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Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/10/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the Victory Challenge Tag League today with the last day of matches and the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 465.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Hi69 beat Hajime Ohara, Alejandro & Super Crazy. Yone pinned Alejandro after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: VC Tag League: Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Sasaki pinned Inaba.

Match 3: VC Tag League: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo. Bane pinned Kondo after Twister Bane.

Match 4: LJ Cleary beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 5; VC Tag League: Saxon Huxley & Timorhy Thatcher beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Huxley pinned Owada after a neck hanging bomb. As a result, Huxley/Thatcher advance to the Finals.

Match 6: VC Tag League: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge. Oiwa pinned Kotoge after Doctor Bomb. As a result, because they beat Bane/Wolf earlier in the tournament, Kiyomiya/Oiwa advance to the Finals on the tiebreaker.

Match 7: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Naomichi Marufuji, HAYATA & Ninja Mack. Morris pinned Mack after a tiger driver.

Match 8: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa to retain the titles. YO-HEY pinned Ogawa. V4 for the champs.

Main Event: VC Tag League Finals: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher to win the tournament. Kiyomiya pinned Huxley after Transformed Shining Wizard. As a result, Kiyomiya & Oiwa will face GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene for the titles on 3/17 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama.

The next event is tomorrow at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan 3/10/24 Results

All-Japan continued the Dream Power Series 2024 today with an event in Gunma, which sadly has been overshadowed by the death of veteran wrestler Yutaka Yoshie, who suddenly became ill backstage after his match and has died. He was only 50. The exact cause of death is not yet known but early reports are it seems to be some kind of sudden post-match occurrence and not related to anything that happened during the match..

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and should be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 651.

Match 1; Dan Tamura & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Rising Hayato & MAZADA (Independent/Freelancer). MUSASHI pinned MAZADA after a diving body press.

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi beat FUMA (Independent/Freelancer).

Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Ryoji Sai beat Ryo Inoue & Yutaka Yoshie. Sai pinned Inoue with Akagawa Iron Bridge. As noted above, this turned out to be Yoshie’s final career match after 30 years due to his sudden unexpected death post-match.

Match 4: Jun Saito & Toshizo beat Kento Miyahara & Ren Ayabe. Saito pinned Ayabe after Psycho Break.

Match 5: Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato beat Shotaro Ashino, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana by ref stoppage. Suwama beat Tachibana with a vise sleeper.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hartley Jackson. Anzai pinned Jackson with a German suplex hold.

The next event is Tuesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

BREAKING: Japanese Wrestler Yutaka Yoshie Dies After Event

At today’s All-Japan Pro Wrestling event, logntime Japanese wrestler Yutaka Yoshie made an appearance and competed in a tag match. Sadly, Yoshie became ill after returning backstage and was hospitalized immediately but has since died. He was only 50; The exact cause of death is unknown. Yoshie was set to celebrate his 30th anniversary in wrestling his year as he had been competing since 1994.

More as it becomes available. I send my deepest condolences to the family, friends and fans of Yoshie and pray for his soul to be at peace.

All-Japan’s planned live YouTube broadcast tomorrow to announced a major update to their AJPW.TV streaming service with Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi has been postponed indefinitely.

New Japan 3/10/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 4 of the New Japan Cup today, finishing up Round 1.

Today’s event was held at Baycom Gym in Hyogo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2476.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. KENTA pinned Honma.

Match 2: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii. SANADA pinned Taguchi with O’Connor Bridge.

Match 3: Jado, Hikuleo & Tanga Loa beat Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. Loa pinned Gedo after The Sacridice.

Match 4: Boltin Oleg, Yoh, El Desperado & Shota Umino beat Yoshinobu kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Jack Perry & EVIL. Umino beat Takahashi with STF. House Of Torture again pulled the last-second “Sho switcheroo” as they continue replacing him with Perry.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan. Takagi pinned Newman after MADE IN JAPAN.

