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PCO Is Not Human. He also will continue to make an Impact. Coming off a win in a Monster’s Ball match at Bound For Glory, the French-Canadian Frankenstein has signed an extension with the promotion. Terms were not disclosed but he will be part of when the promotion rebrands itself again as TNA Wrestling in January 2024 at Hard To Kill in Las Vegas. That’s where PCO returned to the promotion in January 2022.
Full press release:
New Japan returns to the US this Saturday for Fighting Spirit Unleashed, and the full card has been announced today (also the match order):
Pre-Show:
Matt Vandagriff vs. Buck Skynyr
Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs vs. Jakob Austin Young, Baliyan Alki & Titus Alexander
PPV:
Satoshi Kojima vs. Fred Rosser, Jeff Cobb & Alex Coughlin in a 4-way for the next STRONG Openweight Championship shot
Lluvia & Johnnie Robbie vs. Stephanie Vaquer & Zeuxis
Tom Lawlor vs. Gabriel Kidd
Atlantis 40th Anniversary Match: Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Mistico & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Rocky Romero, Soberano Jr., Tiger Mask 4 & Adrian Quest
STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia vs. Hyan for the title
STROKG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. Alex Zayne & Lance Archer for the titles
STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. HENARE for the title
SANADA & Yuya Uemura vs. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. Shingo Takagi for the title
The event begins with the pre-show matches at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The PPV will be streamed LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese (for all paid subscribers, no additional purchase required) and FITE in English ($19.99). The pre-show should air on New Japan World but may not air on FITE.
New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 2 of the Super Junior Tag League.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV simulcast.
The announced paid attendance was 1020.
Match 1: Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Khan pinned Leube.
Match 2: Yuya Yemura, Taichi & SANADA vs. Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito went to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Match 3: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Boltin Oleg by submission to retain the title. V15(!) for Sabre.
Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Titan & BUSHI. Taguchi pinned BUSHI.
Match 5: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Fujita pinned TAKA.
Match 6: MUSASHI & Yoh beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Yoh pinned Wato aftrr Direct Drive.
Match 7: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Sho pinned Knight after Shock Arrow.
Main Event: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Connors pinned TJP after Full Clip.
After 2 days Moloney/Connors are 2-0, TAKA/DOUKI are 0-2, everyone else is 1-1.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event Saturday, returning to regular host city Osaka for another house show.
Saturday’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube Tuesday at 4 AM PT/7 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 203.
Match 1: Issei Onitsuka & Fire Katsumi beat Andy Wu & JD Lee. Onitsuka pinned Lee after a spear.
Match 2: Aoi beat Azusa Inaba.
Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki beat Jun Tonsho by submission.
Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato beat Soma Watanabe & Yuya Susumu. Jackson pinned Watanabe with Hartley No. 1 Leg Roll Clutch. Afterwards, Jackson issued a G INFINITY Championship challenge. Not a given as they could get the next shot at champions Jun & Rei Saito, but they’ve first got to win a 1-day tournament at the enxt event.
CIMA announced he will return on 11/12.
Match 5: Yusuke Kodama & Masato Kamino beat T-Hawk & El Lindaman. Kamino pinned T-Hawk after a lariat. Afterwards, Kamino issued a G REX Championship challenge to T-Hawk. Accepted. That match will happen on 11/12.
Match 6: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka, Yu Iizuka & Tomoaki Honma (New Japan) beat Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Check Shimatani & Magnitude Kishiwada. Iizuka beat Shimatani with an armbar.
Main Event: Hayato Tamura beat Takanori Ito, Tetsuya Izuchi & Kaito Ishida in a 4-way by pinning Ito.
The next event is 11/3 at Tokyo FM Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC today, promising the return of an old championship and a former retired legend making an appearance (the latter being The Great Muta, the face-painted/masked in recent years alter-ego of Keiji Muto).
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it appears to have been a legit advance sellout. There were no same-day tickets available. That means it would have been close to 500.
Match 1: HAYATA beat Daga.
Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Kai Fujimura & Yu Owada. Huxley pinned Owada after a neck hanging bomb.
Match 3: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Extreme Tiger & Terry Yaki beat Naomichi Marufuji, Alejandro & Junta Miyawaki. Yaki pinned Miyawaki after Yaki Crusher.
