Here are this week’s updated AEW Rankings going into tonight:
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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).
New Japan Free Match Monday-5/30/22
It’s Monday in Japan…which means once again it’s Free Match Monday! Every Monday New Japan digs into the New Japan World archive and makes one full classic match available to all FOR FREE on New Japan World and YouTube. This week, ahead of a must-win final match to keep his 3-peat bid alive, relive the Best Of The Super Junior 28 Final from December 2021 as Hiromu Takahashi went for the tournament title repeat against Yoh, who came back from the dead after an 0-4 start as part of a disastrous 2021 to make an epic comeback to reach the Finals and, despite coming up short, finish the year on a high note and build momentum for a turnaround in 2022.
https://youtu.be/bBg5bsw4qHk
AEW Double Or Nothing 2022 Results (5/29/22)
What is considered AEW’s biggest annual PPV takes place tonight as Double Or Nothing returns to Las Vegas for the 4th edition of the annual extravaganza, which has become embroiled in controversy surrounding rumors that MJF was about to be sent home last night after missing fanfest events, but he’s seemingly there tonight as his constant playing up his free agency in 2024 may have gone too far and this could be the beginning of the end as AEW’s impending loss could be a potential huge gain for WWE. But there is much more at stake tonight with almost every title up for grabs, headlined by Adam Page defending the AEW World Championship against CM Punk in the main event.
Today’s event will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV and can be watched LIVE on PPV and streamed live on Bleacher Report in the US and FITE outside of the US. A FREE pre-show will stream on YouTube one hour before the PPV and there is plenty (at least 2 hours) of free preview content available on AEW’s YouTube channel.
Tonight’s current lineup:
Pre-show:
Hook & Danhausen vs. Smart Mark Sterling & Tony Nese
PPV:
The Hardy Boys vs. The Young Bucks
House Of Black vs. Death Triangle
MJF vs. Wardlow. Wardlow can never sign another AEW contract if he loses
Darby Allin vs. Kyle O’Reilly
Scorpio Sky, Ethan Page & Paige VanZant vs. Sammy Guevara, Frankie Kazarian & Tay Conti. If Sky/Page/Vanzant win, Guevara can’t get another TNT Title shot while Sky is champion
Anarchy In The Arena (street fight)-Jericho Appreciation Society vs. Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, Eddie Kingston, Santana & Ortiz
AEW TBS CHampion Jade Cargill vs. Anna Jay for the title
AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa vs. Serena Deeb for the title
AEW Tag Team Champions Jurassic Express vs. Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee and Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs in a 3-way for the titles
AEW World Champion Adam Page vs. CM Punk for the title
RESULTS ONLY updates below will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. PPV begins at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.
Results below:
Pre-show: Hook & Danhausen beat Tony Nese & Smart Mark Sterling. Danhausen pinned Sterling.
PPV:
Wardlow beat MJF. 10 powerbombs-TEN!-set up the finish.
The Hardy Boys beat The Yoong Bucks. Jeff hardy pinned Nick Jackson after a swanton bomb.
AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Anna Jay to retain the title. The former Ember Moon in WWE, now known as Athena, made her AEW debut post-match.
House Of Black beat Death Triangle. Malakai Black pinned Pac after Black Mass. Julia Hart joined House Of Black to set up the finish with black mist sprayed into the face of Pac.
Owen Hart Cup Men’s Finals: Adam Cole beat Samoa Joe to win the tournament. Bobby Fish interference set up the ending.
Owen Hart Cup Women’s Finals: Britt Baker beat Ruby Soho to win the tournament.
Scorpio Sky, Ethan page & Paige VanZant beat Sammy Guevara, Frankie Kazarian & Tay Conti. Sky pinned Kazarian after YKO. As a result, Guevara gets no more TNT Title matches as long as Sky is champion.
Kyle O’Reilly beat Darby Allin. No Sting with Allin tonight.
AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa beat Serena Deeb to retain the title.
Anarchy In The Arena (street fight, no DQ)-Jericho Appreciation Society beat Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, Eddie Kingston, Santana & Ortiz. Jericho & Hager beat Danielson.
Former Ring Of Honor World Champion Rush has signed with AEW.
Next up for Sky and the TNT Title-Dante Martin. Date TBA.
AEW World Tag Team Champions Jurassic Express beat Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland and Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs in a 3-way, when Jungle Boy pinned Strickland, to retain the titles.
CM Punk beat AEW World Champion Adam Page to become THE NEW AEW WORLD CHAMPION!
Announced for Wednesday’s Dynamite is Jurassic Express, Christian Cage & The Hardy Boys vs. The Young Bucks, Adam Cole, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly.
End Show.
NOAH News: Late 5/30 Card Change
Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced a late change to tomorrow’s (5/30) NOAH SANCTUARY event-Naomichi Marufuji is now off the event. Knee pain. He was to have teamed with Satoshi Kojima & Atsushi Kotoge to face Daisuke Harada, Shuhei Taniguchi & Go Shiozaki. Mohammed Yone is the replacement.
It’s not known if Marufuji will miss any further time, this does not appear to be new injuries. After this event the promotion is off until Sunday, when they have a quick stretch of 3 events in 4 days before taking a nearly 2-week break with only CyberFight Festival ’22 in the middle.
5/29/22 DDT Results (2 Events)
DDT ran two separate events today in Kumamoto, a traditional event and a special one-match event held inside a hot spring, the type of event only DDT can hold.
