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BREAKING: New Japan Announces New Women’s Championship

New Japan has just announced on social media the introduction of the STRONG Women’s Championship. The title will be awarded at Resurgence on 5/21 in Long Beach, CA to the winner of a 4-woman tournament, which will begin with Mercedes Mone vs. Stephanie Vaquer (CMLL( and Momo Kohgo (Stardom) vs. Willow Nightingale (All Elite Wrestling) with the winners then facing each other for the title.

Also, it looks like the event will be available as a PPV only on New Japan World. Surprisingly, no FITE this time. It will cost 2990 Japanese yen or around $22 US and will include Japanese and English audio and will start at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. It will also air on STRONG On Demand at a later date.

Impact Wrestling 4/27/23 Results (Updated 4/28)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling from Toronto, Canada:

The YouTube pre-show match was Kenny King vs. Channing Decker.

Match 1: Jordynne Grace beat Masha Slamovich.

Steve Maclin promo. He calls out PCO, who gets ambushed from behind by Shera & Champagne Singh. Maclin leaves as they beat down PCO before PCO makes the comeback but then Santino Marella comes out. Singh & Shera hand Marella some money and he makes the match for right now and Shera is banned from ringside.

Match 2: PCO beat Champagne Singh.

The Coven promo.

Match 3: Johnny Swinger beat El Dineroco. Squash. Hand-picked foe by Zicky Dice. Turns out Dineroco was Dice. But Santino Marella caught them backstage…NO CONTEST. The win is nullified.

Pre-show match highlights. Kenny King beat Channing Decker.

Match 4: Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat The Design (Kon & Angels) in a NON-TITLE match. Bey pinned Angels after 1…2…Sweet.

Santino Marella was attacked backstage and is being checked out. The doctor says take time off.

Death Dollz promo.

Match 5: Jody Threat beat Seleziya Sparx.

Frankie Kazarian interview. Full segment is now on YouTube (almost 10 minutes). More next week.

Main Event: Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo beat Taylor Wilde to retain the title. Afterwards, Wilde & KiLynn King beat down Purrazzo until Jordynne Grace made the save. Grace made it clear she wanted a rematch for the title.

Next week: Steve Maclin, Champagne Singh & Shera vs. PCO, TBA & TBA, Moose & Brian Myers vs. Yuya Uemura & Bhupinder Gujjar, Alisha Edwards vs. Jody Threat and a “MAJOR SURPRISE”. (There are RUMORS-and only RUMORS-it could be Trinity Starr aka Trinity Fatu, the former Naomi in WWE)

The next TV tapings are tomorrow & Saturday in Chicago, IL (the first of 3 such tapings this year, the others are in July and the Bound For Glory PPV in October). These should take the promotion to Under Siege, the next monthly live PPV, on 5/26 in London, Ontario, Canada.

4/28 UPDATE: Impact just announced Purrazzo-Grace for the Knockouts Championship at Under Siege AND if Grace loses, she can’t get another title shot while Purrazzo is champion.

TJPW News: Late 4/29 Changes (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced late changes for the 4/29 event: The one-day trios tournament has undergone a shakeup because Nao Kakuta is now off the event. Family issues. She was to have teamed with Hikari Noa & Wakana Uehara in the tournament. As a result, their original opponents-Suzume, Arisu Endo & Neko Haruna-will automatically advance to the Semifinals and Noa vs. Uehara has been added to the event. It’s not known if Kakuta will miss any additional time beyond this, but if so the concern is the next event she is on is the big one-Korakuen Hall on 5/5 for the annual Golden Week blowout event. There is an event Monday (TJPW INSPIRATION) but Kakuta is not on that event.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: In other TJPW news, the Sawyer Wreck-Hikari Noa match on Monday’s event has been changed and is now a fluorescent light tubes death match.

New Japan 4/28/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road to WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today with a mid-major event featuring 2 title matches and the announcement of the entire Best Of The Super Junior 30 field.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1614.

Match 1: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube. Henare beat Leube with Ultima.

Match 2: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Togo after Shoto.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & David Finlay beat Master Wato, Hikuleo & Tama Tonga. Finlay pinned Wato after INTO OBLIVION.

Match 4: Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open. Haste pinned Kyle Fletcher after Tank Buster.

Match 5: Shota Umino, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki beat Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada. Umino pinned Honma after Deslider.

Match 6: Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. SANADA beat BUSHI with Skull End.

Match 7: Tetsuya Naito beat DOUKI.

Match 8: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Francesco Akira & TJP to win the titles. Knight & KUSHIDA become the 71st IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Knight pinned Akira after Culture Crush.

Main Event: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru to retain the title. V4 for Takahashi. This went over 30 minutes. That also means it’s now officially official-IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA vs. Takahashi for the title on 5/3 at WRESTLING DONTAKU. SANADA added a stip that had Kanemaru won the title, he got the title shot instead.

Before the title matches, the Best Of The Super Junior 30 field was announced. It’s 20 entrants in 2 blocks of 10 this year, standard round-robin format.

The entrants:
Block A: Hiromu Takahashi, TJP, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, Taiji Ishimori, Sho, Titan, DOUKI, Lio Rush, Mike Bailey
Block B: Francesco Akira, El Desperado, BUSHI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yoh, Robbie Eagles, Master Wato, Kevin Knight, Clark Connors, Dan Moloney
Takahashi is the defending tournament winner and will be going for 4 straight triumphs and 5th in the last 6 years, although being the current Jr. Heavyweight Champion works heavily against him.
The tournament runs 5/13-5/28 with all events broadcast live on New Japan World.

