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Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/16/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest blowout event, DESTINATION 2022, is now in the books. Besides featuring multiple title matches, it marked the return of Keiji Muto for the beginning of the end as The Living Legend began his series of the final 5 matches of his incomparable 40-year career.

Today’s event was held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The live broadcast was in English only outside Japan due to it being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan. The first 2 matches can also be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3215. With everything else happening today including New Japan and other events, and considering capacity limits and the layout of the venue, this sounds like a much-needed good number for the promotion-I’d say this represented around 75% capacity. In addition to the hosts, the guests on commentary included Rina Matsuki, Jushin Thunder Liger, Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. (At this time the replay, which includes pre-show coverage, has a total run time of just over 5 hours) If you want to skip the pre-show, you can jump ahead to about the 30 minute mark.

Also, before the event it was announced that the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya vacated the titles because Elgin would miss the event. Unspecified. The scheduled title defense against Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher would now be for the vacant titles with Yoshiki Inamura replacing Elgin.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Extreme Tiger. Kondo pinned Harada after a King Kong lariat.

Match 2: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch, Stallion Rogerse & Anthony Greene beat Kazushi Sakuraba, Masaaki Mochizuki, Shuhei Taniguchi, Daiki Inaba & Kinya Okada. Greene pinned Okada after Walkin Talkin Flying. Inamura was to have been in this match but due to the tag title situation, Sakuraba was added as a replacement.

Match 3: Eita & Kotaro Suzuki beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susummu. Eita pinned Ogawa after Numero Uno.

Match 4: Ninja Mack beat Dante Leon.

Match 5: In a Hardcore Match, Rob Van Dam & Masato Tanaka beat NOSAWA Rongai & SUper Crazy. Van Dam pinned NOSAWA after 5 Star Frog Splash.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki, Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Fujita pinned Soya after a powerbomb.

Match 7: PRO WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER 1-THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Keiji Muto by submission. The proverbial torch has officially been passed to The Supernova.

Match 8: Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher beat Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura by ref stoppage to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Suzuki & Thatcher become the 61st GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Suzuki beat Inamura with a sleeper hold.

Match 9: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Seiki Yoshioka to retain the title. V3 for HAYATA. Next up: Kondo. Kongo Kondo, haha.

Kaito Kiyomiya joined commentary for the final match.
Main Event: Kenoh beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima to win the title. Kenoh becomes the 40th GHC Heavyweight Champion. And somewhere deep within CyberFight Corporation, one of Sanshiro Takagi’s worst nightmares has come true…Hahaha.

Next up is the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour starting Thursday at Korakuen Hall. This will be an ABEMA-only broadcast with replay on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time, meaning there will be no live broadcast outside Japan. The only match announced so far is an Open The Triangle Gate (Dragon Gate) Championship match. Additionally, a post-event press conference for today’s event and match announcements for the upcoming N-1 VICTORY Tournament will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube beginning tomorrow at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

DDT 7/16 Results

DDT headed to Nagoya today as part of their SUMMER VACATION 2022 Tour, although it was a house show there were two title matches headlined by a may-or-may-not-see-video DDT Extreme Title match with those deplorable Pheromons.

Today’s event was held at Nippongashi Sports Plaza Stadiumm 3 in Nagoya and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 238, a full house/near-sellout.

Match 1: Yuji Hino beat Yuki IShida.

Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Okatani pinned Hirata with a double arm suplex.

Match 3: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima beat Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Kojima pinned Koroku after Kojima In Wonderland.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat MAO & Takao Soma. Yoshimura pinned Soma after Harai Goshi.

Match 5: In a 3-on-1 Handicap Match where any of the 3 could be pinned and the team loses, with Sanshiro Takagi as special referee but anyone wearing the referee shirt could become ref if Takagi somehow became incapacitated, Akito beat DDT Extreme Champion Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari by pinning Dieno to win the title. Akito becomes the 54th DDT Extreme Champion.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Masa Takanashi, Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda to retain the titles. KANON beat Honda with Just Cobra Twist. V1 for the champs. Next up: Ueno/Katsumata/Kojima. That will happen on 7/24 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Monday at Nagano City Museum Of Art Act Space in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.

Sumo-July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 6 Results (7/15/22)

Here are the quick results from Day 6 of the July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament from Nagoya:
Key: M-Maegashira; K-Komosubi; S-Sekiwake; O-Ozeki; Y-Yokozuna; J-Juryo (2nd tier)
But first, as I was posting this…
BREAKING: Mitakeumi (Ozeki) has WITHDRAWN from the tournament after today. Right shoulder injury. That means if he misses at least 3 more days of the tournament after tomorrow, he will be DEMOTED from Ozeki due to 2 straight losing tournaments. An Absent day is treated as a loss. This also means a free Day 7 win for Hoshoryu (Komosubi), who was to have been the opponent.

