Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/4/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with an event in Hokkaido.

Today’s event was held at Kitami Municipal Sports Center In Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 429.

There was a last-minute change to the event because Yoshinari Ogawa was removed from the card. The always-vague poor health/physical condition. He was to have teamed with Daga to face HAYATA & AMAKUSA. Super Crazy was the replacement.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: YOICHI & Ulka Sasaki beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. YOICHI pinned Inaba after a modified powerbomb.

Match 3: HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Daga & Super Crazy. AMAKUSA pinned Crazy.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Takashi Sugiura, Eita & Junta Miyawaki. Bane pinned Miyawaki after Twister Bane.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji beat LJ Cleary.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal. Lee pinned Cristobal after FBS.

The next event is Saturday at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 7/3/24 Results

After a nearly 2 week break for the Forbidden Door PPV, New Japan resumed the NEW JAPAN SOUL 2024 Tour today with the penultimate event of the tour.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1225.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI & SANADA beat Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & El Desperado. Uemura pinned Honma after a diving crossbody.

Match 2: Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Ren Narita by DQ. Narita DQ’d. Which led to…

Match 3: BUSHI, Titan, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. BUSHI pinned Togo after Fable.

Match 4: G1 CLIMAX Contender Tournament B Block: Boltin Oleg beat Hiroshi Tanahashi. As a result, Oleg advances to the Finals. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 5: G1 CLIMAX Contender Tournament A Block: Callum Newman beat KENTA. As a result, Newman advances to the Finals. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 6: G1 CLIMAX Contender Tournament B Block: Taichi beat TJP. As a result, Taichi advances to the Finals and will face Oleg.

Main Event: G1 CLIMAX Contender Tournament A Block: YOSHI-HASHI beat Tomohiro Ishii. As a result, YOSHI-HASHI advances to the Finals and will face Newman. So either the veterans are getting in or there will be massive upsets and the young guys will probably wind up being the jobbers in their G1 debuts.

The tour-ender is Friday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Most of the card is still TBA outside of Oleg-Taichi, Newman-YOSHI-HASHI, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado vs. DOUKI for the title and a 6-man match featuring LIJ facing each other. Ryusuke Taguchi will also return from injury. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

GLEAT 7/1/24 Results

GLEAT held their traditional anniversary event yesterday, also normally their biggest annual event, dubbed GLEAT Ver. 12. The event also was the retirement event for Kaz Hayashi.

Yesterday’s event was held at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1511.

Match 1: Jun Tonsho, MICHIKO, Junjie, Joe Lando & Shuji Ishikawa beat Riki Aitaka, Yukimitsu Takahashi, Yumehito Imanari, Kaji Tomato & Tyson Maeguchi. Lando pinned Takahashi after Steez Bomb.

Match 2: Minoru Tanaka & Kazuki Hirata beat Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama. Tanaka pinned Onitsuka after BDF.

Match 3: Octagon Jr. & Soma Watanabe beat SBK & TAKUMA. Octagon pinned TAKUMA after La Mahia de Dragon.

Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson & So Daimonji beat T-Hawk, Takehiro Yamamura & Seiki Yoshioka. Suzuki pinned Yamamura after a tiger driver.

Match 5: Ryuichi Kawakami Final GLEAT Match: Kazuyuku Fujita, Kendo Ka Shin & Gameras beat Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm. Fujita pinned SAKAMOTO after a face kick. (Kawakami had his contract terminated effective after this event following an incident at an event last month where he attacked President Hiroyuki Suzuki)

Match 6: Kaz Hayashi Retirement Match: Kaito Ishida & Tetsuya Izuchi beat G INFINITY Champions Kaz Hayashi & CIMA to win the titles. Ishida & Izuchi become the 5th G INFINITY Champions. Ishida pinned Hayashi with a half tiger suplex hold.

Match 7: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Yuki Iino to retain the title. V6 for Tamura.

Match 8: Kota Ibushi 20th Anniversary Match: In an Exhibition Match, Kota Ibushi faced Daisuke Sekimoto in a 5 minute match. Ibushi, for those wondering, reportedly is still recovering from major injuries and is not 100%.

