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AEW Dynamite 6/28/23 LIVE Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada:

Updates will begin at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.

Live updates below.

Match 1: Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan). 30 minute time limit
Result: Jon Moxley beat Tomohiro Ishii

Adam Cole interviewed backstage as he arrives. MJF arrives at the same time too. He shows off a new t-shirt for their Blind Eliminator Tag Tournament pairing. Per MJF it’s now available on ShopAEW.com!

BREAKING: The Britt Baker-Ruby Soho Owen Hart Cup match tonight is now off. Baker illness. She caught what Adam Cole had. Postponed to next week. Soho will now face TBA tonight.

Match 2: Orange Cassidy. Keith Lee & El Hijo Del Vikingo vs. Daniel Garcia, Angelo Parker & Matt Menard
Result: Orange Cassidy, Keith Lee & El Hijo Del Vikingo beat Daniel Garcia, Angelo Parker & Matt Menard. Lee pinned Menard after a powerslam.

The TBA for The Young Bucks & Adam Page as their opponent tonight will be Dark Order, as revealed in a taped promo from earlier today.

Match 3: Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver, Alex Reynolds) with -1 vs. The Elite (The Young Bucks, Adam Page)
Result: The Elite beat Dark Order. Page pinned Silver after Buckshot Lariat.
After the match, BCC beatdown on The Elite and Eddie Kingston culminates in Jon Moxley challenging The Elite to BLOOD & GUTS, which will happen on 7/19 in Boston, MA.

Jungle Boy promo. He turns full heel and states his intent to beat and take the FTW Title from Hook, also taking shots at Taz on commentary (Hook’s real-life father). Hook comes out and Jungle Boy bails as Hook chases him through the crowd and backstage until Jungle Boy dives into a waiting SUV to bail.

Before that last part of the chase, commentary starts to announce that Dynamite Grand Slam will return to Arthur Ashe Stadium at the US Open in New York later this year. They didn’t get to announce a date yet.

Match 4: Ruby Soho vs. TBA, which is Alexia Nicole (local wrestler)
Result: Ruby Soho beat Alexia Nicole by submission. Squash.

Main Event: Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin & Sting in a Tornado Tag Match (no rules, all 4 are legal at all times, finish must come in ring)
Result: Darby Allin & Sting beat Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara. Sting beat Jericho with Scorpion Deathlock.

The show was fine but the crowd came off HORRIBLE on TV tonight and really weighed the presentation down a lot. Were they really not that hot or was it just how TV presented then?

Friday on Rampage: Matt Hardy & Brother Zay vs. Marshall/TV, Hikaru Shida vs. Taya Valkyrie, Shawn Spears vs. The Blade (THE TOP DRAW!) and ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Komander for the title.

Saturday on Collision: AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander vs. Lady Frost for the title, 3 Owen Hart Cup Men’s Tournament matches and MJF vs. TBA. Commentary said it’s live but this week’s episode will be TAPED (taping tomorrow).

Next week: Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament begins with Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin and Baker-Soho Take 2.

Injury Report: Another DDT Double Whammy

The injuries have been piling up in DDT lately, and add 2 more to the list today coming out of Sunday’s event-although he didn’t mention it at yesterday’s press conference Sanshiro Takagi is the first one. Torn left calf muscle. Out about a month but scheduled to return at WRESTLE PETER PAN on 7/23. The other injured wrestler is Rukiya. Chest (cracked sternum). Out indefinitely. Changes for this coming weekend’s events have been made.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate 6/26/23 Results

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour today with the final event of the month.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 372)

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat KAI & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi beat Kagetora & Problem Dragon. Kanda pinned Dragon after Ryu’s.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker, Diamante & ISHIN beat Ultimo Dragon,, Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Diamante pinned KAMEI after Vuelta Finale.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Mochizuki beat Dragon Kid & Ryu Fuda. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Fuda after Yokosuka Cutter.

Main Event: YAMATO, Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & U-T. YAMATO pinned U-T after Gallaria.

