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6/12-6/18 Events Schedule

Here is the current events schedule for 6/12/22-6/18/22, which is subject to change (all times PT)):
6/15:
2:30 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling “DDT FREE-King OF DDT 1st Round”, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, St. Louis, MO. LIVE on TBS in US, New Japan World in Japan and FITE elsewhere

6/16:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Tochigi Cultural Center, Tochigi, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast

6/17:
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”, St. Louis, MO. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere

6/18:
2 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Estorta Arena Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. Live on New Japan World
7 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Additional Attack ’22”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English

BREAKING: IWGP US Title Vacant

BREAKING: The IWGP US Heavyweight Championship is now VACANT. Previous champion Juice Robinson has been stripped of the title due to refusing to compete Sunday at DOMINION, claiming he had acute appendicitis and needed surgery but had already agreed to defend the title. He was to have defended the title against SANADA & Will Ospreay in a 3-way. It will now be SANADA vs. Ospreay for the vacant title.

AEW Rampage 6/10/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s (6/10/22) TAPED episode of AEW Rampage, which contains SPOILERS if you are waiting to watch the west feed replay on TNT:

Eddie Kingston beat Jake Hager.

Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh beat two jobbers. Squash.

Kris Statlander beat Red Velvet.

FTR & Trent Beretta beat Will Ospreay (New Japan Pro Wrestling) & Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher). Beretta pinned Fletcher after Strong Zero.

Strong episode overall, every match got lots of time and filler was kept to a minimum. They could have cut out a pointless Danhausen & Hook skit but that was about it. All the matches except the squash were great.

RUMOR: Robinson Off DOMINION?

On New Japan’s official YouTube channels (Japanese and English), IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Juice Robinson posted a video in English stating he will not be at DOMINION on Sunday due to acute appendicitis. Robinson is still listed on the card as he is to defend the title against SANADA & Will Ospreay in a 3-way. Robinson has proposed it be made a next challenger match between Sanada & Ospreay.

More as it becomes available. New Japan broke the story on their website but you can watch the clip below (in English):

Developing: New Japan KOPW Stip for Sunday Set

Following a press conference earlier this week to propose the stip for the KOPW 2022 trophy rematch this Sunday at DOMINION, when Shingo Takagi defends against Taichi, the results of fan voting to determine the stip were just revealed. With just under 30,000 total votes cast on Twitter over 48 hours (shorter than usual), Takagi’s proposal wins so it’s a 10 minute Unlimited Pinfall Count Match. There are no 3 count pinfalls or submissions, whoever gets the most cumulative pinfall counts (total time presumably) in 10 minutes wins. Taichi proposed a 10 count Limited Finish match, where the first to get a 10 count using just one move-Gedo Clutch for Taichi, Ground Cobra Twist for Takagi-wins.

AEW All-Atlantic Title Belt

In case you missed AEW Dynamite last night, below is the new All-Atlantic Championship belt, billed by AEW as their way of showing appreciation for their fans in 130+ countries outside the US. The inaugural champion will be crowned at the AEW/New Japan Pro Wrestling Forbidden Door PPV at the end of the month.

AEW Dynamite 6/8/22 Results

Here are the quick results from last night’s AEW Dynamite from Independence, MO:
Kyle O’Reilly won a 21-man Casino Battle Royal, last eliminating Wheeler Yuta. O’Reilly earned a spot in the main event against Jon Moxley.

FTR & Trent Beretta promo. Interrupted by Will Ospreay & Aussie Open.

Adam Page beat David Finlay.

A new singles title, the AEW All-Atlantic Championship was announced. Still no trios title. 8-man tournament to crown inaugural champion started now, finals at Forbidden Door. One quarterfinal will involve New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Tournament match: Pac beat Buddy Matthews.
Other quarterfinals are Miro vs. Ethan Page and Malakai Black vs. Penta Oscuro and TBA in New Japan. Miro/Page winner faces Pac. Black/Penta winner faces NJPW.

Wardlow promo. He demands a TNT Title shot. Smart Mark Sterling then challenges Wardlow via backstage promo to either a lawsuit in court or a TWENTY vs. 1 handicap match against the security Wardlow beat up every week in the MJF build-up. The latter is next week.

AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa beat Marina Shafir to retain the title.

Main Event: Jon Moxley beat Kyle O’Reilly. As a result, Moxley will face Hiroshi Tanahashi or Hirooki Goto at Forbidden Door for the Interim AEW World Championship. Tanahashi-Goto is Sunday in New Japan.

Friday on Rampage: Red Velvet vs. Kris Statlander, Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh vs. TBA, FTR & Trent Beretta vs. Will Ospreay & Aussie Open, Jake Hager vs. Eddie Kingston, Hook & Danhausen appearance. Rampage returns to regular time this week (10 PM ET/PT) now that sports pre-emptions on TNT are done until at least October (and maybe next year unless there are pre-emptions for NBA or NHL season openers)

CyberFight Festival Late Card Change

A late change to CyberFight Festival ’22 was announced today by Tokyo Joshi Pro-Raku is now off Sunday’s event. The ever-vague poor physical condition. She was to have been in a 10-woman TJPW pre-show match. YuuRI (Ganbare Pro) is the replacement.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/8/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the second half of STAR NAVIGATION ’22 today, finishing off their build to CyberFight Festival ’22.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE later today. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA in Japan.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki beat Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada. Suzuki beat Okada with Robinson Special.

Match 2: NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki beat Extreme Tiger, Haoh & Alejandro. Eita pinned Alejandro after Trauma.

Match 3: Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Simon Gotch, HAYATA & Kai Fujimura. Ohara pinned Fujimura after Muy Bien.

Match 4: Timothy Thatcher beat Shuhei Taniguchi by submission.

Match 5: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Takashi Sugiura, Rene Dupree & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Nakajima pinned Dupree after Vertical Spike.

Match 6: Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu to win the titles. Harada, Kotoge & YO-HEY become the 80th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Harada pinned Yoshioka with Katayama German.

Main Event: Satoshi Kojima, Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Inaba beat Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya. Kojima pinned Shiozaki after a Western lariat.

Next up is CyberFight Festival ’22 Sunday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, with Shiozaki-Kojima for the GHC Heavyweight Championship as the main event. The next event after that is 6/19 at Kobe Sambo Hall on Kobe. There will be mo live broadcast

In post-event news, 2 title matches have been announced for the next N INNOVATION on 6/23: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Hajime Ohara for the title and NEW Open The Triangle Gate Champions Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY vs. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Kotaro Suzuki for the titles. Anticipate another title change here because these are Dragon Gate titles and Eita is based there.