All-Japan 7/13/24 Results

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Series 2024 today with a major event in Osaka.

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

The announced paid attendance was 958.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato beat Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki beat Inoue with a ground cobra twist.

Match 2: 2.5 Wrestling Provided Match: Super Delfin & Super W beat Hirakataniisan & Flying Penguin. W pinned Penguin after Super Flash.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Cyrus & Jack Kennedy beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro), Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Omori pinned Tachibana after a frog splash.

Match 4; Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Shotaro Ashino & The Bodyguard (Independent/Freelancer). Honda pinned Ashino after Final Vent.

Match 5: Naruki Doi beat All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato to win the title. Doi becomes the 69th All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Match 6: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Aoyagi after DOOM. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Anzai beat Suwama to retain the Triple Crown. V3 for Anzai. Next up: TBA, but that match will happen on 8/3 at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai.

The next event is tomorrow at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/13/24 Results (Updated)

DESTINATION 2024, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest signature blowout event, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV only on ABEMA in select countries including the US for the next week. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 4196. Not sure what the setup was for (the venue’s normal capacity is around 8500, I imagine it was set up for closer to 6000) but on paper this sounds like a decent number and much better than for recent major events capacity-wise.

Match 1: Alejandro & Cristobal beat Ninja Mack & Junta Miyawaki and Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy in a 3-way when Alejandro pinned Crazy.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Shuhei Taniguchi. Soya pinned Taniguchi after a jumping DDT.

Match 3: Shuji Kondo, Eita & AKIRA (Independent/Freelancer0 beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Eita pinned Owada after Imperial Uno.

Match 4; Kenoh beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan).

Match 5: GLG FInal Match: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Lee pinned Cleary after FBS. Per Lee’s earlier announcement, GLG has now disbanded.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki beat ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Akitoshi Saito to win the title. Shiozaki becomes the 34th ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion.

Match 7: Ulka Sasaki beat GHC National Champion HAYATA by ref stoppage (techinical submission) to win the title. Sasaki becomes the 12th GHC National Champion.

Match 8: AMAKUSA beat GHC Juntior Heavyweight Champion Daga to win the title. AMAKUSA becomes the 55th GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Match 9: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Wagner Jr. pinned Wolf after Wagner Driver.

Match 10: AJ Styles (WWE) beat Naomichi Marufuji.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat YOICHI to retain the title. V2 for Kiyomiya. Next up: Probably the N-1 VICTORY Tournament winner, unless it’s Kiyomiya.

The next event is The Reeve Presents LIMIT BREAK ex. on 7/20 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. LIve streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

The usual post-event news/fallout:
Injury Report: Daiki Inaba was injured during his match. Torn meniscus. Out indefinitely.

After the event, YOICHI announced he was changing his ring name back to Yoshiki Inamura.

The next Nippon Budokan event will be NOAH THE NEW YEAR on 1/1/2025.

The full N-1 VICTORY schedule and field was announced, there will be 16 participants in 2 blocks of 8. More significantly, there is more WWE participation as WWE has recently shown more openness to working with other promotions (at least in their NXT brand, which has some programs going with US-based TNA Wrestling although they did allow AJ Styles to come over today and let Shinsuke Nakamura return to Japan to face Keiji Muto at the start of this year). The full field:
Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya, Go Shiozaki, Masa Kitamiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Jack Morris, Dragon Bane, Luis Mante (Dragon Gate, some graphics call him Lewis Mante), Josh Briggs (WWE).
Block B: Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki, Yoshiki Inamura, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Alpha Wolf, Titus Alexander, Tavion Heights (WWE).
Both Briggs & Heights are part of WWE’s NXT label.
Shiozaki is the defending tournament champion. The tournament begins on 8/4 and ends on 9/1 (all tournament events except 8/18 will stream LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, but there will be no live broadcast on 8/18 and 8/12 may only be on ABEMA). The winner in each block will advance to the Finals on 9/1. Tiebreakers will be head-to-head result. If that was a draw, a tiebreaker match will be held.

UPDATE: Akitoshi Saito announced his retirement after losing to Shiozaki. it’s not yet clear if it’s immediate or at a later date. If it’s immediate, Saito is walking away after 33 1/2 years in the ring. His exact age isn’t lnown vut I believe he is in his mid-50s. They also are acting like Jake Lee is leaving the promotion and jumping to New Japan, but he was already announced for this year’s G1 CLIMAX tournament so it’s not known if this is a permanent move or just an angle to cover for the appearance. Lee is apparently now part of Bullet Club. We’ll find out in September, I guess.

