Here are the quick results for tomorrow’s AEW Rampage in Des Moines, IA (SPOILERS!):
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AEW Dynamite 6/12/24 Results
Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Des Moines, IA:
Swerve Strickland promo. The Elite interrupts. They tease BLOOD & GUTS, meaning it’s almost that time of year again…
AEW TNT Championship Ladder Match Qualifier: Jack Perry beat Dustin Rhodes.
Rush beat a jobber. Squash. MJF came out immediately afterwards.
Roderick Strong, Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita beat Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe & Kyles O’Reilly. Fletcher pinned Briscoe after a piledriver. Trent Beretta joined the heel beatdown afterwards, Willow Nightingale tried to make the save but was dragged out of the tunnel by Kris Statlander instead.
New Japan video package. Looks like Shingo Takagi is in the Owen Hart Cup this year (DA DA DAAAAA!).
Samoa Joe & Hook beat Tony Nese &Ari Daivari. Double submission.
AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone beat Zeuxis (CMLL) to retain the title. Had Zeuxis won, the Mone-Stephanie Vaquer match at Forbidden Door would only have been for the NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship.
TV Time with Chris Jericho. Private Party is the guest. They wanted to be trained by Jericho until they swerved, sending Big Bill & Bryan Keith packing before beating down Jericho and bailing before Bill & Keith could make the save.
Daniel Garcia beat Nick Comoroto.
It’s now official…BLOOD & GUTS on 7/24 in Nashville, TN.
AEW International Champion Will Ospreay beat Rey Fenix to retain the title. Strickland comes out to stare afterwards.
Friday on Rampage: Toni Storm vs. Alex Windsor.
Saturday on Collision: BCC vs. Rocky Romero/Shane Haste/Mikey Nicholls/Lio Rush, House Of Black vs. Gunn Club & Juice Robinson, Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo in a No DQ match, Lee Moriarty vs. Dante Martin in a TNT Championship Ladder Match qualifier and Christian Cage Father’s Day Special.
Next week: MJF vs. Rush (opening match with no commercials) and AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks vs. The Acclaimed in a NON-TITLE match with the usual Eliminator gimmick.
GLEAT 6/9/24 Results
GLEAT held another Ver. EX event Sunday in Nagoya as the Kaz Hayashi retirement series continues.
Sunday’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 832.
Match 1: Takehiro Yamamura, Seiki Yoshioka, Junjie, Tomoaki Honma (New Japan) & Shuji Ishikawa (Independent/Freelancer) beat MICHIKO, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm, Riki Aitaka & Kumaarashi. Ishikawa pinned MICHIKO after Fire Thunder.
Match 2: Mason & Mansoor beat Soma Watanabe & Jun Tonsho. Mansoor pinned Tonsho after Centerfold.
Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato beat Takanori Ito, Issei Onitsuka & So Daimonji. Sato pinned Ito. Afterwards, Daimonji turned on Ito and joined Black Generation International.
Katsuhiko Nakajima was seen in the crowd.
Match 4: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Ka Shin beat T-Hawk & Shigehiro Irie. Fujita pinned T-Hawk after Beast Bomb.
Match 5: Kaito Ishida & Tetsuya Izuchi beat SBK & YAKUMA. Ishida pinned SBK. As a result, Ishida & Izuchi get the next shot at the G INFINITY Championship held by Kaz Hayashi & CIMA. That match will happen on 7/1 at Tokyo Dome City Hall.
Match 6: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat El Lindaman to retain the title. V5 for Tanura. Next up: Yuki Iino (DDT). That match will happen on 7/1.
Main Event: In an electric blast death match, Kaz Hayashi, CIMA & Minoru Tanaka beat Atsushi Onita, Ryuichi Kawakami & Yoshitatsu. Hayshi pinned Toshitatsu after an exploding bat attack. After the match, Kawakami attacked Lidet Entertainment President Hiroyuki Suzuki with the exploding bat and declared an anti-regime, also seemingly leaving Bulk Orchestra. GLEAT announced today that, following his actions, his contract with the promotion will be terminated after the 7/1 event.
The next event is 6/23 Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Osaka there likely will be no live broadcast.
Injury Report: Top Guys, Out
Wrestlers are tough. Maybe too tough for their own good, often competing through injuries and risking worse. AEW’s Dax Harwood did just that, and even worse he didn’t tell them until it blew up recently after working through it for 2 months, so now half of FTR is out. Lower back. Out indefinitely. Happened during a piledriver spot on April 21 and aggravated it last Saturday causing a hematoma the size of a football. Yeah, that’s bad. Had he not gotten it taken care of he was risking forced retirement. He apologized for keeping it a secret and now we wait to see how long it’s Top Guys, Out.
