News, results & more from Japanese Pro Wrestling & Sumo
And another absence to add to the growing body count as New Japan just added Lio Rush to the sidelined lists. Illness. Out tomorrow and Thursday. No mention of whether it may be coronavirus related. Ryusuke Taguchi is the replacement.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: Rush posted an update on social media in Japanese to the fans addressing this. Fever. And a very bad one at that-105. No word on his status after Thursday.
GLEAT is among the several Japanese promotions affected by injuries lately, and another one gets added to the count-Flamita was injured at their 9/30 event past weekend. Broken nose. Out indefinitely and will miss their next event on 10/9. No replacement named yet.
More as it becomes available.
Seriously. After announcing Utami Hayashishita was out with a cervical hernia, Stardom has announced so it Natsupoi. Cervical hernia. Out indefinitely. No further details were released.
More as it becomes available.
Here are the LIVE quick results from tonight’s AEW WrestleDream PPV in Seattle, WA:
Updates will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.
Pre-show:
Tony Khan promo in the ring paying tribute to Antonio Inoki with Rocky Romero, Katsuyori Shibata and Inoki’s grandchildren.
Match 1: Diamante, Mercedes Martinez, Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty vs. Satoshi Kojima, Keith Lee, Athena & Billie Starkz
Result: Satoshi Kojima, Keith Lee, Athena & Billie Starkz beat Diamante, Mercedes Martinez, Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty. Kojima pinned Moriarty after a lariat.
Match 2: Josh Barnett vs. Claudio Castagnoli
Result: Claudio Castagnoli beat Josh Barnett
Match 3: Luchasaurus vs. Nick Wayne
Result: Luchasaurus beat Nick Wayne
Match 4: AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn vs. Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Bad Dude Tito for the titles
Result: AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn beat Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Bad Dude Tito to retain the titles. Max Caster pinned Tito after Mic Drop.
PPV:
Match 1: ROH World Tag Team Champion MJf vs. The Righteous in a handicap match for the titles. Co-champion Adam Cole is out due to injury
Result: ROH World Tag Team Champion MJF beat The Righteous to retain the titles.
Match 2: ROH World Champion & NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the titles
Result: ROH World Champion & NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston beat Katsuyori Shibata to retain the titles.
Match 3: AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander vs. Julia Hart for the title
Result: AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander beat Julia Hart to retain the title.
Match 4: The Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros, Gunn Club and Hook & Orange Cassidy in a 4-way for an AEW Tag Team Title shot
Result: The Young Bucks beat Gunn Club, Lucha Bros and Hook & Orange Cassidy by pinning Penta El Zero M. As a result, The Bucks get an AEW Tag Team Title shot in the future
Match 5: Swerve Steickland vs. Adam Page
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Adam Page
Match 6: Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta
Result: Ricky Starks beat Wheeler Yuta
Match 7: Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Result: Bryan Danielson beat Zack Sabre Jr.
Match 8: Will Ospreay, Sammy Guevara & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Chris Jericho
Result: Will Ospreay, Sammy Guevara & Konosuke Takeshita beat Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Chris Jericho. Gievara pinned Jericho.
Match 9: AEW Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Aussie Open for the titles
Result: AEW Tag Team Champions FTR beat Aussie Open to retain the titles. Next up: The Young Bucks again.
Main Event: AEW TNT Champion Christian Cage vs. Darby Allin in a 2/3 Falls Match for the title (In progress update-it’s going, of course, to 3 falls to decide)
Result: AEW TNT Champion Christian Cage beat Darby Allin 2-1 to retain the title. Adam Copeland made his AEW debut during this match. You might know him as that (The Sinister) Edge guy from WWE, but now he has signed with AEW.
End Show.
The post-event media scrum is scheduled for 9 PM PT/midnight ET on YouTube, but on reality it will start 15-20 minutes after that
New Japan continued the Road To DESTRUCTION Tout today with the second half of a weekend doubleheader in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE! No login or signup required!
