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DDT 12/10/22 Results

DDT held a second Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary event today, this one taking place in Osaka and sponsored by NEXTBODY. Some well-known Osaka independent stars and veterans of the small Osaka Pro promotion made special appearances today. And as part of a special ticket package that they paid 50,000 yen or so for (around $400 US), 3 lucky fans got to have dinner & a drink with Akiyama himself after the event.

Today’s event was held at Izumi City Plaza Yayoi No Kaze Hall in Osaka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 320.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani & Yuya Koroku beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku beat Sumi with a chicken wing.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Akito.

Match 3: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Takao Soma beat Toru Owashi, Chris Brookes & Toui Kojima. Hino pinned Kojima after Fuckin’ BOMB.

Match 4: HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Naya pinned Ishida after a chokeslam.

Match 5: Tigers Mask (Osaka Pro) beat Yusuke Okada. Tigers Mask is a spinoff of Tiger Mask and has been one of the top stars in Osaka Pro for most of the last 2 decades.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Sasaki beat Katsumata with a crossface.

Main Event: Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary In Osaka Match: Zeus, The Bodyguard & Ryoji Sai beat Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Sanshiro Takagi. Zeus pinned Akiyama after a jackhammer. Afterwards, Akiyama addressed the crowd and it looked like they had some fun at the expense of Tigers Mask.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo for the final DDT FREE event of the year. This event is also scheduled to feature the potential Debut Match for new trainee Anarco Montagna although it is billed as a tryout match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 12/10/22 Results

New Japan ran the final day of the Super Jr. Tag League today, which would see the top 2 teams in the standings advance to the Finals. 5 teams still had a chance to make it so there were a lot of possibilities.

Today’s event was held at Uwajima City Overall Gym in Ehime and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1001.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Fujita pinned Nakashima. The Young Lion Fujita gets the victory in his hometown.

Match 2: Match 2: El Desperado, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma 7 YOSHI-HASHI. Archer beat Honma with EBD Claw.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Taiji ishimori & Bad Luck Fale. Naito pinned Gedo.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 4: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask. Knight pinned TM 4 after a high-angle DDT.
Match 5: Dick Togo & Sho beat Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned Taguchi after Shock Arrow.
Match 6: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat El Lindaman & Alex Zayne. DOUKI pinned Lindaman with Suplex De La Luna. As a result, the winners of the final 2 matches, if there were winners, would advance to the Finals.
Match 7: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Titan & BUSHI. Rush pinned BUSHI after Final Hour.
Main Event: Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Bey pinned Akira after Rock-a-bye-Bey.
As a result, Rush/Yoh and Austin/Bey advance to the Finals.

The Final is Wednesday. The next event is tomorrow at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo with the final day of the World Tag League. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 12/10/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the CITY CIRCUIT 2022 series with a visit to Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka Prefecture today. For the most part it’s a regular house show but there is a title match on tap-Miyu Yamashita will defend the EVE Championship against Rio, and it’s been decided that it will have EVE rules. This differs from a regular title match in that there are no countouts, and if a wrestler isn’t fighting with enough spirit after ref warnings, they can be DQ’d.

Also, once again there are several missing names from the lineup-Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku are out due to being in Malaysia, while Nao Kakuta continues to be absent due to stage performances.

Today’s event will be held at Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. Since there are 4 single matches on the 6 match card it should be an average house show length-wise, with an anticipated total running time of just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Suzume vs. Kaya Toribami
Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Hikari Noa vs. Neko Haruna
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo vs. Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto
Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Rio for the title

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Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

11 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates start now.

We are LIVE from Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka, Japan. There is no commentary. Already technical issues at the start but they hopefully fixed it by restarting the stream.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event but vocal cheering is allowed so lower capacity. Most tickets were sold in advance but it looks like a potential sellout, likely in the 150-200 range.

The matches begin at 11:15 PM ET. We may be hard-camera only again even though there’s one video cameraman at ringside.

In the early moments of the event, TJPW announced on Twitter the Shizuoka return date is 5/13/23 at Act City Hamamatsu Exhibition Event Hall.

Match 1: Suzume vs. Kaya Toribami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat Kaya Toribami

Match 2: Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Mahiro Kiryu

Match 3: Hikari Noa vs. Neko Haruna. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa beat Neko Haruna

Quick break for ring maintenance.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Sakazaki pinned Harajuku after a diving body press.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo vs. Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto beat Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo. Watanabe pinned Endo after Teardrop.

Main Event: Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Rio for the title. EVE Rules (no countouts, can be DQ’s for lack of fighting spirit after referee warnings). 30 minute time limit
Result: Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita beat Rio to retain the title. V2 for Yamashita.

The next event is “Angel And Rabbit” Thursday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, which will be a Mizuki 10th Anniversary event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 215, a super full house/very near sellout.

FREE VIDEO: IMPACT “Instant Classic” (12/8/22)

On last night’s Impact Wrestling, which was preciously taped, Impact World Champion Josh Alexander had an open challenge for the title and defended against former X Champion Mike Bailey as a result. What transpired was a 1 HOUR match that is being called an Instant Classic. If you missed it, or (like me) you don’t get AXS TV or subscribe to their streaming service (or YouTube premium plans), they just added the ENTIRE MATCH UNCUT on YouTube. Watch FOR FREE below:

New Japan 12/8/22 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the World Tag League today, with 5 teams still with a chance to make the Finals and one team being able to lock up a spot.

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

The announced paid attendance was 942.

Match 1: Bad Luck Fale beat Yuto Nakashima.