Match 9: Lidet URF Single Bout: Shinya Aoki beat El Lindaman by submission.

Main Event: Lidet UWF Championship Single Bout: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Takanori Ito by ref stoppage (submission) to win the vacant title. Nakajima becomes the 3rd Lidet UWF Champion.

After the matches, Hayashi came out again to greet the fans as his retirement became official. He announced he would remain with Lidet Entertainment as an employee of GLEAT.

The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 74 on 7/15 at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast. The promotion has also announced another house show for the following event on 8/21 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which will not be available live or on demand onYouTube.

All-Japan News: Upcoming Title Matches, New Ring Announcer, More

Some All-Japan news to kick off July:

Effective today, Yuji Shindo has joined All-Japan and will be the new ring announcer going forward. Shindo, 41, has been a ring announcer for 16 years and most recently was a freelancer.

Several title matches have been announced for this month’s events:
On 7/20, All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka will defend the titles against Naruki Doi & TBA, identified as “S”. This “S” is a new member of the Saito Brothers group with Jun & Rei Saito and Doi.
On 7/13 there will be 3 title matches: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the titles and the previously announced matches of All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato vs. Naruki Doi for the title and Yuma Anzai vs. Suwama for the Triple Crown.

Also, while not a title match, Rising Hayato vs. Kento Miyahara has been announced for 7/20 as Hayato is leaving the NEXTREAM faction to form his own group, ELPIDA, with Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe.

The AJPW.TV broadcast schedule for July has been announced, 4 of the 5 scheduled events will be live. The full schedule:
LIVE-Thursday (Shin-Kiba 1st Ring), 7/13 (Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka), 7/15 (Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama), 7/20 (Korakuen Hall, Tokyo)
On Demand (next day-scheduled to be available in the US at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET that day)-7/14 (Shimizu Marine Building, Shizouka)
Also available on demand will be a Kuroshio TOKYO Japan Produced Independent event on 7/12 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. That should be available that night in the US.

AEW/NJPW “Forbidden Door 2024” Results (6/30/24)

Here are the quick results from today’s All Elite Wrestling/New Japan Pro Wrestling “Forbidden Door” PPV in Elmont, NY (Long Island):

Pre-show (FREE on YouTube):
Kyle Fletcher beat Serpentico.

Malakai Black & Brody King beat Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly, Isaiah Kassidy & Marq Quen and Roderick Strong & Gabriel Kidd in a 4-way when King pinned Kassidy.

Willow Nightingale & Tam Nakano beat Kris Statlander & Momo Watanabe. Nakano pinned Watanabe with a straighjacket German suplex.

Owen Hart Cup Women’s Quarterfinals: Mariah May beat Saraya. As a result, May advances to the Semifinals and will face Hikaru Shida.

Lucha Bros & Mistico beat Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji. Mistico beat Titan with La Mistica. This is leading to rumors Lucha Bros are officially done with AAA because that promotion would never let their wrestlers team with CMLL wrestlers (both are promotions in Mexico).

PPV (on cable/satellite providers, Bleacher Report & Triller/FITE in US, various providers internationally and as a PPV on New Japan World in Japan only):
MJF beat Hechicero.

The Young Bucks & Kazuchika Okada beat The Acclaimed & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Okada pinned Tanahashi after Rainmaker.

Owen Hart Cup Men’s Quarterfinals: Bryan Danielson beat Shingo Takagi by submission. As a result, Danielson advances to the Semifinals.

AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm beat Mina Shirakawa to retain the title. Afterwards, Mariah May had to choose between them. She chose…to have them kiss and make up. HLAEW.

Zack Sabre Jr. beat Orange Cassidy.

Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata beat Chris Jericho, Big Bill & Jeff Cobb. Hook pinned Jericho after Judas Effect.

In a Ladder Match, Jack Perry beat Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Briscoe, Dante Martin, Lio Rush & El Phantasmo to become THE NEW AEW TNT CHAMPION!

AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone beat NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer to retain the TBS title and win the STRONG title. Mone becomes the 4th STRONG Women’s Champion. Post-match, Britt Baker returned from a long hiatus.

New Japan’s annual Tokyo Dome event next year will be the traditional 1/4 event then a second day on 1/5 with New Japan, AEW, Stardom and CMLL participation. 1/5 will be called WRESTLE DYNASTY.

Tetsuya Naito beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley to win the title. Naito becomes the 10th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Second 2-time champion, Okada was the first.

AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland beat Will Ospreay to retain the title.

End Show.

All-Japan 6/30/24 Results

All-Japan continued the Dynamite Series 2024 tour today with an event in Fukushima.

Today’s event was held at Kokutai MemoriaL Gym in Fukushima and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV tonight at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 415.

Match 1: MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Jack Kennedy. Ashino beat Kennedy with an ankle lock.

Match 3: Suwama beat Seigo Tachibana by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 4; Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Dan Tamura beat Hokuto Omori, Hartley Jackson & Aizawa No. 1. Tamura pinned Aizawa after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Ryuki Honda beat Cyrus.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato beat Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi. Hayato pinned Doi after Sid Vicious.

The next event is NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 5, the next (and possibly last) Rising Hayato Produced event, Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. The event is now a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom 6/30/24 Results

Stardom runs a second event today in Tokyo, albeit with much less star power than yesterday due to several wrestlers headed to the US for the All Elite Wrestling “Forbidden Door” PPV tomorrow. With no title matches today, it still leaves plenty of chances to shine for those who will be part of the event. There also will be a fan event afterwards.

The following wrestlers will all miss today’s event: Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa, Momo Watanabe (all in US), Suzu Suzuki (injured), Saori Anou (unknown).

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Sumitomo Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will likely be no commentary. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. There are 6 matches today and with no title matches, it’ll probably be a shorter event than yesterday and probably run closer to 2 hours. Also, because I’ll be simulcasting as this event starts during the DDT event also going on today, I might miss a couple of results here & there.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Maika & HANAKO vs. Saya Kamitani & Rian and Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo in a 3-way
Gina vs. Aya Sakura
Waka Tsukiyama vs. Lady C & Sayaka Kurara in a 3-way
Ami Sohrei & Saki Kashima vs. Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori
Syuri, Konami, Ranna Yagami & Hina vs. Natsuko Tora, Thekla, Rina & Ruaka
Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Hanan

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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream should begin 5-10 minutes prior.

8:40 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should go to the venue in 15-20 minutes.

9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Sumitomo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced sometime later today. This is the first time I’m seeing this venue used for wrestling. It looks like a small setup but what we do see is mostly full, so I’m going to guess it’ll be close to 300 and possibly a sellout regardless of the number. (Not a sellout actually, one section was only about half full) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 346)

The matches begin after the opening card announcement.

Match 1: Maika & HANAKO vs. Saya Kamitani & Rian and Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maika & HANAKO beat Saya Kamitani & Rian and Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo in a 3-way when Maika pinned Rian.

Match 2: Gina vs. Aya Sakura. 15 minute time limit
Result: Gina beat Aya Sakura

Match 3: Waka Tsukiyama vs. Lady C & Sayaka Kurara in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Waka Tsukiyama beat Lady C & Sayaka Kurara in a 3-way by pinning Kurara. Afterwards, Tsukiyama & Kurara continued to fight after it appeared Tsukiyama disrespected Kurara.

Match 4: Ami Sohrei & Saki Kashima vs. Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ami Sohrei & Saki Kashima beat Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. Kashima pined Mizumori.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 5: Syuri, Konami, Ranna Yagami & Hina vs. Natsuko Tora, Thekla, Rina & Ruaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Syuri, Konami, Ranna Yagami & Hina beat Natsuko Tora, Thekla, Rina & Ruaka. Syuri pinned Thekla.