Stardom 7/12/24 Results

Stardom ran the first event of a tripleheader weekend in Osaka today.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. They made a late change to a live broadcast for today instead of on demand later.

The announced paid attendance was 335.

There were late changes to the card due to Ami Sohrei being off the card. Injury treatment. Also, Thekla is suspended for all 3 events.

Match 1: Hanan beat Rian.

Match 2: Saki Kashima beat Aya Sakura.

Match 3: Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara. Iida pinned Kurara after a lariat.

Match 4: Syuri, Konami, Ranna Yagami & Lady C beat Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Ruaka & Fukigen. Syuri pinned Fukigen after Drift Flame.

Match 5; Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi beat Mina Shirakawa, Gina & Waka Tsukiyama and Mayu Iwatani, Koguma & Hazuki in a 3-way when Nakano pinned Tsukiyama.

Match 6: Starlight Kid beat Miyu Amasaki.

Main Event: Maika & Saya Kamitani beat AZM & Mei Seira. Kamitani pinned Seira.

The next event is tomorrow at Yamato Arena in Osaka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Injury Report: Less Magnificent Stardom Weekend Ahead

Stardom has announced last-minute changes to their 3 events in Osaka this weekend because Ami Sohrei is now off. Undisclosed injury suffered in practice (accidental). Out indefinitely. Sohrei made the announcement and apologized on her social media accounts and these were shared by Stardom’s official accounts. Changes have been made to this weekend’s events. Updates to follow regarding her status.

In related news, Stardom announced that tomorrow’s event at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka has been changed from on demand only at a later date to a LIVE broadcast on Stardom World. It will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: Potential Early TJPW Farewell (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced changes forSaturday’s event in Tokyo stemming from two injury absences. Both are concerning ahead of SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24 because two key wrestlers are affected-Moka Miyamoto & Nao Kakuta. Miyamoto-the always-vague poor health/physical condition. Kakuta-lower back. It’s not known if either will miss additional time, but Kakuta will be at the event and participate in a mini-talk show with Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna, who are also out with injuries. But this is the final event before the quarterly blowout event so both have only a week to recover. Miyamoto is to team with Yuki Arai to challenge for the Princess Tag Team Championship next week and Kakuta will have one of her last matches before retiring the following week.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: The YMZ promotion, which is tun by longtime wrestler Kaori Yoneyama when she’s not wrestling in Stardom as Fukigen, has announced that Kakuta will not be able to wrestle at their 7/16 event as planned but will still appear.

BREAKING: New Japan US Event Change for Saturday (Updated x2)

New Japan just announced a major change to Saturday’s CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA USA event: Stephanie Vaquer is now off. Personal reasons. She is no longer part of CMLL or NJPW per a statement from CMLL. As a result, the CMLL Women’s World Championship is now VACANT. Vaquer was to have defended the title against Lluvia. Lluvia will now face Willow Nightingale & Viva Van in a 3-way for the vacant title.

UPDATE: While not official, Mexico-based website RECORD reports (in Spanish) Vaquer has signed-or is about to sign-a multi-year deal-with WWE. Having to leave New Japan is confirmation she’s not headed to All Elite Wrestling. Said WWE deal reportedly started to come together after the Forbidden Door event.

UPDATE 2: It’s now official. WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels, who now oversees the NXT brand, posted a “welcome” post to Vaquer on Twitter at around 2:30 PM PT/5:30 PM ET, indicating she’s headed to NXT. So she is WWE-bound.

DDT 7/10/24 Results

DDT continued their current tour today with an event in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 308, a full house/near sellout.

Before the event, a public signing ceremony for the KO-D Tag Team Championship match on 7/21 was held.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi & Akito beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Akito pinned Hirata with Gedo Clutch.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku beat Jun Akiyama, Takao Soma & Keigo Nakamura. Endo pinned Nakamura after Yurikamome.

Match 3; Sanshiro Takagi & Yuni beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuma Sumi. Takagi pinned Sumi after an avalanche-style brainbuster.

Match 4; KANON 5th Anniversary Match: TAKA Michinoku (New Japan) beat KANON.

Match 5: HARASHIMA beat Daisuke Sasaki & Masa Takanashi in a 3-way by pinning Sasaki.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Yuki Iino.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat MAO, Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda. To-y pinned Honda after a Frankensteiner,

The next event is Saturday at Iwate Education Hall Multipurpose Hall in Iwate. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/8/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up a 3-day weekend in Hokkaido today with one more house show event.

Today’s event was held at Hakodate General Wholesale Center Distribution Hall in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (scheduled for Friday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 332.

Match 1: Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) beat Tadasuke & Junta Miyawaki in a 3-way by pinning Miyawaki.

