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New Japan 10/30/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 6 of the Super Junior Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 731.

Match 1: Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Oskar Leube, Boltin Oleg & Yuto Nakashima. Makabe pinned Leube after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 2: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned DKC after Shock Arrow.
Match 5: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Connors pinned TAKA after Full Clip.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat MUSASHI & Yoh. Eagles beat MUSASHI with Ron Miller Special.
Match 7: Titan & BUSHI beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Titan pinned TJP after Titanika.
Main Event: Master Wato & El Desperado beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Desperado pinned Knight after Pinche Loco.

Standings:
1-Desperado/Wato, 5-1, 10 pts
2-Connors/Moloney, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Sho/Kanemaru, 4-2, 8 pts
4-BUSHI/Titan, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Fujita/Eagles, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Akira/TJP, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Knight/KUSHIDA, 3-3, 6 pts
8-Yoh/MUSASHI, 2-4, 4 pts
9-DKC/Taguchi, 2-4, 4 pts
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

The top 2 advance to the Finals. At this point Just 2 Jobbers have been mathematically eliminated because the only way they could advance is if the possible tie for 2nd was between only them and Yoh/MUSASHI. It’s not so there is no way they can move on. But it will be definite when/if Connors/Moloney or Kanemaru/Sho get one more point or they lose/draw again.

The next event is tomorrow at Toyama Techno Hall West Building in Toyama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

DEVELOPING: New Japan 11/10 Title Matches Set (Updated)

Hot on the heels of their return to the US, New Japan has just announced 3 big title matches for Lonestar Shootout on 11/10: As previously announced, IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani will defend the title, and it’s now official-Stephanie Vaquer is the challenger. Also now official is NEW NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Trent Betetta for the title, and finally…a barnburner and then some: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Mike Bailey for the title. And Mrs, Speedball aka Veda Scott will be on English commentary. Go to FITE and drop $19.99 for the pre-order right now!

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: More matches have been announced: STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title, STRONG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew for the titles, Mistico vs. TJP and Toru Yano vs. Joey Janela.

Stardom 10/28/23 & 10/29/23 Results

Stardom continued the Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League this weekend with 2 events, although the latter event today was more of a Halloween-themed comedy event.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 362.

In addition to absences mentioned below, Giulia missed these events due to being in the US for a New Japan event yesterday.

Match 1: Thekla beat Miyu Amasaki. This was to have been a Goddesses Tag League match but Ami Sohrei & Lady C were off the event due to illness so AZM & Mei Seira got a free win instead. Then it was changed to a 3-way between Thekla/Amasaki/Sohrei but no Sohrei.

Match 2: AZM beat Ruaua. This was a last-minute match due to the above match and absences.

Match 3: Hanan & Mayu Iwatani beat HANAKO & MIRAI. Hanan pinned HANAKO after an Iwatani Sling Blade.

Match 4: Goddesses Tag League Red Block: Saki Kashima & Syuri beat Waka Tsukiyama & Mina Shirakawa. Syuri beat Tsukiyama with Ground Suzaku.

Match 5: Momo Watanabe & Natsuko Tora beat Mai Sakurai & Maika. Watanabe pinned Sakurai.

Main Event: Meghan Bahn, Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki beat Koguma, Hazuki & Saya Iida. Seira beat Iida.

Today’s event was dubbed “Halloween Dark Night 2023-House Of Horrors”, was held at Tachikawa Stage Garden and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 1116.

Match 1: Goddesses Tag League Red Block: Kurumi Hiragi & Risa Sera beat Saki Kashima & Syuri. Sera pinned Kashima with Rasa Scissors.

Match 2: Super Strong Stardom Machine won a 10 person zombie rumble battle royal, last eliminating Zombie C.

Match 3: In a Zombie Lumberjack Match, ZAP & Dump Matsumoto beat Waka Tsukiyama & Mina Shirakawa. Matsumoto pinned Tsukiyama.

