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DDT/Tokyo Joshi Pro/DEFY Supershow LIVE Results (11/10/24)

The DDT/Tokyo Joshi Pro/DEFY Wrestling joint tripleheader weekend wraps up today with a supershow event featuring all 3 promotions together. The full card was announced earlier today following the fallout from yesterday’s DDT/DEFY crossover event that ended with a stunning upset-Miyu Yamashita won the DDT Universal Championship from MAO by pinning Mike Bailey in a 3-way, so now her scheduled match today against Gringo Loco will be for the title…but since it’s his home turf, Nick Wayne got himself in the match as well so it’s another 3-way for the title. Marina Shafir also showed up and defended her DEFY Women’s Championship yesterday and, following a challenge from Shoko Nakajima, will defend again today. A full slate of crossover matches rounds out the card.

Today’s event will be held at Historic Washington Hall in Seattle, WA and can be watched LIVE only on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $69.99/year) in English. It WILL NOT be available live or on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Being billed as a supershow and with 9 matches hints the event will run a little longer than last night’s event which went 3 hours, so this one could be closer to 3 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher vs. Amira & Danica De La Rush
Bryan Keith vs. Shota
Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo vs. Vertvixen, Yuki Kamifuku & Moka Miyamoto
Miu Watanabe & Suzume vs. Mizuki & Wakana Uehara
Daisuke Sasaki & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Randy Myers
MAO & Mike Bailey vs. Judas Icarus & Travis Williams
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuni
DEFY Women’s Champion Marina Shafir vs. Shoko Nakajima for the title
DDT Universal Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Gringo Loco & Nick Wayne in a 3-way for the title

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Updates below will begin at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET.

4 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

Mandatory FBI Warning then…

We are LIVE from Historic Washington Hall in Seattle, WA. Your hosts are Rich Bocchini, Veda Scott & Ethan HD.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The lights haven’t come on yet so I can’t get a good look but it sounds like a packed house or close to it. Last night’s event did a near-sellout of 447 and so far it looks like it’ll be at least that much, so the guess is around 450. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 389)

Match 1: Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo vs. Vertvixen, Yuki Kamifuku & Moka Miyamoto
Result: Vertvixen, Yuki Kamifuku & Moka Miyamoto beat Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo. Vertvixen pinned Endo after a sitout powerbomb.

Match 2: Bryan Keith vs. Shota
Result: Bryan Keith beat Shota

Match 3: Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher vs. Amira & Danika Della Rouge
Result: Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher beat Amira & Danika Della Rouge. Itoh pinned Della Rouge after a jumping DDT off the top rope.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Randy Myers
Result: No Contest. Out of control. More Yoshihiko and Kinoshita turned on Sasaki. Way too NSFW and he clearly was wearing way too small a thong underneath his tights. Quite the package. Anyway, moving on…legit made me sick to my stomach…good think the Triller+ stream has live DVR! Might be a bit behind live for a bit…

Match 5: Miu Watanabe & Suzume vs. Mizuki & Wakana Uehara
Result: Miu Watanabe & Suzume beat Mizuki & Wakana Uehara. Watanabe pinned Uehara after Teardrop.

Match 6: DEFY Women’s Champion Marina Shafir vs. Shoko Nakajima for the title
Result: DEFY Women’s Champion Marina Shafir beat Shoko Nakajima by submission to retain the title.

Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuni
Result: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yuni

Match 8: DDT Universal Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Gringo Loco & Nick Wayne in a 3-way for the title
Result: Gringo Loco beat DDT Universal Champion Miyu Yamashita & Nick Wayne in a 3-way by pinning Yamashita to win the title. Loco becomes the 16th DDT Universal Champion. Damn…just 24 hours after Yamashita wins it she loses it.

