Ahead of their major event Sunday (2/4) at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka, Stardom has announced a LIVE broadcast for the event which should be available worldwide…unfortunately for us outside Japan in particular, it’s a PPV via Pia, which had major issues with their last event that resulted in refunds for buyers and the entire event being available for free on YouTube for a limited time. Pre-orders are now available for the PPV, which will cost 4400 Japanese yen (around $30 US) and you can watch live and on demand from the start of the broadcast Saturday at 11:30 PM PT/Sunday at 2:30 AM until Wednesday at 6:59 AM PT/9:59 AM ET. For those (like myself now) who are Stardom World subscribers, it should be available on demand after the PPV window ends or in the usual on demand timeframe, which is about a week after the event (Stardom World generally doesn’t have live broadcasts). The broadcast will be in Japanese with Natsupoi as a guest on commentary.
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GLEAT 2/2/24 Results (Updated)
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, returning to Tokyo for an event with a couple of surprises.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube (see yesterday’s posts for video).
The announced paid attendance was 257.
Before the event began, it was announced that So Daimonji was joining Bulk Orchestra and that TBA in the main event, as part of the STRONGHEARTS team, would be Seiki Yoshioka (Independent/Freelancer, who just left Pro Wrestling NOAH).
Match 1: Kaz Hayashi, MICHIKO & Tomoaki Honma (New Japan) beat Soma Watanabe, Yuya Susumu & JD Lee. Hayashi pinned Lee after Final Cut.
Match 2: Seigo Tachibana (Independent/Freelancer) beat Jun Tonsho. Afterwards, they kept fighting until Soma Watanabe came out. He requested a match of himself & Tonsho vs. Tachibana & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.
Match 3: Minoru Tanaka, Tetsuya Izuchi & Shuji Ishikawa (Independent/Freelancer) beat Hartley Jackson, Keiichi Sato & Riki Aitaka. Ishikawa pinned Sato after Fire Thunder.
Match 4: Kumaarashi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Junjie.
Match 5: Kaito Ishida, Kotaro Suzuki & Ayato Yoshida beat CIMA, Issei Onitsuka & Takehiro Yamamura. Ishida pinned Yamamura with a half suplex hold.
Match 6: Ryuichi Kawakami & So Daimonji beat Takanori Ito & Yusuke Kodama. Daimonji pinned Kodama after Black Rain.
Main Event: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Seiki Yoshioka beat Hayato Tamura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm. Yoshioka pinned Tamura after a screw kick.
The next event is GLEAT Ver. 9 on 2/23 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA, but because it’s Osaka there probably will be no live broadcast. If that is the case, it should be available on demand on YouTube 2-3 days after the event.
UPDATE: After the event, GLEAT announced 2 title matches for 3/13 at Korakuen Hall: A G REX Championship match, which is TBA pending 2/23 results, and a G-INFINITY Championship match which will be Jun & Rei Saito defending against Kaz Hayashi & CIMA. Also announced for 3/13 was MICHIKO vs. Chihiro Hashimoto.
TNA Impact Wrestling 2/1/24 Results
Here are the quick results from tonight’s TNA Impact Wrestling in Orlando, FL:
This episode was taped last weekend as part of 2 days of TV tapings and begins the road to No Surrender on 2/23.
.Match 1: Nic Nemeth beat Trey Miguel. After the match, Steve Maclin came out to lead a heel beatdown on Nemeth and laid him out.
Match 2: Rosemary & Jessicka Havok (Decay) beat 2 jobbers. Squash. Masha Slaamovich & Killer Kelly then interviewed backstage but confronted quickly by Dani Luna & Jody Threat.
Alan Angels new segment “Sound Check”, first guest is Josh Alexander. It didn’t go well thanks to many production miscues.
Match 3: Brian Myers beat Kevin Knight.
Chris Sabin interviewed. Mustafa Ali promo interrupts. Then The Good Hands interrupt which apparently leads to Sabin vs. John Skyler next week for the TNA X Championship.
Frankie Kazarian promo.
Deaner promo.
Match 4: PCO beat Deaner. Squash. Afterwards, Kon came out for a heel beatdown on PCO.
A behind-the-scenes video package of Jordynne Grace at the WWE Royal Rumble last Saturday is shown.
Match 5: Masha Slamovich beat Jody Threat.
Cut to backstage where Moose & friends are being restrained after a beatdown on KUSHIDA as Alex Shelley looms over him.
Announced for No Surrender on 2/23: TNA World Champion Moose vs. Alex Shelley (rematch) for the title and TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Gisele Shaw for the title (Shaw cashing in her Ultimate X prize).
Main Event: Best of 3 Series Match 1 for the TNA Tag Team Championship: Grizzled Young Vets beat Ace Austin & Chris Bey. Challengers lead 1-0.
Next week: Jordynne Grace & Trinity vs. Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans (Trinity worked these tapings before returning to WWE as Naomi),
This week on Xplosion: Rhino vs. Champagne Singh & Jason Hotch vs. Rich Swann. Xplosion premieres tomorrow on TNA+ for subscribers then will be available on YouTube Tuesday (no paid subscription required). Results will be posted Tuesday after I watch on YouTube.
UPCOMING LIVE EVENT: GLEAT 2/2/24
While I haven’t seen an official announcement yet, my YouTube subscriptions today reveal that GLEAT will stream tomorrow’s (2/2/24) G PROWRESTLING Ver. 69 event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. Bookmark and set a reminder for the video below and come back tomorrow at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET to watch live. It also will be available on demand after the live broadcast concludes.
Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel.
AEW Rampage 2/2/24 Results (SPOILERS!)
