More CyberFight Festival fallout-the KO-D Openweight Championship is now VACANT. Previous champion Tetsuya Endo has vacated the title due to injury-he suffered a concussion Sunday and is out indefinitely. The winner of the KING OF DDT Tournament, which starts tomorrow, will become the new champion. Endo’s first opponent, Masa Takanashi, will get a win by forfeit and advance to the next round
New Japan Free Match Monday 6/13/22
It’s a very special New Japan Free Match Monday as today, on the 13th anniversary of his tragic death, the legacy of the legendary Mitsuharu Misawa, the founder of Pro Wrestling NOAH and one of the top stars of puroresu before that, is remembered by New Japan in this match against Masahiro Chono from 5/2/2002 at the Tokyo Dome.
Mitsuharu Misawa, ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS!
UPDATED: BREAKING: AEW Star Arrested (Yet Again…)
BREAKING: AEW star Jeff Hardy has been arrested yet again. Felony DUI, a third drug- or alcohol-related DUI offense within 10 years, driving with a suspended, canceled or revoked license and violation of restrictions placed on a driver’s license. Those non-DUI charges are misdemeanors. Hardy should appear before a judge in Florida tomorrow. This could change Dynamite plans this week because The Hardys are scheduled to face AEW Tag Team Champions Jurassic Express and The Young Bucks in a 3-way ladder match for the titles.
More as it becomes available.
6/14 UPDATE: Jeff Hardy has now been suspended without pay by AEW. He must complete rehab before he can return. He was released from jail on $3500 bond.
New Japan DOMINION Results (6/12/22)
New Japan today holds DOMINION, their annual June Osaka blowout event, which takes on more significance this year as it also will help set up the Forbidden Door PPV with All Elite Wrestling in 2 weeks-in addition to 5 title matches, an Interim AEW World Championship opportunity at Forbidden Door is on the line for Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hirooki Goto. In the main event, Kazuchika Okada looks to continue his impressive reign as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, but his next challenger is his toughest yet-Jay White, who is 3-1 against Okada in singles matches. Will Rainmaker go into Chicago as champion or will Switchblade back up his claim that it is “Still My Era”?
A last-minute change to the card was announced earlier today as IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Juice Robinson has been STRIPPED of the title because he will miss this event after previously agreeing to defend the title. Robinson is claiming appendicitis will prevent him from competing. He was to have defended against SANADA & Will Ospreay in a 3-way. Robinson proposed their now-singles match be to determine the next challenger to the title, but NJPW instead has made it so the SANADA-Ospreay winner becomes the new champion.
Today’s event will be held at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Jpaan and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
Today’s lineup:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP
Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. Taiji Ishimori, Ace Austin & El Phantasmo
Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows
NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr. & El Desperado for the titles
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan for the titles
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto. The winner will face Jon Mosley for the Interim AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door
KOPW 2022 Trophy Holder Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi in a 10 Minute Unlimited Falls Match for the trophy. Whoever gets the most cumulative counts (in seconds) on pinfalls in 10 minutes wins. No 3 count pinfalls, submissions, countouts or DQs
NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. Karl Anderson for the title
SANADA vs. Will Ospreay for the vacant IWGP US Heavyweight Championship
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White for the title
Refresh occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 1 AM ET/10 PM PT.
9:45 PM PT UPDATE: The stream started early for some pre-match entertainment, so…
We are LIVE from Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. Some pre-event annoucnements are being made. This went for about 5 minutes before we cut away, back into pre-show mode.
The matches will begin just after 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
This broadcast is part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE on TV Asahi in Japan. We have the major-event English announcer along with the usual Japanese announcers. Jushin Thunder Liger is our guest on Japanese commentary.
The announced paid attendance was 6068. If capacity limits were still in place (Osaka has been stricter than other places during the pandemic), this suggests 50% maximum, in which case this would have been possibly a full house/near-sellout and in the 85-90% full range.
Match 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi (with Manabu Nakanishi, former IWGP Heavyweight Champion) vs. Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP. 20 minute itme limit
Result: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare beat Tenzan with a rear neck lock.
Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. Taiji Ishimori, Ace Austin & El Phantasmo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Taiji Ishimori, Ace Austin & El Phantasmo beat Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI. Phantasmo pinned BUSHI after CR 2.
