Nao Kakuta. The latest DDT/Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler to be sidelined. Fever. Out today. She was to have faced Haru Kazashiro. What had been a Moka Miyamoto vs. HIMAWARI match will now be a 3-way with Kazashiro added and the event for mow will have 5 matches instead of 6.
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DDT 1/20/24 Results
DDT kicked off a weekend doubleheader in Tokyo with what they called a New Year Fan Appreciation event today.
Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVIERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 354, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1; KANON beat Yuni by submission.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki beat Illusion.
Match 3: In a 30 Count Countouts and Sumi Only 2 Count Falls Match, Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuma Sumi.
Match 4: HARASHIMA & Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki Ueno & Kazuki Hirata, Yoshitatsu & Akito and Toru Owashi & Yuki Iino in a 4-way when HARASHIMA pinned Hirata.
Match 5; Jun Akiyama beat Rukiya.
Match 6: Yukio Naya beat Takshi Masada.
Match 7: Tetsuya Endo vs. Hideki Okatani went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: Bryan Keith, Takao Soma & Shota beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Makoto Oishi. Keith pinned Oishi after an emerald tiger driver.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.
New Japan 1/20/24 Results
THE NEW BEGINNING IN NAGOYA, New Japan’s first major post-Tokyo Dome event, went down today and it really did mark a new beginning for the promotion as it prepares to say goodbye to Tama Tonga, Kazuchika Okada and others over the next month.
Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 2710.
Pre-show Match: Shoma Kato vs. Katsuya Murashima went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 1: Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Narita pinned Honma after Double Cross.
Match 2: Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin & David Finlay beat Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE & Jeff Cobb. Finlay pinned Newman after a powerbomb whip.
Match 3: Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Sho pinned Wato after Shock Arrow.
Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yohi Makabe, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. Sabre beat Makabe with a modified leg lock. Afterwards, Okada stuck around to say goodbye to the fans following his final Nagoya match.
Match 5: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. SANADA beat BUSHI with Skull End.
Match 6: In a 10 Minute Ishimori Ring Fit Match, where the match was stopped at certain intervals for 30 seconds of high-intensity exercise, Great-O-Khan beat KOPW 2024 Champion Taiji Ishimori by surviving the entire 10 minutes to win the title. This was Ishimori’s chosen stip for the match as determined by fan voting.
Match 7: STRONG Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Chase Owens & KENTA to retain the titles. Phantasmo pinned Owens after CR 2. V5 for the champs. (This was only for the STRONG Titles and not the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship also held by Phantasmo & Hikuleo)
Main Event: NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. EVIL went to a no contest. Outside interference on both sides and out of control. Which led to…
Main Event (again): In a Lumberjack Death Match, EVIL beat NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga to win the title. EVIL becomes the 43rd NEVER Openweight Champion. Officially this time. Tonga demanded the rematch after the initial no contest. This was Tonga’s final single match in New Japan before he leaves the promotion at the end of the month.
Next up is the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING 2024 Tour starting tomorrow at Nagahama Ika Twin Arena in Shiga. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 1/20/24 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro kicks off the 4th Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with Round 1. Started during the pandemic in 2021, it has become the promotion’s annual tag team tournament, usually held in January & February. This year’s edition has 11 teams with 22 participants that comprise almost the entire available roster. That means 3 teams get free passes to the Quarterfinals with all the Round 1 matches today.
While it won’t affect the card or tournament, the promotion also announced Mizuki is off today’s event. Scheduling conflicts.
Today’s went will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will likely he no commentary. There are only 5 matches but we don’t know the time limits for the matches yet, however there also is a DDT event after this so it will likely be short, no more than maybe 2 hours. (Early show update: No time limit for tournament matches)
Today’s lineup:
Yuki Aino, RIka Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki
Tournament Round 1:
Kaya Toribami & Haru Kazashiro vs. Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Nao Kakuta & HIMAWARI vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Tournament Quarterfinals:
Miyu Yamashita & Toga vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.
6:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. Looks like it’s a hard-camera only view today.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It looks like a small venue with 2 levels of seating, the lower level seems pretty full (not completely) but not so much the upper level. I don’t know the exact capacity but from the opening shot is looks like it will be around 250. (We’ll maybe find out later because the upcoming DDT event after this is a legit advance sellout) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 263)
The matches will begin shortly.
The matches begin at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET.
Match 1: Yuki Aino, RIka Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki AIno, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Watanabe beat Suzuki with a Canadian backbreaker. The ref missed the end spot when Suzuki tapped but he didn’t call for the bell until a couple seconds later as she kept tapping out.
Match 2: Max Heart Tournament Round 1: Kaya Toribami & Haru Kazashiro vs. Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara. No time limit
Result: Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara beat Kaya Toribami & Haru Kazashiro. Arai beat Kazashiro with a scorpion deathlock. As a result, Arai & Uehara advance to the Quarterfinals and will face Mizuki & Shino Suzuki tomorrow.
Match 3: Tournament Round 1: Nao Kakuta & HIMAWARI vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku. No time limit
Result: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Nao Kakuta & HIMAWARI. Raku pinned HIMAWARI after Doctor Yellow. Kakuta geting into the ring blocked a view of Raku seemingly slapping HIMAWARI & grabbing her hair after the bell. As a result, Raku & Harajuku advance to the Quarterfinals and will face Suzume & Arisu Endo tomorrow.
