It’s that exciting time again-with 2 weeks until the next tournament, the Japan Sumo Association has announced the Banzuke (rankings) for the July 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament. Here are the rankings for the top 2 tiers and notes:
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Here are the quick results from today’s All Elite Wrestling/New Japan Pro Wrestling “Forbidden Door” PPV in Elmont, NY (Long Island):
Pre-show (FREE on YouTube):
Kyle Fletcher beat Serpentico.
Malakai Black & Brody King beat Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly, Isaiah Kassidy & Marq Quen and Roderick Strong & Gabriel Kidd in a 4-way when King pinned Kassidy.
Willow Nightingale & Tam Nakano beat Kris Statlander & Momo Watanabe. Nakano pinned Watanabe with a straighjacket German suplex.
Owen Hart Cup Women’s Quarterfinals: Mariah May beat Saraya. As a result, May advances to the Semifinals and will face Hikaru Shida.
Lucha Bros & Mistico beat Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji. Mistico beat Titan with La Mistica. This is leading to rumors Lucha Bros are officially done with AAA because that promotion would never let their wrestlers team with CMLL wrestlers (both are promotions in Mexico).
PPV (on cable/satellite providers, Bleacher Report & Triller/FITE in US, various providers internationally and as a PPV on New Japan World in Japan only):
MJF beat Hechicero.
The Young Bucks & Kazuchika Okada beat The Acclaimed & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Okada pinned Tanahashi after Rainmaker.
Owen Hart Cup Men’s Quarterfinals: Bryan Danielson beat Shingo Takagi by submission. As a result, Danielson advances to the Semifinals.
AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm beat Mina Shirakawa to retain the title. Afterwards, Mariah May had to choose between them. She chose…to have them kiss and make up. HLAEW.
Zack Sabre Jr. beat Orange Cassidy.
Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata beat Chris Jericho, Big Bill & Jeff Cobb. Hook pinned Jericho after Judas Effect.
In a Ladder Match, Jack Perry beat Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Briscoe, Dante Martin, Lio Rush & El Phantasmo to become THE NEW AEW TNT CHAMPION!
AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone beat NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer to retain the TBS title and win the STRONG title. Mone becomes the 4th STRONG Women’s Champion. Post-match, Britt Baker returned from a long hiatus.
New Japan’s annual Tokyo Dome event next year will be the traditional 1/4 event then a second day on 1/5 with New Japan, AEW, Stardom and CMLL participation. 1/5 will be called WRESTLE DYNASTY.
Tetsuya Naito beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley to win the title. Naito becomes the 10th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Second 2-time champion, Okada was the first.
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland beat Will Ospreay to retain the title.
End Show.
All-Japan 6/30/24 Results
All-Japan continued the Dynamite Series 2024 tour today with an event in Fukushima.
Today’s event was held at Kokutai MemoriaL Gym in Fukushima and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV tonight at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 415.
Match 1: MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Jack Kennedy. Ashino beat Kennedy with an ankle lock.
Match 3: Suwama beat Seigo Tachibana by ref stoppage (TKO).
Match 4; Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Dan Tamura beat Hokuto Omori, Hartley Jackson & Aizawa No. 1. Tamura pinned Aizawa after a powerbomb.
Match 5: Ryuki Honda beat Cyrus.
Main Event: Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato beat Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi. Hayato pinned Doi after Sid Vicious.
The next event is NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 5, the next (and possibly last) Rising Hayato Produced event, Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. The event is now a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
Stardom 6/30/24 Results
Stardom runs a second event today in Tokyo, albeit with much less star power than yesterday due to several wrestlers headed to the US for the All Elite Wrestling “Forbidden Door” PPV tomorrow. With no title matches today, it still leaves plenty of chances to shine for those who will be part of the event. There also will be a fan event afterwards.
The following wrestlers will all miss today’s event: Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa, Momo Watanabe (all in US), Suzu Suzuki (injured), Saori Anou (unknown).
Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Sumitomo Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will likely be no commentary. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. There are 6 matches today and with no title matches, it’ll probably be a shorter event than yesterday and probably run closer to 2 hours. Also, because I’ll be simulcasting as this event starts during the DDT event also going on today, I might miss a couple of results here & there.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Maika & HANAKO vs. Saya Kamitani & Rian and Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo in a 3-way
Gina vs. Aya Sakura
Waka Tsukiyama vs. Lady C & Sayaka Kurara in a 3-way
Ami Sohrei & Saki Kashima vs. Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori
Syuri, Konami, Ranna Yagami & Hina vs. Natsuko Tora, Thekla, Rina & Ruaka
Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Hanan
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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream should begin 5-10 minutes prior.
