Developing-New Japan has just announced an injury that will affect upcoming events-Kosei Fujita is now off. Left acromioclavicular joint. More simply, shoulder. Out at least 10 days as he is off Sunday, 8/7 and 8/10. He is not in the G1 CLIMAX 34 Tournament so this will only affect non-tournament matches. It’s not known exactly how long he will be out
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New Japan 7/31/24 Results
New Japan ran Day 8 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, the halfway point for Block B.
Today’s event was held at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1021.
Match 1: Jake Lee & Gabriel Kidd beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Lee pinned Kato after a chokeslam.
Match 2: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Newman pinned Togo after Male Cutter.
Match 3: Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat TAKA Michinoku & SANADA. Umino pinned TAKA after Death Rider.
Match 4: Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Takagi pinned Fujita after MADE IN JAPAN.
G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Yota Tsuji beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 6: HENARE beat Yuya Uemura.
Match 7: Jeff Cobb beat El Phantasmo.
Match 8: Ren Narita beat Hirooki Goto.
Main Event: David Finlay beat Konosuke Takeshita.
Standings (Block B):
1-Finlay, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Narita, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Cobb, 3-2, 6 pts
4-HENARE, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Takeshita, 3-2, 6 pts
6-Uemura, 3-2, 6 pts
7-Tsuji, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Oleg, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Goto, 1-4, 2 pts
10-Phantasmo, 1-4, 2 pts
Block B is about as wide open as it can be. With a 6-way tie for the lead and everyone still in it, there could be quite the tiebreakers needed. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.
Day 9 is Saturday at Yamato Arena in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.
New Japan 7/29/24 Results
New Japan ran Day 7 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, the first part of the halfway point of the tournament starting with Block A.
Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1757.
Match 1: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. Yano pinned TAKA.
Match 2: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat Katsuya Murashima & Boltin Oleg. BUSHI pinned Murashima.
Match 3; HENARE & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & El Phantasmo. HENARE beat Jado with Ultima.
Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto. Narita pinned Honma after Double Cross.
Match 5: Francesco Akira & Konosuke Takeshita beat Gedo & David Finlay. Akira pinned Gedo after Fireball.
G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 6: EVIL beat Callum Newman.
Match 7: Great-O-Khan beat Jake Lee.
Match 8: Shota Umino beat Zack Sabre Jr.
Match 9: Gabriel Kidd beat Shingo Takagi.
Main Event: Tetsuya Naito beat SANADA.
Standings (Block A):
1-EVIL, 5-0, 10 pts
2-Sabre, 4-1, 8 pts
3-Umino, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Kidd, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Naito, 2-3, 4 pts
6-SANADA, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Takagi, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Newman, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Khan, 1-4, 2 pts
10-Lee, 1-4, 2 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. At this point Khan & Lee are all but out of it.
Day 8 is Wednesday at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi with the halfway point of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
New Japan 7/28/24 Results
New Japan ran Day 6 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, Day 4 of Block B.
Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1780.
Match 1: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & SANADA. Tanahashi beat TAKA with a Texas cloverleaf.
Match 2: Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Khan pinned Togo after Eliminator.
Match 3: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Sabre pinned Honma after Zack Driver.
Match 4: BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Jake Lee & Gabriel Kidd. BUSHI pinned Gedo.
G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg beat El Phantasmo.
Match 6: Jeff Cobb beat Yuya Uemura.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita beat HENARE.
Match 8: David Finlay beat Ren Narita.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto beat Yota Tsuji.
After today, Uemura & Takeshita are tied for the lead at 3-1, 6 points. Everyone else except Phantasmo & Tsuji are at 2-2, 4 points, those other two are 1-3, 2 points.
Day 7 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
New Japan 7/27/24 Results
New Japan ran Day 5 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, the fourth day of Block A.
Today’s event was held at Dejima Messe Nagasaki in Nagasaki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1616.
Match 1: Konosuke Takeshita & HENARE beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Takeshita pinned Murashima.
Match 2: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Yano pinned Jado.
Match 3: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. Akira pinned TAKA after Fireball.
Match 4; Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Gedo & David Finlay. Kanemaru pinned Gedo with Samson Clutch.
Match 5: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto. Tsuji pinned Honma after Gene Blaster.
G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 6: Callum Newman beat Shingo Takagi.
Match 7: SANADA beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 8: Shota Umino beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 9: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jake Lee.
