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TNA Rebellion 2024 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s TNA Rebellion 2024 PPV in Las Vegas, NV (also available on TrillerTV/FITE for $39.99):

Pre-show:
Match 1: Leon Slater & Bullet Club beat The Rascalz.

Match 2: Laredo Kid beat TNA Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve to become THE NEW TNA DIGITAL MEDIA CHAMPION!

Match 3: TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Jody Threat & Dani Luna beat Decay to retain the titles.

PPV:
Match 1: TNA X Champion Mustafa Ali beat Jake Something to retain the title.

Match 2: Rick Swann beat Joe Hendry.

Match 3: In a Full Metal Mayhem Match, Frankie Kazarian beat Eric Young.

Match 4: Mike Santana (formerly Santana in AEW) beat Steve Maclin.

Match 5: TNA Tag Team Champions Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards beat Mike Bailey & Trent Seven to retain the titles.

Match 6: In a Last Man Standing Match, Josh Alexander beat Alexander Hammerstone.

Match 7: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Steph De Lander to retain the title.

Main Event: TNA World Champion Moose beat Nic Nemeth to retain the title. Post-Match, Matt Hardy returned as Broken Matt Hardy. (His AEW contract recently expired)

The next PPV is Slammiversary on 7/20 in Montreal, Canada.

End Show.

Dragon Gate 4/20/24 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2024 Tour today with the first half of a weekend doubleheader in Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 356.

Pre-show Match: In an Exhibition Match, Homare Kato vs. Akihiro Sakara went to a 5 minute itme limit draw.

Match 1; Hyo vs. JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Kagetora & Ryu Fuda beat Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Kagetora pinned Tanaka after Gurumakakari.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horiguchi, U-T & Ho Ho Lun beat Shachihoko BOY, Problem Dragon, Punch Tominaga & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Lun pinned Yanagiuchi.

Match 4: Strong Machine J won a 13 man Heavyweight battle royal, last eliminating ISHIN. (Dragon Gate considers 85 kg/188 pounds to be Heavyweight)

Match 5; YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk, YAMATO pinned Minoura after Gallaria.

Main Event: Jason Lee beat Kzy.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. I may try and do live results but this is the same time as a live Stardom event so it may not work.

Injury Report: Right after this was posted I learned there have been last-minute changes to tomorrow due to a BxB Hulk injury today. Something on the right side but unclear exactly what at ths time. He was to have teamed with Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Ryu Fuda to face Shachihoko BOY, Takashi Yoshida, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. Daiki Yanagiuchi is the replacement.

All-Japan 4/20/24 Results

All-Japan ran Day 2 of the 2024 Champions Carnival today.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV beginning at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 481.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. MUSASHI pinned Inoue after Estrella Futuro.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block A-Shotaro Ashino beat Ren Ayabe by submission.
Match 3: Block B-Suwama beat Hartley Jackson by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 4: Ryuki Honda, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Cyrus beat Rei Saito, Dan Tamura & Hideki Sekine. Smith pinned Tamura after Bulldog Bomb.

Champions Carnival:
Match 5: Block A-Yuma Aoyagi beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan by coiuntout.
Match 6: Block B-Yuma Anzai beat Road Crew.
Match 7: Block B-Jun Saito beat Hideki Suzuki.
Main Event: Block A-Kento Miyahara beat Hokuto Omori.

Day 3 is tomorrow at Makuhari Messe Exhibition Hall 7 in Chiba. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 4/20/24 Results

New Japan began the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today, which will take them to the annual May blowout event in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Machida City Gym in Tokyo. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1267.

There were late changes to this card and all events cards this series due to Ryusuke Taguchi now being off. Injuries sustained in a bicycle accident.

Before the matches began, a memorial ceremony for the late pro wrestler and sumo Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Akebono was held.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Katsuya Murashima, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Ishimori beat Murashima with Bone Lock.

