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New Japan 10/25/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today along with Day 3 of the Super Junior Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1169.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Gene Blaster. Afterwards, Ishimori, Tsuji and Yuto Nakashima all attempted to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship, which has legit 24/7 rules and can be contested for anytime, anywhere by anyone (or anything) as long as a referee is present. All apparently failed…

Match 3: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Oskar Leube, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Uemura pinned Leube with a Kannuki suplex hold.

The promotion announced CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA will return in 2024. The event, a showcase for partner promotion CMLL (Mexico), usually held early each year after Tokyo Dome, will run for 7 events over 8 days-2/12 & 2/13 in Osaka, 2/14 in Kagawa, 2/15 in Aichi, 2/17 in Chiba and 2/18 & 2/19 at Korakuen. More on this as it becomes available.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Ragles. Taguchi beat Fujita with Variant Gedo Clutch.
Match 5: MUSASHI & Yoh beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Yoh pinned TJP after Direct Drive.
Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Sho pinned TAKA after Shock Arrow.
Match 7: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Drilla Moloney. KUSHIDA pinned Moloney.
Main Event: Master Wato & El Desperado beat Titan & BUSHI. Wato beat BUSHI with Recicentemente 2.

There are now 6 tied for the lead at 2-1, 4 points, 3 tied at 1-2, 2 points and TAKA/DOUKI at 0-3, 0 points. The top 2 will advance to the Finals.

The next event is tomorrow at Wing Hat Kasukabe in Saitama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Upcoming Title Matches, November TV Schedule

Some All-Japan news following this past weekend’s major event:

An All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match has been added to next week’s Hokkaido tour: 11/3 will see Jun & Rei Saito defend the titles vs. Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu.

Next up for Yuma Aoyagi & the Triple Crown: TBA, but it will be on 11/5 in the second event of a doubleheader that day.

The AJPW.TV broadcast schedule for November has been announced (subject to change):
The following events will be LIVE broadcasts: 11/5 (Hotel Emilia Sapporo, Hokkaido-both events-forst event will be 12/4 US time), 11/12 (Korakuen Hall, Tokyo-11/11 US time), 11/19 (Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya), 11/23 (Kira Messe Numazu, Shizuoka), 11/29 (Korakuen)
The following events will be ON DEMAND ONLY (no live broadcasts, available the next day-in the US these should be available the same day): 11/1 (Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Sub Arena (Obihiro), Hokkaido), 11/2 (Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center, Hokkaido), 11/3 (Bihoro Sports Center, Hokkaido), 11/4 (Iwamizawa City Hall Akarenga, Hokkaido), 11/15 (Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium Main Arena, Saitama), 11/26 (Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring, Kanagawa)

DEVELOPING: Sumo-Stablemaster Suspended Indefinitely (Updated x2)

Developing sumo news-Nikkan Sports reports Stablemaster Kokonoe has been SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY for allowing a minor (underage) wrestler, who was not identified due to age, to drink alcohol while accompanying Kokonoe on the current autumn tour (exhibition events held throughout Japan in even months between Grand Sumo tournaments). Kokonoe was acting as deputy director for the tour. The minor wrestler is also suspended indefinitely. No word yet on if this will include the November tournament in Fukuoka. Both Kokonoe and the wrestler have apologized in person to the Japan Sumo Association.

UPDATE: According to Nikkan Sports and YouTube channel “Chris Sumo”, the latter being a reliable English-language sumo news source with insider connections, the wrestler was identified as Chiyoshishi. He is 18, which is underage for alcohol consumption in Japan (legal age is 20 or 21), and currently ranked in the Sandanme, but having gone 6-1 at Sd68 in September he would have a slight chance to reach Makushita in November. If he is not suspended for the November Tournament that is. He almost certainly would be above his career best rank so far which is Sd33 in 14 career tournaments (including one Absent tournament). He is definitely done until then-hospitalized for alcohol poisoning and sent home.

