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AEW Rampage & Battle Of The Belts 4 Results (10/7/22) (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s LIVE AEW Rampage and Battle Of The Belts 4 special from Washington, DC (SPOILERS for west coast viewers!):

Rampage:
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta beat Rush & Private Party. Yuta beat Marq Quen with an armbar.

Tony Nese & Josh Woods beat Varsity Blonds. Nese pinned Griff Garrison. Squash.

Anna Jay.A.S. & Tay Melo beat Madison Rayne & Skye Blue. Anna beat Blue with Queenslayer.

AEW Trios Champions Death Triangle beat Dark Order to retain the titles. Pac pinned Alex Reynolds after a cheap shot using the timekeeper’s bell hammer which was given to him by Rush.

Battle Of The Belts 4:
AEW All-Atlantic Champion Pac beat Trent Beretta to retain the title. This started immediately after the Rampage main event (which had an almost 2 minute overrin) so Pac worked two consecutive matches covering about 40 minutes with zero rest.

AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title. 39-0. 583 Days And Counting.

ROH World Tag Team Champions FTR beat Gates Of Agony to retain the titles. Dax Harwood pinned Kaun with a backslide.

Next week: AEW makes their Canada debut! Dynamite LIVE on Wednesday and Rampage will be TAPED on Thursday for a regular time airing on Friday, both in Toronto. Added to Dynamite: Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter and AEW All-Atlantic Champion Pac vs. Orange Cassidy (yet again) for the title.

In other news, just before Rampage went live AEW announced on Facebook that Jon Moxley has signed a 5-year contract extension with the promotion, which will see him mentoring and coaching as well as competing.

Impact Wrestling “Bound For Glory 2022” Results (10/7/22)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory 2022 PPV from Albany, NY:
The event is available live and on demand on FITE and PPV.com for $39.99. If you buy on FITE, you get unlimited on demand replays until January 7, 2023. If you are an Impact+ or Ultimate Insiders subscriber, you can watch the event on demand with your subscription in 30 days.

Pre-Show:
Impact Digital Media Champion Bryan Myers beat Fandango to retain the title. Or he was the former Fandango in WWE.
Raven was inducted into the Impact Hall Of Fame. Tommy Dreamer inducted Raven, who at the end DDT’d Dreamer.

PPV:
Frankie Kazarian beat Impact X Division Champion Mike Bailey to become THE NEW IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPION!

Mickie James beat Mia Yim. The Last Rodeo Continues…

Taya Valkyrie & Jessicka beat Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green & Deonna Purrazzo to become THE NEW IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Jessicka pinned Green after a combo Taya running kick and piledriver.

Impact World Tag Team Champions Matt Taven & Mike Bennett beat Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley to retain the titles. Taven pinned Sabin with a rollup using feet on the ropes for leverage.

A 20 Man Call Your Shot Battle Royal for any Impact Title shot anytime, anywhere was won by Bully Ray. The last two left had an immediate singles match to determine the winner, in which Bully Ray beat Steve Maclin.

Impact Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Masha Slamovich to retain the title.

Main Event: Impact World Champion Josh Alexander beat Eddie Edwards to retain the title.

End Show.

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Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/7/22 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour with the first half of another Tokyo doubleheader today, beginning the build to the next blowout event at the end of the month.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA in Japan, but for a limited time you can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 625.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa, Jack Morris & Yasutaka Yano beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy. Morris pinned NOSAWA.

Match 3: Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kendo Ka Shin beat Masa Kitamiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Daiki Inaba. Tanaka pinned Inaba after Sliding D.

Match 4: Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Alejandro. Tadasuke pinned Yoshioka after Jidanda Lariat.

Match 5: HAYATA & Chris Ridgeway beat Ninja Mack & Extreme Tiger. HAYATA pinned Tiger.

Match 6: Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Naomichi Marufuji & Kazushi Sakuraba. Nakajima pinned Sugiura after Vertical Spike.

Main Event: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Fujita pinned Inamura after a powerbomb.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In post-event news, the main event of 10/16 (Kenoh & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Sakuraba & Hideki Suzuki) and the GHC National Championship match (Funaki vs. Kitamiya and a just-announced GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match (Kojima & Sugiura vs. Kenoh & Nakajima) for 10/30 have been changed to GHC Martial Arts Rules matches. Those rules are as follows: No pinfalls, win by KO, TKO or submission only, ring outs and other fouls will result in a Yellow Card-3 Yellow Cards ends the match by DQ. If a DQ happens because of 3 Yellow Cards, the titles can change hands.

