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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.

DDT Pro Wrestling “GOD BLESS DDT 2023” Results (10/22/23)

DDT’s monthly tour-ending big event, GOD BLESS DDT 2023, is on tap today as the promotion’s final mid-major event before their Ryogoku Kokugikan blowout event in a few weeks. As their KO-D Openweight Championship match draws closer, Chris Brookes & Yuki Ueno will be on opposite sides in the main event, while in the co-main event there is potentially a double title match. DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata defends the title against Takeshi Masada in what is basically going to be a comedy match, but if Masada is still the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion at match time this will be for both titles. But given the latter title’s 24/7 stip things could change last-second…and you never know what could happen before, during, and even after the match! Also, a day after losing the All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Championship in probably her last appearance int he promotion, Saki Akai returns for one more 10th Anniversary match as her retirement draws ever closer, this time teaming with Sendai Girls standout Chihiro Hashimoto to face Eruption factionmates Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese FOR FREE! No account or paid subscription required! It will also be available on demand for free for non-subscribers for a few weeks. There is a pre-show match scheduled for 15-20 minutes before the event begins. With that match included I anticipate today’s event having a total running time of just under 3 hours.

Click below to watch the event live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE:
https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en/lives/fqoaQKyWnAn8VAMBFXyWeR

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Takao Soma & Yuni vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda

Main show:
MIKAMI vs. Kazuma Sumi
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Tetsuya Endo, Toi Kojima & Rukiya
Yukio Naya vs. Yuya Koroku
Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Yusuke Okada vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Makoto Oishi & Akito
Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani vs. Saki Akai & Chihiro Hashimoto
DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Takeshi Masada for the titles. Subject to change if Masada is not Iron Man champion at match time
Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:15 PM PT/10:15 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has launched. We’ll be going to the venue in a few minutes.

7:16 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Ken Kato & Kagehiro Osano.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but as has been the case for a while they’re using the smaller opposite-side configuration with about 2/3 of the bleacher seats curtained off. That will keep the numbers down from what New Japan and All-Japan usually do now, so it’ll probably be 550-600. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 800)

Pre-show match: Takao Soma & Yuni vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. 15 minute time limit
Result; Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda beat Takao Soma & Yuni. Honda pinned Yuni with a bridge.

Updates will resume when the main show begins in a few minutes (pre-show match ends at 7:27 PM PT).

Main show:
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. Your hosts are Ken Kato & Kagehiro Osano with special guest Shunma Katsumata.
Match 1: MIKAMI (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: MIKAMI beat Kazuma Sumi. Afterwards, MIKAMI with microphone. It sounded like he issued a challenge for the DDT Extreme Championship. Side note: MIKAMI was part of the very frist DDT event on 3/25/1997.

The D KING GP 2023 participants are announced:
Block A: Yuki Ueno, Tetsuya Endo, Kazusada Higuchi, Daisuke Sasaki, HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino
Block B: Chris Brookes, MAO, Yukio Naya, KANON, Kazuki Hirata, and…from All-Japan Pro Wrestling…Rei Saito!
The tournament starts on 11/26 at Korakuen then continues on 12/2 & 12/3 at Shinjuku Face, 12/9 & 12/26 elsewhere, then 12/24 at Korakuen with the Finals at DDT’s 2024 opener on 1/3 at Korakuen.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Tetsuya Endo, Toi Kojima & Rukiya. 30 minute time limit
Result; Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Tetsuya Endo, Toi Kojima & Rukiya. KANON pinned Rukiya after Sleepy Hollow. Afterwards, Sasaki with microphone. He issued a challenge to Endo for next month’s Ryogoku event, sounds like a Damnation T.A. vs. Burning match in some form. Sounds like perhaps a 6-man tag.