8:40 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should go to the venue in 15-20 minutes.
9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Shinjuku Sumitomo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced sometime later today. This is the first time I’m seeing this venue used for wrestling. It looks like a small setup but what we do see is mostly full, so I’m going to guess it’ll be close to 300 and possibly a sellout regardless of the number. (Not a sellout actually, one section was only about half full) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 346)
The matches begin after the opening card announcement.
Match 1: Maika & HANAKO vs. Saya Kamitani & Rian and Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maika & HANAKO beat Saya Kamitani & Rian and Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo in a 3-way when Maika pinned Rian.
Match 2: Gina vs. Aya Sakura. 15 minute time limit
Result: Gina beat Aya Sakura
Match 3: Waka Tsukiyama vs. Lady C & Sayaka Kurara in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Waka Tsukiyama beat Lady C & Sayaka Kurara in a 3-way by pinning Kurara. Afterwards, Tsukiyama & Kurara continued to fight after it appeared Tsukiyama disrespected Kurara.
Match 4: Ami Sohrei & Saki Kashima vs. Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ami Sohrei & Saki Kashima beat Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. Kashima pined Mizumori.
Quick break for ring cleaning.
Match 5: Syuri, Konami, Ranna Yagami & Hina vs. Natsuko Tora, Thekla, Rina & Ruaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Syuri, Konami, Ranna Yagami & Hina beat Natsuko Tora, Thekla, Rina & Ruaka. Syuri pinned Thekla.
Main Event: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Hanan. 30 minute time limit
Result: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Hanan. Seira pinned Hanan. They briefly continued to fight afterwards before they were separated. Intense stuff between them in this match.
The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
The Stardom World broadcast schedule for July has been posted as well-5 live broadcasts (Thursday, 7/7, 7/13, 7/21, 7/23), 3 on demand only (no live broadcasts-7/12, 7/14/7/19) and 2 PPVs (7/27 & 7/28, both are at the same venue). The PPVs likely will be on demand on Stardom World 3-4 days after the live broadcast.
DDT Pro Wrestling “WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024” Results (6/30/24) (Updated)
DDT holds their monthly tour-ender today in Tokyo, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024, as the final push to WRESTLE PETER PAN, their biggest annual event, gets underway with just 3 weeks to go. It’s a rare big tour-ender without any scheduled title matches this time but it does see Yuki Ueno return from missing last week’s events (fever) in time for one more The37Kamiina tag team faceoff with MAO, who challenges Ueno for the KO-D Openweight Championship on 7/21. In the semifinal, as Sanshiro Takagi’s indefinite hiatus draws closer, he brings in two of his prized Tokyo Joshi Pro cornerstones, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh, for a special mixed tag match…which does involve Danshoku Dieno teaming with Itoh, so pray for Yamashita that she doesn’t get molested too badly. Because DDT.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Kentaro Kumagai will be a special guest on commentary. With no title matches that means all 30 minute time limits today, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the main event goes the distance so I’ll predict the close-to-usual Korakuen running time of about 2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup (in order):
Yuni vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda
Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada
Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh
Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO & To-y
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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET.
7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes. Updates will begin then.
7:22 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Kentaro Kumagai. We should be joined later by Haruo Murata.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. As usual a little too early to make a solid prediction but advance sales seemed slower than usual (the “super seats” didn’t sell out in advance). I’ll probably wind up with my usual prediction of around 700. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 992, a full house/near sellout. Didn’t look even close to that to me)
The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET.
Match 1: Yuni vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuni & Illusion in a 3-way by pinning Yuni.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. KANON pinned Hirata after a Sasaki diving elbow drop.
Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura beat Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi. Nakamura pinned Oishi after a diving headbutt.
Quick break for the opening announcements from GM Imabayashi.
Your new host is Haruo Murata.
Match 4: HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada beat HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito. Masada pinned Soma after Masada’s Power KOBU Muscle. Immediately afterwards, Antonio Honda with microphone. It sounds like he issued a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge for WRESTLE PETER PAN. This brought out both Damnation TA (who apparently stole the belts after losing them recently) and The37Kamiina (just To-y & Shunma Katsumata). And To-y & Katsumata found a third for their challenge…Aja Kong! It’s then made official by GM Imabayashi-a 4-way elimination match for the titles at WRESTLE PETER PAN.
Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH). 30 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. Kotoge pinned Koroku after Kill Switch.
Match 6: Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh. 30 minute time limit
Result: Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita beat Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh. Takagi pinned Dieno. Afterwards, it was announced that Takagi’s final pre-hiatus match will be vs. Dieno in a Weapon Rumble at WRESTLE PETER PAN.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO & To-y. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO & To-y beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. MAO pinned Katsumata after Michinoku Driver 2. Almost went the distance, 25+ minutes.
