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Dragon Gate 4/9/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour with the second half of a doubleheader in Kobe today.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 376.

Match 1: Match 1: Dragon Dia, Minorita & Mochizuki Jr. beat Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun. Dia pinned Lun.

Match 2: KAI & ISHIN beat Kagetora & Kaito Nagano. ISHIN pinned Nagano after Capital Punishment.

Match 3: Genki Horiguchi, Shuji Kondo & Punch Tominaga vs. Kota Minoura, BcB Hulk & Ben-K went to a double countout.

Match 4: In a special rules Royal Sambo 8 man battle royal, YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Yuki Yoshioka won as the last 3 left after eliminating Takashi Yoshida, Ultimo Dragon, Eita, Don Fujii and last Ichikawa. As a result, the 3 winners will be part of a special tag team match on 5/5 at Aichi Preectural Gym with the 4th participant being Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH).

Match 5: Kzy, BGIBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Shimizu pinned Mochizuki after a shot put slam. As a result, Kzy, Shimizu & J get an Open The Triangle Gate Championship match on 5/5.

Main Event: In a handicap match, Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Madoka Kikuta.

The next events are Saturday at Mr. Maz Tokitsu Store Rooftop (special short event) and at Nagasaki Peace Hall in Nagasaki. There will be no live broadcasts.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/9/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with another house show.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Ecole in Toyama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 321.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Hi69 pinned Ozawa after Stuka Splash.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley vs. Yoshiko Inamura & Shawn Legacy went to a double countout.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Naomichu Marufuji, Super Crazy, Extreme Tiger & Lancelot. Mack pinned Tiger after Ninja Bomb.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yasutaka Yano. YO-HEY pinned Yano after a dropkick.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya & HAYATA beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & AMAKUSA. HAYATA pinned AMAKUSA with a transformed crucifix.

Match 7: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Nakajima pinned Greene after Vertical Spike.

Main Event: Takashi Sugiura beat Masa Kitamiya.

The next event is ABEMA Presents GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI on 4/16 at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai. This is a blowout event with all 5 GHC Titles on the line and the second ever Women’s single match in the promotion as Maya Yukihi & Sumire Natsu return to NOAH. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so Japanese will only be available on demand after the event.

Dragon Gate 4/8/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gae Of Passion 2023 Tour today with the first half of a Kobe doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 303.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Don Fujii, Ichikawa & Kaito Nagano. Shimizu beat Ichikawa in 13 seconds. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Don Fujii, Ichikawa & Kaito Nagano. shimizu pinned Ichikawa after a bodyslam crush.

Match 2: Diamante & H-Y-O beat Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun. Diamante pinned Lun after a tombstone piledrver.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO, Takashi Yoshida & Punch Tominaga beat Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora & Shachihoko BOY. YAMATO pinned BOY after Gallaria.

Match 4: Masaai Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K went to a double countout.

Match 5: Dragon Dia beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Minorita & Mochizuki Jr. in a 4-way elimination match. Order of elimination: Jr., Minorita, KAMEI. As a result, Dia will face Open The Brave Gate Champion Jason Lee for the title on 5/5 at Aichi Prefectural Gym.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Shuji Kondo. KAI pinned Yoshioka after Meteor Impact.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

DDT Pro Wrestling “April Fool 2023” Results (4/9/23) (Updated)

The full DDT roster is back from their week-plus in the USA for the promotion’s monthly mid-major event today. In addition to debuts, old faces with new names and unmasked and the usual DDT wackiness, the headliner is a KO-D Tag Team Championship match as, after his younger partner talked him into it (perhaps against his will), HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura will face champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata for the titles.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be a pre-show match 20 minutes before the scheduled start time which will air on both feeds. With this match and the title match headliner I expect the event’s total running time to be just short of 3 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Pre-show match: MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi
Main show:
Rukiya Debut Match: Rukiya vs. Yuya Koroku
Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi vs. Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toui Kojima
Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani
Yuni (former Illusion and now unmasked) vs. Yuki Ueno
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyaa, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada
Yuji Hino, “brother” YASSHI & Makoto Oishi vs. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari
KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. The stream launches at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano and special guest Marika Tani from SKE48.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Still 30 minutes until start time so the crowd will continue filing in.

