New Japan 8/5/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 12 of the G1 CLIMAX 32 today, headlined by a grudge rematch between former IWGP World Heavyweight Champions Shingo Takagi & Will Ospreay.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 3370. If Osaka still has their strict venue capacity limits in place (meaning 50% tops), this would be very close to a legit sellout.

Match 1: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa, David Finlay, Tama Tonga & Tomohiro Ishii. Sho beat Oiwa with an armbar.

Match 2: Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb beat Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor. Henare pinned Isaacs after Streets Of Rage.

Match 3: Bad Luck Fale, Juice Robinson & KENTA beat BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Robinson pinned BUSHI after Pulp Friction.

Match 4: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Jonah & Bad Dude Tito. Tanahashi pinned Tito after High Fly Flow.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-YOSHI-HASHI beat El Phantasmo.
Match 6: Block A-Lance Archer beat Toru Yano.
Match 7: Block C-Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hirooki Goto by submission.
Match 8: Block B-Jay White beat Great-O-Khan.
Main Event: Block D-Shingo Takagi beat Will Ospreay.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Jonah, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Cobb, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Archer, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Fale, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Lawlor, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Yano, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-White, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Tonga, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Taichi, 2-1, 4 pts
4-SANADA, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Ishii, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Owens, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Khan, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)

Block C:
1-Tanahashi, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Sabre, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Goto, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Naito, 2-2, 4 pts
5-KENTA, 1-2, 2 pts
6-EVIL, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Henare, 1-3, 2 pts

Block D:
1-Finlay, 3-1, 6 pts
2-YOSHI-HASHI, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Ospreay, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Takagi 2-2, 4 pts
5-Takahashi, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Phantasmo, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Robinson, 1-3, 2 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. And now we see the ranks thinning. In Block A, Yano is now (thankfully) out of it, and while Okada remains firmly in control it is far from over with Jonah in the best steal position having one additional match left. In Block B, nearly half the field dropped out of contention today, and it’s all but over as White just needs a win or draw in one of his final two matches but it could be over by then as those matches are a week away. He finishes with Taichi then his final opponent is Tonga. But Taichi-Tonga is Tuesday and that puts the loser on the brink of elimination. In Block C, it seems to be down to Tanahashi & Sabre, if head-to-head result is the eventual tiebreaker it would go to Tanahashi. EVIL & KENTA are still in it because they each have one additional match left. Henare is pretty much out now. In Block D, Finlay remains the surprise leader and has a manageable final stretch of YOSHI-HASHI & Phantasmo. Everyone still has a chance although Robinson needs tons of help to have a chance as his only win, and potential tiebreaker, is against Takagi.

Day 13 is tomorrow with Okada-Jonah as the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

AEW Rampage 8/5/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s LIVE episode of AEW Rampage in Grand Rapids, MI (I thought it was Battle Creek, MI…maybe I misread, but who knows), this will contain SPOILERS for the west feed viewers because it did not air live on TNT on the west coast and will be TAPED at 10 PM PT:
Interim AEW World Champion Jon Moxley beat Mance Warner in a NON-TITLE match. Had Warner won, he would’ve gotten a title shot.

Konosuke Takeshita beat Ryan Nemeth. Squash.

Madison Rayne beat Leila Grey. Squash. Extended but still.

In a Street Fight, Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee beat Tony Nese & Josh Woods. Strickland pinned Nese after Swerve Stomp. Smart Mark Sterling went through a table late.

Yet another so-so episode.

Added to Dynamite next week are Lucha Bros vs. Andrade El Idolo & Rush in a Lucha Rules match aka a Tornado Tag match and AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Rayne for the title.

Tomorrow on Battle Of The Belts 3: AEW TNT Champion Wardlow vs. Jay Lethal for the title, AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa vs. Jamie Hayter for the title (with Britt Baker & Rebel at ringside) and ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title. The special airs TAPED at 8 PM ET/PT on TNT. Live results will begin at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.

New Japan 8/5/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 11 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, headlined by a big main event that could go a long way towards determining the favorite in the “Death Block” Block C.

Today’s event was held at Item Ehime in Ehime and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1132.

Match 1: Jado & Tama Tonga beat Kosei Fujita & David Finlay. Tonga beat Fujita with a sharpshooter.

Match 2: Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay beat Royce Isaacs & Ton Lawlor. Khan beat Isaacs with a Subaru Sheep Killer hold.

