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All-Japan Pro Wrestling 11/12/23 Results

All-Japan kicks off the 2023 Real World Tag League today, their annual year-ending Heavyweight tag team tournament (the second such tournament they run each year). But there is also another Jr. Battle Of Glory tournament for the Jr. Heavyweights. All but one match today will be for one of the tournaments, with the most noteworthy match maybe being the semifinal as NEW All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima (still not technically signed with the promotion) teams with Hokuto Omori for the tournament. They open against Suwama & Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Hideki Suzuki as the path to a final day showdown against Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi, the next Triple Crown challenger and the man Nakajima won it from, respectively, begins. Also of note, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan-the former Ikemen Jiro in WWE and Jiro Kuroshio-returns to action in a Real World Tag League match before heading to the DDT event immediately afterwards.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. All the Jr. Battle Of Glory matches have just 10 minute time limits while the tag league matches are 30 minutes tops, so that should keep the event’s running time down to 2-2 1/4 hours and hopefully in time to get to/switch over to the DDT event today.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Naruki Doi
Real World Tag League: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs. Jun & Rei Saito
Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Osamu Nishimura & Ryo Inoue
Jr. Battle Of Glory: Dan Tamura vs. Fuminori Abe
Jr. Battle Of Glory: Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato
Real World Tag League:
Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe vs. Cyrus & Ryan Danielson (not Bryan Danielson)
Hideki Suzuki & Suwama vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori
Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: Start time moved up a few minutes, so live updates begin early…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is Japanese commentary with your unnamed hosts. They started early to introduce the Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory and Real World Tag League participants to the live crowd before the event begins.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Full capacity setup and while not a sellout it looks like a good crowd so far, at least 1000 so I’ll guess it’s gonna be around 1100 (after seeing crowd shots in the first match it looks like a super full house so perhaps at least 1200-1250). (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1320)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:31 PM PT.

Match 1: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Naruki Doi. 10 minute time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Naruki Doi. Doi went heel with a sneak attack at the start during Aoyagi’s entrance but in the end it backfired as Aoyagi got a flash 3 count by countering a Bakatare Sliding Kick. Very short match.

Match 2: Real World Tag League: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs. Jun & Rei Saito. 30 minute time limit
Result; Jun & Rei Saito beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after simultaneous chokelams by the Saito Bros on Kuroshio & Tachibana. All but Tachinaba are now headed to the DDT event in a couple hours.

Match 3: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Osamu Nishimura & Ryo Inoue. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Osamu Nishimura & Ryo Inoue. Honda pinned Inoue after Final Vent.

Match 4: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Dan Tamura vs. Fuminori Abe. 10 minute time limit
Result: Fuminori Abe beat Dan Tamura by submission

Match 5: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato. 10 minute time limit
Result: Rising Hayato beat Hikaru Sato

Match 6: Real World Tag League: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe vs. Cyrus & Ryan Danielson. 30 minute time limit
Result: Cyrus & Ryan Danielson beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Cyrus pinned Ayabe after a diving body press.

Match 7: Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Suwama vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (Independent/Freelancer) & Hokuto Omori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Omori beat Suwama with a front neck & arm lock. These teams did not like each other and couldn’t get along at all, and seemed to spend more time fighting each other instead of their opponents, turning this into more of a comedy match.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hayato Tamura (GLEAT) & Galeno Del Mal. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal beat Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. Tamura pinned Miyahara after a lariat. UPSET ALERT!!

The next event is Tuesday at Tokorozawa Municipal Gym in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day in the US.

TJPW News: Upcoming Title Match Confirmed

Tokyo Joshi Pro reports that, in a scheduled title match held in London, England yesterday. International Princess Champion Max The Impaler beat KASEY to retain the title. V1 for Impaler. As a result, the planned 11/19/23 title match vs. Shoko Nakajima is now official. There will be no live broadcast of the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/11/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with an event in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (should be Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 405.

Match 1: Taishi Ozawa beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Super Crazy & Stallion Rogers beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Crazy pinned Hi69.

Match 3: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wold & Extreme Tiger beat Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki. Wolf pinned Yaki after Wolf Driver.

Match 4: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Takashi Sugiura & Kai Fujimura. Huxley pinned Fujimura after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 5: Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA (Dradition). Kondo pinned Daga after King Kong lariat.

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Inaba pinned Greene after DDD.

Match 7: Go Shiozaki, HAYATA & Eita beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadauke. Shiozaki pinned Tadasuke after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Kenoh & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Manabu Soya & Kaito Kiyomiya. Kenoh pinned Soya after Kenoh Special.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 11/11/23 Results

New Japan ran a standalone event called Anjo Rainy Days today, the second straight year they have run a hometown event for Kazuchika Okada.

Today’s event was held at Tochi Arena Anjo in Aichi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 2247, a legit sellout.

All matches were announced at the start of the event, nothing was announced in advance.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Ryusuke Taguchi beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Taguchi pinned TAKA.