The next event is Friday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.
UPDATE: MAO has apparently left The37Kamiina post-main event, which has resulted in changes for upcoming events. At least he’s left them until 7/21. It was also announced that former SKE48 member Marika Tani will return as a guest on commentary for 7/21.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/29/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH held an event today called [MATCH 2], sponsored by Wada International Foundation, which advertised a visit by Fighting King Himei Maeda.
Today’s event was held at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 1183.
Match 1: YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Alejandro & Cristobal went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Super Crazy.
Match 3: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Lee pinned Taniguchi after FBS.
Match 4: HAYATA, Eita & AMAKUSA beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki.
Match 5: NaomichI Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud) beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge. Sugiura pinned Yone after Olympic Yosen Slam.
Match 6: Shuji Kondo beat Junta Miyawaki.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & GAINA (Independent/Freelancer) beat YOICHI, Kazuyuki Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Kenoh pinned Owada after PFS.
The next event is Thursday at Kitami City Sports Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.
All-Japan 6/29/24 Results
All-Japan kicked off the Dynamite Series 2024 Tour today with a Dan Tamura hometown event.
Today’s event was held at Kashima Sports Center Sub Arena in Ibaraki and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV tonight at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 428.
Match 1: Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana beat Hartley Jackson & Aizawa No. 1. Yoshioka pinned 1 after SK.
Match 2: Ren Ayabe beat Jack Kennedy.
Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Cyrus beat Shotaro Ashino & Ryuji Hijikata. Omori pinned HIjikata after a frog splash.
Match 4: Rising Hayato beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro). Doi pinned MUSASHI.
Main Event: Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda beat Dan Tamura & Suwama. Anzai pinned Tamura after Gimlet.
The next event is tomorrow at Shirakawa City Kokutai Memorial Gym in Fukushima. There will be no live broadcast.
DDT 6/29/24 Results
DDT took to the rails once again today for a wacky single match event aboard an actual operating train.
Today’s event was held on the Toden Arakawa Line train in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday with commentary. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 16, a legit advance sellout.
Before the planned match happened, or during it…
A towel beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sayaka Unagi to win the title. The towel becomes the 1656th Champion. Before this the title saw a handful of changes in GLEAT as Whip beat CIMA to win the title, then Unagi beat Whip to win the title. Which led to…
Sugichan beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion the towel to win the title. Sugichan becomes the 1657th Champion. Which led to…
The towel beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sugichan to win the title. Towel becomes the 1658th Champion. Which led to…
Funky Kato beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion the towel to win the title. Kato becomes the 1659th Champion.
Main Event: Minoru Suzuki beat Sanshiro Takagi. That natch went over 55 minutes.
The next event is WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024 tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM with live results scheduled. Kentaro Kumagai has been announced as a guest on commentary.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/29/24 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro ran an event in Tokyo with an after-party to follow later on.
Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 262..
Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Chika Nanase.
Match 2: Wakana Uehara beat Uta Takami.
Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI. Kamifuku pinned HIMAWARI after Fameasser.
Match 4: Maki Itoh beat Tuna Okubo.
Match 5: Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino beat Shoko Nalajima & Yoshiko Hasegawa (Independent/Freelancer). Kakuta pinned Hasegawa after Shiden Kai.
Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Toga beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Yamashita pinned Suzuki after Attitude Adjustment.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Rika Tatsumi, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Toribami after Ring A Bell.
The next event is CROSS, a Nao Kakuta Produced event, on 7/6 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. The event isa legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/5 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
TJPW News: Tokyo Princess Cup Field Set
A short time ago, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the entrants for this year’s Tokyo Princess Cup, their annual singles tournament. A field of 19 makes up this year’s tournament, with round 1 & 2 matches TBA. The field: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai, Suzume, Arisu Endo, Yuki Kamifuku, Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku, Kaya Toribami, Wakana Uehara, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Runa Okubo, Ryo Mizunami, Zara Zakher.
Notably not in the field: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Raku, HIMAWARI & Mahiro Kiryu. All but Itoh will be in the UK when the Semifinals & Finals take place so they will miss the tournament as a result. Itoh will be in the US again in August and will miss all events that month. Also not entered due to being rookies (presumably) are Kira Summer & Uta Takami.
The tournament begins 7/28 at Ryogoku KfC Hall in Tokyo then continues on 8/3 at Shinjuku Face, 8/10 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka (Quarterfinals), 8/23 at Shinjuku Face (Semifinals) and concludes 8/25 at Korakuen Hall (Finals). It also has been announced that Arai, Mizunami & Zakher will participate in all events regardless of tournament results.