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All-Japan 3/21/23 Results

All-Japan ran a major event today like several other promotions did, as today is a national holiday in Japan. The recent cross-promotion wars in All-Japan continued today with both New Japan and NOAH participation.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1776.

Match 1: Oji Shiiba beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan (New Japan) & Yutaka Yoshie beat Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & Mitsuya Nagai. Kojima pinned Omori after a lariat.

Match 3: Hikaru Sato beat Rising Hayato.

Match 4: Dan Tamura beat Atsuki Aoyagi.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Jun & Rei Saito. Suzuki pinned Rei Saito after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 6: Suwama & KONO beat Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda. Suwama pinned Ashino after a backdrop.

Match 7: Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Inamura pinned Inoue after Musou.

Match 8: Kenoh & Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura to win the titles. Kenoh & Soya become the 95th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Soya pinned Nomura after a jumping DDT.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata beat Shuji Ishikawa to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Nagata.

The next event is Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

DDT 3/21/23 Results (Updated)

DDT celebrated their 26th Anniversary today with what was billed as “The Longest 5 Hour Special In Korakuen History”. Because DDT of course.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. Guests on commentary were Kenta Kobashi and SKE48 member Marika Tani.

The announced paid attendance was 1138, a full house/near sellout. Despite recent lifting of capacity limits and pandemic restrictions by the Japanese government, it seems Korakuen will have a self-imposed cap of about 2/3 capacity for the immediate future (it’s up to the venues and event organizers). That would mean roughly 1350-1400 (the venue’s normal full capacity is 2100 but can be as high as 2350).

Pre-show match: DDTeeen!! Graduation Match: Illusion & Sotatsu Nakamura beat El Unicorn & Reimu Imai. Illusion pinned Unicorn after REVISION1. Both Illusion & Unicorn have moved up and will now be regular DDT roster members going forward. Unicorn also has voluntarily unmasked while Illusion will remain a masked wrestler until he “produces results”.

Match 1: Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida beat Toui Kojima & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku pinned Sumi after a deformed triangle lancer.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata 13th Anniversary Match: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma beat Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko. Ishii pinned Hirata after a running double arm driver.

A special announcement video played: Rayne Leverkusen, the niece of Iron Maiden member Clive Barr, is headed to Japan and will face Saki Akai on 5/3 at Yokohama Budokan.

Match 3: Makoto Oishi beat Goegeous Matsuno & Shinichiro Kawamatsu in a 3-way by pinning Matsuno to win the 0-40 Championship. Oishi becomes the 4th Champion.

Match 4: in a match where Pheromones would lose immediately if they left the ring area, Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino, Yunehito Imanari & Koju Takeda vs. Akito, Toru Owashi, Hiroshi Yanato & Yusuke Okada went to a no contest. They couldn’t sort it out. That actually happened. And yes, once again GM Imabayashi found himself on the wrong end of those deplorable Pheromons when it was all over.

Match 5: Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer beat Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda. Howitzer pinned Machine after Master Blaster.

Match 6: Saki Akai 10th Anniversary Match: Saki Akai beat Masa Takanashi.

Match 7: HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. HARASHIMA pinned Okatani after Blue Sword. Afterwards, Nakamura may have made a KO-D Tag Team Championship challenge, which surprisingly didn’t seem to go over well with HARASHIMA.

Match 8: Takeshi Masada beat Hikaru Machida.

Match 9: Daisuke Sasaki Return Match: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paw & KANON beat Chris Brookes, Drew Parker & Shinnoha. Sasaki heat Shinnoha with a mystic crossface. Then another shocking announcement was made: On 7/23 at Ryogoku Kokugikan, which will be WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023, DDT’s biggest event of the year, Sasaki will face New Japan Pro Wrestling star El Desperado!

Match 10: In a normal match, DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama beat Kotaro Suzuki to retain the title. V4 for Akiyama. Next up: Shunma Katsumata. That match will happen on 5/3.

Match 11: DDT 26th Anniversary Match: Konosuke Takeshita beat Sanshiro Takagi by KO.

Chittan(star), an otter fairy that has 5 million-plus followers, will debut on 5/3. If what then happened is any indication, it may be against Chris Brookes, who sneak attacked it.

Match 12: Yuki Ueno beat Samurai Del Sol.

Match 13: Tetsuya Endo beat DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi to win the title. Endo becomes the 10th DDT Universal Champion. Next up: MAO. That match will happen on 5/3.