The next event is Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2023, the promotion’s biggest annual event, Sunday at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. It will also be available as a PPV in Japan. A special pre-PPV fan event will be held Saturday at Kobe Art Center and will be streamed LIVE FOR FREE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK beginning at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

DDT News: Deathmatch Set For 9/9, More

At a press conference earlier today for their 9/9/23 major event at Ota City General Gum in Tokyo, DDT possibly made an Atsushi Onita exploding deathmatch for the event. Onita & Sanshiro Takagi discussed this at the presser-it took quite a bit to make it happen because the match will be indoors (usually these matches are outdoors or in partially open venues due to smoke and other issues) but Onita had a further demand-that Jun Akiyama be the opponent or Takagi FIRE him. The FIRE part resulted in some DDT comedy because that’s Takagi’s catchphrase/slogan and presumably Onita wanted Akiyama fired if he didn’t accept the match. Takagi said he’ll talk to Akiyama. According to DDT, the last time an indoor deathmatch happened in Tokyo was in 2015. It becomes the second official match for 9/9 along with a KO-D Openweight Championship match. Who defends will depend on the 7/23 result and opponent is TBA.

Also at the presser were MAO & TAKA Michinoku ahead of their match at WRESTLE PETER PAN on 7/23. This is their first meeting since their first in May 2017, which TAKA won. TAKA, now coming up on 50, currently splits his time between his Just Tap Out (JTO) promotion and New Japan.

All-Japan 6/26/23 Results

All-Japan continues the Dynamite Series 2023 Tour today with their last event of the month.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 4 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 285)

There were last-minute changes to the first match because Oji Shiiba was injured in practice earlier in the day or in recent days. Meniscus. Out indefinitely. Kenichiro Arai was the replacement. (Update: Right knee according to a press release from GLEAT today noting Shiiba is off their event Saturday)

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Kenichiro Arai & Black Menso-re. Tamura pinned Menso-re after a powerbomb.

Match 2: Rising Hayato vs. Yutani (GLEAT) went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Takao Omori.

Match 4: Takuya Nomura, Fuminori Abe & Ryo Inoue vs. Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanisaki (Independent/Freelancers) & Hokuto Omori went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara beat Kotaro Suzuki.

Match 6: Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) & Suwama vs. Jun & Rei Saito went to a double countout.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata, Master Wato (New Japan) & Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Aoyagi, Atsuki Aoyagi & Yoshitatsu. Nagata beat Yoshitatsu with Nagata Lock 54.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but I expect it to be live on AJPW.TV, if so it will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET and there will be live results.

Injury Report: Top AEW Pro Hurt At PPV (Updated 6/27)

Forbidden Door may have been another major success for AEW last night but there was major injury news breaking at the post-event media scrum: Bryan Danielson announced he was injured in his win over Kazuchika Okada. Fractured arm. Out 6-8 weeks. That makes him extremely questionable for All In UK which is in 9 weeks. The 6-8 weeks is an estimate from trainers.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: According to Danielson’s wife, the former Brie Bella in WWE, x-rays indicate the injury is worse than first thought. Now makes him sound doubtful and perhaps out for All In UK and All Out. May be done for the year too.

Sumo-July 2023 Banzuke Announced

It’s that exciting time again for sumo fans-we’re now 2 weeks away from the next tournament which means it’s time for the July 2023 Banzuke Announcement. Here are the new rankings for the top 2 tiers (Note-(*) indicates name change since May Tournament):
Makuuchi (Top Tier):
Yokozuna-Terunofuji (May Tournament Champion)
Ozeki-Kirishima (*), Takakeisho
Sekiwake-Hoshoryu, Daieisho, Wakamotoharu
Komusubi-Kotonowaka, Abi
Maegashira 1-Nishikigi, Tobizaru
Maegashira 2-Shodai, Mitakeumi
Maegashira 3-Midorifuji, Meisei
Maegashira 4-Asanoyama, Ura
Maegashira 5-Hidenoumi, Onosho
Maegashira 6-Hokuseiho, Oho
Maegashira 7-Takayasu, Tamawashi
Maegashira 8-Sadanoumi, Nishikifuji
Maegashira 9-Takanosho, Hokutofuji
Maegashira 10-Kinbozan, Myogiryu
Maegashira 11-Kotoeko, Tsurugisho
Maegashira 12-Chiyoshoma, Wakatakakage
Maegashira 13-Gonoyama (May Juryo Champion), Kotoshoho
Maegashira 14-Daishoho, Shonannoumi
Maegashira 15-Ryuden, Takarafuji
Maegashira 16-Endo, Bushozan
Maegashira 17-Aoiyama, Hakuoho (*)