Match 3: Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows. 30 minute time limit
Result: Toru Yano beat Doc Gallows
Match 4: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr. & El Desperado for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: NEER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado to retain the titles. Sho pinned Desperado after Shock Arrow. V4 for the champs.
Match 5: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale to win the titles. Cobb & Khan become the 95th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Cobb pinned Owens after Tour of the Islands. Afterwards, Rocky Romero made the mistake of a sneak attack on the new champs and got obliterated.
It is announced that the G1 CLIMAX 32 Tournament will have a total of 28 participants. And it’s time to meet them! They are…Kazuchika Okada (3-time winner and defending champion), Tama Tonga, Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-time champion, 21st straight participation), Tom Lawlor, Jonah, YOSHI-HASHI, HIrooki Goto (2008 champion), Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay, Aaron Henare, Shingo Takagi, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito (2-time champion), Jay White, EVIL, KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Juice Robinson, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer (All Elite Wrestling), David Finlay, El Phantasmo. They will be divided into 4 blocks of 7. The Finals will be on 8/17 & 8/18 at Nippon budokan in Tokyo.
Intermission. Updates will resume in a few minutes (as of 11:35 PM PT).
11:39 PM PT…And we’re back!
Match 6: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto. The winner will face Jon Moxley for the Interim AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door on 6/26. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hirooki Goto. As a result, Tanahashi will face Jon Moxley for the Interim AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door
Match 7: KOPW 2022 Trophy Holder Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi (with Miho Abe) in a 10 Minute Unlimited Falls Match for the trophy. Whoever gets the most cumulative counts (in seconds) on pinfalls in 10 minutes wins. No 3 count pinfalls, submissions, countouts or DQs
Result: KOPW 2022 holder SHingo Takagi beat Taichi 11-10 to retain the trophy.
Match 8: NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. Karl Anderson for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Karl Anderson beat NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga to win the title. Anderson becomes the 37th NEVER Openweight Champion.
Match 9: SANADA vs. Will Ospreay for the vacant IWGP US Heavyweight Championship. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Will Ospreay beat SANADA to win the vacant IWGP US Heavyweight Championship. Ospreay becomes the 16th IWGP US Heavyweight Champion. But Juice Robinson still has the title belt and they had no replacement.
Hiroshi Tanahashi joins Japanese commentary for the final match.
Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Jay White beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada to win the title. White becomes the 5th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. And the biggest loser in all of this is one Adam Page. He wanted Okada for the title at Forbidden Door. Now it’s not happening. Adam Cole will be gloating about it on AEW Dynamite next week.
The next event is the New Japan Road (formerly Kizuna Road) Tour opener Thursday at Tochigi Cultural Center in Tochigi. It will not be televised and on demand video will not be available. The next broadcast is Saturday at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. Also, a FREE broadcast is coming up on 6/20 at Korakuen Hall.
CyberFight Festival ’22 Results (6/12/22)
What is being billed as the biggest wrestling event of the year in Japan, in both size and scope, and it likely will be outside of New Japan’s Tokyo Dome January spectacular, returns today with the 3rd installment of CyberFight Festival ’22, the annual showcase for the CyberFight Group’s owned promotions-DDT Pro Wrestling, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Ganbare Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH. It will have a literal festival atmosphere with nearly a full day’s worth of events outside and inside the venue and 14 matches likely making up a 5-6 hour supershowcase that also will feature an appearance by WWE Hall Of Famer Rob Van Dam. A big announcement from Keiji Muto has been promised for before the event as well, and the double main event of Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title then, in the main event, it’s GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima of New Japan for the title.
There was a late change to the early card yesterday, as Ganbare star YuuRI is replacing TJPW star Raku in the second match. Raku is off due to what is being called “poor physical condition”.
Today’s event will be held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and can be watched LIVE EXCLUSIVELY on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. And because they are now offering a 2-week trial for new subscribers, you have the chance to watch FOR FREE! The Japanese commentary will feature several guests: Kendo Kobayashi, Yui Okada, Tina Matsuki and SKE48 member Marika Tani. English commentary is TBA but I expect it to include regular NOAH English commentary team Stewart “BANG!” Fulton & Mark Pickering.
Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Rob Van Dam Press Conference
Keiji Muto Press Conference
Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya vs. Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata
Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, YuuRI, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami
Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase
Main Show:
Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura vs. Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano vs. Hikari Noa, Suzume & Yuki Arai
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito Nishigaki vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Miu Watanabe in a 4-way for a Princess Of Princess Championship match at the 7/9/22 TJPW event
Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & Timothy Thatcher
HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimuram Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Asuka (Veny)
Rob Van Dam, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura
Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki in a No DQ Hardcore Match
Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title
GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title
Refresh occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. If NWA Always Ready ends in time, the pre-show press conferences will be covered, although they will likely be in Japanese only. Those should begin at 10:45 PM ET/7:45 PM PT.
If you’re coming just for match results, the matches will begin at midnight ET/9 PM PT. Also, a post-event talk show/recap special will air on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 5 AM PT/8 AM ET.
8:45 PM PT UPDATE: A pre-event talk show is underway featuring guest participants in tonight’s event including Yuki Arai.The main live stream is now up and running and will begin with the pre-show matches at midnight ET/9 PM PT. Stand by for updates.
9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from the Saitama SUper Arena in Saitama, Japan. Commentary is available in Japanese and English. Stewart Fulton is joined by some new voices on the English side (no Mark Pickering)-Sebastian Cescon & Christelle Ciari. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano and a full complement of guests-Kendo Kobayashi, Yui Okada, Rina Matsuki & Marika Tani.
The paid attendance will be announced tomorrow. The crowd will still be filing in over the next hour-plus.
Match 1: Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya vs. Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya beat Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Naya pinned Hirata after a backdrop.
Match 2: Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, YuuRI (Ganbare Pro Wrestling), Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami beat Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, YuuRI, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. Kiryu pinned Harajuku.
Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase by ref stoppage. Sakaguchi beat Watase with a sleeper hold. After the match, Watase tried to cut off his hair before Ohka & Manase stopped him.
Updates will resume at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET (about 15 minutes).
Match 4: Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura vs. Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura beat Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku. Okada beat Kojima with a Boston Crab.
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano vs. Hikari Noa, Suzume & Yuki Arai. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano beat Yuki Arai, Suzume & Hikari Noa. Yamashita pinned Suzume after Skull Kick.
Match 6: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito Nishigaki vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito Nishigaki beat Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta. Akito beat Takagi.
Match 7: Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Miu Watanabe in a 4-way for a Princess Of Princess Championship match at the 7/9/22 TJPW event. 30 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Miu Watanabe in a 4-way by pinning Watanabe. As a result, Tatsumi will face the Princess Of Princess Champion for the title on 7/9.
Match 8: Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & Timothy Thatcher. 30 minute time limit
Result: Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & Timothy Thatcher beat Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Elgin pinned Inaba after Elgin Bomb.
Match 9: HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Asuka (Veny). 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Asuka. HARASHIMA pinned Katsumata after Blue Sword.
Match 10: Rob Van Dam, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY. 45 minute time limit
Result: Rob Van Damn, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA beat YO-HEY, Daisuke Harada & Kaito Kiyomiya. Van Dam pinned Harada after 5 Star Frog Splash.
“Halftime Performance” by Cyber Japan Dancers.
Match 11: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura. 34 minute time limit
Result: Katsuhiko nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi by ref stoppage (KO). Nakajima KO’d Endo with an EPIC b*tch slap. This went just 5 minutes. DAMN! Akiyama & Nakajima had quite a conversation as Endo was tended to.
Match 12: Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki in a No DQ Hardcore Match. No time limit
Result: Kenoh beat Daisuke Sasaki
Quick break for ring cleaning.
Keiji Muto comes out. With microphone. (I switched commentary to English for translation) He is retiring next spring. 5 more matches. More to come…O.M.F.G. The Living Legend has reached the end of the road after nearly 4 decades…
Match 13: Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima beat Yuka Sakazaki to retain the title. V2 for Nakajima. Next up: Because of earlier today, Rika Tatsumi. That match will happen on 7/9.
Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima (New Japan Pro Wrestling) for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Satoshi Kojima beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki to win the title. Kojima becomes the 39th GHC Heavyweight Champion. Between Bullet & Bread, it was a great day for the Clubs in New Japan. No Go today…but another no could be next in line…Kenoh. The title is not in NOAH anymore, which in the eyes of the Kongo leader means WAR. And challenge issued. Some breif comedy in response from Kojima before finishing his post-match victory promo to bring CyberFight Festival ’22 to a close.
End Show.
POST-SHOW UPDATRS:
The announced paid attendance was 4896. Based on how the arena was set up, this probably was a little under half capacity (the venue’s maximum capacity is about 17,000 but it appears at least 1/4 of the seats were blocked off).
