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All-Japan 7/20/24 Results (Updated(

All-Japan wrapped up the Summer Action Series 2024 tour today in Tokyo.

Toady’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1341,

The pre-show was an Actress Girls segment and match.

Match 1: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Seiki Yoshioka & MUSASHI beat Naruki Doi & Senor Saito to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Saito after Estrellaftulo. V1 for the champs.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino, Ryo Inoue, Hideki Suzuki, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Hokuto Omori, Cyrus, Kumaarashi, Jack Kennedy & Aizawa No. 1. Inoue pinned 1 with a Daikannon suplex hold.

Match 3: Kyohei Wada (referee) 50th Anniversary Match: Masanobu Fuchi, Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama, Dan Tamura & Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer). Rei Saito pinned Tamura after a chokeslam.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi beat Ren Ayabe by ref stoppage. As a result, Aoyagi gets an All-Japan Triple Crown shot on 8/17.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara beat Rising Hayato.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Anzai beat Ryuki Honda to retain the Triple Crown. V4 for Anzai. Next up: Not Aoyagi…yet. First, Rei Saito. That match will happen on 8/3.

The next event is 8/3 at at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 8/2 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

In other news, the 2024 Royal Road Tournament and field was announced. This a 16-man single-elimination tournament. The full field: Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai, Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Kento Miyahara, Suwama, Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Ren Ayabe, Hohuto Omori, Dan Tamura, Hideki Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Cyrus, Kumaarashi, Joel Redman. Redman, an 18-year veteran from England, was scheduled to participate in the 2020 Champions Carnival but was unable to travel to Japan due to the coronavirus pandemic. He first competed in All-Japan in the 2910 Champions Carnival and World’s Strongest Tag League, and his career includes being the inaugural WWE NXT Tag Team Champions with former Dragon Gate and current All Elite Wrestling wrestler Pac (who also competed in WWE for a time after leaving Dragon Gate).
The tournament schedule is as follows:
Round 1: 9/14 (Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall, Nagoya), 9/15 (Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka), 9/16 (Hanahaku Memorial Park Tsurumi Ryokuchi Dogwood Hal, Osaka)
Quarterfinals: 9/19 (Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo)
Semifinals/Finals: 9/22 (Korakuen)

UPDATE: After the event, it was announced MUSASHI has officially signed with the promotion.

Stardom 7/19/24 Results

Stardom headed to Sendai yesterday for an event before they continue their recent crossover battles with Sendai Girls.

Yesterday’s event was held at Sendai Pit in Sendai and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 247.

Match 1; AZM beat Ranna Yagami.

Match 2: Lady C beat Rian & Mei Seira in a 3-way by pinning Rian.

Match 3: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura. Amasaki pinned Sakura after Amanohashidate.

Match 3: Mina Shirakawa, Gina & Waka Tsukiyama beat Hazuki, Saia Iida & Momo Kohgo. Gina pinned Iida.

Match 4: Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Fukigen beat Syuri, Konami & Saki Kashima. Thekla pinned Konami after Poisonous Spider Drop. This was Thekla’s return from a 3 event (1 week) suspension last week for assaulting a film crew member recording backstage comments.

Match 5: Saori Anou, Tam Nakano & Natsupoi beat Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Koguma. Nakano pinned Hanan after Violet Screwdriver.

Main Event: Maika & Saya Kamitani beat Natsuko Tora & Ruaka. Kamitani pinned Ruaka aftera Frankensteiner.

The next event is tomorrow at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. I will try and do live results although this conflicts with other events at the same time.

New Japan 7/20/24 Results

New Japan kicked off the G1 CLIMAX 34, the promotion’s biggest tournament of the year, today and with that we are officially on the Road To Tokyo Dome.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired live as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 in TV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 4177.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block B: Boltin Oleg beat Ren Narita. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 2: Block A: Callum Newman beat Shota Umino. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 3: Block B: HENARE beat El Phantasmo.

Match 4: Block A: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 5: Block B: Jeff Cobb beat Hirooki Goto.

Match 6: Block A: Jake Lee beat SANADA.

Match 7: Block B: Yuya Uemura beat David Finlay.

Match 8: Block A: EVIL beat Gabriel Kidd.

Match 9: Block B: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yota Tsuji.

Main Event: Block A: Shingo Takagi beat Tetsuya Naito.

Day 2 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. If time and conditions permit I will try to do live results.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/20/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran another LIMIT BREAK ex. event today, continuing their series of crossover events with other promotions.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 252.

