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Impact Wrestling “Bound For Glory 2023” Results (Updated 10/23)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling “Bound For Glory 2023” PPV in Chicago (available live on PPV and via FITE in the US for $39.99. Impact+ and YouTube Ultimate Insider subscribers can watch on demand as part of subscription in 30 days. There is a FREE pre-show on FITE and YouTube 30 minutes before the PPV):

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

Pre-show:
Mike Tenay, Don West & Traci Brooks are inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall Of Fame. (No matches)

PPV:
Impact X Division Champion Chris Sabin beat KENTA (New Japan Pro Wrestling) to retain the title.

In a Monster’s Ball Match, where competitors are locked in a dark area without food, water and light for 24 hours before the match then it’s essentially anything goes, PCO beat Rhino, Steve Maclin & Moose.

Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat Impact Tag Team Champions Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel to become THE NEW IMPACT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

Will Ospreay (New Japan) beat Mike Bailey.

The Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match, where the winner gets a future title shot of their choice, was won by Jordynne Grace. She immediately called her shot, meaning she gets an Impact Knockouts Championship match at Hard To Kill.

Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity beat Mickie James to retain the title. Grace is next barring the unexpected.

Moose cashed in his Feast Or Fired briefcase and will get an Impact World Championship match at Hard To Kill.

Impact World Champion Alex Shelley beat Josh Alexander to retain the title.

End Show.

UPDATE: Hard To Kill will be on 1/13 in Las Vegas on PPV…and will mark the return of TNA Wrestling. There will be a TV taping event on 1/14, both at The Palms Casino Resort. More to come during a Tuesday interview with Scott D’Amore hosted by Thom Hannifan on The Impact Wrestling Facebook page beginning at Noon ET/9 AM PT.

10/23 UPDATE: The Knockouts Tag Team Championship match (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Tasha Strelz) did not air on POV for unknown reasons. Impact has now made the full match available FOR FREE on YouTube.

New Japan 10/21/23 Results

New Japan begin the Road to POWER STRUGGLE Tour and the 2023 Super Junior Tag League today.

Today’s event was held at Kumagaya Citizen Gym in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1065.

Match 1: Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Yuto Nakashima, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Khan beat Nakashima with an arm triangle.

Match 2: Yuya Uemura & SANADA beat Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube. Uemura pinned Leube with Deadbolt Suplex. This was Uemura’s official return match after completing his overseas training excursion to Impact Wrestling.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Naito pinned Gedo after an assisted spike DDT.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. TJP pinned Fujita after 2/2.
Match 5: Kevin Knight & KISHIDA beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. KUSHIDA beat TAKA with Hoverboard Lock.
Match 6: Master Wato & El Desperado beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Wato pinned DKC with Tsutankaku German.
Match 7: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) & Yoh. Connors pinned Yoh after Full Clip.
Main Event: Titan & BUSHI beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. Titan pinned Sho after a springbord double stomp.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV simulcast in Japan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/20/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a return to the hometown of Arisu Endo.

Today’s event was held at Aizuwakamatsu City Cultural Center in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 429, a legit advance sellout. No same-day tickets.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Toga.

Match 2: Raku beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara. Nakajima pinned Uehara with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 4: Regina beat Kaya Toribami. Regina is a wrestler from Europe (Finland I believe) who is the next challenger for NEW Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita.

Match 5: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Noa pinned Suzuki after a running neckbreaker drop.

Match 6: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Maki Itoh & HIMAWARI. Impaler pinned HIMAWARI after a short range lariat. (Outside the ting, Wasteland Pom Party continue to be comedy gold on social media. Go follow Impaler & Harajuku if you don’t already)

Main Event: Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Mahiro Kiryu. Endo beat Kiryu with a camel clutch.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling 10/21/23 Results

All-Japan wraps up the 51st Anniversary Series today with a major event headlined by 2 title matches. In the first one, the All-Japan and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani return to defend the All-Japan titles against the mixed trio of Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi. Then in the main event it’s a rematch between Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown, coming shortly after they lost the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. They are clearly the top two stars in the promotion right now but who is going to come out on top?

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. It’s not yet known if this will be a TV simulcast in Japan. I have a feeling the main event will be epic and potentially a marathon (over 30 minutes) so I’m predicting the event’s total running time will be in the range of 2 1/2-3 hours, but no more than 4 hours tops based on time limits.

