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Stardom 12/1/24 LIVE Results

Stardom wraps up the preliminary round of the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Tournament today, and there is a lot at stake in these final matches. The top 3 in each block advance but only the winners go to the Semifinals, the other 2 teams must face off in an elimination match for that second spot. In the Red Block, Hazuki & Koguma will win and advance to the Semifinals and Maika & HANAKO will finish 2nd because of tiebreakers (their only loss so far is to Hazuki & Koguma) but that leaves 3rd and who they will face up for grabs and it’s wide open. Plus Maika & HANAKO can play spoiler by keeping Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara possibly out of 3rd by beating them. Beyond that it’ll all but come down to tiebreakers. In the Blue Block, Saori Anou & Natsupoi will win and advance to the Semifinals but 4 teams have a chance at the other two spots. Mei Seira & Cohaku unfortunately had their last match yesterday (they did their part and won) so they can only hope tiebreakers may go their way. Momo Watanabe & Thekla face Hanan & Saya Iida in perhaps the most critical match, both must win and, in the latter’s case, hope that Ranna Yagami & Lady C can somehow pull another upset and beat Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki. It’s all but going to come down to tiebreakers and draws will be a factor. Buckle up for a wild ride.

Today’s event will be held at Duo Cerezo in Niigata and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. There are 8 matches scheduled and probably will be an intermission at some point so I anticipate this match will have a running time of about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo vs. Ranna Yagami & Matoi Hamabe
Natsupoi vs. Mei Seira & Rina in a 3-way
Goddess Of Stardom Tag League:
Red Block:
Maika & HANAKO vs. Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara
Syuri & Saki Kashima vs. Natsuko Tora & Ruaka (Main Event)
AZM & Miyu Amasaki vs. Konami & Saya Kamitani
Blue Block:
Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla
Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Rian
Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki vs. Ranna Yagami & Lady C

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

6:50 PM PT UPDATE: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. That stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Duo Cerezo in Niigata, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced later today or tomorrow. The venue normally is used for weddings so it’s a small setup but looks full or close to it. Not having seen live events here before I’m going to guess the setup is for maybe 400, whatever it’s for the number should be close to a sellout. (Not a legit sellout, at the end I saw rows of empty seats but all towards the back and only 2-3 rows) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 426)

Match card order announcement. Syuri/Saki Kashima vs. Natsuko Tora/Ruaka in the Red Block will be today’s main event.

The matches begin at 8:05 PM PT/11:05 PM ET.

Match 1: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo vs. Ranna Yagami & Matoi Hamabe. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ranna Yagami & Matoi Hamabe beat Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo. Yagami beat Kohgo. First career win for Hamabe!

Match 2: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. 20 minute time limit. Both teams cannot advance regardless of result.
Result: Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Sakura beat Tsukiyama with an armbar.
Mizumori & Sakura finish 3-5, 6 points. Tsukiyama & Rian finish 2-6, 4 points.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Natsupoi vs. Mei Seira & Rina in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Natsupoi beat Mei Seira & Rina in a 3-way by pinning Rina.

Match 4: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Maika & HANAKO vs. Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. 20 minute time limit. Maika & HANAKO will finish 2nd and advance to the elimination match. Nakano & Kurara must win to have any chance to finish 3rd & advance to a rematch.
Result: Maika & HANAKO beat Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. HANAKO pinned Kurara.
Maika & HANAKO finish 7-1, 14 points. Nakano & Kurara finish 3-5, 6 points and need miracles to advance, meaning no contests to come and tiebreakers.

Match 5: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki vs. Ranna Yagami & Lady C. 20 minute time limit. Kid & Suzuki must win or draw-just get points-to advance to the elimination match because there are no clear tiebreakers right now due to their matches against both teams being draws.
Result: Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki beat Ranna Yagami & Lady C. Kid pinned C.
Kid & Suzuki finish 4-1-3, 11 points. Yagami & C finish 2-6, 4 points.
As a result, Kid & Suzuki will finish either 2nd or 3rd and advance to the elimination match against the winner of Momo Watanabe & Thekla vs. Hanan & Saya IIda.

