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Dragon Gate 2/23/24 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Your today with a stop in Gifu.

Today’s event was held at Juroku Plaza in Gifu. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 416)

Match 1: Dragon Kid & Yasushi Kanda beat Kagetora & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kanda pinned Yamaguchi after Ryu’s.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Jason Lee.

Match 3: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat YAMATO, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ho Ho Lun. Kzy pinned Lun after a running elbow smash.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Strong Machine J & U-T. Dia pinned U-T.

Match 5: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Susumu Mochizuki & Problem Dragon. Hyo pinned Dragon after a double biceps senton.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. Minoura pinned KAI after Babel Gear.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcastz

New Japan Pro Wrestling 2/24/24 Results

New Japan wraps up THE NEW BEGINNING in SAPPORO 2024 today with the second half of the annual weekend doubleheader in Hokkaido. It’s a rare midday/afternoon matinee which makes for very convenient watching for us fans in the US. After a full slate of title matches yesterday the focus today will be on LIJ vs. Just 5 Guys with a series of 5 single matches between the factions. The focus will be on two in particular-Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura in a Hair vs. Hair match that, unless it’s a draw, will leave a lot of (female) fans very unhappy….and then the main event, which is a rematch from Tokyo Dome between Tetsuya Naito & SANADA for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. But this time it’s Naito defending. Also earlier on the card is Kazuchika Okada’s final New Japan match before he leaves the promotion as well as the farewell match for Tama Tonga, who is also leaving.

There is a change to the card from what New Japan’s English website currently lists-HENARE is off Match 2 due to injury (head). Callum Newman is the replacement.

Today’s event will be held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY in Japanese and English. It can only be watched live in Japan on TV Asahi (it will be available on demand on New Japan World in Japan at a later date). There will be a pre-show match 30 minutes before the event. Excluding the pre-show the longest the event can possibly go is 4 1/2 hours, but I’m thinking it will be closer to around 3 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Tomoya & Toru Yano vs. Katsuya Murashima & Tomoaki Honma

Main Show:
Boltin Oleg, Yoh, Togi Makabe, El Desperado & Shota Umino vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Sho & EVIL.
YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. Francisco Akira, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle
Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo
Ryusuke Taguchi & Nic Nemeth vs. Gedo & David Finlay
BUSHI vs. TAKA Michinoku
Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI
Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi
Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura in a Hair vs. Hair match
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito vs. SANADA for the title

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The main card begins at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

8:25 PM PT UPDATE: There have been last-second changes to the card: Hiroshi Tanahashi is now off. Right ankle injury suffered yesterday. Toru Yano is the replacement. No word on what this means for the pre-show match that Yano was to be in. We’ll find out in a few minutes..(Pre-Show Match Update: Double duty. He’s gonna work 2 matches).

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are someone whose name I didn’t catch & Milano Collection A.T.. Your English hosts are Walker Stephens & Chris Charlton.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still going to be filing in over the next 30 minutes and yesterday did roughly 3200, and it’s already looking like it’s going to be at least around that. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 5355)

Pre-show Match: Katsuya Murashima & Tomoaki Honma vs. Toru Yano & Tomoya. Frontier Zone match. 20 minute time limit
Result: Toru Yano & Tomoya beat Katsuya Murashima & Toru Yano. Tomoya pinned Murashima.

The Hiroshi Tanahashi absence due to injury is announced to the live crowd before the feed cuts away for now to conclude the pre-show.

Updates will resume at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

9 PM PT UPDATE: The main show has begun, so updates resume now.

We are LIVE (again) from Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido, Japan. This event is airing in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi. No guest on Japanese commentary yet.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, Yoh, Togi Makabe, El Desperado & Shota Umino vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Sho & EVIL. 20 minute time limit
Result: Boltin Oleg, Yoh, Yogi Makabe, El Desperado & Shota Umino beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Sho & EVIL. Umino pinned Kanemaru after Death Rider. After the match, Yoh sat at the top of the entrance ramp with the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship belt, possibly making a challenge to Sho, his former partner-turned-rival. Then the arena went dark and a video played on the monitors above the ring in Japanese, apparently a message from David Finlay to Umino ending with the word “SCAPEGOAT” in Japanese & English.

