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New Japan 6/11/23 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Road Tour today with the start of a week of 4 non-televised events.

Today’s event was held at Kamisu Disaster Prevention Arena in Ibaraki. There was/is no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 783.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Yuto Nakashima by submission.

Match 2: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Boltin Oleg & Ryohei Oiwa. Makabe pinned Oiwa after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Master Wato, Toru Yano & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval.

Match 4: Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare beat Gedo, Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney. Henare beat Gedo with Ultima.

Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Oskar Leube & YOSHI-HASHI. Coughlin pinned Leube after a jackhammer.

Match 6: Yoh, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat El Desperado, Ren Narita, Shota Umino & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Tanahashi pinned Tenzan after High Fly Flow.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA. Tsuji pinned TAKA after a spear.

The next event is Tuesday at Shirakawa City Central Gym in Fukushima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “STICK OUT ’23” Results (6/11/23) (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has their monthly big event on tap today, but it’s not as big as planned because of major changes due to injuries. With Yuka Sakazaki now out indefinitely but at least a month with a neck injury, the planned Princess Tag Team Championship main event of Sakazaki & Mizuki defending against Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe is now off and the titles are VACANT. Watanabe & Tatsumi now have to settle for getting to beat up Mizuki in a handicap match instead. It also means the planned Sakazaki-Nyla Rose match at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS in July is now off with a replacement TBA to face Rose. Sakazaki is scheduled to be at the event and address the live crowd. As a result, the new main event is Yuki Aino vs. Arisu Endo with the winner getting the next shot at Tatsumi’s International Princess Championship. On the flip side, Yuki Arai will return from a few weeks out due to injury today. A post-event party and autograph session will be held at Bellesalle Iidabashi Station in Tokyo.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. This will also be broadcast live on Samurai! TV in Japan. The Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. The English commentary team will be Chris Brookes (DDT), Drew Parker & Baliyan Akki (Chocolate Pro Wrestling). With the post-event party planned they’re on a strict albeit flexible clock today but based on the lineup, I anticipate the total event’s running time being just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Toga & Runa Okubo
Pom Harajuku vs. HIMAWARI
Yuki Kamifuku, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Arai, Raku & Shino Suzuki
Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Shoko Nakajima & Moka Miyamoto vs. Suzume & Haru Kazashiro
Mizuki vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe in a handicap match
Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino for the next International Princess Championship match

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET or whenever the stream goes live. The event will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has started. The event will begin in 30 minutes.

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

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Oasno & Sayoko Mita. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes, Drew Parker & Baliyan Akki.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s reduced capacity as the seats behind commentary are curtained off and won’t be a sellout anyway without a huge walk-up crowd. These events typically average 600-700 so that’s where I’m guessing it will be. Based on the pre-event views I’m estimating it’ll be closer to 600.

The matches should begin in about 25 minutes.

The opening announcements begin a couple minutes before start time. During the announcements, new TJPW branded caps from New Era are unveiled. Solid black with the TJPW logo stitched on the front in white. Of course no word on whether they’ll be Japan-only. Juria Nagano then makes an appearance. She will be returning from injury at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 on 7/8.
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki then come out to vacate the Princess Tag Team Championship due to Sakazaki being injured. Out at least 1 month.
Up Up Girls come out after this for their performance. Matches will now start closer to 8 PM PT. After the performance they introduce a new trainee and new member-to-be of the group: Uta. So perhaps by the end of the year the 4 girls will be 5! And she seems to be a big Miu Watanabe fan!

The matches begin at 7:55 PM PT.

Match 1: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Toga & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Toga & Runa Okubo. Noa pinned Toga after a running neckbreaker drop.

Match 2: Pom Harajuku vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
New referee here giving regular ref Daisuke Kiso a break as soon as he gets Harajuku out of the streamers she wrapped herself up in.
Result: Pom Harajuku beat HIMAWARI

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Arai, Raku & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara beat Yuki Arai, Raku & Shino Suzuki. Kamifuku pinned Suzuki after Fameasser.