Makuuchi (Top Tier):
Nishigiki (M17) beat Chiyomaru (M17)
Yutakayama (M16) beat Tohakuryu (J2)
Daiamami (M16) beat Oho (M15)
Onosho (M15) beat Ichiyamamoto (M13)
Tsurugisho (M14) beat Chiyoshoma (M13)
Myogiryu (M14) beat Terutsuyoshi (M12)
Kotoshoho (M11) beat Midorifuji (M11)
Meisei (M10) beat Takarafuji (M12)
Kotoeko (M9) beat Tochinoshin (M8)
Okinoumi (M7) beat Shimanoumi (M9)
Chiyotairyu (M10) beat Hokutofuji (M7)
Tobizaru (M6) beat Nishigiki (M8)
Sadanoumi (M5) beat Endo (M5)
Wakamotoharu (M4) beat Aoiyama (M6)
Kotonowaka (M2) beat Takanosho (M1)
Hoshoryu (K) beat Abi (K)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Kiribayama (M1)
Ichinojo (M2) beat Mitakeumi (O)
Takakeisho (O) beat Ura (M3)
Shodai (O) beat Daieisho (S)
Trunofuji (Y) beat Tamawashi (M3)
WITHDRAWN: Mitakeumi (O) after the day, which will count as a Day 7 withdrawal. Right shoulder injury. Day 7 opponent Hoshoryu gets a free win.
Leader: Ichinojo (6-0)

Juryo:
Chiyosakae (J14) beat Kitanowaka (J12)
Yago (J12) beat Gonoyama (J14)
Hokuseiho (J13) beat TOchimaru (J11)
Shimazuumi (J10) beat Oshoma (J13)
Kaisho (J9) beat Kaisei (J11)
Hiradoumi (J8) beat CHuranoumi (J9)
Enho (J8) beat AKua (J7)
Atamifuji (J6) beat Kotokuzan (J7)
Chiyonokuni (J5) beat Bushozan (J6)
Kagayaki (J3) beat Tokushoryu (J5)
Azumaryu (J2) beat Mitoryu (J4)
Asanowaka (J4) beat Ryuden (J1)
Daishoho (J3) beat Hidenoumi (J1)
Leader: Kagayaki, Hiradoumi (5-1)
Asanoyama Watch: The former Ozeki (now DSandanme 22) went to 3-0 with a 3rd straight win, beating Hokutomaru (Sandanme 18) by “uwatenage” (over arm throw). This means that Asanoyama now needs only 1 win over his final 4 matches to be promoted and move up the rankings. 2 or more wins should get him back to the 3rd tier Makushita next tournament. He can only be demoted again if he loses all 4 of his remaining matches. No match on Day 7 (now underway).

UPDATE 2: Mitakeumi withdrawal is NOT due to the shoulder injury per NHK World Japan. Coronavirus outbreak in his beya (stable). Whether or not this will mean demotion will not be known until after the tournament, likely not until the September Banzuke is announced at the end of August.

AEW Rampage 7/15/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s TAPED AEW Rampage (SPOILERS for west feed viewers on TNT):

Malakai Black & Brody King beat John Silver & Alex Reynolds. King pinned Reynolds after Dante’s Inferno.

ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham beat Lee Moriarty to retain the title.

Kris Statlander & Athena bet Charlotte & Robyn Renegade. Athena pinned ?. Squash.

Lucha Bros beat Private Party. Rey Fenix pinned Marq Quen after Black Fire Driver.

Not a good show overall. Just an episode that aired.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1 Results (7/16/22)

After their summer blowout event last weekend, Tokyo Joshi Pro kicks off their annual Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament today, the 9th annual installment of the event to crown the top singles wrestler in TJPW. This is the first event of a 3-day tripleheader comprising the first 2 rounds of the tournament. Almost the entire roster is featured although 2 members will not participate this year-rookie Juria Nagano because of scheduling issues and defending tournament winner Maki Itoh because of Game Changer Wrestling (US) participation scheduled for the same day as the Finals in mid-August. The remaining 20 will go for the Cup and a Princess Of Princess Championship opportunity, unless current champion Shoko Nakajima wins the Cup (and those hopes could end today). Because of the number of entrants, 4 get a free pass into the 2nd round (Raku, Suzume, Hikari Noa & likely favorite Mizuki, a 2-time tournament winner). Today will be the first half of Round 1 and some non-tournament matches that won’t be announced until the event starts.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary.