The pre-show match will begin in 10 minutes.

Your pre-show match host is Ken Kato in for Haruo Murata, who will return later.
Pre-show match: MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi. 15 minute time limit
Result: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a cobra twist.

Updates will resume when the main show matches begin.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT.

Match 1: Rukiya Debut Match: Rukiya vs. Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuya Koroku beat Rukiya by submission

Match 2: Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi vs. Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toui Kojima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toui Kojima beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi. Kawamatsu pinned Ihashi after a spear.

The YouTube broadcast ends here. Haruo Murata is back at host the rest of the way.

Match 3: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida after a double arm suplex.

Match 4: Yuni vs. Yuki Ueno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Yuni

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada beat Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Kanela & Takeshi Masada. Endo pinned Masada.

Match 6: Yuji Hino, “brother” YASSHI & Makoto Oishi vs. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari. 30 minute time limit
Rseult: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & “brother” YASSHI. Iino beat YASSHI. Post-match the nightmare came true…on 5/3 at Yokohama Budokan Hino will defend the KO-D Openweight Championship against Yuki…NOT SEXY! Iino. NOT SEXY! HAHAHA!

Main Event: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura to retain the titles. Katsumata pinned Nakamura. V5 for the champs. Katsumata calls out Akiyama immediately afterwards ahead of their upcoming DDT Extreme Championship match on 5/3. Katsumata might have a match type in mind…a TNT match perhaps? More on that later. The37Kamiina gather in the ring then to close the show.

Before we go though, the rundown of the 5/3 Yokohama Budokan card:
Dark Match: Danshoku, Yumehito Imanari & Koju Takeda vs. Yuki Ishida, Illusion & Rukiya
Keigo Nakamura & Munetatsu Nakamura vs. Toui Kojima & Kazuma Sumi
Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul vs. Takao Soma, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
Chiitan* Debut Match: Chiitan*, Toru Owashi & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda
MMA Match: Kazuki Hirata vs. Hikaru Machida. 15 2-minute rounds
Saki Akai vs. Rayne Leverkusen
Yuki Ueno & Yuni vs. Nick Wayne & Takeshi Masada
Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Kotaro Suzuki & Hideki Okatani vs. Kzusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi, Naruki Doi & KANON
DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama vs. Shunma Katsumata in a TLC (Toys, Ladders, Chairs) Match for the title
DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo vs. MAO for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino vs. Yuki “NOT SEXY” Iino for the title. If Iino can’t be “NOT SEXY”, it will be a no contest

The next event is 4/15 at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 531. Probably was reduced capacity (50%), which would’ve capped it at around 700 had it been a sellout.

5/3 card has been clarified/corrected to reflect Hirata-Machida is an MMA rules match, Extreme Title match is TLC-Toys, Ladders, Chairs, and for the main event Iino can’t be “Sexy”. If he is, it’s an invalid match aka No Contest and Hino would retain the title.

4/9/23-4/15/23 Events Schedule (Updated 4/15)

Here is the current events schedule for 4/9/23-4/15/23, which is subject to change (all times PT):

4/9:
1 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour, Takaoka Ecole, Toyama, Japan. No live broadcast

4/10:
2:30 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament, Hodogaya Public Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV

4/12:
2:30 AM-GLEAT “G PROWRESTLING Ver. 49”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on YouTube. FREE BROADCAST
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Milwaukee, WI. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

4/13:
5 PM-Impact Wrestling “Impact Wrestling”, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. TAPED on AXS TV. Available on YouTube for Ultimate Insiders at 5:30 PM

4/14:
6:30 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere. SUBJECT TO CHANGE
7:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “STAND ALONE ’23”, Korakuen Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
10 PM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, Mr. Max Shopping Center Tokitsu Store Rooftop. No live broadcast

