New Japan has just announced another last-minute change for today’s event in a couple hours-Jado is now off the event. Fever. Tested negative for coronavirus but will be kept out as a precaution. He was to have teamed with Ryusuke Taguchi to face Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI. Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan are the replacements and Taguchi is now off. Probably just took LIJ from win to near-squash loss.
DDT Pro Wrestling KING OF DDT FINAL!! Results (7/3/22)
DDT Pro Wrestling wraps up the 2022 KING OF DDT Tournament today with the Semifinals and Finals, and the stakes are as high as they can be in the annual singles tournament. Not only will the winner claim the KING OF DDT title and a 1 million yen bonus prize (about $7400 US), but also will become the new KO-D Openweight Champion after Tetsuya Endo had to vacate the title due to a concussion suffered at CyberFight Festival ’22. Endo will be in attendance and address the crowd so it will be interesting to hear what he has to say. And when.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Additionally, two pre-show matches and the first main card match will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube.
Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Toru Owashi, Takao Soma & Toui Kojima
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
Main show:
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari vs. Akito, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata
KING OF DDT Semifinals:
Yuki Ueno vs. Naomi Yoshimura
Kazusada Higuchi vs. Jun Akiyama
Masa Takanashi & HARASHIMA vs. Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Chris Brookes & Andrew Everett
KING OF DDT Finals for the vacant KO-D Openweight Championship
Tetsuya Endo will appear and speak to the fans
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest updates.
Updates below will begin at 9:45 PM ET/6:45 PM PT. The live stream begins at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT.
9:45 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates start now.
Waiting for the live stream to go to the venue, which should happen shortly. The first match should begin in about 15 minutes.
9:53 PM ET UPDATE: We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Or were for a moment. Stand by.
9:57 PM ET UPDATE: Take 2…We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Ken Kato & Sayoko Mita. Your English hosts are Baliyan Akki & Christelle Ciari.
Pre-show:
Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Toru Owashi, Takao Soma & Toui Kojima. 10 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Toru Owashi, Takao Soma & Toui Kojima. Okatani pinned Kojima after a double arm suplex.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. 10 minute time limit
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. KANON pinned Ishida after a brainbuster.
The main show will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. During the pre-event announcements they bring in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling stars Yuki Aino & Raku and Ganbare Pro star Ken Ohka to promote their respective major events next weekend at Ota City General Gym. The main show broadcast begins during Okha’s promo.
New Japan Pro Wrestling stars Yuji Nagata & Yoshinobu Kanemaru are announced for the Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary Event on 9/18.
Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima come out to promote their Super Hardcore Girls event on 7/14, where they will transform into hardcore schoolgirls to take on members of Prominence. They lead the opening call to start the event.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like a near-sellout/full house.
Main Show:
Sanahiro Takagi (reluctantly) joins Japanese commentary.
Match 1: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari vs. Akito, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Akito, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata. Iino beat Akito.
Tetsuya Endo comes out. With microphone. He apologizes to the fans for worrying them following his injury (concussion) at CyberFight Festival. He announces he was just cleared to resume training and will return on 7/24 at Korakuen.
The YouTube broadcast ends here.
Match 2: KING OF DDT Semifinals: Yuki Ueno vs. Naomi Yoshimura. No time limit
Result; Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuk Ueno. As a result, Yoshimura advances to the Final to face the winner of the next match.
Match 3: KING OF DDT Semifinals: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Jun Akiyama. No time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi beat Jun Akiyama. As a result, Higuchi advances to the Finals to face Naomi Yoshimura for the KO-D Openweight Championship in the main event.
Quick break for ring cleaning.
Match 4: Masa Takanashi & HARASHIMA vs. Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Masa Takanashi & HARASHIMA. Okada pinned Takanashi. Afterwards, Okada with microphone. He challenged Takanashi for the DDT Universal Championship.
Match 5: MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Chris Brookes & Andrew Everett. 30 minute time limit
Result; Chris Brookes & Andrew Everett beat MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Everett pinned Katsumata after a moonsault chokeslam off the top rope. Note that while Everett calls himself “The Giant”, he really is no bigger than Brookes. By no means is he 7 feet, 300+ pounds.
Konosuke Takeshita, who is on an excursion to All Elite Wrestling in the US, appears in a recorded promo. He may be coming back for WRESTLE PETER PAN.
