New Japan 9/9/22 Results

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour today with the next event in a stretch of non-televised events.

Today’s event was held at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There was no live broadcast and on demand video will not be available.

The announced paid attendance was 456.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuto Nakashima.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat The DKC, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Takahashi pinned DKC after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare beat Jado with Ultima.

Match 4: Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Khan beat Gedo with Subaru Sheep Killer Hold.

Match 5: Hikuleo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & KUSHIDA. Hikuleo pinned Honma after a chokeslam.

Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End.

Main Event: Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah. Tanahashi pinned Tito after High Fly Flow. Afterwards, Tanahashi stuck around for a full-length air guitar performance to send the crowd home happy.

The next event is tomorrow at G Messe Gunma in Gunma. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan News: Year-End Tournaments Announced

On their Japanese website, New Japan announced the annual World Tag League tournament today and a Super Jr. Tag League coning up later this year. The tournaments will run irregularly and alternate dates during the November-December tour.
The tour schedule:
11/21-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
11/22-Korakuen Hall
11/23-Arena Yachikawa Tachihi, Tokyo
11/25-Kiryu Gas Sports Center, Gunma
11/26-Fujisawa City Akihadai Culture Gym, Kanagawa
11/27-Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
11/28-Nagano Sports Park General Gym, Nagano
11/30-Twin Messe Shizuoka, Shizuoka
12/2-Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka
12/3-Kakogawa City General Gym, Hyogo
12/4-KDDI Ishin Hall, Yamaguchi
12/5-Karatsu City Cultural Gym, Saga
12/7-Sasebo City General Gym, Nagasaki
12/9-Kochi Prefectural Gym, Kochi
12/10-Uwajima City General Gym, Ehime
12/11-Akurie Himeji, Hyogo
12/14-Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai

More as it becomes available.

DEVELOPING: New Japan Launches New Australian Sub-Brand

Following in the footsteps of NJPW STRONG in the US, New Japan has just announced a new sub-brand called NJPW TAMASHII, which will see NJPW compete with the best of their New Zealand dojo overseen by Bad Luck Fale along with talent from the Australasia region. The first 2 events will be on 11/11 at the Pioneer Recreation & Sport Center in Christchurch, New Zealand, and on 11/13 at Liberty Hall inSydney, AUstralia. In addition to Fale, KENTA and Taiji Ishimori are confirmed for both events.
Tickets for both events go on sale tomorrow Australia time. The 11/13 event will be an 18+ only event because of alcohol service laws.

More as it becomes available.

AEW Dynamite 9/7/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Buffalo, NY (SPOILERS for west feed viewers!:
The show began with a pre-taped promo from Tony Khan, who announced that, in the wake of what happened after Sunday’s All Out PPV, both the AEW World Championship and the AEW Trios Championship are now VACANT. There have been reports that former World Champion CM Punk has either been suspended or fired and that former Trios champions The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega have been suspended indefinitely. Neither has been confirmed officially. Determination tournament to crown a new AEW World Champion starts tonight and will conclude in 2 weeks in New York City. A Trios Title determination match is coming up during the show.

MJF-Jon Moxley promo follows.

Death Triangle beat Best Friends to win the vacant AEW Trios Championship. Pac pinned Chuck Taylor after SSP.

Toni Storm beat Penelope Ford. Had Ford won, she would have gotten a future AEW Women’s CHampionship match.

AEW TNT Champion Wardlow beat Tony Nese to retain the title. Squash.

AEW World Title Tournament: Bryan Danielson beat Adam Page. As a result, Danielson will face Chris Jericho next week in the Semifinals. This match deserves some MOTY consideration.

Daniel Garcia beat ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta in a Pure Rules Match to become THE NEW ROH PURE CHAMPION! Excellent match.

The second hour was, in terms of wrestling, one of the best hours of AEW TV to date. Must-watch.

Friday on Rampage: Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin in the World Title Tournament, Samoa Joe Speaks, Serena Deeb vs. Madison Rayne and ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Dax Harwood for the title.

Next week: Jon Moxley vs. the Guevara-Allin winner in the World Title Tournament and Danielson-Jericho in the tournament. The winners face off for the ROH World Championship in 2 weeks. Also added to 9/21 is ROH World Tag Team Champions Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. The Acclaimed for the titles (again).

Muscle 7 Event 1 Results (Link) 9/7/22

DDT revived the Muscle sub-label today for the first of 4 special themed events over the next 3 days. It can be best described as a theater/opera-style performance with some actual wrestling. Today’s event featured lots of the former and a roughly 18-20 man tag match.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 544.

It’s easier just to link to DDT’s website for the recap, which has optional Google https://www.ddtpro.com/results/18824translation built in on some browsers.
https://www.ddtpro.com/results/18824

Event 2 is tomorrow at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and will be the monthly DDT FREE event with free admission for lucky ticket lottery winners. The last 2 events are Friday, also at Kitazawa Town Hall. There will be no live broadcast for any of the events.

