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Stardom 7/12/24 Results

Stardom ran the first event of a tripleheader weekend in Osaka today.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. They made a late change to a live broadcast for today instead of on demand later.

The announced paid attendance was 335.

There were late changes to the card due to Ami Sohrei being off the card. Injury treatment. Also, Thekla is suspended for all 3 events.

Match 1: Hanan beat Rian.

Match 2: Saki Kashima beat Aya Sakura.

Match 3: Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara. Iida pinned Kurara after a lariat.

Match 4: Syuri, Konami, Ranna Yagami & Lady C beat Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Ruaka & Fukigen. Syuri pinned Fukigen after Drift Flame.

Match 5; Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi beat Mina Shirakawa, Gina & Waka Tsukiyama and Mayu Iwatani, Koguma & Hazuki in a 3-way when Nakano pinned Tsukiyama.

Match 6: Starlight Kid beat Miyu Amasaki.

Main Event: Maika & Saya Kamitani beat AZM & Mei Seira. Kamitani pinned Seira.

The next event is tomorrow at Yamato Arena in Osaka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Injury Report: Less Magnificent Stardom Weekend Ahead

Stardom has announced last-minute changes to their 3 events in Osaka this weekend because Ami Sohrei is now off. Undisclosed injury suffered in practice (accidental). Out indefinitely. Sohrei made the announcement and apologized on her social media accounts and these were shared by Stardom’s official accounts. Changes have been made to this weekend’s events. Updates to follow regarding her status.

In related news, Stardom announced that tomorrow’s event at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka has been changed from on demand only at a later date to a LIVE broadcast on Stardom World. It will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: Potential Early TJPW Farewell (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced changes forSaturday’s event in Tokyo stemming from two injury absences. Both are concerning ahead of SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24 because two key wrestlers are affected-Moka Miyamoto & Nao Kakuta. Miyamoto-the always-vague poor health/physical condition. Kakuta-lower back. It’s not known if either will miss additional time, but Kakuta will be at the event and participate in a mini-talk show with Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna, who are also out with injuries. But this is the final event before the quarterly blowout event so both have only a week to recover. Miyamoto is to team with Yuki Arai to challenge for the Princess Tag Team Championship next week and Kakuta will have one of her last matches before retiring the following week.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: The YMZ promotion, which is tun by longtime wrestler Kaori Yoneyama when she’s not wrestling in Stardom as Fukigen, has announced that Kakuta will not be able to wrestle at their 7/16 event as planned but will still appear.

BREAKING: New Japan US Event Change for Saturday (Updated x2)

New Japan just announced a major change to Saturday’s CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA USA event: Stephanie Vaquer is now off. Personal reasons. She is no longer part of CMLL or NJPW per a statement from CMLL. As a result, the CMLL Women’s World Championship is now VACANT. Vaquer was to have defended the title against Lluvia. Lluvia will now face Willow Nightingale & Viva Van in a 3-way for the vacant title.

UPDATE: While not official, Mexico-based website RECORD reports (in Spanish) Vaquer has signed-or is about to sign-a multi-year deal-with WWE. Having to leave New Japan is confirmation she’s not headed to All Elite Wrestling. Said WWE deal reportedly started to come together after the Forbidden Door event.

UPDATE 2: It’s now official. WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels, who now oversees the NXT brand, posted a “welcome” post to Vaquer on Twitter at around 2:30 PM PT/5:30 PM ET, indicating she’s headed to NXT. So she is WWE-bound.

DDT 7/10/24 Results

DDT continued their current tour today with an event in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 308, a full house/near sellout.

Before the event, a public signing ceremony for the KO-D Tag Team Championship match on 7/21 was held.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi & Akito beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Akito pinned Hirata with Gedo Clutch.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku beat Jun Akiyama, Takao Soma & Keigo Nakamura. Endo pinned Nakamura after Yurikamome.

Match 3; Sanshiro Takagi & Yuni beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuma Sumi. Takagi pinned Sumi after an avalanche-style brainbuster.

Match 4; KANON 5th Anniversary Match: TAKA Michinoku (New Japan) beat KANON.

Match 5: HARASHIMA beat Daisuke Sasaki & Masa Takanashi in a 3-way by pinning Sasaki.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Yuki Iino.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat MAO, Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda. To-y pinned Honda after a Frankensteiner,

The next event is Saturday at Iwate Education Hall Multipurpose Hall in Iwate. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/8/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up a 3-day weekend in Hokkaido today with one more house show event.

Today’s event was held at Hakodate General Wholesale Center Distribution Hall in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (scheduled for Friday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 332.

Match 1: Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) beat Tadasuke & Junta Miyawaki in a 3-way by pinning Miyawaki.

Match 2: Anthony Greene beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 3: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Super Crazy. Bane pinned Crazy.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Eita beat Jake Lee, LJ Cleary & YO-HEY. Marufuji pinned Cleary after Shiranui.

Match 5; Daga & Ulka Sasaki vs. HAYATA & AMAKUSA went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Daga & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki.

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

The next event is ABEMA Presents DESTINATION 2024 Saturday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Live streaming only on ABEMA as a PPV in select countries (including the US) in Japanese and English will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. Note that while it can be watched in a web browser, you must download the ABEMA iOS/Android app to purchase the PPV, which before event day costs 3500 Japanese yen (around $22 US) plus additional fees. On event day or after the event )on demand) it goes up to 4000 yen (around $27 US) and will be available on demand until 8 AM on 7/21. That means it will be at least a week or more after the event before it could show up on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (UPDATE: You also will be able to watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube)

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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