New Japan 11/27/24 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the 4th day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Hall C in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 701.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Yasutora Yasuda.

Match 1: Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Oleg pinned Young after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. Fujita beat Togo with Neshin SPecial.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Ishimori pinned BUSHI after Bloody Cross.

Match 4: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. DOUKI beat Murashima with Italian Stretch 32.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne beat Toimoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Zayne pinned Honma after Oklahome Roll.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Kidd pinned Newman after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.
Match 7: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Owens pinned Takagi after a package piledriver.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Goto pinned Oiwa after Shoto.
After 4 days it’s Newman/Cobb & Bishamon at 3-1, 6 points in the lead. 4 are tied for 3rd at 2-2, 4 points and 2 are at 1-3, 2 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 11/26/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the third day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 630.

Pre-show match; Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1; Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat Katsuya Murashima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. TM 4 beat Murashima with a chicken wing.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Fujita beat Kato with Neshin Special.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. Newman pinned Gedo after a running knee.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Ishimori beat BUSHI with GAME OVER.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Tome & Stevie Filip. Oleg pinned Tome Filip aftee Kamikaze.
Match 6: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Nicholls beat Jado with a toe cutter.
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Takahashi pinned TAKA with Nameless Hiromu Roll.
Main Event: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Ren Narita & EVIL. Khan pinned Narita after Imperial Drop. Afterwards, a recorded Young Bucks promo was played. Challenge issued for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on 1/5. Accepted by HENARE & Khan…who may not even be champs then.

After 3 days 5 are tied for the Block B lead at 2-1, 4 points. Taichi/TAKA & the Filips are 1-2, 2 points. Jado/Tanahashi are 0-3, 0 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Hall C in Sendai with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official. HENARE/Khan vs. Jacksons for the titles on 1/5. So presumably the WTL winners won’t get a title shot on 1/4 or before that.

New Japan 11/24/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the 3rd day of Block A.

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 paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Tome Filip pinned TM 4 after Mother Of All Bombs.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Narita pinned Young after Double Cross.

Match 3: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. DOUKI beat BUSHI with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Katsuya Murahsima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Fujita beat Murashima with Neshin Special.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Chase Owens & KENTA. Cobb pinned KENTA after Tour of the Islands.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. Sabre pinned Zayne after Zack Driver.
Match 7: Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Umino pinned Goto after Death Rider. Afterwards, a recorded Claudio Castagnoli promo was played. Challenge issued for a match on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. Tsuji pinned SANADA after a huracanrana.

After 3 days Newman/Cobb lead Block A at 3-0, 6 points, with 4 tied for scond at 2-1, 4 points. The top 2 will advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is Tuesday at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official-Umino vs. Castagnoli for 1/5. If Umino wins the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on 1/4 this likely will be for the title. Also added to 1/5 are the following:
International Women’s Cup Finals. A 4-way where participants will be the winners of 4 4-way qualifiers,with one each to be held in All Elite Wrestling, Ring Of Honor, Stardom & CMLL
NEVER Openweight Champion vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the title (the winner of Shingo Takagi vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title on 1/4)
Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet (scheduled for now to be a NON-TITLE match is Sabre is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion)

New Japan 11/23/24 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the second day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Chichibunomiya Memorial Gym in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1403.

Pre-show match: Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. TM 4 beat Kato with a chicken wing.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Katsuya Murashima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. Oiwa pinned Murashima after The Grip.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Owens pinned Young after a package piledriver.

Match 4: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Tome & Stevie Filip. Haste pinned Tome Filip after Electric Blue.
Match 6: Ren Narita & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Narita pinned TAKA after Double Cross.
Match 7: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. HENARE beat Jado with Ultima.
Main Event: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsiuya Naito. Yano pinned Naito. UPSET ALERT!!! They gotta give Yano one…
After 2 days Narita/EVIL lead at 2-0, 4 points. Everyone else is 1-1, 2 points except Jado/Tanahashi at 0-2, 0 points.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

In other news, it’s now official-assuming he is medically cleared and can return in time for it, Kenny Omega vs. Gabriel Kidd has been added to WRESTLE DYNASTY on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.