New Japan Cup:
Match 6: El Phantasmo beat Mikey Nicholls.
Match 7: Ren Narita beat Taichi.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat Jeff Cobb.
As a result, Phantasmo will face Tsuji in Round 2 and Narita will face Zack Sabre Jr.

Day 5 is tomorrow at Item Ehime in Ehime with the start of Round 2. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 3/9/24 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas today with Day 2 in Hyogo.

Today’s event was held at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 368, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block B: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Kzy & U-T. Dia pinned U-T after DDDDT.

Match 2: JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 3: KAI & Gianni Valetta beat Shachihoko BOY & R\yu Fuda. Valetta pinned Fuda after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Dragon Kid, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi beat YAMATO, Susumu Mochizuki, BxB Hulk & Punch Tominaga. Horiguchi pinned Tominaga after Backslide From Heaven.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block B: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN. Mante pinned ISHIN after Pertigre.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J ebat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. J pinned Minoura after Genie Windmill.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Stardom 3/9/24 Results

Stardom kicked off the 2024 Cinderella Tournament today with the first half of a major weekend doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on PPV via Pia Stream in Japanese for 4400 Japanese yen (around $30 US). You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. The entire event should be available on Stardom World Wednesday (The PPV viewing window is until Tuesday).

The announced paid attendance was 1555.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki beat Mai Sakurai, MIRAI, Ami Sohrei, Mei Seira, HAZUKI, AZM & Waka Tsukiyama in an 8-way by pinning Sakurai.

Match 2: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina beat Miran (Diana) to retain the title. V7 for Rina.

Match 3: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Starlight Kid beat Yuzuki. As a result, Kid advances to Round 2 and will face Suzu Suzuki.

Match 4: Cinderella Tournament Round 1; Sayaka Kurara beat Natsuko Tora by DQ. Ref assault. As a result, Kurara advances to Round 2.

Match 5: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Yuna Mizumori beat Lady C. As a result, Mizumori advances to Round 2 and will face Ami Sohrei.

Match 6: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Gina beat Momo Kohgo. As a result, Gina advances to Round 2 and will face Waka Tsukiyama.

Match 7: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Miyu Amasaki beat Ranna Yagami. As a result, Amasaki advances to Round 2.

Match 8: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Ruaka beat Koguma by over the top rope. As a result, Ruaka advances to Round 1.

Match 9: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Saya Iida beat Saki Kashima. As a result, Iida advances to Round 2 and will face Mei Seira.

Match 10: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Hanan beat HANAKO by submission. As a result, Hanan advances to Round 2 and will face MIRAI.

Match 11: Konami, Syuri & Giulia beat Fukigen, Stephanie Vaquer & Momo Watanabe. Syuri beat Fukigen with White Tiger.

Match 12: Natsupoi Return Match: Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls) & Sareee (Independent/Freelancer) beat Saori Anou & Natsupoi. Sareee pinned Natsupoi after a wrist clutch deformed back toss.

Main Event: Mina Shirakawa & Maika beat Saya Kamitani & AZM and Mayu Iwatani & Tam Nakano in a 3-way when Maika pinned AZM. This was to have been Utami Hayashishita teaming with Kamitani but Hayashishita is off this weekend due to the ever-vague poor physical condition/ill health. AZM was the replacement. Afterwards, Sareee came out again and challenged Iwatani for the IWGP Women’s Championship.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. It will be a live PPV broadcast on Pia Stream for 2200 yen (around $15 US) and will begin TONIGHT at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The likely main event is STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia vs. Stephanie Vaquer for the title. It should be available on demand on Stardom World Thursday. There will be no commentary for this event.

In other news, the 5 STAR GP Tournament was announced for later this year. It will start on 8/10 at Yokohama Budokan and end on 8/31 at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza Main Arena in Tokyo. More details TBA. Also announced was a major doubleheader for 7/27 & 7/28 at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido.

