Stardom 8/24/24 Results

Stardom continued the 5STAR GP yesterday with the penultimate day of the Blue Blocks.

Today’s event was held at Parse Izaka Convention Hall in Fukishima and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the pre-show match and first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Pre-show Match: Waka Tsukiyama beat Momo Kohgo & Rian in a 3-way by pinning Rian.

Before the main show began, Lady C appeared to greet the crowd. C, who is out with injury, was walking with one crutch and watched at least some of the event from ringside.

5STAR GP Blue Block:
Match 1: Block B: Ranna Yagami beat Hanan.
Match 2: Block Block A: Anna Jay beat Koguma by submission.

Match 3: Saki Kashima & Hina beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara and Rina & Natsuko Tora in a 3-way when Hina pinned Rina.

5STAR GP Blue Block:
Match 4: Block A: Starlight Kid vs. Miyu Amasaki went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 5: Block B: Thekla beat Risa Sera by DQ. Ref assault after chair use.
Match 6: Block A: Syuri beat Gina.
Main Event: Block B: Saya Kamitani beat Suzu Suzuki.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Saori Anou, 3-1-1, 7 pts
2-Kid, 2-1-2, 6 pts
3-Syuri, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Jay, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
5-Koguma, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Gina, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Amasaki, 1-3-1, 3 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Kamitani, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Sera, 3-3, 6 pts
3-Suzuki, 2-2-1, 5 pts
4-Hanan, 2-2-1, 5 pts
5-Thekla, 2-3, 4 pts
6-Kashima, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Yagami, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Quarterfinals. In Block A, despite being tied for 2nd Jay is out because of tiebreakers and no matches left (among those still in it she only has the tiebreaker against Anou). In the final matches, Anou advances with a win (Koguma) or a draw if Syuri/Kid is a draw or no contest. The winner of Syuri/Kid, if there is one, advances. If Anou loses, she can only not advance if Kid/Syuri is a draw because her draw was against Kid, so it would get complicated. In Block B, Kamitani will finish first and advance. Sera still has a chance but possibly blew it with a DQ today (although Thekla got lucky not to get an immediate DQ at the start of the match). It does mean Sera’s only tiebreaker hope now is against Suzuki. So for Sera to advance, Suzuki must lose or draw in her last match (Yagami) and Hanan must lose her last match (Kamitani) and now Thekla must lose or draw in her last match (Kashima). Suzuki advances with a win and Hanan loss or draw. Hanan must win and Suzuki must lose or draw to advance. If both win, a tiebreaker match will likely be needed because their match was a draw. Thekla must win and Suzuki & Hanan both must lose to advance.

The next event is tomorrow at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata with all remaining Red and Blue Block matches-12 total-and one non-tournament match (Anna Jay & Hina vs. Rina & Natsuko Tora). Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. Due to schedule conflicts and other events I don’t know if I will be able to do live results yet.

Stardom 8/23 Results

Stardom began the penultimate days of the 5STAR GP today with the second-to-last day of the Red Blocks.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Pit in Sendai and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 304.

Match 1: Momo Kohgo beat Sayaka Kurara & Rian in a 3-way by pinning Rian.

5STAR GP Red Block:
Match 2: Block B-Mayu Iwatani beat Mei Seira.
Match 3: Block A-Konami beat Yuna Mizumori by submission.

Match 4: Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Rina beat Hina, Waka Tsukiyama & Aya Sakura. Rina pinned Hina after Pink Devil.

5STAR GP Red Block:
Match 5: Block B-Momo Watanabe beat Saya Iida.
Match 6: Block B-Tomoka Inaba beat Tam Nakano by submission.
Match 7: Block A-Natsupoi beat Aimi by submission.
Main Event: Block A-Maika beat Hazuki.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Maika, 5-0, 10 pts
2-Natsupoi, 4-1, 8 pts
3-Hazuki, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Konami, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
5-Aimi, 2-2-1, 5 pts (OUT)
6-Ruaka, 0-4-1, 1 pt (OUT)
7-Mizumiri, 0-5, 0 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-AZM, 3-0-2, 8 pts
2-Inaba, 3-0-2, 8 pts
3-Iwatani, 4-1, 8 pts
4-Seira, 2-1-2, 6 pts
5-Watanabe, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Iida, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Nakano, 0-5, 0 pts (OUT)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Quarterfinals. In Block A, Maika has clinched one of the top 2 spots and advances no matter what. The Natsupoi-Hazuki winner on the final day will also advance, but Natsupoi also advances with a draw. In Block B the top 4 are still alive but a 4-way tie is almost certainly not going to happen. First the easy scenarios for the last day-the Iwatani-Inaba winner advances and AZM advances with a win or draw (Iida). If all 3 wind up tied due to draws, tiebreakers suggest the one out is Iwatani because she lost to AZM. Seira mathematically has a chance but needs a lot of help because she has no tiebreakers-she lost to Iwatani and had draws against AZM & Inaba.

