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New Japan Pro Wrestling “Fighting Spirit Unleashed” LIVE Results (11/8/24)

New Japan is back in the US today for their monthly, or close to it, international event, Fighting Spirit Unleashed. This installment is the first time in 5 years they’re back in the northeast US as the last visit was before the pandemic began. It’s a loaded 11 match card with 3 title matches and more: The first title match will be for the STRONG Tag Team Championship as Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls, fresh off losing the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in Japan, try to retain these titles against James Drake & Zack Gibson aka former WWE team Grizzled Young Veterans. In the second title match, the All Elite Wrestling International Championship is on the line as Konosuke Takeshita defends against TJP. In the main event, Kosei Fujita will try to build on his Super Junior Tag League victory earlier this week when he faces Gabriel Kidd for the STRONG Openweight Championship. There also is a 4-way for the next STRONG Women’s Championship shot at Mercedes Mone which seems to be between AEW’s Anna Jay and Trish Adora, with Stardom sending Hacuki & Koguma to participate too.

Today’s event will be held at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, MA and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese and English. The event will also be available as a PPV on TrillerTV/FITE for $19.99. There will also be a FREE 30-minute pre-show on these outlets and YouTube. One match has no time limit but everything else is 30 minutes so despite the number of matches I expect this to be a “standard length” US PPV event with, including the pre-show, a total running time of about 3 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Matt Vandagriff vs. Seabass Finn

PPV/main show:
Kevin Knight vs. David Finlay
STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls vs. James Drake & Zack Gibson for the titles
Lio Rush vs. Mustafa Ali
Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor vs. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaavs in a 2/3 Falls Match. Fall 1 is a Tables Match. Fall 2 is a Submission Match (win only by submission). If needed, Fall 3 is a Last Man Standing Strap Match (win only by KO/TKO, unable to answer 10 count when down)
Anna Jay vs. Trish Adora, Hazuki & Koguma in a 4-way for a STRONG Women’s Championship shot
Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi vs. Matt Taven & Mike Bennett
Ryohei Oiwa vs. KENTA
Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino
AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. TJP for the title
STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Kosei Fujita for the title

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Updates below will begin at 3:30 PM PT/6:30 PM ET.

3:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Lowell Municipal Auditorium in Lowell, MA. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Milano Collection A.T. & El Desperado. If you’re watching on New Japan World it’s Japanese only right now..If you’re on Triller/FITE, your hosts are Walker Stewart & Veda Scott. We also don’t have our usual US ring announcer (Tak I think his name is).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue’s maximum capacity is 2800 but it’s a smaller setup and the crowd is still filing in. I’m thinking based on advance sales it’ll be closer to 2000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1022. Apparently a much smaller setup than ticket maps led me to believe)

Pre-show:
Match 1: Matt Vandagriff vs. Seabass Finn. 20 minute time limit
Result: Matt Vandagriff beat Seabass Finn. Borderline glorified squash. Afterwards, Vandagriff with microphone. Buries his oddly named opponent and more in English. Interrupted by Zane Jay who throws down a rematch challenge. Accepted which leads to a Vandagriff beatdown.

Grizzled Young Veterans promo.

TJP promo. In multiple languages.

Quick rundown of the rest of the card.

End pre-show.

Updates will resume when the PPV/main show begins.

Main show/PPV:
Match 1: Kevin Knight vs. David Finlay. 30 minute time limit
Result: David Finlay beat Kevin Knight

Match 2: STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls vs. James Drake & Zack Gibson for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: James Drake & Zack Gibson beat STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls to win the titles. Drake & Gibson become the 10th STRONG Tag Team Champions. Gibson pinned Nicholls.

Match 3: Lio Rush vs. Mustafa Ali. 30 minute time limit
Result: Lio Rush beat Mustafa Ali

Match 5: Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor vs. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaavs in a 2/3 Falls Match. Fall 1 is a Tables Match. Fall 2 is a Submission Match (win only by submission). If needed, Fall 3 is a Last Man Standing Strap Match (win only by KO/TKO, unable to answer 10 count when down)
Fall 1: Rosser/Lawlor win when Lawlor puts Nelson through a table.
Fall 2: Nelson/Isaacs win when Isaacs beat Rosser with a rear naked choke.
Fall 3: Nelson/Isaacs win when Rosser can’t answer 10 count.
Result: Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs beat Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor 2-1. Afterwards, they call out Grizzled Young Veterans and demand a STRONG Tag Team Championship match, or tried to but the first microphone cut out on Nelson. They want the title match on 12/15 in Long Beach, CA at the next US event.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Mercedes Mone promo. The winner of the next match gets to face her for the STRONG Women’s Championship on 12/15.

