DDT just announced on Twitter and their website that, although it’s not because of her stage schedule this time, Nao Kakuta is now out of yet another event as she is off Saturday’s year-ending Tokyo Joshi Pro event. Coronavirus. She was to have faced Yuki Kamifuku. No replacement named yet.
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FREE VIDEO: G PROWRESTLING Ver. 41 (12/18/2022)
As they usually do when an event is not a PPV, GLEAT has posted the full video of the latest G PROWRESTLING event on YouTube (if events do not stream live on the service, they are usually made available on demand within 3 days. PPVs and GLEAT events usually are not made available until 3-6 months later). You can watch the full video from Sunday’s event below:
Tokyo Gurentai Produced 12/20/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH hosted a Tokyo Gurentai Produced event today, billed as the final event together for the legendary heel faction that has spread across Japanese wrestling for parts of 3 decades as leader NOSAWA Rongai will be retiring in February. The card was a showcase for independent wrestlers and also brought back past Gurentai members including New Japan’s Dick Togo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 750, a legit advance sellout. Vocal cheering was allowed.
Match 1: Hideki Monma, Daisuke Nakamura, Taison Maeguchi & Kai Takuya beat Ikuto Hidaka, 2, SUSHI & Takatoshi Matsumoto. Momna pinned 2. Hidaka was a replacement for Hikaru Sato (injury).
Match 2: Maya Yukihi & Miyuki Watase beat Rina Yamashita & Sumire Natsu. Yukihi pinned Natsu after TSULALA.
Match 3: Eita beat Kotaro Suzuki.
Match 4: Ninja Mack beat The Reeve Mask & Dante Leon in a 3-way by pinning Mask. Unknown who Mask really was but the colors on the profile picture had me thinking maybe Atsushi Kotoge.
Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki Mochizuki & Akito beat BxB Hulk, Hokuto Omori & Yoshitomo Shimohigashi. Akito beat Shimohigashi with a Figure 4.
Main Event: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA, FUJITA, TAKEMURA, KIKUZAWA & Dick Togo. Kenoh pinned NOSAWA after PFS. Afterwards, NOSAWA’s retirement match was announced-NOSAWA & MAZADA vs. Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. That will happen at the Keiji Muto Retirement Event on 2/21 at Tokyo Dome.
The next event is the promotion’s final event of the year, which is also the last N INNOVATION event of the year, on Friday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
New Japan TakaTaichi 12/19/22 PPV Partial Results
New Japan held the last TAKA Michinoku & Taichi produced independent event of the year today, commemorating a combined 50 years in wresting between the two (most of which is TAKA with a good 30 years but This would also be the last such event because the Suzuki-gun faction will disband soon under orders from Minoru Suzuki. Taichi has at least 15-20 years himself). Although separate from New Japan, the promotion handled a lot of advertising and buildup for the event.
Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a standalone PPV on New Japan World. An additional purchase is requires to watch until it is removed from behind the paywall, which is expected to be in March 2023.
The announced paid attendance was 1258.
Matches 1-3 results are not yet available (not posted).
Match 4: In a No DQ match, DOUKI & Minoru Suzuki beat Jun Kasai (Freedoms) & Tomoaki Honma by ref stoppage. Suzuki beat Honma with a sleeper hold.
Match 5: Lance Archer & El Desperado beat MJ Pawl & Daisuke Sasaki (DDT) by DQ. Sasaki DQ’d. Chair use.
Match 6: In a 10 Million Yen Bounty 3 Falls Match, where countering/kicking out of Nameless Hiromu Roll or Michinoku Driver 2 would claim the bounty (or steal it away), Hiromu Takahashi beat TAKA Michinokiu 2-0. In the end, Takahashi kept the bounty after TAKA won it but Hiromu then won it back.
