GLEAT 2/23/23 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday, the 45th as they headed to Nagoya for a house show.

Yesterday’s event was held at Naka (not Nakamura as they noted on Twitter) Sports Center in Nagoya and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

You can watch the video below once the premiere begins at the specified time above (keep scrolling down for results):

The announced paid attendance was 295, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Takanori Ito, Seito Kamino & Yusuke Kodama beat Tetsuya Izuchi, Jun Tonsho & Shinya Ishida. Kodama pinned Tonsho after Sky Drop.

Match 2: Michiko Myagi beat Yukari Hosokawa.

Match 3: Yu Iizuka beat Issei Onitsuka.

Match 4: Check Shimatani & Galeno Del Mar beat Shigehiro Irie & Oji Shiiba (All-Japan) by ref stoppage. Del Mar beat Shiiba with a cannonball to the corner.

Match 5: T-Hawk & El Lindaman beat Hayato Tamura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Lindaman pinned Tamura with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match, Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka, CIMA & Soma Watanabe beat Kaito Ishida, Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Hartley Jackson & Yutani 2-1.
Fall 1: CIMA beat Suzuki.
Fall 2: Jackson beat Watanabe.
Fall 3: Watanabe beat Yutani.
Afterwards, following up on an announcement at the last event, El Lindaman chose Watanabe as his partner for his upcoming G-INFINITY Championship match on 3/21. Lindaman had previously said his choice would not be someone within #STRONGHEARTS, which ruled out CIMA, T-Hawk & Takehiro Yamamura.

The next event is LIDET UWF Ver. 3 on 3/7 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, featuring 7 fights including the Semifinals & Finals of a tournament to crown an inaugural LIDET UWF Champion. There are 3 non-tournament fights scheduled-one women’s fight (Maya Fukuda vs. Yura Suzuki), one single fight (Seichi Ikemoto vs. Hideki Sekine) and one double fight (tag team-Kaz Hayashi & Rionne Fujiwara vs. Tatsuaki Nakano & Daichi Hashimoto). Broadcast plans TBA.

New Japan 2/23/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2023 today as the series continues its tour of Japan.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall on Kyoto and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 765, a legit sellout. Back to full capacity at the venue.

Match 1: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Yuto Nakashima & Rey Cometa. Kanemaru pinned Cometa with a rollup.

Match 2: Gedo & Taiji Ishimori beat Ryohei Ouwa & Capitan Suicida. Ishimori beat Oiwa with Yes Lock.

Match 3: Hijo Del Villano 3, OKUMURA & Barbaro Cavernario beat Master Wato, Tiger Mask & Dulce Gardenia. 3 pinned TM 4 with an inside cradle.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahasho, Tetsuya Naito & Titan beat Kosei Fujita, Sho, Ryusuke Taguchi & Soberano Jr. Titan pinned Fujita after a springboard double stomp.

Match 5: El Desperado, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ultimo Guerrero beat Sho, Magia Blanca & Hechicero. Tanahashi pinned Hechicero after High Fly Flow.

Main Event: Templario & Atlantis Jr. beat Volador Jr. & Mistico. Templario pinned Volador after El Templo.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Municipal Central Gym Sub Arena in Osaka. It is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

FREE VIDEO: DDT 2/18/23 FULL EVENT (Limited Time)

As a special promo for this weekend’s major event, DDT has made the full video of the 2/18 Nagoya event available FOR FREE on YouTube. You can watch below but don’t wait-it’s only available until Monday at 5 AM PT/8 AM ET then the only way to watch the replay is to subscribe to WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Ganbare Pro 2/23/23 Results (3 Events)

Ganbare Pro ran a tripleheader today, repeating an effort they first did last month as each event had a different theme.

Today’s events were all held at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 68.

Match 1: Ken Ohka beat Sotatsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Takao Soma & YuuRI beat Shota & Yoshiko Hasegawa. YuuRI pinned Hasegawa.

Match 3: Yasu Urano beat Tyson Maeguchi.

Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Keisuke Ishii, Shinichiro Tominaga & Yumehito Imanari beat Mizuki Watase, Shuichiro Kawamatsu & Takuya Wada. Tominaga was the only winning team member left.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 66.

Match 1: Yasu Urano beat Sotatsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Rina Amikura beat YuuRI.

Match 3: In a Secret Captains Fall Elimination Match, Mizuki Watase, Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE beat Ken Ohka, Shinichiro Tominaga & Moeka Haruhi. Watase & Tominaga were captains and the last two left, when Watase beat Tominaga by ref stoppage (TKO).

Main Event: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma beat Shota & Shuichiro Katsumura. Soma pinned Shota after Authorized Endless Waltz.

Event 3 (Players Produced Event):
The announced paid attendance was 89.

Match 1: Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE beat Kentaru Hachisu & Moeka Haruhi. Imanari pinned Havhisu after a Thesz Press.

Match 2: It was to have been YuuRI vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Hong Kong International Policeman in a 3-way but things changed. Which led to…
Match 2: Hong Kong International Women’s Police and Hong Kong Domestic Policewoman beat Hong Kong International Policemman in a 3-way by double pinfall. Comedy match.

Match 3: Keisuke Ishii & Shinichiro Tominaga vs. Ken Ohka & Shota went to a double countout. Which led to…
Keisuke Ishii & Shinichiro Tominaga vs. Ken Ohka & Shota went to a Double KO. Draw.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase, Takuya Wada & Yuki Kanzaki beat Shuichiro Katsumura, Tyson Maeguchi & Sotatsu Nakamura. Watase pinned Nakamura after a vertical drop brainbuster.

The next event is Saturday at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo with a Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship match of Watase vs. Tominaga for the title. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 2/23/23 Results (One Match Event)

DDT held another of their special one-match events today, this one in a most unlikely place-a burlesque club. As a male I’d be all for such, more given I love Japanese girls, although this is yet another “only DDT” wacky idea.

Today’s event was held at Burlesque Tokyo in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV via PIA STREAM for a limited time for about $20 US.

The announced paid attendance was 102, a legit advance sellout.

Match result: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe to retain the titles. Katsumata pinned Takagi after Burlesque Sauna Splash. V2 for the champs. The match went 30 minutes Next up: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Machida. That match will happen Sunday. After all this, Takagi floated an idea of recruiting all the dancers and creating Burlesque Joshi Pro Wrestling. Only in DDT but I’m all for it! Anyway, Moving On…

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall for the monthly major event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT. And they will also stream all but the last two matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

In other news, you may recall that DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi asked for Tetsuya Endo as his next challenger recently but Endo was absent from the event due to illness, so GM Imabayashi said he would consider the match. It’s now official. That match will happen on 3/21 at Korakuen Hall.

New Japan 2/22/23 Results

New Japan launched the return of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA today, this 2023 edition marking the series’ return after a 3-year pandemic-induced hiatus. A crossover showcasing New Japan’s partnership with the Mexico-based lucha libre promotion, many of the top luchadors made the trip back to Japan for a week of these special events.

Today’s event was held at Takamatsu City General Gym 2 in Kagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 768.

Match 1: Gedo & Taiji Isbimori beat Yuto Nakashima & Capitan Suicida. Ishimori beat Nakashima with Yes Lock.

Match 2: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Ryohei Oiwa & Magia Blanca. Kanemaru beat Oiwa with a Figure 4.

Match 3: Hijo De Villano 3, OKUMURA & Barbaro Cavernario beat Yoh, Tiger Mask & Dulce Gardenia. OKUNURA pinned Gardenia after OKUMURA backbreaker.

Match 4: BUSHI, Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Kosei Fujita, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Soberano Jr. Totan beat Fujita with Muta Lock.

Match 5: Sho, Templario & Hechicero beat Rey Cometa, El Desperado & Volador Jr. Hechicero pinned Cometa after Embrujo.

