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Dragon Gate 2/24/24 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with the penultimate event of the tour in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 310)

Match 1: Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Susumu Mochizuki & Genki Horiguchi. Dia pinned Horiguchi after DDDDT.

Match 2: Strong Machine J beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Punch Tominaga & Yasushi Kanda. Mante pinned Tominaga after MCK.

Match 4: Madoka KIkuta beat Shachihoko BOY.

Match 5:YAMATO, Naruki Doi & Dragon Kid beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk, YAMATO pinned Minoura after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & U-T. Valetta pinned U-T after a King Kong kneedrop.

The next event is tomorrow at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. While this is not the end of the tour, it is the final event of the month (there is one final event for the tour on 3/5 after some upcoming special standalone events). Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

DDT Pro Wrestling “Into The Fight 2024” Results (2/25/24)

DDT has their monthly Tokyo tour-ending event, Into The Fight 2024, on tap today, featuring the debut of Kaisei Takechi. I don’t know anything about him but it seems like he’s a big deal in Japan (sounds like he either is/was a musician or actor) and this is getting a lot of attention and the promotion has really gone out of their way to cater to what seems like a lot of new fans he is bringing in. They have put out a lot of information to “beginners” to help them enjoy and understand DDT and pro wrestling, on a scale I’ve never seen before. It probably helps that he’s teaming with The37Kamiina in his debut match, which will be the main event. There’s one title match before that as MAO defends the DDT Universal Championship against Hikaru Machida.

There have been last-second changes to the card today because, unfortunately, the injury/illness bug continues to be relentless in affecting them and because of it HARASHIMA is now off. Coronavirus. Out indefinitely but, depending on how serious it is or isn’t, probably around a week. The next event is about a week away so he may not miss any more events after today. He was to have faced To-y (Toi Kojima). MJ Paul is the replacement. The 4th & 5th matches on the original lineup have had their positions swapped as a result so Paul vs. To-y will go off 4th (it originally was 5th) and Paul likely won’t be in the corner of DAMNATION T.A. in Match 2.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. The event is a legit advance sellout. Riki Matsui, a member of a group called “BALLISTIK BOYZ”, will be a special guest on commentary. As part of their outreach efforts for new fans they’ve already announced today’s event is expected to run 2 1/2 hours, so that’s already settled. Makes planning my time easier too.
There is also a special PPV Support Package available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE that will include special camera angles for the main event, digital gifts and a chance to win a signed photo. It can be ordered now for 3500 Japanese yen (around $23 US) and is scheduled to premiere Tuesday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. You can buy it until early on 3/2 then can watch it on demand until the end of April. Note that you must buy it via the WRESTLE UNIVERSE website via a browser, you can’t buy it on the mobile app.

Today’s lineup (currently after HARASHIMA absence updates):
Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda vs. Yuki Iino, Yuni & Illusion
Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Akito & Takao Soma
Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toru Owashi vs. Kazuki Hirata, Naruki Doi & Shinya Aoki
MJ Paul vs. To-y
Kazusada Higuchi & Yoshitatsu vs. Yukio Naya & Rukiya
DDT Universal Champion MAO vs. Hikaru Machida for the title
Kaisei Takechi Debut Match: Kaisei Takechi, Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. Tetsuya Endo, Hideki Okatani & Takeshi Masada

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The YouTube broadcast is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event. The WRESTLE UNIVERSE livestream is scheduled to begin 30 minutes before the event.

6 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. We should be going to the venue in 20-25 minutes.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: The YouTube broadcast has begun. Expecting to go to the venue in about 5 minutes.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Oasno & special guest Riki Matsui.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It is a legit advance sellout and it looks like close to the current full capacity setup, so it should be somewhere between 1300-1550 depending on the setup. (From what I saw at start time I think it will be closer to 1300) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1600. I dod see a handful of empty seats in spots as the event went on despite the sellout)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET.

