During today’s DDT event, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the full card for GRAND PRINCESS ’23 on 3/18 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. The lineup is as follows (in order): Suzume vs. Arisu Endo 4 new wrestlers Debut Match: Mahiro Kiryu, Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Shino (name subject to change) vs. Kaya Toribami, Toga, Haru & Momo (names subject to change) Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Ram Kaichow vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku Ryo Mizunami vs. Moka Miyamoto Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Neko Haruna & Andre The Giant Panda Saki-Sama & May Saint-Michel (Saki Akai & Mei Suruga) vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Billie Starkz Yuki Arai vs. Aja Kong International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Rika Tatsumi for the title Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer (currently this is a NON-TITLE match with regards to the Princess Tag Team Championship) Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki vs. Mizuki for the title
The event will be broadcast LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese beginning at 2 AM ET/11 PM PT. Natsuki Nakayama of J-Pop group OCHA NORMA will be a special guest on commentary.
UPDATE: THPW has announced on Twitter that if Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer are still Princess Tag Team Champions at match time, the match will be changed and it WILL be for the titles.
DDT wraps up February with their monthly major event today, which will go a long way towards setting up the likely main event for the marathon 26th Anniversary event next month. We already know KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino will defend the title next month, but today we’ll find out if it’s against the legend HARASHIMA of the young rising Yukio Naya, who also is Hino’s partner in the (Omega) faction. There are also 2 title matches with the KO-D Tag Team Championship and 6-Man Tag Team Championship on the line, plus the D Generations Cup wraps up with either Yuya Koroku or Takeshi Masada going to the US next month as a prize for winning the tournament. And all the usual stuff that makes it DDT.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch all but the last 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be 2 pre-show matches included as part of the broadcasts starting 30 minutes before scheduled event time. Including the pre-show matches I anticipate the event’s total running time being a little over 3 hours.
Today’s lineup: Pre-show: MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino vs. Gota Ihashi & Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Kazuki Hirata and Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe in a 4-way Main show: Hideki Okatani, Yuki Ishida & Illusion vs. Keigo Nakamura, Toui Kojima & Kazuma Sumi Kazusada Higuchi & Shishamo Power vs. Jun Akiyama & Unagi Mask Yuji Hino, Naruki Doi & Makoto Oishi vs. Kip Sabian, Chris Brookes & Hagane Shinno D Geenrations Cup Finals: Yuya Koroku vs. Takeshi Masada KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Super Sasadango Machine for the titles KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Machida for the tites HARASHIMA vs. Yukio Naya for the next KO-D Openweight Championship shot
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8:45 PM ET UPDATE: The WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast has started. We should go to the venue in 15 minutes.
8:68 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now… We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Ken Kato & Kagehiro Osano.
Pre-show: Match 1: MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. 10 minute time limit Result: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. KANON beat Honda with a cobra twist.
Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino vs. Gota Ihashi & Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Kazuki Hirata and Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe in a 4-way. 10 minute time limit Result: No Contest. GM Imabayashi Stoppage. But not in time to save Akai from the wrath of those deplorable Pheromons.
GM Imabayashi sticks around for the opening announcements as ring repairs are made. During these, new trainee Rukiya Ikeda is introduced. Debut Match will be on 4/9 at Korakuen vs. TBA. Pre-Show ends at 9:25 PM ET.
Main Show: Coming up shortly. The main TV broadcast, also a Samurai! TV simulcast in Japan, begins during opening announcements. Your hosts are Ken kato & Kagehiro Osano.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Not sure whether it’s 50% or full capacity but the opposite-hard camera middle bleachers are not quite full.
The matches begin at 9:40 PM ET.
Match 1: Hideki Okatani, Yuki Ishida & Illusion vs. Keigo Nakamura, Toui Kojima & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit Result: Keigo Nakamura, Toui Kojima & Kazuma Sumi beat Hideki Okatani, Yuki Ishida & Illusion. Nakamura pinned Illusion after a diving headbutt.
Match 2: Kazusada Higuchi & Shishamo Power vs. Jun Akiyama & Unagi Mask. 30 minute time limit Result: Kazusada Higuchi & Shishamo Power beat Jun Akiyama & Unagi Mask. Power pinned Mask with a rollup. A lot of buffering/stuttering issues with the feed here.