Here are the quick results for tomorrow’s AEW Rampage in New Orleans, LA (SPOILERS!):
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Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in New Orleans, LA:
Match 1: Jon Moxley vs. Jeff Hardy
Result: Jon Moxley beat Jeff Hardy by ref stoppage (technical submission). 3-4 wrestlers from Mexico’s CMLL promotion are ringside in the crowd and post-match, Moxley taunted them (he also did so during the match) and they hit the ring for a beatdown until Matt Menard, Christopher Daniels and others made the save.
Match 2: Adam Page (with MUSTACHE!) vs. Toa Liona
Result: Adam Page beat Toa Liona
Match 3: Wardlow vs. Komander (last-second add to show during opening match)
Result: Wardlow beat Komander
Ricky Starks/Big Bill & Sting/Darby Allin sitdown interview.
Match 4: Chris Jericho vs. Kyle Fletcher
Result: Chris Jericho beat Kyle Fletcher
Match 5; Deonna Purrazzo vs. Taya Valkyrie. Toni Storm on commentary
Result: Deonna Purrazzo beat Taya Valkyrie by submission
Darby Allin interviewed backstage, interrupted immediately by The Young Bucks.
Main Event: Swerve Strickland vs. Adam Page’s choice, which as expected from his promos last week is Rob Van Dam. Page appeared on video before the bell to tell Strickland it’s a hardcore match. Samoa Joe on commentary
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Rob Van Dam. Afterwards, Tony Khan made Strickland-Adam Page 3 for next week and the winner faces Samoa Joe for the AEW World Championship at Revolution.
It was another Dynamite that happened. Nothing terrible but nothing I cared for. Straight-down-the-middle average. I did miss Jericho-Fletcher due to a personal issue that I had to tend to.
Next week: The return of the TONY KHAN HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! Cue some potential Kazuchika Okada speculation.
UPDATE: The Rankings were announced after the show ended on the socials. Check them out below:
BREAKING: 3 Ganbare Pro Wresters Leaving, Promotion Separating From Owner
In a breaking news post on parent DDT’s website, Ganbare Pro has announced that Shota, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara will be leaving the promotion at the end of March. All will remain active as freelancers. Their final Ganbare matches will be on 3/28. Shota is the most experiences of the trio at 5 years while Hasegawa has a couple years and Riara is a rookie, the ladies have been featured in Ganbare Joshi.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: Just after this was posted, I learned the promotion also announced that after 3/28, it will separate from CyberFight Corporation and operate as an independent promotion. That likely means no more WRESTLE UNIVERSE connections for ticket presales or event broadcasts. Ken Ohka will oversee the operations of the promotion. Also, effective tomorrow (2/1) Shinichiro Tominaga will join the promotion as a member and be part of 2 promotions, along with Yumehuto Imanari who has affiliated himself with Ibushi Pro Wresting since leaving DDT.
The promotion’s first independent events will be 4/27 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, 6/2 and 7/15 at Takashimadaira Community Center. Notably gone it seems if their annual Golden Week event in early May at Korakuen Hall, which had been their biggest event of the year.
TNA Xplosion 1/26/24 Results & Video
Here are the quick results from the 1/26/24 episode of TNA Xplosion, marking the return of the former TV series:
This episode was taped in Las Vegas, NV as part of the 1/14 TV tapings. You can watch the full episode below and on YouTube FOR FREE (new episodes will premiere Fridays on TNA+, then will be available Tuesdays on YouTube for all viewers-Insider or Ultimate Insider subscription not required to watch):
Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Gia Miller.
Match 1: Rhino beat Shera.
Top 5 Trending Topics of the Week segment in honor of the late Don West.
Highlight package of Josh Alexander vs. Rich Swann from No Surrender 2023.
Gia Miller segment, this week she interviews Ace Austin (longer-form interview).
Replay of Nic Nemeth promo from Impact, where he laid out Steve Maclin at the end.
Match 2: Joe Hendry beat Rich Swann. Swann may have injured his knee during the match.
The episode ran about 40 minutes total, about 50-50 split between the 2 matches and the other segments time-wise.
Dragon Gate 1/30/24 Results
Dragon Gate wrapped up the New Year Gate 2024 Tour today with a Hyo hometown event.
Today’s event was held at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Shimizu pinned Tanaka after Power BOSS.
Match 2: Gianni Valetta & Yoshiki Kato beat Dragon Kid & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Valetta pinned Yanagiuchi after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 3: Punch Tominaga beat Jason Lee.
Match 4: JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat YAMATO & Problem Dragon. Lun pinned Dragon with Ho Roll.
Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk went to a double countout.
Main Event: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN. Hyo pinned ISHIM after Samson Driver.
The next event is Saturday at Tajimi City Industrial Culture Center in Gifu. Broadcast plans TBA.
On a related note, I am considering subscribing to DRAGONGATE NETWORK in the next couple days and, if I do, there will be live results for some upcoming events possibly starting with Sunday’s MEMORIAL GATE 2024 in Wakayama event (if there are live results, they would begin Saturday at 10 PM PT). (May be tough to manage as there’s a Pro Wrestling NOAH event live at the same time. Need WRESTLE UNIVERSE to get an Apple TV app!)
DEVELOPING: Top New Japan Star Staying Put
The end of January is typically when New Japan wrestlers’ contracts expire (after Tokyo Dome and New Year’s Dash), and the promotion has lost 3 major names already this month but they have locked up one..according to translation of social media posts from a Tokyo Sports reporter, Hiromu Takahashi has signed a new contract with New Japan. Terms not disclosed but unless he gets injured he’ll be in Chicago for New Japan’s next US event in April.