Match 1: Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda vs. Yuki Iino, Yuni & Illusion. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda beat Yuki Iino, Yuni & Illusion. Brookes pinned Yuni.
Post-match, Brookes with microphone. He brought out New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Zack Sabre Jr. Promo in Japanese, rarely heard from Sabre who usually speaks English. Brookes soon had Yuki Ueno & MAO come out. Then it was announced they would face each other in a tag match-Ueno & MAO vs. Brookes & Sabre-on 4/7.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Akito & Takao Soma. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Saaki & KANON beat Akito & Takao Soma. KANON pinned Soma after a Sasaki diving elbow drop.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toru Owashi vs. Kazuki Hirata, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Shinya Aoki. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuki HIrata, Naruki Doi & Shinya Aoki beat Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toru Owashi. Doi pinned Oishi. Post-match, Doi with microphone. It sounds like he issued a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Challenge to Oishi. (Jun Akiyama is not there today because he is in the US for All Elite Wrestling) GM Imabayashi makes it official for Korakuen, but I didn’t catch when. Probably either next month for the 27th Anniversary event or 4/7. (It will be on 3/17)

WRESTLE PETER PAN 2024, DDT’s annual biggest event, is announced for 7/21 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Announced for the event are Konosuke Takeshita and Sanshiro Takagi’s final match before he steps back from regular competition. Advance tickets will go on sale next week for WRESTLE UNIVERSE members. GM Imabayashi’s normally opening announcements follow, led off by the announcement of the WRESTLE UNIVERSE changes coming next month-prices are going up about $2.50/month but they are adding lots more content. Also announced for 3/6 at Shinjuku Face are Danshoku Dieno vs. Kazuki Hirata and a DDT vs. All-Japan 6-man tag match. Also announced for Sumida City Gym in Tokyo on 4/26 is the Yuki Ueno-HARASHIMA 3/17 winner vs. TBA for the KO-D Openweight Championhip.

Match 4: MJ Paul vs. To-y. 30 minute time limit
Result: To-y beat MJ Paul. Shunma Katsumata interference to counter KANON interference with a chair after a ref bump set it up.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi & Yoshitatsu vs. Yukio Naya & Rukiya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi & Yoshitatsu beat Yukio Naya & Rukiya. Higuchi pinned Rukiya after Brain Claw Slam.

Match 5: DDT Universal Champion MAO vs. Hikaru Machida for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Hikaru Machida to retain the title. V5 for MAO. Post-match, MAO with microphone. It sounded like he was talking about the US and Sabre but…next up: Takeshi Masada, who came out for the challenge. Quickly made official by GM Imabayashi, likely for 3/17. (It will be 3/17) Also, MAO has now set the all-time record for most successful defenses in a reign. The prior record which he shared with Daisuke Sasaki was 4.

Main Event: Kaisei Takechi Debut Match: Kaisei Takechi, Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. Tetsuya Endo, Hideki Okatani & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit (the promo graphic on stream said 1 Hour but it’s 30 minutes) (Side note: Per a quick web search I did, Takechi is a 24-year-old actor & musician with THE RAMPAGE, a sub-group of a larger group/agency called EXILE TRIBE)
Result: Kaisei Takechi, Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata beat Tetsuya Endo, Hideki Okatani & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Masada after BME. You could certainly tell and hear all the (likely younger) female fans Takechi brought in for this event, it was VERY LOUD. Afterwards, the winners with microphone to talk Takechi’s debut, put him over and send the crowd home happy.

Added to 3/17 Tsubasa Suzuki Debut Match-Tsubasa Suzuki vs. Takao Soma, To-y/Illusion/Rukiya vs. Yuni/Yuya Koroku/Kazuma Sumi, Toru Owashi & Gorgeous Matsuno vs. Akito & Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Chris Brookes/Antonio Honda/Masa Takanashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki/MJ Paul/KANON, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Yoshitatsu, Sanshiro Takagi vs. Ken Ohka, KO-D Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino vs. Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai (All-Japan) for the titles Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuma Aoyagi (All-Japan). That along with the other title matches as part of the 5 HOUR DDT 27th Anniversary Event.

The next event is 3/3 at Naraha Sky Arena in Fukushima, possibly a Toi Kojima hometown event. This is a free event. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/24/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off the Victory Challenge (VC) 2024 Tag League today, a new tag team tournament featuring 8 teams in a round-robin format.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 309. They didn’t say so but that may be a full house/near sellout as the venue’s normal full capacity is 350.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 2: Jake Lee, Jack Morris & LJ Cleary beat HAYATA, Ninja Mack & Alejandro. Cleary pinned Alejandro after Cattle Killing.

Match 3: VC Tag League: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Bane pinned Inaba after Twister Bane.

Match 4: VC Tag League: Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Kondo pinned Owada after a King Kong lariat.

Match 5: Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Daga, Yoshinari Ogawa & Super Crazy by DQ. Daga DQ’d.