Match 14: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Ko-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu to retain the titles. MAO pinned Nakatsu after Our Madokasu. V4 for the champs. Next up: Despite the earlier admonishment about it, HARASHIMA & Nakamura. That match will happen on 4/9 at Korakuen.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino beat Yukio Naya to retain the title. V1 for Hino. Next up: Possibly…oh no…Iino. Those deplorable Pheromons want next. TBD.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Unicorn will now be known as “Yuni” going forward.

New Japan 3/21/23 Results (Updated)

New Japan wrapped up the 2023 New Japan Cup tournament today with the Finals, which would decide who would get sn IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot in just over 2 weeks.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2023 on TV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 3384, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: DOUKI & Taichi beat Yuto Nakashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Taichi pinned Nakashima after Dangerous Backdrop.

Match 2: Ryohei Oiwa & Shota Umino beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Fujita after Death Slider.

Match 3: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii & Tama Tonga. Phantasmo pinned Honma after CR 2.

Match 4: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano, Ren Narita & El Desperado. Takahashi pinned Taguchi after Big Juice. Borderline squash. Afterwards, House Of Torture demanded a rematch for the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Titles.

A cryptic video played…

Match 5: Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan. Naito pinned Khan.

Match 6: Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open beat YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada. Mark Davis pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Corealis.

Match 7: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi beat Lio Rush to retain the title. V2 for Takahashi. Next up: Possibly Robbie Eagles, who made the challenge by video via Zack Sabre Jr. Eagles has defected from Chaos to TMDK. It could happen on 4/8 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Finals: SANADA beat David Finlay to win the tournament. As a result, SANADA will face IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada for the title on 4/8.

The next event is MULTIVERSE UNITED: Only The STRONG Survive, a joint event with Impact Wrestling, on 3/30 at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles, CA. The event will be a live PPV only on FITE and is available now for pre-order for $24.99. Live streaming will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. Live results updates are scheduled.

UPDATE: Will Osprey is now officially off 3/31. Shoulder injury. He was to have faced Mike Bailey. Hiroshi Tanahashi is the replacement.

Sumo-March 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 9 Results (3/20/23) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 9 of the March 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, J-Juryo

Makuuchi (Top Tier):
Chiyoshoma (M16) beat Hokuseiho (M15)
Bushozan (M14) beat Tsurugisho (M16)
Kotoeko (M13) beat Oho (M15)
Mitoryu (M14) beat Takarafuji (M12)
Takanosho (M11) beat Kagayaki (M12)
Nishikifuji (M10) beat Kinbozan (M14)
Myogiryu (M10) beat Daishoho (M13)
Takayasu (M7) beat Aoiyama (M9)
Sadanoumi (M6) beat Azumaryu (M11)
Endo (M6) beat Hiradoumi (M9)
Midorifuji (M5) beat Ura (M8)
Ichiyamamoto (M8) beat Kotoshoho (M5)
Hokutofuji (M7) beat Onosho (M4) by default/withdrawal
Mitakeumi (M3) beat Nishikigi (M3)
Daieisho (K) beat Tamawashi (M1)
Kotonowaka (K) beat Shodai (M1)
Wakamotoharu (K) beat Abi (M2)
Hoshoryu (S) beat Tobizaru (K)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Meisei (M4)
Kiribayama (S) beat Ryuden (M2)
WITHDRAWAL: Onosho (M4). Right knee. Status unknown but with 5 days left he’s probably done for the tournament and will finish the equivalent of 4-11 if that’s the case and will be demoted in May. He’ll stay in the top tier though.
Leader: Midorifuji (9-0)
Of note: The incredible run continues for Midorifuji as he pulled out another one today against the always-tricky Ura. He’ll have to stay on his toes tomorrow as he’ll go for 10-0 against Tobizaru, who had the rare case of a HENKA! backfiring as he tried it on Hosboryu, but the zsekiwake hit the brakes in time and came back to dispose of the flying monkey for another big win. Daieisho also clinched his winning record today to stay one back of Midorifuji, and he’ll try to keep pace tomorrow against Hoshoryu. And it could be another second half miracle for Wakatakakage as he tries to save his Sekiwake rank following another disastrous 0-5 start…he’s now won 4 straight and a now-demoted Kotoshoho tomorrow offers a chance to get back to .500. Ryuden will see a long streak (over a year) of winning tournaments end as he’ll be demoted after an 8th loss.
We’ll see the Juryo man cycle resume tomorrow because of Onosho’s withdrawal as Tohakuryu will be up from J1 to face Mitoryu, both 4-5. Mitoryu is also on a winning streak after a poor start.

