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Impact Wrestling “Impact Down Under” Day 2 Results (7/1/23)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 2 of the Impact Wrestling “Impact Down Under ” event from Wagga Wagga, Australia:

The event is available on demand as a PPV on FITE for $14.99 or as a combo pack including yesterday’s Day 1 (on demand) for $24.99). Today’s event had a total runtime of just over 2 1/2 hours.

Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt. Right to the matches today.

Match 1: Adam Brooks beat Robbie Eagles to become the inaugural Oceania Pro Wrestling World Champion. Oceania Pro has been a partner with Impact in helping put on this series of events and Impact will participate in tomorrow’s Oceania Pro event.

Match 2: The Natural Classics beat The Velocities. Both are Oceania Pro-based teams but Natural Classics have appeared in New Japan with trainer Bad Luck Fale.

Match 3: Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry beat Moose to retain the title.

Match 4: Eddie Edwards beat Slex.

Match 5: Steph De Lander beat Killer Kelly.

Match 6: Frankie Kazarian beat Brian Myers by submission.

Match 7: Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley to retain the titles. Austin pinned Sabin after The Fold.

Main Event: Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo beat Gisele Shaw by submission to retain the title.

The next live event will be Slammiversary, this quarter’s major PPV, on 7/15. Last weekend’s TV tapings will take them to that event. Slammiversary is available for pre-order on FITE for $39.99. It will be available on Impact+ and YouTube for Ultimate Insiders at least 30 days after the PPV (late August).

Dragon Gate 7/1/23 Results

Dragon Gate ran a special fan-oriented event today to serve as the final build to tomorrow’s annual biggest event of the year.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK FOR FREE!

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat YAMATO, Kota Minoura & Minorita. Kzy pinned Minorita after a running elbow smash.

Match 2: Dragon Dia won a 10 man battle royal, last eliminating Kagetora.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat Ryu Fuda & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Fujii beat Yanagiuchi with a ground manjigatamae.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Strong Machine J, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun SKywalker, KAI, DIamante, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Lee pinned H-Y-O witha modified crucifix.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Madoka Kikuta, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Yoshioka pinned Kanda after a frog splash.

The next event is Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2023, the promotion’s biggest annual event (this is their WrestleMania), tomorrow at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK worldwide and on PPV in Japan will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

DDT 7/1/23 Results

DDT returned to Yokohama today for another YOKOHAMA UNLIMITED event, this one dubbed “SPECIAL”.

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 219, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yusuke Okada & Kazuma Sumi. Sasaki pinned Sumi after a diving elbow drop.

Match 2: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Akito, MAO & Antonio Honda. Iino pinned Akito after Sexy Cannon.

Match 3: Kazusada Higuchi & Yujki Ishida beat Saki Akai & Yuya Koroku. Ishida pinned Akai.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata in 6 seconds. Akiyama pinned Hirata after a jumping knee. Which led to…
Match 4 (Again): Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Endo pinned Hirata.

Match 5: In a Hardcore Match, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Atsushi Onita & Toi Kojima. Sakaguchi pinned Kojima after `God’s Right Knee with a chair. Afterwards, Onita claimed to Sanshiro Takagi that Akiyama has not accepted Onita’s demand for an exploding deathmatch on 7/23. No response from Takagi. Instead, Sakaguchi made a challenge for the All-Asia Tag Team Championship held by Onita and All-Japan Pro Wrestling member Yoshitatsu. Onita accepted as long as it was in an exploding/electric current deathmatch.

Match 6: Yuji Hino & Mkaoto Oishi beat HARASHIMA & Takao Soma. Hino pinned Soma after Fuckin’ BOMB.

Main Event: Nick Wayne & Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ueno & Yuni. Wayne pinned Yuni after Waynes World.

THe next event is a Referee Matsui Produced event tomorrow at Komikyo Higashinari Civic Center in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

Impact Wrestling “Down Under Tour” Day 1 Results (6/30/23)

Here are the quick results from today’s Impact Wrestling Down Under Tour Day 1 in Wagga Wagga, Australia:

The event is available on demand as a PPV on FITE for $14.99 or as a combo pack including tomorrow’s Day 2 (live and on demand) for $24.99). Today’s event had a total runtime of just under 2 1/2 hours.

A local indigenous elder resident welcomes everyone to the event.

Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt. The ring announcer is a local (no Dave Penzer).

Match 1: Slex beat Adam Brooks.