Match 6: VC Tag League: Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa. Thatcher beat Oiwa with a Fujiwara armbar.

Main Event: VC Tag League: Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge. Sasaki beat Kotoge with Shining Triangle.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: Naomichi Matufuji apparently suffered an injury at the previous event or in the days since. Sprained right knee. Out Wednesday. It’s not yet known if he will miss any additional time. He currently is still on the card for GREAT VOYAGE 2024 in NAGOYA next weekend.

All-Japan 2/24/24 Results

All-Japan continued the Excite Series 2024 Tour today with an event in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 688.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Naruki Doi (Indpendent/Freelancer) & Hokuto Onori beat Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Doi pinned Tachibana.

Match 3: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & ATM beat Ray Paloma & ? (last name Iwasaki, can’t get first name from translation). Kuroshio pinned Paloma with Handsome Clutch.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura beat Ren Ayabe & Fuminori Abe. Ashino beat Ayabe with an ankle lock.

Match 5: Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer) beat Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Sato after Ax Bomber.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Jun Saito, KONO & Toshizo. Miyahara pinned Toshizo with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 2/24/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their monthly mid-major event, BEAT POWER ’24, today, while there were no title matches it did further the build to GRAND PRINCESS ’24.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday or Wednesday). There was no live broadcast. (That’s just how Osaka is with everyone, even the major promotions like New Japan, unless they’re at the main Osaka Prefectural Gym)

The announced paid attendance was 349.

Before the event, it was announced that Miyu Yamashita will be leaving in April for another extended US excursion. She will return for the 6/15 event at Kobe Art Center. Also announced was a 6/16 event at Acros Fukuoka.

Match 1: Chika Nanase Debut Match: Moka Miyamoto beat Chika Nanase by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku beat Haru Kazashiro & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by pinning Kazashiro.

Match 3: Juria Nagano beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 4: Maki Itoh & Raku beat Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki. Itoh beat Suzuki with Itoh Deluxe. This was Itoh’s return match after being out nearly 2 months due to injury. She’s headed back to the US again shortly.

Match 5: In a comedy match where after a rope escape or perhaps a near fall you had to drink a glass of straight lemon juice within a certain time limit to continue, Hyper Misao beat Nao Kakuta by submission.

Match 6: Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi & Mizuki beat Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Toga. Mizuki pinned Uehara after a diving foot stomp.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer) & Yuki Aino vs. Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The next event is 3/3 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The full card was announced today including the Uta & Kira (tentative names) Debut Matches: Uta will team with Miu Watanabe to face Raku & Shino Suzuki in an all-Up Up Girls match, while Kira will team with Nao Kakuta to face Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 3/2 at 5:45 PM PT/8:45 PM ET with live results scheduled here.

Dragon Gate 2/23/24 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Your today with a stop in Gifu.

Today’s event was held at Juroku Plaza in Gifu. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 416)

Match 1: Dragon Kid & Yasushi Kanda beat Kagetora & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kanda pinned Yamaguchi after Ryu’s.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Jason Lee.

Match 3: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat YAMATO, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ho Ho Lun. Kzy pinned Lun after a running elbow smash.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Strong Machine J & U-T. Dia pinned U-T.

Match 5: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Susumu Mochizuki & Problem Dragon. Hyo pinned Dragon after a double biceps senton.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. Minoura pinned KAI after Babel Gear.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcastz

New Japan Pro Wrestling 2/24/24 Results

New Japan wraps up THE NEW BEGINNING in SAPPORO 2024 today with the second half of the annual weekend doubleheader in Hokkaido. It’s a rare midday/afternoon matinee which makes for very convenient watching for us fans in the US. After a full slate of title matches yesterday the focus today will be on LIJ vs. Just 5 Guys with a series of 5 single matches between the factions. The focus will be on two in particular-Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura in a Hair vs. Hair match that, unless it’s a draw, will leave a lot of (female) fans very unhappy….and then the main event, which is a rematch from Tokyo Dome between Tetsuya Naito & SANADA for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. But this time it’s Naito defending. Also earlier on the card is Kazuchika Okada’s final New Japan match before he leaves the promotion as well as the farewell match for Tama Tonga, who is also leaving.

There is a change to the card from what New Japan’s English website currently lists-HENARE is off Match 2 due to injury (head). Callum Newman is the replacement.

