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DDT Pro Wrestling “Ultimate Party 2024” LIVE Results (12/28/2024) (Updated x2)

DDT wraps up 2024 with their year-end blowout event today, Ultimate Party 2024. It certainly will be just that as outside of their annual 5 Hour Anniversary Event and WRESTLE PETER PAN it will be their next-biggest event on the schedule in terms of match quantity and quality with 11 matches in all scheduled. The main event will be Chris Brookes defending the KO-D Openweight Championship against Daisuke Sasaki. The Damnation TA leader got the better of Brookes in early tag matches but the champ took the rubber match in the final face-off, but now that all means nothing as we find out who will end 2024 with the top title. Before that, new KO-D Tag Team Champions will be crowned as MAO & To-y face Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku for the titles, culminating a headed rivalry that’s developed between the young To-y & Koroku lately. Elsewhere, Tokyo Joshi Pro participation is set for a crossover match against DDT thanks to Super Sasadango Machine visiting TJPW recently, and two new music entertainment athletes will make their pro wrestling debuts today and so much more, including Pro Wrestling NOAH participation as Kenoh has been Kenoh lately and will be here to take down “fake wrestling” DDT in his words.

There was a late change to the card yesterday as the scheduled DDT Extreme Championship match between Danshoku Dieno & Great-O-Khan in an unofficial match is now off due to Khan injuries suffered in New Japan Sunday. Invisible Man is the replacement and it will now be a NON-TITLE match…although it would have originally been anyway as said original match would not have been recognized by DDT, even if a title change happened.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Voice actors Tetsu Inada, Kentaro Kumagai and Kyoka Moriya will be guests on Japanese commentary. Additionally, as an experiment of a new feature, fans attending the event can use their smartphones to listen to the live commentary on WRESTLE UNIVERSE while watching the event. The event will also feature musical performances by NwA Jr. (made up of DDT wrestlers) and O-MENZ (before Kumadori debuts as a wrestler). Between the 11 matches and other stuff, plus no intermission, this is going to indeed be one of their longest events of the year and for those in the US will be a likely all-nighter with a total running time of close to 5 hours, maybe not that much but a minimum of 4 hours. I may or may not make it through so anything I miss will be added tomorrow morning,

Today’s lineup:
NwA Jr. debut song performance (they just released a CD in Japan)
Demus & Illusion vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Shuji Ishikawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shinichiro Kawamatsu vs. Masa Takanashi, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida
O-MENZ Kumadori Debut Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori vs. Makoto Oishi & Akito
Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku (Tokyo Joshi Pro) vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda
Haruto Sakuraba Debut Match: Haruto Sakuraba, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Takao Soma
Jun Akiyama vs. Yukio Naya
Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. Kenoh & Yu Owada (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Danshoku DIeno vs. Invisible Man. Kentaro Kumagai & Tetsu Inada will be at ringside
Yuki Ueno vs. Takeshi Masada
MAO & To-y vs. Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku for the KO-D Tag Team Championship
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the title

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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 30 minutes prior to the event.

UPDATE (Pre-show): Kentaro Kumagai will not appear as scheduled. The always-vague poor health.

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 15-20 minutes.

8:52 PM PT UPDATE; Live updates begin now, we join a couple minutes late…

We are LIVE from Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata (joining later), Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano, Kyoka Mariya, and Tetsu Inada was supposed to be on commentary but appears to have been replaced at least for now by Marika Tani. Your English hosts are Baliyan Akki, Christelle Ciari & Ash Mann. Dairaku may be taking over late again if the event runs long as Murata has to be at Korakuen Hall by 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET for a Tokyo Joshi Pro live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (same for Akki on the English side).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s not full capacity setup as they’re using the lower level box seats at 33-50% capacity (2 per box instead of the 4-6 for sumo) and also 1/4 of the venue is blocked off for the setup, so that means full capacity would probably be maybe 6000. What I can see in the lower level appears to be mostly full, most of what was left today was upper level seating. It looks like it’ll be a good number, my initial guess will be a minimum of 4000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 3579, a full house/near sellout)

GM Imabayashi begins with the opening announcements.

