Tokyo Joshi Pro Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals Results (8/13/22)

Tokyo Joshi Pro returns to Tokyo this weekend to wrap up the 9th Tokyo Princess Cup. The first half of the doubleheader is today with the Semifinals, consisting of two veterans looking to earn another shot at Shoko Nakajima with tournament victories, and two younger opponents each looking for two more big upsets and their first tournament triumph. The undercard features the TJPW debut of massive US indy wrestler Max The Impaler (poor Pom Harajuku, she might just get killed today) and some AA Eye Candy as Yuki Arai & Saki Akai will be in tag team action.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. And if you’re looking to pass the time until the start, last weekend’s Yuki Kamifuku Hometown Event is now available on demand. I anticipate today’s event having around a 2 1/2 hour runtime. (It can’t really go past 3 hours because there is a Ganbare Pro event coming up shortly after this one finishes)

Maki Itoh will miss this weekend’s events due to being in the US for an appearance in Game Changer Wrestling, while Yuki Aino is expected to return today after missing several events due to a leg injury.

Today’s lineup:
Shoko Nakajima vs. Kaya Toribami
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Yuki Aino & Raku
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki & Hyper Misao in a 3-way
Saki Akai, Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna
Arisu Endo vs. Mei Suruga
Max The Impaler vs. Pom Harajuku
Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals:
Miyu Yamashita vs. Miu Watanabe
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Suzume

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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 10:50 PM ET/7:50 PM PT.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in TOkyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. There is no English commentary despite WRESTLE UNIVERSE advertising it on their website.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event but it is a reduced capacity setup on the opposite-hard camera side. That probably means a top crowd of 450-500.

The first match should begin in about 20 minutes (as of 10:30 PM ET).

After the opening announcements & Up Up Girls performance, a video recap of the Tokyo Princess Cup so far is shown before the opening card rundown.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami vs. Shoko Nakajima. 15 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Kaya Toribami

Match 2: Yuki Aino & Raku vs. Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Yuki AIno & Raku. Kakuta pinned Raku after Shiden Kai.

Shoko Nakajima joins commentary for the next match.
Match 3: Arisu Endo (and her ever-changing hair color, now it’s blonde) vs. Mei Suruga. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mei Suruga beat Arisu Endo by submission

Match 4: Hyper Misao vs. Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Hyper Misao & Mizuki in a 3-way by pinning Misao.

Match 5: Pom Harajuku vs. Max The Impaler. 15 minute time limit
Result: Max The Impaler beat Pom Harajuku. Glorified (and borderline comedy) squash.

Match 6: Saki Akai, Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna beat Saki Akai, Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto. Kiryu pinned Arai after a spinebuster. Afterwards, Kiryu with microphone. Challenge issued for the Princess Tag Team Championship-Kiryu & Kamifuku, seemingly accepted by Akai. More to come post-event.

Match 7: Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Suzume. No time limit
Result; Yuka Sakazaki beat Suzumu. As a result, Sakazaki advances to the Finals.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals: Miyu Yamashita vs. Miu Watanabe. No time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Miyu Yamashita. As a result, Watanabe advances to the Finals. UPSET ALERT!
The Final will be Sakazaki vs. Watanabe. Will The Magical Girl get her chance to join Yamashita as 3-time Princess Of Princess Champions or will the Up Up Girl idol break through with one final upset?

The Final is tomorrow. The full card will be announced shortly. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 444.
Today’s card has only 6 matches and will be a shorter event due to a special event being held immediately after the show.

DDT 8/11/22 Results

DDT ran another of their “ONLY WE” Chiba-based house shows as part of the Road to PETER PAN tour with their biggest event of the year now just 9 days away.

Today’s event was held at 2AW Square in Chiba and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 135, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Toui Kojima.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Kaji Tomato, Yuya Koroku & El Unicorn. KANON pinned Koroku after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Hiroshi Yamato beat Takao Soma, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida with a double arm suplex.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Yoshimura pinned Oishi after Payment.

Main Event: Kaji Tomato won a 12-man special battle royal, last eliminating Yuji Hino.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, the final event before WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022. Fans will be allowed to vocally cheer/support at this event so venue capacity will be limited. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/11/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH began the annual N-1 VICTORY tournament today, their annual singles tournament to determine the top wrestler in the promotion. The winner also will likely earn a GHC Heavyweight Championship match unless current champion Kenoh wins.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, possibly in English. The live stream was ABEMA-only in Japanese and may not yet be available on demand.

The announced paid attendance was 940.

Match 1 (Pre-Show Match): Mohammed Yone & Daiki Inaba beat Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers. Inaba pinned Rogers after DDD.

