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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.

12/11/22-12/17/22 Events Schedule (Updated)

Here is the current events schedule for 12/11/22-12/17/22, which is subject to change:

12/11:
Midnight-New Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag League, Atelier Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. Live on New Japan World

12/14:
1:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Super Jr. Tag League & World Tag League Finals, Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai, Japan. Live on New Japan World
1:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour, Aizuwakamatsu City Cultural Center, Fukushima, Japan. Available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 12/17/22
1:30 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling “DDT FREE”, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Garland Park, TX. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

12/15:
2 AM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Angel And Rabbit”, Shinjuku Face. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

12/16:
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere

12/17:
Midnight-DDT Pro Wrestling Road to NEVER MIND in KUMAMOTO, Kumamoto City Distribution Information Center, Kumamoto, Japan. No live broadcast
7 PM-Pro Wrestling NOAH “NEW HOPE”, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
10 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling Road to NEVER MIND in FUKUOKA, Pivole Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. No live broadcast

12/12 UPDATE: The 12/14 NOAH event is scheduled to be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 12/17 at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET (the standard 3 days after the event).

Ring Of Honor “Final Battle 2022” Results (12/10/22)

Ring Of Honor holds it’s traditional final major event of the year today, Final Battle 2022, but compared to last year’s very sad theme where it marked the potential end of the promotion, there is a feeling of great optimism this year under All Elite Wrestling owner/founder Tony Khan’s ownership, in part because many are anticipating a new TV or streaming deal to get ROH back on the air is going to be announced soon, possibly this weekend. In the meantime, they wrap up the year with one final loaded card mixing up both ROH and AEW stars for 6 title matches. The main event will be a rematch of Chris Jericho and Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH World Championship, but there’s a stip with huge AEW implications-if Castagnoli loses and doesn’t win the title back, he must leave Blackpool Combat Club and join Jericho Appreciation Society. Just before that should be another Instant Classic as FTR defend the ROH Tag Team Championship one more time against The Briscoes in a Double Dog Collar Match.

Today’s event will be held at College Park Center at University Of Texas-Arlington in Artlington, TX and can be watched LIVE on PPV via major cable/satellite providers and Bleacher Report in the US. Outside of the US, it can be watched on ppv.com and FITE. There will also be a FREE 1 hour pre-show on YouTube before the PPV and the post-event media scrum will also stream on YouTube. Based on the media scrum planned start time and pre-show, this could be a marathon event with a total runtime of potentially 4-5 hours. Note that the earlier start time is because they didn’t want to go head-to-head with WWE and, in particular, UFC tonight-the latter has a PPV at 10 PM ET and AEW’s own MJF is scheduled to be in attendance. Also, they claimed on last night’s AEW Rampage there was no college football to go against in this time slot. Clearly Tony Schiavone doesn’t know about the tradition that is America’s Game-Army vs. Navy. ROH is going against it. (GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!)

Today’s current lineup:
Pre-show:
Top Flight vs. The Kingdom
Willow Nightingale vs. Trish Adora
Jericho Appreciation Society vs. Shinobi Samurai Squad
Jeff Cobb vs. Mascara Dorada

PPV:
Blake Christian & AR Fox vs. Rush & Dralistico
Shane Taylor Promotions vs. Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland
ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle & The Boyz vs. Gates Of Agony for the titles
ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia vs. Wheeler Yuta for the title
ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez vs. Athena for the title
ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Juice Robinson for the title
ROH Tag Team Champions FTR vs. The Briscoes in a Double Dog Collar Match for the titles
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the title. If Castagnoli loses, he must join JAS

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 3 PM ET/Noon PT. The Post-Event Media Scrum is currently scheduled to begin at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.

2:45 PM ET UPDATE: The Pre-Show stream began at 11:40 AM PT/2:40 PM ET. The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

2:53 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from College Park Center at University Of Texas-Arlington in Artlington, TX. We see Bobby Cruise in the ring with microphone for a couple minutes before the feed cuts away again.