Match 2: Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii. Cobb pinned Honma after Tour of the Islands.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato, Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita pinned Kato.

Match 4: DOUKI & SANADA beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. SANADA beat Kanemaru with Skull End.

Match 5: Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider.

Match 6: Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat TJP & Great-O-Khan. Taichi pinned TJP after Tencho Cross Fang.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Dtilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. Naito pinned Gedo.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagano CIvic Center Multi Hall in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Injury Report: Oh My And…Oh My

Another injury has hit New Japan following the word that Yoh is out a while, and now unfortunate circumstances have taken Ryusuke Taguchi to the disabled list. Neck, hands, arms, knees AND concussion. Out indefinitely but at least until after WRESTLING DONTAKU, meaning 2+ weeks. Status for Best Of The Super Junior uncertain at this time. In a statement, Taguchi said the incident happened when he swerved on his bicycle to avoid hitting a dog and fell off. Oh My.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom 4/20/24 Results

As Stardom continues to move on from the mass talent exodus (mostly to Rossy Ogawa’s newly-announced Marigold promotion), the promotion also continues to further test live streaming capability with this weekend’s doubleheader. Today they’re in Kobe for a house show with 5 scheduled matches ahead of tomorrow’s event, which has a title match scheduled. The likely main event is a 10-woman tag match with rules rarely seen in women’s wrestling these days-3 Falls with a 1 Hour time limit as HLA…I mean, E Nexus V (Mina Shirakawa sure bought the HLA on her recent US tour during The Collective) vs. the Oedo Corps faction.

Today’s event will be held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. Most non-title matches in the promotion have 15-20 minute time limits so even with the potential hour-long main event I anticipate this event’s total running time being around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira vs. Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara
Natsupoi vs. Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Rian in a 4-way
Syuri, Saki Kashima & Ranna Yagami vs. Hazuki, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo and Saya Kamitani, AZM & Miyu Amasaki in a 3-way
Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Koguma vs. Saori Anou, Tam Nakano & Yuna Mizumori
Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Gina, HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Fukigen in a 3 Falls match

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: You can also watch the first match live & on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. It looks like the first match will be Suzuki/Seira vs. Sakura/Kurara.

8:40 PM PT UPDATE: The Stardom World live stream is up and running in pre-show mode. The live broadcast should begin in about 20 minutes.

9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Usually the venue can be set up for between 600-800 for wrestling, and it looks like a near-sellout. Depends on the setup but I’m guessing it’ll be in the 500-550 range. At least a full house, could wind up being a legit sellout. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 305. Not even close to either)

Match card rundown, it’s going to be the order listed above.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira vs. Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Seira beat Kurara with an inverted face lock.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 2: Natsupoi vs. Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Rian in a 4-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Natsupoi beat Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Rian in a 4-way by pinning Rian.

Match 3: Syuri, Saki Kashima & Ranna Yagami vs. Hazuki, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo and Saya Kamitani, AZM & Miyu Amasaki in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit. During intros there was a funny spot when, during Iida’s intro, she took part of her outerwear off and tossed it up, and it got caught on pipes above the ring! Thankfully one of the other wrestlers was able to jump high enough to pull it down.
Result: Saya Kamitani, AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Syuri, Saki Kashima & Ranna Yagami and Hazuki, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo in a 3-way when Kamitani pinned Kashima. Based on post-match happenings, Kamitani could now be angling for a shot at the High Speed Championship held by Kashima.

Match 4: Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Koguma vs. Saori Anou, Tam Nakano & Yuna Mizumori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Koguma beat Saori Anou, Tam Nakano & Yuna Mizumori. Hanan pinned Mizumori with a German suplex hold.

Intermission. Main Event coming up shortly.

Main Event: Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Gina, HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Fukigen in a 3 Falls match. 1 Hour time limit
Fall 1: Watanabe pinned Tsukiyama.
Fall 2: Tora DQ’d. Weapon use.
Fall 3: Maika pinned Fukigen.
Result: E Nexus V wins 2-1. In total, the match went just under 20 minutes.