Click below to watch in Japanese:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00660_11_1
Click below to watch in English:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00660_12_1
The announced paid attendance was 1062.
There were some last-minute changes to this event (and yesterday) due to no Yoh. Fever. Out indefinitely.
Before the event, House Of Torture attacked SANADA at the end of a pre-event autograph session.
Pre-Show: In an arm wresting match, Tanga Loa beat Chase Owens. Bullet Club attacked Loa afterwards.
Match 1: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube. Ishii pinned Leube after a sliding lariat.
Match 2: HENARE & Jeff Cobb beat Yuto Nakashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. HENARE pinned Nakashima after Rampage.
Match 3: Toya Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Takagi pinned Newman after Pumping Bomber.
Match 4: Best of 7 Series Match 5: Master Wato, Shota Unino & Yuji Nagata beat El Desperado, Ren Narita & Minoru Suzuki. Wato pinned Desperado after Recientemente 2. 2-2-1. So either the team that wins the 6th match takes the series or it will be a draw.
Match 5: Lio Rush, YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. YOSHI-HASHI beat BUSHI with Butterfly Lock.
Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi & SANADA. Kanemaru pinned TAKA.
Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, El Phantasmo, Hikukeo, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga beat Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Chase Owens & David Finlay. Tonga was the only winner left, last eliminating Finlay.
The next event is Tuesday at Akita Terrsa on Akita. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The next 3 events are non-televised with the next broadcast being Saturday’s tour-ender.
UPDATE: After the event New Japan announced Hirooki Goto, who has missed the last couple events due to an MCL injury, is now out the rest of the tour, which covers the rest of this week.
Dragon Gate wrapped up the Storm Gate 2023 Tour today with the final event of the month.
Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 465.
Match 1: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga beat Jason Lee, Ho Ho Lin & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kid pinned Lun after Bible.
Match 2: Kzy won an 11 man battle royal, last eliminating Susumu Mochizuki.
Match 3: Ben-K & Eita beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. Eita pinned Horiguchi after a Ben-K spear.
Match 4: Shun Skywaker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Don Fujii, Naruki Doi, Shuji Kondo & Ryu Fuda. ISHIN pinned Fuda.
Match 5: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Yoshiki Kato, Kaito Nagano & Ryoya Tanaka. Yoshioka pinned Tanaka after Flashbang. As a result, because there are only 3 teams in the semifinals due to a Double Elimination in one match, there will instead be a 3-way on Friday for the vacant titles. The 3rd team in the match is Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Natuki Doi.
Main Event; BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Kota Minoura.
Next up is the The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour beginning tomorrow at Yokkaichi Kusunoki Ryokuchi Gym in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
Injury Report: Ryu Fuda was injured in the 8-man tag match. Arm. Out tomorrow. He was to have faced KAI. Ichikawa is the replacement.
Announced for THE GATE OF DESTINY 2023 on 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka is Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta vs. BIGBOSS Shimizu for the title.
Ganbare Pro Wrestling has a major Sunday matinee coming up today, headlined by title matches for both the promotion’s titles. In the main event, Yumehito Imanari looks to bring the Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship back into the promotion’s home fold when he challenges Isami Kodaka, this just a day after Imanari announced he was leaving parent organization CyberFight Corporation and DDT but would still compete in Ganbare. In the other title match, the Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship will be defended by Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada against Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi. Other notable matches today include Ken OHka & Shota vs. Koji Doi & Kumaarashi, with the stip that the loser who takes the pinfall or submission also loses his hair, so somebody’s leaving bald or close to it. There’s also a Ganbare Women-Tokyo Joshi Pro special crossover tag match as Yuki Kamifuku & Suzume come over from TJPW but will be on opposing teams with YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa, respectively.
Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will probably be no commentary. The longest the event could run with time limits is around 4 hours but it won’t go nearly that long-with 2 title matches I’ll estimate the running time will be around 2 1/4 hours.
