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Stardom 2/4/24 Results

Stardom held another 13th Anniversary blowout event today in Osaka, Stardom Supreme Fight 2024.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on PPV via Pia Live for 4400 Japanese yen (around $30 US) until Wednesday morning. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date after that, probably next weekend.

The announced paid attendance was 1377.

There was a last-minute change to the event because Sayaka Kurara was pulled from the card just before it started. Illness. She was to have teamed with Lady C & Miyu Amasaki to face Natsuko Rota, Momo Watanabe & Ruaka. Ruaka was removed from the match and added to the first match, which originally was Mai Sakurai vs. HANAKO & Ranna Yagami in a 3-way, to make it a 4-way.

Match 1: Mai Sakurai beat Ruaka, HANAKO & Ranna Yagami in a 4-way by pinning Yagami.

Match 2: Hanan & Saya Iida beat Saki Kashima & Ami Sohrei. Hanan pinned Kashima after 17.

Match 3: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina beat Yuzuki to retain the title. V5 for Rina.

Match 6: Momo Watanabe & Natsuko Tora beat Miyu Amasaki & Lady C. Watanabe pinned C after B Driver.

Match 7: Tam Nakano Return Match: Yuna Mizumori & Tam Nakano beat Waka Tsukiyama & Mina Shirakawa. Nakano pinned Tsukiyama with a tiger suplex hold. Nakano had been out for 4 months due to injury and it cost her the World Of Stardom Championship, which she had to vacate as a result.

Match 8: High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Hazuki went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result, Seira retains the title. V4 for Seira.

Match 9: Stardom 13th Anniversary Match: Nanae Takahashi, AZM, Utami Hayashishita & Mayu Iwatani beat Suzu Suzuki, MIRAI, Syuri & Giulia. Iwatani pinned Suzuki after a moonsault press.

Match 10: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Saori Anou beat Starlight Kid to retain the title. V1 for Anou.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion Maika beat Saya Kamitani to retain the title. V1 for Maika. Next up: Possibly Nakano, who of course wants back the title she didn’t lose.

The next event is 2/11 at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

New Japan 2/4/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING tour today with the first half of a Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1433, a legit sellout.

There was a last-minute change to the card today because Jeff Cobb was removed a few hours before due to injury. Left thigh. He was to have faced Alex Coughlin. Great-O-Khan was the replacement. Cobb still was at a pre-event autograph session…and reportedly got a Bullet Club beatdown there.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Sho & EVIL beat Boltin Oleg, Togi Makabe, YOSHI-HASHI, El Desperado & Shota Umino. EVIL pinned Makabe after EVIL. After the match, EVIL went nWo on the NEVER Openweight Championship, spraying the belt with black spray paint.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tomoaki Honma, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Owens pinned Honma after a package piledriver.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yoh, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Sabre beat Taguchi with a sleeper hold.

Match 4: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Uemura beat Tsuji with an armbar.

Match 5: Great-O-Khan beat Alex Coughlin.

Match 6: HENARE vs. Gabriel Kidd went to a Double KO.

Match 7: David Finlay beat Callum Newman.

Main Event: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Francesco Akira & TJP to win the titles. Moloney & Connors become the 75th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Connors pinned Akira after Full Clip. Bullet CLub stands tall again and of course sends the crowd home very unhappy.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and you can watch live and on demand FOR FREE! This will be an ABEMA simulcast in Japan.

Injury Report: No Corn On The Cobb Today

New Japan has just announced an injury absence-Jeff Cobb is now off today’s event. Left thigh. He was to have faced Alex Coughlin. Great-O-Khan is the replacement. That was to have been the 6th match but will now be the 5th match. Gabriel Kidd vs. HENARE is now match 6. It’s not known if Cobb will miss any more time.

More as it becomes available.

BREAKING: New Japan Star Wins US Title

At tonight’s Major League Wrestling (MLW) event in the US, New Japan’s Satoshi Kojima added another notch to his legacy, winning the MLW World Championship for a second time by beating Alex Kane for the title. Naturally, fans made sure the Bread Club leader was feted appropriately with, of course, throwing of bread into the ring.

The event can be watched on demand on TrillerTV (fka FITE) with a TrillerTV+ subscription which is $7.99/month of $79.99/year.

Dragon Gate 2/4/24 Results

Dragon Gate continues the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with their annual mid-winter major event in Wakayama, MEMORIAL GATE 2024 in Wakayama. 2 title matches are on tap for today’s event-first up, Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo defends the title against Punch Tominaga, who usually is more of a comedy wrestler & jobber but somehow managed to get himself nominated as the next challenger. In the main event, trios action is on tap as Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato defend the titles against Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. The undercard is highlighted by the penultimate match together for the M3K faction as the 3 Mochizukis-Masaaki, Susumu & Junior (Masaaki & Junior are father-son, Susumu is not related to either) and Yasushi Kanda are in 8-man tag action. Later this week they will apparently disband and Junior will be heading to Europe for a training excursion.