SUMMER SUN PRINCESS announcement…NEO BISHIKI GUN returns one more time…Saki-sama & May Saint Michel vs. Wakana Uehara & Yuki Arai. Oh man, AA Eye Candy facing off against each other…I don’t know if I can handle it…(Saki-sama is really Saki Akai)

Match 4: Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Mahiro Kiryu

The 10th Tokyo Princess Cup entrants are announced: Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Miu Watanabe, Huper Misao, Yuki Aino, Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta, Hikari Noa, Raku, Suzume, Arisu Endo, Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto, Mahiro Kiryu, Round 1 will be 7/15-7/17 and 7/22, all at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Quarterfinals are 7/29, Semifinals are 8/12, Finals are 8/13, all at Korakuen. Single-elimination format. Actual matches TBA. Notably absent from the tournament: Maki Itoh. 7/8 Princess of Princess Championship Match spoiler? (Unless she is going overseas again). Also suggests Yuka Sakazaki will be out at least 2-3 months with the neck injury.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Moka Miyamoto vs. Suzume & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Moka Miyamoto beat Suzume & Haru Kazashiro. Miyamoto beat Kazashiro with Rashomon.

Match 6: Mizuki (with Yuka Sakazaki) vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe in a handicap match. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat MIzuki. Tatsumi pinned Mizuki after Missile Hip.

Main Event: Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino for the next International Princess Championship match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Arisu Endo. As a result, Aino will face International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi for the title at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23. Tatsumi came back to the ring after the match for the obligatory promo and photo ops for the ringside cameras before Aino finished to close the show.

The next event is 6/18 at Ryogoku KFC Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 6/17 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 604.

Rika Matsumoto, an actress & singer best known for her work on the Japanese version of the Pokemon anime (the voice of one of the main characters and also sings the theme song), will be a special guest commentator at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23.

6/11/23-6/17/23 Events Schedule (Updated 6/14)

Here is the current events schedule for 6/11/23-6/17/23, which is subject to change (all times PT):
6/11:
1 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Kamisu Disaster Prevention Center, Ibaraki, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
1 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rainbow Gate Tour, Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK
1 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Big Palette Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan. No live broadcast

6/12:
2:30 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rainbow Gate Tour, Oro City Hall, Kagoshima, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast

6/13:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Shirakawa City Central Gym, Fukushima, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
2:30 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour, Sasebo City Sports Culture Center, Nagasaki, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
3 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling What Are You Doing 2023 Tour in ASAKUSA, Asakusa Flower Theater, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast

6/14:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Kuki City Gym, Saitama, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Washington, DC. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

6/15:
2:30 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Dynamite Series 2023, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV
5 PM-Impact Wrestling “Impact Wrestling”, Columbus, OH. TAPED on AXS TV. TAPED on YouTube at 5:30 PM. TAPED on Impact+ at 7 PM

6/16:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Kira Messe Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
3 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling What Are You Doing 2023 Tour in Hakodate, Hakodate City General Wholesale Center, Hokkaido, Japan. No live broadcast
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
10 PM-GLEAT “G PROWRESTLING Ver. 54”, Umeda Stellar Arena, Osaka, Japan. Broadcast plans TBA (likely no live broadcast)

6/17:
Midnight-All-Japan Pro Wrestling “New Age MANIAx”, Ota City General Gym, Tokyo, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV
1 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in NAGOYA, Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall, Nagoya, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only
1 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour, Naha City Bunka Tembusukan, Okinawa, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
2 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Esforta Arena Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. Live on New Japan World
2 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling What Are You Doing 2023 Tour in Hokkaido, Sapporo E-One Arena, Hokkaido, Japan. No live broadcast
2: 30 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Ganbare Women-Milon’s Secret Castle ’23”, GEN Sports Palace, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Collision” Series Premiere, Chicago, IL. Live on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
8 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Ryogoku KFC Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
9 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling What Are You Doing 2023 Tour in Hokkaido, Sapporo E-One Arena. No live broadcast
9 PM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour, Naha City Bunka Tembusukan. No live or on demand broadcast

6/14 UPDATE: Revised to correct incorrect date for 6/14 DDT event, which actually is on 6/16 (got confusing information from DDT’s website). Also updates to reflect 6/16 AEW Rampage expected to air at regular time as no NHL Finals Game 6 is needed (series ended 6/13).

Dragon Gate 6/10/23 Results (2 Events) (Updated)

Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour today with 2 separate events, first a shopping center mini-event then a regular event at a different location.

Event 1:
Today’s event was held at HI Hirose Super Combo Kashima Kamijama Store in Kumamoto. There is/was no broadcast.
The paid attendance has not been announced. This was an outdoor event.

