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9/4/22-9/10/22 Events Schedule

Here is the current events schedule for 9/4/22-9/10/22, which is subject to change (all times PT):
9/4:
1:30 AM-DDT Pro Wretling ‘DRAMATIC EXPLOSION 2022″, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
4 PM-All Elite Wrestling “All Out”, Chicago, IL. Live on PPV via cable/satellite and Bleacher Report in the US, ppv.com in Canada and FITE elsewhere. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

9/5:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BURNING SPIRIT Tour, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on New Japan World. FREE EVENT

9/6:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BURNING SPIRIT Tour, Korakuen Hall. Available On Demand ONLY on New Japan World at a later date. No live broadcast

9/7:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BURNING SPIRIT Tour, Lily Arena Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
2:30 AM-Muscle 7, Korakuen Hall. No live broadcast
3 AM-Muscle 7, Kitazawa Town Hall, Tokyo. No live broadcast (monthly DDT FREE event)
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Buffalo, NY. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

9/8:
9 PM-Muscle 7, Kitazawa Town Hall. No live broadcast

9/9:
2 AM-Muscle 7, Kitazawa Town Hall. No live braodcast
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BURNING SPIRIT Tour, Fujisan Messe, Shizuoka, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
7 AM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”, Buffalo, NY. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
11 PM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling The Road To Nippon Budokan Tour, Mima City Park Udatsu Arena, Tokushima, Japan. Available on demand on AJPW.TV on 9/11

9/10:
1 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling Konosuke Takeshita 10th Anniversary Event, Nishinari Community Center, Osaka, Japan. Live on ABEMA IN JAPAN ONLY. Available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BURNING SPIRIT Tour, G Messe Gunma, Gunma, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
8:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW INSPIRATION”, SHin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

New Japan 9/3/22 Results

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour today with a house show in Nagoya, kicking off a very busy weekend of wrestling in the city with multiple events scheduled today and tomorrow.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. This was a non-televised event and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 939.

Great-O-Khan missed today’s event, as expected, due to appearing in Pro Wrestling NOAH.

Match 1: The DKC beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Yuto Nakashima, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. SHo beat Nakajims with Snake Bite.

Match 3: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare beat Jado with Ultima.

Match 4: Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat Gideon Gray & Jeff Cobb. Owens pinned Gray after a package piledriver. This went less than 3 minutes.

Match 5: Hikuleo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & KUSHIDA. Hikuleo pinned Honma after a chokeslam.

Match 6: BUSHI, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA beat Kanemaru with Skull End.

Main Event: Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah beat Togi Makabe, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika OKada. Haste pinned Makabe after Death Valley Bomb.

The next event is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, and best of all you can watch the entire event FOR FREE! No login or signup required! It will also stream live on ABEMA in Japan. Also, a heads-up that Tuesday’s Korakuen Hall event will be ON DEMAND ONLY on New Japan World at a later date. Monday will be the last live broadcast for 2 weeks as the 9/11 event also will be ON DEMAND ONLY.

Ganbare Pro 9/3/22 Results

Ganbare Pro ran an event after Tokyo Joshi Pro today, headlined by a Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship match as Yumehito Imanari defended against Hartley Jackson.

Today’s event was held at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVIERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 118.

Match 1: Ksieuke Ishii beat Yuki Kanzaki.

Match 2: Yuna Manase & YuuRI beat Moeka Haruhi & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Manase pinned Hasegawa after Suzuki Dynamic.

Match 3: In a hardcore match, Shigehiro Irie & Akane Fujita beat Mizuki Watase & HARUKAZE. Irie pinned Watase after an avalanche Samoan Drop onto a chair.

Match 4: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Takaki Iwasaki beat Takao Soma, Shinichiro Tominaga & Jun Masaoka. Katsumura pinned Tominaga.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Yumehito Imanari to win the title. Jackson becomes the 3rd Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion. Next up: Yuna Manase. That will happen on 10/2 at Itabashi Green Hall. Can she bring the title back home to GanPro now that it has been wrestled away from those despicable Pheromons, albeit by another outsider?

The next event is 9/23 at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/3/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro began their seasonal Autumn/Fall 2022 House Show tour today with a small house show ahead of their big Nagoya event tomorrow.

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

The announced paid attendance was 165.

During the opening, a WRESTLE UNIVERSE members-only event was announced for 10/24 at Kitazawa Town Hall. The Up Up Girls performance was a solo by Miu Watanabe because no Hikari Noa (returning from her first international excursion. She will be back tomorrow).

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Suzume & Neko Haruna. Tatsumi pinned Haruna after Twist Of Fate.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Shoko Nakajima & Arisu Endo. Kiryu pinned Endo.

