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Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/17/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today, heading north to Sendai for Day 4.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 505. Bad.

Match 1: Pre-show dark match: Yoshiki Inamura beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Jack Morris beat Kinya Okada.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Satoshi Kojima beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 5: Daisuke Harada, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Kendo Ka Shin, NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy went to a double countout. Only went 2 minutes. Which led to…
Daisuke Harada, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kendo Ka Shin, NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy. Yoshioka pinned NOSAWA after Buzzsaw Kick.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Hideki Suzuki by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Takashi Sugiura.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kenoh beat Go Shiozaki.

Day 5 is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This is an ABEMA exclusive live broadcast, but WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have a live stream in English beginning at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 8/17/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 19 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the penultimate day of the tournament featuring the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 3179. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2022 on TV Asahi.

Match 1: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Lance Archer. Yoh pinned TAKA after Direct Drive.

Match 2: Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Royce Isaacs & Ton Lawlor. Sabre beat Isaacs with a crucifix armbar.

Match 3: Bad Dude Tito & Jonah beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Jonah pinned Honma after a lariat.

Match 4: Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson beat Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Owens pinned Henare after a package piledriver.

Match 5: El Phantasmo, Yujiro Takahashi, KENTA & EVIL beat BUSHI, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. KENTA beat BUSHI with Game Over.

Match 6: KUSHIDA, David Finlay, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Taiji Ishimori, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Jay White. Yano pinned Gallows.

G1 CLIMAX Semifinals:
Match 7: Kazuchika Okada beat Tama Tonga.
Main Event: Will Ospreay beat Tetsuya Naito.

The Final is tomorrow and will be Okada vs. Ospreay. Okada will be going for his 2nd straight G1 win. The full card will be announced later today. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET, but it may briefly go live 20 minutes earlier for the JAM Project live performance.

UPDATE: Talk about motivation…in a post-event Twitter post, Ospreay revealed he nearly died from a serious kidney infection in May & June that caused him to miss 2 weeks in RevPro and Warrior Wrestling. Now he goes for the G1 tomorrow and a chance to perhaps headline Tokyo Dome-could he become the next double champion? (Ospreay is the current IWGP US Heavyweight Champion)

UPDATE: Here is the card for the Finals tomorrow:
Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto vs. Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo & EVIL
Jonah & Bad Dude Tito vs. Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaacs
Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan vs. Juice RObinson, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale
BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. Taichi, Lance Archer & Zack Sabre Jr.
Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo & KENTA
David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson
Tama Tonga & KUSHIDA vs. Jay White & Taiji Ishimori
G1 CLIMAX 32 Finals: Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay. Okada is going for his 2nd straight and 4th career G1 title. Ospreay is going for his first.
All matches are 20 minute time limit except the main event, which is no time limit.

All-Japan 8/16/22 Results

All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today with the second half of the Quarterfinals. Today’s results would set the second Semifinal.

Today’s event was held at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 232.

Match 1: Suwama beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Ashino pinned Tamura with a T-Bone suplex.

Match 3: Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa, Izanagi & Renji Ayabe. Cyrus pinned Izanagi after a metamorphosis facebuster.

Match 4: GAORA TV Champion Toshizo beat Black Menso-re to retain the title. V1 for Toshizo.

Match 5: Atsuki & Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori beat Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba. Atsuki Aoyagi pinned Shoiba after Firebird Splash.

Royal Road Quarterfinals:
Match 6: Naoya Nomura beat Takao Omori.
Main Event: Jake Lee beat Takuya Nomura.

The Semifinals & Finals are Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The Semifinals will be Nomura-Lee and Miyahara vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan). The undercard will consist of 3 6-man tag matches and an 8-man tag for 7 matches total, with the tournament final likely the main event. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

New Japan 8/16/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 18 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the final day of preliminary action. It’s all G1 today with the final matches to hopefully settle everything.

Today’s event was held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 3227. Today’s event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2022 on TV Asahi. El Desperado was today’s guest on Japanese commentary.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block D-Will Ospreay beat Juice Robinson. As a result, Ospreay wins Block D and advances to the Semifinals.
Match 2: Block D-El Phantasmo beat Shingo Takagi.
Match 3: Block C-EVIL beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 4: Block C-Tetsuya Naito beat Zack Sabre Jr. As a result, Naito wins Block C and advances to the Semifinals. This one only went 118 seconds.
Match 5: Block B-Tomohiro Ishii beat SANADA.
Match 6: Block B-Tama Tonga beat Jay White. As a result, Tonga wins Block B and advances to the Semifinals.
Match 7: Block A-Jonah beat Bad Luck Fale.
Main Event: Block A-Kazuchika Okada beat Lance Archer. As a result, Okada wins Block A and advances to the Semifinals.