The next event is “Wrestling Satsuna no Kuni” Saturday at Kagoshima Arena in Kagoshima. The event will be headlined by Aussie Open vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls in an Aussie Aussie Aussie! affair for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi once again for the KOPW 2023 Championship, this time in a Takagi Triad Match where the first to earn 3 of these 5 finishes-pinfall, submission, countout, stoppage, KO-wins. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

AEW Rampage 4/28/23 Results (SPOILERS!)

Click below for the quick results from tomorrow’s TAPED AEW Rampage, which will air at 5:30 PM ET/2:30 PM PT on TNT due to NHL Playoffs (this contains SPOILERS!):

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AEW Dynamite 4/26/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Sunrise, FL (Ft. Lauderdale area):
AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Bandido to retain the title.

Jeff Jarrett beat Dax Harwood.

Tony Khan’s announcement was the return of the Owen Hart Cup Tournament. Starts at Double Or Nothing in May then continues in Canada including at Forbidden Door 2 in June. Finals at Calgary debut in July.

Wardlow beat a jobber. Squash.

Sammy Guevara beat Darby Allin by DQ. Skateboard use thanks in part to MJF. As a result, Guevara will face MJF for the AEW World Championship at Double Or Nothing. Unless Allin & Jungle Boy beat MJF & Guevara in a tag match next week-if that happens, the title match becomes a 4-way with Allin & Jungle Boy included.

Adam Cole calls out Chris Jericho. Jericho sends out JAS for the beatdown which includes Orange Cassidy & Bandido when they try to make the save. Roderick Strong then comes out to clean house and reunite with Cole. After this, AEW announced Strong has signed with them.

AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Taya Valkyrie to retain the title. 56-0. Valkyrie would have been DQ’d had she used Road To Valhalla aka Jaded. Cargill shockingly won with a rollup.

Kenny Omega & Konosuke Takeshita beat The Butcher & The Blade. Takeshita pinned Butcher after a knee strike. Afterwards, BCC tried to recruit Takeshita but he refused, leading to a screwdriver-fueled beatdown that continued into a brief overrun as the show ended.

An average show tonight that was billed as “massive”. Allin-Guevara was a great match despite the ending.

Friday on Rampage at 5:30 PM ET/2:30 PM PT: Ricky Starks & Shawn Spears vs. Jay White & Juice Robinson, Keith Lee & Dustin Rhodes vs. TBA, The Outcasts promo, Anna Jay.A.S. vs. Ashley D’Amboise, Cash Wheeler vs. Jay Lethal & The Acclaimed promo.

Next week: MJF & Sammy Guevara vs. Jungle Boy & Darby Allin with Allin & Jungle Boy in the Double Or Nothing Main Event if they win (if they don’t, it’s still MJF-Guevara) and Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Orange Cassidy & Bandido vs. JAS. More TBA on Rampage.

New Japan 4/26/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road to WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023 Tour today with what should be the last non-televised event until at least mid-June.

Today’s event was held at Yawatahama Citizen Gym in Ehime. There was no live broadcast and there is no on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 504.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa vs. Boltin Oleg went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh beat Togo with 5 Star Clutch.

Match 3: Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare beat Yuto Nakashima, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Henare beat Nakashima with Ultima.

Match 4: Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. Kyle Fletcher pinned Fujita after Grimstone.

Match 5: Master Wato, Shota Umino, Hikuleo & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & David Finlay. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.

Match 6: Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat Oskar Leube, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Honma pinned Leube after Kokeshi.

Main Event: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Taichi pinned BUSHI with Mausoleum of the Holy Emperor Cross.

The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima. Before the event, a public signing ceremony for tomorrow’s IWGP Jr. Heavyweight and Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship matches will be held. Before those title matches, the full field for this year’s Best Of The Super Junior Tournament will be announced. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Also, in related news, it was revealed in recent interviews he did that Will Ospreay’s NjPW contract is up in February. So monitor his status and happenings going into and after Tokyo Dome 2024 for hints on what he may do, moreso with hints he dropped on social media about maybe not having a lot of time left in his career due to injuries.

DDT News: Wrestler Injury Update

An injury update from DDT: Keigo Nakamura, who has been out recently with a concussion but was to have returned this Saturday, will not return to action as planned. Right knee ligament and meniscus damage from an old injury that flared up recently. Out indefinitely but will be gone “for a while”. No new return date set but this sounds like weeks if not months.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan 4/25/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament today with the 6th match for most of the participants.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 753.

Match 1: Dan Tamura beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Champions Carnival Block B: Shotaro Ashino beat Takao Omori by submission.

Match 3: Champions Carnival Block A: Cyrus beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 4: Champions Carnival Block B: Suwama beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Ryo Inoue & Oji Shiiba. Hayato pinned Inoue after Sid Vicious.

Match 6: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Kaito Ishida & Kotaro Suzuki beat Naruki Doi & Naoki Tanisaki. Ishida pinned Tanisaki with a half tiger suplex hold.

Match 7: Champions Carnival Block A: Jun Saito beat Yuma Aoyagi.

Match 8: Champions Carnival Block B: Yuma Anzai beat Rei Saito.

Match 9: Champions Carnival Block A: Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda.

Match 10: Champions Carnival Block B: Shuji Ishikawa beat Manabu Soya.

Main Event: Champions Carnival Block A: Satoshi Kojima beat Kento Miyahara.

With one match left, Block A has Miyahara, Ishikawa & T-Hawk tied for the lead at 4-2, 8 points. With their head-to-head match remaining, the Miyahara-T-Hawk winner, if there is one, is assured of at least a tie for the top spot. Mathematically Honda still has a chance with 8 points but he’ll need Miyahara-T-Hawk to be a no contest or Double DQ. In Block B, 4 are tied at 4-2, 8 points with 3 at 3-3, 6 points. Only the winner of each block advances to the Finals.

The next event is Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.