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Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/20/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their second standalone LIMIT BREAK event today, dubbed LIMIT BREAK ex.

Today’z event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. However, it may be temporarily unavailable due to audio issues with the live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 330, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Yu Owada beat Rukiya (DDT).

Match 2: Mohammd Yone & Hi69 beat Yuto Kikuchi & Harutoki (?). Hi69 pinned Harutoki after Stuka Splash.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita & Atsushi Kotoge beat Kazusada Higuchi (DDT) & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer). Kotoge pinned Menso-re after Kill Switch.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama (DDT) & Akitoshi Saito vs. Shuji Ishikawa (Independent/Freelancer) & Ren Ayabe (All-Japan) went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino (DDT) beat Go Shiozaki & Genta Yubari (Independent/Freelancer). Endo pinned Yubari after Burning Star Press.

The next LIMIT BREAK event will be on 6/19 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be a Go Shiozaki 20th Anniversary event.

The next event is 3/31 at Korakuen Hall for a STAR NAVIGATION 2024 Tour event with GHC Heavyweight Champion Hijo dr Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Jake Lee for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET

Ganbare Pro 3/20/24 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their penultimate event under the CyberFight Corp. umbrella, as they will separate from their former owner and become independent at the end of the month. They will remain under the WRESTLE UNIVERSE umbrella for on demand broadcasts.

Today’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center 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 140.

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa bear Riara by submission.

Match 2: Yuna Manase & HARUKAZE beat YuuRI & Bunny Oikawa. Manase pinned YuuRI after a lariat.

Match 3: Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat Keosuke Ishii & Shinichiro Yominaga. Oishi pinned Tominaga after Cactus Flower.

Match 4: Yumehito Imanari, Tyson Maeguchi & Hartley Jackson beat Ken Ohka, Mizuki Watase & Munetatsu Nakamura. Imanari pinned Nakamura after Sakuragaoka Cutter.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada beat Shota & Takao Soma to retain the titles. Katusmura beat Shota with Triple 3 Lock. V5 for the champs.

The next event is 3/28 at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

Injury Report: Makoto Oishi was onjured during his match. Neck. Out indefinitely and off DDT’s event tomorrow as a precaution. He was to have teamed with Yosjitatsu to face Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino. Tomomitsu Matsunaga is the replacement.

Ahead of its separation from Cyberfight, the promotion has also created a new website, whoch can be accessed at http://ganpro.net

All-Japan 3/20/24 Results

All-Japan continues the Dream Power Series today with an event in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Akos Igeo in Saitama and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 279.

Match 1: Ryuji Hijikata beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Dan Tamura vs. Seigo Tachibana went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Kiroshio TOKYO Japan beat Suwama & Hikaru Sato. Kiroshio pinned Sato after Handsome Special.

Match 4: Jun Saito beat Kumaarashi.

Match 5: Yuma Apyagi & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato. MUSASHI pinned Hayato.

Main Event: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Hokuto Omori & Hartley Jackson beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Fuminori Abe. Nakajima pinned Honda after a face kick.

The next event is 3/30 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan 3/20/24 Results

New Japan wrapped up the New Japan Cup today with the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on YV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 3003.

Match 1: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Kysuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. BUSHI pinned Murashima.

Match 2: Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tanga Loa & Tomohiro Ishii. Akira pinned Taguchi after 2/2.

Match 3: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Nicholls pinned Newman after Master Blaster.

Match 4: Gabriel Kidd, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & YOSHI-HASHI. Owens pinned Tenzan.

Match 5: Yujiro Takahashi, Jack Perry & Ren Narita beat El Desperado, Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino. Narita beat Nagata with a cobra twist.

Match 6: Yoh beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Match 7: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA. Phantasmo pinned TAKA after Super Thunder Kiss 86.

Match 8: Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Dick Togo & EVIL went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 8 (again): Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Naito pinned Togo.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Finals: Yota Tsuji beat Hirooki Goto to win the tournament. It’s the first Cup for Tsuji. As a result, Tsuji will face IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito for the title at SAKURA GENESIS on 4/6.

The next event is NJPW ACADEMY SHOWCASE 3 Saturday at the LA Dojo in Carson, CA. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on YouTube at a later date.

The next Japan event is the Road to SAKURA GENESIS 2024 Tour starting on 3/30 at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

GLEAT 3/16/24-3/17/24 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event this weekend in Osaka, but also then held their first GLEAT-branded non-televised house show after that.

Saturday’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 223.

Match 1: Minoru Tanaka, Magnitude Kishiwada & JD Lee beat Kaz Hayashi, MICHIKO & Jun Tonsho. Tanaka beat Tonsho with Minoru Special.

Match 2: Soma Watanabe beat Issei Onitsuka.