Match 1: Jun Akiyama (DDT) beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Yasu & Hide Kubota (Independent/Freelancers) beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Takumi Saito (Independent/Freelancers). Yasu Kubota pinned Saito after a swanton bomb.

Match 3: Yoshitatsu beat Junya Matsunaga (ZERO1).

Match 4: Akira Iwamoto & Yuko Kikuchi (Independent/Freelancers) beat Atsushi Kotoge & Kohei Kinoshita (Independent/Freelancer). Iwamoto pinned Kinoshita after Solitary Art.

Match 5: Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Haruto Ki (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masato Tanaka, Chris Weiss & Takuya Sugawara (ZERO1). Hi69 pinned SUhawara after Stuka Splash.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Akitoshi Saito & Shuji Ishikawa. Shiozaki pinned Saito after Go Lariat.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the monthly STAR NAVIGATION ’24 event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin TONIGHT at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET with live rtesults being provided. This will be an ABEMA exclusive broadcast. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

In other news, regarding Akitoshi Saito’s retirement announcement recently, a press conference with Saito about this will be held Monday. It will be streamed live on YouTube beginning Sunday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24” LIVE Results (7/20/24)

Tokyo Joshi Pro’s quarterly blowout event, SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24, kicks off a big weekend of wrestling across Japan today. Their annual summer tentpole event is a morning matinee event and is loaded up with 9 matches including 2 title matches and familiar foreign talent returning. In the main event, Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe defends the title against Rika Tatsumi. Can Watanabe keep her reign alive against her Daydream partner & friend or will Tatsumi become a 2-time champion? In the second title match, Yuki Arai looks to become a 2-time Princess Tag Team Champion by adding the title to her International Princess Championship, this time teaming with Moka Miyamoto to challenge Suzume & Arisu Endo for the titles. Elsewhere, Japanese veteran & AEW part-timer Emi Sakura makes a special appearance and Hall of Famer Aja Kong faces Shoko Nakajima.

There have been late changes to the card because Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu are off the original lineup. Kakuta is out due to a lower back injury that has put her retirement match next week in potential jeopardy. She was to have faced Yuki Kamifuku. Kakeru Sekiguchi is the replacement. Kiryu is off due to the always-vague poor health/physical condition (probably illness). She was to have teamd with Yuna Manase & Kaya Toribami to face Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Moeka Haruhi, who just returned to Ganbare Pro this past weekend after an extended absence to be a kidney donor to save her sister’s life, is the replacement for her second match back. Haruhi also has joined Ganbare after spending most of the last decade as a freelancer.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. Former SKE48 member Marika Tani makes her regular major-event appearance as a guest on Japanese commentary. Fans will be allowed to throw streamers/paper tape today. There will be a post-event party/gathering at a nearby venue after the event which may affect running times slightly although schedules are subject to change, but this probably will be a normal major event in terms of running time and go around 2 1/2 hours. The longest it could possibly go would be a little over 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Wakana Uehara, Toga & Runa Okubo vs. HIMWARI, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro
Chika Nanase vs. Kira Summer
Mei Suruga vs. Uta Takami
Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi & Kaya Toribami
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Emi Sakura & Mizuki
Aja Kong vs. Shoko Nakajima
Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Rika Tatsumi fro the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET.

6:40 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in a few minutes.

6:50 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita & Marika Tani. Your English hosts are Mr. Haku & Baliyan Akki.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Usual reduced capacity setup and crowd still filing in but it looks mostly full already, so it should be at least in the 700-750 range. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 873)

The matches should begin in 20-25 minutes.

During Sayuri Namba’s opening announcements, they announce the year-end event for 12/29 and the 2025 opener for Tokyo Dome morning on 1/4/25, both at Korakuen. She then brings out Nao Kakuta to address the crowd, appearing even though she can’t compete today due to a back injury. Up Up Girls then come out. (Looks like matches will begin around 7:15 PM PT)

The matches begin at 7:20 PM/10:20 PM ET.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara, Toga & Runa Okubo vs. HIMWARI, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara, Toga & Runa Okubo beat HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro. Toga pinned Suzuki after Rock Bottom.

Match 2: Chika Nanase vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kira Summer beat Chika Nanase. Kira’s first career victory!

Match 3: Mei Suruga (Chocolate Pro Wrestling) vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mei Suruga beat Uta Takami by submission. More of a comedy match.

