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NOAH News: N-1 Victory Field Set, 7/16 Fallout

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a post-7/16 press conference early today that also revealed the entire field for the upcoming N-1 Victory Tournament. This year’s N-1 will feature 16 participants in 2 blocks with traditional round-robin tournament rules.
The participants:
Block A: Kenoh, Kazuyuki Fujita, Go Shiozaki, Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki, Hideki Suzuki, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Anthony Greene
Block B: Masakatsu Funaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya, Satoshi Kojima, Timothy Thatcher, Jack Morris
Nakajima is the defending tournament winner, beating Kenoh in last year’s final. So they could very well have a Finals rematch that could set up a rubber match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.
The tournament runs from 8/11-9/3. Note that some events will be ABEMA-only live broadcasts and will be on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The Finals likely will be an English-only live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

In terms of 7/16 fallout, GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Shuji Kondo for the title has been announced for 8/5 at Korakuen Hall, as well as the return of Naomichi Marufuji, who has been out the last few months due to injury. Marufuji was on Japanese commentary for yesterday’s event.

Sumo-July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 8 Results (Halfway Point-Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from Day 8 of the July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament from Nagoya, the halfway point:
Key: M-Maegashira; K-Komosubi; S-Sekiwake; O-Ozeki; Y-Yokozuna; J-Juryo (2nd tier)
Makuuchi (Top tier):
Onosho (M15) beat Daishoho (J3)
Oho (M15) beat Chiyomaru (M17)
Myogiryu (M14) beat Daiamami (M16)
Ichiyamamoto (M13) beat Tsurugisho (M14)
Nishikifuji (M17) beat Chiyoshoma (M13)
Takarafuji (M12) beat Yutakayama (M16)
Terutsuyoshi (M12) beat Shimanoumi (M9)
Tochinoshin (M8) beat Midorifuji (M11)
Nishikigiki (M8) beat Kotoshoho (M11)
Chiyotairyu (M10) beat Okinoumi (M7)
Meisei (M10) beat Hokutofuji (M10)
Tobizaru (M6) beat Kotoeko (M9)
Ura (M3) beat Aoiyama (M6)
Kotonowaka (M2) beat Ichinojo (M2)
Hoshoryu (K) beat Kiribayama (M1)
Abi (K) beat Sadanoumi (M5)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Daieisho (S)
Takakeisho (O) beat Endo (M5)
Shodai (O) beat Tamawashi (M3)
Terunofuji (Y) beat Wakamotoharu (M4). VERY CONTROVERSIAL MATCH. Was stopped to fix loose mawashi just as they began moving again, which denied Wakamotoharu a win and his first Kinboshi (gold star victory). Judges ordered it restarted from the point of stoppage and Terunofuji would win after the restart.
Leader: Terunofuji, Kotonowaka, Ichinojo, Tobizaru, Nishigiki, Ichiyamamoto, Nishikifuji (6-2)

Juryo:
Oshoma (J13) beat Tochimaru (J11)
Gonoyama (J14) beat Shimazuumi (J10)
Kitanowaka (J12) beat Kaisho (J9)
Hokuseiho (J13) beat Churanoumi (J9)
Chiyosakae (J14) beat Hiradoumi (J8)
Enho (J8) beat Yago (J12)
Kotokuzan (J7) beat Kaisei (J11)
Akua (J7) beat Asanowaka (J4)
Bushozan (J6) beat Kagayaki (J3)
Atamifuji (J6) beat Asanowaka (J2)
Tokushoryu (J5) beat Tokakuryu (J2)
Ryuden (J1) beat Chiyonokuni (J4)
Hidenoumi (J1) beat Mitoryu (J4)
Leader: Ryuden, Hiradoumi, Hokuseiho (6-2)
WITHDRAWAL: Oshoma is out starting tomorrow (Day 9). Unknown but given he won today and didn’t look injured, my first suspiciion is coronavirus. Withdrawals are piling up in the lower ranks too so there could be more outbreaks. Bad way to end Oshoma’s Juryo debut, he was 5-3 after today and could be going back to Makushita.
DEMOTION: Ishiura is the first official demotion in the top 2 tiers effective today. Pre-tournament withdrawal due to cervical cord/spine injury.
Asanoyama Watch: As expected, no match today.
Lower division notes: Makushita has 8 tied for the lead at 4-0, all have earned promotions. Asanoyama is among 10 in the Sandamne tied for the lead at 4-0. The Jonidan has 12 at 4-0, while the Jonokuchi has 2 at 4-0.

