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Stardom 7/7/24 Results

Stardom ran an event in Tokyo today that was, as you may have heard by now, overshadowed by post-event and backstage controversy involving Thekla, as following the recording of post-match backstage comments she assaulted a female film crew member recording the comments on a mobile phone. Stardom posted clips of the video to social media. More on that after the results.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 923.

There were last minute changes to the card because of HANAKO being off the event. Treatment for undisclosed injuries. Based on pre-event comments from President Taro Okada, there is a chance she could be out longer, possibly 1-2 weeks. She was to have teamed with Waka Tsukiyama to face Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki. Gina was the replacement, meaning the first match was changed from a tag match of Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Gina & Rian to a 3-way. It was also announced that HANAKO is going to the US in August. She is expected to be there for a month. Also announced were 2 upcoming title matches: On 7/23 New Blood Tag Team Champions Hanan & Saya Iida will defend the titles against Rina & Azusa Inaba. That should be fun just because Hanan & Rina are real-life sisters (also, Hina is Rina’s twin sister. Hanan is about a year older than Rina & Hina). Also on 7/23 will be Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Syuri & Konami vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla for the titles. Then on 7/27 the 7/15 Wonder Of Stardom Championship winner between Mika Iwata & Saori Anou in Sendai Girls will defend the title against Natsupoi, and Maika will defend the World Of Stardom Championship on 7/15 against Tomoka Inaba, with the winner there defending on 7/28 against Natsuko Tora.

Match 1: Lady C beat Rian & Ranna Yagami in a 3-way by pinning Rian. C debuted a new look today, cutting her hair much shorter than before (no more ponytail).

Match 2; Sayaka Kurara vs. Thekla went to a double countout.

Match 3: Saki Kashima & Hina beat Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura. Hina pinned Sakura after a deformed jackhammer.

Match 4: Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Waka Tsukiyama & Gina. Seira pinned Tsukiyama after Shooting Star.

Match 5: Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo beat Natsuko Tora, Rina & Fukigen. Hazuki pinned Fukigen after a diving senton. This essentially was a 10th anniversary match for Hazuki.

Match 6; Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi beat Syuri, Konami & Ami Sohrei. Natsupoi pinned Sohrei after Fairy Blink.

Match 7: Starlight Kid & AZM beat Momo Watanabe & Ruaka. Kid pinned Ruaka after a moonsault press.

Main Event: Maika, Mina Shirakawa & Saya Kamitani beat Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Saya Iida. Kamitani pinned Hanan after Star Crusher.

The next events are Friday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and that night US time at Yamato Arena in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast for the Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 event. For the Yamato Arena event, live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

As for Thekla, following today’s incident (and also supposedly her intrusion at a handover party event earlier in the week), she was suspended with reduced pay for 1 week, meaning she is out the next 3 events (Friday, Saturday and next Sunday).

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/7/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the second half of their weekend Hokkaido doubleheader today.

Today’s event was held at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 445.

Match 1: Alejandro & Cristobal beat YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Alejandro pinned Tadasuke.

Match 2: Junta Miyawaki beat Yu Owada.

Match 3: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Wolf pinned Inaba after a Bane moonsault press.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Wagner Jr. pinned Greene after Wagner Driver.

Match 5: HAYATA, AMAKUSA & Eita beat Daga, Super Crazy & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: YOICHI & Ryohei Oiwa beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh. YOICHI pinned Kiyomiya after a diving body press.

The next event is tomorrow at Hakodate General Wholesale Center Distribution Hall. There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shuji Kondo & Eita vs. Alejandro & Cristobal for the titles was announced after today’s event. That match will happen on 7/21 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

BREAKING: Stardom Wrestler Suspended (Updated)

It doesn’t matter how much a heel you are in wrestling in the ring-outside the ring there are boundaries. Those lines were crossed in Stardom and, for doing so, Thekla has been suspended and had her salary temporarily reduced. The suspension appears to be for 1 week as it means 3 events-7/12, 7/13 and 7/14. The salary docking is for the same time.

This is because of Thekla assaulting staff (cameramen) at today’s event and bad behavior at a recent meeting.

UPDATE: Here is footage of what caused Thekla to get suspended courtesy of the Stardom Official English Twitter:

BREAKING: Japanese Icon Hospitalized After Match

A scary situation unfolded today at a Tenryu Project event in Japan (a promotion run by longtime wrestler Geni’chiro Tenryu)…a match for the promotion’s 6-man tag team titles had to be stopped when Minoru Suzuki was involved in what is being called a “serious accident” and was taken to a hospital emergency room. The diagnosis: Could have been much worse. Concussion. No internal bleeding or other injuries. Out indefinitely but was released from the hospital and will be monitored for a few days. Suzuki naturally vowed to come back, the question is when.

More as it becomes available.

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Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/6/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with an event in Hokkaido, the first half of a weekend doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 414.