Match 6: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: AZM & Miyu Amasaki vs. Konami & Saya Kamitani. 20 minute time limit. Both must win to have any chance of advancing and if one team (or both) earns a point, Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara are eliminated. (That would also officially eliminate Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo as their only hope is long-shot tiebreakers)
Result: Time Limit Draw. 1 point for each.
Both finish 3-4-1, 7 points and must wait for the main event to determine what will happen. They’re going to need a no contest or some kind of zero points for both scenario to have any chance. This makes tiebreakers very unclear. If one of the main event teams win, both are eliminated. As a result, Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara are now eliminated. Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo are also officially eliminated.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Match 7: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla. 20 minute time limit. The winner will finish 3rd and advance to the elimination match. If it’s a draw, Watanabe & Thekla will advance. If it’s a no contest or scenario where both teams get no points, Mei Seira & Cohaku will advance on tiebreakers.
Result: Hanan & Saya Iida beat Momo Watanabe & Thekla by countout.
Both finish 4-3-1, 9 points. But because of this result, Hanan & Iida will finish 3rd and advance to the elimination match against Suzuki & Kid. The winneres will face Natsupoi & Saori Anou in the Semifinals. Watanabe & Thekla are out and now will almost certainly defend the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship against the eventual tournament winners. Thekla beat down both afterwards, possibly knocking out both.

Main Event: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima vs. Natsuko Tora & Ruaka. 20 minute time limit. If there is a winner, they will advance. If it’s a draw or no contest/no points scenario, it goes to complicated tiebreakers.
Result: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Syuri & Saki Kashima. Tora pinned Syuri.
Tora & Ruaka finish 4-4, 8 points. Syuri & Kashima finish 3-5, 6 points.
As a result, Tora & Ruaka finish 3rd and advance to the elimination match to face Maika & HANAKO. The winner of that match will face Hazuki & Koguma in the Semifinals. Maika & HANAKO immediately came out after the match. Hanan & Iida also came back out despite the H.A.T.E. beatdown after they beat Kamitani & Konami, as did Kid & Suzuki. Basically everyone except Hazuki & Koguma who presumably were not here today. Short promo by Tora. Afterwards everyone left except Kid, who scrambled for the microphone to send the crowd home happy.

The elimination matches and Semifinals are Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu Event Hall Block 2 in Shizuoka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW 11th Birthday” LIVE Results (12/1/24)

Tokyo Joshi Pro celebrates their 11th birthday/anniversary today with an event in Tokyo on the day they began as a DDT sub-brand in 2013, and appropriately this kicks off a doubleheader with DDT following. The event will also feature a title match main event as, after winning the NEXGENE Tournament in a bit of an upset, Haru Kazashiro earned a title shot of her choice and chose the Princess Tag Team Championship with Toga, who she beat to win the tournament, so they will face current champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh for the titles headlining the card. The likely semi-final match features all the Up Up Girls together in an 8-woman tag.
The promotion has already announced that Pom Harajuku will miss the event due to having competed in Thailand today, where she won the SETUP Thailand All-Asia Women’s Championship for her first career championship. I’m sure Max The Impaler is very proud of Pom too!

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. With 6 matches and a bit of a time limit due to DDT following them I don’t see this event running longer than the potential limit if everything went the distance, meaning it should be just under 2 hours. The longest it could go is just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Moka Miyamoto vs. Kira Summer
Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino
Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Yoshiko Hasegawa
Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Haru Kazashiro & Toga for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so it will depend on the setup which I’m thinking will be 450-500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 333, a legit advance sellout. A smaller setup than anticipated)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes. During the opening announcements one match was announced for 1/4 at Korakuen Hall, which is Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao. Must be a tradition because it’s happening on that date for the 6th straight year. Then a new trainee was introduced (a foreigner). She spoke pretty good Japanese though. Then she spoke in English-she is originally from Manchester, England. When DDT hopefully posts more on their website a little later I’ll edit this with more about her. And they already have…Her name is Ivy Steele, she is 25 and currently is an exchange student. She will be changing her ring name, possibly to her original ring name FiFi. She has been wrestling for almost 7 years (debuted in February 2018) and attended & passed the TJPW fall auditions. Her TJPW debut will be on 12/14 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama.

The matches begin at 6:50 PM PT/9:50 PM ET.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Match 3: Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna beat Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI. Misao pinned HIMAWARI after Hypami Returns.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino beat Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara. Nakajima beat Uehara with a front neck & arm lock after reversing out of an armbar.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Yoshiko Hasegawa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Mizuki pinned Suzuki with Cutie Special. Mizuki promo post-match, if anything of note I’ll edit later as I began simulcasting a Stardom live broadcast so audio was muted. (Update: Princess Of Princess Championship challenge. That match will happen on 1/4 at Korakuen Hall)

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Haru Kazashiro & Toga for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Haru Kazashiro & Toga to retain the titles. Itoh beat Kazashiro with Itoh Punish/Deluxe/Whatever. V2 for the champs. Next up: TBA but Yamashita issued an open challenge for 1/4/

The next event is “Winter Story” on 12/14 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 12/13 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Injury Report: Blank Shooter For A Day