NwA Jr.-Shunma Katsumata, Yuni, Kazuma Sumi-come out to perform a song from their debut CD just released. Fun little number, will be fun to see if they can give Up Up Girls a run for their money. They do the opening shout to lead into the opening movie. DDT has also announced the album, consisting of 2 songs, will be available for download/streaming, at least in Japan, beginning tomorrow at 7 AM PT/10 AM ET.

The matches begin at 9:13 PM PT/12:13 AM ET. Tetsu Inada joins commentary before the first match begins. So Marika Tani presumably is a replacement for Kentaro Kumagai, which I won’t complain about.

Match 1: Demus & Illusion vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi (with bonus NwA Jr. performance). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat Demus & Illusion. Sumi pinned Demus. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 2: Shuji Ishikawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shinichiro Kawamatsu vs. Masa Takanashi, Daichi Sato (HEAT UP) & Yuki Ishida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shuji Ishikawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shinichiro Kawamatsu beat Masa Takanashi, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida. Ishikawa pinned Ishida after Fire Thunder.

Match 3: O-MENZ Kumadori Debut Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori (with O-MENZ performance as part of his entrance) vs. Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Akito. 30 minute time limit. O-MENZ can be described as a Japanese take on the iconic Jabbawockeez music/dance group as the performers wear Kabuki-style masks.
Result: Akito & Makoto Oishi beat Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori almost instantly. Akito pinned Hirata. Afterwards, Kumadori with microphone. Promo which sounded slightly muffled due to his headgear. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): O-MENZ Kumadori Debut Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori vs. Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Akito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori beat Makoto Oishi & Akito. Both pinned Oishi after a Kumadori twisting legdrop off the top rope. Comedy match with O-MENZ joining in the post-match victory dance to HIrata’s music. Impressive debut nonetheless.

Your new host is Haruo Murata, taking over for Satoshi Dairaku for now.

The DDT team for the next match gets a pep talk from GM Imabayashi until the TJPW squad shows up and Pom Harajuku lays them all out. Taped a few minutes ago. Which led to…
Match 4: Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku (Tokyo Joshi Pro) vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit. Representative Tetsuya Koda is seconding the TJPW team.
Result: Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku beat Super Sasadango Machine, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Tatsumi pinned Honda after a slow-motion assisted Missile Hip. At one point in the match Koda & GM Imabayashi had a comedy face-off/going at it in the ring. DDT comedy at its finest.

Match 5: Haruto Sakuraba Debut Match: Haruto Sakuraba, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Takao Soma. 30 minute time limit. It appears HARASHIMA is the current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion so title changes are possible
Result: Haruto Sakuraba, MJ Paul & KANON beat HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Takao Soma. KANON pinned Soma after Michinoku Driver.

Match 6: Jun Akiyama vs. Yukio Naya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama beat Yukio Naya by submission

Match 7: Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. Kenoh & Yu Owada (Pro Wrestling NOAH). 30 minute time limit
Result: Kenoh & Yu Owada beat Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura. Kenoh beat Nakamura with Kenoh Special. Kenoh & Aoki brawled all over the lower level of the Kokugikan throughout this match.

Quick break to clean up all the carnage in the front rows. Japanese commentary has some fun to entertain the fans.

Match 8: Danshoku Dieno (with Tetsu Inada) vs. Invisible Man (Toumei Ningen). 30 minute time limit
Result: Invisible Man beat Danshoku Dieno. This essentially was Dieno having a match by himself with Haruo Murata’s running commentary on the speakers for fans to follow along and more. More DDT comedy at its finest.

Satoshi Dairaku is your host once again, probably the rest of the way.

Match 9: Yuki Ueno (with new entrance music) vs. Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Takeshi Masada

Match 10: MAO & To-y vs. Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship. 1 Hour time limit
Result: MAO & To-y beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku to win the KO-D Tag Team Champinonship. MAO & To-y become the 85th KO-D Tag Team Champions. To-y pinned Koroku after Kojima Impact.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Daisuke Sasaki to retain the title. V1 for Brookes. They went over 35 minutes. Next up: The winner of a 4-way on 1/3, with the title match on 1/26.

