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Ganbare Pro 8/21/22 Results

Ganbare Pro ran a small house show today dubbed “Sangalia 2022” that was preceded by the signing ceremony for the upcoming Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship on 9/3. The ceremony, held separately from the event at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo, it saw Champion Yumehito Imanari & Challenger Hartley Jackson get heated after much beer-themed (and fueled?) taunting.

Today’s event was held at Takashimidaira Community Center in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 114.

Match 1: MAO (DDT) & HARUKAZE beat Onryo & YuuRI. HARUKAZE pinned YuuRI after Flame Spear.

Match 2: Yuna Manase & Moeka Haruhi beat Nao Kakuta (Tokyo Joshi Pro) & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Manase pinned Hasegawa.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson beat Shinichiro Tominaga.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii beat Shota.

Main Event: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Takao Soma (DDT) beat Takaaki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase & Tsunehiro Shimatani. Ohka pinned Shimatani after Flame Spear.

Imanari, currently out due to injury, appeared post-main event.

The next event is Saturday at Tokorozawa Park Town Shopping Street Special in Saitama, a free outdoor event. This event is weather permitting and subject to cancellation in the event of severe weather. If it is held as planned, there will be no live broadcast.

New Japan News: International Showcases Today

With New Japan now off for 2 weeks for the post-G1 CLIMAX break, several talents left Japan for international showcases around the world over the last couple days, a theme that will continue this week when Will Ospreay & Aussie Open return to All Elite Wrestling in the US this coming week. First, Robbie Eagles, Tiger Mask & Rocky Romero continued their current run in Mexico with participation in CMLL’s Grand Prix at Arena Mexico in Mexico City. They took part in a massive 16-man tag team elimination match, which saw Eagles, TM 4, Romero, Mesias, Oraculo, Kenny King, Matt Taven & Lince Dorado face Volador Jr., Mistico, Ultimo Guerrero, Atlantis Jr., Titan, Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr. & Templario. After nearly an hour of action, the CMLL team emerged victorious when Volador eliminated TM 4 following Volador eliminating Romero after Mistico had been eliminated by TM 4 before Volador took out Romero.
Upon his return to Japan, TM 4 is expected to make additional appearances in All-Japan Pro Wrestling to defend the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship, including a possible appearance at the promotion’s 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan. Minoru Suzuki will also be at the event.
Over in England, STRONG Tag Team Champions Aussie Open made their first successful title defense in partner promotion RevPro, picking up V1 by beating Connor Mills & Michael Oku at RevPro’s 10th Anniversary event. It was a great day for United Empire as a whole as RevPro British Heavyweight Champion (and IWGP US Heavyweight Champion) Will Ospreay beat Mike Bailey to retain the title, although Francesco Akira was unsuccessful in his effort to win the RevPro British Cruiserweight Championship. Ospreay & Aussie Open will be back in AEW this Wednesday to face Ospreay’s fellow British rival Pac and Mexican duo Penta El Zero M (Pentagon Jr.) & Rey Fenix in the AEW Trios Title Tournament.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 8/21/22 Results

With the Tokyo Princess Cup now behind us, Tokyo Joshi Pro is filling the time between that and the upcoming Fall 2022 tour with a couple of standalone events, beginning today with a “TJPW PERFECTION” doubleheader. This will be a standard house show that may start the build to the WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 main event in October when Shoko Nakajima will again defend the Princess Of Princess Championship against Yuka Sakazaki. Maki Itoh is also back from the US for this event, as is Mizuki from an overseas event.

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. Based on the card and time limits today’s event likely will run a little under 2 hours, so you’re not pulling an all-nighter in the US to watch. (it wound up running about 1 hour, 45 minutes)

Today’s lineup:

Hyper Misao vs. Moka Miyamoto

Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino & Raku

Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Suzume & Neko Haruna

Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami

Miu Watanabe vs. Pom Harajuku

Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo

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Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

11 PM ET UPDATE: The stream is now up and running in pre-show mode. The live broadcast will begin in about 30 minutes.

11:28 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, while the crowd is still filing in it looks smaller than usual for a Sunday matinee. Maybe 200 although as low as 175 wouldn’t surprise me.

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

During her opening announcements Sayuri Namba brings out Hikari Noa. It sounds like Noa will soon be headed to England to compete in Pro Wrestling EVE, possibly challenging International Princess Champion Alex Windsor for the title. (Update: That will happen on 9/1) Also…Max The Impaler returns on 10/9 at WRESTLE PRINCESS 3…

Match 1: Kaya Toribami vs. Rika Tatsumi. 15 minute time limit

Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Kaya Toribami

Match 2: Hyper Misao vs. Moka Miyamoto. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Moka Miyamoto

Match 3: Hikari Now & Nao Kakuta vs. Neko Haruna & Suzume. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Neko Haruna & Suzume. Noa pinned Haruna with a Blizzard suplex hold.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino & Raku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beatYuki Aino & Raku. Yamashita pinned Raku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Pom Harajuku

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo. Nakajima pinned Endo with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

The next event is Saturday. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

Post show Updatw: The announced paid attendance was 180. That’s low for KFC Hall.

