New Japan Pro Wrestling “STRONG STYLE EVOLVED” 2024 LIVE Results (12/15/24) (Updated)

New Japan runs their final US event of the year, STRONG STYLE EVOLVED 2024, today, and the event may have implications for Tokyo Dome as well as their next US event in January (which I will be attending). In addition to plenty of Tokyo Dome previews, 3 title matches headline the event-first is STRONG Tag Team Champions Grizzled Young Veterans defending the titles against West Coast Wrecking Crew. The second title match sees STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd defend against Ryohei Oiwa. And in the main event, after pulling off quite the upset to earn this spot Hazuki will try to win the STRONG Women’s Championship from Mercedes Mone, and frankly ruin January for me as I really want to see the C.E.O. in person as champion, not having the title go to Stardom yet. We’ll see.

Today’s event will be held at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese and English. It will also be available as a PPV on TrillerTV/FITE for $19.99. There also will be a pre-show with one match 30 minutes before the event. Including that and with all the main card matches being 30 minute time limit I anticipate this being a “standard” PPV with a total running time of about 3 1/2 hours (not much longer as it’s a Sunday night event).

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Matt Vandagriff vs. Zane Jay

PPV:
Mina Shirakawa vs. Johnnie Robbie
STRONG Tag Team Champions James Drake & Zack Gibson vs. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs for the titles
Clark Connors vs. KUSHIDA, TJP & Kosei Fujita in a 4-way
Lio Rush vs. Hechicero
Titan & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Jacob Austin Young & Templario
STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Ryohei Oiwa for the title
Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Fred Rosser, Tom Lawlor & Shota Umino
Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Jack Perry
STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone vs. Hazuki for the title

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Updates below will begin at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET.

4:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA. Your hosts are Haruo Murata & Milano Collection A.T. Your English hosts are Walker Stewart & Veda Scott.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The setup is for just under 2800 and the latest estimate on ticket sales I had was Friday afternoon and was roughly 1900. Mostly empty now as the crowd is slowly filing in but I’m thinking the final number will be around 2000. (Early main show note: The crowd looks smaller than that, or in some sections it’s a very late arriving crowd. Looks closer to maybe 1500 from what I can see after the first match. Typical late-arriving LA area crowd as it grew a bit over the first hour) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2435. That number definitely sounds overstated. Didn’t look like that much on livestream)

You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube.

Pre-show match: Matt Vandagriff vs. Zane Jay. 20 minute time limit
Result: Zane Jay beat Matt Vandagriff by submission. Vandagriff’s “STRONG Survivor” run is over.

Updates will resume when the PPV/main show begins.

PPV/main show:
Match card order opening video starts things off.

The matches begin at 5:04 PM PT/8:04 PM ET.

Match 1: Mina Shirakawa vs. Johnnie Robbie. 30 minute time limit
Result: Mina Shirakawa beat Johnnie Robbie

Match 2: STRONG Tag Team Champions James Drake & Zack Gibson vs. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs beat STRONG Tag Team Champions James Drake & Zack Gibson to win the titles. Nelson & Isaacs become the 11th STRONG Tag Team Champions. Isaacs pinned Drake. Long time coming win for West Coast Wrecking Crew. Afterwards, Rocky Romero came out. With microphone. He greets the crowd then congratulates the new champs while putting them over. Then the Vice President gets to business…challenge issued with Yoh as his partner for 1/11 in San Jose (SWEET!!! When I’ll be there in person!). Accepted. When Romero leaves, Isaacs drags him back in for a suplex.

Match 3: Clark Connors vs. KUSHIDA, TJP & Kosei Fujita in a 4-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: TJP beat Clark Connors, KUSHIDA & Kosei Fujita in a 4-way by pinning KUSHIDA. Rollup while Fujita had Connors in a submission hold to steal it with a 3 count. VERY CLEVER!!!

Match 4: Lio Rush vs. Hechicero. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hechicero beat Lio Rush

Match 5: Titan & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Jacob Austin Young & Templario. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jacob Austin Young & Templario beat Titan & Hiromu Takahashi. Templario pinned Titan.

