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Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/15/23 Results (Event 1)

Tokyo Joshi Pro is running a doubleheader on Tokyo today, the first event just wrapped up which was Go Girl 4, their first women-only event in a year.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 149. Only women were allowed to attend and there were no advance ticket sales (only same-day at the venue).

It was announced earlier this week that Miyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe would miss today’s events. Both are in the USA for independent events.

Match 1: Suzume beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Wakana Uehara.

Match 3: Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami beat Yuki Aino & Runa Okubo. Misao beat Okubo with a chicken wing.

Match 4: Hikari Noa beat Toga.

Match 5: Max The Impaler, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Nao Kakuta, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. Impaler pinned Suzuki after a short range lariat.

Match 6: Mizuki & Yuki Arai beat Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo. Mizuki pinned Endo with Cutie Special.

Main Event: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi. Kamifuku pinned Nakajima after Fameasser.

The next event is coming up in a couple hours (1 AM PT/4 AM ET. There will be no live broadcast.

AEW Collision 10/14/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Toledo, OH:

The Komander-Brian Cage match on tonight’s card was postponed last-minute due to a Komander injury.

ROH World TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Willie Mack to retain the title.

Juice Robinson beat Christopher Daniels.

Kyle Fletcher beat Boulder by submission.

AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander beat Skye Blue to retain the title.

Keith Lee beat Turbo Floyd. Squash.

AEW TNT Champion Christian Cage beat Bryan Danielson to retain the title. Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne were banned from ringside. Ricky Starks interference helped Christian win.

Dragon Gate 10/14/23 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour today with the first half of a doubleheader in Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 418) (CORRECTION: Somehow the attendance for the New Japan event got entered here, which was incorrect. The correct attendance is now posted_

Match 1: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & U-T beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. Shimizu pinned Hulk after Shot Put Slam.

Match 2: Eita & Takashi Yoshida beat Shachihoko BOY & Problem Dragon. Yoshida pinned Dragon after Iron Claw.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Ho Ho Lun, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. KAI pinned Lun with Authorized Gannusoke Clutch.

Match 4: YAMATO beat Yoshiki Kato by submission.

Match 5: Luis Mante & Naruki Doi beat Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga. Mante pinned Tominaga after Vuelta Finale.

Match 6: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Yoshioka pinned Susumu Mochizuki after Battle Hook.

Main Event: ISHIN beat Open The Brave Gate Champion Kzy to win the title. ISHIN becomes the 50th Open The Brave Gate Champion. Kzy’s 2nd reign quickly ends as the 3rd-shortest reign ever at just 5 days (the shortest reigns ended immediately due to the title vacated with the 2nd shortest being just a day), and he loses it back to the man he beat for it.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

New Japan 10/14/23 Results (Updated 10/16)

New Japan returned to England today for ROYAL QUEST 3, their 3rd visit in recent years to the UK as they continue their post-pandemic international expansion efforts.

Today’s event was held at Copper Box in London, England and can be watched on demand on the Revolution Pro Wrestling on demand streaming service (subscription required, which is around $9.50/month or $90/year). It will be available on demand on New Japan World for all subscribers at a later date.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori beat Robbie X. This was Ishimori’s first match in several months as he returned from injury today.

Match 2: El Desperado beat Trent Seven.

Match 3: Yota Tsuji beat Luke Jacobs.

Match 4: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Leon Slater & Cameron Khai to retain the titles. Connors pinned Khai after Full Clip. V3 for the champs.

Match 5: El Phantasmo, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga beat Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin & David Finlay. Loa pinned Finlay after Apeshit.

Match 6: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Akira after Death Slider.

Match 7: BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito beat DOUKI & SANADA. Naito pinned DOUKI after Destino.

Match 8: Michael Oku, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Eddie Kingston beat TJP, HENARE & Jeff Cobb. Oku pinned TJP.

Match 9: Shingo Takagi beat Tomohiro Ishii.

Main Event: IWGP US (Self-Proclaimed UK) Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay beat Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the title. V2 for Ospreay. Next up: Umino. That match will happen on 11/4 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka.

The next international event is Fighting Spirit Unleashed on 10/28 at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, NV. Live streaming on New Japan World in Japanese (for all paying subscribers) and FITE in English only ($19.99) will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

In Japan. next up is the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour with the Super Junior Tag League beginning on 10/21 at Kumagaya City Gym in Saitama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. At this time all but maybe 2 of the tour’s events will be broadcast. This year’s field is 10 teams in a single group round-robin format, with the top 2 teams in the standings advancing to the Finals. The teams: Yoh & TBA, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight, Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC, El Desperado & Master Wato, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku, BUSHI & Titan, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita, TJP & Francesco Akira, Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney, Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Yoh & Lio Rush were the defending champions and Rush was going to be paired with Yoh but plans changed after Rush missed the end of the Road to DESTRUCTION Tour due to illness. The winners presumably will get an IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot unless Connors & Moloney (the current champions) win.

UPDATE: MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) has been announced as the partner for Yoh in the Super Jr. Tag League.

10/16/23 UPDATE: The event is now available on demand on New Japan World in English for all subscribers. Japanese will be available at a later date.

DDT 10/14/23 Results

DDT continued the GOD BLESS DDT 2023 Tour today with the first part of a weekend doubleheader in Hokkaido.

Today’s event was held at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 233.

There were some last-minute changes to the card due to no Yuki Ueno. Fever. Also out tomorrow.

Match 1: Akito beat Danshoku Dieno.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Takuya Tou (?) & Yusuke Okada. Sasaki beat Okada with a crossface.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi. Sakaguchi beat Oishi with a modified triangle choke.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada beat TakaakI Iwasaki & Rukiya. Higuchi pinned Rukiya after Doctor Bomb.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo & Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) beat Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Endo pinned Koroku after Burning Star Press.

