DDT MEGA MAX BUMP 2022 in YOKOHAMA Results (5/1/22)

DDT officially ended the MAX BUMP 2022 tour with a blowout event in Yokohama, featuring 4 title matches and events that would further set up big matches for CyberFight Festival in mid-June.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 835. They didn’t set up a lot of floor seating and it was a very reduced capacity layout but it didn’t look good on broadcast.
Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata, Sayoko Mita & Kagehiro Osano. Ken Kato filled in for Murata for the pre-show matches. AKB48 member Megu Taniguchi was a guest for some matches. Kenta Kobashi was also a guest for some matches. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes for some matches, Baliyan Akki & Hiroshi Arai.

Pre-show:
Match 1: KANON beat Yuya Kuroku by submisison.
Match 2: Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Antonio Honda & Yuki Ishida. Yoshimura pinned Ishida after Harai Goshi.

Main Show:
Kenta Kobashi is introduced as the special guest observer for the main event. I still always get goosebumps whenever GRAND SWORD is played.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki beat Toui Kojima by submission.

Match 4: KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Poison Sawada JULIE, Takashi Sasaki, GENTARO, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba (with Naomi Susan) beat Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Akito & Gota Ihashi to retain the titles. JULIE beat Hirata with Cattle Mutilation. V1 for the champs.

Match 5: Maya Yukihi & Shunma Katsumata beat Saki Akai & Hideki Okatami. Katsumata pinned Okatani after Totonoe Splash.

Match 6: Hisaya Iambayashi (DDT General Manager), AKIRA & Muscle Sakai beat Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari. Imabayashi pinned Dieno with a jackknife. (VIEWER WARNING: NSFW CONTENT)

Match 7: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & TBA, who turned out to be KANON, beat Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Takao Soma. Sasaki beat Soma with a crossface. KANON was a replacement for Minoru Fujita, who is out due to injury.

Match 8: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi beat HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato. Higuchi pinned HARASHIMA with a brain claw press.

Match 9: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Asuka (Veny) to retain the title. V2 for MAO. Next up: Masa Takanashi. That match will happen on 6/1 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Match 10: KO-D Tag Team Champions Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada to retain the titles. Takanashi pinned Okada after Turn Back Sudden Death. V2 for the champs. Next up: MAO & Asuka. That match will happen on 5/22 at Korakuen.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Tetsuya Endo beat Yuki Ueno to retain the title. V1 for Endo. Next up: TBA, but probably on 6/12.

Pro Wrestling NOAH star Kenoh made a surprise appearance during the event. This set up Kenoh vs. Takashi Sasaki for CyberFight Festival 2022.

Former DDT star Dick Togo, currently part of New Japan Pro Wrestling, will return to the promotion for WRESTLE PETER PAN on 8/20 at Ota City General Gym. Togo is a 4-time KO-D Openweight Champion. Also set for 8/20 are KO-D Openweight Championship and DDT Universal Championship matches.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The event will feature the start of a tournament to crown new KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

5/1/22-5/7/22 Events Schedule

Here is the current event schedule for 5/1/22-5/7/22, it’s a major week in Japan because it’s Golden Week, an annual national week-long holiday, so almost every event being held is a major events. Many smaller promotions hold their biggest annual shows during this time. (All start times listed are PD, subject to change)

5/1/22:
1 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling WRESTLING DONTAKU ’22, Fukuoka PayPay Dome, Fukuoka, Japan. Live & on demand on New Japan World

5/2/22:
7:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “YES! WONDERLAND 2022-Spread the wings of your dreams”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

5/3/22:
2:30 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “LOVE PHANTOM 2022”, Korakuen Hall. Live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

5/4/22:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH Dream On 2022 Tour, Korakuen Hall. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time. Live on ABEMA in Japan only.
5 PM ET-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Baltimore, MD. Live on TBS in US and on New Japan World in Japan only
8:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “GO GO DO IT”, Osaka Prefectural Gym #2, Osaka, Japan. Live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

5/5/22:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH Dream On 2022 Tour, Korkauen Hall. Live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

5/6/22:
2 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling Audience Tour 2022, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
TBA-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT. Will air earlier than normal due to NBA Playoffs

5/7/22:
TBA-DDT Pro Wrestling “Yamada Fisheries Co. Ltd. presents FRIED Yamada Festival Fried!”, Kagoshima, Japan. Rescheduled from 3/8/22. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date

AEW Rampage 4/29/22 Results

Here are the quick results from last night’s AEW Rampage in Philadelphia, PA:

Darby Allin beat Swerve Strickland in an Owen Hart Cup Qualifier. Allin qualifies for the tournament.