Match 5: Anna Jay vs. Trish Adora, Hazuki & Koguma in a 4-way for a STRONG Women’s Championship shot. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hazuki beat Anna Jay, Trish Adora & Koguma in a 4-way by pinning Adora. As a result, Hazuki will face STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone for the title on 12/15. WHAT?!? UPSET ALERT!!! Mone came out immediately afterwards. With microphone. Brief promo before Hazuki cut her off and said in English “This belt will be mine”. Mone responded with a direct shot both on the microphone and physically, getting the better of the exchange and laying out Hazuki.

Match 6: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi vs. Matt Taven & Mike Bennett/ 30 minute time limit
Result: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Matt Taven & Mike Bennett. Tsuji pinned Bennett after Gene Blast (and a Takagi Pumping Bomber right before that). Afterwards the lights went out and a mysterious promo was shown. When the lights came back on, Jack Perry appeared at ringside and attacked Tsuji then laid him out in the ring. Perry with microphone. In English, he challenged Tsuji to a match on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Perry then set up for another running knee strike but Takagi made the save.

Match 7: Ryohei Oiwa vs. KENTA. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ryohei Oiwa beat KENTA. KENTA protested afterwards as it was a reversal of a rollup for 3.

Match 8: Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito. Umino pinned Tito after Death Rider.

Jon Moxley promo. This aired after the match and is directed at Umino. Sounds like he’s picking someone to face Umino on 1/5. Afterwards, Umino with microphone. Challenge accepted in English to bring any of his factionmakes, even dropping a couple of clever f-bombs. Especially the finish-F**K YOU JON MOXLEY! Good stuff.

Match 9: AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. TJP for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat TJP to retian the title. Afterwards, Takeshita with microphone. He said he would defend the title at Tokyo Dome then called out challengers. Nobosy came out. Until he thought nobody was going to then Takagi emerged. Challenge thrown down for 1/4, and possibly a double title match also for the NEVER Openweight Championship. But before they were done posing in the ring, Tomohiro Ishii came out. He pointed to both then walked back out.

Main Event: STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Kosei Fujita for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd beat Kosei Fujita to retain the title. V3 for Kidd. Next up: Oiwa, who made the challenge after making the save following a Kidd & KENTA beatdown on Fujita post-match.

End Show.

The next event is NEW JAPAN ROAD tomorrow at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi. This was traditionally the annual Kazuchika Okada hometown event but not so much now with Okada in AEW so Tam Nakano is coming from Stardom to fill the void. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, a change to Tuesday’s Taiji Ishimori Produced event was announced-Dragon Kid is now off the event. Neck injury. He was to have faced Ishimori. Replacement TBA.

New Japan News: World Tag League Field Announced

New Japan announced the field for the World Tag League today, the annual year-end Heavyweight tag team tournament. This year there will be 16 teams divided into 2 blocks of 8, with the winner of each block advancing to the Finals and the winners getting an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot, unless current champs HENARE & Great-O-Khan win. It will be a standard round-robin format event. Here is the field:

Block A:
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (3-time defending champions)
Chase Owens & KENTA
Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma
Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman
Alex Zayne & TBA
Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji
Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa
Gabriel Kidd & SANADA

Block B:
HEANRE & Great-O-Khan (IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions)
TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls
Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado*
Tome & Stevie Phillip (TAMASHII)
Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg
Ren Narita & EVIL
*-This was to have been Tanahashi & El Phantasmo but Phantasmo is out indefinitely due to being diagnosed with cancer recently

The tournament starts on 11:19 and ends on 13/8. There is no guarantee the winners get their title shot at Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

New Japan News: Tokyo Dome Presser Notes

New Japan held a press conference today regarding the Tokyo Dome doubleheader on 1/4 & 1/5. Here are some notes coming out of it-the presser can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube and New Japan World.