Match 2: Anthony Greene beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 3: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Super Crazy. Bane pinned Crazy.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Eita beat Jake Lee, LJ Cleary & YO-HEY. Marufuji pinned Cleary after Shiranui.

Match 5; Daga & Ulka Sasaki vs. HAYATA & AMAKUSA went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Daga & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal beat YOICHI, Masa Kitamiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Kiyomiya pinned Owada after Transformed Shining Wizard.

The next event is ABEMA Presents DESTINATION 2024 Saturday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Live streaming only on ABEMA as a PPV in select countries (including the US) in Japanese and English will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. Note that while it can be watched in a web browser, you must download the ABEMA iOS/Android app to purchase the PPV, which before event day costs 3500 Japanese yen (around $22 US) plus additional fees. On event day or after the event )on demand) it goes up to 4000 yen (around $27 US) and will be available on demand until 8 AM on 7/21. That means it will be at least a week or more after the event before it could show up on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (UPDATE: You also will be able to watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube)

Stardom 7/7/24 Results

Stardom ran an event in Tokyo today that was, as you may have heard by now, overshadowed by post-event and backstage controversy involving Thekla, as following the recording of post-match backstage comments she assaulted a female film crew member recording the comments on a mobile phone. Stardom posted clips of the video to social media. More on that after the results.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 923.

There were last minute changes to the card because of HANAKO being off the event. Treatment for undisclosed injuries. Based on pre-event comments from President Taro Okada, there is a chance she could be out longer, possibly 1-2 weeks. She was to have teamed with Waka Tsukiyama to face Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki. Gina was the replacement, meaning the first match was changed from a tag match of Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Gina & Rian to a 3-way. It was also announced that HANAKO is going to the US in August. She is expected to be there for a month. Also announced were 2 upcoming title matches: On 7/23 New Blood Tag Team Champions Hanan & Saya Iida will defend the titles against Rina & Azusa Inaba. That should be fun just because Hanan & Rina are real-life sisters (also, Hina is Rina’s twin sister. Hanan is about a year older than Rina & Hina). Also on 7/23 will be Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Syuri & Konami vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla for the titles. Then on 7/27 the 7/15 Wonder Of Stardom Championship winner between Mika Iwata & Saori Anou in Sendai Girls will defend the title against Natsupoi, and Maika will defend the World Of Stardom Championship on 7/15 against Tomoka Inaba, with the winner there defending on 7/28 against Natsuko Tora.

Match 1: Lady C beat Rian & Ranna Yagami in a 3-way by pinning Rian. C debuted a new look today, cutting her hair much shorter than before (no more ponytail).

Match 2; Sayaka Kurara vs. Thekla went to a double countout.

Match 3: Saki Kashima & Hina beat Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura. Hina pinned Sakura after a deformed jackhammer.

Match 4: Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Waka Tsukiyama & Gina. Seira pinned Tsukiyama after Shooting Star.

Match 5: Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo beat Natsuko Tora, Rina & Fukigen. Hazuki pinned Fukigen after a diving senton. This essentially was a 10th anniversary match for Hazuki.

Match 6; Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi beat Syuri, Konami & Ami Sohrei. Natsupoi pinned Sohrei after Fairy Blink.

Match 7: Starlight Kid & AZM beat Momo Watanabe & Ruaka. Kid pinned Ruaka after a moonsault press.

Main Event: Maika, Mina Shirakawa & Saya Kamitani beat Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Saya Iida. Kamitani pinned Hanan after Star Crusher.

The next events are Friday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and that night US time at Yamato Arena in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast for the Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 event. For the Yamato Arena event, live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

As for Thekla, following today’s incident (and also supposedly her intrusion at a handover party event earlier in the week), she was suspended with reduced pay for 1 week, meaning she is out the next 3 events (Friday, Saturday and next Sunday).

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/7/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the second half of their weekend Hokkaido doubleheader today.

Today’s event was held at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo 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 445.

Match 1: Alejandro & Cristobal beat YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Alejandro pinned Tadasuke.

Match 2: Junta Miyawaki beat Yu Owada.

Match 3: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Wolf pinned Inaba after a Bane moonsault press.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Wagner Jr. pinned Greene after Wagner Driver.

Match 5: HAYATA, AMAKUSA & Eita beat Daga, Super Crazy & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: YOICHI & Ryohei Oiwa beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh. YOICHI pinned Kiyomiya after a diving body press.

The next event is tomorrow at Hakodate General Wholesale Center Distribution Hall. There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shuji Kondo & Eita vs. Alejandro & Cristobal for the titles was announced after today’s event. That match will happen on 7/21 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

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