As is usually the case when they can’t broadcast their non-PPV events live, GLEAT has made the full G PROWRESTLING event from Sunday available on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. You can watch the event below (running time is just over 2 hours. Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel):
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New Japan 5/16/23 Results
New Japan ran Day 4 of Best Of The Super Junior today as the leaders looked to keep the upsets coming.
Today’s event was held at Akita Prefectural Budokan in Akita and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 762.
All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block B: Yoh beat Clark Connors.
Match 2: Block A: Titan beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 3: Block B: Robbie Eagles beat BUSHI.
Match 4: Block A: TJP beat DOUKI.
Match 5: Block B: Francesco Akira beat Dan Moloney.
Match 6: Block A: KUSHIDA beat Mike Bailey by submission.
Match 7: Block B: El Desperado beat Kevin Knight.
Match 8: Block A: Hiromu Takahashi beat Sho.
Match 9: Block B: Master Wato beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Main Event: Block A: Lio Rush beat Taiji Ishimori.
Stanidngs:
Block A:
1-Rush, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Bailey, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Ishimori, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Titan, 3-1, 6 pts
5-Takahashi, 2-2, 4 pts
6-TJP, 2-2, 4 pts
7-KUSHIDA, 1-3, 2 pts
8-DOUKI, 1-3, 2 pts
9-Sho, 1-3, 2 pts
10-Taguchi, 0-4, 0 pts
Block B:
1-Desperado, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Akira, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Eagles, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Yoh, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Wato, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Kanemaru, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Moloney, 2-2, 4 pts
8-Connors, 2-2, 4 pts
9-Knight, 1-3, 2 pts
10-BUSHI, 0-4, 0 pts
The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals. Already all but over for Taguchi & BUSHI.
Day 5 is Wednesday at Sendai Sub Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
DEVELOPING: TJPW Excursion End Dates Set, Injury
Tokyo Joshi Pro announced on Twitter that Miyu Yamashita’s current overseas excursion will end on 6/24, and she will return to the promotion that day. Yuka Sakazaki, currently overseas as well, and Maki Itoh, who is also heading overseas for a month, will both return on that date as well and all will participate in a 6/25 event in Fukuoka.
In unfortunate news, SKE48 announced in a press release that Yuki Arai will miss some upcoming performances and that includes TJPW’s Saturday event in Tokyo. Hospitalized for a leg injury. Based on SKE48’s release, out at least 2 weeks. That means she would miss the 5/26 Yokohama Radiant Hall event if scheduled and maybe 6/3 at Ryogoku KFC Hall, and would be questionable for 6/10 at Korakuen Hall due to still being scheduled for an SKE48 event.
More as it becomes available.
GLEAT 5/14/23 Results
GLEAT ran the latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday, featuring a G REX Championship defense by new champion T-Hawk.
Yesterday’s event was held at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido 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 announced paid attendance was 278, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Minoru Tanaka, Kaz Hayashi & Noriyuki Yoshida beat Yuya Susumu, Takanori Ito & Yusuke Kodama. Tanaka beat Kodama with HEAT Clutch.
Match 2: Quiet Storm beat Yu Iizuka.
Match 3: Issei Onitsuka beat Yutani.
Match 4: El Lindaman & Soma Watanabe beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Jun Tonsho. Watanabe pinned Tonsho after a dropkick.
Match 5: Kaito Ishida, Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Suzuki pinned Kawakami after a tiger driver.
Main Event: G-REX Champion T-Hawk beat Check Shimatani to retain the title. V1 for T-Hawk. Next up: Soma Watanabe or Tetsuya Izuchi. Determination match to decide which one will happen on 6/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
The next event is Sunday at Umeda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but there likely will be no live broadcast.
Dragon Gate 5/14/23 Results (Updated)
Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 2023 Tour today with a house show in Kobe, featuring a main event battle royal sponsored by a popular mobile game (played worldwide but very popular in Japan).
Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 404, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, La Estrella & Punch Tominaga beat Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Ho Ho Lun & Super Shinryu 2. Estrella pinned Shinryu.
Match 2: Madoka Kikuta beat Ichikawa in 9 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Madoka Kikura beat Ichikawa.
Match 3: BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J. Ben-K pinned J.
Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Kaito Nagano beat Naruki DOi, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Shuji Kondo. Kanda pinned Yanagiuchi after Ryu’s.
Match 5: Shun Skywalker, Diamante & KAI beat Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO & Takashi Yoshida by DQ. Dragon DQ’d. Mask removal from Diamante.
Main Event: Kzy won an 11 man KING OF LORDS MOBILE “Special Royal Sambo” Battle Royal, last eliminating Kota Minoura. Order of elimination: Susumu Mochizuki, Dragon Kid, Shachihoko BOY, U-T, H.Y.O., ISHIN, Minorita, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Minoura.
The next event is Wednesday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live broadcast.
UPDATE: Ultimo Dragon has been SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY and merchandise sales discontinued by GM Ryo Saito. Continued refusal to have a single match against Diamante. The GM doing this to the founder of the promotion…geez…
Also, Ryoya Tanaka, a new trainee, will have his Debut Match on 5/28 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2.
DDT 5/14/23 Results
DDT returned to Chiba for another ONLY WE event today, this one a special Yuji Hino 20th Anniversary event.
Today’s event was held at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 241, a super full house/very near sellout.
Before the event, a public signing ceremony for the next DDT Extreme Championship match between Shunma Katsumata & Hideki Okatani was held. It was announced the match would be a Piercing/Stabbing Weapons Death Match and in addition to normal methods, winning can also be by piercing the opponent’s ears with weapons 3 times.
