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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.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 2/18/23 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a return visit to Nagoya for the first time this year. Nagoya of course is the homebase of popular all-girl J-Pop megagroup SKE48 and TJPW’s Yuki Arai, an SKE48 member and the group once again will be prominently featured on today’s event. In addition to Arai being in the main event opposite her GRAND PRINCESS ’23 opponent, the legendary Hall of Famer Aja Kong, she will be part of a live SKE48 mini-concert during the event with teammates Shiori Aoki, Rika Aoki, Miki Ito & Ayaka Okamoto, and teammate Nao Fukushi will be a guest on commentary. With vocal cheering again allowed by fans it promises to be a very energetic performance and one not to miss. There’s also a title match before the main event as International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe defends the title against Janai Kai.

Today’s event will be held at Nagoya International Conference Center (aka Nagoya Congress Center) Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The event could be a legit sellout by event time as there were only a few tickets left as of this morning. The commentary team will be Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano with Fukushi the special guest. Note that the SKE48 performance will only be available as part of the on demand replay for one month so watch it ASAP if you miss the live broadcast! There is a DDT event at the venue shortly after this event wraps up so they may be on a tight schedule today and the event can’t go too long, this will probably keep the whole event’s running time to 2 1/2 hours tops (the SKE48 performance probably will go about 15 minutes).

Today’s lineup (in order):
Hikari Noa & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI
Nao Kakuta vs. Neko Haruna & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way
Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami vs. Rika Tatsumi, Suzume & Arisu Endo
Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku vs. Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Janai Kai for the title
Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Arai vs. Aja Kong & Moka Miyamoto
It’s not known when the SKE48 performance will take place, my guess is after the second or third match.

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT when the live stream launches. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

10 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has just launched. We should be going to the venue in 20-25 minutes. Updates will resume then.

10:15 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Nagoya International Conference Center in Nagoya, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & SKE48 member Nao Fukushi.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, but at worst it’s going to be very close to a legit sellout as only one seating area had seats left at the start of the day. It probably will be a sellout. As the event began there looked to be maybe 20-25 empty seats. Hard to tell how many seats the setup has but I’m going to guess the crowd will be in the range of 500.

The event should begin in about 15 minutes.

The introduction & opening announcements begin at 10:25 PM ET. New Up Up Girls member/trainee Shino is part of today’s performance. And it ends with a surprise announcement for Shino…on 3/6 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo…DEBUT MATCH! Shiho & Raku vs. Miu Watanabe & Hikari Noa in an Up Up Girls special tag match! Very exciting! Very emotional moment for Shino.

The matches begin at 10:45 PM ET.

Match 1: Hikari Noa & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI beat Hikari Noa & Wakana Uehara. HIMAWARI beat Uehara with a single leg Boston Crab. First career victory for HIMAWARI!

Match 2: Nao Kakuta vs. Neko Haruna & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta beat Neko Haruna & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by pinning Haruna. Comedy match but as always a lot of fun to watch.

Time for the SKE48 mini-performance! And another surprise announcement…one of them has her TJPW DEBUT MATCH on 4/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo! It’ll be Shiori Aoki…as a referee! We also got a glimpse of “fans” Raku & Pom Harajuku watching in the back of the crowd, Harajuku of course in full Yuki Arai fan mode. This leads to the 4th song of the performance, my favorite so far-Finally! This concludes the performance, which went about 20 minutes. Remember, you only have ONE MONTH to watch it on demand!

And now back to the wrestling…

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami vs. Rika Tatsumi, Suzume & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. Endo beat Toribami with a camel clutch.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku vs. Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku beat Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Mizuki pinned Kiryu with Cutie Special.

Match 5: International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Janai Kai for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Janai Kai to retain the title. V3 for Watanabe. Next up: Tatsumi, who made the challenge immediately afterwards. This will probably happen at GRAND PRINCESS ’23, but we’ll find out soon. (Update: Barring the unexpected, it will be at GRAND PRINCESS ’23)

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Arai vs. Aja Kong & Moka Miyamoto. 30 minute time limit
Result; Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Arai beat Aja Kong & Moka Miyamoto. Arai pinned Miyamoto after Finally. Arai’s SKE48 teammates watched from the back row of the crowd by the entrance area. An Arai win and show-ending promo sends the crowd home happy. Although before leaving Kong stared down Arai and let her know, one month to go…but Arai said she will win no matter what everyone says, which would be her biggest career win so far.

The next event is 2/25 at Ota City Industrial Plaza Small Exhibition Hall in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 604, a super full house/very near sellout. Tatsumi-Watanabe is now official for GRABD PRINCESS ’23.

Also, while it hasn’t been officially announced as such the 3/31 US debut in Los Angeles, CA will be available as a PPV on FITE for $19.99. Start time is 3 PM ET/Noon PT. Be aware this is a Friday (in California it’s a holiday).

AEW Rampage 2/17/23 Results (SPOILERS!)

Click below for the results from today’s TAPED AEW Rampage, airing at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT, but ONLY IF YOU WANT SPOILERS! (I will be unable to watch this week’s episode due to work conflicts with the earlier time) The show airs early due to NBA coverage on TNT.