4/15:
2 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV
2 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour, Nagasaki Peace Hall, Nagasaki, Japan. No live broadcast
3 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling MAX BUMP 2023 TOUR in SHINJUKU, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
3:30 PM-New Japan Pro Wrestling CAPITAL COLLISION, Washington, DC. Live on New Japan World (PPV, separate purchase required) and FITE ($19.99). LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
9 PM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour, Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK
9 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “DRAMATIC EXPLOSION in NIIGATA”, Bandaijima Multipurpose Plaza Large Hall, Niigata, Japan. No live broadcast
8 PM-GLEAT BLACK GENERATION INTERNATIONAL Produced Event “Puro Negro”, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on YouTube. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
10 PM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament, Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV

4/10 UPDATE: Start tine for 4/15 New Japan event has been moved up to 3:30 PM due to announcement of pre-show. Also, the airtime for 4/15 AEW Rampage is subject to change last-minute due to NBA Playoffs coverage on TNT in US.

4/10 UPDATE 2: The 4/12 GLEAT event will be streamed LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. It will be available on demand after the event concludes.

4/13 UPDATE: The 4/14 AEW Rampage will now air at 6:30 PM OR after NBA Playoffs coverage ends on TNT, whichever is later.

4/15 UPDATE: Corrected start time for 4/15 GLEAT event from 10 PM to 8 PM. Also updated to reflect the event will be streamed LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. Live results will be posted.

All-Japan 4/8/23 Results (Updated)

All-Japan kicked off the 2023 Champions Carnival today, their annual singles tournament that is the promotion’s most prestigious tournament held each year. It’s primarily a Heavyweight tournament that could reward the winner with a Triple Crown opportunity (and almost certainly will as Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata is not entered). They also began a Jr. Heavyweight tag tournament.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. Also, they are doing a promotion this month where if you are a new paying subscriber, you get this first month FOR FREE! The fine print: You can’t cancel during the month and you also must pay for next month before you can cancel.

The announced paid attendance was 634. If the venue was 50% capacity as the event was announced ahead of time before pandemic restrictions were lifted, that would be close to a sellout.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato and Naruki Doi & Naoki Tanizaki in a 3-way when Tamura pinned Doi.

Match 2: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Kaito Ishida (GLEAT) & Kotaro Suzuki beat Ryo Inoue & Oji Shiiba. Ishida pinned Inoue after a face kick.

Champions Carnival:
Match 3: Block B: Rei Saito beat Takao Omori. Possible squash.
Match 4: Block A: Cyrus beat Jun Saito.
Match 6: Block B: Hokuto Omori beat Shuji Ishikawa by submission.
Match 6: Block A: Yoshitatsu beat T-Hawk (GLEAT) by ref stoppage.
Match 7: Block A: Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Shotaro Ashino.
Match 8: Block B: Ryuki Honda beat Satoshi Kojima (New Japan).
Match 9: Block B: Suwama beat Yuma Anzai.
Main Event: Block A: Yuma Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara.

The next event is Monday at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: A Triple Crown match has been announced for 5/29, so the Champions Carnival winner may face Nagata then. More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/8/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the (really never-ending, it’s going through at least summer) SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with the first of all weekend events this month.

Today’s event was held at Osaka ATC Hall Floor B2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 355.

Match 1: Kinya Okada beat Taishi Ozawa by submission.

Match 2: Super Crazy, Extreme Tiger & Lancelot beat Ninja Mack, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Tiger pinned Alejandro after a reverse face bomb.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley beat Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Huxley pinned Hi69 after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jack Morris & Tadasuke. Wagner pinned Morris after Wagner Driver.Match 5: HAYATA & Yasutaka Yano beat AMAKUSA & Atsushi Kotoge. HAYATA pinned AMAKUSA after Hedeck.

Match 6: Eita beat YO-HEY.Match 7: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Shawn Legacy beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Legacy pinned Inamura after a swan dive 450 splash.

Main Event: Jake Lee & Anthony Greene beat Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima by ref stoppage. Lee beat Nakajima with a cobra twist.