After being KO’d in Match 11, Tetsuya Endo has been diagnosed with a concussion. He is out indefinitely.
Following the double main event, the two expected title matches are now official. Nakajima-Tatsumi for the Princess Of Princess Championship is set for 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo, while Kojima-Kenoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship will happen on 7/16 at Nippon Budokan.
The next events for the promotions are as follows:
NOAH-6/19 at Kobe Sambo Hall. Will be on demand only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date
DDT-Wednesday at Shinjuku Face. LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET
Tokyo Joshi Pro-6/19 at Korakuen hall. LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT
Ganbare Pro-6/29 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
NWA Alwayz Ready Results (6/11/22)
Tonight this site’s coverage of the NWA begins with their next quarterly PPV, Alwayz Ready. For those unfamiliar with the NWA in its current state, since shortly before the coronavirus pandemic began the NWA has been owned and promoted by Billy Corgan-yes, THAT Billy Corgan, musician and longtime frontman of the band Smashing Punpkins. When Corgan took over, he made a commitment to honoring the legacy of the famed organization. Their presence is mostly online right now as they have foregone TV deals for now in favor of placing their weekly TV shows FREE on YouTube and FITE for a limited time each week before they go behind a paywall. They have a loaded PPV set tonight with 6 title matches, including in the main event a match for the 10 Pounds Of Gold-the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as Matt Cardona (the former Zack Ryder) defends against the current torchbearer of the NWA through the pandemic, former champion Nick Aldis.
Today’s event will be held at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, TN and can be watched LIVE on FITE. There are two ways to watch: The PPV is available as a standalone event for $24.99, which includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays. You can also watch as an NWA All Access Annual Member, which gets you access to all past and upcoming NWA PPVs, all TV episodes, monthly specials and more. An annual subscription costs $49.99, which means essentially you buy 2 PPVs and get all the TV, additional specials, AND 2 more PPVs FOR FREE! You can also get a monthly subscription for $4.99 a month, which does not include PPVs. I recently bought the annual subscription. Once you do, all content becomes available on FITE.
There will also be a FREE pre-show on YouTube 1 hour before the PPV. Click below to watch the pre-show FOR FREE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysOW3JDZue0
Today’s current lineup (may not include pre-show matches):
Taya Valkyrie vs. Natalia Markova
Aron Stevens vs. Trevor Murdoch
Ricky & Kenny Morton vs. Jay Bradley & Wrecking Ball Legursky and AJ Cazana & TBA in a 3-way
NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions Allysin Kay & Marti Belle vs. Ella Envy & Kenzie Paige for the titles
NWA World TV Champion Tyrus vs. Mims for the title
NWA World Tag Team Champions Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf vs. Doug Williams & Harry Smith for the titles
NWA National Champion Jax Dane vs. Chris Adonis for the title
NWA Women’s World Champion Kamille vs. KiLynn King for the title. WWE & TNA Hall of Famer Bully Ray will be a special guest on commentary for this match
NWA World Champion Matt Cardona vs. Nick Aldis for the title
Refresh the page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.
7 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, TN. Your hosts are Joe Galli & Tim Storm.
The next PPV is the NWA 74th Anniversary on August 27 & 28.
May Valentine interviews Blk Jeez backstage.
Match 1: Rodney Mack vs. Magic Jake Dumas
Result: Rodney Mack beat Magic Jake Dumas by submission
Valentine interviews Chelsea Green. She teases her husband-Matt Cardona-not being 100% tonight and possibly resorting to whatever it takes to keep the NWA World Championship. Green says when it’s her time she wants a NWA Women’s Championship shot.
Cyon vs. Thom Latimer has been added to the card.
Sam Shaw appearance. His last NWA appearance was 4 years ago at NWA 70. Shaw says nothing when interviewed. Rush Freeman then comes out. he rants and brings out Sal Runauro who quickly is sent packing. Handshake between Freeman & Shaw but Shaw doesn’t let go, leading to a uranage & choke until Rinauro recovered and attacked Shaw. Rinauro was choked out standing until The Gimp ran in. He wisely rolled Rinauro out of the ring and bailed.
Wrecking Ball Legursky interviewed. He says partner Jay Bradley is hurt and they’re out of the 3-way. Groin injury with a terrible (almost hilarious) sell job. Elephantitis of the groin?