Keith Lee beat Colten Gunn. Extended glorified squash.

Jade Cargill, Red Velvet & Kiera Hogan beat Willow Nightingale, Trish Adora & Skye Blue. Cargill pinned Adora after Jaded. Squash.

Main Event: Ring Of Honor TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Trent Beretta to retain the title.

Next week’s episode will likely air at an earlier time due to NBA Playoffs coverage on TNT. Exact time TBA but I’m thinking it will be 8 PM ET because the game will be at 9:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/30/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrapped up their April schedule with their almost-regular Saturday matinee event, which also was the final event before their next major event next week.
Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 155. Whoa, 2 straight KFC non-sellouts.
Before the matches, the contract signings for the 5/3 title matches were held. Also, as previously announced, Pom Harajuku missed today’s event due to family circumstances.
Match 1: Suzume beat Kaya Toribami.
Match 2: Yuki Aino beat Arisu Endo.
Match 3: Raku beat Rika Tatsumi & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by pinning Haruna. Tatsumi losing a 3-way these days is always an UPSET ALERT!
Match 4: Maki Itoh beat Moka Miyamoto by submission.
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe beat Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Watanabe pinned Kiryu after Kick and Kabom!
Main Event: Hyper Misao, Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki. Misao pinned Nakajima after Vanitas.
The next event is “YES! WONDERLAND 2022-Spread the wings of your dreams”, their annual Golden Week major event, Tuesday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Monday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. All Elite Wrestling superstar Hikaru Shida will return for her 3rd TJPW appearance this year as part of the event.
Post-event news: Yuka Sakazaki is now off Thursday’s (5/5) event at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2. All Elite Wrestling wants her back next week so she’s returning to the US after Tuesday. If she retains the Princess Tag Team Championship Tuesday, there will be a substitute announced for Thursday. It might be a close call on time because she would have to fly from Tokyo to Baltimore, MD on Tuesday and AEW Dynamite is Wednesday, so we’ll see (AEW Rampage on Friday will be TAPED on Wednesday).
Yuna Manase vs. Mahiro Kiryu has been added to Thursday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH MAJESTIC 2022 Post-Event News/Fallout

As is typical after a major NOAH event, there is a lot of news/fallout to report:

First up, WWE Hall of Famer and ECW legend Rob Van Dam has been announced for CyberFight Festival 2022 on 6/12. More to come.

Keiji Muto will return on 5/21 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo, He has been out almost all of this year so far due to injury. In his return match, he will team with Naomichi Marufuji & Satoshi Kojima to face Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Masato Tanaka.

Satoshi Kojima, currently with New Japan Pro Wrestling, is likely going to work the entire May tour and through CyberFight Festival. New Japan is running their annual Best Of The Super Junior Tournament after tomorrow’s (5/1/22) blowout event so the bigger guys are likely going to be inactive for close to 2 months. Kojima is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion and one of extremely few wrestlers to complete the 21st Century Japan Triple Crown of winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, All-Japan Triple Crown and GHC Heavyweight Championship during their career. The others? Muto. I believe that’s it. 5/21 will be an English-only live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The now-former Nioh, forced to change his ring name after losing a Loser Ring Name Deprivation Match & Hair vs. Hair Match to Haoh on Friday, will be changing his name to Hi69. This was his original ring name when he debuted in the small (and maybe now defunct) KAIENTAI DOJO promotion in the early 2000s before he later changed it to HIROKI, and then to Nioh upon joining NOAH in 2016. His NOAH website profile has been updated with the new name.