Quick break for an announcement from GM Imabayashi. He brings Saki Akai out. Imabayashi announces the Saki Akai 10th Anniversary Tour for 8/13 at Korakuen and 9/31 at Kyoto KBS Hall, and her first 10th Anniversary Match on 3/21 vs. Masa Takanashi.
Your new host is Haruo Murata.
Match 3: Yuji Hino, Naruki Doi & Makoto Oishi vs. Kip Sabian, Chris Brookes & Hagane Shinno. 30 minute time limit Result: Kip Sabian, Chris Brookes & Hagane Shinno beat Yuji Hino, Naruki Doi & Makoto Oishi. Sabian pinned Oishi. Which led to… Kip Sabian beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Penelope Ford to win the title. Sabian becomes the 1558th DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.
GM Imabayashi brings out El Unicorn & Illusion for more announcements. They will be on opposite sides in a tag team DDTeeeeen! Graduation match on 3/21.
Sanshiro Takagi joins commentary for the next match.
Match 4: D Generations Cup Finals: D Geenrations Cup Finals: Yuya Koroku vs. Takeshi Masada. No time limit Result: Takeshi Masada beat Yuya Koroku to win the tournament. As a results, Masada is likely headed to the US for the 3/31 event. But first…GM Imabayashi announces Masada now gets to face Jun Akiyama on 3/12.
Match 5: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Super Sasadango Machine for the titles. 1 Hour time limit Result: Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Super Sasadango Machine beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada to win the titles. Aoki, Ueno & Machine become the 50th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Aoki pinned Okada with a rollup after Machine was unmasked and his mask placed on Okada.
The YouTube broadcast ends here.
Sabian & Ford argue backstage then Sabian claims he’ll be the longest-raining champion ever right before he gets a locker opened in his face from inside. Which led to… Yoshihiko beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kip Sabian by submission to win the title. Yoshihiko becomes the 1559th DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.
Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Machida for the titles. 1 Hour time limit Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Machida to retain the titles. MAO pinned Machida. V3 for the champs.
Main Event: HARASHIMA vs. Yukio Naya. The winner will face KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino for the title on 3/21. 30 minute time limit Result: Yukio Naya beat HARASHIMA. As a result, Naya will face KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino for the title on 3/21.
The next event is 3/4 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 580, a super full house/very near sellout. That means it was reduced capacity.
Here is the current events schedule for 2/26/23-3/4/23, which is subject to change (all times PT): 2/26: Midnight-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Green Dome Maebashi Sub-event Area, Gunma, Japan. No live broadcast Midnight-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rey De Parejas 2023, Kobe Art Center, Kobe, Japan. Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK 1:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2023, Makuhari Messe Industrial Exhibition Hall 11, Chiba, Japan. Live on New Japan World TBA-Nihon Sumo Kyokai March 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Announcement (expected late afternoon/early evening)
2/27: 1:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2023, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on New Japan World 1:30 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo, Japan. Live on AJPW.TV
2/28: 1:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2023, Korakuen Hall. Live on New Japan World
3/1: 12:40 AM-All-Star Jr. Festival 2023, Korakuen Hall. Live via PPV on New Japan World (around $27) 5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Daly City, CA. Live on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere
3/2: 1:30 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Rey De Parejas 2023 Finals, Korakuen Hall. Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK 4 PM-Ring Of Honor “HonorClub TV”. TAPED on HonorClub subscription service 5 PM-Impact Wrestling “IMPACT Wrestling”, Las Vegas, NV. TAPED on AXS TV. Available on Impact+ & YouTube (subscription required) at 5:30 PM
3/3: 7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. LIVE on TNT in US and FITE elsewhere 7 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling CITY CIRCUIT Tour, Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
3/4: Midnight-DDT Pro Wrestling “Yokohama Unlimited Vol. 2”, Yokohama Radiant Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE 1 AM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Glorious Gate 2023 Tour, Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka, Japan. Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK 8 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “Judgement 2023 Tour in NAGANO”, Nagano City Arts Center Act Space, Nagano, Japan. No live broadcast 10 PM-Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Glorious Gate 2023 Tour, Osaka Prefectural Gym 2. Live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK
2/27 UPDATE: Added the new Ring Of Honor weekly TV show to the schedule, which premieres this week and will be available Thursdays at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET in HonorClub (subscription required, currently $9.99/month).
