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AEW Dynamite 11/8/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Portland, OR:

MJF interviewed backstage before the opening. Adam Cole calls MJF then Daniel Garcia stares down MJF before heading to the ring, then Roderick Strong & The Kingdom interrupt.

Match 1: AEW World Champion MJF vs. Daniel Garcia for the title
Result: AEW World Champion MJF beat Daniel Garcia by submission to retain the title.

Match 2: Darby Allin & Sting vs. The Outrunners
Result: Darby Allin & Sting beat The Outrunners. Squash.

Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida interview with Tony Schiavone. Pre-recorded and in black & white per Strom’s demand. Contract signed for Full Gear.

Match 3: Swerve Strickland vs. Penta El Zero M. During entrances commentary announced Adam Page is banned from ringside
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Penta El Zero M. Afterwards, Adam Page came out and attacked Strickland with a chair, also using it on security as they intervened before sending Strickland off the stage and through a table with Deadeye.

Don Callis-Kenny Omega promo. They incorporated footage from the video game “Yakuza: Like A Dragon”, which elevated the typically high promo video quality even further.

Renee Paquette interviews Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega but The Young Bucks interrupt quickly. They eventually talk into a tag match at Full Gear-if Jericho & Omega win, The Bucks lose their guaranteed future AEW Tag Team Championship opportunity. If The Bucks win, Jericho & Omega must split up. Renee REALLY enjoyed this.

Match 4: ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Keith Lee for the title
Result: ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Keith Lee by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. Afterwards, Joe announced the ROH TV Championship is now VACANT. He’s giving it up to go after the AEW World Championship.

Orange Cassidy promo.

Match 5: Gunn Club vs. Bollywood Boyz
Result: Gunn Club beat Bollyeood Boyz. Squash. Lasted just a few seconds.

Jon Moxley promo.

Match 6: Julia Hart vs. Red Velvet
Result: Julia Hart beat Red Velvet

Mariah May is introduced backstage. She signed with AEW after recently leaving Stardom (Japan). She says she’s here because of Toni Storm so RJ City says he’ll introduce May to Storm next week.

Main Event: Jay White vs. Mark Briscoe for White’s AEW World Championship shot at Full Gear
Result: Jay White beat Mark Briscoe to keep his title shot. MJF cleaned house afterwards until White bailed. After this, masked assailants attacked The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn backstage as “The Devil” appeared again to close this clip. MJF ran to the back and found The Acclaimed & Gunn laid out (Anthony Bowens got thrown through a window here) as Samoa Joe walked in on cue, smirked and walked off to end the show.

Next week: Jon Moley & Wheeler Yuta vs. Orange Cassidy & Hook.

Friday on a LIVE Rampage from Oakland, CA: FTR vs. El Hijo Del Vikingo & Komander. Saturday’s Collision will be TAPED after the show. Spoilers to follow Saturday morning.

As the show wound down, Mariah May got the #AllElite graphic on social media. Those who don’t follow Stardom or the international scene closely probably haven’t heard of her. Understandable.

A better show than last week, everything was consistently at or above average with nothing bad or that you need to skip. Strickland-Penta and Joe-Lee were really good matches. Right between C+ & B- but no real complaints.

Dragon Gate 11/8/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Evolution 2023 Tour today with a house show in Nagano, also a 5th Anniversary event for Dragon Dia.

Today’s event was held at Suzaka Municipal Gym in Nagano. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has mot yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 404, a full house/near sellout)

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Kzy, Strong Machine J & U-T. Ben-K pinned U-T after Golden Rose.

Match 2: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. ISHIN pinned Horiguchi after Death Penalty.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Luis Mante & Don Fujii beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Ho Ho Lunz Mante pinned Lun after MCK.

Match 4: YAMATO & Punch Tominaga beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. YAMATO pinned Lee after Gallaria.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Shun Slywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Dia pinned H-Y-O after DDDDT.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Final Real World Tag League Team Revealed

When All-Japan announced the 10 teams for this year’s Real World Tag League last weekend in Hokkaido, only 9 were revealed as one team was TBA. That 10th entry was revealed today…Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori. For those looking forward to the very intriguing matchup against Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi-who Nakajima next defends the Triple Crown against and who he beat to win the Triple Crown, respectively-you’re waiting a while. It’s not until the final day on 12/6. But they have a potential teaser of what could follow on 11/23 when they face Jun & Rei Saito-if Nakajima & Omori win the tournament they should get a rematch against the Saito Bros for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship.

The tournament begins Sunday (Saturday night US time) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be streamed LIVE on AJPW.TV Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

DDT News: He’s Training! As A Father!

In DDT, the popular catchphrase of promotion icon HARASHIMA is, loosely in English, “I’m training!” It went to a new level today with the wonderful news that he is now a father. He posted a picture on social media of the new baby holding the new father’s finger. This is his first child. It’s a boy, but we don’t know the name yet.