The Semifinals are tomorrow, it will be Okada-Tonga & Naito-Ospreay. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

In other news, New Japan announced a return to London, England for events on October 1 & 2. The two events will be held at the Indoor Arena at Crystal Palace’s National Sports Center. Fans can sign up for a mailing list for event info and ticket pre-sales at www.njpwuk.com.
More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Masaaki Endo, one of the members of JAM Project, will miss the group’s live performance as part of Thursday’s event. Coronavirus. The rest of the group will still appear and the performance remains on.

UPDATE 2: As of 10 PM ET/7 PM PT the full card for 8/17 has been announced:
Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Lance Archer
Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaavs vs. Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.
Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Dude Tito & Jonah
Great-O-Khan, Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb vs. Juice Robinson, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
BUSHI, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi vs. EVIL, KENTA, El Phantasmo & YujirO Takahashi
KUSHIDA, David Finlay, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Taiji Ishimori & Jay White
G1 CLIMAX Semifinals: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga
G1 CLIMAX Semifinals: Tetsuya Naito vs. Will Ospreay

Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/14/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH finished off a very busy Sunday in Japanese wrestling with the next day of N-1 VICTORY 2022, the 3rd day of their annual singles tournament.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 704.

Match 1: Pre-show dark match: Daisuke Harada & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Takashi Sugiura beat Kinya Okada.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Anthony Greene beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Masa Kitamiya beat Masakatsu Funaki.

Match 5: Seiki Yoshioka & YO-HEY beat Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura. YO-HEY pinned Fujimura after Face G.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Satoshi Kojima beat Jack Morris.

Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Go Shiozaki beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

Match 9: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Katsuhiko Nakajima by submission.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masato Tanaka beat Kenoh.

The next event is Wednesay at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET with a pre-show dark match scheduled 20 minutes before the event.

DDT 8/14/22 Results

DDT ran their final event before WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022, holding a special event where vocal cheering/support was allowed at the cost of reduced capacity because of coronavirus prevention measures in Japan.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The first match can also be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 556.

Match 1: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda beat Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Takao Soma. Takeda pinned Takagi after Shining Driver. Apparently Takeda is the newest member of those despicable Pheromons.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yukio Sakaguchi, MAO & Yuki Ishida. KANON pinned Ishida after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Takeshi Masada Debut Match: HARASHIMA beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 4: Shinya Aoki won a 10 man “Money In The Bank” Battle Royal. As a result, Aoki now holds the right to challenge for any DDT Title anytime, anywhere.

Match 5: Asuka (Veny) beat Saki Akai.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Ueno pinned Honda after BME,

Match 7: In a Flourescent Light Tube Ippon Deathmatch, where the person responsible for the breaking of the ONE light tube in the ring loses, Joey Janela beat DDT Extreme Champion Akito to win the title. Janela becomes the 54th DDT Extreme Champion.

MaiN Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Tetsuya endo & Jun Akiyama. Yoshimura pinned Akiyama after Payment. That’s a career-defining victory for Yoshimura.

The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022, their biggest event of the year, Saturday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The full card:
Yusukke Okada, Yuya Koroku & El Illusion vs. Youi Kojima, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda vs. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Super Sasadango Machine and Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda in a 3-way
Naomi Yoshimura, Kota Umeda & Keisuke Okuda vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani
Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match: Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma vs. Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito. Kawamatsu is a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (aka a politician…then again, so is Nishimura)
Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai vs. Chris Brookes & Asuka (Veny)
DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela vs. Shunma Katsumata in a hardcore match for the title
DDT Universal Champion Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
DDT 25th Anniversary Match-Dick Togo (New Japan Pro Wrestling), Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs Yasu Urano for the title
Kenta Kobashi will be a special observer for the main event and also will be a guest on commentary

Announced for 9/4 (Nagoya Congress Center) are a 6-man tag Current Blast Deathmatch featuring Atsushi Onita, KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani for the titles and KO-D Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura vs. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi for the titles.

The Konosuke Takeshita 10th Anniversary Event on 9/10 (Nishinari Kumin Center, Osaka), headlined by Takeshita vs. Daisuke Sasaki, will be a live broadcast ONLY ON ABEMA. No WRESTLE UNVIERSE live stream.

Finally, the Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary Match, the main event for 9/18 at Korakuen (Akiyama 30th Anniversary Event), has been announced: Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (New Japan) vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata.