Austin Idol joins commentary. A second or two behind his cue to start talking.
Match 2; AJ Cazana & Anthony Andrews (apparently the TBA) vs. Ricky & Kerry Morton. This was to have been a 3-way, now is just a regular tag match. However, As the match was beginning, Alex Taylor & Jeremiah Plunkett were added as replacements to make it a 3-way again.
Result: Ricky & Kerry Morton beat Al Cazana & Anthony Andrewa and Alex Taylor & Jeremiah Plunkett when Kerry pinned Cazana.
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Homicide vs. PJ Hawx for the title has been added to the PPV.
Pre-show ends.
Updates will resume when the PPV begins at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. Also, a FREE post-show is now scheduled for 11 PM ET/8 PM PT on YouTube.
PPV:
A very Cardona-centric video package opens the broadcast, putting them over as The Greatest Everything In History. Including the lNWA ogo changed to read MCWA-Matt Cardona Wrestling Alliance.
We are LIVE from the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, TN. Your hosts are Joe Galli, Tim Storm & Velvet Sky.
The onscreen graphics are incorrectly listing Mims as the NWA TV Champion. Tyrus is the champion.
Match 1: Aron Stevens vs. Trevor Murdoch. Billed as potentially Stevens’ last career match.
Result: Trevor Murdoch beat Aron Stevens. Stevens may have been hurt when his foot got caught in the top corner turnbuckle early in the match (which was short). Afterwards, Stevens with microphone. “You’re Welcome!” His classic WWE Damien Sandow catchphrase.
Match 2: NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions Allysin Kay & Marti Belle vs. Ella Envy & Kenzie Paige for the titles
Result: Ella Envy & Kenzie Paige beat NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions Allysin Kay & Marti Belle to become THE NEW NWA WORLD WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Envy pinned Belle after an unseen low blow mule kick followed by a Fameasser into a leg takedown. This came after Envy teased being DQ’d for using the title belts before the ref took them away, setting up the distraction low blow.
Match 3: NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Homicide vs. PJ Hawx for the title
Result: NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Homicide beat PJ Hawx to retain the title. Afterwards, Jay Bradley & Wrecking Ball Lagursky beat down Homicide, Hawx & Luke Haex until The Mortons made the save. As Bradley & Lagursky left, Colby Corino came in with a ref to cash in a title shot he previously earned. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Homicide vs. Colby Corino for the title
Result: NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Homicide beat Colby Corino to retain the title.
May Valentine interviews Jennacide. She wants Natalia Markova. And then the Women’s title.
Match 4: Natalia Markova vs. Taya Valkyrie
Result: Natalia Markova beat Taya Valkyrie. Taryn Terrell (in Markova’s corner) interfered at the end to cost Valkyrie a win.
Match 5: NWA National Champion Jax Dane vs. Chris Adonis for the title
Result: NWA National Champion Jax Dane beat Chris Adonis to retain the title.
Valentine interviews Aron Stevens. He gets emotional talking about how he’s done with wrestling. And apparently making a move on Valentine.
Match 6: Cyon vs. Thom Latimer
Result: Thom Latimer beat Cyon
Match 7: NWA World TV Champion Tyrus vs. Mims for the title
Result: NWA World TV Champion Tyrus beat Mims to retain the title. Mims may have been legit injured during the match, commentary suggested a separated shoulder.
Match 8: NWA World Tag Team Champions Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf (La Rebelion) vs. Doug Williams & Harry Smith (The Commonwealth Connection) for the titles
Result: Doug Williams & Harry Smith beat NWA World Tag Team Champions Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf to become THE NEW NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Williams pinned Bestia after a Smith diving headbutt off the top rope.
Valentine interviews KiLynn King backstage.
WWE & TNA Hall of Famer and “Busted Open” co-host Bully Ray, who trained both competitors in the next match at his 3D Academy, joins commentary for the rest of the show, replacing Velvet Sky.
Match 9: NWA Women’s World Champion Kamille vs. KiLynn King for the title
Result: NWA Women’s World Champion Kamille beat KiLynn King to retain the title. Easy A+ match. After the match, Max The Impaler stormed the ring and had to be restrained by security. No easy task against a woman the size of Max The Impaler.
Dr. Tom Pritchard is brought out. He thanks the fans for coming out and puts the NWA over.
