Author: Admin

6/5/22-6/11/22 Events Schedule

Here is next wee’s (6/5/22-6/11/22) events schedule, which is subject to change (all times PT):
6/5;
1 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2022, Aore Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. Available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning 6/8 at 2 AM

4/7:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2022, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live in Japan only on ABEMA. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
3 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Pumping Iron 2022”, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

6/8:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2022, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live in Japan only on ABEMA. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Independence, MO. LIVE on TBS in US, New Japan World in Japan and FITE elsewhere.

6/10:
TBA-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”, Independence, MO. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere. Start time dependent on NHL Western Conference Playoffs schedule.

6/11:
5 PM-NWA Alwayz Ready, Knoxville, TN. LIVE on FITE
9 PM-CyberFight Festival ’22, Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan. LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
10 PM-New Japan Pro Wrestling DOMINION, Osaka-jo Hall, Osaka, Japan. LIVE on New Japan World

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/4/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro made their Hamamatsu are debut today with their first visit to Shizuoka this year, also serving as their final event before CyberFight Festival ’22.

Today’s event was held at Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 219, a super full house.

During pre-match announcements, the next Nagoya event is announced for 9/4 at Nagoya Congress Center. Miyu Yamashita missed this event due to still being on an overseas excursion. She will be back this next week. The next participant for Sunmer Sun Princess ’22 in July was also revealed-the return of Riho! The former All Elite Wrestling Women’s World Champion will make her first TJPW appearance in a while, she made a few appearances during the pandemic when travel restrictions kept her from going to the US for AEW events.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe beat Kaya Toribami by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Aino & Raku beat Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna. Aino pinned Haruna after Venus DDT. Apparently the results page on DDT’s website incorrectly says Pom Harajuku was in this match instead of Neko Haruna

Match 3: Nao Kakuta beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume beat Hikari Noa & Pom Harajuku. Tatsumi pinned Harajuku after Twist Of Fate.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Moka Miyamoto. Sakazaki pinned Miyamoto after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Main Event: International Princess Champion Mako Itoh beat “The Unbreakable” Rio to retain the title. V4 for Itoh.

The next event is CyberFight Festival ’22 on 6/12 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. The next standalone TJPW event is “Additional Attack ’22” on 6/19 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This will be a 6/18 event in the US.

AEW Rampage 6/3/22 Results

Here are the results from tonight’s AEW Rampage, which aired LIVE:
The Young Bucks beat Lucha Bros. Matt Jackson pinned Rey Fenix after BTE Trigger. MUST SEE.

Powerhouse Hobbs & Ricky Starks beat two unnamed jobbers. Squash.

CM Punk promo. He’s injured and needs surgery so he will be out a while but WILL NOT vacate the AEW World Championship. An interim title will be created with a battle royal kicking off Dynamite next week. The winner faces Jon Moxley for the interim title at Forbidden Door.

Athena beat Kiera Hogan.

AEW TNT Champion Scorpio Sky beat Dante Martin to retain the title.

End Show.

New Japan 6/3/22 Results (BOSJ Finals)

New Japan wrapped up the Best Of The Super Junior 29 today with an event headlined by the Finals, where either Hiromu Takahashi would 3-peat as champion or El Desperado would vault right back into a shot at reclaiming the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

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 3520. Depending on layout and capacity limits, that represents 35-45% max capacity for the venue (varies from 8500-11000 for wrestling).

There were several last-second card changes because Juice Robinson was a late removal. Acute appendicitis.

Match 1: Tomoaki Honma beat Ryohei Oiwa. This was to have been Honma vs. Robinson as match 3.

Match 2: Alex Zayne, Ace Austin, Wheeler Yuta & El Lindaman beat Clark Connors, Titan, Yoh & Robbie Eagles. Zayne pinned Connors after Cinnamon Twist.

Match 3: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. TJP beat Taguchi with Pinoy Stretch.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Sho & EVIL. Sabre beat Sho with an armbar.

Match 5: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Phantasmo pinned Henare after CR 2. After the match, Austin joined Bullet Club, an angle likely to carry over into Impact Wrestling.

