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Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/10/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show built around what they bill as their biggest annual pre-event autograph session for fans in attendance.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. This was an “emergency decision” made just yesterday, originally there was to be no live broadcast. It will also be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday or Wednesday. (If you do watch below, the view is fixed/hard camera only for the entire event and there is no commentary. The total running time was about 2 1/4 hours)

You can watch the event FOR FREE below, video courtesy of the Pro Wrestling NOAH Official Japanese YouTube channel:

The announced paid attendance was 412.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Kai Fujimura beat Super Crazy & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada.

Match 2: Terry Yaki beat Extreme Tiger.

Match 3: Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Taishi Ozawa. Thatcher pinned Ozawa.

Match 4: Alejandro beat Tadasuke.

Match 5: Jake Lee, LJ Cleary & YO-HEY beat Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. YO-HEY pinned Hi69 after Super Face-G.

Match 6: HAYATA & Eita beat Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Eita pinned Miwataki after a dropkick.

Main Event: Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & Go Shiozeki beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba. Marufuji pinned Inaba after God Tiger King.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET.

New Japan 12/10/23 Results

New Japan wrapped up the World Tag League today with the Finals. This will almost certainly set up an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match for Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

Today’s event was held at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese. They planned for English as well but due to ongoing technical issues with the relaunched service it will be on demand at a later date. This event aired in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2023 on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 2658.

Pre-show Match: Boltin Oleg & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Asosan & Kodai Nozaki. Taguchi pinned Asosan with Kid Clutch. The losers were local wrestlers from regional independent promotions and this was billed as a Frontier Zone match.

Hiromu Takahashi made a special appearance to open the event.

Match 1: Master Wato, Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Wato pinned Fujita with a Tsutenkaku German suplex hold.

Match 2: Alex Zayne, Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata beat Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Jack Bonza & bad Luck Fale. Zayne pinned Bonza after Blackout Sauce.

Match 3: Callum Newman, HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Oakar Leube, Yuto Nakashima, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii. Cobb pinned Leube after Tour of the Islands.

Match 4: Sho & Ren Narita beat Tiger Mask & Shota Umino. Sho pinned TM 4.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Tomoaki Honma, Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH). EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL.

Match 6; Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Okada pinned Liona after Rainmaker.

Matchb7: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji, Zandokan Jr., Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Kaito beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA. BUSHI pinned TAKA after MX. Afterwards, Kanemaru attacked Taichi and made a KOPW 2023 Title challenge.

Main Event: World Tag League Finals: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat El Phantasmo & Hikuleo to win the tournament. Goto pinned Phantasmo after Naraku. They went 40 1/2 minutes. Bishamon 3-peat after it seemed dead earlier on. Based on post-match happenings, this likely means a Double Title rematch at Tokyo Done for the IWGP Heavyweight and STRONG Tag Team Championships.

The next event is Road To TOKYO DOME, which this year will be a year-ending doubleheader on 12/21 & 12/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET both days. This will end their 2023 schedule.

Impact Wrestling Final Resolution 2023 Results (12/9/23) (Updated)

Impact Wrestling wraps up their 2023-and the Impact era-today with their final live event of the year, Final Resolution. It’s also the last official event before their rebranding to once again be TNA Wrestling in January (more on that and related news in a bit). With most of the major Hard To Kill matches already set, this one is less about title matches (just 2) and more about big names in big-on-paper matches. Ahead of Kazuchika Okada’s TNA return in January, Zack Sabre Jr. will represent New Japan tonight in what is the likely main event, teaming with Josh Alexander against Motor City Machine Guns. The Knockouts headliner is Trinity & Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Gisele Shaw as Trinity once again teams with her next Knockouts World Championship challenger in Grace and there’s a chance this is Purrazzo’s Impact finale (she is about to be a free agent). There’s also a potential hoss fight on tap between Rhino & Moose. The title matches are for the Impact Tag Team Championship as Ace Austin & Chris Bey defend against Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards and Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Deaner after retaining last time out by DQ.