Main Event: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata beat MAO, Yukio Naya & Toi Kojima. Brookes pinned Kojima after Praying Mantis Bomb.

The next event is tomorrow with a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/14/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 340. Surprised they didn’t say a full house/near sellout as that’s around 85% normal capacity.

Match 1: Manabu Soya & Taishi Ozawa beat Daiki Inaba & Yu Owada. Ozawa pinned Owada.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Koroge, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara. Yaki pinned Hi69 after Yaki Crusher.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki & Junta Miyawaki beat Masa Kitamiya & Kai Fujimura. Shiozaki pinned Fujimura after Go Flasher.

Match 4: HAYATA beat Stallion Rogers.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Kiyomita pinned Greene after Variant Shining Wizard.

Match 6: Dragon Bane beat YO-HEY.

Main Event: Kenoh & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Tadasuke after Kenoh Special.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to continue the also-never-ending STAR NAVIGATION 2023 Tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:15 AM PT/5:15 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan in Japanese.

News: Is Kota Ibushi All Elite?

If you believe what he says on YouTube, yes. Sort of. According to a new video on what appears to be his official YouTube channel (also directed by former DDT wrestler/employee Yumehito Imanari), which was translated into English by other sources, the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion days he has signed with AEW…with caveats.

For those waiting on the “Kota Ibushi Is #AllElite” graphic on the socials, probably not getting it. Not a full-time AEW deal. He will remain based on Japan and be free to work elsewhere while competing occasionally in AEW, probably for special once-a-year events like Blood & Guts. But he won’t wrestle much if at all in Japan, as it’s about “gym and school” for him. Has me thinking Ibushi will probably focus on PPVs and/or the special once-yearly special episodes of Dynamite like NYC. He has only made a handful of appearances in Japan (if any) since suffering an injury in the 2021 G1 CLIMAX Finals that essentially ended his time with New Japan amidst an extended recovery, personal issues and contract disputes.

Check out the video below (in Japanese, video courtesy of Kota Ibushi YouTube Channel):

Injury Report: The Bug Keeps DDT’ing DDT

There is still something going around Japan when it comes to illnesses/injuries, and it has DDT’d DDT again as they announced Yuki Ueno is now on the sidelines. Fever. Out this weekend (2 events). Shouldn’t miss time beyond that but it’s not good timing as he’s next up for KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes.

More as it becomes available.

Impact Wrestling 10/12/23 Results

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

This episode was taped on 9/24 and is Week 3 of Mid-South Mayhem.

The YouTube pre-show match was Alan Angels vs. Laredo Kid.

Match 1: Impact Tag Team Champions Rascalz beat Rich Swann & Sami Callihan to retain the titles. Trey Miguel pinned Callihan after Hotfire Flame. As a result, Rascalz will defend the titles against Ace Austin & Chris Bey at Bound For Glory. This is probably is for Callihan in Impact as he is a free agent and has stated on social media that he is accepting bookings.

Sheldon Jean & Kenny King promo.

KiLynn King interviewed backstage. Santino Marella interrupts. King confesses to attacking Taylor Wilde with a tire iron and that The Coven is done, King is going solo.

Match 2: Dirty Dango beat Jordynne Grace, Jake Something, Eric Young & Champagne Singh in a 5-way by pinning Something .As a result, Dango will be the 20th and final entrant in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match at Bound For Glory and Something will be the first entrant, meaning they would have to win 19 (!) single matches in a row to win. During the match Oleg Prudius-the former Vladimir Kozlov in WWE-interfered to help Dango win.

Crazzy Steve promo.

Mike Bailey interviewed backstage. Open Challenge issued for next week.

Match 3: Tasha Steelz beat Courtney Rush.

Josh Alexander-Alex Shelley promo. Then we see highlights of their 6-man tag match Monday in New Japan Pro Wrestling, when Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Shelley to help his team retain the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship.

Bully Ray & Steve Maclin talk backstage.

Added to Bound For Glory: Monsters Ball-Moose vs. PCO, Rhino & Steve Maclin in a 4-way.

Main Event: In a Killer Impact 2/3 Falls Match, where Fall 1 must be won by pinfall, Fall 2 must be won by submission and Fall 3 if necessary is Last Man Standing, Frankie Kazarian beat Eddie Edwards 2-1. Edwards won Fall 1, Kazarian won Fall 2, Kazarian won Fall 3.

Next week: Crazzy Steve vs. Black Taurus in a No DQ Match, Mike Bailey vs. TBA, Trinity & Mickie James vs. Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans and Rhino & PCO vs. Moose & Brian Myers.

All-Japan 10/12/23 Results

All-Japan continues the 51st Anniversary Series today with an event on Tokyo.

Today’s went was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 266.

Match 1: Nauki Doi & Naoki Tanisaki beat Black Menso-re & Kenichiro Arai (Dragon Gate). Doi pinned Menso-re after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori beat Dan Tamura.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani (DDT) beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. Sakaguchi pinned Onori after God’s Right Knee.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato. Ishikawa pinned Sato after Fire Thunder.

Match 5: Suwama beat Yoshifuni Iwamoto by ref stoppage.

Match 6: Jun & Rei Saito & Toshizo beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Jun Saito pinned Inoue after Paycho Break.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Miyahara pinned Atsuki Aoyagi with a shitdown suplex hold. They came just 37 seconds short of going the full 30 minute time limit.

The next event is 10/21 at Korakuen Hall with an All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Title match and Miyahara vs. Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 10/20 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.