Today’s lineup:
Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato
Dan Tamura vs. Shinya Aoki
Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya (DDT)
Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue
All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & HIdeki Okatani (DDT) vs. Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) for the titles
All-Japan 51st Anniversary Match: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun & Rei Saito
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. We’re in pre-show mode so no commentary yet.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in and advance ticket sales looked good, so I’m thinking it’ll be in the 1200-1250 range, which would be anywhere from 80-95% full. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1370, a super full house/very near sellout)

The matches will begin in about 15 minutes. At 7:25 PM PT the entire roster comes out for pre-event activities. Notably not getting in the ring and not wearing All-Japan jackets: Jun & Rei Saito. This is most likely related to the promotion’s 51st Anniversary. Suprisingly no muted audio between this and the opening video.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. Looks like it’s perhaps a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan based on the match rundown presentation and onscreen graphics. There was a typo in the match rundown graphics, Rising Hayato’s kanji (all English caps) was misspelled as “HYATO”.(Late show update: It’s Samurai! TV. Durign main event intros I saw Kagehiro Osano on commentary at ringside, he usually does commentary on their simulcasts for WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

Match 1: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. Hayato pinned Yoshitatsu with a jackknife after an Aoyagi dropkick.

Match 2: Dan Tamura vs. Shinya Aoki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. This was a grappling/submission wrestling exhibition clinic

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya (DDT). 20 minute time limit
Result; Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re. Takagi pinned Menso-re after a sitout powerbomb. Comedy match at times because of Takagi and his super bicycle riding through the reserved seats. Afterwardh, Jun & Rei Saito came out and brawled witH Naya & HARASHIMA into the backstage area.

Match 4: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue. 20 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Hideki Suzuki, Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a Gotch-style piledriver.

The Real World Tag League is announced for November & December, along with the 10 teams entered. 9 of them anyway, one is TBA. DDT participation will continue with Yukio Skaaguchi & Hideki Okatani as well. The tournament runs from 11/12-12/6.

Match 5: All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & HIdeki Okatani (DDT) vs. Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi beat All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani by ref stoppage to win the titles. Suwama, Ozaki & Yukihi become the 7th All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Suwama beat Akai with a sleeper hold. I’m not totally surprised this happened because Akai is retiring next month and this is probably her final appearance in All-Japan.

Match 6: All-Japan 51st Anniversary Match: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun & Rei Saito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Rei Saito pinned Anzai after a Jun Saito lariat off the top rope (Doomsday Device).

A brief (less than 1 minute) countdown leads into the promo video for the main event.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. 1 Hour time limit. They did extra special versions of entrances with additional promo video for both. Very big-match feel and hype.
Result: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara to retain the Triple Crown. V5 for Aoyagi. They went just short of 30 minutes. Right after it ended a sudden shriek from the crowd…Katsuhiko Nakajima!!! He has flowers and…NAILS MIYAHARA WITH THEM! A clue as to what is to come after next Saturday when Nakajima finishes up with Pro Wrestling NOAH? Unless that was also a clue as to what is next, because of the Real World Tag League Aoyagi may very well be Triple Crown Champion going into 2024. On his way out, Aoyagi took a victory lap around and high-fived fans in the front row, picking up what was left of the flowers and giving them to a female fan. It was mainly the plastic wrap…but still, that’s quite a souvenir given what happened to end the show.

The next event is 10/31 at Imakanemachi General Gymnasium Aikubu in Hokkaido, kicking off a week-long series in northern Japan. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day (US time).

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/20/23 Results

Katsuhiko Nakajima made his final appearance in Tokyo for Pro Wrestling NOAH today, ahead of his final match next week before he leaves the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1280. That was probably at least a near-sellout depending on the layout (under the new post-pandemic setups that’s somewhere between 80-97% full)

Pre-show Match: Stallion Rogers & Kai Fujinura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a missile kick.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Hajime Ohara. Mack pinned Kotoge after Ninja Bomb.

Match 3: Shuji Kondo & Extreme Tiger beat Hi69 & Junta Miyawaki. Kondo pinned Miyawaki after King Kong lariat.

Match 4: Kazunari Murakami Return Match: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Kazunari Murakami (Big Mouth Loud) beat Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi. Marufuji pinned Taniguchi.

Match 5: HAYATA & Eita beat Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa. HAYATA pinned Ogawa.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Anthony Greene, LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kiyomiya pinned Greene.

Match 7: Kenoh & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Jake Lee & Jack Morris. Wagner Jr. pinned Morris after a tiger driver.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate), Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba. Nakajima pinned Inaba after Vertical Spike.