Pro Wrestling NOAH WRESTLE UNIVERSE Presents MAJESTIC 2022 Results (4/30/22)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the main portion of MAJESTIC 2022 today, a full blowout event with 3 title matches and a bit of card shuffling at the top. Kazuyuki Fujita missed the event and had to vacate the GHC Heavyweight Championship due to coronaviris and Kaito Kiyomiya got his wish to face Go Shiozaki for the title, leaving Naomichi Marufuji with a mystery partner in their match.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Keiji Muto was a special guest on commentary.


The announced paid attendance was 2077. Much better than yesterday but still on the low side.

Match 1: Slex & Kai Fujimura beat Alejandro & Yasutaka Yano. Slex pinned Yano after Close Of Business.

Match 2: Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara beat King Tany, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Soya pinned Yone after Ballistic.

Match 3: HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, Texano Jr., Super Crazy & Kotaro Suzuki by DQ. Eita DQ’d. Low blow.

Match 4: Kazushi Sakuraba & Kendo Ka Shin beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii (Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling). Ka Shin pinned Mochizuki.

Match 5: Rene Dupree & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (Son of Dr. Wagner Jr.) beat Masato Tanaka & Daiki Inaba. Wagner Jr. pinned Inaba after a moonsault press.

Match 6: Michael Elgin beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 7: GHC National Champion Masakatsu Funaki beat Simon Gotch by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V3 for Funaki.

Match 8: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Extreme Tiger & Ninja Mack beat Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Junta Miyawaki. Bane pinned Miyawaki after Bane Twister.

Match 9: Naomichi Marufuji & TBA, who turned out to be Satoshi Kojima (New Japan Pro Wrestling), beat Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada. Kojima pinned Okada after a lariat.
(This was to have been Marufuji & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Inamura & Okada, but Kiyomiya was removed due to being placed in the main event. Kojima was the mystery replacement)

Match 10: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Takashi Sugiura & Hideki Suzuki beat Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the titles. Suzuki pinned Nakajima with a double arm suplex. V1 for the champs. Next up: Dupree & Wagner Jr. That match will happen on Wednesday at Korakuen Hall.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki beat Kaito Kiyomiya to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship. Shiozaki becomes the 38th GHC Heavyweight Champion. And once again the subject of certain Let’s Go! puns. Next up: Kojima. That match will be the potential main event of CyberFight Festical 2022 on 6/12. It should be noted that New Japan is running their annual Best Of The Super Junior Tournament over the next 2 months after tomorrow’s blowout event, so most if not all the heavyweights like Kojima are possibly able to work other events like this.


More fallout and upcoming card updates will be posted in a separate post.

The next event is the Dream On 2022 Tour opener Wednesday at Korakuen Hall. This is an ABEMA-only live stream so WRESTLE UNIVERSE video will be ON DEMAND ONLY. This will be followed by a second event on Thursday that is a WRESTLE UNIVERSE live broadcast, with live streaming beginning at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. Also note that although NOAH’s website lists a 5/7 event in Fukushima for the end of next week, it has been CANCELLED due to damage to the venue (Big Palette Fukushima) following a major earthquake earlier this year.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ABEMA Presents MAJESTIC 2022-N INNOVATION Results (4/29/22)

Pro Wrestling NOAH began the 2-day MAJESTIC 2022 blowout event today with the monthly N INNOVATION event, the new monthly series spotlighting the promotion’s deep Jr. Heavyweight division with their biggest event so far.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. Remember there is now a new trial option that allows new subscribers to watch for 2 weeks FOR FREE! Cancel before the end of day 13 (Japan time) and pay nothing. Take advantage!

The announced paid attendance was 1585. There are still capacity limits in place but still, as has often been the case with their big shows lately, on paper that does not sound like a good number.

Match 1: Ikuto Hidaka beat Kai Fujimura by submission.

Match 2: Slex beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yuya Susumu went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: NOSAWA Rongai, Texano Jr. & Super Crazy beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Shuji Kondo (Big Japan). Texano pinned Tadasuke after Road To Texas.