UPDATE 2: Chris Sumo now reports Chiyoshishi has retired from sumo. Personal decision and not forced. His latest YouTube video update essentially translates the earlier Nikkan Sports report into English.

BREAKING: Impact Star Signs New Extension

PCO Is Not Human. He also will continue to make an Impact. Coming off a win in a Monster’s Ball match at Bound For Glory, the French-Canadian Frankenstein has signed an extension with the promotion. Terms were not disclosed but he will be part of when the promotion rebrands itself again as TNA Wrestling in January 2024 at Hard To Kill in Las Vegas. That’s where PCO returned to the promotion in January 2022.

Full press release:

TNA Wrestling Signing Confirmed: PCO

New Japan News: Full 10/28 US Card Announced

New Japan returns to the US this Saturday for Fighting Spirit Unleashed, and the full card has been announced today (also the match order):

Pre-Show:
Matt Vandagriff vs. Buck Skynyr
Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs vs. Jakob Austin Young, Baliyan Alki & Titus Alexander

PPV:
Satoshi Kojima vs. Fred Rosser, Jeff Cobb & Alex Coughlin in a 4-way for the next STRONG Openweight Championship shot
Lluvia & Johnnie Robbie vs. Stephanie Vaquer & Zeuxis
Tom Lawlor vs. Gabriel Kidd
Atlantis 40th Anniversary Match: Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Mistico & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Rocky Romero, Soberano Jr., Tiger Mask 4 & Adrian Quest
STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia vs. Hyan for the title
STROKG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. Alex Zayne & Lance Archer for the titles
STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. HENARE for the title
SANADA & Yuya Uemura vs. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. Shingo Takagi for the title

The event begins with the pre-show matches at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The PPV will be streamed LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese (for all paid subscribers, no additional purchase required) and FITE in English ($19.99). The pre-show should air on New Japan World but may not air on FITE.

New Japan 10/24/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 2 of the Super Junior Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV simulcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1020.

Match 1: Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Khan pinned Leube.

Match 2: Yuya Yemura, Taichi & SANADA vs. Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Boltin Oleg by submission to retain the title. V15(!) for Sabre.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Titan & BUSHI. Taguchi pinned BUSHI.
Match 5: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Fujita pinned TAKA.
Match 6: MUSASHI & Yoh beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Yoh pinned Wato aftrr Direct Drive.
Match 7: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Sho pinned Knight after Shock Arrow.
Main Event: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Connors pinned TJP after Full Clip.
After 2 days Moloney/Connors are 2-0, TAKA/DOUKI are 0-2, everyone else is 1-1.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

GLEAT 10/21/23 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event Saturday, returning to regular host city Osaka for another house show.

Saturday’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube Tuesday at 4 AM PT/7 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 203.

Match 1: Issei Onitsuka & Fire Katsumi beat Andy Wu & JD Lee. Onitsuka pinned Lee after a spear.

Match 2: Aoi beat Azusa Inaba.

Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki beat Jun Tonsho by submission.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato beat Soma Watanabe & Yuya Susumu. Jackson pinned Watanabe with Hartley No. 1 Leg Roll Clutch. Afterwards, Jackson issued a G INFINITY Championship challenge. Not a given as they could get the next shot at champions Jun & Rei Saito, but they’ve first got to win a 1-day tournament at the enxt event.

CIMA announced he will return on 11/12.

Match 5: Yusuke Kodama & Masato Kamino beat T-Hawk & El Lindaman. Kamino pinned T-Hawk after a lariat. Afterwards, Kamino issued a G REX Championship challenge to T-Hawk. Accepted. That match will happen on 11/12.

Match 6: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka, Yu Iizuka & Tomoaki Honma (New Japan) beat Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Check Shimatani & Magnitude Kishiwada. Iizuka beat Shimatani with an armbar.

Main Event: Hayato Tamura beat Takanori Ito, Tetsuya Izuchi & Kaito Ishida in a 4-way by pinning Ito.

