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New Japan 2/22/23 Results

New Japan launched the return of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA today, this 2023 edition marking the series’ return after a 3-year pandemic-induced hiatus. A crossover showcasing New Japan’s partnership with the Mexico-based lucha libre promotion, many of the top luchadors made the trip back to Japan for a week of these special events.

Today’s event was held at Takamatsu City General Gym 2 in Kagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 768.

Match 1: Gedo & Taiji Isbimori beat Yuto Nakashima & Capitan Suicida. Ishimori beat Nakashima with Yes Lock.

Match 2: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Ryohei Oiwa & Magia Blanca. Kanemaru beat Oiwa with a Figure 4.

Match 3: Hijo De Villano 3, OKUMURA & Barbaro Cavernario beat Yoh, Tiger Mask & Dulce Gardenia. OKUNURA pinned Gardenia after OKUMURA backbreaker.

Match 4: BUSHI, Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Kosei Fujita, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Soberano Jr. Totan beat Fujita with Muta Lock.

Match 5: Sho, Templario & Hechicero beat Rey Cometa, El Desperado & Volador Jr. Hechicero pinned Cometa after Embrujo.

Main Event: Atlantis Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mistico. Jr. pinned Mistico after Atlantida. On the CMLL side of things, that’s significant.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/21/23 Results (Updated x3)

It was the end of an era today in Japan as The Living Legend, Keiji Muto, took his final curtain call and retired after nearly 40 years in wrestling. If there was a major accomplishment to be won in Japan, he probably won it and more since coming out of the New Japan Dojo in 1984 as part of the famed 3 Musketeers with Masa Chono and the late Shinya Hashimoto. The puroresu world came together today under the Pro Wrestling NOAH banner to wish Muto a fond farewell.

Today’s event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV ONLY on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You have one week to watch. No word on when/if a non-paywall version will be available. But you can also watch the first 5 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 30,096.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Yoshiki Inamura & Yasutaka Yano. Kitamura pinned Yano after Saito Suplex.

Match 2: Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Provided Match: Yuka Sakazaki, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi beat Mizuki, Maki Itoh, Miyu Watanabe & Yuki Arai. Sakazaki pinned Arai after Magical Girl Chicken Bastard. (For The Love Of God…)

Match 3: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima & Timothy Thatcher. Lee pinned Thatcher after a skewered front high kick.

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa, Eita, HAYATA, Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY, Seiki Yoshioka, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki. Ridgeway beat Miyawaki with a leg capture chicken wing. This marked the return of HAYATA from an injury that cost him the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship last year in a match against Ninja Mack.

Match 5: DDT Provided Match: MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Tetsuya Endo, Hideki Okatani, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Masada after WR.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Ninja Mack beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & Diamante (Dragon Gate). Wagner pinned KAI after a moonsault press.

Match 7: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Kento Miyahara, Suwama & Yuma Aoyagi (All-Japan). Kenoh pinned Aoyagi after PFS.

Match 8: NOSAWA Rongai Retirement Match: Gedo & Taiji Ishimori (New Japan) beat NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA. Ishimori pinned NOSAWA after Bloody Cross.

Match 9: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat AMAKUSA.

Match 10: Kazuchika Okada (New Japan) beat Kaito Kiyomiya. This was changed last-minute to No Time Limit. (It went about 16 1/2 minutes)

Main Event: Keiji Muto Retirement Match: Tetsuya Naito (New Japan) beat Keiji Muto. They went almost 30 minutes. Which led to…
Impromptu Special Match: Masa Chono beat Keiji Muto by submission in 97 seconds. Tiger Hattori was special referee. Proper sendoff, no better way than against his fellow Musketeer, still the coolest cat in the house after all these years.

Just as I was about to post this, GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Jake Lee for the title was announced for 3/19.

The next event is 3/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This is currently scheduled to be an ABRMA-only live broadcast, so it should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE immediately after the event.

