DDT 6/19/22 Results (2 Events)

DDT ran 2 separate events today-first was the KING OF DDT Quarterfinals, second was a mini-event co-sponsored by DDT owner CyberFight Group.

First up, the KING OF DDT event, which was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 430.

Pre-show: Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Dieno pinned Hirata.

Match 1: MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani went to a double countout.

Match 2: In a THE KICKBOXING MATCH 2022 match with 3 5-minute rounds, Hikaru Machida & Gota Ihashi beat Shinya Aoki & Toui Kojima at 1:42 of round 3. Ihashi pinned Kojima after a moonsault press.

Match 3: MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Yusuke Okada & Tuya Koroku beat Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya, Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida. Katsumata pinned Ishida after Our Straight Line.

KING OF DDT Quarterfinals:
Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi beat Masa Takanashi.
Match 5: Jun Akiyama beat Yuki Iino.
Match 6: Yuki Ueno beat Daisuke Sasaki.
Main Event: Naomi Yoshimura beat HARASHIMA. Definite upset.
A lottery was held afterwards to determine the Semifinals matches, they will be Ueno vs. Yoshimura and Higuchi vs. Akiyama. The tournament winner becomes the new KO-D Openweight Champion and also wins a 1 million yen bonus sponsor prize (about $8,000 US). The Semifinals and Finals will be on 7/3 (7/2 start in the US).

The second event was held at a specially installed Zelby Land in Machida GION Stadium in Tokyo. There was no live broadcast.

The attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Mizuki Watase & Zhao Yun Dragon. Katsumura beat Dragon with a “combined joint technique for which names are being recruited”.

Match 2: Saki Akai & Akito beat Cherry & Antonio Honda. Akai pinned Honda after New Face Award.

Main Event: Shiro Koshinaka & Keisuke Ishii beat Ken Ohka & Shota. Koshinaka pinned Shota after a powerbomb.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. The only match announced so far is a KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

In other post-event news, the following was annonunced for WRESTLE PETER PAN on 8/20, DDT’s biggest event of the year:
Joey Janela (All Elite Wrestling) vs. Shunma Katsumata in a Hardcore Match
Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match
DDT Universal Champion vs. TBA for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion vs. TBA for the title
Dick Togo participation (formerly of DDT, now with New Japan Pro Wrestling)

Tokyo Joshi Pro “Additional Attack ’22” 6/19/22 Results

With CyberFight Festival now in the past, Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the fast build to Summer Sun Princess ’22 tonight with Additional Attack, their monthly mid-major event. A Princess Tag Team Championship match is the main event, as current Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima tries to add to her current title alongside former challenger Hyper Misao as they try to dethrone Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki. Emotions will come into play here as Nakajima beat Sakazaki last weekend to retain the title while Mizuki’s intentions to challenge Nakajima in July were derailed when she lost her chance by failing to win a 4-way (which was won by Rika Tatsumi).
On the undercard, AA Eye Candy is back together as DDT star (and budding skin care entrepreneur) Saki Akai returns to TJPW for her second pairing with SKE48 member Yuki Arai to face Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto, and Juria Nagano is in action against Miu Watanabe.
In related TJPW news the last couple days, All Elite Wrestling & Ring Of Honor rising star Willow Nightingale will make her TJPW debut at Summer Sun Princess, and Yuki Arai’s July-September participation schedule has been announced: 7/9 (Summer Sun Princess ’22), 7/16, 7/17, 7/18 (all at Ryogoku KFC Hall), 7/31 (Otemachi Mitsui Hall), 8/13, 8/14 (both at Korakuen Hall), and 9/4 (Nagoya Congress Center). As always this is subject to change and more dates could be added.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. English commentary team will be DDT wrestler Chris Brookes & ChocoPro personality Baliyan Akki. Also, the opening and the first match will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube.