Match 6: STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Ryohei Oiwa for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd beat Ryohei Oiwa to retain the title. V4 for Kidd. Afterwards, Kidd with microphone. He cursed out the crowd and a particular fan in the crowd with some uncensored language. He then turned his attention to Kenny Omega, who Kidd is scheduled to face at the Tokyo Dome in January. He finished by calling out Tomohiro Ishii for his next title defense on 1/11 when I’ll be there. OOOOOOOOOOOH!!!

Match 7: Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Fred Rosser, Tom Lawlor & Shota Umino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Fred Rosser, Tom Lawlor & Shota Umino. Tito pinned Lawlor after a piledriver.

Match 8: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Jack Perry. 30 minute time limit
Result: Konosuke Takeshita & Jack Perry beat Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuhi. Perry pinned Tsuji after a running knee strike. Afterwards, Takagi went back in for more but got the heel beatdown until Hiromu Takahashi made the save, only to then get blindsided by Matt & Nick Jackson with a Suprekick Party. The Young Bucks will face Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito for the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at Tokyo Dome. After they sent Perry to the back, Matt Jackson with microphone. Took some working up the crowd to try and get half a near-hometown pop (the Jacksons are from nearby Rancho Cucamonga) before Nick stated they came back to play politics…oh wait, to win the tag titles on 1/5 one more time before they retire. Despite trying to be heels they got a mixed reaction.

Main Event: STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone vs. Hazuki for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone beat Hazuki to retain the title. V3 for Mone. But many very close calls over the 25+ minutes. Afterwards, Mone with microphone. She began talking about May 2023 when, in the first title match, she was stretchered out after being injured during the match and now she’s back at champion. Then she stated her first goal for 2025-Tokyo Dome on 1/5. So I may not get the C.E.O. as champion on 1/11…but perhaps…next up…Mina Shirakawa came out. Rather skimpily dressed too but she’s a diva after all. Shirakawa with microphone. Of course she started in English playing the HLAEW card but then she got serious. Challenge issued for 1/5. In return, Mone said she wants a double title match for one of the Europe-based titles Shirakawa holds. So I’m gonna have to hold my breath for 3 weeks to see if I get my Mone worth or if I have to settle for some HLAEW…they did a little synchronized strutting & showing off in the ring to end the event.

End Show.

The next event is the Road To TOKYO DOME Tour, the year-ending series, starting Wednesday at Tokorozawa Municipal Gym in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. (No broadcasts for the first 3 events then back live on New Japan World for the final 2 events of the year at Korakuen Hall)

UPDATE: It’s now official-Mone vs. Shirakawa for the STRONG Women’s Championship is set for 1/5. If Shirakawa retains the RevPro British Women’s Championship in her next defense against Dani Luna before then, it’s for both titles. Also added to 1/5 is a Lucha Gauntlet Match with 8 TBA participants, 4 from New Japan and 4 from CMLL. 2 start then a new wrestler enters every minute, first pinfall wins. The participants will not be announced in advance.

All-Japan 12/15/24 Results

All-Japan ran a standalone event today in Chiba.

Today’s event was held at AQUASTUDIO in Chiba and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 442.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki beat Taishin Nagao.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Yuma Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana. Omori pinned Tachibana.

Match 4: Cyrus beat Fuminori Abe.

Match 4: Suwama, Ryuji Hijikata & Andy Wu beat MUSASHI, HiroshI Yamato & Seiki Yoshioka. Suwama pinned MUSASHI after a backdrop.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura. Jun Saito pinned Tamura after Psycho Break.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Ryo Inoue. Anzai pinned Inoue after Gimlet.

The next event is The Reeve Presents “Zennichi New Year’s Eve 2024”, the final event of the year, on 12/31 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 12/30 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

DDT 12/15/24 Results (2 Events)

DDT ran a doubleheader in Osaka today, with the first event being a regular one and the second was a mini-event.

Both events were held at Konohama Community Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There were no liev broadcasts.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 294, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Demus beat Yuni.

