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New Japan 7/28/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 6 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, Day 4 of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1780.

Match 1: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & SANADA. Tanahashi beat TAKA with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 2: Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Khan pinned Togo after Eliminator.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Sabre pinned Honma after Zack Driver.

Match 4: BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Jake Lee & Gabriel Kidd. BUSHI pinned Gedo.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg beat El Phantasmo.
Match 6: Jeff Cobb beat Yuya Uemura.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita beat HENARE.
Match 8: David Finlay beat Ren Narita.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto beat Yota Tsuji.
After today, Uemura & Takeshita are tied for the lead at 3-1, 6 points. Everyone else except Phantasmo & Tsuji are at 2-2, 4 points, those other two are 1-3, 2 points.

Day 7 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/28/24 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a special charity fundraiser event for Noto Peninsula earthquake recovery efforts today in Ishikawa. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to disaster relief efforts.

Today’s event was held at Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1316, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Yu Owada beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 2: Shuji Kondo & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge. Kondo pinned Kotoge after a King Kong lariat.

Match 3: Super Crazy beat Hi69.

Match 4: Eita & Ninja Mack beat Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki. Mack pinned Ohara after a whirlwind kick.

Match 5: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Ryohei Oiwa, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Inamura pinned Wolf after Musou.

Match 6: Jack Morris, Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Morris pinned Tadasuke after a tiger driver.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, AMAKUSA & Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal by ref stoppage. AMAKUSA beat Cristobal.

The next event is the N-1 VICTORY Tournament beginning on 8/4 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET…and even better, the WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast will be available to everyone FOR FREE! This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: The main event stoppage was due to a Cristobal injury. Possible concussion. Hospitalized as a precaution but has since been released. Out indefinitely. Card changes for the future TBA but he was not part of the N-1 field.

Stardom 7/27/24 Results

Stardom ran the first half of their latest major event weekend today, STARDOM SAPPORO WONDER RENDEZVOUS.

Today’s event was held at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World until Wednesday morning. It should be available for all subscribers after that.

The announced paid attendance was 701.

Match 1: Lady C & Hina beat Gina & Rian. Hina pinned Rian after a jackhammer.

Match 2: Mayu Iwatani beat HANAKO. This is the last or second-to-last match for HANAKO before she heads to the USA for a tour next month.

Match 3: Saki Kashima beat Aya Sakura in 26 seconds.

Match 4; 5STAR GP Red Block Contender Tournament Finals: Yuna Mizumori beat Waka Tsukiyama. As a result, Mizumori is in the tournament in the Red Block.

Match 5: Tam Nakano beat Sayaka Kurara.

Match 6: Starlight Kid, AZM, Suzu Suzuki, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Hazuki, Koguma, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. AZM pinned Hanan after Canadian Destroyer.

Match 7: Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Saya Kamitani & Syuri beat Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Konami & Ruaka. Maika pinned Ruaka after Michinoku Driver 2.

Match 8: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina beat Ranna Yagami to retain the title.V10(!) for Rina. That ties the record held by her sister Hanan. Next up for the record attempt: Sounds like Hina…her other sister.

Main Event: Natsupoi beat Wonder Of Stardom Champion Saori Anou to win the title. Natsupoi becomes the 23rd Wonder Of Stardom Champion.

The second half of the weekend, STARDOM WORLD RENDEZVOUS, is tomorrow headlined by World Of Stardom Champion Maika vs. Natsuko Tora for the title and perhaps much more. Live streaming on Stardom World as a PPV will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/28/24 LIVE Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the annual Tokyo Princess Cup today with an event in Tokyo. The promotion’s sole singles tournament each year, this is a single-elimination format tournament featuring the entire roster, or at least those able and available to participate. This year the number is down to 19 because of injuries and absent wrestlers, most notably the otherwise-heavy favorite Miyu Yamashita, who is out because of her latest US tour. Such a tour next month takes Maki Itoh out too. At least 3 wrestlers are out with injuries. So in addition to a couple of Round 1 matches there also will be several Round 2 matches today as part of 6 total tournament matches-Round 1 matches all will take place today and are Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe opening against Arisu Endo, Yuki Arai (naturally my pick to win) vs. Kaya Toribami and Runa Okubo vs. Yuki Aino. In Round 2 matches, Mizuki faces Moka Miyamoto, Pom Harajuku faces Yuki Kamiduku and Shino Suzuki faces Suzume.