A message for the absent Robinson was delivered…SEE YOU NEXT TIME! SANADA is back! He will attempt to regain the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship when he returns on 6/12. He was forced to vacate the title due to injury (fractured orbital bone suffered during a New Japan Cup match against Will Ospreay).

Match 6: BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi beat DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Takagi beat TAKA with a ground cobra twist.

Jay White appeared next with a surprise…FANG REVIVES AGAIN! KENTA is back! He has been out since January due to injuries suffered in a No DQ IWGP US Heavyweight Championship match against Hiroshi Tanahashi at Tokyo Dome.

Match 7: Jado, Tama Tonga, Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Doc Gallows & Jay White. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun.

Special guest Tatsumi Fujinami is introduced as a witness for the final match. (For those unaware, Fujinami is finally retiring after a 50 year career with his final match set for 12/1. It will be a torch-passing of sorts because his final opponent is Hiroshi Tanahashi)

Main Event: Best Of The Super Junior Finals: Hiromu Takahashi beat El Desperado to win the tournament. It’s the 3rd straight BOSJ title for Takahashi and 4th overall. It also earns him a shot at Ishimori for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship, we don’t know when yet.

The next event is DOMINION, the annual June Osaka blowout event, on 6/12 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin on 6/12 at 1 AM ET/6/11 at 10 PM PT.

CyberFight Festival ’22 Updates

On it’s new weekly news program on YouTube, DDT announced a few changes to the CyberFight Festival card:
NOAH star Naomichi Marufuji is off the event and next week’s NOAH events due to knee pain. He was to have teamed with Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura to face Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi. Katsuhiko Nakajima is the replacement.

Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki, at the request of Kenoh, is now a No DQ hardcore match.

Kenoh has been named public relations director for the event. That’s gonna be fun.

New Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling rookie Juria Nagano has been named TikTok committee chairman and various related videos will be shared from her official account.

AEW Dynamite 6/1/22 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite (6/1/22) from Los Angeles:

CM Punk & FTR beat Max Caster & Gunn Club. Afterwards, they teased Punk vs. New Japan legend Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Forbidden Door PPV.

MJF cut a DROP EVERYTHING AND MUST-SEE pipe bomb promo. GO. WATCH. IT. NOW.

Miro beat Johnny Elite (John Morrison).

Undisputed Elite & Hikuleo (New Japan) beat Jurassic Express, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy & Darby Allin. Matt Jackson pinned Jungle Boy after Meltzer Driver.

Wardlow beat JD Drake. Squash.

Toni Storm & Ruby Soho beat Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter. Soho pinned Baker after Destination Unknown.

Jon Moxley beat Daniel Garcia by submission. 3-minute overrun.

Friday’s Rampage is LIVE from Ontario, CA at regular time.

DDT 6/1/22 Results

DDT ran their last big event before CyberFight Festival, “What Are You Doing ’22”, today which served as most of the final build to the 6/12 blowout event for the CyberFight group’s collection of promotions.

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

The announced paid attendance was 490.

Pre-show dark match: Yusuke Okada vs. Yuya Koroku went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito beat Sanshiro Takagi, Shinya Aoki & Yuki Ishida. Akito beat Ishida with a chicken wing. Afterwards, Akito apparently turned on DDT and joined Pheromons after initial refusal to do so and will now be known as Nishikigi “Cochin” Akito. Kendo Ka Shin & Yumiko Hotta also were involved in all this.

Match 2: A DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship Battle Royal went as follows: 1-Champion Shinichiro Kawamatsu beat Pocatan to retain the title. 2-Kazuki Hirata beat Tanomusaku Toba. 3-Kazuki Hirata beat Shinichiro Kawamatsu to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1549th champion. 4-Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda went to a double pinfall. As a result, Toru Owashi wins as the last person standing and becomes the 1550th champion.

It is announced that a cheering event, where fans can cheer audibly again, albeit with masks still required, will be held on 8/14 at Korakuen. Opening round King Of DDT matches are also announced.

Match 3: Asuka (Veny), Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Maya Yukihi beat Saki Akai, Yukio Salaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Hiroshi Yamato. Naya pinned Okatani after a backdrop.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima. Sasaki beat Kojima with a crossface.

