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AEW Dynamite 10/10/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Independence, MO:

Pre-Show Match (available on YouTube and Facebook): ROH World Champion & NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston beat Minoru Suzuki to retain the titles.

Main Show/TV:
Christian Cage promo before the opening.

Match 1: Bryan Danielson vs. Swerve Strickland. 30 minute time limit. The winner faces Christian Saturday at Collision for the AEW TNT Championship
Result: Bryan Danielson beat Swerve Strickland

BREAKING: Commentary said at the start of the first match that Jon Moxley is now off tonight. Not medically cleared to compete. Rey Fenix now defends the AEW International Championship against Orange Cassidy instead (Oh god…).

Samoa Joe promo.

Match 2: Chris Jericho vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
Result: Powerhouse Hobbs beat Chris Jericho. Could be called a glorified squash even though it went about 10 minutes.

Adam Cole/Roderick Strong video.

Match 3: AEW International Champion Rey Fenix vs. Orange Cassidy for the title
Result: Orange Cassidy beat AEW International Champion Rey Fenix to become THE NEW AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION! They teased Fenix being hurt during the match at the end.

Toni Storm promo. Played during split-screen commercial after the first 48 minutes were commercial-free after saying the first 30 minutes would be.

Match 4: Wardlow vs. a jobber…not really a jobber because it’s Matt Sydal but still…
Result: Wardlow beat Matt Sydal by ref stoppage. Squash.

Match 5: Adam Page vs. Jay White
Result: Jay White beat Adam Page. MJF came out right afterwards. Long promo during which Juice Robinson says next week there is a battle royal for the annual shot at the Dynamite Diamond Ring.

Toni Storm promo continued from earlier. Again right to split-screen commercial.

Match 6: AEW Women’s Champion Saraya vs. Hikaru Shida for the title. Ruby Soho is banned from ringside
Result: Hikaru Shida beat AEW Women’s Champion Ruby Soho to become THE NEW AEW WOMEN’S CHAMPION! Soho did get involved in diguise, which brought out Toni Storm to fight her off with a shoe.

Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita do Sammy Guevara’s cue cards gimmick during split-screen commercial.

Friday on Rampage: BCC vs. Gates Of Agony, Skye Blue vs. Emi Sakura, The Hardys & Brother Zay vs. Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Daniel Garcia and Jay Lethal vs. Trent Beretta.

Saturday on Collision at 7 PM ET AGAIN: Christian Cage vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW TNT Championship.

Next week: Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal. Winner faces MJF for the Dynamite Diamond Ring the week after in Philadelphia.

MJF tries to call Adam Cole but the call gets dropped. Max Caster then volunteers The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn to be MJF’s partners for an 8-man tag against Buller Club. MJF refuses as Gunn & ANthony Bowens have issues with Caster.

Main Event: Luchasaurus (with Christian Cage) vs. Adam Copeland
Result: Adam Copeland beat Luchasaurus. Mainly being squashed until Christian interference backfired. BCC, Gates Of Agony & Adam Page all came out for a big post-match brawl all over the place.

Promised overrun went a total of 15 minutes, they advertised a reported 10 minutes.

The shoe started off great but once the International Championship match happened it went off a cliff for me and left me disgusted and planning to take a hiatus from Dynamite for a bit and only watching Collision. I hope AEW comes back to Northern California soon so I can go WWE on Tony Khan like they did on social media today. I’ve been a loyal AEW fan since Day 1 but my faith is wavering this past month.

End Show.

NOAH News: GHC Hardcore Championship Revived

A surprise announcement at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s first Monday Magic event yesterday that is now official-former wrestler NOSAWA Rongai, the producer of the events, has revived the GHC Hardcore Championship. Also known as the Global Hardcore Crown, it was active from 2004-2009 and was even a tag team championship for a time. The first champion of this new era will be determined on 10/23 in a match between Ninja Mack & TBA.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan 10/9/23 Results

All-Japan continued the 51st Anniversary Tour today with an event in Miyagi.

Today’s event was held at Kakuda City General Gym in Miyagi and can be watched on demand in AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1687.

