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GLEAT 2/12/23 Results (Updated)

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, headlined by a defense of the G-INFINTY Championship, the promotion’s tag team titles.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date (hopefully in the next 3 days). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 188.

Match 1: Takanori Ito, Yusuke Kodama & Seijin Kamino (?) beat Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & Keiichi Sato. Ito pinned Sato with a German suplex hold. Afterwards, Ito announced the creation of his faction known as Yanzuya Family.

Match 2: Soma Watanabe beat Jun Tonsho.

Match 3: Lidet UWF Mixed Double Bout: Yu Iizuka & Michiko Miyagi beat beat Seiichi Ikemoto & Maya Fukuda by submission in 10:42. Iizuka beat Fukuda with a triangle choke.

Match 4: Kaito Ishida & Hartley Jackson beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Issei Onitsuka. Ishida pinned Onitsuka with a half Tiger suplex hold. Afterwards, Onitsuka was forcibly recruited into the Yanzuya Family faction.

Match 5: KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm & Galeno Del Mar beat T-Hawk, El Lindaman & CIMA. Mar pinned CIMA after Galeno Special.

Main Event: G-INFINITY Champions Hayato Tamura & Check Shimatani beat Kotaro Suzuki & Yutani to retain the titles. Tamura pinned Yutani after a jackhammer. V3 for the champs. Afterwards, El Lindaman emerged to make the next challenge, only saying his partner would not be #STRONGHEARTS partners CIMA or T-Hawk.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo with a one-night 6-man tag team tournament. The winning team gets to produce a future event at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: The full video of this event will be available on YouTube Tuesday (2/14) beginning at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

NWA “Nuff Said” PPV Results (2/11/23)

Here are the quick results from last night’s NWA “Nuff Said” PPV in Tampa, FL (I had planned to do live results but was unable to due to illness):
The event can be watched on FITE for $24.99 and, if your should-be-cancelled subscription still has time left on it, NWA All-Access (Annual Plan only. The service has been discontinued but you can still watch for free until your subscription runs out). The pre-show is available FOR FREE on YouTube. The event was a legit advance sellout.
Pre-show:
La Rosa Negra beat Missa Kate.
Dax Draper & Mims beat Jax Dane & Blake Troop. Draper pinned Troop with a slingshot rollup.
EC3 announced he has signed with NWA and is bringing his Control Your Narrative brand with him.
Odinson beat Joe Alonzo.
Mercurio & Natakia Markova beat Jennacide & Max The Impaler. Markova pinned Jennacide after a double-arm DDT.

PPV:
In a Singapore Cane Match, Thom Latimer beat Fodder.
NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Kerry Morton beat Alex Taylor to retain the title.
Thrillbilly Silas Mason beat (JR) Kratos.
Renegade Twins beat NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions Pretty Empowered to become THE NEW NWA WORLD WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Charlette Renegade pinned Ella Envy with a rollup. (Yes, the same Renegades that have been jobbers in AEW)
EC3 beat Kevin Kiley (Alex Riley) by submission.
NWA World Tag Team Champions La Rebelion beat Blunt Force Trauma by DQ to retain the titles. Blunt Force Trauma DQ’d when manager Aron Stevens got caught with a loaded punch to Bestia 666.
Chris Adonis beat Trevor Murdoch by submission.
In a No DQ Match, NWA World Women’s Champion Kamille beat Angelina Love to retain the title.
NWA National Heavyweight Champion Cyon beat Homicide to retain the title.
In a No Seconds at Ringside Match, NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tyrus beat Matt Cardona to retain the title. Bully Ray was on commentary. There was interference from Rolando Freeman, Mike Knox and Bully after a ref bump. Afterwards, Tyrus offered Bully an open contract for a title shot. The result seems to give more credibility to rumors that Cardona could soon be following wife Chelsea Green back to WWE (Cardona most recently has been with Impact Wrestling).

No word yet on when the next PPV is, they have TV tapings today & tomorrow in Tampa then are headed to Mexico on 3/4 for a crossover event with AAA in Mexico City that will include a Smashing Pumpkins performance (Billy Corgan’s band). After that, NWA matches will be part of a 2-week Smashing Pumpkins tour in Australia in April, and given recent schedules the next PPV will probably follow in May with what should be the 75th Anniversary Event in August.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/12/23 Results

GREAT VOYAGE 2023 in OSAKA, the latest in Pro Wrestling NOAH’s signature blowout event series, is in the books. Today’s loaded event featured 3 title matches and a pre-event appearance by Keiji Muto for the final time ahead of his retirement event next week.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 2092. Apparently they had reduced capacity compared to New Japan’s event the day before (50% here) so it’s not as bad as it sounds.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Yone pinned Ozawa after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara. Daga pinned Tadasuke after Magnum.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita, Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher beat Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Yoshiki Inamura. Suzuki pinned Inamura.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masakatsu Funaki, Shuji Kondo & Hi69 beat Naomichi Marufuji, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., AMAKUSA & Ninja Mack. Hi69 pinned AMAKUSA after Michinoku Driver (Velo).