Keiji Muto Retirement Event Announced

As expected, Keiji Muto held a major press conference with Pro Wrestling NOAH earlier today to announce his retirement event for early 2023. It will be as big as it possibly can be-The Living Legend will close his 40-year career on February 21, 2023 with KEIJI MUTO GRAND FINAL PRO-WRESTLING “LAST” LOVE～HOLD OUT～ at the Tokyo Dome. Tickets go on sale today for members of NOAH’s official fan club until September 19, then October 1-3 for WRESTLE UNIVERSE members. Other pre-sales begin October 5 and finally the general public sale begins November 19. Ticket prices range from 500,000 yen (around $3750 US) for front row seats with big-time VIP benefits down to 5000 yen (about $37-38).
3 commemorative Blu-ray box sets featuring highlights of Muto’s career, including one focused on his alternate character “The Great Muta” and one featuring his retirement match series, are also forthcoming. For now they are Japan-only.
NOAH has also created a special website for the retirement event series, including an English version. Check it out at this link:
https://www.noah.co.jp/muto_final_eng/

New Japan 9/7/22 Results

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour with the first of several live crowd-only house shows as we enter a long stretch of non-broadcast events. No live broadcasts again until the end of next week.

Today’s event was held at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki, Japan. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 586.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sho beat Oiwa with Snake Bite.

Match 3: Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira & TJP. Wato pinned Gray after No. 9.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Henare beat Gedo with Ultima.

Match 5: Hikuleo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat The DKC, Toru Yano & KUSHIDA. Hikuleo pinned DKC after a chokeslam.

Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. Takahashi pinned TAKA after D.

Main Event: Tomoaki Honma, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah. Okada pinned Tito after Rainmaker.

The next event is Friday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

DDT News Dump 9/6/22

Lots of DDT Group news today:
First up, Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the next challengers for Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai-Leah O’Reilly & Nightshade, both from Pro Wrestling EVE in England and both are heavyweights by women’s wrestling standards, so another literally huge test for AA Eye Candy. That match will happen at WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 on 10/9. Nightshade previously appeared in TJPW in 2019, challenging Maki Itoh for the International Princess Championship. O’Reilly spent time just before that in the Sendai Girls promotion.
A match to determine the next challenger for International Princess Champion Alex Windsor will happen on 9/16 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. It will be Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume. The question then is will the winner go to England for the match like Hikari Noa did, or will Windsor return to Japan? Also, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh will miss the 9/16 event. Both are headed overseas again.

Now for DDT: On 9/3 in Game Changer Wrestling in the US, Joey Janela successfully defended the DDT Extreme Championship in an 8-man Two Ring Ladder Scramble F**kfest match. V2 for Janela. The event is available as a PPV on FITE but the match likely will be on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at some point in the future.
All-Japan Pro Wresting announced Yukio Naya has been added to their 50th Anniversary event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Naya is replacing Ren Ayabe, who is now off due to injury.
Ganbare Pro wrestler Takaki Iwasaki has been added to 10/15 & 10/16 in Hokkaido.
And finally, the details of LiLiCo’s insane “Full refund if boring” plan for the year-ending event at Tokyo Dome City Hall have been announced: The refund window will be up to one hour after the 12/29 event ends, with refunds provided at a special booth by DDT Vice President/wrestler Akito. Fans will have to present their ticket stub from that day and ID and fill out a questionnaire and will only get the ticket price back. If they bought seats that cane with any benefits/goods, those have to get returned too. Same for any giveaway items for WRESTLE UNIVERSE members. No refunds for 25th Anniversary Last Commemorative Seats, which will be a whopping 250,000 yen each (around $1900 US). Other seats will cost 5000-35,000 yen ($40-275 US). So if everyone that could request a refund does, they could lose maybe in the 6 digits US. Tickets go on sale September 18.

New Japan 9/6/22 Results

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour today with the second of back-to-back events where vocal support by fans was allowed for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. Based on yesterday it appears to be a huge success so far despite reduced capacity limits as a result.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date, which should be in the next day or two. There was no live broadcast on the service.

The announced paid attendance was 700, a legit advance sellout. Yuji Nagata was the guest on commentary.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki beat Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima. Suzuki beat Nakashima with a sleeper hold.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat The DKC, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. EVIL pinned DKC after EVIL. More dog cage/kennel hijinks pre and post-match.

Match 3: Hikuleo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Hikuleo beat Gray when Gray gave up just before a chokeslam. Khan & Nagata traded words afterwards (they face off on 9/11).

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare beat Jado with Ultima.

Match 5: Tomoaki Honma & KUSHIDA beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. KUSHIDA pinned Gedo with a hanmerlock suplex hold.

Match 6: El Desperado, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Taichi beat BUSHI.

Match 7: Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah beat Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. Jonah pinned Yano after Torpedo.

Main Event: KENTA & El Phantasmo beat Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. Phantasmo pinned Takagi with a rollup after a low blow.

The next event is tomorrow at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

All-Japan News: Injury Changes to Events

All-Japan has announced that Ren Ayabe is now off all events the next 2 weeks including the 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18. Pulmonary pneumothorax. He was to have teamed with Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato to face Jun & Rei Saito & Cyrus on 9/18. DDT Pro Wrestling’s Yukio Naya is the replacement.
The promotion has also announced that Keiji Muto, the former President of All-Japan before joining Pro Wrestling NOAH, will be a special guest on commentary for 9/18. The 9/18 event will be live on TV in Japan ONLY. If you are an AJPW.TV subscriber, it will be available on demand beginning on 9/22 at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

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