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New Japan 11/25/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 5 of the World Tag League today, with Day 3 of Block A action.

Today’s event was held at Akibadai Cultural Gym in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1342.

Pre-show Match; Yuto Nakashima beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. beat Oskar Leube, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Soberano pinned Leube after a diving guillotine drop.

Match 2: Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale. Yoh pinned Gedo after Toras Kick.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Taichi pinned Honma after Holy Emperor’s Cross Mausoleum.

Match 4: BUSHI, Zandokan Jr. & Yota Tsuji beat Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Tsuji pinned Jado after Vamos Amigo.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Umino pinned Kaun after Death Rider.
Match 6: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii. Kidd pinned Yano after a piledriver.
Match 7: Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Kiyomiya pinned Takahashi after a Frankensteiner.
Main Event: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Haste pinned Khan after Tank Buster.

After 3 days Haste/Nicholls are the block leaders at 3-0, 6 points. Liona/Kaun are about out of it at 0-3, 0 points.

The next event is tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima Multipurpose Exhibition Hall A in Fukushima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. If I stay up long enough to watch the sumo finals there may be live results.

New Japan 11/24/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 4 of the World Tag League today, the second day of Block B action.

Today’s event was held at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. It was supposed to be at a later date with no live broadcast but plans may have changed (this was per their Japanese website).

The announced paid attendance was 610.

Pre-show Match: Oskar Leube beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 1: Master Wato, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Yuto Nakahsima, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Narita beat Nakashima with a cobra twist.

Match 2: Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoh, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Taguchi pinned Gedo after, according to translation in Edge browser, Sliding Ass. Don’t believe me? Look below!

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. Kanemaru pinned BUSHI with a Samson clutch.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Haste pinned Newman after Dynamic Bomb.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. beat Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale. Atlantis pinned Bonza after a diving body press.
Match 6: Zandokan Jr. & Yota Tsuji beat Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Tsuji pinned Nagata after Vamos Amigo.
Match 7: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Archer pinned Goto after Blackout.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Taichi pinned Phantasmo after Black Mephisto.

The next event is tomorrow at Akibadai Cultural Gym in Kanagawa. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 11/23/23 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with Day 2 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1256.

Pre-show Match: Yuto Nakashima beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale beat Tiger Mask, Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. Ishimori pinned TM 4.

Match 2: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Zandokan Jr. & Yota Tsuji beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Tsuji pinned Honma after Vamos Amigo.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & HIrooki Goto beat Oskar Leube, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Goto pinned Leube after Shoto.

Match 4: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Taichi pinned Jado.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Yano pinned Liona.
Match 6: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Khan pinned Oiwa after a pop-up Eliminator.
Match 7: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Kidd pinned Umino after a leg trap piledriver.
Main Event: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Nicholls pinned Takahashi after Tank Buster.

The next event is tomorrow at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

New Japan 11/21/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of the World Tag League today, kicking off Block B action. A pre-show match featured a second new Young Lion beginning his journey to superstardom.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1109.

Pre-show Match: Katsuya Murashima Debut Match: Yuto Nakashima beat Katsuya Murashima by submission.

Match 1: Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun beat Oskar Leube & Tomoaki Honma. Kaun pinned Leube after Heaven’s Gates.

Match 2: Boltin Oleg, Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) bear Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Kiyomiya pinned Newman after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Master Wato, Shota Umino & Ren Narita beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.

Match 4: Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. EVIL pinned Fujita after EVIL.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. beat Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Soberano pinned Suzuki after Table Pack. UPSET ALERT!!
Match 6: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale. Zayne pinned Bonza after Cinnamon Twist.
Match 7: Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Zandokan Je. & Yota Tsuji. Taichi pinned Zandokan after Black Mephisto.
Main Event: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Hikuleo pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Super Thunder Kiss 86. The STRONG Tag Team Champs take potential Round 1 from the IWGP Tag Team Champs.

The next event is Thursday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 11/20/23 Results

New Japan kicked off the 2023 World Tag League today, their annual year-end tag team tournament, with Block A action. A new Young Lion also debuted today, beginning what hopefully will be a path to becoming a New Japan superstar.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE! No paid subscription or account required! This was an ABEMA simulcast in Japan.

Click below to watch (available in Japanese and English):
https://watch.njpwworld.com/details/38461?playlist_id=203

The announced paid attendance was 1133.

Pre-show Match: Shoma Kato Debut Match: Oskar Leube beat Shoma Kato.

Match 1: Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Atlantis pinned TAKA after Atlantida.

Match 2: Alex Zayne, Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale. Nagata beat Gedo with Nagata Lock 2.

Match 3: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Zandokan Jr. & Yota Tsuji. Uemura pinned BUSHI with a kannuki suplex hold.

Match 4: Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Phantasmo pinned Yoh after CR2.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Shane Haste & Mikey Bicholls beat Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Haste pinned Laun after Tank Buster.
Match 6: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii. EVIL pinned Yano after EVIL.
Match 7: Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin by countout. Kidd counted out.
Main Event: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Khan after Death Rider.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

In other news, Stardom announced today that STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia will next defend the title on 12/2 in the promotion vs. AZM. 6th defense for Giulia. I would expect the winner to defend at the next US event on 1/13/24.

New Japan 11/19/23 Results (Updated)

New Japan wrapped up the 2-event New Japan Road tour today with a non-televised event featuring warm-ups for most of the World Tag League participants.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1076.

Match 1; Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata beat Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. Suzuki pinned TM 4 after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Zayne & lace Archer. Fale pinned Taguchi after Grenade.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Yuto Nakashima, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Fujita pinned Nakashima after Abandon Hope.

Match 4: Yoh, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.

Match 5: Ren Narita, Master Wato & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Match 6: HAYATA (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. HAYATA pinned Gedo after Hedeck.