Hiroshi Tanahashi is now the guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. Francisco Akira, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle. 20 minute time limit (VERY LOUD pop and chants from the crowd during Okada’s intro for his final NJPW match)
Result: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Francisco Akira, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle. Okada pinned Newman after Rainmaker. Rainmaker leaves New Japan with a victory. He may be back someday though, he potentially still has a decade or more left in him. Afterwards, Okada with microphone. He thanked the crowd one more time and took a bow before leaving.

Match 3: Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. 20 minute time limit. In a possible unannounced last-second change for this match, Jado is special guest referee
Result: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa. Hikuleo pinned Tonga after a chokeslam. This was Tonga’s final match in New Japan and he stayed around after the match to pay his respects to the ring and the fans and share one last group hug with his brothers & factionmates. Tonga is leaving mainly for personal/family reasons, he is not necessarily retiring but he wants to be closer to his family for work, I believe they are located in Hawaii (where Loa is originally from).

Match 4: Ryusuke Taguchi & Nic Nemeth vs. Gedo & David Finlay. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ryusuke Taguchi & Nic Nemeth beat Gedo & David Finlay. Nemeth pinned Gedo after Danger Zone (Zig Zag). Afterwards, Nemeth with microphone. He addressed the crowd in English, talking about how he wanted to team with Tanahashi in New Japan, but now he had another request-he now wants to defend the IWGP Global Championship against Tanahashi. Tanahashi stood up from commentary and said “I Agree With You!” We’ll see when it happens as it’ll partly depend on Tanahashi’s injury, but after today the promotion is off for about 2 weeks so that’s the earliest it could happen.

Match 5: BUSHI vs. TAKA Michinoku. 30 minute time limit
Result: BUSHI beat TAKA Michinoku by submission

Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI. 30 minute time limit
Result: DOUKI beat Hiromu Takahashi

Kazuchika Okada is now the guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 7: Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Taichi beat Shingo Takagi

Match 8: Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura in a Hair vs. Hair match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yota Tsuji beat Yuya Uemura. As a result, Uemura loses his hair. They cane about 90 seconds from going the full 30 minutes.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito beat SANADA to retain the title. V1 for Naito. Next up: The New Japan Cup winner, probably at SAKURA GENESIS in April.

The next event is the annual Anniversary Event, this year the 52nd Anniversary, on 3/6 (the date of the promotion’s first event in 1972) at Ota City General Gum in Tokyo. The only match set so far is a traditional NON-TITLE match between the IWGP World Heavyweight and Jr. Heavyweight Champions, meaning Naito vs. Sho. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

TNA Wrestling “No Surrender 2024” Results (2/23/24)

TNA Wrestling’s live monthly event, No Surrender, is on tap tonight, the first since the promotion fired Scott D’Amore so this will be a very pivotal weekend for the promotion between this and the next TV tapings tomorrow. The card is loaded with 5 title matches headlined by, appropriately enough, a No Surrender Match as TNA World Champion Moose defends against Alex Shelley, the man he won the title from at Hard To Kill. A No Surrender Match is No Rules, the only way to win is by corner stoppage (towel). Each wrestler has 2 cornermen who are the only ones that can stop it. Before that, Gisele Shaw cashes in her Ultimate X for a shot at TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace, TNA X Champion Chris Sabin defends against Mustafa Ali and much more.

Today’s event will be held at Alario Center in New Orleans, LA and can be watched LIVE on TNA+ (monthly/annual subscription required-monthly is $9.99/month), YouTube (Ultimate Insider subscription required, $4.99/month) and TrillerTV (FITE, PPV for $9.99). There will also be a FREE 30 minute pre-show on all of the above. Including the pre-show it will be a standard live monthly broadcast running about 3 1/2 hours so you’ll have just enough time to jump onto New Japan World for the pre-show starting today’s live event.

