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Dragon Gate 3/30/24 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas today with a hometown event in Kobe.

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

The announced paid attendance was 532, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Ryoya Tanaka beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 2; Ho Ho Lun won an 11 man battle royal, last eliminating Punch Tominaga. Noteworthy just because Gianni Valetta didn’t win.

Match 3: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Luis Mate, Hyo & Yasushi Kanda. Dia pinned Kanda after DDDDT.

Match 4: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & U-T beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Susumu Mochizuki & Kagetora. Kzy pinned Kagetora after a running elbow smash.

Rey De Parejas:
Match 5: Block A: Shuji Kondo & Toru Owashi beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Kondo pinned Minoura with Gorilla Clutch.
Main Event: Block B: Shun Skywalker & ISHIN beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. SKywalker pinned KAMEI after a Lee Maximum Driver.

At this point, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki have won Block B and will advance to the Semifinals. Skywalker & ISHIN are currently 2nd but are not safe because Luis Mante & Hyo still have 2 matches left, against Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia and Kzy & U-T. Mante & Hyo advance with 2 wins or a win and time limit draw while Kzy & U-T would advance by bearing Mante & Hyo. Block A is led by Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi with 1 match left against Kondo & Owashi. The other match left, which also has implications for the standings, is KAI & Gianni Valetta vs. BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J. The winners of each match should reach the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Hitoshima Sangyu Kaikan in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

AEW Collision 3/30/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in London, Canada:

AEW TNT Champion Adam Copeland beat Matt Cardona to retain the title.

AEW Tag Team Title Tournament Quarterfinals:
FTR beat The Infantry.
Top Flight beat Big Bill & Ricky Starks. Starks may have been legit injured during this match.
As a result, the second Semifinal is FTR vs. Top Flight.

Kyle O’Reilly beat JD Drake by submission.

Thunder Rosa beat Lady Frost.

Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli & Katsuyori Shibata beat Lance Archer & The Righteous.

Next week will be TAPED and will air at 11:30 PM ET due to NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four coverage on the WBD networks and also to try and avoid Night 1 of WWE WrestleMania 40. The episode will be taped Wednesday after Dynamite.

All-Japan 3/30/24 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Dream Power Series 2024 today with a blowout event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. The postponed service maintenance from earlier this month was completed earlier this week so if you were a subscriber prior to Monday and haven’t been on since, you will need to reset your password next time you use the service.

The announced paid attendance was 2057.

There was an Actress Girls segment before the event began.

Match 1: Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT), Seiki Toshioka & Fuminori Abe beat Naruki Doi, Seigo Tachibana & Ryo Inoue. Hayashi pinned Inoue after Final Cut.

Match 2: Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer) & Kumaarashi beat KONO & Toshizo. Omori pinned Toshizo after Ax Bomber. This was to have been Omori & Osamu Nishimura vs. KONO & Toshizo but NIshimura was removed earlier this week due to illness.

Match 3: Kento Miyahara won an 8 man battle royal, last eliminating Ren Ayabe. This originally was to have been an 8-man tag match but based on results of online fan voting between that and a battle royal as the match type, it became a battle royal.

Match 4: In an Electric Blast Death Match, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Atsushi Onita & To-y (DDT) to win the titles. Sato & Tamura become the 123rd All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Tamura pinned To-y after an electric blasting bat attack. Mission accomplished for the All-Japan brass who were desperate to get the titles away from Onita and do away with his death matches for title defenses at all costs.

Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato beat MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) to retain the title. V1 for Hayato.

Match 6: Jun & Rei Saito beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & Hideki Suzuki to win the titles. The Saitos become the 99th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Jun Saito pinned Suwama after Psycho Break. Picking up right where they left off after they had to vacate the titles due to a Rei Saito injury.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the Triple Crown. Anzai become the 72nd All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. And the youngest ever at 24 years, 10 months. UPSET ALERT!!! Next up: The Champions Carnival, which Anzai is part of, so likely whoever wins the tournament or, if Anzai wins, probably his choice.

The next event is NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 4, the 4th Rising Hayato Produced event for younger wrestlers and those with less than 10 years experience, on 4/11 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 3/30/24 Results

New Japan began the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today, a quick 1 week sprint that will lead to next week’s annual April blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 828.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Tiger Mask & El Desperado. KUSHIDA pinned TM 4.

Match 3: Callum Newman & Francesco Akira beat Gedo & Clark Connors. Akira pinned Gedo after Speed Fire.

Match 4: Yoh, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA. Yoh pinned TAKA after Direct Drive.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned Taguchi after a package driver.

Match 6: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & Tanga Loa. Khan beat Jado with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Tsuji pinned Takahashi after Gene Blaster.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast, but at the request of Great-O-Khan the main event, which is a KOPW 2024 Championship match, will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

Also, at last night’s MLW War Chamber in the US, NJPW WORLD TV Champion Matt Riddle beat Kosei Fujita to retain the title. V2 for Riddle.