Main Event: Atlantis Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mistico. Jr. pinned Mistico after Atlantida. On the CMLL side of things, that’s significant.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/21/23 Results (Updated x3)

It was the end of an era today in Japan as The Living Legend, Keiji Muto, took his final curtain call and retired after nearly 40 years in wrestling. If there was a major accomplishment to be won in Japan, he probably won it and more since coming out of the New Japan Dojo in 1984 as part of the famed 3 Musketeers with Masa Chono and the late Shinya Hashimoto. The puroresu world came together today under the Pro Wrestling NOAH banner to wish Muto a fond farewell.

Today’s event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV ONLY on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You have one week to watch. No word on when/if a non-paywall version will be available. But you can also watch the first 5 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 30,096.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Yoshiki Inamura & Yasutaka Yano. Kitamura pinned Yano after Saito Suplex.

Match 2: Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Provided Match: Yuka Sakazaki, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi beat Mizuki, Maki Itoh, Miyu Watanabe & Yuki Arai. Sakazaki pinned Arai after Magical Girl Chicken Bastard. (For The Love Of God…)

Match 3: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima & Timothy Thatcher. Lee pinned Thatcher after a skewered front high kick.

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa, Eita, HAYATA, Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY, Seiki Yoshioka, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki. Ridgeway beat Miyawaki with a leg capture chicken wing. This marked the return of HAYATA from an injury that cost him the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship last year in a match against Ninja Mack.

Match 5: DDT Provided Match: MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Tetsuya Endo, Hideki Okatani, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Masada after WR.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Ninja Mack beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & Diamante (Dragon Gate). Wagner pinned KAI after a moonsault press.

Match 7: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Kento Miyahara, Suwama & Yuma Aoyagi (All-Japan). Kenoh pinned Aoyagi after PFS.

Match 8: NOSAWA Rongai Retirement Match: Gedo & Taiji Ishimori (New Japan) beat NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA. Ishimori pinned NOSAWA after Bloody Cross.

Match 9: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat AMAKUSA.

Match 10: Kazuchika Okada (New Japan) beat Kaito Kiyomiya. This was changed last-minute to No Time Limit. (It went about 16 1/2 minutes)

Main Event: Keiji Muto Retirement Match: Tetsuya Naito (New Japan) beat Keiji Muto. They went almost 30 minutes. Which led to…
Impromptu Special Match: Masa Chono beat Keiji Muto by submission in 97 seconds. Tiger Hattori was special referee. Proper sendoff, no better way than against his fellow Musketeer, still the coolest cat in the house after all these years.

Just as I was about to post this, GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Jake Lee for the title was announced for 3/19.

The next event is 3/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This is currently scheduled to be an ABRMA-only live broadcast, so it should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE immediately after the event.

UPDATE: Some notes from post-match comments:
Satoshi Kojima says he is now done on NOAH. Immediate future TBA.
Junta Miyawaki reportedly is returning to Mexico and will stay there indefinitely for further training and experience.
Lee made a GHC Heavyweight Championship challenge after Okada-Kiyomiya.
Some NOAH crossover matches were hinted at for the 2/27 All-Japan event, in particular with Kongo involvement. Possibly an All-Japan World Tag Team Title match involving Soya & Kenoh and maybe Miyahara-Nakajima, who have a lot of history from their days in Kensuke Office/Diamond Ring.
Muto says his retirement is definite and no in-ring comebacks. He plans to continue training for health reasons (he has two artificial knees and needs to keep his leg strength built up to be able to keep walking). Before his comments he received a ceremonial flower bouquet from SKE48 member Jurina Matsui, who occasionally is a guest commentator for events on ABEMA & WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

UPDATE 2: The Dragon Gate Official English Facebook Page reports Diamante suffered an elbow injury during his match. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. expressed concern for Diamante in post-match comments. Out at least the rest of this week and off Dragon Gate events tomorrow and Saturday.

UPDATE 3: The 3/9 event will now be LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only. It’s an ABEMA-only stream in Japan.

