DDT 11/5/22 Results (2 Events)

DDT continued the D KING GP 2022 Tournament today with a doubleheader in Yokohama. The first event, a midday matinee (late night last night in the US), was this month’s DDT FREE event with free admission for lucky ticket winners. The second event, a couple hours after the first event concluded, was a “normal” event.

Today’s events were held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Japan and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Event 1:
The announced attendance was 300, a legit sellout. All tickets were free with no paid admissions. This was legit full capacity.
Match 1: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku beat Sumi with a chicken wing.

Match 2; Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. Iino beat Hirata with Sexy Arabian Night.

Match 3; Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & Akito beat Hideki Okatani, Toui Kojima, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada. Oishi beat Ishida with a Fujiyama kneelock.

Match 4: D KING GP 2022 Block A: Joey Janela beat Naomi Yoshimura.

Match 5: D KING GP 2022 Block B: KANON beat MAO by submission.

Main Event: D KING GP 2022 Block A: Rickey Shane Page beat Daisuke Sasaki.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 280, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1; Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Pawl beat Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. Pawl pinned Ishida after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 2; Yukio Sakaguchi Produced Match: In a Handicap Match, Pocotan & Gota Ihashi beat Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani & Kazuki Hirata. Pocotan pinned Hirata after a diving body press. It turns out Pocotan actually was Sakaguchi this time.

Match 3; D KING GP 2022 Block B: Chris Brookes beat KANON.

Match 4: D KING GP 2022 Block A: Joey Janela beat Tetsuya Endo. UPSET ALERT!

Match 5: Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Yukio Naya beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima & Takeshi Masada. Naya pinned Masada after a chokeslam.

At this point, a title match was announced for the upcoming special free event on 11/27: Takao Soma will face Chikara for the World Omori Class Championship. This was to have been Masa Takanashi getting the title shot, but Takanashi will be on an overseas excursion and gave the match to Soma.

Match 6: D KING GP 2022 Block A: Yuki Ueno beat Rickey Shane Page.

Main Event; D KING GP 2022 Block B: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuji Hino went to a 30 minute time limit draw. Epic Hoss Fight.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Janela, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Page, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Ueno, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Endo, 1-1-1, 3 pts
5-Sasaki, 0-1-1, 1 pt
6-Yoshimura, 0-2, 0 pts

Block B:
1-Hino, 2-0-1, 5 pts
2-Higuchi, 1-0-1, 3 pts
3-Brookes, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Naya, 1-1, 2 pts
5-KANON, 1-1, 2 pts
6-MAO, 1-2, 2 pts

The next event is a special one-match “Street Wrestling in Shingashi Exciting Festival” today at Tobu Tojo Line Shingashi Station West Exit Ekimae Street Venue in Saitama, a free event. The one match will be HARASHIMA vs. Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata and (I believe) Kikutaro in a 4-way Falls Count Anywhere match. This event is weather permitting, it will be held in light rain but if it’s too heavy it could be cancelled. There will be no live broadcast.
The tournament continues on 11/12 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan 11/5/22 Results (Updated)

New Japan wrapped up the BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour with what likely will be the penultimate major event of the year, with multiple title matches and at least one more Tokyo Dome title match being set as we’ll find out who will face off for the inaugural NJPW WORLD TV Championship.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 4006, a full house/near sellout. That suggests Osaka has, at least for some events, eased up its strict pandemic capacity limits above 50% (if it were still at half this would be a legit overflow crowd).

Match 1: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Francesco Akira & TJP beat Titan & BUSHI to retain the titles. Akira pinned BUSHI after The Leaning Tower. V2 for the champs.

Match 2: Gideon Gray, Aaron Henare & Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) beat Alex Zayne, Toru Yano, David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Fletcher pinned Yano after Corealis.

Match 3: Hikuleo beat Yujiro Takahashi. This lasted just 28 seconds. Sho interference at the start backfired. This was to have been Hikuleo vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson for the title, but Anderson no-showed due to claiming he would be at a WWE event in Saudi Arabia today. There were rumors Anderson would be stripped of the title but as of this moment he has not been.

Match 4: NJPW WORLD TV Championship Tournament Semifinals: Ren Narita beat SANADA.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Championship Tournament Semifinals: Zack Sabre Jr. beat EVIL by submission.

As a result of the Semifinals, it will be Narita vs. Sabre for the title at Tokyo Dome. (It’s gonna be Narita although Sabre deserves a singles title run. I’m sensing Narita is going to be be pushed as the eventual next Hiroshi Tanahashi or Kazuchika Okada, although Okada has a good 10+ years left in him as long as he remains healthy)

Match 6: In a tag team match where the pairings were determined by random draw at a press conference yesterday, Master Wato & El Desperado beat Hiromu Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori. Wato pinned Takahashi after countering Time Bomb with a jumping knee strike. Regardless of the type of match, this is a huge victory for Wato.

