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Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/26/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 780, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo & Eita beat Starboy Charlie & Yu Owada. Eita pinned Owada after Imperial Uno.

Match 2: Titus Alexander beat LJ Cleary.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki & Mohammed Yone beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Daiki Inaba. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat.

Match 4; Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Marufuji pinned Greene after Shiranui.

Match 5: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 to retain the titles. YO-HEY pinned Hi69 after a dropkick. V7 for the champs. Next up: Kondo & Eita. That match will happen on 6/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Cristobal beat Masa Kitamiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Junta Miyawaki & Andy Wu. Kiyomiya pinned Miyawaki after Hontai Shining Wizard.

The next event is The Reeve Presents LIMIT BREAK .2 Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

In other news, the full card for GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA on 6.16 is set and one more title match has been added: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura for the titles.

New Japan 5/26/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 9 of Best Of The Super Junior 31 today.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1520.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches, 30 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block B-Ninja Mack beat KUSHIDA.

Match 2; Block A-HAYATA beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 3: Block B-Sho beat Dragon Dia.

Match 4: Block A-Blake Christian beat BUSHI.

Match 5: Block B-Taiji Ishimori beat Drilla Moloney.

Match 6: Block A-Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Titan.

Match 7: Block A-Kevin Knight beat Clark Connors.

Match 8: Block B-Hiromu Takahashi beat Robbie Eagles.

Main Event: Block A-TJP beat El Desperado.

Standings:
Block A:
1-HAYATA, 5-3, 10 pts
2-Christian, 5-3, 10 pts
3-Titan, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Desperado, 5-3, 10 pts
5-TJP, 4-4, 8 pts
6-Knight, 4-4, 8 pts
7-Connors, 4-4, 8 pts
8-Kanemaru, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-BUSHI, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
10-Fujita, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Takahashi, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Ishimori, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Sho, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Eagles, 5-3, 10 pts
5-DOUKI, 4-3, 8 pts
6-KUSHIDA< 4-3, 8 pts
7-Moloney, 4-3, 8 pts
8-Mack, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Akira, 2-7, 3 pts (OUT) (injured)
10-Dia, 0-7, 0 pts (OUT)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals.

Day 10 is Tuesday at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka with Block B matches only. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

DDT Pro Wrestling 5/26/24 Results (Updated)

DDT wraps up the 20th Anniversary KING OF DDT Tournament today with the Semifinals and Finals. The winner should get a KO-D Openweight Championship match in the near future, but it may not be until WRESTLE PETER PAN and it may not be against current champion Yuki Ueno, who has to next defend in a couple weeks against Sanshiro Takagi. The final four are MAO, Kazusada Higuchi, Chris Brookes & Daisuke Sasaki, and those in order are the Semifinals with the Finals being the main event. Some WRESTLE PETER PAN announcements have also been promised today, and former wrestler Saki Akai will make a pre-event appearance in person.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Voice actor Kentaro Kumagai will be a special guest on commentary. There will be a pre-show match 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. Including that match, and with the tournament matches having no time limit, it will probably be a normal running time for this type of event, meaning around 2 1/2 hours and plenty of time to get to Ryogoku Kokugikan for the final day of grand sumo and the top-tier championship matches.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Yuni & Keigo Nakamura vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi

Main show:
KANON & MJ Paul vs. HARASHIMA & Akito
KING OF DDT Semifinals:
MAO vs. Kazusada Higuchi
Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Sasaki
Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi and Yukio Naya & Takeshi Masada in a 3-way
Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Poison Sawada JULIE, Shuji Ishikawa & Masa Takanashi
Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
KING OF DDT Finals (Semifinal winners)

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:15 PM PT/10:15 PM ET. The live stream begins at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

7:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & special guest Kentaro Kumagai.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but they have slightly higher than normal capacity with some bleacher seats open behind commentary on the opposite hard-camera side. Hopefully they can get to around 1000 but based on advance sales it’ll probably be closer to 800. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1005, a full house/near sellout)

Pre-show match: Yuni & Keigo Nakamura vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuni & Keigo Nakamura beat Illusion & Kazuma Sumi. Nakamura pinned Sumi.

Main show:
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET.

Match 1: KANON & MJ Paul vs. HARASHIMA & Akito. 30 minute time limit
Result: KANON & MJ Paul beat HARASHIMA & Akito. KANON pinned Akito.