Match 1: Kzy, Jason Lee & Strong Machine J beat KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Kzy pinned H-Y-O after a running elbow smash.

Match 2: YAMATO won an 8 man battle royal, last eliminating Fatta (?) Kobashi by ref stoppage. Apparently there was a Shinsuke Nakamura parody wrestler too.

Main Event: Genki Horiguchi, Shachihoko BOY & U-T beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Punch Tominaga. Horiguchi pinned Tominaga with Backslide From Heaven.

Event 2:
Today’s event was held at Imari Kunimidai Gym in Saga. There is/was no broadcast.

The paid attendance has not been announced.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: Yasushi Kanda beat Ichikawa. Squash. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Yasushi Kanda beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Takashi Yoshida beat Minorita.

Match 4: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat YAMATO, Kagetora & Dragon Dia. Ben-K pinned Kagetora after a spear.

Match 5: Ultimo Dragon & Dragon Kid beat Diamante & ISHIN by DQ. Diamante DQ’d. Mask ripping off Dragon. This was Dragon’s first match back since an indefinite suspension was lifted by GM Ryo Saito. Dragon & Diamante are facing off in a 4-way elimination match on 7/2 where the final loser will lose their mask (the other 2 in the match are Shun Skywalker & Strong Machine J. Worth nothing Skywalker wasn’t always masked).

Main Event: Kzy, Jason Lee & Strong Machine J beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kzy pinned H-Y-O after a running elbow smash.

The next event is a doubleheader tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK for both events will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET for the first event and tomorrow at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET for the second event. These appear to be the final televised events for June with the next broadcast likely being Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival, their biggest annual event, on 7/2.

UPDATE: For event 2 (Saga), the announced paid attendance was 289.

New Japan 6/10/23 Results

New Japan kicked off the New Japan Road Tour today, their traditional June tour that will build to a special STRONG doubleheader in Tokyo in July this year. Today also featured the announcement of the blocks for this year’s G1 CLIMAX Tournament.

Today’s event was held at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 1 in Chiba and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 684.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita beat Yuto Nakashima.

Match 2: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube. Honma pinned Leube after Kokeshi.

Match 3: Yoh, Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujito Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo after Direct Drive.

Match 4: Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare beat Gedo, CLark Connors & Drilla Moloney (Dan Moloney). Henare beat Gedo with Ultima.

Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Ryohei Oiwa & Hirooki Goto. Kidd pinned Oiwa after a piledriver. Afterwards, Kidd & Coughlin made a double tag title challenge to Goto & YOSHI-HASHI.

The G1 CLIMAX 33 blocks and preliminary matches were announced. With 32 participants it will again be 4 blocks with a traditional round-robin format. See below for the full list of blocks.

Match 6: Master Wato, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuxhika Okada beat Tiger Mask, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Ishii pinned TM 4 after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA. Tsuji was the last man left, last eliminating DOUKI.

Here are the G1 CLIMAX 33 Blocks:
Block A: SANADA, Chase Owens, Hikuleo, Ren Narita, Shota Umino, Yota Tsuji, Gabriel Kidd, Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Block B: Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI, Taichi, KENTA, Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay, Tanga Loa, El Phantasmo
Block C: David Finlay, Tomohiro Ishii, EVIL, Tama Tonga, Shingo Takagi, Aaron Henare, Eddie Kingston (All Elite Wrestling), Mikey Nicholls
Block D: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Hirooki Goto, Zack Sabre Jr., Toru Yano, Jeff Cobb, Shane Haste, Alex Coughlin
All block matches will have a 20 minute time limit. This year the top 2 from each block will advance to the Quarterfinals, where it then shifts to single-elimination format. That makes things more interesting. My initial thoughts are as follows:
Block A: Only SANADA & Owens have prior G1 experience. SANADA has the highest bar as the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion so while he might go far, that all but means he’s not winning it all. Kiyomiya is the wild card as the outsider. Figure SANADA goes through easily, the second spot is a toss-up.
Block B: Okada is the 2-time defending champion and overwhelming favorite to 3-peat. Should be Okada & Ospreay. Okada not 3-peating will be a massive upset.
Block C: There is upset potential here but the clear favorites are EVIL & Takagi. Tonga & Henare are sleepers and Ishii guarantees some near-time-limit hoss fights. Kingston gets to live a personal dream and represent AEW but won’t advance.
Block D: The traditional Death Block. This is the one to watch and is wide open with, on paper, at least 5 having a reasonable chance. I would expect Naito to go through while Cobb has been a beast in the G1 the last couple years and hopefully can do it again. Never count Tanahashi out and same for Goto, also a former G1 winner. Sabre won the New Japan Cup this year which works for and against him. Forget Yano, Coughlin & Haste, they’re not advancing. By process of elimination I see Cobb joining Naito in moving on.