(In case you’re wondering about Cash Wheeler recently, namely potential legal troubles, he’s good. Reported assault with deadly weapon charges in North Carolina were dropped)
All-Japan 6/10/24 Results (Updated)
All-Japan ran their own Noto Peninsiula earthquake recovery fundraiser event today, separate from the recent and upcoming ALL TOGETHER events which they have not been part of this time around.
Today’s event was held at Nanao City Tazuruhama Gym in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV either tonight or tomorrow morning. There was no live broadcast.
The paid attendance has not been announced.
Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Jun Saito pinned Omori after a jackhammer.
Match 2: Shotaro Ashino beat Seigo Tachibana by submission.
Match 3: Suwama, Dan Tamura & Seiki Yoshioka beat Ren Ayabe, Hideki Suzuki & Fuminori Abe. Suwama pinned Abe after Last Ride.
Main Event: Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Rising Hayato beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro). Anzai pinned MUSASHI after Gimlet.
The next event is 6/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the only match announced so far being Anzai vs. Suzuki for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
6/14 UPDATE: You can now watch this event FOR FREE on YouTube:
New Japan 6/10/24 Results (Updated)
New Japan held an El Desperado Produced event today, DESPE INVITACIONAL, the lineup of which was as mysterious as the masked men himself.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World as a PPV for $22.99 US. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 1506, a legit sellout.
No matches or participants were announced in advance.
Pre-show match: Kyoko Inoue, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat DASH Chisako, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto. Tanahashi pinned Kodaka after High Fly Flow.
PPV:
Match 1: Starlight Kid & Dragon Kid beat Mima Shimoda & El Desperado. Starlight Kid beat Shimoda with Black Tiger Leg Murder.
Match 2: In a Lucha Rules match, Eita, Daisuke Sasaki & DOUKI beat Violent Jacques in a 4-way when all 3 simultaneously pinned Jacques.
Match 3: In a hardcore match, Hiromu Takahashi & Jun Kasai beat Yakayuki Ueki & Minoru Suzuki. Takahashi pinned Ueki after Pearl Harbor Splash.
Match 4: In a hardcore match, El Phantasmo vs. Chris Brookes, MAO & Seiji Takeda in a 4-way went to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Match 5: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hikaru Sato.
Main Event: Dick Togo & Gedo beat Danshoku Dieno & El Desperado. Gedo pinned Dieno with Gedo Clutch. Afterwards, Desperado closed the show by saying “it was super fun!” Also, as a result of today, Desperado vs. Brookes has been added to the 7/21 DDT event at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
The next event is ALL TOGETHER in SAPPORO, a fundraiser event for Nito Peninsula earthquake recovery efforts, Saturday at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido. The live broadcast will be a PPV only on ABEMA beginning at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. It will hopefully be available on demand on New Japan World and/or WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
UPDATE: Following up on DOMINION, Desperado gets his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match vs. Sho in a steel cage match Sunday.
DDT 6/9/24 Results
DDT continued the WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2024 Tour today in Ehime, featuring Ehime Pro Wrestling participation.
Today’s event was held at Matsuyama City General Community Center Special Exhibition Hall in Ehime and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 230.
Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Matsuyama Warrior.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuya Koroku & Illusion. KANON pinned Illusion after Sleepy Hollow.
Match 3: Danshoku Diewno beat Bonjin Pulp (?).
At some point between yesterday’s event and today’s event, Kazuki Hirata won the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from To-y, becoming the 1636th Champion. That’s because…
Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Tsuruhimeka beat Shunma Katsumata, Makoto Oishi & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata. Tsuruhimeka pinned Hirata with a Northern Lights Suplex hold to win the title. Tsuruhimeka becomes the 1637th Champion. Which led to…
Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tsuruhimeka to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1638th Champion. Which led to…
Cutiely The Ehime beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. The Ehime becomes the 1639th Champion.
Match 5: HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada beat Jun Akiyama & Ishizuchi Yamataro. HARASHIMA pinned Yamataro after Blue Sword.
Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Imabari Towel Mascaras beat Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi. Mascaras pinned Sumi after Balitanic.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Yuki Iino, Kazusada Higuchi & Keigo Nakamura. MAO pinned Nakamura after a cannonball DDT.
After the show was seemingly over…
Chris Brookes beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Cutiely The Ehime to win the title. Brookes becomes the 1640th Champion.
That seemed to be it, so…
The next event is Tuesday at Asakusa Flower Theater in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no live broadcast.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/9/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event today ahead of their next blowout event next weekend.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The live broadcast in Japanese was only on ABEMA.
The announced paid attendance was 938.
There were late changes to the card because Ninja Mack & HAYATA, who originally were not part of the event due to New Japan participation, were added to the event when the promotion learned they would not be part of today’s NJPW event.