Main Event: NWA World Heavyweight Champion Matt Cardona (with Chelsea Green, Mike Knox & VSK) vs. Nick Aldis for the title. Cardona comes out with his arm in a sling and in a cast.
Cardona out first. With microphone. He says he can’t compete tonight. It sounds like the main event is off. Cardona said he is out 3-5 months after having surgery earlier this week.He makes a soap opera about the belt until NWA President/Owner Billy Corgan comes out. He talks to Cardona, but because Green has the microphone we can’t hear what they are saying, but commentary says Corgan is making it clear that he, and not Cardona, runs the company. It sounds like Corgan wants Cardona to vacate the title, but before this can possibly happen Nick Aldis comes out. With microphone. Aldis says he’s injured too, but it’s a fake from carriny the NWA the last 5 years. He buries Cardona for being an ex-WWE guy. Aldis put the title belt and history over, getting pops for names dropped. Aldis says Cardona isn’t good enough to be NWA World Champion and follows with an NSFW insult before saying call for a rematch when Cardona’s 100%. Aldis doesn’t care what happens with the belt but says he’s going to close the show for the fans and essentially calls for an open challenge and a match to send the crowd home happy. Trevor Murdoch immediately comes out. A referee is right behind. Commentary says Murdoch is cashing in a rematch clause. Lots of confusion until Thom Latimer comes out with Kamille. Kamille with microphone. She demands her husband Latimer get a shot and he is the next NWA World Champion. Latimer talks Kamille down then with microphone to Corgan. Latimer buries Corgan for thinking he’s not main event material. Latimer says he is and he’s in the main event tonight. And in about 20 minutes he’s leaving with the title. And now Sam Shaw comes out. He STARES at Latimer. And says he wants in. Bully Ray jokes on commentary that he wants in. At long last, Cardona hands over the belt. The NWA World Heavyweight Championship is now VACANT. But Corgan has made a new match. Someone is leaving with the Ten Pounds Of Gold! Which led to…
NEW Main Event: Nick Aldis vs. Sam Shaw, Thom Latimer and Trevor Murdoch in a 4-way for the title. First Fall Wins.
Result: Trevor Murdoch beat Nick Aldis, Sam Shaw & Thom Latimer in a 4-way by pinning Aldis to become THE NEW NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
End Show.
6/12-6/18 Events Schedule
Here is the current events schedule for 6/12/22-6/18/22, which is subject to change (all times PT)):
6/15:
2:30 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling “DDT FREE-King OF DDT 1st Round”, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, St. Louis, MO. LIVE on TBS in US, New Japan World in Japan and FITE elsewhere
6/16:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Tochigi Cultural Center, Tochigi, Japan. No live or on demand broadcast
6/17:
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”, St. Louis, MO. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere
6/18:
2 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Road Tour, Estorta Arena Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. Live on New Japan World
7 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Additional Attack ’22”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English
BREAKING: IWGP US Title Vacant
BREAKING: The IWGP US Heavyweight Championship is now VACANT. Previous champion Juice Robinson has been stripped of the title due to refusing to compete Sunday at DOMINION, claiming he had acute appendicitis and needed surgery but had already agreed to defend the title. He was to have defended the title against SANADA & Will Ospreay in a 3-way. It will now be SANADA vs. Ospreay for the vacant title.
AEW Rampage 6/10/22 Results (SPOILERS!)
Here are the quick results from tonight’s (6/10/22) TAPED episode of AEW Rampage, which contains SPOILERS if you are waiting to watch the west feed replay on TNT:
Eddie Kingston beat Jake Hager.
Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh beat two jobbers. Squash.
Kris Statlander beat Red Velvet.
FTR & Trent Beretta beat Will Ospreay (New Japan Pro Wrestling) & Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher). Beretta pinned Fletcher after Strong Zero.
Strong episode overall, every match got lots of time and filler was kept to a minimum. They could have cut out a pointless Danhausen & Hook skit but that was about it. All the matches except the squash were great.
RUMOR: Robinson Off DOMINION?
On New Japan’s official YouTube channels (Japanese and English), IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Juice Robinson posted a video in English stating he will not be at DOMINION on Sunday due to acute appendicitis. Robinson is still listed on the card as he is to defend the title against SANADA & Will Ospreay in a 3-way. Robinson has proposed it be made a next challenger match between Sanada & Ospreay.
More as it becomes available. New Japan broke the story on their website but you can watch the clip below (in English):