Juryo:
Juryo 1-Kagayaki, Atamifuji
Juryo 2-Roga, Mitoryu
Juryo 3-Ichiyamamoto, Shimazuumi
Juryo 4-Oshoma, Tohakuryu
Juryo 5-Tamashoho, Kitanowaka
Juryo 6-Fujiseiun, Azumaryu
Juryo 7-Hakuyozan, Churanoumi
Juryo 8-Takakento, Akua
Juryo 9-Daiamami, Tomokaze
Juryo 10-Chiyosakae, Shimanoumi
Juryo 11-Chiyomaru, Tsushimanada
Juryo 12-Shishi, Hidenoumi
Juryo 13-Kiho (*), Shiden
Juryo 14-Yuma, Chiyonoumi

Early notes:
First, there are quite a few new shikona (ring names) after some name changes since May-starting at the top with Kirishima, the former Kiribayama and new Ozeki. At the bottom of the top tier, Hakuoho is the former Ochiai, the super-prospect of former yokozuna Hakuho (now Miyagino) who has reached the top tier in just his 4th career tournament. In Juryo, Kiho is the former Kawazoe, the popular human slinky also from Miyagino Beya.
Now to ranking notes-Asanoyama’s stated goal is to get back to Sanyaku and in particular Sekiwake by the end of the year. He could get there after this tournament as he made a huge move up to M4. The only change in Sanyaku was Abi returning at Komusubi following Wakatakakage being demoted from Komusubi after missing the May tournament due to injury. He will miss July as well and fall out of the top tier after being at M12 this time. Takakeisho is out of kadoban status thanks to 8 wins in May and is a full-fledged Ozeki again, important given we’re not sure what shape his knees are in after injuries cost him a chance at yokozuna promotion in March. Gonoyama, the May Juryo champion, and Hakuoho (Ochiai) reach the top tier after both went 14-1 in May and there remain high expectations for the latter, who many think is a future yokozuna. In the meantime, we’ll soon see if he’s managed to grow enough hair to have a topknot! Endo took a huge fall almost to Juryo due to withdrawing in May and finishing the equivalent of 0-15. And following a slump after the retirement of stablemate Tochinoshin, Apiyama barely hung on to his top tier spot, down to M17 at the very bottom.

Ozeki Watch: Each of the 3 Sekiwake mathematically has a chance to reach the secondary criteria for consideration of promotion to Ozeki, which is at least 33 wins over 3 consecutive tournaments, all with winning records (the primary criteria is win 2 straight tournaments, both criteria must be achieved at Komusubi or Sekiwake). Daieisho has the best chance to make it as he needs a minimum of 11 wins to reach the required 33 wins over the last 3 tournaments, while Hoshoryu and Wakamotoharu both need at least 12 wins. It should be noted that of the 3, only Daieisho has a top tier championship. He almost won #2 in March, losing in a playoff to Kiribayama/Kirishima. If any win the tournament that may do it as well as, among recent Ozeki, Kirishima and Mitakeumi were both promoted after championships.

Terunofuji won the May Tournament and will be going for his 9th Emperor’s Cup. He stated his goal for the year (and before perhaps considering retirement) was to get to 10 championships and he’s got 3 more chances. He went 14-1 in May in his return from a nearly year-long injury absence, losing only to Meisei.

