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New Japan News: TAMASHII Debut Streaming Soon

Good news for New Japan fans outside Australia & New Zealand-the debut events of the TAMASHII sub-label, originally not televised, are coming to New Japan World next week. You’ll be able to watch both events on demand starting Wednesday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. The events were held on 11/10 in Christchurch, New Zealand and 11/12 in Sydney, Australia.

Until then, be sure to check out LION’S ROAR on demand on New Japan World, spotlighting the NZ Dojo and head trainer Bad Luck Fale, that helped give birth to TAMASHII. No word yet on when the label’s next events will be.

BREAKING: All-Japan Losing 3 Wrestlers

In a series of news items just posted, All-Japan has announced 3 wrestlers are leaving the promotion at the end of the year: Izanagi, TAJIRI and the biggest loss of the trio-Jake Lee. Their contracts are expiring on December 31. All will continue to appear for the promotion until then.

Lee is a 2-time All-Japan Triple Crown Champion and has been one of the promotion’s top stars since the coronavirus pandemic began. TAJIRI is known to fans worldwide from his prior time in ECW, WWF/E and almost everywhere else around the world. TAJIRI seems to plan to keep going elsewhere as he’s well into his third decade as an active wrestler.

More as it becomes available.

DDT News: Upcoming Title Match Schedule Announced

In an interesting news item, DDT announced the schedule for upcoming title matches for the first quarter of 2023. Of course this all comes with the mandatory “subject to change” caveat, but here is what they announced:

1/3, Korakuen Hall: KO-D Tag Team Championship, DDT Universal Championship (participants TBA on 12/14. For the Universal Championship it will be a match to determine the next challenger).
1/13, Shinjuku Face: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno vs. 1/3 winner for the title.
1/21, Yokohama Radiant Hall: DDT Extreme Champion (12/29 Jun Akiyama-Super Sasadango Machine winner) vs. TBA for the title.
1/29, Korakuen Hall: KO-D Openweight Champion (12/29 Kazusada Higuchi-Ueno winner) vs. TBA for the title, KO-D Tag Team Championship (1/3 winners vs. TBA for the titles), KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. (12/29 winners of Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Tetsuya Endo, Koraro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. TBA for the titles).
2/18, Nagoya Conference Center: DDT Universal Championship (TBA), DDT Extreme Championship (TBA).
2/26, Korakuen Hall: KO-D Tag Team Championship, KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
3/21, Korakuen Hall: Multiple including KO-D Openweight Championship (this will be the DDT 26th Anniversary Event and they plan to make it at least a 5-hour event)

All-Japan 12/7/22 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the World’s Strongest Tag League today as well as finishing the Jr. Battle Of Glory with a tiebreaker match to determine the winner.

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

The announced paid attendance was 801.

Match 1: Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato beat Hokuto Omori & Rising Hayato. Sato pinned Hayato after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 2: Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus beat Ryuki Honda & Izanagi. Cyrus pinned Izanagi after a reverse splash.

Match 3: Takao Omori & Masao Inoue beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata, Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI and Black Menso-re & ATM in a 4-way, when Inoue pinned Kodama, to win the titles. Omori & Inoue become the 117th All-Asia Tag Team Champions.

Match 4: World’s Strongest Tag League: Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi beat Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi. Aoyagi pinned Arashi.

Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League: Yuji Nagata & Yuma Anzai beat Suwama & KONO. Anzai pinned Suwama with a German suplex hold. UPSET ALERT!!! That’s indescribably huge, All-Japan’s clear top star got pinned by a rookie.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Jun & Rei Saito by ref stoppage. Nomura beat Jun Saito with a sleeper hold. That ended the tournament, but it meant there was a tie, so a tiebreaker match between Miyahara/Nomura and Ishikawa/Cyrus would be held.

Match 7: Jr. Battle Of Glory Finals: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Dan Tamura to win the tournament. This was a tiebreaker match with no time limit. Aoyagi beat Tamura in the final tournament match to force a rematch.

Main Event: World Tag League Finals: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus to win the tournament. Miyahara pinned Ishikawa with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is #ajpw XMASEVE 4 on 12/21 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 12/7/22 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the Super Jr. Tag League today, with the top spot(s) still very much up for grabs. Only 3 teams at most were out of it coming in.

Today’s event was held at Sasebo City General Ground Gym in Nagasaki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 668.

Match 1: Oskar Leube & Kosei Fujita beat Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima. Fujita pinned Oiwa.

Match 2: El Desperado, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Bad Luck Fale. Suzuki pinned Gedo after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Takagi pinned Honma after Pumping Bomber.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 4: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. TJP pinned Knight after 2/2.
Match 5: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi. Yoh pinned Taguchi after 3K.
Match 6: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Dick Togo & Sho. DOUKI beat Togo with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 7: Titan & BUSHI beat Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask. Titan pinned TM 4 after a swan dive missile kick.
Main Event: El Lindaman & Alex Zayne beat Chris Bey & Ace Austin. Zayne pinned Austin after SAUCE HEARTS SPECIAL.

The current standings have a 5-way tie for the lead now: Yoh/Rush, Zayne/Lindaman, Akira/TJP, Titan/BUSHI, Austin/Bey. It sounds like the top 2 teams make the Finals next week, so here are the Finals scenarios:
The BUSHI/Titan-Yoh/Rush and TJP/Akira-Austin/Bey winners, assuming there are winners, are in. Zayne/Lindaman are in if they beat Kanemaru/DOUKI. Time limit draws or no contests could complicate things as well as tiebreakers but barring an upset, the most likely scenario seems to be a 3-way tiebreaker unless Kanemaru/DOUKI win. Then it’s simple.