The next event which it today at Parse Izaka in Fukushima is just underway as of this post with Blue Block action (they finished up a pre-show dark match). It is live and on demand on Stardom World and the first match (Hanan-Ranna Yagami) will be available FOR FREE on YouTube. (Also the show began with Lady C coming out to greet the crowd briefly. She was walking with a crutch but didn’t seem to hindered but this suggests she’s going to be out months)

Tokyo Joshi Pro 8/23/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro held the Semifinals of the Tokyo Princess Cup today.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 258.

A significant portion of the roster-Miyu Yamashita, Raku, Mahiro Kiryu and more-were absent due to being in England for an event tomorrow morning.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara beat Kira Summer.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi beat Chika Nanase.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Runa Okubo beat Mizuki & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Match 4: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Shoko Nakajima & Uta Takami. Suzume pinned Takami after Mikazuki Meteor Shower.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro beat Moka Miyamoto, Kaya Toribami & Toga. Watanabe pinned Toga.

Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals:
Match 6: Yuki Aino beat Zara Zakher.
Main Event: Ryo Mizunami beat Yuki Arai. Obviously heartbreaking for me.

As a result, the Finals will be Aino vs. Mizunami.

The Final is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English will begin Saturday at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. I hope to do live results but this may not be possible due to scheduling conflicts that could keep me from joining until the event is in progress.

The next event is “EVE x TJPW: Japan & UK Wrestling Unite!” tomorrow at Conway Hall in London, England. The event will be streamed live only on the EVE YouTube channel but requires a paid membership to watch, which costs $9.99/month, and will begin at 6 AM PT/9 AM ET.

GLEAT 8/21/24 Results

GLEAT ran what they dubbed a “PREMIUM HOUSE SHOW” yesterday, a major event that would only be seen by fans in attendance.

Yesterday’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. There was no live broadcast and no on demand replay will be available on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 702.

Match 1: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro), KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat MICHIKO, Yusuke Kodama & Issei Onitsuka. Storm pinned Kodama after 53cm Arm Lariat.

Match 2: Minoru Tanaka & Chris Ridgeway beat Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu. Ridgeway beat Susumu with an ankle hold. As a result, Tanaka & Ridgeway earned a G INFINITY Championship match later in the event.

Match 3: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Chihiro Hashimoto & Azusa Inaba beat Tomoka Inaba & Blanca Maho by submission. Hashimoto beat Maho with a body sleeper.

Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson, So Daimonji & Keiichi Sato beat Takehiro Yamamura, JD Lee, Junjie & Ender Kara. Suzuki pinned Yamamura after Mass Driver.

Match 5: Brass Knuckles JUN beat Soma Watanabe.

Match 6: Bendido & Emperador Azteca beat T-Hawk & Shigehiro Irie. Azteca pinned T-Hawk after Sacrificio Azteca.

Match 7: Shuji Ishikawa beat Riki Aitaka.

Match 8: Lidet UWF 1 vs. 3 Bout: In what essentially was a handicap match, Takanori Ito, El Lindaman & Yu Iizuka beat Katsuhiko Nakajima by ref stoppage.

Match 9: G INFINITY Champions Kaito Ishida & Tetsuya Izuchi beat Minoru Tanaka & Chris Ridgeway to retain the titles. Ishida beat Tanaka with an ankle hold. V2 for the champs. Afterwards, Ishida announced he was officially joining GLEAT after previously being a freelancer.

Main Event: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Ryuichi Kawakami to retain the title. V7 for Tamura. That ties the record for moat successful defenses in a reign (previously held by El Lindaman as the inaugural champion)

The next event is Sunday at Umeda Stellar Hall Sky Hall in Osaka. There likely will be no live broadcast with on demand to follow on YouTube at a later date.

Injury Report: The Stardom Lady Is Out Again

Although it won’t affect the 5STAR GP, Stardom has suffered another injury casualty for now as they announced Lady C is out of action again. Illness. Out tomorrow & Saturday. For tomorrow, she was to have teamed with Hina to face Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. That match will now be Momo Kohgo vs. Sakura & Kurara in a 3-way. Kohgo was to have teamed with Waka Tsukiyama to face been in a 6-woman tag and will be replaced by Hina. For Saturday, C was to have faced Kohgo, Tsukiyama & Rian in a 4-way. It’s now a 3-way instead. For beyond these dates including Sunday, status uncertain but she is not on Sunday’s event so the earliest she could compete again (right now) is 8/31 when the 5STAR GP ends.