FREE VIDEO: New Japan Academy Showcase 3 Full Event (3/23/24)

As they planned to do, New Japan has now made the full event video of the 3/23/24 NJPW Academy Showcase 3 from the LA Dojo in Carson, CA available FOR FREE on YouTube in English. Check out the full event below (running time is just under 2 hours with 7 matches), video courtesy of the New Japan Official English YouTube Channel:

Stardom News: 4/4 US Card Announced

Stardom announced the latest card for their US event Thursday in Philadelphia, PA, which is as follows (slightly lean right now with just 5 matches):

High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Ram Kaichow & Saki Kashima in a 3-way for the title
AZM, Saya Kamitani & Camron Branae vs. Stephanie Vaquer, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe
Syuri & Konami vs. Willow Nightingale & SAKI
Mayu Iwatani, Tam Nakano & Momo Kohgo vs. Mona Hsorakawa, Mariah May & Xis Brookside
World Of Stardom Champion Maika vs. Megan Bayne for the title

Thursday’s event will be live on PPV via TrillerTV/FITE for $24.99 in English only and is scheduled to begin at 3 PM ET/Noon PT. It will not be available on Pia Stream in Japan and there will be no Japanese commentary option. As I normally telework for my IRL job on Thursdays I plan to buy the PPV and, if I do, there will be live results posted.

Dragon Gate 3/28/24 Results

Dragon Gate taped episode 3 of the PRIME ZONE+ TV series today.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1; Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Problem Dragon, Ryu Fuda & Ryoya Tanaka. Kzy pinned Dragon after a running elbow smash.

Match 2: In a Banned Move Singles Match, Takashi Yoshida beat Genki Horiguchi by virtually immediate DQ. Just 2 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): In a Banned Move Singles Match, Genki Horiguchi beat Takashi Yoshida by DQ. Used the banned move.

Match 3: Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat YAMATO, Don Fujii & Punch Tominaga. KAMEI pinned Tominaga after JACKY Knife.

Main Event: Hyo & Ben-K beat Kota Minoura & Dragon Dia. Hyo pinned Minoura after Samson Driver.

The next episode date is TBA.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe to continue the Rey De Parejas. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Ganbare Pro 3/28/24 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their final event under the CyberFight banner today as they will leave and become independent this weekend, although they will remain under the WRESTLE UNIVERSE banner for broadcasts of events on demand.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage 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 205.

Match 1: Yuna Manase & Bunny Oikawa beat Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara. Manase pinned Riara after Suzuki Dynamic. Hasegawa & Riara are now leaving the promotion.

Match 2: What was supposed to be Zhao Yunzilong (?) & YuuRI vs. Hartley Jackson & HARUKAZE was changed last-second due to Yunzilong & YuuRI being absent. Unknown for Yunzilong, personal reasons for YuuRI. Which led to…
Match 2: Hartley Jackson & HARUKAZE beat Hong Kong International Policeman & Policewoman. Jackson pinned Policeman after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Munetatsu Nakamura beat Shota, Takao Soma & Shinichiro Tominaga. Nakamura pinned Shota with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: In an elimination tag match, Shuichiro Katsumura, Ken Ohka, Takuya Wada & Mizuki Watase beat Keisuke Ishii, Yumehito Imanari, Tyson Maeguchi & Takaaki Iwasaki. Katsumura & Ohka were the winners, last eliminating Imanari which left Ishii alone, and thus Ishii could not continue due to it being a tag match.

The first event for the “new” Ganbare as an independent promotion will be on 4/27 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. Other upcoming events set are 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, 6/2 and 7/15 both at Takashimadaira Community Center.

AEW Dynamite 3/27/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite from Quebec City, Canada:

Match 1: Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Result: Will Ospreay beat Katsuyori Shibata

Match 2: AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarterfinals: The Young Bucks vs. Private Party
Result: The Young Bucks beat Private Party. Both Bucks pinned Marq Quen after EVP Trigger.

Match 3: Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Staltander, Anna Jay & Skye Blue in a 4-way for an AEW TBS Championship shot at the Dynasty PPV. Mercedes Mone on commentary
Result: Willow Nightingale beat Kris Statlander, Anna Jay & Skye Blue in a 4-way by pinning Jay. As a result, Nightingale will face AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart for the title at the Dynasty PPV in April. Hart laid out Nightingale with a belt shot immediately afterwards.

Match 4: AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament: Best Friends vs. Undisputed Kingdom
Result: Best Friends beat Undisputed Kingdom

Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Swerve Strickland
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Konosuke Takeshita. As a result, Strickland will be #1 in the updated Rankings coming out after tonight and will face AEW World Champion Samoa Joe for the title at Dynasty.

Aside from Best Friends-Undisputed Kingdom, which I didn’t care about because Orange Cassidy, this was a very good show. Fewer matches because of no in action/squash stuff meant more time for everything else and it showed in how good they were for the most part. Takeshita-Strickland is must-see and check out Ospreay-Shibata. Episodes like this are ones I want to see more of.

Friday on Rampage: TBA.

Saturday on Collision: Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs. Top Flight and FTR vs. The Infantry in the Tournament Quarterfinals and NEW AEW TNT Champion Adam Copeland with the usual open challenge for the title.