First, President Hiroshi Tanahashi announced some more fallout from POWER STRUGGLE Monday: Gabriel Kidd has been fined an undisclosed amount for attacking Kenny Omega backstage after Omega’s appearance. This was not shown on the live broadcast. Tanahashi also apologized to All Elite Wrestling, Omega’s current promotion. Omega hopes to compete on 1/5 at WRESTLE DYNASTY but this is mot guaranteed as he recovers from surgery for diverticulitis.

The 1/4 main event is now official-IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr vs. (to the internet’s dismay) Shota Umino for the title. Also official for 1/4: IWGP Global Champion David Finlay vs. Yota Tsuji for the title and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. El Desperado for the title. Additionally confirmed: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles, Francesco Akira & TJP and Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors in a 4-way for the titles plus NJPW WORLD TV Champion Ren Narita vs. Jeff Cobb & Ryohei Oiwa in a 3-way for the title. Both are first to score pinfall/submission wins and not elimination matches. Not yet official is an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match, expect that after the World Tag League which starts next week and goes into early December. The only other match confirmed so far is Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL.

The first official match for 1/5 is Sabre vs. Ricochet. At this time it is a NON-TITLE match assuming Sabre is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion at the time.

Chairman Naoki Sugabayshi also announced broadcast plans for both events: They will both be live on New Japan World. The good news for 1/5: No PPV. 1/4 will begin tentatively at midnight PT/3 AM ET with 1/5 beginning on 1/4 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. 1/4 will also be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan with a replay that night (meaning the Nee Japan World version will be available OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY) while 1/5 will be a New Japan World 10th Anniversary celebration event and available to all monthly paid subscribers worldwide, so you can essentially watch both for as low as $9.99.

New Japan Pro Wrestling “POWER STRUGGLE” LIVE Results (11/4/24) (Updated)

New Japan’s last blowout event of the year, POWER STRUGGLE, is on tap for today and it’s probably going to set up the main event for Tokyo Dome as the headliner is an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match as Zack Sabre Jr. defends the title against Shingo Takagi. Sabre’s post-G1 CLIMAX gamble of cashing in his shot early rather than waiting until 1/4 paid off and following a successful hometown defense in England he’s back in Japan to defend against Takagi,who is looking to become a 2-time champion. And a momentary double champion as Takagi is also the current NEVER Openweight Champion. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight, Heavyweight Tag Team & Global Championships are also up for grabs and the finals of the Super Junior Tag League will also happen as Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita face Francesco Akira & TJP. Former New Japan wrestler Kenny Omega, now with All Elite Wrestling but out of action due to health issues, will also be in attendance and make a special appearance.

Today’s event will be held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched LIVE OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World in Japanese and English. This will be an exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan and thus on demand won’t be available in Japan for a few days. There will also be a pre-show match 30 minutes before the event begins. Including that, as a blowout event with all the title matches I anticipate this event’s total running time being close to 4 hours. Normally I wouldn’t try to pull this off on a Sunday night when I have to work the next morning but since I telework for my job Mondays I’ll give it a shot and see how long I can stay awake. The time change this morning certainly helps.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Shoma Kato, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask vs. Ninja Mack, The DKC & Yoh

Main show:
Katsuya Murashima, Paris de SIlva, Jude London, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Gabriel Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori
Dragon Dia, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito
Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ren Narita & EVIL
Shota Umino vs. SANADA
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicolls vs. HENARE & Great-O-Khan for the titles
Super Junior Tag League Finals: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles vs. Francesco Akira & TJP
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. Master Wato for the title
IWGP Global Champion David Finlay vs. Taichi for the title
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shingo Takagi for the title

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Updates below will begin at 9:30 PM PT/12:30 PM ET for the pre-show. The main show begins at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. New Japan World launched the stream in pre-show mode just before 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

9 PM PT UPDATE: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches of the main show FOR FREE on YouTube. The YouTube broadcast WILL NOT include the pre-show match at this time.

9:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates start now.