Today’s current lineup:
Pre-Show:
The Rascalz vs. Mike Bailey & Trent Seven
Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers vs. KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight

Main Show/PPV:
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay vs. MK Ultra for the titles
PCO vs. Kon
Eric Young vs. Frankie Kazarian. The winner faces the TNA World Champion at Sacrifice on 3/8
Josh Alexander vs. Simon Gotch
TNA Tag Team Champions Bullet Club vs. Grizzled Young Vets for the titles
TNA X Champion Chris Sabin vs. Mustafa Ali for the titles
TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Gisele Shaw for the title
TNA World Champion Moose vs. Alex Shelley in a No Surrender Match for the title. Match ends only when a corner (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards for Moose, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight for Shelley) throws in the towel. However, if either side’s cornermen interfere, it’s a forfeit for that side (DQ) and the title can change hands if that happens

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Updates below will begin at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET.

4:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Alario Center in New Orleans, LA. Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt.

Pre-show:
Match 1: The Rascalz vs. Mike Bailey & Trent Seven
Result: The Rascalz beat Mike Bailey & Trent Seven. Zackary Wentz beat Bailey with an inverted heel hook. Steve Maclin interference set up the finish.

Main Event video preview.

Frankie Kazarian promo.

Match 2: Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers vs. KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight
Result: Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers beat KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight. Myers pinned Knight after an Edwards Boston Knee Party.

Knockouts title match video package.

Final card rundown. The X Championship match, not the TNA World Title match, will be the main event.

End Pre-Show.

Main show/PPV:
Mandatory FBI Warning first…

Opening video package.

Match 1: Eric Young vs. Frankie Kazarian
Result: Eric Young beat Frankie Kazarian. As a result, Young will face the TNA World Champion at Sacrifice on 3/8 for the title. Afterwards, Kazarian beat down the referee until the other referees & security ran out to make the save. Kazarian tesed bulldozing through them before walking off slowly.

Match 2: TNA Tag Team Champions Bullet Club vs. Grizzled Young Vets for the titles. Match 3 of Best of 3 Series (1-1)
Result: TNA Tag Team Champions Bullet Club beat Grizzled Young Vets to retain the titles. Chris Bey pinned Zack Gibson.

Rascalz & Steve Maclin backstage talking as Mike Bailey & Trent Seven try to interrupt but refs keep them separated.

Match 3: PCO vs. Kon
Result: PCO beat Kon by DQ. Chair use. Very short match because of the DQ. Afterwards, Kon even beat down the timekeeper when he wouldn’t stop ringing the bell. But then PCO recovered from the chair use and they continued brawling. PCO attacked Kon with a chair repeatedly as they continued to brawl to the back. But when PCO turned his back to pose, Kon low blowed PCO then hit a spinebuster, then ziptied PCO to the enreance tunnel before a neck snap with a chair.Kon finally retreated as PCO seemingly refused to stay down until they finally cut away.

Alex Shelley talks title match with Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA, who are Shelley’s cornermen.

Match 4: TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay vs. MK Ultra for the titles
Result: MK Ultra beat TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay to become THE NEW TNA KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Killer Kelly pinned Rosemary after Snowplow. The new champs then laid out and beat down Decay immediately afterwards but Jody Threat & Dani Luna quickly ran out to make the save.

Match 5: Josh Alexander vs. Simon Gotch
Result: Josh Alexander beat Simon Gotch

Match 6: TNA World Champion Moose vs. Alex Shelley in a No Surrender Match for the title. Match only ends when one corner throws in the towel. If a cornerman interferes, their wrestler forfeits (DQ) and the title can change hands
Result: TNA World Champion Moose beat Alex Shelley by corner stoppage (towel by KUSHIDA) to retain the title.

Before the next match begins, Ash By Elegance (Dana Brooke) comes out to join commentary.
Match 7: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Gisele Shaw for the title
Result: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Gisele Shaw to retain the title.

Jake Something promo. Sounds like he wants next for whoever wins the main event. Also of note: This is the first PPV/live event like this headlined by an X Division Title match since 2005.

Main Event: TNA X Champion Chris Sabin vs. Mustafa Ali for the title
Result: Mustafa Ali beat TNA X Champion Chris Sabin to become THE NEW TNA X CHAMPION!

End Show.

