New Japan ran a special Kazuchika Okada Homecoming Event today that coincided with the 70th Anniversary of the founding of his hometown, Anjo City in Aichi Prefecture.
Today’s event was held at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.
The announced paid attendance was 2200, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 2: Tiger Mask beat Kosei Fujita by submission.
Match 3: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Henare pinned Togo after Ultima.
Match 4; Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat Master Wato & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Tenzan after Pimp Juice.
Match 5: Ren Narita, Ryusuke Taguchi & Satoshi Kojima beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat DOUKI with a cobra twist.
Match 6: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & HIrooki GOto beat BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. YOSHI-HASHI pinned BUSHI after Lights Out.
Match 7: El Desperado & Taichi beat Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. Taichi beat Takagi with a Taichi-type Gedo Clutch. Afterwards, Taichi demanded a KOPW 2022 Trophy match against Takagi.
A homecoming ceremony for Kazuchika Okada was held and a gift was presented to the promotion by Anjo City.
The next event is HISTORIC X-OVER, the first joint New Japan-Stardom event, on 11/20 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. This will be a worldwide PPV via New Japan World in English (separate PPV purchase required) with live streaming to begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. It will be available on demand to purchasers for one week and then to all New Japan World subscribers at a later date.
The NWA runs their final quarterly PPV of the year today, and it comes amidst a month of white-hot controversy outside of the ring. Over the last couple months, a fast-growing inferno has erupted between now-potentially-former top star Nick Aldis and NWA owner/promoter Billy Corgan that, in reality, stretches back about a year when Aldis first lost the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to Trevor Murdoch, later had a title shot mysteriously taken away, and now has spilled over to include comments Corgan reportedly made to Aldis’ wife, WWE Hall of Famer and current NWA & Impact wrestler (and radio host) Mickie James. Aldis has given notice he’s leaving NWA at the end of the year when his contract is up and now has supposedly been suspended. But could he make a surprise unexpected appearance tonight? That threatens to overshadow another big card. A lot is on the line including Murdoch defending the 10 Pounds Of Gold against both Matt Cardona and Tyrus, who vacated the NWA TV Championship under the Lucky 7 Rules, to get into the title match (Lucky 7 Rules allow the TV Champion to vacate the title for another title shot of his choice if he makes 7 consecutive successful defenses, which Tyrus did. It’s not mandatory). These are among the TEN title matches making up the planned 14-match card.
Today’s event will be held at Frederick J Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette, LA and can be watched LIVE on FITE. The PPV itself is $24.99 and includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays. If you are an NWA All Access Annual subscriber (which I am), you can watch the PPV live and on demand as part of your subscription. All Access Annual is available on FITE for $49.99/year and includes ALL NWA PPVs and current & past weekly TV show episodes. It’s a bargain just because the PPVs alone are over $100/year if purchased separately. There will also be a 1 hour pre-show before the PPV which will be available FOR FREE on YouTube (and possibly FITE). You can watch the pre-show below:
Tonight’s current lineup: Pre-Show: Anthony Andrew vs. Mims for the #1 contender to the NWA TV Championship Wildkat Wrestling Tag Team Champions Slime SZN vs. Miserably Faithful for the titles Hardcore Team War: Mercurio, Magic Jake & Jax Dane vs. Mayweather, JTG & The Pope Jordan Clearwater vs. AJ Cazana for the vacant NWA TV Championship PPV: NWA Women’s Tag Team Champions Pretty Empowered vs. Madi & Missa Kate for the titles NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Homicide vs. Kerry Morton for the title NWA US Tag Team Champions The Fixers vs. The Spectaculars for the titles NWA National Champion Cyon vs. Dak Draper for the title MLW National Champion Davey Richards vs. Colby Carino for the title Natalia Markova vs. Max The Impaler in a Voodoo Queen Casket Match NWA World Tag Team Champions La Rebelion vs. Hawx Aerie for the titles EC3 vs. Thom Latimer NWA Women’s Champion Kamille vs. KiLynn King & Chelsea Green in a 3-way for the title NWA World Champion Trevor Murdoch vs. Matt Cardona & Tyrus in a 3-way for the title
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Updates below will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.
