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NOAH News on Upcoming Events

Some Pro Wrestling NOAH news regarding upcoming events:
Timothy Thatcher is now off tomorrow’s Korakuen Hall event. Visa issues. It’s not known how long this will keep him out (after tomorrow there are 6 days until the next event).

Naomichi Marufuji’s first US match since 2019 is now official-he will face All Elite Wrestling star Eddie Kingston in House Of Glory Wrestling on 8/28. The event will be available on FITE in the US.

The October schedule has been announced:
10/7: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
10/8: Korakuen Hall
10/14: Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall, Kumamoto
10/15: Sun Arena Sendai, Kagoshima
10/16: DEMOLITION STAGE 2022 in FUKUOKA, Fukuoka International Center, Fukuoka
10/30: Ariake Triumph~THE RETURN~
Keiji Mutoh Final Countdown Series 3rd~KEIJI MUTO FINAL COUNTDOWN SERIES~
PRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER 3~TRIUMPH~, Ariake Arena, Tokyo

AEW Dynamite 8/3/22 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Columbus, OH:
Jay Lethal beat Orange Cassidy.

Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter beat Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm. Hayter pinned Storm.

Powerhouse Hobbs beat Ren Jones. Squash.

Christian Cage beat Matt Hardy.

The Acclaimed beat Gunn Club in a Dumpster match.

Chris Jericho beat Wheeler Yuta.

Friday on a LIVE Rampage: Jon Moxley vs. Mance Warner, Madison Rayne vs. TBA and Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee vs. Tony Nese & Josh Woods.

Saturday on Battle Of The Belts 3 (8 PM ET on TNT): ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title, AEW TNT Champion Wardlow vs. Jay Lethal for the title and AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa vs. Jamie Hayter for the title.

DDT Injury/Illness News (Updated 8/5)

DDT has become the latest promotion to take another big hit from the coronavirus as they have lost 3 big names for now-HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama and Tetsuya Endo. HARASHIMA & Endo both tested positive after being evaluated for the ever-vague “poor physical condition”. Akiyama is pending test results after a fever. All 3 are off this weekend’s events and out until at least after 8/11’s event (Akiyama is tentative for that event). Hopefully they will be back in time for WRESTLE PETER PAN on 8/20, when Endo faces KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi for the title at DDT’s biggest event of the year.

In other injury news, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced that Yuki Aino is off this weekend’s event due to a leg injury, which caused her to miss this past weekend’s events. Aino is scheduled to return for the Korakuen Hall doubleheader on 8/13 & 8/14. Maki Itoh will miss those events due to returning to the US for appearances in Game Changer Wrestling.

UPDATE: TJPW will be shorthanded again in September as overseas independent Prestige Wrestling has announced Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh participation for 9/3, including Yamashita vs. Trish Adora. That means both would miss TJPW events on 9/2 and 9/3 but should not miss the Women-only 8/27 event (free but only women can attend).

8/5 UPDATE: Akiyama tested positive for the coronavirus, as has Toru Owashi and now Daisuke Sasaki has a fever. All out indefinitely.

New Japan 8/2/22 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran Day 10 of the G1 CLIMAX 32 today, reaching the point where some participants are into their 4th match while some only have been in 2 matches so far due to scheduling.

Today’s event was held at Hamamatsu Arena in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1128.

Match 1: Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb beat Bad Dude Tito & Jonah. Henare pinned Tito after Streets Of Rage.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. Sho pinned TAKA.

Match 3: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Owens pinned BUSHI after a package piledriver.

Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Gedo, Juice Robinson & Jay White. YOSHI-HASHI beat Gedo with Butterfly Lock.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block B-Great-O-Khan beat Tomohiro Ishii.
Match 6: Block A-Tom Lawlor beat Toru Yano.
Match 7: Block B-Tama Tonga beat SANADA.
Match 8: Block C-KENTA beat Hirooki Goto.
Main Event: Block D-David Finlay beat Will Ospreay.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Cobb, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fale, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Lawlor, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Archer, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Jonah, 1-1, 2 pts
7-Yano, 1-3, 2 pts

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

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

Block D:
1-Finlay, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Ospreay, 2-1, 4 pts
3-YOSHI-HASHI, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Phantasmo, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Takagi, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Robinson, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
The winner of each block will advance to the Semifinals. While nobody is officially out yet, it’s virtually over for Yano and Ishii as tiebreakers are their only hope. The big surprise is Finlay controlling Block D after beating Ospreay today, but Ospreay has an extra match left. Block C, as expected, is living up to the Death Block prediction and remains wide open.