Today’s event will be held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY in Japanese and English. It can only be watched live in Japan on TV Asahi (it will be available on demand on New Japan World in Japan at a later date). There will be a pre-show match 30 minutes before the event. Excluding the pre-show the longest the event can possibly go is 4 1/2 hours, but I’m thinking it will be closer to around 3 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Tomoya & Toru Yano vs. Katsuya Murashima & Tomoaki Honma

Main Show:
Boltin Oleg, Yoh, Togi Makabe, El Desperado & Shota Umino vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Sho & EVIL.
YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. Francisco Akira, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle
Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo
Ryusuke Taguchi & Nic Nemeth vs. Gedo & David Finlay
BUSHI vs. TAKA Michinoku
Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI
Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi
Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura in a Hair vs. Hair match
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito vs. SANADA for the title

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The main card begins at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

8:25 PM PT UPDATE: There have been last-second changes to the card: Hiroshi Tanahashi is now off. Right ankle injury suffered yesterday. Toru Yano is the replacement. No word on what this means for the pre-show match that Yano was to be in. We’ll find out in a few minutes..(Pre-Show Match Update: Double duty. He’s gonna work 2 matches).

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are someone whose name I didn’t catch & Milano Collection A.T.. Your English hosts are Walker Stephens & Chris Charlton.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still going to be filing in over the next 30 minutes and yesterday did roughly 3200, and it’s already looking like it’s going to be at least around that. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 5355)

Pre-show Match: Katsuya Murashima & Tomoaki Honma vs. Toru Yano & Tomoya. Frontier Zone match. 20 minute time limit
Result: Toru Yano & Tomoya beat Katsuya Murashima & Toru Yano. Tomoya pinned Murashima.

The Hiroshi Tanahashi absence due to injury is announced to the live crowd before the feed cuts away for now to conclude the pre-show.

Updates will resume at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

9 PM PT UPDATE: The main show has begun, so updates resume now.

We are LIVE (again) from Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido, Japan. This event is airing in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi. No guest on Japanese commentary yet.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, Yoh, Togi Makabe, El Desperado & Shota Umino vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Sho & EVIL. 20 minute time limit
Result: Boltin Oleg, Yoh, Yogi Makabe, El Desperado & Shota Umino beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Sho & EVIL. Umino pinned Kanemaru after Death Rider. After the match, Yoh sat at the top of the entrance ramp with the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship belt, possibly making a challenge to Sho, his former partner-turned-rival. Then the arena went dark and a video played on the monitors above the ring in Japanese, apparently a message from David Finlay to Umino ending with the word “SCAPEGOAT” in Japanese & English.

Hiroshi Tanahashi is now the guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. Francisco Akira, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle. 20 minute time limit (VERY LOUD pop and chants from the crowd during Okada’s intro for his final NJPW match)
Result: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Francisco Akira, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle. Okada pinned Newman after Rainmaker. Rainmaker leaves New Japan with a victory. He may be back someday though, he potentially still has a decade or more left in him. Afterwards, Okada with microphone. He thanked the crowd one more time and took a bow before leaving.

Match 3: Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. 20 minute time limit. In a possible unannounced last-second change for this match, Jado is special guest referee
Result: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa. Hikuleo pinned Tonga after a chokeslam. This was Tonga’s final match in New Japan and he stayed around after the match to pay his respects to the ring and the fans and share one last group hug with his brothers & factionmates. Tonga is leaving mainly for personal/family reasons, he is not necessarily retiring but he wants to be closer to his family for work, I believe they are located in Hawaii (where Loa is originally from).

Match 4: Ryusuke Taguchi & Nic Nemeth vs. Gedo & David Finlay. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ryusuke Taguchi & Nic Nemeth beat Gedo & David Finlay. Nemeth pinned Gedo after Danger Zone (Zig Zag). Afterwards, Nemeth with microphone. He addressed the crowd in English, talking about how he wanted to team with Tanahashi in New Japan, but now he had another request-he now wants to defend the IWGP Global Championship against Tanahashi. Tanahashi stood up from commentary and said “I Agree With You!” We’ll see when it happens as it’ll partly depend on Tanahashi’s injury, but after today the promotion is off for about 2 weeks so that’s the earliest it could happen.