Today’s lineup:
Arisu Endo vs. Kaya Toribami (YouTube broadcast ends after this match)
Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Nao Kakuta & Neko Haruna
Yuki Aino vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe vs. Juria Nagano
Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto vs. Saki Akai & Yuki Arai
Rika Tatsumi & Suzume vs. Maki Itoh & Hikari Noa
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao for the titles

Refresh occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. I expect the event’s total running time to be just under 2 1/2 hours.

10:23 PM ET UPDATE: Stream just began so updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Looks like they are still using reduced capacity setup but it’s already getting close to a near-sellout. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes & Baliyan Akki.
The pre-show announcements & housekeeping are underway now. The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The paid attendance will be announced tomorrow. For the limited capacity setup it looks close to a sellout so should be a good number.

There’s new theme music for the opening card announcement, I think it was composed by someone who did music for the “Final Fantasy” videogames. Admittedly I am not a fan of it. Anyway, moving on…

Match 1: Arisu Endo vs. Kaya Toribami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Arisu Endo

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Nao Kakuta & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Neko Haruna & Nao Kakuta. Kamifuku pinned Haruna after Fameasser.

Match 3: Yuki Aino vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku.

Willow Mightingale vs. Miu Watanabe is announced for 7/9 at Ota City General Gym.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe vs. Juria Nagano. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Juria Nagano by submission.

AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa vs. Miyu Yamashita is announced for 7/9.

Match 5: Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto vs. Saki Akai & Yuki Arai. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai beat Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto. Arai pinned Miyamoto after Finally.

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume vs. Maki Itoh & Hikari Noa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume beat Maki Itoh & Hikari Noa. Tatsumi pinned Noa after Missile Hip.

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao to retain the titles. Sakazaki pinned Misao after Magical Merry Go Round. V5 for the champs. Next up: AA Eye Candy? Yuki Arai came out to make the challenge for herself and Saki Akai. When it will happen should be known soon, maybe tomorrow.

Post-event updates to follow tomorrow.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe then Sunday at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast for either event. After those two, the next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym. Here is the current 7/9 lineup at the moment:
Willow Nightingale vs. Miu Watanabe
Thunder Rosa vs. Miyu Yamashita
Mei Suruga & Suzume vs. TBA
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Yuki Arai & Saki Akai for the titles
International Princess Champion Maki Itoh vs. TBA for the title (it will not be someone from TJPW)
Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Rika Tatsumi for the title
Other participation: Hikaru Shida, Riho, Aja Kong, Yuki Arai, Juria Nagano
Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/9 at 1 AM ET/10 PM PT.

Post-show Update: The announced paid attendance was 525. Also, the Princess Tag Team Championship match of Mizuki/Sakazaki vs. Akai/Arai is now official. That match will happen on 7/9, meaning 3 title matches as the headliners. Sakazaki/Mizuki will be trying to tie the record for most successful defenses in a reign, which is 6, and is also a record they hold from their first reign.

6/19/22-6/25/22 Events Schedule

Here is the current events schedule for the week of 6/19/22-6/25/22, which is subject to change (all times PT):
6/19:
Midnight-Pro Wrestling NOAH BACK IN THE KOBE! -LIVE 2022, Kobe Sambo Hall, Kobe, Japan. No live broadcast. Will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET
2:30 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling KING OF DDT Round 2, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

6/20:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Korakuen Hall. Live and on demand FOR FREE on New Japan World

6/21:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Korakuen Hall. Live on New Japan World

6/22:
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Milwaukee, WI. LIVE on TBS

6/23:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH N INNOVATION, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

6/24:
2 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour, Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”, Milwaukee. TAPED on TNT
8:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling TJPW CITY CIRCUIT-Kobe Performance, Kobe Art Center, Kobe, Japan. No live broadcast
8:30 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling DRAMATIC DREAM TOUR 2022 in Yokohama, Yokohama Radiant Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

6/25:
11 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling TJPW CITY CIRCUIT-Fukuoka Performance, Nishitetsu Hall, Fukuoka, Japan. No live broadcast

New Japan 6/18/22 Results

New Japan ran the first televised event of the New Japan Road tour today, a homecoming event for Hiromu Takahashi who hoped to put on a good show for a sellout crowd ahead of his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship match next week, a reward for winning Best Of The Super Junior.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese.

