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New Japan 4/25/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road to WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023 Your today with a non-televised event.

Today’s event was held at Kochi Prefectural Gym in Kochi. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video.

The announced paid attendance was 663.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima vs. Boltin Oleg went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoh, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.

Match 3: Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Khan pinned Leube with a pancake hold.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open beat Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr. Mark Davis pinned Fujita after Waterfall.

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

Match 6: Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat Ryohei Oiwa, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suuzki. Makabe pinned Oiwa after a King Kong kneedrop.

Main Event: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Kanemaru beat BUSHI with a Figure 4.

The next event is tomorrow at Yawatahama Citizen Sports Center in Ehime. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. (This will be the last non-televised event for about 2 months)

GLEAT 4/23/23 Results

GLEAT ran the latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday, the 50th event for the promotion’s primary event series.

Yesterday’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow beginning at 4:30 AM PT/7:30 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 188.

Match 1: Tetsuya Izuchi & Jun Tonsho beat Issei Onitsuka & Yu Iizuka. Tonsho pinned Oizuka with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Kaho Matsushita beat Yukari Hosokawa.

Match 3: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & Seiichi Ikemoto beat Takanori Ito, Masato Kamino & Yusuke Kodama. Hayashi pinned Kodama. Afterwards, Issei Onitsuka came out to recruit Hayashi for his faction. Apparently whether it happens will be determined by a single match on 5/21.

Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki beat Keiichi Sato.

Match 5: Osma Watanabe beat Drew Parker by ref stoppage. Parker injury.

Match 6: Kaito Ishida, Yutani & Hartley Jackson beat Hayato Tamura, Check Shimatani & Quiet Storm. Yutani pinned Storm with Tornado Clutch.

Main Event: T-Hawk & El Lindaman beat Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. T-Hawk pinned Kawakami after Cerberus. Afterwards, T-Hawk announced he would defend the G-REX Championship on 5/14 against someone in their 20s who hasn’t had a shot yet. Which led to…

Impromptu Match: Check Shimatani beat Issei Onitsuka, Jun Tonsho, Yu Iizuka, Masato Kamino & Yutani in a 6-way by pinning Onitsuka. As a result, Shimatani gets the 5/14 title shot. Then Shimatani announced a G INFINITY Championship match for 5/21, with Izuchi & Tonsho potential challengers.

The next event is 5/6 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s in Tokyo it likely will be a live broadcast on YouTube and available on demand immediately after the event. If live, the broadcast will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 4/23/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2024 Tour yesterday with a house show in Nagano.

Yesterday’s event was held at Nagano Arcs in Nagano. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 285, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, Diamante & ISHIN beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita. ISHIN pinned Minorita after a deformed scrapbuster.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. beat YAMATO & Ichikawa. Mochizuki pinned Ichikawa with a jumping kick in just 7 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. beat YAMATO & Ichikawa. Mochizuki pinned Ichikawa after a failed chair attack.

Match 3: Ben-K beat Strong Machine J.

Match 4: Kagetora & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga. Lun pinned Tomonaga after Horor.

Match 5: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat KAI & H-Y-O. Kanda pinned H-Y-O after a diving elbow drop.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jaosn Lee. Dia pinned Lee.

The next event is Saturday at Mercure Hotel Yokosuka in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/23/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Kyoto.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 356.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Shuhei Taniguchi. Thatcher beat Taniguchi with Fujiwara armbar.

Match 3: AMAKUSA & Alejandro beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy. Alejandro pinned Crazy.

Match 4: Alpha Wolf beat Tadasuke & Lancelot in a 3-way by pinning Tadasuke.

Match 5: Kenoh, katsuhiko Nakajima, Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya & Hi69 beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Atsushi Kotoge, Yoshiki Inamura & Seiki Yoshioka. Kenoh pinned Yoshioka after PFS.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura beat Saxon Huxley.

Match 7: Ninja Mack beat HAYATA, Dragon Bane & YO-HEY in a 4-way by pinning YO-HEY.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Naomichi Marufuji & Sean Legacy. Lee pinned Legacy after a skewered front high kick.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to resume the also-never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour, which for now will be only Korakuen events. This event is headlined by a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match as YO-HEY & Tadasuke defend against Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

DDT 4/23/23 Results

DDT held a special outdoor event today with the theme of Fish vs. Meat. Mmmm…tasty. The vendor/market where the event was held was today’s sponsor.

Today’s event was held at Shibushi City “Eel station” special venue in Kagoshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 400, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 2: Makoto Oishi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Shunma Katsumata, Rayne Leverkusen & Kazuki Hirata. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat MAO & Toui Kojima. KANON pinned Kojima after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 4: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Yuji Hino & Kazuma Sumi. Iino beat Sumi with a dragon sleeper.

Match 5: Shiro Koshinaka, Toru Owashi & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Tetsuya Endo, Sanshiro Takagi & Yuya Koroku. Koshinaga pinned Koroku after a diving hip attack.

Main Event: Shishamo Power, Eel Mask & Super Eel Mask beat Jun AKiyama, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Super Eel Mask pinned Ishida after Super Eel Splash. Fish beats Meat today.

The next event is Saturday at 176BOX in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/23/23 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a special WRESTLE UNIVERSE Members Only event today, with tickets only available for members of the DDT official fan club, which also includes the CyberFight Corporation’s online streaming service for DDT, TJPW, Ganbare Pro and Pro Wrestling NOAH events. This was a more comedy-oriented event than usual.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 219.

