In response to the repeated refusals by the champions, and in particular EVIL, New Japan has just announced an order for Saturday’s event in Osaka: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL MUST defend the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship against El Desperado, Ren Narita & Minoru Suzuki. If they do not, they will be STRIPPED OF THE TITLES. However, whether or not the challengers would be awarded the titles if this happens was not made clear. Stay tuned.
Category: Uncategorized
Impact Wrestling 2/9/23 Results (Updated)
Here are the quick results from tonight’s TAPED Impact Wrestling from Orlando, FL:
Pre-show YouTube match (which I was actually able to watch before the show this week): Mike Bailey beat Raj Singh.
Match 1: Brian Myers beat Dirty Dango. As a result, Myers qualifies for the #1 Contender 4-way at No Surrender on 2/24.
Match 2: Mickie James & Tommy Dreamer beat John Skyler & Jason Hotch. James pinned Hotch after a stereo DDT. Afterwards, Bully Ray sneak attacked Dreamer allowing Masha Slamovich to sneak attack James.
Match 3: Jordynne Grace beat Steph De Lander. This was the Impact debut for De Lander.
Match 4: Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary beat Taylor Wilde & Killer Kelly. Valkyrie pinned Kelly after Road To Valhalla. Afterwards, Father James Mitchell returned to Impact to call out Rosemary, allowing The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle) to sneak in and beat down Valkyrie & Jessicka.
Ace Austin, Chris Bey & KENTA (!) vs. KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin is apparently made for No Surrender by Austin/Bey challenging MCMG & KUSHIDA. (This was announced as official later in the show)
Match 5: PCO beat Shera. As a result, PCO qualifies for the #1 Contender 4-way at No Surrender.
Main Event: Impact Digital Media Chanpion Joe Hendry beat Matt Cardona to retain the title.
Next week: Chris Bey vs. KUSHIDA, Eddie Edwards vs. Heath and Steve Maclin vs. Rhino in the last two No Surrender #1 Contender 4-way qualifiers and Kenny King vs. Rich Swann.
POST-SHOW UPDATE: Jonathan Gresham vs. Mike Bailey has been announced for the No Surrender Pre-Show on 2/24 at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT.
NOAH News: Late Changes to 2/11 Event
Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced late changes to GREAT VOYAGE 2023 in OSAKA on 2/11 because Seiki Yoshioka is now off the event. Cervical sprain. He was to have teamed with YO-HEY to face NOSAWA Rongai & El Desperado. Yasutaka Yano is the replacement. As a result, the first match is changed from a 6-man tag match to a tag match as Super Crazy is now off as well. It will now be Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito vs. Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Yano was to have teamed with Okada & Ozawa. Crazy was to have teamed with Yone & Saito.
At this time Yoshioka is still expected to be on the card for Tokyo Dome on 2/21.
New Japan 2/9/23 Results (Updated)
New Japan wrapped up the Road to THE NEW BEGINNING Tour with what likely will be the last non-televised house show for some time with major events and tournaments on tap for the next 2 months.
Today’s event was held at Saku City General Gym in Nagano. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.
The announced paid attendance was 653.
Match 1: Aaron Henare beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 2: Great-O-Khan beat Kosei Fujita by submission.
Match 3: Toru Yano beat Oskar Leube.
Match 4: BUSHI & SANADA beat Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma. BUSHI pinned TM 4.
Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Yuto Nakashima, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Minoru Suzuki. Takahashi pinned Nakashima after Pimp Juice. There is a potential Saturday development ongoing here as EVIL is continuously refusing the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Title match against Narita/Desperado/Suzuki.
Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Kazuchika Okada. Takagi pinned Taguchi after MADE IN JAPAN.
Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Jado, Master Wato, Tama Tonga, Hikuleo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo, KENTA & Jay White. Tanahashi was the only winner remaining. Afterwards, Tonga & Wato joined Tanahashi in a triple air guitar show to send the crowd home happy.
The next event is THE NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World in Japanese & English will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
UPDATE: It has been announced that in response to EVIL’s repeated refusals, if H.O.T does not defend Saturday, they will be STRIPPED OF THE NEVER 6-MAN TAG TEAM TITLES.