Today’s event will be held at Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK in Japanese. There will also be an alternate version with wrestler commentary. This is my first time watching Dragon Gate live on the service so it’s hard to predict how long the event will run, but between 7 matches and 2 title matches (plus a potential squash), and most regular matches have 15-20 minute time limits I’ll guess maybe 3 hours. (Update: You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube)

Today’s lineup:
Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia vs. Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora
Ryoya Tanaka vs. Strong Machine J
Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk vs. Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Ho Ho Lun
Jason Lee & U-T vs. Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valetta
Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Junior & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante, YAMATO & Dragon Kid
Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Punch Tominaga for the title
Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato vs. Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 9:45 PM PT/12:45 AM ET. The event is scheduled to begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

9:43 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. Updates will begin in a few minutes when we go to the venue. (We can hear live audio from the venue but no video yet)

9:49 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama, Japan. Commentary will begin in a few minutes. The wrestler commentary version features a different wrestler on commentary for each match.

The paid attendance will be announced later today. This is a small venue and last year’s event here, held in mid-March, drew just under 500, so I think a safe estimate will be 450-500. (There is much more capacity, which would’ve probably pushed it closer to 2000, but it’s not used) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 462)

The matches should begin in about 10-15 minutes.

The Natural Vibes faction comes out to open the event. Kzy with microphone. He gets the crowd fired up before talking about today’s main event. They are then joined by their opponents, Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Main event promo follows.

The matches (really this time) begin at 10:17 PM PT. It looks like a hard-camera-only view today with no onscreen graphics, akin to a house show on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia vs. Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. 15 minute time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Genki HoriguchI & Kagetora. Dia pinned Horiguchi after DDDDT.

Match 2: Ryoya Tanaka vs. Strong Machine J. 15 minute time limit
Result: Strong Machine J beat Ryoya Tanaka

Match 3: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk vs. Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Ho Ho Lun. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Ho Ho Lun. Ben-K pinned Yoshida after a spear.

Match 4: Jason Lee & U-T vs. Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valetta. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valetta beat Jason Lee & U-T. Valetta pinned U-T after a King Kong kneedrop. Glorified squash. Valetta has a lot of Takashi Iizuka in him.

Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Junior & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante, YAMATO & Dragon Kid. 30 minute time limit
Result: Double Countout. Dragon Kid & Ultimo Dragon promo followed.

Intermission. (Starting at 11:43 PM PT)

The matches resume at 11:58 PM PT.

Match 6: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Punch Tominaga for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat Punch Tominaga to retain the title. V4 for Hyo.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato vs. Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to retain the titles. KAI pinned Kzy after Falcon Arrow. V3 for the champs. After the match, the champs did a short promo on the losers then Natural Vibes were left to do the show-closing promo.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The broadcast will be available in Japanese and English.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/4/24 Results (Updated)

CROSS OVER 2024 in SENDAI, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s next major event, is on tap today with 3 big title matches at the top of the card. First up is a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match between Daga & Hajime Ohara. The second title match is GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene defending against the masked duo of Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Finally, in the main event, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. challenges Kenoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. The son of Mexican legend Dr. Wagner Jr. recently had perhaps the greatest GHC National Championship reign to date and now looks to end the current reign of the “Fist King” and add another notch to his already-impressive record in the promotion.

Today’s event will be held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The live stream is ENGLISH ONLY due to ABEMA exclusive broadcast rights (their stream is free but only available in Japan). Japanese commentary will be available on demand later today after the event. You can also watch the first 2 matches LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube via the Pro Wrestling NOAH Official YouTube channel. With 8 matches on the card and the 3 title matches it’s tricky to predict how long the event will run, but I’m anticipating the main event going 30+ minutes so it probably will run 3 1/2-4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Ninja Mack vs. Alejandro & LJ Cleary in a 3-way
Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, HAYATA & Eita vs. Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69
Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki vs. Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi
Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Yu Owada
Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki
GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga vs. Hajime Ohara for the title
GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf for the titles
GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh vs. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. for the title

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Updates below will begin at 9:45 PM PT/12:45 AM ET. The event is scheduled to begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

9:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has started. Updates will begin in a few minutes when we go to the venue.

10 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai, Japan. Your hosts are Stewart Fulton & Mark Pickering.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. While the venue has a capacity of over 5000, it looks like their setup will be for 3000 tops, and probably not even close to that as their major events like these seem to draw poor numbers on paper. Let’s hope for at least 1000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1104)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 10:05 PM PT.

Match 1: Ninja Mack vs. Alejandro & LJ Cleary in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: LJ Cleary beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro in a 3-way by pinning Alejandro.

Match 2: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, HAYATA & Eita vs. Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. 20 minute time limit
Result: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, HAYATA & Eita beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Kitamiya beat Hi69 with Prison Lock.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki vs. Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi. Sasaki beat Taniguchi with Shining Triangle.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Yu Owada. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yu Owada. Kiyomiya pinned Owada after a tiger driver.