UPDATE: Some notes from post-match comments:
Satoshi Kojima says he is now done on NOAH. Immediate future TBA.
Junta Miyawaki reportedly is returning to Mexico and will stay there indefinitely for further training and experience.
Lee made a GHC Heavyweight Championship challenge after Okada-Kiyomiya.
Some NOAH crossover matches were hinted at for the 2/27 All-Japan event, in particular with Kongo involvement. Possibly an All-Japan World Tag Team Title match involving Soya & Kenoh and maybe Miyahara-Nakajima, who have a lot of history from their days in Kensuke Office/Diamond Ring.
Muto says his retirement is definite and no in-ring comebacks. He plans to continue training for health reasons (he has two artificial knees and needs to keep his leg strength built up to be able to keep walking). Before his comments he received a ceremonial flower bouquet from SKE48 member Jurina Matsui, who occasionally is a guest commentator for events on ABEMA & WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

UPDATE 2: The Dragon Gate Official English Facebook Page reports Diamante suffered an elbow injury during his match. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. expressed concern for Diamante in post-match comments. Out at least the rest of this week and off Dragon Gate events tomorrow and Saturday.

UPDATE 3: The 3/9 event will now be LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only. It’s an ABEMA-only stream in Japan.

FREE VIDEO: 2/21/23 Tokyo Dome Press Conference

The final press conference for the Keiji Muto Retirement Event tomorrow at the Tokyo Dome was held earlier today. You can watch below FOR FREE (this is the version from New Japan’s YouTube channel. It is also available on Pro Wrestling NOAH’s YouTube):

https://www.youtube.com/live/gBXx9CXODQc?feature=share

DDT 2/19/23 Results (One Match Event) (Updated 2/24)

DDT held another of their signature one-match-only comedy events today, this one taking place on an actual running train line with fans onboard.

Today’s event was held at Tenryu Hamanoko Railway in Shizuoka, and onboard an actual operating train on the line, and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 47, a legit advance sellout. That was full capacity for the train.

Match Result: A 12-man staggered entry falls count anywhere battle royal, where participating wrestlers boarded the train at stops along the way, was won by Yukio Naya in 47:38, last eliminating Toui Kojima. Order of elimination: Takaya Shibayama by Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi, Keigo Nakamura by Hideki Sekine, Sumi by Sekine, Hamamatsu Kamen L Miccaby (?) by Chika Nagashima & Yu Seyama, Sekine & Danshoku Dieno eliminated themselves, Nagashima & Seyama by Oishi, Akito by HARASHIMA, HARASHIMA by Oishi, Kojima & MAO, Oishi by Naya, Hiroshi Yamato by MAO, MAO by Kojima, Kojima by Naya.

The next event is “Street Pro Wrestling in Burlesque Tokyo” Thursday at Burlesque Tokyo in Tokyo. This is another one-match event and will be a KO-D Tag Team Championship match of KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe for the titles. This will be a PPV available live & on demand worldwide on PIA STREAM for 2500 yen (about $20 US), but you can also pay an additional $8 or $16 for support for participants. The PPV will be available on demand with purchase with unlimited replays until 3/1 at 6:59 AM PT/9:59 AM ET.

The next “real” event is “Into The Fight 2023” on 2/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled for this event.

2/24 UPDATE: This event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Raku, a noted avid train fan, is a guest commentator.

Dragon Gate 2/18/23-2/19/23 Results (3 Events)

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2023 with 3 events yesterday & today-one event yesterday then a doubleheader early today.

Yesterday’s event was held at Yukihashi Municipal Gym in Fukuoka. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 228.

Match 1: Strong Machine J, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita. J pinned Minorita after Diamond Frame.

Match 2: Ben-K beat Mochizuki Jr.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ho Ho Lun beat Don Fujii, YAMATO & Kaito Nagano. Lun pinned Nagano.

Match 4: Dragon Kid & Eita beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. Kid pinned Horiguchi after Bible.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block B: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Skywalker pinned Kanda after a moonsault double knee drop.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Diamante, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

Today’s events were held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 383.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block B: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ben-K & Minorita. Mochizuki pinned Minorita after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 2: Eita beat Kagetora.