We are LIVE from Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Milano Collection A.T. and I didn’t catch the main announcer’s name. Your English hosts are Walker Stewart & Chris Charlton. No guest on Japanese commentary yet, that seat will be filled later.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but already looks quite full. The setup appears to be for in the 3500-4000 range (the venue’s normal non-sumo capacity is around 5000) so after Dragon Gate did almost 2700 yesterday I’m going to predict roughly 3300 today. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 3773)

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask vs. Ninja Mack, The DKC & Yoh. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ninja Mack, The DKC & Yoh beat Shoma Kato, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. DKC pinned Kato.

Updates will resume when the main show begins at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

10 PM PT UPDATE: Main show updates begin now.

This event is airing live as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima, Paris de SIlva, Jude London, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Gabriel Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Gabriel Kidd, Drilla Moloney,, Clark Connors, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Katsuya Murashima, Paris de Silva, Jude London, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Kidd pinned Murashima after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver. And all the other Bullet Club finishers first.

Match 2: Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate), Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito. 20 minute time limit
Result: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsiuya Naito beat Dragon Dia, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano. Takahashi beat Honma with a modified sharpshooter.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ren Narita & EVIL. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ren narita & EVIL beat Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Narita pinned Oleg. Of course the Bullet Club beatdown followed on Tanahashi. EVIL with microphone. Taunting before Gedo gave him scissors before Jado tried to make the save, which didn’t go well. Back in the ring, Narita low blowed Oleg then hit Double Cross as Tanahashi was dragged to the back, as Ryohei Oiwa hit the ring to confront Narita. Oiwa with microphone. NJPW WORLD TV Championship challenge issued. But then Jeff Cobb stormed in and shoved Oiwa aside, which led to them going at it as Narita bailed. Narita won the title from Cobb in a 3-way. Such a rematch?

Match 4: Shota Umino vs. SANADA. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shota Umino beat SANADA

Match 5: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicolls vs. HENARE & Great-O-Khan for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls to win the titles. HENARE & Khan become the 105th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Khan pinned Nicholls after Imperial Drop.

Kenny Omega comes out. Addresses the crowd in Japanese then in English, saying he would like to return to New Japan on 1/5 as a member of AEW.

Hiromu Takahashi is now the guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 6: Super Junior Tag League Finals: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles vs. Francesco Akira & TJP. No time limit
Result: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Francesco Akira & TJP to win the tournament. Eagles pinned TJP. As a result, Fujita & Eagles also get an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot at a later date. KUSHIDA & Knight came out to accept the obligatory challenge, which Knight said will happen at Tokyo Dome…but could be a 3-way with Akira & TJP. But then Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors stormed out for a beatdown on everyone with chairs. Bullet Club with microphone. They want in too. We shall see.

Match 7: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. Master Wato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI beat Master Wato by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V4 for DOUKI. Next up: El Desperado. Likely at Tokyo Dome.

Match 8: IWGP Global Champion David Finlay beat Taichi to retain the title. V4 for Finlay. Huge shocker at the end…SANADA turned on Taichi and defected to Bullet Club. Next up: If Finlay gets his wish, Tsuji.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shingo Takagi to retain the title. V2 for Sabre. Next up: Umino, much to the crowd’s dismay…or…Ricochet? Stay tuned, but it’s going to be the Tokyo Dome main event.

The next event is Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024 Friday at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, MA. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3:30 PM PT/6:30 PM ET. It will be available for all monthly paid subscribers at no additional charge. It also will be available as a PPV on Triller/FITE for $19.99.

The next Japan event is NEW JAPAN ROAD in ANJO Saturday at Tosho Anjo Arena in Aichi. The card will be announced the day of the event with Stardom wrestler Tam Nakano also participating. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: There are unconfirmed reports that Ricochet will get an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot on 1/5 at WRESTLE DYNASTY at the Tokyo Dome. It also sounds like Sabre will let NJPW decide when Umino gets his title shot. Unless it’s during the next tour or the Road to Tokyo Dome tour to end the year, it’ll almost certainly be 1/4. Not happening at HISTORIC X-OVER 2 without card changes because Sabre already is in a crossover tag match. We may know more tomorrow or Wednesday after the usual post-major event presser back in Tokyo.