Match 3: BUSHI, SANADA & Shingo Takagi beat TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End.

Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada beat Gedo, El Phantasmo, Bad Luck Fale, KENTA & Jay White. Yano pinned Gedo.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-Yujiro Takahashi beat Juice Robinson.
Match 6: Block B-Taichi beat Chase Owens.
Match 7: Block C-Tetsuya Naito beat Aaron Henare.
Match 8: Block A-Jonah beat Jeff Cobb.
Main Event: Block C-Hiroshi Tanahashi beat EVIL by submission. Tanahashi followed with some post-victory epic air guitar to send the crowd home happy.

Day 12 is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka, headlined by Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

NOAH 8/5/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off their August schedule with DEPARTURE 2022, a standalone event representing the final event before N-1 VICTORY 2022 begins.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 616.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya & Mohammed Yone beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Kitamiya pinned Taniguchi after a Saito suplex.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy. Fujimura pinned NOSAWA. HUGE.

Match 3: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Anthony Greene & Stallion Rogers. Nakajima pinned Rogers after Vertical Spike.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Daisuke Harada & Seiki Yoshioka beat Dante Leon, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY. Mack pinned Kotoge after Ninja Bomb.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, El Hijo Del Santo (Mexico), Ultimo Dragon & Alejandro beat Kenoh, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Santo pinned Ohara.

Match 6: Kinya Okada beat Yoshiki Inamura. As a result, Okada qualifies for N-1 VICTORY.

Match 7: Naomichi Matufuji Return Match-Naomichi Marufuji, Go Shiozaki & Takashi Sugiura beat Satoshi Kojima, Masato Tanaka & Daiki Inaba. Shiozaki pinned Inaba after Go Lariat.

Main Event: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Shuji Kondo to retain the title. V4 for HAYATA.

Next up is the N-1 VICTORY 2022 Tournament beginning Thursday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. This will be an ABEMA-ONLY live broadcast but will be available live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. Live streaming will begin at 2:30 AM ET/Wednesday at 11:30 PM PT.

In other news, The Great Muta (Keiji Muto) will appear at the final event of the tournament on 9/3 at Osaka Prefectural Gym). It will be Muta’s final Osaka appearance.

UPDATE: Thatcher is now out of N-1 VICTORY due to visa issues. Okada is the replacement.

NOAH News on Upcoming Events

Some Pro Wrestling NOAH news regarding upcoming events:
Timothy Thatcher is now off tomorrow’s Korakuen Hall event. Visa issues. It’s not known how long this will keep him out (after tomorrow there are 6 days until the next event).

Naomichi Marufuji’s first US match since 2019 is now official-he will face All Elite Wrestling star Eddie Kingston in House Of Glory Wrestling on 8/28. The event will be available on FITE in the US.

The October schedule has been announced:
10/7: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
10/8: Korakuen Hall
10/14: Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall, Kumamoto
10/15: Sun Arena Sendai, Kagoshima
10/16: DEMOLITION STAGE 2022 in FUKUOKA, Fukuoka International Center, Fukuoka
10/30: Ariake Triumph~THE RETURN~
Keiji Mutoh Final Countdown Series 3rd~KEIJI MUTO FINAL COUNTDOWN SERIES~
PRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER 3~TRIUMPH~, Ariake Arena, Tokyo

AEW Dynamite 8/3/22 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Columbus, OH:
Jay Lethal beat Orange Cassidy.

Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter beat Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm. Hayter pinned Storm.

Powerhouse Hobbs beat Ren Jones. Squash.

Christian Cage beat Matt Hardy.

The Acclaimed beat Gunn Club in a Dumpster match.

Chris Jericho beat Wheeler Yuta.

Friday on a LIVE Rampage: Jon Moxley vs. Mance Warner, Madison Rayne vs. TBA and Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee vs. Tony Nese & Josh Woods.

Saturday on Battle Of The Belts 3 (8 PM ET on TNT): ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title, AEW TNT Champion Wardlow vs. Jay Lethal for the title and AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa vs. Jamie Hayter for the title.

