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Impact Wrestling 11/9/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in Chicago:

This episode was taped on 10/22 and wraps up (or should) the fallout from Bound For Glory.

There was no YouTube pre-show this week.

Match 1: Tasha Steelz beat Deonna Purrazzo. There are already clips of them doing a brief twerk-off/booty shaking showdown on the socials, which alone makes this match worth watching.

Alex Shelley promo.

Bullet Club promo. Santino Marella interrupts, then so do Kenny King & Sheldon Jean. King wants a rematch for the Impact Digital Media Championship. Some bantering & bickering leads to Santino making Bullet Club vs. Jean & King for the Impact Tag Team Championship next week.

Match 2: Crazzy Steve beat Impact Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer by DQ. As a result, Dreamer retains the title. It ended after Dreamer used a fork on Steve.

Jonathan Gresham interviewed backstage.

Match 3: Brian Myers beat Joe Hendry.

Will Ospreay interviews. Next week he faces Josh Alexander. OHHHHH YEAH!

Match 4: Eric Young beat Eddie Edwards. Alisha Edwards misfired on a Singapore Cane shot to end it.

Myers argues with Moose backstage. Heath interrupts and confronts Myers. Moose interjects himself between them and Heath says he’ll take on both of them and heads off to find Santino.

Sonny Kiss interviewed backstage. Trinity shows up after overhearing Kiss setting sights on the Impact Knockouts Championship. Trinity says she’ll try to make it happen next week.

Match 5: Dirty Dango & Oleg Prudius beat 2 jobbers. Squash. Dango actually joined commentary until right before the end of the match after it started and let Prudius destroy the jobbers.

Jordynne Grace promo. Bully Ray interrupts her. Then KiLynn King also cuts in. King talks up facing Bully but Bully tries to talk her down. Then Steve Maclin shows up. He calls Bully soft again. Threats exchanged before Maclin leaves followed by King.

Rascalz promo. They introduce Myron Reed as their new member and apparently will face “some luchadors” next week.

Main Event: Impact World Champion Alex Shelley beat Jonathan Gresham to retain the title.

Next week: Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. Kenny King & Sheldon Jean for the titles, Will Ospreay vs. Josh Alexander, Rascalz vs. Laredo Kid, Black Taurus & Juventud Guerrera, Moose vs. Heath, Sonny Kiss vs. Trinity in a NON-TITLE match and Steve Maclin & KiLynn King vs. Bully Ray & Jordynne Grace.

Next up is IPWF Throwback Throwdown 4 Saturday in Toronto, Canada, which will be the next TV tapings. This will have a retro/old school theme with some wrestlers portraying fictional prior-times wrestlers. The episodes will air at a later date. Depending on whether or not there will be an episode on 11/23 (Thanksgiving Day in the US), they may be taping up to 4 weeks of content or will have to come up with some other stuff to get them to Final Resolution, the next monthly live event, on 12/9. There also aren’t any more TV tapings being advertised until 1/14 when they return to being TNA Wrestling with Hard To Kill on 1/13. Both 1/13 & 1/14 events will be in Las Vegas, NV.

UPDATE: Clarified match 2 result to note that Crazzy Steve won by DQ. But because it was a DQ, Tommy Dreamer retains the Impact Digital Media Championship.

AEW News: Women’s Wrestler Gone?

According to AEW’s website and changes on her social media profiles, The Bunny may be gone from the promotion. She is no longer on AEW’s roster page and has removed such references from her social media bios.

Signing in 2019 after wrestling in Impact Wrestling as Allie (and also the indies), The Bunny appeared on only 3 matches this year, missing 6 months due to injury after losing a title match to then-AEW Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter. No word on her future plans, although she is married to The Top Ratings Draw in AEW aka The Blade.

Regarding New Japan Lonestar Shootout Broadcast Plans (Updated x2)

After originally planning to air it live, the New Japan World Twitter account hd announced that, due to issues with the relaunch of the updated service, the live broadcast in Japanese tomorrow will not happen. It now will be ON DEMAND ONLY. That means the only way to watch live will be in English on FITE for $19.99. On the flip side, it does mean 4-5 hours more of the illustrious (and just awesome) Veda Scott on commentary!

The broadcast begins with a FREE pre-show at 4:30 PM Pt/7:30 PM ET with the PPV beginning 30 minutes later.

UPDATE: For now at least the event is back on New Japan World as live in Japanese. A couple hours ago it was not on any version I used (web, mobile app, Apple TV app, Roku app. Haven’t tried Android app yet on my Kindle Fire HD but that may not yet be working properly) We’ll see what happens.