Match 4: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Suzu Suzuki beat Thekla, Mei Seira & Momo Watanabe in a 4-way by pinning Thekla.

Match 5: In a Halloween Battle with Murder Weapons, Saori Anou beat Mai Sakurai, Hazuki & Natsuko Tora in a 4-way by pinning Sakurai.

Match 6: MIRAI vs. Halloween Mask went to a no contest. Oedo Corps interference. Mask was revealed to be Ruaka.

Main Event: In an Exploding Coffin Match, where the winner was who put someone in the coffin and closed the lid-and then it exploded, Crow A & B aka Yuu & Meghan Bahn beat Mayu Iwatani & Crow C aka Maika in a 4-way by placing Iwatani and Stardom Executive Producer Rossy Ogawa in the coffin.

The next event is Friday at Wahlfahrt Toyama 3F Multipurpose Hall in Toyama. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

DDT 10/29/23 Results

DDT ran their annual free Omori Festival-themed outdoor event today outside a train station in Tokyo. It was weather permitting, but the weather was fine so it went on as planned.

Today’s event was held at JR Omori Station East Exit Plaza in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

Admission was free but they announced a total attendance of 1029, a super full house.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Yusuke Okada, Yuya Koroku & Yuni. Sasaki pinned Yuni after a spear.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno beat Rukiya.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Chikara beat Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Kazuki Hirata. Endo pinned Akito after Burning Star Press.

Match 4: World Omori Champion Takao Soma beat Antonio Honda to retain the title. V1 for Omori.

Match 5: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Aja Kong, Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Akai pinned Sumi after Quetzalcoatl. Afterwards, Aja cut a promo and paid respect to Akai, who is retiring in just 2 weeks (Aja is still going strong after an insane 38 years).

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Naya. Ueno pinned Oishi after BME.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face with an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match (to be held under PWF/All-Japan Pro Wrestling rules as technically it’s their title) and Saki Akai’s final 10th Anniversary match, which also will be the last single match of her career. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Thursday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

THIS JUST IN…(after this was posted via social media) the following happened in the hours after last night’s New Japan Pro Wrestling event in the US:
A Yellow iPhone 14 beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi to win the title. iPhone becomes the 1585th Champion. Which led to…
Sumie Sakai beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yellow iPhone 14 to win the title. Sakai becomes the 1586th Champion. Which led to…
Hiromu Takahashi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sumie Sakai to win the title. Takahashi becomes the 1587th Champion. GOD BLESS DDT AND THE IRON MAN TITLE!

New Japan Pro Wrestling “Fighting Spirit Unleashed” Results (10/28/23)

New Japan returns to the US today for the next even under the rebranded STRONG LIVE label, Fighting Spirit Unleashed. 4 title matches headline a stacked card-first up, STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia comes to the US to defend the title against Hyan. In the second title match, Hikuleo & El Phantasmo defend the STRONG Tag Team Championship against the unique duo of Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Then it’s a potential hoss fight as STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston defends the title against HENARE. Finally, in the main event, it’s a New Japan special as NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga defends against Shingo Takagi. All that and much more from the LA Dojo, New Japan, Mexico and more.

Today’s event will be held at Sam’s Town Live inside Sam’s Town Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese (no separate purchase required this time) and FITE in English (PPV-$19.99, includes live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays). There are 2 pre-show matches which will air on the New Japan World broadcast but maybe not on FITE based on listed start times. The matches are scheduled for 30 minutes before the event. Not all the title matches have a 1 Hour time limit so, including the pre-show matches, I anticipate this event having a total running time of around 3 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Matt Vandagryff vs. Buck Skynyr
Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs vs. Baliyan Akki, Titus Alexander & Jakob Austin Young