Match 1: In a Cooking Match after a series of comedy competitions with the winner determined by referee Daisuke Kiso serving as judge, Yuka Sakazaki beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Raku, Shino Suzuki & Runa Okubo. Nakajima pinned Suzuki with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 3: Max The Impaler beat Kaya Toribami. Potential squash.

Match 4: Vertvixen & Hikari Noa beat Maki Itoh & Toga. Noa pinned Toga after a running neckbreaker drop.

Match 5: In a match with the winner determined by guest Tetsuya Koda, Arisu Endo beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe, Hyper Misao & HIMAWARI in a 5-way. A variety of different comedy challenges including what looked like musical chairs.

Main Event: In a costume change match where everyone dressed up as a different TJPW wrestler, Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Pom Harajuku beat Suzume, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Mizuki pinned Kiryu after a diving foot stomp. It looks like Harajuku was dressed as Kamifuku, Kiryu was dressed as Haruna, Suzume was Nao Kakuta, Mizuki was Shoko Nakajima, Haruna was Raku and Kamifuku was Kiryu.

The next event is “PRECIOUS TIME” Saturday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. The event will be a one-day 6-women tag team tournament and one non-tournament match which is Sawyer Wreck vs. Moka Miyamoto. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The full 5/5 card has been announced:
HIMAWARI vs. Shino Suzuki
Hyper Misao, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo vs. Raku, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Toga
Ryo Mizunami, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami vs. Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino
Miu Watanabe vs. Arisu Endo
Yuki Arai 2nd Anniversary Match: Yuki Arai & Maki Itoh vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Shoko Nakajima
International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. Suzume for the title
Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Sawyer Wreck for the title

The event will be broadcast LIVE only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning on 5/4 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

All-Japan 4/23/23 Results

All-Japan continued the second half of the Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament today as everyone is now through their 5th of 7 matches.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Miyagi and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 419.

All but Matches 4 & 5 were Champions Carnival matches.

Match 1: Block B: Rei Saito beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 2: Block A: Jun Saito beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 3: Block B: Shuji Ishikawa beat Takao Omori.

Match 4: Yuma Anzai, Ryo Inoue & MUSASHI beat Ryuki Honda, Black Menso-re & Aizawa No. 1. MUSASHI pinned Menso-re.

Match 5: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Tamura pinned Aoyagi after a powerbomb.

Match 6: Block A: Kento Miyahara beat Cyrus.

Match 7: Block B: Shotaro Ashino beat Suwama by submission.

Main Event: Block A: Yuma Aoyagi beat Satoshi Kojima.

Standings-wise, Block A is likely betwen Shuji Ishikawa & Kento Miyahara for the top spot while Rei Saito still leads Block B but several are just one win back.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 4/23/23 Results

New Japan resumed the Road to WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023 Tour today with an event in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 881, a legit sellout. Osaka clearly is sticking with 50% capacity for the venue despite the lifting of pandemic restrictions nationwide (it’s up to local governments and venues now).

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa vs. Boltin Oleg went to a 10 minute time limit draw. This was Oleg’s first career single match.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Yuto Nakashima, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Takahashi pinned Nakashima after Pimp Juice.

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

Match 4: Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. Cobb pinned Fujita after Tour of the Islands.

Match 5: Jado, Master Wato, HIkuleo & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & David Finlay. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.

Match 6: Tiger Mask, Shota Umino, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki beat Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. Narita beat Honma with a cobra twist.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA. Naito pinned DOUKI.

The next event is Tuesday at Kochi Prefectural Gym in Kochi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Wednesday also has no broadcasts, but that’s the last time until at least mid-June as all Best Of The Super Junior events and (presumably) DOMINION will be live and on demand.

New Japan News: New Women’s Champion in Stardom (Updated)

Stardom, the women’s promotion owned by New Japan owner Bushiroad Corporation, held what was billed as their biggest event ever today, and every one of the promotion’s titles changed hands. That included the IWGP Women’s Championship as Mayu Iwatani beat Mercedes Mone (the former Sasha Banks) to win the title. Iwatani becomes the third IWGP Women’s Champion.

This maybe wasn’t a terrible surprise because word was Mone’s limited dates contract with Bushiroad is now over (it ended today) and she’s a free agent again. So the question now is where does she go? She has been raving on social media about moving to Japan and enrolling in language school, but she could very well return to the US and go to All Elite Wrestling or even back to WWE. We shall see, but for now the title will stay in Japan and, for now, Stardom with hopefully defenses in New Japan again.

UPDATE: Mone has been announced for the 5/21 New Japan US event in Long Beach, CA. No word on her match yet.

Dragon Gate 4/22/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today with another non-televised event.

Today’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 303.

Match 1: Dragon Kid & Jason Lee beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Lee pinned Kanda with a deformed horizontal cross.

Match 2: BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. Hulk pinned Tominaga after First Flash.

Match 3: Syachihoko BOY beat KAI by DQ. Z-Brats interference.

Match 4: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO & Genki Horiguchi. J pinned Horiguchi after Genie Windmill.

Match 5: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Minoura pinned Jr. after R-301.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, Yuki Yoshioka & Syachihoko BOY beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & Diamante. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat. This was to have been a 6-man tag but was changed suddenly to an 8-man tag with KAI & BOY added.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagano Arcs in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.