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New Japan 5/16/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 4 of Best Of The Super Junior today as the leaders looked to keep the upsets coming.

Today’s event was held at Akita Prefectural Budokan in Akita and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 762.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block B: Yoh beat Clark Connors.
Match 2: Block A: Titan beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 3: Block B: Robbie Eagles beat BUSHI.
Match 4: Block A: TJP beat DOUKI.
Match 5: Block B: Francesco Akira beat Dan Moloney.
Match 6: Block A: KUSHIDA beat Mike Bailey by submission.
Match 7: Block B: El Desperado beat Kevin Knight.
Match 8: Block A: Hiromu Takahashi beat Sho.
Match 9: Block B: Master Wato beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Main Event: Block A: Lio Rush beat Taiji Ishimori.

Stanidngs:
Block A:
1-Rush, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Bailey, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Ishimori, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Titan, 3-1, 6 pts
5-Takahashi, 2-2, 4 pts
6-TJP, 2-2, 4 pts
7-KUSHIDA, 1-3, 2 pts
8-DOUKI, 1-3, 2 pts
9-Sho, 1-3, 2 pts
10-Taguchi, 0-4, 0 pts

Block B:
1-Desperado, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Akira, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Eagles, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Yoh, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Wato, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Kanemaru, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Moloney, 2-2, 4 pts
8-Connors, 2-2, 4 pts
9-Knight, 1-3, 2 pts
10-BUSHI, 0-4, 0 pts

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals. Already all but over for Taguchi & BUSHI.

Day 5 is Wednesday at Sendai Sub Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 5/14/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 3 of Best Of The Super Junior 30 today, with upsets looking to continue and unlikely leaders trying to stay atop the standings.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1599.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior Matches, 30 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block B: Kevin Knight beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 2: Block A: Sho beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 3: Block B: Clark Connors beat BUSHI.
Match 4: Block A: Taiji Ishimori beat DOUKI by submission.
Match 5: Block B: Francesco Akira beat Robbie Eagles.
Match 6: Block A: Titan beat KUSHIDA.
Match 7: Block B: Dan Moloney beat Yoh.
Match 8: Block A: Mike Bailey beat TJP.
Match 9: Block B: El Desperado beat Master Wato.
Main Event: Block A: Lio Rush beat Hiromu Takahashi.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Bailey, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Rush, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Ishimori, 3-0, 6 pts
4-Titan, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
6-DOUKI, 1-2, 2 pts
7-TJP, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Sho, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Taguchi, 0-3, 0 pts
10-KUSHIDA, 0-3, 0 pts
Day 4 note: At least one of the 3 unbeatens will go down because of Rush-Ishimori. Bailey draws fellow Impact star KUSHIDA. A loss already puts KUSHIDA all but out of it, same for Taguchi who gets Titan.

Block B:
1-Desperado, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Kanemaru, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Eagles, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Akira, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Moloney, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Connors, 2-1, 4 pts
7-Yoh, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Wato, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Knight, 1-2, 2 pts
10-BUSHI, 0-3, 0 pts
Day 4 notes: It’s wide open but the logjam at the top will ease a little with a United Empire showcase between Akira & Moloney.

The top 2 in each block advance to the semifinals.

Day 4 is Tuesday at Akita Prefectural Budokan in Akita. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 5/13/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of Best Of The Super Junior 30 today as the action headed north to Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Nagano Prefectural Budokan in Nagano and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 702.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior Matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block A: TJP beat KUSHIDA.
Match 2: Block B: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Dan Moloney.
Match 3: Block A: Lio Rush beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 4: Block B: Robbie Eagles beat Clark Connors.
Match 5: Block A: Mike Bailey beat Sho.
Match 6: Block B: Francesco Akira beat Kevin Knight.
Match 7: Block A: Taiji Ishimori beat Titan by submission.
Match 8: Block B: El Desperado beat BUSHI.
Match 9: Block A: Hiromu Takahashi beat DOUKI.
Main Event: Block B: Yoh beat Master Wato.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Bailey, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Ishimori, 2-0, 4 pts
3-Rush, 2-0, 4 pts
4-Takahashi, 1-1, 2 pts
5-TJP, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Titan, 1-1, 2 pts
7-DOUKI, 1-1, 2 pts
8-Sho, 0-2, 0 pts
9-KUSHIDA, 0-2, 0 pts
10-Taguchi, 0-2, 0 pts

Block B:
1-Eagles, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Kanemaru, 2-0, 4 pts
3-Desperado, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Yoh, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Wato, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Akira, 1-1, 2 pts
7-Moloney, 1-1, 2 pts
8-Connors, 1-1, 2 pts
9-BUSHI, 0-2, 2 pts
10-Knight, 0-2, 2 pts
The top 2 in each block will advance to the Semifinals.