PPV/Main Show:
Satoshi Kojima vs. Jeff Cobb, Fred Rosser & Alex Coughlin in a 4-way for a STRONG Openweight Championship match
Johnnie Robbie & Lluvia vs. Stephanie Vaquer & Zeuxis
Tom Lawlor vs. Gabriel Kidd
Atlantis 40th Anniversary Match: Atlantis Jr., Atlantis, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mistico vs. Adrian Quest, Tiger Mask 4, Soberano Jr. & Rocky Romero
STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia vs. Hyan for the title
STRONG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. Alex Zayne & Lance Archer for the titles
STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. HENARE for the title
Yuya Uemura & SANADA vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. Shingo Takagi for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The FITE broadcast is not scheduled to begin until 7 PM PT/10 PM ET so the pre-show likely will be only on New Japan World. I will be watching the New Japan World broadcast.

6 PM PT UPDATE: The New Japan World live stream has launched and is in pre-show mode. We should go to the venue in 25-30 minutes. Again, this is not a PPV on the service, no additional purchase is required to watch-just a monthly paid subscription.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: We’re hopefully about to start as the event logo graphic is now displaying.

6:35 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, NV. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata, Milano Collection A.T. and Miki Motoi. Your English hosts (only on FITE) are Veda Scott & Walker Stewart.

The paid attendance should be announced after the event. The setup is for a full capacity of about 875, and as of earlier today around 725 tickets had been sold so there’s a sellout chance depending on same-day sales. But it sounds like it will be between 750-850, which will be 85-95% capacity. (Update; The announced paid attendance was 801. About 92% full)

There are some very minor audio issues at the start, a tiny bit of occasional static can be heard with the venue audio, but not coming from commentary.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Matt Vandagryff vs. Buck Skynyr. 20 minute time limit
Result: Matt Vandagryff beat Muck Skynyr

Match 2: Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs vs. Baliyan Akki, Titus Alexander & Jakob Austin Young. 20 minute time limit
Result: Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs beat Baliyan Akki, Titus Alexander & Jakob Austin Young. Nelson pinned Young after West Coast Crusher.

End Pre-Show. The New Japan World feed will resume when the PPV begins in a few minutes.

(If you missed the pre-show live it is also available on demand on YouTube via the New Japan World YouTube channel)

PPV/Main Show:
Opening video with tonight’s lineup begins at 7:01 PM PT.

The matches begin at 7:06 PM PT.

Match 1: Satoshi Kojima vs. Jeff Cobb, Fred Rosser & Alex Coughlin in a 4-way for a STRONG Openweight Championship match. 30 minute time limit (huge crowd pop for Kojima’s entrance)
Result: Satoshi Kojima beat Jeff Cobb, Fred Rosser & Alex Coughlin in a 4-way by pinning Rosser. As a result, Kojima is the #1 contender for the STRONG Openweight Championship, meaning what should be the next title shot.

Match 2: Johnnie Robbie & Lluvia vs. Stephanie Vaquer & Zeuxis. 20 minute time limit. All the women here are from CMLL (Mexico) except Robbie, who is a trainee at the NJPW Academy (formerly the LA Dojo)
Result: Stephanie Vaquer & Zeuxis beat Johnnie Robbie & Lluvia. Vaquer pinned Robbie after a neckbreaker. Very impressive spot late when Vaquer flew off the top corner and over the guardrails into the crowd to land a big cross-body splash.
Afterwards, Vaquer with microphone in Spanish. But she did state in English that she wanted an IWGP Women’s Championship match. Current champion Mayu Iwatani is to defend the title on 11/18 at Lonestar Shootout in Garland, TX but the opponent is TBA. Until now? Updates to follow.

Match 3: Tom Lawlor vs. Gabriel Kidd. 20 minute time limit
Result: Gabriel Kidd beat Tom Lawlor

Hyan interviewed backstage in English.