Juryo:
Takakento (J12) beat Churanoumi (J10)
Kotokuzan (J10) beat Tomokaze (J13)
Ochiai (J14) beat Hakuyozan (J9)
Tochimusashi (J12) beat Tsushimanada (J9)
Tamashoho (J13) beat Hidenoumi (J8)
Shimazuumi (J7) beat Tokushoryu (J14)
Akua (J7) beat Kitanowaka (J11)
Daiamami (J6) beat Shimanoumi (J11)
Atamifuji (J8) beat Gonoyama (J6)
Ichinojo (J3) beat Oshoma (J4)
Chiyomaru (J4) beat Tochinoshin (J2)
Shonannoumi (J3) beat Chiyonokuni (J2)
Enho (J5) beat Tohakuryu (J1)
Asanoyama (J1) beat Roga (J5)
Leader: Asanoyana, Ichinojo, Ochiai (8-1)
Of note: He’ll Be Back! Asanoyama has completed the climb back to the top tier as with his 8th win today the former Ozeki has clinched promotion in May. Now there’s still the matter of trying to win his 3rd tournament championship in the 5 tournaments since his return from suspension, and every win now moves him further up the Makuuchi rankings-to-be. Ichinojo now has a promotion as well but probably needs at least one more win, ideally two more, to also return to the top tier. And congrats to Ochiai for a promotion in his Juryo debut (and only his second career tournament) and he’s still in the yusbo race! He hasn’t really shown any ill effects from the elbow injury a couple days ago but the important thing now is he’s got the winning record. Tochimusashi staved off demotion for another day with now 2 straight wins, but needs more to stay in Juryo-I think he’ll need 4 more to avoid Makushita.
With a top tier withdrawal today we’ll see resumption of a Makushita man coming up each day to Juryo tomorrow, this time it’ll be Kaisho, who was demoted to Makushita this tournament. He’s 2-3 meaning he’ll be demoted again of he loses to Tokushoryu tomorrow, who is also in danger of demotion back to Makushita at 3-6.
Key matches tomorrow: Ochiai-Atamifuji, Ichinojo-Roga, Asanoyama-Enho.

BREAKING: TJPW Title Matches Added To US Event (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has just added 2 title matches to their US debut on 3/31 in Los Angeles, CA at WrestleCon: NEW Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki for the titles and NEW International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. Billie Starkz for the title. That now makes 6 matches for the event on 3/31 at Noon PT/3 PM PT.

Reminder: In all likelihood the only way to watch this event will be via PPV on FITE. It IS NOT scheduled to be live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It is available for pre-order on FITE for $19.99.

UPDATE: Confirmed on Twitter-No live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Only on FITE. Probably because the event is part of WrestleCon and I think they have a deal with FITE.

Dragon Gate 3/19/23 Results

Dragon Gate resumed the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour today after pausing for a major event yesterday.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1002.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat YAMATO, Genki Horiguchi, Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato. Minoura pinned Nagano after R-301.

Match 2: Punch Tominaga & Ho Ho Lun beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Lun pinned Jr. after Horlor.

Match 3: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ichikawa in about 30 seconds. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ichikawa.

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mochizuki pinned KAMEI after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 5: Kzy & Jason Lee beat Naruki Doi & Dragon Kid. Lee pinned Kid with a deformed horizontal cross.

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

The next event is Tuesday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 12:45 AM PT/3:45 AM ET. This is the last live broadcast of the month.

DDT 3/19/23 Results

With Atsushi Onita now entrenched within the management structure of DDT (namely it’s Dropkick Bar & Restaurant), he launched his own Dramatic Dream Onita aka DDO sub-label today with an event featuring his signature death match as the main event.

Today’s event was held at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 282, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Iino pinned Sumi.

Match 3: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Makoto Oishi & Shinichiro Kawamatsu. Pawl pinned Kawamatsu after a running body press.

Match 4: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Saki Akai beat Toru Owashi, Yukio Naya & Chie Koishikawa (Chocolate Pro Wrestling). Akai beat Koishikawa with an extreme arm triangle choke.

Match 5: Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Hikaru Machida beat Chris Brookes, Sanshiro Takagi & Takeshi Masada. Takeshita pinned Masada.

Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Nakatsu pinned Koroku.

