Make what you want of it, good or bad, but it’s now official…AEW has signed Roc Flair to a multi-year deal. See the official press release below:
UPDATE: Reports are now emerging that it’s a 2-year deal.
BREAKING: AEW Signs Ric Flair (Updated)
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All-Japan 11/2/23 Results
All-Japan continued their weeklong Hokkaido series today with the third event of 6.
Today’s event was held at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 388.
Match 1: Hikaru Sato beat Hokkai Kumagoro.
Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re & Jonathan Gresham. Hayto pinned Menso-re after Sid Vicious.
Match 3: Hokuto Omori beat Koji Yoshida.
Match 4: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Yoshitatsu pinned Ayabe after Yoshitatsu Fantasy.
Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after THE FOOL.
Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Rei Saito pinned Suwama after a diving body press.
The next event is tomorrow at Bihoro Sports Center in Hokkaido with an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match as the Saito Bros defend against Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. There will be no live broadcast.
New Japan 11/2/23 Results
New Japan wrapped up the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with the final day of the Super Junior Tag League prelims.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp.
In the backstage comment area soon afterwards…
Taiji Ishimori beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi to win the title. Ishimori becomes the 1588th Champion.
Match 2: Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Tanahashi beat Togo with a Texas Cloverleaf.
Match 3: Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.
Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI pinned DKC with Suplex De La K.
Match 5: MUSASHI & Yoh beat Titan & BUSHI. Yoh pinned BUSHI after Direct Drive. LIJ OUT.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Eagles pinned Moloney. Champs OUT.
Match 7: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Akira pinned Knight after 2/2. K/K OUT.
Main Event: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Sho pinned Wato.
3-way tie at the top at 6-3, 12 pts. As a result of tiebreakers, Akira/TJP finish 1st and Kanemaru/Sho finish 2nd and advance to the Finals on Saturday. DespeWato OUT.
Next up is POWER STRUGGLE, the final major event of the year, Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The live stream will be available OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. The event will be a live broadcast only on TV Asahi in Japan with on demand on New Japan World at a later date.
AEW Rampage 11/3/23 Results (SPOILERS!)
Here are the quick results for tomorrow’s AEW Rampage in Louisville, KY (SPOILERS!);
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Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Louisville, KY:
Match 1: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Claudio Castagnoli to retain the title.
Jon Moxley promo. He wants Cassidy at Full Gear for the title.
Match 2: ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Adam Page vs. Gates Of Agony & Brian Cage for the titles
Result: Gates Of Agony & Brian Cage beat ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Adam Page to become THE NEW ROH 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Kaun pinned Matt Jackson. Late in the match, Swerve Strickland came out and taunted Page, luring him away from the match and into a backstage pull-apart brawl. Matt Jackson threw a major temper tantrum afterwards, taking a chair to the ring posts and more.
Adam Copeland interviewed. Christian Cage interrupts. A beatdown and save by Sting & Darby Allin lead to Copeland accepting the offer to team with Allin & Sting at Full Gear against Christian, Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne.
Tony Khan’s Important Announcement is made. All In London 2024 tickets go on sale December 1 but fans can sign up for a presale that will begin on November 27. Unless you’re in Europe it’s not that important.
Match 3: Angelo Parker & Matt Menard vs. Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega
Result: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega beat Angelo Parker & Matt Menard. Jericho pinned Parker after Judas Effect. Afterwards, Callis challenged Jericho & Omega to a street fight in 2 weeks. Omega accepted with Kota Ibushi being brought in to team with them, and Jericho brought out The Big Show (Paul Wight) as their other partner.
The Young Bucks are starting to turn heel on Omega.
Match 4: AEW Women’s Champion HIkaru Shida vs. Willow Nightingale for the title
Result: AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title. Toni Storm came out afterwards but got run off by Shida. Julia Hart then appeared in the ring and stared down Nightingale until Skye Blue interjected herself in the middle and misted Hart.
MJF still needs partners. Jeff Jarrett & Crew?
Main event is next.
Main Event: Jay White, Juice Robinson & Gunn Club vs. MJF & the 3 TBAs…The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn
Result: Jay White, Juice Robinson & Gunn Club beat MJF, The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn. White pinned MJF after Bladerunner. Garbage comedy match.
Just not a good show all around. The Tony Khan major announcement will of course spur more mockery and bad (good) jokes when the next one comes around. He won’t admit it but based on live crowd attendance, from what I see online, AEW is in a bad place right now as crowds are way down from a year or so ago.