Day 11 is Friday at Item Ehime in Ehime with Tanahashi-EVIL as the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan News: LA Dojo Star Done

New Japan’s LA Dojo has become a new developmental/feeder system for new talent from both the US and Young Lions from Japan, but one such member is moving on. Karl Fredericks has announced on Twitter (via Fightful) he is leaving New Japan after 4 years. His contract was up and he did not sign a new one. No reason given as to why and no hints dropped on where he may go next. His last appearance was on the 6/11 episode of NJPW STRONG when he beat QT Marshall.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/31/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up their July schedule today with MIDSUMMER CLASH 2022, an uncommon standalone house show between ongoing & upcoming tours.

Today’s event wad held at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1276, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Alexander Otsuka beat Akitoshi Saito & Kinya Okada. Yone pinned Okada after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 3: Ninja Mack, Dante Leon & YO-HEY beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Mack pinned Tadasuke after Ninja Bomb.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Stallion Rogers beat Daiki Inaba & Anthony Greene. Rogers pinned Inaba after a missile headbutt.

Match 5: HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu beat Daisuke Harada, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Susumu beat Alejandro with a crossface.

Match 6: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Ka Shin beat Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Fujita pinned Taniguchi after a powerbomb.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Kiyomiya pinned Soya with a Tiger suplex hold.

The enxt event is DEPARTURE 2022 on Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, headlined by the return of Naomichi Marufuji from injury and GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Shuji Kondo for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/31/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the Quarterfinals. After today the Semifinals would be determined by a random draw rather than the established bracket.

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

The announced paid attendance was 284.

Match 1: Maki Itoh & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. Itoh beat Nagano with Itoh Punish.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku beat Neko Haruna & Mizuki in a 3-way by pinning Haruna.

Match 3: Yuki Arai, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami. Arai pinned Toribami after Finally.

Tokyo Princess Cup:
Match 4: Suzume beat Rika Tatsumi.
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita beat Nao Kakuta.
Match 6: Yuka Sakazaki beat Hikari Noa.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima. That means whoever wins the tournament gets to face Nakajima for the Princess Of Princess Championship, possibly at WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 in October.
As a result of the random post-event draw, the Semifinals will be Sakazaki-Suzume & Yamashita-Watanabe. The Semifinals are on 8/13 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 8/7 at Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Children’s Center Citizen’s Theater in Kanagawa, which will be a Yuki Kamifuku Homecoming event. Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro) participation has been announced for the event. There will be no live broadcast.

Post-show news: The following was announced for 8/13 at Korakuen Hall:
Max The Impaler vs. Pom Harajuku (that’s gonna be ugly squash)
Arisu Endo vs. Mei Suruga
Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals
AA Eye Candy (Saki Akai & Yuki Arai) participation

New Japan 7/31/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 9 of the G1 CLIMAX 32 today, featuring 5 tournament matches instead of the 4 that had been the general pattern so far.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 2742. Yoshinobu Kanemaru is once again today’s guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 1: Sho, El Phantasmo, Yujiro Takahashi & KENTA beat Ryohei Oiwa, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi. SHo beat Oiwa with a cross armbreaker.

Match 2: Bad Dude Tito & Jonah beat Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor. Jonah pinned Isaacs after Black Forest Bomb.

Match 3: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay beat Jado, Tama Tonga & David Finlay. Henare beat Jado with Ultima.