We almost jump right to the action skipping the mandatory FBI Warning… We are LIVE from Frederick J Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette, LA. Your hosts are Joe Galli & Tim Storm. The first match has already begun. Pre-show: Match 1: Anthony Andrew vs. Mims for the #1 contender to the NWA TV Championship Result: Mims beat Anthony ANdrew. As a result, Mims becomes the #1 contender for the NWA TV Championship and gets a title shot at an upcoming TV event Grade: N/A (Incomplete) because I don’t know how much we missed when we joined in progress.
Commentary announces the Voodoo Queen Casket Match will be the first PPV match.
Match 2: WIldkat Sports Tag Team Champions Slime SZN (J Spade & Bu Ku Dao) vs. Miserably Faithful (Gaagz The Gimp & Sal The Pal) for the titles Result: Wildkat Sports Tag Team Champions Slime SZN beat Miserably Faithful to retain the titles. Spade pinned Sal with a backslide. Grade: C
May Valentine interviews Thom Latimer backstage.
Match 3: Hardcore Team War: Mercurio, Magic Jake & Jax Dane vs. Mayweather, JTG & The Pope…apparently there’s a last second change. There is a claim that Magic Jake is injured and can’t compete so Alex Taylor is stepping in. Result: Mayweather, JTG & The Pope beat Mercurio, Alex Taylor & Jax Dane. This was a hardcore elimination match Grade: C
May Valentine interviews Matt Cardona & Chelsea Green.
Match 4: AJ Cazana vs. Jordan Clearwater for the NWA World TV Championship Result: Jordan Clearwater beat AJ Cazana to become THE NEW NWA WORLD TV CHAMPION! Grade: C+
A LIVE episode of NWA Powerrr is announced for 1/31/23, to simulcast live on YouTube and FITE.
End Pre-show. Updates will resume at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.
PPV: Updates will begin momentarily Velvet Sky joins commentary for the PPV portion. Question 1 vs. Question 2 in a Mask vs. Mask Match has just been added to the card..
Match 1: Natalia Markova vs. Max The Impaler in a Voodoo Queen Casket Match. The only way to win was to put your opponent in a casket and close it. Result: Max The Impaler beat Natalia Markova Grade: C
May Valentine interviews EC3.
Match 2: MLW National Champion Davey Richards vs. Colby Corino for the title Result: MLW National Champion Davey Richards beat Colby Corino by submission to retain the title. Grade: B
Match 3: Question Mark 1 (with Aron Stevens) vs. Question Mark 2 (with JR Kratos) in a Mask vs. Mask Match. Before it began, Stevens cut a comedy promo citing state rules to get Kratos ejected from ringside Result: Question Mark 2 beat Question Mark 1. As a result, Question Mark 1 was forced to unmask. Stevens protested and, after taking the mask off, put a towel over Question Mark 1’s head. Identity not revealed. Grade: C-
Match 3: NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Homicide vs. Kerry Morton for the title Result: Kerry Morton beat NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Homicide to become THE NEW NWA JR. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! Grade: C
Odinson is brought out. He doesn’t have an opponent for some reason. Until Thrillbilly Silas comes out with a referee. Which led to… Match 4: Odinson vs. Thrillbilly Silas Result; Thrillbilly Silas beat Odinson Grade: C
Match 5: NWA US Tag Team Champions The Fixers vs. The Spectaculars for the titles Result: NWA US Tag Team Champions The Fixers beat The Spectaculars to retain the titles. Grade: C
May Valentine interviews Trevor Murdoch.