The next event, the first of 2025, is Friday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE 2: Backstage after the event was over…

Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion HARASHIMA to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1703rd Champion.

And then…

Sanshiro Takagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. Takagi begomes the 1704th Champion.

Stardom 12/26/24 Results

Stardom ran the final NEW BLOOD event of the year today, the 17th installment of their showcase series for younger & less-experienced wrestlers.

Today’s event was held at New Sun Pier Takeshiba in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. You can watch the entire event below (the matches begin at the 11 minute mark):

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. It’s a small venue and wasn’t full capacity but from what I can see at the start it looks like between 150-200. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 215)

Match 1: Cohaku (Sendai Girls) beat Matoi Hamabe.

Match 2: Tomoka Inaba, Hina & Ranna Yagami beat Himiko, Mitsuki Kato & Yuma Makoto (Diana). Hina pinned Makoto.

Match 3: Yuna Mizumori & Tam Nakano beat Sumika Yanagawa & Misa Kami (JTO). Nakano beat Yanagawa.

Match 4: Honoka (WAVE) beat Rian.

Intermission.

Match 5: Saori Anou, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat ZONES, ChiChi & Sai (Evolution). Sakura pinned ChiChi after a spinning right head kick.

Main Event: Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO beat New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba to win the titles. Tsukiyama & HANAKO become the 4th New Blood Tag Team Champions. HANAKO pinned Rina after JP Coaster. Well, that’s one title record Rina won’t take away from big sister Hanan (she eclipsed Hanan’s Future Of Stardom Championship records before losing to Miyu Amasaki a couple months ago, which Stardom promptly cranked out special merchandise to profit off of). Afterwards, the new champs brought all the event’s participants out, including keeping reluctant Rina & Inaba in the ring, for the year-end group photo ops to end the show.

The next event is STARDOM GRAND QUEENDOM 2024, the year-end blowout event, Sunday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World for 4400 Japanese yen (about $30 US) will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. PPV purchase includes unlimited replays until the morning of 1/10/25. It will be available on demand on Stardom World for all monthly paying subscribers on or after 1/11/25. You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

In other news, the 1/3/25 year-opening event will also be a PPV, and it was announced that All Elite Wrestling’s Tay Melo (formerly Tay Conti) will return after a year-plus absence at this event. Melo has been away since she had her first child with her husband, AEW wrestler Sammy Guevara, in November 2023. She had recently been training to prepare for her return, but it not happening in AEW is quite a surprise.

Injury Report: Ultimate Party Pooper

DDT and New Japan have announced a late change to Saturday’s Ultimate Party 2024 event…it’s a bit of a bummer because Great-O-Khan is now off. Lower back and hip/side injuries suffered at Sunday’s New Japan event. He was to have faced DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno in an unofficial title match, where the result and potential title change would not be recognized. Invisible Man is the replacement and it’s now a NON-TITLE match. No word yet on Khan’s status for Tokyo Dome.

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: Rascalz Are Not GLEAT (Updated x2)

GLEAT has announced injury changes for their year-end 12/30 event at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, and it’s rather significant-Trey Miguel, one half of the Rascalz in TNA, is now off the event. Broken finger. As a result, the G INFINITY Championship held by Miguel & Zachary Wentz is now VACANT. They will give up the titles as a result. They were to have defended the titles against T-Hawk & El Lindaman. They will now face TBA to crown new champions, which according to the event poster will be Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Wentz will remain on the event and will face a member of the winning team from the first match (Takanori Ito, Issei Onitsuka & CIMA vs. Junjie, JD Lee & Mr. Iguana) in a Into The G-RUSH Rules match (7 minute time limit, 2 count pinfalls and only 2 rope escapes allowed).

UPDATE: Wentz is now off as well. Visa issues. Card changes TBA. The 12/30 winners may not get the actual title belts as with the Rascalz unable to travel to Japan they can’t physically return them yet.

UPDATE 2: The Into The G-RUSH Rules match that Wentz was to have been in will now be CIMA vs. a member of the winning team. As a result, CIMA is now off the first match listed above. Kumaarashi is the replacement.