Match 2: Gisele Shaw beat Erika Reid by submission.

Match 3: Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry beat Eddie Edwards to retain the title.

Match 4: Killer Kelly beat Aysha by submission.

Match 5: Impact X Division Champion Chris Sabin beat Frankie Kazarian & Robbie Eagles in a 3-way by pinning Eagles to retain the title.

Match 6: Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat Moose & Brian Myers in a NON-TITLE match. Bey pinned Myers with a rollup.

Match 7: Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo beat Steph De Lander by submission in a NON-TITLE match.

Main Event: Impact World Champion Alex Shelley beat Steve Maclin to retain the title.

The second event is tomorrow. It will be streamed LIVE on FITE at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET and available on demand immediately afterwards. Like today, tomorrow’s event is $14.99 or $24.99 with the combo pack that also includes on demand replays of both events. Results will be posted midday/early afternoon PT tomorrow once I have a chance to watch the replay.

UPCOMING FREE VIDEO: GLEAT Ver. 6 (7/1/23)

GLEAT will he streaming their 2nd Anniversary GLEAT Ver. 6 event from Tokyo Done City Hall in Tokyo tomorrow LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. Bookmark/set a reminder for the below video and come back tomorrow at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET to watch (it should be available on demand immediately after the live broadcast ends. Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel):

Ganbare Pro 6/30/23 Results (With Video)

Ganbare Pro wrapped up the build to their annual biggest event of the year today with a house show dubbed “Ghost Hunters 2023”.

Today’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and while it is not yet available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, a late decision was made to stream it LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. It is now available on demand on the Ganbare Pro YouTube channel and can be watched below (the video below runs just over 2 hours, it should be on WRESTLE UNIVERSE sometime next week):

Results below.

The announced paid attendance was 92.

Match 1: Mizuki Watase beat Sotatsu Nakamura by submission.

Match 2: Haruka Umesaki beat Riara. Umesaki was chosen by Sayaka Unagi for this match.

Match 3: HARUKAZE & YuuRI beat Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaede Matsushita. YuuRI pinned Matsushita after a swanton bomb.

Match 4: Ken Ohka & Kurashi beat Keisuke Ishii & Shota. Kurashi pinned Shota after a diving senton.

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Shuichiro Katsumura, Minoru Fujita & Yuki Kanzaki beat Yumehito Imanari, Takao Soma & Tyson Maeguchi. Katsumura was the only winner left.

The next event is WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA 2, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English will begin on 7/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

AEW Collision 7/1/23 Results (SPOILERS!)

For whatever unknown reason, tomorrow’s AEW Collision in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is TAPED and was taped last night (they also taped what probably is next week’s Ring Of Honor TV). Below are the quick results for tomorrow’s broadcast (SPOILERS!):

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New Japan News: Top STRONG Name Off Upcoming Events

Ahead of the STRONG Independence Day events in Japan Tuesday & Wednesday, New Japan has announced Fred Rosser is now off both events. Circumstances beyond his control according to Rosser. in a brief statement on New Japan’s English website, Rosser said he will be in Japan “sooner rather than later” so this sounds like it could be due to something travel-related like flight cancellations or visa/passport issues.

The statement can be viewed at the below page:
https://www.njpw1972.com/154373

DEVELOPING: New 3 Musketeers Group in New Japan

Longtime New Japan fans will no doubt have heard lots about The 3 Musketeers-the moniker given to the trio of Keiji Muto, Masa Chono and Shinya Hashimoto when they came up through the New Japan Dojo in the late 1980s. That bane has sort of come back, as the promotion just announced the Reiwa 3 Musketeers group-Shota Umino, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji. This comes in recognition of their rapid ascents through the ranks in New Japan, in particular Tsuji recently who just came back from a shorter-than-normal international training excursion to Mexico and almost immediately earned an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot (he lost to SANADA).

However, they won’t be seen together as a unit in the ring anytime soon because they are not on next week’s Korakuen Hall events and the G1 CLIMAX is right after that. Maybe near the end of the tournament. This is an interesting development nonetheless, let’s see if they can all live up to this lofty moniker.

News: GLEAT Loses Another 7/1 Participant

Ahead of their major 7/1 event Saturday, GLEAT has announced yet another pending change-Komander, who was scheduled to be on the card, is now off. Visa issues. He just worked in All Elite Wrestling & Ring Of Honor this past week but ran into delays trying to get a visa to go to Japan when he returned to Mexico to do so. No replacement named yet.