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News: United Japan Pro Wrestling Industry Group Formed

Just after Mitsuharu Misawa formed Pro Wrestling NOAH in 2000, he would spearhead the creation of an alliance to attempt to better facilitate cooperation between Japanese promotions. Today a new such alliance was formed to modernize those efforts-the United Japan Pro Wrestling Industry Group.

The initial membership will consist of the following promotions: New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro Wrestling and its affiliated sub-brands (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling & Ganbare Pro Wrestling) and Stardom. Seiji Sakaguchi is the founding chairman with the executive offices based at New Japan Pro Wrestling HQ and New Japan Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi serving as executive chief.

The biggest thing for fans to get excited about here is a joint event scheduled for 5/6/24 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo under the United Japan Pro Wrestling banner. More details forthcoming.

New Japan’s English website has posted a press release with much more about this new alliance, read the full statement here:

https://www.njpw1972.com/166568

Dragon Gate 12/10/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 223 Your today with an event in Kyoto, and aso announced the full 12/24 card.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 445, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Don Fujii, Dragon Kid, Genki Horigichi & Takashi Yodhida beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Horiguchi pinned Kzy after Backslide Times.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ultimo Dragon, Kaito Nagano & Problem Dragon. Kanda pinned Nagano after Ryu’s.

Match 3: YAMATO beat Yoshiki Kato by DQ. Z-Brats interference.

Match 4: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Hyo pinned Minoura after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Skywalker pinned Yoshioka after SSW.

The next event is Saturday at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Here is the full card for THE FINAL GATE 2023, the last blowout event of the year, on 12/24 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka:
Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. Ryoya Tanaka, Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi
Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Genki Horiguchi for the title
Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii & Kagetora
8-Man Tag with the following: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J, Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk, Naruki Doi, Shuji Kondo. Teams TBA on 12/23 via lottery
Open The Triangle Gate Champions TAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga vs. KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato for the titles
Open The Twin Gate Champions Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro (Pro Wrestling NOAH) for the titles
Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta vs. Shun Skywalker & Luis Mante in a 3-way for the title

Dragon Gate 12/9/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour today with a non-televised house show.

Today’s event was held at Shinnanyo Fureai Center in Yamaguchi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat YAMATO, Punch Tominaga & Shachihoko BOY. Kanda pinned Tominaga after a diving elbow drop.

Match 2: Dragon Kid & Jason Lee beat Takashi Yoshida & Kaito Nagano. Lee pinned Nagano after Maximum Driver.

Match 3: Dragon Dia vs. ISHIN went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.

Match 4: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Ben-K pinned U-T after a spear.

Match 5: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY:” KAMEI. Hyo pinned Kamei after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Roya Tanaka beat Shun SKywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Dia pinned ISHIN after DDDDT.

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

Dragon Gate 12/6/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour yesterday with a house show in Saitama.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There is no on demand broadcast and there was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 305.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & Yoshiki Kato. Shimizu pinned Kato after BIGBOSS Press.

Match 2: Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid & Problem Dragon. Lun pinned Dragon with Ho Roll.

Match 3: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat YAMATO & Kagetora. Minoura pinned Kagetora after a jumping knee.

Match 4: Luis Mante & VENTO beat ISHIN & Demus. Mante pinned ISHIN after Pertigre.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Dia pinned Kanda after DDDDT.

Main Event: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to retain the title. V1 for Hyo. This was a last-minute add to the event following post-event happenings Tuesday at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Saturday at Shinannyo Fureai Center in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate 12/5/23 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour with their penultimate visit to Tokyo this year.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hal in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 1399, a legit sellout.

Match 1: YAMATO & Naruki Doi beat Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka. YAMATO pinned Tanaka after Gallaria.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga beat Kenichiro Arai, Ho Ho Lun & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Tomonaga beat Yanagiuchi with a flying cross armbar.

Match 3: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Shuji Kondo & Kagetora. Minoura pinned Kagetora after a jumping knee strike.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & U-T. Masaaki Mochizuki pinned U-T after Twister.

Match 5: Luis Mante beat KAI.

Match 6: Kzy, VENTO & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, Yoshiki Kato & Demus. KAMEI pinned Kato after JFK.

Match 7: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Dragon Kid & Eita. Yoshioka pinned Wita after a frog splash.

Main Event: Hyo beat Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN to win the title. Hyo becomes the 51st Open The Brave Gate Champion.

The next event is tomorrow at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: Hyo will now defend the title tomorrow against JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Title matches for THE FINAL GATE 2023 on 12/24 were also announced: Open The Twin Gate Champions Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Alejandro for the titles and Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta vs. Shun Skywalker & Luis Mante in a 3-way for the title.

