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New Japan 5/4/24 Results

Day 2 of WRESTLING DONTAKU, New Japan’s traditional Golden Week Fukuoka 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 OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. This event aired in Japan live as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4238, a full house/near sellout.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Katsuya Murashima & Togi Makabe beat Jet We & Naoki Sakurajima. Makabe pinned We after a King Kong Lariat. Frontier Zone match. The losers were from local promotion Kyushu Pro.
Match 2: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Shoma Kato & Tiger Mask. Nicholls pinned Kato after Power Bottom.

Match 1: Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan beat DOUKI & Yuya Uemura. Akira beat DOUKI with Jorge Rivera Special.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Sabre pinned Newman after Zack Driver.

Match 3: El Desperado, Shota Umino, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Umino pinned Takahashi after Death Rider.

Match 4: Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Tanahashi pinned TAKA after High Fly Flow.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Taiji ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Naito pinned Moloney after Destino.

Match 6: Chase Owens & KENTA beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto to win the titles. Owens & KENTA become the 103rd IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Owens pinned Goto.

Match 7: NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi beat Gabriel Kidd to retain the title. V1 for Takagi.

Match 8: David Finlay beat IWGP Global Champion Nic Nemeth to win the title. Finlay becomes the 3rd IWGP Global Champion. This was a last-second add after yesterday when Nemeth demanded the match. Looks like it backfired.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley beat Ren Narita to retain the title. V2 for Moxley. Next up: Umino. That match will happen on 5/11 at Resurgence in Ontario, CA as he was set to face whoever was champion then.

The next event is ALL TOGETHER, the return of the joint promotional charity fundraiser event, this time for Noto Peninsula earthquake recovery efforts, Monday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. This installment will feature New Japan, Pro Wrestling NOAH and DDT Pro Wrestling as well as a Stardom match. Live streaming worldwide will be only on ABEMA as a PPV beginning at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. As far as when it may be available on demand on New Japan World & WRESTLE UNIVERSE, it probably would be at least 2 weeks afterwards as the PPV viewing window is until 5/19.

New Japan 5/3/24 Results (Updated)

The first half of WRESTLING DONTAKU, New Japan’s annual Golden Week blowout event in Fukuoka, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. This event aired live in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 2440. On paper, although partially dependent on the setup, that’s not good. (The venue’s maximum capacity, at least for sumo, is 7500. I imagine the setup reduced the capacity to 5500 tops)

Pre-show Match: Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg beat Katsuya Murashima & Togi Makabe. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.

Match 1: Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Takahashi pinned TAKA after Big Juice.

Match 2: Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Uemura pinned Newman with a Kannuki suplex hold.

Match 3: Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Phantasmo pinned Nicholls.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned TM 4 after a package driver.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors & David Finlay. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita & EVIL beat El Desperado, Shota Umino & Jon Moxley. Kanemaru pinned Desperado with Samson Clutch.

Match 7: Jeff Cobb beat NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. to win the title. Cobb becomes the 5th NJPW WORLD TV Champion.

Match 8: David Finlay beat Yota Tsuji.

Main Event: IWGP Global Champion Nic Nemeth beat Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the title. V1 for Nemeth. Afterwards, Nemeth demanded to defend against Finlay tomorrow, which would require several card changes because Nemeth is already set to team with Tanahashi to face TAKA & Taichi (Taichi is a replacement for SANADA who is off this weekend due to medical reasons).

Day 2 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 10:30 PM PT/1:30 AM ET. This will be a TV Asahi live broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: At about 5 PM PT/8 PM ET it was made official-Nemeth-Finlay for the IWGP Global Championship has just been added to the card. That means Nemeth is off the match mentioned above. Boltin Oleg is the replacement. Because of this addition, the start time for today’s event, which is for the pre-show, has been moved up to 10 minutes to 10:20 PM PT/1:20 AM ET.

New Japan 5/1/24 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today with a house show in Oita.

Today’s event was held at Cycle Shop Kodama Ozu Arena in Oita. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 850.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Yota Tsuji being off the event. Illness. He was to have been in the main event, a 10-man tag. Gedo was also removed to make it an 8-man tag.

Match 1: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Hikuleo pinned Murashima after a double chokeslam.

Match 2: DOUKI & Yuya Uemura beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. DOUKI beat Kanemaru with Jorge Rivera Special.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. KENTA pinned TM 4.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP & Jeff Cobb. Sabre beat Newman with a reverse armbar.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino, Togi Makabe & El Desperado. Narita pinned Makabe after Double Cross.

Match 6: Tomoaki Honma & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Tanahashi pinned TAKA after High Fly Flow.

Main Event: Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Finlay pinned BUSHI after Overkill.

The next event is WRESTLING DONTAKU, the annual early May blowout event, on Friday & Saturday at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET Friday for Day 1 and that night at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET for Day 2. Both days will be live TV Asahi broadcasts in Japan.

New Japan 4/30/24 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate event of the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today.

Today’s event was held at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1035.