All-Japan News: Rookie Trainee Released

In a brief statement on their website, All-Japan has announced trainee Sakito Terada has been released by the promotion, stating only that his contract was terminated by mutual agreement. He never got to debut as his first match was postponed due to a concussion. No further details were released.

Stardom 12/24/24 Results

Stardom’s final non-PPV year-end event, STARDOM YEAREND X’mas NIGHT 2024, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World AND YouTube FOR FREE! No signup or login required! There is Japanese commentary for today’s event as it also appears to have aired on TV in Japan. The YouTube version is below (both are the same, the entire broadcast ran 4 hours), the main card matches begin at the 43 minute mark:

The paid attendance has not been announced. Looked to be around 1000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1009)

Pre-show match: 2 new trainees, Akira & Yuria, held a 5-minute exhibition match that went the distance. Maika was referee. They briefly continued to fight after the time limit.

Match 1: High Speed Champion Mei Seira beat Momo Kohgo to retain the title. V3 for Seira.

Match 2: Rina, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen beat HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Inaba pinned Tsukiyama after Kamigoye.

Match 3: Saki Kashima beat Koguma & Matoi Hamabe in a 3-way by pinning Hamabe.

Match 4: Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat AZM, Suzu Suzuki & Cohaku (Sendai Girls) and Ranna Yagami, Tomoka Inaba & Nanami (Diana) when Anou pinned Inaba.

Match 5: Mayu Iwatani & Hazuki beat Hina & Lady C. Iwatani pinned Hina after a moonsault press.

Match 6: Syuri, Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Konami & Ruaka went to a double countout. Out of control brawl all over the venue.

Match 7: Future Of Stardom Champion Miyu Amasaki beat Sayaka Kurara to retain the title. V1 for Amasaki.

Main Event: Tam Nakano & Natsupoi beat Saya Kamitani & Starlight Kid. Nakano pinned Kamitani. Afterwards, a PPV preview video followed then the roster except for H.A.T.E. gathered in the ring for the year-end group photo ops to end the show.

The next event is NEW BLOOD 17 Thursday at New Pier Hall Takeshiba in Tokyo. Live streaming FOR FREE only on YouTube will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

The final event of the year is STARDOM GRAND QUEENDOM 2024 Sunday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on Stardom World as a PPV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. The PPV will cost 4400 Japanese yen or about $29 US and will include the live broadcast and unlimited replays until 1/10 at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. On 1/11 Japan time (1/10 late morning in the US) is the earliest it will be available for monthly Stardom World subscribers.

New Japan 12/23/24 Results (Updated x4)

New Japan wrapped up their 2024 today with the final event of the year and the conclusion of the Road To TOKYO DOME Tour.

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 1509, a legit sellout.

Pre-show match; Hiromu Takahashi beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 1: Jeff Cobb beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer).

Match 2: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles went to a no contest. Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors interference. Then United Empire interference. Which led to…

Match 3: Francesco Akira & TJP vs. Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney went to a no contest in 40 seconds. Chairs used by Bullet Club. Afterwards, Fujita proposed changing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 4-way match on 1/4, possibly to either a No DQ or a TLC (Tables, Ladders, Chairs) match. We’ll see.

Match 4; Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima & El Desperado beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & DOUKI. Desperado pinned TAKA after Pinche Loco.

Match 5: Tomoaki Honma, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Phantasmo pinned Takahashi after Thunder Kiss 86. Afterwards, EVIL cut off at least some of Tanahashi’s hair, much to the anger of the crowd.

Match 6; Gedo, SANADA & David Finlay beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Finlay pinned BUSHI after Overkill.

Main Event: Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Oiwa after Death Rider.

2024 has now come to a close for New Japan. And you know what that means…it’s the end, but also the beginning…

The next event is WRESTLE KINGDOM 19, the annual year-opener and the biggest event in all of Japanese pro wrestling and perhaps the biggest in the world outside of WrestleMania, on 1/4 at The Tokyo Dome. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live and exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan. (UPDATE: The event will now begin with a pre-show match on 1/3 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET)

UPDATE: Another 1/4 change-the KOPW Title is now dead. Retired by Great-O-Khan and won’t return next year. Instead, the New Japan Ranbo Battle Royal on 1/4 now has a new stip-the winner will get an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot after 1/5.