Main Event: MAO & Mike Bailey vs. Judas Icarus & Travis Williams
Result: Judas Icarus & Travis Williams beat MAO & Mike Bailey. Williams pinned Bailey after Angel’s Wings with an Icarus superkick. Not exactly a “send the crowd home happy” results. Although Bailey & MAO got the post-main event promo where Bailey apologized to MAO, who came back with a very MAO remark. MAO then thanked the fans for coming in English and said he wished for DDT to come back to Seattle and maybe to Las Vegas, as Tokyo Joshi Pro is headed there for the first time in April 2025. Bailey then tried to say some Japanese (Veda Scott can probably confirm his nearly 4-year Duolingo streak). A fun spot to get the fans involved and send the crowd home happy.

As a whole, this was a fun tripleheader weekend with some surprising outcomes and of course some very DDT moments courtesy of Danshoku Dieno, and even better a pair of Yoshihiko appearances which made it all worth it. With any luck a weekend like this will happen again sometime in 2025. Props to DEFY Wrestling for their help in putting on a great trio of events and being great partners.

End Show.

For DDT, the next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Sumo-November 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 1 (Opening Day) Results (11/10/24) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 1-Opening Day-of the November 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

Makuuchi (top tier):
Kitanowaka (J1) beat Bushozan (M17)
Takerufuji (M16) beat Asakoryu (M17)
Shishi (M16) beat Tokihayate (M15)
Onokatsu (M15) beat Nishikifuji (M14)
Chiyoshoma (M14) beat Shonannoumi (M13)
Sadanoumi (M12) beat Ryuden (M13)
Hokutofuji (M12) beat Meisei (M11)
Tamawashi (M11) beat Takarafuji (M10)
Ichiyamamoto (M10) beat Takayasu (M9)
Midorifuji (M9) beat Gonoyama (M8)
Mitakeumi (M7) beat Roga (M8)
Endo (M7) beat Nishikigi (M6)
Takanosho (M6) beat Kotoshoho (M5)
Tobizaru (M5) beat Oshoma (M4)
Atamifuji (M3) beat Churanoumi (M4)
Wakamotoharu (K) beat Abi (M3)
Daieisho (S) beat Ura (M2)
Wakatakakage (M2) beat Kirishima (S)
Onosato (O) beat Hiradoumi (M1)
Hoshoryu (O) beat Oho (M1)
Kotozakura (O) beat Shodai (K)
WITHDRAWAL (Pre-Tournament): Terunofuji (Y). The usual for him-back, knees, diabetes complications. Will not compete this tournament. That continues his post-promotion to Yokozuna pattern: In 20 tournaments including this one since, he has finished all 15 days in just 8 tournaments…and won the championship in each. In the other 12, he either withdrew early or didn’t compete at all. His stablemaster Isegahama says he will be back in January.
Of note: Watch the injury report for Takarafuji tomorrow as he may have suffered a left elbow injury. Tamawashi pulled his arm back a lot during the match and at best maybe hyperextended it, at worst could be enough to force the veteran out.

Juryo:
Oshoumi (J14) beat Hatsuyama (Ms1)
Nabatame (J14) beat Kotoeiho (J13)
Tochitaikai (J12) beat Wakaikari (J13)
Daiseizan (J12) beat Chiyomaru (J11)
Aonishiki (J11) beat Fujiseiun (J10)
Daishoho (J9) beat Onosho (J10)
Hakuyozan (J8) beat Daiamami (J9)
Mitoryu (J8) beat Hidenoumi (J7)
Tsurugisho (J7) beat Shiden (J6)
Tohakuryu (J6) beat Tomokaze (J5)
Shimanoumi (J4) beat Shimazuumi (J5)
Tamashoho (J4) beat Kayo (J3)
Hakuoho (J2) beat Shirokuma (J3)
Kinbozan (J1) beat Kagayaki (J2)

Lower tier notes:
As expected, Asanoyama also is a WITHDRAWAL from Makushita 1. May be back in January but March now sounds more realistic, which could demote him to the Sandanme again. As for Enho in the Sandanme this time, no match today which means his first match will be tomorrow. He is at Sd56 this tournament and faces Suio, at Sd57.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 11/10/24 LIVE Results

The Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling members who are not in the US this weekend are part of an event in Tokyo today, which is likely going to be a comedy-themed event as it has a Raku Army vs. Pom Harajuku Army theme. The 16 participants have been divided into 2 teams of 8 and will compete in a variety of matches, which we won’t know the format of in advance, and they will be determined today by exchange of member lists. The winning team will get to share 10 kilos (22 pounds) of grilled eel made with love as a prize from event sponsor Yamada Suisan Co Ltd.. If nothing else, this event should be a lot of fun and worth the split-screen streaming opposite the DDT event in the US at the same time.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. It’s hard to predict anything because we won’t even know the format until after the event gets underway but it probably will be a standard house show with a running time of between 1 1/2 & 2 hours. I’m thinking there will be a total of 4 or 5 matches. (Pre-show Update: According to WRESTLE UNIVERSE, 6 matches. 4 single matches and 2 tag matches)

Today’s lineup:
TBA at event/match time. We only know the teams are the Raku Army of Raku, Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Chika Nanase, Ryo MIzunami & Ram Kaichow and the Pom Army of Pom Harajuku, Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna, Kaya Toribami, Toga, Kira Summer, Uta Takami & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Sadly no Max The Impaler, at least on paper…

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes prior to the event.

7:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE frmo Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales were unusually strong for a KFC Hall event and almost sold out ahead of time. The crowd is still filing in but based on normal full capacity and advance sales it could be right around 400 for a sellout but I’m going with a guess of a near-sellout 375. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 361, a legit sellout)

The event should begin momentarily.

The event starts with team captains Raku & Pom Harajuku coming out with envelops containing their lineups. Harajuku gets the comedy started quickly by trying to take the envelops away from ring announcer Sayuri Namba. Opening announcements follow during which an event in Las Vegas, NV is announced for April 18, 2025. I’d try to go but it’s right before I take off for a cruise in Japan! That’s also shortly before WWE WrestleMania 41 in Vegas. Up Up Girls then come out, sans Miu Watanabe of course because she’s in the US.

The matches begin at 7:50 PM PT/10:50 PM ET. The participants aren’t announced so we won’t know until they come out and their entrance music plays.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami (Pom Army) vs. Chika Nanase (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Chika Nanase by submission

Match 2: Yoshiko Hasegawa (Pom Army) vs. Shino Suzuki (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Shino Suzuki by submission

Match 3: Kira Summer & Neko Haruna (Pom Army) vs. Raku & Ram Kaichow (Raku Army). 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Ram Kaichow beat Kira Summer & Neko Haruna. Raku pinned Haruna.

Match 4: Mahiro Kiryu (Pom Army) vs. HIMAWARI (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Mahiro Kiryu beat HIMAWARI

Match 5: Pom Harajuku (Pom Army) vs. Ryo Mizunami (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryo Mizunami beat Pom Harajuku by submission

Which means the last match will be…
Main Event: Toga & Uta Takami (Pom Army) vs. Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro (Raku Army). 20 minute time limit
If Toga/Takami win, Pom Army wins. If Arai/Kazashiro win, tie.
Result: Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro beat Toga & Uta Takami. Arai beat Takami with a scorpion deathlock.

That means…TIE. 3-3. There must be a tiebreaker! Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Raku vs. Pom Harajuku in a 1 Count match. Only 1 count for pinfalls
Result: Raku beat Pom Harajuku. It only lasted a few seconds. As a result, Raku Army wins the event and the sponsor prize.

The next event is “The Mountain Top ’24” Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with Miu Watanabe vs. Zara Zakher for the Princess Of Princess Championship and more. Unfortunately, unless plans change before then, there will be no live broadcast.

DDT Pro Wrestling “DDT x DEFY” LIVE Results (11/9/24)

For the second event of the cross-promoted tripleheader this weekend, DDT is running another US event with independent promotion DEFY Wrestling. This event will feature several crossover matches between DDT wrestlers and DEFY & other independent stars, and also an appearance by current All Elite Wrestling member Marina Shafir, plus a huge title match as DDT Universal Champion MAO defends the title in a 3-way against TNA Wrestling and independent sensation Mike Bailey and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s Miyu Yamashita, in the latter’s second title match today. Konosuke Takeshita will also compete in a match against Kohei Kinoshita. That and plenty more.