Match 1: Super Crazy beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Kitamiya beat Cleary with Prison Lock.

Match 3: Dragon Bane beat Alpha Wolf.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, HAYATA & Eita vs. Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke went to a no contest. Ulka Sasaki interference.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Daga beat Takashi Sugiura & AMAKUSA. Daga pinned AMAKUSA after Diablo Wings.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal beat YOICHI, Ulka Sasaki, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Kiyomiya pinned Owada after Transformed Shining Wizard.

The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 7/5/24 Results

DDT held another of their at least semi-annual Beer Garden Pro Wrestling events yesterday in Tokyo.

Yesterday’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage 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 630, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi beat Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Illusion. Hirata pinned Illusion.

Match 2: In a Positive Thinking Deathmatch, where a team would also lose if negative comments were made by one of their members, HARASHIMA, Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida beat Danshoku Dieno, Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi by Akiyama negative comment.

A new collaboration between a clothing maker and DDT was announced, so we got some fanservice and Takeshi Masada got to be the lucky guy standing between the two lovely ladies that were there as the famed model/promo girls.

Ryuichi Kawakami, just released from his GLEAT contract Monday, made an unexpected appearance. He announced DDT participation, which will happen at the end of the month, and that brought Yukio Naya out for a confrontation. HOSS FIGHT ALERT!!!

Match 3: In a No DQ I Quit Match, Antonio Honda beat Invisible Leonardo DiCaprio.

Match 4: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Sanshiro Unagi (Sanshiro Takagi) & Sayaka Unagi (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Brahmans Shu & Kei went to a no contest. Out of control. Too much carnage for ref Daisuke Kiso.

Match 5: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Yukio Naya beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. Naya pinned Koroku after a chokeslam onto an inflatable pool.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MAO. Ueno pinned MAO after July 2. For this event only MAO joined Damnation TA as he split from The37Kamiina ahead of his KO-D Openweight Championship match against Ueno at WRESTLE PETER PAN on 7/21.

The next event is a charity tournament presented by the Japan Disabled Wrestling Federation tomorrow at Odawara Arena Sub Arena in Kanagawa. Fans with disabilities and their caregivers can get free admission. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/6/24 Results

Ahead of her retirement later this month, Tokyo Joshi Pro held a Nao Kakuta Produced event today dubbed “CROSS”, featuring outside participation and more.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. I had planned to do live results but was unable to due to a lengthy cable/internet outage in my area that was not resolved until after the event.

The announced paid attendance was 284, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Himeka beat Cherry & Sho Sekiguchi (?). This was supposed to have been Cherry vs. Sekiguchi with Himeka as special referee but instead Himeka pinned both.

Match 2; Arisu Endo won a 5 woman battle royal, last eliminating Pom Harajuku. The other participants were Suzume, Mizuki & Yuki Arai. All were dressed as Nao Kakuta.

Match 3: Meika Ozaki beat HIMAWARI.

Main Event: Saori Anou & Natsupoi (Stardom) beat Nao Kakuta & Tae Honma. Natstpoi pinned Kakuta after Fairy Gift. AIna Aiba was guest ring announcer.

The next event is an Up Up Girls second unit special event tomorrow at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate 7/5/24 Results

Dragon Gate ran their monthly Tokyo event today as they begin the final push to their biggest event of the year in just over 2 weeks.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1374, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo beat Kota Minoura.

Match 2: KAI & ISHIN beat Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora. ISHIN pinned Kagetora.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, BxB Hulk, Minorita & Ryu Fuda beat Yasushi Kanda, Toru Owashi (DDT), Punch Tominaga & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Minorita pinned Yanagiuchi after Minoritonic.

Match 4: Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Madoka Kikuta, Ryoya Tanaka & Pa Estrella. U-T pinned Estrella after Birnjabe Perfect.

Match 5: Kzy, Flamita, Luis Mante & JACKY KAMEI beat Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Shun Skywalker & Jason Lee. KAMEI pinned Kid.

Match 6: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Mochizuki Junior went to a Double KO.

Main Event: YAMATO & Dragon Dia beat Ben-K & Hyo. Dia pinned Hyo after countering Samson Driver.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 7/5/24 Results

New Japan wrapped up the NEW JAPAN SOUL 2024 Tour today with a big event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo (not the same as Nippon Budokan as I just discovered) and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2423.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo & KENTA. Fujita pinned Gedo after Abandon Hope.

Match 2: Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & TJP beat TAKA Michinoku, Yuya Uemura & SANADA. Akira pinned TAKA after Fireball.

Match 3: Ryusuke Taguchi Return Match: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma, Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi. EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL.

Match 4: G1 CLIMAX 34 Contender Tournament A Block Finals: Callum Newman beat YOSHI-HASHI to win the tournament. As a result, Newman is in the tournament in A Block. UPSET ALERT!!! Although this all but means he’ll be the jobber and lose most if not all his matches.

