New Japan 3/30/24 Results

New Japan began the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today, a quick 1 week sprint that will lead to next week’s annual April blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 828.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Tiger Mask & El Desperado. KUSHIDA pinned TM 4.

Match 3: Callum Newman & Francesco Akira beat Gedo & Clark Connors. Akira pinned Gedo after Speed Fire.

Match 4: Yoh, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA. Yoh pinned TAKA after Direct Drive.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned Taguchi after a package driver.

Match 6: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & Tanga Loa. Khan beat Jado with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Tsuji pinned Takahashi after Gene Blaster.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast, but at the request of Great-O-Khan the main event, which is a KOPW 2024 Championship match, will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

Also, at last night’s MLW War Chamber in the US, NJPW WORLD TV Champion Matt Riddle beat Kosei Fujita to retain the title. V2 for Riddle.

FREE VIDEO: New Japan Academy Showcase 3 Full Event (3/23/24)

As they planned to do, New Japan has now made the full event video of the 3/23/24 NJPW Academy Showcase 3 from the LA Dojo in Carson, CA available FOR FREE on YouTube in English. Check out the full event below (running time is just under 2 hours with 7 matches), video courtesy of the New Japan Official English YouTube Channel:

Stardom News: 4/4 US Card Announced

Stardom announced the latest card for their US event Thursday in Philadelphia, PA, which is as follows (slightly lean right now with just 5 matches):

High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Ram Kaichow & Saki Kashima in a 3-way for the title
AZM, Saya Kamitani & Camron Branae vs. Stephanie Vaquer, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe
Syuri & Konami vs. Willow Nightingale & SAKI
Mayu Iwatani, Tam Nakano & Momo Kohgo vs. Mona Hsorakawa, Mariah May & Xis Brookside
World Of Stardom Champion Maika vs. Megan Bayne for the title

Thursday’s event will be live on PPV via TrillerTV/FITE for $24.99 in English only and is scheduled to begin at 3 PM ET/Noon PT. It will not be available on Pia Stream in Japan and there will be no Japanese commentary option. As I normally telework for my IRL job on Thursdays I plan to buy the PPV and, if I do, there will be live results posted.

Dragon Gate 3/28/24 Results

Dragon Gate taped episode 3 of the PRIME ZONE+ TV series today.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1; Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Problem Dragon, Ryu Fuda & Ryoya Tanaka. Kzy pinned Dragon after a running elbow smash.

Match 2: In a Banned Move Singles Match, Takashi Yoshida beat Genki Horiguchi by virtually immediate DQ. Just 2 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): In a Banned Move Singles Match, Genki Horiguchi beat Takashi Yoshida by DQ. Used the banned move.

Match 3: Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat YAMATO, Don Fujii & Punch Tominaga. KAMEI pinned Tominaga after JACKY Knife.

Main Event: Hyo & Ben-K beat Kota Minoura & Dragon Dia. Hyo pinned Minoura after Samson Driver.

The next episode date is TBA.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe to continue the Rey De Parejas. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Sumo-March 2024 Tournament Final Standings & Post-Tournament News

Now that everything seems to be settled post-tournament, here is the final wrap-up of the March 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka:

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Ganbare Pro 3/28/24 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their final event under the CyberFight banner today as they will leave and become independent this weekend, although they will remain under the WRESTLE UNIVERSE banner for broadcasts of events on demand.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage 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 205.

Match 1: Yuna Manase & Bunny Oikawa beat Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara. Manase pinned Riara after Suzuki Dynamic. Hasegawa & Riara are now leaving the promotion.

Match 2: What was supposed to be Zhao Yunzilong (?) & YuuRI vs. Hartley Jackson & HARUKAZE was changed last-second due to Yunzilong & YuuRI being absent. Unknown for Yunzilong, personal reasons for YuuRI. Which led to…
Match 2: Hartley Jackson & HARUKAZE beat Hong Kong International Policeman & Policewoman. Jackson pinned Policeman after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Munetatsu Nakamura beat Shota, Takao Soma & Shinichiro Tominaga. Nakamura pinned Shota with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: In an elimination tag match, Shuichiro Katsumura, Ken Ohka, Takuya Wada & Mizuki Watase beat Keisuke Ishii, Yumehito Imanari, Tyson Maeguchi & Takaaki Iwasaki. Katsumura & Ohka were the winners, last eliminating Imanari which left Ishii alone, and thus Ishii could not continue due to it being a tag match.