Today’s first event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast for either event.
The announced paid attendance was 331, a legit sellout.
The card underwent several late changes due to Chris Brookes being a late removal due to injury.
Match 1: MAO beat Toui Kojima.
Match 2: Yuki Ueno & Takao Soma beat Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino and Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way, when Ueno pinned Hirata.
Match 3: Shinya Aoki & Shunma Katsumata beat Akito & Hideki Okatani. Aoki pinned Okatani with a crucifix.
Match 4: Maya Yukihi beat Saki Akai.
Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki beat Koroku with a crossface.
Match 6: Yuji Hino beat Yukio Naya.
Main Event: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. Endo pinned Ishida after Burning Star Press.
Second event: The other event was held at Kumamoto Castle Natural Hot Spring and had only one match.
The announced paid attendance was 30, a legit sellout.
Result: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match with No Time Limit, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima beat Shinya Aoki & Yukio Naya. Katsumata pinned Aoki after Heat Wave WER!! Total match time was 52:58 and lots of ridiculous comedy galore. It will be a must-watch when it eventually comes to WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The next event is “What Are You Doing 2022” Wednesday at Korakuen hall in Tokyo. It will be headlined by DDT Extreme and Universal Championship matches, and also scheduled is a battle royal for the DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, the promotion’s 24/7 comedy title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Wednesday at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is the final live broadcast before CyberFight Festival ’22.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 5/29/22 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their Spring house show tour today with an event missing several notable top stars, as Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Yuka Sakazaki are all in the US (Sakazaki is in All Elite Wrestling, Yamashita & Itoh are making independent appearances this weekend).
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 256.
Before the matches began, a new YouTube series called “Dream Wrestling – dream on the ring=” was announced. It will feature 4 women from the entertainment world outside of wrestling competing to possibly become a wrestler in TJPW. The show will premiere late this week.
Match 1-Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hikari Noa & Kaya Toribami. Harajuku pinned Toribami after Pomu. Do. Justis.
Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu in a 3-way by beating Kiryu.
Match 3: “The Unbreakable” Rio beat Yuki Aino. Rio is a wrestler from Europe returning to TJPW for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic began.
The Main Event was a 10-woman match divided into 5 singles matches, with the teams pre-determined then matches determined by a random draw held before the event. 10 minute time limit for each match.
Match 1: Yuki Kamifuku beat Moka Miyamoto.
Match 2: Rika Tatsumi beat Arisu Endo by submission.
Match 3: Mizuki beat Neko Haruna by submission.
Match 4: Shoko Nakajima beat Yuki Arai.
Match 5: Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Red Corner team wins 4-0-1.
The next event is Saturday at Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka. There is no live broadcast scheduled (it would be Friday night in the US). This will be the final TJPW event before CyberFight Festival ’22.
New Japan 5/29/22 Results
New Japan ran Day 11 of Best Of The Super Junior today, the penultimate day of the preliminary rounds that will further thin the field of Finals contenders ahead of the last day of matches.
Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The annoucned paid attendance was 1890. This is a little over half capacity for the venue and was at least a near-sellout.
All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.
Match 1: Block B-Master Wato beat El Lindaman.
Match 2: Block B-Titan beat DOUKI.
Match 3: Block A-Yoh beat Alex Zayne.
Match 4: Block B-TJP beat BUSHI.
Match 5: Block A-Hiromu Takahashi beat Clark Connors.
Match 6: Block A-Ryusuke Taguchi beat Ace Austin.
Match 7: Block B-El Phantasmo beat Wheeler Yuta.
Match 8: Block A-Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Sho.
Match 9: Block B-Taiji Ishimori beat Franceso AKira.
Main Event: Block B-Robbie Eagles beat El Desperado.
Standings:
Block A-
1-Ishimori, 6-2, 12 points
2-Takahashi, 5-3, 10 points
3-Austin, 5-3, 10 points (OUT)
4-Yoh, 4-4, 8 points (OUT)
5-Sho, 4-4, 8 points (OUT)
6-Zayne, 4-4, 8 points (OUT)
7-Taguchi, 3-5, 6 points (OUT)
8-Kanemaru, 3-5, 6 points (OUT)
9-Connors, 3-5, 6 points (OUT)
10-Akira, 3-5, 6 points (OUT)
Block B:
1-Phantasmo, 6-2, 12 points
2-Eagles, 5-3, 10 points
3-Desperado, 5-3, 10 points
4-Lindaman, 4-4, 8 points (OUT)
5-TJP, 4-4, 8 points (OUT)
6-Yuta, 4-4, 8 points (OUT)
7-SOUKI, 3-5, 6 points (OUT)
8-Wato, 3-5, 6 points (OUT)
9-Titan, 3-5, 6 points (OUT)
10-BUSHI, 3-5, 6 points (OUT)
Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. In Block A, it comes down to Ishimori-Takahashi. Austin mathematically can tie but if the tiebreaker is head-to-head result he’s out because he lost to Takahashi. And while it won’t determine a finalist, Sho-Yoh will still be a huge match on the final day. In Block B, the finale of El Derby will settle it as Phantasmo only needs to beat Desperado or go the distance (30 minutes) to advance. But if Desperado wins, Eagles can advance with a win because he beat all 3 El’s. An Eagles loss or tie means Desperado moves on with a win. Eagles faces Titan.
Day 12 is Tuesday at Toyama Techno Hall West Hall in Toyama with the final day of round-robin action. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