Today’s event will be held at Historic Washington Hall in Seattle, WA and can be watched LIVE only on Triller/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $69.99/year). It WILL NOT be available live or on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Right now there look to be 8 matches scheduled, but with Yuni and Danshoku DIeno both on the card you can’t rule out some DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship craziness either…anyway, there may or may not be time limits but I anticipate the event will run around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Marina Shafir vs. TBA
Danshoku DIeno vs. Randy Myers
Cody Chhun & Guillermo Rosas vs. Bryan Keith & Shota and Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson in a 3-way
Gringo Loco vs. Yuni
Nick Wayne vs. Jack Cartwheel
Daisuke Sasaki & Artemis Spencer vs. Gurv & Harv Sihra
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kohei Kinoshita
DDT Universal Champion MAO vs. Mike Bailey & Miyu Yamashita in a 3-way for the title

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

8 PM PT UPDATE: The event will begin in 30 seconds.

Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE form Historic Washington Hall in Seattle, WA. Your hosts are Rich Bocchini & Veda Scott.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks niticeably smaller than Tokyo Joshi Pro earlier today which did 405 so I’m guessing it’ll be closer to 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 447, a full house/near sellout)

Match 1: Gringo Loco vs. Yuni
Result: Gringo Loco beat Yuni

Match 2: Danshoku DIeno vs. Randy Myers
Result: Randy Myers beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. Myers becomes the 1691st Champion. But that wasn’t the actual match as the title change happened in the crowd BEFORE they even got into the ring, so…which led to…
Match 2 (again, for real this time): Danshoku Dieno vs. Randy Myers
In progress. And during the match after a ref bump, we get an appearance by…YOSHIHIKO!!!
Result: Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Randy Myers to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1692nd Champion. Classic DDT Dieno comedy match.

Match 3: Nick Wayne vs. Jack Cartwheel
Result: Nick Wayne beat Jack Cartwheel

Match 4: Cody Chhun & Guillermo Rosas vs. Bryan Keith & Shota and Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson in a 3-way
Result: Cody Chhun & Guillermo Rosas beat Bryan Keith & Shota and Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson in a 3-way when Chhun/Rosas pinned Shota.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & Artemis Spencer vs. Gurv & Harv Sihra
Actually, not yet because Marina Shafir came out. So the tag match is not next. Instead…

Match 5: Danica De La Rush vs. Marina Shafir
Result: Marina Shafir beat Danica De La Rush by submission. Shafir retains the DEFY Women’s World Championship. Immediately afterwards, Shoko Nakajima hit the ring. With microphone. Title challenge issued. We’ll see what happens but commentary suggests it could happen tomorrow. (Update a few minutes afterwards…it’s now official. Tomorrow)

Let’s try the above again…
Match (now) 6: Daisuke Sasaki & Artemis Spencer vs. Gurv & Harv Sihra
Result: Gurv & Harv Sihra beat Daisuke Sasaki & Artemis Spencer. One of the Sihras pinned Spencer after Bollywood Blast.

Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kohei Kinoshita
Result: Konosuke Takeshita beat Kohei Kinoshita

Main Event: DDT Universal Champion MAO vs. Mike Bailey & Miyu Yamashita in a 3-way for the title
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat DDT Universal Champion MAO & Mike Bailey in a 3-way by pinning Bailey to win the title. Yamashita becomes the 15th DDT Universal Champion. A clusterf**k of awesome. And now the first woman champion as Yamashita is a double champion for now. What an upset! But this could mean a change to tomorrow…Yamashita is scheduled to face Gringo Loco. And Loco came out at the end. With microphone. Not surprisingly, he wants tomorrow to be for the title. Yamashita accepts in English, throwing down an anytime, anywhere challenge. This brings out Nick Wayne. Despite being a heel in AEW, Wayne gets the hometown pop. After winning 2 matches today (his match on AEW Collision was taped earlier this week), he now wants in and to make tomorrow a 3-way. But he says it’s up to Yamashita. Accepted in English. We’ll see you tomorrow!