New Japan has announced an injury change to the upcoming event tomorrow in Osaka: Shota Umino is now off. Left ankle injury suffered yesterday. Out tomorrow but tentatively scheduled to return Monday. He was to have teamed with Tiger Mask to face Chase Owens & KENTA. Tomoaki Honma is the replacement. If Umino can’t return Monday it would have World Tag League implications as he & Honma are still in Block A contention at 2-3, 4 points, a 4-way tie behind 4 at 3-2, 6 points for the top 2 spots to advance.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/30/24 Results (2 Events) (Updated x2)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a doubleheader today in Tokyo, with the first event featuring only single matches where each match featured a current or former GHC Heavyweight or National Champion, and the second event being a regular house show.

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

There were many last-minute changes to the second event card based on the results of the first event.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 264.

Match 1: Go Shiozaki beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 2: Jack Morris beat Tadasuke.

Match 3: Kenoh beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 4: Ulka Sasaki beat Alejandro.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya beat HAYATA.

Match 6: Manabu Soya vs. YO-HEY went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Harutoki.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 314.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Manabu Soya & Go Shiozaki vs. Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Jack Morris & Daga beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Eita. Daga pinned Eita after Diablo Wings.

Match 4: HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat Atsushi Kotoge, AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Daiki Odashima. YO-HEY pinned Odashima after a dropkick.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Harutoki beat Anthony Greene, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, LJ Cleary & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer). Kiyomiya pinned Menso-re after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal to retain the titles. Marufuji beat Del Mal with a neck lock. V4 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Shinjuku Face. The matches will not be announced in advance. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan so there will be Japanese commentary only.

UPDATE: Next up for the tag champs-Jack Morris & TBA, who he will reveal tomorrow. Likely to happen on 1/1 at Nippon Budokan.

UPDATE 2: If a post Taishi Ozawa has made on the socials is legit, he could be the next challenger for Kiyomiya & the GHC Heavyweight Championship on 1/1. He posted a photo holding a contract for the match which he has signed, but Kiyomiya hasn’t yet. Click below and judge for yourself.

https://twitter.com/noah_taishi/status/1862853443712659623

All-Japan 11/30/24 Results

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest Tag League today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 874.

Match 1: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka beat Hokuto Omori, The Bodyguard (Independent/Freelancer) & Taishin Nagao. Yoshioka pinned Nagao.

Match 2: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Cyrus & Hartley Jackson beat Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe. Cyrus pinned Abe after a reverse splash.

Match 3: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Suwama, Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI & Ryo Inoue. Anzai pinned Inoue after Gimlet.

World’s Strongest Tag League:
Match 4; Block A: Jun & Rei Saito beat Dan Tamura & Shotaro Ashino. Jun Saito pinned Tamura after Psycho Break.
Match 5: Block A: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo beat Makoto Oishi & Mike D. Vecchio. Mashimo pinned Oishi after a vertical drop brainbuster.
Main Event: Block B: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto. Miyahara pinned Sato with a shurdown suplex hold.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Saitos, 5-0, 10 pts (Advanced)
2-Omori/Kumaarashi, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Hayato/Anzai, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Seklimoto/Mashimo, 2-1-1, 5 pts
5-Ashino/Tamura, 1-3, 2 pts
6-Oishi/Vecchio, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
7-MUSASHI/Yoshioka, 0-4-1, 1 pt (OUT)

Block B:
1-Miyahara/Smith, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Cyrus/Jackson, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Honda/Ayabe, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Aoyagi/Abe, 2-3, 4 pts
5-Suwama/Hideki Suzuki, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Sato/Miyamoto, 1-3, 2 pts
7-Kuroshio/Tachibana, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 2 in each block will advance to the Semifinals. As a result of today, the Sairos will advance in Block A and will win the block as long as they don’t lose their last match. The second spot is still up for grabs. Block B is wide open although Miyahara/Smith have the advantage for one of the spots. Their last match is Cyrus/Jackson.

The next event is tomorrow at Yonago Convention Center Big Ship in Tottori. There will be no live broadcast.

Stardom 11/30/24 LIVE Results

Stardom runs their first event in Shimono City today, a significant one as it’s a homecoming for the promotion’s sisters-Hanan, Hina & Rina, who will all get to compete in their hometown for the first time in their young careers. The girls have been making the promotional rounds, including big sister Hanan visiting the city mayor & little sisters Hina & Rina-who are also twins-joining in after finishing their schoolwork for the week. While the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League will continue today (it’s the penultimate day of the preliminary round), the sisters will be in the main event spotlight as they team up for a trios match, unique because Rina is a heel while Hanan & Hina are not. But for one day at least the sisters will hopefully put their in-ring differences aside and showcase why they are considered a huge part of Stardom’s future (they’ve had big moments this year including Hanan winning the annual Cinderella Tournament and Rina reigning as record-setting Future Of Stardom Champion for most of the year and still the current New Blood Tag Team Champion).

