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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.

Stardom 7/23/24 Results

Stardom ran another unusual weeknight event to begin a stretch of big events leading into the 5STAR GP.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 1017.

Match 1; Starlight Kid, AZM & Suzu Suzuki beat Mina Shirakawa, Gina & HANAKO. Suzuki pinned HANAKO with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: 5STAR GP Blue Block Entrant Tournament: Miyu Amasaki beat Aya Sakura.

Match 3: 5STAR GP Blue Block Entrant Tournament: Lady C beat Momo Kohgo.

Match 4: 5STAR GP Red Block Entrant Tournament: Waka Tsukiyama beat Sayaka Kurara.

Match 5: 5STAR GP Red Block Entrant Tournament: Yuna Mizumori beat Ruaka by DQ. Weapon use and punching (closed fist punching is illegal in Stardom).

Match 6: Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami, Tomoka Inaba & Hina beat Mayu Iwatani, Koguma, Hazuki & Rian. Inaba pinned Rian after MIchinoku Driver.

Match 7: Rina & Azusa Inaba beat New Blood Tag Team Champions Hanan & Saya Iida to win the titles. Rina & Inaba become the 3rd New Blood Tag Team Champions. Rina pinned Hanan after Pink Devil. Little sister takes big sister’s title.

Match 8: Natsuko Tora, Fukigen, Natsupoi & Mei Seira beat Maika, Saori Anou, Tam Nakano & Saya Kamitani. Tora pinned Maika after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Momo Watanabe & Thekla beat Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Syuri & Konami to win the titles. Watanabe & Thekla become the 34th Goddesses Of Stardom Champions. Watanabe pinned Syuri after Peach Sunrise. Afterwards, Konami turned on Syuri and joined in a big heel beatdown, defecting from God’s Eye to the Oedo Tai faction.

The next event is STARDOM WONDER RENDEZVOUS Saturday at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido. Live streaming as a PPV for 4400 Japanese yen (about $28 US) or as a bundle including Sunday’s PPV for 6000 Japanese yen (about $40 US, Sunday is also available separately for 4400 yen) will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. PPV purchases include unlimited on demand replays until Wednesday morning. The events should be available on Stardom World for monthly subscribers after the PPV window ends.

Injury Report: NOAH Star Voyage On Hold (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced an injury change to this weekend’s charity event in Ishikawa: Ulka Sasaki is now off. Shoulder. He was to have teamed with Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf to face Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamoya & Yoshiki Inamura. Shuji Kondo is the replacement-he was to have faced Tadasuke & Super Crazy in a 3-way, that match is now a single match. It’s not known how long Sasaki may be out, important with the N-1 VICTORY Tournament upcoming.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Go Shiozaki is now off too. Back.

NOAH News: Akitoshi Saito Retirement Update

Following the announcement of his retirement last week, Pro Wrestling NOAH held a press conference with Akitoshi Saito today to announce further details. Specifically the date-his retirement event will be on 11/17 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya.

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: Desperado For A Break

Breaking injury news from New Japan: After jokingly blaming his DDT match today against Chris Brookes for having holes all over his body, El Desperado got serious and announcing he is headed to the sidelines. Meniscus surgery for an injury he’s been dealing with for 6 months. Out indefinitely but it’ll be several months. With the G1 CLIMAX now underway, he & the Junior Heavyweights get a few weeks off so it comes at a good time. Desperado has vowed to come back at 100% and reclaim the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.