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New Japan 5/21/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 5 of Best Of The Super Junior today, with the third day of Block A. This is the last day of standalone action for Block A as after tomorrow’s event, both blocks will run together on all remaining tournament events.

Today’s event was held at Aomori Prefectural Sports Park Maeda Arena in Aomori and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1720. Based on the layout and seating capacity of the venue, that was possibly a sellout.

Match 1: Jado, El Lindaman & Titan beat Gedo, Dick Togo & El Phantasmo. Lindaman pinned Gedo with a German suplex hold,

Match 2: Shingo Takagi & BUSHI beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato. Takagi pinned Tenzan after Pumping Bomber.

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Robbie Eagles & Wheeler Yuta beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & El Desperado. Eagles pinned TAKA after Turbo Backpack.

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 4: Sho beat Clark Connors.
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Francesco Akira.
Match 6: Yoh beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi beat Ace Austin.
Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Alex Zayne by submission.

Standings (BlocK A):
1-Ishimori, 3-0, 6 points
2-Takahashi, 3-0, 6 points
3-Zayne, 2-1, 4 points
4-Austin, 2-1, 4 points
5-Yoh, 2-1, 4 points
6-Sho, 1-2, 2 points
7-Akira, 1-2, 2 points
8-Taguchi, 1-2, 2 points
9-Connors, 0-3, 0 points
10-Kanemaru, 0-3, 0 points

Day 6 is tomorrow at Akita Terrsa in Akita with Day 3 of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan 5/19/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 4 of Best Of The Super Junior today, featuring Day 2 of Block B action.

Today’s event was held at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 857.

Match 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yoh beat TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Yoh pinned TAKA after Direct Drive.

Match 2: Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Clark Connors & Alex Zayne beat Dick Togo, Gedo, Sho & Taiji Ishimori. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 3: Shingo Takaki & Hiromu Takahashi beat Tiger Mask & Ace Austin. Takagi pinned TM 4 after Pumping Bomber.

Best Of The Super Junior Block B:
Match 4: Wheeler Yuta beat DOUKI by submission.
Match 5: El Lindaman beat Titan.
Match 6: BUSHI beat Robbie Eagles.
Match 7: El Phantasmo beat Master Wato.
Main Event: El Desperado beat TJP.
Standings (Block B):
1-Desperado, 2-0, 4 points
2-Phantasmo, 2-0, 4 points
3-Yuta, 1-1, 2 points
4-DOUKI, 1-1, 2 points
5-Lindaman, 1-1, 2 points
6-BUSHI, 1-1, 2 points
7-Eagles, 1-1, 2 points
8-TJP, 1-1, 2 points
9-Wato, 0-2, 0 points
10-Titan, 0-2, 0 points

Day 5 is Saturday at New Aomori Prefecture Sports Park Maeda Arena in Aomori with the third day of Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM ET/midnight PT.

New Japan 5/17/22 & 5/18/22 Results

New Japan continued the Best Of The Super Junior yesterday and today-yesterday was the start of Block B and today was the second day of Block A.

Yesterday’s event was held at Sakata City Kokutai Memorial Gym in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 629.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Clark Connors beat Yuto Nakashima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yoh. Connors pinned Nakashima after Trophy Kill.

Match 2: Tiger Mask & Ace Austin beat TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Austin pinned TAKA after The Fold.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho & Taiji Ishimori beat Jado, Alex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho beat Jado with Snake Bite.

Best Of The Super Junior Block B:
Match 4: DOUKI beat El Lindaman.
Match 5: El Phantasmo beat BUSHI.
Match 6: Robbie Eagles beat Wheeler Yuta.
Match 7: TJP beat Master Wato by submission.
Main Event: El Desperado beat Titan.

Standings (Block B):
1-DOUKI, 1-0, 2 points
2-Phantasmo, 1-0, 2 points
3-Eagles, 1-0, 2 points
4-TJP, 1-0, 2 points
5-Desperado, 1-0, 2 points
6-Lindaman, 0-1, 0 points
7-BUSHI, 0-1, 0 points
8-Wato, 0-1, 0 points
9-Yuta, 0-1, 0 points
10-Titan, 0-1, 0 points

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

The announced paid attendance was 936.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima & Tiger Mask beat Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. TM 4 pinned Fujita after a tiger driver.

Match 2: Jado, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato beat Dick Togo, Gedo & El Phantasmo. Wato beat Phantasmo with Vendeval.

Match 3: Robbie Eagles, Titan & Wheeler Yuta beat TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado & DOUKI. Yuta beat TAKA with Seat Belt Clutch.

