New Japan has announced a last-minute change to the DOMINION card today: The NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship and IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship matches have had their places on the card swapped. The latter will now be match 7 and the former is now match 8. This is because of Claudio Castagnoli having travel issues. The match is still on though.
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New Japan News: NJPW STRONG Archive Now On FITE
Good news for fans of New Japan’s now-discontinued NJPW STRONG TV series who don’t subscribe to New Japan World: The entire archive, up to and including this year’s Capital Collision event, is now available on FITE for FITE+ subscribers. Previously you had to pay to watch episodes or but bundle packs that usually consisted of 4 episodes for the price of one, although New Japan has also been releasing past episodes weekly for free on YouTube.
FITE+ is FITE’s subscription service available for $7.99/month or $69.99/year and, for the amount of combat sports content included, both live and on demand, is an indescribable bargain.
Link to the full press release:
https://www.fite.tv/article/huge-stash-of-njpw-strong-events-now-on-fite/
DEVELOPING: New Japan Headed To Mexico
On today’s episode of their weekly “CMLL Informa” news program, airing every Wednesday afternoon on YouTube, Mexico’s CMLL promotion announced they will host New Japan for a special edition of the FANTASTICAMANIA series on June 30 at Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. 6 matches will make up the event as follows:
Hombre Bala Jr., El Runaz & Capitan Suicida vs. Okumura, Dark Magic & Akuma
Lluvia & Zeuxis vs. Jarochita & Stephanie Vaquer
El Satanico vs. Tiger Mask
El Desperado vs. Mascara Dorada 2.0
Titan, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito vs. Mistico, Atantis Jr. & Soberano Jr.
CMLL Historic Welterweight Champion Rocky Romero vs. Volador Jr. for the title
Broadcast plans TBA but CMLL normally puts their Friday events on YouTube up 2-3 days after the events. (Live streams are possibly geoblocked outside of Mexico). The event is scheduled to start at 6:30 PM PT/8:30 PM CT/9:30 PM ET (Mexico City is in the US CT time zone) which means this would be a late Saturday morning event in Japan.
New Japan 5/28/23 Results
New Japan wrapped up Best Of The Super Junior 30 today, bringing the curtain down on another exciting chapter of the prestigious Jr. Heavyweight showcase.
Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE ’23 on TV Asahi in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 3132.
Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Togi Makabe beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Makabe pinned Nakashima after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 2: Clark Connors beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 3: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Rush pinned Fujita after Final Hour.
Match 4: Dan Moloney, Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Henare pinned Tenzan after Streets Of Rage.
Match 5: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs. Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL went to a no contest. Out of control. Henare & Khan involvement.
Match 6: Mike Bailey, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. Narita beat Taguchi with a cobra twist. Afterards, Umino made a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge with Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli (All Elite Wrestling) as his partners.
Main Event: Best Of The Super Junior Finals: Master Wato beat Titan to win the tournament. It’s the first win for Wato and he becomes the youngest winner in history. As a result, Wato will face IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi for the title next week.
The next event is DOMINION, the annual early June blowout event, on 6/4 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
New Japan 5/26/23 Results
New Japan ran the Semifinals of Best Of The Super Junior 30 today, which would determine who advances to this weekend’s Finals.
Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English FOR FREE!
Click below to watch in Japanese:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00651_22_1
Click below to watch in English:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00651_23_1
The announced paid attendance was 1330.
Match 1: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Gedo & Clark Connors. Fujita pinned Gedo with O’Connor Bridge.
Match 2: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano. Khan pinned Honma after Imperial Drop.
Match 3: Dan Moloney, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Akita pinned Taguchi after 2/2.
Match 4: Lio Rush, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Togo after Shoto. Afterwards, Khan & Henare made an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge for DOMINION.
Match 5: Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube & Shota Umino. Ishii pinned Leube.
Match 6: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. SANADA beat BUSHI with Skull End.
Match 7: Best Of The Super Junior Semifinals: Master Wato beat Mike Bailey.
Main Event: Best Of The Super Junior Semifinals: Titan beat El Desperado.
As a result, the Final is Wato vs. Titan.
The Final is Sunday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
New Japan News: Another Upcoming Title Match in ROH (SPOILERS!)
After last night’s AEW Dynamite, Ring Of Honor taped what is believed to be the 6/1 episode of their weekly TV show on HonorClub. Turns out there was another New Japan title match. The result is below (if you’re paying $9.99 a month to watch this will contain SPOILERS! The match also likely will be added to New Japan World at a later date).
Continue reading “New Japan News: Another Upcoming Title Match in ROH (SPOILERS!)”Injury Report: Late Mone Cash Out
Although they waited 4 days to do so, New Japan has finally confirmed what the world already knew-Mercedes Mone was injured at Resurgence. Right ankle. New Japan only said she underwent a “thorough appraisal immediately after her match and began treatment”. It happened in the main event when she lost to Willow Nightingale for the STRONG Women’s Championship. This cones amidst unconfirmed rumors Mone signed for more dates with NjPW and Stardom but is now out indefinitely amidst persistent rumors-and more hopes from the internet-that she could be headed to All Elite Wrestling.