Main Event: KING OF DDT Finals: Naomi Yoshimura vs. Kazusada Higuchi for the vacant KO-D Openweight Championship. No time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi beat Naomi Yoshimura to win the tournament and the title. Higuchi becomes the 79th KO-D Openweight Champion.
The next event is Thursday at Shinjuku Face, which is this month’s DDT FREE event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
Post-show news/updates:
The announced paid attendance was 703.
The DDT Universal Championship match hinted at will happen on 7/24. Whoever wins will defend vs. TBA on 8/20.
First up for Higuchi: TBA. That will be on 8/20 at WRESTLE PETER PAN, but Higuchi stated he wants to wait for Endo.
Joey Janela vs. Shunma Katsumata in a Hardcore match was announced for 8/20, as was Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma vs. Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito.
Atsushi Onita participation in an explosion death match was announced for 9/4 at Nagoya Congress Center.
For the DDT Extreme Championship match on 7/16, which is Yuki Iino defending vs. Akito, the rule is a 3 vs. 1 handicap match of Pheromons vs. Akito. If any of the Pheromons get a pinfall or submission, Iino retains the title. But if Akito gets a pinfall or submission on any of the Pheromons, even if it’s not Iino, Akito wins the title.
For the Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary Event on 9/18 at Korakuen, it will be set up where vocal cheering will be allowed in one section of the venue but not in another section, and the vocal section will be at 50% capacity.
7/3/22-7/9/22 Events Schedule
Here is the current events schedule for this site for 7/3/22-7/9/22, which is subject to change (all times PT):
7/3:
1 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour, Yamagata Big Wing, Yamagata, Japan. On demand video available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning 7/6
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live and on demand on New Japan World
7/4:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Korakuen Hall. Live and on demand on New Japan World
7/5:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Korakuen Hall. Live and on demand on New Japan World
7/6:
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Rochester, NY. LIVE on TBS in US, New Japan World in Japan and FITE elsewhere
7/7:
2:30 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling “DDT FREE -LET’S SHOUT!-“, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
7/8:
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
10 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’22”, Ota City General Gym, Tokyo, Japan. Live and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. English audio will be available for this event.
7/9:
10 PM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA”, Ota City General Gym. Live and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. English audio will be available for this event.
Streaming note: Since it’s that time of the month, the latest monthly subscription fees in USD for WRSETLE UNIVERSE & New Japan World are as follows as of yesterday (7/1), based on what I was charged:
WRESTLE UNIVERSE-$6.66 (900 yen)
New Japan world-$7.37 (999 yen)
Both are record lows since I have been subscribing (since February 2021 for New Japan World, since summer 2021 for WRESTLE UNIVERSE). Remember that if you have never subscribed to WRESTLE UNIVERSE before, you get a 2-week FREE trial. If you cancel before the 13th day Japan time, you will not be charged.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/2/22 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour, this being a rare tour that stretches out over two consecutive months, with the next of a handful of house shows building up the next blowout event in 2 weeks. Today also possibly marked the major promotions’ return to Fukushima after the major earthquake a few months ago that caused some damage in areas affected by the catastrophic 9.1 earthquake near Fukushima in March 2011.
Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.
In addition to Go Shiozaki being a late removal from the event (potential coronavirus close contact), it was revealed on the results page that Shuhei Taniguchi was also a last-minute removal from the event. Heat stroke.
The announced paid attendance was 318.
Match 1: Manabu Soya vs. Daiki Inaba went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Super Crazy beat Alejandro.
Match 3: HAYATA & Yuya Susumu beat Seiki Yoshioka & Kai Fujimura. Susumu beat Fujimura with a crossface.
Match 4: Michael Elgin, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Timothy Thatcher, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Rene Dupree. Elgin pinned Dupree after a Double Impact type Elgin Bomb.
Match 5: Takashi Sugiura, Hideki Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai beat Mohammed Yone, Simon Gotch & Kinya Okada. Suzuki pinned Okada with a double arm suplex.
Match 6: Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kotaro Suzuki by DQ. Outside interference.
Main Event: Satoshi Kojima, Kaito Kiyomiya, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Extreme Tiger beat Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Kojima pinned Ohara after a Western lariat.
The next event is tomorrow at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata. Both Shiozaki and Taniguchi will miss this event as well. The event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. There will be no live broadcast.
NOAH News: No Go Today
Just a few hours before their next event, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced a late No Go…Go Shiozaki is now off today’s event and possibly more. Potential coronavirus close contact. He was removed as a precaution. Several matches were changed and his status for the next event tomorrow (7/3) is uncertain (but a pre-event autograph session is off and he will be replaced there). After tomorrow the promotion is off for a week so at worst he may miss one more event but should be good for the next major event on 7/16.