The next event, the third and final event of this tripleheader, is tomorrow, a joint DDT/DEFY/TJPW event. Live streaming will be only on Triller+ and will begin at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Bright Eyes” LIVE Results (11/9/24)

Tokyo Joshi Pro returns to the US today (it’s a Sunday morning breakfast time start in Japan) as part of a tripleheader weekend with DDT and independent promotion DEFY Wrestling, at least those roster members not staying in Japan for another event later today. Most of the matches are crossovers between TJPW and DEFY & other independent wrestlers and there is a title match scheduled as Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh defend the titles against Vertvixen & Nicole Matthews.

Today’s event will be held at Historic Washington Hall in Seattle, WA and can be watched LIVE only on Triller/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $69.99/year) in English. It WILL NOT be available live or on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There are 6 matches scheduled so this is probably going to be similar to a normal TJPW house show and have a running time of about 2 hours (they can’t go too long because there’s a DDT event later at the same venue).

Today’s lineup:
Rika Tatsumi & Amira vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Wakana Uehara
Moka Miyamoto vs. Rebel Kel
Mizuki vs. Liiza Hall
Miu Watanabe & Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher
Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Vertvixen & Nicole Matthews for the titles

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2 PM PT UPDATE; Live updates start now.

Mandatory FBI Warning then…

The event will begin shortly.

Mandatory FBI Warning again a couple minutes in…and now…

We are LIVE from Historic Washington Hall in Seattle, WA. When we go live Miu Watanabe is in the ring and greets the crowd in English and Japanese. She reads a pre-written greeting in English before asking everyone in Japanese and English to help to the “Start!” shout they begin events with. Obviously no Sayuri Namba because of today’s event later on in Japan. So we have to “settle” for who presumably is the regular DEFY ring announcer.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. I didn’t have a chance to look up the venue but despite commentary saying it’s a full house it is not a legit sellout, as there are several empty seats on the stage opposite hard camera. This will give us an idea of what to anticipate the rest of the weekend though. From what I can see and hear I’m guessing it’ll be around 300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 405)

The matches begin right away. Your hosts are Rich Bocchini & Veda Scott.

Match 1: Rika Tatsumi & Amira vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. The ring announcer botched the intros and almost introduced Tatsumi as Suzume’s partner instead of Endo. The crowd booed him heavily for this, haha.
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Rika Tatsumi & Amira. Suzume pinned Amira after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Wakana Uehara
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Wakana Uehara

Match 3: Moka Miyamoto vs. Rebel Kel
Result: Rebel Kel beat Moka Miyamoto

Match 4: Mizuki vs. Liiza Hall
Result: Mizuki beat Liiza Hall

Match 5: Miu Watanabe & Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher
Result: Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher beat Miu Watanabe & Shoko Nakajima. Zakher pinned Watanabe. That’s TWICE these last few months that Zakher has beaten the Princess Of Princess Champion! With Zakher now on the radar of WWE (her being announced as a WWE ID Prospect got a huge pop from the crowd) can third time be the charm? Next time it’s for the Princess Of Princess Championship.

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Vertvixen & Nicole Matthews for the titles
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Vertvixen & Nicole Matthews to retain the titles. Yamashita pinned Matthews after Skull Kick. V1 for the champs. This was far & away the longest match of the event and then some. The champs closed things out with an English promo.

The next event is tomorrow at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

All-Japan 11/9/24 Results

All-Japan kicked off the World’s Strongest Tag League, the promotion’s annual tag team tournament, today in Tokyo. And they also launched a completely remade website too.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This event also aired live on GAORA SPORTS in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1393.

Match 1: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Cyrus & Hartley Jackson. Tachibana pinned Jackson. (Hey, they gotta win one match after all)

Match 2: World’s Strongest Tag League Block A: Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) & Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Sekimoto pinned Omori after The Big Bang Catastrophe.