UPDATE: MAJOR early Day 9 Makuuchi development-Ichiyamamoto, one of the co-leaders at 6-2, has WITHDRAWN. More to come…

Sumo-July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 7 Results (7/16/22)

Here are the quick results from Day 7 of the July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament from Nagoya:
Key: M-Maegashira; K-Komosubi; S-Sekiwake; O-Ozeki; Y-Yokozuna; J-Juryo (2nd tier)
Makuuchi (Top tier):
Nishikifuji (M17) beat Yutakayama (M16)
Oho (M15) beat Kagayaki (J3)
Tsurugisho (M14) beat Chiyomaru (M17)
Ichiyamamoto (M13) beat Daiamami (M16)
Onosho (M15) beat Takarafuji (M12)
Midorifuji (M11) beat Myogiryu (M14)
Kotoshoho (M11) beat Chiyoshoma (M13)
Chiyotairyu (M10) beat Meisei (M10)
Kotoeko (M9) beat Okinoumi (M7)
Aoiyama (M6) beat SHimanoumi (M9)
Tochinoshin (M8) beat Sadanoumi (M5)
Hokutofuji (M7) beat Endo (M5)
Wakamotoharu (M4) beat Tobizaru (M6)
Kotonowaka (M2) beat TObizaru (M3)
Daieisho (S) beat Kiribayama (M1)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Takanosho (M1) by default/withdrawal
Shodai (O) beat Ichinojo (M2)
Abi (K) beat Takakeisho (O)
Hoshoryu (K) beat Mitakeumi (O) by default/withdrawal
Terunofuji (Y) beat Ura (M3)
WITHDRAWAL: Takanosho (M1). Foot/ankle injury. Return uncertain.
Leader: Ichinojo (6-1)

Juryo (2nd tier):
Chiyosakae (J14) beat Tochimaru (J11)
Hokuseiho (J13) beat Kaisei (J11)
Shimazuumi (J10) beat Yago (J12)
Churanoumi (J9) beat Gonoyama (J14)
Oshoma (J13) beat Kaisho (J9)
Kotokuzan (j7) beat Kitanowaka (J12)
Bushozan (J6) beat Enho (J8)
Hiradoumi (J8) beat Atamifuji (J6)
Akua (J7) beat Tokushoryu (J5)
Tohakuryu (J2) beat Chiyonokuni (J5)
Azumaryu (J2) beat Daishoho (J3)
Hidenoumi (J1) beat Asanowaka (J4)
Ryuden (J1) beat Mitoryu (J4)
Leader: Hiradoumi (6-1)

Lower tier notes: 5 Makushita have earned promotion with 4-0 records so far, including Kinbozan (Makushita 1), who will be making his Juryo debut in September as likely the first rikishi from Kazakhstan to do so.
Asanoyama Watch: The former Ozeki, now at Sandanme 22, went to 4-0 and earned promotion with a win today. At least one more win should be enough to get him up to Makushita in September. He is one of 6 in the Sandanme who have earned promotion at 4-0. 5 in the Jonidan have promotions now along with one in the Jonokuchi.
In the top 2 tiers, Day 9 is now the earliest anyone can clinch promotion/winning records or demotion/losing records.

New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 2 Results (7/17/22)

New Japan runs Day 2 of the G1 CLIMAX 32 Tournament today, featuring the second match for each of the 4 blocks and some big openers are on tap. Most notably is a heated-to-be affair between Zack Sabre Jr. & KENTA, while the main event will be Shingo Takagi vs. Juice Robinson. The other tournament matches today are Tomohiro Ishii vs. Taichi and Jonah vs. Toru Yano.