Today’s event will be held at Ishibashi Sports Center in Tochigi and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. Fans will also be allowed to throw streamers/paper tape into the ring for the sisters’ intros in the main event. There are 8 total matches scheduled so exactly how long the event may run depends on if there’s an intermission. If yes, it’ll probably be closer to 2 1/2 hours and if no then closer to 2 hours. The longest it could go is roughly 3 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA except main event):
Aya Sakura vs. Matoi Hamabe & Natsuko Tora in a 3-way
Suzu Suzuki & Yuna Mizumori vs. Lady C & Ranna Yagami
Goddess Of Stardom Tag League:
Blue Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Rian
Blue Block: Mei Seira & Cohaku vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla
Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saya Kamitani & Konami
Red Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki
Red Block: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara
Main Event: Hanan, Hina & Rina vs. Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Saya Iida

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. That stream is scheduled to begin at 7:50 PM PT/10:50 PM ET.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Ishibashi Sports Center in Tochigi, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. First time here and it’s a small venue with a setup for maybe 400 tops, and what we can see iniitially is one or two seats from full, which soon filled up. Might be a legit sellout, I’ll guess near 400. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 508, a full house/near sellout)

Hanan & Hina come out first to open the event. No Rina, maybe because she’s the heel. After greeting & warming up the crowd they bring in who I’m guessing is the Shimano City mayor to say a few words.

Today’s lineup announcement. YouTube gets a Blue Block tournament match and the 3-way.

The matches begin at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM ET.

Match 1: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. 20 minute time limit
Result: Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Anou beat Rian.
Natsupoi/Anou are 6-1-1, 12 points and are finished with their matches. Tsukiyama/Rian are 2-5, 4 points and are out.
As a result, Natsupoi/Anou will advance with a top 3 finish secured and will be 1st if Momo Watanabe/Thekla do not win their last 2 matches-if that happens they advance to the Semifinals. Otherwise it’s the 2nd place and the elimination match against the 3rd place team.

Match 2: Aya Sakura vs. Matoi Hamabe & Natsuko Tora in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Natsuko Tora beat Aya Sakura & Matoi Hamabe in a 3-way by pinning Hamabe. Apparently a very young fan in the back was scared of Tora leading to some fun near-interactions pre and post-match.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Suzu Suzuki & Yuna Mizumori vs. Lady C & Ranna Yagami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzu Suzuki & Yuna Mizumori beat Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Suzuki pinned C. The winners didn’t get along at all after Mizumori surprised Suzuki by running up behind her during entrances. This continued after the match.

Match 4: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saya Kamitani & Konami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hazuki & Koguma beat Saya Kamitani & Konami. Koguma pinned Kamitani.
Hazuki & Koguma are 7-1, 14 points and are finished. Kamitani & Konami are 3-4, 6 points with one match left and must win and get help to advance. Hazuki & Koguma will advance, whether they finish 1st or 2nd in the block will be determined by Maika & HANAKO in their final match tomorrow.

Match 5: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Syuri & Saki Kashima. AZM pinned Kashima.
Both are 3-4, 6 points with one match left. Both must win tomorrow and get help to have a chance to be 3rd and advance.

Match 6: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo beat Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. Kohgo pinned Kurara.
Iwatani & Kohgo are 3-5, 6 points and done. Nakano & Kurara are 3-4, 6 points with one match left. Nakano & Kurara now must win tomorrow and get a lot of help to advance. Iwatani & Kohgo can only hope for no contests & tiebreakers to have any chance.

Match 7: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Mei Seira & Cohaku vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla. 20 minute time limit
Reslut: Mei Seira & Cohaku beat Momo Watanabe & thekla. Seira pinned Watanabe.
Both are now at 9 points, but at 4-3-1 Seira & Cohaku are now done and need help to advance-basically a miracle because of tiebreakers and that draw, plus Starlight Kid & Saya Iida must lose their last match tomorrow (Ranna Yagami & Lady C). Watanabe & Thekla are 4-2-1 with one match left, and against Hanan & Saya Iida it’s now must-win.
As a result of all this, Saori Anou & Natsupoi will now win the Blue Block and advance to the Semifinals.

Intermission.

The event resumes at 10:15 PM PT/1:15 AM ET.

