DDT 8/14/22 Results

DDT ran their final event before WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022, holding a special event where vocal cheering/support was allowed at the cost of reduced capacity because of coronavirus prevention measures in Japan.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The first match can also be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 556.

Match 1: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda beat Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Takao Soma. Takeda pinned Takagi after Shining Driver. Apparently Takeda is the newest member of those despicable Pheromons.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yukio Sakaguchi, MAO & Yuki Ishida. KANON pinned Ishida after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Takeshi Masada Debut Match: HARASHIMA beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 4: Shinya Aoki won a 10 man “Money In The Bank” Battle Royal. As a result, Aoki now holds the right to challenge for any DDT Title anytime, anywhere.

Match 5: Asuka (Veny) beat Saki Akai.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Ueno pinned Honda after BME,

Match 7: In a Flourescent Light Tube Ippon Deathmatch, where the person responsible for the breaking of the ONE light tube in the ring loses, Joey Janela beat DDT Extreme Champion Akito to win the title. Janela becomes the 54th DDT Extreme Champion.

MaiN Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Tetsuya endo & Jun Akiyama. Yoshimura pinned Akiyama after Payment. That’s a career-defining victory for Yoshimura.

The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022, their biggest event of the year, Saturday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The full card:
Yusukke Okada, Yuya Koroku & El Illusion vs. Youi Kojima, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda vs. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Super Sasadango Machine and Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda in a 3-way
Naomi Yoshimura, Kota Umeda & Keisuke Okuda vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani
Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match: Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma vs. Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito. Kawamatsu is a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (aka a politician…then again, so is Nishimura)
Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai vs. Chris Brookes & Asuka (Veny)
DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela vs. Shunma Katsumata in a hardcore match for the title
DDT Universal Champion Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
DDT 25th Anniversary Match-Dick Togo (New Japan Pro Wrestling), Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs Yasu Urano for the title
Kenta Kobashi will be a special observer for the main event and also will be a guest on commentary

Announced for 9/4 (Nagoya Congress Center) are a 6-man tag Current Blast Deathmatch featuring Atsushi Onita, KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani for the titles and KO-D Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura vs. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi for the titles.

The Konosuke Takeshita 10th Anniversary Event on 9/10 (Nishinari Kumin Center, Osaka), headlined by Takeshita vs. Daisuke Sasaki, will be a live broadcast ONLY ON ABEMA. No WRESTLE UNVIERSE live stream.

Finally, the Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary Match, the main event for 9/18 at Korakuen (Akiyama 30th Anniversary Event), has been announced: Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (New Japan) vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata.

New Japan 8/14/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 17 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the final event before the tournament-ending tripleheader. Although they have run in Nagano before, today was the first time a G1 event was held in the city’s domed stadium used for the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Today’s ecent was held at White Ring in Nagano and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1728.

Match 1: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa, Yuto Nakashima & Hirooki Goto. Sho beat Fujita with an armbar.

Match 2: Aaron Henare & Will Ospreay beat Bad Dude Tito & Jonah. Ospreay pinned Tito after Hidden Blade. After the match, Juice Robinson attacked Ospreay and stole the IWGP US Heavyweight Title belt again.

Match 3: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson beat BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Owens pinned BUSHI after C Trigger.

Match 4: Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. Yano pinned TAKA.

Match 5: Jado & Tama Tonga beat Gedo & Jay White. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun. After the match, White laid out Tonga with a chair and Bladerunner.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 6: Block D-YOSHI-HASHI beat David Finlay.
Match 7: Block B-Great-O-Khan beat Taichi.
Match 8: Block A-Tom Lawlor beat Jeff Cobb.
Main Event: Block C-KENTA beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Okada, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Archer, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Jonah, 3-2, 6 pts (OUT)
4-Lawlor, 3-3,, 6 pts (OUT)
5-Cobb, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Fale, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Yano, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-White, 5-0, 10 pts
2-Tonga, 4-1, 8 pts
3-SANADA, 3-2, 6 pts (OUT)
4-Khan, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
5-Taichi, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
6-Owens, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Ishii, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)

Block C:
1-Sabre, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Naito, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Goto, 3-2, 6 pts
4-KENTA, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
5-Tanahashi, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-EVIL, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Henare, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

Block D:
1-Ospreay, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Takagi, 3-2, 6 pts
3-YOSHI-HASHI, 3-3, 6 pts
4-Finlay, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Takahashi, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Robinson, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Phantasmo, 2-3, 4 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. Block A comes down to Okada-Archer. The winner advances. Jonah is out because while he beat Okada, he lost to Archer and head-to-head result is the main tiebreaker. Block B comes down to White-Tonga, winner advances. Block C likely comes down to Sabre-Naito. Sabre advances with a win but Naito has a chance with a win. But if both Naito and Goto win (Goto has EVIL), it gets complicated because of tiebreakers. A 3-way likely would be necessary because everyone went 1-1 against the other two. Then there’s Block D…the simplest scenario is if Takagi beats Phantasmo, that settles it. Ospreay must beat Robinson (oh snap) and Phantasmo must beat Takagi for Ospreay to advance. If both Takagi & Ospreay finish tied, Takagi has the tiebreaker. If both lose…well…has there ever, in the history of wrestling, been a SEVEN-WAY MATCH? That might be necessary!

