As promised yesterday, GLEAT has now uploaded the full G PROWRESTLING Ver. 53 event from Sunday to YouTube and you can watch below FOR FREE:
(Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube channel)
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New Japan 5/23/23 Results
New Japan ran Day 9 of Best Of The Super Junior today, wrapping up Block A and determining who would advance to the Semifinals.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 831, a full house/near sellout. Osaka remains stricter about capacity limits than most of Japan despite pandemic restrictions being abolished.
Match 1: TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Khan pinned Nakashima after FGO (Fate/Grapple-O-Khan).
Match 2: Ryohei Oiwa & El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Desperado beat Fujita with Numero Dos.
Match 3: Dan Moloney & Francesco Akira beat Gedo & Clark Connors. Akira pinned Gedo after Speedfire.
Match 4: Kevin Knight, Master Wato & Yoh beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi. Knight pinned TAKA after a Spike DDT.
Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
TJP beat Taiji Ishimori by forfeit (injury).
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi beat KUSHIDA.
Match 6: Sho beat DOUKI.
Match 7: Mike Bailey beat Lio Rush. As a result, Bailey wins Block A and advances to the Semifinals.
Main Event: Titan beat Hiromu Takahashi. As a result, Titan finishes 2nd in Block A and advances to the Semifinals. No 4-peat for Takahashi.
Day 10 is tomorrow with the final day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
Dragon Gate 5/22/23 Results
Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 2023 Tour today with another house show in Hokkaido.
Today’s event was held at Hakodate Arena on Hokkaido. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 356. A super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Jason Lee & Strong Machine J beat Dragon Dia & La Estrella. Lee pinned Estrella after Maximum Driver.
Match 2: Diamante beat Minorita.
Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Dragon Kid & U-T. Kanda pinned U-T after Ryu’s.
Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.
Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Bonito beat YAMATO, Kzy & Punch Tominaga. Bonito pinned Tominaga after a diving body press.
Main Event: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Hulk pinned H-Y-O after First Flash.
The next event is tomorrow at Morioka Gym in Iwate. There will be no live broadcast.
GLEAT 5/21/23 Results
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday, headed almost all the way across Japan back to Osaka after visiting Hokkaido recently.
Yesterday’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow beginning at 4:30 AM PT/7:30 AM ET. There was no live broadcast. The video will be posted here tomorrow morning.
The announced paid attendance was 233.
Match 1: Takanori Ito & Yusuke Kodama beat Minoru Tanaka & Keiichi Sato. Kodama pinned Sato after Sky Drop.
Match 2: Oji Shiiba beat Check Shimatani. Shimatani was a replacement for the injured KAZMA SAKAMOTO (thigh inflammation).
Match 3: Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls) & Yurika Oka beat Sayaka Unagi & Yukari Hosokawa. Oka pinned Hosokawa after a swivel type flying body press.
Match 4: Kaito Ishida, Yutani & Hartley Jackson beat T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Yu Iizuka. Ishida pinned Iizuka with a half tiger suplex hold.
Match 5: Issei Onitsuka beat Kaz Hayashi. As a result, Onitsuka joins the Yanzu Family faction.
Match 6: Soma Watanabe beat Ryuichi Kawakami.
Main Event: G INFINITY Champions Hayato Tamura & Check Shimatani beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Jun Tonsho to retain the titles. Shimatani pinned Tonsho after a reverse strike. V6 for the champs. Next up: Jun & Rei Saito from All-Japan Pro Wrestling. That match will happen on 6/7.
The next event is GLEAT Ver EX “FACE OFF” ACCESS 2 TDCH on 6/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo which will also feature the finals of the Lidet UWF Championship Tournament to crown the first champion. Broadcast plans TBA but it almost certainly will stream live on YouTube.
BREAKING: AEW Videogame Gets Release Date
The first huge AEW announcement of the week has dropped: The long-awaited “Fight Forever” videogame release date is now official beyond just this year…June 29. The press release from THQ Nordic featured a YouTube clip and comments from Kenny Omega, who worked on the game.
It will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Switch and PC. Pre-orders are now available.
More information and pre-order links below:
https://aew.thqnordic.com/#order
DDT News: Title Vacancies
Continuing a theme across promotions recently, DDT has announced the DDT Extreme Championship and KO-D Tag Team Championships are now VACANT. Both are because Shunma Katsumata suffered an ankle injury yesterday. This means MAO loses the Tag Team Title. Determination matches to crown new champions will be held on 6/25.
New Japan 5/21/23 Results (Updated)
Resurgence, New Japan’s latest US event, is now in the books. Read on to find out who became the first STRONG Women’s Champion and more.
Today’s event was held at Walker Pyramid in Long Beach, CA and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Pre-Show:
Match 1: The DKC beat Bateman.
Match 2: Alex Coughlin beat Christopher Daniels.
PPV:
Match 1: Barbaro Cavernario & Virus beat Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr. Cavernario pinned Tito.
Match 2: STRONG Women’s Chanpionship Tournament: Mercedes Mone beat Stephanie Vaquer.
Match 3: STRONG Women’s Championship Tournament: Willow Nightingale beat Momo Kohga.
Match 4: In a Street Fight, Juice Robinson beat Fred Rosser.
The STRONG Tag Team Championship AND IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship are now VACANT. Kyle Fletcher announced that Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Fletcher) are vacating the titles due to a Davis injury. Determination match between Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI and Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL to crown new champions will happen at DOMINION on 6/4. That match will be for both titles.