Match 6: NWA National Champion Cyon vs. Dak Draper for the titleResult: NWA National Champion Cyon beat Dak Draper to retain the title. Grade: Incomplete (missed some of this match due to a bathroom break and forgot to pause the stream)
Match 7: NWA Women’s Tag Team Champions Pretty Empowered (Kenzie Page & Ella Envy) vs. Madi & Missa Kate for the titles Result: NWA Women’s Tag Team Champions Pretty Empowered beat Madi & Missa Kate to retain the titles. Page pinned Kate. Grade: C+
Match 8: EC3 vs. Thom Latimer Result: EC3 beat Thom Latimer by DQ. Ref assault Grade: D-
Match 9: NWA World Tag Team Champions La Rebelion vs. Hawx Aerie for the titles Result: NWA World Tag Team Champions La Rebelion beat Hawx Aerie to retain the titles. Grade: C+
For the rest of the event updates will be RESULTS ONLY. I’m now trying to watch THREE events simultaneously.
Match 10: NWA Women’s Champion Kamille vs. KiLynn King & Chelsea Green in a 3-way for the title Result: NWA Women’s Champion Kamille beat KiLynn King & Chelsea Green in a 3-way by pinning Green to retain the title.
Main Event: NWA World Champion Trevor Murdoch vs. Tyrus & Matt Cardona in a 3-way for the title Result: Tyrus beat NWA World Champion Trevor Murdoch & Matt Cardona in a 3-way by pinning Murdoch to become THE NEW NWA WORLD CHAMPION!
Overall show grade: C Disclaimer: I don’t follow the TV shows as closely as I should. That being said, the biggest thing I don’t like about the current NWA product is every big match seems to rely too much on outside interference or screwjob tactics for the finish and it turns me off quickly. On paper this looked like a great card. In reality, not so much. Get caught up on the last couple months of NWA TV before watching. And apparently no Nick Aldis and no Billy Corgan, a slight letdown after everything they’ve said in the media lately.
End Show.
UPDATE: The reason Odinson didn’t have an opponent tonight because plans changed? Aldis. it was to have originally been Odinson-Alsis.
Here are the quick results from tonight’s TAPED AEW Rampage in Boston, MA:
Jungle Boy confronted Christian Cage & Luchasaurus before getting beaten down and chokeslammed on a chair. This set up Jungle Boy vs. Luchasaurus in a steel cage match for Full Gear.
AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament: Brian Cage beat Dante Martin. Bandido beat Rush. As a result, Bandido will face Ethan Page in the Semifinals. Ricky Starks vs. Lance Archer was scheduled for tonight but was postponed after Archer attacked Starks on Dynamite Wednesday. Why this REALLY didn’t happen tonight is not known but Cage faces the winner.
Nyla Rose beat Kayla Sparks. Squash.
AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy beat Lee Johnson to retain the title..
I personally thought this was a really bad episode in every way outside of the squash. Rose imitated Jade Cargill, which was both hilarious and quite good. Very nice pump kick.
After the show went off the air, AEW announced on social media that Bandido has signed with the promotion.
Wednesday on the last Dynamite before Full Gear: Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara, Toni Storm vs. The Bunny, Page-Bandido, AEW Trios Champions Death Triangle vs. Top Flight (with the returning Darius Martin) & AR Fox for the titles, Tony Schiavone interviews Britt Baker, Renee Paquette interviews Saraya, Jon Moxley Speaks, MJF Speaks, Samoa Joe Speaks, and The Acclaimed debut a new music video. While not confirmed, probably Archer-Starks as well. Otherwise Cage would all but get a free pass to the Finals at Full Gear unless Archer-Starks winner competes twice next Friday.
New Japan held the debut event for TAMASHII today, the promotion’s newest sub-label focusing on the Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Islands region and the growing talent pool that continues to be produced there. Spearheaded by current New Japan wrestler/trainer Bad Luck Fale, who is also the head trainer at New Japan’s New Zealand Dojo, this is the first of two launch events for the brand.
Today’s event was held at Pioneer Recreation and Sports Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. There was no live broadcast and on demand video likely will not be available.
The announced paid attendance was 650.
Match 1: Mark Tui & Chris Miles beat Jordan Allen-Wright & Shep Alexander. Yui pinned ? after SKO.
Match 2: Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale beat Jake Taylor & Tony Kozina. Fale pinned Taylor after an elbow drop.