UPDATE 2: Both the 1/4 & 1/5 events will also be available as PPVs on Triller/FITE. Pricing TBA as they are not yet available for pre-order (I’m thinking they’ll be around $30 each with a $50 combo pack that has both). New Japan World subscribers get both included with subscription meaning you can watch both there for $9.99.

UPDATE 3: The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 4-way on 1/4 is now a Ladder Match.

UPDATE 4: PPV pre-orders on Triller/FITE are now available. $30 each or $48 for combo pack. Each includes live broadcast and unlimited replays for 3 months (until 4/4 and 4/5, respectively)

New Japan 12/22/24 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate event of the Road To TOKYO DOME Tour, and the year, today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1420, a full house/near sellout.

Pre-show match: Hiromu Takahashi beat Shoma Kato.

Match 1: Satoshi Kojima beat Boltin Oleg. This was to have been Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Oleg & Toru Yano, but Tenzan was a last-minute removal from the event due to a fever. Yano was also removed as a result.

Match 2; Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Jacob Austin Young & Jeff Cobb and Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa in a 3-way when Narita pinned Young. After the match, El Phantasmo, who has been away from the promotion due to treatment for cancer, appeared and announced he will return tomorrow, and also issued a NJPW WORLD TV Championship challenge. As a result, the 3-way for the title on 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome is now a 4-way.

Match 3: Master Wato & El Desperado beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Desperado beat TAKA with Numero Dos.

Match 4: Robbie Eagles beat Kevin Knight, Francesco Akira & Drilla Moloney in a 4-way by pinning Moloney.

Match 5: BUSHI, SHingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, SANADA & David FInlay. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Gene Blaster.

Match 6; Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino. Sabre pinned Tanahashi after Zack Driver.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls 3 Years Of KOPW Culmination Match, KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan vs. Taichi ended in a DRAW. 1-1-1. As a result, Khan retains the title. Fall 1, a No Ropes Push Out Match, was won by Taichi. Fall 2, with Yoshinobu Kanemaru as special referee, was won by Khan. Fall 3, a Last Man Standing Anywhere Match )originally a Last Man Standing Lumberjack Death Match), ended in a Double KO. Khan will be the final KOPW 2024 Champion as it will reset and start over for 2025.

The next event, and the final event of the year, is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Stardom 12/22/24 LIVE Results (Updated x2)

Stardom finishes up their weekend tripleheader today in Tokyo, headlined by the last 4-way match that will fill out the International Women’s Cup 4-way match at WRESTLE DYNASTY on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome. The winner today will represent Stardom against All Elite Wrestling, Ring Of Honor & CMLL and, based on the participants, I would call anyone but Syuri winning an upset as she’s up against Suzu Suzuki, Tomoka Inaba & Momo Watanabe. Anyone could win of course but I don’t see any of them beating Syuri, although Watanabe is the wild card because of potential H.A.T.E. interference. Also, after returning yesterday, Thekla apparently had her 3 week suspension lifted a couple days early as it was to go through today but she is on the card.

Today’s event will be held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World (the new relaunch mainly was a re-do of the website and the video archives with no real changes to streaming and still some issues present from before, albeit minor ones). There will be no commentary. The 4-way will have no time limit and there are 7 matches total, yesterday’s event ran a big longer than I predicted so today I’ll guess the event’s running time will be about 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuna Mizumori vs. Rian
AZM vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Aya Sakura in a 3-way
Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saki Kashima, Hina & Ranna Yagami
Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe vs. Konami, Rina & Thekla
Natsupoi, Sayaka Kurara & Momo Kohgo vs. Mei Seira, Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki
Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Maika vs. Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka
International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Syuri vs. Suzu Suzuki, Tomoka Inaba & Momo Watanabe in a 4-way

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

6:40 PM PT UPDATE: There has been a last-minute change to today’s event-AZM is now off. The always-vague poor health. The 3-way is now a single match (Tsukiyama vs. Sakura)

7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. Updates will begin in a few minutes.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced sometime tomorrow. Looks like a similar setup to Tokyo Joshi Pro yesterday and mostly full from what I can see. That has me thinking it’ll be around 400. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 489)

Today’s lineup rundown opens the event. The 4-way International Women’s Cup Qualifier is today’s main event.