Match 4: In a “Sour Sweet Citric Acid” 2 Count Match, where besides a 2 count pinfall to win there was also a special rule where after a 1 count or rope escape you had to drink a glass of concentrated lemon juice to continue, Nao Kakuta beat Hyper Misao.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Raku beat Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Pom Harajuku. Raku pinned Harajuku after Doctor Yellow. Very significant moment-this is Raku’s first career main event victory, at least one that she was directly responsible for.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. Vocal cheering by fans will be allowed (no streamers or support banners though). It will be headlined by Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the titles and a special SKE48 live mini-performance with Arai and 4 of her SKE48 teammates, which hopefully will be enough of a boost to lift AA Eye Candy to a successful title defense after Arai took tough losses to both challengers recently. SKE48 teammate Marika Tani will be on commentary for the event, and will stick around for the DDT event afterwards. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. LIVE RESULTS WILL BE POSTED. If you miss the live broadcast, the SKE48 performance will be available on demand for one month only, so don’t wait.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/3/22 Results & News

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today with a major event, which would determine who gets the next GHC Heavyweight Championship opportunity. The Great Muta also would make his final Osaka appearance among other big matches.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. YOu can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube for a limited time.

The announced paid attendance was 2988, a full house/near sellout. A very badly needed strong number. Between capacity limits (Osaka has been among the strictest with limits during the pandemic) and the setup today, that likely was close to a legit sellout.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Super Crazy.

Match 2: Jack Morris & Daiki Inaba beat Anthony Greene & Stallion Rogers. Morris pinned Rogers after a tiger driver.

Match 3: Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka beat HAYATA, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura. Kotoge pinned Susumu after Kill Switch.

Match 4: Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & SHuji Kondo beat Masa Kitamiya, Mohammed Yone & Alejandro. Nakajima pinned Yone after Vertical Spike.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima beat SHuhei Taniguchi & Yoshiki Inamura. Kojima pinned Inamura after a Western lariat.

Match 7: Dragon Bane beat Alpha Wolf.

Match 8: Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Ka Shin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Timothy Thatcher beat Naomichi Marufuji, Go SHiozaki, Masato Tanaka & Masaaki Mochizuki. Thatcher beat Shiozaki with a Fujiwara armbar.

Match 9: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat Eita & Kotaro Suzuki to retain the titles. Ridgeway beat Suzuki with Ridgeway Clutch 2. V1 for the champs.

Match 10: The Great Muta (Keiji Muto), Great-O-Khan (New Japan Pro Wrestling) & NOSAWA Rongai beat Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Tadasuke. Khan pinned Tadasuke after Eliminator.

Main Event; N-1 VICTORY 2022 Finals: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Hideki Suzuki to win the tournament. As a result, Kiyomiya will get the next shot at GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh. That match will happen on 9/25 at Aichi Prefectural Gym.

The next event is 9/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This is scheduled to be an ABEMA live broadcast in Japan ONLY, and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time/date. (UPDATE: WRESTLE UNVIERSE will have a live broadcast in English)

As usual with a major NOAH event, lots of post-event news:
Injury Report: Daisuke Harada, who was tentatively scheduled to return to action today, did not and remains out indefinitely due to a neck injury.
Shiozaki was injured during his match, likely at or near the end. Unspecified but appeared to be left arm/elbow/shoulder based on his reaction after the finish, he was clutching what appeared to be his elbow or bicep area and clearly looked in pain. Out indefinitely with more details to come.
THe second match of the Keiji Muto 5 Match Retirement Series was revealed today: On 9/25 it will be Muto & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima.
Daishi/Daiji/Taishi (not sure of his exact first name from translation) Ozawa, the first new NOAH wrestler since Yasutaka Yano 2 years ago, will make his Debut on 9/15. Ozawa, 25, is from Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture and has been training at the NOAH Dojo for just over one year. He became a pro wrestling fan after watching on TV as a child and began gymnastics in high school, citing Mexican wrestler Mistico as inspiration. His Debut Match will be against Yoshiki Inamura. The promotion has launched a special support campaign for Ozawa’s debut-fans and sponsors in Japan can go to NOAH’s online shop and, for 30,000 yen (around $225 US) can submit a support message to Ozawa and it will be published during the opening of the 9/15 event and on NOAH’s official Teitter account, and at a later date an autographed portrait and program will be sent. This promotion starts today in Japan and runs through 9/10. Special Project Sponsor The Reeve (one of NOAH’s main sponsors) has already posted a support message from Representative Director Kazuhiro Sato.
GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masa Kitamiya for the title has been announced for 9/30 in Niigata.

New Japan 9/2/22 Results

New Japan began the BURNING SPIRIT tour today, their September tour with a throwback title continuing the year-long 50th Anniversary celebration.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese. English should be available soon. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on the New Japan World YouTube channel for a limited time.

The announced paid attendance was 1421.

Match 1: The DKC beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Takahashi pinned Oiwa after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Gideon Gray, Francisco Akira & TJP. Wato pinned Gray after No. 9. Gray was making his New Japan debut as the newest member of United Empire.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Henare beat Gedo with Ultima.

Match 5: Hikuleo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & KUSHIDA. Hikuleo pinned Honma after a chokeslam.

Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Desperado pinned BUSHI after El Es Clero.

