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BREAKING: KOPW 2022 12/19 Stip Revealed

New Japan just announced the results of fan voting on Twitter for the stip for the next KOPW 2022 Trophy Match on 12/19 at the TakaTaichi PPV…and it was close. In the end, champion Shingo Takagi’s stip won so it will be a Takagi-style Last Man Standing Lumberjack Death Match. The only way to win is pinfall followed immediately by the downed opponent being unable to answer a followup 10 count. Taichi’s proposal of a 30 minute high score match actually won the English Twitter vote, but Takagi has a big enough margin on the Japanese Twitter vote to win.

The final combined total was 14,830 votes for Takagi to 13,694 votes for Taichi.

The 12/19 event will be at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and will be a standalone PPV on New Japan World.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 12/3/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Fall ’22 house show tour today with a midday matinee event. The build should begin to the next Princess Of Princess Championship match, which should be another epic match between Yuka Sakazaki & Miyu Yamashita, undoubtedly the top two stars of TJPW, but also more international focus as Millie McKenzie will make another appearance before returning to England, and Yamashita will follow in January as she returns to Pro Wrestling EVE to defend the EVE Championship. Also expected back today is Raku after she lost her Princess Tag Team Championship chance last week because of coronavirus, but no Nao Kakuta again as she will miss the event due to her stage performance schedule.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. If you have not taken advantage of the 2-week free trial for first-time subscribers, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! The offer ends after this weekend. The cost has gone up a bit since last month but is still a bargain at around $6.50 US/month. With 6 matches today and half being single matches, this will be another short event, I anticipate the entire event running just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Mizuki vs. Neko Haruna
Rika Tatsumi vs. Pom Harajuku
Miu Watanabe vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Yuki Kamifuku & Millie McKenzie vs. Shoko Nakajima & Suzume
Yuki Aino & Raku vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami
Yuka Sakazaki, Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo vs. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

9:58 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event concludes, but there’s no vocal cheering so potentially full capacity, I’m going to guess it’ll be around 200 as the visible seating around the ring looks completely full (only about 2 rows).

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 10:11 PM ET. Looks like it’s hard camera view only today (it’s a very small venue).

Match 1: Mizuki vs. Neko Haruna. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Neko Haruna

Match 2: Yuki Aino & Raku vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino & Raku beat Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. Raku pinned Toribami after Doctor Yellow.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Pom Harajuku

Match 4: Miu Watanabe vs. Mahiro Kiryu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Mahiro Kiryu

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Millie McKenzie vs. Shoko Nakajima & Suzume. 20 minute time limit
Result; Yuki Kamifuku & Millie McKenzie beat Shoko Nakajima & Suzume. McKenzie pinned Suzume after a release German suplex. Afterwards, McKenzie stayed in the ring for a few extra moments to show appreciation to the fans as this is her last appearance in TJPW for now before returning to England.

Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki, Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo vs. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto beat Yuka Sakazaki, Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo. Yamashita pinned Endo after Attitude Adjustment. During the live broadcast of this match there were technical issues that began to emerge during intros, once the match began I noticed the audio was notably off-sync with and was behind the video by a good 2-3 seconds. Hopefully this will be resolved soon but it might result in the event video, or at least the main event, being taken down for a time to fix.

This event went faster than expected at just 1 hour, 45 minutes.

The next event is 12/10 at Hamamatsu City Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka for a CITY CIRCUIT event. Already announced is EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. “The Unbreakable” Rio for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 12/9 at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 210, a super full house/very near sellout.

UPDATE 2: TJPW and WRESTLE UNIVERSE have confirmed the technical difficulties with today’s live broadcast and the video has been removed and is not available on demand. A resolved version will be uploaded at a later date.

New Japan 12/2/22 Results

New Japan continued the Super Jr. Tag League & World Tag League today with both tournaments running together. There was a change to the World Tag League as Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale have withdrawn from the tournament because Owens had to return home to the USA due to a death in his family. Their remaining opponents get forfeit wins as a result.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Central Gym Sub Arena in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 945.

The matches today alternated between both tournaments so the results are grouped together instead of in match order.

Super Jr. Tag League:
DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Kanemaru pinned Knight after Touch Out.
Dick Togo & Sho beat Lio Rush & Yoh. Sho pinned Yoh after Shock Arrow. This lasted just 18 seconds.
Chris Bey & Ace Austin beat Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask. Austin pinned TM 4 after The Fold.
El Lindaman & Alex Zayne beat Titan & BUSHI. Zayne pinned BUSHI after Taco Driver.
Francesco Akira & TJP beat Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi. TJP pinned Connors after 2/2.

World Tag League:
Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Tanahashi pinned Kidd after High Fly Flow.
Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Henare pinned Takahashi after Streets Of Rage.
Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki. Nicholls pinned Suzuki. This lasted just 100 seconds.
SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Aussie Open. Naito pinned Kyle Fletcher after Destino.
YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale by forfeit (withdrawal).

The Super Jr. Tag League now has 3 tied for the lead at 5-1, 10 pts: Akira/TJP, Austin/Bey. Zayne/Lindaman. The World Tag League has 2 tied for the lead at 5-1, 10 pts: Aussie Open and Haste/Nicholls (both had not faced Owens/Fale yet so they get the free win). Yujiro/EVIL and Kidd/Connors are now OUT assuming the leader at the end wins.