Today’s lineup:
Tokyo Princess Cup:
Shoko Nakajima vs. Neko Haruna
Miyu Yamashita vs. Hyper Misao
Yuki Arai vs. Majiro Kiryu
Pom Harajuku vs. Moka Miyamoto
Non-Tournament matches TBA, likely to be 1-2 additional matches

We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
Ring announcer Sayuri Namba is doing her usual pre-event announcements & housekeeping before the Up Up Girls performance. The first match should begin around 9:15 PM PT. There are some noticeable audio issues with the stream early on, namely with microphones the audio is off-sync with the video.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe, Hikari Noa, Raku, Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Arisu Endo, Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta & Maki Itoh. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Hikari Noa, Raku, Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino beat Yuka Sakazaki, Arisu Endo, Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta & Maki Itoh. Tatsumi pinned Endo after Twist of Fate.

Match 2: Kaya Toribami vs. Suzume & Mizuki in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Kaya Toribami & Suzume in a 3-way by beating Toribami.

Match 3: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Moka Miyamoto vs. Pom Harajuku. No time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku beat Moka Miyamoto. As a result, Harajuku advances to Round 2 and will face Suzume.

Match 4: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuki Arai. No time limit
Result: Yuki Arai beat Mahiro Kiryu. As a result, Arai advances to Round 2 and will face Hikari Noa.

Match 5: Neko Haruna vs. Shoko Nakajima. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Neko Haruna by submission. As a result, Nakajima advances to Round 2 and will face Mizuki.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Hyper Misao vs. Miyu Yamashita. No time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Hyper Misao. As a result, Yamashita advances to Round 2 and will face Raku.

If you watch on replay, the total running time is a very lean 100 minutes.
The paid attendance will be announced soon.

The second half of Round 1 is tomorrow with Endo-Watanabe, Kakuta-Aino, Toribami-Sakazaki and Kamifuku-Tatsumi. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight ET/9 PM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 262. It also was announced post-event that Yamashita will miss the 7/23 event. International excursion. It’s not known where that will be but Ring Of Honor has an event that day, and Yamashita also is expected to return to All Elite Wrestling at some point soon to face Thunder Rosa for the AEW Women’s World Championship.

New Japan G1 CLIMAX 32 Undercard Changes

New Japan has announced a couple of non-tournament card changes to upcoming G1 CLIMAX 32 events because Yuto Nakashima is now off a couple events. Still recovering from a left elbow injury and will miss tomorrow and Wednesday. For tomorrow, he was to have teamed with Kosei Fujita to face Tom Lawlor & Royce Isaacs. Isaacs is now off as well so it will be Fujita-Lawlor. On Wednesday, he was to have teamed with Toru Yano to face YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada. Ryohei Oiwa is the replacement.
No word on how much longer Nakashima may be out.

Sumo-July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 5 Results (7/14/22)

Here are the quick results from Day 5 of the July 2022 Grand Sumo Tournament from Nagoya:
Key: M-Maegashira; K-Komosubi; S-Sekiwake; O-Ozeki; Y-Yokozuna; J-Juryo (2nd tier)
Makuuchi (Top Tier):
Azumaryu (J2) beat Daiamami (M16)
Oho (M15) beat Onosho (M15)
Nishikifuji (M17) beat Tsurugisho (M14)
Myogiryu (M14) beat Chiyomaru (M17)
Chiyoshoma (M13) beat Ichiyamamoto (M14)
Terutsuyoshi (M12) beat Yutakayama (M16)
Takarafuji (M12) beat Kotoshoho (M11)
Midorifuji (M11) beat Chiyotairyu (M10)
Meisei (M10) beat Shimanoumi (M9
Tochinoshin (M8) beat Nishikifuji (M8)
Hokutofuji (M7) beat Kotoeko (M9)
Tobizaru (M6) beat Aoiyama (M6)
Okinoumi (M7) beat Sadanoumi (M5)
Kotonowaka (M2) beat Endo (M5)
Kiribayama (M1) beat Takanosho (M1)
Daieisho (S) beat Abi (K)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Hoshoryu (K)
Takakeisho (O) beat Tamawashi (M3)
Wakamotoharu (M4) beat Shodai (O)
Ura (M3) beat Mitakeumi (O)
Ichinojo (M2) beat Terunofuji (Y). KINBOSHI! 9th career Gold Star Victory! (Whenever a Maegashira beats a Yokozuna)
Leader: Ichinojo (5-0)