Day 3 is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Aichi. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 PM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 5/12/23 Results

New Japan kicked off this year’s Best Of The Super Junior today, the 30th edition of the annual prestigious Jr. Heavyweight showcase (and my favorite tournament of the year). Both blocks made up today’s event.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE! The event also streamed on ABEMA in Japan.

Click below to watch in Japanese:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00651_2_1

Click below to watch in English: https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00651_3_1

The announced paid attendance was 1401, a legit advance sellout. And a little more than recent Korakuen sellouts too (up about 100 from previous full capacity events).

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block B: Clark Connors beat Kevin Knight.
Match 2: Block A: Taiji Ishimori beat Ryusuke Taguchi by submission.
Match 3: Block B: Dan Moloney beat BUSHI.
Match 4: Block A: DOUKI beat KUSHIDA by submission.
Match 5: Block B: Master Wato beat Francesco Akira.
Match 6: Block A: Lio Rush beat Sho.
Match 7: Block B: Robbie Eagles beat Yoh.
Match 8: Block A: Titan beat TJP.
Match 9: Block B: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat El Desperado by submission.
Main Event: Block A: Mike Bailey beat Hiromu Takahashi. SPEEDBALL V1!!! Perfect start for my pick to go all the way!

Day 2 is tomorrow at Nagano Prefectural Budokan in Nagano. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

News: Upcoming New Japan TAMASHII Events Postponed, Impact Replacing

In a press release today, Impact Wrestling announced they are headed to Australia in June & July for the first time. The events will be held on 6/30 & 7/1 Australia time as part of a 4-day tour from 6/29-7/2, with the events being held in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The press release notes the events will be broadcast worldwide on FITE, Impact broadcast partners, digital and social media which suggests they should also be available for Impact+ and YouTube Ultimate Insider subscribers and also AXS TV in the US. Tickets go on sale Saturday (Sunday in Australia).

These events replace planned New Japan TAMASHII events and Oceania Cup, the latter of which is postponed due to NJPW scheduling & talent availability issues. While there are no NjPW events during this time and no press release has been put out from New Japan about this, the events would be less than a week after the Forbidden Door 2 joint event with All Elite Wrestling in Canada. The TAMASHII dates had not yet been announced.

More as it becomes available.

News: First All Together Again Matches Announced

The first matches for All Together Again, the joint New Japan/All-Japan/NOAH charity fundraiser event in June, were announced today. 3 trios matches are set for the card which are as follows:
YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Yuji Nagata, Suwama & Yuma Anzai
Kaito Kiyomiya, Kento Miyahara & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Yuma Aoyagi & Kenoh

I can see that last match being the main event, and it’s probably going to be Kiyomiya & Okada fighting amongst themselves constantly and a match maybe happening around it given their history.

More matches TBA. The event is scheduled for 6/9 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and will be available as a PPV on New Japan World.

New Japan News: Upcoming Title Match in US (SPOILERS!)

New Japan’s Zack Sabre Jr. was among those who appeared at this past weekend’s Ring Of Honor TV tapings in Orlando, FL and while it’s not known when it will air, there was an NJPW WORLD Tv Title match as part of the tapings. It could air as soon as Thursday (new episodes of ROH TV premiere Thursdays on HonorClub, available only in the US for $9.99/month). If you want to know what happened click below as this contains SPOILERS! (The match should also be available on New Japan World at a later date)

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New Japan News: Full 5/21 Card Announced

New Japan announced the full card for their next US event, Resurgence, today. The event is scheduled for 5/21 in Long Beach, CA.

The full card is as follows (in order):
Pre-show:
The DKC vs. Bateman
Alex Coughlin vs. Christopher Daniels
Main Show:
STRONG Women’s Championship Tournament: Mercedes Mone vs. Stephanie Vaquer
STRONG Women’s Championship Tournament: Momo Kohgo vs. Willow Nightingale
Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Barbaro Cavernario & Virus
Fred Rosser vs. Juice Robinson in a Street Fight
STRONG Openweight Chanpion Hikuleo vs. KENTA for the title
Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada vs. Shota Umino, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta
IWGP US Championship #1 Contender Tournament: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Will Ospreay
STRONG Women’s Championship Tournament Finals for the title

The article noted Robinson’s indefinite suspension from NJPW following his actions at Capital Collision was lifted at Rosser’s request.

One word of caution for those planning to buy the PPV: It will only be available on New Japan World this time with a separate purchase required if you are a subscriber (no subscription is required for purchase). No FITE. It will be available on demand without additional purchases for subscribers at a later date.

