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Dragon Gate 12/20/23 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate ran the penultimate event of the Fantastic Gate 2023 Your Wednesday.

Wednesday’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 358, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Minoura pinned Lee after Golden Rose.

Match 2: Kagetora & Punch Tominaga beat Kenichiro Arai & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kagetora pinned Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Horiguchi pinned Kanda with Backslide From Heaven.

Match 4: Luis Mante & VIENTO beat Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia. Mante pinned Dia after MCT.

Main Event: Strong Machine J, Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. J pinned Kato after Genie Windmill.

The next event is THE FINAL GATE 2023 Sunday at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: Daiki Yanagiuchi is now off Sunday. Illness. He was to have teamed with Ryoya Tanaka & Kaito Nagano to face Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Shachihoko BOY is the replacement.

New Japan 12/22/23 Results

New Japan wrapped up Road To Tokyo Dome today with their final event of 2023z

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR REE! No account or payment required! This was a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan. You may need to download the NJPW WORLD app to watch on mobile devices (free).

Click below to go to the event page:
https://watch.njpwworld.com/details/39322?playlist_id=203

The announced paid attendance was 1513, a legit sellout.

There were some last-minute changes to the card after yesterday’s happenings: What was a pair of singles matches between TJP/Francesco Akira and Gabriel Kidd/Alex Coughlin became a tag team Coffin Match and another tag team match was added as a bonus match.

Match 1: Shoma Kato & Togi Makabe beat Katsuya Murashima & Satoshi Kojima. Makabe pinned Murashima. First career win for Kato!

Match 2: Yoh & Toru Yano beat Masked Boltin & Masked Horse. Yoh pinned Horse with Kid Clutch.

Match 3: Tomohiro Ishii beat Callum Newman.

Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Nakashima after Shoto.

Match 5: Master Wato & El Desperado beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Wato pinned BUSHI.

Match 6: In a Coffin Match (No DQs, only way to win is to put one opponent on a coffin and close it on them), Drilla Moloney & Alex Coughlin beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Moloney beat TJP.

Match 7: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Okada pinned Fujita with Dos Caras Clutch.

Main Event: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Uenura pinned Tsuji. Afterwards, Uemura challenged Tsuji to a match at Tokyo Dome before SANADA closed out 2023 with a final promo before he defends the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Naito on 1/4. DESTINO.

And that brings New Japan’s 2023 to a close. You know what that means-it’s almost that time again!!!

The next event (and first of 2024) is WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 IN TOKYO DOME, the biggest annual event in Japanese pro wrestling and the biggest wrestling event in the world outside of WrestleMania, on 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World is scheduled to begin on 1/3 at 11;30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET, but is subject to change. A public pre-event press conference (tickets required, already sold out) will be held on 1/3 at Tokyo Airship Theater.

New Japan 12/21/23 Results (Updated)

New Japan began the year-ending Road To Tokyo Dome Tour today with the first half of the 2-event doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1457, a legit sellout.

Before the matches began, a 10 Bell Salute was held for former wrestler Osamu Kido, who died earlier this month.

Match 1: Masked Boltin (presumably Boltin Oleg) & Masked Horse beat Tiger Mask & Toru Yano. Horse pinned TM 4 with Kid Clutch.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima by ref stoppage (technical submission). Sabre beat Nakashima with a transformed dragon sleeper.

Match 3: Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Conmors. TJP pinned Gedo after 2/2.

Match 4: Sho, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL. After the match, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa showed up to return the favor after H.O.T. ambushed Kiyomiya at Monday’s Pro Wrestling NOAH event.

Match 5: Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi beat Satoshi Kojima & El Desperado. Takagi pinned Kojima after Pumping Bomber.

Match 6: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA beat BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito. Uemura pinned BUSHI with a Kannuki suplex hold.

Match 7: In a Whiskey Bottle Ladder Match, with no countouts and where the first to retrieve a bottle of whiskey above the ring could use it as a weapon, KOPW 2023 Champion Taichi beat Yosjinobu Kanemaru to retain the title. Taichi will receive a trophy as the final champion of the year and it will reset for 2024.

Main Event: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb to retain the titles. Ishii pinned HENARE after a vertical drop brainbuster. V7 for the champs.

The tour-ender and the final event of the year is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World outside Japan only will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and you can watch live and on demand FOR FREE! This will be an ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: Per a post in English by Pro Wrestling NOAH on YouTube, following today’s happenings a 12-man NOAH/NJPW vs. House Of Torture match has been added to the 1/2/24 NOAH event at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. It will be Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Shuji Kondo, Daiki Inaba, Junta Miyawaki & Shota Umino vs. Dick Togo, Sho, Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL.

All-Japan 12/21/23 Results

All-Japan ran NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 2 today, the second Rising Hayato-produced event designed for Junior Heavyweights and wrestlers with less than 10 years experience.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kina 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 335, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue & Issei Onitsuka. Nomura pinned Inoue.

Match 2: Yuki Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Hokuto Omori & Takahiro Katori. Ayabe pinned Kotori after Last Shooting.

Match 3: Jun Tonsho, Soma Watanabe & ? beat Seigo Tachibana, Takanori Ito & Takuro Nito (?). ? pinned Tachibana after a divojg senton.

Match 4; Dan Tamura & Hayato Tamura beat Ayato Yoshida & Kazunasa Yoshida and Koki Iwasaki & ? In a 3-way when Hayato Tamura pinned Koki Iwasaki.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Jun Saito pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after Paycho Break.

