News, results & more from Japanese Pro Wrestling & Sumo
Variety just broke news that top All Elite Wresting star and current ROH World Champion Chris Jericho has signed a new contract extension with the promotion. It’s reportedly a 3-year extension through December 2025 that also will see Jericho become a producer & creative advisor while still competing.
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https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/chris-jericho-aew-contract-extension-2-1235407072/
New Japan continues the BURNING AUTUMN Tour today, pausing the NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament for a week of non-televised house shows.
Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima, Japan. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.
The announced paid attendance was 510.
Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano beat Gideon Gray & Great-O-Khan. YOSHI-HASHI beat Gray with Butterfly Lock.
Match 3: Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Ren Narita & Togi Makabe. Goto pinned Makabe after GTR.
Match 4: Alex Zayne, Tiger Mask & David Finlay beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. Zayne pinned TAKA after Cinnamon Twist.
Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.
Match 6: DOUKI, El Desperado & Taichi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. DOUKI pinned Gedo after Italian Stretch 32.
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma. Takagi pinned Honma after Pumping Bomber.
Main Event: Titan, BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb. Naito pinned Henare after Destino.
The next event is Wednesday at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
In other news, the latest round of NJPW STRONG wrapped up this weekend with 2 title matches: First up, STRONG Openweight Champion Fred Rosser defended against Chris Dickinson. Ultimately the match ended in a Double Countout. As a result, Rosser retains the title. V4 for Rosser. After that, STRONG Tag Team Champions Aussie Open beat JR Kratos & Danny Limelight to retain the titles. V3 for the champs.
Back on the Japan side, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions TJP & Francesco Akira vs. BUSHI & Titan for the titles has been added to 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym. Finally, tonight will see fan voting open for the stip for the next KOPW 2022 Trophy match on 10/28 in New York City, a rematch between Shingo Takagi & E Phantasmo. The choices are a Street Fight (Phantasmo) or Last Daddy Standing aka Last Man Standing match (Takagi). Voting on Twitter begins at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT.
DDT ran the second half of their Sapporo doubleheader today, the final build to their next major monthly event later this week.
Today’s event was held at Ewan Stadium in Hokkaido 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 super full house/very near sellout.
During the opening, Akito was announced as special referee for the second match.
Match 1; Saki Akai beat Manami Kanda.
Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata and MAO & Toui Kojima in a 3-way went to a no contest. Ring announcer Ken Kato stoppage.
Match 3: HARASHIMA & Makoto Oishi beat Tobuya (?) & Takeshi Masada. Oishi pinned Masada after Luminous Press.
Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Takashi Yoshida beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Chris Brookes. Yoshida pinned Katsumata after a lightning leg lariat.
Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuji Hino & Yusuke Okada. KANON pinned Okada after Sleepy Hollow.
Main Event: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Takaki Iwasaki beat Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida with a double arm suplex.
The next event is 10/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This will be a reduced capacity event with vocal cheering allowed. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.
New Japan continued the BURNING AUTUMN Tour today with the 3rd day of the NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament. Today’s matches would set the 3rd of the 4 Quarterfinals pairings.
Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese.
The announced paid attendance was 1545, a legit advance sellout.
Before the matches began, Hiromu Takahashi appeared and gave cheering instructions to the crowd.
Match 1: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. Makabe pinned Oiwa.
Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Gray after Butterfly Lock.
Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan, EVIL pinned Tenzan after EVIL.
Match 4: Ren Narita, Alex Zayne, Master Wato, Tiger Mask & David Finlay beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Zack Sabre Jr. Zayne pinned TAKA after Cinnamon Twist.
Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takagi pinned Gedo after Pumping Bomber.
Toshiaki Kawada, one of the greatest wrestlers in Japan of the last 30+ years, joined commentary as a special guest here.
Match 6: Titan, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare, Titan pinned THP after Angel Immortal.
Match 7: NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament: KENTA beat Hirooki Goto.
Main Event: NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament: SANADA beat Taichi. It was close though-the win came with just 3 seconds left before the time limit. As a result, SANADA will face KENTA in the Quarterfinals. That match will happen on 10/30.
