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GLEAT 12/30/23 Results

GLEAT’s year-end blowout event, GLEAT Ver. 7, went down yesterday. All Elite Wrestling was a notable participant for the first time.

Yesterday’s event was held at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube in Japanese (your hosts are Haruo Murata & Masato Yoshino). Watch the full event replay below, video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel:

The announced paid attendance was 1507.

Match 1: Ryuichi Kawakami, Quiet Storm & Galeno Del Mal beat Jun Tonsho, JD Lee & Atsuki Aoyagi (All-Japan Pro Wrestling), Takanori Ito, Yusuke Kodama & Tomoaki Honma (New Japan Pro Wrestling) and Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato in a 4-way when Kawakami pinned Lee.

Match 2: Colt Cabana (All Elite Wrestling), Brandon Cutler (All Elite Wrestling) & Kurosio TOKYO Japan (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kaz Hayashi, El Lindaman & Issei Onitsuka. Kuroshio pinned Onitsuka after a moonsault press.

Match 3: MICHIKO & Yukari Hosokawa beat Sayaka Unagi & Aoi. MICHIKO pinned Unagi. After the match, once they were backstage, Hosokawa announced she was retiring effective immediately. It was later clarified the promotion was leaving the door open for a potential return (Hosokawa is only 19 although she debuted at 15).

Match 4: SBK & TAKUMA (Independent/Freelancers) beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Check Shimatani. TAKUMA pinned Shimatani after a 630 splash.

Match 5: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Riki Aitaka Debut Match: Riki Aitaka beat Tetsuya Izuchi by TKO. It appears Aitaka was trained at Kota Ibushi’s Japanese wrestling school.

Match 6: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Maya Fukuda & Hikaru Shida (All Elite Wrestling) beat Tomoka Inaba & Azusa Inaba by submission. Shida beat Inaba with Full Metal Muffler. (Shida is now headed back to the US & AEW)

Match 7: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Lidet UWF Champion Fujita “Jr.” Hayato beat Minoru Tanaka by TKO to retain the title. V1 for Hayato.

Intermission. Before this, Kaz Hayashi announced in a video message that he will retire on 7/1/24 at GLEAT Ver. 12 at TDC Hall.

Match 8: Kaito Ishida beat Takehiro Yamamura.

Match 9: G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito (All-Japan Pro Wrestling) beat Soma Watanabe & Yuya Susumu to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Watanabe after a diving body press. V9 for the champs.

Main Event: Hayato Tamura beat G-REX Champion T-Hawk to win the title. Tamura becomes the 4th G-REX Champion.

The next event is GLEAT Ver. 8 on 1/21 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA. It’s Osaka so, considering it’s a big event, 50-50 on a live broadcast.

AEW Worlds End Results (12/30/23) (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Worlds End PPV in Long Island, NY:

Pre-show:
BREAKING: At the start of the pre-show it was announced that Keith Lee is off tonight’s event due to injury. Dustin Rhodes is the replacement and will face Swerve Strickland.
Jeff Jarrett is brought out to help preview the PPV lineup.
Matches begin at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET.
Match 1: Kris Statlander vs. Willow Nightingale
Result: Willow Nightingale beat Kris Statlander

Serena Deeb promo.

Match 2: 20 Man Battle Royal. The winner gets an AEW TNT Championship match anytime, anywhere they choose
Order of elimination: Serpentico, Dalton Castle, Johnny TV, Lee Johnson, Angelo Parker, Alex Reynolds, John Silver, Kip Sabian, Bryan Keith, Matt Menard, Christopher Daniels, Rocky Romero, Darius Martin, Action Andretti, The Blade, The Butcher, Lance Archer, Danhausen, Trent Beretta
Result: Killswitch won. As a result, Killswitch gets an AEW TNT Championship match anytime & anywhere he chooses

Match 3: FTW Champion Hook vs. Wheeler Yota in an FTW Rules Match for the title. FTW Rules mean No Roles/Anything Goes
Result: FTW Champion Hook beat Wheeler Yuta by submission to retain the title.