Nick Wayne, a 17-year-old wrestler who was supposed to come to Japan earlier this year but was unable to due to visa issues, will try again to come to DDT in June & July. Wayne has already signed with All Elite Wrestling but can’t join them until he turns 18.
Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Rukiya.
Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Hirata.
Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Shunma Katsumata, Yusuke Okada & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a cobra twist.
Match 4: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Hiroshi Yamato & Yuya Koroku. Brookes beat Koroku with a ground octopus stretch.
Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Super Sasadango Machine to win the titles. Higuchi, Nakatsu & Ishida become the 51st KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Ishida pinned Machine after Flame Palm.
Match 6: Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat MAO & Toui Kojima. Oishi pinned Kojima.
Main Event: Yuji Hino 20th Anniversary Match: Yuji Hino, Jun Akiyama & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Tetsuya Endo, HARASHIMA & Yuji Okabayashi. Hino pinned HARASHIMA after Fuckin’ BOMB.
The next event is KING OF DDT 2023 FINAL!! on 5/21 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The start time may be moved up further due to 2 pre-show matches scheduled.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/14/23 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour today with their latest Tokyo event, headlined by the reunited Axiz team of Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima after the latter defected from Kongo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was only in English due to being an ABEMA exclusive.
The announced paid attendance was 935.
Match 1: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Extreme Tiger & Super Crazy beat AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki, Alejandro & Lancelot. Wolf pinned Miyawaki after Wolf Driver.
Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Stallion Rogers.
Match 3: Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Daga pinned Hi69 after a piledriver.
Match 4: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Hideki Suzuki. Inamura pinned Huxley after Musou.
Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji & HAYATA beat Sean Legacy & Dante Leon. HAYATA pinned Legacy.
Match 6: Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Eita went to a no contest. HAYATA interference.
Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya, Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kotoge pinned YO-HEY after Kill Switch.
Main Event: Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Kenoh pinned Shiozaki after PFS.
Lots of post-event news:
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka for the titles has been added to 5/31 at Shinjuku Face.
GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee vs. Takashi Sugiura for the title and GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher vs. Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura for the titles have been added to GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in NAGOYA on 6/17 at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya.
Masakatsu Funaki vs. Josh Barnett in a GHC Martial Arts Rules Match has been announced for 9/3 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka.
The next event is 5/21 at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe (back to the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour). There will be no live broadcast.
All-Japan 5/14/23 Results
All-Japan continued the Super Power Series today with the halfway point of the 4-event tour. The main event featured the Aoyagi brothers facing off in a special single match.
Today’s event was held at Kissei Culture Hall Naka Hall in Nagano and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 619.
Match 1: Ryo Inoue beat Black Menso-re.
Match 2: Takao Omori beat Masao Hanabata.
Match 3: Satoshi Kojima beat Dan Tamura.
Match 4: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito beat Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu & Yuma Anzai. Suwama pinned Yoshitatsu after a backdrop.
Match 5: Ryuki Honda beat Hokuto Omori.
Match 6: Yuji Nagata & Hikaru Sato beat Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato. Nagata pinned Hayato with a backdrop hold.
Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi beat Atsuki Aoyagi.
The next event is Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo with Honda vs. T-Hawk to determine who will get the next Triple Crown shot due to Shotaro Ashino being out with injury. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
New Japan 5/14/23 Results
New Japan ran Day 3 of Best Of The Super Junior 30 today, with upsets looking to continue and unlikely leaders trying to stay atop the standings.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 1599.
All matches were Best Of The Super Junior Matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block B: Kevin Knight beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 2: Block A: Sho beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 3: Block B: Clark Connors beat BUSHI.
Match 4: Block A: Taiji Ishimori beat DOUKI by submission.
Match 5: Block B: Francesco Akira beat Robbie Eagles.
Match 6: Block A: Titan beat KUSHIDA.
Match 7: Block B: Dan Moloney beat Yoh.
Match 8: Block A: Mike Bailey beat TJP.
Match 9: Block B: El Desperado beat Master Wato.
Main Event: Block A: Lio Rush beat Hiromu Takahashi.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Bailey, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Rush, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Ishimori, 3-0, 6 pts
4-Titan, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
6-DOUKI, 1-2, 2 pts
7-TJP, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Sho, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Taguchi, 0-3, 0 pts
10-KUSHIDA, 0-3, 0 pts
Day 4 note: At least one of the 3 unbeatens will go down because of Rush-Ishimori. Bailey draws fellow Impact star KUSHIDA. A loss already puts KUSHIDA all but out of it, same for Taguchi who gets Titan.
Block B:
1-Desperado, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Kanemaru, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Eagles, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Akira, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Moloney, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Connors, 2-1, 4 pts
7-Yoh, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Wato, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Knight, 1-2, 2 pts
10-BUSHI, 0-3, 0 pts
Day 4 notes: It’s wide open but the logjam at the top will ease a little with a United Empire showcase between Akira & Moloney.
The top 2 in each block advance to the semifinals.
Day 4 is Tuesday at Akita Prefectural Budokan in Akita. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
Dragon Gate 5/13/23 Results
Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 2023 tour today with a non-televised house show.
Today’s event was held at Kiriya Aioi Hall in Aichi. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 322.
Match 1: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat YAMATO, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi. Minoura pinned Horiguchi after R-301.
Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ho Ho Lun.
Match 3: Ultimo Dragon Dragon Kid & Kagetora beat KAI, Diamante & H-Y-O. Kid pinned H-Y-O after Bible.
Match 4: Shun Skywalker & ISHIN beat U-T & Strong Machine J. Skywalker beat U-T with a Boston Crab.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta. Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.
The next event is tomorrow at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