Match 2: Akito & Keigo Nakamura beat Carnalax & Yuki Ishida. Nakamura pinned Ishida.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. Endo pinned Sumi after Burning Star Press.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, MAO & Takao Soma beat Danshoku Dieno, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. MAO beat Matsunaga with a body lock.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, ANtonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Honda with a crossface.

Main Event: To-y beat Yuya Koroku.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 203.

Match 1: Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & To-y beat Danshoku Dieno, HARASHIMA & Yuni. Nakamura beat Yuni with a neck lock.

Match 2; KANON & Illusion beat Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida. KANON beat Ishida with Just Cobra Twist.

Main Event: Takeshi Masada beat Kazuma Sumi.

The next event is NEVER MIND 2024 on 11/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. LIve streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Former SKE48 member Marika Tani will be a special guest on commentary.

Stardom 12/14/24 Results

Stardom ran the first of 2 house shows this weekend today in Gunma.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma Exhibition Hall A in Gunma and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 409.

Match 1: Saya Kamitani & Fujkigen beat Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. Kamitani pinned Kurara after Star Crusher.

Match 2: Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Mei Seira, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki. Kohgo pinned Seira after 619DDT.

Match 3: Saori Anou & Aya Sakura beat Ranna Yagami & Lady C. Sakura beat Yagami with a triangle choke variation.

Match 4: Syuri, Saki Kashima & Hina beat Mayu Iwatani, Koguma & Matoi Hamabe. Hina pinned Hamabe after a modified jackhammer.

Match 5: Starlight Kid & AZM beat Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. Kid beat Mizumori with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Main Event: Maika, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian beat Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Konami & Rina. HANAKO pinned Rina after JP Coaster.

The next event is just underway at Nagano Prefectural Budokan in Nagano. There is no live broadcast.

Injury Report: GLEAT Doesn’t Like Cola

Current GLEAT wrestler CIMA has always had one of the best entrance songs since his Dragon Gate debut, a song called “ME GUSTA COLA”, which translates to “I LIKE COLA!” Maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t, but maybe some bad cola was making the rounds because he is now on the sidelines temporarily. Fever. Out this weekend-GLEAT ran a non-televised house show today in Kyoto-there will be no video on YouTube, and another event tomorrow. Tomorrow he was to have teamed with Gamma and Maho Blanca to face Seiichi Ikemoto, Magnitude Kishiwada & MICHIKO. Minoru Tanaka is the replacement. Since tomorrow is in Osaka there will be no live broadcast, but it should be available on demand on YouTube by Wednesday or Thursday. This is the last GLEAT event before their year-end blowout event on 12/30 so CIMA should be back for that event.

New Japan 12/14/24 Results (Special Mini-Event)

New Japan held a TAKA Michinoku & Taichi Produced special mini-event today, the first such event for the duo in about 2 years (this was the 3rd such event they have done in New Japan). It could be called a mini-event as it had just 2 matches and was not on the New Japan schedule.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Presumably there is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Tetsuya Musashi (Just Tap Out, TAKA’s latest independent promotion) & Tomoaki Honma beat Ryoma Tsukamoto (Independent/Freelancer) & Abdullah Kobayashi (Big Japan). Honma pinned Tsukamoto after Kokeshi.

Match 2: In a 3 Falls Match, TAKA MIchinoku & Taichi beat SANADA & Gedo 2-1. Fall 1: Taichi pinned Gedo after Holy Emperor’s Cross Mausoleum. Fall 2: SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End. Fall 3: TAKA pinned Gedo after Michinoku Driver 2. Afterwards, Taichi challenged SANADA to a single match.

They considered the event to be a great success and plan to do more in the future.