The announced paid attendance was 1955. Based on event photos from New Japan’s Japanese website, not quite the legit sellout Takahashi hoped for. No guest on Japanese commentary. Your host is Haruo Murata alongside Milano Collection A.T.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku beat Kosei Fujita by submission.

Match 2: Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma beat Yuto Nakashima & Clark Connors. Honma pinned Nakashima after Kokeshi. After the match, TM 4 with microphone. He is competing in All-Japan Pro Wrestling tomorrow and vowed to win the All-Japan Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Ryohei Oiwa & Tomohiro Ishii. Suzuki beat Oiwa.

Match 4: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Gedo after Traas Kick.

Match 5: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. Henare pinned Jado after ultima.

Match 6: SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. Takagi pinned Makabe after Last of the Dragon.

ATSUSHI, who probably is some kind of comedian dressed and face painted like a clown, joined comemntary for the main event.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi Homecoming Match: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Sho & Taiji Ishimori. Takahashi pinned Sho after Time Bomb. After the match, Takahashi’s LIJ factionmates joined him for the show-ending promo.

The next event is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and features an IWGP Jr. heavyweight Tag Team Title match. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. And best of all, it’s the monthly event that everyone can watch FOR FREE! In other upcoming event news, New Japan World will have a live PPV broadcast of the GLEAT Ver. 3-1st Anniversary Event on 7/1 at Tokyo Dome City Hall. It will cost 3000 yen or just over $22 US in addition to the monthly subscription fees and will be available on demand until October 1. If you can wait, odds are sometime down the road it’ll be on YouTube.

Correction:The next event actually is tomorrow at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka, but it is a non-televised event so no live or on demand video will be available.

AEW Rampage 6/17/22 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Rampage:
Jon Moxley beat Dante Martin by submission.

Gunn Club & Max Caster beat Bear Country & Leon Ruff. Caster pinned Ruff after Mic Drop. Squash.

AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title.

Darby Allin beat Bobby Fish. Sting returned after the match.

Keiji Muto Retirement Series Set

At a press conference held by Pro Wrestling NOAH today for their major 7/16 main event, Keiji Muto announced the plans for his retirement series he revealed at CyberFight Festival ’22. The Living Legend will compete in just 5 more matches before bringing the curtain down on an incredible 40-year career in the ring, which will include one final appearance as his legendary alter-ego The Great Muta. It has been dubbed “Keiji Muto FINAL COUNTDOWN SERIES” and the schedule is currently as follows:
7/16-Muto vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
9/25 (Aichi Prefectural Gym)-TBA
10/30 (Ariake Arena, Tokyo)-TBA
1/22/23 (Yokohama Arena, Yokohama)-GREAT MUTA FINAL “BYE-BYE”, TBA
TBA-KEIJI MUTO GRAND FINAL-PRO WRESTLING “LAST” LOVE – HOLD OUT -, Location TBA

The 7/16 event is an ABEMA exclusive live broadcast but WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have an exclusive live broadcast in English beginning at 3 AM ET/midnight PT.

New Japan 6/16 Results

New Japan kicked off the New Japan Road tour today, which in recent years was known as KIZUNA ROAD, a reference to one of the many card games that owner Bushiroad Corporation has published in Japan. The name change is a likely return to original names as part of the ongoing 50th Anniversary Celebration. SANADA continues his return from injury after coming back at DOMINION this past weekend.

Today’s event was held at Tochigi Cultural Center in Tochigi and was a non-televised event. The event will not be available on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 421.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku beat Ryohei Oiwa by submission.

