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.

AEW Dynamite 4/27/22 Quick Results

Here are the results from tonight’s (4/27/22) AEW Dynamite:

Owen Hart Cup Qualifier: Dax Harwood beat Cash Wheeler to qualify for the tournament.

Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta beat QT Marshall, Aaron Solow & Nick Comoroto. Yuta pinned Solow.

Wardlow beat Lance Archer.

In a Street Fight, Serena Deeb beat Hikaru Shida by submission.

Adam Cole, reDRagon & The Young Bucks beat Dante Martin, Brock Anderson, Lee JohnsoN & Varsity Blonds. Cole pinned Johnson after BOOM.

In a Ladder Match, Scorpio Sky beat AEW TNT Champion Sammy Guevara to become THE NEW AEW TNT CHAMPION! Next up: Frankie Kazarian.

During the show, AEW World Champion Adam Page vs. CM Punk for the title is announced for Double Or Nothing in May.

Rampage will air at regular time Friday as there will be no NBA Playoffs games on TNT.

Friday on Rampage:
Swerve Strickland vs. Darby Allin in an Owen Hart Cup Qualifier
Hook & Danhausen face off
Jade Cargill, Red Velvet & Kiera Hogan vs. Willow Nightingale, Trish Adora & Skye Blue
Keith Lee vs. Colten Gunn
Ring Of Honor TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Trent Beretta for the title
 

New Japan 4/27/22 Results

New Japan continued the Golden Fight Series Tour today with the penultimate event of the tour.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Big Rose in Hiroshima. There was no live broadcast and on demand video will not be available.

The announced paid attendance was 749.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 2: El Desperado & DOUKI beat Tiger Mask & Master Wato. Desperado pinned TM 4 after Pinche Loco.

Match 3: Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Togi Makabe & Ryuauke Taguchi. Sabre beat Makabe with an armbar.

Match 4: Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Yano pinned Gedo.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Takahashi pinned TAKA with Nameless Hiromu Roll.

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

Main Event: Yoh & Kazuchika Okada beat BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito. Okada pinned BUSHI after Rainmaker.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at KDDI Ishim Hall in Yamaguchi. This is a non-teevised event.

BREAKING: 4/30 NOAH Main Event Off (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH announced a short time ago that Saturday’s MAJESTIC 2022 main event is off for now. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kazuyuki Fujita, who was to have defended against Go Shiozaki, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Replacement details TBA.

Updates to come…

UPDATE: The GHC Heavyweight Championship is now VACANT. Fujita has vacated the title. Determination match between Go Shiozaki & TBA on Saturday to crown a new champion will be the replacement. TBA will be announced Friday but Yahoo News Japan reports Kaito Kiyomiya wants to be the TBA even though he’s already in another match.

DEVELOPING: DDT 5/1 Card Change

DDT has just announced a change to the card for 5/1 (Sunday) at Yokohama Budokan: Gorgeous Matsuno is now off due to family circumstances. He was to have teamed with Sanshiro Takagi, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Akito & Kazuki Hirata to face KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Poison Sawada JULIE, Takashi Sasaki, GENTARO, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba for the titles. Gota Ihashi is the replacement and the match is still for the titles.

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