There were last-minute changes to the card again because, after missing the last couple events for unspecified medical reasons, the promotion announced SANADA is now off through at least after ALL TOGETHER on 5/6, meaning at least another week. For matches he was in, either they will be reduced participants for 6/8-man tag matches and for tag matches Taichi is the replacement.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg beat Shoma Kato.

Match 2: DOUKI & Yuya Uemura beat Sho & Yujiro Takahashi. Uemura pinned Takahashi with a Kannuki suplex hold.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned TM 4.

Match 4: Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP & Jeff Cobb beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. Cobb pinned Fujita after Tour of the Islands.

Match 5: El Desperado, Shota Umino, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & EVIL. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider.

Match 6: Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Tanahashi pinned TAKA after High Fly Flow.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Gabriel Kidd, Clark Connors & David Finlay. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Gene Blaster.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Cycle Shop Kodama Ozu Arena in Oita. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 4/29/24 Results (Updated)

Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni, New Japan’s annual end-of-April standalone event held in Kagoshima under the original name of the prefecture, took place earlier today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1780,

There were last-minute changes to the first 2 matches due to SANADA being off again. Precautionary due to health concerns.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 2: TAKA Michinoku, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Uemura pinned TM 4 after a diving crossbody.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb. Sabre beat Newman with a reverse armbar.

Match 4: Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Jado, El Desperado, Shota Umino, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Narita pinned Jado.

Match 5; Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. KENTA pinned Honma after Busaiku Knee.

Match 6: Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp.

Match 7: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi to retain the titles. Connors pinned BUSHI after Full Clip. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Sho beat DOUKI to retain the title. V2 for Sho. Ren Narita interference set it up. Naturally this result and the post-match promo sent the crowd home very unhappy.

The next event is tomorrow at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

The promotion also announced that Ryusuke Taguchi is now out of Best Of The Super Junior due to injuries sustained recently. Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) is the replacement.

UPDATE: SANADA is now out until at least after ALL TOGETHER on 5/6. Medical, but nothing specific beyond appraisal results.

New Japan 4/27/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today in Hiroshima with the final televised event before next weekend’s blowout event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 2145.

Pre-show match: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Ray Paloma & HANZO. Oleg pinned Paloma after Kamikaze.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned TM 4.

Match 2: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Cobb pinned Fujita after Tour of the Islands.

Match 3: El Desperado, Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii beat Yujirro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Takahashi after Death Rider.

Match 4: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Shoma Kato & Tomohiro Ishii. Tanahashi beat Kato with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Kanemaru pinned TAKA with Samson Clutch.

Match 6: STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat El Phantasmo & Hikuleo to retain the titles. Nicholls pinned Hikuleo. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: In a Rural Revitalization 3 Falls Match, Yuya Uemura beat KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan 2-1 to win the title.

Main Event: In an elimination match, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, David Finlay & Jake Lee (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Naito was the winner, last eliminating Lee.

The next event is Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni, the traditional standalone end-of-April event named for the original name of Kagoshima Prefecture, Monday at Kagoshima Arena in Kagoshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: After this was posted I learned there were last-minute changes to the event due to SANADA being off. Illness.

New Japan 4/26/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 751.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma. Oleg pinned Kato after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. KENTA pinned TM 4.

Match 3: El Desperado, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & Taichi. Takahashi pinned TAKA after Big Juice.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jado, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita beat Jado with a chicken wing.

Match 6: Yuya Uemura & SANADA beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. SANADA pinned Newman.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 4/25/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today in Fukui.

Today’s event was held at Fukui Industrial Hall Building 1 Exhibition Hall in Fukui. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 632.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Tomihiro Ishii beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned TM 4 after a package driver.

Match 3: El Desperado, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat TAKA Michimoku, DOUKI & SANADA. Kanemaru pinned TAKA with Samson Clutch.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jado, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita beat Jado with a chicken wing.

Match 6; Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Taichi pinned Newman after Tensho Cross Fang.

Main Event; BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabirel Kidd & David Finlay. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 4/23/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today with the second half of a Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 887.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Ishimori beat Kato with Bone Lock.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Katsuya Murashima, El Desperado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita pinned Murashima.

Match 3: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL to retain the titles. Tanahashi pinned Takahashi after High Fly Flow. V1 for the champs.

LIJ vs. Bullet Club 5 Match Series:
Match 4: Yota Tsuji beat Gedo in 5 seconds.
Match 5: Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI.
Match 6: Shingo Takagi beat Clark Connors.
Match 7: Drilla Moloney beat Tetsuya Naito. Jake Lee (Pro Wrestling NOAH) interference helped.
Main Event: David Finlay beat Hiromu Takahashi.
Bullet Club wins 3-2.

The next event is Thursday at Fukui Industrial Center Exhibition Hall 1 in Fukui. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

DEVELOPING: New Japan Acquiring Stardom

New Japan has announced that, effective June 28, it will be acquiring Stardom from parent company Bushiroad Corporation. The promotion will acquire all stakes in Bushiroad Fight Co. Ltd, due to be renamed Stardom Co. Ltd., for 100 million Japanese yen (around $675,000 US). Beyond statements form Stardom President/CEO Taro Okada & NJPW President/CEO Hiroshi Tanahashi, no further details were released.

More as it becomes available.

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