Main Event: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Hanan. 30 minute time limit
Result: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Hanan. Seira pinned Hanan. They briefly continued to fight afterwards before they were separated. Intense stuff between them in this match.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
The Stardom World broadcast schedule for July has been posted as well-5 live broadcasts (Thursday, 7/7, 7/13, 7/21, 7/23), 3 on demand only (no live broadcasts-7/12, 7/14/7/19) and 2 PPVs (7/27 & 7/28, both are at the same venue). The PPVs likely will be on demand on Stardom World 3-4 days after the live broadcast.

DDT Pro Wrestling “WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024” Results (6/30/24) (Updated)

DDT holds their monthly tour-ender today in Tokyo, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024, as the final push to WRESTLE PETER PAN, their biggest annual event, gets underway with just 3 weeks to go. It’s a rare big tour-ender without any scheduled title matches this time but it does see Yuki Ueno return from missing last week’s events (fever) in time for one more The37Kamiina tag team faceoff with MAO, who challenges Ueno for the KO-D Openweight Championship on 7/21. In the semifinal, as Sanshiro Takagi’s indefinite hiatus draws closer, he brings in two of his prized Tokyo Joshi Pro cornerstones, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh, for a special mixed tag match…which does involve Danshoku Dieno teaming with Itoh, so pray for Yamashita that she doesn’t get molested too badly. Because DDT.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Kentaro Kumagai will be a special guest on commentary. With no title matches that means all 30 minute time limits today, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the main event goes the distance so I’ll predict the close-to-usual Korakuen running time of about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Yuni vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda
Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada
Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh
Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO & To-y

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET.

7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes. Updates will begin then.

7:22 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Kentaro Kumagai. We should be joined later by Haruo Murata.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. As usual a little too early to make a solid prediction but advance sales seemed slower than usual (the “super seats” didn’t sell out in advance). I’ll probably wind up with my usual prediction of around 700. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 992, a full house/near sellout. Didn’t look even close to that to me)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuni vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuni & Illusion in a 3-way by pinning Yuni.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. KANON pinned Hirata after a Sasaki diving elbow drop.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura beat Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi. Nakamura pinned Oishi after a diving headbutt.

Quick break for the opening announcements from GM Imabayashi.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada beat HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito. Masada pinned Soma after Masada’s Power KOBU Muscle. Immediately afterwards, Antonio Honda with microphone. It sounds like he issued a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge for WRESTLE PETER PAN. This brought out both Damnation TA (who apparently stole the belts after losing them recently) and The37Kamiina (just To-y & Shunma Katsumata). And To-y & Katsumata found a third for their challenge…Aja Kong! It’s then made official by GM Imabayashi-a 4-way elimination match for the titles at WRESTLE PETER PAN.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH). 30 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. Kotoge pinned Koroku after Kill Switch.

Match 6: Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh. 30 minute time limit
Result: Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita beat Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh. Takagi pinned Dieno. Afterwards, it was announced that Takagi’s final pre-hiatus match will be vs. Dieno in a Weapon Rumble at WRESTLE PETER PAN.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO & To-y. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO & To-y beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. MAO pinned Katsumata after Michinoku Driver 2. Almost went the distance, 25+ minutes.

The next event is Friday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: MAO has apparently left The37Kamiina post-main event, which has resulted in changes for upcoming events. At least he’s left them until 7/21. It was also announced that former SKE48 member Marika Tani will return as a guest on commentary for 7/21.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/29/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH held an event today called [MATCH 2], sponsored by Wada International Foundation, which advertised a visit by Fighting King Himei Maeda.

Today’s event was held at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1183.

Match 1: YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Alejandro & Cristobal went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Super Crazy.

Match 3: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Lee pinned Taniguchi after FBS.

Match 4: HAYATA, Eita & AMAKUSA beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Ulka Sasaki. HAYATA pinned Sasaki.

Match 5: NaomichI Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud) beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge. Sugiura pinned Yone after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 6: Shuji Kondo beat Junta Miyawaki.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & GAINA (Independent/Freelancer) beat YOICHI, Kazuyuki Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada. Kenoh pinned Owada after PFS.

The next event is Thursday at Kitami City Sports Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

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