New Japan 4/23/22 Results

New Japan continued the Golden Fight Series with a non-televised event today (4/23).

Today’s event was held at Tex Port Imabari in Ehime. There was no broadcast and video is not available.

The announced paid attendance was 630.

Match 1: Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. Wato beat Fujita with Vendeval.

Match 2: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. YOSHI-HASHI pinned TM 4.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr. & El Desperado beat Gedo, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Taiji Ishimori. DOUKI pinned Gedo after a diving foot stomp.

Match 4: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Takahashi pinned TAKA with Hiromu Roll.

Match 5: Yoh & Kazuchika Okada beat BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito. Okada beat BUSHI with Money Clip.

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Jado, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Tonga was the only winner left, last eliminating Togo.

The next event is tomorrow at Kochi Prefectural Gym in Kochi. There will be no broadcast or on demand video.

DDT 4/22/22 Results

DDT Pro Wrestling DDT FREE 4/22/22 Results:

DDT ran this month’s DDT FREE event today, an event where all tickets were given away for free to those lucky enough to get them via lottery. There also was greatly increased venue capacity so more could attend. It also came shortly after a press conference for the promotion’s next major event on 5/1 in Yokohama.

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

The announced attendance was 353, a legit sellout. That means capacity was increased at the venue as this number represents roughly 70-75% of max capacity (I believe it’s roughly 500).

Dark Match: Takao Soma beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 1: Shishamo Power & Naomi Yoshimura beat Akito & Yukio Naya. Power pinned Akito with a deformation La Magistral.

Match 2: Saki Akai & Maya Yukihi beat Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata. Yukihi pinned Hirata after Snowstorm.

Match 3: KANON beat Toui Kojima by submission.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari by DQ. Imanari DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Pawl beat Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani. Sasaki pinned Okatani.

Match 6: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Asuka (Veny) & Yuji Hino. MAO pinned Asuka with Oklahoma Roll.

Regarding the now-vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships, determination tournament to crown new champions will be held on 5/6 at Shinjuku Face & 5/22 at Korakuen Hall. It will be a 4-team tournament with two initial matches: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & TBA vs. HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura and Lazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani vs. Akito, Hikaru Machida & Tanomusaku Toba. Sasaki, Pawl & Minoru Fujita just vacated the titles due to a Fujita injury.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Takashika by TKO/ref stoppage. Ueno beat Endo with a sleeper hold.

The next event is Sunday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 4/22/22 Results

New Japan continued the Golden Fight Series today with an event in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in Osaka. The event was not televised and no on demand video is available.

The announced paid attendance was 683.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Ryohei Oiwa. First victory for Nakashima! Now all the Young Lions have a win!

Match 2: TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr., DOUKI & El Desperado beat Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sabre pinned TM 4 after Zack Driver.

Match 3: Taichi & El Desperado beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Taichi beat Gedo with a Taichi-type Gedo Clutch.

Match 4: Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned Honma after a diving elbow drop.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahasho & EVIL beat Jado, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa. Sho pinned Jado.

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Okada was the only winner, last eliminating Naito.

The next event is tomorrow at Tex Port Imabari in Ehime. There will be no broadcast.

New Japan: Other Promotion Participation in May

New Japan has announced participation in 2 upcoming outside events: First, Shingo Takagi will appear in GLEAT, a newer promotion run by LIDET Entertainment that features both pro wrestling and a revival of the UWF (combination wrestling/shootfighting), as part of the CIMA 25th Anniversary match. That match will be Takagi & CIMA vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazma Sakamoto. Since leaving Dragon Gate to help start GLEAT, CIMA has made occasional appearances in New Japan under the banner of his #STRONGHEARTS faction label, and this year made an incredible underdog run to the Semifinals of the New Japan Cup. The event will be held on 5/18 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, and given GLEAT streams most if not all their events this way it may be available for FREE on YouTube.

The second special event is on 5/31 at a Jumbo Tsuruta Memorial Event, in a match of Taichi & TAKA Michinoku vs. Yuji Nagata & All-Japan Pro Wrestling star Suwama. This event is to mark the 23rd Anniversary of the passing of Japanese wrestling legend Jumbo Tsuruta. Hall of Famer Stan Hansen, the first American to reach legend status in Japan, will be a special guest at the event. This event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

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