FREE VIDEO: 2/21/23 Tokyo Dome Press Conference

The final press conference for the Keiji Muto Retirement Event tomorrow at the Tokyo Dome was held earlier today. You can watch below FOR FREE (this is the version from New Japan’s YouTube channel. It is also available on Pro Wrestling NOAH’s YouTube):

https://www.youtube.com/live/gBXx9CXODQc?feature=share

DDT 2/19/23 Results (One Match Event) (Updated 2/24)

DDT held another of their signature one-match-only comedy events today, this one taking place on an actual running train line with fans onboard.

Today’s event was held at Tenryu Hamanoko Railway in Shizuoka, and onboard an actual operating train on the line, and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 47, a legit advance sellout. That was full capacity for the train.

Match Result: A 12-man staggered entry falls count anywhere battle royal, where participating wrestlers boarded the train at stops along the way, was won by Yukio Naya in 47:38, last eliminating Toui Kojima. Order of elimination: Takaya Shibayama by Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi, Keigo Nakamura by Hideki Sekine, Sumi by Sekine, Hamamatsu Kamen L Miccaby (?) by Chika Nagashima & Yu Seyama, Sekine & Danshoku Dieno eliminated themselves, Nagashima & Seyama by Oishi, Akito by HARASHIMA, HARASHIMA by Oishi, Kojima & MAO, Oishi by Naya, Hiroshi Yamato by MAO, MAO by Kojima, Kojima by Naya.

The next event is “Street Pro Wrestling in Burlesque Tokyo” Thursday at Burlesque Tokyo in Tokyo. This is another one-match event and will be a KO-D Tag Team Championship match of KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe for the titles. This will be a PPV available live & on demand worldwide on PIA STREAM for 2500 yen (about $20 US), but you can also pay an additional $8 or $16 for support for participants. The PPV will be available on demand with purchase with unlimited replays until 3/1 at 6:59 AM PT/9:59 AM ET.

The next “real” event is “Into The Fight 2023” on 2/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled for this event.

2/24 UPDATE: This event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Raku, a noted avid train fan, is a guest commentator.

Dragon Gate 2/18/23-2/19/23 Results (3 Events)

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2023 with 3 events yesterday & today-one event yesterday then a doubleheader early today.

Yesterday’s event was held at Yukihashi Municipal Gym in Fukuoka. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 228.

Match 1: Strong Machine J, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita. J pinned Minorita after Diamond Frame.

Match 2: Ben-K beat Mochizuki Jr.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ho Ho Lun beat Don Fujii, YAMATO & Kaito Nagano. Lun pinned Nagano.

Match 4: Dragon Kid & Eita beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. Kid pinned Horiguchi after Bible.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block B: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Skywalker pinned Kanda after a moonsault double knee drop.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Diamante, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

Today’s events were held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 383.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block B: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ben-K & Minorita. Mochizuki pinned Minorita after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 2: Eita beat Kagetora.

Match 3: KAI & H-Y-O beat Don Fujii & Genki Horiguchi. H-Y-O pinned Horiguchi after a diving senton.

Match 4: Shun SKywalker, Diamante & ISHIN beat Strong Machine J, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee. Diamante pinned KAMEI after Vuelta Finale.

Match 5: Dragon Kid, Yuki Yoshioka, Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO, Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk. Dia pinned Minoura after Double Cork.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. vs. Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 451.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block A: Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk. Lee pinned Hulk with a crucifix.

Match 2: Diamante beat Yoshiki Kato.

Match 3: YAMATO & Eita beat Kaito Nagano & Kagetora. YAMATO pinned Nagano after Galleria.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block B: Strong Machine J & F beat Ben-K & Minorita. J pinned Minorita with Machine suplex.

Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horiguchi & Ho Ho Lun. Kanda pinned Horiguchi after a diving elbow drop.

Match 6: Rey De Parejas Block A: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta vs. H-Y-O & ISHIN went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat Dragon Kid & Dragon Dia. Skywalker pinned Dia after a moonsault double kneedrop.

As far as the standings go, the Mochizukis lead Block A with 4 points (1-0-2) while two teams are tied atop Block B with 6 points, however it appears Shun Skywalker & KAI have the tiebreaker and one extra match left.

The next event is tomorrow at Kotakura Gym in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.