiozaki/Kotoge, 3-2-1, 7 points
4-Kiyomiya/Oiwa, 3-2-1, 7 points
5-Kitamiya/Inabaa, 2-3-1, 5 points
6-Kenoh/Owada, 2-3-1, 5 points
7-Soya/Kondo, 2-3-1, 5 points
8-Sugiura/Sasaki, 2-4, 4 points (OUT)
The top 2 after tomorrow’s matches advance to the Finals on the same event. Mathematically only Sugiura/Sasaki are out Everyone else still has a chance but the 5 point teams will need tiebreakers and miracles to advance as well as the Shiozaki/Kotoge-Kiyomiya/Owada match ending in a Double DQ or No Contest, something that awards no points. The only sure thing is Huxley/Thatcher advance if they beat Kenoh/Owada.

The Finals are tomorrow at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto, also featuring a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at some odd times in the US because of the time change tomorrow morning (1 hour forward at 2 AM local time)-midnight PT/1 AM MT/3 AM CT/4 AM ET.

In other news, the May & June schedules have been announced:
5/4-Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo (WRESTLE MAGIC 2024, LIVE PPV. If you subscribe to WRESTLE UNIVERSE before the new price increase on 3/22, or are a current subscriber as of that date, you will get a coupon in a few weeks for 1000 yen-around $6.50 US-off the purchase price)
5/18-Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama
5/21-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
5/22-Korakuen
5/28-Kobe Sambo Hall, Kobe
5/29-Shinjuku Face, Tokyo (LIMIT BREAK Ver. 2)
6/1-Yokohama Radiant Hall
6/2-Fujisan Messe, Shizuoka
6/9-Korakuen
6/16-Yokohama BUNTAI, Yokohama (ABEMA Presents GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA)
6/22-Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka

DEVELOPING: TJPW Full 3/31 Card Announced

Tokyo Joshi Pro has just announced the full card for GRAND PRINCESS ’24, their biggest event of the year, on 3/31 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. 5 matches were already announced but now the 11 match lineup is official:
Shino Suzuki, Chika Nanase & Kira Summer vs. Haru Kazashiro, Runa Okubo & Uta Takami
Nao Kakuta & Ami Yumoto (AKB48) vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI
Andreza Giant Panda & Kaya Toribami (with Neko Haruna) vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga
Rika Tatsumi vs. Masha Slamovich (TNA Wrestling)
Aja Kong & Max The Impaler vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
Minoru Suzuki vs. Maki Itoh
Yuka Sakazaki (All Elite Wrestling) & Mizuki vs. Chris Brookes (DDT) & Emi Sakura (All Elite Wrestling)
International Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku for the title
Princess Tag Team Champinos Yuki Aino & Ryo MIzunami vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Miu Watanabe for the title
An SKE48 mini-live performance will also be held with 5 members including Yuki Arai and Marika Tani, who will be a guest on commentary for WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 3/30 beginning at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET and is expected to run around 4 hours.

TNA Wrestling “Sacrifice” 2024 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s TNA “Sacrifice” live event in Windsor, Canada:

Pre-show (FREE on YouTube):
There has been a late change to the pre-show card: Laredo Kid, who was to have faced TNA Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve for the title, is now off. Travel issues. Joe Hendry is the replacement.
Match 1: TNA Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve vs. Joe Hendry for the title
Result: TNA Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve beat Joe Hendry to retain the title. AJ Francis was on commentary.

Match 2: The Rascalz vs. Mike Bailey & Trent Seven
Result: Mike Bailey & Trent Seven beat The Rascalz. Bailey pinned Zachary Wentz.

