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New Japan 11/4/23 Results (Updated)

POWER STRUGGLE, New Japan’s final blowout event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World outside Japan only. It will be available in Japan 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 4046, a full house/near sellout. (The venue’s normal full capacity, normally for sumo but sometimes for wrestling or other events, is 5000) Not sure what today’s setup was)

Pre-Show Match: Boltin Oleg, The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Mochizuki Jr., Yoshiki Kato & Strong Machine J (Dragon Gate). Taguchi beat Jr. with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 1: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Cobb pinned Leube after Tour Of The Islands.

Match 2: Master Wato & El Desperado beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors, MUSASHI & Yoh and Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles in a 4-way when Desperado pinned Fujita.

Match 3: Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA & Tama Tonga beat Titan, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. Tonga pinned BUSHI after Gun Stun.

Match 4: Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito beat Yuya Uemura & SANADA. Tsuji pinned Uemura after Gene Blaster.

Match 5: David Finlay beat Tanga Loa.

Match 6: Jon Moxley vs. Great-O-Khan went to a near-immediate double countout. Which led to…
Match 6 (again): In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Jon Moxley beat Great-O-Khan by ref stoppage (bulldog choke after Death Rider). There was some hair cutting in this match.

Match 7: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the titles. Tanahashi pinned Sabre. V4 for the champs. Afterwards, Bryan Danielson promo played, which was pre-taped. He challenged Okada for 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome. Despite Danielson being out most of the rest of the year due to injury (broken orbital bone, he reportedly had surgery already) and his status being unsure at this point, it’s now official.
(Side note: Although All Elite Wrestling and Danielson said Okada caused the injury last week on Dynamite in a tag match, that was just an angle. It reportedly happened the week before when Danielson faced Andrade El Idolo on AEW Collision, and it’s also being reported that it was a freak accident)

Match 8: Super Junior Tag League Finals: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho to win the tournament. TJP pinned Kanemaru after 2/2. As a result, Akira & TJP will face IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors for the titles at Tokyo Dome.

Match 9: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi beat Taiji Ishimori to retain the title. V7 for Takahashi. No word on if he also won the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship back, although at yesterday’s pre-event presser Ishimori said he was going to vacate the title after this match if he beat Takahashi. We’ll wait for updates from New Japan and DDT. Next up: El Desperado. Nominated by Takahashi. That match will happen at Tokyo Dome.

UPDATE: And as luck would have it in the match above, per DDT…Hiromu Takahashi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Taiji Ishimori to win the title. Takahashi becomes the 1589th Champion. As of now the title match vs. Kazuki Hirata on 11/12 is back on.

Main Event: IWGP US (UK) Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay beat Shota Umino to retain the title.V3 for Ospreay. They went over 40 minutes. Next up: Very much up in the air. Reports yesterday were that if Umino won the title, he would face Moxley at Tokyo Dome. Also uncertainty because Ospreay reportedly will be a free agent soon as his contract is up early next year and he has been talking a lot about wanting to go to Impact Wrestling/TNA Wrestling (he was just there when Impact went to England-a reminder that if you saw him compete yesterday at Turning Point, that event was TAPED. It happened over a week ago), but I wouldn’t rule out WWE because his significant other is there (Blair Davenport, the former Bea Priestley, currently in NXT). But after the match, Finlay came out with a hammer and laid both Ospreay & Moxley out and destroyed the title belts as Gedo demanded a new belt be created for Finlay. Which, in typical Bullet Club fashion, sent the crowd home VERY UNHAPPY. Usually that’s reserved for House Of Torture because it takes AN AWFUL LOT to get booed in Japan, even as the most despicable heels, and especially like they do (I don’t know if even The Callous Hand Of Don would get reactions like that). Or simply put, you have to do stuff like that to get serious heat and hate from the normally very-respectful Japanese fans.

The next event is Lonestar Shootout Friday at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland Park, TX. While New Japan World hasn’t confirmed it yet, and likely won’t before then as it’ll be last-minute following their new relaunch the day before (you can’t subscribe or cancel until then), unlike Fighting Spirit Unleashed all indications are this will be a PPV with additional purchase required. It is not available for pre-order yet. New Japan World version will be Japanese only. The English broadcast will be a PPV on FITE and is now available for pre-order for $19.99. The broadcasts will begin Friday at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.