8/21/22-8/27/22 Events Schedule

Here is the current events schedule for 8/21/22-8/27/22, which is subject to change (all times PT):
8/21:
1:30 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Sangelia 2022”, Takashimidaira Community Center, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast

8/23:
2:30 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling “DDT FREE”, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

8/24:
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Cleveland, OH. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

8/26:
2 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling “Non-alcoholic Beer Garden Pro Wrestling”, Ueno Park Outdoor Stage, Tokyo. No live broadcast
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”, Cleveland. TAPED on TNT in US, New Japan World in Japan and FITE elsewhere
8:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW PERFECTION”, Ryogoku KFC Hall, Tokyo. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

8/27:
1 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Ganbare ☆ Pro Wrestling Tokorozawa Park Town Shopping Street Tournament 2022”, Tokorozawa Park Town Shopping Street Special, Saitama, Japan. No live broadcast. WEATHER PERMITTING (outdoor event)
1 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan. Live in English on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
5 PM-NWA “NWA 74” Night 1, St. Louis, MO. Live PPV on FITE and NWA All Access. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
7:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Go Girl 3-Women Only Free Performance”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/20/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today, approaching the halfway point of the tournament with the second half of a Tokyo doubleheader.

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

The announced paid attendance was 609.

Match 1: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Kinya Okada. Okada is now OUT of Finals contention.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hideki Suzuki beat Anthony Greene by submission.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Takashi Sugiura beat Jack Morris.

Match 4: Mohammed Yone & Daiki Inaba beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Yoshiki Inamura. Inaba pinned Inamura.

Match 5: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Go Shiozaki beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Satoshi Kojima beat Masakatsu Funaki.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masato Tanaka beat Kazuyuki Fujita.

The next event is 8/27 at Nagoya Conference Center in Nagoya. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan, but WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have the live broadcast in English beginning at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. A dark match is scheduled 20 minutes before the event. The Japanese version will be available on demand at a later time.

New Japan 8/20/22 Results

New Japan ran a special post-G1 CLIMAX outdoor event today in cooperation with Japanese TV partner TV Asahi, part of a special summer event the station is holding in the Roppongi Hills area of Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Roppongi Hills Arena, Summer Station Live Arena in Tokyo and was broadcast as a special PPV by TV Asahi in Japan. It is not available on New Japan World at this time. If the PPV is available outside Japan, it will be so for another week or two at a cost of about $15 US (2000 yen).

The announced paid attendance was 613, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuto Nakashima.

Match 2: Minoru Suzuki beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 3: Tomoshiro Ishii, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Goto pinned Gedo after Shoto.

Match 4: Master Wato & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano. Tanahashi pinned Taguchi. Afterwards, Wato requested to re-form his team with Taguchi and go after the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship again even though they can’t be the 69th champions anymore. How would 7 or 1 sound? Unless they waited to become the 96th champions…

Match 5: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Tomoaki HOnma & Togi Makabe. Cobb pinned Honma after Tour of the Islands.

Main Event: BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. Naito pinned TAKA after Destino. Naito then sent the crowd home happy with a rally cry and hope this event would be held again next year.

After the event, the October & November schedule was announced. The series will be titled “Battle Autumn ’22”, a continuation of the year-long 50th Anniversary celebration. The schedule is as follows:
10/13 & 10/15-Korakuen Hall
10/16-Aore Nagaoka, Niigata (start time TBA)
10/17-Big Palette Fukushima, Fukushima
10/19-Aimesse Yamanashi, Yamanashi
10/21-Iwate Prefectural Gym, Iwate
10/22-Akita Terrsa, Akita
10/23-New Aomori Prefectural Sports Park Maeda Arena Main Arena, Aomori
10/26 & 10/27-Korakuen Hall
10/30-Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 1, Chiba
11/1-Echisen Sports Arena, Fukui
11/2-Suehiro Gym, Komatsu City (Ishikawa)
11/3-Osaka Prefectural Gym #2, Osaka
11/5-Osaka Prefectural Gym
The New Japan World broadcast schedule for these events will be announced in late September for the October events and late October for the November events. Probably will be the Korakuen events, a couple others in between, and the two Osaka events. 11/5 likely will be a major event. This also suggests if the World Tag League is held this year, it will be the year-ending tour outside of perhaps a few late-December events as the final build for Tokyo Dome. For the next tour, there is a chance Kazuchika Okada will be absent as he is now on paternity leave following the birth of his son this past week, believed to be his first child. Congratulations to new proud father Okada on this joyous occasion. No word on when he will be back.

DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022” Results (8/20/22)

WRESTLE PETER PAN, DDT’s biggest annual event, is now in the books. It was the highlight event so far of DDT’s 25th Anniversary celebration but there is still more to come.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1250, a full house/near sellout. Because vocal cheering/support was allowed, the venue was only at 50% capacity (the whole top half of the seating was not used). Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano with special guests Marika Tani of SKE48 (a teammate of Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling star Yuki Arai), Megu Taniguchi of AKB48, and the GOD of Japanese Pro Wrestling, the incomparable Kenta Kobashi. Your English hosts are Christelle Ciari, Hiroshi Arai & Bryan Burton-Lewis. (Chris Brookes was in action today and Baliyan Akki is in the US).
The event begins with opening greeting & announcements at the 10 minute mark before Kobashi delivers the opening shout at the 15 minute mark. I STILL TO THIS DAY get chills & goosebumps every time GRAND SWORD hits for his entrance (although it’s hard to see him so limited mobility-wise from age, his long career and his successful triumphs over cancer). The entire replay runs just under 5 hours.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada, Yuya Koroku & Illusion beat Toui Kojima, Yuki IShida & Takeshi Masada. Koroku beat Ishida with a stranglehold.

Match 2: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda (666, but now the newest member of those despicable Pheromons) beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda and Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Super Sasadango Machine in a 3-way by ref stoppage (TKO) when Takeda beat Hirata.

Match 3: HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Naomi Yoshimura, Kota Umeda & Keisuke Okuda. HARASHIMA pinned Yoshimura after Blue Sword.

Match 4: Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match: Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito beat Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma. Nishimura pinned Kawamatsu.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai beat Chris Brookes & Asuka (Veny). Akai beat Asuka with an extreme arm triangle.

Match 6: In a Hardcore Match, DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela beat Shunma Katsumata to retain the title. V1 for Janela.

Match 7: Yuki Ueno beat DDT Universal Champion Masa Takanashi to win the title. Ueno becomes the 8th DDT Universal Champion.

Match 8: DDT 25th Anniversary Match: Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano beat Dick Togo (New Japan Pro Wrestling), Daisuke Sasaki & KANON. Takeshita pinned KANON after a jumping knee.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi beat Tetsuya Endo to retain the title. V1 for Higuchi. Next up: Takeshita. That will happen on 9/25 at Korakuen Hall. Higuchi wants the best and he got the best, he certainly is proving himself to be a fighting champion and taking pride in his new position as the flag-bearer of DDT in more ways than one. This should be another excellent match.

LiLiCo, who retired earlier this year, made a special appearance today and is returning as a special ambassador for the final event of the year at Tokyo Dome City Hall. And she has come up with a true DDT idea for those attending-if you attend and feel the event was boring, you will get a full refund of your ticket price. That event will be on 12/29.

One more tournament this year is coming up-D KING GRAND PRIX 2022, a singles tournament. Kenta Kobashi has been named chairman of the tournament executive committee. It will run during November and end on December 4. Entrants will be revealed on September 25-the plan is 24 total in 2 blocks of 12 and entrants must be younger than 40 (so no Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, Sanshiro Takagi and a few others).

The next event is Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo for the monthly DDT FREE event, where all tickets are free for those lucky enough to be chosen in the lottery to get them. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

One last thing from just finishing watching the replay: Stay tuned after the main event and Higuchi’s exit as the ending is done movie-style with a credit roll of wrestlers & staff and outtakes/unseen pre-show backstage footage. Plus some pre-event footage from outside the venue with fans entering and taking everything in, all set to one of the old DDT theme songs. Very nice touch! After it ends we see Higuchi run into Endo backstage, leading to one final show of respect between them to end the show.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling Royal Road Tournament Results (8/20/22)

All-Japan wraps up the 9th Royal Road Tournament today with a Saturday matinee, featuring the tournament Semifinals and Finals. The tournament has seen a late shakeup because Naoya Nomura reached the Semifinals but is now out due to coronavirus, and it was decided that because he lost to Nomura, Takao Omori gets a second chance and is in the semifinals despite that. The biggest loser here is Jake Lee, who probably thought maybe he’d get a free pass to the Finals and was preparing for Nomura, but now gets Omori instead. A handful of multi-man tag matches make up the undercard between the tournament matches.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. Since it’s a Korakuen event there should be Japanese commentary.