Main show (LIVE on TNA+ with paid subscription, YouTube for Ultimate Insider subscribers, and TrillerTV/FITE as a PPV for $9.99):
Mandatory FBI Warning.
Opening video.
Match 1: Nic Nemeth vs. Steve Maclin
Result: Nic Nemeth beat Steve Maclin
There are technical issues with the stream, at least with the video quality. This happened a little during the pre-show. Clearly signal/satellite issues as it is becoming more persistent approaching 15 minutes in. At this point updates may be slower as I’m possibly going to stop watching due to the technical issues. (I missed the next match then came back during the following match when it seems to have stabilized) (Late Show Update: TNA is aware of the issue and has promised to resolve the issue post-event ASAP)

Match 2: TNA Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers for the titles
Result: Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers beat TNA Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey to become THE NEW TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Edwards pinned Austin after Boston Knee Party.

Match 3: PCO vs. Kon in a No DQ match
Result: PCO beat Kon

After a backstage confrontation between them, AJ Francis vs. Joe Hendry is made for Thursday’s Impact by Santino Marella.

Match 4: TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly vs. Jody Threat & Dani Luna for the titles
Result: Jody Threat & Dani Luna beat TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly to become THE NEW TNA KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Threat pinned Kelly. Very short match. Champs pre-match ambush during entrances backfired.

Match 5: Josh Alexander vs. Alexander Hammerstone
Result: Alexander Hammerstone beat Josh Alexander

Match 6: Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Mustafa Ali & Grizzled Young Vets (this originally was to have been Ali & The Good Hands vs. some combo with Kevin Knight but plans changed today)
Result: Mustafa Ali & Grizzled Young Vets beat Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA. Ali pinned Shelley after a 450 splash.

Match 7: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Tasha Steelz & Xia Brookside in a 3-way for the title. Before intros, Ash By Elegance comes out to sit at ringside
Result: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Tasha Steelz & Xia Brookside in a 3-way by pinning Brookside to retain the title.

Main Event: TNA World Champion Moose vs. Eric Young for the title
Result: TNA World Champion Moose beat Eric Young to retain the title.

End Show. (It went 10-15 minutes shorter than usual, the main show checking in at just 2 hours 43 minutes)

The next monthly live event is Under Siege on 5/3 in Albany, NY, which comes after the next PPV, Rebellion, on 4/20 in Las Vegas, NV. The next TV tapings are tomorrow and should take them to the next TV tapings in Philadelphas in 2 weeks (3/22-3/23). That set of tapings should take them to Rebellion.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling 3/9/24 Results (Updated)

All-Japan kicks of their March tour, the Dream Power Series 2024, today with a mid-major event in Tokyo. It’s light on paper with only 6 matches and with the annual Champions Carnival coming up next month, but 2 title matches headline the event. First, the promotion’s odd couple, Suwama & Hideki Suzuki, defend the All-Japan Word Tag Team Championship against the just-as-odd pairing of Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. The second title match is the main event as All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura defends the title against Rising Hayato.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. There will be an Actress Girls provided match before the event begins. These events typically go 2 1/2-3 hours and with just 6 matches I expect the running time to be on the lower end of that range.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Actress Girls Provided Match-Miki Aono vs. Mari Touto (?)
Naruki Doi, Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato vs. Funinori Abe, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka
Yuma Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana vs. Takao Omori & Osamu Nishimura
Kento Miyahara & Ren Ayabe vs. Jun Saito & KONO
Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori vs. Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & Hideki Suzuki vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan for the titles
All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura vs. Rising Hayato for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

6:28 PM PT UPDATE Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will join later.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but the venue looks maybe 60-65% full so far and close to full capacity setup so that would hopefully put it around 1000. (UPDATE: The annoucned paid attendance was 1076)

Actress Girls open the event with their pre-show segment.
Pre-show match: Actress Girls Provided Match
Result: Miku Aono & Koki (?) beat ? & ?. I couldn’t hear the wrestler names over commentary. Aono pinned ? after Styles Clash.

The event now begins proper with muted audio. Most likely this is a Samurai! TV simulcast in Japan as Kagehiro Osano is on commentary.

The matches begin at 6:50 PM PT/9:50 PM ET.

Match 1: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato vs. Funinori Abe, MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) & Seiki Yoshioka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Fuminori Abe, MUSASHI & Seiki Yohsioka beat Naruki Doi, Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato. MUSASHI pinned Inoue.

