Dragon Gate 4/29/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today with a Susumu Mochizuki hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Mercure Hotel Yokosuka in Kanagawa. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 353, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano. Shimizu pinned Nagano after a Liger bomb.

Match 2: Minorita beat Mochizuki Jr. by ref stoppage.

Match 3: KAI & ISHIN beat Jason Lee & ho Ho Lun. KAI pinned Lun after a King Kong lariat.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka beat Shun Skywalker, Diamante & H-Y-O by DQ. Skywalker DQ’d.

Match 5: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat YAMATO, Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii. Hulk pinned Fujii after South Road.

Main Event: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ultimo Dragon & Dragon Kid. Mochizuki pinned Kid after World Liner.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

4/30/23-5/6/23 Events Schedule (Updated 5/2)

Here is the current events schedule for 4/30/23-5/6/23, which is subject to change (all times PT):

4/30:
1 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023 Tour, Grand Messe Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan. Live on New Japan World
1 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament, Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV
2 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour, Kira Messe Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan. No live broadcast
TBA-Nihon Sumo Kyokai May 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Announcement (expected late afternoon)

5/1:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023 Tour, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Oita, Japan. Live on New Japan World
2:30 AM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW INSPIRATION”, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

5/2:
2:30 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Ganbare Women Fire Emblem 2023”, Takashimadaira Community Center, Tokyo, Japan. No live broadcast
10 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “MEGA MAX BUMP 2023 in YOKOHAMA”, Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

5/3:
1 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Hopeful Gate 2023 Tour, Kyoto KBS Hall, Kyoto, Japan. Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. FREE BROADCAST
1:20 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023, Fukuoka International Center, Fukuoka, Japan. Live on New Japan World
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Baltimore, MD. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere
11 PM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Hopeful Gate 2023 Tour, Kyoto KBS Hall. Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK

5/4:
1 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH ABEMA Presents MAJESTIC 2023, Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only
2:30 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV
5 PM-Impact Wrestling “Impact Wrestling”, Chicago, IL. TAPED on AXS TV. TAPED on YouTube at 5:30 PM
7:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “YES! WONDERLAND ’23”, Korakuen Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

5/5:
Midnight-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling “DEAD OR ALIVE 2023”, Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya, Japan. Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK and PPV via SkyPerfecTV (around $30 US).
2:30 AM-Ganbare Pro Wrestling “LOVE PHANTOM 2023”, Korakuen Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
2:30 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere. SPECIAL START TIME-SUBJECT TO CHANGE
8 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling KING OF DDT Tournament Round 1, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

5/6:
2 AM-Ganabre Pro Wrestling, Takashimadaira Community Center. No live broadcast
2 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, Tsushima City Cultural Hall, AIchi, Japan. No live broadcast
2:30 AM-GLEAT “G PROWRESTLING Ver. 51”, Shinjuku Face. Live on YouTube
8 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling KING OF DDT Tournament Round 2, Shinjuku Face. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

5/1 UPDATE: GLEAT has announced their 5/6 event will be streamed LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube.

5/2 UPDATE: Dragon Gate has announced their 5/3 event will be streamed FOR FREE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Ganbare Pro 4/29/23 Results

Ganbare Pro ran a standalone event today to finish up their April schedule, making their first visit to Osaka in 9 months.

Today’s event was held at 176BOX in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 157.

Match 1: Shota & HARUKAZE beat Takao Soma & YuuRI. HARUKAZE pinned YuuRI.

Match 2: Marika Kobashi beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.

Match 3: MAO & Yuki Ueno beat Keisuke Ishii & Sotatsu Nakamura. Ueno pinned Nakamura after a frog splash.

Match 4: Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yumehito Imanari beat Minoru fujita & Takahito Katori. Imanari pinned Katori after a lariat.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase, Ken Ohka & Hartley Jackson beat Shuichiro Katsumura, Shinichiro Tominaga & Tyson Maeguchi. Ohka pinned Tominaga after Flame Spear.

The next event is a Ganbare Women event Tuesday at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 4/29/23 Results

DDT continued their current tour today with a house show in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at 176BOX in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 286, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Rukiya. On a side note, DDT mentioned in the opening notes that Rukiya apparently grew up just steps away from the venue (where his family home is, in walking distance).

