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New Japan 12/5/24 Results (Updated x2)

New Japan wrapped up Block A of the World Tag League, which would set the first half of the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Athlete Town Nobeoka Arena Sub Arena in Miyazaki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 611.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Gedo, Tome & Stevie Filip. DOUKI beat Gedo with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Nicholls pinned TM 4 after Electric Blue.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Narita beat Murashima with a kneebar.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan by ref stoppage (TKO/injury). HENARE right knee injury.

After Match 4, a Brody King promo was shown. Challenge issued to David Finlay for a match on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne beat Chase Owens & KENTA. Taguchi pinned KENTA.
Match 6: Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb by ref stoppage (TKO/injury). Newman knee injury.
Match 7: Shota Unino & Tomoaki Honma beat Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Unino pinned Tauji with Death Slider.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd & SANADA beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. SANADA pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Deadfall. As a result, Kidd & SANADA win Block A and advance to the Finals. The Bishamon 4-peat bid is over. New champions of the tournament for the first time since 2021.

More on the HENARE injury when/if it becomes available because that has main event and tournament implications for Block B.

The last day of Block B is tomorrow at Sub Arena Sendai in Kagoshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official-King vs. Finlay has been added to 1/5. If Finlay is still the IWGP Global Champion it will be for the title (Finlay is scheduled to defend against Yota Tsuji on 1/4).

UPDATE 2: HENARE & Newman are now both off tomorrow. For the former, that means Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi will win their World Tag League match against HENARE & Great-O-Khan by forfeit and get 2 free points. That also means LIJ will advance to the finals if Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano lose their last match tomorrow (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls). If Oleg/Yano win AND Ren Narita & EVIL lose (Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi), Oleg/Yano advance. If both Oleg/Yano AND Narita/EVIL win, there will be a 3-way match as the tiebreaker.
Takahashi/Naito will now face Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato in the first match.

New Japan 12/4/24 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the penultimate day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Karatsu City Gym in Saga and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1004

The scheduled pre-show Young Lions match was cancelled due to a Maaatora Yasuda injury. Before the event began, a special collaboration project ceremony was held with an appearance by Hall of Fame wrestler Jushin Thunder Liger

Match 1: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Katsuya Murashima & Alex Zayne. KENTA beat Murashima with GAME OVER.

Match 2: Gedo, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Kidd pinned Kato after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.

Match 3: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Tsuji pinned TM 4 after Gene Blaster.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Oiwa pinned Young after The Grip.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Nicholls pinned TAKA after Electric Blue.
Match 6: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Tome & Stevie Filip. Khan pinned Tome Filip after Imperial Drop.
Match 7: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Yano pinned Jado.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Ren Narita & EVIL. Naito pinned Narita after Destino.
With one day left HENARE/Khan lead at 5-1, 10 points with LIJ, H.O.T. and Oleg/Yano tied for 2nd at 4-2, 8 points. In case of toes, HENARE/Khan have all tiebreakers except LIJ, which is their last match. Only the winner advances to the Finals. That means H.O.T. is technically eliminated because they lose all tiebreakers so the HENARE/Khan-LIJ winner advances. Yano/Oleg also mathematically have a chance but their only tiebreaker win is LIJ so both they and LIJ must win. In Block A, it’s a 3-way tie but Bishamon have all tiebreakers. Whoever wins between them and Kidd/SANADA advances unless both Kidd/SANADA and Tsuji/Takagi both win, then LIJ has the tiebreaker. If Bishamon/Bullet Club is a draw, LIJ advances with a win, otherwise it’s Bishamon.

The final day of Block A is tomorrow at Athlete Town Nobeoka Arena Sub Arena in Miyazaki. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 12/3/24 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate wrapped up the KING OF GATE 2024 Tournament today at their monthly Tokyo event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1192.

Match 1: JACKY KAMEI & Ryu Fuda beat Hyo & Daiki Yanagiuchi. KAMEI pinned Yanagiuchi after JFK.

Match 2: KING OF GATE Semifinals: Kota Minoura beat Kzy.

Match 3: KING OF GATE Semifinals: Dragon Dia beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

Match 4: Yasushi Kanda & Ho Ho Lun beat Takshi Yoshida & Punch Tominaga. Lun pinned Tomonaga after Ho Roll.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta, Ryoya Tanaka & Luis Mante beat Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii & Toru Owashi (DDT). Kikuta pinned Fujii after a rolling lariat.

Match 6: Strong Machine J, U-T & Flamita beat Ben-K, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. Flamia pinned Junior after Flam Fly.

Match 7: KAI, ISHIN, Jason Lee, Homare & Yoshiki Kato beat YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka, Kagetora & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kato pinned Yanagiuchi after Limit Bomb.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Finals: Dragon Dia beat Kota Minoura to win the tournament.