The next event is tomorrow at Kakogawa City Gym in Hyogo with the World Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

BREAKING: World Tag League Team Out (Updated)

Breaking development ahead of tomorrow’s New Japan event: The World Tag League has seen a shakeup…New Japan just announced on their Japanese website that Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale are now OUT of the tournament. Owens had to return to the US due to a family emergency and will be out the rest of the tournament. Owens & Fale were 2-2 with 4 points so far and still were in contention, but now must forfeit their remaining matches.

Upcoming cards will be changed. Each team that had not faced Owens & Fale in the tournament get a free win and 2 points in the standings.

UPDATE: On their official English Twitter, New Japan just announced Owens is out due to a death in his family. I join in sending my deepest condolences to Owens and his family.

Tatsumi Fujinami 50th Anniversary & Final Match Event Results (12/1/2022)

Japanese legend and Hall of Famer Tatsumi Fujinami, through his Dradition (yes, it is spelled that way) promotion, held his 50th Anniversary event today that also featured his final match at age 69. In perhaps a symbolic torch passing, his final opponent was none other than this generation’s icon-Hiroshi Tanahashi. Wrestlers from promotions throughout Japan, both the Big 3 (New Japan, All-Japan, Pro Wrestling NOAH) and smaller promotions were featured throughout the event.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World as a PPV. Between the event cost and monthly subscription fees it adds up to around $28 US and you can watch on demand with purchase until 3/1/23. After that it may be available to all monthly subscribers.

The announced paid attendance was 2150.

Match 1 (I’m going to botch some names from quick web translations): Alexander Otsuka, Go Takemura, MAZADA & Nobuyuki Kurashima beat Sanshu Tsubakichi (?), TAMURA, Kumaru Tajima (?) & Yutaka Yoshie. Kurashima pinned Tsubakichi with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Jinsei Shinzaki, AKIRA & Shiro Koshinaka beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Masato Tanaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa. AKIRA pinned Takaiwa.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat LEONA.

Match 4: Kengo Mashimo, Daisuke Sekimoto & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) beat KENSO, Yoshiki Inamura (NOAH) & Kazusada Higuchi (DDT). Marufuji pinned KENSO after Shiranui.

Match 5: Jake Lee (All-Japan), Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) & Masakatsu Funaki (NOAH) beat Mitsuya Nagai, Shingo Takagi (New Japan) & Tetsuya Naito (New Japan). Funaki pinned Nagai after Hybrid Blaster.

Main Event: Tatsumi Fujinami 50th Anniversary & Final Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan) beat Tatsumi Fujinami.

Last Chance For Free WRESTLE UNIVERSE TRIAL!

Pro Wrestling NOAH announced on their English Twitter (it got reinstated after it got banned following a post about Great-O-Khan threatening The Great Muta after an event due to breaking rules about inciting violence) that the WRESTLE UNIVERSE 2-week free trial offer for new subscribers is ending Monday. After that it’s back to full price right away-this month it’s gone up to about $6.50 US (New Japan World is up to $7.25) so check it out now as the yen seems to be going up against the dollar! That means it’s going to cost more! If you get the trial and cancel by Day 13 you won’t be charged.

AEW Dynamite 11/30/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Indianapolis, IN (SPOILERS for west feed viewers! Click below to read):

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New Japan 11/30/22 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with Day 4 of the heavyweight tag team tournament.

Today’s event was held at Twin Messe Shizuoka North Hall in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 498.

Match 1: Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima beat Ryohei Oiwa & Tomoaki Honma. Nakashima pinned Oiwa.

Match 2: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita, Clark Connors & Master Wato. Kanemaru beat Fujita with a figure 4.

Match 3: Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Chris Bey, Ace Austin & Taiji Ishimori. Takagi pinned Gedo after Pumping Bomber.

World Tag League:
Match 4: Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Owens pinned Coughlin after a package piledriver.
Match 5: Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan. Archer pinned Henare after Blackout.
Match 6: Aussie Open beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Kyle Fletcher pinned Takahashi after Corealis.
Match 7: Shane Haste & Mikey Nocholls beat SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Nicholls pinned SANADA after Tank Buster.
Main Event: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Tanahashi pinned YOSHI-HASHI after High Fly Flow. Afterwards, Tanahashi & Yano did an air guitar duet to send the crowd home happy.

Standings:
1-Aussie Open, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Archer/Suzuki, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Haste/Nicholls, 3-1, 6 pts
5-Yano/Tanahashi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Naito/SANADA, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Khan/Henare, 2-2, 4 pts
8-Fale/Owens, 1-3, 2 pts
9-Coughlin/Kidd, 0-4, 0 pts
10-Takahashi/EVIL, 0-4, 0 pts

The next event is Friday at Osaka Municipal Gym Sub Arena in Osaka with Day 5 of the World Tag League and Day 6 of the Super Jr. Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Sumo-November 2022 Post-Tournament Retired Rikishi Update

The Nihon Sumo Kyokai (Japan Sumo Association) has announced a new retirement following the November 2022 Tournament: It received and accepted a retirement request from Yutakayama, making him the second rikishi to retire this month along with Chiyotairyu, who retired after Day 7.

Yutakayama, real name Ryota Oyanagi, was ranked at Juryo 4 in November and went 5-10 in what will be his final tournament. His highest ranking was Maegashira 1 and he won 2 championships in his career (1 Makushita, 1 Sandanme) along with 1 Fighting Spirit Prize in the top tier. He debuted in March 2016 and had a career record of 277-281-10 (win-loss-absent) and 165-215-10 in the top tier. This will leave his beya, Tokitsukaze, with just one rikishi in the top 2 tiers for now (Shodai, who will be demoted from Ozeki for the January tournament).