The stream resumes at 3 PM ET/Noon PT. Your hosts are Ian Riccaboni & Caprice Coleman.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Mascara Dorada vs. Jeff Cobb
Result: Jeff Cobb beat Mascara Dorada

Match 2: Matt Menard & Angelo Parker vs. Shinobi Shadow Squad (Eli Isom & Cheeseburger)
Result: Matt Menard & Angelo Parker beat Shinobi Shadow Squad. Parker pinned Isom.

Match 3; Willow Nightingale vs. Trish Adora
Result; Willow Nightingale beat Trish Adora

Match 4: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)
Result: Top Flight beat The Kingdom. Darius pinned Bennett. Maria Kanellis was ejected from ringside to set it up.

Updates will resume when the PPV begins.

PPV:
Match 1: Blake Christian & AR Fox beat Rush & Dralistico. Fox pinned Dralistico after 450 Splash.

Match 2: Athena beat ROH Women’s World Champion Mercedes Martinez to become THE NEW ROH WOMEN”S WORLD CHAMPION!

Match 3: Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland beat Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor & JD Griffey). Lee pinned Griffey after a fireman’s carry powerslam.

Match 4: The Embassy (Toa Liona, Kaun, Brian Cage) beat ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle & The Boyz to become THE NEW ROH 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

Match 5: Wheeler Yuta beat ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia to become THE NEW ROH PURE CHAMPION!

Match 6: In a Dog Collar Match, The Briscoes beat ROH World Tag Team Champions FTR to become THE NEW ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

Match 7: ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Juice Robinson to retain the title.

Main Event: Claudio Caatagnoli beat ROH World Champion Chris Jericho to become THE NEW ROH WORLD CHAMPION!

End Show.

The post-event media scrum on YouTube will begin shortly (as of 7:10 PM ET). (UPDATE: It is now scheduled to start at 7:15 PM ET)

UPDATE: At the end of the media scrum, Tony Khan revealed more about TV plans for ROH: For now, it will be on the re-launched HonorClub. It also will include all prior ROH TV content and more plus this and upcoming PPVs 90 days after they occur. For now the monthly price will stay the same as before-$9.99. You can go to watchroh.com to subscribe. Live events will likely stay on Bleacher Report as long as owner Warner Bros. Discovery wants it. Plans for the return of weekly TV will be revealed as the time gets closer. So the good news is it’s on the way and now seems to be when rather than if. Khan also noted that .while it will be a little later for PPV buy estimates due to the early start time, the live gate and attendance was the biggest ever for the Final Battle event.

Guests at the scrum were Athena, Claudio Castagnoli and Samoa Joe (who also had the AEW TNT Title belt and was acting very much in AEW character, making for some humorous moments). It ended at about 8:35 PM ET, running about 80 minutes. The whole thing can be watched on demand on YouTube.

AEW Rampage 12/9/22 Results

Here are the quick results from last night’s AEW Rampage in Austin, TX:
Jon Moxley beat Konosuke Takeshita.

Regina di WAVE Champion HIkaru Shida beat The Bunny to retain the title. And earn a shot at AEW Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter.

Lee Moriarty & Big Bill (W. Morrissey) beat Clayton Bloodstome & Izzy James. Bill pinned James after a chokeslam. Squash.

AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy beat TBA, picked by Kip Sabian and revealed to be Trent Seven, to retain the title.

This show came a week after the program’s worst ratings yet, leading Tony Khan to promise a fully loaded show tonight. Only the opening match is worth watching though, it was outstanding.

A Ruby Soho & Tay Melo Speaks segment advertised for the show never happened. Instead they’ll have a match next week on Dynamite.

Next Week: Winter Is Coming aka the annual “IT’S STINK! (Sting)” episode of Dynamite. Main Event is AEW World Champion MJF vs. Ricky Starks for the title AND the Dynamite Diamond Ring.