The first event for the “new” Ganbare as an independent promotion will be on 4/27 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. Other upcoming events set are 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, 6/2 and 7/15 both at Takashimadaira Community Center.

AEW Rampage 3/29/24 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results for tomorrow’s AEW Rampage in Quebec City, Canada (SPOILERS!):

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AEW Dynamite 3/27/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite from Quebec City, Canada:

Match 1: Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Result: Will Ospreay beat Katsuyori Shibata

Match 2: AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarterfinals: The Young Bucks vs. Private Party
Result: The Young Bucks beat Private Party. Both Bucks pinned Marq Quen after EVP Trigger.

Match 3: Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Staltander, Anna Jay & Skye Blue in a 4-way for an AEW TBS Championship shot at the Dynasty PPV. Mercedes Mone on commentary
Result: Willow Nightingale beat Kris Statlander, Anna Jay & Skye Blue in a 4-way by pinning Jay. As a result, Nightingale will face AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart for the title at the Dynasty PPV in April. Hart laid out Nightingale with a belt shot immediately afterwards.

Match 4: AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament: Best Friends vs. Undisputed Kingdom
Result: Best Friends beat Undisputed Kingdom

Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Swerve Strickland
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Konosuke Takeshita. As a result, Strickland will be #1 in the updated Rankings coming out after tonight and will face AEW World Champion Samoa Joe for the title at Dynasty.

Aside from Best Friends-Undisputed Kingdom, which I didn’t care about because Orange Cassidy, this was a very good show. Fewer matches because of no in action/squash stuff meant more time for everything else and it showed in how good they were for the most part. Takeshita-Strickland is must-see and check out Ospreay-Shibata. Episodes like this are ones I want to see more of.

Friday on Rampage: TBA.

Saturday on Collision: Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs. Top Flight and FTR vs. The Infantry in the Tournament Quarterfinals and NEW AEW TNT Champion Adam Copeland with the usual open challenge for the title.

Injury Report: All-Japan Veteran Feeling Down

All-Japan has announced an injury change to their major event Saturday: Osamu Nishimura is now off. The always-vague poor physical condition/ill health. He was to have teamed with Takao Omori to face KONO & Toshizo. Kumaarashi is the replacement. Nishimura probably won’t miss any more time beyond this.

News: UJPW Press Conference-ALL TOGETHER Returning (Updated)

At a press conference on Tokyo today, several promotions including New Japan, Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT, Tokyo Joshi Pro and Stardom came together under the new United Japan Pro Wrestling banner. The biggest item coning out of this was the return of ALL TOGETHER, the joint event between multiple promotions held twice in the past as a charity fundraiser effort. To be held on 5/6 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, the event will be a fundraiser for Noto Peninsula disaster recovery efforts and include New Japan, NOAH, DDT, Dragon Gate, Big Japan and Stardom participation. The event will be a live PPV worldwide, streaming on ABEMA on Japan and TBA elsewhere.

A second UJPW event will be held on 6/16 in Hokkaido and will focus on other promotions not able to participate in the 5/6 event.

It should be noted that, at this time, the only major Japanese promotion that does not appear to be part of the UJPW is All-Japan. No presence at the presser and no mentions on their website.

One match for 5:6 has already been announced by NOAH: Daisuke Sekimoto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jeff Cobb & Masa Kitamiya. HOSS FIGHT ALERT!!!

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Second match announced: Naomichi Marufuji, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Sanshiro Takagi vs. EVIL, Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi.

And a third match: Yuki Ueno, Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Umino vs. Yuya Uemura, Konosuke Takeshita & Shun Skywalker.