Main Event: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Rising Hayato & Imabari Towel Mascaras. Anzai pinned Mascaras with a German suplex hold.

A 3rd event in the series will be held on 2/8.

The next event is the year-ending blowout event on 12/31 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 12/30 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Injury Report: DDT Just Keeps Getting DDT’d

DDT is just having horrible luck with injuries the last few months. That continues today and it’s a major one-Chris Brookes is now out. Abdominal pain that turned out to be a tumor. Surgery to happen ASAP. Out several weeks. This means he is out of his final D KING GP Block B match Sunday and Rei Saito gets a win by forfeit. Saito will now face Hideki Okatani instead and will wait for the MAO-Yukio Naya result to determine who wins Block B.

AEW Dynamite 12/20/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s “Holiday Bash” AEW Dynamite from Oklahoma City, OK:

Match 1: Continental Classic Gold Block: Swerve Strickland vs. Rush. Strickland advances to Semifinals with win. Rush must win and Jon Moxley must lose
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Rush
Strickland is 4-1, 12 points. Rush is 3-2, 6 points. That means if Moxley loses tonight, there is a 3-way tie for 1st and we may need a tiebreaker match (Moxley beat Strickland but would have lost to White, Strickland beat White but lost to Moxley)

Match 2: Continental Classic Gold Block: Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal. Both eliminated from contention already
Result: Mark Briscoe beat Jay Lethal
Briscoe is 1-4, 3 points. Lethal is 0-5, 0 points.

MJF & Samoa Joe in the ring. The Devil’s masked men hit the ring but get fought off then The Devil appears on the screen with a challenge for the ROH World Tag Team Championship next week. MJF & Joe accept.

Toni Storm joins commentary for the next match.

Match 3: Saraya vs. Riho. The winner faces Storm for the AEW Women’s Championship on 12/30
Result: Riho beat Saraya. As a result, it’s Storm vs. Riho on 12/30 for the title. Riho laid out Storm before Mariah May laid out Riho.

Storm’s exit was interrupted by Tony Schiavone reading a prepared statement from Christian Cage, who claims he’ll be back on Collision.

MJF & Samoa Joe argue backstage then split up before MJF sees a ski mask on the ground in front of Mogul Embassy’s locker room. When Prince Nana answers MJF physically threatens him, leading to a confrontation with Swerve Strickland. MJF goes so far to suggest Strickland is The Devil and framed Adam Page as The Devil to get to MJF before Joe breaks it up.

Match 4: Roderick Strong vs. Komander
Result: Roderick Strong beat Komander

Saturday on Collision: Thunder Rosa & Abadon vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue, Brian Cage vs. Keith Lee, Chrsitian Cage appears, AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed vs. Top Flight & Action Andretti for the titles, and the last Continental Classic Blue Block matches: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Bryan Danielson, Brody King vs. Daniel Garcia and Andrade El Idolo vs. Eddie Kingston.

Jim Ross returns to join commentary for the main event.

Main Event: Continental Classic Gold Block: Jay White vs. Jon Moxley. Moxley has advanced. White must win to force a 3-way tiebreaker
Result: Jay White beat Jon Moxley
Both are 4-1, 12 points. As a result, because of tiebreakers, the Gold Block Final next week will be a 3-way between Moxley, Strickland and White.

Like each of the last 4 weeks with the tournament, not a great show but a good 2 hours. My only real complaint was there were technical issues with the broadcast cutting out or freezing at the start of each match except the main event. Otherwise it was another solid Dynamite, not as good as the first 2 weeks of the tournament but not off by very much.

Friday on Rampage: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Rocky Romero for the title. Everything else TBA.

UPDATE: El Hijo Del Vikingo vs. Black Taurus may also be another match for Rampage.

All-Japan News: Popular Foreign Star Returning

In a post on his official Instagram earlier today, Davey Boy Smith Jr., the son of the late WWF Hall Of Famer The British Bulldog, announced he will be returning to All-Japan on 12/31 for the first time in several years. He was planned to be part of the 2020 Champions Carnival Tournament but the pandemic derailed those plans, then his father’s WWE HOF induction was postponed to 0221, and more recently he had emergency surgery for appendicitis and diverticulitis. But Smith has fully recovered and is excited to return on 12/31 for a 6-man tag.

Check out the full Instagram post below:

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/20/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the final STAR NAVIGATION 2023 event of the year, before the series continues in 2024.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 688.

Match 1: LEONA (Dradition) & Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a swan dive elbow.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Hi69.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat.

Match 4: Terry Yaki beat Extreme Tiger. This was to have been a 3-way including Alejandro but Alejandro was removed last-minute due to the ever vague poor health/physical condition.

Match 5: HAYATA, Eita & Titus Alexander beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Super Crazy & Vinny Massaro. Alexander pinned Massaro after Big Ugly.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 7: Jake Lee, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyoiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Lee pinned Miyawaki after a backdrop. Afterwards, the House Of Torture faction in New Japan Pro Wrestling appeared and beat down the losers. EVIL with microphone. Based on translation it sounds like a challenge was issued to Kiyomiya & Miyawaki for a match against EVIL & Dick Togo.

Main Event: Kenoh, Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh pinned Soya with a Samson Clutch.

The next event, which will be the final event of 2023, is “THE GIFT 2023 in MAKUHARI-KEIJI MUTO HAPPY BIRTHDAY” Saturday at Makuhari Messe Hall 6 in Chiba. There will be no live broadcast.