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Injury Report: Japan Injury Roundup (Updated x3)

There have been A LOT of injuries recently across the major Japanese promotions. Here are some of the latest updates:

New Japan-Yoshinobu Kanemaru is now off the rest of the Road to DESTRUCTION Tour. Knee injury suffered earlier this week. Boltin Oleg, was was out since last weekend due to a fever and arm infection (they were related), is cleared to return.

All-Japan/GLEAT-Sayaka Unagi is out indefinitely. Left shoulder injury suffered yesterday. For All-Japan, she was to have faced Sunny tomorrow. SAKI (not Saki Akai) is the replacement. For GLEAT, she is off the 9/17 event.

Stardom-Momo Kohga, Lady C, Miyu Amasaki and Mai Sakurai all will miss some of all of the rest of the 5 STAR GP, which runs through 9/30.

UPDATE: Tokyo Joshi Pro announced Neko Haruna has multiple knee and ACL injuries and will have surgery in October. Out several months if not longer. She will appear on 10/9 but not compete.

UPDATE 2: 9/14-what is going on in TJPW? For their event Saturday they have had to blow the card up. Not one, not two, not three…but SIX wrestlers are now off-Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Raku and HIMAWARI. The very vague poor physica condition for all beyond illnesses. Add Neko Haruna (knees) and that’s 7 in the last few days. They somehow still are managing 7 matches scheduled with Ryo Mizunami being a late add. As compensation, any fan in attendance can request and will be given a colored piece of paper autographed by a random wrestler.

UPDATE 3: 9/15-Something is going around TJPW as now they have announced Wakana Uehara is now off tomorrow. Fever. So that’s now 7 off tomorrow, 8 if you count Neko Haruna. That’s about 1/3 of the roster.

AEW Dynamite 9/13/23 LIVE Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Cincinnati, OH:

Updates will begin at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.

Match 1: AEW International Champion Jon Moxley vs. Big Bill for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Jon Moxley beat Big Bill by submission to retain the title. Ricky Starks beat down Bryan Danielson afterwards, and Bill beat down Moxley until Claudio Castagnoli made the save.

Commentary announces Moxley defends vs. Rey Fenix next week in New York City.

Don Callis unveils his new masterpiece and next target-Kota Ibushi.

Possibly being added to Collision Saturday-Danielson & Castagnoli vs. Starks & Bill. Danielson issued challenge. Lucha Bros interrupt as Penta El Zero M & Alex Abrahantes try to restrain Rey Fenix as he taunts Moxley. Eddie Kingston then shows up and stares down Castagnoli.

Match 2: Britt Baker vs. Hikaru Shida, Nyla Rose & Tomi Storm in a 4-way. The winner faces AEW Women’s Champion Saraya for the title next week
Result: Toni Storm beat Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida & Nyla Rose in a 4-way by pinning Baker. As a result, Storm will face Saraya next week for the AEW Women’s Championship.

Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara discuss their match next week.

Post-show footage last week of MJF being interviewed post-attack to end last week’s show. Not cleared to travel this week but will be back next week.

Match 3: Adam Page vs. Brian Cage
Result: Adam Page beat Brian Cage. Afterwards, Swerve Strickland says he’ll face Page on 10/1 in Seattle, WA.

Friday on Rampage: AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander vs. Jade Cargill for the title.

Match 4: Darby Allin & Nick Wayne vs. Angelo Parker & Matt Menard
Result: Darby Allin & Nick Wayne beat Angelo Parker & Matt Menard. Allin pinned Parker after Coffin Drop. Afterwards, Christian Cage proposed a match for next week-Allin & Sting vs. Cage & Luchasaurus. Not announced during the next week rundown that followed.

Main Event: World TItle Eliminator Tournament Finals: Roderick Strong vs. Samoa Joe
Result: Samoa Joe beat Roderick Strong by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Joe will face MJF next week for the AEW World Championship. Afterawrds, they did the stretcher job for Strong as Adam Cole came out. In the end, Cole got choked out by Joe to end the show.

