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Injury Report: NOAH High-Flyer Grounded

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced an injury change to Friday’s event, and if it lingers it will have major title implications as the absent wrestler is Alejandro. Cervical spine strain. Out Friday. If he missed any more time it would affect major upcoming events including Dragon Gate’s 5/5 event as he is half of the Open The Twin Gate Champions with Kaito Kiyomiya. It’s bot yet known if he will miss additional time.

For Friday, he was to have been in a 6-man tag match. That has been changed to a 5-way.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 4/23/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today with the second half of a Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 887.

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

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Katsuya Murashima, El Desperado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita pinned Murashima.

Match 3: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL to retain the titles. Tanahashi pinned Takahashi after High Fly Flow. V1 for the champs.

LIJ vs. Bullet Club 5 Match Series:
Match 4: Yota Tsuji beat Gedo in 5 seconds.
Match 5: Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI.
Match 6: Shingo Takagi beat Clark Connors.
Match 7: Drilla Moloney beat Tetsuya Naito. Jake Lee (Pro Wrestling NOAH) interference helped.
Main Event: David Finlay beat Hiromu Takahashi.
Bullet Club wins 3-2.

The next event is Thursday at Fukui Industrial Center Exhibition Hall 1 in Fukui. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

DEVELOPING: New Japan Acquiring Stardom

New Japan has announced that, effective June 28, it will be acquiring Stardom from parent company Bushiroad Corporation. The promotion will acquire all stakes in Bushiroad Fight Co. Ltd, due to be renamed Stardom Co. Ltd., for 100 million Japanese yen (around $675,000 US). Beyond statements form Stardom President/CEO Taro Okada & NJPW President/CEO Hiroshi Tanahashi, no further details were released.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan News: 5/6 Card Changes

All-Japan has announced a couple of changes to the already announced card for 5/6 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo (final Champions Carnival prelim event): An 8-man tag match of Rising Hayato, Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue vs. Kaz Hayashi, MUSASHI, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka is now a 6-man tag as Tamura & Tachibana have been pulled from the match. Tachibana will now defend the GAORA TV Championship against Tamura that day.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/22/24 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up Season 2 of MONDAY MAGIC today with the final episode.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Titus Alexander & Starboy Charlie beat Naomichi Marufuji & Hajime Ohara. Alexander pinned Ohara after Big Ugly.

Match 3: Ulka Sasaki beat Masa Kitamiya by submission.

Match 4: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat TBA & TBA, which were Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Yokosuka (Dragon Gate), to retain the titles. Greene pinned Mochizuki. V7 for the champs.

Match 5: Alejandro, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat HAYATA, Daga, Ninja Mack, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kondo pinned YO-HEY after a King Kong lariat.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Jake Lee. As a result, Kiyumiya will face GHC Heavyweight Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. for the title on 5/4.

The next event is Friday at Bandaijima Multipurpose Plaza in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Next up for Morris/Greene: Another open challenge. That match will happen on 5/4.

New Japan 4/22/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today with the first half of a Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 811.

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

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato, Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita pinned Kato.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino, Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii. Kanemaru pinned Oleg with Samson Clutch.

Match 4; BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. Takahashi pinned Gedo.

Main Event: In an elimination Gauntlet match, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Yuya Uemura, SANADA, TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & Taichi. Order of elimination: Khan vs. Uemura went to a 10 minute time limit draw (both out), Cobb vs. SANADA went to a 10 minute time limit draw (both out), TAKA by Newman, Newman by DOUKI, Akira by DOUKI, DOUKI by TJP, Taichi by TJP. United Empire wins with TJP the only man left.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

AEW Dynasty Results (4/21/24)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynasty PPV in St. Louis, MO:

Pre-show:
Trent Beretta beat Matt Sydal.
Orange Cassidy & Katsuyori Shibata beat Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty.
ROH Trios Champions Gunn Club & Jay White beat AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn to retain the ROH titles and become THE NEW AEW TRIOS CHAMPIONS!

PPV:
AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada beat Pac to retain the title.

House Of Black beat Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston & Mark Briscoe. Malakai Black pinned Copeland after Black Mass.

Willow Nightingale beat AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart to become THE NEW AEW TBS CHAMPION! Next up: Mercedes Mone at Double Or Nothing. All but a guaranteed title change.

AEW International Champion Roderick Strong beat Kyle O’Reilly to retain the title. Wardlow tried to interfere late but got caught.