Dragon Gate 12/1/23-12/3/23 Results

Dragon Gate kicked off the final tour of the year, Fantastic Gate 2023, with a weekend tripleheader centered around hometown events for BxB Hulk & Kzy.

All 3 events were held at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Friday:
The announced paid attendance was 351.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat BxB Hulk & Ben-K. KAI pinned Hulk with Authorized Gannosuke Clutch.

Match 2: Dragon Kid beat Jason Lee.

Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi beat YAMATO, Don Fujii & Problem Dragon. Kanda pinned Dragon after a diving elbow drop.

Match 4: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Panther & Luis Mante. ISHIN pinned Panther.

Match 5: Strong Machine J beat Kota Minoura.

Main Event: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. KAMEI pinned Tanaka after JFK.

Saturday:
The announced paid attendance was 416.

Match 1: Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi. KAMEI pinned Horiguchi.

Match 2: Don Fujii beat Problem Dragon.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Madoka Kikuta, Yui Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. ISHIN pinned Tanaka after Jinchu.

Match 4: Panther & Luis Mante beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Handa. Panther pinned Kanda after a Samson driver.

Main Event: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee beat BxB Hulk, Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Kzy pinned Hulk after a running elbow smash.

Today:
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi. Yoshioka pinned Horiguchi after Battle Hook.

Match 2: Strong Machine J & F beat Ryoya Tanaka & Problem Dragon. J pinned Dragon with Machine Suplex.

Match 3: Panther & Luis Mante vs. Kota Minoura & Ben-K went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. KAMEI pinned ISHIN after JACKY Knife.

Main Event: BxB Hulk & Kzy beat YAMATO & Dragon Kid. Hulk pinned Kid after E.V.O.P.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 11/23/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Evolution 2023 Tour today with a Genki Horiguchi 25th Anniversary Event.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall in Kumamoto and, thanks to a late change of plans, can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. It was originally to be non-televised with no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 551, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Kzy, Strong Machine J. BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat YAMATO, Don Fujii, Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. Shimizu pinned Tominaga after BIGBOSS Press.

Match 2: Yuki Yoshioka beat Jason Lee.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Dia pinned Ben-K.

Match 5: Panther (Hyo/H-Y-O) & Luis Mante beat ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Panther pinned ISHIN after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Genki Horiguchi, Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Horiguchi pinned Kanda after Backslide Times.

The next event is tomorrow at Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The last 3 events this month (tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday) will not be broadcast, then most of December’s events will be on DRAGONGATE NETWORK (9 of 13 scheduled).

Injury Report: Trio of Injuries & Effects (Updated x2)

It’s another pileup of injuries across the Japanese scene today, some with major effecrs:

DDT-Sanshiro Takagi suffered an undisclosed injury yesterday and is now off Thursday. He was to have been in a 6-man tag. Illusion is the replacement.

Dragon Gate-KAI reaggravated an arm injury over the weekend. Out indefinitely but at least the rest of the November tour.

Stardom-Both Tam Nakano & Natsupoi, who are already out indefinitely, will be out a long time. Because of this, both the World Of Stardom Championship held by Nakano and the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship they held are now VACANT.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: For the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship, determination match between Meghan Bahn & Maika and TBA is set for 12/2/2023 to crown new champions.

UPDATE 2 (11/21): For the World Of Stardom Championship, determination tournament to crown a new champion is set for 11/28. First will be Maika vs. Ami Seira then Mina Shirakawa vs. Momo Watanabe with the winners meeting for the title. The winner will first defend against either Suzu Suzuki (who holds a challenge contract) or Hazuki (if she beats Suzuki on 11/28 for the contract). Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani will also return from injuries on 11/28.

Dragon Gate 11/9/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Evolution 2023 Tour today with their monthly Tokyo event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1353, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Punch Tominaga beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Genki Horiguchi & Takashi Yoshida. Shimizu pinned Horiguchi after Power BOSS.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii & Kagetora beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Kenichiro Arai. Kagetora pinned Kanda after Kagenui.

Match 4: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Shuji Kondo & Eita beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi. YAMATO pinned Ben-K after Onmipotent & Luminescent Frankensteiner.

Match 5: Yoshiki Kato beat Masaaki Mochizuki by DQ.

Match 6: Kzy, Strong Machine J, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. KAMEI pinned Tanaka after JFK.

Main Event: In a handicap match, Luis Mante beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN by pinning ISHIN.

The next event is Saturday at Matsuyama Community Center in Ehime. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

After the event, according to the Dragon Gate Official English Twitter, H-Y-O left the Z-Brats faction and changed his ring name to 豹, pronounced “Hyo” like his prior ring name and is the Japanese kanji for “Panther”. For now I likely will refer to him as Hyo in future posts. Hyo also will get the next shot at Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN. That match will happen on 12/5 at Korakuen.

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