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DDT 6/29/24 Results

DDT took to the rails once again today for a wacky single match event aboard an actual operating train.

Today’s event was held on the Toden Arakawa Line train in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday with commentary. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 16, a legit advance sellout.

Before the planned match happened, or during it…

A towel beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sayaka Unagi to win the title. The towel becomes the 1656th Champion. Before this the title saw a handful of changes in GLEAT as Whip beat CIMA to win the title, then Unagi beat Whip to win the title. Which led to…

Sugichan beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion the towel to win the title. Sugichan becomes the 1657th Champion. Which led to…

The towel beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sugichan to win the title. Towel becomes the 1658th Champion. Which led to…

Funky Kato beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion the towel to win the title. Kato becomes the 1659th Champion.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki beat Sanshiro Takagi. That natch went over 55 minutes.

The next event is WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024 tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM with live results scheduled. Kentaro Kumagai has been announced as a guest on commentary.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/29/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran an event in Tokyo with an after-party to follow later on.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 262..

Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Chika Nanase.

Match 2: Wakana Uehara beat Uta Takami.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI. Kamifuku pinned HIMAWARI after Fameasser.

Match 4: Maki Itoh beat Tuna Okubo.

Match 5: Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino beat Shoko Nalajima & Yoshiko Hasegawa (Independent/Freelancer). Kakuta pinned Hasegawa after Shiden Kai.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Toga beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Yamashita pinned Suzuki after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Rika Tatsumi, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Toribami after Ring A Bell.

The next event is CROSS, a Nao Kakuta Produced event, on 7/6 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. The event isa legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/5 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

TJPW News: Tokyo Princess Cup Field Set

A short time ago, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the entrants for this year’s Tokyo Princess Cup, their annual singles tournament. A field of 19 makes up this year’s tournament, with round 1 & 2 matches TBA. The field: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai, Suzume, Arisu Endo, Yuki Kamifuku, Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku, Kaya Toribami, Wakana Uehara, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Runa Okubo, Ryo Mizunami, Zara Zakher.

Notably not in the field: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Raku, HIMAWARI & Mahiro Kiryu. All but Itoh will be in the UK when the Semifinals & Finals take place so they will miss the tournament as a result. Itoh will be in the US again in August and will miss all events that month. Also not entered due to being rookies (presumably) are Kira Summer & Uta Takami.

The tournament begins 7/28 at Ryogoku KfC Hall in Tokyo then continues on 8/3 at Shinjuku Face, 8/10 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka (Quarterfinals), 8/23 at Shinjuku Face (Semifinals) and concludes 8/25 at Korakuen Hall (Finals). It also has been announced that Arai, Mizunami & Zakher will participate in all events regardless of tournament results.

Stardom 6/29/24 Results (Updated)

Stardom kicks off their regular weekend doubleheader today with a major event in Tokyo that also marks a new beginning for the promotion. Effective today, former owner Bushiroad Fight officially transferred all shares of the promotion, and thus complete ownership, to New Japan Pro Wrestling and Stardom will now be known on the corporate side as Stardom Co. Ltd. Essentially they are still under the Bushiroad Corporation umbrella though. This is expected to open the door to more cross-promotional opportunities with New Japan. The talent roster will be thin this weekend, and even more so tomorrow, due to participation in the All Elite Wrestling “Forbidden Door” PPV with New Japan this Sunday US time. Today’s event does have 3 title matches on tap first: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina looks to keep inching closer to the all-time defense record as she defends the title against Nanami from Diana, a small women’s promotion run by joshi legend Kyoko Inoue. The second title match sees Saya Kamitani, now all by herself in Queen’s Quest, defending the High Speed Championship against Fukigen as Oedo Tai looks to perhaps deal the death blow to the face faction. In the third title match, Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hazuki & Koguma have a tough challenge ahead as they defend the titles against Syuri & Konami.

The promotion has announced that Mina Shirakawa will miss the event due to AEW participation this weekend and Suzu Suzuki is out due to injury. Several wrestlers including Tam Nakano & Momo Watanabe will immediately head to the US after this event for Forbidden Door.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. It’s not yet known if there will be any commentary. The card has 7 matches set, with most non-title matches going 15-20 minutes at most and title matches normally have 30 minute time limits except High Speed matches (15 minutes), so while it depends in part on if there’s an intermission I anticipate the event running a little over 2 hours. If there is a break, closer to 2 1/2 hours. (Late-event update: You can also watch the beginning and the first match FOR FREE on YouTube)

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Maika, Gina, Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo
Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka
Tam Nakano, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara vs. Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami, Hina & Lady C
Aya Sakura vs. Rian
High Speed Champion Saya Kamitani vs. Fukigen for the title
Future Of Stardom Champion Rina vs. Nanami for the title
Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hazuki & Koguma vs. Syuri & Konami for the titles
(Note: I expect the second & third matches listed above to go off first because some of them have to get to the US for Sunday’s event)

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET or when the live stream begins, whichever is earlier.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live streaming has begun. Updates will begin when we go to the venue shortly.