Match 3: Ryuji Hijikata & MAZADA (Independent/Freelancer) beat Ryo Inoue & Taishin Nagao. MAZADA pinned Nagao after MAZADA Drop.

Match 4: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Honda pinned Tamura after Final Vent.

Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto. Aoyagi pinned Sato.

Match 6: World’s Strongest Tag League Block A: Jun & Rei Saito beat Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Mike D. Vecchio. Rei Saito pinned Oishi after Ice Vine.

Main Event: World’s Strongest Tag League Block : Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Smith pinned Suwama after Bulldog Bomb.

The next event is Friday at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 11/9/24 Results

New Japan ran their annual NEW JAPAN ROAD event today which, in the few years it’s been held, was a Kazuchika Okada hometown event. No Okada this year because he’s gone to AEW, so they had Stardom send Tam Nakano to be the hometown rep instead.

Today’s event was held at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1239.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young beat Yasutora Yasuda.

Match 2: Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai & Tomoaki Honma. Murashima pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Tenzan after Shoto.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Tiger Mask & Master Wato. Sho pinned TM 4.

Match 5: Stardom Provided Match: Tam Nakano beat Aya Sakura.

Match 6: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & Taichi. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End. And yes, Just 5 Guys are now Just 4 Guys again. Technically Just 3 Guys with Yuya Uemura out due to injury.

Match 7: Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Khan beat BUSHI with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Jado, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Tanahashi was the lone winner, last eliminating EVIL.

The next event is “Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Does Reckless Things”, a Taiji Ishimori produced special event, Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. It will feature at least 4 matches with Ishimori in every match, but one planned match will be changed because he was to have faced Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) in one match but Kid is now off due to a neck injury. Replacement TBA. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/9/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH made the likely final stop on the Akitoshi Saito retirement tour today in Osaka ahead of his retirement match next weekend.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Originally scheduled for no live broadcast, it was changed to be live and immediate on demand rather than the normal 3-day wait.

The announced paid attendance was 614.

Before the event, a public weigh-in was held to determine the status of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match scheduled, as it was contingent on Shuhei Taniguchi making weight. Results weren’t announced but apparently he did.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) beat Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary & Yu Owada. Kitamiya pinned Owada after Saito Suplex. For those who missed it, Menso-re was actually Cristobal until a recent event where he was forced to unmask.

Match 2: Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat Junta Miyawaki & Daiki Odashima. Tadasuke pinned Odashima after Outcast.

Match 3: Kenoh, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Alejandro pinned Kotoge after Blank Bullet.

Match 4: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jack Morris & Daga. Bane pinned Daga after a huracanrana.

Match 5: Ulka Sasaki beat Harutoki.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Eita to retain the titles. HAYATA pinned Taniguchi with a schoolboy. V3 for the champs.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya & Naomichi Marufuji beat Takashi Sugiura & Akitoshi Saito. Kiyomiya pinned Saito after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Manabu Soya beat Go Shiozaki to retain the title. V2 for Soya.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 Episode 3 Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The match card will not be announced in advance as usual except for a 10 woman battle royal to crown the first GHC Women’s Champion. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

New Japan Pro Wrestling “Fighting Spirit Unleashed” LIVE Results (11/8/24)

New Japan is back in the US today for their monthly, or close to it, international event, Fighting Spirit Unleashed. This installment is the first time in 5 years they’re back in the northeast US as the last visit was before the pandemic began. It’s a loaded 11 match card with 3 title matches and more: The first title match will be for the STRONG Tag Team Championship as Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls, fresh off losing the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in Japan, try to retain these titles against James Drake & Zack Gibson aka former WWE team Grizzled Young Veterans. In the second title match, the All Elite Wrestling International Championship is on the line as Konosuke Takeshita defends against TJP. In the main event, Kosei Fujita will try to build on his Super Junior Tag League victory earlier this week when he faces Gabriel Kidd for the STRONG Openweight Championship. There also is a 4-way for the next STRONG Women’s Championship shot at Mercedes Mone which seems to be between AEW’s Anna Jay and Trish Adora, with Stardom sending Hacuki & Koguma to participate too.