Each day of the tournament will see 2 blocks in action with alternating days, so it will be Blocks A & B at one event, then Blocks C & D at the next event, and so on for the first 12 days. Once we reach Day 13, the next 4 events will have one block with their final matches each day. Day 17 is the Quarterfinals, Day 18 & 19 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo will be the Semifinals and Finals, respectively. The winner of the Finals on 8/13 is going to the main event of Tokyo Dome on 1/4/24 to face the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.

The next event is tomorrow at Kamisu Disaster Prevention Center in Ibaraki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast (including tomorrow, no TV or on demand for the next 4 events). The next televised event is next Saturday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/10/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Yokohama, the first official event of Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial Month.

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 310, a legit advance sellout.

There was a last-second change to this event because Junta Miyawaki suffered an injury at yesterday’s ALL TOGETHER AGAIN event. Spinal cord concussion. Out 2 weeks and will miss all of this month’s events (that means he will officially be out a month because after 6/24 the promotion is off until 7/9). Match 2 was changed as a result. It was also announced that Kaito Kiyomiya is off all events from 7/15 until the end of August due to New Japan participation in the annual G1 CLIMAX tournament. This will be the first time Kiyomiya has participated in the tournament. But don’t get too excited about a potential 3rd Kazuchika Okada fight forever…the way the blocks are, it could only happen if both make the Semifinals or Finals. That could also keep him out of this year’s N-1 VICTORY Tournament depending on when it will start. (Update: Kiyomiya will not be in N-1 VICTORY this year because of it)

Match 1: Seiki Yoshioka vs. Eita went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA (Dradition) beat Atsushi Kotoge & Kai Fujimura. LEONA beat Fujimura with a Figure 4.

Match 3: Chris Ridgeway beat Tadasuke by submission.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara. Nakajima pinned Ohara after Vertical Spike.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Sean Legacy.

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Dante Leon & Alejandro beat HAYATA, Daiki Inaba, Super Crazy & Stallion Rogers. Leon pinned Crazy after Inferno.

Match 7: Jake Lee & YO-HEY beat Takashi Sugiura & AMAKUSA. Lee pinned AMAKUSA after FBS (Face Break Shot).

Main Event: Kenoh beat Hi69.

The next event is GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in NAGOYA on 6/17 at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya. 3 title matches headline including GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title in the main event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan (Japanese commentary will only be available on demand after the event).

DDT 6/10/23 Results

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with a house show in Osaka.

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

The announced paid attendance was 190.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Akito beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno.

Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi & Rukiya. Okatani pinned Rukiya with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 3: Yuki Ueno beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Endo pinned Koroku after a rotating torture rack bomb.

During a break in the action here, the President of Maikon presented Saki Akai with a special Fighting Spirit Award and sponsor prize, a year’s supply of NMN products.

Match 5: Toru Owashi & “brother” YASSHI (Independent/Freelancer) beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Kazuki Hirata. YASSHI pinned Hirata after Flying Big Head.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat MAO & Toi Kojima. Paul pinned Kojima after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Yuji Hino & HARASHIMA beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Hino pinned MASADA after Fuckin’ BOMB. The winners also received sponsor prizes, apparently consisting of food gifts.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Matsuyama City Comprehensive Community Center Exhibition Hall in Ehime. There will be no live broadcast.

Impact Wrestling “Against All Odds” Results (6/9/23)

Impact Wrestling’s monthly live event, Against All Odds, is tonight, just 2 weeks after their last live event and kickstarting the build to the Slammiversary PPV in July. They had to do a quick build for tonight with only 2 weeks of TV and it started at-and carries over from-Under Siege with rematches and in particular a women’s dog collar match. A highlight is the first ever 8-4-1 match: It starts as a regular 8-man tag match, but the winning team immediately faces off in a 4-way against each other and the winner there gets the Impact World Championship shot at Slammiversary against the winner of the Steve Maclin-Alex Shelley main event. If Bully Ray has his way and backs up what he’a said on Impact these last 2 weeks it’ll be him, but he has to earn it first.