Match 1: Takao Omori beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 2: KONO beat Black Menso-re & Aizawa No. 1 in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Hikaru Sato & Takuya Nomura beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Sato pinned Hayato.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Hokuto Omori & Takaaki Iwasaki. Honda pinned Owasaki after Final Vent.

Match 5: Jinsei Shinzaki (Mochinoku Pro), Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Yoshifuni Iwamoto beat Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Shinzaki pinned Inoue after Nenbutsu Powerbomb.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi to win the titles. The Saito Bros become the 97th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Jun Saito pinned Aoyagi after Double Impact. The match went over 37 minutes.

The next event is Wednesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 10/9/23 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate ran a mid-major event, THE GATE OF ORIGIN 2023, today (it’s a holiday in Japan so everyone had big events).

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK).

The announced paid attendance was 555.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Yoshiki Kato.

Match 3: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Ho Ho Lin & Problem Dragon. Minoura pinned Dragon after Golden Rose.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito & Kagetora. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Horiguchi.

Match 5: Luis Mante beat Jason Lee. Mante is the former, and now unmasked, Diamante.

Match 6: Kzy beat Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN to win the title. Kzy becomes the 49th Open The Brave Gate Champion.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O to retain the titles. YAMATO pinned H-Y-O after Gallaria. V1 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. There will be mo live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: There will be a Kzy-ISHIN rematch for the Open The Brave Gate Championship on Saturday.

GLEAT 10/9/23 Results

GLEAT ran their latest major event today, dubbed GLEAT Ver. EX.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube (it was a free live broadcast).

The announced paid attendance was 729.

Match 1: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka, Yu Iizuka, Jun Tonsho & Junjie beat Hagane Shinno, Yumehito Inanari, Shota, Mizuki Watase & Kaji Tomato. Hayashi pinned Imanari.

Match 2: Tomoaki Honma (New Japan) & Ryota Hama beat Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson. Honma pinned Jackson after Kokeshi. Wow, haven’t seen or heard from Hama in a long time, not since the former sumo wrestler left All-Japan after former yokozuna (Grand Champion) Akebono did (their SMOP tag team was something else).

Match 3: MICHIKO, Aoi, Risa Sera & Arisa Nakajima beat Yukari Hosokawa, Sayaka Unagi, Itsuki Aoki & Yurika Oka. MICHIKO pinned Hosokawa.

Match 4: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Masakatsu Funaki & Tyson Maeguchi beat Soma Watanabe & Tetsuya Izuchi by KO. Maeguchi beat Izuchi.

Match 5: In a No DQ match, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto beat Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka. Miyamoto pinned Onistuka after Fire Thunder into lighttubes.

Match 6: Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Check Shimatani beat The Great Sasuke (Michinoku Pro), GAINA & Ultraman Robin. SAKAMOTO pinned Sasuke.

Match 7: Kaito Ishida Return Match: Kaito Ishida beat CIMA by submission. Afterwards, Ishida requested to face Takehiro Yamamura at his return match on 12/30 at TDC Hall in Tokyo. But so did Issei Onitsuka. Therefore, a match between Ishida & Onitsuka to determine the 12/30 opponent will happen on 11/3 at Tokyo FM Hall.

Match 8: El Lindaman & Hayato Tamura beat SBK & TAKUMA. Lindaman pinned TAKUMA with a tiger suplex hold.

Main Event: G-REX Champion T-Hawk beat Shuji Ishikawa (All-Japan) to retain the title. V4 for T-Hawk.

The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 62 on 10/21 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Osaka there likely will be no live broadcast. It should be available on YouTube no later than 3 days after the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/9/23 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off MONDAY MAGIC today, a new experiment featuring 5 events in a serialized format to be held every couple weeks over the rest of the year on Mondays.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTE UNIVERSE FOR FREE! No signup or login required! Click below to watch (the full event runs 1 hour 53 minutes):

https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en/lives/pLkUUJXfo97Y5jGuCYkv9V

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Ninja Mack beat Terry Yaki. Yaki is an American wrestler making his NOAH debut. Questionable ring name though.

Match 2: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita & Junta Miyawaki beat Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Kai Fujimura. Miyawaki pinned Fujimura after Falcon Arrow.

