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Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/23/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with an event in Shizuoka that just concluded.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There were late changes to the card due to Yuki Aino being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health/physical condition.

Match 1: Mahiro Kiryu beat Chika Nanase.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima & Kira Summer beat Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami. Nakajima pinned Takami.

Match 3: Mizuki beat Runa Okubo by submission.

Match 4: Nao Kakuta beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 5: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Itoh beat Harajuku with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita, Moka Miyamoto & Toga beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami. Miyamoto beat Endo with Rashomon.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Wakana Uehara beat Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI. Watanabe pinned HIMAWARI after Teardrop.

The next event is Thursday at Loft9 Shibuya in Tokyo, which will be a fundraiser for the injured Hyper Misao to help cover her medical expenses. It will be streamed live on Twitcasting for 1500 Japanese yen (around $10 US) beginning at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. Event format TBA.

Stardom 6/22/24 Results (Updated 6/23/24)

What was billed as an event that would forever change Stardom, STARDOM THE CONVERSION, was held today.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV for 4400 Japanese yen (just under $30 US) until Wednesday morning. It should be available on demand on Stardom World late next week for paying subscribers.

The announced paid attendance was 1654.

Match 1: Fukigen beat Rian.

Match 2: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hazuki & Koguma beat Hanan & Saya Iida to retain the titles. Koguma pinned Iida after a diving body press. V2 for the champs. Next up: Based on backstage stuff immediately afterwards, Syuri & Konami.

Match 3: Starlight Kid beat Mei Seira.

Match 4: Mina Shirakawa & HANAKO beat Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. Shirakawa pinned Mizumori after Glamorous Driver Mina.

Match 5: Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami & Tomoka Inaba beat Tam Nakano, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Kashima pinned Sakura.

Match 6: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo vs. Syuri & Ami Sohrei went to a 15 minute time limit draw. This match was based on the Japanese movie “Runaway Wrestler”, which is a biopic of sorts about Iwatani.

Match 7: In a Unit Elimination Match, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Ruaka & Rina beat Saya Kamitani, AZM, Lady C, Miyu Amasaki & Hina. Tora won by last eliminating Kamitani. As a result, Queen’s Quest must disband with the exception of Kamitani. Oedo Tai wins the war.

Match 8: Mika Iwata (Sendai Gitls) beat Wonder Of Stardom Champion Saori Anou to win the title. Iwata becomes the 21st Wonder Of Stardom Champion. Next up: Possibly Natsupoi.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion Maika beat Gina to retain the title. V5 for Maika. Next up: Probably Tora. That match could happen on 7/15 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 6/29 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. If that plan holds and they don’t make it a PPV last-minute then live results will be planned.

6/23/24 UPDATE: Per a post on Yuji Nagata’s Twitter, IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani today successfully defended the title in Ice Ribbon against Tsukasa Fujimoto, unfortunately it was a ref stoppage due to a Fujimoto injury. Dislocated right elbow. V6 for Iwatani.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/22/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Osaka, featuring the return of the former Yoshiki Inamura to the promotion after an international excursion over the last 8-9 months. Inmaura has also changed his ring name to YOICHI.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday or Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 461.

Match 1; Super Crazy beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Hi69.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Ulka Sasaki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Inaba pinned Taniguchi after DDD.

Match 4: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Daga pinned Cleary after Diablo Wings.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. AMAKUSA pinned Tadasuke after Opening of the Country.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge beat Takashi Sugiura & Junta Miyawaki. Shiozaki pinned Miyawaki after a short range Go Lariat.

Main Event: YOICHI (Yoshiki Inamura), Ryohei Oiwa, Shuji Kondo & Eita beat Kenoh, Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Cristobal. YOICHI pinned Cristobal.

The next event is Wada International Foundation Presents [MATCH 2] on 6/29 at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan 6/22/24 Results

New Japan continued the NEW JAPAN SOUL 2024 Tour today with an event in Fukushima.

Today’s event was held at Toyota Crown Arena in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1071.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw. Had their first names wrong before from translations.

Match 2: Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Akira pinned Murashima after Fireball.

Match 3: HENARE, Jeff Cobb & TJP beat Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii & Satoshi Kojima. HENARE pinned Honma after Streets Of Rage.

Match 4: Boltin Oleg, El Desperado, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA. Oleg pinned TAKA after Kamikaze.

Match 5: G1 CLIMAX A Block Contestant Tournament: Callum Newman beat Yujiro Takahashi. As a result, Newman advances to the Semifinals and will face KENTA. That match will be o 7/3.

Match 6: G1 CLIMAX A Block Contestant Tournament: YOSHI-HASHI beat Chase Owens. As a result, YOSHI-HASHI advances to the Semifinals and will face Tomohiro Ishii. That match will be on 7/3.

Main Event: Titan, BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Ren Narita & EVIL. Naito pinned Kanemaru after Destino. Today is/was also Naito’s birthday so so a celebration was held-post match, and it’s reported his mother was in attendance too.

The next event is tomorrow at Kamisu Disaster Preparation Arena in Ibaraki. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Stardom 6/21/24 Results

Stardom held the 13th NEW BLOOD event yesterday, a usually quarterly event showcasing the promotion’s developmental system for younger & less experienced wrestlers.