Match 5: G1 CLIMAX 34 Contender Tournament B Block Finals: Boltin Oleg beat Taichi to win the tournament. As a result, Oleg is in the tournament in B Block. See above.

Match 6: BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: DOUKI beat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado to win the title. DOUKI becomes the 97th IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

The next event is CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA USA on 7/13 at Mt. Pleasant High School in San Jose, CA. Live streaming on New Japan World in Japanese & English as a PPV ($19.99 US, 2999 Japanese yen in Japan) will begin at 5:30 PM PT/8:30 PM ET. Tickets are still available and run $30-$200.

Stardom 7/4/24 Results

Stardom ran a rather uncommon weeknight event earlier today in Tokyo, coming amidst reports in the Japanese media that Saya Kamitani was verbally harassed & insulted by fans at a post-event autograph signing this weekend (per a Tokyo Sports report). Stardom Co. Ltd. President Taro Okada addressed this report earlier today.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 796.

Match 1: Tam Nakano beat Rian.

Match 2: Rina & Azusa Inaba (Just Tap Out) beat Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO. Inaba pinned HANAKO after Bubber Killer #2.

Match 3; Hanan, Hazuki & Momo Kohgo beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Hanan pinned Kurara with a blockbuster hold.

Match 4: AZM & Mei Seira beat Mina Shirakawa & Gina. AZM pinned Gina after a shooting star.

Match 5: Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Ruaka & Fukigen beat Syuri, Konami, Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami & Hina. Thekla pinned Syuri after a poisonous spider death drop. Based on a post-match promo, it sounds like Thekla & Watanabe will be the pair challenging for the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship next against Syuri & Konami.

Match 6: Mayu Iwatani & Koguma beat Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki. Iwatani beat Amasaki with a standing dragon sleeper. It’s also being reported that Kid is forming a new faction with Mei Seira & the injured Suzu Suzuki, and is trying to add Amasaki & AZM. No response from those last 2 yet.

Match 7: Saori Anou & Natsupoi vs. Mika Iwata & Aimi (Sendai Girls) went to a 20 minute time limit draw. Afterwards, it was announced Iwata will defend the Wonder Of Stardom Championship against Anou (who she beat for the title) at the 7/15 Sendai Girls event, and it could be a double title match for Iwata’s Sendai Girls World Championship. Then Natsupoi said that, regardless of who wins, she wanted a Wonder Of Stardom title shot on 7/27.

Main Event: Maika, Saya Kamitani & Saya Iida beat Tomoka Inaba, Ami Sohrei & Lady C. Kamitani pinned C after Star Crusher.

The next event is Sunday. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are tentatively scheduled.

In other news, the field for the annual 5STAR GP Tournament was announced today. If will be a total field of 28 separated into 4 blocks: Red A, Red B, Blue A & Blue B. It will be a round-robin format with the top 2 in each block advancing to the Quarterfinals.
The fields so far:
Red A: Maika, Natsuko Tora, Hazuki, Natsupoi, Konami, Aimi, TBA
Red B: Mayu Iwatani, Tam Nakano, Momo Watanabe, AZM, Mei Seira, Saya Iida, Tomoka Inaba
Blue A: Saori Anou, Syuri, Starlight Kid, Gina, TBA, TBA
Blue B: Suzu Suzuki, Saya Kamitani, Hanan, Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima, Thekla, TBA
For Red A & Blue A, TBA will be winners of a determination tournament to be held (only for one of the Blue A spots). Based on who isn’t in, presumably those tournaments would include Mina Shirakawa, Koguma, Rina, Hina, Miyu Amasaki and whoever else I may have missed. That aside, these brackets suggest Maika & Iwatani are the Red Block favorites while Block B will be tougher to predict, in particular Blue B-Hanan will be looking to back up her Cinderella Tournament win with now a 5STAR GP as she may be the biggest threat to Kamitani while Blue A seems loaded.
All matches were announced as well. The tournament begins on 8/10 at Yokohama Budokan then continues on 8/11 (Shibuya Ward Sports Center, Tokyo), 8/12 (Light Cube Utsunomiya, Tochigi-2 events), 8/15 (Korakuen), 8/17 (Kyoto KBS Hall, Kyoto), 8/18 (Kobe Art Center, Kobe), 8/20 (Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka), 8/23 (Sendai Pit, Sendai), 8/24 (Parse Izaka, Fukushima), 8/25 (Yamagata Big Wing, Yamagata), 8/28 (Shinjuku Face-Quarterfinals), and 8/31 (Semifinals/Finals, Musashino Forest Sports Plaza Main Arena, Tokyo). Broadcast plans are also set-all events except 8/10 & 8/31 will be LIVE on Stardom World, 8/10 & 8/31 will be PPVs live then Stardom World on demand a few days later.

Also, it was just announced that the 7/15 Sendai Girls event will be streamed LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and the double title match between Iwata & Anou is now official.

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