The matches begin at 8:05 PM PT/11:05 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuna Mizumori vs. Rian. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuna Mizumori beat Rian by submission

Match 2: Waka Tsukiyama vs. Aya Sakura. 15 minute time limit
Result: Waka Tsukiyama beat Aya Sakura

Match 3: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saki Kashima, Hina & Ranna Yagami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma beat Saki Kashima, Hina & Ranna Yagami. Hazuki pinned Hina.

Match 4: Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe vs. Konami, Rina & Thekla. 20 minute time limit
Result: Konami, Rina & Thekla beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe. Thekla pinned Hanan after Poisonous Spider Drop. Thekla continued to beat down Hanan afterwards and Konami prevented Iida from making the save.

Match 5: Natsupoi, Sayaka Kurara & Momo Kohgo vs. Mei Seira, Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mei Seira, Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Natsupoi, Sayaka Kurara & Momo Kohgo. Seira pinned Kohgo after a sitout powerbomb.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 9:50 PM PT (5 minute break).

Match 6: Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Maika vs. Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Maika beat Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka. Maika pinned Ruaka after Michinoku Driver 2. Afterwards, Maika stopped to interact with several young children in the crowd and send them home very happy.

Main Event: International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Syuri vs. Suzu Suzuki, Tomoka Inaba & Momo Watanabe in a 4-way. No time limit
Result: Momo Watanabe beat Syuri, Suzu Suzuki & Tomoka Inaba in a 4-way by pinning Inaba. As a result, Watanabe advances to the International Women’s Cup 4-way on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome as the Stardom representative. Upset!

The next event is STARDOM YEAREND X’MAS NIGHT 2024 Tuesday at Korakuen Ball. Live streaming on Stardom World AND YouTube will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and best of all you can watch on both platforms FOR FREE!

UPDATE 2: An open practice session between two trainees, Akira & Yuria (guessing from translation), has been added to Tuesday. This will be a pre-show match starting 20 minutes before the event. It’s not known if it will be part of the Stardom World and/or YouTube broadcasts.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/22/24 LIVE Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up their 2024 today with another LIMIT BREAK ex. event. Like other events in the series, it will mostly focus on crossover matches with other promotions, in particular the ZERO1/REAL ZERO1 promotion. A title match will be the main event as (ZERO1) World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki defends against Junya Matsunaga.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches and none will probably have more than a 30 minute time limit, including the title match, so I anticipate the event’s total running time being around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yu Owada vs. Satsuki Nagao
The Reeve Masks 1 & 2 vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Black Menso-re
Hajime Ohara, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
Mohammed Yone & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Koji Doi
Atsushi Kotoge vs. Koji Iwamoto
ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Junya Matsunaga for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is sitll filing in and it’s probably the normal smaller-capacity setup (the venue’s normal max capacity is 600), with other events happening now around Tokyo plus seeing a number of empty ringside seats I’ll guess the number will be around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 243)

The matches should begin in a few minutes.

The matches begin at 7:03 PM PT/10:03 PM ET.

Match 1: Yu Owada vs. Satsuki Nagao. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yu Owada beat Satsuki Nagao

Match 2: The Reeve Masks 1 & 2 vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: The Reeve Mask 1 & 2 beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Black Menso-re. Mask 1 pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: Hajime Ohara, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Masato Tanaka (now bald), Takuya Sugawara & Yoshikazu Yokoyama. 20 minute time limit
Result: Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara & Yoshikazu Yokoyama beat Hajime Ohara, Shuhei Taniguchi & Kohei Kinoshita. Tanaka pinned Ohara after Sliding D.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Match 4: Mohammed Yone & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Koji Doi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mohammed Yone & Shuji Ishikawa beat Kazuyuki Fujita & Koji Doi. Yone pinned Doi after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 5: Atsushi Kotoge vs. Koji Iwamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Junya Matsunaga for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki beat Junya Matsunaga to retain the title. V3 for Shiozaki.

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