GM Imabayashi introduces the former Ikemen Jiro (Jiro Kuroshio), who was recently released by WWE. Mentions of perhaps an Extreme Title challenge, that brings out Takeshi Masada. Imabayashi makes Kuroshio-Masada for Kuroshio’s Japan return match at Ryogoku. (Update from the end of the show: Kuroshio will now be known as Kuroshio Tokyo Japan)

Match 3: Yukio Naya vs. Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: No Contest. Jun & Rei Saito interference. They laid out Naya and posed over hm until HARASHIMA quickly made the save. Afterwards, Rei Saito with microphone. Challenge issued for Ryogoku and beyond. They’re going to meet in the D KING GP as both are in Block B.

Katsumata leaves commentary before the next match.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Yusuke Okada vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Makoto Oishi & Akito. 30 minute time limit
Before the match began, a comedy promo led to a last-second change: Okada & Oishi swapped sides for the match.
Result: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yusuke Okada & Akito. Dieno pinned Akito after Danshoku Driver. And of course Dieno being goaded into Pheromones Still Gonna Pheromones. Afterwards, Oishi with microphone for some comedy with Dieno & a rather reluctant Akiyama.

Chris Jericho promo. Pre-recorded and in English for his match against Konosuke Takeshita on 11/12 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Jericho claims it will be the best match Takeshita has ever had in his career and he will leave knowing Jericho is the greatest of all time.

Quick break for some GM Imabayashi announcements.

Match 5: Saki Akai 10th Anniversary Match 4: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani vs. Saki Akai & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Saki Akai & Chihiro Hashimoto. Sakaguchi pinned Akai after God’s Right Knee. Afterwards, Sakaguchi with microphone. He showed Hashimoto respect then let her return the favor. Hashimoto then put Akai over before leaving Eruption together in the ring. Sakaguchi spoke a little more before Akai got the microphone, she was very emotional during her speaking. She put DDT over and thanked everyone for their support to wrap it all up. This probably is her final Korakuen match in DDT as she has only 3 weeks left until she retires and her last match period at the iconic venue will probably be Friday when she faces Yuki Arai in Tokyo Joshi Pro.

Match 6: DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Takeshi Masada for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Takeshi Masada by countout. As a result, both retain the titles. V4 for Hirata. Ridiculous comedy match involving Jenga, basketball and more. Which led to…
Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Takeshi Masada to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1583rd DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. Afterwards, Hirata with microphone. He called out Hiromu Takahashi. Which led to…
Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. Takahashi becomes the 1584th Champion. After this, Takahashi with microphone while Hirata threw a pure comedy tantrum in the ring. Long comedy promo after which Hirata tried to win it back but only managed a pair of 2 counts as he chased Takahashi throughout the venue with referee Daisuke Kiso trying to keep up. Updates to follow? In the meantime, Moving On…

Ken Kato & Toru Owashi join Kagehiro Osano on commentary the rest of the way.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA beat Yuki Ueno & MAO. Brookes pinned Ueno after Praying Mantis Bomb.

The event wraps up with the full 11/12 card:
5 Team Time Delayed Battle Royal: KANON & MJ Paul, Naruki Doi & Kazuma Sumi, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ishida, Yuni & Rukiya
Tokyo Joshi Pro Provided Match Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto & Shino Suzuki vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Wakana Uehara
Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi, Akito & Shinichiro Kawamatsu (the current wrestling Japanese politician) vs. Yoshitatsu, Yoshihiko, Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine
Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya vs. Jun & Rei Saito & Toshizo
Kuroshio Tokyo Japan (Kiro Kuroshio) vs. Takeshi Masada
Daisuke Sasaki vs. Tetsuya Endo
KO-D Tag Team Champions Takao Soma & Shota vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda for the titles
DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kazuki Hirata for the title (as always, subject to change)
DDT Universal Champion Matt Cardona vs. MAO for the title
Saki Akai Retirement Match: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Miyu Yamashita & Kazusada Higuchi
Chris Jericho vs. Konosuke Takeshita
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
ULTIMATE PARTY 2023 will begin on 11/11 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The next event is a special mini-event on 10/29 at JR Omori Station East Exit Plaza in Tokyo. This will be weather permitting as it will be an outdoor event so if there is heavy rain, it will be cancelled. The only match announced so far is World Omori Champion Takao Soma vs. TBA for the title. There will be no live broadcast.