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana vs. Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer) & Osamu Nishimura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Takao Omori & Osamu Nishimura beat Yuma Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana. Omori pinned Tachibana after Ax Bomber.

Match 3: Kento Miyahara & Ren Ayabe vs. Jun Saito & KONO (with, in a surprise appearance, TARU). 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Saito & KONO beat Kento Miyahara & Ren Ayabe. Saito pinned Ayabe after Psycho Break. Rei Saito, who is currently out due to injury (shoulder), made a surprise appearance late to help TARU interfere to set up the finish.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori vs. Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori. Anzai pinned Omori with a German suplex hold.

Announcements:
Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT) will appear on 3/30.
The Champions Carnival 2024 field:
Block A: Shotaro Ashino (defending winner), Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Hokuto Omori, Ren Ayabe, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Cyrus
Block B: Suwama, Ryuki Honda, Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai, Hideki Suzuki, Hartley Jackson, Road Crew (?)

Intermission. Updates will resume in a few minutes (as of 8 PM PT/11 PM ET).

The matches resume at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM ET. A lot of fans didn’t hear the announcement and we see some rushing back to their seats as we rejoin the broadcast. Venue thus is much emptier now.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & Hideki Suzuki vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan for the titles. 1 Hour time limit plus Kuroshio’s ridiculous drawn-out entrance that’s at least 5 minutes itself.
Result: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan to retain the titles. Suwama pinned Ashino with a backdrop hold. V1 for the champs. Next up: Wasting no time coming out, Jun Saito & KONO. TARU with microphone. Challenge apparently made. Seemingly accepted by the champs. But then, wait…TARU had Rei Saito get in the ring…off comes the sling! The Saito Brothers coming to get their titles back! The champs walked off leaving Voodoo Murders in the ring. Rei Saito with microphone from TARU. He caught his support towel from a fan at ringside and gave it to Jun Saito, perhaps a good luck token for Jun in the Champions Carnival. They made it sounds like a tag title match could happen at a future event in Osaka. More to come.

Main Event: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura vs. Rising Hayato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Rising Hayato beat All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura to win the title. Hayato becomes the 68th All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Possibly MUSASHI, who soon came out to issue the challenge. Accepted. We’ll see what happens as always.

The next event is tomorrow at G Messe Gunma in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later in the day.

UPDATE: All-Japan announced major updates/maintenance are coming to AJPW.TV after the event. Functionality will be limited during the update, scheduled from 3/24-3/27, and the service (including watching videos) will be completely unavailable from 10 PM PT on 3/26 until 2 AM PT on 3/27. All times are subject to change. New features will include a new page layout and live chat implementation during live broadcasts. A YouTube video in Japanese with Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi to explain everything is scheduled to be livestreamed Monday beginning at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. At this time the cost of the service is expected to remain unchanged at 900 Japanese yen/month (currently around $6 US).

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/8/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Victory Challenge Tag League today with an event in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan West Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE next week. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 339.

Match 1: HAYATA, Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Hi69. HAYATA pinned Hi69.

Match 2: Anthony Greene beat Hajime Ohara.

Match 3: Jake Lee & Jack Morris beat Naomichi Marufuji & Junta Miyawaki. Morris pinned Miyawaki after a tiger driver.

Match 4: Victory Challenge Tag League: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki. Wolf pinned Sasaki after a moonsault press.

Match 5: Victory Challenge Tag League: Kenoh & Yu Owada beat Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge. Kenoh pinned Kotoge after Kenoh Special.

Match 6: YO-HEY, Tadasuke & LJ Cleary beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy by DQ. Daga DQ’d. Ogawa ref assault.

Match 7: Victory Challenge Tag League: Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa. Soya pinned Oiwa after Ballistic.