Stardom 8/20/24 Results

Stardom continued the 5STAR GP today with the Blue Blocks in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 509.

All matches were 5STAR GP matches.

Match 1: Blue Block A-Anna Jay beat Miyu Amasaki.

Match 2: Blue Block B-Risa Sera beat Ranna Yagami.

Match 3: Blue Block A-Koguma beat Syuri.

Match 4: Blue Block B-Saki Kashima beat Saya Kamitani.

Match 5: Blue Block B-Suzu Suzuki beat Thekla.

Main Event: Blue lock A-Saori Anou beat Gina.

Standings (Blue Block):
Block A:
1-Anou, 3-1-1, 7 pts
2-Starlight Kid, 2-1-1, 5 pts
3-Koguma, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Syuri, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Gina, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Jay, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Amasaki, 1-3, 2 pts

Block B:
1-Kamitani, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Sera, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Suzuki, 2-1-1, 5 pts
4-Hanan, 2-1-1, 5 pts
5-Kashima, 2-3, 4 pts
6-Yagami, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Thekla, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Quarterfinals. In Block A, Anou moves on if she beats Koguma in her final match. Everyone else is still in it but they (and definitely Amasaki & Jay) need Kid-Gina to be a no contest or some no point scenario. Right now Anou holds all the relevant tiebreakers as her only loss so far is to Jay, but she went to a draw against Kid. In Block B, Kashima was denied a Quarterfinals spot today by Kamitani but still has a key tiebreaker because she beat Sera already. Yagami & Thekla are now out because of tiebreakers while Kashima stayed alive largely because she’s now beaten Kamitani and also Hanan but would lose to Sera. Kamitani has Suzuki next but needs help to advance before her final match but perhaps fortunately for her it’s Yagami. Sera is in a bad spot because she only has one match left while Suzuki & Hanan have two. Interestingly, both have the same remaining foes-Yagami & Kamitani-and remember the Suzuki-Hanan result was a draw so if they tie for one spot we’ll probably need a rematch.

The next event is Friday at Sendai Pit in Sendai with the Red Blocks. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Upcoming Title Matches, Royal Road Bracket

Some All-Japan news:

Lots of title matches have been announced for the last w events of the month on 8/31 & 9/1:
Starting at the top with NEW Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi…it sounds like his second reign starts with that traditional rite of passage: Kento Miyahara. That match will happen on 9/1 in Fukuoka, along with All-Asia Tag Team Champions Seiki Yoshioka & MUSASHI vs. Fuminori Abe & Seigo Tachibana for the titles, All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi vs. Ryo Inoue for the title and All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe for the titles.
The day before on 8/31 in HIroshima there will be GAORA TV Champion Fuminori Abe vs. Rey Paloma for the title.

The full field and bracket for the upcoming Royal Road Tournament in September has been announced. This will be a 16-man single-elimination bracket-style openweight tournament running from 9/14-9/22. The matchups are as follows:
9/14 (Round 1):
Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda
Suwama vs. Joel Redman
Shotaro Ashino vs. Dan Tamura

9/15 (Round 1):
Kento Miyahara vs. Hideki Suzuki
Jun Saito vs. Cyrus

9/16 (Round 1):
Yuma Anzai vs. Ren Ayabe
Hokuto Omori vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Rei Saito vs. Kumaarashi

9/19 (Quarterfinals):
Aoyagi/Honda vs. Ashino/Tamura
Miyahara/Suzuki vs. Suwama/Redman
Anzai/Ayabe vs. Omori/Smith Jr.
Saito/Cyrus vs. Saito/Kumaarashi

9/22 (Semifinals/Finals):
Quarterfinals winners
Semifinals winners

There will be a new winner this year as 2023 winner Satoshi Kojima is not in the tournament. Ryuki Honda was the runner-up last year. The winner usually gets a Triple Crown shot so presumably Aoyagi/Miyahara will defend against whoever wins unless it’s one of them.

New Japan News: Post-G1 Fallout, Matches, More

With the G1 CLIMAX now in the books, there’s lost of post-news/fallout from New Japan:

G1 winner Zack Sabre Jr. appeared at the traditional post-tournament press conference in Tokyo today. It was made official that he’ll get his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot not on January 4 at Tokyo Dome as it custom (but not mandatory), but on 10/14 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. SImple reasoning: If he wins then, he goes home to England as champion for ROYAL QUEST 4.