As noted above, Yamashita is off today’s event due to her US tour.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. This is a larger than normal non-major event card with 8 scheduled matches, and tournament matches normally have no time limit so I anticipate this will run longer than a normal house show for TJPW, probably closer to 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Shoko Nakajima, Raku, HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami vs. Zara Zakher, Wakana Uehara, Kira Summer, Toga & Chika Nanase
Rika Tatsumi vs. Maki Iroh & Mahiro Kiryu in a 3-way
Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1:
Miu Watanabe vs. Arisu Endo
Yuki Arai vs. Kaya Toribami
Runa Okubo vs. Yuki Aino
Tokyo Princess Cup Round 2:
Mizuki vs. Moka Miyamoto
Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Kamifuku
Shino Suzuki vs. Suzume

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

6:25 PM PT UPDATE: Late changes to today-Yuki Kamifuku is now off. The always-vague poor health. Tournament match vs. Pom Harajuku is moved to 8/3. The 3-way is now Tatsumi & Kiryu vs. Itoh & Harajuku.

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The hard camera didn’t zoom out early for a look at the fixed seating beyond around the ring, which seemed mostly full. These events average 200-250 so I’m guessing it’ll be near 250 (full capacity for the venue is somewhere between 400-500). (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 347, a super full house/very near sellout)

At the start of the opening announcements Sayuri Namba announces the above card change due to no Yuki Kamifuku.

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

During the card rundown the above tag match was changed again. Now it’s apparently Tatsumi & Harajuku vs. Itoh & Kiryu.

The matches begin at 8:43 PM PT/11:43 PM ET.

Match 1: Shoko Nakajima, Raku, HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami vs. Zara Zakher, Wakana Uehara, Kira Summer, Toga & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima, Raku, HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami beat Zara Zakher, Wakana Uehara, Kira Summer, Toga & Chika Nanase. Raku pinned Nanase after Doctor Yellow.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Maki Itoh & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu. Itoh pinned Kiryu with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.

Match 3: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Runa Okubo vs. Yuki Aino. No time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Runa Okubo. As a result, Aino advances to Round 2 and will face Shoko Nakajima.

Match 4: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 2: Shino Suzuki vs. Suzume. No time limit
Result: Suzume beat Shino Suzuki. As a result, Suzume advances to the Quarterfinals and will face TBA, which will be the winner of Yuki Arai/Kaya Toribami vs. Wakana Uehara on 8/3.

Match 5: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Yuki Arai vs. Kaya Toribami. No time limit
Result: Yuki Arai beat Kaya Toribami. As a result, Arai advances to Round 2 and will face Wakana Uehara.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 6: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 2: Mizuki vs. Moka Miyamoto. No time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Moka Miyamoto. As a result, Mizuki advances to the Quarterfinals and will face TBA, which will be the winner of Miu Watanabe/Arisu Endo vs. Zara Zakher on 8/3.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Miu Watanabe vs. Arisu Endo. No time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Arisu Endo. As a result, Watanabe advances to Round 2 and will face Zara Zakher. The rare instance where, on paper, due to the massive size difference the champion may very well be the underdog.

With one fewer match than planned due to Kamifuku’s late removal, this event was much shorter than I anticipated, checking in at only about 110 minutes.

The next event is Saturday at Shinjuku Face with the rest of Round 2 (now 6 matches). Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

New Japan 7/27/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 5 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today, the fourth day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Dejima Messe Nagasaki in Nagasaki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1616.

Match 1: Konosuke Takeshita & HENARE beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Takeshita pinned Murashima.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Yano pinned Jado.

Match 3: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. Akira pinned TAKA after Fireball.

Match 4; Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Gedo & David Finlay. Kanemaru pinned Gedo with Samson Clutch.

Match 5: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto. Tsuji pinned Honma after Gene Blaster.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 6: Callum Newman beat Shingo Takagi.
Match 7: SANADA beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 8: Shota Umino beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 9: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jake Lee.
Main Event: EVIL beat Tetsuya Naito.
After 4 days EVIL & Sabre are tied for the lead at 4-0, 8 points, 4 points ahead of everyone else.

Day 6 is tomorrow at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Injury Report: Ill Son Of Wagner Jr.

