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5/15/22-5/21/22 Events Schedule

Here is the tentative event schedule for the week of 5/15/22-5/21/22 (subject to change, all times PT):
5/15:
1 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best OF The Super Junior Day 1, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World

5/17:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best Of The Super Junior Day 2, Sakata City Gym, Yamagata, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World

5/18:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best Of The Super Junior Day 3, Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Houston, TX. Live on TBS

5/19:
2 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH Dream On 2022 Tour, Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best Of The Super Junior Day 5, Hachinohe City East Gym, Aomori, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World

5/20:
TBA-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. Taped on TNT

5/21:
Midnight-Pro Wrestling NOAH Dream On Tour 2022 Finale, Ota City General Gym, Tokyo, Japan. Live in English on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
Midnight-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best Of The Super Junior Day 5, New Aomori Prefecture Sports Park Maeda Arena, Aomori, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World
7:30 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “Audience 2022”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo. Live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

New Japan Pro Wrestling Capital Collision 5/14/22 Results (LIVE)

After the PPV debacle that was Windy City Riot, literally and figuratively, New Japan is trying again tonight with their next US event, Capital Collision, as they head to Washington, DC for the first time. They already have ran into problems though, as last night they were forced to make several card changes because All Elite Wretling star Trent Beretta, scheduled for one of the featured matches, tested positive for the coronavirus and is now off. The promotion has promised greatly improved technical capabilities to avoid a repeat of what happened last month so hopefully it goes off without a hitch. The main event will feature a 4-way for the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship.
Today’s event will be held at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC and can be watched LIVE on FITE in English for $19.99. You also get unlimited on demand replays with purchase. Also, it’s completely risk-free: If there are any technical issues with the stream like with Windy City Riot’s live broadcast, you can request a refund from FITE and you will get your money back in full, no questions asked. The PPV is also available in Japanese on New Japan World, but that will cost around $24 in addition to monthly subscription fees if you are not a subscriber. Subscribers still have to pay for the event for now.
There is also seheduled to be a 30 minute FREE pre-show on YouTube before the event. This may feature a pre-show dark match for the live crowd but that is not definite. Said match will not be on the PPV stream.
I expect the event’s total run time to be in the range of 3-3 1/2 hours.

Tonight’s lineup:
Pre-show: Nick Comoroto vs. Kevin Knight (non-televised)

PPV:
Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks
Fred Rosser, David Finlay, Tanga Loa, Yuya Uemura & The DKC vs. Tom Lalor, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos & Danny Limelight
Chase Owens vs. Great-O-Khan
Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis vs. Jonah, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Bad Dude Tito
Brody King vs. Minoru Suzuki
Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero vs. Jay White & Hikuleo
IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Juice Robinson, Will Ospreay & Jon Moxley in a 4-way for the title
Updates below will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.

LIVE updates below:
Match 1: Karl Fredericks beat Ren Narita.

Match 2: Result: Tom Lawlor, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos & Danny Limelight beat The DKC, Fred Rosser, Yuya Uemura, Tanga Loa & David Finlay. Limelight pinned DKC after a springboard DDT.

Match 3: Chase Owens beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 4: Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Jona & Bad Dude Tito beat Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis. Nicholls pinned Fletcher.

Match 5: Brody King beat Minoru Suzuki.

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii beat Eddie Kingston.

Match 7: Jay White & Hikuleo beat Rocky Romero & Kazuchika Okada. White pinned Romero after Bladerunner.

Main Event: Juice Robinson neat IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jon Moxley & Will Ospreay in a 4-way by pinning Ospreay to win the title. Robinson becomes the 15th IWGP US Heavyweight Champion.

After commentary signs off and everyone else leaves, Moxley with microphone for a promo to send the crowd home happy.

End Show.

The next event is the Best Of The Super Junior Tournament Opening Day tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, Japan. Live streaming in Japanese and English on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/14/22 Results (N INNOVATION)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their monthly N INNOVATION event today, continuing their new series of showcase events for the Junior Heavyweights.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 134.

Match 1: Junta Miyawaki vs. Kinya Okada went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge, Haoh & Alejandro beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Haoh pinned Tadasuke after Tatsumaki.

Match 3: Extreme Tiger & YO-HEY beat HAYATA & Kai Fujimura. Tiger pinned Fujimura after a reverse face bomb.

