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New Japan 6/10/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan held an El Desperado Produced event today, DESPE INVITACIONAL, the lineup of which was as mysterious as the masked men himself.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World as a PPV for $22.99 US. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1506, a legit sellout.

No matches or participants were announced in advance.

Pre-show match: Kyoko Inoue, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat DASH Chisako, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto. Tanahashi pinned Kodaka after High Fly Flow.

PPV:
Match 1: Starlight Kid & Dragon Kid beat Mima Shimoda & El Desperado. Starlight Kid beat Shimoda with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Match 2: In a Lucha Rules match, Eita, Daisuke Sasaki & DOUKI beat Violent Jacques in a 4-way when all 3 simultaneously pinned Jacques.

Match 3: In a hardcore match, Hiromu Takahashi & Jun Kasai beat Yakayuki Ueki & Minoru Suzuki. Takahashi pinned Ueki after Pearl Harbor Splash.

Match 4: In a hardcore match, El Phantasmo vs. Chris Brookes, MAO & Seiji Takeda in a 4-way went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hikaru Sato.

Main Event: Dick Togo & Gedo beat Danshoku Dieno & El Desperado. Gedo pinned Dieno with Gedo Clutch. Afterwards, Desperado closed the show by saying “it was super fun!” Also, as a result of today, Desperado vs. Brookes has been added to the 7/21 DDT event at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

The next event is ALL TOGETHER in SAPPORO, a fundraiser event for Nito Peninsula earthquake recovery efforts, Saturday at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido. The live broadcast will be a PPV only on ABEMA beginning at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. It will hopefully be available on demand on New Japan World and/or WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

UPDATE: Following up on DOMINION, Desperado gets his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match vs. Sho in a steel cage match Sunday.

New Japan 6/9/24 Results

DOMINION, New Japan’s annual June Osaka blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE ’24 on TV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 7254. If that’s not their best attendance this year, excluding Tokyo Dome, it’s close.

Match 1; Tetsuya Naito beat Callum Newman.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Zack Sabre Jr. & Robbie Eagles beat LJ Cleary (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Sabre pinned Cleary after Zack Driver.

Match 3: In a Storm Catch Rules match (no strikes allowed), Great-O-Khan beat KOPW 2024 Champion Yuya Uemura to win the title.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the titles. BUSHI, Takahashi & Tsuji become the 28th NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Tsuji pinned Tanahashi after Gene Blaster.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Jeff Cobb beat Tomohiro Ishii to retain the title. V2 for Cobb.

Match 6: In a 4-way elimination match, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & KENTA, STRONG Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo and YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto to win the titles. Haste & Nicholls become the 104th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and the 9th STRONG Tag Team Champions.

Match 7: NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. HENARE went to a draw. Double KO. As a result, Takagi retains the title. V3 for Takagi.

Match 8: In a Lumberjack Death Match, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley beat EVIL to retain the title. V4 for Moxley. Next up: Possibly a Naito rematch at the AEW Forbidden Door PPV at the end of the month in the US.

Main Event: Best Of The Super Junior 31 Finals: El Desperado beat Taiji Ishimori to win the tournament. It’s the first BOSJ title for Desperado. As a result, Desperado will face IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Sho for the title in the future. Afterwards, Desperado proposed a steel cage match for that title shot.

The next event is DESPE Invitacional, an El Desperado produced event, tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV for $22.99 US will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM PT. (Last-minute update: You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube) Also coming up this week is a public press conference & Ryohei Oiwa talk event Friday at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido, then on Saturday is the next ALL TOGETHER event for Noto Peninsula earthquake disaster relief efforts. That event will be a PPV only on ABEMA.

The next tour is the NEW JAPAN SOUL 2024 Tour beginning on 6/16 in Hokkaido. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. After that will be the next US event in July, CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA USA, followed by the big one-the G1 CLIMAX 34 Tournament-which officially begins the road to Tokyo Dome 2025.

AEW Collision 6/8/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Council Bluffs, IA:

Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli vs. FTR went to a 20 minute time limit draw. They demanded 5 more minutes. Brandon Cutler, acting on behalf of The Young Bucks, said no. He got a beatdown.

Kris Statlander beat Robyn Renegade. Squash. Afterwards Statlander entered the Owen Hart Cup.

Dustin Rhodes beat Johnny TV. Major promo from Rhodes followed. He’s got Jack Perry next week on Dynamite.

Premier Athletes beat Trip Jordy & Dante Leon. Squash.

Toni Storm beat Lady Frost. Afterwards, Storm demanded Mariah May be entered in the Owen Hart Cup.

Daniel Garcia beat Tate Mayfairs.

Orange Cassidy beat Kyle O’Reilly. Trent Beretta & Kyle Fletcher beatdown on them post-match. Kris Statlander joined later but Willow Nightingale quickly made the save.

End Show.