BREAKING: Top Joshi Veteran To Retire in 2025

In a social media post she made that was shared by WRESTLE UNIVERSE, Nanae Takahashi, a well-traveled veteran with nearly 3 decades in the ring, has announced she has decided to retire in May 2025. Takahashi, about to turn 46 (Correction-the original post incorrectly stated she was about to turn 47), debuted in All-Japan Women as a teenager in July 1996 then after the promotion closed in the mid-2000s she became a freelancer and started her own promotion, Pro Wrestling Sun, which had a partnership with Zero-1 MAX but closed a couple years later. After that, she mostly competed in NEO (a promotion run by Kyoko Inoue until it closed) where she formed a unit called “Passion Red” with Natsuki*Taiyo & Kana (now Asuka in WWE), and also was a regular in Ice Ribbon in 2009 & 2010. In late 2010, she helped launch Stardom alongside Rossy Ogawa & former wrestler Fuka, staying with them until 2015 when she left to become a freelancer although she would make future appearances there. In April 2024 she reunited with Ogawa to help launch his new Marigold promotion following a talent exodus from Stardom after Ogawa was fired. Her retirement in May 2025 will coincide with Marigold’s first anniversary.
Takahashi’s career accomplishments and accolades to date are clearly Hall Of Fame worthy: All-Japan Women Champion, 2-time All-Japan Women Tag Team Champion, 2-time WWWA World Single Champion, 5-time WWWA World Tag Team Champion, 4 tournament wins in All-Japan Women, 3-time AWA Women’s Champion, 2024 Marigold Dresm Star GP Best Match Award, 3-time Ice Ribbon International Ribbon Tag Team Champion, Ice Ribbon Triangle Ribbon Champion, JWP Openweight Champion, JDStar BSJ Queen Of The Ring, NEO Single Champion, NEO Tag Team Champion, NWA Women’s Pacific Champion, AWA Japan Women’s Champion, Zero1-MAX Blast Queen Champion, World Of Stardom Champion, 3-time Goddesses Of Stardom Champion, 2 Goddess Of Stardom Tag League wins, the 2010 Tokyo Sports Women’s Grand Prize, the 2010 Nikkan Sports Women’s MVP and Best Match Awards, and several other Stardom accolades. She also had a fight in Lethwai, a Myanmar-based fighting style allowed in only a few countries including Japan, which basically is no-holds-barred bare knockle fighting (like MMA but headbutts are allowed), fighting Vero Nika to a draw in June 2017.

Since her final matches should be in Marigold, they likely will be available to watch worldwide on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. where some Marigold events stream live and all are available on demand. I normally don’t follow Marigold but updates on Takahashi’s retirement plans and potential last match will follow.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Winter Story” LIVE Results (12/14/24) (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs their first event of December today, “Winter Story”, starting a light month schedule-wise with just 3 events left this year. Despite the name and typical pattern for the promotion this is basically a house show but with more matches than usual as the focus shifts to the year-opening 1/4 major event. One match in particular is that focus as Miu Watanabe & Mizuki will face off that day for the Princess Of Princess Championship, and they’ll be on opposite sides of a 6-woman tag today. There’s also excitement because Pom Harajuku returns as a champion for the first time in her career, coming off winning the SPW (Setup Pro Wrestling Thailand) All-Asia Championship recently. She’ll defend in a few weeks in a rematch.

Although it won’t affect today’s lineup, it was also announced that Kira Summer is off the event, as well as the next one, due to family reasons (she posted a couple weeks ago on social media that her father died recently and she is back in her native Australia for services and to spend the holidays with her family).

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. Despite having 7 matches instead of the usual 5-6 there are no title matches that will keep the running time around a typical house show length of about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Suzume vs. Uta Takami
Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna vs. Raku & Chika Nanase
Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto vs. Arisu Endo & Ivy Steele
Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa
Pom Harjauku vs. HIMAWARI
Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Shoko Nakaima, Yuki Aino & Kaya Toribami
Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to launch 15 minutes before the event.

7:35 PM PT UPDATE: They apparently moved stream launch up to 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET and it’s now started. We should be going to the venue in about 25 minutes.

7:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Usually the venue is set up for around 300 for these events (full capacity is just under 400), I haven’t been able to see much seating-wise yet as it’s probably hard camera only but I’m guessing it’ll be around 225. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223)

When we join Sayurti Namba is already in the ring helping fans in attendance with a lottery to determine matches for an upcoming event (this is for the 12/21 event, which will have 10 single matches). Once finished they get into the opening announcements. Also posted on the socials were the first 3 teams for the 2025 Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament, the annual tag team tournament…and they announced the only one that matters to me and makes me very happy to report…WASTELAND POM PARTY!!! (Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku)
Here are the 12/21 matches via the fan lottery: Moka Miyamoto vs. Ivy Steele, Shino Suzuki vs. Raku, Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima, Chika Nanase vs. Uta Takami, Maki Itoh vs. Toga, Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa, Yuki Kamifuku vs. Yuki Aino, Neko Haruna vs. Wakana Uehara, Hyper Misao vs. Haru Kazashiro.

The matches should begin around 8:15 PM PT/11:15 PM ET.

The matches begin at 8:17 PM PT/11:17 PM ET.

Match 1: Suzume vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat Uta Takami

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna vs. Raku & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna beat Raku & Chika Nanase. Haruna pinned Nanase after Cat Scratch.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto vs. Arisu Endo & Ivy Steele. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto beat Arisu Endo & Ivy Steele. Miyamoto beat Steele with Rashomon. This was Steele’s TJPW debut (she is from Europe) and she was very well received by the fans. She was very excited too, almost too much during entrance.

Match 4: Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Yoshiko Hasegawa. Afterwards, Misao with microphone. Promo seemed to be about DDT & TJPW together, and went on until she was interrupted by Super Sasadango Machine. Seems to be leading to a potential comedy match in DDT as I heard Machine mention Antonio Honda. Possibly could happen at Ultimate Party 2024 later this month at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo for DDT’s year-end blowout event. They went on until Rika Tatsumi snuck in and neck pinched Machine to stun him for a beatdown by Misao & Tatsumi. Some unlucky guy in a suit-Tetsuya Koda actually-then got sent into the ring for a Machine beatdown which brought Misao & Tatsumi back out…to beat down poor Koda more. Machine then left as Misao & Tatsumi finished the promo. Sounds like potentially them vs. Machine & Honda at Ryogoku. Updates to follow. Classic DDT comedy segment. Went long enough to all but insure the event hits the “normal” about 2 hour house show runtime.

Match 5: Pom Harjauku vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku beat HIMAWARI. During her intro, Harajuku accidentally dropped her title belt into the floor below. Even as a champion, Pom Still Gonna Pom. But we still love her nonetheless.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Shoko Nakaima, Yuki Aino & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: MIyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Mahiro Kiryu beat Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Kaya Toribami. Yamashita pinned Toribami after Attitude Adjustment (after inadvertently Skull Kicking Kiryu)..

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga beat Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki. Watanabe pinned Suzuki after a double Teardrop on Suzuki & Mizuki..

The next event is “Se-no, Merry Christmas! 2024” on 12/21 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. In addition to the 10 single matches determined today, which all have 7 minute time limits, there will be 2 tag matches with 10 minute time limits. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 12/20 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: The DDT-TJPW match for 12/28 is now official. It will be Machine. Honda & Toru Owashi vs. Misao, Tatsumi & Harajuku.

New Japan News: STRONG Title Defense In Ring Of Honor

New Japan posted on the socials a short time ago about an unmentioned-before title defense on today’s Ring Of Honor TV program (only available online on the HonorClub subscription service)-the episode saw Grizzled Young Veterans successfully defend the STRONG Tag Team Championship against MxM in a faceoff of former WWE tag teams. V1 for the champs. This means their scheduled defense Sunday at STRONG STYLE EVOLVED will now be their 2nd defense instead of 1st.

News: GLEAT Wrestler Taking Extended Hiatus

GLEAT announced on their website that Yu Iizuka is taking an extended hiatus from the promotion effective at the end of the year. While he dealt with injuries this past year, including several concussions, he currently is not seriously injured or under doctor’s orders but wants to rest and focus on jiu-jitsu training while focusing on a full recovery. He is expected to still be part of the year-end 12/30 event at TDC Hall in Tokyo then will step away, based on translation of the promotion’s announcement this hiatus could be at least 6 months to a year or longer as they will check in with Iizuka every 6 months. He is also scheduled for Sunday’s event in Osaka.

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