UPDATE 2: More clarification from the official Japanese New Japan account and that of President Takami Ohbari: Originally the live broadcast was going to be a PPV, although I never saw such an option to purchase it on New Japan World. That is no longer the case. It will be live on the service in Japanese only with no additional purchase required, you just have to be a subscriber to the service. If you purchased the PPV on World already, you will get a full refund.

Dragon Gate 11/9/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Evolution 2023 Tour today with their monthly Tokyo event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1353, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Punch Tominaga beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Genki Horiguchi & Takashi Yoshida. Shimizu pinned Horiguchi after Power BOSS.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii & Kagetora beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Kenichiro Arai. Kagetora pinned Kanda after Kagenui.

Match 4: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Shuji Kondo & Eita beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi. YAMATO pinned Ben-K after Onmipotent & Luminescent Frankensteiner.

Match 5: Yoshiki Kato beat Masaaki Mochizuki by DQ.

Match 6: Kzy, Strong Machine J, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. KAMEI pinned Tanaka after JFK.

Main Event: In a handicap match, Luis Mante beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN by pinning ISHIN.

The next event is Saturday at Matsuyama Community Center in Ehime. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

After the event, according to the Dragon Gate Official English Twitter, H-Y-O left the Z-Brats faction and changed his ring name to 豹, pronounced “Hyo” like his prior ring name and is the Japanese kanji for “Panther”. For now I likely will refer to him as Hyo in future posts. Hyo also will get the next shot at Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN. That match will happen on 12/5 at Korakuen.

Injury Report: Temporarily Blind Destino

According to a Twitter post liked by New Japan’s Japanese account, Tokyo Sports reports New Japan’s Tetsuya Naito was recently hospitalized but discharged today. Right eye surgery. Upper muscle paralysis that causes double vision. It’s the second time this year he’s had surgery there. Out indefinitely. He will not be part of the upcoming World Tag League this year and, since this is partly why Naito got it done now, he should be 100% in time for Tokyo Dome on 1/4. Translation made it sound like best-case for a return post-surgery is as little as 2 weeks.

More as it becomes available.

AEW Dynamite 11/8/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Portland, OR:

MJF interviewed backstage before the opening. Adam Cole calls MJF then Daniel Garcia stares down MJF before heading to the ring, then Roderick Strong & The Kingdom interrupt.

Match 1: AEW World Champion MJF vs. Daniel Garcia for the title
Result: AEW World Champion MJF beat Daniel Garcia by submission to retain the title.

Match 2: Darby Allin & Sting vs. The Outrunners
Result: Darby Allin & Sting beat The Outrunners. Squash.

Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida interview with Tony Schiavone. Pre-recorded and in black & white per Strom’s demand. Contract signed for Full Gear.

Match 3: Swerve Strickland vs. Penta El Zero M. During entrances commentary announced Adam Page is banned from ringside
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Penta El Zero M. Afterwards, Adam Page came out and attacked Strickland with a chair, also using it on security as they intervened before sending Strickland off the stage and through a table with Deadeye.

Don Callis-Kenny Omega promo. They incorporated footage from the video game “Yakuza: Like A Dragon”, which elevated the typically high promo video quality even further.

Renee Paquette interviews Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega but The Young Bucks interrupt quickly. They eventually talk into a tag match at Full Gear-if Jericho & Omega win, The Bucks lose their guaranteed future AEW Tag Team Championship opportunity. If The Bucks win, Jericho & Omega must split up. Renee REALLY enjoyed this.

Match 4: ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Keith Lee for the title
Result: ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Keith Lee by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. Afterwards, Joe announced the ROH TV Championship is now VACANT. He’s giving it up to go after the AEW World Championship.

Orange Cassidy promo.

Match 5: Gunn Club vs. Bollywood Boyz
Result: Gunn Club beat Bollyeood Boyz. Squash. Lasted just a few seconds.

Jon Moxley promo.

Match 6: Julia Hart vs. Red Velvet
Result: Julia Hart beat Red Velvet

Mariah May is introduced backstage. She signed with AEW after recently leaving Stardom (Japan). She says she’s here because of Toni Storm so RJ City says he’ll introduce May to Storm next week.

Main Event: Jay White vs. Mark Briscoe for White’s AEW World Championship shot at Full Gear
Result: Jay White beat Mark Briscoe to keep his title shot. MJF cleaned house afterwards until White bailed. After this, masked assailants attacked The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn backstage as “The Devil” appeared again to close this clip. MJF ran to the back and found The Acclaimed & Gunn laid out (Anthony Bowens got thrown through a window here) as Samoa Joe walked in on cue, smirked and walked off to end the show.

