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Sumo-November 2022 Post-Tournament Retired Rikishi Update

The Nihon Sumo Kyokai (Japan Sumo Association) has announced a new retirement following the November 2022 Tournament: It received and accepted a retirement request from Yutakayama, making him the second rikishi to retire this month along with Chiyotairyu, who retired after Day 7.

Yutakayama, real name Ryota Oyanagi, was ranked at Juryo 4 in November and went 5-10 in what will be his final tournament. His highest ranking was Maegashira 1 and he won 2 championships in his career (1 Makushita, 1 Sandanme) along with 1 Fighting Spirit Prize in the top tier. He debuted in March 2016 and had a career record of 277-281-10 (win-loss-absent) and 165-215-10 in the top tier. This will leave his beya, Tokitsukaze, with just one rikishi in the top 2 tiers for now (Shodai, who will be demoted from Ozeki for the January tournament).

New Japan News: Next KOPW Stips Presented

At a press conference today broadcast on YouTube, KOPW 2022 Trophy holder Shingo Takagi and Taichi presented their proposed tules for their upcoming match at the next TakaTaichi Produced event on 12/19 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo, which will be available as a PPV on New Japan World. Takagi was late which forced Taichi to read YouTube comments at the start.

The proposed rules are as follows:
Taichi-30 Minute High Score Match. Every referee count would go towards a point total. After 30 minutes, most points wins.
Takagi-Last Man Standing Lumberjack Match. Only way to win is a 10 count down after a pinfall.

Fan voting for the stip on Twitter is now open and will remain open until 4 AM PT/7 AM ET Friday. The announcement of the winning stip should come Saturday. Also revealed for the event is TAKA Michinoku vs. Hiromu Takahashi, which will be a gimmick match centered around TAKA attempting to escape the Nameless Hiromu Roll, which has failed every time as Takahashi made a jackpot bigger and bigger-last time we heard of it said jackpot was approaching around $7500 US (1 million Japanese yen).

The video of the presser can be watched below (in Japanese via the New Japan World YouTube channel):

New Japan 11/28/22 Results

New Japan continued the Super Jr. Tag League today with Day 5, the halfway point of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Nagano Sports Park General Gym in Nagano and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 498.

Match 1: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Nicholls pinned Leube after Mikey Bomb.

Match 2: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Aussie Open beat Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Henare pinned Oiwa after Rampage.

Match 3: El Desperado, Taichi, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Taichi beat Takagi with a Taichi-type Gedo Clutch.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 4: Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Connors pinned Knight after Trophy Kill.
Match 5: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Dick Togo & Sho. TJP pinned Togo after 2/2.
Match 6: El Lindaman & Alex Zayne beat Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask. Zayne pinned TM 4 after Cinnamon Twist.
Match 7: Titan & BUSHI beat DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Titan pinned DOUKI after Angel Immortar.
Main Event: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Chris Bey & Ace Austin. Rush pinned Bey after Final Hour.

Standings will be posted after Day 6 but 5 teams are now tied for the lead at 4-1. On the flip side. Togo/Sho and DOUKI/Kanemaru are all but eliminated at 0-5.

Day 6 is Thursday. The next event is Wednesday at Twin Messe Shizuoka North Hall in Shizuoka with Day 4 of the World Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

DDT 11/27/22 Results

DDT ran another special outdoor event today, held outside a Japanese rail station and resuming a traditional annual event for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic began.

Today’s event was held at JR Omori Station East Exit Square in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced attendance was 1127, a super full house. This was a free event.

Match 1: Sanshiro Takagi, Yusuke Okada & Shinichiro Kawamatsu beat Toru Owashi, Toui Kojima & Takeshi Masada. Okada pinned Kojima after Sudden Death.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Iino pinned Sumi.

Match 3: Joey Janela, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Janela pinned Koroku after a package driver.

Match 4: Takao Soma beat World Omori Class Champion Chikara to win the title. Soma becomes the 8th World Omori Class Champion.

Match 5: HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON. Naya pinned Pawl after a backdrop.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ishida & Rickey Shane Page. Ueno pinned Ishida after a rolling guillotine ace crusher.

The next event is Saturday at 2AW Square in Chiba for the final ONLY WE event of the year. There will be no live broadcast. That will be followed by the D KING GP 2022 Finals a few hours later at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT.

All-Japan 11/27/22 Results

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest Tag League today as the tournament winds down, also holding the penultimate day of the Jr. Battle Of Glory tournament.

Today’s event was held at Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 800. This was possibly a legit sellout, if not it was very close.