Match 2: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube & Ryohei Oiwa. Henare pinned Leube after Rampage.

Match 3: Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma beat Gedo, Chris Bey, Ace Austin & Taiji Ishimori. Knight pinned Gedo after a high angle DDT.

Match 4: Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado. Takagi beat DOUKI with STF.

World Tag League:
Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Kidd after Shoto.
Match 6: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. EVIL pinned Tanahashi after EVIL.
Match 7: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Aussie Open. Nicholls pinned Kyle Fletcher after Tank Buster.
Main Event: SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki. Naito pinned Suzuki after Destino.

Aussie Open remains the leaders but their preliminary tournament is done as they were one of the teams to get a free win because of the Fale/Chase Owens withdrawal. The top 2 make the Finals and 4 teams still have a chance, but not all will qualify because two of the teams tied for 2nd, Haste/Nicholls and Goto/YOSHI-HASHI, meet on the final day. Naito/SANADA must beat Yujiro/EVIL to have a chance. If there is a 3-way tie, if head-to-head results determine the final then it gets very messy outside of Aussie Open needing Goto/YOSHI-HASHI to win. Best-case for them is Haste/Nicholls-Goto/YOSHI-HASHI going to a draw, if there is a winner either way it costs Aussie Open a potential tiebreaker (they lost to both).

The final day is Sunday. The next event is tomorrow at Uwajima City Overall Gym in Ehime with the final day of the Super Jr. Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

New Japan News: TAMASHII Debut Streaming Soon

Good news for New Japan fans outside Australia & New Zealand-the debut events of the TAMASHII sub-label, originally not televised, are coming to New Japan World next week. You’ll be able to watch both events on demand starting Wednesday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. The events were held on 11/10 in Christchurch, New Zealand and 11/12 in Sydney, Australia.

Until then, be sure to check out LION’S ROAR on demand on New Japan World, spotlighting the NZ Dojo and head trainer Bad Luck Fale, that helped give birth to TAMASHII. No word yet on when the label’s next events will be.

BREAKING: All-Japan Losing 3 Wrestlers

In a series of news items just posted, All-Japan has announced 3 wrestlers are leaving the promotion at the end of the year: Izanagi, TAJIRI and the biggest loss of the trio-Jake Lee. Their contracts are expiring on December 31. All will continue to appear for the promotion until then.

Lee is a 2-time All-Japan Triple Crown Champion and has been one of the promotion’s top stars since the coronavirus pandemic began. TAJIRI is known to fans worldwide from his prior time in ECW, WWF/E and almost everywhere else around the world. TAJIRI seems to plan to keep going elsewhere as he’s well into his third decade as an active wrestler.

More as it becomes available.

DDT News: Upcoming Title Match Schedule Announced

In an interesting news item, DDT announced the schedule for upcoming title matches for the first quarter of 2023. Of course this all comes with the mandatory “subject to change” caveat, but here is what they announced:

1/3, Korakuen Hall: KO-D Tag Team Championship, DDT Universal Championship (participants TBA on 12/14. For the Universal Championship it will be a match to determine the next challenger).
1/13, Shinjuku Face: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno vs. 1/3 winner for the title.
1/21, Yokohama Radiant Hall: DDT Extreme Champion (12/29 Jun Akiyama-Super Sasadango Machine winner) vs. TBA for the title.
1/29, Korakuen Hall: KO-D Openweight Champion (12/29 Kazusada Higuchi-Ueno winner) vs. TBA for the title, KO-D Tag Team Championship (1/3 winners vs. TBA for the titles), KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. (12/29 winners of Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Tetsuya Endo, Koraro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. TBA for the titles).
2/18, Nagoya Conference Center: DDT Universal Championship (TBA), DDT Extreme Championship (TBA).
2/26, Korakuen Hall: KO-D Tag Team Championship, KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
3/21, Korakuen Hall: Multiple including KO-D Openweight Championship (this will be the DDT 26th Anniversary Event and they plan to make it at least a 5-hour event)

All-Japan 12/7/22 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the World’s Strongest Tag League today as well as finishing the Jr. Battle Of Glory with a tiebreaker match to determine the winner.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 801.

Match 1: Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato beat Hokuto Omori & Rising Hayato. Sato pinned Hayato after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 2: Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus beat Ryuki Honda & Izanagi. Cyrus pinned Izanagi after a reverse splash.

Match 3: Takao Omori & Masao Inoue beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata, Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI and Black Menso-re & ATM in a 4-way, when Inoue pinned Kodama, to win the titles. Omori & Inoue become the 117th All-Asia Tag Team Champions.

Match 4: World’s Strongest Tag League: Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi beat Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi. Aoyagi pinned Arashi.

Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League: Yuji Nagata & Yuma Anzai beat Suwama & KONO. Anzai pinned Suwama with a German suplex hold. UPSET ALERT!!! That’s indescribably huge, All-Japan’s clear top star got pinned by a rookie.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Jun & Rei Saito by ref stoppage. Nomura beat Jun Saito with a sleeper hold. That ended the tournament, but it meant there was a tie, so a tiebreaker match between Miyahara/Nomura and Ishikawa/Cyrus would be held.

Match 7: Jr. Battle Of Glory Finals: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Dan Tamura to win the tournament. This was a tiebreaker match with no time limit. Aoyagi beat Tamura in the final tournament match to force a rematch.

Main Event: World Tag League Finals: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus to win the tournament. Miyahara pinned Ishikawa with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is #ajpw XMASEVE 4 on 12/21 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.