New Japan 6/3/24 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Best Of The Super Junior 31 today with the Semifinals.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1483, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Blake Christian, Ninja Mack & HAYATA beat Shoma Kato, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. HAYATA beat Kato with a modified armbar.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors in 67 seconds. Fujita pinned Connors with O’Connor Bridge. Afterwards, Fujita & Eagles made an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title challenge.

Match 3: Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Yemura. Cobb pinned TAKA after Tour of the Islands.

Match 4: Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Dragon Dia, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Tsuji pinned Yano after Marlowe Crush.

Match 5: Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman & HENARE. Naito pinned Newman after Corriendo Destino.

Match 6: Shota Umino & 4 TBAs, revealed at match time to be Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan, beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider.

Best Of The Super Junior Semifinals:
Match 7: Taiji Ishimori beat TJP.
Main Event: El Desperado beat DOUKI.
As a result, the Final will be Ishimori vs. Desperado. The Final is Sunday.

The next event is DOMINION, the annual June Osaka blowout event, Sunday at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a TV Asahi exclusive live broadcast in Japan. One change was also announced for the card-the main event of IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hon Moxley vs. EVIL for the title is now a Lumberjack Deathmatch. No time limit, no countouts, lumberjacks around the ring to interfere when the action goes outside the ring.

New Japan 5/31/24 Results

New Japan wrapped up Block B of Best Of The Super Junior today, finishing setting up the Semifinals.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1170.

Match 1: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Shota Umino. EVIL pinned Murashima after Death Rider.

Match 2: Boltin Oleg, Blake Christian & HAYATA beat Tomoaki Honma, Kevin Knight & El Desperado. Oleg pinned Honma after Kamikaze.

Match 3: Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita beat Gedo & Clark Connors. Fujita beat Gedo with a cross Camel Clutch.

Match 4: Callum Newman, HENARE & TJP beat Shingo Takagi, Titan & BUSHI. HENARE pinned BUSHI after Streets Of Rage.

Best Of The Super Junior Block B:
Match 5: Dragon Dia beat KUSHIDA.
Match 6: Drilla Moloney beat Ninja Mack by countout.
Match 7: DOUKI beat Robbie Eagles.
Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Hiromu Takahashi. As a result, Ishimori wins Block B and DOUKI finishes 2nd, and both advance to the Semifinals. (DOUKI beat Takahashi for the tiebreaker)

Final Standings (Block B):
1-Ishimori, 7-2, 14 pts
2-DOUKI, 6-3, 12 pts
3-Takahashi, 6-3, 12 pts
4-Eagles, 5-4, 10 pts
5-Moloney, 5-4, 10 pts
6-Sho, 5-4, 10 pts
7-Mack, 4-5, 8 pts
8-KUSHIDA, 4-5, 8 pts
9-Francesco Akira, 2-7, 4 pts
10-Dia, 1-8, 2 pts

The Semifinals are Monday and will be DOUKI vs. El Desperado and Ishimori vs. TJP. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PR/5:30 AM ET. This will also be an ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 5/30/24 Results

New Japan wrapped up Block A of Best Of The Super Junior today, setting the first half of the Semifinals.

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 1032.

Match 1; Ninja Mack & Dragon Dia beat Shoma Kato & KUSHIDA. Mack pinned Kato after Ninja Bomb.

Match 2; Zack Sabre Jr. & Robbie Eagles beat TAKA Mcihinoku & DOUKI. Sabre pinned TAKA after Zack Driver.

Match 3: Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Taiji Ishimori. Takagi pinned Gedo after Pumping Bomber.

Match 4: HENARE Return Match: Callum Newman & HENARE beat Yujiro Takahashi & Sho. HENARE pinned Takahashi after Streets Of Rage.

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Clark Connors by countout.
Match 6: BUSHI beat Kevin Knight.
Match 7: TJP beat Titan.
Match 8: Kosei Fujita beat Blake Christian.
Main Event: El Desperado beat HAYATA. As a result, Desperado wins Block A and, because of tiebreakers (head-to-head results), TJP finishes 2nd and both advance to the Semifinals.

Final Standings (Block A):
1-Depserado, 6-3, 12 pts
2-TJP, 5-4, 10 pts
3-HAYATA, 5-4, 10 pts
4-Christian, 5-4, 10 pts
5-Titan, 5-4, 10 pts
6-BUSHI, 4-5, 8 pts
7-Kanemaru, 4-5, 8 pts
8-Connors, 4-5, 8 pts
9-Knight, 4-5, 8 pts
10-Fujita, 3-6, 6 pts

The final day of Block B is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be an ABEMA simulcast in Japan.

New Japan 5/28/24 Results

New Japan continued the Best Of The Super Junior today with the penultimate day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 650.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Eagles pinned Kato after Hyperion.

Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Gedo & Clark Connors. Takahashi pinned Gedo after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: Blake Christian & HAYATA beat Tiger Mask & El Desperado. Christian pinned TM 4 after a swan dive 450 splash.

Match 4: Yota Tsuji & Titan beat Callum Newman & TJP. Tsuji pinned Newman after Marlowe Crush.

Match 5: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Tomoaki Honma & Kevin Knight. Naito pinned Honma after Pluma Blanca.