Match 4: BUSHI, SANADA & Shingo Takagi beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. Takagi pinned TAKA after Pumping Bomber.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block A-Jeff Cobb beat Lance Archer.
Match 6: Block B-YOSHI-HASHI beat Juice Robinson.
Match 7: Block D-Jay White beat Chase Owens.
Match 8: Block A-Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Luck Fale.
Main Event: Block C-Tetsuya Naito beat EVIL.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Cobb, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fale, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Jonah, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Archer, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Yano, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Lawlor, 0-2, 0 pts

Block B:
1-White, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Sanada, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Tonga, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Taichi, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Ishii, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Owens, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Khan, 0-2, 0 pts

Block C:
1-Goto, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Tanahashi, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Sabre, 2-1, 4 pts
4-EVIL, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Naito, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Henare, 1-2, 2 pts
7-KENTA, 0-2, 0 pts

Block D:
1-Ospreay, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Finlay, 2-1, 4 pts
3-YOSHI-HASHI, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Phantasmo, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Robinson, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Takagi, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts

Day 10 is Tuesday at Hamamatsu Arena in Shizuoka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

DDT & Ganbare Pro 7/30/22 Results

DDT & Ganbare Pro ran a split doubleheader in Osaka today, both at the same venue with DDT running first then Ganbare had their event a couple hours later.

Today’s events were held at 176BOX in Osaka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast for either event.
DDT:
The announced paid attendance was 235, a full house/near sellout.

During the opening announcements, Konosuke Takeshita announced, via recorded message, a 10th Anniversary event on 9/10.

Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Toru Owashi & Takao Soma went to a no contest. GM Imabayashi interference.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Yuuske Okada & The Bodyguard beat Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Bodyguard beat Ishida with Rising Dragon.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Akito & Antonio Honda. KANON beat Honda with Just Cobra Twist.

Match 5: HARASHIMA & Gamma beat Yuki Ueno & Makoto Oishi. HARASHIMA pinned Oishi with a crucifix.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuya Koroku.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Yoshimura pinned Katsumata after a throwaway powerbomb.

The next event is 8/6 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare:
The announced paid attendance was 109.

Match 1: Cherry beat YuuRI.

Match 2: Shuichiro Katsumura, Tsuyoshi Okada & HARUKAZE beat MAO, Tyson Maeguchi & Yuna Manase. Katsumura pinned Maeguchi.

Match 3: Shota & Takao Soma beat Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ishida. Shota pinned Ishida.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie beat Kazuaki Mihara & Koki Iwasaki. Irie pinned Iwasaki after Beast Bomber.

Main Event: Yumehito Imanari & Magnitude Kishiwada beat Mizuki Watase & Shinichiro Tominaga. Imanari pinned Tominaga after a lariat.

The next event is 8/13 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In Tokyo Joshi Pro news ahead of tomorrow’s (tonight US time) event, they will return to Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 on 10/29 and while it will not affect tomorrow’s card, since it was announced at the time this news came out, Yuki Aino is off tomorrow’s event. Leg injury. It’s not known if she will miss any additional time.

7/31/22-8/6/22 Events Schedule

Here is the current events schedule for 7/31-8/6, which is subject to change (all times PT):
7/31:
Midnight-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 9, Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya, Japan. Live and on demand on New Japan World
Midnight-Pro Wrestling NOAH MIDSUMMER CLASH 2022, Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3, Ishikawa, Japan. Available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date

8/2:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 10, Hamamatsu Arena, Shizuoka, Japan. Live and on demand on New Japan World

8/3:
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Columbus, OH. LIVE on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

8/5:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH DEPARTURE 2022, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
3 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 11, Item Ehime, Ehime, Japan. Live and on demand on New Japan World
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”, Battle Creek, MI. LIVE on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere

8/5:
1 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 12, Osaka Prefectural Gym, Osaka, Japan. Live and on demand on New Japan World
1 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling Road to PETER PAN 2022 in YOKOHAMA, Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama, Japan. No live broadcast
7:30 PM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Royal Road Tournament, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live and on demand on AJPW.TV. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
10 PM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 13, Osaka Prefectural Gym. Live and on demand on New Japan World
11 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling Road to PETER PAN 2022 in MIYAGI, Tagajo City Center Small Hall, Miyagi, Japan. No live broadcast
TBA-All Elite Wrestling “Battle For The Belts 3”, Battle Creek, MI. TAPED on TNT in US

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