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Dragon Gate 7/23/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today with the third of the Quarterfinals matches.

Today’s event was held at Juroku Plaza in Gifu. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 596, a legit sellout)

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Minorita. Shimizu pinned Minorita after Power Boss.

Match 2: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a modified driver.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Genki Horiguchi, Problem Dragon & Yoshiki Kato. Masaaki Mochizuki pinned Kato with a schoolboy.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat YAMATO, Don Fujii, Dragon Kid & Ichikawa. H-Y-O pinned Ichikawa after a diving senton.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Quarterfinals: Kota Minoura beat Yuki Yoshioka.

The next event is Saturday at Tsushima City Cultural Center in Aichi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/23/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Gunma.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma C Hall in Gunma and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 311.

Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 3: AMAKUSA, Super Crazy & Junta Miyawaki beat Yoshinari Ogawa, LEONA (Dradition) & Kai Fujimura. AMAKUSA pinned Fujimura after Opening Of The Country.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Lace Anoa’i. Soya pinned Yone after a jumping DDT.

Match 5: Ninja Mack & Hajime Ohara beat Alejandro & Seiki Yoshioka. Ohara beat Alejandro with Muy Bien.

Match 6: Keonh, Adam Brooks, Stallion Rogers, HAYATA & Eita beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Greene after PFS.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Nakajima pinned Hi69 after Vertical Spike.

The next event is Saturday at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 7/23/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 6 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, the third day of Blocks C & D.

Today’s event was held at Big Hat in Nagano and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1180.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 20 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block D: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Alex Coughlin.

Match 2: Block C: Tama Tonga beat Mikey Nicholls.

Match 3: Block D: HIrooki Goto beat Shane Haste.

Match 4: Block C: Eddie Kingston beat HENARE.

Match 5: Block D: Tetsuya Naito beat Toru Yano.

Match 6: Block C: Shingo Takagi beat Tomohiro Ishii.

Match 7: Block D: Jeff Cobb beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Main Event: Block C: David Finlay beat EVIL.

After 3 days it’s Finlay atop Block C at 3-0, 6 points, while in Block D have some Sabre Corn on the Cobb as Sabre & Cobb are tied at 3-0, 6 points.

Day 7 is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Blocks A & B and SANADA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya in quite the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Sumo-July 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 15 Results (Final Day) (7/23/23)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 15-the Final Day-of the July Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita, Sd-Sandanme, Jd-Jonidan, Jk-Jonokuchi

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DDT 7/23/23 Results

WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023, DDT’s biggest annual event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3465, a full house/near sellout. Between the setup and only using the lower level mass/box seats at half capacity, the venue’s capacity was significantly reduced (normally it’s maybe 15,000 for sumo, but this suggests it probably was closer to 4000).

Match 1: Takeshi Masada beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2: Sanshiro Takagi, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Yuni beat Masa Takanashi, Toi Kojima & Rukiya. Kawamatsu pinned Rukiya after Shitamachi Rocket (spear).

Match 3: Minoru Fujita, MJ Paul & KANON beat Kazuki Hirata, Toru Owashi & Naruki Doi and Kotaro Suzuki, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku in a 3-way when KANON pinned Koroku.

Match 4: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari (with GM Imabayashi) beat Akito, Takao Soma & Yoshitomo Shimohigashi (with a Japanese YouTuber). Iino pinned Akito after Sexy Cannon.

Match 5: Chiitan* & Pokotan beat Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine. Chiitan* pinned Machine after Chii*Poco Trigger.

Match 6: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida to win the titles. Sakaguchi, Akai & Okatani become the 52nd KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Okatani pinned Ishida with a double arm suplex. Emotional victory for the new champs and Akai has won the title she indicated she wanted to before her retirement later this year.

Match 7: MAO beat TAKA Michinoku (New Japan).

Match 8: Yukio Naya Return Match: Jun Akiyama & Shigehiro Irie beat HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya. Irie pinned Naya after Beast Bomber.

Match 9: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yuki Ueno. Takeshita’s name was stylized in all caps, in part to reflect his apparent heel turn in All Elite Wrestling.