Best Of The Super Junior Block B:
Match 6: Ninja Mack beat Dragon Dia.
Match 7: DOUKI beat KUSHIDA.
Match 8: Taiji Ishinori beat Sho.
Main Event: Hiromu Takagashi beat Drilla Moloney.

Standings (Block B):
1-Takahashi, 6-2, 12 pts
2-Ishimori, 6-2, 12 pts
3-DOUKI, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Eagles, 5-3, 10 pts (OUT)
5-Sho, 5-4, 10 pts (OUT)
6-Mack, 4-4, 8 pts (OUT)
7-KUSHIDA, 4-4, 8 pts (OUT)
8-Moloney, 4-4, 8 pts (OUT)
9-Francesco Akira, 2-7, 4 pts (OUT)
10-Dia, 0-8, 0 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. It all comes down to Takahashi-Ishimori on Friday. Winner advances. Both advance with a time limit draw OR DOUKI loss or time limit draw. DOUKI advances with a win (Eagles) AND Ishimori win (Takahashi out on tiebreaker). Eagles is out because he loses all tiebreakers.

Day 11 is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to start a 3-day tripleheader. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2;30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 5/26/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 9 of Best Of The Super Junior 31 today.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 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 1520.

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

Match 1: Block B-Ninja Mack beat KUSHIDA.

Match 2; Block A-HAYATA beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 3: Block B-Sho beat Dragon Dia.

Match 4: Block A-Blake Christian beat BUSHI.

Match 5: Block B-Taiji Ishimori beat Drilla Moloney.

Match 6: Block A-Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Titan.

Match 7: Block A-Kevin Knight beat Clark Connors.

Match 8: Block B-Hiromu Takahashi beat Robbie Eagles.

Main Event: Block A-TJP beat El Desperado.

Standings:
Block A:
1-HAYATA, 5-3, 10 pts
2-Christian, 5-3, 10 pts
3-Titan, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Desperado, 5-3, 10 pts
5-TJP, 4-4, 8 pts
6-Knight, 4-4, 8 pts
7-Connors, 4-4, 8 pts
8-Kanemaru, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-BUSHI, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
10-Fujita, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Takahashi, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Ishimori, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Sho, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Eagles, 5-3, 10 pts
5-DOUKI, 4-3, 8 pts
6-KUSHIDA< 4-3, 8 pts
7-Moloney, 4-3, 8 pts
8-Mack, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Akira, 2-7, 3 pts (OUT) (injured)
10-Dia, 0-7, 0 pts (OUT)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals.

Day 10 is Tuesday at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka with Block B matches only. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: Dethroned King

There have been various injury reports about AEW/New Japan star Eddie Kingston recently following his STRONG Openweight Championship loss to Gabriel Kidd at Resurgence, the final nail in the Continental Crown coffin in AEW (Kingston once held all 3 titles together-the AEW Continental Championship, ROH World Championship and STRONG Openweight Championship-they are now no longer unified). It was originally thought to he bad, then it went to worse and now it’s much worse. Fractured tibia, broken leg, torn ACL and torn meniscus. So leg AND knee. No surgery before the tibia fracture heals. Out at least 1 year based on this update, as the fracture healing is expected to take 2 months then expected recovery time post-surgery is another 10 months at best. It all happened on 5/11 when his leg hit the guardrail on a suplex spot in a no rope last man standing match won by Kidd.

New Japan 5/22/24 Results

New Japan continued the Best Of The Super Junior today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 895.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior Matches, 30 minute time limit. It was also announced that Francesco Akira is out of the tournament due to a knee injury. Those who had not yet faced him will get free wins as a result.

Match 1: Block A-Titan beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 2: Block B-Robbie Eagles beat Dragon Dia.

Match 3: Block A-BUSHI beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Match 4: Block B-Drilla Moloney beat KUSHIDA.

Match 5: Block A-HAYATA beat Kevin Knight.

Match 6: Block B-Taiji Ishimori beat Ninja Mack.

Match 7: Block A-El Desperado beat Clark Connors.

Match 8: Block B-TJP beat Blake Christian.

Main Event: Block B-Sho beat DOUKI.

Block B-Hiromu Takahashi beat Francesco Akira by forfeit.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Titan, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Desperado, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Christian, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Connors, 4-3, 8 pts
5-HAYATA, 4-3, 8 pts
6-BUSHI, 3-4, 6 pts
7-TJP, 4-3, 6 pts
8-Knight, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Kanemaru, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
10-Fujita, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Eagles, 5-2, 10 pts
2-KUSHIDA, 4-3, 8 pts
3-Takahashi, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Ishimori, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Moloney, 4-2, 8 pts
6-Sho, 4-3, 8 pts
7-DOUKI, 4-3, 8 pts
8-Mack, 2-5, 4 pts
9-Akira, 2-7, 4 pts (OUT)
10-Dia, 0-6, 0 pts (OUT)

The top 2 on each block advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is Sunday at Yoyogi National Stafoum Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

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