The next live event will be Sacrifice on 3/8 in Windsor, Canada. The next TV tapings are tomorrow.

DDT 2/23/24 Results

DDT ran the penultimate event of the INTO THE FIGHT 2034 Your today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 281, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat MAO & Kazuki Hirata. KANON beat Hirata with a cobra twist.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno beat Rukiya.

Match 3: Yoshitatsu beat Takao Soma.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Kazusada Higuchi & Makoto Oishi. Iino pinned Oishi after a spear.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y (Toi Kojima) beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Hideki Olatani. Katsumata pinned Okatani after a foot stomp.

Main Event: KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada & Mecha Mummy beat Maya Yukihi, Ram Kaichow, Rina Yamashita, Sanshiro Takagi & Akito to retain the titles. Honda pinned Akito with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold. V1 for the champs.

The next event is INTO THE FIGHT 2024 Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, headlined by the debut match of Kaisei Takechi. This must be a really big deal because the event is already a legit advance sellout and a special PPV support package (to be streamed after the event) is being offered and DDT has put together a special beginner’s guide to wrestling for fans. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET and the first 2 matches will also be available live FOR FREE on YouTube. Live results are scheduled. T

he PPV is scheduled to premiere on 2/27 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET and will feature special camera angles/footage of the main event focused on Takechi, a digitally signed smartphone wallpaper and a chance to win a signed photo. It can be pre-ordered now on the WRESTLE UNIVERSE website (not on the mobile app) for 3500 Japanese yen (around $23.25 US) and is available for purchase until 3/3 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET and can then be watched on demand until 4/30. The digital gift will be delivered on 3/4 after the premiere.

All-Japan 2/23/24 Results

All-Japan continued their current tour today with an event in Okayama.

Today’s event was held at Okayama Convention Center in Okayama and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 693.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 2: Jun Saito, KONO & Toshizo beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka. Saito pinned Tachibana after Psycho Break.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino, Ryo Inoue & ATM beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Fuminori Abe & Rey Paloma. Ashino pinned Paloma with a German suplex hold.

Match 4: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato beat Dan Tamura, Takao Omori & Ren Ayabe. Miyahara pinned Ayabe with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 5: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai by ref stoppage. Suzuki beat Honda. As a result, Suwama & Suzuki will face Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi on Sunday for the vacant All-Japan World Tag Team Championship.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki beat Hikaru Sato.

The next event is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 2/23/24 Results

Nee Japan ran the first half of THE NEW BEGINNING in SAPPORO earlier today.

Today’s event was held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 3231.

Pre-show Match: Tomoya & Toru Yano beat Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma. Tomoya pinned Kato after La Adachita 2005.

Match 1: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yuji Nagata by submission.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Boltin Oleg, Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe. Narita pinned Makabe after Double Cross.

Match 3: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Conb. Okada pinned Newman after Rainmaker. This was to have been a 10-man tag but HENARE was removed due to injuries suffered at the Osaka event earlier this month, and Hirooki Goto was also removed as a result.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Yakagi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA. Takagi pinned TAKA after Pumping Bomber.

Match 5: IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani beat Mina Shirakawa to retain the title. V4 for Iwatani.

Match 6: Sho beat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado by countout to win the title. Sho becomes the 95th IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Ren Narita interference helped.

Match 7: NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL beat Shota Umino to retain the title. V1 for EVIL.

Match 8: Matt Riddle beat NJPW WORLD TV Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the title. Riddle becomes the 3rd NJPW WORLD TV Champion. WHAT THE PRESIDENT ACE F**K?!? Definitely will not be popular. Next up: Riddle wanted Sabre but he declined and said Bad Dude Tito gets the shot instead. That match will happen Thursday in Major League Wrestling (MLW).

Main Event: Noc Nemeth beat IWGP Global Champion David Finlay to win the title. Nemeth becomes the second IWGP Global Champion. SHOW OFF!! Post-match, Nemeth talked about wanting to team with Tanahashi tomorrow, which would require a card change because Nemeth is supposed to be teaming with Ryusuke Taguchi to face Gedo & Finlay.

