A late change to CyberFight Festival ’22 was announced today by Tokyo Joshi Pro-Raku is now off Sunday’s event. The ever-vague poor physical condition. She was to have been in a 10-woman TJPW pre-show match. YuuRI (Ganbare Pro) is the replacement.
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AEW Updated Rankings 6/8/22
Here are the updated AEW Rankings for the week going into Dynamite tonight:
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/8/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the second half of STAR NAVIGATION ’22 today, finishing off their build to CyberFight Festival ’22.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE later today. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA in Japan.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki beat Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada. Suzuki beat Okada with Robinson Special.
Match 2: NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki beat Extreme Tiger, Haoh & Alejandro. Eita pinned Alejandro after Trauma.
Match 3: Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Simon Gotch, HAYATA & Kai Fujimura. Ohara pinned Fujimura after Muy Bien.
Match 4: Timothy Thatcher beat Shuhei Taniguchi by submission.
Match 5: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Takashi Sugiura, Rene Dupree & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Nakajima pinned Dupree after Vertical Spike.
Match 6: Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu to win the titles. Harada, Kotoge & YO-HEY become the 80th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Harada pinned Yoshioka with Katayama German.
Main Event: Satoshi Kojima, Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Inaba beat Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya. Kojima pinned Shiozaki after a Western lariat.
Next up is CyberFight Festival ’22 Sunday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, with Shiozaki-Kojima for the GHC Heavyweight Championship as the main event. The next event after that is 6/19 at Kobe Sambo Hall on Kobe. There will be mo live broadcast
In post-event news, 2 title matches have been announced for the next N INNOVATION on 6/23: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Hajime Ohara for the title and NEW Open The Triangle Gate Champions Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki for the titles. Anticipate another title change here because these are Dragon Gate titles and Eita is based there.
Ganbare Pro 6/7/22 Results
Ganbare Pro ran the DDT Group’s final event before CyberFight Festival today.
Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 122.
Match 1: Rie Kawabata & Maria beat HARUKAZE & YuuRI. Kawabata pinned YuuRI after a moonsault press.
Match 2: Takao Soma beat Tsuyoshi Okada.
Match 3: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shigehiro Irie beat Kouki Iwasaki & Taison Maeguchi. Katsumura beat Maeguchi. After this, Katsumura vs. Minoru Suzuki was added to their 7/10 event.
Match 4: Masa Takanashi beat Shota.
Main Event: Yumehito Imanari, Keisuke Ishii & Yuna Manase beat Ken Ohka, Mizuki Watase & Moeka Haruhi. Imanari pinned Ohka with a Thesz Press.
The next standalone event is 6/29 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, but up next is CyberFight Festival ’22 Sunday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.
BREAKING: New Japan Introduces New Tag Team Title
BREAKING: New Japan has just announced a tag team championship for NJPW STRONG. The new STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship will be awarded to the winners of an 8-team single elimination tournament to be held over the next two tapings on 6/19 in Hollywood, CA (Quarterfinals & Semifinals) and 7/24 in Charlotte, NC (Finals). Teams and brackets TBA.
More as it becomes available.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/7/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the first half of STAR NAVIGATION 2022 today, a doubleheader that serves as their final build to CyberFight Festival ’22.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The live broadcast was available only on ABEMA in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 455.
Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Alejandro.
Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Kai Fujimura. Saito pinned Fujimura after Sickle Of Death.
Match 3: HAYATA & Daiki Inaba beat YO-HEY & Kinya Okada. HAYATA pinned Okada with a crucifix.
Match 4: Atsushi Kotoge beat Extreme Tiger.
Match 5: Daisuke Harada & Haoh beat Tadasuke & Hi69 by DQ. Tadasuke DQ’d. Ref assault.
Match 6: Satoshi Kojima beat Manabu Soya.
Match 7: Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki to win the titles. Ogawa, Yoshioka & Susumu become the 79th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Yoshioka pinned NOSAWA after a buzzsaw kick. These are the trios/6-man titles in Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling.
Match 8: Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Simon Gotch beat Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Tanaka pinned Funaki.
Main Event: Takashi Sugiura, Hideki Suzuki, Rene Dupree, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Timothy Thatcher beat Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Michael Elgin, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Thatcher beat Inamura with a Fujiwara armbar.