Today’s event will be held at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, MA and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese and English. The event will also be available as a PPV on TrillerTV/FITE for $19.99. There will also be a FREE 30-minute pre-show on these outlets and YouTube. One match has no time limit but everything else is 30 minutes so despite the number of matches I expect this to be a “standard length” US PPV event with, including the pre-show, a total running time of about 3 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Matt Vandagriff vs. Seabass Finn

PPV/main show:
Kevin Knight vs. David Finlay
STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls vs. James Drake & Zack Gibson for the titles
Lio Rush vs. Mustafa Ali
Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor vs. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaavs in a 2/3 Falls Match. Fall 1 is a Tables Match. Fall 2 is a Submission Match (win only by submission). If needed, Fall 3 is a Last Man Standing Strap Match (win only by KO/TKO, unable to answer 10 count when down)
Anna Jay vs. Trish Adora, Hazuki & Koguma in a 4-way for a STRONG Women’s Championship shot
Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi vs. Matt Taven & Mike Bennett
Ryohei Oiwa vs. KENTA
Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino
AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. TJP for the title
STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Kosei Fujita for the title

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Updates below will begin at 3:30 PM PT/6:30 PM ET.

3:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Lowell Municipal Auditorium in Lowell, MA. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Milano Collection A.T. & El Desperado. If you’re watching on New Japan World it’s Japanese only right now..If you’re on Triller/FITE, your hosts are Walker Stewart & Veda Scott. We also don’t have our usual US ring announcer (Tak I think his name is).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue’s maximum capacity is 2800 but it’s a smaller setup and the crowd is still filing in. I’m thinking based on advance sales it’ll be closer to 2000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1022. Apparently a much smaller setup than ticket maps led me to believe)

Pre-show:
Match 1: Matt Vandagriff vs. Seabass Finn. 20 minute time limit
Result: Matt Vandagriff beat Seabass Finn. Borderline glorified squash. Afterwards, Vandagriff with microphone. Buries his oddly named opponent and more in English. Interrupted by Zane Jay who throws down a rematch challenge. Accepted which leads to a Vandagriff beatdown.

Grizzled Young Veterans promo.

TJP promo. In multiple languages.

Quick rundown of the rest of the card.

End pre-show.

Updates will resume when the PPV/main show begins.

Main show/PPV:
Match 1: Kevin Knight vs. David Finlay. 30 minute time limit
Result: David Finlay beat Kevin Knight

Match 2: STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls vs. James Drake & Zack Gibson for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: James Drake & Zack Gibson beat STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls to win the titles. Drake & Gibson become the 10th STRONG Tag Team Champions. Gibson pinned Nicholls.

Match 3: Lio Rush vs. Mustafa Ali. 30 minute time limit
Result: Lio Rush beat Mustafa Ali

Match 5: Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor vs. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaavs in a 2/3 Falls Match. Fall 1 is a Tables Match. Fall 2 is a Submission Match (win only by submission). If needed, Fall 3 is a Last Man Standing Strap Match (win only by KO/TKO, unable to answer 10 count when down)
Fall 1: Rosser/Lawlor win when Lawlor puts Nelson through a table.
Fall 2: Nelson/Isaacs win when Isaacs beat Rosser with a rear naked choke.
Fall 3: Nelson/Isaacs win when Rosser can’t answer 10 count.
Result: Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs beat Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor 2-1. Afterwards, they call out Grizzled Young Veterans and demand a STRONG Tag Team Championship match, or tried to but the first microphone cut out on Nelson. They want the title match on 12/15 in Long Beach, CA at the next US event.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Mercedes Mone promo. The winner of the next match gets to face her for the STRONG Women’s Championship on 12/15.

Match 5: Anna Jay vs. Trish Adora, Hazuki & Koguma in a 4-way for a STRONG Women’s Championship shot. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hazuki beat Anna Jay, Trish Adora & Koguma in a 4-way by pinning Adora. As a result, Hazuki will face STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone for the title on 12/15. WHAT?!? UPSET ALERT!!! Mone came out immediately afterwards. With microphone. Brief promo before Hazuki cut her off and said in English “This belt will be mine”. Mone responded with a direct shot both on the microphone and physically, getting the better of the exchange and laying out Hazuki.