Match 3: KAI & H-Y-O beat Don Fujii & Genki Horiguchi. H-Y-O pinned Horiguchi after a diving senton.

Match 4: Shun SKywalker, Diamante & ISHIN beat Strong Machine J, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee. Diamante pinned KAMEI after Vuelta Finale.

Match 5: Dragon Kid, Yuki Yoshioka, Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO, Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk. Dia pinned Minoura after Double Cork.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. vs. Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 451.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block A: Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk. Lee pinned Hulk with a crucifix.

Match 2: Diamante beat Yoshiki Kato.

Match 3: YAMATO & Eita beat Kaito Nagano & Kagetora. YAMATO pinned Nagano after Galleria.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block B: Strong Machine J & F beat Ben-K & Minorita. J pinned Minorita with Machine suplex.

Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horiguchi & Ho Ho Lun. Kanda pinned Horiguchi after a diving elbow drop.

Match 6: Rey De Parejas Block A: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta vs. H-Y-O & ISHIN went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat Dragon Kid & Dragon Dia. Skywalker pinned Dia after a moonsault double kneedrop.

As far as the standings go, the Mochizukis lead Block A with 4 points (1-0-2) while two teams are tied atop Block B with 6 points, however it appears Shun Skywalker & KAI have the tiebreaker and one extra match left.

The next event is tomorrow at Kotakura Gym in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 2/18/23 Results

The start of New Japan’s latest US event yesterday was delayed nearly an hour due to technical issues with the PPV feed, causing me to miss the live event. They got it in though so here are the main show results:

The announced paid attendance was 2155. A legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Volador Jr., KUSHIDA, Kevin Knight & The DKC beat Rocky Romero, Josh Alexander, Adrian Quest & Mascara Dorada. Knight pinned Quest after a spike DDT.

Match 2: KENTA beat STRONG Openweight Champion Fred Rosser to win the title. KENTA becomes the 3rd STRONG Openweight Champion.

Match 3: STRONG Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns beat West Coast Wrecking Crew to retain the titles. Chris Sabin pinned Jorel Nelson after Dirt Bomb. V3 for the champs.

Match 4: Eddie Kingston beat Jay White. As a result, White must leave New Japan.

Match 5: In a Filthy Rules Fight (No Ropes, No DQ), Tom Lawlor beat Homicide by ref stoppage.

Match 6: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Clark Connors to retain the title. V2 for Sabre.

Match 7: Mercedes Mone beat IWGP Women’s Champion KAIRI to win the title. Mone becomes the second IWGP Women’s Champion.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada beat Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the title. V2 for Okada.

The next event is CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2023 beginning Wednesday at Takamatsu City General Gym 2 in Kagawa. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. The series runs one week with events every day except Saturday. All events will be televised.

New Japan Pro Wrestling Battle In The Valley LIVE Results (2/18/23) (CANCELLED)

New Japan runs their first US event of 2023 today, which also marks the start of a re-branding for the NJPW STRONG sub-label. Effective today, the US PPV events will be known as STRONG LIVE while the weekly TV show becomes STRONG ON DEMAND, featuring matches from each PPV over a roughly one-month set of episodes instead of monthly TV tapings like they had been doing. Today’s event is a loaded one with 4 title matches-STRONG Openweight Champion Fred Rosser looks to keep his long reign going against KENTA, STRONG Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns defend against West Coast Wrecking Crew, then a double main event-IWGP Women’s Champion KAIRI defends against Mercedes Mone (the former Sasha Banks) in a match that has drawn constant fan vitriol because it’s not the true main event and last match-that’s a rematch 11 years in the making as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defends the title against Hiroshi Tanahashi, in perhaps the final title clash between the legends of NJPW.