Match 5: In a Sexy Movie Star Rule Match, DDT Extrene Champion Yuki Iino beat AKIRA to retain the title. V2 for Iino.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi beat HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Naomi Yoshimura. Higuchi pinned Soma after a brain claw slam.

Main Event: Masa Takanashi beat DDT Universal Champion MAO to win the title. Takanashi becomes the 7th DDT Universal Champion.

The next event is Sunday at 2AW Square in Chiba (Saturday night in the US). There is no live broadcast scheduled. It should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE by the middle of next week. This is the final event before CyberFight Festival.

DDT/Tokyo Joshi Pro News 5/29/22

A bit of DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro news from overnight:
International Princess Champion Maki Itoh successfully defended the title against former WWE star Mia Yim this weekend at an independent event in Portland, OR. V3 for Itoh. Next up: “The Unbreakable” Rio, which has been added to 6/4 at Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka. Unfortunately there is no live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE so we’ll likely have to wait at least 3 days to see it. Itoh & Yuka Sakazaki are on their way back to Japan for this event but Miyu Yamashita is not. Apparently she is staying overseas a little longer and will miss 6/4. She should be back for CyberFight Festival.
Also, the first names for Summer Sun Festical ’22 on 7/9 have been announced: Yuki Arai, Juria Nagano and Mei Suruga, who apparently will appear as herself and not as May Saint-Michel, her usual persona in TJPW alongside Saki Akai when she appears as Saki-sama.

On the DDT side, Chris Brookes missed this weekend’s events and is now out a couple more weeks as he has been diagnosed with a sprained right ankle. He plans to be back for CyberFight Festival. Also, Gota Ihashi is now off Wednesday’s Korakuen Hall event. Enteritis.

Finally, the Japanese branch of the NIVEA skin care company will be a sponsor of CyberFIght Festival ’22, and all fans attending the event in person will receive a free product sample upon entering the venue. This came about after a NIVEA representative saw social media posts by Saki Akai about her pre-match skin care routing, which led to an offer to provide products to Akai. CyberFight management and NIVEA held discussions which led to this and possibly more. This comes admist news that Akai has just released her own own men’s skin care product called Riviera Perfect All-in-One Gel in Japan. Pre-orders just began shipping in Japan.It appears to be available only in Japan. Saki has started a Shopify page for the product, which also links to her official Instagram page. A roughly 2-month supply is available for 5500 yen in Japan and for now will only be sold via Saki’s Shopify product page. There are no plans to sell it at DDT events or DDT’s online store.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/30/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a NOAH SANCTUARY event today, the latest in their occasional series of fan-centered events, which served as both build towards CyberFIght Festival ’22 with DDT participation and also as a farewell-for-now for Junta Miyawaki, who is heading off on an overseas training excursion.

Today’s event was held at Club Citta Kawasaki aka Noah Special Arena in Kawasaki, Japan and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 162, which was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kazusada Higuchi (DDT) went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: YO-HEY & Extreme Tiger beat Haoh & Alejandro. YO-HEY pinned Haoh with YO-ROLL.

Match 3: Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya beat Simon Gotch & Kinya Okada. Elgin pinned Okada after Elgin Bomb.

Match 4: Junta Miyawaki Send-Off Match-Kaito Kiyomiya beat Junya Miyawaki.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON (DDT) beat Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Sasaki beat Hi69 with a Mystica crossface.

Main Event: Satoshi Kojima (New Japan), Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge beat Go Shiozaki, Shuhei Taniguchi & Daisuke Harada. Kojims pinned Taniguchi after a Western Lariat. This was to have been Kojima, Naomichi Marufuji & Kotoge vs. Shiozaki, Taniguchi & Harada but Marufuji was removed a couple days ago due to knee pain. Yone was the replacement.

The next event is the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour opener Sunday at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. There is no live broadcast scheduled but it will be on demand at a later date. There are no live broadcasts scheduled again until after CyberFight Festical ’22 (there are 2 Korakuen Hall events next week on Tuesday & Wednesday but both are ABEMA-only live streams, the next live broadcast excluding CyberFight Festival will not be until 6/22).

Verified by MonsterInsights