Match 2: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 3: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Masato Tanaka beat Anthony Greene.

Match 4: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Masakatsu Funaki beat Kinya Okada by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 5: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Hideki Suzuki beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

Match 6: Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Alejandro beat Daisuke Harada, Seiki Yoshioka & Kai Fujimura. Kotoge pinned Fujimura after Kill Switch.

Match 7: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya.

Match 8: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kenoh beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

Match 9: Naomichi Marufuji, El Hijo Del Santo & Ultimo Dragon beat NOSAWA Rongai, Kotaro Suzuki & Super Crazy. Santo pinned NOSAWA.

Match 10: N-1 VICTORY Block B: Takashi Sugiura beat Satoshi Kojima by ref stoppage.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Go Shiozaki.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE is scheduled to begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, but there is a pre-show dark match scheduled 20 minutes before the event begins.

All-Japan 8/11/22 Results

All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today with the second half of Round 1. The single-elimination field would be down to the Quarterfinals after today.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 447.

There were a couple last minute changes to the lineup as Izanagi missed the event. Coronavirus.

Match 1: Royal Road Tournament-Shotaro Ashino beat Dan Tamura by submission. As a result, Ashino advances to the Quarterfinals.

Match 2: Royal Road Tournament-Takao Omori beat Ryuki Honda. As a result, Omori advances to the Quarterfinals.

Match 3: Suwama, KONO & Toshizo beat Black Menso-re, Hikaru Sato & Ryo Inoue. Suwama pinned Inoue after a running knee.

Match 4: Jake Lee, Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiba. Atsuki Aoyagi pinned Hayato after Firebird Splash.

Match 5: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask beat Hokuto Omori by submission to retain the title. V3 for TM 4.

Match 6: Royal Road Tournament: Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa. As a result, Cyrus advances to the Quarterfinals.

Main Event: Royal Road Tournament-Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Yoshitatsu. As a result, Nagata advances to the Qurterfinals.

The next event is Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo with the first half of the Quarterfinals (Miyahara-Cyrus and Ashino-Nagata) and an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

AEW Dynamite 8/10/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite from Minneapolis, MN (SPOILERS for west feed viewers!):
Next week’s episode will be sponsored by “House OF The Dragon”, the new Game Of Thrones spin-off coming soon to HBO Max, the latest tie-in as part of AEW now being owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Why am I dreadfully waiting for something Naked & Afraid themed?

In a Coffin Match, Darby Allin beat Brody King.

In a Tornado Tag Match, meaning there were no tags necessary and all participants were active at the same time, Andrade El Idolo & Rush beat Lucha Bros. Andrade pinned Rey Fenix after El Idolo.

Luchasaurus beat Anthony Henry. Squash.

Ricky Starks beat Aaron Solo. Squash. But barely.

FTR in action turned out to be FTR returning alongside Wardlow to confront Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh, a couple seconds of brawling then FTR hitting Big Rig on Lethal.

Unfortunately Kris Statlander is injured AGAIN so Toni Storm is now #1 in the Women’s Rankings and potentially next to face AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa for the title.

AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Madison Rayne to retain the title.

Interim AEW World Champion Jon Moxley beat Chris Jericho by submission to retain the title. After the match, the obligatory huge JAS-BCC brawl happened until CM Punk returned and cleaned house of JAS.

Friday on Rampage: Bryan Danielson speaks, Hook speaks, Gunn Club vs. Erick Redbeard & Danhausen, Parker Boudreaux vs. Sonny Kiss, Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland speak, Orange Cassidy vs. Ari Daivari and Sammy Guevara & Tay Melo (Tay Conti) vs. Dante Martin & Skye Blue for the AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles held by Guevara & Conti/Melo.

Next Week: Toni Storm vs. KiLynn King and Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia on a 2 of 3 Falls match. More TBA on Rampage.

New Japan 8/10/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 15 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, reaching the 3/4 mark of the tournament as the final tripleheader is less than a week away now.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1522. Almost exactly the same as yesterday (down only 3 today).

Match 1: Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yuto Nakashima & YOSHI-HASHI. Henare beat Nakashima with Ultima.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Bad Dude Tito & Jonah. Yano pinned Tito.

Match 3: TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Lance Archer beat Gedo, Juice Robinson & KENTA. Taichi pinned Gedo.