Match 5: In a Loser Ring Deprivation Match, also possibly a Hair vs. Hair Match as well, Haoh beat Nioh. As a result, Nioh loses his ring name, and possibly his hair. (Will verify when I watch a replay later today)

Match 6: Extreme Tiger beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 7: Shun Skywalker, H•Y•O & SB KENTo (Dragon Gate) beat Daisuke Harada, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki. Skywalker pinned Alejandro after SSW.

Match 8: Ninja Mack beat Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane in a 3-way elimination match. Bane first eliminated Wolf, then Mack beat Bane.

Match 9: Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY to win the titles. Ogawa & Ridgeway become the 50th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Ridgeway beat Kotoge with a stretch muffler hold.

Main Event: HAYATA beat GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Eita to win the title. HAYATA becomes the 49th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion.

Detailed match recaps & grades will follow later today. But for now it’s all about Stinger as they have the belts back.

Day 2 is tomorrow with a regular event. And it’s now official-the main event will be Go Shiozaki vs. Kaito Kiyomiya for the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship. Kiyomiya was to have been in a tag team match with Naomichi Marufuji, who will now have the vaunted TBA as a replacement. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. So you dedicated fans should stock up on caffeine now and, between WWE, AEW, Tokyo Joshi Pro and this, get ready for an all-night epic wrestling marathon!

The next N INNOVATION will be on 5/14 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. The first match was announced after today’s event, it’s Harada vs. H•Y•O.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 4/29/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran the first event of a doubleheader today that will lead into their major Golden Week event on Tuesday.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Remember that starting today new subscribers can get a 2-week trial of the service FOR FREE! Cancel before the end of the 13th day (Japan time) and pay nothing.

The announced paid attendance was 150. This snaps a long sellout streak at the venue.

Before the matches, a Shoko Nakajima talk event was held where she discussed her trip to England last week to compete in Pro Wrestling EVE.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 2: Miu Watanabe beat Neko Haruna.

Match 3: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo. Kakuta pinned Endo after Shiden Kai.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku beat Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Sakazaki pinned Kiryu after Toy Story 4.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao & Suzume. Nakajima pinned Suzume with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT. A contract signing for Tuesday’s title matches will open the event.

Tuesday’s full card has also been announced:

Exhibition Match-Reika Saiki vs. Arisu Endo. 3 minute time limit (Saiki is a former TJPW wrestler who is now technically retired, but is coming back for a farewell appearance)

Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami

Juria Nagano vs. Suzume

Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku

Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Hikaru Shida (All Eite Wrestling) & Moka Miyamoto

Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta for the titles

Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao for the title

The full card for Thursday (Osaka Prefectural Gym #2) will be announced after the event

The event will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

New Japan 4/28/22 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Golden Fight Series tour today with the final event of April before this weekend’s annual Golden Week blowout event.

Today’s event was held at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi. There was no live broadcast and on demand video will not be available.

The announced paid attendance was 762.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Kosei Fujita by submission.

Match 2: Master Wato beat Yuto Nakashima by submission.

Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Goto pinned Honma.

Match 4: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr. & El Desperado beat Gedo, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Taiji Ishimori. DOUKI pinned Gedo after a doving foot stomp.

Match 5: BUSHI & Shingo Takagi beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Takagi pinned TAKA after Pumping Bomber.

Match 6: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa. Sho beat Jado with Snake Bite.

Main Event: Yoh & Kazuchika Okada beat Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Yoh beat Takahashi with 5 Star Clutch.

The next event is WRESTLING DONTAKU ’22, the annual early May blowout event, Sunday at the Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka. Live broadcast on New Japan World in Japanese and English will begin Sunday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

BREAKING: New Japan 5/1 Card Changes

BREAKING: WRESTLING DONTAKU ’22 has been forced to see last-minute lineup changes as New Japan has announced both Tatsumi Fujinami & Will Ospreay are now off Sunday’s event. Coronavirus. Ospreay’s absence is significant because he was to have faced Hiroshi Tanahashi for the vacant IWGP US Heavyweight Championship. Tomohiro Ishii is the replacement and will face Tanahashi now. The outcome could now affect Capital Collosion on 5/14 because Ishii is to face Eddie Kingston, so if Ishii wins it maybe could become a title match. Fujinami was to have been in the opening 6-man tag. A mystery opponent will step in.

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