The next event is 11/3 at Tokyo FM Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/23/23 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC today, promising the return of an old championship and a former retired legend making an appearance (the latter being The Great Muta, the face-painted/masked in recent years alter-ego of Keiji Muto).

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it appears to have been a legit advance sellout. There were no same-day tickets available. That means it would have been close to 500.

Match 1: HAYATA beat Daga.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Kai Fujimura & Yu Owada. Huxley pinned Owada after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Extreme Tiger & Terry Yaki beat Naomichi Marufuji, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki. Yaki pinned Miyawaki after Yaki Crusher.

Match 4: TBA, revealed at match time to be Masato Tanaka (ZERO1), beat Ninja Mack to win the reactivated GHC Hardcore Championship. Tanaka becomes the 10th GHC Hardcore Champion. (That takes the title’s prior lineage into account although the promotion’s website bills him as the first champion following the reactivation by NOSAWA Rongai)

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyomita, Ryohei Oiwa, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Order of elimination (pinfall, submission, over the top rope): Tadasuke by Kiyomiya, Wolf by Lee, Oiwa by Greene, Greene by Kitamiya, Kitamiya by YO-HEY, Bane by YO-HEY, YO-HEY by Soya, Cleary by Soya, Kiyomiya by Morris, Morris by Soya, Soya by Lee. Lee wins as only remaining member.

Episode 3 is 11/13.

The next event is Thursday at Hiroshima Industrial Hall West Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Ulka Sasaki, an MMA fighter who competes in Rizin and previously fought in UFC, has been announced for Episode 3 and will participate in an exhibition match vs. TBA.

Dragon Gate 10/22/23 Results (2 Events) (Updated)

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour today with a same-day doubleheader in Fukuoka.

Today’s events were held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced for both events. (UPDATE: For Event 1, the announced paid attendance was 541. For Event 2, the announced paid attendance was 624, a full house/near sellout)

There were last minute changes to both events due to Kota Minoura being removed from both events. Illness.

Event 1:

Match 1: Kzy, Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. KAMEI pinned H-Y-O after Jacky Knife.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi & Jason Lee beat Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. Lee pinned Tominaga after Maximum Driver.

Match 3: Ben-K beat Yoshiki Kato.

Match 4: Luis Mante & Dragon Kid beat BxB Hulk & Ryoya Tanaka. Mante pinned Tanaka after Vuelta Finale.

Match 5: YAMATO & Naruki Doi beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Doi pinned Jr. after Bakatare Slising Kick.

Main Event: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Shimizu pinned Dia after BIGBOSS Press.

Event 2:

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Mochizuki Jr., Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryoya Tanaka. ISHIN beat Yanagiuchi with a Boston Crab.

Match 2: Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. Ben-K pinned Tominaga after Masakari.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka beat H-Y-O.

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito. Kanda pinned Saito after a diving elbow drop.

Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Yoshiki Kato by submission.

Match 6: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Dia pinned U-T with a countered rollup.

Main Event: YAMATO, Luis Mante, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Kzy, Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mante pinned KAMEI after Vuelta Finale.

The next event is tomorrow at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. there also are no more broadcasts scheduled the rest of the month. For November only 4 of 15 events are scheduled to be broadcast, headlined by THE GATE OF DESTINY 2023 on 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/22/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 tour today with a house show in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 192.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Mohammed Yone & Taishi Ozawa. Huxley pinned Ozawa after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Extreme Tiger & Junta Miyawaki beat Ninja Mack & Terry Yaki. Miyawaki pinned Yaki after Falcon Arrow.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya, Daiki Inaba, Shujio Kondo & Hajime Ohara beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge, Go Shiozaki & Hi69. Soya pinned Hi69 after Ballistics.

Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene.

Match 6: Yoshinari Ogawa, Daga & LEONA (Dradition) beat Kaito Kiyomita, HAYATA & Eita by countout. HAYATA counted out.

Main Event: Kenoh, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Stalliion Rogers, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Cleary after Kenoh Special.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.