Match 7: Tama Tonga & Kazuchika Okada beat KENTA & Jay White. Tonga pinned KENTA after Gun Stun.

Match 8: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR beat Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb to retain the titles. Dax Harwood pinned Khan after Big Rig. V2 for the champs. They will be taking the belts back to All Elite Wrestling with them. I expect their next defense to be at Tokyo Dome unless they make something happen in AEW.

Main Event: IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay beat Tetsuya Naito to retain the title. V3 for Ospreay. 30 minute marathon. Next up…Shota Umino!?! If this happens, it likely will be on 11/20 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. (Umino, the son of referee Red Shoes Unno, has been in England since before the pandemic began on his post-Young Lion training excursion).

The next events are a special Kazuchika Okada Homecoming & Anjo City 70th Anniversary event on 11/12 at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi and the debut of NJPW TAMASHII on Friday in Sydney, Australia and 11/13 in Christchurch, New Zealand. TAMASHII is a new sub-brand focusing on Australia & New Zealand-based talent, much like how NJPW STRONG focuses on the LA Dojo in the USA. New Zealand dojo head and current NJPW wrestler Bad Luck Fale is heading up TAMASHII.
There will be no live or on demand broadcasts for all 3 events.

The next “main” event is HISTORIC X-OVER, a joint event between New Japan & Stardom (both are owned by Bushiroad Corporation), on 11/20 at Ariake Arena in Japan. This will be a worldwide PPV on New Japan World (additional purchase required). That will be followed by the World Tag League & Super Jr. Tag League, which will run together, beginning on 11/21 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Ospreay-Umino for the US Title will happen on 11/20.

AEW Rampage 11/4/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s LIVE AEW Rampage from Atlantic City, NJ (SPOILERS for west feed viewers):

Mike Tyson was a guest on commentary, but only for the first match.

AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy beat Katsuyori Shibata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) to retain the title.

Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter beat Madison Rayne & Slye Blue. Hayter pinned Rayne after a ripcord lariat.

Samoa Joe & Wardlow beat Gates Of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun). Wardlow pinned Kaun after the 4 powerbombs.

The full World Title Eliminator Tournament bracket was revealed: Quarterfinals are Eddie Kingston vs. Ethan Page, Bandido vs. Rush, Lance Archer vs. Ricky Starks and Brian Cage vs. Dante Martin. Kingston-Page is on Dynamite next week, the rest are on Rampage next week. Finals are at Full Gear with the winner getting an AEW World Title shot at Winter Is Coming aka the 12/14 Dynamite.

Disappointing show overall especially with Tyson only on for the first match, which is the only reason to watch.

Added to Full Gear: AEW Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed vs. Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland for the titles and ROH World Champion Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli & Sammy Guevara in a 4-way for the title.

Next week on Dynamite in addition to what was announced Wednesday and Kingston-Page: Bryan Danielson vs. Sammy Guevara in a 2 of 3 Falls match, Hayter-Blue, Jon Moxley speaks and Tony Schiavone interviews Britt Baker & Saraya.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/3/22 Results

Pro Wresting NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2022 Tour today with a quick build house show before next week’s major doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (should be early next week). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 354.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Ninja Mack & Extreme Tiger beat Dante Leon & YO-HEY. Tiger pinned YO-HEY after Lana Bomb.

Match 3: NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yasutaka Yano. Crazy pinned Yano after Liger Bomb.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Timothy Thatcher & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Thatcher beat Kiyomiya with a Fujiwara armbar.

Match 5: AMAKUSA (Haoh) & Alejandro beat Tadasuke & Hi69. AMAKUSA pinned Hi69 after Overload.

Main Event: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara beat Naomichi Matufuji, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Kondo pinned Yoshioka after a King Kong lariat.

The next event is Global 2days WRESTLE UNIVERSE presents Global Honored Crown on 11/10 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Except for a pre-show match, all the matches will be GHC Title matches. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET (remember the time change this weekend means events start one hour earlier in the US until March).

DDT 11/3/22 Results

DDT continues the D KING Grand Prix 2022 today as part of a doubleheader with Ganbare Pro, who ran their event before this one.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 239, a super full house/very near sellout.

During the opening announcements, Yuki Urno came out for the opening shout and to promote his new side hustle-he is now an actor. Ueno is currently starring in a popular series on TV Kanagawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, a modern re-imagining of legendary samurai Nobunaga Oda and others in today’s Japan as teenagers and roommates. If you’ve played any Koei (now Koei Tecmo Games) games over the last 40 years, namely any of the “Nobunaga’s Ambition” or “Samurai Warriors” games (also “Warriors Orochi”), you’ll know these names.