Ganbare Pro 3/9/24 Results

Ganbare Pro ran the last Ganbare Women event under the CyberFight Corp. label before the promotion breaks away and becomes independent at the end of the month, leaving the spin-off’s future uncertain due also to some wrestlers leaving the promotion.

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 111.

Match 1; Kamoe Kobayashi beat Bunny Oikawa.

Match 2: Alex Lee & Tyson Maeguchi beat Riara & Shota. Lee pinned Riara after Viscoplex.

Match 3: Sumire Natsu beat Yoshiko Hasegawa. Afterwards, Natsu put Hasegawa, who is leaving Ganbare at the end of the month, over even as a “business enemy” and suggested they become a team.

Main Event: Takumi Iroha & Mio Momomo beat Yuna Manase & YuuRI. Momomo pinned YuuRI with a German suplex hold. After the match, YuuRI vowed GanJo would continue and hinted at a rivalry with the Marvelous promotion.

It’s not known when the next Ganbare Women event will be.

The next Ganbare event is 3/20. There likely will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/9/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate day of the Victory Challenge Tag League today.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka Island City Forum in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 434.

Match 1: Ninja Mack & Alejandro beat Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy. Alejandro pinned Crazy after a Canadian destroyer.

Match 2: HAYATA beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 3: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Hi69. Lee pinned Yone after FBS.

Match 4: VC Tag League: Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo. Thatcher beat Soya with a Fujiwara armbar.

Match 5: VC Tag League Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Jack Morris, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Ogawa pinned YO-HEY.

Match 7: VC Tag League: Kenoh & Yu Owada beat Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki. Owada pinned Sasaki.

Main Event: VC Tag League: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Kiyomiya pinned Inaba after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Standings:
1-Huxley/Thatcher, 4-2, 8 points
2-Bane/Wolf, 3-2-1, 7 points
3-Shiozaki/Kotoge, 3-2-1, 7 points
4-Kiyomiya/Oiwa, 3-2-1, 7 points
5-Kitamiya/Inabaa, 2-3-1, 5 points
6-Kenoh/Owada, 2-3-1, 5 points
7-Soya/Kondo, 2-3-1, 5 points
8-Sugiura/Sasaki, 2-4, 4 points (OUT)
The top 2 after tomorrow’s matches advance to the Finals on the same event. Mathematically only Sugiura/Sasaki are out Everyone else still has a chance but the 5 point teams will need tiebreakers and miracles to advance as well as the Shiozaki/Kotoge-Kiyomiya/Owada match ending in a Double DQ or No Contest, something that awards no points. The only sure thing is Huxley/Thatcher advance if they beat Kenoh/Owada.

The Finals are tomorrow at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto, also featuring a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at some odd times in the US because of the time change tomorrow morning (1 hour forward at 2 AM local time)-midnight PT/1 AM MT/3 AM CT/4 AM ET.

In other news, the May & June schedules have been announced:
5/4-Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo (WRESTLE MAGIC 2024, LIVE PPV. If you subscribe to WRESTLE UNIVERSE before the new price increase on 3/22, or are a current subscriber as of that date, you will get a coupon in a few weeks for 1000 yen-around $6.50 US-off the purchase price)
5/18-Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama
5/21-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
5/22-Korakuen
5/28-Kobe Sambo Hall, Kobe
5/29-Shinjuku Face, Tokyo (LIMIT BREAK Ver. 2)
6/1-Yokohama Radiant Hall
6/2-Fujisan Messe, Shizuoka
6/9-Korakuen
6/16-Yokohama BUNTAI, Yokohama (ABEMA Presents GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA)
6/22-Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka

DEVELOPING: TJPW Full 3/31 Card Announced

Tokyo Joshi Pro has just announced the full card for GRAND PRINCESS ’24, their biggest event of the year, on 3/31 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. 5 matches were already announced but now the 11 match lineup is official:
Shino Suzuki, Chika Nanase & Kira Summer vs. Haru Kazashiro, Runa Okubo & Uta Takami
Nao Kakuta & Ami Yumoto (AKB48) vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI
Andreza Giant Panda & Kaya Toribami (with Neko Haruna) vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga
Rika Tatsumi vs. Masha Slamovich (TNA Wrestling)
Aja Kong & Max The Impaler vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
Minoru Suzuki vs. Maki Itoh
Yuka Sakazaki (All Elite Wrestling) & Mizuki vs. Chris Brookes (DDT) & Emi Sakura (All Elite Wrestling)
International Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku for the title
Princess Tag Team Champinos Yuki Aino & Ryo MIzunami vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Miu Watanabe for the title
An SKE48 mini-live performance will also be held with 5 members including Yuki Arai and Marika Tani, who will be a guest on commentary for WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 3/30 beginning at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET and is expected to run around 4 hours.

TNA Wrestling “Sacrifice” 2024 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s TNA “Sacrifice” live event in Windsor, Canada:

Pre-show (FREE on YouTube):
There has been a late change to the pre-show card: Laredo Kid, who was to have faced TNA Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve for the title, is now off. Travel issues. Joe Hendry is the replacement.
Match 1: TNA Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve vs. Joe Hendry for the title
Result: TNA Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve beat Joe Hendry to retain the title. AJ Francis was on commentary.

Match 2: The Rascalz vs. Mike Bailey & Trent Seven
Result: Mike Bailey & Trent Seven beat The Rascalz. Bailey pinned Zachary Wentz.

Main show (LIVE on TNA+ with paid subscription, YouTube for Ultimate Insider subscribers, and TrillerTV/FITE as a PPV for $9.99):
Mandatory FBI Warning.
Opening video.
Match 1: Nic Nemeth vs. Steve Maclin
Result: Nic Nemeth beat Steve Maclin
There are technical issues with the stream, at least with the video quality. This happened a little during the pre-show. Clearly signal/satellite issues as it is becoming more persistent approaching 15 minutes in. At this point updates may be slower as I’m possibly going to stop watching due to the technical issues. (I missed the next match then came back during the following match when it seems to have stabilized) (Late Show Update: TNA is aware of the issue and has promised to resolve the issue post-event ASAP)

Match 2: TNA Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers for the titles
Result: Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers beat TNA Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey to become THE NEW TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Edwards pinned Austin after Boston Knee Party.

Match 3: PCO vs. Kon in a No DQ match
Result: PCO beat Kon

After a backstage confrontation between them, AJ Francis vs. Joe Hendry is made for Thursday’s Impact by Santino Marella.

Match 4: TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly vs. Jody Threat & Dani Luna for the titles
Result: Jody Threat & Dani Luna beat TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly to become THE NEW TNA KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Threat pinned Kelly. Very short match. Champs pre-match ambush during entrances backfired.

Match 5: Josh Alexander vs. Alexander Hammerstone
Result: Alexander Hammerstone beat Josh Alexander

Match 6: Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Mustafa Ali & Grizzled Young Vets (this originally was to have been Ali & The Good Hands vs. some combo with Kevin Knight but plans changed today)
Result: Mustafa Ali & Grizzled Young Vets beat Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA. Ali pinned Shelley after a 450 splash.

Match 7: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Tasha Steelz & Xia Brookside in a 3-way for the title. Before intros, Ash By Elegance comes out to sit at ringside
Result: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Tasha Steelz & Xia Brookside in a 3-way by pinning Brookside to retain the title.

Main Event: TNA World Champion Moose vs. Eric Young for the title
Result: TNA World Champion Moose beat Eric Young to retain the title.

End Show. (It went 10-15 minutes shorter than usual, the main show checking in at just 2 hours 43 minutes)

The next monthly live event is Under Siege on 5/3 in Albany, NY, which comes after the next PPV, Rebellion, on 4/20 in Las Vegas, NV. The next TV tapings are tomorrow and should take them to the next TV tapings in Philadelphas in 2 weeks (3/22-3/23). That set of tapings should take them to Rebellion.