Match 6: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi vs. Matt Taven & Mike Bennett/ 30 minute time limit
Result: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Matt Taven & Mike Bennett. Tsuji pinned Bennett after Gene Blast (and a Takagi Pumping Bomber right before that). Afterwards the lights went out and a mysterious promo was shown. When the lights came back on, Jack Perry appeared at ringside and attacked Tsuji then laid him out in the ring. Perry with microphone. In English, he challenged Tsuji to a match on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Perry then set up for another running knee strike but Takagi made the save.

Match 7: Ryohei Oiwa vs. KENTA. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ryohei Oiwa beat KENTA. KENTA protested afterwards as it was a reversal of a rollup for 3.

Match 8: Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito. Umino pinned Tito after Death Rider.

Jon Moxley promo. This aired after the match and is directed at Umino. Sounds like he’s picking someone to face Umino on 1/5. Afterwards, Umino with microphone. Challenge accepted in English to bring any of his factionmakes, even dropping a couple of clever f-bombs. Especially the finish-F**K YOU JON MOXLEY! Good stuff.

Match 9: AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. TJP for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat TJP to retian the title. Afterwards, Takeshita with microphone. He said he would defend the title at Tokyo Dome then called out challengers. Nobosy came out. Until he thought nobody was going to then Takagi emerged. Challenge thrown down for 1/4, and possibly a double title match also for the NEVER Openweight Championship. But before they were done posing in the ring, Tomohiro Ishii came out. He pointed to both then walked back out.

Main Event: STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Kosei Fujita for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd beat Kosei Fujita to retain the title. V3 for Kidd. Next up: Oiwa, who made the challenge after making the save following a Kidd & KENTA beatdown on Fujita post-match.

End Show.

The next event is NEW JAPAN ROAD tomorrow at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi. This was traditionally the annual Kazuchika Okada hometown event but not so much now with Okada in AEW so Tam Nakano is coming from Stardom to fill the void. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, a change to Tuesday’s Taiji Ishimori Produced event was announced-Dragon Kid is now off the event. Neck injury. He was to have faced Ishimori. Replacement TBA.

Dragon Gate 11/7/24 Results (Updated)

Dtagon Gate kicked off the annual KING OF GATE Tournament today, which will determine the top singles wrestler in the promotion. The tournament is round-robin format with 3 blocks of 6 participants

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. This event also aired live on GAORA TV in Japan.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1421, a full house/near sellout)

There were last minute changes to the card because Naruki Doi was removed due to injury (meniscus).

Match 1: Kateika Dragon, U-T & El Pantera Jr. beat JACKY KAMEI, Riiiita & Ryoya Tanaka. Dragon pinned Tanaka after a moonsault press.

Match 2: Shuji Kondo & Punch Tominaga beat Toru Owashi (DDT) & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kondo pinned Yanagiuchi after a King Kong lariat.

Match 3: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, KAI & Homare beat Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horigichi, Kagetora & Akihiro Sahara. Minoura pinned Sahara after Golden Rose.

Match 4: KING OF GATE Block A: Flamita beat Dragon Kid.

Match 5: KING OF GATE Block A: Mochizuki Junior vs. ISHIN went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 6: Kzy, Luis Mante, Ben-K & Strong Machine J beat Susumu Yokosuka, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Hyo & Madoka Kikuta. Ben-K pinned Hyo after a spear.

Match 7: KING OF GATE Block B: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Shun Skywalker.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Block C: Dragon Dia beat YAMATO.

The next event is Saturday at Matsuyama City Community Center in Ehime. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. In fact, there are no more broadcasts scheduled until the end of the month (3 weeks out). Right now the next broadcast is scheduled for 11/27 for Heroic Legend Rei-ZERO 4 at Shinjuku Face.

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