Juryo:
Chiyosakae (J14) beat Yago (J12)
Kitanowaka (J12) beat Oshoma (J13)
Gonoyama (J14) beat Tochimaru (J11)
SHimazuumi (J10) beat Hokuseiho (J13)
Churanoumi (J9) beat Kaisei (J11)
Hiradoumi (J8) beat Kaisho (J9)
Enho (J8) beat Kotokuzan (J7)
Atamifuji (J6) beat Akua (J7)
Tokushoryu (J5) beat Bushozan (J6)
Hidenoumi (J1) beat Kagayaki (J3)
Asanowaka (J4) beat Mitoryu (J4)
Chiyonokuni (J5) beat Daishoho (J3)
Hidenoumi (J1) beat Kagayaki (J3
Tohakuryu (J2) beat Ryuden (J1)
Leaders: Ryuden, Kagayaki, Mitoryu, Hiradoumi, Churanoumi, Gonoyama (all 4-1)
Asanoyama Watch (Sandanme 22, former Ozeki): No match today. Probably will have 3rd match tomorrow.

Super Hardcore Girls 7/14/22 Results

DDT wrestlers Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima brought back their comedy “Super Hardcore Girls” characters for a special event today, continuing their rivalry with the women’s faction known as Prominence, in a series of hardcore comedy matches.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 147, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Seno Sister (?) & Mao Inoue beat Natsumi & Mochi. Seno beat Mochi with a Japanese leg roll clutch.

Match 2: Yuki Ueno & “Konosuke Takeshita” (Sakura Hirota) beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata. “Takeshita” pinned Hirata with a German suplex hold.

Match 3: In a TLC (tables, ladders, chairs) match, DASH Chisako (Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling) vs. Hideki Okatani went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: In a Bring In 1 Item Hardcore match, Risa Sera & Akane Fujita beat Elizabeth ❤️ Toy & Sylvania ❤️ Catherine (Toui Kojima & ?). Sera pinned Elizabeth after a diving double knee drop on a chair.

Main Event: In a Hardcore match, Suzu Suzuki beat Carousel ❤️ Shun (Shunma Katsumata). Prominence wins the rivalry. But it probably isn’t over.

The next DDT event is Saturday at Nippongashi Sports Plaza Stadium 3 in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 7/14/22 Results

All-Japan Pro Wrestling ran a major event today, featuring 3 title matches including New Japan participation as Tiger Mask 4 returned to defend his All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship. The main event featured two of All-Japan’s top stars facing off for the promotion’s top prize, the Triple Crown.

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

The announced paid attendance was 893.

Match 1: Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue beat Masanobu Fuchi, Yoshitatsu & Izanagi. Omori pinned Fuchi after Ace Bomber.

Match 2: Cyrus beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Mitsuru Sato beat Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato. Nagata beat Hayato with Nagata Lock 54.

Match 4: Minoru & Toshizo beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama to win the titles. Minoru & Hoshizo become the 113th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Minoru pinned Omori after B D F.

Match 5: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT) beat Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda & Seigo Tachibana. Irie pinned Honda after a diving headbutt.

Match 6: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask beat Dan Tamura by ref stoppage to retain the title. V1 for TM 4.

Match 7: Naoya Nomura & Mizuki Watase beat Yuma & Ryo Aoyagi. Nomura pinned Ryo after Maximum.

Main Event: Suwama beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Jake Lee to win the Triple Crown. Suwama becomes the 67th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion.

The next event is Monday at Hanahiro Memorial Park Tsurumi Green Area Dogwood Hall in Osaka. TM 4 will again defend the Jr. Heavyweight Championship and an All-Japan Tag Team Championship match is also scheduled. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Sunday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

New Japan News: Music City Mayhem Card Set

New Japan has announced what appears to be the full card for Music City Mayhem, their next live US event, on 7/30 in Nashville, TN. The event is part of STARRCAST V, a weekend loaded with independent events, podcasts and more that is all centered around what will be the final match in the career of the iconic Ric Flair.
Music City Mayhem’s full card is currently as follows:
Fred Yehi, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino vs. The DKC, Kevin Knight & Ren Narita
Clark Connors vs. Davey Richards
Hiromu Takahashi vs. Blake Christian
KUSHIDA vs. Alex Shelley
FTR & Alex Zayne vs. TJP & Aussie Open
STRONG Openweight Champion Fred Rosser vs. Big Damo for the title
Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado in a No DQ Match
The event will be a LIVE PPV and is available for pre-order on FITE. It can be purchased as a standalone PPV for $19.99 or is part of a STARRCAST V bundle that includes multiple events-I believe the particular bundle including this event is $99.99. You get the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays with purchase. The event is scheduled to start at 3 PM ET/Noon PT on 7/30.