New Japan 11/22/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the second day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. (UPDATE: Correction-On demand is currently unavailable due to technical issues. No estimated time of availability)

The announced paid attendance was 667.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip. Haste pinned Ishimori after Electric Blue.

Match 2: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. DOUKI beat Togo with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito. Oleg pinned BUSHI after Kamikaze.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. HENARE pinned Jado after Native Knee.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. Cobb pinned Taguchi after Tour of the Islands.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Chase Owens & KENTA. Kidd pinned Owens after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver. Afterwards, Kidd promo addressed a recorded challenge from Kenny Omega for a potential match that, if Omega is medically cleared to return in time, could happen on 1/5 at WRESTLE DYNASTY at the Tokyo Dome.
Match 7: Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Sabre after Death Rider. 1/4 implications/build.
Main Event: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Takagi.

After 2 days it’s Bishamon & United Empire (Newman/Cobb) leading at 2-0, 4 points. 4 are tied at 1-1, 2 points while Tauchi/Zayne & Owens/KENTA are 0-2, 0 points.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujisawa City Chichibunomiya Memorial Gym in Kanagawa with the second day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 11/23/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of the World Tag League today, kicking off Block B action.

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

The announced paid attendance was 565.

Pre-show match: Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Katsuya Murashima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. Newman pinned Murashima after a fisherman buster.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Gedo, Sanada & Gabriel Kidd. Owens pinned Gedo after C Trigger.

Match 3: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. BUSHI pinned Kato.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Oiwa pinned TM 4 after The Grip.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Tome & Stevie Filip beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Tome Filip beat Jado with a Figure 4.
Match 6: TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Taichi pinned Khan after Black Mephisto.
Match 7: Ren Narita & EVIL beat Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. EVIL pinned Yano after Magic Killer.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Naito pinned Haste after Destino.

The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 11/19/24 Results

New Japan began the World Tag League, their annual year-end Heavyweight tag team tournament, today. The opening day featured Block A matches..

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

The announced paid attendance was 573.

Pre-show Match: Shoma Kato beat Yasutora Yasuda.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Tome Filip pinned Murashima after Mother Of All Bombs.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. EVIL pinned TM 4 after Magic Killer.

Match 3: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. DOUKI beat Young with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsiuua Naito. Haste pinned BUSHI after Electric Blue.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Cobb pinned Honma after Tour of the Islands.
Match 6: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Alex Zayne & TBA (mystery partner), revealed at match time to be Ryusuke Taguchi. Tsuji pinned Taguchi after Gene Blaster.
Match 7: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Chase Owens & KENTA. Goto pinned Owens after Shoto.
Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. Oiwa pinned Kidd.

The next event is Thursday at Funabashi Arena in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

HISTORIC X-OVER 2 Results (11/17/24) (Updated x2)

New Japan & Stardom held HISTORIC X-OVER 2, the second crossover event featuring both promotions under the same umbrella, made much easier now that New Japan is the official owner of Stardom. Some matches featured wrestlers from both promotions but actual intergender (male vs. female) wrestling was prohibited with one exception.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World and Stardom World. It’s $34.99 on New Japan World and about a dollar more on Stardom World. The PPV viewing window is until next Sunday, after that it may be available on Stardom World for monthly subscribers. You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Stardom is claiming it was over 3500) (UPDATE 2: The announced paid attendance was 3547)

Pre-show match: Aya Sakura & HANAKO beat Sayaka Kurara & Ranna Yagami. HANAKO pinned Kurara after JP Coaster.

Match 1: Saori Anou & Tam Nakano beat Tomoka Inaba & Syuri. Nakano pinned Inaba after Violet Screwdriver.

Match 2: Miyu Amasaki, AZM & Mei Seira beat Rina, Ruaka & Konami. AZM pinned Rina after a diving foot stomp.

Match 3: Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Akira pinned TM 4 after Fireball.