UPDATE: As of just before 10 AM PT/1 PM ET the replay of today’s event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

BREAKING: New Japan 10/10 Card Changes Coming (Updated)

New Japan has just announced a pending change to their major Monday event at Ryogoku Kokugikan-once again KUSHIDA is out. Still recovering from hand, foot and mouth disease and will not be cleared. He was to have faced IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori in a NON-TITLE match. Card changes TBA before the event.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: The changes have been announced. Ishimori will now face Master Wato in a NON-TITLE match and, because Wato was scheduled to be in the 3rd match, which was an 8-man tag, that match is now Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hikuleo & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Dick Togo is now off.

AEW Dynamite 10/5/22 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite 3rd Anniversary episode from Washington, DC:
MJF beat Wheeler Yuta by submission. Excellent opener.

Darby Allin beat Jay Lethal.

AEW TNT Champion Wardlow beat Brian Cage to retain the title.

Toni Storm, Athena & Willow Nightingale beat Serena Deeb, Jamie Hayter & Penelope Ford. Nightingale pinned Ford after Doctor Bomb.

National Scissoring Day with The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn ultimately was a party crashed at the end by Swerve Strickland. Just skip this entire segment.

Adam Page beat Rush.

Luchasaurus beat Fuego Del Sol. Squash. Jungle Boy attacked with a chair after the match.

Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara beat Daniel Garcia & Bryan Danielson. Guevara pinned Garcia after a Jericho belt shot.

During the show, news broke that the Andrade El Idolo-10 Career vs. Mask Match on Friday’s Rampage is now off. Andrade reportedly was sent home after a backstage fight with Guevara that seemingly was building up on Twitter. Supposedly Guevara threw the first punch. And yet…So for now 10 keeps his mask, and now gets a title shot Friday instead…

Friday on a LIVE Rampage: Varsity Blonds vs. Tony Nese & Josh Woods, Madison Rayne & Skye Blue vs. Tay Melo & Anna Jay.A.S., Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Rush & Private Party and AEW Trios Champions Death Triangle vs. Dark Order for the titles.

After Rampage on the LIVE Battle Of The Belts 4 Special: AEW All-Atlantic Champion Pac vs. Trent Beretta for the title, AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Willow Nightingale for the title and ROH Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Gates Of Agony for the titles. I would maybe expect changes because now that’s two title matches for Pac in less than 2 hours.

Next week: O CANADA-AEW’s Canada debut in Toronto! Jungle Boy vs. Luchasaurus, Swerve Strickland vs. Billy Gunn and ROH World Champion Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson for the title.

UPDATE: Regarding Andrade-Guevara, TMZ picked up the story and noted Andrade was the aggressor reportedly punched first and Guevara didn’t fight back, which is why he didn’t get sent home but Andrade did. Andrade reportedly wants out of AEW to possibly return to WWE (top WWE Women’s star Charlotte Flair is his wife) but has several years left on his contract. The question is whether he will be fired or suspended/paid to stay home.

New Japan 10/2/22 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran the second half of ROYAL QUEST 2 today, wrapping up their return to England for the first time since 2019.

Today’s event was held at Crystal Palace National Sports Center in London, England and will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. It has since been revealed that yesterday’s paid attendance was 2137, a legit sellout. As of last week tickets may still have been available for today so I again will predict roughly 2000 for today.

Match 1: DOUKI & El Desperado beat Robbie X & Michael Oku. DOUKI pinned X after El Es Ciero.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA beat Luke Jacobs & Ethan Allen. SANADA beat Allen with Skull End.

Match 3: IWGP Women’s Championship Tournament: Jazzy Gabert beat Ava White (Alpha Female).

Match 4: Gideon Gray, Aussie Open, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay beat Ricky Knight Jr., Gabriel Kidd, SHota Umino & FTR. Khan pinned ? after Eliminator.

Match 5: Hikuleo, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tama Tonga beat Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Jay White. Tonga pinned Gallows after Gun Stun.

Match 6: Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Dude Tito.

Match 7: Tomohiro Ishii beat TBA, who turned out to be Yota Tsuji. This was to have been Ishii vs. Jonah, but Jonah missed the weekend’s events due to travel issues.

Main Event: Tetsuya Naito beat Zack Sabre Jr.