Today’s event will be held at Don Kolov Arena in Toronto, Canada and can be watched LIVE on Impact+ (subscription required), YouTube (Ultimate Insider subscription required) and FITE ($9.99). The event is a legit advance sellout. This may be the last live broadcast on all platforms as is because Impact has also announced their streaming service has been acquired by Endeavor…THAT Endeavor, the one that is now a part-owner of WWE (HEY YO!), and while they promise improvements when they relaunch it as TNA+ next year (during the show it was announced it will launch on 1/5), other plans are uncertain. TNA+ also means a price increase-the service price will go up to $9.99/month or $95.99/year (20% more a month or nearly 1/3 more for yearly, currently it’s $7.99/month or $71.99/year) but current Impact+ subscribers will reportedly get a promo offer next week. It will be the same content at Impact+ right now, but they also will offer a VIP plan for $219.95/year (annual only) which will include the 4 quarterly PPVs live instead of having to wait 30 days for on demand. That’s about a $36 savings over buying them separately, or almost one free (their PPVs are $40). What this means for the YouTube subscription plans is not yet known. (And on a slightly related note, FITE announced today they will be changing their name to Triller TV, essentially having their current owner’s name forced on them. They will expand their sports offerings somewhat under the Triller label but will retain their focus of extensive combat sports coverage including a ton of pro wrestling).
There will also be a FREE 30 minute pre-show on all platforms. Given they always stick to a set timeframe for live monthly events and PPVs expect this event to have a total running time of 3 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Sheldon Jean vs. Frankie Kazarian

PPV:
Jake Something vs. Jason Hotch
Impact Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer vs. Deaner for the title
Mike Bailey vs. Trey Miguel
Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards for the titles
Rhino vs. Moose
Trinity & Jordynne Grace vs. Gisele Shaw & Deonna Purrazzo
Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) vs. Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr.

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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

4:30 PM PT UPDATE: Waiting on the live stream to start, they are running late.

4:32 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Don Kolov Arena in Toronto, Canada. Your hsots are Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt.

We join what looks like an unannounced pre-show match in progress…

Pre-show:
Match 1: Jessie V vs. PCO
Result: PCO beat Jessie V

Jake Something promo. He gets laid out by Jason Hotch attacking with a chair.

Another unannounced match next:
Match 2: Jack Price vs. Aiden Prince
Result: Jack Price beat Aiden Prince

Trinity & Jordynne Grace interviewed backstage.

Match 3: Sheldon Jean vs. Frankie Kazarian
Result: Frankie Kazarian beat Sheldon Jean by submission

PPV:
Mandatory FBI warning. Opening video follows.

Match 1: Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards for the titles
Result: Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards to retain the titles. Bey pinned Myers. Rascalz hit the ring immediately afterwards for a beatdown.

Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr. promo. Their tag match is the main event.

Alisha Edwards with microphone in the ring. Santino Marella comes out to interrupt. Alisha won’t leave the ring so Santino will make her leave. Which led to…
Match 2: Alisha Edwards vs. Jody Threat
Result: Jody Threat beat Alisha Edwards

Match 3: Impact Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer vs. Deaner for the title
Result: Impact Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer beat Deaner to retain the title.

Rascalz promo. Santino interrupts. He changes Trey Miguel vs. Mike Bailey tonight to Rascalz vs. Bailey & a partner Santino chose, which is next.

Match 4: Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz vs. Mike Bailey & Santino Marella’s chosen partner, which is Trent Seven
Result: Mike Bailey & Trent Seven beat Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz. Seven pinned Wentz after a Bailey Ultima Weapon. Immediately after this, Scorr D’Amore comes out. With microphone. He puts Don Kolov and Seven over before producing a Trent Seven logo towel, revealing a TNA logo hidden by his hand. D’Amore then hands Seven a TNA contract offer and Bailey lets Seven use his back to sign the contract. Trent Seven is now a part of TNA Wrestling.

Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley promo.

Match 5: Jake Something vs. Jason Hotch
Result: Jake Something beat Jason Hotch

Match 6: Rhino vs. Moose
Result: Rhino beat Moose by DQ. Low blow. Very short match. After the bell, Rhino with microphone. He wants a restart as a street fight. Moose leaves but ring announcer David Penzer announces Sanitno has approved it and it’s now a street fight. AND if Moose leaves like he is now, he loses his Impact World Championship chance at Hard To Kill. Which led to…
Rematch: Rhino vs. Moose in a Street Fight. Anything goes, just must win by pinfall or submission in the ring
Result: Moose beat Rhino

Frankie Kazarian promo.