Today’s event will be held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, OH and can be watched LIVE on Impact+ (subscription required. $7.99/month or $71.99/year), YouTube (Ultimate Insider subscription required, $4.99/month) and FITE ($9.99, includes unlimited on demand replays). There will also be a FREE pre-show on YouTube and FITE 30 minutes before the event. Due to work schedule conflicts I may not be able to do live results for the pre-show. Including that it will be a standard length PPV with a total runtime of 3 1/2 hours.

Tonight’s current lineup:
Pre-Show:
KiLynn King vs. Nevaeh
Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Dirty Dango for the title

Main Show:
Masha Slamovich vs. Killer Kelly in a Dog Collar Match
Impact World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club vs. The Good Hands for the titles
The Design vs. oVe in an Ohio Street Fight
Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel vs. Chris Sabin for the title
Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian
Trinity & Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans
Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham, Heath & Nick Aldis vs. Moose, Mike Bailey, Rich Swann & PCO in an 8-4-1 match. The winning team faces off immediately in a 4-way for an Impact World Championship match at Slammiversary
Impact World Champion Steve Maclin vs. Alex Shelley for the title

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Updates below will begin at or shortly before 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. The pre-show begins at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT.

On a sightly related pre-show note, it has been announced that Impact’s 6/30 and 7/1 events in Australia (Friday & Saturday in the US) will be available LIVE only on FITE. You can pre-order a bundle that includes both events for $24.99 or each event individually for $14.99. Most importantly, given both events are 2 AM PT/5 AM ET starts, you also get unlimited on demand replays.

4:45 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, OH. Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt.

Pre-Show:
Match 1: KiLynn King vs. Nevaeh
Result: KiLynn King beat Nevaeh (Note: I did not see this match live and it will not be factored into the overall rating/thoughts)
Match 2: Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Dirty Dango for the title
Result: Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry beat Dirty Dango to retain the title.
Updates will continue when the main show/PPV portion begins.

Main show:
Mandatory FBI warning with crowd noise. Marking out for the warning!

Motor CIty Machine Guns shown arriving earlier today.

Opening video.

Match 1: Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian
Result: Frankie Kazarian beat Eddie Edwards. Alisha Edwards was ejected late in the match for interference.

Match 2: Impact World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) vs. The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch) for the titles
Result: Impact World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club beat The Good Hands to retain the titles. Austin pinned Hotch after The Fold.

Match 3: Masha Slamovich vs. Killer Kelly in a Dog Collar Match. No DQs, win only by pinfall or submission in the ring
Result: Masha Slamovich beat Killer Kelly

Match 4: Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel vs. Chris Sabin for the title
Result: Chris Sabin beat Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel to become THE NEW IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPION! 9 TIME! 9 TIME! 9 TIME!

Match 5: Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham, Heath & Nick Aldis vs. Moose, Mike Bailey, Rich Swann & PCO in an 8-4-1 match. The winning team faces off immediately in a 4-way for an Impact World Championship match at Slammiversary
Result: Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham, Heath & Nick Aldis beat Moose, Mike Bailey, Rich Swann & PCO. Gresham pinned Swann. Which led to…
Part 2: Bully Ray vs. Jonathan Gresham, Nick Aldis & Heath in a 4-way
Result: Nick Aldis beat Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham & Heath in a 4-way by beating Heath. As a result, Aldis will face the Impact World Champion for the title at Slammiversary in July.

Match 6: Trinity & Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans
Result: Trinity & Deonna Purrazzo beat Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans. Purrazzo pinned Evans. Immediately afterwards, Shaw, Evans & Jai Vidal beat down Purrazzo and set her up for a loaded purse shot but Trinity made the save and cleaned house. The winners (and opponents at Slammiversary for the Impact Knockouts Championship) shook hands and embraced afterwards.

Match 7: The Design (Deaner, Angels, Kon) vs. oVe (Sami Callihan, Jake Crist, Madman Fulton) in an Ohio Street Fight (Anything Goes)
Result: oVe beat The Design. Callihan pinned Deaner after Cactus Driver 97 onto a barbed wire board.