Day 18 is Tuesday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, where the final 3 days will be held consecutively. Tuesday will have all the remaining preliminary tournament matches. The Semifinals will be Wednesday. Live streaming on New Japan Word will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. On Thursday (final day), JAM Project, who composed and performed this year’s and last year’s G1 theme song, will perform live during the event.

In other news, Robbie Eagles challenged CMLL Middleweight Champion Dragon Rojo Jr. at Friday’s CMLL event in Mexico City but was unsuccessful as Rojo won to retain the title. Eagles will remain in Mexico to participate in an upcoming trios tournament in CMLL with Rocky Romero & Tiger Mask, who is headed to Mexico after successfully defending the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship earlier this week.

All-Japan Royal Road Tournament Results (8/14/22)

All-Japan continues the Royal Road Tournament today with the beginning of the Quarterfinals. 2 tournament matches are on tap today with the winners advancing to the Semifinals. There also will be an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match on today’s event.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. There likely will be no commentary. I anticipate today’s event running just short of 2 1/2 hours so it should be over before today’s New Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH events begin.

Today’s iineup:
Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura
Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way
Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles
Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori
Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals:
Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus
Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata

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

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. Only hard camera video views today. Audio is off-sync with video but maybe because I’m watching on Firefox on a Kindle Fire HD Plus 10 tablet (PC is being used for watching WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

Match 1: Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. 10 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 2: Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way. 10 minute time limit
Result: Black Menso-re beat Izanagi & TAJIRI in a 3-way by pinning both simultaneously.

Match 3: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. 20 minute time limit
Result; Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Kodama.

Match 4: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo beat Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue to retain the titles. Toshizo pinned Inoue. V1 for the champs.

Intermission. Updates will resume shortly. Intermission lasts from just past 9 PM PT to 9:20 PM PT

Match 5: Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama, TARU & KONO by DQ. Suwama DQ’d. Ref assault & chair use. A huge prolonged brawl broke out afterwards.

Quick break for ring cleaning. If this were the US there would be a huge “SWEEP FOREVER!” chant going.

Match 6: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Cyrus. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Semifinals and will face Shotaro Ashino or Yuji Nagata.

Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling). No time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata beat Shotaro Ashino. As a result, Nagata advances to the Semifinals and will face Miyahara.

The next event is Tuesday at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama with the other half of the Quarterfinals and also a GAORA TV Championship match (GAORA TV has been All-Japan’s primary TV partner for over 20 years). Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Post-show Update: The announced paid attendance was 296. That represents about 65-70% capacity for the venue.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Tokyo Princess Cup Finals Results (8/14/22)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the 9th Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament today with the Finals, and among other things a likely chance at Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima for the title is on the line. The favorite is Yuka Sakazaki, who will be hoping to get another shot at Nakajima to try and join Miyu Yamashita as 3-time champions, but her opponent is the petite powerhouse Miu Watanabe, who upset Yamashita yesterday to earn her spot in the finals and move one upset away from her first title opportunity. Who will be the strongest-The Magical Girl or Up Up Girl?

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 the first 30 minutes FOR FREE on YouTube. Because there is a special fan event planned immediately after the show, I expect today’s event to be on the short side at right about 2 hours. So if you’re staying up late to watch New Japan or Pro Wrestling NOAH, you won’t miss anything.

Today’s lineup:
Nao Kakuta vs. Moka Miyamoto
Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami
Miyu Yamashita, Suzume & Neko Haruna vs. Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo
Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino & Max The Impaler
Tokyo Princess Cup Finals: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Miu Watanabe
Once again Maki Itoh will be absent due to competing in the US for Game Changer Wrestling this weekend.

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Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. The live stream will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. The first match should begin around 10:45 PM ET/7:45 PM PT.

We are LIVE from Korakuen hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita.

Ring announcer/MC Sayuri Namba is beginning her pre-event introduction and announcements. The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like the same setup as yesterday, smaller capacity than normal so anticipating around 450 again.