Match 2: Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma beat Kosei Fujita & Clark Connors. Honma pinned Fujita after Kokeshi.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Yuto Nakashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Suzuki pinned Nakashima after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 4: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo after Direct Drive.

Match 5: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. Henare pinned Jado after Ultima.

Match 6: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takahashi pinned Gedo after D.

Main Event: SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. SANADA pinned Tenzan with O’Connor Bridge.
For those wondering about notable names missing, many of them appeared in All Elite Wrestling in the US last night to help promote the Forbidden Door PPV on 6/26.

The next event is Saturday at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

In other news, the September tour, “Burning Spirit”, has been announced. The current schedule is as follows:
9/2-Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama
9/3-Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya
9/5-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
9/6-Korakuen Hall
9/7-Lily Arena MITO, Ibaraki
9/9-Fujisan Messe, Shizuoka
9/10-G Messe Gunma, Gunma
9/11-Togane Arena, Chiba
9/13-Towa Pharmaceutical Dome Sub-Arena, Osaka
9/15-Kirin Beverage Shunan Sports Center, Yamaguchi
9/17-Ichiki Kushikino City General Gym, Kagoshima
9/18-Beppu Beacon Plaza, Oita
9/20-Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka
9/21-Grand Messe Kumamoto, Kumamoto
9/23-Takamatsu City General Gymnasium Stadium 1, Kagawa
9/25-Kobe World Hall, Kobe (likely a major event)

6/16 DDT Results

DDT ran their monthly DDT FREE event today (on the weekly schedule post I incorrectly said it was yesterday, DDT’s website is kinda wacky with event date/time listings), which kicked off their annual KING OF DDT Tournament. This year’s tournament takes on much greater significance because with KO-D Openweight Champion Tetsuya Endo out and forced to vacate the title because of a concussion suffered at CyberFight Festival ’22, the tournament winner also becomes the new champion.

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

The announced attendance was 444. All tickets were free and this was billed as a legit sellout. In reality this was extremely close to legit full capacity for the venue, maybe 6 short of 100% (normal capacity for wrestling at the venue is 450, maybe 500).

Before the matches began, Makoto Oishi announced he will return at the 7/24 event. He has been out for a year due to injuries.

Dark Match: Masa Takanashi & Toui Kojima vs. Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku went to a 10 minute time limit draw. Takanashi was to have faced Endo in the tournament but got a free pass to the Quarterfinals due to Endo being out, and this match was added to the event as a result.

All main show matches were KING OF DDT Tournament matches, no time limit.
Match 1: HARASHIMA beat Hideki Okatani.
Match 2: Naomi Yoshimura beat Chris Brookes.
Match 3: Yuki Ueno beat KANON.
Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki beat Yuji Hino.
Match 5: Yuki Iino beat MAO.
Match 6: Jun Akiyama beat Yukio Sakaguchi.
Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi beat Yukio Naya.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall with the Quarterfinals and more non-tournament matches. The Quarterfinals will be Takanashi-Higuchi, Akiyama-Iino, Sasaki-Ueno and HARASHIMA-Yoshimura. After that, the Semifinals will be determined by lottery. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Sunday at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

AEW Dynamite 6/15/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite (5/16/22)-this contains SPOILERS if you haven’t watched yet!

Chris Jericho beat Ortiz in a Hair vs. Hair Match. As a result< Ortiz loses his hair.

Will Ospreay beat Dax Harwood.

In a 20-on-1 Handicap Match, Wardlow beat all 20 of Smart Mark Sterling’s Plaintiffs.

AEW All-Atlantic Tournament: Miro beat Ethan Page. As a result, Miro advances to face Pac.

Toni Storm beat Britt Baker.

In a Ladder Match, The Young Bucks beat AEW World Tag Team Champions Jurassic Express to become THE NEW AEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! They also are now the first 2-time champions. Afterwards, Christian Cage turned on Jungle Boy to end the show.

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