Not so simple: He may not get Tetsuya Naito as the champion because next up is not Sabre, but…oddly…Great-O-Khan. That match will happen at DESTRUCTION on 9/29 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. The winner defends on 10/14 against Sabre.

Also official for 9/29 is IWGP Global Champion David Finlay vs. YOSHI-HASHI for the title. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Finlay in a match yesterday at the G1 Finals.

In other upcoming title matches, on 9/14 there will be NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL for the titles.

On 9/8 at Korakuen Hall, G1 runner-up Yota Tsuji gets a consolation prize of sorts-in the main event he’ll face NJPW WORLD TV Champion Jeff Cobb for the title. On 9/9, NEVER Openweight Champion HENARE vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the title is now official after Takahashi pinned HENARE in a multi-man tag yesterday.

On 9/11 in Sendai, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. Taiji Ishimori for the title is also official.

Finally, the 9/7 Shingo Takagi 20th Anniversary event at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanasni is now a legit advance sellout and will be a live New Japan World broadcast. The main event will be the Shingo Takagi 20th Anniversary match-Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito vs. Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & TBA.

Stardom 8/18/24 Results (Updated)

Stardom continued the 5 STAR GP today in Kobe with the Red Blocks.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 501.

5 STAR GP Red Block:
Match 1: Block A-Maika beat Ruaka.

Match 2; Block A-Hazuki beat Yuna Mizumori.

Match 3: Block B-Mei Seira beat Saya Iida.

Match 4 (non-tournament): Natsuko Tora beat Aya Sakura.

Match 5: Block A-Natsupoi beat Konami.

Match 6: Block B-Momo Watanabe beat Tam Nakano.

Main Event; Block B-AZM beat Mayu Iwatani. Afterwards, AZM hinted at wanting a rematch for the IWGP Women’s Championship if she wins the tournament.

The next event is Tuesday at Osaka Prefecfural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Current 5STAR GP Standings:
Red Block A:
1-Maika, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Hazuki, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Natsupoi, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Aimi, 2-1-1, 5 pts
5-Konami, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Ruaka, 0-4-1, 1 pt (OUT)
7-Yuna Mizumori, 0-4, 0 pts (OUT)

Red Block B:
1-AZM, 3-0-2, 8 pts
2-Iwatani, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Seira, 2-0-2, 6 pts
4-Tomoka Inaba, 2-0-2, 6 pts
5-Iida, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Watanabe, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Nakano, 0-4, 0 pts (OUT)

Blue Block A:
1-Saori Anou, 2-1-1, 5 pts
2-Starlight Kid, 2-1-1, 5 pts
3-Syuti, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Gina, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Koguma, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Miyu Amasaki, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Anna Jay, 1-3, 2 pts

Blue Block B:
1-Saya Kamitani, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Hanan, 2-1-1, 5 pts
3-Risa Sera, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Suzu Suzuki, 1-1-1, 3 pts
5-Thekla, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Ranna Yagami, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Saki Kashima, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Quarterfinals. In Red Block A, Maika controls her own destiny with Hazuki & Aimi left. Beating one of them puts her into the Quarterfinals, but so will a Natsupoi loss. The only way she doesn’t advance is losing her last two matches plus either Hazuki or Natsupoi winning their last two (they do face each other) and Aimi winning her last two. Mathematically Konami is still in it on tiebreakers, but probably out since she already lost to Maika.
In Red Block B, AZM is in control but could also be hurt by 2 draws and because of that, the only tiebreaker she has for sure is against Iwatani. She had draws against Sera & Inaba so she must beat Iida. Iida is probably out on tiebreakers because she only beat Nakano and has only AZM left among the contenders (her other remaining match is Watanabe).
In Blue Block A, it’s wide open in big part because Anou-Kid was a draw, plus Syuri, Gina & Koguma all have 3 matches left while Anou & Kid only have 2. Anou’s last two are Gina & Koguma, Kid’s last two are Gina & Amasaki. Nobody is mathematically out of it yet.
In Blue Block B, Kamitani has the advantage with 3 matches left. She has Kashima next then Suzuki, and a loss means her chances could come down to Hanan in her final match. Or more simply, Kamitani must win 2 of 3. Hanan has Yagami first and must win. Suzuki also has the advantage of 3 matches left. Kashima is mathematically out because her only potential tiebreaker advantage is against Hanan. Yagami must win out to have any chance. Same for Sera, who has Yagami & Thekla. Thekla lost to Kamitani & Hanan so she must win out plus Kamitani & Hanan must draw in their head-to-head match and lose their other matches.

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