There’s a new Up Up Girl! Shino is introduced as a new member after their performance. No opening recap video, which surprised me given it’s a Korakuen event. But then again, they’re in a time limit of sort s because the post-event special event is scheduled for in just over 2 hours.

Match 1: Nao Kakuta vs. Moka Miyamoto. 15 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. Kiryu pinned Toribami after a spinebuster.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita, Suzume & Neko Haruna vs. Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result; Miyu Yamashita, Suzume & Neko Haruna beat Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 4: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai beat Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo. Arai pinned Endo after Finally.

Mizuki joins commentary.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino & Max The Impaler. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki AIno & Max The Impaler. Nakajima pinned Aino after a diving senton.

Miyu Yamashita replaces Mizuki on commentary.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Finals: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Miu Watanabe. No time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki beat Miu Watanabe to win the tournament. It’s the first time Sakazaki has won the Cup. As a result, Sakazaki likely will face Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima for the title at an upcoming event, likely WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 in October. Excellent match.

The next event is “TJPW PERFECTION”, a doubleheader beginning on 8/21 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/20 at 11:20 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

Post-Show Update: The announced paid attendance was 551. Also, Maki Itoh lost to Billie Starks in Game Changer Wrestling last night in the US. The event can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

Ganbare Pro 8/13/22 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their latest big event, ULTRA SOUL 2022, today, headlined by the 30th Anniversary of Tatsuhito Takaiwa’s debut and another attempt to wrest the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship from the control of DDT’s Tumehito Imanari.

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

The announced paid attendance was 313.

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa Ganbare Debut Match: Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI beat Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Haruhi pinned Hasegawa after 79.5MHz.

Match 2: hartley Jackson & Max The Impaler beat Mizuki Watase & Tyson Maeguchi. Jackson pinned Maeguchi after a jumping piledriver.

Match 3: HARUKAZE 5th Anniversary Match: Makoto beat HARUKAZE.

Match 4; Takao Soma beat Shota.

Match 5: Tatsuhito Takaiwa 30th Anniversary Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura beat Keisuke Ishii, Koki Iwasaki & Shinichiro Tominaga. Takaiwa pinned Tominaga after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Yumehito Imanari beat Shigehiro Irie by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V2 for Imanari. Next up: Jackson.

The next event is 8/21 at Takashimadara Community Center in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

8/14/22-8/20/22 Events Schedule

Here is the current events schedule for 8/14-8/20, which is subject to change (all times PT):
8/14:
Midnight-Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 VICTORY 2022, Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall, Hiroshima, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
2:30 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling “Road to PETER PAN 2022-Let’s voice out together!”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

8/16:
2 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 18, Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan. Live on New Japan World
2:30 AM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Royal Road Tournament, Kadogawa Public Hall, Yokohama, Jaoan. Live on AJPW.tV

8/17:
2 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Day 19, Nippon Budokan. Live on New Japan World
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 VICTORY 2022, Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Charleston, WV. LIVE on TBS in US and FITE elsewhere

8/18:
2 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 CLIMAX 32 Final Day, Nippon Budokan. Live on New Japan World

8/19:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 VICTORY 2022, Korakuen Hall. Live in English on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
7 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT in US, New Japan World in Japan ONLY and FITE elsewhere
7:30 PM-All-Japan Pro Wrestling Royal Road Tournament Final Day, Korakuen Hall. Live on AJPW.TV LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED
10 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022”, Ota City General Gym, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

8/20:
2:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 VICTORY 2022, Korakuen Hall. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
8:30 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW PERFECTION”, Ryogoku KFC Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. LIVE RESULTS SCHEDULED

Impact Wrestling “Resurgence” Results (8/12/22)

Here are the quick results from last night’s Impact “Resurgence” PPV from Chicago:
Impact Digital Media Champion Brian Myers beat Bhupinder Gujjar to retain the title.

Chelsea Green & Deonna Purrazzo beat Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary to become THE NEW IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

Impact X Division Champion Mike Bailey beat Jack Evans to retain the title.

Steve Maclin vs. Sami Callahan went to a no contest. Which led to…
In a No DQ match, Sami Callahan beat Steve Maclin.

Deaner & Eric Young beat KUSHIDA & Chris Sabin.

Bandido beat Rey Horus.

Eddie Edwards, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Kenny King & PCO beat The Good Brothers, Ace Austin, Chris Bey & Hikuleo.

Impact Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Mia Yim to retain the title.

Impact World Champion Josh Alexander beat Alex Shelley to retain the title.