Main Event: Impact World Champion Steve Maclin vs. Alex Shelley for the title. Slammiversary will be live only on PPV, FITE and DAZN. Impact+ and YouTube Ultimate Insiders can watch on demand with subscription at a later date (30+ day wait).

Official for Slammiversary on 7/15: Trinity-Purrazzo and Aldis vs. the main event winner for the Impact World Championship.

First announcement for Multiverse United 2 participation-Hiroshi Tanahashi from New Japan. Multiverse United 2 is 8/20 in Philadelphia, PA.

Main Event: Impact World Champion Steve Maclin vs. Alex Shelley for the title
Result: Alex Shelley beat Impact World Champion Steve Maclin to become THE NEW IMPACT WORLD CHAMPION! WOW! 20+ YEARS AND HIS TIME HAS FINALLY COME! That means Shelley will defend against Nick Aldis at Slammiversary. MCMG, now the X Division and Impact World Champions, stood tall to end the show.

Final thoughts: WOW, that main event! Outstanding and an incredible last few minutes to cap off another excellent live night of Impact. The worst matches were solid and the best matches were outstanding, the hardcore matches were brutal and fun and there were some surprises with the 8-4-1. I missed the pre-show matches for the most part but the main show again way overachieved, making that $5-10 price tag depending on how you watch an indescribable bargain. If you missed it, get it and watch it.

Overall show grade: A

End Show.

The next TV tapings including the fallout will be tomorrow.

Post-show is airing on YouTube and Impact+ now. Started with MCMG still in the ring for a post-event celebratory promo thanking the fans and putting Impact and themselves over. A few final thoughts from commentary wraps everything up.

ALL TOGETHER AGAIN 6/9/23 Results

In 2011, shortly after the devastating earthquake that caused catastrophic destruction in Fukushima Prefecture and other areas of Japan, the Big 3 promotions-New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH-came together for ALL TOGETHER, a joint charity fundraiser effort to support recovery causes. Today, with Japan still struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they reunited for ALL TOGETHER AGAIN and another joint fundraiser effort for pandemic recovery.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World only as a PPV for about $30 US. I expect the PPV window to be 3 months. You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 6569.

Pre-show match: Ryo Inoue, Black Menso-re, Yoh & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Super Crazy, Alejandro, Seiki Yoshioka & Atsushi Kotoge. Yoh pinned Kotoge after Direct Drive.

Japanese musician FUNKIST performed the event’s theme song to open the event.

Match 1: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii beat Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba & Masa Kitamiya. Goto pinned Inaba after Shoto.

Match 2: Sean Legacy & Chris Ridgeway beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Ridgeway beat Fujita with Uncle Lock.

Match 3: Shota Umino beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Go Shiozaki beat Hokuto Omori & Satoshi Kojima. Nakajima pinned Omori after Vertical Spike. Kojima was a late replacement for Shuji Ishikawa (fever).

Match 5: Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki beat Junta Miyawaki, Takashi Sugiura & Naomichi Marufuji. Desperado pinned Miyawaki after Pinche Loco.

Match 6: Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato, Ryuki Honda, Jun & Rei Saito. Alira pinned Tamura after Fireball.

Match 7: Yuma Anzai, Suwama & Yuji Nagata beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Suwama pinned BUSHI after Last Ride.

Match 8: Tadasuke, YO-HEY & Jake Lee beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Lee pinned TAKA after FBS.

Match 9: AMAKUSA, Atsuki Aoyagi & Hiromu Takahashi beat HAYATA, Rising Hayato & Master Wato. Aoyagi pinned Hayato after Firebird Splash.

Main Event: Kenoh, Yuma Aoyagi & Kazuchika Okada beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kento Miyahara & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Okada pinned Tanahashi after Rainmaker. After the match, Okada invited Antonio Inoki’s grandchildren into the ring to help lead the late New Japan founder’s signature “1…2…3…DA!” shout to close the event.

As all 3 now return to “normal”, next up for New Japan is the New Japan Road ~Road to STRONG~ Tour beginning tomorrow at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 1 in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Injury Report: DDT Double Whammy

On top of Tokyo Joshi Pro losing Yuka Sakazaki for a while, DDT announced today that Yuki Ishida is also now out of action. Fever & gastroenteritis. Ugh. Out indefinitely but will miss both events this weekend. Changes to the lineups have been made.

More as it becomes available.