Today’s event will be held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched LIVE and on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English, and like Day 1 you can watch FOR FREE! No login or signup required! If you plan to pull an all-nighter to watch, I anticipate the event having a total run time of around 3 hours, but it will be no more than 4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
David Finlay & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaacs
TAKA Michinoku & Lance Archer vs. El Phantasmo & Bad Luck Fale
Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay vs. Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL
Jado & Tama Tonga vs. Chase Owens & Jay White
Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito
G1 CLIMAX:
Block B-Tomohiro Ishii vs. Taichi
Block A-Toru Yano vs. Jonah
Block C-Zack Sabre Jr. vs. KENTA
Block D-Shingo Takagi vs. Juice Robinson

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Updates below will begin at 1 AM ET/10 PM PT.

9:45 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin early because…
We are LIVE from Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido, Japan. Hiromu Takahashi has just hit the ring for a special promo that lasts about 10 minutes, promo for the STRONG SPIRITS mobile game. He stops to take a selfie in a funny spot on the way out. Feed switches back to pre-show mode.
The event will begin in 5 minutes. Updates will resume shortly.
10 PM PT UPDATE: Live broadcast begins NOW…
We are LIVE from Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido, Japan. This event is airing as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE on TV Asahi in Japan and is also being streamed live on ABEMA.

The announced paid attendance was 2942. Just a handful smaller than yesterday. Hiroyoshi Tenzan is again our guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 1: Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaacs vs. David Finlay & YOSHI-HASHI. 20 minute time limit
Result: YOSHI-HASHI & David Finlay beat Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaacs. Finlay pinned Isaacs.

Match 2: TAKA Michinoku & Lance Archer vs. El Phantasmo & Bad Luck Fale. 20 minute time limit
Result: El Phantasmo & Bad Luck Fale beat TAKA Michinoku & Lance Archer. Phantasmo pinned TAKA after Sudden Death.

Match 3: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay vs. Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. 20 minute time limit
Result; Aaron Henarte, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Henare beat Togo with Ultima.

Match 4: Jado & Tama Tonga vs. Chase Owens & Jay White. 20 minute time limit
Result: Chase Owens & Jay White beat Jado & Tama Tonga. Owens pinned Jado after C Trigger.

Match 5: Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Tanahashi pinned BUSHI after High Fly Flow.

Intermission. It’s 11:28 PM PT. The event will resume in 5-10 minutes. We’re likely going to finish the event around 1 AM PT.

11:34 PM PT-and we’re back!

Match 6: G1 CLIMAX 32 Block B-Taichi (with Miho Abe and a mini-plush on her shoulder, cute!) vs. Tomohiro Ishii. 30 minute time limit
Result: Taichi beat Tomohiro Ishii

Match 7: G1 CLIMAX 32 Block A-Toru Yano vs. Jonah. 30 minute time limit
Result: Toru Yano beat Jonah by countout. Guess they have to give Yano his one garbage comedy win.

Match 8: G1 CLIMAX 32 Block C-Zack Sabre Jr. vs. KENTA. 30 minute time limit
Result: Zack Sabre Jr. beat KENTA by submission.

Main Event: G1 CLIMAX 32 Block D-Shingo Takagi vs. Juice Robinson. 30 minute time limit
Result: Juice Robinson beat Shingo Takagi

Day 3 is Wednesday at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1 Results (7/17/22)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the second half of Round 1. The 4 remaining matches will be held today along with a couple of non-tournament matches that will be announced when the event starts. Because of the tournament structure this year with the number of participants, today’s winners all will get a free pass through Round 2 and go straight to the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. If you’re planning on watching this and New Japan tonight plan on some split-screen/multitasking as I anticipate this event having a total running time of just under 2 hours (last night’s event went 1 hour 40 minutes).

Today’s lineup:
Tokyo Princess Cup:
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Rika Tatsumi
Kaya Toribami vs. Yuka Sakazaki
Arisu Endo vs. Miu Watanabe
Nao Kakuta vs. Yuki Aino
Yuki Arai participation. Non-tournament matches TBA at event time

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Updates below will begin at midnight ET/9 PM PT.

9 PM PT 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. More empty ringside seats than last night. Prob will be in the 225-250 range.
The matches will begin in about 15 minutes.

During the match rundown, 3 non-tournament matches were announced for today, so 7 matches total. The main event is Kamifuku-Tatsumi.