Match 10: Matt Cardona beat DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo to win the title. Cardona becomes the 11th DDT Universal Champion. OH SNAP. Steph De Lander interference helped though. First up. as challenger..OH DOUBLE SNAP. Maki Itoh from Tokyo Joshi Pro. That match will happen on 9/24 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 11: El Desperado (New Japan) beat Daisuke Sasaki. For being the winner, Desperado won a year’s worth of tequila from the match sponsor, Mexico Kanko (I believe they are the makes of Jose Cuervo).

Main Event: Chris Brookes beat KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino to win the title. Brookes becomes the 81st KO-D Openweight Champion. UPSET ALERT! Quite a comeback from a shoulder injury after winning KING OF DDT as he returned just a couple weeks ago. He named his first challenger as well…Irie. That match will happen on 9/9 at Ota City General Gym. In the post-event happenings, they cut backstage to show Takeshita & Sasaki sharing a handshake. Could Takeshita be defecting from The37Kamiina to Damnation T.A.? To be continued…?

The next event is “Summer Vacation 2023” on 7/30 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

AEW Collision 7/22/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Newark, NJ:

Ricky Starks comes out first to celebrate winning the Owen Hart Cup Tournament last week. CM Punk comes out and they go back and forth until Christian Cage interrupts, followed by Darby Allin. This all leads to Punk & Allin vs. Starks & Cage being made for tonight.

Miro vs. TBA also has been added.

Match 1; Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. Jay White & Juice Robinson
Result: Jay White & Juice Robinson beat Action Andretti & Darius Martin. White pinned Andretti after Bladerunner.

Match 2: Miro vs. TBA. TBA is Nick Comoroto, who ambushed Miro during his entrance
Result: Miro beat Nick Comoroto. Squash.

Match 3: AEW Trios Champions House Of Black vs. The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn for the titles
Result: AEW Trios Champions House Of Black beat The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn to retain the titles. Malakai Black pinned Gunn after a spinning head kick. Afterwards, Gunn took off his boots and left them in the ring before walking out, usually a sign of a wrestler retiring.

FTR brought out for interview. They go real-life past & present to deliver a message to Adam Cole & MJF, who get a title match next week for winning the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament.

BLOOD & GUTS highlight video.

Match 4: Skye Blue vs. Taya Valkyrie
Result: Taya Valkyrie beat Skye Blue. Afterwards, Valkyrie challenged Britt Baker to a match next week on Dynamite.

Next week on Dynamite: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs> AR Fox for the title, Darby Allin vs. Swerve Strickland, Baker-Valkyrie, Pac vs. Gravity, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta vs. Lucha Bros & Best Friends in a 3-way and MJF & Adam Cole appear.

Next week on Collision: FTR-MJF/Cole for the AEW Tag Team Championship, Buddy Matthews vs. Andrade El Idolo and El Hijo Del Vikingo, Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. Gunn Club & Juice Robinson.

Main Event: CM Punk & Darby Allin vs. Christian Cage & Ricky Starks
Result: Christian Cage & Ricky Starks beat CM Punk & Darby Allin. Starks pinned Allin with a hand on the ropes unseen for leverage.

BREAKING: During the main event it was announced that Matthews-Andrade next week is now a Ladder Match with Andrade’s mask hanging above the ring. (Update: It was later mentioned that Malakai Black & Brody King are banned from the building for the match)

A good show overall, I enjoyed it and there really was nothing bad this week. Collision seems to be more clearly establishing its identity now as an alternate to Dynamite & Rampage and is doing some things right like giving main events a lot of time. I don’t like how it’s still just one women’s match though, but it seems like Tony Khan really doesn’t care about the women’s division much (see throwing Britt Baker in a squash on Dynamite Wednesday just to get a match on TV). Other than that, for the most part I’ve been enjoying Collision and it’s generally worth watching.

End Show.

All-Japan 7/22/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Series 2023 tour today, headlined by NEW Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi making his first defense since winning the Triple Crown.

Today’s event was held at Kunibiki Messe Exhibition Hall in Shimane and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 937.