Match 5: El Desperado (New Japan) & NOSAWA Rongai beat YO-HEY & Yasutaka Yano. Desperado pinned Yano after Pinche Loco.

Match 6: Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Jake Lee & Anthony Greene. Soya pinned Greene after a jumping DDT.

Match 7: Dralistico beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 8: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima to win the titles. Kitamiya & Inaba become the 63rd GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Kitamiya beat Kojima with Decapitated Prison. Next up: Kenoh & Soya. That match will happen at GREAT VOYAGE 2023 in YOKOHAMA on 3/19 at Yokohama Budokan.

Match 9: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita beat Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro to retain the titles. Eita pinned Alejandro after Imperial Uno. V1 for the champs. Next up: Ridgeway & the returning HAYATA. That match will happen on 3/19.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat Jack Morris to retain the title. V4 for Kiyomiya.

The next event is chocoZAP Presents KEIJI MUTO GRAND FINAL PRO WRESTLING LAST LOVE ~HOLD OUT~, Muto’s retirement event, on 2/21 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. This will be a PPV ONLY broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE for about $38 for non-subscribers and about $30 for subscribers. Purchase includes the live event and replays for one week. There is no word on when it may be available for all UNIVERSE subscribers if at all (for comparative purposes, as of this past Friday the January Tokyo Joshi Pro PPV is still not available at all following the one week replay period). The event will begin at 2 AM ET/11 PM PT.

2/12/23-2/18/23 Events Schedule (Updated 2/14)

Here is the current events schedule for 2/12/23-2/18/23, which is subject to change (all times PT):
2/14:
2 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

2/15:
1:30 AM-GLEAT “G PROWRESTLING Ver. 44”, Shinjuku Face. Live on YouTube
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Laredo, TX. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

2/16:
5 PM-Impact Wrestling “IMPACT Wrestling”, Orlando, FL. TAPED on AXS TV. Available on demand on Impact+ and YouTube (paid subscription required) at 5:30 PM

2/17:
4 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere. SPECIAL START TIME
7 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “CITY CIRCUIT” Tour, Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall, Nagoya, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

2/18:
Midnight-DDT Pro Wrestling “Friendship, Effort, Victory in Nagoya 2023”, Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
1 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rey De Parejas 2023, Yukihashi City Gym, Fukuoka, Japan. No live broadcast
6:20 PM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Battle In The Valley, San Jose, CA. Live on FITE in English and New Japan World in Japanese as a PPV ($19.99 on FITE, $28-35 on New Japan World). LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
6:30 PM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling “ajpw Pro Wrestling ManiaX” Tour, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
8 PM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rey De Parejas 2023, Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (2 events). Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK (both events)
9:08 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “Hamamatsu Train Pro Wrestling”, Tenryu Hamanako Railway, Shizuoka, Japan. Event to be held on an actual moving train. No live broadcast

Note: For 2/17, AEW Rampage airs at an earlier start time and is a nationwide simulcast due to NBA All-Star Weekend coverage on TNT beginning at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. There is a possibility it will re-air on the US west coast at regular time (10 PM PT).

2/14 UPDATE: The 2/15 GLEAT event will be streamed LIVE on YouTube FOR FREE. It will be available on demand immediately after the event concludes.

DDT 2/11/23 Results

DDT ran a standalone house show on Yokohama today, continuing the D Generations Cup and beginning to set up matches for more upcoming events.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 195, a full house/near sellout.

Pre-show: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Iino pinned Honda.

Match 1: D Generations Cup Block A: Yuya Koroku beat Illusion.

Match 2: D Generations Cup Block B: Toui Kojima beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 3: D Generations Cup Block B: Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Takashi Yoshida beat Chris Brookes, Akito, Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Endo pinned Sumi after Yurikamome.

Match 5: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Hikaru Machida beat MAO, Yuki Ueno & Kazuki Hirata. Machida pinned Hirata after Iai Punch. Afterwards, Machida made a KO-D Tag TeamChampionship challenge with Sakaguchi. That match will happen on 2/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo against the 2/23 winners.