The next event is DECLARATION OF POWER on 10/10 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The current card so far:
KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jonah
Ren Narita Return Home Match: Ren Narita vs. TBA
KOPW 2022 Trophy Holder Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo in a Who’s Your Daddy Match for the title. Normal rules but the loser must call the winner their daddy after the match
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Tama Tonga for the title
Live streaming on New Japan World will begin on 10/10 at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: Based on New Japan’s English recap, and combined with the Day 1 report on the Japanese recap, the announced paid attendance for Day 2 was 1966. That’s about 98% normal capacity for the venue so just a few short of a sellout.

DDT 10/2/22 Results

DDT ran a Tetsuya Endo Return Home event today featuring the star’s 10th Anniversary match and it also became a charity event with a portion of proceeds donated to Fukushima Prefecture earthquake recovery efforts.

Today’s event was held at Shiroishi White Cube in Miyagi and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 271, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi beat Takeshi Masada by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata. Iino beat Hirata with Shiraishi Castle.

Match 3: Saki Akai beat Antonio Honda.

Match 4: Toru Owashi & Shunma Katsumata beat Yuji Hino & Hideki Okatani. Katsumata pinned Okatani after Totonoe Splash.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yukio Naya beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima. Naya pinned Kojima after a chokeslam.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. KANON beat Ishida with a cobra twist.

Main Event: Tetsuya Endo 10th Anniversary Match: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Sakaguchi pinned Koroku after God’s RIght Knee. After the match, Endo addressed the crowd and said he would be back next year for an 11th Anniversary match.

The next event is an ONLY WE crossover event Saturday at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba, headlined by a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match. There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare Pro 10/2/22 Results (Updated)

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event today, headlined by a Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship as Yuna Manase attempted to bring the title back from the grip of outsiders and also become a rare female champion holding a non-women’s title.

Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 120, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Koki Iwasaki beat Yuki Kanzaki.

Match 2: Nightshade, Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE beat Ram Kaichow, YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Nightshade pinned YuuRI after Lights Out.

Match 3: Ken Ohka beat Daichi Kazato.

Match 4: Shuichiro Katsumura & Tanomusaku Toba beat Keisuke Ishii & Yumehito Imanari. Katsumura beat Imanari with Triple 1 Lock.

Match 5: Takao Soma & Mizuki Watase beat Shinichiro Tominaga & Baliyan Akki. Soma pinned Tominaga after Authorized Endless Waltz.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Hartley Jackson beat Yuna Manase to retain the title. V1 for Jackson. Next up: Katsumura. That match will happen on 11/3 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama.

The next event is 10/22 at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Iwasaki has announced he is leaving the promotion at the end of the year and will become a freelancer. His contract will expire at that time. His last match in the promotion will be 12/27 at Korakuen Hall vs. Keisuke Ishii.

New Japan 10/1/22 Results (Updated)

New Japan returned to England for the first time since 2019 today with the first half of ROYAL QUEST 2, a doubleheader featuring talent from Japan, the US and of course Europe and in particular England.

Today’s event was held at Crystal Palace National Sports Center in London, England and will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not been announced, but it was a legit advance sellout. Based on the venue’s capacity and layout, I would estimate it being approximately 2000.

Match 1: Gabriel Kidd Return Match: Gabriel Kidd beat Dan Maloney.

Match 2: Michael Oku & Ricky Knight Jr. beat Gideon Gray & Great-O-Khan. Knight pinned Gray after Good Knight Driver.

Match 3: Alex Windsor & Ava White (Alpha Female) beat Kanji & Jazzy Gilbert. Windsor pinned Kanji after GTF.

Match 4: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsiuya Naito beat DOUKI, El Desperado & Zack Sabre Jr. Naito pinned DOUKI after Destino.

Match 5: Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat Zak Knight & Bad Dude Tito. Ishii pinned Knight after a vertical drop brainbuster. Zak Knight was a last-minute replacement for Jonah, who is off this weekend’s events due to travel issues caused by Hurricane Ian’s impacts to the southeast US.

Match 6: Jado, Hikuleo, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Jay White. Tanahashi pinned Gedo after High Fly Flow.

Match 7: Will Ospreay beat Shota Umino by ref stoppage.

Main Event: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR beat Aussie Open to retain the titles. Dax Harwood pinned Kyle Fletcher after Big Rig. V1 for the champs. This match went just a moment short of 32 minutes.

The second event is tomorrow at 11:30 AM ET/8:30 AM PT. There is no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

In other news, and while you’re waiting, New Japan World has assembled a special collection of Antonio Inoki videos and matches in honor of their late founder and the Hall of Fame legend who died yesterday at age 79. Look for the banner link on New Japan World’s front page-a number of matches can be watched FOR FREE without a subscription (paid subscribers have access to all the matches in the collection).