New Japan 11/2/24 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Super Junior Tag League today with the final day of Block B, a scenario where all 6 teams were tied for the lead but only one could advance.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1290.

Match 1: Yasutora Yasuda & Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima. Kato pinned Nagai.

Match 2: Tomoaki Honma, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Honma pinned Gedo after Kokeshi.

Match 3: Dragon Dia, Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Takahashi.

Match 4: Taichi, DOUKI & SANADA beat Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino. Taichi pinned Jado after Tensho Cross Fang.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi. Oiwa pinned BUSHI after The Grip.

Super Junior Tag League Block B:
Match 6: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Paris de Silva & Jude London. Ishimori pinned de Silva after a 450 splash.
Match 7: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Ninja Mack & The DKC. TJP pinned Mack after 2/2.
Main Event: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Rocky Romero & Yoh. Knight pinned Romero after Perfect Timing. As a result, because of tiebreakers, Akira/TJP win Block B and advance to the Finals. They beat both X/Ishimori and Knight/KUSHIDA and that was the difference in the 3-way tie.

The Finals will be Akira/TJP vs. Fujita/Eagles for an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match against Knight/KUSHIDA in the near future, possibly at Tokyo Dome.

The next event is POWER STRUGGLE, the last blowout event of the year including the Finals, Monday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin Sunday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET (remember the time change!). This will be an exclusive live TV Asahi broadcast in Japan. We now know 7 of the scheduled matches with 1-2 more planned and TBA. Because of the time change and my work schedule letting me work from home on Mondays, I will try to do live results.

New Japan 11/1/24 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the Super Junior Tag League today, finishing up Block A.

Today’s event was held at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1422.

Match 1: Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Gedo, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Katsuya Murashima, Paris de Silva & Jude London. X pinned Murashima after X Express.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Shoma Kato, Ninja Mack & The DKC. Young pinned Kato after Jacobs Ladder.

Match 4: Toru Yano, Rocky Romero & Yoh beat Tomoaki Honma, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Yano pinned Honma.

Match 5: Taichi, DOUKI & SANADA beat Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino. Taichi pinned Jado after Tensho Cross Fang.

Super Junior Tag League Block A:
Match 6: Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Dia. Suicida pinned Dia after Lamoto Zicreta.
Match 7: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. Fujita pinned Kanemaru after Sweet Buster.
Main Event: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Takahashi pinned Connors with Nameless Hiromu Roll. As a result, Fujita/Eagles win Block A and advance to the Finals.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya for the final day of Block B, which any of the 6 teams can win because it’s a 6-way tie going in. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

In other news, broadcast plans for HISTORIC X-OVER 2 on 11/17 have been announced: (Unfortunately) PPV. It will be available on both New Japan World and Stardom World-on New Japan World it will be 3980 Japanese yen in Japan and $34.99 n the US. On Stardom World it will be the same price in Japan and 5500 Japanese yen outside Japan, which as of this post would be $35.97 US. You also must have a My Stardom account to purchase on Stardom World, creating an account is free. The PPV viewing window will be until 7 AM PT/10 AM ET on 11/24, after that it should be released on Stardom World and possibly New Japan World for monthly paying subscribers. So if you can hold out a week or so, wait and save $25 by watching on demand even though it may be edited.
Also coming up on PPV will be a Taiji Ishimori Produced event on 11/12 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. That will be on New Japan World.

New Japan 10/31/24 Results

New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League today with the penultimate day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Toyama Techno Hall West Hall in Toyama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 591.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima beat Yasutora Yasuda & Shoma Kato. Murashima pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Toru Yano, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask beat Tomoaki Honma, Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi. Yano pinned Honma.

Match 3: Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. Oiwa pinned Takahashi after The Grip.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi.beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

Match 5: Taichi, DOUKI & SANADA beat Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino. SANADA beat Jado with Skull End.

Super Junior Tag League Block B:
Match 6: Ninja Mack & The DKC beat Rocky Romero & Yoh. Mack pinned Romero after Ninja Bomb.
Match 7: Paris de Silva & Jude London beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. London pinned KUSHIDA.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. TJP pinned Ishimori after 2/2.

Standings: EVERYONE is 2-2, 4 points. Total wide-open chaos! All but guaranteed to need tiebreakers to determine the winner.