Match 4: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat Saya Iida, Hanan, Ryusuke Taguchi & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kidd pinned Taguchi aftera piledriver.

Match 5: In a No DQ Hardcore Match, KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan beat Suzu Suzuki to retain the title. Had Khan lost, he also would have lost his hair (braid & beard).

Match 5: Natsupoi & Taichi beat Thekla & Clark Connors. Natsupoi pinned Thekla after Fairy Real Gift.

Match 7: IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani beat Momo Watanabe to retain the title. V8 for Iwatani. Next up: If she gets what she wants, AZM on 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome. (UPDATE: It’s now official)

Main Event: Maika & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Starlight Kid & El Desperado. Maika pinned Kid after Michinoku Driver 2.

For New Japan, the next event is the World Tag League, their annual year-end Heavyweight tag team tournament, starting Tuesday at Ashikaga Municipal Gym in Tochigi. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

For Stardom, the next event is Wednesday at Aomori Budokan in Aomori. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 11/12/24 Results

Apparently Taiji Ishimori thinks he’s superhuman and thus will do reckless things. That was the theme and title of his special New Japan event today, Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Does Reckless Things.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World.

The paid attendance has not been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

There were late changes to the card because Dragon Kid, who was scheduled to face Ishimori in the main event, was pulled due to a neck injury. Dragon Gate provided an update today-thankfully it is not serious and Kid will not need surgery, just rest and once the pain subsides he can return. Dragon Dia was the replacement.

Pre-show match: Taiji Ishimori beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: Kagetora (Dragon Gate) & Taiji Ishimori beat Brahmans Ryusuke (Ryusuke Taguchi) & Shu by DQ in 21 seconds. Shu DQ’d. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): In a No DQ, No Countouts handicap match, Kagetora & Taiji Ishimori beat Brahmans Shu, Kei & Ryusuke. Ishimori pinned Kei.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori vs. TBA, revealed at match time to be Kosei Fujita, went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate), Sho & Taiji Ishimori vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) & Jeff Cobb went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): Shuji Ishikawa, Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) & Jeff Cobb beat Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate), Sho & Taiji Ishimori. Cobb pinned Ishimori.

Match 4: Jun Kasai won a (at least) 10 man battle royal, last eliminating Taiji Ishimori.

Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate). Afterwards, Ishimori announced next time he’ll face Kid, or possibly at an upcoming Korakuen Hall event.

The next event is HISTORIC X-OVER 2, a New Japan/Stardom joint event, Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World and Stardom World as a PPV will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. The PPV is $34.99 in the US and the on demand window is expected to be for one week after the event.

In other news, it has been announced that STRONG STYLE EVOLVED, the next US event on 12/15 in Long Beach, CA, will be available live & on demand on New Japan World for all monthly paid subscribers (no PPV). The scheduled start time is 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. (Update: It will also be available as a PPV on TrillerTV/FITE for $19.99)

New Japan 11/9/24 Results

New Japan ran their annual NEW JAPAN ROAD event today which, in the few years it’s been held, was a Kazuchika Okada hometown event. No Okada this year because he’s gone to AEW, so they had Stardom send Tam Nakano to be the hometown rep instead.

Today’s event was held at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1239.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young beat Yasutora Yasuda.

Match 2: Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai & Tomoaki Honma. Murashima pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Tenzan after Shoto.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Tiger Mask & Master Wato. Sho pinned TM 4.

Match 5: Stardom Provided Match: Tam Nakano beat Aya Sakura.

Match 6: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & Taichi. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End. And yes, Just 5 Guys are now Just 4 Guys again. Technically Just 3 Guys with Yuya Uemura out due to injury.

Match 7: Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Khan beat BUSHI with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Jado, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Tanahashi was the lone winner, last eliminating EVIL.

The next event is “Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Does Reckless Things”, a Taiji Ishimori produced special event, Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. It will feature at least 4 matches with Ishimori in every match, but one planned match will be changed because he was to have faced Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) in one match but Kid is now off due to a neck injury. Replacement TBA. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

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