Main Event: EVIL beat Tetsuya Naito.
After 4 days EVIL & Sabre are tied for the lead at 4-0, 8 points, 4 points ahead of everyone else.
Day 6 is tomorrow at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
New Japan 7/25/24 Results
New Japan ran Day 4 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today.
Today’s event was held at Sun Messe Kagawa in Kagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1219.
Match 1: TAKA Michinoku & SANADA beat Katsuya Murashima & Toru Yano. TAKA beat Murashima with Just Face Lock.
Match 2: Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Shoma Kato, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Akira pinned Kato after Fireball.
Match 3: Gabriel Kidd & Jake Lee beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Kidd pinned Fujita after a leg trap piledriver.
Match 4: Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Takagi pinned Togo after a sliding Pumping Bomber.
G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Hirooki Goto beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 6: Ren Narita beat Jeff Cobb.
Match 7: El Phantasmo beat Yota Tsuji.
Match 8: David Finlay beat HENARE.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Konosuke Takeshita.
After 4 days Uemura is the block leader at 3-0, 6 points. 3 are tied for 2nd at 2-1, 4 points.
Day 5 is Saturday at Dejima Messe Nagasaki in Nagasaki. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
Injury Report: Desperado For A Break
Breaking injury news from New Japan: After jokingly blaming his DDT match today against Chris Brookes for having holes all over his body, El Desperado got serious and announcing he is headed to the sidelines. Meniscus surgery for an injury he’s been dealing with for 6 months. Out indefinitely but it’ll be several months. With the G1 CLIMAX now underway, he & the Junior Heavyweights get a few weeks off so it comes at a good time. Desperado has vowed to come back at 100% and reclaim the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
New Japan 7/21/24 Results
New Japan ran Day 2 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 Tournament today.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. (I considered doing live results as I did watch some of the event live but only watched the first half and there were some technical issues with the stream throughout)
The announced paid attendance was 2545.
All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1; Block A: SANADA beat Callum Newman.
Match 2: Block B: HENARE beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 3: Block A: Gabriel Kidd beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 4: Block B: Ren Narita beat El Phantasmo.
Match 5: Block A: EVIL beat Jake Lee.
Match 6: Block B: Yuya Uemura beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 7: Block A: Shota Umino beat Shingo Takagi.
Match 8: Block A: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tetsuya Naito.
Main Event: Block B: Yota Tsuji beat David Finlay.
Day 3 is Tuesday at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
New Japan 7/20/24 Results
New Japan kicked off the G1 CLIMAX 34, the promotion’s biggest tournament of the year, today and with that we are officially on the Road To Tokyo Dome.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired live as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 in TV Asahi in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 4177.
All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block B: Boltin Oleg beat Ren Narita. UPSET ALERT!!!
Match 2: Block A: Callum Newman beat Shota Umino. UPSET ALERT!!!
Match 3: Block B: HENARE beat El Phantasmo.
Match 4: Block A: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 5: Block B: Jeff Cobb beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 6: Block A: Jake Lee beat SANADA.
Match 7: Block B: Yuya Uemura beat David Finlay.
Match 8: Block A: EVIL beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 9: Block B: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yota Tsuji.
Main Event: Block A: Shingo Takagi beat Tetsuya Naito.
Day 2 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. If time and conditions permit I will try to do live results.
New Japan Pro Wrestling “CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA USA” Results (7/13/24)
Before the G1 CLIMAX gets underway and officially begins the Road To Tokyo Dome, New Japan returns to the USA today for their next stateside event, CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA USA. An extension of the popular crossover event with the CMLL promotion in Mexico normally held in Japan in February, this event will feature matches with New Japan wrestlers facing off against CMLL wrestlers. There also are 3 title matches scheduled. However, those matches also have come with a lot of controversy that’s overshadowed the event-earlier this week it was announced that CMLL Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer, who was to have defended the title against Lluvia, was off the event. At first it was called personal reasons, but then rumors started-and were very quickly confirmed-that “personal reasons” was actually signing with WWE. Vaquer was stripped of the title and the CMLL Women’s Tag Team Championship she held and both promotions began putting out statements and doing damage control, but it’s safe to say Vaquer will not be back with either promotion for a long time and perhaps never (never say “never” in wrestling, but this is nuclear heat). Lluvia will now face Viva Van (representing New Japan) & Willow Nightingale (representing All Elite Wrestling) in a 3-way for the vacant title. The Main Event will feature NEW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI & Mistico vs. Rocky Romero & Volador Jr.