Match 3: Stevie & Tome Filip beat Nikolai Anton Bell & Rowan Davis. Tome pinned Davis after Mother Of All Bombs.
Match 4: Michael Richards beat Richard Mulu.
Match 5: KENTA beat Andrew Villalobos.
Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Aaron Solo by submission.
The second event is Sunday in Sydney, Australia. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
For the second half of Global 2days, Pro Wrestling NOAH and Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling ran a special cross-promotional event full of matches with both promotions facing off against each other. No title matches but no doubt a lot of pride on the line.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 1209. This is the highest Korakuen number I’ve seen period, or at worst the second-highest, since the pandemic began, which is outstanding. It meant no vocal support but that’s still close to double what has been “normal” the last couple years (Under normal circumstances, this would be 55-60% of the venue’s max capacity).
Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura, Yasutaka Yano & Kai Fujimura beat Madoka Kikuta, Ryu Fuda & Mochizuki Jr. Inamura pinned Fuda after Oklahoma Stampede. On an interesting side note, Mochizuki Jr. is the real-life son of NOAH & Dragon Gate wrestler Masaaki Mochizuki.
Match 2: In a timed-entry 5-way elimination match, Manabu Soya & ISHIN beat Mohammed Yone & BIGBOSS Shimizu, Ben-K & Minorita, Eita & Super Crazy and Susumu Michizuki & Yasushi Kanda. When one member of a team was eliminated, their partner was as well. Order of elimination: Mochizuki/Kanda by Yone/Shimizu, Eita/Crazy by multiple teams, Ben-K/Minorita by Soya/ISHIN, Yone/Shimizu by Soya/ISHIN. Eliminations were by pinfall, submission or over the top rope.
Match 4; Satoshi Kojima beat Konomama Ichikawa. Likely a comedy match (it was short).
Match 5: Atsushi Kotoge, Dante Leon & Punch Tominaga beat UT, Jason Lee & Strong Machine J. Leon pinned Lee after Inferno. Strong Machine J is another second-generation wrestler, he is the son of former New Japan Pro Wrestling veteran Super Strong Machine.
Match 8: Dragon Kid, Alejandro, Dragon Dia, Ninja Mack & Extreme Tiger beat BxB Hulk, H-Y-O, Diamante (not the US female wrestler who has competed in All Elite Wrestling), Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Mack pinned H-Y-O after Ninja Bomb.
Main Event: Kenoh & Kota Minoura beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Yuki Yoshioka. Kenoh pinned Kiyomiya after Ring Of Fire.
Before this event, I had previously decided I was going to add more Dragon Gate coverage to the site in the near future, and now I have decided that will start in January 2023. Dragon Gate is what I consider to be the #4 promotion in Japan, and is very popular with younger fans for it’s emphasis on Jr. Heavyweight style fast & furious action and also faction warfare being very integral to the promotion. It previously branched out to the USA in the late 2000s & early 2010s but ultimately failed after a strong start due to lack of support on the US side among other things. Among notable DG alumni competing elsewhere now is Shingo Takagi, who has been in New Japan Pro Wrestling for a few years and was the rare heavyweight in the promotion and has become one of the top wrestlers in Japan over the last two years.
The next event is NOAH the BEST 2022 on 11/23 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin on 11/22 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off a special doubleheader today with “Global Honored Crown”, an event that only featured 5 matches (excluding a pre-show match), but they were all GHC Title matches making it a major event with all significant outcomes.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 789. That number suggests vocal cheering was not allowed (the limit likely would have been 700) and this seems just short of a full house.
Match 1: Pre-Show Dark Match: Yoshiki Inamura & Kai Fujimura beat Yaustaka Yano & Taishi Ozawa. Inamura pinned Ozawa after a shoulder tackle.
Match 2: Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka to win the titles. Kondo & Ohara become the 52nd GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Ohara pinned Yoshioka after Muy Bien. Next up: Immediate Rematch. That will happen on 11/23 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2.