Preview video for the next match. Your host when we return is Haruo Murata.

Match 2: KING OF DDT Semifinals: MAO vs. Kazusada Higuchi. No time limit
Result: MAO beat Kazusada Higuchi. As a result, MAO advances to the Finals to face the winner of the next match in the main event.

Match 3: KING OF DDT Semifinals: Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Sasaki. It has been changed last-second to a No DQ match. No time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki beat Chris Brookes. As a result, Sasaki advances to the Finals and will face MAO in the main event. No repeat for Brookes.

Video promo from Effy of Game Changer Wrestling for their joint event with DDT on 8/12 at Korakuen followed by GM Imabayashi with the normally-opening announcements.

Match 4: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi and Yukio Naya & Takeshi Masada in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Danshoku DIeno & Makoto Oishi beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata and Yukio Naya & Takeshi Masada in a 3-way before Naya & Masada even got to the ring when Oishi pinned Owashi during their entrance. GM Imabayashi with microphone immediately. Absolute EN FUEGO. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi and Yukio Naya & Takeshi Masada in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya & Takeshi Masada beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata and Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi in a 3-way when Naya pinned both Hirata & Oishi simultaneously.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Poison Sawada JULIE, Shuji Ishikawa & Masa Takanashi. 30 minute time limit. Alternate personas for Endo & Iino actually as they both have JULIE-style face paint and there has been a last-second change as JULIE & Kotoku have swapped sides…
Result: Yuya Koroku, Shuji Ishikawa & Masa Takanashi beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Poison Sawada JULIE. Koroku pinned JULIE after a moonsault press.

7/21 announcement: Konosuke Takeshita was already announced for the event, and now his opponent is revealed…Masato Tanaka! Another announcement for 7/21 is planned for after the main event to end the show.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toy beat Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Ueno pinned Matsunaga after WR.

Main Event: KING OF DDT Finals: MAO vs. Daisuke Sasaki. No time limit
Result: MAO beat Daisuke Sasaki to win the tournament. First time winning. As a result, MAO will almost certainly get a KO-D Openweight Championship in the future, which could well be against The37Kamiina factionmate Yuki Ueno. Ueno came out post-match to maybe set it up, but he’s gotta get through Sanshiro Takagi first of course, at least I’m assuming that’s the plan. Of course this brought out Takagi to play spoiler promo. Either way MAO likely has the winner, and they’re talking like it will be on 7/21. They chug beers and Takagi teases the Stunner but it’s just a friendly toast. This time. MAO finished the promo and posed for teh obligatory ringside media photos to end the show.

Post-main event announcement is what looks like a special photo collaboration/book release on 7/21.

The next event is a free mini-event Saturday at Takashimaya 1st floor JR Train Station Exit Special Venue in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

The next “regular” event is 6/5 at Shinjuku Face with Ueno-Takagi for the KO-D Openweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official. MAO gets the Ueno-Takagi winner on 7/21 for the KO-D Openweight Championship.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 5/25/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro held what is now becoming an annual hometown event for Yuki Kamifuku in her home city of Fujisawa City.

Today’s event was held at Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Center in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 347.

There was a last-minute change to the event as Mahiro Kiryu was removed due to a lower back injury. She was to have teamed with Uta Takami to face Runa Okubo & Toga. Kakeru Sekiguchi was the replacement, making her first TJPW appearance.

Match 1: Nao Kakuta beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Kakeru Sekiguchi & Uta Takami beat Runa Okubo & Toga. Sekiguchi beat Okubo with SG Clutch.

Match 3: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & Kira Summer. Endo beat Summer with a camel clutch.

Match 4: Alexis Lee & Kaya Toribami beat Shoko Nakajima & HIMAWARI. Lee pinned HIMAWARI after Noble Way.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki beat Maki Itoh & Wakana Uehara. Watanabe pinned Uehara.

Main Event: Aja Kong & Yuki Kamifuku beat Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto. Kamifuku pinned Miyamoto after a diving Fameasser. Afterwards, Kong may have asked for a future match against Kamifuku.