Match 4: Tournament Quarterfinals: Miyu Yamashita & Toga vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. No time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano beat Miyu Yamashita & Toga. Nagano pinned Toga after a spinning head kick. As a result, Miyamoto & Nagano advance to the Semifinals on 1/27 and will face the Suzume/Endo-Raku/Harajuku winner.
Main Event: Tournament Round 1: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Misao pinned Kiryu with La Magistral. As a result, Nakajima & Misao advance to the Quarterfinals and will face Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe tomorrow.
The event went faster than expected, roughly 95 minutes total.
The remaining Quarterfinals are tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET with live results scheduled.
Injury Report: Today’s DDT Casualty
Stop me anytime because unfortunately the broken record that is the DDT injury body count has repeated itself again today, this time the loss is Yusuke Okada. Lower abdomen tumor. Out indefinitely and will need surgery. Based on Chris Brookes currently dealing with a similar issue it probably will mean he is out a few months.
More as it becomes available.
BREAKING: Kazuchika Okada Leaving New Japan (Updated)
Breaking news that I had to break in from vacation to post: New Japan is losing Kazuchika Okada on January 31. Contract expiring and he is moving on. But he will work the 3 big February events on 2/11, 2/23 & 2/24.
Read New Japan’s English statement with comments from Okada below:
https://www.njpw1972.com/168267
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: New Japan has begun announcing event lineup changes: The NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match schedules for 2/11 in Osaka has been moved up to 1/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. It’ll be Okada’s last match at Korakuen for NJPW. Now on 2/11 it will be…One. Last. Time…Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi. 2/24 for Okada’s final match is TBA as is 2/23. Also now on 1/24 is Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tiger Mask and a planned Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg vs. Katsuya Murashima & Toru Yano match will be a pre-show match.
Injury Report: Those Exploding Bat Shots REALLY Do Hurt
Toi Kojima competed in a death match in DDT yesterday alongside Atsushi Onita, and while it may be worth it as he now is All-Asia Tag Team Champion, he worked through injury and those exploding bat shots among other bings aggravated and worsened it, so add his name to the ever growing sidelined roster. Rib cartilage fracture. Out a month. Expected to return on 2/14. It’s now known is this will affect the titles, that is partly up to All-Japan.
More as it becomes availablez
BREAKING: DDT Veteran Retiring
DDT held an emergency press conference earlier today, which was for a surprise announcement: Yukio Sakaguchi will retire on 2/7. A translation of a news item on DDT’s website indicates it is for personal reasons. Sakaguchi, 50, is the son of legendary wrestler Seiji Sakaguchi and has been active since 2007. No retirement tour or anything like that and a retirement match is TBA but based on what he requested, it could be a match against HARASHIMA or Hideki Okatani. (Edit: It will be HARASHIMA)
More as it becomes available.
Dragon Gate 1/14/24 Results
Dragon Gate continued the New Year Gate 2024 Tour today with an event in Ishikawa, likely the first visit back for hometown star Madoka Kikuta since the devastating earthquake at the start of the year.
Today’s event was held at Kimassi Kanazawa in Ishikawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 325.
Match 1: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Strong Machine J, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Ben-K pinned Lee after a spear.
Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Kaito Nagano.
Match 3: Gianni Valletta beat Shachihoko BOY. Possibly yet another squash.
Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO & Genki Horiguchi went to a double countout.
Match 5: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Kzy & U-T. Hyo pinned U-T after Samson Driver.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Takashi Yoshida beat KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Kikuta pinned Kato after a rolling lariat.
The next event is Saturday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe to start a weekend doubleheader. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
Stardom 1/14/24 Results
Stardom continued their year-opening tour today with the second half of an Osaka doubleheader.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.
The announced paid attendance was 299.
There were last-second changes to the card because Suzu Suzuki was removed just before the event. Illness. That was major because she was to have challenged for the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship with Mei Seira in the main event. AZM was the replacement and it became a NON-TITLE match. AZM was to have faced Sumire Natsu so Natsu was moved and what was Mina Shirakawa vs. Lady C became a 3-way.
Match 1: Mai Sakurai beat Miyu Amasaki.
Match 2: Mina Shirakawa beat Lady C & Sumire Natsu in a 3-way by pinning C.
Match 3: Hazuki, Hanan, Saya Iida & Mayu Iwatani beat Ranna Yagami, Sayaka Kurara, Yuzuki & HANAKO. Iida pinned Kurara with a Northern Lights suplex hold.
Match 4: Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid, Fukigen & Natsuko Tora beat Saki Kashima, Ami Sohrei, MIRAI & Syuri. Fukigen pinned Kashima.
Match 5: Meghan Bayne & Maika beat Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Maika pinned Mizumori after Flame Drop.
Main Event: Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita beat Mei Seira & AZM. Kamitani pinned Seira after Phoenix Strike.
It’s not known when/if the planned Goddesses Of Stardom title match will happen now.
The next event is Saturday at Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Tokyo. It should be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.