Match 6: In a Burlesque Deathmatch, Sanshiro Takagi beat Shunma Katsumata.

Match 7: Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu beat MJ Pawl & KANON. Higuchi pinned Paw after a lariat. Nakatsu joined the Harimao faction today.

Main Event: HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oisho. Naya pinned Oishi after a backdrop.

The next event is Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

DDT News: The Mystery Has Been Solved!

Over the last month, there has been a mystery playing out in DDT regarding the whereabouts of Daisuke Sasaki, who no-showed some events and nobody knew where he had gone off to. The only person that seemed to have any clues was KANON, the last person to talk to Sasaki. He finally re-emerged today and we now know why he disappeared…eye surgery (muscle surgery). He will be back soon and has been announced for the US return on 3/31, but it’s not known if he will return before then.

New Japan 2/11/23 Results

New Japan ran THE NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA today, the end of their traditional year-opening tour and a blowout event that would settle many things including potentially the main event of next week’s US event. Whoever emerged from the main event as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion will defend the title on 2/18.

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

The announced paid attendance was 4055. Back to close to full capacity, with the setup that probably was around 70-75% full.

Match 1: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube & Toru Yano. Henare pinned Leube after Rampage.

Match 2: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma. Takahashi pinned Taguchi after TIME BOMB 2. Afterwards, a video played which was Lio Rush issuing an IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship challenge to Takahashi.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori beat Master Wato.

Match 4: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat KENTA.

The time came where House Of Torture had to defend the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship or be stripped of the titles in light of EVIL continuously refusing to do so. They did finally agree to. Which led to…
Match 5: Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL to win the titles. Narita, Desperado & Suzuki become the 25th NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Narita beat Takahashi with a cobra twist. Afterwards, Suzuki announced their new faction/team will be known as Strong Style.

Match 6: In a Loser Leaves Japan Match, Hikuleo beat Jay White. As a result, White must leave Japan. I have read rumors that White’s contract with New Japan has expired, so we’ll see what happens.

Match 7: NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga beat El Phantasmo to retain the title. V1 for Tonga. And to make it even more memorable, he won with Jay Driller, the late Jay Briscoe’s finisher. REACH FOR THE SKY, BOY!

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada beat Shingo Takagi to retain the title. V1 for Okada. As a result, Okada will defend the title on 2/18 in San Jose, CA. The opponent…Okada called his shot…Tanahashi!!! Ace vs. Rainmaker…reminiscent of 11 years ago here when Okada beat Tanahashi to become champion…they last had a title match 5 years ago, and now…One Last Time?

The next event is Battle In The Valley on 2/18 at San Jose Civic Center in San Jose, CA. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming as a PPV on FITE will begin with a FREE pre-show at 6:20 PM PT/9:20 PM ET. The PPV will be in English for $19.99. It’s also available on New Japan World in Japanese but be aware that will cost, dependent on if a subscription is required, at least $8-15 more. The matches will also be broadcast on the newly-rebranded STRONG On Demand on New Japan World and FITE in the near future, possibly in March.

AEW Rampage 2/10/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s TAPED AEW Rampage from El Paso, TX:
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta beat Kip Sabian, The Butcher & The Blade. Castagnoli pinned Sabian after a European uppercut.

Ruby Soho beat Marina Shafir.

Jungle Boy beat Ryan Nemeth. Squash.

AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy beat Lee Moriarty to retain the title.

This week’s show ended a recent run of good episodes as it started well but then was monkey crap the rest of the way.

Next week on Dynamite: Moxley/Castagnoli vs. Rush & Preston Vance in a Texas Tornado Tag Match and Renee Paquette interviews Adam Cole.

Next week’s Rampage will air at an earlier time of 7 PM ET/4 PM PT due to NBA All-Star Weekend coverage on TNT.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 2/11/23 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament 3 today with the Finals, which likely will set up a Princess Tag Team Championship match at GRAND PRINCESS ’23 in March. The Finals will be Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao with the winners expected to challenge Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler for the titles. Elsewhere on the event, Janai Kai-the next challenger for International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe-will make her TJPW debut and Juria Nagano will appear to address the crowd. Nagano was to have competed today but is out due to a finger injury suffered on 1/29. Sayuri Namba also has 3 announcements to make before the matches begin, expected to be 5 minutes before start time.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. The Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. The English commentary team will be Chris Brookes (DDT) & Drew Parker. If you’re watching live and planning to watch the usual other US Friday night wrestling, plan on split-screening throughout except on the west coast if you’re waiting for AEW Rampage as I expect this event’s running time to be about 2 1/2 hours. There is a post-event party scheduled elsewhere in Tokyo at 2:45 PM JST (event begins at 11:30 AM) so they’re on a tight schedule-they may have to keep it closer to 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Wakana Uehara vs. HIMAWARI
Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Raku, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami
Moka Miyamoto vs. Arisu Endo
Yuki Arai vs. Pom Harajuku
Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino vs. Hikari Noa & Janai Kai
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Miu Watanabe & Suzume
Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Finals: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
Juria Nagano will appear and address the crowd (probably pre-show)