The next event is tomorrow at Takaoka Ecole in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 4/8/23 Results

SAKURA GENESIS, New Japan’s traditional April blowout event, is now in the books. 5 title matches headlined the event with New Japan Cup winner SANADA going for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in the main event.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. The live broadcast was part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2023 on TV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 6510. Depending on the seating configuration for the box and floor stats in the lower half of the venue, that’s between 40-55% of full capacity as they slowly ramp back up to normal. (The box seats normally sit between 2-6 people for sumo tournaments)

Match 1: Great-O-Khan, Toru Yano & Minoru Suzuki beat Yoh, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Yano pinned Tanahashi. This match’s participants were not announced until it began.

Match 2: Francesco Akira, Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb beat Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Cobb pinned Sho after Tour of the Islands. Afterwards, Akira appeared to accept an IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge from JET SETTERS (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight).

Match 3: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Kanemaru beat BUSHI with a Figure 4.

Match 4: El Phantasmo, KENTA & David Finlay beat Master Wato, Hikuleo & Tama Tonga. Phantasmo pinned Wato after CR 2. Afterwards, KENTA, Finlay & Taiji Ishimori suddenly turned on Phantasmo and beat him down. Could Phantasmo now be out of Bullet Club?

Match 5: IWGP Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone beat AZM & Hazuki in a 3-way by pinning AZM to retain the title. V1 for Mone. Next up: Mayu Iwatani. That match will happen at a major Stardom event later this month at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama.

Match 6: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shota Umino to retain the title. V4 for Sabre.

Match 7: Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto to win the titles. Aussie Open become the 98th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Fletcher pinned Goto after Corealis.

Match 8: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi beat Robbie Eagles to retain the title. V3 for Takahashi.

Main Event: SANADA beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okadaa to win the title. SANADA becomes the 7th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Considering they also announced the 2023 G1 CLIMAX today (more on that below), now the questions are will Okada get another shot before then, and does this mean he is the favorite to 3-peat the G1 and perhaps get the main event and win it back at Tokyo Dome in 2024? SANADA follows up a New Japan Cup triumph by claiming the top prize for the first time in his career. Next up: It could be…Hiromu Takahashi!?! The current IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion made the challenge to his former LIJ stablemate! But not necessarily so fast-Kanemaru stepped in to challenge Hiromu for the Jr. Heavyweight Championship first. To Be Continued…

The next event is CAPITAL COLLISION on 4/15 at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC. Live streaming on New Japan World as a separate PPV in Japanese and on FITE as a PPV in English will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. The event costs about $22 on New Japan World and $19.99 on FITE but you can also get a discount bundle for $29.99 that also includes COLLISION IN PHILADELPHIA on 4/16 which will be a FITE-only PPV, no live broadcast on New Japan World. The events will also be available via STRONG On Demand on New Japan World in the coming months.

In other news, as noted above the 2023 G1 CLIMAX 33 Tournament was announced today, which officially begins the road to Tokyo Dome as the winner traditionally gets the main event spot and an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match on 1/4. The schedule is as follows:
7/15-Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell, Hokkaido
7/16-Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell
7/18-Yamagata Sports Center, Yamagata
7/19-Xebio Arena Sendai, Sendai
7/21-Aore Nagaoka, Niigata
7/23-Nagano Big Hat, Nagano
7/25-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
7/26-Korakuen Hall
7/27-Ota City General Gym, Tokyo
7/30-Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
8/1-Takamatsu Gym, Takamatsu
8/2-Hiroshima Sun Plaza, Hiroshima
8/5-Osaka Prefectural Gym, Osaka
8/6-Osaka Prefectural Gym
8/8-Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama
8/9-Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
8/10-Funabashi Arena, Chiba
8/12-Ryogoku Kokugikan
8/13-Ryogoku Kokugikan (Finals)

Much more on this to come as the tournament gets closer. I would expect further details and entries to be announced in June.

AEW Rampage & BOTB 6 4/7/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s LIVE AEW Rampage & Battle Of The Belts 6 in Kingston, RI:
Rampage:
In an FTW Rules Match, FTW Champion Hook beat Ethan Page by submission to retain the title. FTW Rules means anything goes, falls count anywhere.

Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & The Acclaimed beat 4 jobbers. Squash. JAS beat down The Acclaimed afterwards.

Darby Allin beat Lee Moriarty. Allin competed despite being run over by a car in New York yesterday while riding his skateboard and amazingly only suffering road rash (noticeable on his back).

