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Tokyo Joshi Pro 1/21/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with the Quarterfinals. Or at least 3/4 of them because one match was held yesterday. This will finish setting up the Semifinals-we already know Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano have made the final 4, today we’ll find out who joins them. In one quarterfinal it’s an all-idol special as Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara face Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. The second quarterfinal has presumed favorites Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe facing Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. The third quarterfinal is Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. The Suzume/Endo-Raku/Harajuku winners will face Miyamoto/Nagano while the other Quarterfinals winners today will face each other in the Semifinals.

There have been last-minute changes to today’s card because Nao Kakuta is now off. Fever. She was to have faced Haru Kazashiro. What had been Moka Miyamoto vs. HIMAWARI is now a 3-way with Kazashiro as a result.

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. The Kakuta absence and card changes took one match off the card so it will be shorter than planned-based on yesterday and with another DDT event coming up after this I anticipate this event will also run about what yesterday’s did, just over 90 minutes, closer to 100 minutes but under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Moka Miyamoto vs. HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro in a 3-way
Miyu Yamashita, Kaya Toribami & Toga vs. Yuki Aino, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Tournament Quarterfinals:
Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara vs. Mizuki & Shino Suzuki
Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao

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.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales and the initial crowd shots suggest it will be close to yesterday’s event which drew 262, so I’m guessing it’ll be around 250 again. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 277)

The matches will begin in a few minutes.

The matches begin at 6:47 PM PT/9:47 PM ET. Hard-camera only view again, left side entrance view for the wrestlers is obstructed by the ring posts.

Match 1: Miyu Yamashita, Kaya Toribami & Toga vs. Yuki Aino, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Miyu Yamashita, Kaya Toribami & Toga. Aino pinned Toga after Venus DDT.

Match 2: Moka Miyamoto vs. HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro in a 3-way by beating Kazashiro.

Match 3: Tournament Quarterfinals: Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. No time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Suzume pinned Harajuku after Ring A Bell. As a result, Suzume/Endo advance to the Semifinals and will face Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano.

Match 4: Tournament Quarterfinals: Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara vs. Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. No time limit
Result: Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Uehara beat Suzuki with a sleeper hold. As a result, Arai & Uehara advance to the Semifinals and will face the winner of the main event.

Main Event: Tournament Quarterfinals: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. No time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. Tatsumi pinned Misao after Daydream. As a result, Tatsumi & Watanabe advance to the Semifinals and will face Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara.

The Semifinals are Saturday at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. I will be unable to do live results due to a prior scheduling conflict.

Dragon Gate 1/20/24 Results

Dragon Gate continued the New Year Gate Tour today with the first half of a weekend doubleheader, their first events this year in their hometown of Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 317)

Match 1: Dragon Dia & Ryota Tanaka beat Luis Mante & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Dia pinned Yanaguichi after a brainbuster.

Match 2: Gianni Valletta beat Problem Dragon. Potential squash yet again.

Match 3: Kagetora won an 11-man battle royal, last eliminating Ben-K.

Match 4: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. ISHIN pinned Lee with a schoolboy.

Match 5; Masaaki Mochizuki, Hyo & Kota Minoura beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Hyo pinned U-T after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Strong Machine J beat KAI.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/20/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with an event in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Nagano Arcs in Nagano and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 191.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Yu Owada by submission.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Super Crazy.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, HAYATA & Eita beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Ulka Sasaki, Ninja Mack & Alejandro. HAYATA pinned Alejandro after 403 Impact.

Match 4; Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned YO-HEY after PFS.

Match 5: Taishi Ozawa Send-Off Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Taishi Ozawa by submission. After one more match Ozawa will be leaving NOAH indefinitely for an overseas training excursion.

Match 6: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Wagner Jr. pinned Cleary after Wagner Driver.

Main Event: Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Soya pinned Kotoge after a jumping DDT.

The next event is tomorrow at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

Sumo-January 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 1-7 Results (Top Tier) (Updated)

Here are the quick results from the first week (7 days) of the January 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo (Top Tier only due to time constraints. Juryo results will be posted from Day 8 onwards):
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo,

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Injury Report: And Today’s DDT/TJPW Casualty Is…

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.

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.