Next up is the Fantastic Gate 2024 Tour to wrap up the year, a light tour with just 8 events headlined by THE FINAL GATE 2024 on 12/15. The tour starts tomorrow at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. (There are 6 event broadcasts to come this month-Saturday (Kyoto KBS Hall), 12/15 (Fukuoka International Center), 12/17 (Korakuen), 12/20 (PRIME ZONE+), and the final events of the year on 12/22 & 12/27 (Kobe Sambo Hall).

UPDATE: As a result of winning KING OF GATE, Dia gets an Open The Dream Gate Championship match against YAMATO on 12/15, and because Dia is the Open The Brave Gate Champion it’s for both titles.

TJPW News: Yuki Arai Update

Following her announcement of her leaving SKE48 at the end of March, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced an update that has me breathing easier-after that separation it was decided that Yuki Arai will continue her wrestling career. She will remain active with the promotion and under her current management by the Zest Corp. talent agency. Arai is approaching one year as International Princess Champion, a milestone she will reach at her next defense on 1/4.

New Japan 12/2/24 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the penultimate day of Block A.

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

The announced paid attendance was 941.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1; Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Gedo, Tome & Stevie Filip. HENARE beat Gedo with Ultima.

Match 2: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. TAKA pinned NIcholls after Heavy Killer 1.

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. Takahashi beat Togo with Maxiimum The Holding 3rd Form.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Owens pinned Honda after a package piledriver.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. SANADA pinned Taguchi after Deadfall.
Match 7: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Newman after Shoto.
Math Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack abre Jr. Tsuji pinned Oiwa after Pumping Blaster.

With one match left, there are now 3 tied for first at 4-2, 8 points-Kidd/SANADA, Tsuji/Takagi and, to many foreign fans’ dismay, Bishamon (the 4-peat bid remains alive). The other teams are eliminated (Owens/KENTA and Newman/Cobb mathematically have chances but lose all tiebreakers). The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. The final day’s matches set up like this: Bishamon-Kidd/SANADA means the winner (if there is one) advances, If it’s a draw, then if Takagi/Tsuji lose both advance. Takagi/Tsuji have Honma/Umino and would also advance with a win. In a 3-way tiebreaker between the top 3, it would most likely be Bishamon & Tsuji/Takagi advancing.

The next event is Wednesday at Karatsu City Gym in Saga with the penultimate day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

BREAKING: Stardom Suspends, Punishes Thekla

Following her actions post-match at yesterday’s Stardom event, where she beat down everyone in range and not just wrestlers, Thekla has been given the following punishment due to assaulting management: A 3 WEEK SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY, AND a $2000 fine (this apparently is in addition to the suspension). That means she is out until the 12/22 event. The staffer was hospitalized but diagnosed with only bruising and is out a week. He didn’t want Thekla to be punished but because it wasn’t negligence on his part and it was an intentional attack, plus President Taro Okada has a vendetta against Thekla and H.A.T.E., it was decided on. The social media war has started already.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/1/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with another event in Tokyo. None of the matches were announced in advance.

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

The announced paid attendance was 340.

Match 1: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Tadasuke & Daiki Odashima. Miyawaki pinned Odashima after Falcon Arrow.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya beat Eita & Yu Owada in a 3-way by pinning Owada.

Match 3: Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Harutoki beat HAYATA, YO-HEY & Yuto Kikuchi. Alejandro pinned HAYATA after Zero Gravity.

Match 4: Kenoh beat Shuhei Taniguchi.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki & Mohammed Yone beat Kazuyuki Fujita & Atsushi Kotoge. Shiozaki pinned Kotoge after Go Lariat.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Ulka Sasaki went to a Double KO.

Match 7: Jack Morris & Daga beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Takashi Sugiura. Morris pinned Sugiura after a tiger driver.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Manabu Soya beat Shuji Kondo to retain the title. V3 for Soya.

The next event is 12/8 at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast (last time this year).

In other news, the full card for 1/1 at Nippon Budokan has been announced:
Pre-show 13 man battle royal. The winner gets a title shot of their choice
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki in a 3-way for the titles
Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Black Menso-re
Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Galeno Del Mal
Kenoh vs. Lover (?)
GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga vs. Eita in a 3 1 Hour Matches match for the title
GHC National Champion Manabu Soya vs. Masa Kitamiya for the title
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. Jack Morris & TBA for the titles
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ulka Sasaki
GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. OZAWA (Taishi Ozawa) for the title
The event will be a PPV available only on ABEMA. No WRESTLE UNIVERSE until sometime after the event (probably a week).