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 4: Yoh beat Clark Connors.
Match 5: Ace Austin beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 6: Alex Zayne beat Sho.
Match 7: Taiji Ishimori beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi beat Francesco Akira.

Standings (Block A):
1-Takahashi, 2-0, 4 points
2-Ishimori, 2-0, 4 points
3-Zayne, 2-0, 4 points
4-Austin, 2-0, 4 points
5-Yoh, 1-1, 2 points
6-Akira, 1-1, 2 points
7-Connors, 0-2, 0 points
8-Kanemaru, 0-2, 0 points
9-Sho, 0-2, 0 points
10-Taguchi, 0-2, 0 points

Day 4 is tomorrow at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori with the second day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan Best Of The Super Junior Day 1 Results (5/15/22)

New Japan kicked off the 29th Best Of The Super Junior Tournament today, returning the prestigious Jr. Heavyweight showcase to its traditional May-June spot on the calendar after a couple years of pandemic-related disruptions. It’s also back to its normal round-robin format featuring 20 of the top wrestlers from New Japan and its affiliated promotions-CMLL, All Elite Wrestling, Impact Wrestling as well as newcomers from both Japan and around the world. Today kicked off with the first matches in Block A, and will alternate with Block B for the first half of the tournament then in the second half both blocks will compete on every card.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 1541. This was probably close to a sellout with the venue at roughly 50% capacity.

Match 1: Master Wato, Tiger Mask, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Robbie Eagles beat Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita, Yuto Nakashima & Wheeler Yuta. Wato pinned Fujita with Recientemente,

Match 2: BUSHI & Shingo Takagi beat Dick Togo & El Phantasmo. Takagi pinned Togo after Pumping Bomber.

Match 3: El Lindaman, Titan & Jado beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & El Desperado. Titan pinned TAKA after a diving footstomp.(Note: Titan’s entrance music will be altered due to music rights)

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 4: Ace Austin beat Clark Connors
Match 5: Alex Zayne beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Match 6: Francesco Akira beat Sho
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi (comedy match)
Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Yoh by submission

Day 2 is Tuesday at Sakata City Gym in Yamagata with the start of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan Pro Wrestling Capital Collision 5/14/22 Results (LIVE)

After the PPV debacle that was Windy City Riot, literally and figuratively, New Japan is trying again tonight with their next US event, Capital Collision, as they head to Washington, DC for the first time. They already have ran into problems though, as last night they were forced to make several card changes because All Elite Wretling star Trent Beretta, scheduled for one of the featured matches, tested positive for the coronavirus and is now off. The promotion has promised greatly improved technical capabilities to avoid a repeat of what happened last month so hopefully it goes off without a hitch. The main event will feature a 4-way for the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship.
Today’s event will be held at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC and can be watched LIVE on FITE in English for $19.99. You also get unlimited on demand replays with purchase. Also, it’s completely risk-free: If there are any technical issues with the stream like with Windy City Riot’s live broadcast, you can request a refund from FITE and you will get your money back in full, no questions asked. The PPV is also available in Japanese on New Japan World, but that will cost around $24 in addition to monthly subscription fees if you are not a subscriber. Subscribers still have to pay for the event for now.
There is also seheduled to be a 30 minute FREE pre-show on YouTube before the event. This may feature a pre-show dark match for the live crowd but that is not definite. Said match will not be on the PPV stream.
I expect the event’s total run time to be in the range of 3-3 1/2 hours.

Tonight’s lineup:
Pre-show: Nick Comoroto vs. Kevin Knight (non-televised)

PPV:
Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks
Fred Rosser, David Finlay, Tanga Loa, Yuya Uemura & The DKC vs. Tom Lalor, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos & Danny Limelight
Chase Owens vs. Great-O-Khan
Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis vs. Jonah, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Bad Dude Tito
Brody King vs. Minoru Suzuki
Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero vs. Jay White & Hikuleo
IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Juice Robinson, Will Ospreay & Jon Moxley in a 4-way for the title
Updates below will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.

LIVE updates below:
Match 1: Karl Fredericks beat Ren Narita.

Match 2: Result: Tom Lawlor, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos & Danny Limelight beat The DKC, Fred Rosser, Yuya Uemura, Tanga Loa & David Finlay. Limelight pinned DKC after a springboard DDT.

Match 3: Chase Owens beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 4: Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Jona & Bad Dude Tito beat Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis. Nicholls pinned Fletcher.

Match 5: Brody King beat Minoru Suzuki.

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii beat Eddie Kingston.

