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Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/24/23 Results

GRAND SHIP 2023 in NAGOYA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s major event today, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was only in English due to ABEMA exclusives.

The announced paid attendance was 940.

Match 1: Pre-show match: Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge, Stallion Rogers & Taishi Ozawa beat Mohammed Yone, Daiki Inaba, Hi69 & Yu Owada. Rogers pinned Owada after a backdrop.

Match 2: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. YO-HEY pinned Ohara after a dropkick.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura, Manabu Soya & Masa Kitamiya beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Hideki Suzuki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Soya pinned Taniguchi after a jumping DDT.

Match 5: Daga beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 6: Kenoh & Lance Anoa’i beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Adam Brooks. Kenoh pinned Brooks after PFS.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Eita beat Naomichi Marufuji, Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA (Dradition) by DQ. LEONA DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 8: Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley to win the titles. Morris & Greene become the 66th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Morris pinned Thatcher after a tiger driver.

Match 9: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro to win the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Bane & Wold become the 58th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Bane pinned Alejandro after Twisterbane.

Match 10: GHC National Champion Hijo De Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Psycho Clown to retain the title. V6 for Wagner Jr. Next up: Morris. That match will happen on 10/28 at Fukuoka International Center.

Match 11: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Seiki Yoshioka to retain the title. V4 for HAYATA. Next up: Daga. That match will happen on 11/4 at Niigata City Gym.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee beat Go Shiozaki to retain the title. V4 for Lee. Next up: Kenoh. That match will happen on 10/28.

In other post–event news/fallout, it sounds like Seiki Yoshioka may be leaving the promotion at the end of the year. It was announced that after 10/28, the last of 4 scheduled October dates for him, he will be taking a break from the promotion to prepare for new challenges. This suggests his contract may be expiring and he will look to sign elsewhere. Updates to follow.

The next event is a special NOAH THE HOME DELUXE event on 10/7 at SKIP City Multipurpose Hall in Saitama. This event is open only to NOAH’s Ark fan cclub members only and will not be broadcast.

The next regular event is MONDAY MAGIC Episode 1, the debut of a new short series of 5 Monday night events, on 10/9 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan 9/24/23 Results (Updated)

DESTRUCTION in KOBE, one of 2 major events on New Japan’s current tour, went down earlier today in its traditional place on the calendar.

Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2023 on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4212, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Kevin Knight & Tiger Mask. Moloney pinned TM 4 after Full Clip.

Match 2: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & SANADA beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. TAKA pinned Togo after Michinoku Driver 2. Wait, when was the last time TAKA won a match in New Japan, let alone be responsible for the win?

Match 3: Jado, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Chase Owens & David Finlay. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun.

Match 4: Yoh & Lio Rush beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Rush pinned BUSHI after Final Hour.

Match 5: Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada. Sabre pinned Ishii with European Clutch.

Match 6: In a Seconds Handcuffed Match, where House Of Torture members were handcuffed to Just 5 Guys members at ringside, Sho beat KOPW 2023 Chaampion Taichi to win the title. Yoshinobu Kanemaru interference. He seemingly turned on Just 5 Guys to help Sho win. So maybe they will now be Just 4 Guys.

Match 7: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls to retain the titles. YOSHI-HASHI pinned NIcholls. V2 for the champs.

Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 9: Tetsuya Naito beat Jeff Cobb. As a result, Naito retained his spot in the 1/4 Tokyo Dome main event.

Main Event: IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay beat Yota Tsuji to retain the title. V1 for Ospreay. Next up: Sabre. This could happen at Royal Quest 3 in England. It should be noted that Ospreay has rebranded the title as the IWGP UK Heavyweight Championship although it does not seem to be recognized as such by New Japan. (UPDATE: It’s now official for Royal Quest 3 on 10/14)

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Also a heads-up for the second DESTRUCTION event in October at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo-at this time New Japan lists the event as only being broadcast live on ABEMA. So it may not be available on New Japan World outside of Japan, but we’ll see what happens.

TJPW News: Full 10/9 Card Announced

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the full card for WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo, their most important event of the year. The full lineup is as follows (in order):
Haru Kazashiro vs. Runa Okubo
Arisu Endo, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI vs. HARUKAZE, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara
Moka Miyamoto vs. Juria Nagano
Aja Kong, Raku & Shino Suzuki vs. Hyper Misao, Wakana Uehara & Toga
Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino vs. Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai
Saki-sama (Saki Akai), May Saint-Michel (Mei Suruga), Yukio Saint Laurent (Yukio Sakaguchi( & Martha vs. :Shoko Nakajima, Suzume, Pom Harajuku & Antonio Honda
Maki Itoh vs. Nyla Rose
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship
International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. NWA Women’s TV Champion Max The Impaler for the titles (double title match)
Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita for the title
Neko Haruna will appear at an onsite autograph session but will not compete (injured).