Match 7: Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. YOSHI-HASHI beat Jado with Butterfly Lock.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Zandokan Jr., Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi, Yuya Uemura & SANADA. Tsuji pinned TAKA after Ankler. This was originally to have been an 8-man tag match but TAKA and Zandokan were late adds.

Next up is the World Tag League, the annual year-ending Heavyweight tag team tournament, beginning tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and even better, you will be able to watch the event live and on demand FOR FREE! No account or payment required! This will be an ABEMA simulcast in Japan.

UPDATE: Updated main event result to add Zandokan Jr., who is Yota Tsuji’s mystery partner in the World Tag League.

New Japan 11/17/23 Results

New Japan began the New Japan Road Tour today, a very short series consisting of just 2 events this year.

Today’s event was held at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. (There were a number of technical issues reported today)

The announced paid attendance was 784.

There was a last-second change to the cars at the beginning of the event as Match 6, a 6-man tag on the card was changed from a NON-TITLE match to a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match.

Match 1: Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Kojima pinned Nakashima after a lariat.

Match 2: Master Wato & Toru Yano beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori by DQ. Gedo DQ’d.

Match 3: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Goto pinned Newman after Shoto.

Match 4: Tiger Mask, Ren Narita, Minoru Suxuki & Yuji Nagata beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Umino pinned BUSHI after Blaze Blade.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA. Kanemaru beat TAKA with a figure 4.

Match 6: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Ren Narita & Tomoaki Honma to retain the titles. Tanahashi pinned Narita. V6 for the champs.

Main Event: In a match with restricted moves and Yoshinobu Kanemaru as special referee, Taichi beat KOPW 2023 Champion Sho to win the title. Referee Red Shors Unno made the 3 count when Kanemaru was out. As a result, per another stip for the match, Sho can never wrestle in Yamagata again. Next up: Kanemaru if Taichi gets his wish.

The tour-ender is Sunday at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan News: World Tag League Field Set, More (Updated)

New Japan announced the field for the 2023 World Tag League today. The annual year-end Heavyweight tag team tournament will have 16 teams split into 2 blocks for the round-robin format event with the top 2 teams in each block advancing to the Semifinals.

The full field:
Block A: Shota Umino & Ren Narita, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano, Great-O-Khan & HENARE, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls, Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona

Block B: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto (2-time defending winners), Hikuleo & El Phantasmo, Yuji Nagata & Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji & TBA, Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr., Lance Archer & Alex Zayne, Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza

TBA for Tsuji’s partner, “a friend he met on excursion who isn’t an X but a Z”, will be revealed at Sunday’s non-televised event. The tournament begins on 11/20 and will end on 12/8.

In other news, 2 more title matches have been added to Tokyo Dome on 1/4: NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Tama Tonga for the title is now official following Lonestar Shootout, as is NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title.

The World Tag League will also see the debuts of 2 new Young Lions (rookies making their in-ring debuts in NJPW): Shoka Kato & Katsuya Murashima. Kato, 20, from Osaka is 5’8″, about 180 pounds, He has backgrounds in basketball, MMA and grappling and gained attention through “The Spirit”, a reality show produced by Kazuchika Okada that followed trainees in the New Japan Dojo. He will face Oskar Leube in his debut match on 11/20. Murashima, 23, is from Ibaraki and has been an amateur wrestler for 9 years with 2 regional college championships at 86 kg & 92 kg. He will face Yuto Nakashima in his debut match on 11/21.

(Pictured on right: Shoka Kato)
(Pictures on right: Katsuya Murashima)

UPDATE: In a sometimes-rumored move, lead New Japan World English commentator Kevin Kelly has left the promotion. Kelly hinted at such a move earlier this year but still planned to do some events, the plan was to do Tokyo Dome on 1/4 but now can’t make it due to personal reasons. Kelly joined All Elite Wrestling this year as the lead commentator on AEW Collision when the NJPW schedule was announced. Walker Stephens, who debuted recently on live events in the US, is the likely replacement.

New Japan 11/11/23 Results

New Japan ran a standalone event called Anjo Rainy Days today, the second straight year they have run a hometown event for Kazuchika Okada.

Today’s event was held at Tochi Arena Anjo in Aichi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 2247, a legit sellout.

All matches were announced at the start of the event, nothing was announced in advance.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Ryusuke Taguchi beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Taguchi pinned TAKA.

Match 2: Jado & Master Wato beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Nagata pinned Nakashima with a backdrop hold.

Match 4: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Narita beat Honma with a cobra twist. Afterwards, Narita challenged for the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship on 11/17. Honma, Narita & Taguchi are scheduled to face current champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada in a NON-TITLE match on that date. But New Japan’s English preview of the event hints at the potential for a title rematch before the year ends if they win.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Callum Newman, HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Sho pinned Newman after Shock Arrow.

Match 6: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat BUSHI, HIromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji. Goto pinned BUSHI after Shoto. Afterwards, several wrestlers attempted to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Takahashi. Will he make it to tonight’s DDT event as champion?

Main Event: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA to retain the titles. Okada pinned Uemura after Rainmaker. V5 for the champs. They went just over 30 minutes. Post-match, Okada promo where he vowed to return next year as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion to close the event and send the hometown crowd home happy.

Next up is the New Japan Road Tour, which is just 2 events this year. The first event is Friday at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata headlined by Sho vs. Taichi for the KOPW 2023 Title. We still don’t know what their proposed rules are going to be. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: Dragon Gate Closed For 2

According to the official Dragon Gate English social media account. Changes have been made for tomorrow’s event due to 2 absences-Shun Skywalker & BxB Hulk. Fever and left leg, respectively. Out indefinitely.

More as it becomes available.