Match 7: Jay White & Hikuleo beat Rocky Romero & Kazuchika Okada. White pinned Romero after Bladerunner.

Main Event: Juice Robinson neat IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jon Moxley & Will Ospreay in a 4-way by pinning Ospreay to win the title. Robinson becomes the 15th IWGP US Heavyweight Champion.

After commentary signs off and everyone else leaves, Moxley with microphone for a promo to send the crowd home happy.

End Show.

The next event is the Best Of The Super Junior Tournament Opening Day tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, Japan. Live streaming in Japanese and English on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

BREAKING: 5/14 New Japan Event Changes

In a development with AEW ramifications, New Japan just announced Trent Beretta is now off tomorrow’s Capital Collision event. Coronavirus. He was to have teamed with Kazuchika Okada to face Jay White & Hikuleo. Rocky Romero is the replcement, meaning there are other card changes:
Romero was in a 10-man tag and will now be replaced by The DKC, who was to have faced Kevin Knight in a non-televised pre-show match. Nick Comoroto is the replacement.

This development likely means Trent can’t be at AEW’s events next week in Houston.

Impact Wrestling Under Siege 2022 Results (LIVE)

As part of this site’s debut of Impact Wrestling coverage, it will be providing LIVE results below of tonight’s Impact: Under Siege PPV event. At least 7 matches are on tap featuring Impact’s stop stars but also Ring Of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling participation. 4 title matches are scheduled and in the main event, Impact World Champion Josh Alexander defends the title against New Japan’s Tomohiro Ishii.

Today’s event will be held at the Promowest Pavilion in Cincinnati, OH and can be watched LIVE on Impact+ with a qualifying subscription. If you do not have Impact+, it’s also available on FITE for $9.99. Purchase on FITE includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays. I will be watching on FITE.

Tonight’s current lineup (subject to change):
Alex Shelley vs. Mike Bailey
Chris Sabin vs. Steve Maclin
Impact Knockouts World Champion Tasha Steelz vs. Havok for the title
Jay White, Chris Bey, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & El Phantasmo vs. Eddie Edwards, Kenny King, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Vincent
AAA Reina De Reinas Champion Taya Valkyrie vs. Deonna Purrazzo for the title
Impact World Tag Team Champions Violent By Design (some combination of Eric Young, Deaner and Joe Doering) vs. The Briscoes for the titles
Impact World Champion Josh Alexander vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the title

Refresh the page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.

UDPATE: Results begin at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT to include a FREE pre-show.
Pre-show:
Match 1: Heath & Rhino vs. Raj Singh & Shera
Result: Heath & Rhino beat Raj Singh & Shera. Rhino pinned Singh (I think?) after GORE!
Match 2: Laredo Kid vs. Mike Bailey & Rich Swann in a 3-way
Result: Rich Swann beat Laredo Kid & Mike Bailey in a 3-way by pinning Kid.

Changes to the card: Impact X Division Champion Ace Austin vs. Trey Miguel for the title has been added. Apparently no Shelley-Bailey because of what just happened.
Updates will resume when the main show begins.

Main Show:
Brief freeze at the mandatory FBI warning screen at the start.
We are LIVE from the Promowest Pavilion in Cincinnati, OH. Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt.

Match 1: Madison Rayne (with Tenille Dashwood) vs. Gisele Shaw (with Alisha)
Result: Gisele Shaw beat Madison Rayne
Grade: C

Match 2: Steve Maclin vs. Chris Sabin
Result: Chris Sabin beat Steve Maclin. There was a false finish where Maclin pinned Sabin with a rollup but Maclin was holding the rope for leverage and the match continued.
Grade: A

Match 3: AAA Reina De Reinas Champion Taya Valkyrie vs. Deonna Purrazzo for the title
Result: AAA Reina De Reinas Champion Taya Valkyrie beat Deonna Purrazzo to retain the title. Immediately afterwards, Purrazzo laid out Valkyrie with the title and beat her down until the lights went out. When they came on, Mia Yim returned to Impact and hit the ring. (Well, I guess she decided not to go to All Elite Wrestling, where her fiance, Keith Lee, now competes). Yim fought Purrazzo until she escaped from a package piledriver attempt.
Grade: C+

Match 4: Impact X Division Champion Ace Austin vs. Trey Miguel for the title
Result: Impact X Division Champion Ace Austin beat Trey Miguel to retain the title. MAustin is now headed to New Japan Pro Wrestling for the Best Of The Super Junior Tournament
Grade: A-