On the Japan side, the next event is Anjo Rainy Days Saturday at Tochi Arena Anjo in Aichi. I think this is a Kazuchika Okada hometown event and he’ll probably be there as he’s not on Friday’s card but nothing has been announced for it yet. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. That will be followed by the New Japan Road tour, which this year will be only 2 events-11/17 at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata and 11/19 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. 11/17 will be live & on demand on New Japan World while there will be no broadcast for 11/19. After that will be the World Tag League, the final annual tournament of the year, from 11/20-12/10 (probably all live & on demand but the December broadcast schedule has not yet been announced-all the November events will be on New Japan World). followed by the year-ending Road To Tokyo Dome tour, which will be a doubleheader on 12/21 & 12/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to wrap up 2023.

Impact Wrestling “Turning Point” NON-SPOILER Results (11/3/23)

Here are the NON-SPOILER results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling “Turning Point” event, which was TAPED 10/27/23 in Newcastle, England (I have not read spoilers so I do not know what happened yet):

Updates will begin at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET. The event will be available on demand starting at that time on Impact+ for subscribers ($7.99/month or $71.99/year), YouTube for Ultimate Insider subscribers ($4.99/month), and as a PPV on FITE ($9.99). A FREE pre-show with 2 matches will air at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET on all providers. I will be watching the YouTube Ultimate Insider version.

4:30 PM PT UPDATE: Made it home in time for the pre-show so live updates begin early.

We are TAPED from the Walker Dome in Newcastle, England. Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Grado & Rhino vs. Mike D & Richards (?). The locals were already in the ring as the broadcast started.
Result: Grado & Rhino beat Mike D & Richards. Rhino pinned Richards after GORE.
Match 2: Mark Haskins vs. Leon Slater. During the UK Invasion tour, Slater was signed to a contract by the promotion
Result: Leon Slater beat Mark Haskins. Slater retained his North Wrestling Championship as a result

End Pre-show (4:57 PM PT). Main show/PPV begins in 2 minutes.

Main show:
Match 1: Josh Alexander & Eric Young vs. Subculture
Result; Josh Alexander & Eric Young beat Subculture. Alexander pinned Mark Andrews after C4 Spike.

Leon Slater video package. He’ll join Impact/TNA in 2024.

Match 2: Gisele Shaw vs. Alex Windsor
Result: Gisele Shaw beat Alex Windsor

Simon Miller promo.

Match 3: Rich Swann vs. Trey Miguel
Result: Rich Swann beat Trey Miguel. Miguel may have gotten his shoulder up before the 3 count but the ref may have missed it. Tough call from the camera angles. No instant replay.

Dani Luna promo.
Match 4: Dani Luna vs. Jordynne Grace
Result: Jordynne Grace beat Dani Luna

Match 5: Joe Hendry vs. Simon Miller
Result: Joe Hendry beat Simon Miller

Footage from Gut Check 2023 held during the UK Invasion Tour. The winners-Mike D (men) & Harley Hudson (women) get to go to Canada and train at the Can-Am Dojo with a chance to eventually earn an Impact Wrestling contract.

Match 6: Frankie Kazarian & Chris Sabin vs. Moose & Brian Myers
Result: Moose & Brian Myers beat Frankie Kazarian & Chris Sabin. Moose pinned Kazarian after a spear.

Match 7: Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity vs. Deonna Purrazzo for the title. Gail Kim is special guest referee. If Purrazzo loses, no more title shots for her as long as Trinity is champion
Result: Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity beat Deonna Purrazzo by submission to retain the title. No more chances for Purrazzo as long as Trinity is champion. Afterwards, Purrazzo ambushed Trinity from behind and b*tch slapped Kim, but Kim came back with Eat Defeat to send Purrazzo packing. (There are rumors Purrazzo is about to be a free agent with her contract expiring so the question is whether or not she will be back after a while like Jordynne Grace did)

Main Event: Will Ospreay vs. Eddie Edwards
Result: Will Ospreay beat Eddie Edwards

Ospreay post-match promo. He has a “huge announcement” to make in response to fan questions first…he fixed his kitchen. HA! That joke aside, he put Impact/TNA over and sent the crowd home happy.