Match 3: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Tetsuya Izuchi & Riki Aitaka beat Yu Iizuka & Seiichi Ikemoto by submission. Izuchi beat Iizuka,

Match 4: Quiet Storm beat Junjie.

Match 5: T-Hawk & Takehiro Yamamura beat El Lindaman & CIMA. T-Hawk pinned CIMA after Tenchi. Afterwards, Lindaman asked for T-Hawk to be his opponent for his 10th Anniversary Match at a STRONGHEARTS produced event on 4/14. Accepted. Then Onitsuka came out and asked for Yamamura to be his opponent at that event. Also accepted. Then a video from Shigehiro Irie played announcing he would return to Japan for that event. He is currently in England.

Match 6: Takanori Ito beat So Daimonji. Afterwards, because they have split the 2 prior matches Ito demanded a 3rd match but with no pinfalls. Accepted.

Main Event: Check Shimatani, Hayato Tamura, Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Kaito Ishida, Hartley Jackson, Kotaro Suzuki & Jordan Oliver. Shimatani pinned Oliver after a reverse strike. Shimatani promo afterwards where he thanked the fans in Osaka and promised to come back bigger. This was his last Osaka match before an international training excursion.

Yesterday’s event was held at Hulic Hall in Kyoto. There will be no on demand broadcast on YouTube (there also was no live broadcast).

The announced paid attendance was 163.

Match 1; Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Takehiro Yamamura & JD Lee. Jackson pinned Lee after Falcon Arrow.

Match 2: So Daimonji beat Junjie.

Match 3; Takanori Ito & Riki Aitaka beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Yu Iizuka. Ito pinned Iizuka after a combination kick.

Match 4: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka, CIMA & Super Delfin beat Soma Watanabe, Issei Onitsuka, MICHIKO & Jun Tonsho. Delfin pinned Tonsho with Delfin Clutch.

Match 5; T-Hawk & El Lindaman beat Kaito Ishida & Jordan Oliver. Lindaman pinned Oliver with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Hayato Tamura & Check SHimatani. Kawakami pinned Shimatani after Thunderbolt.

The next event is 4/4 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but it likely will be streamed live on YouTube and available on demand immediately after the event.

New Japan 3/18/24 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the New Japan Cup today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 793.

Match 1: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg. Sabre beat Kato with a front neck lock.

Match 2; DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat El Desperado, Togi Makabe & Tomohiro Ishii. Uemura beat Makabe with an armbar.

Match 3: Ryusuke Taguchi & Tanga Loa beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Loa pinned Newman after O.J.K. Afterwards, Loa made a challenge to Khan for the KOPW 2024 Championship.

Match 4; Gabriel Kidd, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI. KENTA pinned Tenzan.

Match 5: Yoh, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo & Shota Umino beat Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Jack Perry & Ren Narita. Narita beat Takahashi with STF.

Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP & Jeff Cobb. Takahashi pinned Akira with Nameless Hiromu Roll.

New Japan Cup Semifinals:
Match 7: Yota Tsuji vs. EVIL went to a no contest in 90 seconds. House Of Torture & LIJ interference. Which led to…
Match 7 (again): Yota Tsuji beat EVIL.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto beat SANADA.
As a result, the Finals will be Tsuji vs. Goto.

The finals are Wednesday at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will be a TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

Stardom 3/16/24-3/17/24 Results (Updated)

Stardom continued the Cinderella Tournament 2024 this weekend with the rest of Round 2 yesterday and the Quarterifnals today.

Yesterday’s event was held at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 398.

Match 1; Hanan & Saya Iida beat Ranna Yagami & Mei Seira. Iida pinned Yagami.

Match 2: Cinderella Tournament Round 2: AZM beat Sayaka Kurara.

Match 3: Cinderella Tournament Round 2: Miyu Amasaki beat Mai Sakurai.

Match 4; Saki Kashima, Ami Sohrei, MIRAI & Syuri beat Saori Anou, Aya Sakura, Yuna Mizumori & Natsupoi. Syuri pinned Sakura.

Match 5; Cinderella Tournament Round 2: Gina beat Waka Tsukiyama.

Match 6: Cinderella Tournament Round 2: Ruaka beat Hazuki by over the top rope.

Match 7: HANAKO, Mina Shirakawa & Maika beat Lady C, Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita. Maika pinned C after Michinoku Driver 2.

Main Event: Suzu Suzuki, Tam Nakano & Mei Seira beat Yuzuki, Koguma & Mayu Iwatani and Natsuko Tora, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe in a 3-way when Nakano pinned Yuzuki.

Today’s event was held at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center in Shiga and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 344.

Match 1; Suzu Suzuki beat Mai Sakurai, Mirai & Lady C in a 4-way by pinning Sakurai.