Match 2: Jado & Master Wato beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Nagata pinned Nakashima with a backdrop hold.

Match 4: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Narita beat Honma with a cobra twist. Afterwards, Narita challenged for the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship on 11/17. Honma, Narita & Taguchi are scheduled to face current champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada in a NON-TITLE match on that date. But New Japan’s English preview of the event hints at the potential for a title rematch before the year ends if they win.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Callum Newman, HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Sho pinned Newman after Shock Arrow.

Match 6: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat BUSHI, HIromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji. Goto pinned BUSHI after Shoto. Afterwards, several wrestlers attempted to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Takahashi. Will he make it to tonight’s DDT event as champion?

Main Event: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA to retain the titles. Okada pinned Uemura after Rainmaker. V5 for the champs. They went just over 30 minutes. Post-match, Okada promo where he vowed to return next year as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion to close the event and send the hometown crowd home happy.

Next up is the New Japan Road Tour, which is just 2 events this year. The first event is Friday at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata headlined by Sho vs. Taichi for the KOPW 2023 Title. We still don’t know what their proposed rules are going to be. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

AEW Collision 11/11/23 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results for tonight’s TAPED AEW Collision in Oakland. CA (SPOILERS!):

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Injury Report: Dragon Gate Closed For 2

According to the official Dragon Gate English social media account. Changes have been made for tomorrow’s event due to 2 absences-Shun Skywalker & BxB Hulk. Fever and left leg, respectively. Out indefinitely.

More as it becomes available.

AEW Rampage 11/10/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s LIVE AEW Rampage in Oakland, CA (tomorrow’s Collision will be TAPED after the broadcast, also both shows are expected to be LIVE ON FRIDAY next week due to the Full Gear PPV on 11/18):

Match 1: Ricky Starks vs. Preston Vance
Result: Ricky Starks beat Preston Vance

Chris Jericho pre-taped interview. He’s in or on his way to Japan to face Konosuke Takeshita in DDT tomorrow.

Match 2: Ruby Soho vs. Red Velvet
Result: Red Velvet beat Ruby Soho

Match 3: The Kingdom vs. 2 jobbers
Result: The Kingdom beat 2 jobbers. Squash. Went only about 55 seconds.

Main Event: FTR vs. El Hijo De Vikingo & Komander
Result: FTR beat El Hijo De Vikingo & Komander. Cash Wheeler pinned Komander after Big Rig. House Of Black promo followed the match to wrap it up. During the match, Vikingo hit his head at an awkward-looking angle on the announce table after a suicide dive and looked a tad unsteady in a couple spots.

End Show.

New Japan Pro Wrestling “Lonestar Shootout” Results (11/10/23)

New Japan is back in the US today for their next STRONG LIVE event, Lonestar Shootout. Following up on last month’s Fighting Spirit Unleashed, it’s another loaded event with 5 title matches among a 12-match lineup. First up, the STRONG Tag Team Championship is on the line as Hikuleo & El Phantasmo defend the titles against West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs), who want to bring the titles back stateside away from the Japan mainstays. Second, STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston will defend the title against the legendary Satoshi Kojima, who has already firmly established the Bread Club in Texas. The third title match is a highly-anticipated show stealer candidate as NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. goes for his 16th (!) successful defense against Mike Bailey, who basically continues to do nothing but have MOTY candidate matches all the time. In the 4th title match, IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani travels to the US from Stardom to defend against CMLL standout Stephanie Vaquer, who earned her chance at the title with a victory in Las Vegas. Finally in the main event, NEW NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi will defend the title against AEW’s Trent Beretta.

Today’s event will be held at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland Park, TX (Dallas/Ft. Worth area) and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese. It was originally planned to be a PPV on the service but following yesterday’s (bumpy of course) major update/relaunch of the New Japan World service it was decided to make is available for all with no additional purchase required. Those who purchased the PPV before on the service will get refunds (I never saw/had that option). With the pricing changes at the relaunch yesterday a new subscription will now cost $9.99/month if you go through their website, or as much as $12.99/month going through app stores. It will also be available LIVE on FITE in English only for $19.99. There will also be a FREE 30 minute pre-show before the event on FITE, which also is part of the New Japan World broadcast, and it also will be available on the New Japan World YouTube channel. The pre-show is headlined by another rivalry match between Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor. Only 2 of the matches have longer than 30 minute time limits, but based on last month as well as the pre-show I anticipate this event having a total running time of around 4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Matt Vandagriff vs. Barrett Brown
Fred Rosser vs. Tom Lawlor

Main show/PPV:
Mascara Dorada, Tiger Mask 4 & Atlantis vs. Hechicero, Rocky Romero & Ultimo Guerrero
Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga vs. Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin & Chase Owens
Toru Yano vs. Joey Janela
Mistico vs. TJP
STRONG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew for the titles
STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title
NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Mike Bailey for the title
Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta vs. David Finlay & KENTA
IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. Stephanie Vaquer for the title
NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Trent Beretta for the title

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Updates below will begin at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET.

