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Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/14/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 340. Surprised they didn’t say a full house/near sellout as that’s around 85% normal capacity.

Match 1: Manabu Soya & Taishi Ozawa beat Daiki Inaba & Yu Owada. Ozawa pinned Owada.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Koroge, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara. Yaki pinned Hi69 after Yaki Crusher.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki & Junta Miyawaki beat Masa Kitamiya & Kai Fujimura. Shiozaki pinned Fujimura after Go Flasher.

Match 4: HAYATA beat Stallion Rogers.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Kiyomita pinned Greene after Variant Shining Wizard.

Match 6: Dragon Bane beat YO-HEY.

Main Event: Kenoh & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Tadasuke after Kenoh Special.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to continue the also-never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:15 AM PT/5:15 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan in Japanese.

News: Is Kota Ibushi All Elite?

If you believe what he says on YouTube, yes. Sort of. According to a new video on what appears to be his official YouTube channel (also directed by former DDT wrestler/employee Yumehito Imanari), which was translated into English by other sources, the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion days he has signed with AEW…with caveats.

For those waiting on the “Kota Ibushi Is #AllElite” graphic on the socials, probably not getting it. Not a full-time AEW deal. He will remain based on Japan and be free to work elsewhere while competing occasionally in AEW, probably for special once-a-year events like Blood & Guts. But he won’t wrestle much if at all in Japan, as it’s about “gym and school” for him. Has me thinking Ibushi will probably focus on PPVs and/or the special once-yearly special episodes of Dynamite like NYC. He has only made a handful of appearances in Japan (if any) since suffering an injury in the 2021 G1 CLIMAX Finals that essentially ended his time with New Japan amidst an extended recovery, personal issues and contract disputes.

Check out the video below (in Japanese, video courtesy of Kota Ibushi YouTube Channel):

Injury Report: The Bug Keeps DDT’ing DDT

There is still something going around Japan when it comes to illnesses/injuries, and it has DDT’d DDT again as they announced Yuki Ueno is now on the sidelines. Fever. Out this weekend (2 events). Shouldn’t miss time beyond that but it’s not good timing as he’s next up for KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes.

More as it becomes available.

Impact Wrestling 10/12/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wresting in Memphis, TN:

This episode was taped on 9/24 and is Week 3 of Mid-South Mayhem.

The YouTube pre-show match was Alan Angels vs. Laredo Kid.

Match 1: Impact Tag Team Champions Rascalz beat Rich Swann & Sami Callihan to retain the titles. Trey Miguel pinned Callihan after Hotfire Flame. As a result, Rascalz will defend the titles against Ace Austin & Chris Bey at Bound For Glory. This is probably is for Callihan in Impact as he is a free agent and has stated on social media that he is accepting bookings.

Sheldon Jean & Kenny King promo.

KiLynn King interviewed backstage. Santino Marella interrupts. King confesses to attacking Taylor Wilde with a tire iron and that The Coven is done, King is going solo.

Match 2: Dirty Dango beat Jordynne Grace, Jake Something, Eric Young & Champagne Singh in a 5-way by pinning Something .As a result, Dango will be the 20th and final entrant in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match at Bound For Glory and Something will be the first entrant, meaning they would have to win 19 (!) single matches in a row to win. During the match Oleg Prudius-the former Vladimir Kozlov in WWE-interfered to help Dango win.

Crazzy Steve promo.

Mike Bailey interviewed backstage. Open Challenge issued for next week.

Match 3: Tasha Steelz beat Courtney Rush.

Josh Alexander-Alex Shelley promo. Then we see highlights of their 6-man tag match Monday in New Japan Pro Wrestling, when Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Shelley to help his team retain the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship.

Bully Ray & Steve Maclin talk backstage.

Added to Bound For Glory: Monsters Ball-Moose vs. PCO, Rhino & Steve Maclin in a 4-way.

Main Event: In a Killer Impact 2/3 Falls Match, where Fall 1 must be won by pinfall, Fall 2 must be won by submission and Fall 3 if necessary is Last Man Standing, Frankie Kazarian beat Eddie Edwards 2-1. Edwards won Fall 1, Kazarian won Fall 2, Kazarian won Fall 3.

Next week: Crazzy Steve vs. Black Taurus in a No DQ Match, Mike Bailey vs. TBA, Trinity & Mickie James vs. Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans and Rhino & PCO vs. Moose & Brian Myers.

All-Japan 10/12/23 Results

All-Japan continues the 51st Anniversary Series today with an event on Tokyo.

Today’s went was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 266.

Match 1: Nauki Doi & Naoki Tanisaki beat Black Menso-re & Kenichiro Arai (Dragon Gate). Doi pinned Menso-re after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori beat Dan Tamura.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani (DDT) beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. Sakaguchi pinned Onori after God’s Right Knee.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato. Ishikawa pinned Sato after Fire Thunder.

Match 5: Suwama beat Yoshifuni Iwamoto by ref stoppage.

Match 6: Jun & Rei Saito & Toshizo beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Jun Saito pinned Inoue after Paycho Break.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Miyahara pinned Atsuki Aoyagi with a shitdown suplex hold. They came just 37 seconds short of going the full 30 minute time limit.

The next event is 10/21 at Korakuen Hall with an All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Title match and Miyahara vs. Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 10/20 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

Dragon Gate 10/10/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour yesterday with a house show in Niigata.

Yesterday’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. There was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 245.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Problem Dragon. Kzy pinned Dragon after a running elbow smash.