PPV:
Match 1: Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, Mark Briscoe & Daniel Garcia vs. Brody King, Jay White, Jay Lethal & Rush
Result: Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, Mark Briscoe & Daniel Garcia beat Brody King, Jay White, Jay Lethal & Rush. Garcia pinned Lethal.

Match 2: Andrade El Idolo vs. Miro
Result: Miro beat Andrade El Idolo by submission (Side note: There are rumors Andrade is now done with AEW and could be headed back to WWE as soon as Monday)

Match 3: AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm vs. Riho for the title
Result: AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm beat Riho to retain the title.

Dante Martin interviewed. Because there was talk of challenges and Orange Cassidy in the area, that means an AEW International Championship match for next week on Dynamite.

Match 4: Swerve Strickland vs. Dustin Rhodes. This was to have been Strickland vs. Keith Lee but Lee was not medically cleared last-minute (side note: Lee posted on social media earlier about this. Been working through a lingering injury since ROH Final Battle 2022, so that might have something to do with it)
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Dustin Rhodes

Match 5: Sting, Darby Allin, Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara vs. Ricky Starks, Big Bill, Powerhouse Hobbs & Konosuke Takeshita
Result: Sting, Darby Allin, Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara beat Ricky Starks, Big Bill, Powerhouse Hobbs & Konosuke Takeshita. Guevara pinned Starks.

Match 6: AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart vs. Abadon forythe title
Result: In a Biting Is Legal Match, AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart beat Abadon to retain the title.

Match 7: AEW TNT Champion Christian Cage vs. Adam Copeland in a No DQ Match for the title
Result: Adam Copeland beat AEW TNT Champion Christian Cage to become THE NEW AEW TNT CHAMPION! Afterwards, Killswitch attacked Copeland and Cage talked Killswitch into giving him the guaranteed title shot he won earlier. Which led to…
Christian Cage beat AEW TNT Champion Adam Copeland to become THE NEW AEW TNT CHAMPION!

Match 8: Continental Classic Final: ROH World Champion & STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Jon Moxley for the titles
Reslut: ROH World Champion & STRONG Openweight ChampionE ddie Kingston beat Jon Moxley to win the tournament and retain the titles and become the inaugural AEW Continental Champion.

Main Event: AEW World Champion MJF vs. Samoa Joe for the title
Result: Samoa Joe beat AEW World Champion MJF to become THE NEW AEW WORLD CHAMPION! Let The Bidding War Of 2024 Begin?

Afterwards, The Devil was revealed to be…Adam Cole. The masked men were The Kingdom, Roderick Strong, and who I thought The Devil would ultimately be-Wardlow.

End Show.

The post-event media scrum on YouTube is currently scheduled for just before 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. But seeing how there should be only the main event left as of 8:15 PM PT/11:15 PM ET I would expect that to be moved up.

UPDATE: Andrade is done in AEW. Confirmed in media scrum.

AEW News: The Chairman Packs It Up

Confirming reports on various news sites today, AEW original Shawn Spears announced he is leaving the promotion. His contract is up this weekend and says it was a personal decision to leave. He hasn’t been featured much in AEW since the pandemic and last was seen at the All Out PPV in September. He also is expecting his second child with wife Cassie Lee (the former Peyton Royce in WWE) after their first child arrived earlier this year.

Spears was previously Tye Dillinger in WWE and NXT before AEW but there is no word on where he may go next. His Chairman gimmick in AEW involved, of course, chairs.

AEW Dynamite 12/27/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s New Year’s Smash episode of AEW Dynamite in Orlando, FL:

Match 1: Continental Classic Gold Block Finals: Jon Moxley vs. Swerve Strickland & Jay White in a 3-way
Result: Jon Moxley beat Swerve Strickland & Jay White in a 3-way by pinning White. As a result, Moxley will face Eddie Kingston or Bryan Danielson in the Finals Saturday at the Worlds End PPV.

Strickland intervewed backstage. He will now face Keith Lee Saturday.

Mariah May interviewed. She plans to make her in-ring debut next week. Riho then interrupts and runs her off, Toni Storm tries to make the save but gets sent packing by Riho.