Match 1: Yuma Anzai vs. Atsuki Aoyagi went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Hikaru Sato & Aigle Blanc. Ishikawa pinned Blanc after Fire Thunder.

Match 3: Suwama & Dan Tamura beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Ryuki Honda. Suwama pinned Honda after Last Ride.

Match 4: AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions ATM, Takao Omori & Black Menso-re beat Yoshitatsu, ALL Mighty Inoue & Rauza to retain the titles. ATM pinned Rauza after a diving body press. V2 for the champs.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Ryo Inoue & Rising Hayato beat Satoshi Kojima, El Lindaman (GLEAT) & Soma Watanabe (GLEAT). Miyahara pinned Watanabe with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Hokuto Omori to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Aoyagi.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. 3 title matches headline including an extreme death match for the All-Asia Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

7/23/23-7/29/23 Events Schedule (Updated 7/27)

Here is the current events schedule for 7/23/23-7/29/23, which is subject to change (all times PT):
7/23:
1 AM-Stardom 5 STAR GP 2023 Tournament, Ota City General Gym, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast
1 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament, Juroku Plaza, Gifu, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
1 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Summer Action Series 2023, Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV
1:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour, G Messe Gunma C Hall, Gunma, Japan. No live broadcast
2 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 33 Tournament, Big Hat, Nagano, Japan. Live on New Japan World

7/25:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 33 Tournament, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on New Japan World

7/26:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 33 Tournament, Korakuen Hall. Live on New Japan World
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Albany, NY. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

7/27:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 33 Tournament, Ota City General Gym. Live on New Japan World
5 PM-Impact Wrestling “Impact Wrestling”, Windsor, Canada. TAPED on AXS TV. TAPED on YouTube at 5:30 PM. TAPED on Impact+ at 7 PM
4 AM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling ‘TJPW Midsummer Athletic Park Wrestling”. Live via PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (separate purchase required)

7/28:
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
7:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Tokyo Princess Cup, Korakuen Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
9 PM-Stardom 5 STAR GP 2023, Nagano Prefectural Budokan, Nagano, Japan. No live broadcast

7/29:
1 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour, Aore Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. No live broadcast
2 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling KING OF GATE 2023, Tsushima City Cultural Hall, Aichi, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Collision”, Hartford, CT. Live on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
7:30 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “Summer Vacation 2023”, Korakuen Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
9 PM-Stardom 5 STAR GP 2023, Kanosu City General Gym, Saitama, Japan. No live broadcast
11 PM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour, Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3, Ishikawa, Japan. No live broadcast

7/27 UPDATE: An incorrect broadcast time for the Tokyo Joshi Pro PPV on this date was listed. It should have been 4 AM. It was 8 PM Japan time.

Ganbare Pro 7/22/23 Results

Ganbare Pro held a mini-event today as part of the Machida Kansai Pro Wrestling Festival in Tokyo, an outdoor event.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Machida GION Stadium Zelby Land Special in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

Because this was part of another event, the attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Shuichiro Katsumura beat Sotatsu Nakamura by submission.

Match 2: HARUKAZE & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Cherry & Riara. HARUKAZE pinned Riara after Flame Spear.

Match 3: Ken Ohka, Seiya Morohashi & Hiroya vs. Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): Ken Ohka, Seita Morohashi & Hiroya beat Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga. Ohka pinned Shota after Hanki Powerbomb.

The next vent is 8/6 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo with two title matches. Broadcast plans TBA but right now it looks like there will be no live broadcast.

DDT 7/22/23 Result

DDT held a special standalone single match event today as part of the 10th Anniversary of the HandMade in Japan Festival in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Big Sight West Hall 1, 2 “HandMade In Japan Fes 2023” music & play area in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

Because this was part of another event, the attendance was not announced.

Match result: HARASHIMA beat Kazuma Sumi, MAO & Hideki Okatani in a 4-way Falls Count Anywhere match by pinning Sumi. The match went almost 27 minutes and was held with no ring and was equal parts crazy hardcore and DDT comedy.

The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023, DDT’s biggest annual event, tomorrow at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 9:30 PM PT/12:30 AM ET and you can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. Kenta Kobashi will be a special guest on commentary.