Match 4: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat BUSHI, SANADA. Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Owens pinned BUSHI after C Trigger.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-El Phantasmo beat David Finlay.
Match 6: Block B-Tama Tonga beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 7: Block Block C-Zack Sabre Jr. beat EVIL by submission. This went just 44 seconds, thanks in part to Kosei Fujita originally entering disguised as Sabre and causing a distraction.
Match 8: Block A-Kazuchika Okada beat Tom Lawlor.
Main Event: Block C-Hirooki Goto beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

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

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

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

Block D:
1-Finlay, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Takahashi, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Ospreay, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Takagi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-YOSHI-HASHI, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Phantasmo, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Robinson, 2-3, 4 pts
The winner of each block advances to the Semifinals. Block A just got handed back to Okada over the last two days thanks to Archer beating Jonah yesterday, but it’s not over yet as Okada’s final opponent is Archer. Block B will come down to White-Tonga on 8/16 even though White still has Taichi before then. Sabre has re-taken control of Block C but a final win over Naito won’t guarantee avoiding tiebreakers. We could very well be heading for a 4-way to settle it. Block D suddenly is the wide open block as now everyone still has a chance after Finlay dropped 2 straight and now Takahashi is tied for the lead. Looks like it’s headed down to the wire.

Day 16 is Saturday at Machida Gym in Tokyo with Taichi-White as the main event, assuming White has recovered after missing yesterday and today due to heat stroke symptoms. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

New Japan 8/9/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 14 of G1 CLIMAX 32 today, the action getting hot along with the weather as the tournament enters the final stretch. The weather is not good as it has taken Jay White out of today and tomorrow due to potential heat stroke symptoms (a precautionary coronavirus rapid test was negative.). Fortunately he will not miss tournament matches.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1525.

Match 1: BUSHI & Shingo Takagi beat Kosei Fujita & Tomohiro Ishii. BUSHI pinned Fujita.

Match 2: Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor beat TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr. Lawlor pinned TAKA after NKOTB.

Match 3: Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay beat Dick Togo, El Phantasmo, Sho & EVIL by ref stoppage. Henare beat Togo.

Match 4: Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Gedo, Bad Luck Fale & Juice Robinson. Goto pinned Gedo after GTR.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 5: Block D-Yujiro Takahashi beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 6: Block B-SANADA beat Chase Owens by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 7: Block B-Tama Tonga beat Taichi.
Match 8: Block A-Lance Archer beat Jonah by countout.
Main Event: Block C-Tetsuya Naito beat KENTA.

Day 15 is tomorrow with Tanahashi-Goto as the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan News: White Off Hiroshima Events

Before today’s event in Hiroshima (results coming later), New Japan announced Jay White was off today’s and tomorrow’s events. Potential heat stroke symptoms. He was not scheduled for any G1 CLIMAX Tournament matches on either event. Hopefully he will return Saturday in Tokyo.
More as it becomes available.

DDT 8/7/22 Results

DDT continued the Road to PETER PAN tour today with a house show in Miyagi Prefecture, visiting Tagajo City for the first time in the promotion’s history.

Today’s event was held at Tagajo City Culture Center Small Hall in Tagajo City (Miyagi Prefecture) and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 169.

Match 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hideki Okatani beat Antonio Honda & Yukio Naya. Okatani pinned Honda with a double arm suplex.

Match 2; Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Hirata after Sexy Sailboat.

Match 3: Akito & Yuji Hino beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Yuya Koroku. Akito beat Koroku with an ankle lock.

Match 4: Minoru Fujita & KANON beat Chris Brookes & Yusuke Okada. Fujita beat Okada with a deformed Samson Clutch.

Match 5: MAO beat Makoto Oishi.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima. Higuchi pinned Kojima after Brain Claw Slam.

The next event is Thursday (Wednesday night US time) at 2AW Square in Chiba. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 8/7/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran another of their special house shows focused on homecoming events for their talent, today it was Yuki Kamifuku getting the chance to compete in her hometown for a special event as “The Casual Beauty” donated part of today’s ticket sales to a scholarship fund for students.

Today’s event was held at Shonandai Culture Center Civic Theater in Fujisawa City (Kanagawa Prefecture) and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 335.

Shortly before the event it was announced Mizuki would miss the event due to an overseas excursion.

Match 1: Hikari Noa beat Neko Haruna.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku.

Match 3: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro) beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki & Raku beat Suzume & Kaya Toribami. Sakazaki pinned Toribami after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Match Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima & Arisu Endo. Watanabe pinned Endo after Teardrop.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Maki Itoh beat Miyu Yamashita & Nao Kakuta. Kamifuku pinned Kakuta after a diving Fameasser. Afterwards, Kamifuku gave an emotional hometown speech to close out a successful career milestone.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals. Itoh will miss next weekend due to overseas excursions, while Yuki Aino is expected to return from injury after being out the last couple weeks. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.