The final day is Saturday. The next event is Friday at Kochi Prefectural Gym in Kochi with World Tag League Day 8. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

FREE VIDEO: Dragon Gate 12/6/22, Korakuen Hall (LIMITED TIME)

Dragon Gate’s streaming service, DRAGONGATE NETWORK, offered a free live broadcast of their big event today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. If you missed it or currently don’t subscribe, the video is now available on demand FOR FREE! But hurry to watch as it’s only available until 2 PM PT/5 PM ET Monday (12/12) .

Click below to watch:
https://dragongate.live/title/?program=livevod_KREHL_20221206_J&episode=1

DRAGONGATE NETWORK is a subscription service available worldwide featuring live and on demand broadcasts of Dragon Gate events, related media and more. It’s on the higher-priced end of the Japanese wrestling streaming services though, currently it’s 1650 yen per month (around $12-13 US). This is a great opportunity to try before you buy-like all the services, monthly subscription fees are always charged on the 1st of the month so the start of the month is the best time to subscribe. You can also usually watch the opening segment and first match of events FOR FREE on YouTube.

Coverage of Dragon Gate on this site is forthcoming and will begin in January 2023z

New Japan 12/5/22 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran Day 7 of the World Tag League today, making their first visit to the Karatsu region of Japan in 25 years.

Today’s event was held at Karatsu City Cultural Gym in Saga and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1091.

Match : Bad Luck Fale beat Oskar Leube.

Match 2: SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Ryohei Oiwa & Tomoaki Honma. SANADA pinned Oiwa.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI beat Fujita with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 4: Titan. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Chris Bey, Ace Austin & Taiji Ishimori. Takagi pinned Gedo after Pumping Bomber.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Coughlin pinned Takahashi with Blockbuster Hold.
Match 6: Aussie Open beat Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare. Mark Davis pinned Henare after Corealis.
Match 7: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki. Goto pinned Suzuki after Shoto.
Main Event: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Tanahashi pinned Nicholls after High Fly Flow. Afterwards, Tanahashi did an epic air guitar and much more to send the crowd home happy.

Standings:
1-Aussie Open, 7-1, 14 pts
2-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Haate/Nicholls, 5-2, 10 pts
4-SANADA/Naito, 5-2, 10 pts
5-Yano/Tanahashi, 4-3, 8 pts
6-Khan/Henare, 4-3, 8 pts
7-Archer/Suzuki, 3-4, 6 pts
8-Chase Owens/Fale, 2-7, 4 pts (OUT-WITHDRAWN)
9-Kidd/Coughlin, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)
10-Takahashi/EVIL, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)
At this point it’s Aussie Open’s to lose. At worst it would be tiebreakers. Their final match is Haste/Nicholls.

Day 8 is Friday. The next event is Wednesday at Sasebo City General Ground Gym in Nagasaki with the Super Jr. Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The attendance was later updated to note it was a legit sellout.

All-Japan 12/4/22 Results

All-Japan ran the penultimate day of the World’s Strongest Tag League and wrapped up the Jr. Battle Of Glory preliminary round.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 707.

Match 1: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Rising Hayato beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Hikaru Sato beat Hokuto Omori by ref stoppage.

Match 3: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Dan Tamura. As a result, Aoyagi & Tamura tie for the top spot and will have a tiebreaker match at the next event.

Match 4: Izanagi, Black Menso-re, Andy Wu & Oji Shiba beat Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Naoki Tanizaki. Menso-re pinned Omori.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & The Bodyguard. Rei Saito pinned Honda after Drill-a-hole piledriver.

Match 6: World’s Strongest Tag League: Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi beat Yuji Nagata & Yuma Anzai. Lee pinned Anzai after a backdrop.

Match 7: World’s Strongest Tag League: Sueama & KONO beat Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi. KONO pinned Arashi after a giant kneedrop.

Main Event: World’s Strongest Tag League: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus. Nomura pinned Cyrus with a diving rolling clutch hold.

The Final is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Unless there is a no contest or double countout in all their matches, 4 teams have a chance to force a potential tiebreaker match with Ishikawa & Cyrus to win the tournament. There will also be an Aoyagi/Tamura rematch for the Jr. Battle Of Glory championship with no time limit and a 4-way for the All-Asia Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 12/4/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 7 of the Super Jr. Tag League today, beginning the final stretch of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 931.

Match 1: Oskar Leube & Ryohei Oiwa beat Kosei Fujita & Yuto Nakashima. Oiwa pinned Fujita.

Match 2: Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Bad Luck Fale. YOSHI-HASHI beat Gedo with Butterfly Lock.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat El Desperado, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki. Naito pinned Suzuki after a Takagi Pumping Bomber.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 4: Chris Bey & Ace Austin beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Bey pinned Knight.
Match 5: Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask. Taguchi pinned TM 4.
Match 6: Titan & BUSHI beat Dick Togo & Sho. BUSHI pinned Togo after Angel Immortar.
Match 7: Lio Rush & Yoh beat El Lindaman & Alex Zayne. Yoh beat Zayne with 5 Star Clutch.
Main Event: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Francesco Akira & TJP. DOUKI pinned Akira with Suplex De La Luna.

Standings:
1-Austin/Bey, 6-1, 12 points
2-Akira/TJP, 5-2, 10 pts
3-BUSHI/Titan, 5-2, 10 pts
4-Lindaman/Zayne, 5-2, 10 pts
5-Rush/Yoh, 5-2, 10 pts
6-Taguchi/Connors, 3-4, 6 pts (OUT)
7-DOUKI/Kanemaru, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Eagles/TM 4, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
9-Knight/KUSHIDA, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)
10-Togo/Sho, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)

Day 8 is Saturday. The next event is tomorrow at Karatsu City Cultural Gym in Saga with Day 6 of the World Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The World Tag League runs over the next 3 events.

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