7:26 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like close to normal capacity setup and the crowd is still filing in, right now it has me thinking it’ll be in the 700-750 range. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 946)

The matches should begin in a few minutes.

We actually start with “GO ACE!” That music only means one thing-New Japan President Hiroshi Tanahashi is in the house before heading to the US for Forbidden Door. With microphone in Japanese. He talks briefly about the acquisition of Stardom by New Japan which became effective today. He is then joined by who I’m guessing is Stardom President Taro Okada. They do the “start” shout and photo ops before Tanahashi heads off to the US.

The matches begin at 7:38 PM PT/10:38 PM ET.

Match 1: High Speed Champion Saki Kashima vs. Fukigen for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: High Speed Champion Saya Kamitani beat Fukigen to retain the title. V2 for Kamitani.

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

Match 3: Tam Nakano, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara vs. Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami, Hina & Lady C. 20 minute itme limit
Result: Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami, Hina & Lady C beat Tam Nakano, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara. Sohrei pinned Anou. Post-match, the announce table delivered what seemed to be a challenge to Anou & Natsupoi by Mika Iwata (who recently beat Anou to win the Wonder Of Stardom Championship) & Nanami.

Match 4: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki ebat Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka. Kid pinned Ruaka.

Match 5: Maika, Gina, Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Maika, Gina, Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO. Hanan pinned HANAKO.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 6: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina vs. Nanami (Diana) for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. As a result, Rina retains the title. V9 for Rina. One to go to tie the all-time defense record of 10 held by Hanan. Next up: Hinted at a rematch but Rina said no. Instead it may be Ranna Yagami as she came out and made the challenge. Accepted, it appears.

Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hazuki & Koguma vs. Syuri & Konami for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Syuri & Konami beat Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hazuki & Koguma to win the titles. Syuri & Konami become the 33rd Goddesses Of Stardom Champions. Konami beat Hazuki with a rear naked choke. Next up: Of course Oedo Tai…the question is who. TBA for now.

The next event is tomorrow at Shinjuku Sumitomo Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. Live results are tentatively scheduled although it conflicts with scheduled DDT live results.

UPDATE: That challenge from Sendai Girls was by Iwata & Aimi for a match against Natsupoi & Anou, and now it has been announced that match will happen on Thursday at Korakuen.

AEW Collision 6/29/24 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results for Saturday’s TAPED AEW Collision in Buffalo, NY (SPOILERS!):

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AEW Dynamite 6/26/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Buffalo, NY (this is the final Dynamite recap I am doing for the time being):
MJF promo. Daniel Garcia interrupted immediately. Eventually Will Ospreay barged in too.

Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi (New Japan) & Titan (CMLL) beat Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta by DQ. Moxley DQ’d. Chair use. Post-match brawl brought out Tetsuya Naito, who brawled with Moxley to the back.

Owen Hart Cup Men’s Quarterfinals: Jay White beat Rey Fenix. As a result, White advances to the Semifinals and will face the Jeff Jarrett-Wild Card winner.

The Young Bucks announced the Wild Card member will be someone from The Elite. (Early thinking is this means Adam Page)

The Acclaimed segment. The Elite interrupted. This led to The Elite vs. The Acclaimed & Hiroshi Tanahashi at Forbidden Door.

Mariah May, Mina Shirakwaw (Stardom) & Toni Storm beat Saraya, Harley Cameron & Anna Jay. Shirakawa pinned Cameron after Glamorous Driver Mina. Shirakawa tried to hit Storm with a champagne bottle post-match but Storm ducked and May got hit instead.

Mercedes Mone promo. She talked like she would be on commentary for a Stephanie Vaquer-Lady Frost match Saturday on Collision. (Note: As of this posting that episode of Collision is being taped)

Chris Jericho promo. He said he recruited Minoru Suzuki to be a trios partner for Forbidden Door (Bryan Keith is out) but in a video package Suzuki said no. Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & Hook them came out and a brief brawl ensued.

Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) beat Kyle O’Reilly.

Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay beat Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona. Ospreay pinned Liona after Hidden Blade. Afterwards, Strickland laid out Ospreay.

No Rampage taping this week. This Friday’s episode was taped last week in Allentown, PA.

This week’s Collision will be TAPED. They are taping that right now.

DDT 6/26/24 Results

DDT tan another of their wacky “only in DDT” events, a single match event billed as a showdown between Sanshiro Takagi, who is preparing to step back from regular conpetition, and Super Sasadango Machine. In particular they tried to sell many types of tickets with benefits at prices up to 1 million yen (only one, and the buyer got an actual wristwatch worn by Takagi if it sold. As of late last night it had not).

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

The announced paid attendance was 346, a super full house/very near sellout. Not all were actually at the venue though.

The event started with introductory speeches and bell ringings by those in designated seats. Then all 51 seat types sold and their respective roles were explained. A few seats that were reserved for pro wrestlers then were revealed and said wrestlers showed up. They includes Toru Yano (New Japan), Cherry (Independent/Freelancer, formerly of now-defunct Union Pro) and more. Much hilarity and DDT wackiness ensued until eventually…

Main Event: Toru Yano beat Super Sasadango Machine. The whole thing went almost 67 minutes. When it was over, Takagi & Machine entrusted Konosuke Takeshita with getting revenge against New Japan.