Next week: Jon Moley & Wheeler Yuta vs. Orange Cassidy & Hook.

Friday on a LIVE Rampage from Oakland, CA: FTR vs. El Hijo Del Vikingo & Komander. Saturday’s Collision will be TAPED after the show. Spoilers to follow Saturday morning.

As the show wound down, Mariah May got the #AllElite graphic on social media. Those who don’t follow Stardom or the international scene closely probably haven’t heard of her. Understandable.

A better show than last week, everything was consistently at or above average with nothing bad or that you need to skip. Strickland-Penta and Joe-Lee were really good matches. Right between C+ & B- but no real complaints.

Dragon Gate 11/8/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Evolution 2023 Tour today with a house show in Nagano, also a 5th Anniversary event for Dragon Dia.

Today’s event was held at Suzaka Municipal Gym in Nagano. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has mot yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 404, a full house/near sellout)

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Kzy, Strong Machine J & U-T. Ben-K pinned U-T after Golden Rose.

Match 2: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. ISHIN pinned Horiguchi after Death Penalty.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Luis Mante & Don Fujii beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Ho Ho Lunz Mante pinned Lun after MCK.

Match 4: YAMATO & Punch Tominaga beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. YAMATO pinned Lee after Gallaria.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Shun Slywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Dia pinned H-Y-O after DDDDT.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Final Real World Tag League Team Revealed

When All-Japan announced the 10 teams for this year’s Real World Tag League last weekend in Hokkaido, only 9 were revealed as one team was TBA. That 10th entry was revealed today…Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori. For those looking forward to the very intriguing matchup against Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi-who Nakajima next defends the Triple Crown against and who he beat to win the Triple Crown, respectively-you’re waiting a while. It’s not until the final day on 12/6. But they have a potential teaser of what could follow on 11/23 when they face Jun & Rei Saito-if Nakajima & Omori win the tournament they should get a rematch against the Saito Bros for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship.

The tournament begins Sunday (Saturday night US time) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be streamed LIVE on AJPW.TV Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

DDT News: He’s Training! As A Father!

In DDT, the popular catchphrase of promotion icon HARASHIMA is, loosely in English, “I’m training!” It went to a new level today with the wonderful news that he is now a father. He posted a picture on social media of the new baby holding the new father’s finger. This is his first child. It’s a boy, but we don’t know the name yet.

Many DDT wrestlers, broadcast commentators and others have posted well-wishes & congratulations in Japanese and I join them in congratulating HARASHIMA on the birth of his first child. He’s Really Training!

New Japan News: KOPW Match Set For 11/17, More

New Japan has announced a KOPW 2023 Title match for 11/17 at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata (the first event of the 2 event New Japan Road tour). Current champion Sho will defend against Taichi, who Sho beat to win the title, with proposed rules TBA. They should be made available soon for the prerequisite 3 days of online fan voting to determine the rules.

It will be the main event of a 7-match card, which has been announced in full by New Japan’s Japanese website:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube
Toru Yano & Master Wato vs. Gedo & Taiji Ishimori
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Yoh vs. Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan
Yuji Nagata, Minoru Suzuki, Shota Umino & Tiger Mask vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi
TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA vs. Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL
Tomoaki Honma Produced Match-Tonoaki Honma, Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada
KOPW 2023 Champion Sho vs. Taichi for the title

The event will be a live broadcast on New Japan World on 11/17 at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The other tour event on 11/19 will not be televised (this may be the last non-televised event of the year).

In other news, Takahashi recently fended off attempts by Kazuki Hirata to reclaim the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship ahead of their Sunday match in DDT for the title (but apparently not for Hirata’s DDT Extreme Championship). There will be some kind of undetermined comedy rules for the match per Hirata. That event can be seen live in the US on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning Saturday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET and the match may be added to New Japan World at a later date.

Speaking of New Japan World, the updated version of the service will be launched Thursday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. You can still access the service as normal, but you can’t subscribe, cancel subscriptions, change your email or purchase PPV content until then. After the launch you’ll have to reset your password via the email used to sign up and new pricing takes effect. If you preciously signed up via the website, it will be 1299 Japanese yen per month or equivalent in your area (right now that will be around $8.75/month in the US). If you sign up via the website going forward or cancel and resubscribe, it will be $9.99/month. You can also sign up via the new mobile/smart TV apps when they launch via the App Store & Google Play (and Amazon for Fire TVs), but you may pay more (could be up to $12.99/month).