Match 5: BUSHI vs. TAKA Michinoku. 30 minute time limit
Result: BUSHI beat TAKA Michinoku by submission

Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI. 30 minute time limit
Result: DOUKI beat Hiromu Takahashi

Kazuchika Okada is now the guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 7: Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Taichi beat Shingo Takagi

Match 8: Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura in a Hair vs. Hair match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yota Tsuji beat Yuya Uemura. As a result, Uemura loses his hair. They cane about 90 seconds from going the full 30 minutes.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito beat SANADA to retain the title. V1 for Naito. Next up: The New Japan Cup winner, probably at SAKURA GENESIS in April.

The next event is the annual Anniversary Event, this year the 52nd Anniversary, on 3/6 (the date of the promotion’s first event in 1972) at Ota City General Gum in Tokyo. The only match set so far is a traditional NON-TITLE match between the IWGP World Heavyweight and Jr. Heavyweight Champions, meaning Naito vs. Sho. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

TNA Wrestling “No Surrender 2024” Results (2/23/24)

TNA Wrestling’s live monthly event, No Surrender, is on tap tonight, the first since the promotion fired Scott D’Amore so this will be a very pivotal weekend for the promotion between this and the next TV tapings tomorrow. The card is loaded with 5 title matches headlined by, appropriately enough, a No Surrender Match as TNA World Champion Moose defends against Alex Shelley, the man he won the title from at Hard To Kill. A No Surrender Match is No Rules, the only way to win is by corner stoppage (towel). Each wrestler has 2 cornermen who are the only ones that can stop it. Before that, Gisele Shaw cashes in her Ultimate X for a shot at TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace, TNA X Champion Chris Sabin defends against Mustafa Ali and much more.

Today’s event will be held at Alario Center in New Orleans, LA and can be watched LIVE on TNA+ (monthly/annual subscription required-monthly is $9.99/month), YouTube (Ultimate Insider subscription required, $4.99/month) and TrillerTV (FITE, PPV for $9.99). There will also be a FREE 30 minute pre-show on all of the above. Including the pre-show it will be a standard live monthly broadcast running about 3 1/2 hours so you’ll have just enough time to jump onto New Japan World for the pre-show starting today’s live event.

Today’s current lineup:
Pre-Show:
The Rascalz vs. Mike Bailey & Trent Seven
Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers vs. KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight

Main Show/PPV:
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay vs. MK Ultra for the titles
PCO vs. Kon
Eric Young vs. Frankie Kazarian. The winner faces the TNA World Champion at Sacrifice on 3/8
Josh Alexander vs. Simon Gotch
TNA Tag Team Champions Bullet Club vs. Grizzled Young Vets for the titles
TNA X Champion Chris Sabin vs. Mustafa Ali for the titles
TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Gisele Shaw for the title
TNA World Champion Moose vs. Alex Shelley in a No Surrender Match for the title. Match ends only when a corner (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards for Moose, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight for Shelley) throws in the towel. However, if either side’s cornermen interfere, it’s a forfeit for that side (DQ) and the title can change hands if that happens

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Updates below will begin at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET.

4:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Alario Center in New Orleans, LA. Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt.

Pre-show:
Match 1: The Rascalz vs. Mike Bailey & Trent Seven
Result: The Rascalz beat Mike Bailey & Trent Seven. Zackary Wentz beat Bailey with an inverted heel hook. Steve Maclin interference set up the finish.

Main Event video preview.

Frankie Kazarian promo.

Match 2: Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers vs. KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight
Result: Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers beat KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight. Myers pinned Knight after an Edwards Boston Knee Party.

Knockouts title match video package.

Final card rundown. The X Championship match, not the TNA World Title match, will be the main event.

End Pre-Show.

Main show/PPV:
Mandatory FBI Warning first…

Opening video package.

Match 1: Eric Young vs. Frankie Kazarian
Result: Eric Young beat Frankie Kazarian. As a result, Young will face the TNA World Champion at Sacrifice on 3/8 for the title. Afterwards, Kazarian beat down the referee until the other referees & security ran out to make the save. Kazarian tesed bulldozing through them before walking off slowly.

Match 2: TNA Tag Team Champions Bullet Club vs. Grizzled Young Vets for the titles. Match 3 of Best of 3 Series (1-1)
Result: TNA Tag Team Champions Bullet Club beat Grizzled Young Vets to retain the titles. Chris Bey pinned Zack Gibson.

Rascalz & Steve Maclin backstage talking as Mike Bailey & Trent Seven try to interrupt but refs keep them separated.