3/1 UPDATE: Live results plans for 3/3 Tokyo Joshi Pro and future WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcasts are temporarily on hold because of a potential billing/payment issue with WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Maybe because it’s a non-leap year and it’s February but usually my credit card payment automatically goes through the last day of the month for the next month. That didn’t happen this month (I’ve subscribed since 2020 without an issue like this). I had no such issues with New Japan World and AJPW.TV recurring billing, so unless it’s because I have multiple streaming services that annually recur at the same time right now I’ll either have to cancel and re-subscribe in a couple days or just cancel WRESTLE UNIVERSE altogether (which I absolutely do not want to do).
3/1 UPDATE 2: Due to apparent unresolved issues with the payment system for WRESTLE UNIVERSE (it’s not accepting credit cards for some reason), there will be no live results for NOAH, DDT & TJPW events effective immediately until further notice. If the situation does not resolve itself within the next 2 weeks I will have to cancel my monthly subscription. Attempts at a workaround so far have been unsuccessful.
Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a stop in the Ota City section of Tokyo for a house show event.
Today’s event was held at Ota City Industrial Plaza PIO Small Exhibition Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday or Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 237, a super full house/very near sellout.
During pre-event announcements, it was revealed that Toga (provisional/name subject to change) will face Miyu Yamashita in her Debut Match on 3/6 at Shinjuku Face.
Match 1: Arisu Endo beat HIMAWARI by submission.
Match 2: Moka Miyamoto beat Wakana Uehara by submission.
Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Kamifuku & Pom Harajuku. Misao pinned Harajuku after Hypami Returns.
Match 4: Miyu yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Hikari Noa & Neko Haruna. Yamashita pinned Haruna after Attitude Adjustment.
Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Nao Kakuta & Kaya Toribami. Mizuki pinned Toribami with Cutie Special.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino & Raku beat Rika Tatsumi, Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu. Watanabe pinned Kiryu after Teardrop.
The next event is 3/4 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Maki Itoh will miss this event due to an overseas excursion. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.
UPDATE: On Twitter the promotion noted Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler successfully defended the Princess Tag Team Championships in the US yesterday. V1 for the champs. They will defend again today (2/26) at an independent appearance.
New Japan today announced, as promised, the full card for the special All-Star Jr. Festival event on 3/1 at Korakuen Hall. Originally proposed by Hiromu Takahashi, the event brings together 20 Jr. Heavyweights from promotions throughout Japan, both the Big 3 (NJPW, All-Japan, Pro Wrestling NOAH) and smaller independent promotions.
Here is the main card, there will be at least one pre-show match which has not been announced, with order to be determined by entrance music at match time: Hiromu Takahashi, Fujita “Jr.” Hayato (Michinoku Pro) & AMAKUSA (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. HAYATA (NOAH), YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Kazuki Hashimoto (Big Japan) Isami Kodaka (BASARA) & MAO (DDT) vs. Onryo (666) & Sho Shinjiro Otani Support Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa (Independent/Freelancer), Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Jun Kasai (Freedoms), Minoru Tanaka (GLEAT) & TAKA Mchinoku vs. MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro), Shoki Kitamura (ZERO1), LEONA (Dradition), Chicharito Shoki (2AW) & Kota Sekifuda (Big Japan) Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikaru Sato (Pancrase Mission) & Yumehito Imanari (DDT/Ganbare Pro) vs. The Great Sasuke (Michinoku Pro), Tigers Mask (Osaka Pro) & Batten Burabura (Kyushu Pro) El Desperado & Volador Jr. (CMLL/Mexico) vs. El Lindaman (GLEAT) & Yuki Ueno (DDT) and DOUKI & HANAOKA (Secret Base) in a 3-way Mistico (CMLL), Billy Ken Kid (Osaka Pro), Alejandro (NOAH) & Gurukun Mask (Ryukyu Dragon) vs. BUSHI, Atlantis Jr. (CMLL), Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) & Black Menso-re (All-Japan) Taiji Ishimori vs. Soberano Jr. (CMLL), Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate), Ninja Mack (NOAH) & another NOAH star in a 5-way. There is some confusion on the second NOAH star because the graphic shows it’s YO-HEY but the text/preview says it’s Junta Miyawaki. But since Miyawaki just returned to Mexico after Tuesday’s Keiji Muto Retirement Event I’d plan on it being YO-HEY Main Event: Master Wato vs. Atsuki Aoyagi (All-Japan)
The event will be on Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and is available as a PPV on New Japan World for about $27. The advertised start time is 12:40 AM PT/3:40 AM ET. New Japan’s English website says no subscription is required for purchase but New Japan World’s site says an account is required, which costs about $8/month. If you purchase the PPV you also get on demand replays until June 1. After that it should be available to all monthly New Japan World subscribers without additional fees.