There are 2 events coming up Saturday: First is another one-match event, this to be held on an actual train departing from Tokyo, between Sanshiro Takagi & Minoru Suzuki. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE early Monday morning with commentary. The second event is WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

DEVELOPING: Another GLEAT Departure

During the overnight hours GLEAT announced that Maya Fukuda has left the promotion. While it will be effective July 1, she has already had her last match as a member of the promotion. Contract expiring and will not be renewed. Presumably she will continue as a freelancer. Fukuda mostly competed in Lidet UWF bouts and an occasional women’s match.

All-Japan 6/24/24 Results (Updated)

All-Japan wrapped up the Super Power Series 2024 Tour today with an event in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1235.

Pre-show Match: Actress Girls Match: Miku Aono & Ayano Irie beat Natsu Aoi & Nagisa Shiotsuki. Aono pinned Irie after Teardrop Angel.

Match 1: Fuminori Abe beat GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana to win the title. Abe becomes the 26th GAORA TV Champion.

Match 2: Ryo Inoue Return Match: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Hartley Jackson & Cyrus beat Kento Miyahara, Suwama, Shotaro Ashino & Ryo Inoue. Omori pinned Ashino after a frog splash.

Match 3: In a No DQ Match, Yuma Aoyagi beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 4: Seiki Yoshioka & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura to win the titles. Yoshioka & MUSASHI become the 124th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. MUSASHI pinned Sato after Niten First-Class.

Match 5: In an Elimination Match (over the top rope rules in effect), Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi beat Ryuki Honda, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato. Order of elimination: Honda, Rei Saito, Jun Saito, Ayabe, Hayato. Doi wins.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Anzai beat Hideki Suzuki to retain the Triple Crown. V2 for Anzai.

The next event is Saturday at Kashima Sports Center Ibaraki Sub Arena in Ibaraki, a Dan Tamura hometown event. There will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand beginning at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

In other news, the full card for NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 5 on 7/4 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, the next installment in the Rising Hayato Produced event series, has been announced. The card is as follows:
Dan Tamura vs. Ryo Inoue
Hokuto Omori vs. Jack Kennedy
Jun Saito vs. Rei Saito & Seigo Tachibana in a 3-way
Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda, Rising Hayato & Ren Ayabe vs. Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Kumaarashi & Fuminori Abe
Battle Royal. All 15 wrestlers will participate
The 8-man tag is being billed as a graduation commemoration match, hinting at this perhaps being the end of the series.

The 7/20 Korakuen event will also be a Referee Kyohei Wada 50th Anniversary event.

Finally, the Royal Road Tournament will return this year for an 11th installment in September. This is an openweight single tournament that likely will be a single-elimination format. The schedule was announced today:
Round 1:
9/14-Nagoya International Conference Center, Nagoya
9/15-Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
9/16-Hanahaku Memorial Park Hanamizuki Hall, Osaka
Quarterfinals:
9/19-Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
Semifinals & Finals:
9/22-Korakuen Hall
Participants TBA. Based on this announcement I’m thinking 16.

UPDATE: Next up for Anzai & the Triple Crown: Suwama. That match will happen on 7/13 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka along with All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato vs. Naruki Doi for the title. It’s also worth noting Doi has been given the nickname “Mr. Saito” as part of his recent teaming with the Saito Bros.

New Japan 6/23/24 Results

New Japan continued the NEW JAPAN SOUL 2024 Tour today in Ibaraki.

Today’s event was held at Kamisu Disaster Prevention Arena in Ibaraki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Smaurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 770.

Match 1: Yuya Uemura & DOUKI beat Shoma Kato & El Desperado. Uemura pinned Kato with a Kannuki suplex hold.

Match 2: Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii beat Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Ishii pinned Murashima.

Match 3: Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & SANADA. Akira pinned TAKA after Fireball.

Match 4: HENARE & Callum Newman beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi. HENARE pinned Kanemaru after Streets Of Rage.

Match 5: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Gedo & Chase Owens. Goto pinned Gedo after Shoto.

Match 6: G1 CLIMAX Contestant Tournament Block B: Boltin Oleg beat Toru Yano. As a result, Oleg advances to the Semifinals and will face Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Match 7: G1 CLIMAX Contestant Tournament Block B: TJP beat Satoshi Kojima. As a result, TJP adcances to the Semifinals and will face Taichi.

Main Event: Titan, BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo, Sho, Ren Narita & EVIL. Naito pinned Togo after Destino.

The next event is the joint All Elite Wretling-New Japan “Forbidden Door” event on 6/30 at UBS Arena in Elmont, NY. This event will be a live PPV via cable/satellite providers in the US, Bleacher Report, TrillerTV/Fite in select countries including the US, and New Japan World as a PPV in Japan. The current tour will resume on 7/3 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.