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi. Iino pinned Sumi after Argentine Backbreaker.

Match 3: Chris Brookes, Saki & His Excellency Tsuten (?) beat Toru Owashi, Rayne Leverkusen & Kazuki Hirata. Brookes pinned Hirata after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Naruki Doi, Yuni & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Yuni with a crossface.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Shunma Katsumata & Kazusada Higuchi. Akiyama pinned Katsumata after Exploder.

Match 6: Yuji Hino & Yukio Sakaguchi beat HARASHIMA & Yuki Ishida. Hino beat Ishida with King Kong sleeper.

Main Event: MAO & Yuki Ueno beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. MAO pinned Koroku after an avalanche Michinoku Driver 2.

The next event is tomorrow at Create Hamamatsu Hall in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 4/29/23 Results

Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni, a traditional New Japan event held in late April and named for the original name of the venue it is held at, took place earlier today in its traditional home in Kagoshima. It’s now considered at least a mid-major event that leads into WRESTLING DONTAKU and Golden Week, a week-long national holiday in Japan.

Today’s event was held at Kagoshima Arena in Kagoshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2120.

Match 1: YOSHI-HASHI & HIrooki Goto beat Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Oleg after Shoto.

Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Oskar Leube & Shota Umino. Takahashi pinned Leube after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare beat Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA & Tomoaki Honma. Henare beat Honma with Ultima.

Match 3: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Khan beat Fujita with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Match 5: Yuto Nakashima, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki beat Ryohei Oiwa, Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. Narita beat Oiwa with a cobra twist.

Match 6: Jado, Master Wato, Hikuleo & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & David Finlay. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun.

Match 7: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. SANADA beat BUSHI with Skull End.

Match 8: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Aussie Open beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls to retain the titles. Kyle Fletcher pinned Haste after Corealis. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: In a Takagi Triad Match, where the first to earn 3 wins by a combination of pinfall, submission, ref stoppage, countout and KO/TKO (10 count) without repeating any was the winner, Taichi beat KOPW 2023 Champion Shingo Takagi 3-2 to win the title. This went almost 44 minutes. Taichi finally beats Takagi on what was at least the 3rd try to win the title.

The next event is tomorrow at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto resuming the Road to WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/29/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a special one-day trios tournament today featuring most of the full-time roster, with the winner receiving a 1 year supply of body care products from CyberFight sponsor Nivea Co.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 273.

Match 1: Tournament Quarterfinals: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Maki Itoh, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. Aino pinned Kazashiro after Venus DDT.

Match 2: Tournament Quarterfinals: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI beat Mizuki, Yuka Sakazaki & Shino Suzuki. Tatsumi pinned Suzuki after Twist Of Fate.

Match 3: Tournament Quarterfinals: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami beat Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Misao pinned Toga after Hypami Returns.

Match 4: Tournament Quarterfinals: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Neko Haruna beat Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara by forfeit. This was a late change because Kakuta had to miss the event due to family issues.

Match 5: Hikari Noa beat Wakana Uehara.

Match 6: Tournament Semifinals: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI. Raku pinned HIMAWARI after Doctor Yellow.

Match 7: Tournament Senifinals: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Neko Haruna. Nakajima pinned Haruna after an inverted huracanrana.

Match 8: Sawyer Wreck beat Moka Miyamoto.

Main Event: Tournament Finals: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami to win the tournament. Harajuku pinned Toribami after Pomu. Do. Justis.

The next event is a TJPW INSPIRATION event Monday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/29/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour today, which now covers mainly mid-major shows in Tokyo like today.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English soon. It is unavailable as of this post due to technical issues. The live broadcast was an ABEMA exclusive with English commentary on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1028. Under the current “new normal” for Korakuen that’s just under 80% full.

Match 1: Ninja Mack & Lancelot beat HAYATA & Super Crazy. Mack pinned Crazy after Phoenix Splash.

Match 2: Daiki Inaba & Atsushi Kotoge beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hajime Ohara. Kotoge pinned Ohara after Kill Switch.

Match 3: Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro. Ridgeway pinned Yoshioka after Onslaught.

Match 4: Naomichi Matufuji, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Marufuji pinned Greene after Tiger King.

Match 5: Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Sean Legacy & AMAKUSA. Kondo pinned AMAKUSA after a King Kong lariat.