While the matches were solid as always, the video quality of this event was not as good as usual, in particular with the ringside cameras. No issues with the hard camera but the ringside cameras were like the ones New Japan has used recently as US events, not high-quality. The sound quality/level was off a little for the main show after the pre-show. Those took a bit away from the experience for me. Main show was a little shorter than usual, including the show-ending promo it was only 2 hours 40 minutes. If the gripes about video quality don’t bother you, it’s another great show and as usual the Europe crowd was hot all event. Europe fans are always hot even if you don’t get their constant singing like they do at soccer matches.

End Show.

All-Japan 11/3/23 Results

All-Japan continued their weeklong Hokkaido tour today with the 4th of 6 events.

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

The announced paid attendance was 478.

Match 1: Ren Ayabe beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Kumagoro Hokkai & Koji Yoshida. Sato pinned Yoshida.

Match 3: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Funinori Abe & Jonathan Gresham went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Hokuto Omori beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Omori after a diving body press. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Kento Moyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama beat Shuji Ishikawa, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Suwama pinned Honda after Last Ride.

The next event is tomorrow at Iwamizawa City Event Hall Red Brick in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. (Correction: Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET)

GLEAT 11/3/23 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, returning to Tokyo to further set up some upcoming major title matches.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo FM Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube (this was a live stream earlier today).

The announced paid attendance was 230, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Takanori Ito, Yusuke Kodama, Masato Kamino & Yumehito Imanari beat Minoru Tanaka, Kaz Hayashi, Jun Tonsho & Tomoaki Honma (New Japn). Kamino pinned Tonsho after a lariat. After the match, 2AW Openweight Champion Takuro Niki came out and nominated Hayashi as his next challenger. That match will be held in 2AW on 12/3 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 2: G INFINITY Challenger Tournament: KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Yu Iizuka & Tetsuya Izuchi. Storm pinned Izuchi after 53cm Arm Lariat.

Match 3: G INFINITY Challenger Tournament: Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato beat Soma Watanabe & Yuya Susumu by ref stoppage. Jackson beat Watanabe with a muffler hold.

Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki beat JD Lee.

Match 5: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Junjae beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura & Check Shimatani. Junjae pinned Shimatani after a rolling lariat.

Intermission. Afterwards, Minoru Tanaka came out to announce a 4-man tournament with Takanori Ito, Soma Watanabe, Yu Iizuka & Tetsuya Izuchi with the winner getting to face Lidet UWF Champion Fujita “Jr.” Hayato for the title. The tournament will begin on 11/23 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama with the winners facing off on 12/10 at Shinjuku Face. The title match will be on 12/30 at TDC Hall.

Match 6: Sayaka Unagi vs. MICHIKO went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 7: G INFINITY Challenger Tournament Finals: KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato to win the tournament. SAKAMOTO pinned Sato after New Tiger King Subtype. As a result, KAZMA & Storm will face G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito for the titles on 11/18 at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka.

Main Event: Kaito Ishida beat Issei Onitsuka. As a result, Ishida will face Takehiro Yamanura on 12/30.

The next event is 11/12 at Umeda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Osaka, there probably will be no live broadcast and it will be on YouTube a few days later.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/3/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with an event in Tokyo, featuring Saki Akai’s final match in the promotion and, in all likelihood, the last match before her retirement match next weekend in DDT.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 500, a legit advance sellout. 100% full.

It was announced in advance that Shoko Nakajima was off this event and the next event as well. US expedition.

Match 1: NexGene Tournament: HIMAWARI beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: NexGene Tournament: Toga beat Runa Okubo.

Match 3: Miu Watanabe, Moka Miyamoto & Shino Suzuki beat Mahiro Kiryu, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara. Watanabe pinned Uehara after Teardrop.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita, Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Yuki Aino, Raku & Pim Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Sakazaki pinned Endo after Magical Girl Splash.