Match 5: Jay White, Chris Bey, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & El Phantasmo vs. Eddie Edwards, Kenny King, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Vincent
Result: Eddie Edwards, Kenny King, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Vincent beat Jay White, Chris Bey, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & El Phantasmo. Bennett pinned Anderson.
Grade: C+

Match 6: Impact Knockouts World Champion Tasha Steelz vs. Havok for the title
Result: Impact Knockouts World Champion Tasha Steelz beat Havok to retain the title.
Grade: C+

Match 7: Impact World Tag Team Champions Violent By Design (Deaner & Eric Young) vs. The Briscoes for the titles
Result: The Briscoes beat Impact World Tag Team Champions Violent By Design to become THE NEW IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Mark Briscoe pinned Deaner after Doomsday Device.

Grade: B

Moose promo in the ring. He threatens to hold the main event and show hostage but Sami Callahan returns to Impact and lays out Moose. Callahan was put out for months thanks to a neck injury at the hands of Moose, during which time he has intensely feuded with “Busted Open” radio show host Dave LaGreca.

Main Event: Impact World Champion Josh Alexander vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the title. During his entrances, commentary notes Alexander was in a major car crash on the way to the event yesterday, his new truck totaled as part of a 6-car wreck. Thankfully Alexander was not hurt and is here.
Result: IMPACT World Champion Josh Alexander beat Tomohiro Ishii to retain the title.
Grade: A+
MOTY Candidate.

Overall show grade: B+
Don’t be fooled by the $10 price tag for this PPV, normally the major Impact ones are $40. This was a $40 quality event, solid as a whole and an absolute bargain. You can skip the odd-numbered matches except the Tag Team Title match while all the even numbered matches and the main event are must-watch. That main event alone is worth paying $40 for. Also go find the pre-show on YouTube and watch the 3-way, which was a dark horse candidate for match of the night before the main event happened.

The next PPV is Slammiversary on June 19 in Nashville, TN.

End Show.

5/8/22-5/14/22 Events Schedule

Here is the schedule of events for 5/8/122-5/14/22, in addition to daily Grand Sumo Tournament Results for the May 2022 Tournament running from 5/8/22-5/22/22 (all times PT, schedule subject to change):
5/9/22:
8 PM-CyberFight Festival 2022 Full Card Announcement Press Conference. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and YouTube.

5/10/22:
3 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling “DDT FREE -May”, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

5/11/22:
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Long Island, NY. LIVE on TBS (US), New Japan World (Japan ONLY) and FITE (other areas)

5/13:
TBA-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT. Broadcast time likely will depend on NHL Playoffs coverage schedules.

5/14:
1:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH N INNOVATION, Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
5 PM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Capital Collision, Washington, DC. Live streaming on FITE ($19.99) and New Japan World (aroound $23 plus monthly subscription fees)
8 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Ryogoku KFC Hall, Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

New Japan 5/6/22 Results (Special Event)

New Japan ran a special standalone TakaTaichiMania 2.5 event today produced by Taichi & TAKA Michinoku, the second such exclusive PPV put on by the Suzuki-gun faction this year.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on New Japan World only as a standalone PPV for an additional 3000 yen (about $23-24 US) on top of a monthly subscription. It will be behind this paywall until August 6.

The paid attendance was not announced. Note the matches were listed as Match 4-7 so there may have been more than what New Japan listed:

Match 1: Minoru Suzuki beat Ren Ayabe (JUST TAP OUT). JTO is a promotion run by TAKA Michinoku which he started after moving on from his former KAIENTAI DOJO.

Match 2: TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Dick Togo & Gedo. Kanemaru beat Gedo with a Samson clutch.

Match 3: Taichi & Yoshitatsu 20th Anniversary Match: Taichi beat Yoshitatsu. Yoshitatsu, real name Naofumi Yamamoto (I think), changed his name when he left New Japan for a chance in WWE over a decade ago, and continues using the name after being released following a largely failed stint there. It was absolutely not his fault, he was just badly misused by Creative.

Main Event: In a Hardcore match, Jun Kasai (Freedoms) & Tomoaki Honma beat DOUKI & El Desperado. Kasai pinned DOUKI after a reverse Tiger driver. They teased a potential Kasai-Desperado match in the future afterward.

New Japan Free Match Monday 5/2/22

It’s Monday, which means it’s New Japan Free Match Monday! Every Monday New Japan takes a classic match from New Japan World and makes it available FOR FREE!

This week it’s the 2018 Best Of The Super Junior, as we see Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi from 6/4/2018:

https://youtu.be/35dQtEtgLaw

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