Match 1: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Takao Soma, Toui Kojima & Takeshi Masada. Okada pinned Kojima after Sudden Death.

Match 2: HARASHIMA produced match: In a Blindfolded Breasts Match, a comedy match where everyone wore bras and the match also ended when someone’s bra was stripped off, Antonio Honda & Shunma Katsumata beat HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata. Katsumata beat HARASHIMA by bra stripping. Afterwards, HARASHIMA admitted he lost “because I’m training”. This is classic “Only In DDT” stuff.

Match 3: D KING GP Block B: Yuji Hino beat KANON.

Match 4: D KING GP Block B: Yukio Naya beat MAO.

Match 5: Rickey Shane Page, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. Page pinned Ishida after a backdrop.

Match 6: D KING GP Block A: Yuki Ueno beat Joey Janela.

Main Event: D KING GP Block A: Tetsuya Endo vs. Daisuke Sasaki went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

After 2 days, Endo leads Block A at 1-0-1, 3 points. Hino leads Block B at 2-0, 4 points. Not everybody has been in two matches yet though.

The next event is Saturday, which will also be this month’s DDT FREE event with free admission. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

AEW Dynamite 11/2/22 Results

Here are the quick results from last night’s AEW Dynamite in Baltimore, MD:

Jay Lethal beat Darby Allin. Jeff Jarrett interfered late. Jarrett has now signed with AEW and will also be in a backstage/corporate role.

Jon Moxley beat Lee Moriarty.

Renee Paquette did a quick sitdown with Saraya. Britt Baker was supposed to be there but no-showed.

Billy Gunn Birthday Bash with The Acclaimed. It ended when Gunn Club crashed the party (Austin & Colten are Billy’s real-life sons). This led to The Acclaimed & FTR vs. Gunn Club, Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland next week.

Baker talked to Tony Schiavone instead of Renee.

ROH World Champion Chris Jericho beat a former ROH Champion, who turned out to be Colt Cabana, to retain the title. Consider CM Punk definitely done with AEW now.

AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy beat Luchasaurus & Rey Fenix in a 3-way by pinning Fenix to retain the title. Jungle Boy interfered to take Luchasaurus out. As a result, Cassidy defends against anyone of his choice tomorrow on Rampage. That was immediately revealed as Katsuyori Shibata from New Japan Pro Wrestling.

AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Matina Shafir to retain the title. 41-0. Nyla Rose & Vickie Guerrero did “commentary” during the match. It was that bad.

ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Brian Cage to retain the title. The Embassy beatdown on Joe afterwards until Wardlow made the save, but that allowed Powerhouse Hobbs to sneak in for a massive spinebuster to end the show.

I missed the first match but, excluding that, I didn’t care for this one. It was a Dynamite that happened.

Friday on a LIVE Rampage: Cassidy-Shibata, Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter vs. Madison Rayne & Skye Blue and the return of Mike Tyson (he will be a guest on commentary). Also more participants for the next AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament.

Next week: The Acclaimed & FTR vs. Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland & Gunn Club.

Announced for Full Gear: AEW Interim Women’s Champion Toni Storm vs. Jamie Hayter for the title.

New Japan 11/3/22 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate event of the BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour today, the first half of an Osaka doubleheader. They were at a smaller venue today before going to a bigger venue for the final event.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 745.

Match 1: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima. Tanahashi beat Oiwa with a Texas Cloverleaf.

Match 2: Jado & Hikuleo beat Gideon Gray & Aaron Henare. Hikuleo pinned Gray after a powerslam.

Match 3: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Tomoaki Honma & David Finlay. Khan beat Honma with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Match 4: DOUKI, El Desperado & Taichi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. DOUKI beat Gedo with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Kanemaru beat Togo with a Figure 4.

Match 6: BUSHI beat Francesco Akira.

Match 7: Titan beat TJP.

Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Ren Narita, Alex Zayne & Master Wato. Naito pinned Zayne after Destino.

The tour-ender is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

In other news, Katsuyori Shibata made a surprise appearance in All Elite Wrestling on last night’s AEW Dynamite. He will face Orange Cassidy for the AEW All-Atlantic Championship tomorrow on AEW Rampage, airing LIVE on TNT in the US at 10 PM ET (TAPED at 10 PM PT).

Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Dirty Hero 2022” Results (11/3/22) (Updated)

Ganbare Pro Wrestling is running their monthly big show today, headlined by a Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship match. It’s been almost exclusively held by outsiders, with current champion Hartley Jackson being from Australia (prior champion Yumehito Imanari doesn’t count in my book, he is from parent group DDT when he breaks away from those deplorable Pheromons to appear on Ganbare). After turning back the valiant challenge of Gambare Joshi flagbearer Yuna Manase, Jackson today defends against Shuichiro Katsumura, who will try to become the 4th champion in history and first true Ganbare wrestler to hold the title.

Of note for US fans-All Elite Wrestling’s Willow Nightingale, who made her Japan debut last week in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, is featured in a women’s tag team match today as she continues her inaugural Japan tour. It started off well in TJPW and today she’ll be facing off against Manase.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There likely will be no commentary. It’s a midday matinee in Japan meaning a late-night start in the US. If you’re giving up sleep post-AEW to watch I anticipate the event runtime will be around 2 hours. Nightingale is to be in the second match.

Today’s lineup:
Tsuyoshi Okada vs. Yuki Kanzaki
Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs Willow Nightingale & Moeka Haruhi
Ken Ohka & YuuRI vs. Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE
Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma vs. Mizuki Watase & Toui Kojima
Koki Iwasaki vs. Shinichiro Tominaga
Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Hartley Jackson vs. Shuichiro Katsumura for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

11 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream will launch at 11:15 PM ET/8:15 PM ET. Normally it starts 30 minutes prior to events but today it will be 15 minutes.
8:15 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has launched. Updates below will begin in about 15 minutes.
11:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live results begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.
The opening greeting & start shout is being done by HARUKAZE & Shuichiro Kawamatsu.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. This is a very small venue and the crowd is still tiling in but around ringside it looks close to full so I’ll predict it’ll be around 200. The venue’s max capacity is about 300. Also this is a hard-camera only setup so you’ll have that “being at a house show” feeling.

Match 1: Tsuyoshi Okada vs. Yuki Kanzaki. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tsuyoshi Okada beat Yuki Kanzaki by submission

Match 2: Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs Willow Nightingale (All Elite Wrestling) & Moeka Haruhi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Willow Nightingale & Moeka Haruhi beat Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Nightingale pinned Hasegawa after Doctor Bomb. Fun match with a solid performance by Nightingale. Manase & Nightingale had a good hoss fight sequence and would make a great single match.

Match 3: Ken Ohka & YuuRI vs. Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yumehito Imanari & HARUKAZE beat Ken Ohka & YuuRI. HARUKAZE pinned YuuRI after Flame Spear.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma vs. Mizuki Watase & Toui Kojima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki Watase & Toui Kojima beat Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma. Watase pinned Soma after a backdrop suplex.

Intermission. If this is in the replay you can skip 15 minutes ahead.

We resume at 12:50 AM ET/9:50 PM PT.

Match 5: Koki Iwasaki Send-Off Match: Koki Iwasaki vs. Shinichiro Tominaga. 30 minute time limit
Result: Koki Iwasaki beat Shinichiro Tominaga.

Main Event: Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Chanpion Hartley Jackson vs. Shuichiro Kawamatsu for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Hartley Jackson beat Shuichiro Kawamatsu to retain the title. V2 for Jackson.

The next event is 11/19 at 2AW Square in Chiba. There likely will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 167.

Next up for Jackson: Watase. That match will happen on 12/27 at Korakuen Hall.

TJPW: Arai Early 2023 Schedule Announced

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the initial Yuki Arai participation schedule for January & February 2023. The SKE48 member is currently set for these events, the schedule is subject to change (dates/times are JST, some events will have a day before start in parts of the US):
1/4-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (full capacity)
1/15-Otemachi Mitsui Hall, Tokyo (50% capacity)
1/19-Shinjuku Face, Tokyo (full capacity)
1/29-Kasukabe Fureai Cube, Saitama (50% capacity)
2/11-Korakuen Hall (50% capacity)

New Japan 11/2/22 Results

New Japan continues the BURNING AUTUMN ’22 Tour with what may be, excluding upcoming events in New Zealand, the final non-televised event for the year.

Today’s event was held at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 1991.

The Governor of Ishikawa Prefecture was in attendance. A portion of today’s proceeds were donated to Komatsu City, the host region for the event.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 2: Taichi beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 3: Ren Narita & David Finlay beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Narita beat Honma with a cobra twist.

Match 4: Alex Zayne, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Zayne pinned Gray after Taco Driver.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Kanemaru beat Togo with a Figure 4.

Match 6: Jado, Master Wato & Hikuleo beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. Wato pinned Gedo after RPP.

Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA beat DOUKI & El Desperado. SANADA pinned DOUKI.

Main Event: Titan, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare. Naito pinned Henare after Destino.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.