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DDT 1/6/24 Results

DDT continued the SWEET DREAMS! 2024 Tour today with their first Osaka event and first doubleheader there of the year.

Today’s event was held at 176BOX in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 236, a full house/near sellout.

Before the event, referee Matsui announced he will hold a 30th Anniversary Event on 5/19 at Sumiyoshi Civic Center in Osaka.

Match 1; Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi & Illusion. Hirata pinned Illusion.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuki Iino & Yuni. Sasaki beat Yuni with a crossface.

Match 3: Yoshitatsu & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi. Yoshitatsu pinned Sumi.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi beat Rukiya.

Match 5: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Naruki Doi, The Bodyguard & Tsutentakka to retain the titles. Oishi pinned Tsutentakka. V2 for the champs. Next up: Higuchi, Hikaru Sato & Ryo Kawamura. That match will happen on 1/28 at Korakuen Hall. If the champs lose, they can’t call themselves D.O.A. (Dead Or Alive) anymore.

Match 7: Tetsuya Endo beat Takeshi Masada

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toi Kojima beat Yukio Naya, Yukio Sakacguchi & Hideki Okatani. Ueno pinned Okatani after Jul 2.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time). There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare Pro 1/6/24 Results (Updated)

Ganbare Pro ran their first house show of the year following their year-opening major event today, but still a mid-major with a title match main event.

Today’s event was held at 176BOX in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 147.

There was a last-minute change to the first match due to Munetatsu Nakamura being pulled off the event. Potential fever. Yuni (DDT) was the replacement.

Match 1: Keisuke Ishii & Shota beat Yuni & Illusion (DDT). Ishii pinned Illusion after a double-handed driver.

Match 2: Momoka Hanazono beat Riara.

Match 3: Bunny Oikawa & YuuRI beat HARUKAZE & Yoshiko Hasegawa. YuuRI pinned Hasegawa.

Match 4: Tsuyoshi Okada beat Shinichiro Tominaga.

Match 5: Yumehito Imanari & Tyson Maeguchi beat Takao Soma & Mizuki Watase. Maeguchi pinned Watase after I’ll Be Happy To Help You (tentative).

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada beat HARASHIMA (DDT) & Ken Ohka to retain the titles. Wada pinned Ohka after Twister. V4 for the champs. Since no potential challengers came out post-match, Wada instead made a potential challenge to Katsumura for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship. UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 2/23.

The next event is 2/23. at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Broadcast plans TBA.
The next 2 scheduled events are Ganbare Women events, with the first one being on 1/116 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Next Triple Crown Match Set (Updated)

It took longer than expected, due solely to injuries that put him on the shelf last year, but Shotaro Ashino is finally getting his All-Japan Triple Crown shot for winning the 2023 Champions Carnival that he lost after getting injured before his original chance. The promotion announced Ashino will face Katsuhiko Nakajima for the Triple Crown on 1/27 at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo. That event will be streamed live on AJPW.TV.

UPDATE: In a separate post, All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura vs. Koji Iwamoto for the title was also announced for 1/27.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 1/6/24 Results (Updated Pre-Show)

Tokyo Joshi Pro holds their first TJPW INSPIRATION event of the year today, part of their series of occasional mini-events focusing more on comedy matches and types of matches you aren’t likely to see often in the promotion. The events normally have only 3 or 4 matches and run just over an hour. Today’s event was to have been headlined by Hikari Noa vs. Masha Slamovich in some kind of deathmatch, but Noa is off due to the ever-vague poor physical condition/health. Max The Impaler is the replacement and it will be a regular match. The match of note is a 6-woman battle royal with Mizuki, Maki Itoh, Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Kamifuku-the winner will main event GRAND PRINCESS ’24 on 3/31 and get a shot at Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita at the biggest event of the year.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. These are very short events with only 4 matches and they typically have 10-15 minute time limits, so if you’re in the western US keep your Friday night plans for after this event as it should have a running time of only about 75 minutes. The promotion is predicting the event will run around 90 minutes.