Today’s event will be held at San Jose Civic Center in San Jose, CA and can be watched LIVE on FITE in English for $19.99. You get the live event and unlimited on demand replays with purchase. The event is a legit advance sellout. It’s also available in Japanese on New Japan World as a PPV, but it will cost you roughly $10-15 more going that route. There is also a FREE pre-show on YouTube and FITE 40 minutes before the PPV begins with 2 matches and more. The west coast setting and late start time makes this a near-all-nighter for those watching on the east coast, so get some caffeine if you’re staying up to watch as with the pre-show included the event will likely run at least 3 1/2 hours, and because one match won’t have ropes used the setup/takedown time may push the event closer to 4 hours.

Tonight’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Alex Coughlin vs. JR Kratos
David Finlay vs. Bobby Fish

PPV:
Rocky Romero, Josh Alexander, Adrian Quest & Mascara Dorada vs. Volador Jr., KUSHIDA, Kevin Knight & The DKC
STRONG Openweight Champion Fred Rosser vs. KENTA for the title
STRONG Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew for the titles
Eddie Kingston vs. Jay White in a Loser Leaves New Japan Match
Homicide vs. Tom Lawlor in a Filthy Rules Fight (No Ropes, No DQs)
NJPW World TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Clark Connors for the title
IWGP Women’s Champion KAIRI vs. Mercedes Mone for the title
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title

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Updates below will begin at 9:20 PM ET/6:20 PM PT.

9:20 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from San Jose Civic Center in San Jose, CA. Your hosts are .

The paid attendance may be announced after the event but is a legit advance sellout. Based on the venue and layout I’ve heard that may be around 3000. Mostly empty right now as the crowd is still filing in (doors opened just under an hour ago).

There is no audio yet as the pre-show begins, at least on my stream (watching on an Apple TV 4K). From Twitter comments it sounds like it’s not just me, also no audio on the YouTube version. (New Japan confirmed the issues on YouTube about 5 minutes in. Issue persists on FITE)

Pre-show:
Match 1: Alex Coughlin vs. JR Kratos. 20 minute time limit
Result: Alex Coughlin beat JR Kratos

Match 2: David Finlay vs. Bobby Fish. 20 minute time limit
Result: David Finlay beat Bobby Fish

End Pre-Show.

Updates will resume when the PPV begins in 10 minutes (7 PM PT/10 PM ET). Hopefully with audio on the FITE feed. (About 5 minutes before the PPV begins New Japan announced on Twitter the audio issues will be resolved for the PPV)

PPV:
Now we’ve got video problems. Frozen at the start. Matches to start at 10:05 PM ET/7:05 PM PT.

Video restored at start time. But still no audio. Then we lose video again. Could be a long night for us PPV viewers. (If this is not fixed within the next 10 minutes or so I’m going to have to cancel the live results because I’m not putting up with this and will be requesting a refund)

10:15 PM ET UPDATE: Apologies but I am going to CANCEL the live results due to streaming issues. It’s STILL not working.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling “AJPW maniaX” 2/19/23 Results (Updated)

All-Japan continues the AJPW maniaX tour today with another big event headlined by 2 title matches and a heavy New Japan Pro Wrestling presence. In addition to other participation the main event sees Yuji Nagata, the strongest 54 years old who will do his best every day, attempting to become another career grand slammer when he challenges Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. Before that, Atsuki Aoyagi defends the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship against Naruki Doi, who is becoming a belt collector among freelancers. Every other match except one will have a New Japan presence.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. This likely will be a Samurai! TV simulcast and because of how music rights are with AJPW streams expect a lot of muted entrances/post-matches. If, like me, you plan to split-screen because this event is the same time as New Japan’s US event, you’ll be doing it the whole time as I expect this event’s runtime will be 2 1/2-3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Oji Shiiba vs. Kotaro Suzuki, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue
Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata vs. Yoshitatsu, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Oskar Leube vs. Takao Omori, Toru Yano & Black Menso-re
Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito vs. Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita
Yuma Anzai vs. Shingo Takagi
Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori
All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Naruki Doi for the title
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara vs. Yuji Nagata for the Triple Crown

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Updates below will begin at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT.