The second event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT:midnight ET with live results scheduled. This will be a TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

Injury Report: Hard HE(ad)NARE

In what was perhaps the most violent New Japan match ever a couple weeks ago, we learned, among other things, HENARE has the pride of his people and a VERY tough head. His noggin looked like a mummy before it was over because of how heavily taped up and bloody it was, and apparently that head wound was as bad as it looked. Out this weekend as a result. He was to have been in 10-man tag matches both days. For tomorrow, Hirooki Goto is also out of the match to make it an 8-man tag. For Saturday, Callum Newman is the replacement.

Ganbare Pro 2/23/24 Results

Ganbare Pro has their monthly event coming up today, which is a major event with 3 big matches. The highlight of the non-title matches is the return of Yuna Manase, who has been out since early last year due to injury. She stepped down as the GM of Ganbare Women ahead of her in-ring return. The 2 title matches start with a Pro Wrestling EVE (England) title match as EVE International Champion Yuu defends against Yoshiko Hasegawa, then in the main event Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Shuichiro Katsumura defends against Takuya Wada.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Raidant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will likely be no commentary. There will be an intermission after the 4th match. That will extend the 6-match event by about 15-20 minutes so the running time will probably be a little over 2 1/2 hours. Also, this event will be happening at the same time as a Pro Wrestling NOAH event that is live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE so there may be delays in the posting of results.

Today’s lineup:
Shota vs. Munetatsu Nakamura
YuuRI & Riara vs. HARUKAZE & Bunny OIkawa
Ken Ohka, Mizuki Watase & Tyson Maeguchi vs. Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shinichiro Tominaga
Pro Wrestling EVE International Champion Yuu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa for the title
Intermission
Yuna Manase & Yumehito Imanari vs. Sayaka Unagi & Minoru Fujita
Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Shuichiro Katsumura vs. Takuya Wada for the title

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Updates below will 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 about 15 minutes.

6:53 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. It is a legit advance sellout which was announced yesterday so if it’s full capacity it will be, give or take a couple, roughly 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout, was 329)

The matches should begin in a few minutes.

The matches begin at 7:04 PM PT. Hard camera view only.

Match 1: Shota vs. Munetatsu Nakamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shota beat Munetatsu Nakamura

Match 2: YuuRI & Riara vs. HARUKAZE & Bunny OIkawa. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARUKAZE & Bunny Oikawa beat YuuRI & Riara. Oikawa pinned Riara.

Match 3: Ken Ohka, Mizuki Watase & Tyson Maeguchi vs. Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shinichiro Tominaga. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ken Ohka, Mizuki Watase & Tyson Maeguchi beat Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shinichiro Tominaga. Ohka pinned Tominaga after New Flame Spear.

Match 4: Pro Wrestling EVE International Champion Yuu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Pro Wrestling EVE International Champion Yuu beat Yoshiko Hasegawa to retain the title. V11 for Yuu.

Intermission. The event should resume in 15-20 minutes (as of 8:03 PM PT).

The matches resume at 8:18 PM PT.

Match 5: Yuna Manase Return Match: Yuna Manase & Yumehito Imanari vs. Sayaka Unagi (Independent/Freelancer) & Minoru Fujita (Indpeendent/Freelancer). 30 minute time limit
Result: Sayaka Unagi & Minoru Fujita beat Yuna Manase & Yumehito Imanari. Fujita pinned Manase with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Shuichiro Katsumura vs. Takuya Wada for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Shuichiro Katsumura beat Takuya Wada by submission to retain the title. V2 for Katsumura. Next up: TBA but on 3/20 Takao Soma & Shota will challenge for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship.