Main Event: In a Current Blast Evil Missile Death match, Atsushi Onita, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima beat HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata & Takao Soma. Katsumata pinned Hirata after an exploding bat full swing. Afterwards, Takagi demanded a 6-man exploding death match with Joey Janela & Masada as his teammates against Onita. That match will happen on 4/16 in Niigata.

The next event is the DDT 26th Anniversary Event Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM ET/Monday at 11 PM PT. The promotion has also announced the first 3 matches will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube. The event is being advertised as running 5 hours.

Sumo-March 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 8 Results (Halfway Point) (3/19/23) (Top 2 Tiers) (Updated)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 8-the halfway point-of the March 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, J-Juryo
Kinbozan (M14) beat Chiyoshoma (M16)
Daishoho (M13) beat Mitoryu (M17)
Hokuseiho (M15) beat Kotoeko (M13)
Oho (M15) beat Takarafuji (M12)
Bushozan (M14) beat Azumaryu (M11)
Tsurugisho (M16) beat Myogiryu (M10)
Ura (M8) beat Takanosho (M11)
Hiradoumi (M9) beat Takayasu (M7)
Ichiyamamoto (M8) beat Sadanoumi (M7)
Hokutofuji (M7) beat Kotoshoho (M5)
Midorifuji (M8) beat Aoiyama (M9)
Endo (M6) beat Onosho (M4)
Meisei (M4) beat Ryuden (M2)
Daieisho (K) beat Abi (M3)
Kotonowaka (K) beat Tamawashi (M1)
Shodai (M1) beat Wakamotoharu (K)
Wakatakakage (S) beat NIshikigi (M3)
Kiribayama (S) beat Tobizaru (K)
Hoshoryu (S) beat Mitakeumi (M3)
Leader: Midorifuji (8-0)
Of note: Terunowho? It’s not the Yokozuna of Isegahama Beya at the top at halfway, but his stablemate and the smallest rikishi in the top tier having the start of his career and the first to clinch promotion. The field thinned out a little today with now only Daieisho within a win of the lead at 7-1 as he pursues his second top tier championship. On the flip side, the honeymoon comes to a crashing halt for Azumaryu, as he follows up his first winning tournament in the top tier with a guaranteed demotion at 0-8, possibly back to Juryo if he doesn’t get some wins. 4 more could be demoted tomorrow including January runner-up Kotoshoho and also Ryuden, who would see a long winning run come to an end. Tamawashi is also in the 1-7 group, the efforts have been there for the ironman but not the results.
Also noteworthy is Hokuseiho winning with a rare technique, harimanage, a technique that hasn’t been seen in the top tier in roughly 3 years. It’s basically a rear belt lifting arm throw/liftout, something I’ve never seen before. But as the tallest rikishi in the top tier it was an impressive display of the rookie’s height advantages.
Key match tomorrow: Midorifuji-Ura. Ura has the hometown crowd behind him and is always tricky & unpredictable. If Midorifuji takes his first loss Daieisho can pull back even, he’s got Tamawashi.

Juryo:
Takakento (J12) beat Tokushoryu (J14)
Ochiai (J14) beat Shimanoumi (J11)
Kitanowaka (J11) beat Tamashoho (J13)
Tochimusashi (J12) beat Kotokuzan (J10)
Tomokaze (J13) at Tsushimanada (J9)
Churanoumi (J10) beat Atamifuji (J8)
Akua (J7) beat Hakuyozan (J9)
Gonoyama (J6) beat Hidenoumi (J8)
Enho (J5) beat Shimazuumi (J7)
Ichinojo (J3) beat Shonannoumi (J3)
Daiamami (J6) beat Chiyonokuni (J2)
Roga (J5) beat Tochinoshin (J2)
Asanoyama (J1) beat Oshoma (J4)
Tohakuryu (J1) beat Chiyomaru (J4)
Leader: 4 at 7-1
Of note: Just one to go…Asanoyama now is just one win over the final week from a top tier return in May. Ichinojo is trending towards a return as well following a suspension-induced demotion, as both remain in a logjam at the top of the leaderboard with Gonoyama and Ochiai, sporting a notably taped elbow/arm after yesterday’s injury concerns but he toughed it out and picked up a big win, now just one win from another promotion. But at this point even 7-8 may not send him back down to Makushita. Who won’t be moving back up is Chiyomaru, the first demotion in Juryo at 0-8 now.
No co-leader faceoffs tomorrow, on paper Ochiai has the toughest draw in Hakuyozan (6-2). Asanoyama goes for promotion in his first chance tomorrow against Roga (4-4). Gonoyama gets Atamifuji while Ichinojo draws fellow Mongolian Oshoma.