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DDT/TJPW News: Weekend Changes, Wrestler Staying In US

A couple of DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro news items:

DDT has announced Tetsuya Endo is off this weekend’s events tomorrow in Nagoya and Subday’s Shizuoka train event. Apparent illness. Negative for coronavirus and flu. For tomorrow he was to have teamed with Keigo Nakamura in a 4-way tag match. Gota Ihashi is the replacement. For the train event, HARASHIMA is the replacement. Endo is still on for Tuesday at Tokyo Dome at this time. (For Tuesday, it was also announced that while it is a PPV, you will be able to watch the first 5 matches FOR FREE on YouTube)

TJPW’s Miyu Yamashita held a press conference today where she announced she will stay in the US after their 3/31 debut event. Her excursion will last just under 3 months and she will return to Japan for the 6/25 TJPW event. Yamashita has already been announced for some US independent events after 3/31 and there is always a chance she returns to All Elite Wrestling. Asked by ring announcer/MC Sayuri Namba what happens if she wins the Princess Tag Team Championship at GRAND PRINCESS ’23, Yamashita noted partner Maki Itoh makes semi-regular trips to the US so title defenses on the indies are a possibility. Oh, and for what it’s worth, current champions Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler have been added to 3/31.

Impact Wrestling 2/16/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s TAPED Impact Wrestling from Orlando, FL:

The YouTube pre-show match is Steph De Lander vs. Deonna Purrazzo. Click below to watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube beginning at 7:15 PM ET/4:15 PM PT:

This will be updated below with full results after the show (approx. 10 PM ET/7 PM PT).

In Memoriam of Jerry Jarrett graphic/voiceover starts the broadcast.

Match 1: KUSHIDA beat Chris Bey.

Santino Marella tries to make a Busted Open live segment for No Surrender with host Dave LaGreca moderating between co-hosts Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer (who normally are on the show together on Thursdays). After bickering Santino makes a Beat The Clock challenge for next week’s show where whoever wins their match faster gets to talk first at No Surrender.

Match 2: Steve Maclin beat Rhino. As a result, Maclin qualifies for the #1 contender 4-way at No Surrender.

Match 3: Barry Horowitz (THAT Barry Horowitz, the legendary WWE jobber) beat Johnny Swinger.

After catching Moose smashing his car window with a bat, Santino makes Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Moose in a Dot Combat Match for the title at No Surrender.

Match 4: Heath beat Eddie Edwards. As a result, Heath qualifies for the #1 contender 4-way at No Surrender, which is now set with all 4 participants-Heath, Maclin, Brian Myers, PCO.

Mickie James joins commentary for the next match.

Match 5: Masha Slamovich beat Alisha. Squash. Afterwards, Masha choked out Alisha until James tried to make the save, then Masha choked out James until refs got her to break it up.

Crazzy Steve challenges Trey Miguel for the Impact X Division Championship, promising to leave Miguel alone afterwards if he accepts regardless of the outcome.

Santino makes Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham official for No Surrender (the free pre-show on Impact+ and YouTube at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT on 2/24) which will also have Gisele Shaw vs. Deonna Purrazzo), and a tag match for next week with them.

Main Event: Rich Swann beat Kenny King.

Next week: Frankie Kazarian & Yuya Uemura vs. Sami Callahan & Deaner, Gresham & Bailey vs. Motor City Machine Guns, Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer Beat The Clock Challenge, Allysin Kay vs. Taya Valkyrie and Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel vs. Crazzy Steve in a Monster’s Ball Match for the title. This is the final episode before No Surrender, airing less than 24 hours before the PPV. You can watch No Surrender live on Impact+ (subscription required-$7.99/month or $71.99/year), YouTube Ultimate Insider ($4.99/month) and FITE ($9.99).

AEW Dynamite 2/15/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Laredo, TX:
The Acclaimed, Billy Gunn & Orange Cassidy beat Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh & Sonjay Dutt. Max Caster pinned Dutt. Jarrett competed despite the death of his father, wrestling legend Jerry Jarrett, yesterday. He was 80.

In a Texas Tornado Tag Match, Jon Moxley & Caludio Castagnoli beat Preston Vance & Rush. Moxley beat Vance with a chain-assisted jujigatame.

Mark Briscoe beat Josh Woods.

Jungle Boy beat Brian Cage.

Adam Page beat Kip Sabian.

Ruby Soho beat Britt Baker & Toni Storm in a 3-way by pinning Baker.

Not a good show tonight. Too much crammed into too little and some segments ran too long, plus a dead-on-TV crowd except for a spot where Lucha Bros returned.

Friday on Rampage at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT: AEW Trios Champions The Elite vs. Top Flight & AR Fox for the titles, AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Vertvixen for the title, Dustin Rhodes vs. Swerve Strickland and Daniel Garcia vs. Ricky Starks.

Next week: Jon Moxley vs. Evil Uno and the Revolution Tag Team Battle Royal where the winner will face Gunn Club, The Acclaimed and another battle royal winner in a 4-way for the AEW Tag Team Titles at Revolution.