Once again it was a Dynamite that happened. Nothing terrible but nothing great and nothing to get me more excited for next week’s biggest episode of the year in New York City. Another completely average show.

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FREE VIDEO: Shiori Aoki Referee Debut in TJPW

Ahead of her return to Tokyo Joshi Pro as a referee this weekend, SKE48 has posted the full video of a Tokyo Joshi Pro match earlier this year when group member Shiori Aoki made her wrestling debut as a referee-in a match featuring SKE48 teammate Yuki Arai, no less! Fellow teammate Marika Tani was a guest on Japanese commentary. They’ll all do it again Monday (Sunday night US time) and you can watch LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning Sunday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET, featuring a special SKE48 mini-live performance with Arai and 4 of her SKE48 teammates. Until then, check out the video below (video courtesy of the SKE48 Official YouTube channel):

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/10/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour with an event in Kyoto, a hometown event for Yuki Arai.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 289.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. Raku pinned HIMAWARI after Doctor Yellow.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Nao Kakuta & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Nakajima pinned Hasegawa with a Northern Lights Suplex hold.

Match 4: Hikari Noa beat Moka Miyamoto & Miyu Yamashita in a 3-way by pinning Miyamoto.

Match 5: Yuki Aino beat Yuki Arai.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Suzume & Arisu Endo and Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe in a 3-way when Kiryu pinned Endo. As a result, Kamifuku & Kiryu sill face Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta for the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/9.

The next event is Saturday at Kissei Cultural Hall Middle Hall in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/10/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 420.

Match 1: Taishi Ozawa beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & Tadasuke. Thatcher beat Greene with a Fujiwara armbar.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Mohammed Yone beat Naomichi Marufuji & Junta Miyawaki. Kitamiya beat Miyawaki with Prison Lock.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima, HAYATA & Eita beat Daiki Inaba, Atsushi Kotoge & Kai Fujimura. Nakajima pinned Fujimura after Vertical Spike.

Match 5: Ninja Mack beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf in a 3-way by pinning Bane.

Match 6: Shuji Kondo, Seiki Yoshioka & Hajime Ohara beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Daga & LEONA (Dradition). Yoshioka pinned LEONA after Crash Driver.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (New Japan) beat Adam Brooks & Stallion Rogers. Kiyomiya pinned Rogers after a transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 8: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Manabu Soya beat Kenoh & Lance Anoa’i. Soya pinned Anoa’i after a jumping DDT.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki & Hi69 beat Jake Lee & YO-HEY. Shiozaki pinned YO-HEY after Go Lariat.

The next event is LEC Cleanpa! Presents Naomichi Marufuji 25th Anniversary on 9/17 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English ONLY will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results will be posted. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan. The event is a legit advance sellout.

New Japan 9/10/23 Results

New Japan continues the Toad To DESTRUCTION Tour today with BLUE JUSTICE 13, the latest Yuji Nagata Produced event in his hometown.

Today’s event was held at Togane Arena in Chiba and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1332.

There were once again last-minute card changes due to injuries-Yoshinobu Kanemaru legit injured his knee yesterday and Boltin Oleg remains out due to an arm infection and fever. Kanemaru is also off tomorrow’s event.

Match 1: Jado, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Oskar Leube, Yuto Nakashima, Makabe pinned Nakashima after a King Kong kneefrop.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoh & Ryusuke Taguchi. Yano pinned Taguchi.

Match 3: Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada. Sabre pinned Ishii with a crucifix.

Match 4: HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat BUSHI, SHingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. HENARE beat BUSHI with Ultima.

Match 5: Yota Tsuji & Hiromu Takahashi beat Callum Newman & Will Ospreay. Takahashi pinned Newman after Time Bomb.

Match 6: Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi & SANADA. EVIL pinned TAKA after EVIL.

Main Event: Best of 7 Series Match 1: Master Wato, Shota Umino & Yuji Nagata vs. Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

The next event is tomorrow at Tatsunoko Arena in Ibaraki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. In fact, of the 8 remaining events on this part of the tour only one will be televised at all.