DDT Injury/Illness News (Updated 8/5)

DDT has become the latest promotion to take another big hit from the coronavirus as they have lost 3 big names for now-HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama and Tetsuya Endo. HARASHIMA & Endo both tested positive after being evaluated for the ever-vague “poor physical condition”. Akiyama is pending test results after a fever. All 3 are off this weekend’s events and out until at least after 8/11’s event (Akiyama is tentative for that event). Hopefully they will be back in time for WRESTLE PETER PAN on 8/20, when Endo faces KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi for the title at DDT’s biggest event of the year.

In other injury news, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced that Yuki Aino is off this weekend’s event due to a leg injury, which caused her to miss this past weekend’s events. Aino is scheduled to return for the Korakuen Hall doubleheader on 8/13 & 8/14. Maki Itoh will miss those events due to returning to the US for appearances in Game Changer Wrestling.

UPDATE: TJPW will be shorthanded again in September as overseas independent Prestige Wrestling has announced Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh participation for 9/3, including Yamashita vs. Trish Adora. That means both would miss TJPW events on 9/2 and 9/3 but should not miss the Women-only 8/27 event (free but only women can attend).

8/5 UPDATE: Akiyama tested positive for the coronavirus, as has Toru Owashi and now Daisuke Sasaki has a fever. All out indefinitely.

New Japan 8/2/22 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran Day 10 of the G1 CLIMAX 32 today, reaching the point where some participants are into their 4th match while some only have been in 2 matches so far due to scheduling.

Today’s event was held at Hamamatsu Arena in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1128.

Match 1: Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb beat Bad Dude Tito & Jonah. Henare pinned Tito after Streets Of Rage.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. Sho pinned TAKA.

Match 3: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Owens pinned BUSHI after a package piledriver.

Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Gedo, Juice Robinson & Jay White. YOSHI-HASHI beat Gedo with Butterfly Lock.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block B-Great-O-Khan beat Tomohiro Ishii.
Match 6: Block A-Tom Lawlor beat Toru Yano.
Match 7: Block B-Tama Tonga beat SANADA.
Match 8: Block C-KENTA beat Hirooki Goto.
Main Event: Block D-David Finlay beat Will Ospreay.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Cobb, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fale, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Lawlor, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Archer, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Jonah, 1-1, 2 pts
7-Yano, 1-3, 2 pts

Block B:
1-White, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Tonga, 2-1, 4 pts
3-SANADA, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Taichi, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Khan, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Owens, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Ishii, 1-3, 2 pts

Block C:
1-Tanahashi, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Sabre, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Goto, 2-1, 4 pts
4-EVIL, 1-1, 2 pts
5-KENTA, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Naito, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Henare, 1-2, 2 pts

Block D:
1-Finlay, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Ospreay, 2-1, 4 pts
3-YOSHI-HASHI, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Phantasmo, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Takagi, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Robinson, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
The winner of each block will advance to the Semifinals. While nobody is officially out yet, it’s virtually over for Yano and Ishii as tiebreakers are their only hope. The big surprise is Finlay controlling Block D after beating Ospreay today, but Ospreay has an extra match left. Block C, as expected, is living up to the Death Block prediction and remains wide open.

Day 11 is Friday at Item Ehime in Ehime with Tanahashi-EVIL as the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan News: LA Dojo Star Done

New Japan’s LA Dojo has become a new developmental/feeder system for new talent from both the US and Young Lions from Japan, but one such member is moving on. Karl Fredericks has announced on Twitter (via Fightful) he is leaving New Japan after 4 years. His contract was up and he did not sign a new one. No reason given as to why and no hints dropped on where he may go next. His last appearance was on the 6/11 episode of NJPW STRONG when he beat QT Marshall.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/31/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up their July schedule today with MIDSUMMER CLASH 2022, an uncommon standalone house show between ongoing & upcoming tours.

Today’s event wad held at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1276, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Alexander Otsuka beat Akitoshi Saito & Kinya Okada. Yone pinned Okada after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 3: Ninja Mack, Dante Leon & YO-HEY beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Mack pinned Tadasuke after Ninja Bomb.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Stallion Rogers beat Daiki Inaba & Anthony Greene. Rogers pinned Inaba after a missile headbutt.

Match 5: HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu beat Daisuke Harada, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Susumu beat Alejandro with a crossface.

Match 6: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Ka Shin beat Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Fujita pinned Taniguchi after a powerbomb.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Kiyomiya pinned Soya with a Tiger suplex hold.

The enxt event is DEPARTURE 2022 on Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, headlined by the return of Naomichi Marufuji from injury and GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA vs. Shuji Kondo for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

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