Main Event: Saki Akai Last TJPW Match: Saki Akai & Yuki Kamifuku beat Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao. Akai pinned Misao after Quetzalcoatl. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a handicap match, Saki Akai beat the entire TJPW roster that was present for the event (23 people) by beating Hyper Misao. Afterwards, the roster gave Akai her final sendoff including the customary flowers and group photo in the ring as Akai encouraged them to keep moving TJPW forward and to be her motto-Strong, Noble, Beautiful. She then took a final bow for the second time today at the venue to say farewell to Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. On to her retirement match…

In upcoming event announcements, Impact Wrestling’s Masha Slamovich is coming to TJPW in January. She will face Miyu Yamashita for the Princess Of Princess Championship on 1/4 and then Hikari Noa in a death match on 1/6, which will be a TJPW INSPIRATION event.

The next event is Sunday at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Impact Wrestling 11/2/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in Glasgow, Scotland:

This episode was taped last Thursday as the first event of the 4-day UK Invasion Tour. It will be a clip show with matches from that event. I did not know anything that happened before it aired (successfully avoided spoilers).

There was no YouTube pre-show this week.

Match 1: Glasgow Cup Finals (4-man 1-night tournament): Joe Hendry beat Frankie Kazarian to win the tournament.

Backstage comments from Hendry after winning. Reference to Simon Miller, who when they filmed an episode of Joe Hendry’s Food Fight (Impact+ and YouTube Ultimate Insiders) turned it into an actual fight. They have a match at Turning Point.

Match 2: Moose, Brian Myers & Deonna Purrazzo beat Subculture. Moose pinned Mark Andrews after a spear.

Match 3: Grado beat Trey Miguel.

Eddie Edwards promo.

Match 4: Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity beat Emersyn Jayne in a NON-TITLE match.

Main Event: Motor City Machine Guns beat Josh Alexander & Eric Young. Chris Sabin pinned Young after Cradle Shock.

Next week: More from the Bound For Glory Fallout TV tapings in Chicago. That will take them to their next TV taping-IPWF Thowdown 4-next Saturday in Toronto. That event will have a retro/throwback theme with wrestlers as made-up characters from the past.

Next up is Turning Point, the monthly live major event, which this time is TAPED (last Friday in Newcastle, England) and will premiere tomorrow on Impact+, YouTube for Ultimate Insiders and as a PPV on FITE at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. NO SPOILERS WILL BE POSTED BEFORE THE PREMIERE BEGINS.

UPDATE: After the show Impact announced the following matches for next week: Impact World Champion Alex Shelley vs. Jonathan Gresham for the title, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Tasha Steelz and Impact Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer vs. Crazzy Steve in a NON-TITLE No DQ match

DDT Pro Wrestling 11/3/23 Results (Updated)

DDT has a special Friday matinee on tap today ahead of ULTIMATE PARTY 2023, the first and really only event building to next week’s blowout event. The notable matches begin with Saki Akai’s final 10th Anniversary match, and the final single match of her career before she retires next week, against Kazuki Hirata. At least that all but ensures it will be a comedy match. After that, All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki defend the titles against Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani in a personal one for Sakaguchi, his father Seiji Sakaguchi once held these titles and the younger now wants to do the same. The main event is one last 11/12 main event build as Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada face Yuki Ueno & MAO.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There likely will be no commentary. While it could run a bit longer with a title match this essentially is still a house show so I anticipate the event having a total runtime of around 2 1/2 hours, but it may be shorter as they’re on a tight clock today because there is a Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling event coming up afterwards. (That event is at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET tomorrow and will also stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE) So it could run closer to 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Kazusada Higuchi & Toi Kojima vs. Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
Takao Soma vs. Masa Takanashi
Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi vs. HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi
Saki Akai vs. Kazuki Hirata
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Tetsuya Endo. Yukio Naya & Rukiya
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani for the titles
Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Based on advance ticket sales so far, unless there was a big same-day crowd I’m guessing it’ll be around 325. Max capacity for the venue is 500. Not a sellout as I see empty front-row seats. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 385, a super full house/very near sellout)

It is hard camera view only. The matches begin right away. No videos will be shown tonight which also will speed it up.