The next event is tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. None of the next 4 events will have video available. The next broadcast event will be next Sunday.
ABEMA Presents DEMOLITION STAGE 2022 in FUKUOKA is now in the books as Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a special event in the city today, which took on added build when Keiji Muto was added to the card for his final match in Fukuoka. He was originally scheduled for a pre-event autograph session and to be on commentary.
Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast earlier today was in English only due to this being an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan. If you watch the Japanese replay, skip ahead to about the 31 minute mark to jump past the pre-show talk (the actual event itself ran about 3 hours). You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube for a limited time.
The announced paid attendance was 1195. The venue was only at 50% capacity and they mostly used floor level seating, which made this sound like a poor number but that’s actually up for debate (full capacity with the setup likely would’ve been around 3000, had full capacity been allowed it would’ve been closer to 7000).
Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Taishi Ozawa. Soya’s left face below his eye was busted open during the match.
Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Masa Kitamiya & Shuhei Taniguchi. Yone pinned Taniguchi after Kinniku Muscle Buster.
Match 3: NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Yasutaka Yano & Kai Fujimura. Eita pinned Yano after Imperial Uno.
Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Chris Ridgeway.
Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita, Takashi Sugiura & Masato Tanaka beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Fujita pinned Kiyomiya after a powerbomb.
Match 6: In an Elimination Match with over the top rope, pinfall and submission eliminations, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Alejandro beat Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara, Tadasuke & Hi69. Order of elimination: Ohara by Alejandro (pinfall), Alejandro by Tadasuke (pinfall), Yoshioka & Kondo by Tadasuke simultaneously (over the top rope), YO-HEY by Tadasuke (over the top rope), Tadasuke by Kotoge (pindall), Hi69 by Kotoge (pinfall). Kotoge wins as last man left.
Match 7: PRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER .EX FUKUOKA FINAL ~TRANS MAGIC~: Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & Ninja Mack beat Naomichi Marufuji, Jack Morris & HAYATA. Mack pinned HAYATA after Ninja Bomb.
Main Event: In a Double Bout Rules match, where there were no pinfalls and the only way to win was by submission, TKO or DQ after 3 warnings, Kazushi Sakuraba & Hideki Suzuki beat Kenoh & Masakatsu Funaki. Sakuraba beat Funaki with a scorpion leglock.
The next event is MUTO RETIREMENT ROAD-ABEMA presents Ariake Gaisen-THE RETURN-PRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER . 3 ~TRIUMPH~ on 10/30 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. In addition to all 5 GHC Titles being defended, this will feature the 3rd of Muto’s 5 final matches-this time it’s Muto, Naomichi Marufuji & Yoshiki Inamura vs. the New Japan Pro Wrestling trio of Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma. This will be the promotion’s debut at the new venue that opened in 2021 for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. The venue will be at 50% capacity max because vocal cheering will be allowed. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin on 10/29 at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET with a pre-show dark match scheduled to begin at 11:40 PM PT/2:30 AM ET. The main card begins at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is another ABEMA-exclusive broadcast so Japanese commentary will only be available on demand after the event.
Here is the current events schedule for 10/16/22-10/22/22, which is subject to change (all times PT):
10/16:
1 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour, Aore Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. Live on New Japan World
10/17:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour, Big Palette Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
10/18:
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Cincinnati, OH. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere. SPECIAL TUESDAY BROADCAST (moved from Wednesday this week due to MLB Playoffs)
10/19:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour, Aimesse Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
10/21:
2:30 AM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “CITY CIRCUIT” Tour, Aizuwakamatsu City Cultural Center, Fukushima, Japan. No live broadcast
3 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour, Iwate Prefectural Gym, Iwate, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
10/22:
1 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Flag Raising Tour 2022, Sanjo City Welfare Hall, Niigata, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV
2 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Punch Drunk Love 2022”, Oji Basement MON*STAR, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast
2 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour, Akita Terrsa, Akita, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
7 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “GOD BLESS DDT 2022”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
Also of note: New Japan World will be down briefly for maintenance this week, currently scheduled from Wednesday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET until Thursday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
DDT continued the GOD BLESS DDT 2022 Tour today, making their first visit to Sapporo in a year for the first of two events there.