The next “regular” event is 11/3 at Shinjuku Face with an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match and the final Saki Akai 10th Anniversary match, which will be Akai vs. Kazuki Hirata in what will also be the final single match of her career. Broadcast plans TBA. If it does stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, the broadcast will begin on 11/2 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/21/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with their first visit to Sendai in 4 years.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Sendai and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 215.

Match 1: Suzume beat Runa Okubo.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Shino Suzuki & Raku in a 3-way by pinning Suzuki.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Toga & Haru Kazashiro. Misao beat Kazashiro with a chicken wing.

Match 4: Regina beat HIMAWARI.

Match 5: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Kakuta pinned Toribami after Shiden Kai.

Match 6: Max The Impaler, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Wakana Uehara. Impaler pinned Uehara after a short range lariat.

Main Event: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Mizuki & Arisu Endo. Itoh pinned Endo after Flying Big Head.

The next event is ALL RISE ’23 Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. 2 title matches headline the event including NEW Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Regina for the title, a battle royal to determine who will challenge Max The Impaler for the International Princess Championship next, and the final appearance by Saki Akai in TJPW, and one that really will tug at my heartstrings because her final opponent is Yuki Arai in their first and only single match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

AEW Collision & Battle Of The Belts 8 Results (10/21/23)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision and Battle Of The Belts 8 in Memphis, TN:
Collision:
Bryan Danielson beat Andrade El Idolo. This was a “dream match” Tony Khan promised to announce last night on Rampage (but it’s far from their first match against each other). Malakai Black returned post-match and laid out Danielson.

Darby Allin promo. He called out Nick Wayne to confront him Wednesday at Dynamite.

Skye Blue beat Hollywood Haley. Borderline squash.

Gunn Club beat The Outrunners. Squash.

In a Street Fight, Jeff Jarrett beat Eddie Kingston. As a result, Jay Lethal gets a future ROH World Title shot at Kingston.

ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Tony Nese for the title has been added to BOTB 8.

Miro beat Action Andretti. The hot, flexible wife watched from ringside.

LFI promo.

Kingston interviewed backstage.

FTR vs. 2 jobbers went to an immediate no contest. House Of Black laid out FTR right away.

AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill beat Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta to retain the titles. House Of Black interference (again) set up the finish. FTR & Bryan Danielson tried to make the save and got beatdowns before Jon Moxley returned and made the save.

End Show.

Added to Dynamite next week: AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida vs. Ruby Soho for the title, ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Adam Page vs. The Hardys & Brother Zay for the titles and Chris Jericho talks with Renee Paquette.

Battle Of The Belts 8:
Moxley & Orange Cassidy get heated backstage as Moxley heads back & Cassidy heads out to the ring.

AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat John Silver to retain the title.

ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Tony Nese to retain the title. Squash.

AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title.

AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn beat Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Daniel Garcia to retain the titles.

End Show.

Impact Wrestling “Bound For Glory 2023” Results (Updated 10/23)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling “Bound For Glory 2023” PPV in Chicago (available live on PPV and via FITE in the US for $39.99. Impact+ and YouTube Ultimate Insider subscribers can watch on demand as part of subscription in 30 days. There is a FREE pre-show on FITE and YouTube 30 minutes before the PPV):

Updates will begin at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT.

Pre-show:
Mike Tenay, Don West & Traci Brooks are inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall Of Fame. (No matches)

PPV:
Impact X Division Champion Chris Sabin beat KENTA (New Japan Pro Wrestling) to retain the title.

In a Monster’s Ball Match, where competitors are locked in a dark area without food, water and light for 24 hours before the match then it’s essentially anything goes, PCO beat Rhino, Steve Maclin & Moose.

Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat Impact Tag Team Champions Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel to become THE NEW IMPACT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

Will Ospreay (New Japan) beat Mike Bailey.

The Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match, where the winner gets a future title shot of their choice, was won by Jordynne Grace. She immediately called her shot, meaning she gets an Impact Knockouts Championship match at Hard To Kill.

Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity beat Mickie James to retain the title. Grace is next barring the unexpected.