Another casualty for Pro Wrestling NOAH’s weekend charity event as they have announced Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is now off Sunday’s Ishikawa event. Illness. He joins Go Shiozaki & Ulka Sasaki on the sidelines for this event. Card changes have been made. It’s not known if he will miss any more time but as of now will hopefully be back for the N-1 VICTORY Tournament.

DEVELOPING: Longtime Women’s Wrestler to Possibly Retire (Updated)

This is currently in the rumor stage, but Tokyo Sports reports Meiko Satomura, a nearly 30-year veteran, co-founder of Sendai Girls and WWE wrestler/coach, will retire next spring, possibly around her 30th anniversary in wrestling in April 2025. Satomura, 44, debuted at just 15 in All-Japan Women in 1995, then moved on to GAEA Japan and when it folded in 2005 she launched Sendai Girls with fellow wrestler Jinsei Shinzaki. In 2019 she signed with WWE as a wrestler & coach, mostly competing in the short-lived NXT UK sub-label and NXT until last year, but she did compete on hose shows last weekend when WWE returned to Japan. The article indicates Satomura intends to remain involved in pro wrestling after retirement. When asked for comment, Satomura did bot confirm or deny the report, only saying more details would be announced at a later time.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: A press conference will be held TONIGHT (7/26) at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET and van be watched LIVE on the Sendai Girls and WRESTLE UNIVERSE YouTube channels.

New Japan 7/25/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 4 of the G1 CLIMAX 34 today.

Today’s event was held at Sun Messe Kagawa in Kagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1219.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku & SANADA beat Katsuya Murashima & Toru Yano. TAKA beat Murashima with Just Face Lock.

Match 2: Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Shoma Kato, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Akira pinned Kato after Fireball.

Match 3: Gabriel Kidd & Jake Lee beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Kidd pinned Fujita after a leg trap piledriver.

Match 4: Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Takagi pinned Togo after a sliding Pumping Bomber.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Hirooki Goto beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 6: Ren Narita beat Jeff Cobb.
Match 7: El Phantasmo beat Yota Tsuji.
Match 8: David Finlay beat HENARE.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Konosuke Takeshita.

After 4 days Uemura is the block leader at 3-0, 6 points. 3 are tied for 2nd at 2-1, 4 points.

Day 5 is Saturday at Dejima Messe Nagasaki in Nagasaki. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/25/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro said goodbye to Nao Kakuta today as she retired following her final match at her farewell event, titled “You Are Our Treasures”. Thankfully she was able to return from a lower back injury that cost her most of the past month and compete in her retirement match.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 284, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki beat Wakana Uehara, Toga & Chika Nanase. Suzume pinned Nanase after Mikazuki Meteor Shower.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima beat Uta Takami & HIMAWARI in a 3-way by pinning Takami.

Match 3: Moka Miyamoto, Kaya Toribami & Kira Summer beat Miu Watanabe, Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro. Miyamoto beat Okubo with Rashomon.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Tatsumi pinned Kiryu after Missile Hip.

Main Event: Nao Kakuta Retirement Match: Mizuki beat Nao Kakuta. After the match, a retirement ceremony was held for Kakuta, including fans being allowed to throw paper tape/streamers at the end before the final roster photo. Kakura intends to remain active in other projects, possibly including stage/theater performances that she has increased participation in over the last year or two.

The next event is the Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament beginning Sunday at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. Live results are tentatively scheduled (pending other schedule conflicts that day).

DDT News: Wrestler Leaving Promotion (Updated)

At a press conference today in Tokyo, DDT announced Makoto Oishi will be leaving the promotion in October. Contract expiring. His last event as a member of the roster will be 10/3. Oishi stated he is not retiring (he has been active for 22 years, the last 13 with DDT after 9 years with TAKA Michinoku’s former KAIENTAI DOJO promotion) and will continue to be active as a freelancer.

UPDATE: More details as to why this is happening have come out…it’s primarily for family reasons. His wife’s (former wrestler Misaki Ohata) father passed away recently and they decided to buy a house near her parents’ home in Miyagi Prefecture. They also have two children, 3 & 5, about to begin school. So he will be based in Sendai and be a freelancer going forward. He had other roles in DDT according to Director Akito, including bus driver and working behind-the-scenes, and noted the door will remain open to Oishi appearing in DDT whenever they go to Sendai and possibly for major Tokyo events.