Main Event: In a Takagi-Style Lumberjack Last Man Standing Death Match, where the only way to win was a 10 count down after a pinfall, KOPW 2022 Trophy holder Shingo Takagi beat Taichi to retain the trophy. Unless something is added last-second to this week, and that’s incredibly unlikely because of how the matches and stip voting work, Takagi will end 2022 with the trophy and it will be done away with ahead of the 2023 trophy determination matches beginning at Tokyo Dome.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/19/22 Results
Pro Wresting NOAH wrapped up the 2022 portion of the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION Tour with the final build to the New Year’s Day blowout event.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can now be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 551. Vocal cheering was allowed so with the resulting limits in place that was just under 80% capacity.
Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Taishi Ozawa. Yone pinned Ozawa after Kinniku Muscle Buster.
Match 2: Eita beat Hajime Ohara.
Match 3: Yoshinari Ogawa & Yasutaku Yano vs. Tadasuke & Hi69 went to a No Contest. Eita interference.
Match 4: YO-HEY beat Seiki Yoshioka.
Match 5: Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Suzuki beat Inamura with a double wrist lock.
Match 6: Jack Morris beat Katsuhiko Nakajima.
Match 7: Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Masato Tanaka & Atsushi Kotoge by ref stoppage. Kenoh beat Kiyomiya with a sleeper hold.
Match 8: AMAKUSA & Ninja Mack beat Dante Leon & Alejandro. AMAKUSA pinned Leon.
Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji beat Satoshi Kojima.
The next event is a Tokyo Gurentai Produced “TOKYO DREAM FINAL ~LAST FESTIVAL-” independent event tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
DDT 12/18/22 Results
DDT wrapped up the ROAD to NEVER MIND 2022 Tour today with a house show in Fukuoka, the final regular event before their last major event of the year.
Today’s event was held at Pivole Fukuoka in Fujuoja and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 226, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata beat Saki Akai & Toui Kojima. Hirata pinned Kojima.
Match 2: Akito & MAO beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno. Akito beat Dieno with a stepover toehold.
Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a cobra twist.
Match 4: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oisho & Shiori Asahi beat Toru Owashi, Azure Dragon & Hideki Okatani. Hino pinned Okatani after Fuckin’ BOMB.
Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Taleshi Masada. Endo pinned Masada after a rotating torture rack bomb.
Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. Higuchi pinned Katsumata after Brain Claw Slam.
The next event is a Danshoku Dieno 20th Anniversary & Book Release Commemoration Event Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Vocal cheering will be allowed and all attendees will receive a copy of Dieno’s autobiography book ahead of it being published in Japan. There will be no live broadcast.
Kongo Produced Event 12/18/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a Kongo Produced event as the second half of their doubleheader today, again spotlighting the red-colored heel faction in the promotion. Every match featured Kongo vs. NOAH, but the main event was all Kongo.
Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 288, a legit advance sellout. Vocal cheering was allowed.
Match 1: Hi69 beat Alejandro.
Match 2: Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Daiki Inaba & Seiki Yoshioka. Soya pinned Inaba.
Match 3: Masakatsu Funaki beat Yoshiki Inamura.
Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Satoshi Kojima went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
Match 5: AMAKUSA beat Tadasuke.
Main Event: Kenoh beat Hajime Ohara.
The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, the last event of the 2022 portion of the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION Tour. There will be no live broadcast outside Japan as this is an ABEMA-only event, but it should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE after the event ends.
Pro Wrestling NOAH “NEW HOPE” Results (12/18/22) (Updated)
Pro Wrestling NOAH kicks off their final week of events for 2022 today with the first of 3 special themed events this week, NEW HOPE. This is a short event with just 5 matches scheduled that will place more spotlight on the younger, more inexperienced members of the roster who haven’t gotten as much experience as ideal the last couple years due to the pandemic. They’ll get to face some of NOAH’s top stars in an event where vocal cheering will also be allowed. It should be a nice appetizer for the second half of today’s doubleheader-after this event is over, come back a couple hours later for a Kongo Produced event featuring the promotion’s top heel faction. The main event hasn’t been revealed.
Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There probably will be no commentary. With the event later and just 5 matches this won’t be a long event-I would expect the total running time, barring marathon matches, to be less than 2 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Shoki Kitamura (Tochigi Pro Wrestling) vs. Atsushi Kotoge
Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Yoshiki Inamura & Taishi Ozawa
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Alejandro
Kaito Kiyomiya & AMAKUSA vs. Jack Morris & Dante Leon
Yasutaka Yano vs. Satoshi Kojima
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Updates below will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.
10 PM ET UPDATE: Live results begin now.
We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a small venue and vocal cheering is allowed so it’ll be smaller than usual in spite of that, but looks full or close to it. Probably right around 200. We may have only hard-camera views today.
Match 1: Shoki Kitamura (Tochigi Pro Wrestling) vs. Atsushi Kotoge. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw
Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Yoshiki Inamura & Taishi Ozawa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Yoshiki Inamura & Taishi Ozawa. Inaba beat Ozawa with a modified arm & facelock. Almost went the time limit again.
Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Alejandro. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji beat Alejandro.
Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya & AMAKUSA vs. Jack Morris & Dante Leon. 45 minute time limit
Result: Jack Morris & Dante Leon beat Kaito Kiyomiya & AMAKUSA. Leon pinned AMAKUSA after a twisting diving senton.
Main Event: Yasutaka Yano vs. Satoshi Kojima. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Satoshi Kojima beat Yasutaka Yano
If you don’t mind only having the hard camera perspective, this was a good show. 5 solid matches crammed into 100 minutes. If you missed it live, it’s worth a watch on demand.
The next event is a Kongo Produced event later today. That event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3:30 AM ET/12:30 AM PT.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 205. With reduced capacity for vocal cheering that was probably in the 80-85% full range.
12/18/22-12/24/22 Events Schedule (Updated)
Here is the current events schedule for 12/18/22-12/24/22, which is subject to change (all times PT):
12/18:
12:30 AM-Kongo Produced Event, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
12/19:
1:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast outside of Japan (live only on ABEMA in Japan)
12/20:
1:30 AM-Tokyo Gurentai Produced “TOKYO DREAM FINAL ~LAST FESTIVAL~”, Korakuen Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
12/21:
1:30 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling #ajpw XmasEVE4, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV. FREE EVENT (Free provisional account creation required)
1:30 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling Danshoku Dieno 20th Anniversary Commemoration Event, Korakuen Hall. No live broadcast
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, San Antonio, TX. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere
12/22:
1:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Road to TOKYO DOME, Korakuen Hall. Live on New Japan World. FREE EVENT
11/23:
1:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Road to TOKYO DOME, Korakuen Hall. Live on New Japan World
1:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH N INNOVATION, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
7:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Se-no, Merry Christmas! 2022”, Ryogoku KFC Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
12/24:
6:30 PM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling “#ajpw Xmas MANIAx”, Korakuen Hall. Live on AJPW.TV. LIVE RESULTS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED
12/20 UPDATE: All-Japan has announced their 12/21 event will now be streamed live FOR FREE! But you have to create an AJPW.TV account first-this does not require a paid subscription.
DDT 12/17/22 Results
DDT continued their year-ending tour today with a house show in Kumamoto. This was a hometown event for Yuki Ishida.
Today’s event was held at Kumamoto City Distribution Information Center in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 250, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Shunma Katsumata beat Saki Akai & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.
Match 2: Akito & Kazuma Sumi (with Yoshihiko) beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno. Akito beat Dieno with a stepover toehold.
Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi & Yusuke Okada beat Toru Owashi & Takeshi Masada. Okada pinned Masada after a Takagi Stunner.
Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat HARASHIMA & Hideki Okatani. Sasaki beat Okatani with Numero Dos Punto Seis Seis Seis. For those who no habla espanol, that’s Number 2.666.
Match 5 Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Ueno pinned Koroku after WR.
Main Event: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida. Oishi pinned Ishida after Cactus Flower. Afterwards, Hino announced they would return to Kumamoto for a 20th Anniversary event in July (presumably for Hino).
The next event is tomorrow at Pivole Fukuoka in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.