4:05 PM PT UPDATE: After some initial connection issues on their end, the live stream has successfully launched in pre-show mode. I am testing the new Apple TV app and will be using that initially to stream the event. The presentation is the same as watching it in a web browser.

4:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Curtis Culwell Center in Garland Park, TX. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Milano Collection A.T. & Miki Motoi. (If you’re watching in English on FITE, your hoses are Walker Stephens & Veda Scott)

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The configuration looks to be for around 3400 at most (using a half-arena setup), so based on ticket sales through yesterday I’m thinking it’ll be in the range of 2800-3000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1027. Was I ever off…much smaller setup than I expected, and there seemed to be a lot of ringside seats left today which surprised me)

Pre-show:
Match 1: Matt Vandagriff vs. Barrett Brown
Result: Barrett Brown beat Matt Vandagriff

Match 2: Fred Rosser vs. Tom Lawlor. 20 minute time limit
Result: Fred Rosser beat Tom Lawlor

Quick break for end of pre-show.

PPV/main show:
The opening match rundown video misspelled David FInlay’s last name as Finley.
Match 1: Mascara Dorada, Tiger Mask 4 & Atlantis vs. Hechicero, Rocky Romero & Ultimo Guerrero. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mascara Dorada, Tiger Mask 4 & Atlantis beat Hechicero, Rocky Romero & Ultimo Guerrero. Dorada pinned Hechicero after Shooting Star Press.

Match 2: Toru Yano vs. Joey Janela. 20 minute time limit
Once Yano entered the ring Janela sneak attacked him. Janela with microphone. After finding Yano’s pants were loaded with rolls of tape, he demanded a No DQ match. The change was made and the match is now No DQ.
Result: Toru Yano beat Joey Janela

TJP interviewed backstage.

Quick break to reset the ring after that last match. Toru Yano likes to remove the tunbuckle padding (New Japan uses velcro-attached padding in the corners)

Match 3: Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga vs. Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin & Chase Owens. 20 minute time limit
Result: Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin & Chase Owens beat Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga. Connors pinned Knight after an assisted piledriver.

Match 4: STRONG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Tag Team Champions HIkuleo & El Phantasmo beat West Coast Wrecking Crew to retain the titles. Phantasmo pinned Nelson after an errant Isaacs belt shot (ducked and hit Nelson). V2 for the champs.

Match 5: Mistico vs. TJP. 30 minute time limit
Result: Mistico beat TJP by submission

Match 6: STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston beat Satoshi Kojima to retain the title. V7 for Kingston. Next up: Apparently Gabriel Kidd, who came out and laid out Kingston with the title belt. Kidd with microphone afterwards then a piledriver. Kidd finishes by saying David Finlay sent him out to win gold. Sounds like this could happen in January at the next US event in San Jose, CA.

Trent Beretta interviewed in the back as he arrives.

Match 7: Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta vs. David Finlay & KENTA. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta beat David Finlay & KENTA. Moxley pinned KENTA after Death Rider.

Match 8: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Mike Bailey for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Mike Bailey by submission to retain the title. V16(!) for Sabre. Ended with only about 5 seconds left until the time limit.

Match 9: IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. Stephanie Vaquer for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani beat Stephanie Vaquer to retain the title. V2 for Iwatani.

Main Event: NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Trent Beretta for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi beat Trent Beretta to retain the title. V1 for Takagi. Post-match, Takagi with microphone. In English, as he did when he won the title last time, he demanded a next challenger appear. At the end the lights went out, so it appears we have our answer: G.o.D…specifically, Tama Tonga. With microphone. REMATCH! (Takagi beat Tonga last month in Las Vegas to win the title) Takagi said “OF COURSE! At Tokyo Dome!” We’ll see if New Japan makes this official. Afterwards, Takagi produced a cowboy hat and wore it in the ring while posing for photos and waving to the crowd to end the show.

Including the pre-show and post-main event stuff, the event ran about 4 1/4 hours total. As far as the initial new NJPW WORLD experience, I give it a 9.9 out of 10. No issues with the stream once it began, quality was a little better than before (the ringside video camera quality was noticeably improved), the only thing I would like is improved DVR functionality-specifically being able to press left/right on my Apple TV remote to rewind/fast forward 10 or 15 seconds at a time. Right now it’s going way too far either way when I try to prevision jump back. But a very minor complaint at that. Almost perfectly passed my first test.

The next US event scheduled is Battle In The Valley on 1/13/24 in San Jose, CA. Tickets are on sale now. Broadcast plans TBA.

The next event in Japan is Anjo Rainy Days tomorrow at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi. This may be a Kazuchika Okada hometown event. The matches will not be announced ahead of event time. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

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.