Match 4: Atlantis 40th Anniversary Match: Atlantis Jr. (CMLL), Atlantis (CMLL), Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mistico (CMLL) vs. Adrian Quest, Tiger Mask 4, Soberano Jr. (CMLL) & Rocky Romero. 20 minute time limit
Result: Atlantis Jr., Atlantis, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mistico beat Adrian Quest, Tiger Mask 4, Soberano Jr. & Rocky Romero. Atlantis pinned Quest after a powerbomb. Afterwards, Tanahashi & Mistico stuck around a little longer to send some fans home happy.

Cryptic video promo…Joey Janela is coming to New Japan at Lonestar Shootout. The video suggests he is targeting Toru Yano.

Match 5: STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia vs. Hyan for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia beat Hyan to retain the title. V5 for Giulia.

Match 6: STRONG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. Alex Zayne & Lance Archer for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo beat Alex Zayne & Lance Archer to retain the titles. Phantasmo pinned Zayne after Super Thunder Kiss 86. V1 for the champs. As soon as it ended, West Coast Wrecking Crew came out for a beatdown on the champs. After that, WCWC with microphone. They say they’re next at Lonestar Shootout. They pose with the belts before leaving.

Match 7: STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. HENARE for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston beat HENARE to retain the title. V4 for Kingston. Next up: Because of his win in the 4-way earlier, Kojima. He came out post-match. With microphone in English. BREAD CLUB IN THE HOUSE! Throwdown in English by Kojima before staredown. Kingston responded in kind (uncensored English). It’s on for Lonestar Shootout.

Announced for 11/10: Jon Moxley, David Finlay, Ultimo Guerrero, Mistico, KENTA. More TBA.

Match 8: Yuya Uemura & SANADA vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw
As Takahashi was leaving, someone came out and tried to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship with quick roll-ups but only managed a pair of 2 counts. (Update: It was Danny Limelight)

Main Event: NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. Shingo Takagi for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Shingo Takagi beat NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga to win the title. Takagi becomes the 41st NEVER Openweight Champion. Outstanding match that went almost 30 minutes. Takagi is now a 3-time champion. Takagi with microphone for the post-match victory promo in English. He also demanded a next challenger come out. No takers. But he did promise to come back to the US again soon to end the event.

As the show was about to end…lights out…video played…Trent Beretta (AEW) challenges Takagi for Lonestar Shootout!

A solid event start-to-finish that was definitely elevated by the main event. That was must-see but most of the other matches were good, even what I thought was the worst match was fine and nothing to complain about (Lawlor-Kidd). The only very slight issue was that it wound up being a longer than anticipate event at just over 4 hours including the pre-show. Only a couple of very slight technical issues with the early minor sound stuff and I had a couple of buffering freezes late, but those combined only lasted about 5 seconds, otherwise no problems and as a whole video quality was excellent. If you missed this, either watch it on demand on New Japan World or, if you’re not a subscriber, buy the replay on FITE.

Overall show grade: B+ (without that main event it was still a solid B)

The next US event is Lonestar Shootout on 11/10 at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland Park, TX (Dallas/Ft. Worth area). It is available for pre-order on FITE for $19.99. No word yet on New Japan World broadcast plans but we should know some time next week.

The next event is Monday at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata to continue the Super Junior Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

AEW Collision 10/28/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results for tonight’s AEW Collision from Uncasville, CT (Mohegan Sun Casino Resort):

Jay White beat AR Fox. Afterwards, MJF tried to take back the AEW World Championship belt again but failed.

The Acclaimed promo. Apparently Max Caster got catfished.

Gunn Club beat The Boys.

Ryan Nemeth interviewed backstage. Looking for Hollywood representation so he goes to visit the hot, flexible wife in her dressing room. Only he gets, as a news site I frequent jokingly called him today in an article, the hairy, inflexible (HAHAHA!) husband. REDEEMED.

AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida beat Abadon to retain the title. Toni Storm promo afterwards. Barring Tony Khan giving Skye Blue yet another chance, Storm is next at Full Gear.

ROH World Champion Samoa Joe beat Rhett Titus to retain the title.