Moose cashed in his Feast Or Fired briefcase and will get an Impact World Championship match at Hard To Kill.

Impact World Champion Alex Shelley beat Josh Alexander to retain the title.

End Show.

UPDATE: Hard To Kill will be on 1/13 in Las Vegas on PPV…and will mark the return of TNA Wrestling. There will be a TV taping event on 1/14, both at The Palms Casino Resort. More to come during a Tuesday interview with Scott D’Amore hosted by Thom Hannifan on The Impact Wrestling Facebook page beginning at Noon ET/9 AM PT.

10/23 UPDATE: The Knockouts Tag Team Championship match (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Tasha Strelz) did not air on POV for unknown reasons. Impact has now made the full match available FOR FREE on YouTube.

New Japan 10/21/23 Results

New Japan begin the Road to POWER STRUGGLE Tour and the 2023 Super Junior Tag League today.

Today’s event was held at Kumagaya Citizen Gym in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1065.

Match 1: Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Yuto Nakashima, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Khan beat Nakashima with an arm triangle.

Match 2: Yuya Uemura & SANADA beat Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube. Uemura pinned Leube with Deadbolt Suplex. This was Uemura’s official return match after completing his overseas training excursion to Impact Wrestling.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Naito pinned Gedo after an assisted spike DDT.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. TJP pinned Fujita after 2/2.
Match 5: Kevin Knight & KISHIDA beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. KUSHIDA beat TAKA with Hoverboard Lock.
Match 6: Master Wato & El Desperado beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Wato pinned DKC with Tsutankaku German.
Match 7: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) & Yoh. Connors pinned Yoh after Full Clip.
Main Event: Titan & BUSHI beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. Titan pinned Sho after a springbord double stomp.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV simulcast in Japan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/20/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a return to the hometown of Arisu Endo.

Today’s event was held at Aizuwakamatsu City Cultural Center in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 429, a legit advance sellout. No same-day tickets.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Toga.

Match 2: Raku beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara. Nakajima pinned Uehara with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 4: Regina beat Kaya Toribami. Regina is a wrestler from Europe (Finland I believe) who is the next challenger for NEW Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita.

Match 5: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Noa pinned Suzuki after a running neckbreaker drop.

Match 6: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Maki Itoh & HIMAWARI. Impaler pinned HIMAWARI after a short range lariat. (Outside the ting, Wasteland Pom Party continue to be comedy gold on social media. Go follow Impaler & Harajuku if you don’t already)

Main Event: Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Mahiro Kiryu. Endo beat Kiryu with a camel clutch.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling 10/21/23 Results

All-Japan wraps up the 51st Anniversary Series today with a major event headlined by 2 title matches. In the first one, the All-Japan and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani return to defend the All-Japan titles against the mixed trio of Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi. Then in the main event it’s a rematch between Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown, coming shortly after they lost the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. They are clearly the top two stars in the promotion right now but who is going to come out on top?

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. It’s not yet known if this will be a TV simulcast in Japan. I have a feeling the main event will be epic and potentially a marathon (over 30 minutes) so I’m predicting the event’s total running time will be in the range of 2 1/2-3 hours, but no more than 4 hours tops based on time limits.

Today’s lineup:
Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato
Dan Tamura vs. Shinya Aoki
Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya (DDT)
Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue
All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & HIdeki Okatani (DDT) vs. Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) for the titles
All-Japan 51st Anniversary Match: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun & Rei Saito
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. We’re in pre-show mode so no commentary yet.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in and advance ticket sales looked good, so I’m thinking it’ll be in the 1200-1250 range, which would be anywhere from 80-95% full. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1370, a super full house/very near sellout)

The matches will begin in about 15 minutes. At 7:25 PM PT the entire roster comes out for pre-event activities. Notably not getting in the ring and not wearing All-Japan jackets: Jun & Rei Saito. This is most likely related to the promotion’s 51st Anniversary. Suprisingly no muted audio between this and the opening video.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. Looks like it’s perhaps a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan based on the match rundown presentation and onscreen graphics. There was a typo in the match rundown graphics, Rising Hayato’s kanji (all English caps) was misspelled as “HYATO”.(Late show update: It’s Samurai! TV. Durign main event intros I saw Kagehiro Osano on commentary at ringside, he usually does commentary on their simulcasts for WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

Match 1: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. Hayato pinned Yoshitatsu with a jackknife after an Aoyagi dropkick.

