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AEW Dynamite 8/10/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite from Minneapolis, MN (SPOILERS for west feed viewers!):
Next week’s episode will be sponsored by “House OF The Dragon”, the new Game Of Thrones spin-off coming soon to HBO Max, the latest tie-in as part of AEW now being owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Why am I dreadfully waiting for something Naked & Afraid themed?

In a Coffin Match, Darby Allin beat Brody King.

In a Tornado Tag Match, meaning there were no tags necessary and all participants were active at the same time, Andrade El Idolo & Rush beat Lucha Bros. Andrade pinned Rey Fenix after El Idolo.

Luchasaurus beat Anthony Henry. Squash.

Ricky Starks beat Aaron Solo. Squash. But barely.

FTR in action turned out to be FTR returning alongside Wardlow to confront Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh, a couple seconds of brawling then FTR hitting Big Rig on Lethal.

Unfortunately Kris Statlander is injured AGAIN so Toni Storm is now #1 in the Women’s Rankings and potentially next to face AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa for the title.

AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Madison Rayne to retain the title.

Interim AEW World Champion Jon Moxley beat Chris Jericho by submission to retain the title. After the match, the obligatory huge JAS-BCC brawl happened until CM Punk returned and cleaned house of JAS.

Friday on Rampage: Bryan Danielson speaks, Hook speaks, Gunn Club vs. Erick Redbeard & Danhausen, Parker Boudreaux vs. Sonny Kiss, Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland speak, Orange Cassidy vs. Ari Daivari and Sammy Guevara & Tay Melo (Tay Conti) vs. Dante Martin & Skye Blue for the AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles held by Guevara & Conti/Melo.

Next Week: Toni Storm vs. KiLynn King and Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia on a 2 of 3 Falls match. More TBA on Rampage.

New Japan 8/10/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 15 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, reaching the 3/4 mark of the tournament as the final tripleheader is less than a week away now.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1522. Almost exactly the same as yesterday (down only 3 today).

Match 1: Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yuto Nakashima & YOSHI-HASHI. Henare beat Nakashima with Ultima.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Bad Dude Tito & Jonah. Yano pinned Tito.

Match 3: TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Lance Archer beat Gedo, Juice Robinson & KENTA. Taichi pinned Gedo.

Match 4: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat BUSHI, SANADA. Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Owens pinned BUSHI after C Trigger.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-El Phantasmo beat David Finlay.
Match 6: Block B-Tama Tonga beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 7: Block Block C-Zack Sabre Jr. beat EVIL by submission. This went just 44 seconds, thanks in part to Kosei Fujita originally entering disguised as Sabre and causing a distraction.
Match 8: Block A-Kazuchika Okada beat Tom Lawlor.
Main Event: Block C-Hirooki Goto beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Archer, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Jonah, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Cobb, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Fale, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Lawlor, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Yano, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Jay White, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Tonga, 4-1, 8 pts
3-SANADA, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Taichi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Owens, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Ishii, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Khan, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block C:
1-Sabre, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Goto, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Naito, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Tanahashi, 3-2, 6 pts
5-EVIL, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
6-KENTA, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Henare, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block D:
1-Finlay, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Takahashi, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Ospreay, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Takagi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-YOSHI-HASHI, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Phantasmo, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Robinson, 2-3, 4 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. Block A just got handed back to Okada over the last two days thanks to Archer beating Jonah yesterday, but it’s not over yet as Okada’s final opponent is Archer. Block B will come down to White-Tonga on 8/16 even though White still has Taichi before then. Sabre has re-taken control of Block C but a final win over Naito won’t guarantee avoiding tiebreakers. We could very well be heading for a 4-way to settle it. Block D suddenly is the wide open block as now everyone still has a chance after Finlay dropped 2 straight and now Takahashi is tied for the lead. Looks like it’s headed down to the wire.

Day 16 is Saturday at Machida Gym in Tokyo with Taichi-White as the main event, assuming White has recovered after missing yesterday and today due to heat stroke symptoms. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

New Japan 8/9/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 14 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the action getting hot along with the weather as the tournament enters the final stretch. The weather is not good as it has taken Jay White out of today and tomorrow due to potential heat stroke symptoms (a precautionary coronavirus rapid test was negative.). Fortunately he will not miss tournament matches.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1525.

Match 1: BUSHI & Shingo Takagi beat Kosei Fujita & Tomohiro Ishii. BUSHI pinned Fujita.

Match 2: Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor beat TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr. Lawlor pinned TAKA after NKOTB.

Match 3: Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay beat Dick Togo, El Phantasmo, Sho & EVIL by ref stoppage. Henare beat Togo.

Match 4: Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Gedo, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson. Goto pinned Gedo after GTR.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-Yujiro Takahashi beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 6: Block B-SANADA beat Chase Owens by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 7: Block B-Tama Tonga beat Taichi.
Match 8: Block A-Lance Archer beat Jonah by countout.
Main Event: Block C-Tetsuya Naito beat KENTA.