Match 3: Jake Lee & Anthony Greene beat LJ Cleary & Ryohei Oiwa. Greene pinned Oiwa. Cleary is a wrestler from Iteland also making his NOAH debut today.

Match 4: Takumi Iroha & Mio Momono beat Yuu & Rigo Kawabata. Iroha pinned Kawabata after Running 3.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 in a 3-way when YO-HEY pinned Bane.

Main Event: Kenoh beat Satoshi Kojima.

Episode 2 is 10/23. After the event, it was announced The Great Muta (Keiji Muto) will appear at that event.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, continuing the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12;30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion announced the free replay of this event will only be available until 10/23 at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. So watch quickly if you’re not a subscriber!

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/9/23 Results

WRESTLE PRINCESS 4, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s most important annual event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 868, a super full house/very near sellout. Almost standing room only as only unreserved seats were available before the event.

Match 1: Runa Okubo beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Arisu Endo, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI beat HARUKAZE, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara (Ganbare Women). Endo beat Hasegawa with a camel clutch.

Match 3: Moka Miyamoto beat Juria Nagano.

Match 4: Aja Kong, Raku & Shino Suzuki beat Hyper Misao, Wakana Uehara & Toga. Kong pinned Uehara after a backdrop.

The 6-Woman Tag Match participants for DDT’s 11/12 event at Ryogoku Kokugikan were announced: It’s Yuki Arai (YES!!!), Moka Miyamoto & Shino Suzuki vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Wakana Uehara. Having Arai in the match makes sense given it’s Saki Akai’s retirement event…one last helping of AA Eye Candy please!

Match 5: Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai beat Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino. Arai pinned Aino after Finally.

Match 6: Sakisama (Saki Akai), May Saint-Michel, Yukio Saint-Laurent (Yukio Sakaguchi) & Martha beat Shoko Nakajima, Suzume, Pom Harajuku & Antonio Honda (DDT). Sakisama pinned Harajuku after Academy Awards. This likely is the final time we’ll see NEO Bishiki-gun in TJPW. They will be missed.

Major announcement…GRAND PRINCESS ’24 returns to Ryogoku Kokugikan on March 31!

Match 7: Nyla Rose (All Elite Wrestling) beat Maki Itoh.

Match 8: Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu to win the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship. Kakuta & Noa become the 14th Princess Tag Team Champions. Kakuta pinned Kiryu after Shiden Kai.

Match 9: Max The Impaler beat International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi to win the title and retain the NWA Women’s TV Championship. Impaler becomes the 11th International Princess Champion.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita beat Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki to win the title. Yamashita becomes the 13th Princess Of Princess Champion. And first & only for now 4-time champion. The Champ Is Here again! HAPPY HAPPY!!!

The next event is a doubleheader Sunday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. The first event is Go Girl 4, the first women-only special event in over a year where only female fans can attend. The second event will be continuing the CITY CIRCUIT Tour with a regular event. The only announcements so far for both are Yuki Arai & Max The Impaler participation. There will be no live broadcasts.

New Japan 10/9/23 Results (Updated x2)

DESTRUCTION in RYOGOKU, New Japan’s October blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched in demand on New Japan World outside Japan. It may not yet be available in Japan where it aired live only on ABEMA.

The announced paid attendance was 5002. While they do use a smaller layout for the venue now than the full capacity used for sumo (in particular for the mass/box seats being at only half capacity), this seems rather low for Ryogoku.

Pre-show Match: Oskar Leube, Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano, Tiger Mask & YOSHI-HASHI beat Takahiro Katori (Eagle Pro Wrestling), Jun Masaoka (Independent/Freelancer), Kengo (Independent/Freelancer), Takeshi Masada (DDT) & Kazuma Sumi (DDT). Taguchi beat Katori with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 1: Yuya Uemura, DOUKI & Taichi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi. Uenura pinned Takahashi with a suplex hold. Uemura, just back from Impact Wrestling, is now part of Just 5 Guys.

Match 2: Tanga Loa beat Chase Owens.

Match 3: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Callum Newman, HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Naito pinned Newman after Destino.