Main Event: Hanan, Hina & Rina vs. Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Saya Iida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hanan, Hina & Rina beat Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Saya Iida. Hanan pinned Ruaka with a backdrop hold. The post-match promos were interesting because Hanan & Iida and Kid & Suzu Suzuki have their final tournament matches tomorrow but not against each other. Iida put Hanan over before departing to let the sisters finish & send the crowd home happy, although Rina acted all heel again but she did get her chance with the microphone. Hanan led the crowd in doing the STARS “S” hand sign to finish although of course Rina didn’t do it. She’s with H.A.T.E. after all.

Even with the intermission this was a much longer event than I anticipated at almost 3 hours. But I think it’s safe to say the sisters’ first hometown Stardom event won’t be their last, this was a big success.

The next event is tomorrow at Duo Cerezo in Niigata for the final day of the tournament preliminary round. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET, I will try and do live results again.

The December Stardom World schedule is all live events except 12/14 & 12/15. There are 2 PPVs scheduled-12/8 for the second of 2 events at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka for the tournament Finals, and 12/29 for STARDOM DREAM QUEENDOM 2024, the year-end blowout event, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. There will be a NEW BLOOD event on YouTube on 12/26, and the 12/24 Korakuen Hall event will be available live FOR FREE on both Stardom World and YouTube. You may want to set a YouTube bookmark when it becomes available because it’s a 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET start.

New Japan 11/29/24 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the 5th day of Block A, starting the second half.

Today’s event was held at Twin Messe Shizuoka North Building in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 569.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. DOUKI beat TM 4 with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Gedo, Tome & Stevie Filip. Narita beat Gedo with a jumping armbar.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. FIjuta pinned Young after Abandon Hope.

Match 4; BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Takahashi pinned Murashima.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5; Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Taguchi beat YOSHI-HASHI with Kid Clutch.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. SANADA beat Honma with Skull End.
Match 7: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. KENTA pinned Oiwa after GO 2 SLEEP.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Takagi pinned Newman after Pumping Blaster.

Standings-wise, there are now 4 tied for the lead at 3-2, 6 points and the other 4 are tied at 2-3, 4 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals so mathematically everyone is still in it.

The next event is Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Obituary: Mighty Inoue Dies

All-Japan has reported on the passing of Mighty Inoue, a former wrestler who joined the promotion in 1981 and became a referee after retiring in 1998. He was 75. The cause of death was ventricular fibrillation. Inoue was a former All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion and All-Asia Tag Team Champion and was a popular member of the Villain Shokai faction in his wrestling years.

I join All-Japan Pro Wrestling in expressing condolences to the family, friends & fans of Mighty Inoue.

Injury Report: New Japan Young Lion Down

New Japan has just announced some injury changes for the rest of the World Tag League-Masatora Yasuda (who I have unknowingly been incorrectly callinh Yasutora Yasuda in results posts), one of the current new Young Lions, is now out of action. Undisclosed injury suffered in training before today’s event. Out indefinitely but at least the rest of the current tour, meaning a minimum of 1-2 weeks. He was to have competed in a few more pre-show matches the rest of the tour with the next one scheduled for Sunday. That match as well as the 12/4 pre-show match are now cancelled. On Monday (12/2) he was to have faced Shoma Kato. Daiki Nagai is the replacement. On 12/6 he was to have teamed with Kato to face Nagai & Katsuya Murashima. That match will now be Kato-Murashima.

There’s no word on exactly how long he will be out.

More as it becomes available.

DDT 11/28/24 Results

DNA, an experimental group under DDT’s banner that consisted of newer wrestlers with great potential at the time, held a special 10th Anniversary event today on the day of its formation (11/28/2014) featuring former members of the group. Most went on to compete elsewhere but a couple stayed in DDT, the most notable success story form the group being Yuki Ueno, but all returned for this event. DNA, by the way, in this case was short for DDT New Attitude. Also part of this group are Shunma Katsumata & Kazusada Higuchi, who are both out long term due to injuries but appeared today.

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

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

Match 1: MAO & Mizuki Watase vs. Yuki Iino & Masato Kamino went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Akira Sada (?) & Yuki Ishida beat Chou-un Shiryu & Rekka. Sada pinned Shiryu after a spinebuster.

Match 3: Munetatsu Nakamura beat Yuni.

Match 4: Match 4: Banana Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi beat Daiki Shimomura & Check Shimatani. Senga pinned Shimomura.

Match 5: Kota Umeda, Ryota Nakatsu & Koki Iwasaki beat Keigo Nakamura, To-y & Yuya Koroku. Umeda pinned Nakamura after a right high kick.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno beat Diego.

The next event is “Year-End Fan Appreciation Day! 2024” Sunday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

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