9:30 PM ET UPDATE: Waiting for the live stream to begin, which should be momentarily.
And a moment after this update…

We are LIVE form Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. As usual we start with audio muted.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s not a sellout from the opening shots but looks like a very good crowd and full capacity. Likely in the 1200-1300 range.

We have one of New Japan’s ring announcers on the job today.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Oji Shiiba vs. Kotaro Suzuki, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kotaro Suzuki, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue beat Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Oji Shiiba. Hayato pinned Shiiba. After the match, Sato foolishly attempted to attack the winners and got a quick beatdown for it.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata vs. Yoshitatsu, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. 15 minute time limit. New Japan/Yoshitatsu entrance muted
Result: Yoshitatsu, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato beat Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. Wato pinned Hanabata with a German suplex hold.

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Oskar Leube vs. Takao Omori, Toru Yano & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Oskar Leube beat Takao Omori, Toru Yano & Black Menso-re. Ishikawa pinned Omori.

Match 4: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito vs. Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito beat Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita. Suwama pinned Nakashima after a backdrop.

A special All-Japan vs. GLEAT event is announced for 3/18 at Korakuen Hall. Matches include a 10-person tag match (mixed because Michiko Miyagi is part of it), Hokuto Omori vs. Jun Tonsho, Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka, HIkaru Sato/Dan Tamura/Naoya Nomura vs. Minoru Tanaka/Soma Watanabe/Seiichi Ikemoto, Suwama/Saito Bros vs. Hayato Tamura/KAZMA SAKAMOTO/Check Shimatani, Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Kaito Ishida, an 8-man tag of AJPW vs. #STRONGHEARTS,

The participants for the 2023 Champions Carnival (4/8-5/7) are announced:
A Block-Yuma Aoyagi, Jun Saito, Yoshitatsu, Ryuki Honda, Cyrus, T-Hawk (GLEAT), Kento Miyahara, X (TBA)
B Block-Yuma Anzai, Suwama, Rei Saito, Shuji Ishikawa, Shotaro Ashino, Hokuto Omori, Naoya Nomura, X (TBA)

Match 5: Yuma Anzai vs. Shingo Takagi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shingo Takagi beat Yuma Anzai by submission. (Note: I missed a couple minutes of this match midway through due to technical issues as the stream froze and locked up my tablet I was streaming on. Had to restart my tablet)

Match 6: Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura beat Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori. Aoyagi beat Omori with a modified guillotine choke. Afterwards Nomura called Suzuki back out and got a beatdown for it, and one of the ringside ushers got a chair shot from Suzuki too.

Match 7: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Naruki Doi for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Naruki Doi beat All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi to win the title. Doi becomes the 64th All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Possibly Rising Hayato, who came out to issue the challenge.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara vs. Yuji Nagata for the Triple Crown. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara to win the Triple Crown. Nagata becomes the 69th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. Career Grand Slam! Nagata now has held the top title in all of the Big 3 (New Japan, All-Japan, Pro Wrestling NOAH) in his career. Next up: Possibly Shuji Ishikawa, who came out to make the customary challenge before Nagata finished his post-victory promo with an Antonio Inoki shout/salute to end the show.

The next event is 2/26 at Green Dome Maebashi Sub-Event Area in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. Video will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1405.