All-Japan has announced that, following NEW All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi advocating for it, the promotion will be holding a tag tournament dubbed Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY 2023. It will be a round-robin format tournament held at all 4 April events, with the top 2 teams advancing to the Finals on 5/5.
All participants and teams are TBA but already entered are Doi & TBA as a team and Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato as the second team.
Impact Wrestling has their monthly PPV coming up tonight, “No Surrender”, which is a PPV-quality event at a fan-friendly price. There are 7 matches set so far for the main card with 4 title matches featured, plus a live “Busted Open” segment is also scheduled as host Dave LaGreca tries to play “moderator” to co-hosts Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer, who you can usually hear together Thursdays on SiriusXM Channel 156 from 9 AM-Noon ET. As for the title matches, the main event is Impact World Champion Josh Alexander defending the title against Rich Swann. If The Walking Weapon succeeds in retaining, New Japan superstar KENTA will be waiting for him tomorrow in a match that will happen regardless of the outcome. Also on tap is Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James defending against Masha Slamovich, Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions Death Dollz vs. The Hex for the titles and Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Moose in a Dot Combat Match for the title. A FREE pre-show airs before the PPV, don’t miss that because it has a show-stealer scheduled in Jonathan Gresham vs. Mike Bailey. This kicks off a 3-day Vegas weekend for Impact as this will be followed by 2 events with fallout & TV tapings tomorrow & Sunday.
Today’s event will be held at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, NV (I almost went to this event but I had to leave Vegas yesterday) and can be watched LIVE on Impact+ (subscription required), YouTube (Ultimate Insider subscription required) and FITE ($9.99). Impact+ is $7.99/month or $71.99/year, YouTube Ultimate Insider is $4.99/month and has most if not all of the same content as Impact+. The FITE PPV also includes unlimited on demand replays with purchase. The pre-show will air FREE on YouTube. This should be a standard-length PPV so with the pre-show plan on about 3 1/2 hours of action.
Today’s current lineup: Pre-Show: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham
PPV: Kon vs. Frankie Kazarian Steve Maclin vs. Brian Myers, Heath & PCO in a 4-way for the #1 contender to the Impact World Championship Busted Open LIVE with Dave LaGreca, Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer Time Machine (KUSHIDA & Motor City Machine Guns) vs. Bullet Club (Ace Austin, Chris Bey, KENTA) Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Moose for the title Impact Knockouts Champions Death Dollz (some combo of Taya Valkyrie, Jessicka Havok, Rosemary) vs. The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle) for the titles Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James vs. Masha Slamovich for the title Impact World Champion Josh Alexander vs. Rich Swann for the title
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We are LIVE from Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, NV. Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt.
Pre-show: Match 1: Gisele Shaw vs. Deonna Purrazzo Result: Gisele Shaw beat Deonna Purrazzo. Savannah Evans interference set it up. Rich Swann/Josh Alexander promo. Match 2: Jonathan Gresham vs. Mike Bailey Result: Jonathan Gresham beat Mike Bailey. Bailey may have hurt his lower leg on a top-rope 450 attempt at the end when he landed on his feet slightly awkwardly after Gresham dodged.
End Pre-Show.
PPV: Director Of Authority Santino Marella comes out first. With microphone. He greets the crowd then heads to commentary for… Match 1: Kon vs. Frankie Kazarian Result: Frankie Kazarian beat Kon. Sami Callahan went for a chair shot outside on Kazarian late but it backfired and Kon took the chair shot.
Brian Myers interviewed backstage.