Match 3: PCO vs. Kon
Result: PCO beat Kon by DQ. Chair use. Very short match because of the DQ. Afterwards, Kon even beat down the timekeeper when he wouldn’t stop ringing the bell. But then PCO recovered from the chair use and they continued brawling. PCO attacked Kon with a chair repeatedly as they continued to brawl to the back. But when PCO turned his back to pose, Kon low blowed PCO then hit a spinebuster, then ziptied PCO to the enreance tunnel before a neck snap with a chair.Kon finally retreated as PCO seemingly refused to stay down until they finally cut away.

Alex Shelley talks title match with Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA, who are Shelley’s cornermen.

Match 4: TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay vs. MK Ultra for the titles
Result: MK Ultra beat TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay to become THE NEW TNA KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Killer Kelly pinned Rosemary after Snowplow. The new champs then laid out and beat down Decay immediately afterwards but Jody Threat & Dani Luna quickly ran out to make the save.

Match 5: Josh Alexander vs. Simon Gotch
Result: Josh Alexander beat Simon Gotch

Match 6: TNA World Champion Moose vs. Alex Shelley in a No Surrender Match for the title. Match only ends when one corner throws in the towel. If a cornerman interferes, their wrestler forfeits (DQ) and the title can change hands
Result: TNA World Champion Moose beat Alex Shelley by corner stoppage (towel by KUSHIDA) to retain the title.

Before the next match begins, Ash By Elegance (Dana Brooke) comes out to join commentary.
Match 7: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Gisele Shaw for the title
Result: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Gisele Shaw to retain the title.

Jake Something promo. Sounds like he wants next for whoever wins the main event. Also of note: This is the first PPV/live event like this headlined by an X Division Title match since 2005.

Main Event: TNA X Champion Chris Sabin vs. Mustafa Ali for the title
Result: Mustafa Ali beat TNA X Champion Chris Sabin to become THE NEW TNA X CHAMPION!

End Show.

The next live event will be Sacrifice on 3/8 in Windsor, Canada. The next TV tapings are tomorrow.

DDT 2/23/24 Results

DDT ran the penultimate event of the INTO THE FIGHT 2034 Your today.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 281, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat MAO & Kazuki Hirata. KANON beat Hirata with a cobra twist.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno beat Rukiya.

Match 3: Yoshitatsu beat Takao Soma.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Kazusada Higuchi & Makoto Oishi. Iino pinned Oishi after a spear.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y (Toi Kojima) beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Hideki Olatani. Katsumata pinned Okatani after a foot stomp.

Main Event: KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada & Mecha Mummy beat Maya Yukihi, Ram Kaichow, Rina Yamashita, Sanshiro Takagi & Akito to retain the titles. Honda pinned Akito with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold. V1 for the champs.

The next event is INTO THE FIGHT 2024 Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, headlined by the debut match of Kaisei Takechi. This must be a really big deal because the event is already a legit advance sellout and a special PPV support package (to be streamed after the event) is being offered and DDT has put together a special beginner’s guide to wrestling for fans. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET and the first 2 matches will also be available live FOR FREE on YouTube. Live results are scheduled. T

he PPV is scheduled to premiere on 2/27 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET and will feature special camera angles/footage of the main event focused on Takechi, a digitally signed smartphone wallpaper and a chance to win a signed photo. It can be pre-ordered now on the WRESTLE UNIVERSE website (not on the mobile app) for 3500 Japanese yen (around $23.25 US) and is available for purchase until 3/3 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET and can then be watched on demand until 4/30. The digital gift will be delivered on 3/4 after the premiere.

All-Japan 2/23/24 Results

All-Japan continued their current tour today with an event in Okayama.

Today’s event was held at Okayama Convention Center in Okayama and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 693.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 2: Jun Saito, KONO & Toshizo beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka. Saito pinned Tachibana after Psycho Break.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino, Ryo Inoue & ATM beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Fuminori Abe & Rey Paloma. Ashino pinned Paloma with a German suplex hold.

Match 4: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato beat Dan Tamura, Takao Omori & Ren Ayabe. Miyahara pinned Ayabe with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 5: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai by ref stoppage. Suzuki beat Honda. As a result, Suwama & Suzuki will face Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi on Sunday for the vacant All-Japan World Tag Team Championship.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki beat Hikaru Sato.

The next event is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.