Today’s lineup:
Pom Harajuku vs. Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka Pro)
Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Aino vs. HIMAWARI & Toga
Battle Royal. Participants: Mizuki, Maki Itoh, Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku. The winner will face Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita for the title on 3/31 (Update-see below)
Max The Impaler vs. Masha Slamovich (TNA)

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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

PRE-SHOW UPDATE (1:45 PM PT/4:45 PM ET): Maki Itoh is now off the event due to injury. Arm. Out indefinitely but her planned excursion back to the US the rest of the month is now also off. MRI conducted today after complaining of numbness in the arm after the 1/4 event where she lost to Rina Yamashita. According to TJPW, a full diagnosis and return tineframe is pending but she will rest for now. The battle royal will go forward with just 5 today and there will be no replacement.

6 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The pair attendance will be announced after the event. What we can see on screen looks close to full except below the camera. DDT here did 255 earlier today so I’m guessing this will do close to that, around 250. Hard camera view only. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 374, a super full house/very near sellout)

The matches should begin shortly. It starts with Sayuri Namba’s usual pre-match rundown & announcements, then someone is brought in to preview the lineup. This went on for about 15 minutes. No Up Up Girls performance today. Lineup order changed so the battle royal is now the main event.

The matches begin at 6:20 PM PT/9:20 PM ET.

Match 1: Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Aino vs. HIMAWARI & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Aino beat HIMAWARI & Toga. Yamashita pinned HIMAWARI after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 2: Pom Harajuku vs. Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka Pro). 15 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku beat Kuishinbo Kamen. Comedy match. Harajuku is dressed up like Kamen, a masked clown wrestler. Harajuku won after the referee superkicked Kamen and counted fast on a Harajuku rollup. You read that right, the ref superkicked Kamen. Afterwards, Harajuku with microphone. It almost immediately turned into a comedy skit.

Match 3: Max The Impaler vs. Masha Slamovich (TNA Wrestling). 20 minute time limit
Result: No Contest. Ref assault by both after Max introduced a chair then they brawled through the venue and out of the audience area.

Quick break for restoring order and referee recovery from what just happened.

Main Event: Battle Royal. Participants: Mizuki, Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku. Pinfalls, submissions and over the top rope eliminations. The winner will face Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita for the title on 3/31. No time limit
Order of elimination: Nakajima by Mizuki (over the top rope), Mizuki by Tatsumi (over the top rope), Tatsumi by Kamifuku (rollup), Kamifuku by Watanabe (Teardrop)
Result: Miu Watanabe wins. As a result, Watanabe will face Miyu Yamashita at GRAND PRINCESS ’24 for the Princess Of Princess Championship. Only a select very few have been TJPW Triple Crown champions in their career by winning all 3 titles in the promotion. Watanabe now has a chance to join them. Afterwards, Yamashita came back out for the initial promo for that match. Handshake turned into fighting words and a stare then she left the ring and Watanabe finished with her victory comments to end the event. A very exciting main event to come and I’m looking forward to it!

The next event is 1/13 at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 1/5/24 Results

DDT began their January 2024 tour, SWEET DREAMS! 2024, today with a house show in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 255.

Match 1: Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Illusion. Soma pinned Illusion after Perfect Driver.

Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi. Okatani beat Oishi with a transformed dragon sleeper.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Yoshitatsu & Yukio Naya beat Akito. Yuki Iino & Rukiya. Naya pinned Rukiya.

Match 4: HARASHIMA beat Kazuki Hirata & Toru Owashi in a 3-way by pinning Hirata. Afterwards, Disaster Box officially disbanded.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada. Sasaki beat Okada with a crossface. Afterwards, Sasaki continues his efforts in recruiting Endo to join DAMNATION TA, but Endo refused. That led to a heel beatdown until Yuki Iino made the save and then joined Burning.

Main Event: Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takayuki Ueki, Mecha Mummy & Takeshi Masada beat KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Yoshihiko, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima, Yuni & Yuki Ueno to win the titles. Takanashi, Honda, Ueki, Mummy & Masada become the 9th KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions. Honda pinned Katsumata. Yuni was a late replacement as interim champion for the absent MAO (flu).

The next event is tomorrow at 176BOX in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 1/5/24 Results

With Tokyo Dome now in the books, New Japan officially began their new year-and the road to Tokyo Dome 2025 (365 days to go! It’s a Leap Year so one extra day) with today’s annual year-opening New Year’s Dash!

Today’s event was held at Sumida City Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE!

Click below to watch (mobile/tablet users-you will be redirected to the New Japan World app to watch, it is free to download and no account/payment is needed for free content. The link below only works as intended on PC):

https://watch.njpwworld.com/details/39502?playlist_id=203&shw_ep=1

The announced paid attendance was 2910, a legit advance sellout. Except for the KOPW 2024 4-way, no matches were announced ahead of time. It was all a surprise until it happened.