Added to Revolution: The forementioned tag team title match, AEW TNT Champion Samoa Joe vs. Wardlow for the title and Jon Moxley vs. Adam Page in a Texas Death Match.

UPDATE: About 45 minutes after the show ended, the promotion announced Mark Briscoe has been signed by AEW and will compete in both AEW and Ring Of Honor going forward.

GLEAT 2/15/23 Results (With Video Link)

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, featuring a 6-man tag team tournament where the winning team gets to produce an April event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube at the link below (click the second link below for full results if you don’t want to watch first):

https://www.youtube.com/live/pHkh7XjMSGg?feature=share

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Regarding Site Activity 2/20/23-2/23/23 (Updated 2/23/23)

This is an early heads-up that all result/news postings for 2/20/23-2/23/23 will be delayed or not posted at all because I (site owner/maintainer) will be traveling and have no time to check and post results and news. However, I will make an attempt to get the 2/21 Keiji Muto Retirement Event results up ASAP (remember this is a PPV worldwide).

Regular updates should resume as soon as 2/24/23 but no later than 2/26/23. If schedule permits I plan to resume activity with LIVE results for the 2/24 Impact No Surrender PPV. At the latest it will be 2/26 or 2/27 with the announcement of the Banzuke for the March Grand Sumo Tournament.

2/23/23 UPDATE: Regular updates will resume on 2/24/23 with Impact No Surrender LIVE Results and New Japan results.

DDT 2/14/23 Results

DDT ran another of their “Because DDT” themed events today, this one a Valentine’s Day…sort of…themed event produced by The37Kamiina faction, mostly an excuse to gift themselves some fancy spa getaways…you know, because DDT and they’re all about the WER!

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

The announced paid attendance was 306, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Shiori Asahi & Makoto Oishi, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi and Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga in a 4-way when MAO pinned Oishi.

Match 2: D Generations Cup Block A: Illusion beat Kazuma Sumi. Both were already out of contention and trying to just finish with a win.

Match 3: D Generations Cup Block B: Yuki Ishida beat Keigo Nakamura. Both are now out of contention (Ishida already was, Nakamura would’ve stayed in it with a win).

Match 4: In a handicap match, Yuki Ueno beat Gorgeous Matsuno & Gabai Grandpa, pinning Matsuno after a Grandpa Swanton Bomb.

Match 5: Yasu Urano beat Toui Kojima.

Match 6: “Konosuke Takeshita” (Sakura Hirota) & Akito beat Tetsuya Endo & Kazuki Hirata. “Takeshita” pinned Hirata after a jumping knee. This was a comedy match with Hirota dressed up as Takeshita.

Main Event: Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO, Toui Kojima & Yuki Ueno in a 3-way went on…and on…which led to…
MAO vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
MAO & Yuki Ueno vs. Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima went on…which led to…
In a Handicap Match, MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
In a Hardcore Handicap Match, MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
In an elimination match with 2 count falls and over the top rope rules, Yuki Ueno beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata beat Ueno, Toui Kojima beat Katsumata. Kojima wins.

As far as the D Generations Cup goes, the final matches are on 2/18. Block A will be won by the Hideki Okatani-Yuya Koroku winner, Block B will be won by Kojima unless he loses to Takeshi Masada, then it’s a tie but if it’s head-to-head results to decide then Masada wins the block.

The next event is Saturday at Nagoya International Conference Center in Nagoya. There are 2 title matches headlining this event-DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama vs. Akito in an Environmental Utilization Battle Match for the title (the ropes will be set up differently than usual for this one and different rules for rope breaks) and DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi vs. KANON for the title. All Elite Wrestling star Kip Sabian will make his DDT debut as well, so he’ll be heading right to Japan after tomorrow’s AEW Dynamite. And now that we know his whereabouts, there’s a chance Daisuke Sasaki shows up so card subject to change if that happens. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan News: 2023 New Japan Cup Bracket Announced

New Japan announced the entire field for the 2023 New Japan Cup today, their annual March singles tournament. After a whopping 50 man field last year for the promotion’s 50th Anniversary, it’s back down to a much more reasonable 24 this year in the tournament’s usual single-elimination format, and it’s back to all Heavyweights. The promotion also confirmed the tournament winner will get an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship opportunity at SAKURA GENESIS on 4/8 at Ryogoku Kokugikan, presumably against Saturday’s Kazuchika Okada-Hiroshi Tanahashi winner.

The first-round matchups are set as the whole bracket was revealed:
First-round byes: KENTA, Chase Owens, Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay, Hirooki Goto, Tama Tonga, Great-O-Khan, Zack Sabre Jr.
Round 1 matches:
3/5: SANADA vs. Taichi, Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo
3/6: David Finlay vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi
3/8: Ren Narita vs. EVIL, Toru Yano vs. Mark Davis
3/10: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kyle Fletcher, Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare
Round 2: 3/11, 3/12, 3/13, 3/15
Quarterfinals: 3/17, 3/18
Semifinals: 3/19
Finals: 3/21
Zack Sabre Jr. is the defending tournament champion.

Also announced for the Finals on 3/21 is IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi vs. Lio Rush for the title.

All New Japan Cup events will air live in Japanese and English on New Japan World.