Main Event: Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah beat Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. Jonah pinned Yano after Torpedo.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast and no on demand video available. The next broadcast is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which will be available FOR FREE!

DEVELOPING: TJPW’s Noa Fails In EVE Title Match

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling star Hikari Noa is on her first international excursion, appearing earlier today in England’s Pro Wrestling EVE promotion as she attempted to win the International Princess Championship back from current champion Alex Windsor. Unfortunately for the TJPW faithful, Noa failed as Windsor won in just under 15 minutes to retain the title. V1 for Windsor.
Noa will miss Saturday’s TJPW event because of being at this event, but is expected back for Sunday. No word on when/if Windsor may be back to defend the title. Also, EVE announced earlier this summer that Hyper Misao will be headed there for an appearance in November, so TJPW stars headed to England for EVE and vice cersa could become a regular thing in the future.
The event can be watched on demand on the Pro Wrestling EVE YouTube channel, but the portion of the event with the match is behind a paywall. It probably will cost at least $10 to watch.

All-Japan News: September AJPW.TV Broadcast Plans

All-Japan has announced the AJPW.TV broadcast schedule for September, not including their weekly “Battle Library” series of classic matches replayed on Thursdays. The service costs 900 yen per month (about $6.56 US at this time). Here is the live/on demand event achedule for September:
9/10 (Mima City Park Udatsu Arena, Tokushima)-On Demand beginning the following day
9/11 (Yonago Industrial Gym Sub Arena)-LIVE at midnight PT/3 AM ET
9/15 (Hodogayo Public Hall)-LIVE at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET
9/18 (All-Japan 50th Anniversary Event, Nippon Budokan)-On Demand beginning on 9/22 at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. LIVE ONLY IN JAPAN on TV Asahi
9/19 (Korakuen Hall)-LIVE on 9/18 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. POTENTIAL 9/18 SPOILERS!

Also, if you were not able to watch earlier this year, the joint Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary/New Japan 50th Anniversary/All-Japan 50th Anniversary crossover event is now available on demand on AJPW.TV. Lots of muted audio because it’s an All-Japan broadcast and, since it’s on their service, the video is not necessarily HD quality like New Japan World offers (remember All-Japan’s service is subpar quality compared to New Japan World and WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

AEW Dynamite 8/31/22 Results

Here are the quick results from last night’s AEW Dynamite in Chicago:
Jon Moxley opens with an open contract for the main event at All Out. Later in the show, CM Punk signs to make the rematch official.

Bryan Danielson beat Jake Hager. JAS post-match beatdown until Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli made the save, then Daniel Garcia kept Jericho from using a chair.

W. Morrissey returns and unofficially squashes The Wingmen. He then seems to align with Stokely Hathaway.

Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida beat Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter. Shida pinned Baker.

Miro promo, joined by Darby Allin & Sting. This sets up those three vs. House Of Black at All Out.

FTR & Wardlow beat 3 jobbers. Squash.

Dark Order reveals 10 is out of Friday’s Trios Tournament match. Evil Uno is to be the replacement but after refusing to be bought out by Andrade El Idolo he is beaten down. Adam Page is the eventual replacement.

Wheeler Yuta beat Dante Martin, Rey Fenix & Rush in a 4-way by pinning Martin.

AEW Trios Tournament: The Elite beat United Empire (New Japan Pro Wrestling). Kenny Omega pinned Kyle Fletcher after One Winged Angel. A+ match.

Next week: All Out Fallout plus ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia for the title (again).

Friday on a LIVE Rampage: Ricky Starks vs. QT Marshall, Ortiz & Ruby Soho vs. Sammy Guevara & Tay Melo (again), Dark Order & Adam Page vs. Best Friends in the Trios Tournament, Mark Henry interviews Jade Cargill & Athena, The Acclaimed Speak and Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland Speak.

Announced for the FREE All Out Pre-show Sunday: AEW All-Atlantic Champion Pac vs. Kip Sabian for the title, FTW Champion Hook vs. Angelo Parker for the title and Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii.

Other news:
The Kingston-Guevara outside-ring feud may be over. They reportedly made up yesterday.
Bobby Fish may be done with AEW soon. His contract is up in October and likely won’t be renewed. He may be headed back to WWE.

DEVELOPING: Joe Doering Battling Cancer Recurrence

Former All-Japan Pro Wrestling mainstay and current Impact Wrestling star Joe Doering, who beat brain cancer several years ago and made a successful comeback after that, is dealing with a return of the brain cancer and will be stepping away from wrestling. Impact was informed of this at last weekend’s TV tapings by Doering and made a subsequent announcement that surgery is forthcoming. There is no timetable for a potential return.
Doering, 40, is a former 4-time All-Japan World Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, a 2-time Triple Crown Champion (the first non-Japanese born champion), a 2-time Impact Tag Team Champion and a former European Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Champion. I join Impact Wrestling and others in sending best wishes and prayers to Joe Doering, he’s beaten this once and I am confident he can beat it again.