Match 1: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the title. V1 for Tanahashi. This was to have been a NON-TITLE match but Taguchi requested the change last-second. Next up: Possibly former WWE wrestler Matt Riddle, who appeared via recorded video. Just as long as he knows he can’t use the weed stuff in Japan.

Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Goto pinned Oiwa after Shoto.

Match 3: Young Lions Farewell Match: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Phantasmo pinned Nakashima after Super Thunder Kiss 86. Leube & Nakashima will now be heading outside Japan for the traditional international training excursions. Afterwards, Chase Owens attacked Phantasmo & Hikuleo and made an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Title challenge for himself and KENTA.

Match 4: Master Wato, El Desperado, Tonoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino & Tama Tonga beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider. Afterwards, EVIL beat down Tonga and cut his hair.

Match 5: Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay vs. Drilla Moloney, Gabriel Kidd, Clark Connors, Alex Coughlin & David Finlay went to a no contest. Connors ref assault then out of control. Lasted about 5 minutes before that all happened. Afterwards, Ospreay challenged Bullet Club to a rematch on 2/11 while Finlay demanded it be a cage match. (This may be Ospreay’s last match before his full-time All Elite Wrestling contract begins if it happens) (Addendum: It will be)

Match 6: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. TAKA pinned BUSHI after Michinoku Driver 2. Well there’s TAKA’s win for the year I guess.

Match 7: Taiji Ishimori beat Yoh, Toru Yano & Great-O-Khan in a 4-way elimination match to win the KOPW 2024 Championship and become the initial titleholder. Order of elimination: Yano by Yoh, Yoh by Khan, Khan by Ishimori.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomohiro Ishii, Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & Kazuchika Okada. Haste pinned Ishii after Tank Buster. Afterwards, Sabre challeged Danielson to a match while Fujita made a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge for the rest.

The next event is Battle In The Valley 2024 on 1/13 in San Jose, CA. The main event for that card was announced today, it will be Ospreay vs. Okada. At this time it is scheduled to be available only on TrillerTV (fka FITE) as a PPV in English only. It is available for pre-order for $19.99 and will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. No New Japan World broadcast at this time but that is subject to change.

Also announced today was the next US event after that-Windy City Riot on 4/12 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. Tickets range from $29-299.

The next Japan event is THE NEW BEGINNING IN NAGOYA on 1/20 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

FREE VIDEO: NJPW WORLD TV Title Match From Tokyo Dome

In keeping with tradition with the title, New Japan World has made today’s NJPW WORLD TV Championship match available FOR FREE on the service and the socials. You can watch below for free, no signup or account required:

DDT News: MAO Absence Update

Following up on MAO being absent from DDT’s 1/3 event with a possible fever, it has now been revealed he will be out through the rest of this week’s events. Flu. That means MAO is also off a scheduled KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship defense tomorrow. The match will go on, however, with Yuni as an interim replacement for the champs. He will also miss events on 1/6 & 1/7. That means the earliest he could return is 1/14 at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa, but he should be good to go for a DDT Universal Championship defense on 1/21.

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: What El Bum Rush

That’s how I jokingly refer to Rush sometimes on my AEW results posts that I do on Facebook (I do them old-school CRZ style in referring to wrestlers), but it turns out he wasn’t 100% during the Continental Classic and had a bum body issue. In a post he just made on the socials, Rush revealed he suffered a torn hamstring during the tournament. He toughed it out and finished the tournament but now is probably going to be out a while.

More as it becomes available. The original post is below.

BREAKING: Japan Promotions Return To The Collective In 2024

In a social media post from US promotion Game Changer Wrestling moments ago announcing The Collective, their WrestleMania weekend series of independent events in Philadelphia, PA, there are currently 2 events from Japanese promotions on the lineup: DDT on 4/4 at 8 PM ET and Tokyo Joshi Pro on 4/5 at 11 AM ET (not the best timeslot for them because that is a Friday morning). There was one timeslot left open because one interesting item was perhaps omitted from the lineup-Stardom. They apparently have a 4/4 event at 2300 Arena fka ECW Arena planned according to Stardom’s official English Twitter. That being said, The Collective has a 2:30 PM ET 4/6 event that will be announced tomorrow, so…perhaps?

More as it becomes available.