Match 4: TBA, revealed at match time to be Masato Tanaka (ZERO1), beat Ninja Mack to win the reactivated GHC Hardcore Championship. Tanaka becomes the 10th GHC Hardcore Champion. (That takes the title’s prior lineage into account although the promotion’s website bills him as the first champion following the reactivation by NOSAWA Rongai)
Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Kaito Kiyomita, Ryohei Oiwa, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Order of elimination (pinfall, submission, over the top rope): Tadasuke by Kiyomiya, Wolf by Lee, Oiwa by Greene, Greene by Kitamiya, Kitamiya by YO-HEY, Bane by YO-HEY, YO-HEY by Soya, Cleary by Soya, Kiyomiya by Morris, Morris by Soya, Soya by Lee. Lee wins as only remaining member.
Episode 3 is 11/13.
The next event is Thursday at Hiroshima Industrial Hall West Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.
UPDATE: Ulka Sasaki, an MMA fighter who competes in Rizin and previously fought in UFC, has been announced for Episode 3 and will participate in an exhibition match vs. TBA.
Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour today with a same-day doubleheader in Fukuoka.
Today’s events were held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced for both events. (UPDATE: For Event 1, the announced paid attendance was 541. For Event 2, the announced paid attendance was 624, a full house/near sellout)
There were last minute changes to both events due to Kota Minoura being removed from both events. Illness.
Event 1:
Match 1: Kzy, Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. KAMEI pinned H-Y-O after Jacky Knife.
Match 2: Genki Horiguchi & Jason Lee beat Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. Lee pinned Tominaga after Maximum Driver.
Match 3: Ben-K beat Yoshiki Kato.
Match 4: Luis Mante & Dragon Kid beat BxB Hulk & Ryoya Tanaka. Mante pinned Tanaka after Vuelta Finale.
Match 5: YAMATO & Naruki Doi beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Doi pinned Jr. after Bakatare Slising Kick.
Main Event: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Shimizu pinned Dia after BIGBOSS Press.
Event 2:
Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Mochizuki Jr., Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryoya Tanaka. ISHIN beat Yanagiuchi with a Boston Crab.
Match 2: Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. Ben-K pinned Tominaga after Masakari.
Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka beat H-Y-O.
Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito. Kanda pinned Saito after a diving elbow drop.
Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Yoshiki Kato by submission.
Match 6: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Dia pinned U-T with a countered rollup.
Main Event: YAMATO, Luis Mante, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Kzy, Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mante pinned KAMEI after Vuelta Finale.
The next event is tomorrow at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. there also are no more broadcasts scheduled the rest of the month. For November only 4 of 15 events are scheduled to be broadcast, headlined by THE GATE OF DESTINY 2023 on 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka.
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 tour today with a house show in Shizuoka.
Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 192.
Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Yu Owada.
Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Mohammed Yone & Taishi Ozawa. Huxley pinned Ozawa after a neck hanging bomb.
Match 3: Extreme Tiger & Junta Miyawaki beat Ninja Mack & Terry Yaki. Miyawaki pinned Yaki after Falcon Arrow.
Match 4: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya, Daiki Inaba, Shujio Kondo & Hajime Ohara beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge, Go Shiozaki & Hi69. Soya pinned Hi69 after Ballistics.
Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene.
Match 6: Yoshinari Ogawa, Daga & LEONA (Dradition) beat Kaito Kiyomita, HAYATA & Eita by countout. HAYATA counted out.
Main Event: Kenoh, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Stalliion Rogers, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Cleary after Kenoh Special.
The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
DDT’s monthly tour-ending big event, GOD BLESS DDT 2023, is on tap today as the promotion’s final mid-major event before their Ryogoku Kokugikan blowout event in a few weeks. As their KO-D Openweight Championship match draws closer, Chris Brookes & Yuki Ueno will be on opposite sides in the main event, while in the co-main event there is potentially a double title match. DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata defends the title against Takeshi Masada in what is basically going to be a comedy match, but if Masada is still the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion at match time this will be for both titles. But given the latter title’s 24/7 stip things could change last-second…and you never know what could happen before, during, and even after the match! Also, a day after losing the All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Championship in probably her last appearance int he promotion, Saki Akai returns for one more 10th Anniversary match as her retirement draws ever closer, this time teaming with Sendai Girls standout Chihiro Hashimoto to face Eruption factionmates Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese FOR FREE! No account or paid subscription required! It will also be available on demand for free for non-subscribers for a few weeks. There is a pre-show match scheduled for 15-20 minutes before the event begins. With that match included I anticipate today’s event having a total running time of just under 3 hours.
Click below to watch the event live & on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE:
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Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Takao Soma & Yuni vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda
Main show:
MIKAMI vs. Kazuma Sumi
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Tetsuya Endo, Toi Kojima & Rukiya
Yukio Naya vs. Yuya Koroku
Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Yusuke Okada vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Makoto Oishi & Akito
Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani vs. Saki Akai & Chihiro Hashimoto
DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Takeshi Masada for the titles. Subject to change if Masada is not Iron Man champion at match time
Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:15 PM PT/10:15 PM ET.