Top Flight & Action Andretti promo. Orange Casside interrupts with Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero. Trios match on Rampage. Andretti impressively chugs then crushes a small (12-16 oz) water bottle. Must-see.

Miro promo. He will face Andrade El Idolo Saturday.

The Callous Hand Of Don hosts a Boxing Week Celebration in the ring for his family, much to Tony Schiavone’s (hilarious) dismay. Sammy Guevara returns to try and crash the party and gets a beatdown until Chris Jericho makes the save, but then Ricky Starks & Big Bill hit the ring for a beatdown until the lights go out, but instead of House Of Black it was Darby Allin & Sting to make the save.

Match 2: Continental Classic Blue Block Finals: Bryan Danielson vs. Eddie Kingston
Result: Eddie Kingston beat Bryan Danielson

Match 3: Skye Blue beat Kris Statlander.

The Adam Copeland-Christian Cage interview started with Copeland no-showing, then storming in and it became a brawl.

Main Event: The Devil’s Masked Men beat ROH Tag Team Champions MJF & Samoa Joe (for Adam Cole) to become THE NEW ROH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Essentially just MJF vs. both as Joe was taken out first thing. After The Devil appeared on screen post-match, Joe turned on MJF.

Due to receiving word of a death in my family I had to stop watching after Danielson-Kingston began, so everything from then on I was not able to watch live.

Friday on Rampage: Top Flight & Action Andretti vs. Best Friends and Ruby Soho vs. Marina Shafir.

No Collision this week because of the Worlds End PPV Saturday.

AEW Collision 12/23/23 Results

Here are the quick results form tonight’s AEW Collision in San Antonio, TX:

Match 1: Continental Classic Blue Block: Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli. Danielson advances to Semifinals with win. Castagnoli must win to have a chance
Result: 20 Minute Time Limit Draw. As a result, Danielson advances to the Semifinals. Castagnoli is OUT.
Danielson is 3-1-1, 10 points. Castagnoli is 2-2-1, 7 points.

Match 2: AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn vs. Top Flight & Action Andretti for the titles
Result: AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn beat Top Flight & Action Andretti to retain the titles. Max Caster pinned Andretti.

Hook promo. He challenged Wheeler Yuta for an FTW Title match at Worlds End on 12/30.

Match 3: Brian Cage vs. Keith Lee
Result: Keith Lee beat Brian Cage

Christian Cage promo with Nick Wayne. He brings out Nick Wayne’s mom. She explained her actions towards Adam Copeland before Christian accepted the challenge and it’s now official-No DQ rematch on 12/30 for the AEW TNT Championship.

Ricky Starks & Big Bill interview. They bury Kenny Omega but Chris Jericho interrupts. He still has the AEW Tag TEam Title shot and is going to find another partner.

Match 4: Continental Classic Blue Block: Brody King vs. Daniel Garcia. King must win to have a chance to advance
Result: Daniel Garcia beat Brody King
Garcia is 1-4, 3 points. King is 2-3, 6 points and is OUT.

Match 5: Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Thunder Rosa & Abadon
Result: Thunder Rosa & Abadon beat Julia Hart & Skye Bue. Rosa pinned Blue.
During this match I learned that Katsuyori Shibata has officially signed with AEW. He was given permission by New Japan to do so.

Main Event is next. 20 minutes TV time left when last full commercial begins.

Main Event: Continental Classic Blue Block: Andrade El Idolo vs. Eddie Kingston. Andrade advances with a win. Kingston must win to have a chance

Main Event: Continental Classic Blue Block: Andrade El Idolo vs. Eddie Kingston. Andrade advances with a win. Kingston must win to have a chance
Result: Eddie Kingston beat Andrade El Idolo
Both are 3-2, 9 points. As a result, Kingston advances to the Semifinals and will face Bryan Danielson in the Blue Block Final Wednesday on Dynamite. The winner faces the Jon Moxley/Swerve Strickland/Jay White 3-way winner in the final next Saturday. Danielson came back out for a staredown as the show cut away.

End Show.

