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DDT 1/5/24 Results

DDT began their January 2024 tour, SWEET DREAMS! 2024, today with a house show in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 255.

Match 1: Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Illusion. Soma pinned Illusion after Perfect Driver.

Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi. Okatani beat Oishi with a transformed dragon sleeper.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Yoshitatsu & Yukio Naya beat Akito. Yuki Iino & Rukiya. Naya pinned Rukiya.

Match 4: HARASHIMA beat Kazuki Hirata & Toru Owashi in a 3-way by pinning Hirata. Afterwards, Disaster Box officially disbanded.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada. Sasaki beat Okada with a crossface. Afterwards, Sasaki continues his efforts in recruiting Endo to join DAMNATION TA, but Endo refused. That led to a heel beatdown until Yuki Iino made the save and then joined Burning.

Main Event: Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takayuki Ueki, Mecha Mummy & Takeshi Masada beat KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Yoshihiko, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima, Yuni & Yuki Ueno to win the titles. Takanashi, Honda, Ueki, Mummy & Masada become the 9th KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions. Honda pinned Katsumata. Yuni was a late replacement as interim champion for the absent MAO (flu).

The next event is tomorrow at 176BOX in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 1/5/24 Results

With Tokyo Dome now in the books, New Japan officially began their new year-and the road to Tokyo Dome 2025 (365 days to go! It’s a Leap Year so one extra day) with today’s annual year-opening New Year’s Dash!

Today’s event was held at Sumida City Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE!

Click below to watch (mobile/tablet users-you will be redirected to the New Japan World app to watch, it is free to download and no account/payment is needed for free content. The link below only works as intended on PC):

https://watch.njpwworld.com/details/39502?playlist_id=203&shw_ep=1

The announced paid attendance was 2910, a legit advance sellout. Except for the KOPW 2024 4-way, no matches were announced ahead of time. It was all a surprise until it happened.

Match 1: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the title. V1 for Tanahashi. This was to have been a NON-TITLE match but Taguchi requested the change last-second. Next up: Possibly former WWE wrestler Matt Riddle, who appeared via recorded video. Just as long as he knows he can’t use the weed stuff in Japan.

Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Goto pinned Oiwa after Shoto.

Match 3: Young Lions Farewell Match: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Phantasmo pinned Nakashima after Super Thunder Kiss 86. Leube & Nakashima will now be heading outside Japan for the traditional international training excursions. Afterwards, Chase Owens attacked Phantasmo & Hikuleo and made an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Title challenge for himself and KENTA.

Match 4: Master Wato, El Desperado, Tonoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino & Tama Tonga beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider. Afterwards, EVIL beat down Tonga and cut his hair.

Match 5: Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay vs. Drilla Moloney, Gabriel Kidd, Clark Connors, Alex Coughlin & David Finlay went to a no contest. Connors ref assault then out of control. Lasted about 5 minutes before that all happened. Afterwards, Ospreay challenged Bullet Club to a rematch on 2/11 while Finlay demanded it be a cage match. (This may be Ospreay’s last match before his full-time All Elite Wrestling contract begins if it happens) (Addendum: It will be)

Match 6: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. TAKA pinned BUSHI after Michinoku Driver 2. Well there’s TAKA’s win for the year I guess.

Match 7: Taiji Ishimori beat Yoh, Toru Yano & Great-O-Khan in a 4-way elimination match to win the KOPW 2024 Championship and become the initial titleholder. Order of elimination: Yano by Yoh, Yoh by Khan, Khan by Ishimori.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomohiro Ishii, Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & Kazuchika Okada. Haste pinned Ishii after Tank Buster. Afterwards, Sabre challeged Danielson to a match while Fujita made a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge for the rest.

The next event is Battle In The Valley 2024 on 1/13 in San Jose, CA. The main event for that card was announced today, it will be Ospreay vs. Okada. At this time it is scheduled to be available only on TrillerTV (fka FITE) as a PPV in English only. It is available for pre-order for $19.99 and will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. No New Japan World broadcast at this time but that is subject to change.

Also announced today was the next US event after that-Windy City Riot on 4/12 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. Tickets range from $29-299.

The next Japan event is THE NEW BEGINNING IN NAGOYA on 1/20 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

FREE VIDEO: NJPW WORLD TV Title Match From Tokyo Dome

In keeping with tradition with the title, New Japan World has made today’s NJPW WORLD TV Championship match available FOR FREE on the service and the socials. You can watch below for free, no signup or account required:

DDT News: MAO Absence Update

Following up on MAO being absent from DDT’s 1/3 event with a possible fever, it has now been revealed he will be out through the rest of this week’s events. Flu. That means MAO is also off a scheduled KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship defense tomorrow. The match will go on, however, with Yuni as an interim replacement for the champs. He will also miss events on 1/6 & 1/7. That means the earliest he could return is 1/14 at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa, but he should be good to go for a DDT Universal Championship defense on 1/21.

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: What El Bum Rush

That’s how I jokingly refer to Rush sometimes on my AEW results posts that I do on Facebook (I do them old-school CRZ style in referring to wrestlers), but it turns out he wasn’t 100% during the Continental Classic and had a bum body issue. In a post he just made on the socials, Rush revealed he suffered a torn hamstring during the tournament. He toughed it out and finished the tournament but now is probably going to be out a while.

More as it becomes available. The original post is below.