If you missed the event, you can watch the replay anytime if you have an Impact+ or Ultimate Insider monthly ($8 for Impact+, $5-9 for Ultimate Insider on YouTube) or annual subscription, or you can buy the replay on FITE for $9.99. If you buy the FITE version, you get unlimited replays.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/13/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Day 2 of N-1 VICTORY 2022 today, continuing their annual big singles tournament with a full slate of tournament action.

Today’s event was held as Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVIERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 505.

Match 1: Dark Match-Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers beat Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura. Rogers pinned Fujimura after a missile headbutt.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Go SHiozaki beat Anthony Greene.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Satoshi Kojima beat Kinya Okada.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hidjo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Kazuyuki Fujita.

Match 5: Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY beat Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. Harada pinned Kotoge with Katayama German.

Match 6: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kenoh beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Masa Kitamiya beat Kaito Kiyomiya.

Match 8: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hideki Suzuki beat Masato Tanaka by submission.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Masakatsu Funaki beat Katsuhiko Nakajima.

Day 3 is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET with a dark match scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

AEW Rampage 8/12/22 Results

Here are the quick results from last night’s AEW Rampage in Minneapolis, MN:
Bryan Danielson promo with Daniel Garcia opened. They face off Wednesday on Dynamite in a 2 of 3 falls match.

AAA Mixed Tag Team Champions Sammy Guevara & Tay Melo beat Dante Martin & Skye Blue to retain the titles. Melo pinned Blue after TayKO. Melo is the former Tay Conti (she & Guevara got legit married last weekend. I’m still assuming Eddie Kingston wasn’t invited).

Parker Boudreaux beat Sonny Kiss. Squash.

Gunn Club beat Danhausen & Erick Redbeard. Colten Gunn pinned Danhausen after Fameasser.

Zack Clayton, whoever he is, challenged FTW Champion Hook for the title. That may happen next week.

Orange Cassidy beat Ari Daivari. After the match, Truthbusters beat down Best Friends and Sonny Kiss, despite being squashed by them earlier, came out and turned heel to join them.

Post-show news:
After the show went off, AEW announced on social media that Boudreaux is now #AllElite as he has signed with the promotion.
Also, Konosuke Takeshita has left AEW as his excursion to the US is apparently over after 4 months. He is returning to Japan for several upcoming major events in DDT. The door is certainly open for Takeshita to come back to the US and he would like to return.
In more unfortunate news, Kris Statlander has suffered another knee injury and is out indefinitely, likely to be several months. She had just moved up to #1 in the Women’s Rankings, putting her in line for a title shot…last time this happened, she got hurt too. Ugh. Best wishes for a full recovery.
During an NFL preseason game involving the Jacksonville Jaguars, owned by his father, Tony Khan announced AEW will return home to Daily’s Place on 10/21. That’s a Friday, suggesting that either will be a live Rampage or a non-televised house show, which AEW has only done once

Added to Dynamite next week is Gunn Club vs. Varsity Blonds.

Next week on Rampage: AEW Tag Team Champions Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. Private Party for the titles. And possibly the FTW Title match.

New Japan 8/13/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 16 of G1 CLIMAX 32, returning to the Machida area of Tokyo for the first time in 3 years. Despite a typhoon (hurricane) battering this part of Japan, the event went on as planned.

Today’s event was held at Machida Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 2212. Taking the typhoon/hurricane into consideration, this was a really good number. Yoshinobu Kanemaru is the guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 1: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson beat Jado, David Finlay, Tama Tonga & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Owens pinned Jado after C Trigger.

Match 2: Bad Dude Tito & Jonah beat Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor. Jonah pinned Isaacs after Black Forest Bomb.

Match 3: BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michioku, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End.

Match 4: Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada beat Dick Togo, Sho & EVIL. Ishii pinned Togo after a vertical drop brainbuster.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block C-KENTA beat Aaron Henare by submission.
Match 6: Block A-Jeff Cobb beat Toru Yano.
Match 7: Block D-Shingo Takagi beat Yujiro Takahashi.
Match 8: Block D-Will Ospreay beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Main Event Block B-Jay White beat Taichi.

Day 17 is tomorrow at White Ring in Nagano. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

The September New Japan World broadcast schedule is set, and unfortunately the vast majority of the Burning Spirit Tour next month will not be available live or on demand. That includes a Korakuen Hall event, which is unheard of. At this time just 5 of the 17 scheduled events will be available live & on demand: 9/2 (Yokohama Budokan), 9/5 (Korakuen), 9/18 (Beppu B-Con Plaza in Oita), 9/23 (Takamatsu City General Gym 1 in Kagawa) and 9/25 (Kobe World Hall-tour-ender). 9/25 will have live English audio.