Julia Hart beat Anna Jay.A.S.

BOTB 6:
AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Dralistico to retain the title.

AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Billie Starkz to retain the title. 55-0.

ROH Tag Team Champions Lucha Bros beat QT Marshall & Powerhouse Hobbs to retain the titles.Rey Fenix pinned Marshall.

Both shows were mediocre at best and are skippable.

Wednesday on Dynamite: Keith Lee vs. Chris Jericho, Swerve Strickland vs. Darby Allin, Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brandon Culter & Michael Nakazawa and AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy (of course) vs. Buddy Matthews for the title.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 4/8/2023 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro is back from their USA debut (but reportedly it was quite an adventure getting back to Japan from Los Angeles…some apparently wound up in Washington, DC after their flights got cancelled!) and continues their spring house show tour today with the first event post-USA and last one before their next big event next week. Not all the roster came back as Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Yuka Sakazaki remained overseas for now with Yamashita not expected back until at least June. They also added a pre-event signing ceremony for next week’s Princess Of Princess Championship match between Mizuki & Nao Kakuta to lead off the event.

There was also a last-minute change to today’s event, what had been a 3-way is now a single match between Hyper Misao & HIMAWARI because of no Raku, who is off due to the ever-vague “poor physical condition”. She posted on Twitter earlier that she will be back next week.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. With mostly tag matches and the signing ceremony this event will run longer than most weekend house shows-I anticipate the total running time being just over 2 hours, closer to 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Mahiro Kiryu, Wakana Uehara & Toga vs. Yuki Aino, Haru Fujo & Runa Okubo
Hikari Noa vs. Shino Suzuki
Hyper Misao vs. HIMAWARI
Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami
Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto vs. Nao Kakuta & Pom Harajuku

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Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

8:30 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. Ringside looks full, the othe seats we can see look 65-70%, since they’re back at full capacity there I’ll guess it’ll be around 325.

A table is set up in the ring as we’ll begin with the Mizuki-Nao Kakuta contract signing for 4/15.

The matches should begin in about 30 minutes. Contract signing lasts about 10 minutes and pre-event announcements begin at 8:40 PM PT to be followed by Up Up Girls. During announcements, Max The Impaler & Vertvixen were announced for 4/16 and there will be a screening event in the near future (it will be after the 4/29 event at Shinagawa Club eX).

The matches begin at 8:55 PM PT. Hard camera only views today. (They totally blew up the card last-minute. The original lineup posted above is completely inaccurate except for the first match) (Late update: Turns out both Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino were also last-minute removals from the event. Poor physical condition)

Match 1: Hikari Noa vs. Shino Suzuki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa beat Shino Suzuki

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu, Wakana Uehara & Toga vs. Arisu Endo, Haru Fujo & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Arisu Endo, Haru Fuji & Runa Okubo beat Mahiro Kiryu, Wakana Uehara & Toga. Endo beat Uehara with a camel clutch. (Did I miss something? I thought it was Yuki Aino here)

Match 3: Suzume vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat HIMAWARI

Match 4: Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Kamifuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Neko Haruna’

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami vs. Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami. Tatsumi pinned Toribami after a Watanabe Teardrop into Twist Of Fate.

Main Event: Nao Kakuta & Pom Harajuku vs. Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta & Pom Harajuku beat Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto. Kakuta pinned Miyamoto after Shiden Kai.

With the majority of the card being shifted due to 3 unexpected absences today (Raku, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino) this wound up being a much shorter event than expected, checking in at only about 1 hour, 45 minutes. All 3 missing wrestlers should be back next time out though. It was a tough week of travel back from the USA as things did not go well due to flight cancellations and trouble getting out of Los Angeles, CA with some even being diverted all the way to Washington, DC. So they get a free pass and at least they shared a lot of great photos on social media…Endo acting like she just won the lottery holding a 40-count box of Rice Krispies Treats in a Target was just priceless.

The next event is “STAND ALONE ’23” on 4/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Based on pre-sale ticket schedules, this will be the last time they are only at 50% capacity in the venue (starting in May they’ll be back to full capacity). Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 4/14 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223.