Match 7: Trinity & Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Gisele Shaw
Result: Trinity & Jordynne Grace beat Deonna Purrazzo & Gisele Shaw. Grace pinned Purrazzo after a full nelson bomb. After the match, Purrazzo & Shaw argued in the ring, then shook hands before Shaw laid out Purrazzo. That’s a big a clue as any that Purrazzo is going to be done with Impact, but Grace was in a similar situation earlier this year and re-signed so we’ll see.

Moose interviewed backstage.

Hard To Kill card rundown so far. Also announced for 1/14 TV tapings is Motor City Machine Guns & Kazuchika Okada vs. Moose, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers. Another 1/14 match will be announced after the main event, which is up now.

Main Event: Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan Pro Wrestling). The Final Match of the Impact Wrestling Era
Result: Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Motor City Machine Guns. Alexander pinned Sabin after C4 Spike. This went a good 30 minutes.

The end graphic had the wrong copyright year, 2022. HAHAHA! Way to end 20 years of Impact! The show was a slight bit shorter than expected with the main portion coming in at just under 2 hours 45 minutes.

End Show.

UPDATE: That second 1/14 match was announced in the socials after the event. Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay rematch. This is before Ospreay’s AEW contract officially kicks in.

DDT 12/9/23 Results

DDT continued the D KING GP today with an event in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 245, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Oishi pinned Sumi after Death Penalty.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yuki Iino & Tsutentakku by DQ. Iino DQ’d. Ref assault. Tsutentakku was a last-minute replacement for the absent Rukiya (poor physical condition).

Match 3: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat MAO, Toi Kojima & Illusion. Masada pinned Illusion.

D KING GP Block B:
Match 4: Rei Saito (All-Japan) beat Kazuki Hirata.
Match 5: KANON beat Yukio Naya by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada to retain the titles. Okatani pinned Okada after Quetzalcoatl. V1 for the champs. Next up: Kojima & Atsushi Onita…which, like it or not, means electric blast death match because Onita can’t do straight wrestling anymore. And frankly hasn’t since roughly the 1990s.

D KING GP Block A:
Match 7: Kazusada Higuchi beat HARASHIMA.
Main Event: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuki Ueno.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Endo, 2-1, 4 points
2-Higuchi, 2-1, 4 points
3-Ueno, 1-1-1, 3 points
4-Iino, 1-1, 2 points
5-HARASHIMA, 1-2, 2 points
6-Sasaki, 0-1-1, 1 point

Block B:
1-Naya, 3-1, 6 points
2-KANON, 2-1, 4 points
3-MAO, 2-1, 4 points
4-Saito, 2-1, 4 points
5-Brookes, 1-2, 2 points (OUT)
6-Hirata, 0-4, 0 points (OUT)

The winner of each block advances to the Finals. Everyone still has a chance in Block A. It’s probably going to come down to Endo-Higuchi on 12/24. Note that if Ueno & Sasaki ultimately tie for the top spot, they will have a rematch because they went to a draw. In Block B, it’s Hirata NO! as the DDT Extreme Champion is not surprisingly out of it already, he’s mainly been here for the jobber/comedy role. Naya would have ended it with a win today but is still in control, however he does still need to win his last match (MAO) and now needs a KANON loss or draw in one of his remaining matches (MAO, Saito). Brookes is now out because he loses the tiebreaker to Naya, his only hope would have been to tie with KANON as that is his only tiebreaker (he would also lose to MAO). Saito has the tiebreaker over MAO but loses to Naya. The advantage is now with MAO, who was not in action today, just because his last two are Naya & KANON. If he wins both, he advances on tiebreakers.

The next event is at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate 12/9/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour today with a non-televised house show.

Today’s event was held at Shinnanyo Fureai Center in Yamaguchi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat YAMATO, Punch Tominaga & Shachihoko BOY. Kanda pinned Tominaga after a diving elbow drop.