On a side note, if you are a WRESTLE UNIVERSE subscriber be sure to look for the special 2nd Anniversary giveaway banner on the service. Starting now and for the rest of the year you can download 4 new smartphone wallpapers every 10 days, each featuring a wrestler from each of the CyberFight Group promotions. The first set features Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Hikari Noa (Tokyo Joshi Pro), Daisuke Sasaki (DDT) and Shuichiro Katsumura (Ganbare Pro) (I incorrectly said earlier it was Ken Ohka). You have until 10/9 at 6:59 PM PT/9:59 PM ET to download these before the second set is made available. They are FREE for members so don’t miss out!
Today’s lineup:
Riara vs. SAKI (for those unfamiliar with her this is not Saki Akai)
Keisuke Ishii, Munetatsu Nakamura & HARUKAZE vs. Takao Soma, Shinichiro Tominaga & Kaho Kobayashi
Yuki Kamifuku & YuuRI vs. Suzume & Yoshiko Hasegawa
Ken Ohka & Shota vs. Koji Doi & Kumaarashi. The loser who takes the pinfall or submission also loses his hair
Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada vs Hikaru Satoh & Tyson Maeguchi for the titles
Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Isami Kodaka vs. Yumehiro Imanari for the title
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream has just launched as of this post.
7:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but without a major last-minute walkup the venue probably will be just under half full, so I’m predicting it’ll be between 200-250. The venue’s max capacity for wrestling is 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 269, a full house/near sellout)
The matches begin at 8:05 PM PT. Only hard camera view today.
Match 1: Riara vs. SAKI. 30 minute time limit
Result: SAKI beat Riara
Match 2: Keisuke Ishii, Munetatsu Nakamura & HARUKAZE vs. Takao Soma, Shinichiro Tominaga & Kaho Kobayashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Keisuke Ishii, Munetatsu Nakamura & HARUKAZE beat Takao Soma, Shinichiro Tominaga & Kaho Kobayashi. Nakamura pinned Tominaga.
Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling) & YuuRI vs. Suzume (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling) & Yoshiko Hasegawa. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & YuuRI beat Suzume & Yoshiko Hasegawa. YuuRI pinned Hasegawa after a swanton bomb.
Match 4: Ken Ohka & Shota vs. Koji Doi & Kumaarashi. The loser who takes the pinfall or submission also loses his hair. No time limit
Result: Koji Doi & Kumaarashi beat Ken Ohka & Shota. Kumaarashi pinned Ohka after a diving senton. As a result, Ohka loses his hair.
Intermission. (As of 9:20 PM PT) The event will resume shortly.
The matches resume at 9:33 PM PT.
Match 5: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada vs Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi for the titles. 1 Hour time limit. Challengers already in the ring when we come back from break
Result: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions huichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada beat Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi to retain the titles. Wada beat Maeguchi with a modified armbar. V2 for the champs. (UPDATE: Next up: Nakamura & Ishii. That match will happen on 11/23)
Main Event: Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Isami Kodaka vs. Yumehiro Imanari for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Isami Kodaka beat Yumehito Imanari to retain the title. V3 for Kodaka. Next up: Looks like Shota. Challenge made post-match for what would likely be the main event of their year-ending event on 12/27 at Korakuen Hall. (UPDATE: It will happen on 11/23)
The next event is a Ganbare Women event on 10/22 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast. That will be followed by a second Ganbare Women event on 11/1 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring with Saki Akai participation, which will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The next main Ganbare event is 11/23 at Takashimadaira Community Center. There will be no live broadcast. 12/27 broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Korakuen I would expect it to stream live.
Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Seattle, WA:
Due to schedule conflicts I was unable to watch the live broadcast.
Andrade El Idolo beat Juice Robinson.
Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega promo.
Toni Storm promo.
The Kingdom beat Best Friends.