Today’s event will be held at Mt. Pleasant High School in San Jose, CA and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World as a PPV in Japanese & English. The PPV costs $19.99 in the US (2990 yen in Japan, which is just under $20) and includes on demand replays until 8/30, but that date is subject to change. The event’s page lists a tentative running time of 2 1/2 hours and it could go nearly 5 hours if every match went the distance, but I anticipate it being around the “normal” PPV running time of 3 hours. (Also, there is no pre-show scheduled)
Today’s lineup:
Adrian Quest & The DKC vs. Vento & Cucuy
MLW World Tag Team Champions Satoshi Kojima & OKUMURA vs. Rugido & Magnus for the titles
Lluvia vs. Viva Van & Willow Nightingale in a 3-way for the CMLL Women’s World Championship
Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito vs. Hechicero & Virus
Yota Tsuji vs. Barbaro Cavernario
STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Ultimo Guerrero for the title
DOUKI & Mistico vs. Rocky Romero & Volador Jr.
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 5:30 PM PT/8:30 PM ET.
5:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Mt. Pleasant High School in San Jose, CA. Your Japanese hosts are several who I didn’t catch names for but include Taiji Ishimori, Miki Motoi & Mima Shimoda. Your English hosts are Miguel Castro & Veda Scott. We don’t have our usual US ring announcer either.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. This is a high school gym setup, it looks like floor seating has around 650 and was 85-90% sold as of earlier today so it’ll depend on how much bleacher seating there is. But it’s a small setup so I’m guessing it’ll be around 800. From the first looks at the crowd it definitely is not a sellout. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 906)
Opening video with card rundown then right to the action.
Match 1: Adrian Quest vs. The DKC, Vento & Cucuy in a 4-way (I misread this earlier as being a tag match). 30 minute time limit
Result: The DKC beat Adrian Quest, Vento & Cucuy in a 4-way by pinning Quest.
Match 2: MLW World Tag Team Champions Satoshi Kojima & OKUMURA vs. Rugido & Magnus for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: MLW World Tag Team Champions Satoshi Kojima & OKUMURA beat Rugido & Magnus to retain the titles. Kojima pinned Rugido.
Match 3: Lluvia vs. Viva Van & Willow Nightingale in a 3-way for the vacant CMLL Women’s World Championship. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Willow NIghtingale beat Lluvia & Viva Van in a 3-way by pinning Van to become the CMLL Women’s World Champion. Lluvia immediately confronted Nightingale and demanded a rematch for the title and came to blows over it for a moment. To be continued, I’d say.
Match 4: Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito vs. Hechicero & Virus. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hechicero & Virus beat Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito. Hechicero beat Tito with an armbar.
Match 5: Yota Tsuji vs. Barbaro Cavernario. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yota Tsuji beat Barbaro Cavernario
Match 6: STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Ultimo Guerrero for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd beat Ultimo Guerrero to retain the title. V1 for Kidd. Afterwards, Kidd with microphone. He announced that at the next US event on 8/30 in Washington, DC, he was calling his shot and demanding Lio Rush.
Main Event: DOUKI & Mistico vs. Rocky Romero & Volador Jr. 30 minute time limit
Result: DOUKI & Mistico beat Rocky Romero & Volador Jr. Mistico beat Romero with La Mistica. Afterwards, Mistico indicated he wanted a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and held up his MLW championship belt, perhaps hinting at a double title match should it happen. Afterwards, Mistico with microphone in Spanish. He put DOUKI over before indeed asking for that title match and also suggesting it be a double title match. Accepted by DOUKI. They shook hands and posed before Mistico put over the event and finished things off to send the crowd home happy.
They actually kept to the running time the ticket sales page hinted at, which means mainly short if not slightly rushed matches as only the main event went over 15 minutes (just short of 25 minutes. The matches as a whole were fine although the CMLL style of lucha libre is not for everyone. It wasn’t a bad event by any means but not quite worth $20 for PPV. If you didn’t buy the live broadcast, wait until it leaves the paywall and becomes available for all New Japan World subscribers then check it out-that hopefully will be in September.
End Show.
The next US event will be CAPITAL COLLISION on 8/30 at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC.
The next event is the G1 CLIMAX 34 Tournament starting on 7/20 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.