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DEVELOPING: DDT Star Leaving?

In a post he made on Japanese micro-blogging service Note, which I loosely translated after DDT shared it on social media, Yumehito Imanari says he is leaving CyberFight Corporation, the owner of DDT, Ganbare Pro, Tokyo Joshi Pro and Pro Wrestling NOAH. However, his post suggests he is only stepping away from backstage & production roles he held and will still be part of Ganbare as a wrestler (where he was not one of those deplorable Pheromones like in DDT).

Imanari noted he would like to work as a freelance video artist & director (he did a lot of that with DDT after joining them in 2010) but was also considering taking a break from work and wrestling, which would only be in Ganbare for now. Imanari was seen on this week’s All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite” program when he & Kota Ibushi were attacked at Ibushi’s dojo in Japan by Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita ahead of Ibushi appearing Sunday at the WrestleDream event.

Imanari has at least one more match ahead in DDT, the final Pheromones match Wednesday before they must disband (the group was Imanari, Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno and, more recently on occasion, Koju Takeda, who is from the 666 promotion).

Impact Wrestling 9/29/23 Results (Updated)

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

This episode was taped Friday and kicks off the Mid-South Mayhem series of episodes that will take them to the Bound For Glory PPV next month.

The YouTube pre-show match was Sami Callihan & Rich Swann vs. Laredo Kid & Black Taurus.

Match 1: IMPACT X Division Champion Chris Sabin beat Alan Angels to retain the title.

Match 2: Rhino beat Jack Price. Squash. Steve Maclin tried to ambush Rhino afterwards but got the worse of it.

Match 3: Rascalz beat Joe Hendry & Yuya Uemura. Trey Miguel pinned Uemura with a rollup.

Match 4: In a Memphis Street Fight, Tommy Dreamer & Heath beat Kenny King & Sheldon Jean. Dreamer pinned Jean after Death Valley Driver through a table. Crazzy Steve ran in and beat down Dreamer afterwards.

Match 5: Jonathan Gresham beat Mike Bailey. Held tights unseen.

Added to Bound For Glory: Sabin vs. KENTA for the X Division Championship.

Main Event: Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity bear Gisele Shaw in a NON-TITLE match. Savannah Evans immediately beat down Trinity afterwards but Mickie James quickly came out to make the save. James promo afterwards making her case for the next title shot, remember she didn’t lose it-she had to vacate it due to not being medically cleared to compete. (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen at Bound For Glory)

Next week: Tasha Steelz vs. Killer Kelly, Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. John Skyler & TBA in a Fans Revenge Match, Josh Alexander vs. Kon and Jake Something, Dirty Dango, Jordynne Grace, Eric Young and Champagne Singh vs. Brian Myers, Shera, KiLynn King, Jody Threat & Bully Ray.

Injury Report: Yet Another DDT Star Down

DDT and its sub-promotions just can’t seem to shake the injury bug recently, and now word comes of ANOTHER wrestler down temporarily-this time it’s Sanshiro Takagi. Keratoconjunctivis. In simpler terms, dry eye or possibly pinkeye. Out at least this weekend. This comes just after word that Chris Brookes will be out 2 weeks with a shoulder injury that won’t affect his wrestlinf.

AEW Dynamite 9/27/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Broomfield. CO:

No Tony Schiavone tonight. Commentary says he’s on assignment.

Match 1: AEW International Champion Rey Fenix vs. Jeff Jarrett for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Rey Fenix beat Jeff Jarrett to retain the title. Next week he defends against the winner of a 3-way later between Nick Jackson, Brian Cage & Claudio Castagnoli.

Don Callis promo. They show footage of Callis & Konosuke Takeshita ambushing Kota Ibushi at his dojo in Japan over the weekend. DDT wrestler Yumehito Imanari also got a beatdown here.

Ricky Starks promo from after Collision last week. Wheeler Yuta interrupts. This leads to a match between them for SUnday’s WrestleDream PPV.

Match 2: Nick Jackson vs. Brian Cage & Claudio Castagnoli in a 3-way for an AEW International Championship shot next week
Result: Nick Jackson beat Brian Cage & Claudio Castagnoli in a 3-way by pinning Cage. As a result, Jackson will face Rey Fenix for the AEW International Championship next week.