Overall the streaming experience was good as Stardom continues ramping up live broadcasts on Stardom World, it was high quality (1080p HD) and there were only a couple times when it cut out (once during the main event, perhaps due to activity all over the venue) but for less than a second each time. There are more live streams to come which is a good sign. For my first time watching live on the service, a solid 9/10. Interesting to note they used 2 hard cameras-an additional one looking at one corner of the ring and the other in the traditional position-in addition to ringside cameras. Rather unique to me.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on Stardom World (also as a PPV via Pia Stream for around $15 US) will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. Live results are tentatively scheduled.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/19/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro held the second Hyper Misao Produced event today, which unfortunately was largely sans Hyper Misao due to injury.

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

The announced paid attendance was 227,

This event appears to have been mostly theater/play-type storytelling featuring several wrestlers playing along. Raku was the main star in the story and as it went along, it all built up to the one match of the event that was the…

Main Event: Aja Kong beat Raku.

The next event is 4/27. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 4/26 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. Live results are tentatively scheduled.

All-Japan 4/18/24 Results

All-Japan kicked off the 2024 Champions Carnival, the promotion’s annual major singles tournament, today. This will determine who gets the next Triple Crown chance unless Yuma Anzai wins the tournament as the current champion.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1157.

Before the event began, there was an Actress Girls pre-show segement and match, followed by a memorial for Akebono, the former sumo grand champion and Triple Crown Champion who died earlier this month.

Match 1: Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Rising Hayato & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Cyrus & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Hartley jackson & Ryuji Hijikata. Cyrus pinned Hijikata after a reverse splash.

Champions Carnival:
Match 3: Block B-Suwama beat Rei Saito.
Match 4: Block A-Shotaro Ashino beat Hokuto Omori by submission.
Match 5: Block B-Road Crew beat Ryuki Honda.
Match 6: Block A-Yuma Aoyagi beat Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Match 7: Block A-Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara.
Main Event: Block B-Yuma Anzai beat Jun Saito.

The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. It is scheduled to be available on demand beginning at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

Injury Report: Yoh No…(Updated)

At New Japan’s SAKURA GENESIS event earlier this month, a match between Sho & Yoh for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship ended just over a minute in due to a Yoh injury. Unfortunately it was both legit and bad as we found out today. Dislocated left shoulder and damaged labrum. Out indefinitely but long enough that he is now out of Best Of The Super Junior in May & June, which would mean at least 2 months. No replacement named yet.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: KUSHIDA is the replacement.

AEW Dynamite 4/17/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite from Indianapolis, IN:

Jon Moxley promo. This sets up a match against Powerhouse Hobbs next week.

Mercedes Mone promo.

Julia Hart & Brody King beat Adam Copeland & Willow Nightingale. Hart beat Nightingale with Hartless.

Samoa Joe interviewed.

The Young Bucks & Kazuchika Okada beat Pac, Penta El Zero M & Daniel Garcia. Okada pinned Garcia after Rainmaker.

Swerve Strickland interviewed.

Deonna Purrazzo beat Mariah May.

Orange Cassidy beat Shane Taylor.

Will Ospreay beat Claudio Castagnoli.

Strickland/Joe promo and one last going at it before Sunday.

After last week’s awful dumpster fire of a show, I skipped tonight’s show. Pending changes at my job will mean in the next couple months I will no longer be able to watch the live broadcast on Wednesdays. That and Tony Khan needs to be able to stay off socials for just one Wednesday before, during and just after the show.

No Rampage this Friday. It’s moved to Saturday because of NBA Playoffs and will probably be LIVE either before or after Collision.

Saturday: Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita in a Bunkhouse Brawl, The Elite vs. FTR & Pac and The Acclaimed vs. Gunn Club.