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT.

9 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has just started. Updates will begin when we go to the venue in 15-20 minutes.

9:20 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes & Drew Parker.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Not sure what the capacity is today and plenty of tickets were available before the event. It looks like 50% capacity and mostly full so probably in the 650-700 range, likely closer to 700 and maybe even 750.

The matches should begin in about 20 minutes. Sayuri Namba’s introduction & opening announcements began at 9:25 PM ET, to be followed by the Up Up Girls performance. During the announcements, 3 new debuting wrestlers are introduced-one, Toga, will debut on 3/6 at Shinjuku Face, the other 2, Haru & Momo, will debut at GRAND PRINCESS ’23 on 3/18. Then a Yuki Kamifuku hometown event is announced for 5/27, I think it’ll be at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka (this will be updated later). Also on 6/25 at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka will be a Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh hometown event. Then we get the super-cute pairing of Miu Watanabe & Suzume out to promote just-as-supercute Idolmaster Cinderella Girls towels featuring both their animated likenesses along with plenty more goods. Times like this that being an American really sucks…but someday I hope to get to Japan! And then suddenly…A GIANT 12+ FOOT PANDA APPEARS! And it can’t get into the ring even with help! Its “handler” looks like a colonial-era Tiger Mask. Serious inflation action going on inside that costume. It’s part of the collaboration…apparently it’s name is Takumi Mukai aka Andreza (I think). And it’s going to be at GRAND PRINCESS ’23! Chris Brookes is enjoying this way too much.

Up Up Girls performance up now. Start of matches pushed back to roughly 10 PM ET as the pre-event announcements went almost 25 minutes

The matches begin at 9:57 PM ET.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara beat HIMAWARI by submission. First career victory! And the emotions flowed immediately and freely when she knew she had won. Congratulations!

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Raku, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu beat Raku, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. Kamifuku pinned Toribami after Fameasser.

Juria Nagano comes out. Close-up of her injured fingers (two broken on her left hand). Out at least 3 months. So unfortunately she will miss GRAND PRINCESS ’23 but she’ll be back later this year, probably sometime this summer.

Match 3: Moka Miyamoto vs. Arisu Endo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto by submission.

Match 4: Yuki Arai vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit. Harajuku came out wearing a Yuki Arai shirt with blue colored hair and a red/white headband and red/white/blue lights like she’s a big fan. Yep, definitely a comedy match.
Result: Yuki Arai beat Pom Harajuku. Really fun match.

New match for GRAND PRINCESS ’23 is announced: NEO Bishiku-Gun is back! Saki-sama (Saki Akai’s sexier, darker alter-ego) & May Saint-Michel (Mei Suruga) vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Billie Starks. So I guess AA Eye Candy is done for now but I always love me some Saki-sama so no complaints.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino vs. Hikari Noa & Janai Kai. 20 minute time limit
Result: HIkari Noa & Janai Kai beat Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino. Kai pinned Aino after a rolling head kick.

Match 6: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Miu Watanabe & Suzume. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Miu Watanabe & Suzume. Sakazaki pinned Suzume after Toy Story 4.

Main Event: Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Finals: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. No time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao to win the tournament. Itoh beat Nakajima with Itoh Special. This went almost 25 minutes. As a result, Yamashita & Itoh will probably get a Princess Tag Team Championship match soon, confirmation should come later.

The next event is 2/18 at Nagoya International Conference Center in Nagoya for a CITY CIRCUIT event, which will feature Yuki Arai as part of an SKE48 LIVE mini-performance. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese will begin on 2/17 at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. The SKE48 performance will only be available on demand for one month after the event so don’t waste time checking it out if you miss the live event.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 657, a super full house/very bear sellout.

Yamashita & Itoh will face Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer on 3/18 now as expected. However, there is one Princess Tag Team Championship defense scheduled before that so it’s not for the titles yet.