New Japan 5/3/23 Results

WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023, New Japan’s annual Golden Week blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2023 on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4498, a legit advance sellout. They must have had quite the stage setup taking a ton of space because that’s only 60% capacity (the venue’s max capacity is 7500, but that’s primarily for sumo).

Pre-Show Match: In a Young Lion Consecutive Battles Match where Ryohei Oiwa faced Oskar Leube, Boltin Oleg & Yuto Nakashima in 5 minute time limit matches with the chance to win prizes from TV Asahi and an NJPW WORLD TV Championship match if he won all 3, Oiwa finished with one loss and 2 time limit draws. He wins nothing. Leube beat Oiwa.

Match 1: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Togo after Shoto.

Match 2: Great-O-Khan & Aussie Open beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Khan beat Fujita with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Match 3: Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA & Shota Umino beat Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare. KUSHIDA pinned TJP with Perfect Small Package.

Match 4: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Taichi pinned BUSHI after Seitei Jujiro.

Match 5: Hikuleo beat STRONG Openweight Chanpion KENTA to win the title. Hikuleo becomes the 4th STRONG Openweight Champion.

Match 6: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jeff Cobb went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result, Sabre retains the title. V6 for Sabre. Next up: Since Oiwa couldn’t earn a shot today, TBA.

Match 7: Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki to win the titles. Ishii, Tanahashi & Okada become the 26th NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Okada pinned Narita after Rainmaker. Next up: Possibly Umino, who may have chosen Jon Moxley as one of his partners. Moxley will return to Japan for the first time since the pandemic began at DOMINION in June. Other partner seems TBA but it was hinted that Moxley is bringing someone with him, which immediately suggests someone from All Elite Wrestling-namely one of Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli or Wheeler Yuta.

Match 8: David Finlay beat NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga to win the title. Finlay becomes the 39th NEVER Openweight Champion. Next up: TBA, but Finlay’s celebration was short lived thanks to an ambush by El Phantasmo, who is now on the New Japan side after being kicked out of Bullet Club.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Chanpion SANADA beat Hiromu Takahashi to retain the title. V1 for SANADA. Takahashi’s IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship was not on the line here. Note that as of earlier today New Japan’s English website incorrectly indicated Takahashi wok while indicating SANADA retained. Next up: Possibly a challenger less than nobody expected…Yota Tsuji!?! The Young Lion, who is/has been on his traditional training excursion (he chose to go to Mexico and has been competing in CMLL) made a surprise appearance and laid out SANADA post-match.

Next up is Best Of The Super Junior 30, New Japan’s annual prestigious Jr. Heavyweight showcase, beginning on 5/12 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. Every BOSJ event will be available live and on demand in Japanese and English. A pre-tournament press conference and talk show event will be held on 5/11 at Tokyo FM Hall in Tokyo, which is open to the public (tickets required to attend).

New Japan 5/1/23 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today with the last event before the Golden Week blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Beppu B-Con Plaza in Oita and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1006.

Before the event began, Hiroshi Tanahashi appeared and announced he has been cleared to return from a broken rib suffered on 4/15. He will return Wednesday.

Match 1: Oskar Leube vs. Boltin Oleg went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.

Match 3: Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare beat Ryohei Oiwa, Kegin Knight & KUSHIDA. Henare beat Oiwa with Ultima.

Match 4: Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. Khan beat Fujita with Subaru Sheep Killer. Afterwards, EVIL & Yujiro stole the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Title belts from Aussie Open. Guess H.O.T. wants next.

Match 5: Jado. Master Wato, Hikuleo & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & David Finlay. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.

Match 6: Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada beat Yuto Nakashima, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Ishii pinned Nakashima.

Match 7: DOUKI & Taichi beat BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. Taichi pinned BUSHI after Holy Emperor’s Cross Mausoleum.

Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Naito pinned Kanemaru after Destino.

The next event is WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023, the annual Golden Week blowout event, Wednesday at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World outside Japan only will begin at 1;20 AM PT/4:20 AM ET with a special Young Lions Pre-Show Match: Ryohei Oiwa will attempt to beat 3 Young Lions (Nakashima, Leube, Oleg) in a row in matches with a 5 minute time limit. If he wins one or two, he will receive prizes from sponsor TV Asahi. If he wins all 3, he gets a NJPW WORLD TV Title match at a later date.

The main portion of the event will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET on New Japan World outside Japan only. The live broadcast in Japan will be available only on TV Asahi with on demand replays available on New Japan World at a later date.

In other news, Jon Moxley has been announced for Resurgence on 5/21 in Long Beach, CA.