New Japan 8/14/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 17 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the final event before the tournament-ending tripleheader. Although they have run in Nagano before, today was the first time a G1 event was held in the city’s domed stadium used for the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Today’s ecent was held at White Ring in Nagano and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1728.

Match 1: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa, Yuto Nakashima & Hirooki Goto. Sho beat Fujita with an armbar.

Match 2: Aaron Henare & Will Ospreay beat Bad Dude Tito & Jonah. Ospreay pinned Tito after Hidden Blade. After the match, Juice Robinson attacked Ospreay and stole the IWGP US Heavyweight Title belt again.

Match 3: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson beat BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Owens pinned BUSHI after C Trigger.

Match 4: Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. Yano pinned TAKA.

Match 5: Jado & Tama Tonga beat Gedo & Jay White. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun. After the match, White laid out Tonga with a chair and Bladerunner.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 6: Block D-YOSHI-HASHI beat David Finlay.
Match 7: Block B-Great-O-Khan beat Taichi.
Match 8: Block A-Tom Lawlor beat Jeff Cobb.
Main Event: Block C-KENTA beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Archer, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Jonah, 3-2, 6 pts (OUT)
4-Lawlor, 3-3,, 6 pts (OUT)
5-Cobb, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Fale, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Yano, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-White, 5-0, 10 pts
2-Tonga, 4-1, 8 pts
3-SANADA, 3-2, 6 pts (OUT)
4-Khan, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
5-Taichi, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Owens, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Ishii, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block C:
1-Sabre, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Naito, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Goto, 3-2, 6 pts
4-KENTA, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
5-Tanahashi, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-EVIL, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Henare, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

Block D:
1-Ospreay, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Takagi, 3-2, 6 pts
3-YOSHI-HASHI, 3-3, 6 pts
4-Finlay, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Takahashi, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Robinson, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Phantasmo, 2-3, 4 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. Block A comes down to Okada-Archer. The winner advances. Jonah is out because while he beat Okada, he lost to Archer and head-to-head result is the main tiebreaker. Block B comes down to White-Tonga, winner advances. Block C likely comes down to Sabre-Naito. Sabre advances with a win but Naito has a chance with a win. But if both Naito and Goto win (Goto has EVIL), it gets complicated because of tiebreakers. A 3-way likely would be necessary because everyone went 1-1 against the other two. Then there’s Block D…the simplest scenario is if Takagi beats Phantasmo, that settles it. Ospreay must beat Robinson (oh snap) and Phantasmo must beat Takagi for Ospreay to advance. If both Takagi & Ospreay finish tied, Takagi has the tiebreaker. If both lose…well…has there ever, in the history of wrestling, been a SEVEN-WAY MATCH? That might be necessary!

Day 18 is Tuesday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, where the final 3 days will be held consecutively. Tuesday will have all the remaining preliminary tournament matches. The Semifinals will be Wednesday. Live streaming on New Japan Word will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. On Thursday (final day), JAM Project, who composed and performed this year’s and last year’s G1 theme song, will perform live during the event.

In other news, Robbie Eagles challenged CMLL Middleweight Champion Dragon Rojo Jr. at Friday’s CMLL event in Mexico City but was unsuccessful as Rojo won to retain the title. Eagles will remain in Mexico to participate in an upcoming trios tournament in CMLL with Rocky Romero & Tiger Mask, who is headed to Mexico after successfully defending the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship earlier this week.

All-Japan Royal Road Tournament Results (8/14/22)

All-Japan continues the Royal Road Tournament today with the beginning of the Quarterfinals. 2 tournament matches are on tap today with the winners advancing to the Semifinals. There also will be an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match on today’s event.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. There likely will be no commentary. I anticipate today’s event running just short of 2 1/2 hours so it should be over before today’s New Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH events begin.

Today’s iineup:
Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura
Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way
Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles
Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori
Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals:
Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus
Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata

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Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. Only hard camera video views today. Audio is off-sync with video but maybe because I’m watching on Firefox on a Kindle Fire HD Plus 10 tablet (PC is being used for watching WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

Match 1: Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. 10 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 2: Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way. 10 minute time limit
Result: Black Menso-re beat Izanagi & TAJIRI in a 3-way by pinning both simultaneously.

Match 3: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. 20 minute time limit
Result; Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Kodama.

Match 4: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo beat Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue to retain the titles. Toshizo pinned Inoue. V1 for the champs.