The next event is tomorrow at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa with the final day of Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan 10/30/24 Results

New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League today with the penultimate day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 702.

Match 1: Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shoma Kato, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Katsuya Murashima, Paris de Silva & Jude London. Knight pinned Murashima after Perfect Timing.

Match 3: Toru Yano, Rocky Romero & Yoh beat Tomoaki Honma, Ninja Mack & The DKC. Yano pinned Honma.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Gedo, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. Akira pinned Gedo after Speed Fire.

Match 5: Taichi, DOUKI & SANADA beat Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino. Taichi pinned Jado after Holy Emperor’s Cross Mausoleum.

Super Junior Tag League Block A:
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. Eagles beat TM 4 with Ron Miller Special.
Match 7: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Sho pinned BUSHI after Uwahima Pimps.
Main Event: Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Dia pinned Moloney after a huracanrana.

Standings:
1-Moloney/Connors, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Kanemaru/Sho, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Fujita/Eagles, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Dia:Taguchi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-BUSHI/Takahashi, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Suicida/TM 4, 0-4, 0 pts (OUT)

The winners advance to the Finals. With just one day left, despite the loss Moloney/Connors are still in control. They advance if they win their last match (BUSHI/Takahashi) aa they have all tiebreakers. If Connors/Moloney lose or draw, the Kanemaru/Sho-Fujita/Eagles winner, if there is a winner, will advance. If there somehow is a 3-way tie, Connors/Moloney advance.

The next event is tomorrow at Toyama Techno Hall West Hall in Toyama with the penultimate day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, more matches for HISTORIC X-OVER 2, the second New Japan/Stardom joint event next month, were announced today: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Drilla Moloney, Gabriel Kidd, Natsuko Tora & Saya Kamitani, IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe for the title and KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan vs. Suzu Suzuki in a No Rules match for the title and if Khan loses he will shave off his hair and his beard (imagining him bald like so is almost scary). That’s 5 total matches so far with more TBA. Additionally, Kenny Omega will appear at POWER STRUGGLE on Monday and the FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED (11:8) broadcast plans are set: Live on New Japan World in Japanese and English for all monthly paid subscribers at no additional charge AND as a PPV on Triller/FITE for $19.99.

Injury Report: El Absento (Update)

New Japan has just announced injury updates that are developing: El Phantasmo is now off the rest of the current tour. Unspecified health concern. Out indefinitely but the rest of the tour means at least a week. He was scheduled to be part of 2 more events on Saturday (11/2) and 11/4. Boltin Oleg is the replacement for both events.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Phantasmo provided further details today as to his hiatus. Cancer. Had a cancerous tumor removed recently, a “little tumour of cancer” in his own words. He says he is in good spirits and will return to New Japan eventually, just not sure when.

New Japan 10/28/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League with a second Tokyo event today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1145.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 1: Block A: Paris de Silva & Jude London beat Francesco Akira & TJP. de Silva pinned Akira after Shooting Star DDT.
Match 2: Block A: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. Moloney pinned Suicica after Drilla Killer.
Match 3: Block B: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Ninja Mack & The DKC. Knight pinned DKC after Perfect Timing.
Match 4: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned Taguchi after Shock Arrow.

Match 5: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Tsuji pinned Oiwa after Gene Blaster.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 6: Block B: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Rocky Romero & Yoh. Ishimori pinned Romero after a 450 splash.
Main Event: Block A: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Fusjita pinned BUSHI with O’Connor Bridge.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Moloney/Connors, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Kanemaru/Sho, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fujita/Eagles, 2-1, 4 pts
4-BUSHI/Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
5-de Silva/London, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Suicida/TM 4, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Knight/KUSHIDA, 2-1, 4 pts
2-X/Ishimori, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Romero/Yoh, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Akira/TJP, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Mack/DKC, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Dia/Taguchi, 1-2, 2 pts

Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. Block A is in control of Bullet Club but only TM 4/Suicida are officially out. However, Moloney/Connors do have the all-important tiebreakers so far and they can officially win the block next time out. Block B is wide open.

The next event is Wednesday at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: In non-today news, IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe for the title is now official for HISTORIC X-OVER 2 on 11/17.

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