2/19/23-2/25/23 Events Schedule

Here is the current events schedule for 2/19/23-2/25/23, which is subject to change (all times PT):
2/20:
1:30 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rey De Parejas 2023, Kokurakita Gym, Fukuoka, Japan. No live broadcast
11 PM-Pro Wrestling Noah “chocoZAP presents KEIJI MUTO GRAND FINAL PRO-WRESTLING LAST LOVE ~HOLD OUT~”, Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. Live via PPV ONLY on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (about $38 for non-subscribers, about $30 for monthly subscribers)

2/21:
1:30 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rey De Parejas 2023, Oro City Gym, Kagoshima, Japan. No live broadcast

2/22:
2 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling “CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2023”, Takamatsu City General Gym 2, Kagawa, Japan. Live on New Japan World
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Phoenix, AZ. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere
6:30 PM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling (3 events), Oji Basement MON*STAR, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast
10:30 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “Street Pro Wrestling in Burlesque Tokyo”, Burlesque Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. One Match Event. Live via PPV on PIA STREAM worldwide (about $20)

2/23:
Midnight-New Japan Pro Wrestling “CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2023”, Kyoto KBS Hall, Kyoto, Japan. Live on New Japan World
Midnight-GLEAT “G PROWRESTLING Ver. 45”, Naka Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan. Broadcast plans TBD
1 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rey De Parejas 2023, Tokai Civic Gym, Aichi, Japan. No live broadcast
5 PM-Impact Wrestling “IMPACT Wrestling”, Orlando, FL. TAPED on AXS TV. Available on Impact+ and YouTube (subscription required) at 5:30 PM

2/24:
1:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling “CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2023”, Osaka Municipal Central Gym Sub Arena, Osaka, Japan. Live on New Japan World
4:30 PM-Impact Wrestling “No Surrender”, Las Vegas, NV. Live on Impact+ (subscription required), YouTube Ultimate Insider (subscription required) and FITE ($9.99). LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
9 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling CITY CIRCUIT Tour, Ota City Industrial Plaza PIO Small Exhibition Hall, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast

2/25:
1 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling, Takashimadaira Community Center, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast
1 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rey De Parejas 2023, Tsushima City Cultural Hall, Aichi, Japan. No live broadcast
6:30 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “Into The Fight 2023”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

DDT 2/18/23 Results

DDT ran a standalone event in Nagoya today featuring a pair of title matches and the Japan debut of All Elite Wrestling star Kip Sabian, the latest crossover between the promotions.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 398.

Match 1: D Generations Cup Block B: Takeshi Masada beat Toui Kojima. As a result, Masada wins Block B and advances to the Finals.

Match 2: D Generations Cup Block A: Yuya Koroku beat Hideki Okatani. As a result, Koroku wins Block A and advances to the Finals.
The Finals will be 2/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The winner may be part of the 3/31 US event.

Match 3: Antonio Honda & Saki Akai beat Gota Ihashi & Keigo Nakamura, Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino and Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata in a 4-way when Akai pinned Ihashi. (And just to be clear, being “not straight” does not keep those deplorable Pheromons from forcing themselves on Akai). Ihashi was a late replacement for Tetsuya Endo, who was removed from the event due to illness (not coronavirus or flu). He is expected back Tuesday for the Tokyo Dome Keiji Muto Retirement event.

Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yusuke Okada beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi. Suzuki pinned Sumi.

Match 5: Kip Sabian (All Elite Wrestling), Chris Brookes & Shinnoha beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ueno & Yuki Ishida. Sabian pinned Ishida after Deathly Hallows.

Match 6: In an Environmental Utilization Match, DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama beat Akito to retain the title. V3 for Akiyama. Next up: Suzuki. That match will happen on 3/21 at Korakuen Hall in a NON-EXTREME Match, aka a completely normal rules match.

Cameras caught Sabian & Ford making comments backstage as Akai walked by. Which led to…
Penelope Ford beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Saki Akai to win the title. Ford becomes the 1557th DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.

Match 7: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yukio Naya beat HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Shinya Ishida. Naya pinned Soma after a backdrop.

Main Event: DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi beat KANON to retain the title. V1 for Doi. Next up: TBA. Doi wanted Endo but GM Imabayashi was non-committal because Endo was absent. No official announcement followed the event so we’ll have to wait and see.

The next event is tomorrow at Tenryu Hamanako Railway in Shizuoka for a Hamatsu Train Pro Wrestling event held on a moving train. There will be no live broadcast but it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, scheduled to be 3/1.