Tickets are still available and the event will also stream LIVE on WRESTLE UNVIERSE beginning on 10/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

AEW Collision 9/23/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Grand Rapids, MI:

Match 1: AEW TNT Champion Luchasaurus vs. Christian Cage & Darby Allin in a 3-way for the title. Sting is banned from ringside
Result: Christian Cage beat AEW TNT Champion Luchasaurus & Darby Allin in a 3-way by pinning Luchasaurus to become THE NEW AEW TNT CHAMPION!

Last-second change to tonight during opening match: Willow Nightingale is now off. She was to have faced Julia Hart. Kiera Hogan is the replacement. (Update: Hart attacked Nightingale backstage earlier today per commentary and sent her to the hospital)

Tony Khan announced Cage vs. Allin for the title on a 2/3 Falls match on 10/1.

Match 2: Hook & Rob Van Dam vs. Angelo Parker & Matt Menard
Result: Hook & Rob Van Dam beat Angelo Parker & Matt Menard. Van Dam pinned Menard after 5 Star Frog Splash.

Added to 10/1 is NJPW STRONF & ROH World Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the titles. Shibata could hold 3 titles if he wins as he is the ROH Pure Champion.

Match 3: Julia Hart vs. Kiera Hogan
Result: Julia Hart beat Kiera Hogan by submission. Afterwards, Brody King demanded Kris Statlander defend the AEW TBS Championship against Hart on 10/1.

Match 4: Jay White vs. Andrade El Idolo
Result: Jay White beat Andrade El Idolo

Aussie Open join commentary for the next match.

Match 5: AEW Tag Team Champions FTR vs. The Workhorsemen for the titles
Result: AEW Tag Team Champions FTR beat The Workhorsemen to retain the titles. Dax Harwood beat JD Drake with a sharpshooter.

Next week: Andrade vs. Juice Robinson & Best Friends vs. The Kingdom.

Wednesday on Dynamite: Hart-Nightingale.

Official for 10/1: Statlander-Hart for the AEW TBS Championship.

Jim Ross joins commentary

Main Event: Ricky Starks vs. Bryan Danielson in a Texas Death Match (Last Man Standing). Only way to win is keep opponent down and unable to answer a 10 count
Result: Bryan Danielson beat Ricky Starks

End Show.

DDT Pro Wrestling “Who’s Gonna TOP? 2023” Results (9/23/23) (Updated)

DDT runs their tour-ending monthly major Tokyo event today, with the focus remaining on Saki Akai and the final chapter of her 10-year career. Today may be the biggest match of her career as she gets her first real chance, and likely only chance, at the KO-D Openweight Championship after Chris Brookes named her the next challenger after his first successful defense. She already has a couple of 6-man tag team championships to her name recently but this no doubt would top them if she can somehow win it, and I hope she does even though her reign would be short with retirement only 2 months away. There’s also a DDT Universal Championship match as new champion Matt Cardona has an odd challenger himself tonight, as he defends against Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Maki Itoh. Konosuke Takeshita is also back from AEW for a singles match…and no, The Callous Hand Of Don will not be with him.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Toru Owashi is scheduled to be a guest on Japanese commentary. You can also watch the first 3 matches (pre-show dark match and 2 main card matches) FOR FREE on YouTube. There is a pre-show match scheduled 15 minutes before event time, which will be streamed live. Additionally, a public signing ceremony for the 10/4 KO-D Tag Team Championship match will be held 30 minutes before the event and probably will stream as well. With all the pre-show happenings factored in, the event will probably have a total running time of at least 3 hours, close to 3 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
10/4 KO-D Tag Team Championship Public Signing Ceremony
Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya

Main Show:
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Hideki Okatani, Yuni & Takeshi Masada
Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Antonio Honda and Naruki Doi & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya vs. Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi
Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Dan Tamura
DDT Universal Champion Matt Cardona vs. Maki Itoh for the title
Konosuke Takeshita vs. MAO
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Saki Akai for the title

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Updates below will begin at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET.

6:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. The event will begin in 15 minutes.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will start soon.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. They’re using the smaller opposite hard-camera layout so reduced capacity, but advance ticket sales were strong. The crowd is still filing in and will be for about 30 more minutes. The smaller apacity layout will probably keep the attendance down around 800. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 917, a super full house/very near sellout)

Pre-show:
A public signing ceremony for the 10/4 KO-D Tag Team Championship match is first. Champions Minoru Fujita & KANON and challengers Takao Soma & Shota are present.J
apanese commentary begins at 7:15 PM PT. Your hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano.
Pre-show match: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Koroku beat Rukiya with an armbar.

Main Show:
Coming up shortly.

The matches begin at 7:34 PM PT.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Hideki Okatani, Yuni & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Hideki Okatani, Yuni & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki pinned Yuni.

Your new host is Ken Kato.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Antonio Honda and Naruki Doi & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Antonio Honda and Naruki Doi & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way when Iino beat Akito. Assist from Hirata & Honda. Lots of Pheromones comedy afterwards.

The YouTube broadcast (thankfully?) ends here. Toru Owashi joins commentary as a special guest.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya vs. Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi. Naya pinned Oishi after a backdrop. This was Hino’s final match as a regular in DDT, but he may appear again in the future. He did give us one last hearty helping of BEEF with Higuchi. Afterwards, Hino with microphone. He acknowledged fans holding Thank You signs as he addressed the crowd.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Dan Tamura (All-Japan Pro Wrestling). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Dan Tamura. Ueno pinned Tamura after BME.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 5: DDT Universal Champion Matt Cardona vs. Maki Itoh (Tokyo Joshi Pro) for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Matt Cardona beat Maki Itoh to retain the title. V1 for Cardona. Steph De Lander interference played a big part. Afterwards, Cardona with microphone. In English he dedicated his win to his half-wife Chelsea Green and the greatest Japanese wrestler in history, John Laurinaitis then proclaimed he was unbeatable. The Japanese crowd HATED Cardona.

Match 6: Konosuke Takeshita vs. MAO. 20 minute time limit
Result: Konosuke Takeshita beat MAO. And guess who showed up here? None other than The Callous Hand Of Don (Don Callis). Afterwards, MAO grabbed a cameraman from ringside and dragged him backstage to where Cardona & De Lander were sitting and issued a DDT Universal Championship challenge in English. Accepted then Cardona laid out MAO. MAO cursed out Cardona in English afterwards. This interrupted a post-match promo in Japanese by Takeshita before he handed the microphone to Callis, who continued in English and put Takeshita over, including some of what has been going on in All Elite Wrestling. As they finished, the lights went out and a video played for the crowd…it’s Chris Jericho! It must have been recorded backstage Wednesday because I heard crowd noise. Jericho challenged Takeshita in English Takeshita accepted and they left to Callis’ droning single-tone ambient theme to a match at the last Ryogoku event of the year on 11/12. Accepted then they left to Callis’ droning ambient single-tone noise theme.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Saki Akai for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Saki Akai by submission to retain the title. V2 for Brookes. Heartbroken is putting it mildly. 5 star effort from Akai who put up a valiant fight and nearly won on more than one occasion before it ended. Afterwards, Brookes issued a challenge first for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship held by Akai, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. That match will happen at the next event as Brookes teams with Masa Takanashi & Mei Suruga for the challenge. Next up: At Ryogoku Brookes chooses…or gets challenged by actually…Yuki Ueno. Now we await the official announcement. (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 11/12 at Ryogoku Kokugikan)

The next event is “Saki Akai 10th Anniversary & FINAL COUNTDOWN IN KYOTO!” on 9/30 at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/23/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with an event in Yokohama, likely the last time Saki Akai would appear in the promotion as her sexier Saki-sama persona.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 270, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Runa Okubo.

Match 2: Kaya Toribami beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat HIMAWARI & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by beating HIMAWARI.

Match 4: Raku, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto, Wakana Uehara & Toga. Suzume pinned Toga after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Saki-sama (Saki Akai) & May Saint-Michel beat Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki. Saki-sama pinned Suzuki after Academy Awards.

Main Event: Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Hikari Noa & Nao Lakuta beat Miyu Tamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Noa pinned Kiryu with a blizzard suplex hold.