AEW Dynamite 2/8/23 Results (SPOILERS!)
Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in El Paso, TX (SPOILERS for west feed viewers!):
Continue reading “AEW Dynamite 2/8/23 Results (SPOILERS!)”BREAKING: Another Title Match for NJPW on 2/18
New Japan just announced on Twitter that after accepting an open challenge from the champion, NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Clark Connors for the title has been added to Battle in the Valley on 2/18 in San Jose, CA. That’s now 4 title matches scheduled for the event.
Tickets are sold out so make sure to pre-order the PPV on FITE (it’s also on New Japan World as a PPV if you want Japanese but it will cost roughly $7 more).
New Japan News: Antonio Inoki Farewell Party Announced
In what likely will be the final ceremonial event for founder/longtime owner and legend Antonio Inoki, who died in late 2022, New Japan has announced a special farewell party that will be open to the public. It will be a 2-part event with both parts held on 3/7 (the day after New Japan’s annual Anniversary Event) at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo: Part 1 will be a ticketed memorial ceremony where those attending will be given flowers to leave for Inoki and special gifts for attending (a special Inoki towel and message card) while Part 2 will be a flower offering ceremony open to the general public with no ticket required. Tickets for Part 1 will be 10,000 yen (around $77 US) with the lower box seats for 2 people available at that same price. For those who cannot attend but want to participate, they can purchase a flower bouquet online for 6000 yen (around $45 US) and they will receive the special gifts by mail at a later date. That package will be available from 2/16-3/31 via New Japan’s Japanese online shop.
If the event is postponed or cancelled, ticket holders for Part 1 will receive refunds.
TJPW News: Injured Nagano To Appear Saturday
Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced that Juria Nagano, who is out indefinitely due to a finger injury suffered on 1/29, will make an appearance at Saturday’s (2/11) event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to compete prior to the injury, she is expected to address the crowd in the ring and will also be part of a post-event party in front of a nearby train station for picture sales and autographs. Nagano underwent surgery after the injury according to TJPW and we may get an update Saturday. I’m hoping she will be able to return in time for GRAND PRINCESS ’23, which is just over a month away.
The event airs live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT. There is possibly going to be English commentary for this event.
More on Nagano’s status as it becomes available.
DEVELOPING: NJPW-Impact Joint PPV Announced
As part of what will be WrestleMania Weekend in Los Angeles, CA, New Japan and Impact Wrestling have announced a joint PPV for March 30, 2023 at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT. Dubbed “Multiverse United: Only The STRONG Survive”, the event will see multiple crossover matches between both sides with 3 matches already announced: Jeff Cobb vs. Moose, Mike Bailey vs. Will Ospreay and Impact World Champion Josh Alexander vs. KUSHIDA for the title (assuming, presumably, Alexander beats Rich Swann on 2/24 to retain the title. Also announced are Trey Miguel, Chris Bey. Ace Austin, most of the Knockouts roster, KENTA, Minoru Suzuki, Rocky Romero, Clark Connors, Kevin Knight and Fred Rosser among others.
Tickets go on sale Friday and the PPV will air live on FITE. The event will be held at the Globe Theater on LA.
More as it becomes available.
New Japan 2/8/23 Results
New Japan ran the penultimate event of the Road to THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today, the quick final build to Saturday’s major event in Osaka.
Today’s event was held at New Sunpia Tochigi in Tochigi. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.
The announced paid attendance was 606.
Match 1: Yuto Nakashima vs. Kosei Fujita went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube & Toru Yano. Henare pinned Leube after Rampage.
Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA beat Tiger Mask & Togi Malabe. Takahashi pinned TM 4 with Nameless Hiromu Roll.
Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Tomoaki Honma & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Tenzan after Shoto.
Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Takahashi pinned Oiwa after Pimp Juice.
Match 6: Gedo, El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & Jay White beat Jado, Master Wato, Hikuleo, Tama Tonga & Hiroshi Tanahashi. KENTA beat Jado with GAME OVER.
Main Event: Yoh, Shota Umino & Kazuchika Okada beat BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi. Okada pinned BUSHI after Rainmaker.
The tour-ender is tomorrow at Saku City General Gym in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.