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Stardom 3/20/24 Results

Stardom wrapped up the 2024 Cinderella Tournament today with the tour-ender in Nagoya.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on PPV via Pia Stream for 4400 Japanese yen (around $30 US) until Saturday morning. It should be available on demand on Stardom World after that. It is Japanese commentary with Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & special guest MIRAI (but not for the whole event).

The announced paid attendance was 994, a full house/near sellout. The Event Hall has a normal full capacity of 1800 so they probably had a max setup of maybe 1200.

Match 1: Mayu Iwatani beat Yuzuki.

Match 2; Gina, HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyama & Mina Shirakawa beat Ranna Yagami, Saki Kashima, MIRAI & Syuri. Shirakawa pinned Yagami after Venus Tower.

Cinderella Tournament Semifinals:
Match 3: Hanan beat Ruaka.
Match 4: Ami Sohrei beat AZM.

Match 5: Mei Seira, Suzu Suzuki & Mai Sakurai beat Miyu Amasaki, Lady C & Saya Kamitani. and Saya Iida, Koguma & Hazuki in a 3-way when Seira pinned Kamitani.

Match 6: Tam Nakano vs. Giulia went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 7: Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid, Fukigen, Rina & Natsuko Tora beat Saori Anou, Sayaka Kurara, Aya Sakura, Yuna Mizumori & Natsupoi. Rina pinned Sakura after a diving double knee drop.

Match 8: Cinderella Tournament Finals: Hanan beat Ami Sohrei to win the tournament. Hanan wins a trophy and a Cinderella dress for winning. If she gets a title shot, Hanan made it clear she wants the Wonder Of Stardom Championship.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion Maika beat Utami Hayashishita to retain the title. V2 for Maika. With only 19 seconds left to spare before it would have been a 30 minute time limit draw. Next up: If what Maika said post-match holds true, Meghan Bayne. That match will happen on 4/4 in Philadelphia, PA if so. It also has been announced that 4/4 will be a PPV only on TrillerTV (fka FITE) in English only for $24.99. No Pia PPV or Japanese option. Start time will be 3 PM ET/Noon PT. Note that the event is on a Thursday so keep that in mind for watching live (you do get unlimited on demand replays with purchase on Triller).

The next event is Saturday (Friday night US time) at Nara Convention Center in Nara. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

AEW Dynamite & Rampage 3/20/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite and LIVE AEW Rampage from Toronto, Canada:

Dynamite:
Mercedes Mone comes out first. She introduces herself to fans with a video package of her past, not including WWE. Julia Hart & Skye Blue come out at the end and try to ambush Mone but it backfires. When they get chairs, Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander rush out to make the save, but at the end Nightingale teases hitting Mone with a chair.

Match 1: AEW Continental Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Kazuchika Okada for the title (but not the Continental Crown. Interesting)
Result: Kazuchika Okada beat AEW Continental Champion Eddie Kingston to become THE NEW AEW CONTINENTAL CHAMPION! So apparently the Triple Crown is no longer as Kingston is still the ROH World Champion and NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion, with an ROH Title defense coming at the Supercard Of Honor PPV in April. After the match, Pac came out and stared down Okada.

Swerve Strickland interviewed backstage.

Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale interviewed backstage before Mone interrupts.

Match 2: Hook vs. Chris Jericho
Result: Hook beat Chris Jericho

Adam Cole promo.

Jericho will have a proposition for Hook next week.

Will Ospreay interviewed in the ring. He talks Bryan Danielson & Katsuyori Shibata and this leads to a match against Shibata next week.

Match 3: Mariah May & Toni Storm vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Thunder Rosa
Result: Deonna Purrazzo & Thunder Rosa beat Mariah May & Toni Storm. Rosa pinned Storm.

Match 4; Swerve Strickland vs. TBA, which is revealed to be The Butcher
Result: Swerve Strickland beat The Butcher by submission. Afterwards Strickland calls out Samoa Joe and the champ comes out. They tease going at it but get interrupted by Don Callis, which leads to Strickland vs. Konosuke Takeshita next week.

Main Event: AEW TNT Champion Christian Cage vs. Adam Copeland in an I Quit match for the title. The only way to win is make your opponent say I Quit
Result: Adam Copeland beat AEW TNT Champion Christian Cage to become THE NEW AEW TNT CHAMPION!

I cared less than not at all about the main event and it was little more than hardcore garbage. Outside of that, it was a fine Dynamite, not awesome but definitely above average and I enjoyed the first 90 minutes.

Rampage:
Dynamite main event continues/concludes after what would have been the usual overrun cutoff. No Rampage opening due to Dynamite overrun.

Bullet Club promo.

The Acclaimed comes out to respond to Bullet Club. No Billy Gunn. They run down Bullet Club.

Match 1: AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament: Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta vs. Kyle Fletcher & Powerhouse Hobbs
Result: Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta beat Kyle Fletcher & Powerhouse Hobbs. Cassidy pinned Fletcher after Orange Punch.

Match 2; Katsuyori Shibata vs. TBA, which is Kevin Matthews
Result: Katsuyori Shibata beat Kevin Matthews. Squash.

Match 3: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Rocky Romero
Result: Konosuke Takeshita beat Rocky Romero

Main Event: Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue in a street fight
Result: Julia Hart & Skye Blue beat Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander. Hart beat Statlander with Heartless.

Despite getting the Dynamite overrun at the end, Rampage was way too rushed and was a victim of bad time management by AEW, weighing the show down and making it look and feel much worse than it actually was.

No Collision this week due to NCAA Basketball.

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.