Julia Hart beat Vertvixen.
Claudio Castagnoli promo. Issues open challenge for WrestleDream tomorrow, which will result in a match with Josh Barnett.
Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho beat Gates Of Agony.
The Righteous beat Judas Icarus & Travis Williams. Squash.
TMDK promo. The Acclaimed interrupt.
Zack Sabre Jr. joins commentary for the main event.
Ricky Starks, Big Bill & Aussie Open beat Bryan Danielson, Wheeer Yuta & FTR. Danielson & Sabre almost get into it and staredown each other to end the show.
Next up is WrestleDream tomorrow on PPV beginning at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT with a free pre-show on YouTube beginning at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. There are currently 14 matches scheduled with 4 on the pre-show and 10 on the PPV.
New Japan continued the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today with the start of a weekend doubleheader in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1476, a legit sellout.
Match 1: HENARE beat Oskar Leube.
Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuto Nakashima, Boltin Oleg & Tiger Mask. Tanahashi beat Nakashima with a Texas cloverleaf. Afterwards, Impact Wrestling’s Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley & Josh Alexander appeared via recorded video and issued a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge.
Match 3: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Tsuji pinned Newman with a reverse campana.
Match 4: Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. KUSHIDA pinned Moloney with Perfect Small Package.
Match 5: Jado, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Chase Owens & David Finlay. Loa pinned Gedo after OJK.
Match 6: Best of 7 Series Match 4: El Desperado, Ren Narita & Minoru Suzuki beat Master Wato, Shota Umino & Yuji Nagata. Narita pinned Umino with a front suplex hold. 2-1-1 in favor of the winners.
Match 7: TAKA Michonoku, DOUKI & SANADA beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & EVIL. DOUKI pinned Sho with a jackknife. Afterwards, Taichi announced his return for the rest of the tour. He missed a couple events this week for personal reasons.
Main Event: Lio Rush & Kazuchika Okada beat Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Rush pinned Takahashi after Final Hour.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World and ABEMA (in Japan only) will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, and best of all you can watch this event live and on demand FOR FREE!
Stardom wrapped up the 5 STAR GP today, bringing the curtain down on their signature (marathon) annual tournament and determining the winner.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on PPV via PIA Live Stream until 10/3. It should be available on Stardom World after that.
The announced paid attendance was 2507, a full house/near sellout.
There were late changes to the card due to injuries as both Utami Hayashishita and Starlight Kid were pulled. Hayashishita is out indefinitely and possibly long term due to a cervical hernia. Kid is out indefinitely due to an ankle injury. As a result, Giulia got a 5 STAR GP win by forfeit because she was to have faced Hayashishita. Giulia instead was on commentary for most of the event along with Waka Tsukiyama. Kid is also off tomorrow’s event.
Match 1: Suzu Suzuki won a 16 woman battle royal, last eliminating Mei Seira.
5 STAR GP:
Match 2: Blue Block: Giulia beat Utami Hayashishita by forfeit (injury).
Match 3: Blue Block: Rina beat Mariah May.
Match 4: Blue Block: Momo Watanabe beat AZM.
Match 5: Blue Block: Saori Anou beat Mina Shirakawa.
Match 6: Blue Block: Maika beat MIRAI. As a result, Maika wins the Blue Block and advances to the Finals.
Match 7: Red Block: Ami Sohrei beat Syuri.
Match 8: Red Block: Hazuki beat Natsuko Tora. As a result, Suzu Suzuki wins the Red Block and advances to the Finals because she beat Tora in their match, which was the tiebreaker as both finished tied for the lead in the block.
Match 9: Red Block: Natsupoi beat Tam Nakano.
Main Event: Finals: Suzu Suzuki beat Maika to win the tournament. Suzuki wins her first 5 STAR GP.
The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo headlined by an AZM 10th Anniversary Match and Giulia defending the New Japan STRONG Women’s Championship against Ami Sohrei. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.