More as it becomes available.
New Japan 5/24/23 Results
New Japan ran Day 10 of Best Of The Super Junior today, finishing up Block B and setting the second half of the Semifinals. Whoever came out on top today get Mike Bailey & Titan next.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 819, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: Oskar Leube & Mike Bailey beat Yuto Nakashima & Lio Rush. Leube pinned Nakashima after a flying body attack.
Match 2: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & Taichi. EVIL pinned TAKA after EVIL.
Match 3: Titan & Hiromu Takahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA. Titan pinned Taguchi after a swan dive foot stomp.
Best Of The Super Junior Block B:
Match 4: BUSHI beat Francesco Akira.
Match 5: Dan Moloney beat Clark Connors by countout.
Match 6: Master Wato beat Kevin Knight.
Match 7: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Yoh by submission. As a result, Wato advances to the Semifinals.
Main Event: El Desperado beat Robbie Eagles by submission. As a result, Desperado advances to the Semifinals.
Because both finished tied at the top, Desperado wins Block B on tiebreaker over Wato, which was head-to-head result. That means the Semifinals will be Wato vs. Bailey and Desperado vs. Titan.
The Semifinals are Friday at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World and ABEMA will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, and even better, everyone will be able to watch the entire event FOR FREE! No account or login required!
New Japan 5/23/23 Results
New Japan ran Day 9 of Best Of The Super Junior today, wrapping up Block A and determining who would advance to the Semifinals.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 831, a full house/near sellout. Osaka remains stricter about capacity limits than most of Japan despite pandemic restrictions being abolished.
Match 1: TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Khan pinned Nakashima after FGO (Fate/Grapple-O-Khan).
Match 2: Ryohei Oiwa & El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Desperado beat Fujita with Numero Dos.
Match 3: Dan Moloney & Francesco Akira beat Gedo & Clark Connors. Akira pinned Gedo after Speedfire.
Match 4: Kevin Knight, Master Wato & Yoh beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi. Knight pinned TAKA after a Spike DDT.
Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
TJP beat Taiji Ishimori by forfeit (injury).
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi beat KUSHIDA.
Match 6: Sho beat DOUKI.
Match 7: Mike Bailey beat Lio Rush. As a result, Bailey wins Block A and advances to the Semifinals.
Main Event: Titan beat Hiromu Takahashi. As a result, Titan finishes 2nd in Block A and advances to the Semifinals. No 4-peat for Takahashi.
Day 10 is tomorrow with the final day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
New Japan 5/21/23 Results (Updated)
Resurgence, New Japan’s latest US event, is now in the books. Read on to find out who became the first STRONG Women’s Champion and more.
Today’s event was held at Walker Pyramid in Long Beach, CA and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Pre-Show:
Match 1: The DKC beat Bateman.
Match 2: Alex Coughlin beat Christopher Daniels.
PPV:
Match 1: Barbaro Cavernario & Virus beat Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr. Cavernario pinned Tito.
Match 2: STRONG Women’s Chanpionship Tournament: Mercedes Mone beat Stephanie Vaquer.
Match 3: STRONG Women’s Championship Tournament: Willow Nightingale beat Momo Kohga.
Match 4: In a Street Fight, Juice Robinson beat Fred Rosser.
The STRONG Tag Team Championship AND IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship are now VACANT. Kyle Fletcher announced that Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Fletcher) are vacating the titles due to a Davis injury. Determination match between Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI and Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL to crown new champions will happen at DOMINION on 6/4. That match will be for both titles.
Match 5: KENTA beat STRONG Openweight Champion Hikuleo by countout to win the title. KENTA becomes the 5th STRONG Openweight Champion. Next up: Possibly Eddie Kingston.
Match 6: Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley & Shota Umino beat Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada. Umino pinned Romero after Death Rider.
Match 7: IWGP US Championship #1 Contender Tournament: Will Ospreay beat Hiroshi Tanahashi. As a result, Ospreay will face Lance Archer on 6/4 with the winner facing Kenny Omega for the title at a later date.
Main Event: STRONG Women’s Championship Tournament Final: Willow Nightingale beat Mercedes Mone to win the tournament and the title and become the inaugural STRONG Women’s Champion. Mone may have been legit injured and was hospitalized afterwards. Regardless, this is a huge upset and a lot of online fans are not happy.
The next US event is All Star Junior Festival USA 2023 on 8/19 at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA.
UPDATE: Mone was legit injured in the match. Broken ankle.
The announced paid attendance was 2903. Not sure what capacity was but not a sellout.