Claudio Castagnoli promo. He says Bryan Danielson has a broken orbital bone following Wednesday’s Dynamite. Rematch teased between Danielson & Kazuchika Okada, maybe even in New Japan. Castagnoli faces Orange Cassidy Wednesday for the AEW International Championship.

Ricky Starks beat Dax Harwood. House Of Black appeared post-match, and a big brawl broke out with Starks & Big Bill, FTR and LFI all getting into it.

Andrade El Idolo interviewed.

Claudio Castagnoli beat Tracy Williams. Squash.

Main Event time. They have about 30 minutes TV time.

AEW World Champion MJF beat Kenny Omega to retain the title. That means unless he is stripped of the title before Dynamite or vacated it before then, MJF will become the longest-reigning AEW World Champion to date.

End Show.

UPDATE: Danielson injury is legit and he will need surgery. Done for the year. As for an Okada match in New Japan, say at Tokyo Dome on 1/4, consider that prospect questionable right now. Knowing how Danielson came back from the broken wrist, I wouldn’t go any lower than questionable and would not rule it out

New Japan 10/28/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 4 of the Super Junior Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Tsurugajo Gym in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 824.

Match 1: Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Honma beat Nakashima with a Boston Crab.

Match 2: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.

Super Junior Tag :League:
Match 4: Francesco Akira & TJP beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Akira pinned DKC after 2/2.
Match 5: TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI beat MUSASHI & Yoh. DOUKI pinned MUSASHI with Suplex De La K.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. Eagles pinned Sho.
Match 7: Titan & BUSHI beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. BUSHI pinned KUSHIDA after Angel Immortal.
Main Event: Master Wato & El Desperado beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Desperado pinned Connors after Pinche Loco.

Standings:
1-Wato/Desperado, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Knight/KUSHIDA, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Moloney/Connors, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Akira/TJP, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Fujita/Eagles, 3-2, 6 pts
6-Kanemaru/Sho, 3-2, 6 pts
7-Taguchi/DKC, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Yoh/MUSASHI, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Titan/BUSHI, 2-3, 4 pts
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-4, 2 pts
The top 2 advance to the Finals. It’s still wide open although Wato/Desperado have now moved into the lead and TAKA/DOUKI somehow staved off elimination.

The tournament continues Monday at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

The next event is Fighting Spirit Unleashed TONIGHT at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, NV. Live streaming on New Japan World in Japanese ONLY will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. This event will be available to all paying monthly subscribers without additional purchase. Live streaming on FITE in English ONLY will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The FITE version costs $19.99 and includes unlimited on demand replays. I will be watching via New Japan World since it’s not a PPV there…but if you don’t have World, buy the FITE version just because the illustrious Veda Scott will be on commentary. Live results will be posted.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/28/23 Results

DEMOLITION STAGE 2023 in FUKUOKA, Pro Wrestling NOH’s end-October blowout event, is now in the books. Today marked the farewell to Katsuhiko Nakajima, who is leaving the promotion, and possibly Seiki Yoshioka, who is sitting out the rest of the year and possibly moving on too.

Today’s event wqs held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The Japanese broadcast was an ABEMA exclusive and will be available soon as well. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1309. In spite of probably greatly reduced venue capacity due to the setup, and the fact the venue is primarily designed for sumo, this unfortunately continues a trend of bad major event attendance outside of Tokyo. (The venue’s max capacity for sumo and some pro wrestling is 7500, I figure today’s setup reduced it to around 4000)

Pre-show Match: Akitoshi Saito, Stallion Rogers & Kai Fujinura beat Mohammed Yone, Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo, Seiki Yoshioka, Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69, Hajime Ohara, Extreme Tiger & Junta Miyawaki. Yoshioka pinned Miyawaki after Crash Driver. This is possibly Yoshioka’s last match in NOAH as he is taking a hiatus for the rest of the year and may move elsewhere.

Match 2: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Oiwa pinned Greene.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi. Soya pinned Huxley after a jumping DDT.