The next event is WRESTLE PRINCESS 4, what the promotion considers their biggest & most important major event of the year, on 10/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

BREAKING: NJPW STRONG Title Defense Tonight Off

A planned New Japan STRONG Openweight Championship match tonight in US independent promotion DEFY Wrestling is now off. Current champion Eddie Kingston has announced on Instagram that he is no longer working independent events and dates outside of AEW, Ring Of Honor and New Japan until further notice due to a lower back injury. He was to have defenses the title against Rocky Romero. DEFY announced on social media they didn’t find out until Kingston’s Instagram post. Not a good look for the new double champ after Wednesday’s high spot moment on AEW Dynamite in New York City.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling 9/23/23 Results

All-Japan wraps up the Giant Series 2023 today with a major event in Tokyo, headlined by 2 title matches. In the first match, Hikaru Sato will try to bring the World Junior Heavyweight Championship back to All-Japan when he faces GLEAT star and current champion El Lindaman for the title. In the main event, Ryuki Honda will try to become the youngest Triple Crown Champion in history when he faces champion Yuma Aoyagi. DDT and Minoru Suzuki participation highlight the undercard along with Hideki Suzuki from Pro Wrestling NOAH making an appearance.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. It will probably be a TV simulcast in Japan on either Samurai! TV or GAORA Sports. Based on the lineup and title matches I anticipate this event having a total runtime of 2 1/2-3 hours so fans will have plenty of time to get to Ryogoku Kokugikan for the penultimate day of sumo, at least for the key top tier bouts.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Yoshitatsu & Osamu Nishinura vs. Black Menso-re & Ren Ayabe
T-Hawk, Kaz Hayashi & Jack Cartwheel vs. Toshizo, Jun & Rei Saito
Shuji Ishikawa & Yuma Anzai vs. Hideki Suzuki & Koji Iwamoto
Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori
Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue vs. Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku & Rukiya
All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman vs. Hikaru Sato for the title
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda for the Triple Crown

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7:29 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Normally they start muted during opening announcements but not this time. After these finish we go muted for a moment.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd still filing in but it looks like maybe 70% full from what we can see so far, so I’m guessing it’ll be around 900. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1161)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. There doesn’t seem to be the usual TV simulcast in Japan but there is Japanese commentary. There is also a notable difference in volume levels when they switch between the hard camera and ringside handheld video camera views (the latter being much lower).

Match 1: Yoshitatsu & Osamu Nishinura vs. Black Menso-re & Ren Ayabe. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yoshitatsu & Osamu Nishimura beat Black Menso-re & Ren Ayabe. Nishimura pinned Yoshitatsu with a backslide.

Match 2: T-Hawk (GLEAT), Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT) & Jack Cartwheel vs. Toshizo, Jun & Rei Saito. 20 minute time limit
Result: T-Hawk, Kaz Hayashi & Jack Cartwheel beat Toshizo, Jun & Rei Saito. Cartwheel pinned Toshizo after a top rope cartwheel. That’s a huge win for the US indy guy who I saw make his AEW debut earlier this year in person.

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa & Yuma Anzai vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Koji Iwamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 4: Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi. Omori pinned Aoyagi. Afterwards, Omori kept Miyahara from leaving and seemingly taunted him in the ring, but his attempt at embarrassing Miyahara led to Omori getting a low blow.

Upcoming event and match announcements include the Jr. Battle Of Glory 2023 for November. Participants: Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato, Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato, Fuminori Abe, Naruki Doi, Koki Iwamoto and Ryo Inoue. That tournament starts on 11/12 and ends on 12/6, it will be a round-robin tournament. They also will hold their year-ending event on 12/31 in Tokyo, I think it’ll be at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2. Also a title match for 10/9: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Jun & Rei Saito for the titles.

Match 5: Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue vs. Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku & Rukiya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku & Rukiya. Tamura pinned Rukiya.

Match 6: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman (GLEAT) vs. Hikaru Sato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman beat Hikaru Sato to retain the title. V3 for Lindaman. Next up: If Lindaman has his way, Naruki Doi. We shall see.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda for the Triple Crown. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda to retain the Triple Crown. V4 for Aoyagi. Next up…forget being his partner and fellow All-Japan World Tag Team Champion, Kento Miyahara wants the Triple Crown back! Aoyagi apparently accepts, we’ll see what happens. After Miyahara mic drops and heads off, Aoyagi finishes his post-match promo to end the show.