Yesterday’s event was held at New Pier Hall Takeshiba in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube (it was live streamed for free). You can also watch the video below:

The announced paid attendance was 224.

Match 1: Mei Seira beat Rian.

Match 2: Tomoka Inaba beat Ranna Yagami.

Match 3: HANAKO vs. Sakuran (Ice Ribbon) went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Hina & Miyu Amasaki. Rina pinned Hina after Pink Devil. Afterwards, since she didn’t defend the Future Of Stardom Championship today Rina named Nanami (Diana) her next challenger, but Ranna Yagami objected saying she was next. TBD.

Main Event: New Blood Tag Team Champions Hanan & Saya Iida beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara to retain the titles. Iida pinned Kurara after a lariat. V4 for the champs. Next up: TBA, as Rina & Azusa Inaba came out to challenge but so did HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama.

While no exact date was confirmed today, Hanan suggested post-main event the next New Blood event will be in September.

The next event was earlier today, results will be posted when available. This is/was a PPV and will be available until Wednesday for 4400 Japanese yen (just under $30 US). It should be available on Stardom World for all paid subscribers Wednseday afternoon or Thursday.

DDT 6/22/24 Results (2 Events)

DDT ran two events today, the first being a special outdoor mini-event in Tokyo, followed by continuing their current tour in Osaka.

The first event was held at Machida GION Stadium in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event with no paid attendance.

Match 1: Masa Takanashi & Yasu Urano beat Yuni & Illusion. Takanashi pinned Illusion.

Match 2: Antonio Honda beat Gota Ihashi.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki & Super Sasadango Machine beat Akito & Takao Soma. Aoki pinned Soma after Transformed Osui Suplex.

The second event was held at Minato Community Center in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 238, a full house/near sellout.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to the absences of Yuki Ueno (fever) and Kazusada Higuchi (cervial spine hernia). Ueno is currently out only for this weekend. Higuchi is out indefinitely but probably a few months.

Match 1: Yuki Iino beat Makoto Oishi & To-y in a 3-way by pinning Oishi.

Match 2; HARASHIMA beat Tsutenkakku.

Match 3: DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Keigo Nakamura beat Kazuma Sumi to retain the title. Which means there were 2 title changes after Shunma Katsumata won the title yesterday. (The title was first won by an Aufguss Towel then Keigo Nakamura beat the towel)

Match 4; Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul ebat Jun Akiyama, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. KANON beat Matsunaga with Cobra Twist 2.0.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Brookes pinned Koroku after Cosmic Doom.

Match 6: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat Sanshiro Takagi & CIMA (GLEAT) in 5 seconds. Hirata pinned Takagi. Which led to…
Match 6 (again): In a Captains Fall match, CIMA (C) & Sanshiro Takagi beat Kazuki Hirata (C) & Danshoku Dieno. CIMA pinned Hirata after Meteora. Which led to…
CIMA beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Keigo Nakamura to win the title. CIMA becomes the 1647th Champion.

Main Event: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. MAO pinned Ishida after Our Mad Max.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand will be available Thursday.

Injury Report: Herniamao

And another DDT injury breaking now…the promotion just announced Kazusada Higuchi is now out of action in another big blow to the company. Cervical hernia. Out indefinitely but “a while”, which probably means a few months.

More as it becomes available.

DEVELOPING: GLEAT Title Vacated

GLEAT fans haven’t seen much of the Lidet UWF Championship lately since it had been around the waist of Fujita “Jr.” Hayato of Michinoku Pro Wrestling. That changed today…at a Michinoku Pro event it was announced the Lidet UWF Championship is now VACANT. Hayato vacated the title because of being out an unknown period of time due to illness. He had held the title since July 2023 but only made one successful defense as UWF fights take a backseat to G PROWRESTLING and are only featured every few events. No word yet on plans to crown a new champion.

DDT 6/21/24 Results

Because The37Kamiina are all about saunas and Heat Wave WER!!, DDT held a single-match “Sauna Wrestling” event today to again show off the wackiness that is DDT.

Today’s event was held at Aqua Eucalyptus in Chiba and will be available on demand somewhere at a later date. There was no live broadcast, but it was going to be “filmed and streamed”.

The announced paid attendance was 91.

Match Result: In a Falls Count Anywhere Elimination Match, DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi, Illusion, Yukio Naya & To-y to retain the title and win the Iron Man Title. Katsumata becomes the 1644th Champion. Order of elimination: Naya by everyone, Illusion by To-y by ref stoppage (TKO), To-y by Katsumata & Sumi, Sumi by Katsumata. Katsumata wins. V4 for Katsumata. The match, once it began, went just over 55 minutes.

The next event is a special mini-event tomorrow at Machida GION Stadium in Tokyo followed by an event later that day at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. For Tokyo, this is a free event but is weather permitting due to being outdoors so it may be cancelled if it rains. There will be no live broadcasts. For Osaka, it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday.

Injury Report: Would A Sauna Day Help?

DDT has announced some last-minute changes for upcoming events following their special “Sauna wrestling” event today…maybe it would have helped Yuki Ueno because the KO-D Openweight Champion is temporarily on the sidelines. Fever. Out tomorrow and Sunday. Precautionary at this time. With at least a week until the next event after these Ueno should be fine going forward, as long as it doesn’t become coronavirus, but at least the next title match is a month away.

More as it becomes available.