Match 4: Chris Ridgeway beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Yuya Susumu beat Simon Gotch & Yoshinari Ogawa. Kiyomiya pinned Gotch with a tiger suplex hold.

Main Event: Daisuke Harada beat H•Y•O.

The next event is Thursday. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

BREAKING: 5/14 New Japan Event Changes

In a development with AEW ramifications, New Japan just announced Trent Beretta is now off tomorrow’s Capital Collision event. Coronavirus. He was to have teamed with Kazuchika Okada to face Jay White & Hikuleo. Rocky Romero is the replcement, meaning there are other card changes:
Romero was in a 10-man tag and will now be replaced by The DKC, who was to have faced Kevin Knight in a non-televised pre-show match. Nick Comoroto is the replacement.

This development likely means Trent can’t be at AEW’s events next week in Houston.

AEW Rampage 5/13/22 Results

AEW Rampage aired at a special earlier time today due to NHL Playoffs. Here are quick results from today’s show (5/13/22):
Penta Oscuro, Rey Fenix & Pac beat Marq Quen, the Butcher & The Blade. Pac pinned Quen after Black Arrow.

Shawn Spears beat Bear Boulder. Borderline squash.

Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinals: Ruby Soho beat Riho. As a result, Soho advances to the Semifinals to face the Red Velvet-TBA winner. TBA was to have been Hikaru Shida but she is not medically cleared (likely an angle as she was in Japan last week). Kris Statlander is the replacement.

AEW TNT Champion Scorpio Sky beat Frankie Kazarian to retain the title. Screwjob win thanks to Ethan Page & Dan Lambert. Next up may be yet another Sammy Guevara rematch.

Next week’s air time is TBA at this time.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling-More US Appearances

Following up on a hint dropped in the preview for Sunday’s event, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced today that International Princess Champion Maki Itoh is returning to the US later this month, and this time she’s bringing bestie/frenemy Miyu Yamashita with her. They will be appearing in Portland, OR on 5/28 and 5/29 US time for local independent PRESTIGE Wrestling. On 5/28, Itoh will defend the International Princess Championship against former WWE star and indy standout Mia Yim, who was recently let go by WWE and apparently has not yet followed fiance Keith Lee to All Elite Wrestling (Itoh made a couple appearances in AEW during their pandemic stay in Jacksonville, FL as part of a #1 Contender Tournament for the AEW Women’s Championship and has an 0-2 AEW record). This is significant for the title because it’s the first time a defense will happen outside TJPW, which was one of the plans for the championship before the coronavirus pandemic derailed those plans. Yamashita will face indy and Impact Wrestling star Masha Slamovich on 5/28.
On 5/29, Yamashita & Itoh will face each other for the first time since WRESTLE PRINCESS 2 in October. Presumably this will be a non-title match if Itoh retains.
As a result, both will miss the 5/29 TJPW event at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo.

The events will be available to stream worldwide on the IWTV streaming service, which I believe costs around $15/month. No word on when/if their matches will become available on WRESTLE INIVERSE.

DDT 5/11/22 Results

DDT ran this month’s DDT FREE event today with free admission for lucky fans. It also continued building to CyberFight Festival following the full card announcement earlier this week.

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

The announced attendance was 348, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Saki Akai & Takao Soma beat Maya Yukihi & Kazuki Hirata. Akai pinned Hirata after New Face Award. Afterwards, Akai & Yukihi agreed to a match on 5/29.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi & Akito. Iino pinned Akito. Afterwards, Akito tried to get out of having to team with Pheromons at CyberFight Festival. Developing.

5 potential new trainees who passed the initial tryouts for the promotion were introduced.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuji Hino & Toui Kojima. Yoshimura pinned Kojima after Harai Goshi.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno beat Yukio Naya.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi, Hideki Okatani & Yuki Ishida. Pawl pinned Ishida after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Akiyama pinned Koroku after Exploder.

Main Event: MAO, Asuka (Veny) & Shunma Katsumata beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. MAO pinned Honda after Michinoku Driver 2.

The next event is Sunday at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast but it will be available on demand at a later date.