Match 2: Dragon Kid & Jason Lee beat Takashi Yoshida & Kaito Nagano. Lee pinned Nagano after Maximum Driver.

Match 3: Dragon Dia vs. ISHIN went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.

Match 4: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Ben-K pinned U-T after a spear.

Match 5: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY:” KAMEI. Hyo pinned Kamei after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Roya Tanaka beat Shun SKywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Dia pinned ISHIN after DDDDT.

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

Injury Report: DDT Super-Last-Minute Change

DDT had announced a very last-minute change for tomorrow’s event in less than 2 hours from this post: Rukiya is now off the event. The ever-vague poor physical condition/poor health. He was to have teamed with Yuki Iino to face Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Tsutenkakka (who I have erroneously called His Excellency Tsuten from translations) is the replacement.

(There is no love broadcast on WRESTE UNIVERSE for the event. It should be available on demand Tuesday)

TJPW News: US Independent Participation Results (12/7/23)

At US independent promotion Major League Wrestling’s (MLW) latest live event last night, Tokyo Joshi Pro participation in 2 title matches were among the highlights of the event. Here’s what happened:

Miyu Yanashita successfully defended the Princess Of Princess Championship against Delmi Exo. V2 for Yamashita. The champ is on her latest international excursion ahead of her next scheduled defense in Japan on 1/4/24 against Masha Slamovich.

Maki Itoh lost to indy standout and occasional TJPW/All Elite Wrestling participant Janai Kai by submission as Kai retained the MLW Women’s World Featherweight Championship. Kai choked out Itoh after a missed diving headbutt following outside interference and other shenanigans.

Also in action was Satoshi Kojima, as the Japanese legend and inaugural MLW World Champion beat Tom Lawlor, and was serenaded by the Bread Club fans in attendance-yes, they actually threw slices of bread in the ring. Kojima noted on the socials he wanted to bring Japanese bread with him but couldn’t take it through US Customs.

The event is available on demand on FITE with a FITE+ subscription for $7.99/month or $69.99/year.

New Japan 12/8/23 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the World Tag League today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Kirishima City Makizono Arena in Kagoshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1104.

Pre-show Match: Boltin Oleg beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale beat Oskar Leube, Yuto Nakashima & Master Wato. Bonza pinned Nakashima after Napalm Thunder Bomb.

Match 2: Alex Zayne, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Zayne pinned Newman after Taco Driver.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & EVIL beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya. Kanemaru pinned Taguchi.

Match 4: Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Narita pinned Honma after a modified face buster. This went just 43 seconds. Another Narita/H.O.T. beatdown on Umino followed.

Match 5: Soberano Jr., Atlantis Jr., Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun beat Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. Liona pinned Yano after Fall From Heaven.

Match 6: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Zandokan Jr., Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Uemura pinned BUSHI with a Kannuki suplex hold.

World Tag League Srmifinals:
Match 7: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Dhane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Hikuleo pinned Haste after Godsend.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Coughlin.

As a result, the Finals will be G.o.D. vs. Bishamon.

The Finals are Sunday at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. There may be live results posted. The live stream may only be available outside Japan as TV Asahi will also have a live broadcast.

BREAKING: Rainmaker Returns To TNA In January

In a social media post minutes ago, Impact Wrestling announced New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Kazuchika Okada will return to the promotion in January for their TV tapings on 1/14 in Las Vegas:

Dragon Gate 12/6/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour yesterday with a house show in Saitama.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There is no on demand broadcast and there was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 305.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & Yoshiki Kato. Shimizu pinned Kato after BIGBOSS Press.

Match 2: Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid & Problem Dragon. Lun pinned Dragon with Ho Roll.

Match 3: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat YAMATO & Kagetora. Minoura pinned Kagetora after a jumping knee.

Match 4: Luis Mante & VENTO beat ISHIN & Demus. Mante pinned ISHIN after Pertigre.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Dia pinned Kanda after DDDDT.

Main Event: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to retain the title. V1 for Hyo. This was a last-minute add to the event following post-event happenings Tuesday at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Saturday at Shinannyo Fureai Center in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.