Match 1: Miyu Yamashita, Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto vs. Hikari Noa, Raku & Suzume. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa, Raku & Suzume beat Miyu Yamashita, Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto. Noa pinned Miyamoto after a blizzard suplex.

Match 2: Neko Haruna vs. Pom Harajuku & Maki Itoh in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku beat Neko Haruna & Maki Itoh in a 3-way by pinning Haruna.

Match 3: Mizuki & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima beat Mizuki & Mahiro Kiryu. Nakajima pinned Kiryu with a Northern Lights suplex hold. Before the match began, Misao was faking an elbow injury in a comedy spot.

Match 4: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1-Miu Watanabe vs. Arisu Endo. No time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Arisu Endo. As a result, Watanabe advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Shoko Nakajima or Mizuki.

Match 5: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1-Kaya Toribami vs. Yuka Sakazaki. No time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki beat Kaya Toribami. As a result, Sakazaki advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Yuki Arai or Hikari Noa.

Match 6: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1-Nao Kakuta vs. Yuki Aino. No time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta beat Yuki Aino. As a result, Kakuta advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Miyu Yamashita or Raku.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1-Yuki Kamifuku vs. Rika Tatsumi. No time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki Kamifuku. As a result, Tatsumi advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Pom Harajuku or Suzume.

Round 2 begins tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

Post-show UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 257. Just a handful lower than yesterday (maybe 5).
Most of tomorrow’s card is TBA except Round 2 matches, which will be Yamashita-Raku and Noa-Arai.

7/17-7/23 Events Schedule

Here is the current events schedule for 7/17/22-7/23/22, which is subject to change (all times PT). Note that the site administrator remains on Jury Duty so Monday-Thursday posts are subject to delays.

7/17:
2 AM-Ganbare Pro Wretling, Basement MON*STAR, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast
8 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Tokyo Princess Cup 2022, Ryogoku KFC Hall, Tokyo, Japan. LIVE & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
9 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling Summer Vacation 2022 Tour in NAGANO, Nagano City Museum of Art Act Space, Nagano, Japan. No live broadcast
10 PM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Summer Action Series 2022 Tour, Hanahiro Memorial park Tsurumi Green Area Dogwood Hall, Osaka, Japan. Live & on demand on AJPW.TV

7/20:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 3, Xebio Arena Sendai, Sendai, Japan. Live & on demand on New Japan World
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Duluth, GA. LIVE on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

7/21:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast outside Japan

7/22:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour, Korakuen Hall. Live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
9:30 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling Street Wrestling in HandMade in Japan, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast

7/23:
2 AM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Tokyo Princess Cup 2022, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 4, Ota City General Gym, Tokyo, Japan. Live & on demand on New Japan World
5 PM-Ring Of Honor Death Before Dishonor 2022, Lowell, MA. Live on PPV & Bleacher Report in US, possibly on FITE OUTSIDE US ONLY.
7:30 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling Summer Vacation 2022, Korakuen Hall LIVE & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
11 PM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 5, Ota City General Gym. Live & on demand on New Japan World

New Japan 7/16/22 Results

New Japan kicked off the G1 CLIMAX 32 Tournament today, the biggest and most important tournament of the year that unofficially begins the road to Tokyo Dome on January 4. This year’s installment has 28 entrants-the most ever-spread out among 4 blocks in round-robin format.

Today’s event was held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English FOR FREE! No login or signup required!

The announced paid attendance was 2891. On replay it looked very close to a legit sellout. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE on TV Asahi in Japan and was also simulcast on ABEMA. Hiroyoshi Tenzan is the guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 1: Tom Lawlor beat Kosei Fujita. This was to have been Fujita & Yuto Nakashima vs. Lawlor & Royce Isaacs, but Nakashima & Isaacs were both removed due to a Nakashima injury.

Match 2: Bad Dude Tito & Jonah beat Ryohei Oiwa & Toru Yano. Jonah pinned Oiwa after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, David Finlay & Tama Tonga. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.

Match 4: Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, Juice Robinson & KENTA beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. Robinson pinned TAKA.

Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Ishii pinned BUSHI after a vertical drop brainbuster.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 6: Block C-Aaron Henare beat Hiroshi Tanahashi. UPSET ALERT!
Match 7: Block D-Will Ospreay beat El Phantasmo.
Match 8: Block B-Jay White beat SANADA.
Main Event: Block A-Kazuchika Okada beat Jeff Cobb. Last year this match determined who went to the Finals. This year, who knows.

Day 2 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World begins TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET, and once again it will be available FOR FREE!

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/16/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest blowout event, DESTINATION 2022, is now in the books. Besides featuring multiple title matches, it marked the return of Keiji Muto for the beginning of the end as The Living Legend began his series of the final 5 matches of his incomparable 40-year career.

Today’s event was held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The live broadcast was in English only outside Japan due to it being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan. The first 2 matches can also be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3215. With everything else happening today including New Japan and other events, and considering capacity limits and the layout of the venue, this sounds like a much-needed good number for the promotion-I’d say this represented around 75% capacity. In addition to the hosts, the guests on commentary included Rina Matsuki, Jushin Thunder Liger, Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. (At this time the replay, which includes pre-show coverage, has a total run time of just over 5 hours) If you want to skip the pre-show, you can jump ahead to about the 30 minute mark.

Also, before the event it was announced that the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya vacated the titles because Elgin would miss the event. Unspecified. The scheduled title defense against Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher would now be for the vacant titles with Yoshiki Inamura replacing Elgin.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Extreme Tiger. Kondo pinned Harada after a King Kong lariat.

Match 2: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch, Stallion Rogerse & Anthony Greene beat Kazushi Sakuraba, Masaaki Mochizuki, Shuhei Taniguchi, Daiki Inaba & Kinya Okada. Greene pinned Okada after Walkin Talkin Flying. Inamura was to have been in this match but due to the tag title situation, Sakuraba was added as a replacement.

Match 3: Eita & Kotaro Suzuki beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susummu. Eita pinned Ogawa after Numero Uno.

Match 4: Ninja Mack beat Dante Leon.

Match 5: In a Hardcore Match, Rob Van Dam & Masato Tanaka beat NOSAWA Rongai & SUper Crazy. Van Dam pinned NOSAWA after 5 Star Frog Splash.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki, Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Fujita pinned Soya after a powerbomb.

Match 7: PRO WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER 1-THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Keiji Muto by submission. The proverbial torch has officially been passed to The Supernova.

Match 8: Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher beat Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura by ref stoppage to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Suzuki & Thatcher become the 61st GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Suzuki beat Inamura with a sleeper hold.

Match 9: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Seiki Yoshioka to retain the title. V3 for HAYATA. Next up: Kondo. Kongo Kondo, haha.

Kaito Kiyomiya joined commentary for the final match.
Main Event: Kenoh beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima to win the title. Kenoh becomes the 40th GHC Heavyweight Champion. And somewhere deep within CyberFight Corporation, one of Sanshiro Takagi’s worst nightmares has come true…Hahaha.

Next up is the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour starting Thursday at Korakuen Hall. This will be an ABEMA-only broadcast with replay on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time, meaning there will be no live broadcast outside Japan. The only match announced so far is an Open The Triangle Gate (Dragon Gate) Championship match. Additionally, a post-event press conference for today’s event and match announcements for the upcoming N-1 VICTORY Tournament will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube beginning tomorrow at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

DDT 7/16 Results

DDT headed to Nagoya today as part of their SUMMER VACATION 2022 Tour, although it was a house show there were two title matches headlined by a may-or-may-not-see-video DDT Extreme Title match with those deplorable Pheromons.

Today’s event was held at Nippongashi Sports Plaza Stadiumm 3 in Nagoya and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 238, a full house/near-sellout.

Match 1: Yuji Hino beat Yuki IShida.

Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Okatani pinned Hirata with a double arm suplex.

Match 3: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima beat Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Kojima pinned Koroku after Kojima In Wonderland.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat MAO & Takao Soma. Yoshimura pinned Soma after Harai Goshi.