Match 1: Ninja Mack & Hajime Ohara beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Mack pinned Hi69 after Phoenix Splash.
Match 2: Anthony Greene beat Takashi Sugiura.
Match 3: HAYATA, Starboy Charlie & Yu Owada beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy. Charlie pinned Crazy after Cosmic World.
Match 4: AMAKUSA Return Match: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Alejandro & Cristobal. AMAKUSA pinned Cristobal after Opening of the Country.
Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa, Ulka Sasaki & Titus Alexander beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Oiwa pinned Inaba after Doctor Bomb.
Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji beat Jack Morris by submission.
Match 7: Shuji Kondo & Eita beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke to win the titles. Kondo & Eita become the 60th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Eita pinned YO-HEY after Imperial Uno.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya & Kenoh vs. Gabriel Kidd (New Japanj & Jake Lee went to a double countout.
In post-event news, it was announced that DESTINATION 2024, the July return to Nippon Budokan, will be-unfortunately for us outside Japan-only available live as a PPV on ABEMA. If available worldwide, which ABEMA generally is not, it is 3500 Japanese yen (around $22 US) if purchased before July 12, and 4000 yen (around $26) if purchased the day of the event-July 13-until the PPV window presumably ends on July 21. Also, Black Menso-re participation has been announced for 7/8 in Hokkaido.
The next event is ALL TOGETHER in SAPPORO Saturday at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido. The live broadcast will be a PPV only on ABEMA for 2500 yen (around $15 US).
The next regular event is GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA on 6/16 at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This is another ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.
New Japan 6/9/24 Results
DOMINION, New Japan’s annual June Osaka blowout event, is now in the books.
Today’s event was held at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE ’24 on TV Asahi in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 7254. If that’s not their best attendance this year, excluding Tokyo Dome, it’s close.
Match 1; Tetsuya Naito beat Callum Newman.
Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Zack Sabre Jr. & Robbie Eagles beat LJ Cleary (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Sabre pinned Cleary after Zack Driver.
Match 3: In a Storm Catch Rules match (no strikes allowed), Great-O-Khan beat KOPW 2024 Champion Yuya Uemura to win the title.
Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the titles. BUSHI, Takahashi & Tsuji become the 28th NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Tsuji pinned Tanahashi after Gene Blaster.
Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Jeff Cobb beat Tomohiro Ishii to retain the title. V2 for Cobb.
Match 6: In a 4-way elimination match, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & KENTA, STRONG Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo and YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto to win the titles. Haste & Nicholls become the 104th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and the 9th STRONG Tag Team Champions.
Match 7: NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. HENARE went to a draw. Double KO. As a result, Takagi retains the title. V3 for Takagi.
Match 8: In a Lumberjack Death Match, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley beat EVIL to retain the title. V4 for Moxley. Next up: Possibly a Naito rematch at the AEW Forbidden Door PPV at the end of the month in the US.
Main Event: Best Of The Super Junior 31 Finals: El Desperado beat Taiji Ishimori to win the tournament. It’s the first BOSJ title for Desperado. As a result, Desperado will face IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Sho for the title in the future. Afterwards, Desperado proposed a steel cage match for that title shot.
The next event is DESPE Invitacional, an El Desperado produced event, tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV for $22.99 US will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM PT. (Last-minute update: You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube) Also coming up this week is a public press conference & Ryohei Oiwa talk event Friday at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido, then on Saturday is the next ALL TOGETHER event for Noto Peninsula earthquake disaster relief efforts. That event will be a PPV only on ABEMA.
The next tour is the NEW JAPAN SOUL 2024 Tour beginning on 6/16 in Hokkaido. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. After that will be the next US event in July, CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA USA, followed by the big one-the G1 CLIMAX 34 Tournament-which officially begins the road to Tokyo Dome 2025.
AEW Collision 6/8/24 Results
Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Council Bluffs, IA:
Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli vs. FTR went to a 20 minute time limit draw. They demanded 5 more minutes. Brandon Cutler, acting on behalf of The Young Bucks, said no. He got a beatdown.
Kris Statlander beat Robyn Renegade. Squash. Afterwards Statlander entered the Owen Hart Cup.
Dustin Rhodes beat Johnny TV. Major promo from Rhodes followed. He’s got Jack Perry next week on Dynamite.
Premier Athletes beat Trip Jordy & Dante Leon. Squash.
Toni Storm beat Lady Frost. Afterwards, Storm demanded Mariah May be entered in the Owen Hart Cup.
Daniel Garcia beat Tate Mayfairs.
Orange Cassidy beat Kyle O’Reilly. Trent Beretta & Kyle Fletcher beatdown on them post-match. Kris Statlander joined later but Willow Nightingale quickly made the save.
End Show.