Match 5: KENTA beat STRONG Openweight Champion Hikuleo by countout to win the title. KENTA becomes the 5th STRONG Openweight Champion. Next up: Possibly Eddie Kingston.
Match 6: Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley & Shota Umino beat Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada. Umino pinned Romero after Death Rider.
Match 7: IWGP US Championship #1 Contender Tournament: Will Ospreay beat Hiroshi Tanahashi. As a result, Ospreay will face Lance Archer on 6/4 with the winner facing Kenny Omega for the title at a later date.
Main Event: STRONG Women’s Championship Tournament Final: Willow Nightingale beat Mercedes Mone to win the tournament and the title and become the inaugural STRONG Women’s Champion. Mone may have been legit injured and was hospitalized afterwards. Regardless, this is a huge upset and a lot of online fans are not happy.
The next US event is All Star Junior Festival USA 2023 on 8/19 at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA.
UPDATE: Mone was legit injured in the match. Broken ankle.
The announced paid attendance was 2903. Not sure what capacity was but not a sellout.
Dragon Gate 5/19/23-5/21/23 Results
Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 2023 Tour this weekend with a tripleheader of BxB Hulk/Kzy hometown events.
All 3 events were held at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
5/19:
The announced paid attendance was 256.
Match 1: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Dragon Dia beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Minorita. Dia pinned Minorita after DDDDT.
Match 2: KAI & H-Y-O beat Don Fujii & Punch Tominaga. H-Y-O pinned Tominaga.
Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu MOzhicuki & Yasushi Kanda beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & U-T. Mochizuki pinned U-T after Yokosuka Liner.
Match 4: Genki Horiguchi & La Estrella beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Estrella pinned KAMEI.
Match 5: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat Shun Skywalker & Diamante by DQ. SKywalker DQ’d. Weapon use.
Main Event: BxB Hulk beat Kzy.
5/20:
The announced paid attendance was 355.
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.
Match 2: YAMATO & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Don Fujii & Punch Tominaga. Mochizuki pinned Tominaga after Twister.
Match 3: La Estrella & Minorita beat Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi. Estrella pinned Horiguchi.
Match 4: Diamante beat Strong Machine J.
Match 5: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Jason Lee & U-T. Kanda pinned U-T after a diving elbow drop.
Main Event: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K to win the titles. Kzy, SHimizu & KAMEI become the 85th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Kzy beat Hulk with Spider Twist.
Today:
The announced paid attendance was 404.
Match 1: BxB Hulk & YAMATO beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Don FUjii. Hulk pinned Fujii.
Match 2: KAI beat Punch Tominaga.
Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi. Mochizuki pinned Horiguchi after Yokosuka Cutter.
Match 4: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Minoura pinned U-T after R-301.
Match 5: Open The Brave Gate Champion Jason Lee beat La Estrella to retain the title. V2 for Lee.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J and Shun Skywalker, Diamante & H-Y-O in a 3-way when Kikuta pinned J.
The next event is tomorrow at Hakodate Arena in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.
BREAKING: NJPW STRONG To Japan In July
During tonight’s Resurgence Event, New Japan announced that the US-based STRONG brand is next headed to Japan for “Independence Day”, to be held on July 4 & 5 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Both lineups are TBA and both will be PPVs on New Japan World. Confirmed names for the events are Fred Rosser, Eddie Kingston, Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Rocky Romero.
More as it becomes available. Resurgence results will be posted when available.
DDT 5/21/23 Results
DDT wrapped up the KING OF DDT 2023 Tournament today with the Semifinals and Finals.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 4 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 677.
Pre-show:
Match 1: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Akito, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya by ref stoppage (TKO). Iino beat Rukiya.
Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Takao Soma, Yuni & Yuki Ishida beat Toru Owashi, Makoto Oishi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.
Main show:
The promised announcement of a former WWE wrestler/champion appearing at WRESTLE PETER PAN was made to reveal the wrestler’s identity…Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder). He will face DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo for the title on 7/23 with Steph De Lander in Cardon’a corner (not Chelsea Green, Cardona’s real-life wife. She’s back in WWE).
Match 1: KING OF DDT Semifinals: Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki Ueno.
Match 2: KING OF DDT Semifinals: Chris Brookes beat Jun Akiyama.
Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Kotaro Suzuki beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Endo pinned Paul after Burning Star Press. This was to have been a 6-man tag match but was changed to a tag match due to a KANON injury.
Match 4: Yuji Hino, Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Naruki Doi beat MAO, Touki Kojima, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada. Hino beat Koroku with King Kong sleeper.
Match 5: In a Piercing Deathmatch where win was by pinfall, submission or piercing your opponent’s ear 3 times, DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat Hideki Okatani to retain the title. V1 for Katsumata. Next up: TBA, but Katsumata hinted at wanting Atsushi Onita.
Main Event: KING OF DDT Finals: Chris Brookes beat Kazusada Higuchi by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Brookes will next face KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino for the title at a date TBA.
Daisuke Sasaki summoned media backstage and tried to wait for El Desperado, who was part of the New Japan event later in the day at the venue. However, Korakuen Hall staff forced him to leave. Sasaki will face Desperado at WRESTLE PETER PAN.
The next event is Saturday at JMS Alter Plaza Multipurpose Studio in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.