Match 2: ISHIN beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Don Fujii & Punch Tominaga. Lee pinned Tominaga after Maximum Driver.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Ysushi Kanda beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Yoshiki Kato. Masaaki Mochizuki pinned Kato.

Match 5: Luis Mante & Kagetora beat U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mante pinned KAMEI after Verta Finale.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lrist.

During or just after this event, a rematch between Kzy & ISHIN for the Open The Brave Gate Championship, which Kzy won from ISHIN last weekend, was announced for this coming weekend.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe for a weekend doubleheader, which will be Saturday US time for both. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET for the first event and at 9 PM PT/midnight ET for the second event.

Injury Report: The promotion also has announced Kaito Nagano was injured on 9/30. Left shoulder. Out indefinitely but at least a few more weeks as he is off a scheduled 10/20 appearance elsewhere.

AEW Dynamite 10/10/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Independence, MO:

Pre-Show Match (available on YouTube and Facebook): ROH World Champion & NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston beat Minoru Suzuki to retain the titles.

Main Show/TV:
Christian Cage promo before the opening.

Match 1: Bryan Danielson vs. Swerve Strickland. 30 minute time limit. The winner faces Christian Saturday at Collision for the AEW TNT Championship
Result: Bryan Danielson beat Swerve Strickland

BREAKING: Commentary said at the start of the first match that Jon Moxley is now off tonight. Not medically cleared to compete. Rey Fenix now defends the AEW International Championship against Orange Cassidy instead (Oh god…).

Samoa Joe promo.

Match 2: Chris Jericho vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
Result: Powerhouse Hobbs beat Chris Jericho. Could be called a glorified squash even though it went about 10 minutes.

Adam Cole/Roderick Strong video.

Match 3: AEW International Champion Rey Fenix vs. Orange Cassidy for the title
Result: Orange Cassidy beat AEW International Champion Rey Fenix to become THE NEW AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION! They teased Fenix being hurt during the match at the end.

Toni Storm promo. Played during split-screen commercial after the first 48 minutes were commercial-free after saying the first 30 minutes would be.

Match 4: Wardlow vs. a jobber…not really a jobber because it’s Matt Sydal but still…
Result: Wardlow beat Matt Sydal by ref stoppage. Squash.

Match 5: Adam Page vs. Jay White
Result: Jay White beat Adam Page. MJF came out right afterwards. Long promo during which Juice Robinson says next week there is a battle royal for the annual shot at the Dynamite Diamond Ring.

Toni Storm promo continued from earlier. Again right to split-screen commercial.

Match 6: AEW Women’s Champion Saraya vs. Hikaru Shida for the title. Ruby Soho is banned from ringside
Result: Hikaru Shida beat AEW Women’s Champion Ruby Soho to become THE NEW AEW WOMEN’S CHAMPION! Soho did get involved in diguise, which brought out Toni Storm to fight her off with a shoe.

Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita do Sammy Guevara’s cue cards gimmick during split-screen commercial.

Friday on Rampage: BCC vs. Gates Of Agony, Skye Blue vs. Emi Sakura, The Hardys & Brother Zay vs. Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Daniel Garcia and Jay Lethal vs. Trent Beretta.

Saturday on Collision at 7 PM ET AGAIN: Christian Cage vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW TNT Championship.

Next week: Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal. Winner faces MJF for the Dynamite Diamond Ring the week after in Philadelphia.

MJF tries to call Adam Cole but the call gets dropped. Max Caster then volunteers The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn to be MJF’s partners for an 8-man tag against Buller Club. MJF refuses as Gunn & ANthony Bowens have issues with Caster.

Main Event: Luchasaurus (with Christian Cage) vs. Adam Copeland
Result: Adam Copeland beat Luchasaurus. Mainly being squashed until Christian interference backfired. BCC, Gates Of Agony & Adam Page all came out for a big post-match brawl all over the place.

Promised overrun went a total of 15 minutes, they advertised a reported 10 minutes.

The shoe started off great but once the International Championship match happened it went off a cliff for me and left me disgusted and planning to take a hiatus from Dynamite for a bit and only watching Collision. I hope AEW comes back to Northern California soon so I can go WWE on Tony Khan like they did on social media today. I’ve been a loyal AEW fan since Day 1 but my faith is wavering this past month.

End Show.

NOAH News: GHC Hardcore Championship Revived

A surprise announcement at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s first Monday Magic event yesterday that is now official-former wrestler NOSAWA Rongai, the producer of the events, has revived the GHC Hardcore Championship. Also known as the Global Hardcore Crown, it was active from 2004-2009 and was even a tag team championship for a time. The first champion of this new era will be determined on 10/23 in a match between Ninja Mack & TBA.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan 10/9/23 Results

All-Japan continued the 51st Anniversary Tour today with an event in Miyagi.

Today’s event was held at Kakuda City General Gym in Miyagi and can be watched on demand in AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1687.

Match 1: Takao Omori beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 2: KONO beat Black Menso-re & Aizawa No. 1 in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Hikaru Sato & Takuya Nomura beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Sato pinned Hayato.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Hokuto Omori & Takaaki Iwasaki. Honda pinned Owasaki after Final Vent.

Match 5: Jinsei Shinzaki (Mochinoku Pro), Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Yoshifuni Iwamoto beat Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Shinzaki pinned Inoue after Nenbutsu Powerbomb.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi to win the titles. The Saito Bros become the 97th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Jun Saito pinned Aoyagi after Double Impact. The match went over 37 minutes.

The next event is Wednesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.