Friday on Rampage: Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal vs. Gunn Club, Skye Blue vs. Marina Shafir, Trent Beretta vs. Daniel Garcia and El Hijo Del Vikingo vs. Penta El Zero M & Komander in a 3-way..
Saturday on Collision: The Acclaimed 69-Day Championship Celebration. Also Darby Allin vs. Lance Archer and AR Fox vs. Swerve Strickland.
Announced for Full Gear: Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland, Christian Cage, Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Adam Copeland and AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Jon Moxley for the title.
UPDATE: AEW has signed Dralistico. This comes from the socials of Dralistico.
BREAKING: TJPW Title Match Set For England
According to the Twitter accounts for Pro Wrestling EVE and current champion Max The Impaler. Tokyo Joshi Pro’s International Princess Championship will be defended in England at the 11/10 EVE event when Max The Impaler faces Kasey for the title.
The original posts are below:
All-Japan 11/1/23 Results
All-Japan ran the second event of their 6-event Hokkaido week today.
Today’s event was held at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi sub Arena in Hokkaido and will be a available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 428.
Match 1: Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re.
Match 2: Jonathan Gresham beat Hikaru Sato & Fuminori Abe in a 3-way by beating Sato.
Match 3: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Kumagoro Hokkai. Omori pinned Hokkai after Ax Bomber.
Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ren Ayabe & Koji Yoshida. Jun Saito pinned Yoshida after Psycho Break.
Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Suzuki pinned Tamura after a Gotch-style piledriver.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.
The next event is tomorrow at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day.
New Japan 11/1/23 Results
New Japan ran the penultimate day of the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 8 of the Super Junior Tag League.
Today’s event was held at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1503.
Match 1: Callum Newman. HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Tomoaki Honma, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Khan pinned Honma.
Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp. After this match, during the taping of backstage comments for online distribution, Ishimori tried to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Takahashi but failed.
Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.
Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Connors pinned DKC after Full Clip.
Match 5: Titan & BUSHI beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Titan pinned Fujita after Angel Immortal.
Match 6: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat MUSASHI & Yoh. Knight pinned MUSASHI after a spike DDT.
Match 7: Master Wato & El Desperado beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Wato beat TAKA with Vendeval.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. TJP pinned Sho.
Standings:
1-Desperado/Wato, 6-2, 12 pts
2-TJP/Akira, 5-3, 10 pts
3-Knight/KUSHIDA, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Connors/Moloney, 5-3, 10 pts
5-Titan/BUSHI, 5-3, 10 pts
6-Kanemaru/Sho, 5-3, 10 pts
7-MUSASHI/Yoh, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-Fujita/Eagles, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
9-DKC/Taguchi, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-7, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Finals. The only sure thing for the final day is Desperado/Wato advance with a win or draw (they get Kanemaru/Sho). Everything else is completely up in the air. It’s almost definitely going to come down to tiebreakers.
The final day is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
Ganbare Pro 11/1/23 Results
Ganbare Pro ran their latest Ganbare Women event today, the latest stop on the Saki Akai Retirement Tour as she is now just 11 days from her final match.
Today’s event was held at Shin-Kina 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 137.
Match 1: Ram Kaichow (666) beat Riara.
Match 2: Marika Kobashi beat Bunny Oikawa.
Match 3: Ami Manase & Alex Lee beat Sumire Natsu & Echika Miyabi. Manase pinned Miyabi after a diving senton.
Main Event: Saki Akai & Takumi Iroha beat YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Akai beat YuuRI with a triangle choke. They went 23 minutes. Afterwards, Akai put the promotion over and posed for the customary photos with the entire roster to cap off her final appearance in the promotion.
The next Women event is 12/15 at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo.
The next Ganbare evebt is 11/23 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA for both.
All-Japan 10/31/23 Results
All-Japan kicked off a weeklong tour of Hokkaido today with the first of 6 events up north.
Today’s event was held at Imagane General gym in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 618, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 2: Black Menso-re beat Kumagoto Hokkai (?) & Koji Yoshida in a 3-way by pinning Yoshida.
Match 3: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Omori pinned Tamura after Ax Bomber.
Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ren Ayabe & Hikaru Sato. Rei Saito pinned Sato after a diving body press.
Match 5: Minoru Suzuki, Hokuto Omori & Jonathan Gresham beat Shuji Ishikawa, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Gresham beat Hayato with a standing STF.
Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi & Kento Miyahara vs. Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
The next event is tomorrow at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Sub Arena in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later in the day.