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2137.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling Flag Raising Series 2022 Results (10/2/22)

All-Japan kicks off the 2022 Flag Raising Series today, the start of their October tour continuing their 50th Anniversary celebration with a borderline major event featuring 3 title matches. However, in recognition of his contributions to Japanese pro wrestling even though he never competed for them, the event will open with a memorial tribute to Hall of Fame wrestler Antonio Inoki, the founder of rival promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling, who died today at 79.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV FOR FREE! There is a catch-you do have to create a provisional AJPW.TV account with a valid email address. A paid subscription is not required to watch this event, should you choose to go that route it’s currently about $6.25 US per month. You also can watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. There likely will be Japanese commentary. If you watch the full event, I anticipate the total running time being around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Takao Omori, Hokuto Omori, Shuji Ishikawa & Izanagi vs. TAJIRI, Yoshitatsu, Jun & Rei Saito
GAORA TV Champion Toshizo vs. Dan Tamura for the title
Hokkaido Tourism Ambassador Showdown: Black Menso-re vs. Toru Yano (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Suwama & KONO vs. Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi
All-Japan 50th Anniversary Special Match: Kento Miyahara, Takuya Nomura, Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai vs. Yuji Nagata, Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Yuto Nakashhima (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi for the titles
All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Rising Hayato for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

10:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live results will begin momentarily below.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. as usual the audio is muted at the beginning and will come on in a few seconds.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, the crowd is still filing in (based on what I saw the first couple matches I’m estimating around 600). Your host is joined by All-Japan senior referee Kyohei Wada.

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Yuji Nagata leads the wrestlers’ procession and around the ring for a memorial for New Japan founder and Hall of Fame Wrestler Antonio Inoki, who died yesterday at 79. The audio comes on during this. After a tribute from the ring announcer, the crowd rises silently for a 10 Bell Salute, followed by the customary final introduction and a playing of Inoki’s customary “3, 2, 1, DAAA!!!” shout and his theme music. Interestingly, a variation of it is the current entrance theme music of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kazuyuki Fujita.

Match 1: Takao & Hokuto Omori, Shuji Ishikawa & Izanagi vs. TAJIRI, Yoshitatsu, Jun & Rei Saito. 20 minute time limit
Result: TAJIRI, Yoshitatsu, Jun & Rei Saito beat Takao & Hokuto Omori, Shuji Ishikawa & Izanagi. Rei Saito pinned Izanagi after a piledriver.

Match 2: GAORA TV Champion Toshizo vs. Dan Tamura for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GAORA TV Champion Toshizo beat Dan Tamura to retain the title. V2 for Toshizo.

TAJIRI joins commentary for the next match.
Match 3: Hokkaido Tourism Ambassador Showdown: Black Menso-re vs. Toru Yano (New Japan Pro Wrestling). 30 minute time limit. Audio muted for Yano’s entrance. Former New Japan and All-Japan ring announcer Makoto Abe, who left New Japan earlier this year, was the guest ring announcer/timekeeper.
Result: Toru Yano beat Black Menso-re by countout. Comedy match.

Shuji Ishikawa joins commentary for the next match, replacing TAJIRI.
Match 4: Suwama & KONO vs. Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi beat Suwama & KONO by DQ. Suwama DQ’d. Saito Bros interference. Afterwards, the Saito Bros joined Voodoo Murders.

Black Menso-re joins commentary for the next match. Makoto Abe is again ring announcer. Before the match, there were several announcements about upcoming events and also the All-Japan annual Tag League coming up in November and December, an 8-team tournament.
Match 5: All-Japan 50th Anniversary Special Match: Kento Miyahara, Takuya Nomura, Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai vs. Yuji Nagata, Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Yuto Nakashima (New Japan Pro Wrestling). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata, Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Yuto Nakashima beat Kento Miyahara, Takuya Nomura, Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai. Fujita beat Inoue with a Boston Crab. After the bell the Young Lions kept going at it.

Match 6: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda beat Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi to retain the titles. Honda pinned Arashi after Final Vent. V4 for the champs. Next up: Possibly Suwama & KONO-challenge issued. (I missed parts of the late portion of the match due to internet issues on my laptop. Switching to tablet for the final match)

Main Event: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Rising Hayato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi beat Rising Hayato to retain the title. V1 for Aoyagi.

The next event is 10/22 at Sanjo Welfare Center in Niigata. The main event will be a Takao Omori 30th Anniversary match featuring Omori vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 821.