Day 15 is tomorrow with Tanahashi-Goto as the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan News: White Off Hiroshima Events

Before today’s event in Hiroshima (results coming later), New Japan announced Jay White was off today’s and tomorrow’s events. Potential heat stroke symptoms. He was not scheduled for any G1 CLIMAX Tournament matches on either event. Hopefully he will return Saturday in Tokyo.
More as it becomes available.

DDT 8/7/22 Results

DDT continued the Road to PETER PAN tour today with a house show in Miyagi Prefecture, visiting Tagajo City for the first time in the promotion’s history.

Today’s event was held at Tagajo City Culture Center Small Hall in Tagajo City (Miyagi Prefecture) and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 169.

Match 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hideki Okatani beat Antonio Honda & Yukio Naya. Okatani pinned Honda with a double arm suplex.

Match 2; Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Hirata after Sexy Sailboat.

Match 3: Akito & Yuji Hino beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Yuya Koroku. Akito beat Koroku with an ankle lock.

Match 4: Minoru Fujita & KANON beat Chris Brookes & Yusuke Okada. Fujita beat Okada with a deformed Samson Clutch.

Match 5: MAO beat Makoto Oishi.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima. Higuchi pinned Kojima after Brain Claw Slam.

The next event is Thursday (Wednesday night US time) at 2AW Square in Chiba. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 8/7/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran another of their special house shows focused on homecoming events for their talent, today it was Yuki Kamifuku getting the chance to compete in her hometown for a special event as “The Casual Beauty” donated part of today’s ticket sales to a scholarship fund for students.

Today’s event was held at Shonandai Culture Center Civic Theater in Fujisawa City (Kanagawa Prefecture) and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 335.

Shortly before the event it was announced Mizuki would miss the event due to an overseas excursion.

Match 1: Hikari Noa beat Neko Haruna.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku.

Match 3: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro) beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki & Raku beat Suzume & Kaya Toribami. Sakazaki pinned Toribami after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Match Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima & Arisu Endo. Watanabe pinned Endo after Teardrop.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Maki Itoh beat Miyu Yamashita & Nao Kakuta. Kamifuku pinned Kakuta after a diving Fameasser. Afterwards, Kamifuku gave an emotional hometown speech to close out a successful career milestone.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals. Itoh will miss next weekend due to overseas excursions, while Yuki Aino is expected to return from injury after being out the last couple weeks. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

New Japan 8/7/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 13 of the G1 CLIMAX 32 today, entering the final stretch of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 2609. Way down from yesterday.

Match 1: YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Hirooki Goto beat Yuto Nakashima, David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi. YOSHI-HASHI beat Nakashima with Butterfly Lock.

Match 2: Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat Jado & Tama Tonga. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. BUSHI pinned TAKA after MX.

Match 4: Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay beat Gedo, KENTA & Jay White. Khan beat Gedo with Subaru Sheep Killer.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block C-EVIL beat Aaron henare.
Match 6: Block A-Tom Lawlor beat Bad Luck Fale.
Match 7: Block D-Juice Robinson beat El Phantasmo by DQ. Chair use.
Match 8: Block B-Chase Owens beat Tomohiro Ishii.
Main Event: Block A-Jonah beat Kazuchika Okada.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Jonah, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Cobb, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Lawlor, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Archer, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Fale, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Yano 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-White, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Tonga, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Taichi, 2-1, 4 pts
4-SANADA, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Owens, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Khan, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Ishii, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block C:
1-Tanahashi, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Sabre, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Goto, 2-1, 4 pts
4-EVIL, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Naito, 2-2, 4 pts
6-KENTA, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Henare, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block D:
1-Finlay, 3-1, 6 pts
2-YOSHI-HASHI, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Ospreay, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Takahashi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Takagi, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Robinson, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Phantasmo, 1-3, 2 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. Okada could have virtually locked up Block A today but Jonah blew it back open with the upset. At the very least it keeps Fale in it for one more day. The Block B result had no impact as both Owens & Ishii were already out. Henare is the first elimination in Block C which remains somewhat wide open. The DQ virtually ends Phantasmo’s run in Block D while it barely keeps Robinson alive. On a side note, Ospreay has gotten the IWGP US Heavyweight Title belt back after it was taken from Robinson so that debacle is over.

In non-tournament news, Robbie Eagles made his Mexico debut in partner promotion CMLL Friday at their weekly Viernes Espectacular event, emerging victorious in a 6-man 3 Falls match. This has led to a future CMLL Middleweight Championship match.

Day 14 is Tuesday at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima with Naito-KENTA as the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling Royal Road 2022 Tournament Round 1 Results (8/7/22)

Tournament season continues in Japan as all the major promotions now have tournaments ongoing or starting up. All-Japan joins that trend today with the opening of the 9th Royal Road Tournament, a single-elimination singles tournament noteworthy in that it features New Japan Pro Wrestling participation as Yuji Nagata represents the rival promotion in the tournament, although he is in non-tournament action today. NJPW star and current All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask will also be in action. 4 Tournament matches are scheduled for today’s event.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. It is not known if there will be commentary, if there is it will be in Japanese. I anticipate the event having a total running time of 2 1/2-3 hours so it may not be done until shortly after the New Japan event begins at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

There was a late change to the card as Izanagi, who was scheduled to be in an 8-man tag match, is now off. Fever. Not known if coronavirus yet.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Suwama, KONO & Toshizo vs. Yuji Nagata, Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato
Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Cyrus vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu & Takao Omori
Tiger Mask, Tajiri, Rising Hayato & Yusuke Kodama vs. Hokuto Omori, Black Menso-re, Ryo Inoue & Fuminori Abe
Royal Road Tournament:
Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Takuya Nomura
Jake Lee vs. Ren Ayabe
Kento Miyahara vs. TARU

Refresh the page occasionally for the latest results.