Match 4: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA to retain the titles. Moloney pinned KUSHIDA after Full Clip. V2 for the champs.

Match 5: Best of 7 Series Match 7: Master Wato, Shota Umino & Yuji Nagata beat Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Umino pinned Narita after Death Slider. 3-3-1. DRAW.

Match 6: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat STRONG Tag Team Champions Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin to win the titles. Phantasmo & Hikuleo become the 6th STRONG Tag Team Champions. Phantasmo pinned Coughlin after Super Thunder Kiss ’86.

Match 7: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Josh Alexander, Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley (Impact Wrestling) to retain the titles. Tanahashi pinned Shelley after High Fly Flow. V3 for the champs.

Match 8: Tama Tonga beat NEVER Openweight Champion David Finlay to win the title. Tonga becomes the 40th NEVER Openweight Champion.

Match 9: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi beat Yoh & Mike Bailey in a 3-way by pinning Yoh to retain the title. V6 for Takahashi. Next up: Possibly Taiji Ishimori, who attacked Takahashi afterwards. Ishimori has been out the last several months due to injury.

Main Event: In a Lumberjack Deathmatch, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA beat EVIL to retain the title. V4 for SANADA. Next up: It’s probably Tokyo Dome, which means, if all goes as planned the next 3 months, Naito. Destino.

The next event is ROYAL QUEST 3 Saturday at Copper Box in London, England. The event will be a live PPV via Revolution Pro Wrestling and their on demand streaming service beginning at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT. The service costs $9.49/month or $89.99/year and additional purchase may be required, but you must subscribe first. It will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

UPDATE: If you believe New Japan’s official English social media outlets, it’s now official. Naito-SANADA at Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

UPDATE 2/ The first 1/4 press conference, with the first matches announced, will be tonight at 12 PM PT/2 AM ET and can be watched live FOR FREE on New Japan World and may also be available on YouTube in Japanese.

DDT 10/7/23 & 10/8/23 Results

DDT ran 2 events yesterday and today, continuing the GOD BLESS DDT 2023 Tour yesterday and following up with a free mini-event today.

Yesterday’s event was held at Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 253, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Rukiya.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. KANON pinned Sumi after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Super Sasadango Machine beat Danshoku DIeno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Dieno. Sanjo City Mayor Ryo Takizawa, in attendance for the event, interfered to help Machine win. Machine headbutted the Mayor then and demanded a match, which did not happen.

Match 4: Yukio Naya beat MJ Paul.

Match 5: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Okatani pinned Koroku with a double arm suplex.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu (All-Japan) to retain the titles. Akiyama pinned Omori after a wrist-clutch Exploder. V1 for the champs. Next up: Sakaguchi & Okatani. That match will happen on 11/3 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and will be held under PWF (All-Japan) Rules.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito. Ueno pinned Akito after WR.

Today’s event was held at Akos Event Square in Saitama and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The attendance was not announced because this was a free event. It was also an outdoor event.

Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuma Sumi. Okatani pinned Sumi with a double arm suplex.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Akito, Yukio Naya, Takeshi Masada & Rukiya. Endo pinned Rukiya after a swiveling torture rack bomb.

Match 3: HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Antonio Honda beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima. HARASHIMA pinned Kojima after Blue Sword. HARASHIMA was presented with a special sponsor prize afterwards for being the winner.

The next event is Saturday at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido for a weekend doubleheader. There will be no live broadcasts.

All-Japan 10/8/23 Results

All-Japan began their October tour, the 51st Anniversary Tour (marking the promotion’s beginning in October 1972), with a house show today in Yamagata.

Today’s event was held at Supaku Yanabe in Yamagata and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 333.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Takaaki Iwasaki.

Match 2: Takao Omori beat Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Yoshifumi Iwamoto went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Hideki Suzuki (Po Wrestling NOAH) & Takuya Nomura beat Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a double arm suplex.

Match 5: Hokuto Omori beat Dan Tamura.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama beat Jun & Rei Saito & KONO. Aoyagi pinned Jun Saito after THE FOOL.

The next event is tomorrow at Kakuda CIty General Gym in Miyagi with Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. the Saito Bros. for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.