Match 2: HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama beat Yuzuki & Saya Iida. Tsukiyama pinned Yuzuki with an Osui suplex hold.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami, Saki Kashima & Syuri beat Aya Sakura, Yuna Mizumori & Tam Nakano. Kashima pinned Sakura.

Match 4: Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals: Ruaka beat Gina.

Match 5: Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals: AZM beat Miyu Amasaki.

Match 6: Hazuki, Koguma & Mayu Iwatani beat Saori Anou, Sayaka Kurara & Natsupoi. Hazuki pinned Kurara after a diving senton.

Match 7: Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals: Ami Sohrei beat Mei Seira by over the top rope.

Match 8: Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals: Hanan beat Starlight Kid.

Main Event: Mina Shirakawa & Maika beat Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita & Natsuko Tora & Momo Watanabe in a 3-way when Maika pinned Hayashishita.

As a result of today, the Semifinals of the tournament will be Ami SOhrei vs. AZM & Hanan vs. Ruaka.

The Semifinals and Finals are Wednesday at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date unless a last-minute decision is made to have it live on PPV.

UPDATE: Wednesday will be a PPV. 4400 Japanese yen (around $30) on Pia Stream worldwide. It should be available on Stardom World Saturday afternoon.

Dragon Gate 3/17/24 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2024 today with an event in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Kozakazan Sports Park Bingo in Hiroshima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 598, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Luis Mante, Hyo & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Dia pinned Yanagiuchi after DDDDT.

Match 2; Gianni Valetta vs. Ryu Fuda went to a double countout. Which led to…

Match 3: KAI, ISHIN & Gianni Valetta beat Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Ryu Fuda. Valetta pinned Fuda after a King Kong kneedrop. This was to have been a tag match but after the prior match Valetta & Fuda were added.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block A: BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Punch Tominaga & Shuri Joe. J pinned Tominaga after Genie Windmill.

Match 5: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho ho Lun. Ben-K pinned Lun after a spear.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat Kzy & U-T. YAMATO pinned U-T after Gallaria.

The next event is tomorrow at Tottori Industrial Gym in Tottori. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: There were last-minute changes to the event because Shachihoko BOY was injured the prior day. Neck. Out indefinitely but he states the injury was mild so it should not be extended.

Dragon Gate 3/16/24 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2024 yesterday in Okayama.

Yesterday’s event was held at Sanyo Fureai Park General Gym in Okayama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 256, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1; Rey De Parejas Block A: Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J. Kid pinned Shimizu after Doybull.

Match 2; Rey De Parejas Block A: KAI & Gianni Valetta vs. Punch Tominaga & Shuri Joe went to a double countout. No points.

Match 3: Luis Mante, Hyo & Don Fujii beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Kzy & U-T. Hyo pinned U-T after a double biceps senton.

Match 4: ISHIN beat Shachihoko BOY.

Match 5: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Ben-K pinned Tanaka after a spear.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee. Mochizuki pinned Lee after Yokosuka Spike.

The next event was earlier today at Hiroshima Sports Park Bingo in Hiroshima. Results will be posted when available. There is no on demand broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/17/24 Results

GREAT VOYAGE 2024 in YOKOHAMA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest major event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. This was an English-only live broadcast due to the usual ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 977. Unfortunately low as usual, it seems.

There were multiple changes just before the event because Kaito Kiyomiya was removed due to injury. Spinal concussion. He was to have teamed with Ryohei Oiwa to challenge for the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

Match 1; HAYATA, Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Super Crazy. Mack pinned Bane after a diving foot stomp in the corner on a hanging opponent.

Match 2 Daiki Inaba beat Shuhei Taniguchi.

Match 3: LJ Cleary beat Hajime Ohara.

Match 4: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Shuji Kondo beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Wagner pinned Tadasuke after Wagner Driver.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya beat Manabu Soya & Ryohei Oiwa in a 3-way by pinning Soya.

Match 6: Kenoh beat Ulka Sasaki by countout.

Match 7: In an elimination match, Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Yoshinari Ogawa, Junta Miyawaki & Yu Owada beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Owada & Marufuji were the remaining winners.

Match 8: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga beat YO-HEY to retain the title. V5 for Daga.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher to retain the titles. Morris pinned Huxley after a shooting star press. V4 for the champs.

The next event is The Reeve Presents LIMIT BREAK ex. Wednesday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: Soya apparently has some planned surgery upcoming. Cubital tunnel syndrome (elbow/ulnar nerve). Out indefinitely but likely a few months.

In better news, the promotion announced that Samurai! TV broadcaster/personality Miki Motoi will make her NOAH commentary debut as a special guest on 3/31 at Korakuen Hall, which will be a live WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast. She frequently appears in New Japan on Samurai! TV broadcasts and is fluent in English & Spanish, and regularly covers Mexican wrestling for the network.