Match 5: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Lee pinned Miyawaki.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga vs. Hajime Ohara for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daga beat Hajime Ohara to retain the title. V3 for Daga.

Match 7: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf to retain the titles. Morris pinned Bane after a tiger driver. V3 for the champs.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh vs. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenoh to win the title. Wagner Jr. becomes the 44th GHC Heavyweight Champion. UPSET ALERT!!! And based on the crowd’s reaction that’s a massive understatement. Wagner didn’t even get to catch his breath before Jake Lee came out with GLG in tow. Lee with microphone. Challenge issued. We’ll find out when that may happen in a few hours.

The next event is Thursday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: Here’s all the post-event news/fallout so far:
Wagner-Lee is now official. That match will happen on 3/31 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
A new tag team tournament, Victory Challenge Tag League, has been announced. There will be 7 teams entered in the tournament, which will be round-robin format with GHC Championship Match Rules and a 20 minute time limit for all matches. The top 2 advance to the Finals and the eventual winners will face GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene for the titles on 3/17 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. The entered teams: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa, Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge, Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki, Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo, Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. The tournament begins on 2/24 and ends on 3/10.
Before Morris & Greene defend their titles, they will first face each other as Greene is the next challenger for Morris and the GHC National Championship. That match will happen on 2/23 at Korakuen Hall. Could be a bad day for the GLG champs as YO-HEY & Tadasuke will also defend the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship that day against HAYATA & Eita.

AEW Collision 2/3/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Edinburg, TX:

Eddie Kingston beat Bryan Keith in a NON-TITLE match. AEW has now signed Keith, he got the graphic afterwards.

Bryan Danielson beat Hechicero.

In a handicap match, Hook beat The Outrunners.

Mark Briscoe interviewed. House Of Black promo interrupts.

Serena Deeb beat Queen Aminata by submission.

Swerve Strickland interviewed.

Toni Storm promo.

Red Velvet beat Vertvixen. As a result, Velvet faces Storm next week on Dynamite in a NON-TITLE match. One of those eliminators where the challenger gets a title shot if they beat the champ (won’t happen).

FTR & Daniel Garcia beat Christian Cage, Nick Wayne & Killswitch. Garcia pinned Wayne.

End Show.

Stardom 2/3/24 Results

Stardom kicked off their February schedule today with an event in Kyoto.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 369.

Match 1: Mei Seira beat Sayaka Kurara & Lady C in a 3-way by pinning Seira.

Match 2: Hazuki & Saya Iida beat Saki Kashima & Ami Sohrei. Hazuki pinned Kashima.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami, MIRAI & Syuri beat Hanan, Yuzuki & Mayu Iwatani. MIRAI beat Yuzuki with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 4: Suzu Suzuki, Mai Sakurai & Giulia beat Momo Watanabe, Ruaka & Natsuko Tora. Giulia pinned Ruaka after a backdrop.

Match 5: Starlight Kid & Gina beat Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Gina beat Mizunori with Hydrenzia.

Main Event: Miyu Amasaki, Saya Kamitani, AZM & Utami Hayashishita beat HANAKO, Wala Tsukiyama, Mina Shirakawa & Maika. Amasaki pinned Tsukiyama.

The next event is Stardom Supreme Fight 2024 tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming will be on PPV via Pia for 4400 Japanese yen (around $30 US) beginning tonight at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET and will be available on demand with purchase until Wednesday morning. It should be available on demand on Stardom World for subscribers in about a week.

Dragon Gate 2/3/24 Results

Dragon Gate kicked off their February tour, Truth Gate 2024, today with a house show in Gifu.

Today’s event was held at Tajimi City Industrial Culture Center 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 486)

Match 1: Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat YAMATO & Kagetora. Ben-K pinned Kagetora after a spear.

Match 2: KAI & Gianni Valetta beat Dragon Kid & Shachihoko BOY. Valetta pinned BOY after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda vs. Kzy, Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI went to a double countout.

Match 4: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. Hyo pinned Dragon after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Kato pinned Tanaka after Cadere Luna.

The next event is MEMORIAL GATE 2024 in Wakayama tomorrow at Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 9:45 PM PT/12:45 AM ET. Live results are tentatively scheduled.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/3/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with a matinee in Saitama.

Today’s event (last night US time was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 327.

Match 1: HAYATA & Eita beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro. HAYATA pinned Mack after 403 Impact.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura & Ulka Sasaki beat Naomichi Marufuji & Junta Miyawaki. Sasaki beat Miyawaki with Shining Triangle.

Match 3: LJ Cleary beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 4: Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Thatcher beat Yone with a Fujiwara armbar.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. Oiwa pinned Owada with a German suplex hold.

Match 6: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Hajime Ohara. Daga pinned Ohara after Diablo Wings. This match went less than 2 minutes.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Greene pinned Wolf after M-58.

The next event is CROSS OVER 2024 in SENDAI tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast so no Japanese commentary until on demand. However, you can also watch the first 2 matches in Japanese FOR FREE on YouTube. Live results are tentatively scheduled.