Match 2: Dan Tamura vs. Shinya Aoki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. This was a grappling/submission wrestling exhibition clinic

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya (DDT). 20 minute time limit
Result; Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re. Takagi pinned Menso-re after a sitout powerbomb. Comedy match at times because of Takagi and his super bicycle riding through the reserved seats. Afterwardh, Jun & Rei Saito came out and brawled witH Naya & HARASHIMA into the backstage area.

Match 4: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue. 20 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Hideki Suzuki, Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a Gotch-style piledriver.

The Real World Tag League is announced for November & December, along with the 10 teams entered. 9 of them anyway, one is TBA. DDT participation will continue with Yukio Skaaguchi & Hideki Okatani as well. The tournament runs from 11/12-12/6.

Match 5: All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & HIdeki Okatani (DDT) vs. Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi beat All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani by ref stoppage to win the titles. Suwama, Ozaki & Yukihi become the 7th All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Suwama beat Akai with a sleeper hold. I’m not totally surprised this happened because Akai is retiring next month and this is probably her final appearance in All-Japan.

Match 6: All-Japan 51st Anniversary Match: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun & Rei Saito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Rei Saito pinned Anzai after a Jun Saito lariat off the top rope (Doomsday Device).

A brief (less than 1 minute) countdown leads into the promo video for the main event.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. 1 Hour time limit. They did extra special versions of entrances with additional promo video for both. Very big-match feel and hype.
Result: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara to retain the Triple Crown. V5 for Aoyagi. They went just short of 30 minutes. Right after it ended a sudden shriek from the crowd…Katsuhiko Nakajima!!! He has flowers and…NAILS MIYAHARA WITH THEM! A clue as to what is to come after next Saturday when Nakajima finishes up with Pro Wrestling NOAH? Unless that was also a clue as to what is next, because of the Real World Tag League Aoyagi may very well be Triple Crown Champion going into 2024. On his way out, Aoyagi took a victory lap around and high-fived fans in the front row, picking up what was left of the flowers and giving them to a female fan. It was mainly the plastic wrap…but still, that’s quite a souvenir given what happened to end the show.

The next event is 10/31 at Imakanemachi General Gymnasium Aikubu in Hokkaido, kicking off a week-long series in northern Japan. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day (US time).

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/20/23 Results

Katsuhiko Nakajima made his final appearance in Tokyo for Pro Wrestling NOAH today, ahead of his final match next week before he leaves the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1280. That was probably at least a near-sellout depending on the layout (under the new post-pandemic setups that’s somewhere between 80-97% full)

Pre-show Match: Stallion Rogers & Kai Fujinura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a missile kick.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Hajime Ohara. Mack pinned Kotoge after Ninja Bomb.

Match 3: Shuji Kondo & Extreme Tiger beat Hi69 & Junta Miyawaki. Kondo pinned Miyawaki after King Kong lariat.

Match 4: Kazunari Murakami Return Match: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud) beat Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi. Marufuji pinned Taniguchi.

Match 5: HAYATA & Eita beat Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa. HAYATA pinned Ogawa.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kiyomiya pinned Greene.

Match 7: Kenoh & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jake Lee & Jack Morris. Wagner Jr. pinned Morris after a tiger driver.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate), Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba. Nakajima pinned Inaba after Vertical Spike.

The next event is Sunday at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

BREAKING: Injured TJPW Wrestler Return Announced

A few minutes ago, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced that Yuka Sakazaki, who is leaving the promotion at the end of the year to continue her career elsewhere, will return on 10/27 at Korakuen Hall. Sakazaki has been out since summer due to a neck injury. Her return match will see her team with Mizuki to face Pom Harajuku & Hyper Misao.

Sakazaki’s future schedule after this match will be announced next week.

More as it becomes available.