The next event is PRISM ’24 on 6/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Already set for that event are International Pricess Champion Yuki Arai vs. LA Taylor for the title, Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Vertvixen for the title and the return of AEW star Hikaru Shida to the promotion. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 6/8 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Injury Report: Dethroned King

There have been various injury reports about AEW/New Japan star Eddie Kingston recently following his STRONG Openweight Championship loss to Gabriel Kidd at Resurgence, the final nail in the Continental Crown coffin in AEW (Kingston once held all 3 titles together-the AEW Continental Championship, ROH World Championship and STRONG Openweight Championship-they are now no longer unified). It was originally thought to he bad, then it went to worse and now it’s much worse. Fractured tibia, broken leg, torn ACL and torn meniscus. So leg AND knee. No surgery before the tibia fracture heals. Out at least 1 year based on this update, as the fracture healing is expected to take 2 months then expected recovery time post-surgery is another 10 months at best. It all happened on 5/11 when his leg hit the guardrail on a suplex spot in a no rope last man standing match won by Kidd.

New Japan 5/22/24 Results

New Japan continued the Best Of The Super Junior today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 895.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior Matches, 30 minute time limit. It was also announced that Francesco Akira is out of the tournament due to a knee injury. Those who had not yet faced him will get free wins as a result.

Match 1: Block A-Titan beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 2: Block B-Robbie Eagles beat Dragon Dia.

Match 3: Block A-BUSHI beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Match 4: Block B-Drilla Moloney beat KUSHIDA.

Match 5: Block A-HAYATA beat Kevin Knight.

Match 6: Block B-Taiji Ishimori beat Ninja Mack.

Match 7: Block A-El Desperado beat Clark Connors.

Match 8: Block B-TJP beat Blake Christian.

Main Event: Block B-Sho beat DOUKI.

Block B-Hiromu Takahashi beat Francesco Akira by forfeit.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Titan, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Desperado, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Christian, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Connors, 4-3, 8 pts
5-HAYATA, 4-3, 8 pts
6-BUSHI, 3-4, 6 pts
7-TJP, 4-3, 6 pts
8-Knight, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Kanemaru, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
10-Fujita, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Eagles, 5-2, 10 pts
2-KUSHIDA, 4-3, 8 pts
3-Takahashi, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Ishimori, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Moloney, 4-2, 8 pts
6-Sho, 4-3, 8 pts
7-DOUKI, 4-3, 8 pts
8-Mack, 2-5, 4 pts
9-Akira, 2-7, 4 pts (OUT)
10-Dia, 0-6, 0 pts (OUT)

The top 2 on each block advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is Sunday at Yoyogi National Stafoum Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/22/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the second half of a STAR NAVIGATION 2024 doubleheader today, a ONE NIGHT DREAM special event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1488, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Ulka Sasaki beat Hikaru Sato (All-Japan).

Match 2: Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary & YO-HEY beat Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Junta Miyawaki & Yu Owada. Cleary pinned Miyawaki after Irish Goodbye 2.

Match 3: Takumi Iroha, Miyuki Takase & Nagisa Nozaki beat Great Sakuya, Brooke Havok & Yuu. Takase pinned Havok.

Match 4: Titus Alexander & Starboy Charlie beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro. Charlie pinned Alejandro after a 450 splash.

Match 5: Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan) beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 6: Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi (New Japan) beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Takagi pinned Tadasuke after Last Of The Dragon.

Main Event: Kenoh beat Minoru Suzuki.

The next event is Sunday at Kobe Sambo Hall on Kobe. There will be no live broadcast.

In post-event news, Miyuki Takase vs. Great Sakuya has bern added to GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA on 6/16.

Injury Report: New Japan Jr. Fireball Extinguished

New Japan has just announced that, following missing the last event, Francesco Akira is now out of Best Of The Super Junior due to injury. Left knee. Out indefinitely but potentially long-term. Hiromu Takahashi, DOUKI, Robbie Eagles & Sho will get forfeit wins in the tournament while, for a planned tag match on 5/30, Callum Newman is the replacement.

Injury Report: Arrivederci, Best Laid Plans? (Updated)

Perhaps the worst-kept secret this year has been Giulia being linked to WWE before she left Stardom and headed to Rossy Ogawa’s new Marigold promotion that had their first event yesterday. The brakes got hit yesterday due to injury. Fractured wrist. Out indefinitely. This takes her off this year’s Hana Kimura Memorial Event Thursday and leaves her questionable for her next big Marigold match on 7/13, as well as a potential WWE debut later this year.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Said WWE debut is rumored to be on 7/7 at an NXT event but not yet official. Goulia said today she will be ready for her 7/13 match against Sareee. We’ll see as that’s less than 8 weeks away.