Match 6: Junta Miyawaki beat Hi69.

Match 7: Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi. Suzuki pinned Wagner with a Japanese leg toll clutch hold.

Main Event: GHC Jr.Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf to retain the titles. YO-HEY pinned Bane with a rollup. V1 for the champs.

The next event is ABEMA presents MAJESTIC 2023 Thursday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan. A free press conference event, which is open to the public, will be held Monday at Edmont Metropolitan Hotel in Tokyo.

BREAKING: New Japan Announces New Women’s Championship

New Japan has just announced on social media the introduction of the STRONG Women’s Championship. The title will be awarded at Resurgence on 5/21 in Long Beach, CA to the winner of a 4-woman tournament, which will begin with Mercedes Mone vs. Stephanie Vaquer (CMLL( and Momo Kohgo (Stardom) vs. Willow Nightingale (All Elite Wrestling) with the winners then facing each other for the title.

Also, it looks like the event will be available as a PPV only on New Japan World. Surprisingly, no FITE this time. It will cost 2990 Japanese yen or around $22 US and will include Japanese and English audio and will start at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. It will also air on STRONG On Demand at a later date.

Impact Wrestling 4/27/23 Results (Updated 4/28)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling from Toronto, Canada:

The YouTube pre-show match was Kenny King vs. Channing Decker.

Match 1: Jordynne Grace beat Masha Slamovich.

Steve Maclin promo. He calls out PCO, who gets ambushed from behind by Shera & Champagne Singh. Maclin leaves as they beat down PCO before PCO makes the comeback but then Santino Marella comes out. Singh & Shera hand Marella some money and he makes the match for right now and Shera is banned from ringside.

Match 2: PCO beat Champagne Singh.

The Coven promo.

Match 3: Johnny Swinger beat El Dineroco. Squash. Hand-picked foe by Zicky Dice. Turns out Dineroco was Dice. But Santino Marella caught them backstage…NO CONTEST. The win is nullified.

Pre-show match highlights. Kenny King beat Channing Decker.

Match 4: Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat The Design (Kon & Angels) in a NON-TITLE match. Bey pinned Angels after 1…2…Sweet.

Santino Marella was attacked backstage and is being checked out. The doctor says take time off.

Death Dollz promo.

Match 5: Jody Threat beat Seleziya Sparx.

Frankie Kazarian interview. Full segment is now on YouTube (almost 10 minutes). More next week.

Main Event: Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo beat Taylor Wilde to retain the title. Afterwards, Wilde & KiLynn King beat down Purrazzo until Jordynne Grace made the save. Grace made it clear she wanted a rematch for the title.

Next week: Steve Maclin, Champagne Singh & Shera vs. PCO, TBA & TBA, Moose & Brian Myers vs. Yuya Uemura & Bhupinder Gujjar, Alisha Edwards vs. Jody Threat and a “MAJOR SURPRISE”. (There are RUMORS-and only RUMORS-it could be Trinity Starr aka Trinity Fatu, the former Naomi in WWE)

The next TV tapings are tomorrow & Saturday in Chicago, IL (the first of 3 such tapings this year, the others are in July and the Bound For Glory PPV in October). These should take the promotion to Under Siege, the next monthly live PPV, on 5/26 in London, Ontario, Canada.

4/28 UPDATE: Impact just announced Purrazzo-Grace for the Knockouts Championship at Under Siege AND if Grace loses, she can’t get another title shot while Purrazzo is champion.

TJPW News: Late 4/29 Changes (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced late changes for the 4/29 event: The one-day trios tournament has undergone a shakeup because Nao Kakuta is now off the event. Family issues. She was to have teamed with Hikari Noa & Wakana Uehara in the tournament. As a result, their original opponents-Suzume, Arisu Endo & Neko Haruna-will automatically advance to the Semifinals and Noa vs. Uehara has been added to the event. It’s not known if Kakuta will miss any additional time beyond this, but if so the concern is the next event she is on is the big one-Korakuen Hall on 5/5 for the annual Golden Week blowout event. There is an event Monday (TJPW INSPIRATION) but Kakuta is not on that event.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: In other TJPW news, the Sawyer Wreck-Hikari Noa match on Monday’s event has been changed and is now a fluorescent light tubes death match.