Main Event: Victory Challenge Tag League: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher. Kitamiya pinned Thatcher after a diving senton.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukuoka Island City Forum in Fukuoka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin ay midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Injury Report: Less Stardom Power This Weekend

And the injury/illness bug continues to be relentless this year so far in Japan, ugh…Stardom’s English Twitter just announced that Utami Hayashishita is now off this weekend’s PPVs. The always-vague poor physical condition. Stardom’s official website confirms this with translation calling it “ill health”. She was to have been in an 8-woman tag match tomorrow. AZM is the replacement. Sunday changes TBA. Status beyond that is uncertain.

More as it becomes acailable.

New Japan 3/8/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 3 of the New Japan Cup today, beginning the second half of Round q.

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

The announced paid attendance was 696.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Chase Owens, KENTA & David Finlay. Goto pinned Gedo after Shoto.

Match 2: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma & El Phantasmo. Nicholls pinned Honma after Mikey Bomb.

Match 3: Yoh, El Desperado & Shota Umino beat Dick Togo, Jack Perry & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo after Direct Drive. H.O.T. pulled what I am now calling the “Sho Switcheroo” last-second here, again replacing Sho in the match with Perry.

Match 4: DOUKI, Taichi & SANADA beat Yosjinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. SANADA beat Takahashi with Skull End.

Match 5: Francesco Akira, TJP, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito. Cobb pinned BUSHI after Tour of the Islands.

New Japan Cup:
Match 6: Hikuleo beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 7: Gabriel Kidd beat Callum Newman.
Main Event: Shingo Takagi beat Yuya Uenura.
As a result, Hikuleo will face EVIL in Round 2 and Kidd will face Takagi.

Day 4 is tomorrow at Baycom Gym in Hyogo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

AEW Collision 3/9/24 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results for tomorrow’s TAPED AEW Collision in Duluth, GA (SPOILERS!):

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New Japan 3/7/24 Results

New Japan officially began the New Japan Cup tour today with Day 2 of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE! (Mobile/tablet/TV users will need to download the New Japan World app to watch, it is a free download and a paid subscription is not required to use the app or access free content. PC users can watch via a web browser) This was an ABEMA simulcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1324.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Goto pinned Jado after Shoto.

Match 2: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Toru Yano & Togi Makabe. Nicholls pinned Makabe after a sliding lariat.

Match 3: Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & KENTA. Cobb pinned Ishimori after Tour of the Islands.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita, EVIL & Jack Perry beat Yoh, El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Narita pinned Honma after Double Cross. This was to have had Sho as part of the match but he weaseled his way out last-second in favor of Perry.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi, Yuya Uemura & SANADA. Tsuji pinned TAKA after Gene Blaster. For those curious about Uemura sans hair, it’s now a short buzz cut painted in a shade of red.

New Japan Cup:
Match 6: Chase Owens beat Tomohiro Ishii.
Match 7: Tanga Loa beat Great-O-Khan.
Main Event: David Finlay beat TJP.
As a result, Owens will face Goto in Round 2 and Loa will face Finlay. The other left side matches will be SANADA vs. YOSHI-HASHI and Perry vs. Yano.

The next event is tomorrow at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This is the last event before the spring time change in the US, meaning events after (and including on the east coast) Sunday will start 1 hour later again.

In other news, the promotion announced this year’s installment of my favorite annual event, Best Of The Super Junior. The 31st installment of the prestigious Junior Heavyweight showcase will be in its usual May spot on the schedule, with the following schedule:
5/11-Yoha S Arena, Chiba
5/13-Korakuen
5/15-Legion Plaza Joetsu, Niigata
5/16-G Messe Gunma, Gunma
5/18-Esforta Arena Hachioji, Tokyo
5/19-Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
5/21-Atelier Himeji, Hyogo
5/22-Osaka Prefectural Gym B (2?), Osaka
5/26-Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2, Tokyo
5/28-Kira Messe Numazu, SHizuoka
5/20-Korakuen
5/31-Korakuen
6/2-Korakuen (Semifinals)
6/9-Osaka-jo Hall, Osaka (Finals) (DOMINION)
The Finals this year will be at the annual June Osaka blowout event, DOMINION. Participants TBA at a later date.