Impact Wrestling Against All Odds Quick Results (7/1/22)
Here are quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling Against All Odds PPV (I planned to do live results due to being in Covid isolation, but my isolation and teleworking ended early so I would not have made it home in time to watch the first part live):
Black Taurus beat Laredo Kid.
Brian Myers beat Rick Swann to win the Impact Digital Media Championship.
Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin beat Ace Austin & Chris Bey.
Chelsea Green & Deonna Purrazzo beat Mickie James & Mia Yim.
Impact X Division Champion Mike Bailey beat Trey Miguel to retain the title.
Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary beat Tenille Dashwood & Gisele Shaw to retain the titles.
Chris Harris, James Storm, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Heath beat PCO, Kenny King, Eddie Edwards, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett.
In a Clockwork Orange House Of Fun Match, Moose beat Sami Callahan.
Impact Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Tasha Steelz to retain the title.
Impact World Champion Josh Alexander beat Joe Doering to retain the title.
The replay is available on demand on Impact+ ($7.99/month or $71.99/year) or YouTube Ultimate Insider ($4.99/month-separate from Impact+) for subscribers or on FITE for $9.99. Purchase on FITE includes unlimited replays.
The next PPV is Emergence on 8/12 in Chicago. This will be an Impact+/Ultimate Insider exclusive and likely will be a $9.99 PPV on FITE.
AEW Rampage 7/1/22 Results (SPOILERS!)
Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Rampage (West coast warning-SPOILERS!):
Brody King won a 2-ring, 20-man battle royal, last eliminating Darby Allin. As a result, King will face Interim AEW World Champion Jon Moxley for the title on next week’s Dynamite.
The Young Bucks beat Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI. Nick Jackson pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Meltzer Driver. Had Goto & YOSHI-HASHI won, they would have gotten a rematch for the AEW Tag Team Championship.
Toni Storm beat Nyla Rose.
Next week on Dynamite-The Butcher & The Blade vs. Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland, AEW TNT Champion Scorpio Sky vs. Wardlow in a street fight for the title, AEW Interim World Champion Jon Moxley vs. Brody King for the title, Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm vs. Nyla Rose & Marina Shafir, Christian Cage & Luchasaurus appearance.
Next week on Rampage-Lee Moriarty & Jonathan Gresham vs. Gates Of Agony, who are two of Tully Blanchard’s new group members.
New Japan News: Bumpy End of New Japan Road
Ouch…New Japan announced today that FOUR wrestlers are out of the rest of the New Japan Road Tour that wraps up over the next week: Alex Coughlin, Yoh, DOUKI and Yuto Nakashima. Here’s why:
Coughlin-left calf injury.
Yoh-coronavirus.
DOUKI-coronavirus close contact (precautionary isolation).
Nakashima-left elbow injury.
Yoh can return on 7/5 so the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match he is part of that day is on as planned. The rest are out indefinitely, but with the G1 CLIMAX next they may not see much action anyway. The one I really feel bad for is Nakashima, as a similar injury in his debut match last year kept him out for a long time.
As far as replacements in their scheduled matches go, Yuji Nagata will replace Coughlin, TBA will replace Nakashima, TAKA Michinoku will replace DOUKI, while planned 8-man tag matches with Yoh involved will see both Yoh & Sho removed to make them 6-man tags.
AEW Dynamite 6/30/22 Results
Here are the quick results from last night’s AEW Dynamite in Detroit:
Orange Cassidy beat Ethan Page.
Danhausen, TBA & TBA beat Gunn Club & Max Caster. TBA, which was Danhausen’s choice, turned out to be FTR.
AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Leila Grey to retain the title. Squash.
BLOOD & GUTS: Blackpool Combat Club beat Jericho Appreciation Society by submission. Claudio Castagnoli beat Matt Menard with a Boston Crab as Eddie Kingston was trying to make Chris Jericho tap.
Tomorrow on Rampage: A 20-man 2-ring battle royal for an Interim AEW World Title shot, Nyla Rose vs. Toni Storm and The Young Bucks vs. YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto (New Japan Pro Wrestling). The New Japan duo may get a rematch for the AEW Tag Team Championship if they win.
AEW Updated Rankings 6/29/22
Here are the newest updated AEW Rankings ahead of 6/29/22, ahead of tonight’s Dynamite:
