News, results & more from Japanese Pro Wrestling & Sumo
The injury bug continues to be relentless in Japan…Stardom has announced Mono Kohgo was injured at Sunday’s event. Unspecified. Out at least 1 week. She is off the 3/16 & 3/17 events but is scheduled to appear on 3/19 & 3/20, at which point her status for the future will be determined.
More as it becomes available.
New Japan ran Day 6 of the New Japan Cup today in Ehime.
Today’s event was held at Uwajima City Gym in Ehime and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 838.
Match 1: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Tomoaki Honma. Ishii pinned Murashima.
Match 2: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. TJP pinned Taguchi after 2/2.
Match 3: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Uemura pinned Newman with a Tannuki suplex hold.
Match 4: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI & Yota Tsuji. Sabre beat BUSHI with STF.
Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Jack Perry & EVIL beat Yoh, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. EVIL pinned Makabe after EVIL. The usual “Sho Switcheroo” here was not well-received in Sho’s hometown as the fans booed him mercilessly.
Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & KENTA beat Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Ishimoti pinned Takahashi.
New Japan Cup Round 2:
Match 7: David Finlay beat Tanga Loa.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto beat Chase Owens.
As a result, the second Quarterfinals match will be Finlay vs. Goto.
Day 7 is tomorrow at Zip Arena Okayama in Okayama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
All-Japan continued the Dream Power Series today amidst difficult circumstances as the Japanese wrestling world continues reeling from the sudden death of longtime wrestler Yutaka Yoshie after the last event.
Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 342, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi & Hikaru Sato beat Hokuto Omori & Seiki Yoshioka. Aoyagi pinned Omori with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.
Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Dan Tamura & Ren Ayabe. Ashino beat Ayabe with an ankle lock.
Match 4: Jun Saito beat Seigo Tachibana.
Match 5: Katsuhiko Nalajima beat Fuminori Abe.
Main Event: Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato beat Suwama, Kento Miyahara & Hideki Suzuki. Anzai pinned Suwama with a German suplex hold.
The next event is 3/20 at Ikos Ageo in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand later that day.
Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced changes to upcoming events due to having one fewer of the Good Looking Guys for a time-Jake Lee, the leader of the faction, is now off a few events. Concussion. Out tomorrow & Thursday. Status uncertain beyond that so it’s wait and see for GREAY VOYAGE 2024 in YOKOHAMA Sunday. Corresponding card changed have been made.
More as it becomes available.
With the Victory Challenge Tag League now in the books, Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Yamaguchi.
Today’s event was held at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 234.
Match 1: Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat HAYATA & Dragon Bane. Mack pinned Bane.
Match 2: Daiki Inaba beat Hajime Ohara.
Match 3: Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Go Shiozaki. Huxley pinned Yone after a neck hanging bomb.
Match 4: Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Hi69 pinned Owada after Stuka Splash.
Match 5: Yoshinari Ogawa, Ulka Sasaki & Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary & Tadasuke. Oiwa pinned Cleary after Doctor Bomb.
Match 6: Jake Lee beat Alpha Wolf.
Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya & Daga beat Jack Morris & YO-HEY. Kiyomiya pinned YO-HEY after Transformed Shining Wizard.
Main Event: Manabu Soya, Maa Kitamiya & Shuji Kondo beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Junta Miyawaki. Soya pinned Miyawaki after Trajectory.
The next event is Wednesday at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. There will be no live broadcast.
New Japan began Round 2 of the New Japan Cup today with Day 5 in Ehime.
Today’s event was held at Item Ehime in Ehime and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 668.
Match 1: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg. Nicholls pinned Kato after a lariat.
Match 2: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii. Uemura beat Honma with an armbar.
Match 3; Chase Owens & KENTA beat Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto. KENTA pinned Makabe.
Match 4: Jado, Shota Umino & Tanga Loa beat Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. Umino pinned Gedo after Death Rider.
Match 5: Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Yoh, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Narita pinned Taguchi after Double Cross.
Match 6: Callum Newman, Franecsco Akira, TJP, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Khan beat BUSHI with Subaru Sheep Killer.
New Japan Cup:
Match 7: Jack Perry beat Toru Yano.
Main Event: SANADA beat YOSHI-HASHI.
As a result, the first Quarterfinals match will be Perry vs. SANADA.
Day 6 is tomorrow at Uwajima City General Gym in Ehime. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2024 today with an event in Nagoya.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya. There is/was bo live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 1362. A super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat BxB Hulk & Ryu Fuda. Dia pinned Fuda after DDDDT.
Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Shachihoko Machine.
Match 3: Rey De Parejas Block A: KAI & Gianni Valetta beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Valetta pinned Ben-K after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Problem Dragon. KAMEI pinned Dragon after “JACKY” Knife.
Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block B: YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Luis Mante & Hyo went to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Kzy & U-T beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN. U-T pinned ISHIN after Passion.
The next event is Saturday at Sanyo Fureai Park General Gym in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
DDT continued the Judgment 2024 Tour today with a house show in Osaka.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 203, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1; Toru Owashi & Akito beat Yukio Naya & Yuni. Owashi pinned Yuni with La Magistral.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi & Makoto Oishi. KANON beat Oishi with a cobra twist.
Match 3: Danshoku Dieno beat Tsutenkakku.
Match 4: Kazuki Hirata beat Jun Akiyama. Hirata came up with rules that basically means Akiyama had to get 3 falls to win while Hirata while Hirata only needed one and could do so with a 1 count pinfall. Akiyama got 2 falls before Hirata won.
Match 5: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat MAO & To-y. Endo pinned To-y after Shooting Star Press.
Match 6: Yoshitatsu, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Sanshiro Takagi, Naoki Tanisaki & Rukiya. Masada pinned Rukiya.
Main Event: HARASHIMA & Hideki Okatani beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. HARASHIMA beat Ueno with a body sleeper hold.
The next event is Judgment 2024, the 5 Hour Special DDT 27th Anniversary event, on 3/17 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Yes, they intend for the event to run 5 hours again. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their spring house show tour today with an event in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 206, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: Toga beat Chika Nanase.
Match 2: Yuki Aino beat Kira Summer by submission.
Match 3: Mizuki beat Uta Takami by submission.
Match 4: Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI beat Nao Kakuta & Haru Kazashiro. HIMAWARI pinned Kazashiro.
Match 5: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku was changed as it was supposed to begin. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): In a handicap match, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & Shino Suzuki. Watanabe pinned Suzuki after Teardrop.
Match 6: Yuki Kamfuku beat Wakana Uehara.
Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Miyu Yamashita, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Toribami after Ring A Bell.
The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.
Stardom continued the 2024 Cinderella Tournament today with the second half of the major opening doubleheader.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on PPV via Pia Stream for 2200 Japanese yen (around $15 US) until Wednesday morning. It should be available on demand on Stardom World Thursday for subscribers.
The announced paid attendance was 1344.
Match 1: Aya Sakura Return Match: Sayaka Kurara & Mai Sakurai beat HANAKO & Aya Sakura. Sakurai pinned Sakura after Shining Buster. Sakura, a rookie about to finish her first year in wrestling, had been out since July due to injury.
Match 2: Yuzuki, Momo Kohga, Hazuki, Koguma & Mayu Iwatani beat Fukigen, Momo Watanabe, Rina, Ruaka & Natsuko Tora by DQ. Tora DQ’d. Deadly weapon use (pipe).
Match 3: Cinderella Tournament Round 2: Mei Seira beat Saya Iida.
Match 4: Cinderella Tournament Round 2: Ami Sohrei beat Yuna Mizumori.
Match 5: Cinderella Tournament Round 2: Hanan beat MIRAI.
Match 6: Cinderella Tournament Round 2: Starlight Kid beat Suzu Suzuki by over the top rope.
Match 7: Saori Anou, Natsupoi & Tam Nakano beat Ranna Yagami, Saki Kashima & Syuri. Natsupoi beat Yagami with Fairy Princess (jumping cross armbar).
Match 8: Gina, Waka Tsukiyama, Mina Shirakawa & Maika beat Miyu Amasaki, Lady C, Saya Kamitani & AZM. Maika pinned C after Michinoku Driver 2.
Main Event: Stephanie Vaquer (CMLL) beat STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia to win the title. Vaquer becomes the 3rd STRONG Women’s Champion. That seems to make the rumors official-it’s over for Giulia in Stardom. No V10 as champion either. She is reportedly headed to former Stardom producer Rossy Ogawa’s new promotion to help get it started then possibly to WWE. But before Giulia could leave, the Oedo Corps faction rushed out for a big beatdown on Giulia until Tam Nakano made the save. It sounds like the question now is whether or not Nakano will get to fight her rival-Giulia-one more time before they part ways. As for new champion Vaqyer, she has thrown down the open challenge gauntlet for anyone, anywhere.
The next event is Saturday at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date, but there are reports they will try to have the video up the following day.