Demoted to Juryo were Ichiyamamoto and Kagayaki while, despite going 13-2, Atamifuji just missed a top-tier return and will be at J1. He was at J8 in May and was simply a numbers game victim with Gonoyama & Ochiai both going 14-1. Shishi, Yuma and Kiho (former Kawazoe) are Shin-Juryo this tournament, Shishi being the first rikishi from Ukraine to reach the top 2 tiers and perhaps setting up a slightly awkward late-tournament match against Roga, at J2 who is from Russia. Shishi has gained a lot of fan support the last couple years because of the Ukraine-Russia war. Shiden is Sai-Juryo this tournament, his prior Juryo debut attempt didn’t happen due to withdrawal/absence and he went back to Makushita but he’s back for a second Juryo chance. Chiyonoumi is also returning to the second tier. Notably missing from Juryo is fan favorite Enho, who withdrew during the May tournament (injured) and finished the equivalent of 0-15. If he can go in July he’ll be at Makushita 1. May Makushita Champion Kiryuko moved up to Makushita 2, on the verge of reaching Juryo. May Sandanme Champion (and now YouTube celebrity thanks to SUMO PRIME TIME) Sazanami moved up to Makushita 27.
The Sandanme has the new-normal 90 rankings The Jonidan has 107 rankings with 214 participants, and notably near the bottom is Satonofuji, the day-ending bow-twirling performer from Terunofuji’s Isegahama Beya. A demotion this time would probably send him down to Jonokuchi. Finally, the Jonokuchi has 22 rankings with 43 total participants, which actually will be 42 because although he retired on June 1, Ishiura-who is now Magaki Oyakata (the name formerly taken by Hakuho when he retired before he took over Miyagino Beya) was ranked at Jonokuchi 15 for July. He was forced to retire after being out about a year now due to injuries. Should he not have retired and sat out July he almost certainly would have fallen off the rankings completely.

The July Tournament begins on 7/9 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya.

Dragon Gate 6/25/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour today with the second half of a weekend doubleheader in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Espowa Isanonuma in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 306)

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Yoshioka pinned KAMEI after Inferno.

Match 2: KAI beat Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 3: Kzy & U-T beat Genki Horiguchi & Problem Dragon. U-T beat Dragon with a ground cobra twist.

Match 4: Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Hulk pinned Kanda after South Road.

Match 5: YAMATO & BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ben-K & Minorita. Shimizu pinned Minorita after BIGBOSS Press.

Main Event: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Strong Machine J beat Shun Skywalker, Diamante & H-Y-O. Kid pinned H-Y-O after Bible.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai. There will be mo live or on demand broadcast.

For next weekend, the special 7/1 event in Kobe at Kobe Art Center will be broadcast LIVE FOR FREE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. The start time will likely be 3 AM PT/6 AM ET although there is an event there at midnight PT/3 AM ET. Probably the latter will be free, which will feature all participating 7/2 wtestlers and signing ceremonies for all title matches on 7/2. There also have been some changes for the 7/2 event:
Fallout from the Kenoh 15th Anniversary Event in Pro Wrestling NOAH: The second match, Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii vs. Kenoh & Shuji Kondo match has been changed to Mochizuki & Kenoh vs. Fujii & Kondo.
Also, pre-show match 2, which is KAI & H-Y-O vs. TBA-a rookie selection team-is set. The rookie selection team will be Mochizuki Jr. & Ryoya Tanaka.
The 7/2 event will be available live on PPV in Japan and DRAGONGATE NETWORK outside Japan.

All Elite Wrestling/New Japan Pro Wrestling “Forbidden Door” Results (6/25/23)

The second installment of Forbidden Door, the All Elite Wrestling/New Japan Pro Wrestling crossover event that debuted last year, is on tap today with another lineup of dream matches and crossover title matches. About the only place there isn’t a crossover is the women’s matches (2 scheduled). The main event is expected to be either Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada or IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay for the title while AEW World Champion MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title may be the opener so MJF can be MJF and get his heel butt outta Toronto. But perhaps not before an impromptu media scrum comedy rant.

Today’s event will be held at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada and can be watched LIVE as follows:
US-PPV via cable/satellite and Bleacher Report, participating movie theaters and Dave & Buster’s locations
Canada, Mexico and select other countries-YouTube (PPV) and ppv.com
Japan-New Japan World (PPV)
Elsewhere-FITE and DAZN
There will also be a FREE one hour pre-show on YouTube. The post-event media scrum will also stream on YouTube after the event. Based on planned media scrum start timing this will be, including the pre-show, a 4 1/2-5 hour total running time.