The next event is NEW AGE CHRONICLE-Z ~JUMP OVER~ on 10/5 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. The event features only wrestlers with less than 10 years experience and is based on an idea from Rising Hayato. Broadcast plans TBA. (Update: 10/5 is now a legit advance sellout)

News: Japanese Wrestler Released By WWE

One of the only times this site talks about WWE is developing news just coming out: Amidst a firestorm of talent cuts yesterday after a new TV deal for their SmackDown program was announced (I will be attending next week’s show in Sacramento, CA), most notably near-20 year stalwart Dolph Ziggler, today comes word that Japanese wrestler Ikemen Jiro is gone. Jiro, who previously was Jiro Kuroshio (not his real name) in Japan in WRESTLE-1, competed mainly in the NXT label and mostly on programs seen only on streaming although he had a brief tag team run when New Japan’s KUSHIDA was in WWE prior to his current run in Impact Wrestling. Otherwise he mainly was a comedy wrestler. No word yet on his future plans

Impact Wrestling 9/21/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in White Plains, NY:

This episode was taped on 9/9 and is Part 2 of the 1000th episode special event that began last week.

The YouTube pre-show match was Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly vs. Death Dollz for the titles.

Match 1: Ultimate X-with Alan Angels, Zachary Wentz, Mike Bailey, RIch Swann, Samurai Del Sol & Ace Austin-was won by Alan Angels. As a result, Angels gets a future Impact X Division Championship match.

Angels backstage post-match. He says he’s cashing in his title shot against Chris Sabin next week.

Match 2: In a Fox Box Match-10 minute time limit, if it goes the distance the winner will be determined by special judge Chase Stephens-Jake Something beat Dirty Dango in 3:58.

Steve Maclin promo. He quickly gets laid out by Rhino. Santino Marella barges in. Rhino sends a warning before storming off.

Match 3: Eric Young beat Kenny King by DQ. Sheldon Jean interference. This only lasted a few seconds. Scott D’Amore seconded Young. After the DQ, Shark Boy came out and as Deputy Director Of Authority flexed his muscle. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Eric Young & Scott D’Amore beat Kenny King & Sheldon Jean by DQ. The Design interference almost immediately. Shark Boy again said no. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Eric Young, Scott D’Amore, Chris Herris & James Storm beat Deaner, Kon, Kenny King & Sheldon Jean. Young pinned Jean after a piledriver.

Feast Or Fired recap before the results are revealed. Busted Open host Dace LaGreca presides over the unveiling backstage, but first a commercial.

Replay of Team 3D reunion last week.

Briefcase reveal in numerical order: 1-Crazzy Steve gets Impact Digital Media Championship shot. 2-Moose gets Impact World Championship shot, but he (and everyone else except Steve) wanted Impact Tag Team Championship Match. 3-Chris Bey gets Impact Tag Team Championship Match. Which means…4-Yuya Uemura gets FIRED. JOYA ends almost as soon as it began. Uemura is probably headed back to New Japan Pro Wrestling and this may be the end of his Young Lion training excursion.

Match 4: Josh Alexander beat Trey Miguel. Zachary Wentz interfered late but got laid out by Alex Shelley outside the ring right before the end. Afterwards, Alexander with microphone. He called out Shelley for finally being in his corner this time after not being there before. Shelley responded that he wanted to hurt them, not help him. Alexander says he’s taking the Impact World Championship back at Bound For Glory. But don’t forget Moose now has a title shot as well.

Official for Bound For Glory: Mike Bailey vs. Will Ospreay. Backstage, Jonathan Gresham hooks up with Bailey to check on him ahead of that match. Then they talk Feast Or Fired as Gresham says he’s back to go for the Impact World Championship and have clean matches, taking a shot at Rascalz. Bailey then says he’s going to talk to management about making yet another match against Gresham.

John Skyler confronts Rascalz about getting an Impact Tag Team Championship match. Austin & Bey interrupt as they’ve now got another shot themselves. Skyler isn’t buying it but Rascalz snuck out.

Now also official for Bound For Glory-Impact World Champion Alex Shelley vs. Josh Alexander for the title.

Main Event: Jordynne Grace, Trinity, Mickie James, Awesome Kong & Gail Kim beat Tasha Steelz, Deonna Purrazzo, Gisele Shaw, Angelina Love & Savannah Evans. Kong pinned Shaw after Implant Buster. Afterwards, The Beautiful People put their paper bag on Jai Vidal after they laid him out. The winning team stood together in the ring to end the special event.

Next week: Impact X Division Champion Chris Sabin vs. Alan Angels for the title, Tommy Dreamer & Heath vs. Kenny King & Sheldon Jean in a Memphis Street Fight, Bailey-Gresham & Yuya Uemura’s goodbye ceremony. (Plans could change but it’s worth noting Uemura vs. Josh Alexander has been advertised over the last week or so for Saturday’s TV tapings)

The next TV tapings are tomorrow & Saturday in Nashville, TN and will take the promotion to the Bound For Glory PPV in October.