The next event is a Ganbare Women event on 3/9 followed by the next Ganbare event on 3/20, both at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. This may be the last Ganbare Women event in the current format due to several wrestlers leaving the promotion next month and Ganbare also separating from ownership of DDT & CyberFIght Corporation to become an independent promotion. However, the promotion’s events will continue to be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. For the next 2 events, broadcast plans TBA.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/23/24 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2024 Tour today with a rare weekday matinee, which actually makes for very convenient live viewing for US fans as a result. In addition to serving as build for the upcoming Victory Challenge Tag League, there are 2 title matches headlining the event. First, since GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene won’t be defending the titles for a while (until after the tag league), Greene decided to challenge Morris for the GHC National Championship in the meantime so the champs will face off for the “Red belt”. After that, their factionmates, YO-HEY & Tadasuke, will defend the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in the main event against the odd couple pairing of HAYATA & Eita, who are unpredictable together to sya the least given their history.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only. This is yet another ABEMA exclusive broadcast that is otherwise available only in Japan so their commentary and some audio will be muted and some parts of video may be edited out (that version will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese shortly after the event). This may be changing soon as WRESTLE UNIVERSE announced a major overhaul in its service to take effect in one month, including more like Korakuen broadcasts and much more. There will be a price increase though, it’s going from 900 Japanese yen/month to 1298 yen/month (from about $6 US to around $8.75) It’s hard to predict how long this event will go but I imagine WRESTLE UNIVERSE won’t want it to go too long to avoid having to broadcast THREE events live at the same time, but with 2 title matches among 8 total I’m guessing it’ll go in the range of 3 hours.
Late add: You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

Today’s lineup:
Hi69 vs. Alejandro
Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy
Ninja Mack vs. Junta Miyawaki
Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf
Kenoh, Yu Owada, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo, Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher
Naomichi Marufuji & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Jake Lee & LJ Cleary
GHC National Champion Jack Morris vs. Anthony Greene for the title
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. HAYATA & Eita for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 6:15 PM PT/9:15 PM ET. The event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream ha started. We should be going to the venue in a few minutes.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: Gonna be joining later than scheduled. Guess we gotta wait for all that ABEMA exclusive stuff to finish up.

6:35 PM PT UPDATE: Reload and we seem to be good, so live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Stewart (BANG!) Fulton & Mark Pickering. For some matches, they will be joined by ring announcer G-Man (he of the undoubtedly plastic chin).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Haven’t gotten a good look at the crowd or setup yet but looks and sounds like a decent crowd so far, hopefully at least 1000. (It’s not quite the full capacity setup and not a sellout but it looks like it’s going to be over 1000 and maybe over 1100) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1115)

Match 1: Hi69 vs. Alejandro. 15 minute time limit
Result: Alejandro beat Hi69

Match 2: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy. 20 minute time limit
Result: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy. Daga pinned Ohara after Diablo Wings.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Ninja Mack vs. Junta Miyawaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ninja Mack beat Junta Miyawaki. Mack may have suffered a left knee or upper leg injury during the match.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. 30 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Masa Kiramiya, Daiki Inaba, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki. Kotoge pinned Inaba after Kill Switch.

Match 5: Kenoh, Yu Owada, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo, Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher. 30 minute time limit
Result: Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo, Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat Kenoh, Yu Owada, Kaito Kiromiya & Ryohei Oiwa. Soya pinned Owada after Ballistic. Afterwards, the participants from Match 4 return to the ring with microphone for tag league promos.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Jake Lee & LJ Cleary. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Jake Lee & LJ Cleary. Marufuji pinned Cleary after a Spanish Fly.

Match 7: GHC National Champion Jack Morris vs. Anthony Greene for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC National Champion Jack Morris beat Anthony Greene to retain the title. V3 for Morris.

Main Event: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. HAYATA & Eita for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat HAYATA & Eita to retain the titles. Tadasuke pinned Eita after a piledriver. V3 for the champs. Afterwards, Tadasuke with microphone. He challenged Daga for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Daga responded in English & Spanish…accepted. With a catch: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa get a shot at the Tag Team Titles. More to come on all this later today. After this, YO-HEY encouraged Tadasuke to sing, which led to some comedy karaoke to send the crowd home happy.

The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama for the start of the Victory Challenge Tag League. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Eita was injured during the main event. Sprained left knee. Out indefinitely. Also, Daga-Tadasuke for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship will happen on 3/2 at GREAT VOYAGE 2024 in NAGOYA and Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. participation has been announced for 3/17.

AEW Rampage 2/23/24 Results (SPOILERS!)(Updated)

Here are the quick results for tomorrow’s ARW Rampage in Tulsa, OK (SPOILERS!):

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