Match 1: Kazusada Higuchi & Toi Kojima vs. Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Kazusada Higuchi & Toi Kojima. Koroku beat Kojima with an armbar.

Match 2: Takao Soma vs. Masa Takanashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Masa Takanashi beat Takao Soma

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi vs. HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Before the match, after HARASHIMA & Sumi enter first, Akito enters the ring with microphone. Something about HARASHIMA, Dieno & Pheromones. During Dieno’s entrance the annoucers apparently pointed out fans that looked like GM Imabayashi and Dieno went into the crowd and kissed them. Can’t take the deplorable Pheromones out of Dieno I guess.
Result: Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi. Oishi pinned Sumi after a double-team powerbomb. Pheromones-like comedy match with Sumi.

Quick break for some mid-event announcements.

Match 4: Saki Akai Final 10th Anniversary & Final Single Match: Saki Akai vs. Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
At one point the match was stopped by Hirata so the entire roster could come out and pay tribute with messages of thanks to Akai, who is retiring next weekend. (It’s been confirmed on social media that DDT will have a retirement ceremony and final announcement for her after her retirement match). After this the match was restarted.
Result: Saki Akai beat Kazuki Hirata. Mostly a comedy match but a nice gesture by Hirata to stop the match so everyone could come out and offer Akai well-wishes. Akai got very emotional at the finish knowing the end was near before finishing with Quetzalcoatl.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Tetsuya Endo. Yukio Naya & Rukiya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Tetsuya Endo, Yukio Naya & Rukiya. KANON beat Rukiya with a cobra twist. Afterwards, Damnation T.A. tried to beat down Endo with a chair but Endo got the better of it and drove off Sasaki with the chair. Then, Endo with microphone. Words for Sasaki ahead of their heated-to-be match next weekend.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani for the titles. All-Japan/PWF Rules. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki to win the titles. Sakaguchi & Okatani become the 121st All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Sakaguchi pinned Suzuki after God’s Right Knee. Next up: Okada & Koroku, who were out right away to make the challenge and try and bring the titles back to Burning. When/if it happens is up to All-Japan (PWF). (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 12/9 at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka)

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Masada after Jul.2.

The next event is ULTIMATE PARTY 2023 on 11/12 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 11/11 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: A PPV about Saki Akai and her retirement match will premiere on 11/28 on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Price TBA but 4 benefits will be included. Tickets will go on sale on 11/10.

All-Japan 11/2/23 Results

All-Japan continued their weeklong Hokkaido series today with the third event of 6.

Today’s event was held at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 388.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato beat Hokkai Kumagoro.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re & Jonathan Gresham. Hayto pinned Menso-re after Sid Vicious.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori beat Koji Yoshida.

Match 4: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Yoshitatsu pinned Ayabe after Yoshitatsu Fantasy.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Rei Saito pinned Suwama after a diving body press.

The next event is tomorrow at Bihoro Sports Center in Hokkaido with an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match as the Saito Bros defend against Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 11/2/23 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with the final day of the Super Junior Tag League prelims.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp.

In the backstage comment area soon afterwards…
Taiji Ishimori beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi to win the title. Ishimori becomes the 1588th Champion.

Match 2: Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Tanahashi beat Togo with a Texas Cloverleaf.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI pinned DKC with Suplex De La K.
Match 5: MUSASHI & Yoh beat Titan & BUSHI. Yoh pinned BUSHI after Direct Drive. LIJ OUT.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Eagles pinned Moloney. Champs OUT.
Match 7: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Akira pinned Knight after 2/2. K/K OUT.
Main Event: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Sho pinned Wato.
3-way tie at the top at 6-3, 12 pts. As a result of tiebreakers, Akira/TJP finish 1st and Kanemaru/Sho finish 2nd and advance to the Finals on Saturday. DespeWato OUT.

Next up is POWER STRUGGLE, the final major event of the year, Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The live stream will be available OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. The event will be a live broadcast only on TV Asahi in Japan with on demand on New Japan World at a later date.