Today’s lineup:
Royal Road Semifinals:
Jake Lee vs. Takao Omori
Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) vs. Kento Miyahata
Shuji Ishikawa, Renji Ayabe & Ryo Inoue vs. Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus
Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori vs. Takuya Nomura, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba
Black Menso-re, Sushi & Andy Woo vs. Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rocky Kawamura 2
Suwama, Toshizo, KONO & TARU vs. Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachibana
Royal Road Finals: Lee/Omori vs. Nagata/Miyahara

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

10:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live results start now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This is a live Samurai! TV simulcast.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event but they are using the normal full-capacity layout, or close to it. The bleachers on the commentary table side look about half full. Depending on the hard-camera side crowd, I’m guessing it’ll be around 550. I didn’t catch the name but your commentary tonight is a one-man team.
The matches should begin in a few minutes after the opening video.

Match 1: Black Menso-re, Sushi & Andy Woo vs. Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rocky Kawamura 2. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rocky Karamura 2 beat Black Menso-re, Sushi & Andy Woo. Tamura pinned Sushi.

Menso-re joins commentary.
Match 2: Royal Road Tournament Semifinals: Jake Lee vs. Takao Omori. No time limit
Result: Jake Lee beat Takao Omori. As a result, Lee advances to the Finals in the main event. But Lee was favoring his left knee, which may have been injured.

Match 3: Royal Road Tournament Semifinals: Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) vs. Kento Miyahara. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Yuji Nagata. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Finals and will face Lee.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa, Renji Ayabe & Ryo Inoue vs. Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa, Renji Ayabe & Ryo Inoue. Cyrus pinned Inoue.

Match 5: Suwama, Toshizo, KONO & TARU vs. Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachibana. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Toshizo, KONO & TARU beat Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachinaba. Suwama pinned Kodama after a backdrop.

6 matches are announced for the All-Japan 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan, including Suwama vs. TBA (today’s main event winner) for the Triple Crown and Tiger Mask 4 vs. Atsuki Aoyagi for the All-Japan World Jr. heavyweight Championship.

Match 6: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori vs. Takuya Nomura, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori beat Takuya Nomura, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba. Atsuki Aoyagi beat Shiiba with a front neck lock.

Atsuki Aoyagi joins commentary.
Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Finals: Jake Lee vs. Kento Miyahara. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Jake Lee to win the tournament. As a result, Miyahara will face Suwama for the Triple Crown on 9/18.

The next event is 9/10 at Mima City Park Udatsu Arena in Tokushima.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 820. Good number on paper.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/19/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament today, also making some big announcements regarding upcoming tournament dates.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The Japanese broadcast was ABEMA only and will be available on demand soon. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 584.

Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers beat Daiki Inaba & Kai Fujimura. Rogers pinned Fujimura after a missile headbutt.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Anthony Greene.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Jack Morris.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Masato Tanaka.

Match 5: HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu vs. Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Seiki Yoshioka went to a no contest. Perros Del Mal De Japon interference.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Takashi Sugiura beat Masa Kitamiya by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kenoh vs. Hideki Suzuki went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Masakatsu Funaki.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Kenoh, 3-1-1, 7 pts
2-Fujita, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Suzuki, 2-1-1, 5 pts
4-Tanaka, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Go Shiozaki, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Greene, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Mochizuki, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Sugiura, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Satoshi Kojima, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Nakajima, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Kiyomiya, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Morris, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Funaki, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Kitamiya, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Kinya Okada, 0-4, 0 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Finals. Only Mochizuki is out at this point but Okada is just about out too.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In the big other news, it was announced that in his final Osaka match on 9/3, The Great Muta (Keiji Muto) will team with NOSAWA Rongai and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Great-O-Khan vs. TBA.
Based on today’s no contest, a Captains Fall match of HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, Kotaro Suzuki & Super Crazy has been added to 8/28 at Culttz Kawasaki. The match ends only when a Captain of a team is eliminated. The Captains will be Ogawa & Eita. More for the event TBA after tomorrow.

All-Japan News: Major Royal Road Shake-Up

All-Japan has announced a big unexpected Royal Road Tournament shake-up today: Naoya Nomura, who reached the Semifinals this weekend, is now out of the tournament. Coronavirus. He was to have faced Jake Lee in the Semifinals. It was decided that Takao Omori, who lost to Naoya Nomura in the Quarterfinals, will be the replacement and now advances to face Lee in the Semifinals. Omori was to have been in a 6-man tag and will now be replaced by Ryo Inoue, who will subsequently be replaced in another 6-man tag by Rocky Kawamura 2.

Saturday’s event will be streamed live on AJPW.TV and can be watched in the US on the service tomorrow at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

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