Match 4: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro), Moeka Haruhi (Ganbare Pro) & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi & Kaya Toribami. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT. Comedy match of course.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi (Independent/Freelancer). 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Kakeru Sekiguchi. Nao Kakuta, who was supposed to have faced Kamifuku, was at ringside for the match. Post-match, Kamifuku with microphone. She briefly put Kakuta over then Kakuta came in to apologize for not being able to compete and thanked the crowd for coming out. She hoped they would come to her retirement match Thursday.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Emi Sakura (Chocolate Pro Wrestling/All Elite Wrestling) & Mizuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Emi Sakura & Mizuki. Yamashita pinned Mizuki after Skull Kick. And for good measure Sakura gave Mizuki a tilt-a-whrl backbreaker afterwards. Happy Happy!

Match 7: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) vs. Shoko Nakajima. 20 minute time limit
Result: Aja Kong beat Shoko Nakajima

Match 8: Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto for the titles. 30 minute time limit (This is the first time I’ve ever seen Suzume without her traditional jet-black hair! She dyed it blonde today, also has a new outfit)
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto to retain the titles. Endo beat Miyamoto with a camel clutch. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Rika Tatsumi fro the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Rika Tatsumi to retain the title. V3 for Watanabe. Next up: Probably the Tokyo Princess Cup winner at WRESTLE PRINCESS 5 unless Watanabe wins.

The next event is the Nao Kakuta Retirement Event (they call it graduation) Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Hopefully Kakuta will be able to compete in her final match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

News: Japan Pro Wrestling Federation Approaching Incorporation

The Japan Pro Wrestling Federation, an alliance being formed by 11 Japanese promotions-New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT, Dragon Gate, Big Japan, Ganbare Pro, Kyushu Pro, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Stardom and Diana-appears to be headed towards incorporation following a pair of ALL TOGETHER events held in May & June as fundraisers for Noto Peninsula earthquake recovery efforts. An executive structure has also been agreed upon once incorporation is completed: CyberFight Co. Vice President & DDT wrestler Sanshiro Takagi (who is about to go on indefinite hiatus) will be the Representative Director, while Executive Directors will be Kyushu Pro Chairman Ryota Chikuzen, DRAGONGATE Co. Director Ryo Saito, and New Japan Board OF Directors Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi. Also in attendance were DDT General Manager Hisaya Imabayashi & New Japan President Hiroshi Tanahashi.
The Federation will continue to hold meetings and other events to consider and disseminate measures for the professional wrestling world.

More as it becomes available.

Injuey Report: No Limit Break for ZERO1 Wrestler

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced a change to this Saturday’s LIMIT BREAK ex. event: REAL ZERO1 wrestler Satsuki Nagao is now off the card. Unspecified injury. He was to have faced Yoshitatsu. Junya Matsunaga (also from REAL ZERO1) is the replacement.

Injury Report: Early Summer Sunsets

More injury news from Tokyo Joshi Pro ahead of SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24 this Saturday, and it’s unfortunate because of the two absences now, Nao Kakuta remains one of them. Existing lower back injury. She was to have faced Yuki Kamifuku. Kakeru Sekiguchi is the replacement. Kakuta will participate in a post-event autograph session, but now there should be worry about her status for her final match scheduled for next week and if this injury could be career-ending without one last match. Additionally, Mahiro Kiryu is now off too. The always-vague poor health/physical condition. She was to have teamed with Yuna Manase & Kaya Toribami to face Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Moeka Haruhi, who just returned from a long absence to be a kidney donor to her sister, is the replacement. Haruhi will be at the post-event party but no Kiryu, so refunds will be offered to affected fans.

Injury Report: Rmphasis on Sore in Sohrei

Updating recent injury news from Stardom, it was announced that Ami Sohrei, who missed recent events due to injury, is now out long-term. Torn left ACL. Apparently she competed through it for at least 2 years. Out indefinitely but will be months and she is out of the upcoming 5STAR GP.

In other injury news, It was also announced Sayaka Kurara is out this week. Undisclosed injury treatment. Out Friday & Sunday. Expected to return next Tuesday.

More as it becomes available.

News: Freelancer Joins Ganbare Pro

At their event yesterday in Tokyo (results to be posted when available), Ganbare Pro announced that Moeka Haruhi, who has been a regular in the promotion since July 2018 as a freelancer, has joined the promotion effective immediately. She had also been working in a front office and support capacity since the promotion left CyberFight Corporation (owner of DDT, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Pro Wrestling NOAH and WRESTLE UNIVERSE) in April. Yesterday marked Haruhi’s return to action after being out since last year to be a living kidney donor to help save her sister’s life and to recover from the operation.