7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has launched. We’ll be going to the venue in a few minutes.
7:16 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Ken Kato & Kagehiro Osano.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but as has been the case for a while they’re using the smaller opposite-side configuration with about 2/3 of the bleacher seats curtained off. That will keep the numbers down from what New Japan and All-Japan usually do now, so it’ll probably be 550-600. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 800)
Pre-show match: Takao Soma & Yuni vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. 15 minute time limit
Result; Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda beat Takao Soma & Yuni. Honda pinned Yuni with a bridge.
Updates will resume when the main show begins in a few minutes (pre-show match ends at 7:27 PM PT).
Main show:
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. Your hosts are Ken Kato & Kagehiro Osano with special guest Shunma Katsumata.
Match 1: MIKAMI (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: MIKAMI beat Kazuma Sumi. Afterwards, MIKAMI with microphone. It sounded like he issued a challenge for the DDT Extreme Championship. Side note: MIKAMI was part of the very frist DDT event on 3/25/1997.
The D KING GP 2023 participants are announced:
Block A: Yuki Ueno, Tetsuya Endo, Kazusada Higuchi, Daisuke Sasaki, HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino
Block B: Chris Brookes, MAO, Yukio Naya, KANON, Kazuki Hirata, and…from All-Japan Pro Wrestling…Rei Saito!
The tournament starts on 11/26 at Korakuen then continues on 12/2 & 12/3 at Shinjuku Face, 12/9 & 12/26 elsewhere, then 12/24 at Korakuen with the Finals at DDT’s 2024 opener on 1/3 at Korakuen.
Your new host is Haruo Murata.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Tetsuya Endo, Toi Kojima & Rukiya. 30 minute time limit
Result; Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Tetsuya Endo, Toi Kojima & Rukiya. KANON pinned Rukiya after Sleepy Hollow. Afterwards, Sasaki with microphone. He issued a challenge to Endo for next month’s Ryogoku event, sounds like a Damnation T.A. vs. Burning match in some form. Sounds like perhaps a 6-man tag.
GM Imabayashi introduces the former Ikemen Jiro (Jiro Kuroshio), who was recently released by WWE. Mentions of perhaps an Extreme Title challenge, that brings out Takeshi Masada. Imabayashi makes Kuroshio-Masada for Kuroshio’s Japan return match at Ryogoku. (Update from the end of the show: Kuroshio will now be known as Kuroshio Tokyo Japan)
Match 3: Yukio Naya vs. Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: No Contest. Jun & Rei Saito interference. They laid out Naya and posed over hm until HARASHIMA quickly made the save. Afterwards, Rei Saito with microphone. Challenge issued for Ryogoku and beyond. They’re going to meet in the D KING GP as both are in Block B.
Katsumata leaves commentary before the next match.
Match 4: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Yusuke Okada vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Makoto Oishi & Akito. 30 minute time limit
Before the match began, a comedy promo led to a last-second change: Okada & Oishi swapped sides for the match.
Result: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yusuke Okada & Akito. Dieno pinned Akito after Danshoku Driver. And of course Dieno being goaded into Pheromones Still Gonna Pheromones. Afterwards, Oishi with microphone for some comedy with Dieno & a rather reluctant Akiyama.
Chris Jericho promo. Pre-recorded and in English for his match against Konosuke Takeshita on 11/12 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Jericho claims it will be the best match Takeshita has ever had in his career and he will leave knowing Jericho is the greatest of all time.
Quick break for some GM Imabayashi announcements.
Match 5: Saki Akai 10th Anniversary Match 4: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani vs. Saki Akai & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Saki Akai & Chihiro Hashimoto. Sakaguchi pinned Akai after God’s Right Knee. Afterwards, Sakaguchi with microphone. He showed Hashimoto respect then let her return the favor. Hashimoto then put Akai over before leaving Eruption together in the ring. Sakaguchi spoke a little more before Akai got the microphone, she was very emotional during her speaking. She put DDT over and thanked everyone for their support to wrap it all up. This probably is her final Korakuen match in DDT as she has only 3 weeks left until she retires and her last match period at the iconic venue will probably be Friday when she faces Yuki Arai in Tokyo Joshi Pro.