Today’s current lineup:
Pre-Show:
Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo
Owen Hart Cup Women’s Quarterfinals: Athena vs. Billie Starkz
Kyle Fletcher, TJP & Jeff Cobb vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi
Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Kaun vs. El Desperado, Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta

PPV:
Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Tetsuya Naito
Adam Cole vs. Tom Lawlor (CANCELLED)
AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Daniel Garcia, Katsuyori Shibata & Zack Sabre Jr. in a 4-way for the title
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale for the title
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Shota Umino & Konosuke Takeshita vs. The Young Bucks, Adam Page, Tomohiro Ishii & Eddie Kingston
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA vs. Jungle Boy for the title
Owen Hart Cup Men’s Quarterfinals: CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
AEW World Champion MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP US Champion Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Click below to watch the pre-show beginning at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT:

Updates below will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.

Pre-Show UPDATE: The Adam Cole-Tom Lawlor match tonight is now off as of 1:30 PM PT/4:30 PM ET as Cole is not cleared to compete. Illness. No replacement and per Tony Khan on Twitter the match is cancelled.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Kaun vs. El Desperado, Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta
Result: Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Kaun beat El Desperado, Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta. Strickland pinned Romero after a diving foot stomp.

Match 2: Owen Hart Cup Women’s Tournament Quarterfinal: ROH Women’s Champion Athena vs. Billie Starkz in a NON-TITLE match
Result: Athena beat Billie Stakz. As a result, Athena advances to the Semifinals and will face Willow Nightingale.

Match 3: Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo
Result: El Phantasmo beat Stu Grayson

Match 4: Kyle Fletcher, TJP & Jeff Cobb vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi
Result: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Kyle Fletcher, TJP & Jeff Cobb. Takagi pinned TJP after MADE IN JAPAN.

PPV:
Match 1: AEW World Champion MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title
Result: AEW World Champion MJF beat Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the title.

Match 2: Owen Hart Cup Men’s Quarterfinals: CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
Result: CM Punk beat Satoshi Kojima. As a result, Punk advances to the Semifinals.

News: All Out, the next AEW PPV, will be in Chicago over Labor Day weekend. Week begins with Dynamite & Rampage taping on 8/30 at Now Arena, then Collision on 9/2 at United Center and All Out on 9/3 at United Center.

Match 3: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Daniel Garcia, Katsuyori Shibata & Zack Sabre Jr. in a 4-way for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Daniel Garcia, Katsuyori Shibata & Zack Sabre Jr. in a 4-way by pinning Garcia to retain the title.

Match 4: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA vs. Jungle Boy for the title
Result: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA beat Jungle Boy to retain the title. V3 for SANADA. Jungle Boy appeared to turn on Hook afterwards, breaking up The World’s Handsomest Tag Team and surely breaking many female fans’ hearts.

Match 5: Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Shota Umino & Konosuke Takeshita vs. The Young Bucks, Adam Page, Tomohiro Ishii & Eddie Kingston
Result: The Young Bucks, Adam Page, Tomohiro Ishii & Eddie Kingston beat Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Shota Umino & Eddie Kingston. Ishii pinned Yuta after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 6: AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale for the title
Result: AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title.

Match 7: IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay for the title
Result: WIll Ospreay beat IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega to win the title. Ospreay becomes the 18th IWGP US Heavyweight Champion.

Match 8: Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Tetsuya Naito
Result: Darby Allin, Sting & Tetsuya Naito beat Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki. Sting & Naito pinned Suzuki.

Main Event: Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
Result: Bryan Danielson beat Kazuchika Okada by submission

End Show.

Click below to watch the post-event media scrum after the event ends, which is scheduled to begin at 8:45 PM PT/11:45 PM ET (and in reality will start 20-30 minutes after that. As of 9 PM PT/Midnight ET is is in “Waiting to start” status):

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/25/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrapped up the spring 2023 house show tour today with the final event before SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23, their annual summer blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 437, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Suzume beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Moka Miyamoto beat Toga.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat HIMAWARI & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by pinning HIMAWARI.

Match 4: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro. Noa pinned Kazashiro after a running neckbreaker drop.

Match 5: Mizuki beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 6: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Kaya Toribami. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima vs. Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23, the annual summer blowout event, on 7/8 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/7 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.