Adam Cole & MJF speak. Cole says he’ll need ankle surgery and they’ll have to vacate the ROH Tag Team Championship, but MJF says he’ll defend the titles Sunday vs. The Righteous in a handicap match. Cole then leaves to help Roderick Strong with an “emergency” then Jay White comes out. They go at it for a while before White plants the seeds for an AEW World Championship match against MJF.

Christian Cage-Darby Allin interview with Jim Ross.

Match 3: Orange Cassidy vs. Austin Gunn, Matt Jackson & Penta El Zero M in a 4-way
Result: Orange Cassidy beat Austin Gunn, Matt Jackson & Penta El Zero M in a 4-way by pinning Jackson.

Match 4: Julia Hart vs. Willow Nightingale
Result: Julia Hart beat Willow Nightingale

WrestleDream card rundown.

Swerve Strickland-Adam Page contract signing for Sunday. The Elite & Mogul Embassy are banned from ringside. They talked until we began overrun then Strickland went to sign as Page stabbed Steickland’s hand with a pencil. Security pulled them apart and kept them that way to end the show…

Just as they were about to end, cameras cut to backstage where Jay White was beatdown by several masked men with horned masks. One reached to cut the camera and…

End Show.

My feed had a lot of audio issues throughout the broadcast which affected my experience, but compared to the last few weeks it was a better show. The MJF/Cole-White promo ran way too long but as always it’s must-see. The matches as a whole were better despite only having 4 matches instead of the usual 5-6. That cliffhanger at the end though…

BREAKING: Former AEW Champion Signs With WWE

THAT BITCH SHOW on TBS has just been cancelled. Former AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill, who won her first 60+ matches in her first 2 years before leaving after 2 straight title match losses to Kris Statlander, has signed with WWE. It’s a multi-year deal but otherwise terms are not known. WWE officials spoke to ESPN, who broke the story. A link to the original article is below.

Cargill in recent media interviews put AEW over and even went as far to state it was the only place she wanted to be, among similar comments. Seems she learned quite well how to play the press.

https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/38495601/former-aew-champion-jade-cargill-signs-wwe

Injury Report: DDT Champion Sidelined (Updated)

A potentially major DDT injury item is coming out of this past weekend today, potentially major because it’s KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes. Right shoulder. Out at least 1 week and possibly longer, we may know more Friday after a medical exam. This would suggest it happened Sunday when he beat Saki Akai by submission to retain the title.

More as it becomes available.

9/28 UPDATE: DDT announced the exam results-some shoulder damage but won’t interfere with wrestling. Out 2 weeks and will return on 10/14. He was to have challenged for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship this weekend. HARASHIMA is the replacement.

BREAKING: Top NOAH Star Leaving Promotion

Major news from Pro Wrestling NOAH coming out…Katsuhiko Nakajima is now done with the promotion. He is terminating his contract at the end of the week and will only have 2 dates left-10/20 and 10/28. No hints yet as to why or where Nakajima may go next. He joined NOAH at the beginning of 2016 after Diamond Ring closed and will mark 20 years active early next year.

More as it becomes available.

DEVELOPING: Top AEW Star Staying With Promotion

It’s been a good week for Eddie Kingston. He now has 2 championships, won them in his hometown of New York City, and now is getting paid. Kingston has now told an unspecified podcast that he has re-signed with All Elite Wrestling and will stay with the promotion, it’s a 4-year deal. He didn’t say how much he’ll get paid or exact length beyond “I got four more years”, but it was also revealed by New Japan that Kingston is headed to London for New Japan’s Royal Quest 3 event on 10/14. He’ll team with Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Oku to face TJP, HENARE & Jeff Cobb.

This also comes shortly after Kingston sating he will not be working any non-AEWRing Of Honor or New Japan dates for a while due to a back injury, causing a planned STRONG Openweight Championship defense against Rocky Romero tonight to be cancelled.

BREAKING: 2 New Japan Wrestlers Out Of Current Tour

New Japan has just announced 2 wrestlers are now out for the immediate future:

Hirooki Goto suffered an undisclosed injury today at DESTRUCTION IN KOBE. Out indefinitely but will miss non-televised events tomorrow & Tuesday at a minimum.

Taichi has requested and was granted a leave of absence for unspecified reasons. Out indefinitely but presumably off the rest of the tour, or at least through 10/7.

More as it becomes available.