Many DDT wrestlers, broadcast commentators and others have posted well-wishes & congratulations in Japanese and I join them in congratulating HARASHIMA on the birth of his first child. He’s Really Training!

New Japan News: KOPW Match Set For 11/17, More

New Japan has announced a KOPW 2023 Title match for 11/17 at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata (the first event of the 2 event New Japan Road tour). Current champion Sho will defend against Taichi, who Sho beat to win the title, with proposed rules TBA. They should be made available soon for the prerequisite 3 days of online fan voting to determine the rules.

It will be the main event of a 7-match card, which has been announced in full by New Japan’s Japanese website:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube
Toru Yano & Master Wato vs. Gedo & Taiji Ishimori
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Yoh vs. Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan
Yuji Nagata, Minoru Suzuki, Shota Umino & Tiger Mask vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi
TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA vs. Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL
Tomoaki Honma Produced Match-Tonoaki Honma, Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada
KOPW 2023 Champion Sho vs. Taichi for the title

The event will be a live broadcast on New Japan World on 11/17 at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The other tour event on 11/19 will not be televised (this may be the last non-televised event of the year).

In other news, Takahashi recently fended off attempts by Kazuki Hirata to reclaim the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship ahead of their Sunday match in DDT for the title (but apparently not for Hirata’s DDT Extreme Championship). There will be some kind of undetermined comedy rules for the match per Hirata. That event can be seen live in the US on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning Saturday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET and the match may be added to New Japan World at a later date.

Speaking of New Japan World, the updated version of the service will be launched Thursday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. You can still access the service as normal, but you can’t subscribe, cancel subscriptions, change your email or purchase PPV content until then. After the launch you’ll have to reset your password via the email used to sign up and new pricing takes effect. If you preciously signed up via the website, it will be 1299 Japanese yen per month or equivalent in your area (right now that will be around $8.75/month in the US). If you sign up via the website going forward or cancel and resubscribe, it will be $9.99/month. You can also sign up via the new mobile/smart TV apps when they launch via the App Store & Google Play (and Amazon for Fire TVs), but you may pay more (could be up to $12.99/month).

DEVELOPING: IWGP US Title To Be Replaced

At a 1/4/24 Tokyo Dome press conference today, New Japan executive President Naoki Sugabayashi announced that, following David Finlay destroying the IWGP US (UK) Heavyweight Championshop belt at Power Struggle, a new title will be created to replace it. Current champion Will Ospreay was announced as defending on 1/4 against Finlay & Jon Moxley in a 3-way.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate 11/3/23-11/5/23 Results

Dragon Gate began their November tour, The Gate Of Evolution 2023, this weekend with 2 house shows Friday & yesterday and also ran their latest major event, THE GATE OF DESTINY 2023, today.

Friday’s event was held at Takaoka Ecole in Toyama. There was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 280.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Strong Machine J, Mochizuki Jr. & Yoshiki Kato. Minoura pinned Jr. after Golden Rose.

Match 2: Dragon kid beat Takashi Yoshida.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon & Luis Mante beat YAMATO & unch Tominaga. Mante pinned Tominaga after MOK.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN went to a double countout.

Main Event; Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. Dia pinned Lee after DDDDT.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 368.

Match 1: Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Kagetora & Ryoya Tanaka beat Shun Skywalker, kAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Kagetora pinned H-Y-O after Kagenui.

Match 2: Kzy won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating BxB Hulk.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki & Luis Mante beat Jason Lee, Ho Ho Lun & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mante pinned KAMEI after Vuelta Finale.

Match 3: Yasushi Kanda beat Yuki Yoshioka.

Match 4: Dragon Dia beat Susumu Mochizuki.

Main Event: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Don Fujii & Takashi Yoshida beat Madoka Kikuta, YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Yoshida pinned Tominaga after Cyber Bomb.

Today’s event-THE GATE OF DESTINY 2023-was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. It is also available on PPV in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 2408. That’s just under 50% capacity for the venue.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora & Problem Dragon. Ben-K pinned Dragon after Masukari.

Match 2: Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN beat Ryoya Tanaka to retain the title. V1 for ISHIN.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yoshiki Kato. Skywalker pinned Jr. after a moonsault double knee drop. Kato potentially turned on Jr./misfired on a move to set up the finish.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Naruki Doi, Luis Mante, Shuji Kondo & Eita beat Kzy, Strong Machine J, Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mante pinned U-T after Vuelta Finale.

Match 5: Open The Triangle Gate Champions YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga beat Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & The Bodyguard to retain the titles. Tominaga pinned Fujii with Punch Clutch. V2 for the champs.

Match 6: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Open The Twin Gate Champions Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda to win the titles. Yoshioka & Dia become the 64th Open The Twin Gate Champions. Dia pinned Kanda after Reptilian.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta beat BIGBOSS Shimizu to retain the title. V3 for Kikuta.