All-Japan 12/1/24 Results

All-Japan ran the penultimate day of the World’s Strongest Tag League preliminary round today in Tottori.

Today’s event was held at Yonago Convention Center Big Ship in Tottori and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 465.

Match 1: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai & Mike D. Vecchio beat Kento Miayahra, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Ryo Inoue. Anzai pinned Inoue after Gimlet.

Match 2: MUSASHI & Lowther beat Seiki Yoshioka & ALL Mighty Inoue. MUSASHI pinned Inoue after Estrella Futuro.

World’s Strongest Tag League:
Match 3: Block B: Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto. Ayabe pinned Sato after Des Roulette.
Match 4: Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Abe pinned Tachibana.
Match 5: Block A: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo beat Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura. Sekimoto pinned Tamura after Big Bang Catastrophe.
Match 6: Block B: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Cyrus & Hartley Jackson by ref stoppage (technical submission). Suwama beat Jackson with a vise sleeper.
Main Event: Block A: Jun & Rei Saito beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Rei Saito pinned Omori after BBQ Bomb.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Saitos, 6-0, 12 pts (Advanced)
2-Sekimoto/Mashimo, 3-1-1, 7 pts
3-Omori/Kumaarashi, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Hayato/Anzai, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Oishi/Vecchio, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Ashino/Tamura, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
7-MUSASHI/Yoshioka, 0-4-1, 1 pt (OUT)

Block B:
1-Miyahara/Smith, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Honda/Ayabe, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Suwama/Suzuki, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Cyrus/Jackson, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Aoyagi/Abe, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Sato/Miyamoto, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Kuroshio/Tachibana, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals. Only the Saitos have done so, going a perfect 6-0. They are finished going to the final day. In Block A, If Sekimoto/Mashimo win their final match (Hayato/Anzai), they will advance. If Hayato/Anzai win, they advance only if Omori/Kumaarashi lose (Oishi/Vecchio). If Omori/Kuamarashi win, they need Hayato/Anzai to win to advance on tiebreakers. In Block B, Miyahara/Smith advance with a win or draw (Cyrus/Jackson). Suwama/Suzuki will advance with a win (Sato/Miyamoto) because of tiebreakers (they beat Honda/Ayabe & Cyrus/Jackson). Cyrus/Jackson must win and Suwama/Suzuki must lose or draw to advance.Honda/Ayabe advance is Suwama/Suzuki and Cyrus Jackson both lose or draw. They have the tiebreaker over Miyahara/Smith. A 4-way tie if it happens will be complicated.

The next event is Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1;30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 12/1/24 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the 5th fay of Block B.

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

The announced paid attendance was 951, a legit sellout.

The pre-show Young Lions match was cancelled due to a Masatora Yasuda injury. There was also a change to Match 3 due to a Shota Umino injury. He was to have teamed with Tiger Mask. Tomoaki Honma was the replacement.

Match 1: Gedo, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Katsuya Murashima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. SANADA beat Murashima with Skull End.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Young pinned Kato after Jacobs Ladder.

Match 3: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma. KENTA pinned TM 4.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Oiwa pinned BUSHI after The Grip.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat TAKA MIchinoku & Taichi. Oleg pinned TAKA after Kamikaze.
Match 6: Ren Narita & EVIL beat Tome & Stevie Filip. Narita pinned Stevie Filip after Double Cross.
Match 7: Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Tanahashi pinned Takahashi after High Fly Flow.
Main Event: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. HENARE pinned Haste after Imperial Drop.

With 2 matches left it’s now HENARE/Khan & Narita/EVIL tied in the lead at 4-2, 8 points. Naito/Takahashi & Oleg/Yano are at 3-3, 6 points.

The next event is tomorrow at Kochi Prefectural Gym in Kochi with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

DDT 12/1/24 Results

DDT ran their annual Fan Appreciation Day event today in Tokyo as part of a doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 333, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. To-y pinned Koroku after Kojima in Avalanche Wonderland.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & HARASHIMA beat Kazuki Hirata & Yuki Ishida. Dieno pinned Ishida after Danshoku Driver.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki, Akito & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama, Keigo Nakamura & Daichi Sato. Aoki beat Nakamura with a Full Nelson.

Main Event: Schadenfreude International vs. Damnation TA Best of 5 Single Match Series:
1-Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Sasaki went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
2-MJ Paul beat Masa Takanashi.
3-Mr. BUENO beat Demus.
4-KANON beat Antonio Honda by submission.
5-Takeshi Masada beat Illusion by DQ. Chair use.
Draw. 2-2-1. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Takeshi Masada beat Illusion.
Schadenfreude wins.

The next event is 12/8 at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast.

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