James Mitchell promo from last week’s (not yesterday) Impact setting up the Knockouts Tag Team Title match tonight. And it’s now… Match 2: Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions Death Dollz (Taya Valkyrie & Jessicka with Rosemary) vs. The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle) for the titles Result: Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions Death Dollz beat The Hex to retain the titles. Jessicka pinned Belle. As a result, Death Dollz will become the longest reigning champions (they were tied for the record coming into today).
Match 3: Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Moose in a Dot Combat Match for the title. Dot Combat means hardcore with tech/digital themed weapons available, no countouts, no DQs, win by pinfall or submission only. Result: Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry beat Moose to retain the title. Largely a comedy hardcore match with a lot of humor from commentary.
Mickie James interviewed backstage.
Video package for the Busted Open cast drama recently.
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWELCOME…TO BUSTED…OPEN! LIVE on Impact Wrestling! Dave LaGreca (host and creator) comes out as host and moderator-to-be to co-hosts Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer. As Tommy comes out we see Lars Fr(o)edriksen in the crowd, also known for being at All Elite Wrestling events sometimes. (His band Rancid wrote/performed the song AEW’s Ruby Soho uses as her entrance theme) Both have a minute to talk uninterrupted, Bully goes first because he won a Beat The Clock Challenge on last night’s Impact. He says nothing. Then after a minute-plus he finally says “I’m Sorry” and that’s it. Tommy makes full use of his minute and isn’t buying it. Bully then responds, still trying to play the sympathy card then says it’s over. Tommy fell for it as Bully threw coffee in his face then shoved LaGreca aside and took his stool to Dreamer. Bully taunted Dreamer and wrecked the set to end the segment. DEEEEEEEEEESTROY!
Match 4: Steve Maclin vs. Brian Myers, Heath & PCO in a 4-way for the #1 contender to the Impact World Championship and a likely title shot at Rebellion in April Result: Steve Maclin beat Brian Myers, Heath & PCO in a 4-way by pinning Heath. As a result, Maclin will get an Impact World Championship shot at Rebellion. PCO was going to win until Eddie Edwards interfered and attacked PCO with a shovel. (This was No DQs)
As refs checked on PCO Trey Miguel came out. With microphone. He is EN FUEGO because he’s the X Champion and isn’t on the card tonight but after name-dropping and complaining he walked close enough to PCO to get laid out by the French-Canadian Frankenstein.
Match 5: Time Machine (KUSHIDA & Motor City Machine Guns) vs. Bullet Club (Ace Austin, Chris Bey, KENTA) Result: Bullet Club beat Time Machine. Ace Austin pinned Chris Sabin.
Mickie James-Jordynne Grace promo. The rematch is expected as Grace has the right as former champion. But first that depends on… Match 6: Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James vs. Masha Slamovich for the title Result: Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James beat Masha Slamovich to retain the title.
Main Event: Impact World Champion Josh Alexander vs. Rich Swann for the title Result: Impact World Champion Josh Alexander beat Rich Swann to retain the title. That means Alexander-KENTA tomorrow as part of the fallout TV tapings is for the title.
New Japan ran Day 3 of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2023 today, running the first half of a 4-team mini-tag team tournament as the featured attraction.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Municipal Central Gym Sub-Arena in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. All these events are available in Japanese AND Spanish…puroresu in espanol? Bueno!
The announced paid attendance was 962, which reportedly was a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Hijo Del Villano 3. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.
Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Yoh & Capitan Suicida. Takahashi pinned Suicida with Unnamed Hiromu Roll.
Match 3: Sho, Barbaro Cavernario & Templario beat Kosei Fujita, OKUMURA & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Sho pinned Fujita after a cross-arm piledriver (that sounds an awful lot like Shock Arrow).
Match 4: El Desperado, Soberano Jr. & Mistico beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Hechicero. Soberano Jr. pinned Kanemaru after a moonsault.
Match 5: Interfaction Tag Team Tournament: BUSHI & Titan beatRey Cometa & Dulce Gardenia. BUSHI pinned Gardenia after Angel Immortal.
Main Event: Interfaction Tag Team Tournament: Atlantis Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero beat Magia Blanco & Volador Jr. Guerrero pinned Blanco after Guerrero Special. As a result, BUSHI/Titan will face Atlantis Jr./Guerrero in the Final.
The next event is Sunday at Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall 11 in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.