Match 3: Dante Leon beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Ninja Mack to win the title. Leon becomes the 51st GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion.
Match 4: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Takashi Sugiura& Satoshi Kojima beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito by ref stoppage to retain the titles. Sugiura beat Saito with a front neck lock. V2 for the champs.
Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki to win the title. Wagner Jr. becomes the 9th GHC National Champion.
Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat Timothy Thatcher to retain the title. V2 for Kiyomiya. 37 1/2 minute marathon. Next up: Kenoh, the man Kiyomiya won the title from. That match will happen on 1/1/23 at Nippon Budokan.
The next event is a NOAH/Dragon Gate cross-promotion event tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
New Japan announced today that Yota Tsuji, one of the last batch of Young Lions who is now on his traditional international training excursion, will be debuting in the CMLL promotion in Mexico tomorrow at the weekly Viernes Espectacular (Friday Spectacular) event at Arena Mexico in Mexico City. He arrived in Mexico yesterday and was interviewed upon his arrival. He will compete as his first name only-Yota-and will likely be a rudo (heel). He appeared yesterday on CMLL’s weekly program “CMLL Informa”, which can be watched live and on demand every Wednesday FOR FREE on YouTube in Spanish.
Video of Yota’s CMLL debut likely will be available on YouTube at a later date (they currently upload Viernes Espectacular replays 3-4 weeks after each event).
Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Boston, MAL
FTR & The Acclaimed beat Gunn Club, Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland. Max Caster pinned Austin Gunn after Mic Drop.
AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament: Ethan Page beat Eddie Kingston.
AEW TNT Champion Wardlow beat Ari Daivari to retain the title. Squash. Samoe Joe turned on Wardlow afterwards when Wardlow called out Powerhouse Hobbs.
Britt Baker & Saraya promo segment in the ring. Saraya revealed she is 100% medically cleared to compete. This led to her announcing Saraya-Baker for Full Gear.
Jay Lethal beat Trent Beretta.
Jamie Hayter beat Skye Blue.
In a 2 of 3 falls match, Bryan Danielson beat Sammy Guevara 2-1. Fall 1: Danielson beat Guevara by DQ. Fall 2: Guevara beat Danielson. Fall 3: Danielson beat Guevara by submission.
Added to Friday on Rampage: AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Lee Johnson for the title.
Added to Full Gear: Darby Allin & Sting vs. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett and Baker-Saraya.
DDT has made the video of their 11/6/22 one-match event in Saitama available FOR FREE on YouTube, likely for a limited time. It should also be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, but if you are not yet a subscriber check it out below while it’s available (description is in Japanese, there are no spoilers):
New Japan has announced changes to this weekend’s TAMASHII launch events: Jeff Cobb is now off both events in Australia & New Zealand. Personal reasons. He was to have faced Michael Richards on Friday and Carter Deams on Sunday. Friday’s card has been almost totally reshuffled as a result: Match 1 was Richard Mulu & Mark Tui vs. Jordan Allen Wright & Shep Alexander. Chris Miles replaces Mulu. Match 2 was Jack Bonza vs. Jake Taylor. It’s now Bonza & Bad Luck Fale vs. Taylor & Tony Kozina. Match 3, Nikolai Anton Bell & Rowan Davis vs. Natural Classics, is now Match 4. Match 4 was Cobb vs. Michael Richards. It’s now Match 3 and will be Mulu vs. Richards. Match 5, KENTA vs. Michael Villalobos, is now Match 6. Match 6, which was Fale & Taiji Ishimori vs. Kozina & Aaron Solo, is now Match 5 and will be Ishimori vs. Solo.
For Sunday, Match 1 was Unsocial Jordan vs. Jordan Allen Wright. Mat Diamond replaces Jordan. Match 2 was Mat Diamond & Robbie Eagles vs. Richard Mulu & Jake Taylor. It’s now Unsocial Jordan & Aaron Jake vs. Mulu & Taylor. Match 3 was Cobb vs. Carter Deams. It’s now Eagles vs. Deams.
