With their last major tour of the year in the books, New Japan has a 1/4 Tokyo Dome press conference scheduled for later today Japan time. You can watch below FOR FREE or on YouTube starting at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET or on demand after it begins (please note this will be in Japanese only):
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FREE VIDEO: GLEAT MMA (12/14/22)
Lidet Entertainment unveiled their latest effort under their GLEAT label today-the debut of GLEAT MMA, featuring GLEAT talent that normally compete under its GLEAT, Lidet UWF and G PROWRESTLING labels. It was live streamed on YouTube-if you missed the event or want to watch again, you can do so FOR FREE below:
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DDT 12/14/22 Results
DDT ran their final DDT FREE event today, wrapping up the year-long series of monthly free admission events for fans lucky enough to win tickets.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced attendance was 437, a legit sellout. All tickets were free.
Before the matches began, two matches were announced for 1/3: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. MAO & Shunma Katsumata for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship and Naruki Doi vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the next DDT Universal Championship challenger.
Match 1: In a handicap match, Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Akito, MAO & Kazuma Sumi. Iino pinned Akito. As a result, if Pheromons win their match against the anti-Pheromons group on 12/29, the losing member responsible for it )whoever gets pinned or submitted) must join Pheromons for a day.
Match 2: Tryout Match: Shunma Katsumata beat Anarco Montagna.
Match 3: Saori Anou & Rika Kawabata beat Saki Akai & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Anou pinned Hasegawa.
Match 4: Sanahiro Takagi, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oisho beat Takao Soma, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada. Oishi pinned Masada after a Hino reverse horizontal chop.
Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yukio Naya. Endo pinned Hirata. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Kotaro Suzuki beat Yusuke Okada.
Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Chris Brookes & Hideki Okatani. Sasaki pinned Okatani after El Es Claro.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Kojima pinned Ishida after Kojima In Wonderland.
The next event is Saturday at Kumamoto City Distribution Information Center in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/14/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 tour with the series’ final event of the year (it will resume next year).
Today’s event was held at Aizuwakamatsu City Cultural Center in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 284.
Match 1: Hi69 beat Taishi Ozawa.
Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito by ref stoppage. Inaba beat Saito.
Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji & Jack Morris beat Yoshiki Inamura & Yasutaka Yano. Morris pinned Yano after a tiger driver.
Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa beat NOSAWA Rongai by submission. This went over 27 minutes.
Match 5: Dante Leon & YO-HEY beat AMAKUSA & Alejandro. Leon pinned Alejandro after Inferno.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara. Kitomiya pinned Ohara after Trnasformed Shining Wizard.
The next event is NOAH “NEW HOPE” Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. This will be an event mainly focusing on the younger, less experienced wrestlers. Vocal cheering will be allowed.
New Japan 12/14/22 Results
New Japan wrapped up the Super Jr. Tag League & World Tag League today with their last major event of the year. Both tournament finals were held and likely would set up additional title matches for Tokyo Dome on 1/4.
Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 2031.
Match 1: El Lindaman & Alex Zayne beat Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. Lindaman pinned Fujita with a German suplex hold.
Match 2: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Haste pinned Knight after Tank Buster.
Match 3: Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Robbie Ragles & Tiger Mask. TJP pinned TM 4.
Match 4: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Suzuki pinned Togo after a Gotch-style piledriver. Afterwards, Suzuki with microphone for a major announcement he promised…he shocked the crowd by announcing his Suzuki-gun faction will disband at the end of the year after over a decade.
Match 5: Titan. BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Clark Connors, Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Naito pinned Connors after Destino.
Match 6: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Jay White beat Master Wato, Tama Tonfga & Kazuchika Okada. Gedo pinned Wato.
Match 7: NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson beat Hikuleo to retain the title. V2 for Anderson. Next up: Tonga. That match will happen at Tokyo Dome.
Match 8: Super Jr. Tag League Finals: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Ace Austin & Chris Bey to win the tournament. Yoh pinned Austin after Direct Drive. While not definite, this probably means Rush & Yoh will face IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Francesco Akira & TJP for the titles at Tokyo Dome.
Main Event: World Tag League Finals: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Aussie Open to win the tournament. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Kyle Fletcher after Abyss. It’s the second straight tournament victory for YOSHI-HASHI & Goto and means they will probably face IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR for the titles at Tokyo Dome, assuming All Elite Wresting lets them miss that day’s AEW Dynamite (not guaranteed).
The next event is Road to TOKYO DOME, the year-ending doubleheader, on 12/22 and 12/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming of both events on New Japan World will begin each day at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and even better you can watch the 12/22 event FOR FREE!
Wrestler Absences Due To Injury
Pro Wrestling NOAH and All-Japan have announced pending card changes due to Hikaru Sato suffering an injury at an event yesterday. Lower back contusion. He was scheduled for the Tokyo Gurentai event in NOAH on 12/20 and All-Japan events on 12/21 and 12/25. For the NOAH event, he was to have been in an 8-man tag team match. Ikuto Hidaka is the replacement. For All-Japan in 12/21, he was to have teamed with Dan Tamura to face Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. No replacement named yet.
RUMOR: WWE Superstar to New Japan
This is just a rumor for now, but it’s huge-Mercedes Varnado, best known as Sasha Banks on WWE, is reportedly headed to New Japan, at least temporarily. Varnado, who has been out of WWE since summer but is still reportedly under contract, has agreed to “multiple dates” with New Japan and may have a deal with them. But there is a chance she re-signs with WWE, and if that happens the potential New Japan deal is off. Her WWE deal is up at the end of the year but they could add time on based on how long she has been out, that could mean as much as 6-7 months.
If she does go to New Japan it likely would be for special attraction matches against talent from Stardom as both are owned by Bushiroad Corporation. Showing up in Stardom is also possible.What seems less clear now is All Elite Wrestling and if she might go there, or if they had a hand in this.
More as it becomes available. But for now this is all rumors.
New Japan 12/11/22 Results
New Japan ran the final day of the World Tag League today, with 5 teams still having a chance to make the Finals. Aussie Open was in the lead but not in league action today so they needed help to make it for sure because of tiebreakers.
Today’s event was held at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 971, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: Bad Luck Fale beat Kosei Fujita.
Match 2: Aussie Open beat Oskar Leube & Ryohei Oiwa. Kyle Fletcher pinned Leube after Grimstone.
Match 3: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado beat Gedo, Ace Austin & Taiji Ishimori. DOUKI beat Gedo with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 4: Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Clark Connors, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tomoaki Honma. Takagi pinned Honma after Pumping Bomber.
World Tag League:
Match 5: Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Archer pinned Coughlin after Blackout.
Match 6: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Henare pinned Yano after Imperial Drop.
Match 7: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Takahashi pinned SANADA after Big Juice. As a result, Aussie Open advances to the Finals (they would have lost tiebreaker to SANADA/Naito).
Main Event: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Goto pinned Nicholls after Shoto. As a result, Goto & YOSHI-HASHI advance to the Finals.
The Final and the tour-ender is Wednesday at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
BREAKING: NOAH Wrestler Injured
Pro Wresting NOAH has just announced numerous card changes for upcoming events due to word breaking that Kai Fujimura is injured. Fractured left arm. The injury was suffered while practicing. Out indefinitely but likely a few months.
More as it becomes available.