Lower tier notes at halfway:
In the Makushita, 8 have clinched promotions and share the lead at 4-0 with Kawazoe having the best chance to be promoted to Juryo in May at Makushita 3. That would also make 2 straight tournaments with promotions to Juryo for the former Yokozuna Hakuho following his taking over Miyagino Beya. Shiden has a chance from Makushita 6 depending on how he does, he’d love a second chance before what would’ve been his Juryo debut last year turned out to be a missed tournament. Former Makushita Champion Yoshii is also back in the mix and would have a slight chance at reaching Juryo if he prevailed again, this time from Makushita 19. At 26 & 27 Ryuo & Kayo could guarantee Nishonoseki Beya a championship if they keep winning.
In the Sandanme, 10 are 4-0 with promotions secured at the halfway point. In the Jonidan, 13 are tied at 4-0 with at least 2 or 3 of those likely moving up to the Sandanme in May. Finally, in the Jonokuchi there are two at 4-0 with one in action tomorrow, but not both.
The Makushita already has 2 withdrawals going into Day 9 while the Sandanme has one withdrawal and one return.

UPDATE: Onosho has WITHDRAWN on Day 9. More to come later. He was 4-4 coming in to Day 9. Hokutofuji gets a free win as a result and will be 5-4.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/19/23 Results (Updated)

GREAT VOYAGE 2023 in YOKOHAMA, the latest installment of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s signature blowout event series, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1308. The venue was at 50% capacity and only has a full max capacity of 3000, so this actually is much better than it sounds given the sellout would’ve been around 1500. Possibly a super full house as it’s near 90% full.

Match 1: Yasutaka Yano beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Kotoge pinned Tadasuke.

Match 3: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kinya Okada.

Match 4: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley beat Mohammed Yone & Yoshiki Inamura. Huxley pinned Yone after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 5: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Takashi Sugiura.

Match 6: Jake Morris & Anthony Greene beat Naomichi Marufuji & Hijo de. Dr. Wagner Jr. Morris pinned Wagner after Tiger Driver.

Match 7: Extreme Tiger & Lancelot beat AMAKUSA & Ninja Mack. Lancelot beat AMAKUSA after Broken Bomb.

Match 8: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kenoh & Manabu Soya to retain the titles. Kitamiya pinned Soya after a diving senton. V1 for the champs.

Match 9: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita beat HAYATA & Chris Ridgeway to retain the titles. Ogawa beat Ridgeway with a Figure 4. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Jake Lee beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya to win the title. Lee becomes the 42nd GHC Heavyweight Chanpion. This went 35 1/2 minutes. Next up: Nakajima. That match will happen on 4/16 at Xebio Arena Sendai as will Wagner Jr. vs. Morris for the GHC National Championship. Kitamiya & Inaba will also defend the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Sugiura & Taniguchi and women’s action returns to NOAH with Maya Yukihi vs. Sumire Natsu.

The next event is Friday at Akita Selion Plaza in Akita to start 4 straight days with events continuing the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour. There will be no live broadcast (all 4 events will be available on demand next week).

UPDATE: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. Lancelot for the title has been added to 3/26 as fallout from this event.

New Japan 3/19/23 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the New Japan Cup today with the Semifinals, which would set up a very unlikely Finals regardless of the matchup.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1396.

Match 1; Oskar Leube & Shota Umino beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino beat Fujita with STF.

Match 2: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Ryohei Oiwa, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii. Phantasmo pinned Oiwa.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & RVIL beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Sho pinned Taguchi.

Match 4: Jeff Cobb & Kyle Fletcher beat Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI. Cobb pinned Honma after Tour of the Islands.

Match 5: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. Henare beat BUSHI with Ultima. Afterwards, Henare made a KOPW 2023 Title challenge to Takagi.

Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Lio Rush & Yoh. Naito pinned Yoh after Destino.

Match 7: New Japan Cup Semifinals: David Finlay beat Mark Davis.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Semifinals: SANADA beat Tama Tonga.

As a result, the Finals will be Finlay vs. SANADA with the winner facing IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada for the title at SAKURA GENESIS on 4/8.

The Final is Tuesday at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. Also set for the event is IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi vs. Lio Rush for the title. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.