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

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Audio is muted momentarily for opening music as the Royal Road trophy is placed in the ring. Japanese commentary begins as the tournament entrants are introduced.
The paid attendance will be announced after the match but 2/3 of the opposite hard-camera bleacher sections are virtually empty. Hard camera side is mostly empty too. Crowd may still be coming in but this looks like a small crowd even with capacity limits, maybe around 300.
Proceedings briefly interrupted by Triple Crown Champion Suwama.

Match 1: Tiger Mask, Tajiri, Rising Hayato & Yusuke Kodama vs. Hokuto Omori, Black Menso-re, Ryo Inoue & Fuminori Abe. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hokuto Omori, Black Menso-re, Ryo Inoue & Fuminori Abe. beat Tiger Mask, Tajiri, Rising Hayato & Yusuke Kodama. Omori pinned Hayato.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Cyrus vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu & Takao Omori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu & Takao Omori. Honda pinned Ishikawa.

Match 3: Suwama, KONO & Toshizo vs. Yuji Nagata, Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. 30 minute time limit
IResult; Yuji Nagata, Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato beat Suwama, KOZO & Toshizo by DQ. Suwama DQ’d.

Nagata, TM 4 & Minoru Suzuki are announced for 9/15 as is TM 4 & Kento Miyahara vs. Suwama & Black Tiger. AEW’s Christopher Daniels is announced for 9/19, as is Impact Wrestling’s Joe Doering. 9/18 at Nippon Budokan will be the promotion’s 50th Anniversary event and feature a 6-man tag with Atsushi Onita, Shiro Koshinaka, Masao Inoue, Masanobu Fuchi, The Great Kojika & Yoshiaki Yatsu.

Match 4: Royal Road Tournament Round 1-Jake Lee vs. Ren Ayabe. No time limit
Result: Jake Lee beat Ren Ayabe. As a result, Lee advances to the Quarterfinals.

Match 5: Royal Road Tournament Round 1-Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Takuya Nomura. No time limit
Result: Takuya Nomura beat Atsuki Aoyagi. As a result, Nomura advances to the Quarterfinals.

Match 6: Royal Road Tournament Round 1: Yuma Aoyagi vs. Naoya Nomura. No time limit
Result: Naoya Nomura beat Yuma Aoyagi. As a result, Nomura advances to the Quarterfinals.

Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Round 1: Kento Miyahara vs. TARU. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat TARU. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Quarterfinals.

The next event is Thursday at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya with the second half of Round 1. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Post-show UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 610. It didn’t look anywhere close to that.

DDT 8/6/22 Results

DDT continued their tour of house shows building up to WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022 in 2 weeks today, visiting Yokohama with a suddenly depleted roster as coronavirus cases are piling up again.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 149, a full house/near-sellout.

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Toui Kojima.

Match 2: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Akito, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata. Imanari pinned Hirata after a diamond cutter. This went just 22 seconds. Which led to…
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Akito, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Honda with La Magistral. Afterwards, Sanshiro Takagi unmasked the new mystery member of Pheromons, it turned out to be Michael Nakazawa.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi & MAO beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Sakaguchi beat Koroku with an arm triangle.

Match 4: Minoru Fujita & KANON beat Shunma Katsumata & El Unicorn. KANON beat Unicorm with a ground cobra twist. Afterwards, Damnation TA unmasked Unicorn as Eruption made the save. This led to a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title match being made for 9/4.

Match 5: Yuji Hino beat Makoto Oishi.

Match 6: Masa Takanashi & Chris Brookes beat Yuki Ueno & Takao Soma. Takanashi pinned Sona after Everclear.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Hideki Okatani & Yuki Ishida by KO. Higuchi beat Ishida.

The next event is tomorrow at Tagajo Cultural Center Small Hall in Miyagi. There will be no live broadcast.

AEW Battle Of The Belts 3 Results (8/6/22) (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Battle Of The Belts 3 special on TNT, which was TAPED yesterday in Grand Rapids, MI (this contains SPOILERS for west coast viewers as TNT will not air it there until 8 PM PT, so if you don’t want to know what happened stop reading now!
FTR was added to Dynamite on Wednesday.

AEW TNT Champion Wardlow beat Jay Lethal to retain the title.

AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa beat Jamie Hayter to retain the title.

ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli beat Konosuke Takeshita to retain the title. This was an excellent main event and is worth watching.

The 4th and final special will be taped in early October in Washington, DC.

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