Today’s event was held at Ewan Stadium in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 234, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Shunma Katsumata & Manami Kanda beat Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai. Katsumata pinned Hirata after Totonoe Splash.
Match 2: Toru Owashi & Chris Brookes vs. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno went to a no contest. Ring announcer Ken Kato stoppage, which led to him getting his from those despicable Pheromons.
Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yusuke Okada & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Masada with a crossface.
Match 4: HARASHIMA, Yuji Hino & Tobuya (?) beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima. Hino pinned Kojima after Fuckin’ BOMB.
Match 5: Takaaki Iwasaki beat Hideki Okatani.
Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Takashi Yoshida & Yuya Koroku. Endo pinned Koroku after Yurikamome.
Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito. Higuchi pinned Akito after Brain Claw Slam. After the match, Sakaguchi invited…actually, demanded Higuchi return to Eruption after their upcoming KO-D Openweight Championship match, and that Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida join too.
The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast.
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today with the second half of their latest pre-big show doubleheader.
Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Arena in Sendai and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, probably Tuesday or Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 342.
Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Taishi Ozawa.
Match 2: Extreme Tiger beat Kai Fujimura.
Match 3: Ninja Mack & YO-HEY beat Eita & Super Crazy by DQ. Eita DQ’d. NOSAWA Rongai interference.
Match 4: Masato Tanaka, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Tanaka pinned Inaba after Sliding D.
Match 5: Seiki Yoshioka beat Hi69.
Match 6: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya, HAYATA & Yasutaka Yano. Ridgeway beat Yano with an ankle hold.
Main Event: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara beat Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Naomichi Marufuji, Atsushi Kotoge & Alejandro. Kenoh pinned Kojima after PFS.
The next event is ABEMA presents DEMOLITION STAGE 2022 in FUKUOKA tomorrow at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin TONIGHT at 10:45 PM PT/1:45 AM ET. The Japanese live broadcast is only on ABEMA and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
New Japan continued the BURNING AUTUMN ’22 tour today with the second half of the opening doubleheader. The first round of the NJPW World TV Title Tournament continued today.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Gedo & KENTA. Taichi beat Gedo with Taichi Gedo Clutch.
Match 2: Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Ren Narita, Tonoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Goto pinned Honma after GTR.
Match 3: Alex Zayne, Master Wato, Tiger Mask & David Finlay beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Zack Sabre Jr. Finlay pinned DOUKI after Trash Panda.
Match 4: Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat Jado & Hikuleo. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.
Match 5: Titan, BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan. Titan pinned Gray after Angel Immortal.
Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo by DQ. Phantasmo DQ’d. Ref assault. Phantasmo then broke the KOPW 2022 Trophy again.
Match 7: NJPW World TV Title Tournament: EVIL beat Aaron Henare.
Main Event: NJPW World TV Title Tournament: YOSHI-HASHI beat Jeff Cobb. As a result, YOSHI-HASHI will face EVIL in Round 2. That match will happen on 10/27.
The next event is tomorrow at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. Vocal cheering will be allowed and the event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
Here are the quick results from tonight’s TAPED AEW Rampage in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli beat The Butcher & The Blade. Castagnoli pinned Butcher after Ricola Bomb.
Daniel Garcia reaffirmed his commitment to Jericho Appreciation Society. Dalton Castle came out and challenged Chris Jericho to an ROH World Championship match Tuesday on Dynamite.
Ethan Page beat Isaiah Kassidy. As a result, the contracts of Private Party & Matt Hardy are now controlled by The Firm & Stokely Hathaway. Squash.
Nyla Rose beat Anna Jay.A.S. Rose becomes the first woman in AEW to 80 wins.
FTR & Shawn Spears beat Gates Of Agony & Brian Cage. Spears pinned Kaun after C4 Trigger.
Next week Dynamite is on Tuesday due to MLB Playoffs coverage on TBS.