Match 4: HAYATA & Eita vs. Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa went to a Draw. Double Pinfall.

Match 5: Katsuhiko Nakajima Final NOAH Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Go Shiozaki & Katsuhoko Nakajima. Sugiura pinned Nakajima after Olympic Yosen Slam. Nakajima is leaving NOAH after 7 years to continue his career elsewhere. Where is not yet known.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat YO-HEY & Tadasuke to retain the titles. Bane pinned Tadasuke after Twister Bane. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: Jack Morris beat GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to win the title. Morris becomes the 10th GHC National Champion. UPSET ALERT!!!

Main Event: Kenoh beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee to win the title. Kenoh becomes the 43rd GHC Heavyweight Champion. They went just short of 30 minutes. The Fist King is now a 3-time champion. Next up: Soya. Kongo Bongo! That match will happen on 1/2/24 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo to open the mew year. Before then, Kenoh will team with Jinsei Shinzaki to face Soya & Tatsumi Fujinami on 12/2 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama.

The next event is DEMOLITION STAGE 2023 in NIIGATA on 11/4 at Niigata City Gym with 2 more title matches-GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa for the titles and GHC Junior Hevayweight Champion HAYATA vs. Daga for the title. Unfortunately, for those not in attendance, there will be no live broadcast, You’ll have to wait until at least 11/7 for on demand.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/27/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Kunamoto. This was a 15th Anniversary Event for Seiki Yoshioka.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday (a longer delay than usual, normally it’s 3 days after the event for non-live streams): There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 434.

Match 1: Hahime Ohara & Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a swan dive elbow.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Extreme Tiger. Mack pinned Hi69 after Ninja Bomb.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Takashi Sugiura, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Huxley pinned Saito after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 4: Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Masa Kitamiya & Junta Miyawaki. Inaba pinned Miyawaki after DDD.

Match 5: Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa. Greene pinned Oiwa after M-83.

Match 6: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat HAYATA & Eita by DQ. HAYATA DQ’d.

Match 7: Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Tadasuke after PFS.

Main Event: Seiki Yoshioka 15th Anniversary Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Shuji Kondo beat Go Shiozaki & Seiki Yoshioka. Kondo pinned Yoshioka after King Kong Lariat.

The next event is DEMOLITION STAGE in FUKUOKA tomorrow at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. In addition to the usual title matches, this will be Katsuhiko Nakajima’s final event in NOAH. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in ENGLISH ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan. Japanese and the original broadcast will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the event ends.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/27/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro’s monthly major event today, ALL RISE ’23, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hal in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendnace was 686.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo beat Toga, Shino Suzuki & Haru KaAshiro. HIMAWARI pinned Kazashiro.

Match 2: Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino beat Maki Itoh & Kaya Toribami. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima won an 8 woman battle royal, last eliminating Raku. As a result, Nakajima wil be the next challenger for International Princess Champion Max The Impaler. Order of elimination (pinfal, submission, over top rope): Mahiro Kiryu, Suzume, Rika Tatsuni, Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo, Yuki Kamifuku, Raku. (Update: That match-Nakajima vs. Impaler-will happen on 11/19. If Nakajima wins, she will join Tatsumi as the only “Triple Crown Champions in TJPW who have won all 3 of the promotion’s titles in their careers)

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki Return Match: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku. Sakazaki pinned Harajuku after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Match 5: Saki Akai beat Yuki Arai. 13 1/2 minutes of ALL THE FEELS for me when I watch later as it’s the last time I’ll see AA Eye Candy together…and against each other.

Match 6: Princess Tag Team Champions Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano to retain the titles. Noa pinned Nagano with a blizzard suplex hold. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita beat Regina to retain the title. V1 for Yamashita.

The next event is 11/3 at Shinjuku Face with Saki Akai’s final TJPW match before her retirement. That match is Akai & Yuki Kamifuku vs. Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.