Match 5: In a 3-on-1 Handicap Match where any of the 3 could be pinned and the team loses, with Sanshiro Takagi as special referee but anyone wearing the referee shirt could become ref if Takagi somehow became incapacitated, Akito beat DDT Extreme Champion Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari by pinning Dieno to win the title. Akito becomes the 54th DDT Extreme Champion.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Masa Takanashi, Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda to retain the titles. KANON beat Honda with Just Cobra Twist. V1 for the champs. Next up: Ueno/Katsumata/Kojima. That will happen on 7/24 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Monday at Nagano City Museum Of Art Act Space in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.

Sumo-July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 6 Results (7/15/22)

Here are the quick results from Day 6 of the July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament from Nagoya:
Key: M-Maegashira; K-Komosubi; S-Sekiwake; O-Ozeki; Y-Yokozuna; J-Juryo (2nd tier)
But first, as I was posting this…
BREAKING: Mitakeumi (Ozeki) has WITHDRAWN from the tournament after today. Right shoulder injury. That means if he misses at least 3 more days of the tournament after tomorrow, he will be DEMOTED from Ozeki due to 2 straight losing tournaments. An Absent day is treated as a loss. This also means a free Day 7 win for Hoshoryu (Komosubi), who was to have been the opponent.

Makuuchi (Top Tier):
Nishigiki (M17) beat Chiyomaru (M17)
Yutakayama (M16) beat Tohakuryu (J2)
Daiamami (M16) beat Oho (M15)
Onosho (M15) beat Ichiyamamoto (M13)
Tsurugisho (M14) beat Chiyoshoma (M13)
Myogiryu (M14) beat Terutsuyoshi (M12)
Kotoshoho (M11) beat Midorifuji (M11)
Meisei (M10) beat Takarafuji (M12)
Kotoeko (M9) beat Tochinoshin (M8)
Okinoumi (M7) beat Shimanoumi (M9)
Chiyotairyu (M10) beat Hokutofuji (M7)
Tobizaru (M6) beat Nishigiki (M8)
Sadanoumi (M5) beat Endo (M5)
Wakamotoharu (M4) beat Aoiyama (M6)
Kotonowaka (M2) beat Takanosho (M1)
Hoshoryu (K) beat Abi (K)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Kiribayama (M1)
Ichinojo (M2) beat Mitakeumi (O)
Takakeisho (O) beat Ura (M3)
Shodai (O) beat Daieisho (S)
Trunofuji (Y) beat Tamawashi (M3)
WITHDRAWN: Mitakeumi (O) after the day, which will count as a Day 7 withdrawal. Right shoulder injury. Day 7 opponent Hoshoryu gets a free win.
Leader: Ichinojo (6-0)

Juryo:
Chiyosakae (J14) beat Kitanowaka (J12)
Yago (J12) beat Gonoyama (J14)
Hokuseiho (J13) beat TOchimaru (J11)
Shimazuumi (J10) beat Oshoma (J13)
Kaisho (J9) beat Kaisei (J11)
Hiradoumi (J8) beat CHuranoumi (J9)
Enho (J8) beat AKua (J7)
Atamifuji (J6) beat Kotokuzan (J7)
Chiyonokuni (J5) beat Bushozan (J6)
Kagayaki (J3) beat Tokushoryu (J5)
Azumaryu (J2) beat Mitoryu (J4)
Asanowaka (J4) beat Ryuden (J1)
Daishoho (J3) beat Hidenoumi (J1)
Leader: Kagayaki, Hiradoumi (5-1)
Asanoyama Watch: The former Ozeki (now DSandanme 22) went to 3-0 with a 3rd straight win, beating Hokutomaru (Sandanme 18) by “uwatenage” (over arm throw). This means that Asanoyama now needs only 1 win over his final 4 matches to be promoted and move up the rankings. 2 or more wins should get him back to the 3rd tier Makushita next tournament. He can only be demoted again if he loses all 4 of his remaining matches. No match on Day 7 (now underway).

UPDATE 2: Mitakeumi withdrawal is NOT due to the shoulder injury per NHK World Japan. Coronavirus outbreak in his beya (stable). Whether or not this will mean demotion will not be known until after the tournament, likely not until the September Banzuke is announced at the end of August.

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