Match 6: DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Takeshi Masada for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Takeshi Masada by countout. As a result, both retain the titles. V4 for Hirata. Ridiculous comedy match involving Jenga, basketball and more. Which led to…
Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Takeshi Masada to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1583rd DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. Afterwards, Hirata with microphone. He called out Hiromu Takahashi. Which led to…
Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. Takahashi becomes the 1584th Champion. After this, Takahashi with microphone while Hirata threw a pure comedy tantrum in the ring. Long comedy promo after which Hirata tried to win it back but only managed a pair of 2 counts as he chased Takahashi throughout the venue with referee Daisuke Kiso trying to keep up. Updates to follow? In the meantime, Moving On…
Ken Kato & Toru Owashi join Kagehiro Osano on commentary the rest of the way.
Main Event: Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA beat Yuki Ueno & MAO. Brookes pinned Ueno after Praying Mantis Bomb.
The event wraps up with the full 11/12 card:
5 Team Time Delayed Battle Royal: KANON & MJ Paul, Naruki Doi & Kazuma Sumi, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ishida, Yuni & Rukiya
Tokyo Joshi Pro Provided Match Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto & Shino Suzuki vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Wakana Uehara
Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi, Akito & Shinichiro Kawamatsu (the current wrestling Japanese politician) vs. Yoshitatsu, Yoshihiko, Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine
Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya vs. Jun & Rei Saito & Toshizo
Kuroshio Tokyo Japan (Kiro Kuroshio) vs. Takeshi Masada
Daisuke Sasaki vs. Tetsuya Endo
KO-D Tag Team Champions Takao Soma & Shota vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda for the titles
DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kazuki Hirata for the title (as always, subject to change)
DDT Universal Champion Matt Cardona vs. MAO for the title
Saki Akai Retirement Match: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Miyu Yamashita & Kazusada Higuchi
Chris Jericho vs. Konosuke Takeshita
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
ULTIMATE PARTY 2023 will begin on 11/11 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The next event is a special mini-event on 10/29 at JR Omori Station East Exit Plaza in Tokyo. This will be weather permitting as it will be an outdoor event so if there is heavy rain, it will be cancelled. The only match announced so far is World Omori Champion Takao Soma vs. TBA for the title. There will be no live broadcast.
The next “regular” event is 11/3 at Shinjuku Face with an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match and the final Saki Akai 10th Anniversary match, which will be Akai vs. Kazuki Hirata in what will also be the final single match of her career. Broadcast plans TBA. If it does stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, the broadcast will begin on 11/2 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with their first visit to Sendai in 4 years.
Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Sendai and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 215.
Match 1: Suzume beat Runa Okubo.
Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Shino Suzuki & Raku in a 3-way by pinning Suzuki.
Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Toga & Haru Kazashiro. Misao beat Kazashiro with a chicken wing.
Match 4: Regina beat HIMAWARI.
Match 5: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Kakuta pinned Toribami after Shiden Kai.
Match 6: Max The Impaler, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Wakana Uehara. Impaler pinned Uehara after a short range lariat.
Main Event: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Mizuki & Arisu Endo. Itoh pinned Endo after Flying Big Head.
The next event is ALL RISE ’23 Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. 2 title matches headline the event including NEW Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Regina for the title, a battle royal to determine who will challenge Max The Impaler for the International Princess Championship next, and the final appearance by Saki Akai in TJPW, and one that really will tug at my heartstrings because her final opponent is Yuki Arai in their first and only single match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision and Battle Of The Belts 8 in Memphis, TN:
Collision:
Bryan Danielson beat Andrade El Idolo. This was a “dream match” Tony Khan promised to announce last night on Rampage (but it’s far from their first match against each other). Malakai Black returned post-match and laid out Danielson.
Darby Allin promo. He called out Nick Wayne to confront him Wednesday at Dynamite.
Skye Blue beat Hollywood Haley. Borderline squash.
Gunn Club beat The Outrunners. Squash.
In a Street Fight, Jeff Jarrett beat Eddie Kingston. As a result, Jay Lethal gets a future ROH World Title shot at Kingston.
ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Tony Nese for the title has been added to BOTB 8.
Miro beat Action Andretti. The hot, flexible wife watched from ringside.
LFI promo.
Kingston interviewed backstage.
FTR vs. 2 jobbers went to an immediate no contest. House Of Black laid out FTR right away.
AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill beat Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta to retain the titles. House Of Black interference (again) set up the finish. FTR & Bryan Danielson tried to make the save and got beatdowns before Jon Moxley returned and made the save.
End Show.
Added to Dynamite next week: AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida vs. Ruby Soho for the title, ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Adam Page vs. The Hardys & Brother Zay for the titles and Chris Jericho talks with Renee Paquette.
Battle Of The Belts 8:
Moxley & Orange Cassidy get heated backstage as Moxley heads back & Cassidy heads out to the ring.
AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat John Silver to retain the title.
ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Tony Nese to retain the title. Squash.
AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title.
AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn beat Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Daniel Garcia to retain the titles.
End Show.