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According to the Twitter accounts for Pro Wrestling EVE and current champion Max The Impaler. Tokyo Joshi Pro’s International Princess Championship will be defended in England at the 11/10 EVE event when Max The Impaler faces Kasey for the title.
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All-Japan ran the second event of their 6-event Hokkaido week today.
Today’s event was held at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi sub Arena in Hokkaido and will be a available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 428.
Match 1: Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re.
Match 2: Jonathan Gresham beat Hikaru Sato & Fuminori Abe in a 3-way by beating Sato.
Match 3: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Kumagoro Hokkai. Omori pinned Hokkai after Ax Bomber.
Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ren Ayabe & Koji Yoshida. Jun Saito pinned Yoshida after Psycho Break.
Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Suzuki pinned Tamura after a Gotch-style piledriver.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.
The next event is tomorrow at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day.
New Japan ran the penultimate day of the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 8 of the Super Junior Tag League.
Today’s event was held at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1503.
Match 1: Callum Newman. HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Tomoaki Honma, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Khan pinned Honma.
Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp. After this match, during the taping of backstage comments for online distribution, Ishimori tried to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Takahashi but failed.
Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.
Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Connors pinned DKC after Full Clip.
Match 5: Titan & BUSHI beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Titan pinned Fujita after Angel Immortal.
Match 6: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat MUSASHI & Yoh. Knight pinned MUSASHI after a spike DDT.
Match 7: Master Wato & El Desperado beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Wato beat TAKA with Vendeval.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. TJP pinned Sho.
Standings:
1-Desperado/Wato, 6-2, 12 pts
2-TJP/Akira, 5-3, 10 pts
3-Knight/KUSHIDA, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Connors/Moloney, 5-3, 10 pts
5-Titan/BUSHI, 5-3, 10 pts
6-Kanemaru/Sho, 5-3, 10 pts
7-MUSASHI/Yoh, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-Fujita/Eagles, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
9-DKC/Taguchi, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-7, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Finals. The only sure thing for the final day is Desperado/Wato advance with a win or draw (they get Kanemaru/Sho). Everything else is completely up in the air. It’s almost definitely going to come down to tiebreakers.
The final day is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
Ganbare Pro ran their latest Ganbare Women event today, the latest stop on the Saki Akai Retirement Tour as she is now just 11 days from her final match.
Today’s event was held at Shin-Kina 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 137.
Match 1: Ram Kaichow (666) beat Riara.
Match 2: Marika Kobashi beat Bunny Oikawa.
Match 3: Ami Manase & Alex Lee beat Sumire Natsu & Echika Miyabi. Manase pinned Miyabi after a diving senton.
Main Event: Saki Akai & Takumi Iroha beat YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Akai beat YuuRI with a triangle choke. They went 23 minutes. Afterwards, Akai put the promotion over and posed for the customary photos with the entire roster to cap off her final appearance in the promotion.
The next Women event is 12/15 at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo.
The next Ganbare evebt is 11/23 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA for both.
All-Japan kicked off a weeklong tour of Hokkaido today with the first of 6 events up north.
Today’s event was held at Imagane General gym in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 618, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 2: Black Menso-re beat Kumagoto Hokkai (?) & Koji Yoshida in a 3-way by pinning Yoshida.
Match 3: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Omori pinned Tamura after Ax Bomber.
Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ren Ayabe & Hikaru Sato. Rei Saito pinned Sato after a diving body press.
Match 5: Minoru Suzuki, Hokuto Omori & Jonathan Gresham beat Shuji Ishikawa, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Gresham beat Hayato with a standing STF.
Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi & Kento Miyahara vs. Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
The next event is tomorrow at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Sub Arena in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later in the day.
New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 7 of the Super Junior Tag League.
Today’s event was held at Toyama Techno Hall West Hall in Toyama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
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The announced paid attendance was 575.
Match 1: Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Honma pinned Nakashima after Kokeshi.
Match 2: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.
Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. YOSHI-HASHI beat Togo with Butterfly Lock.
Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: MUSASHI & Yoh beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Yoh pinned DKC after Direct Drive.
Match 5: Titan & BUSHI beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. BUSHI pinned TAKA after Angel Immortal.
Match 6: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Knight pinned Fujita after a spike DDT.
Match 7: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Kanemaru pinned Connors. EVIL interference assist.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Akira pinned Wato after 2/2.
Standings:
1-Kanemaru/Sho, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Desperado/Wato, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Titan/BUSHI, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Akira/TJP, 4-3, 8 pts
5-Knight/KUSHIDA, 4-3, 8 pts
6-Moloney/Connors, 4-3, 8 pts
7-MUSASHI/Yoh, 3-4, 6 pts
8-Fujita/Eagles, 3-4, 6 pts
9-DKC/Taguchi, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Finals. In reality it’s now down to 6 as the only thing possibly keeping MUSASHI/Yoh and Fujita/Eagles with the slimmest chance are tiebreakers. Both must win tomorrow to have any chances left.
The next event is tomorrow at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
In a video just posted on social media, former Pro Wrestling NOAH star Katsuhiko Nakajima has made an unexpected appearance at the All-Japan Pro Wrestling offices today. In very brief comments as he was followed by several cameramen & photographers, he requested to challenge for the All-Japan Triple Crown on 11/5 in Hokkaido.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: It’s now official. Nakajima vs. Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown on 11/5.
New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 6 of the Super Junior Tag League.
Today’s event was held at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 731.
Match 1: Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Oskar Leube, Boltin Oleg & Yuto Nakashima. Makabe pinned Leube after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 2: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.
Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.
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Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned DKC after Shock Arrow.
Match 5: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Connors pinned TAKA after Full Clip.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat MUSASHI & Yoh. Eagles beat MUSASHI with Ron Miller Special.
Match 7: Titan & BUSHI beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Titan pinned TJP after Titanika.
Main Event: Master Wato & El Desperado beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Desperado pinned Knight after Pinche Loco.
Standings:
1-Desperado/Wato, 5-1, 10 pts
2-Connors/Moloney, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Sho/Kanemaru, 4-2, 8 pts
4-BUSHI/Titan, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Fujita/Eagles, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Akira/TJP, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Knight/KUSHIDA, 3-3, 6 pts
8-Yoh/MUSASHI, 2-4, 4 pts
9-DKC/Taguchi, 2-4, 4 pts
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Finals. At this point Just 2 Jobbers have been mathematically eliminated because the only way they could advance is if the possible tie for 2nd was between only them and Yoh/MUSASHI. It’s not so there is no way they can move on. But it will be definite when/if Connors/Moloney or Kanemaru/Sho get one more point or they lose/draw again.
The next event is tomorrow at Toyama Techno Hall West Building in Toyama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
Hot on the heels of their return to the US, New Japan has just announced 3 big title matches for Lonestar Shootout on 11/10: As previously announced, IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani will defend the title, and it’s now official-Stephanie Vaquer is the challenger. Also now official is NEW NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Trent Betetta for the title, and finally…a barnburner and then some: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Mike Bailey for the title. And Mrs, Speedball aka Veda Scott will be on English commentary. Go to FITE and drop $19.99 for the pre-order right now!
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: More matches have been announced: STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title, STRONG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew for the titles, Mistico vs. TJP and Toru Yano vs. Joey Janela.
It’s that exciting time again-now that we’re just under 2 weeks away from the next tournament, the Japan Sumo Association has just announced the Banzuke (rankings) for the November 2023 Tournament in Fukuoka. Click below to see the rankings for the top 2 tiers and other notes:
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