The second event is tomorrow. 2 late changes were announced for tomorrow: TBA in the 4th match, who may also be added to CyberFight Festival, is Thatcher, and Ogawa/Yoshioka/Susumu vs. Kotoge/Harada/YO-HEY is now for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship. Live streaming of the event is ABEMA ONLY, but it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE afterwards.
Other post-event news:
GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masato Tanaka for the title and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Simon Gotch have been announced for 6/19 at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. This event will be taped for on demand broadcast at a later date (no live broadcast).
Announced for the next N INNOVATION on 6/23 at Shinjuku Face is Haoh vs. Tadasuke in a Loser Expulsion Match-the loser must leave NOAH.
New Japan-Stardom Joint Event Late 2022
At a press conference in Japan earlier today, Bushiroad Corporation-the current owner of New Japan Pro Wrestling and Stardom-announced that as part of its 15th Anniversary celebration, a joint NJPW-Stardom event will be held on November 20 at the new Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Hiroshi Tanahashi represented NJPW while Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid represented Stardom. More details are forthcoming but Tanahashi hinted at possibly a mixed/intergender tag team match at the event.
Ariake Arena was built for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan and would have a maximum capacity of 15,000 for wrestling, slightly more than Ryogoku Kokugikan (around 14,000 for pro wrestling but closer to 15,000 for sumo) and would likely put it behind only the Tokyo Dome in terms of capacity for pro wrestling.
More as it becomes available.
DDT 6/5/22 Results
DDT ran the final event before CyberFight Festival today, another standalone “ONLY WE” event that is held when they visit Chiba Prefecture.
Today’s event was held at 2AW Square in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 123, a super full house.
Match 1: Toui Kojima vs. Yuya Koroku went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Soma pinned Honda after Mad Splash.
Match 3: Kaji Tomato & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. Yoshimura pinned Katsumata after Harai Goshi.
Match 4: Masa Takanashi & HARASHIMA beat MAO & Yusuke Okada. HARASHIMA pinned Okada after Blue Sword.
Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki beat Hiroshi Yamato by submission.
Match 6: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi beat Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Yuki Ishida. Higuchi pinned Ishida after Brain Claw Slam.
Main Event: Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Quiet Storm beat Shogun Okamoto, Kenichiro Arai & Hoshitango. Hino pinned Hoshitango after Muscle Splash on a chair.
The next event is CyberFight Festival ’22 on 6/12 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET with the first match scheduled to begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. LIVE results will be posted here.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/5/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH began the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour, a short 2-event series that is part of several short series that make up the June schedule around next weekend’s CyberFight Festival ’22.
Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 273.
Match 1: Haoh beat Kai Fujimura.
Match 2: Rene Dupree beat Kinya Okada.
Match 3: Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu beat NOSAWA Rongai & Kotaro Suzuki. Yoshioka pinned Suzuki after a buzzsaw kick.
Match 4: Atsushi Kotoge, Extreme Tiger & Alejandro beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Kotoge pinned Hi69 after Kill Switch.
Match 5: Simon Gotch, HAYATA & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY went to a no contest. NOSAWA Rongai & Kotaro Suzuki interference.
Match 6: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Michael Elgin, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Nakajima beat Inamura.
Main Event: Go Shiozaki, Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Satoshi Kojima, Mohammed Yone & Daiki Inaba. Shiozaki pinned Yone after Go Lariat.
Next up is STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tuesday & Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Tuesday features a title match for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship, the 6-man tag team title of Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling. Both events will be ABEMA-only live broadcasts and will not be available live outside of Japan. The next live WRESTLE UNIVERSE event is CyberFight Festival ’22 next Sunday.
6/5/22-6/11/22 Events Schedule
Here is next wee’s (6/5/22-6/11/22) events schedule, which is subject to change (all times PT):
6/5;
1 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2022, Aore Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. Available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning 6/8 at 2 AM
4/7:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2022, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live in Japan only on ABEMA. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
3 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Pumping Iron 2022”, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
6/8:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2022, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live in Japan only on ABEMA. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Independence, MO. LIVE on TBS in US, New Japan World in Japan and FITE elsewhere.
6/10:
TBA-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”, Independence, MO. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere. Start time dependent on NHL Western Conference Playoffs schedule.
6/11:
5 PM-NWA Alwayz Ready, Knoxville, TN. LIVE on FITE
9 PM-CyberFight Festival ’22, Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan. LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
10 PM-New Japan Pro Wrestling DOMINION, Osaka-jo Hall, Osaka, Japan. LIVE on New Japan World