Intermission. Updates will resume shortly. Intermission lasts from just past 9 PM PT to 9:20 PM PT

Match 5: Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama, TARU & KONO by DQ. Suwama DQ’d. Ref assault & chair use. A huge prolonged brawl broke out afterwards.

Quick break for ring cleaning. If this were the US there would be a huge “SWEEP FOREVER!” chant going.

Match 6: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Cyrus. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Semifinals and will face Shotaro Ashino or Yuji Nagata.

Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling). No time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata beat Shotaro Ashino. As a result, Nagata advances to the Semifinals and will face Miyahara.

The next event is Tuesday at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama with the other half of the Quarterfinals and also a GAORA TV Championship match (GAORA TV has been All-Japan’s primary TV partner for over 20 years). Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Post-show Update: The announced paid attendance was 296. That represents about 65-70% capacity for the venue.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Tokyo Princess Cup Finals Results (8/14/22)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the 9th Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament today with the Finals, and among other things a likely chance at Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima for the title is on the line. The favorite is Yuka Sakazaki, who will be hoping to get another shot at Nakajima to try and join Miyu Yamashita as 3-time champions, but her opponent is the petite powerhouse Miu Watanabe, who upset Yamashita yesterday to earn her spot in the finals and move one upset away from her first title opportunity. Who will be the strongest-The Magical Girl or Up Up Girl?

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 30 minutes FOR FREE on YouTube. Because there is a special fan event planned immediately after the show, I expect today’s event to be on the short side at right about 2 hours. So if you’re staying up late to watch New Japan or Pro Wrestling NOAH, you won’t miss anything.

Today’s lineup:
Nao Kakuta vs. Moka Miyamoto
Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami
Miyu Yamashita, Suzume & Neko Haruna vs. Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo
Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino & Max The Impaler
Tokyo Princess Cup Finals: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Miu Watanabe
Once again Maki Itoh will be absent due to competing in the US for Game Changer Wrestling this weekend.

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Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. The live stream will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. The first match should begin around 10:45 PM ET/7:45 PM PT.

We are LIVE from Korakuen hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita.

Ring announcer/MC Sayuri Namba is beginning her pre-event introduction and announcements. The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like the same setup as yesterday, smaller capacity than normal so anticipating around 450 again.

There’s a new Up Up Girl! Shino is introduced as a new member after their performance. No opening recap video, which surprised me given it’s a Korakuen event. But then again, they’re in a time limit of sort s because the post-event special event is scheduled for in just over 2 hours.

Match 1: Nao Kakuta vs. Moka Miyamoto. 15 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. Kiryu pinned Toribami after a spinebuster.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita, Suzume & Neko Haruna vs. Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result; Miyu Yamashita, Suzume & Neko Haruna beat Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 4: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai beat Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo. Arai pinned Endo after Finally.

Mizuki joins commentary.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino & Max The Impaler. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki AIno & Max The Impaler. Nakajima pinned Aino after a diving senton.

Miyu Yamashita replaces Mizuki on commentary.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Finals: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Miu Watanabe. No time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki beat Miu Watanabe to win the tournament. It’s the first time Sakazaki has won the Cup. As a result, Sakazaki likely will face Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima for the title at an upcoming event, likely WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 in October. Excellent match.

The next event is “TJPW PERFECTION”, a doubleheader beginning on 8/21 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/20 at 11:20 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

Post-Show Update: The announced paid attendance was 551. Also, Maki Itoh lost to Billie Starks in Game Changer Wrestling last night in the US. The event can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

Ganbare Pro 8/13/22 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their latest big event, ULTRA SOUL 2022, today, headlined by the 30th Anniversary of Tatsuhito Takaiwa’s debut and another attempt to wrest the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship from the control of DDT’s Tumehito Imanari.

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

The announced paid attendance was 313.

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa Ganbare Debut Match: Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI beat Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Haruhi pinned Hasegawa after 79.5MHz.

Match 2: hartley Jackson & Max The Impaler beat Mizuki Watase & Tyson Maeguchi. Jackson pinned Maeguchi after a jumping piledriver.

Match 3: HARUKAZE 5th Anniversary Match: Makoto beat HARUKAZE.

Match 4; Takao Soma beat Shota.

Match 5: Tatsuhito Takaiwa 30th Anniversary Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura beat Keisuke Ishii, Koki Iwasaki & Shinichiro Tominaga. Takaiwa pinned Tominaga after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Yumehito Imanari beat Shigehiro Irie by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V2 for Imanari. Next up: Jackson.

The next event is 8/21 at Takashimadara Community Center in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

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