The next event is Wednesday at Suzaka City Gym in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

The promotion has also announced the early January & February 2024 Tours. January will be New Year Gate 2024 as their new year begins on 1/6 at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Their first Tokyo events are 1/10 & 1/11 at Korakuen Hall. The tour is headlined by THE GATE OF BAYSIDE 2024 on 1/27 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Announced for February 2024 are MEMORIAL GATE 2024 in Wakayama, their annual early-year blowout event at Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama, That will be followed by Korakuen on 2/7. Other dates already announced are 3/16 in Okayama and the annual Naruki Doi hometown event on 8/25 at Nara 100 Year Hall in Nara.

All-Japan 11/5/23 Results (Event 2) (Updated)

All-Japan’s second event of their Hokkaido weeklong tour-ending doubleheader featured a Triple Crown main event with the debut of former Pro Wrestling NOAH star Katsuhiko Nakajima in the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 797.

Match 1: Match 1: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Hikaru Sato & Shota Sidney Stevens (?). Omori pinned Stevens after Ax Bomber.

Match 2: Koji Yoshida & Kumagoro Hokkai beat Black Menso-re & Takyua Dou (?). Yoshida pinned Menso-re after Certified Inazuma Leg Roll.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Jun & Rei Saito. Ayabe pinned Jun Saito after Last Shooting. This had me thinking future rematch for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship, but their annual year-end tag team tournament is next, so not happening. Yet. They are both in the tournament though, so it could still happen.

Match 5: Dan Tamura, Rising Hayato & Jonathan Gresham beat Atsuki Aoyagi, El Lindaman & Fuminori Abe. Hayato pinned Abe after Sid Vicious.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara & T-Hawk beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Miyahara pinned Honda with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi to win the Triple Crown. Nakajima becomes the 71st All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. Not with one of his usual NOAH finishers though…Northern Lights bomb. Immediate impact though, went from crashing a press conference and demanding a title shot as an “invasion” to backing it up. Sounds like All-Japan will be his new home, at least for now.

Next up is the Real World Tag League, the promotion’s annual year-end tag team tournament, starting on 11/12 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This year’s tournament has 10 teams competing in a traditional round-robin format, with the finals being held on 12/12 at Korakuen. After the 12/12 matches, the team with the most points wins. If there is a tie atop the standings, a tiebreaker match will be held to determine the winners.
The entered teams: Jun & Rei Saito (current All-Japan World Tag Team Champions), Yuma Aoyagi & Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai, Suwama & Hideki Suzuki, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani (DDT), Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mar (GLEAT), Kuroshio Tokyo Japan (Jiro Kuroshio/Ikemen Jiro) & Seigo Tachibana, Cyrus & Ryan Danielson (this is not a typo and not Bryan Danielson), TBA & TBA.

For the 11/12 event, live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET and live results will be posted here.

UPDATE: Next up for the Triple Crown…OH. SNAP. Miyahara. That match will happen on 12/31. Explosive closing out to 2023!

Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/5/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a hometown event for Shino Suzuki.

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 224, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Arisu Endo beat Haru Kazashiro by submission.

Match 2: Pom Harajuku beat Kaya Toribami & Suzume in a 3-way by pinning Toribami.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat Runa Okubo by submission.

Match 4: Mizuki & Toga beat Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI. Mizuki beat HIMAWARI with a crossface.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto beat Rika Tatsumi & Wakana Uehara. Yamashita pinned Uehara after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Yuka Sakazaki beat Yuki Kamifuku, Raku & Mahiro Kiryu. Sakazaki pinned Kiryu after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

The next event is “The Mountain Top ’23” on 11/19 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka, with a scheduled International Princess Championship match of Max The Impaler defending vs. Shoko Nakajima. This is subject to change pending upcoming title matches before then. Miyu Yamashita will miss the event due to an international excursion. Unless plans change, there will be no live broadcast.

AEW Collision 11/4/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Wichita, KS:

Swerve Strickland beat AR Fox.

Darby Allin beat Lance Archer.

The Acclaimed 69-Day Championship Celebration was interrupted by Dalton Castle & The Boys. Which led to…
The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn beat Dalton Castle & The Boys.

The Kingdom beat 2 jobbers. Squash.

Mark Briscoe, Dustin Rhodes & Keith Lee beat Kip Sabian & The Workhorsemen.

Willow Nightingale beat Emi Sakura.

LFI & FTR beat Ricky Starks, Big Bill & Gates Of Agony.

Wednesday on Dynamite: ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Keith Lee for the title, Swerve Strickland vs. Penta El Zero M, Mark Briscoe vs. Jay White for White’s AEW World Championship shot at Full Gear, Red Velvet vs. Julia Hart and AEW World Champion MJF vs. Daniel Garcia for the title.