Match 1: World’s Strongest Tag League: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi. Miyahara pinned Lee after a Frankensteiner.

Match 2: Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi beat Ryuki Honda & Masao Inoue. Arasahi pinned Honda after a diving senton.

Match 3: Dan Tamura & New Market “Ichi” (?) beat Black Menso-re & Ryo Inoue. Ichi pinned Inoue with La Magistral.

Match 4: Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI to win the titles. Kodama & Hanabata become the 116th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Hanabata pinned Yoshitatsu.

Match 5: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 6: World’s Strongest Tag League: Jun & Rei Saito beat Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus. Rei Saito pinned Ishikawa after Drill-a-hole piledriver.

Main Event: Suwama, TARU & KONO beat Yuji Nagata, Atsuki Aoyagi & Takao Omori. Suwama pinned Aoyagi after a backdrop.

With 2 matches left in the tag league Ishikawa & Cyrus still lead but several teams still have a chance to at least force a tiebreaker. In the Jr. Battle Of Glory it comes down to Aoyagi-Tamura. Tamura wins with a win or draw but Aoyagi can win with a victory.

The next event is 12/4 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 11/27/22 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League and Super Jr. Tag League today with both tournaments running at today’s event. The matches alternated between tournaments so everybody was in action.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1911. Vocal cheering was allowed so capacity was reduced to probably in the 2500-3000 range.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Titan & BUSHI beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Titan pinned Knight after Angel Immortar.
El Lindaman & Alex Zayne beat Dick Togo & Sho. Lindaman pinned Togo with a German suplex hold.
Chris Bey & Ace Austin beat Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi. Bey pinned Taguchi.
Lio Rush & Yoh beat DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Rush pinned DOUKI after Final Hour.
Francesco Akira & TJP beat Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask. Akira pinned TM 4 after 2/2.

World Tag League:
Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Henare pinned Kidd after Streets Of Rage.
Aussie Open beat Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki. Kyle Fletcher pinned Suzuki after Corealis.
Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Tanahashi pinned Fale.
Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Nicholls pinned EVIL after Thunder Valley.
YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Goto pinned SANADA after Shoto.

Standings:
Super Jr. Tag League:
1-Bey/Austin, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Rush/Yoh, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Lindaman/Zayne, 3-1, 6 pts
4-BUSHI/Titan, 3-1, 6 pts
5-Akira/TJP, 3-1, 6 pts
6-Eagles/TM 4, 2-2, 4 pts
7-KUSHIDA/Knight, 1-3, 2 pts
8-Taguchi/Connors, 1-3, 2 pts
9-DOUKI/Kanemaru, 0-4, 0 pts
10-Togo/Sho, 0-4, 0 pts

World Tag League:
1-Aussie Open, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Goto/YOSHI-HASHI, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Naito/SANADA, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Khan/Henare, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Haste/Nicholls, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Archer/Suzuki, 2-1, 4 pts
7-Tanahashi/Yano, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Owens/Fale, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Kidd/Connors, 0-3, 0 pts
10-Takahashi/EVIL, 0-3, 0 pts

The next event is tomorrow at Nagano Athletic Park Gym in Nagano with Day 5 of the Super Jr. Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

FREE VIDEO: Masa Takanashi Produced Independent Event (11/22/22)

Although it is not yet and may not be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE yet, ChocoPro has uploaded the video of the Masa Takanashi Produced Independent Event from this past week on their free YouTube (they do have content behind a paywall but for now this is not behind it…Takanashi is a regular in ChocoPro as well as DDT). You can watch below FOR FREE (there is Japanese commentary, it appears to be a hard-camera-only view). I do not know the results as DDT didn’t post them, so this should have NO SPOILERS:

Sumo-November 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 15 Results (11/27/22)(Final Day) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from the Final Day of the November 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka:

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Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “ALL RISE ’22” Results (11/27/22)

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs their monthly major event today, and there’s a big international flavor to tonight’s show as wrestlers from around the world will be taking part. The 3 title matches feature Miyu Yamashita’s first defense of the EVE Championship she won recently in England, as Pro Wrestling EVE member Millie McKenzie tries to take the title back to her home promotion. The main event sees Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki defending the title against Billie Starkz, a 17-yes, 17-year-old from the USA. And finally we get another helping of AA Eye Candy as Yuki Arai & Saki Akai defend the Princess Tag Team Championship.