BREAKING: Japan Promotions Return To The Collective In 2024

In a social media post from US promotion Game Changer Wrestling moments ago announcing The Collective, their WrestleMania weekend series of independent events in Philadelphia, PA, there are currently 2 events from Japanese promotions on the lineup: DDT on 4/4 at 8 PM ET and Tokyo Joshi Pro on 4/5 at 11 AM ET (not the best timeslot for them because that is a Friday morning). There was one timeslot left open because one interesting item was perhaps omitted from the lineup-Stardom. They apparently have a 4/4 event at 2300 Arena fka ECW Arena planned according to Stardom’s official English Twitter. That being said, The Collective has a 2:30 PM ET 4/6 event that will be announced tomorrow, so…perhaps?

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: Young NOAH Star Sidelined

In announcing full cards for their upcoming events, namely 1/13 at Korakuen Hall, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that Kai Fujimura was apparently injured at Tuesday’s year-opening event. Right distal radius fracture. In simpler terms, a broken wrist. Out indefinitely but it probably will keep him out at least a couple months.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom 1/3/24 & 1/4/24 Results

Stardom began their 2024 with a major doubleheader, first yesterday in Yokohama then today before Tokyo Dome.

Yesterday’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 960.

Match 1: Rookie Of Stardom 2023 Tournament: Yuzuki beat Ranna Yagami.

Match 2: Rookie Of Stardom 2023 Tournament: HANAKO beat Sayaka.

Match 3: Lady C beat Hina.

Match 4: Triangle Derby 2024 Tournament: Giulia, Thekla & Mai Sakurai beat Miyu Amasaki, Lady C & Hina by forfeit. Amasaki was forced off the card due to illness.

Match 5: Triangle Derby 2024 Tournament: Saya Kamitani, AZM & Utami Hayashita vs. Meghan Bayne, Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki went to a 15 minute time limit draw. Both out of the tournament as a result. Because of this, Giulia/Thekla/Sakurai get a free pass and advance directly to the Finals.

Match 6: Triangle Derby 2024 Tournament: Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid & Natsuko Tora beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Mayu Iwatani. Watanabe pinned Iida.

Match 7: Triangle Derby 2024 Tournament: Ami Sohrei, MIRAI & Syuri beat Fukigen, Hanan & Sumire Natsu. MIRAI pinned Natsu after a lariat.

Match 8: Triangle Derby 2024 Tournament: Ami Sohrei, MIRAI & Syuri beat Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid & Natsuko Tora by countout. Tora counted out. Sohrei/MIRAI/Syuri advance to the Finals.

Match 9: Yuu, Nanae Takahashi, Hazuki & Saki Kashima beat Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Kashima pinned Mizumori.

Match 10: Rookie Of Stardom 2023 Finals: Yuzuki beat HANAKO to win the tournament. She is officially Stardom’s 2023 Rookie Of The Year.

Main Event: Triangle Derby Tournament Finals: Ami Sohrei, MIRAI & Syuri beat Artist Of Stardom Champions Giulia, Thekla & Mai Sakurai to win the tournament and the titles. Sohrei, MIRAI & Syuri become the 31st Artist Of Stardom Champions. Syuri pinned Thekla.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo and cma be watched on demand on PPV via Pia Japan. It will be available on Stardom World at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 1536, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Ranna Yagami, Yuzuki & HANAKO beat Sayaka Unagi, Lady C & Hina. Yuzuki pinned Unagi after Tolling Arrow. Unagi was a late replacement for the absent Miyu Amasaki.

Match 2: Hazuki, Hanan & Saya Iida beat Fukigen, Starlight Kid & Hina. Hanan pinned Hina with a blockbuster hold.

Match 3: Mei Seira & Mina Shirakawa beat Mai Sakurai & Thekla. Seira pinned Thekla with La Magistral.

Match 4: SAKI, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori beat Momo Watanabe, Sumire Natsu & Natsuko Tora. Anou pinned Natsu.

Match 5: Saya Kamitani, AZM & Utami Hayashishita beat Saki Kashima, Ami Sohrei & MIRAI. Hayashishita pinned Kashima with a German suplex hold.

Match 6: Meghan Bayne & Maika vs. Giulia & Suzu Suzuki went to a 20 minute time limit draw. Afterwards, Giulia announced her Donna Del Mundo faction is no more and they are disbanded. In post-match backstage comments, Giulia confirmed she is done with Stardom and will be a freelancer going forward, but there have been online rumors she is possibly headed to WWE (they reportedly have made signing the mixed Japanese/Italian wrestler from England a very high priority).

Main Event: IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani beat Syuri to retain the title. V3 for Iwatani.

The next event is Saturday (Friday US time) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. It will be available on Stardom World at a later date.

Ganbare Pro 1/4/24 Results

Ganbare Pro opened their 2024 today with an event held opposite Tokyo Dome (yes, at the same time).

Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 157, a full house/near sellout. It’s a very small venue, their max capacity for wrestling is roughly 200.

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaede Matsushita beat YuuRI & Riara. Hasrgawa beat Riara with a muffler hold.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & HARUKAZE beat Shigehiro Irie & Bunny Oikawa. HARUKAZE beat Oikawa after Wind Spear.

Match 3: Yuni (DDT) beat Munetatsu Nakamura & Illusion (DDT) in a 3-way by pinning Nakamura.

Match 4: Shota, Takao Soma & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Keisuke Ishii, Yumehito Imanari & Mizuki Watase. Tominaga pinned Ishii after a moonsault press.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Chanpion Shuichiro Katsumura beat Ken Ohka to retain the title. V1 for Katsumura.

The next event is Saturday (tomorrow US time) at 176BOX in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.