CyberFight Festival 2022 Lineup

The full card for CyberFight Festival 2022, a major multi-brand blowout event featuring Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and more, was just announced:

Pre-show:

Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya vs. Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata

Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, Raku, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami
Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase

Main show:
Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura vs. Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano vs. Hikari Noa, Suzume & Yuki Arai
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Kamifuku in a 4-way. The winner will face the Princess Of Princess Champion for the title on 7/9
Talashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & TBA, who will be revealed on 6/7
HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Zhu Chonghua
Rob Van Dam, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura
Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki
Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title
GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title

The event will be broadcast LIVE ONLY ON WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Comentary will be in Japanese. Annoinced guests are Kendo Kobaysbi, Yui Okada, Rina Matsuki & SKE48 member Marika Tani.

The event will be held on June 12, 2022 beginning at 1 PM Japan time (6/11 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET).

Sumo-May Tournament Day 2 Results (5/9/22)

Here are quick results from Day 2 of the May Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo (Note to abbreviations: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna; J-Juryo):

Makuuchi (Top tier):
1-Midorifuji (M16, 1-1) beat Kagayaki (M17, 1-1)
2-Ichiyamamoto (M15, 2-0) beat Kotokuzan (M17, 0-2)
3-Oho (M14, 1-1) beat Azumaryiu (M15, 0-2)
4-Yutakayama (M14, 1-1) beat Meisei (M13, 1-1)
5-Myogiryu (M12, 2-0) beat Chiyotairyu (M13, 0-3)
6-Chiyoshoma (M11, 1-1) beat Sadanoumi (M12, 1-1)
7-Aoiyama (M11, 2-0) beat Okinoumi (M12, 1-1)
8-Nishikigi (M10, 1-1) beat Tochinoshin (M9, 0-2)
9-Kotoshoho (M9, 1-1) beat Shimanoumi (M8, 0-2)
10-Kotoeko (M7), 2-0) beat Tetutsuyoshi (M8, 1-1)
11-Ura (M6, 1-1) beat Takaradfuji (M7, 0-2)
12-Tobizaru (M5, 2-0) beat Wakamotoharu (M5, 1-1)
13-Onosho (M5, 2-0) beat Endo (M4, 1-1)
14-Takanosho (M4, 1-1) beat Daieisho (K, 1-1)
15-Tamawashi (M3, 2-0) beat Wakatakakage (S, 1-1)
26-Abi (S, 1-1) beat Hokutofuji (M3, 0-2)
17-Hoshoryu (K, 1-1) beat Mitakeumi (O, 1-1)
18-Takakeisho (O, 1-1) beat Kiribayama (M2, 1-1)

19-Kotonowaka (M2, 2-0) beat SHodai (O, 0-2)
20-Terunofuji (Y, 1-1) beat Takayasu (M1, 0-2)
Absent: Ichinojo (M1, 0-0-2), Ishiura (M16, 0-0-2)

Juryo:
1-Churanoumi (J14, 2-0) beat Chiyoarashi (J13, 0-2)
2-Takakento (J14, 1-1) beat Tochimaru (J13, 1-1)
3-Hiradoumi (J11, 2-0) beat Atamifuji (J12, 1-1)
4-Shohozan (J11, 1-1) beat Daishomaru (J12, 0-2)
5-Bushozan (J10, 1-1) beat Kaisho (J9, 0-2)
6-Shimazuumi (J10, 2-0) beat Kaisei (J9, 1-1)
7-Asanowaka (J8, 1-1) beat Enho (J7, 1-1)
8-Tokushoryu (J8, 2-0) beat Yago (J7, 0-2)
9-Daiamami (J6, 1-1) beat Kitanowaka (J5, 0-2)
10-Nishikifuji (J6, 2-0) beat Daishoho (J5, 1-1)
11-Mitoryu (J3, 1-1) beat Tohakuryu (J4, 0-2)
12-Ryuden (J3, 2-0) beat Akua (J4, 1-1)
13-Chiyomaru (J2, 2-0) beat Tsurugisho (J1, 1-1)
14-Hidenoumi (J1, 1-1) beat Chiyonokuni (J2, 0-2)
Absent: None

In lower tier notes, there was another Makushita withdrawal ahead of tomorrow’s Day 3 meaning whoever was to have faced Makushita 27 Chiyooga will get a free victory. If nothing changes, we’ll start seeing a Sandanme man in Makushita each day the rest of the way.

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