Chris Jericho beat FTW Champion Hook to become THE NEW FTW CHAMPION! FTW match means no rules so of course Jericho won cheap (baseball bat shot)

AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm beat Thunder Rosa to retain the title.

Will Ospreay beat Bryan Danielson.

In a Ladder Match, The Young Bucks beat FTR to become THE NEW AEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Jack Perry returned disguised as a fan who interfered late in the match and was unmasked by security.

Swerve Strickland beat AEW World Champion Samoa Joe to become THE NEW AEW WORLD CHAMPION!

End Show.

The post-event media scrum is scheduled for 9:15 PM PT/12:15 AM ET and will be streamed LIVE on YouTube.

DDT 4/21/24 Results

DDT held what was billed as the first “Spoiler-Free Wrestling” event today, as fans were not allowed to post any results, photos/videos, etc. to social media and the promotion would not post any results from the event until the end of the day, which was a short time ago (about an hour before this was posted).

Today’s event was held at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 312, a super full house/very near sellout.

Before the matches began, there was a brawl involving Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Rukiya & Takeshi Masada until HARASHIMA intervened. There were also changes to upcoming events: On 4/28, Keigo Nakamura’s return match against MAO is now for the DDT Universal Championship, and on next up for the DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata is, by his choice, Antonio Honda. That match will happen on 5/17.

Match 1; In a No DQ Match, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Bad Buddy Yuni & Pitochico Sumi (Kazuma Sumi) was suddenly changed mid-match. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Bad Buddy Yuni beat Pitochico Sumi by submission.

Match 2: In a No Ropes elimination match, where a wrestler was eliminated by falling out of the ring, Kazusada Higuchi beat Gota Ihashi, Yukio Naya & MJ Paul. Order of elimination: Paul by Naya, Naya by Higuchi, Ihashi by Higuchi.

Match 3: Yuki Iino & Yuki “Sexy” Iino (Rukiya I believe, based on photos) vs. Danshoku Dieno & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno (Takeshi Masada) went to a no contest. Out of control. Apparently a one-day-only return for those deplorable Pheromons. Sort of.

Match 4: In a Special Rules Mixed Tag Match with 3 Minute Rounds (no limit), Akito Nishigaki (Akito) & Hayabucha (HARASHIMA) beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku at 2:59 of Round 3. Hayabucha pinned Koroku after Firebird Splash.

Match 5; Tyrannosaurus Inoue (MAO), Super Hardcore Katsumata (Shunma Katsumata) & To-y vs. Sanshi Takagi Robo (Sanshiro Takagi), Ripoff Musou (?) & Super Hardcore Chris (Chris Brookes) went to a double countout.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & 3 other Yuki Uenos (MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Yo-y) beat Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda, another Kazuki Hirata (can’t tell who it really was yet) & another Antonio Honda (Kazusada Higuchi). The real Ueno pinned the real Hirata & Honda.

The next event is DDZT, a special 3-day collaboration event with Zeekstar Tokyo, a professional handball team in Tokyo, beginning Friday at Sumida City Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET but may begin earlier as there is a pre-show match scheduled 15 minutes before the event.

All-Japan 4/21/24 Results

All-Japan ran Day 3 of the Champions Carnival 2024 today.

Today’s event was held at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 4 (last-second move from Hall 7 apparently) in Chiba and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 758.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura, Road Crew & Daiki Wakamatsu beat Ryo Inoue, MUSASHI (MIchinoku Pro), Ayako Yoshida (Independent/Freelancer) & Chicharito Shoki (Independent/Freelancer). Crew pinned Shoki.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block B-Jun Saito beat Hartley Jackson.
Match 3: Block A-Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Cyrus.
Match 4: Block A-Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Shotaro Ashino.
Match 5: Block B-Rei Saito beat Hideki Suzuki.

Match 6: Suwama, Kaz Hayashi & Masayuki Kono (KONO) beat Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori & Ren Ayabe. Suwama pinned Omori after a lariat.

Champions Carnival:
Match 7: Block A-Kento Miyahara beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Main Event: Block B-Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Anzai.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 4/21/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today with a house show in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Chino Civic Center Multi Hall in Nagano. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 738.

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

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

Match 3; Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Takahashi pinned TAKA after Big Juice.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jado, El Desperado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita beat Jado with a chicken wing.

Match 5: Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino beat Togo with STF.

Match 6: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan. Taichi pinned TJP after Tensho Cross Fang.

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

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.