AEW Dynamite 12/20/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s “Holiday Bash” AEW Dynamite from Oklahoma City, OK:

Match 1: Continental Classic Gold Block: Swerve Strickland vs. Rush. Strickland advances to Semifinals with win. Rush must win and Jon Moxley must lose
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Rush
Strickland is 4-1, 12 points. Rush is 3-2, 6 points. That means if Moxley loses tonight, there is a 3-way tie for 1st and we may need a tiebreaker match (Moxley beat Strickland but would have lost to White, Strickland beat White but lost to Moxley)

Match 2: Continental Classic Gold Block: Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal. Both eliminated from contention already
Result: Mark Briscoe beat Jay Lethal
Briscoe is 1-4, 3 points. Lethal is 0-5, 0 points.

MJF & Samoa Joe in the ring. The Devil’s masked men hit the ring but get fought off then The Devil appears on the screen with a challenge for the ROH World Tag Team Championship next week. MJF & Joe accept.

Toni Storm joins commentary for the next match.

Match 3: Saraya vs. Riho. The winner faces Storm for the AEW Women’s Championship on 12/30
Result: Riho beat Saraya. As a result, it’s Storm vs. Riho on 12/30 for the title. Riho laid out Storm before Mariah May laid out Riho.

Storm’s exit was interrupted by Tony Schiavone reading a prepared statement from Christian Cage, who claims he’ll be back on Collision.

MJF & Samoa Joe argue backstage then split up before MJF sees a ski mask on the ground in front of Mogul Embassy’s locker room. When Prince Nana answers MJF physically threatens him, leading to a confrontation with Swerve Strickland. MJF goes so far to suggest Strickland is The Devil and framed Adam Page as The Devil to get to MJF before Joe breaks it up.

Match 4: Roderick Strong vs. Komander
Result: Roderick Strong beat Komander

Saturday on Collision: Thunder Rosa & Abadon vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue, Brian Cage vs. Keith Lee, Chrsitian Cage appears, AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed vs. Top Flight & Action Andretti for the titles, and the last Continental Classic Blue Block matches: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Bryan Danielson, Brody King vs. Daniel Garcia and Andrade El Idolo vs. Eddie Kingston.

Jim Ross returns to join commentary for the main event.

Main Event: Continental Classic Gold Block: Jay White vs. Jon Moxley. Moxley has advanced. White must win to force a 3-way tiebreaker
Result: Jay White beat Jon Moxley
Both are 4-1, 12 points. As a result, because of tiebreakers, the Gold Block Final next week will be a 3-way between Moxley, Strickland and White.

Like each of the last 4 weeks with the tournament, not a great show but a good 2 hours. My only real complaint was there were technical issues with the broadcast cutting out or freezing at the start of each match except the main event. Otherwise it was another solid Dynamite, not as good as the first 2 weeks of the tournament but not off by very much.

Friday on Rampage: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Rocky Romero for the title. Everything else TBA.

UPDATE: El Hijo Del Vikingo vs. Black Taurus may also be another match for Rampage.

AEW Collision 12/16/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Garland Park, TX:

Continental Classic Blue Block: Claudio Castagnoli beat Andrade El Idolo. Castagnoli has 6 points, Andrade 9 points. (No CJ Perry tonight. Hospitalized due to an infection in her finger that spread to her arm)

ABadon beat Jazmin Allure. Squash. Post-match happenings set up the return of Thunder Rosa. She will make her in-ring return next week.

AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Bryan Keith to retain the title.

Today is/was Brodie Lee’s birthday.

In a Street Fight, Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale beat Mercedes Martinez & Diamante. Statlander pinned Diamante.

Brian Cage beat Kair Wright. Squash.

Continental Classic Blue Block: Eddie Kingston beat Daniel Garcia. Kingston has 6 points. Garcia 0 points and is OUT.

Continental Classic Blue Block: Bryan Danielson beat Brody King. Danielson has 9 points. King has 6 points.

I did not watch the live show this week.

BREAKING: The Other Winnipeg Jets Are Out Of Gas (Updated)

That would be Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho in AEW, specifically Omega. In hospital and out indefinitely. This comes from Omega himself:

No word on how long he will be out or what this means for their AEW Tag Team Championship match on 12/30.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: There are unconfirmed reports the reason is diverticulitis.

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