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

BREAKING: Injured TJPW Wrestler Return Announced

A few minutes ago, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced that Yuka Sakazaki, who is leaving the promotion at the end of the year to continue her career elsewhere, will return on 10/27 at Korakuen Hall. Sakazaki has been out since summer due to a neck injury. Her return match will see her team with Mizuki to face Pom Harajuku & Hyper Misao.

Sakazaki’s future schedule after this match will be announced next week.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom 10/19/23 Results

Stardom resumed the Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League today with Day 2 of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 687.

Match 1: Momo Watanabe & Natsuko Tora beat Miyu Amasaki & Lady C. Watanabe pinned Amasaki after B Driver.

Match 2: Saori Anou beat Ruaka, Mina Shirakawa & Ami Sohrei in a 4-way by pinning Ruaka.

Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League:
Match 3: Red Block: Saki Kashima & Syuri beat HANAKO & Saya Iida. Syuri pinned HANAKO after Suzaku.
Match 4: Blue Block: Hanan & Mayu Iwatani beat Meghan Bahn & Maika by countout.
Match 5: Blue Block: MIRAI & Mai Sakurai beat Hazuki & Koguma. Sakurai pinned Koguma.
Main Event: Red Block: Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki beat Giulia & Thekla. Seira pinned Thekla after a deformation powerbomb.

The next event is Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. The event will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. A few wrestlers ate also headed to Thailand for Bushiroad Expo Asia this Saturday & Sunday in Bangkok, Thailand, with a 4-person tournament scheduled over the weekend, 2 matches each day. Saturday’s matches are Syuri vs. Waka Tsukiyama and Mina Shirakawa vs. Yuna Mizumori, with the losers meeting Sunday for 3rd place and then the winners facing off for 1st place.

News: PWI Women’s 250 Published (SPOILERS!)

Following on the heels of their annual Top 500 wrestler rankings, Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine announced their now-Women’s 250 Rankings yesterday, expanding what had been a ranking of their top 150 female wrestlers in the world to 250. They cover the entire world and there is a lot of representation from Japan, AEW and Impact among others.

As the issue is only available in digital format right now via Zinio (the print version will be available in about 3 weeks), if you are waiting for print this below will contain SPOILERS! if you don’t want to wait and are curious, or already got the digital edition as I did, click below (the Top 10 were announced yesterday by PWI writer Candace Cordelia on a streaming show appearance with Impact wrestler Mickie James) and also on social media:

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Impact Wrestling 10/19/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in Memphis, TN:

This episode was taped on 9/24 and is the go-home episode for Bound For Glory.

The YouTube pre-show match was KiLynn King vs. Jody Threat. (King won)

Match 1: Mike Bailey beat Samurai Del Sol.

Dirty Dango promo.

Bullet Club promo.

Match 2: Kenny King beat Heath.

Frankie Kazarian post-match promo from last week.

Match 3: In a No DQ match, Crazzy Steve beat Black Taurus.

Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match promo.

Trinity & Mickie James interviewed backstage.

Match 4: Moose & Brian Myers beat Rhino & PCO. Moose pinned PCO after a spear. Steve Maclin & Bully Ray got involved at the end.

Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly promo. Masha spoke in Russian.

Mike Bailey-Will Ospreay promo.

Rhino confronts Bully backstage.

Scott D’Amore interviews Alex Shelley & Josh Alexander via split-screen. Both in the building but keeping them apart so it doesn’t get physical. Ends abruptly when Shelley walks out but after D’Amore sends it to commercial, Shelley storms into Alexander’s room and it gets physical.

Bound For Glory card rundown.

Main Event: Trinity & Mickie James beat Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans. James pinned Evans. James & Trinity played tug-of-war with the Knockouts Championship belt to end the show.

Next up is Bound For Glory, the promotion’s biggest annual event, on Saturday at Cicero Stadium in Chicago. The event will be a live PPV on FITE ($39.99) in the US and DAZN & YouTube internationally beginning at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT with a FREE pre-show on YouTube beginning at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT. The pre-show will feature Mike Tenay, Don West & Traci Brooks being inducted into the Impact Hall Of Fame. Impact+ and YouTube Ultimate Insider subscribers will be able to watch on demand 30 days after the event. This will be followed by the fallout TV tapings Sunday then they head to England for 4 days of events next Thursday-Sunday (10/26-10/29) including Turning Point, the monthly live event, on 10/27, in Newcastle, England. Impact+ (and presumably YouYube Ultimate Insider) subscribers will be able to watch Turning Point on demand beginning on 11/3.