There were some late changes to the card earlier this week because Raku is now off due to coronavirus. She was to have teamed with Yuki Aino to challenge for the Princess Tag Team Championship. But the big winner in all this is Pom Harajuku, who is the replacement and now gets her first title shot after 4 years in the promotion. Can she make the most of the opportunity or will she have too much comedy in her and not take it seriously enough? The change has also resulted in a 6-woman match that Harajuku had been in being changed to a handicap match.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The Japanese commentary will be the regular Samurai! TV trio of Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. The English commentary team will be Hiroshi Arai & Christelle Ciari. Vocal cheering by fans will be allowed at this event. This should be a longer than normal event with 8 matches (even though the majority are single matches) and 3 title matches so I anticipate the event’s runtime being about 2 1/2 hours (there is a special post-event party nearby though which may affect plans).

Today’s lineup:
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami
Suzume vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa
Mizuki vs. Arisu Endo
Maki Itoh & HIkari Noa vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta
Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Millie McKenzie for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Pom Harajuku & Yuki Aino for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki vs. Billie Starkz for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT. The opening announcements are scheduled to begin at 9:20 PM ET/6:20 PM PT.

9 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has just launched. Updates will begin when we go live to the venue in about 15 minutes.

9:20 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. Your English hosts are Hiroshi Arai & Christelle Ciari.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, but it looks like a good crowd so far. It’ll be capped at 700 due to vocal cheering being allowed and looks like it’s going to be close to that, at least 600-625.

The opening announcements are underway. The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. During the announcements Mizuki comes out to announce her 10th Anniversary Match-Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Nao Kakuta on 12/15 at Shinjuku Face. Then Miu Watanabe comes out and they reveal her next International Princess Championship challenger-Trish Adora (Ring Of Honor/All Elite Wrestling). That match will be on 1/4 at Korakuen Hall. Up up Girls performance follows as Hikari Noa & Shiho join Watanabe (no Raku today-coronavirus).
The matches begin at 9:45 PM ET.

Match 1; Suzume vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa (Ganbare Pro). 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat Yoshiko Hasegawa

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami in a handicap match. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. Nakajima pinned Haruna with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. Tatsumi beat Nagano with a dragon sleeper hold. (Just before this, Tatsumi appeared to botch a backbreaker on Nagano. They re-did the spot immediately)

Match 4: Mizuki vs. Arisu Endo (with new entrance music). 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Arisu Endo

Match 5: Maki Itoh & HIkari Noa vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta beat Maki Itoh & Hikari Noa. Kakuta pinned Noa after Shiden Kai.

Match 6: Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Millie McKenzie (Pro Wrestling EVE) for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita beat Millie McKenzie to retain the title. V1 for Yamashita.

Match 7: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Pom Harajuku & Yuki Aino for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai beat Pom Harajuku & Yuki Aino to retain the titles. Arai pinned Harajuku after Finally. V3 for the champs. Next up: A video plays…Wasteland War Party. Max The Impaler and Heidi Howitzer. That match will happen on 1/4. And I’m worried…

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki vs. Billie Starkz (Jersey Championship Wrestling-USA) for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki beat Billie Starkz to retain the title. V1 for Sakazaki. Next up…oh yeah…Yamashita! The only other 3-time Princess Of Princess Champion wants to make it 4-time! Sakazaki was not excited about this and doesn’t want it, but…1/4 main event? We’ll find out shortly.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 657, a super full house/very near sellout. Roughly 94% full with reduced capacity for vocal cheering allowed.

11/27/22-12/3/22 Events Schedule (Updated)

Here is the current events schedule for 11/27/22-12/3/22, which is subject to change (all times PT):
11/27:
Midnight-New Japan Pro Wrestling Super Jr. Tag League/World Tag League, Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya, Japan. Live on New Japan World

11/28:
1:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Super Jr. Tag League, Nagano Athletic Park Gym, Nagano, Japan. Live on New Japan World

11/30:
1:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag League, Twin Messe Shizuoka North Hall, Shizuoka, Japan. Live on New Japan World
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Indianapolis, IN. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

12/2:
1 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Super Jr. Tag League/World Tag League, Osaka Municipal Central Gym Sub Arena, Osaka, Japan. Live on New Japan World
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
7 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNVIERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

12/3:
Midnight-New Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag League, Kakogawa Gym, Hyogo, Japan. Live on New Japan World
Midnight-DDT Pro Wrestling “ONLY WE”, 2AW Square, Chiba, Japan. No live broadcast
12:30 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Death To Tokimeki 2022”, Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
6:30 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling D KING GP 2022 Finals, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

UPDATE: New Japan has announced that the 11/20 HISTORIC X-OVER event will be removed from the PPV paywall and will be available on demand to all New Japan World subscribers beginning Monday.