AEW Collision 9/9/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Cleveland, OH:

Match 1: AEW International Champion Jon Moxley vs. Action Andretti for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Jon Moxley beat Action Andretti by submission to retain the title.

Match 2: AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander vs. TBA for the title. TBA is Robyn Renegade.
Result: AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander beat Robyn Renegade to retain the title. Squash. Afterwards The Renegades beat down Statlander but Jade Cargill returned to make the save. Then left Statlander JADED.

Eddie Kingston & Claudio Castagnoli interviewed. Kingston says he’ll defend the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship vs. Castagnoli on 9/20. (UPDATE: The match will also be for Castagnoli’s ROH World Championship, a double title match)

Match 2: Juice Robinson & Gunn Club vs. Dios Del Inframundo, Aerostar & Gravity. This was to have been an 8-man tag with Metalik & Jay White but White was a last-minute removal from tonight due to personal reasons. Metalik was also removed as a result
Result: Juice Robinson & Gunn Club beat Dios Del Inframundo, Aerostar & Gravity. Robinson pinned ?. Glorified squash.

CJ Perry promo. She wants to be Lana, the coldest manager in wrestling, again.

Dark Order promo.

The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn promo.

Match 3: Rey Fenix vs. Angelico
Result: Rey Fenix beat Angelico

FTR promo. Yet another open challenge for titles.

Match 4: World Title Eliminator Tournament Semifinals: Roderick Strong vs. Darby Allin
Result: Roderick Strong beat Darby Allin

Powerhouse Hobbs promo.

Keith Lee interviewed. Sounds like he’ll be on Collision more now.

Bryan Danielson interviewed. He teases this next year maybe being the last of his career and asked to face New Japan’s Zack Sabre Jr. on 10/1 before Ricky Starks interrupts. Danielson tries to recruit Starks into BCC but Starks & Big Bill beat down Danielson and Moxley when he tried to make the save.

Added to Dynamite Wednesday: Adam Page vs. Brian Cage and AEW International Champion Jon Moxley vs. Big Bill for the title.

Next week: FTR vs. Iron Savages for the AEW Tag Team Championship.

Made official for WrestleDream on 10/1 in Seattle, WA: Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Main Event: World Title Eliminator Tournament Semifinals: Samoa Joe vs. Penta El Zero M
Result: Samoa Joe beat Penta El Zero M by submission. As a result, Joe will face Roderick Strong on Wednesday with the winner facing MJF for the AEW World Championship on 9/20.

A slightly above average episode overall and my least favorite Collision so far, but not a bad show by any means. Think of it more as a reset to start the post-CM Punk era of the program, so give it a few more weeks to see what will happen. Danielson-Starks does look like it’ll be the hot program for now.

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Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/9/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with their first-ever event in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall West Exhibition Hall 2nd Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 223.

Match 1: Yuki AIno beat HIMAWARI.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku beat Toga.

Match 4: Yuki Arai, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki. Arai beat Suzuki with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto. Watanabe pinned Miyamoto after Daydream Eternity.

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Championship Tournament: Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima and Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way when Kakuta pinned Nakajima. As a result, Kakuta & Noa will face the winners of a second 3-way scheduled for tomorrow at WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/9 for the titles.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 9/9/23 Results

DDT’s latest major event, BIG BANG 2023, was held earlier today.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1363.

Match 1: Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Illusion beat Yuni, Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Takanashi pinned Yuni.

Match 2: In a Disband Contra Vice President Match, Akito beat Yuki Iino. As a result, Pheromones must disband. That will (thankfully?) happen on 10/4 at Shinjuku Face.

Match 3: HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Takao Soma beat Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada. Higuchi pinned Koroku after Doctor Bomb.

Match 4: In a Kazuki Hirata Death Match, DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Naruki Doi to retain the Extreme title and win the Iron Man title. Hirata becomes the 1576th DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. V2 for Hirata. Next up: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan), who unsuccessfully then tried to win the Ironman title. That match will happen on 11/12 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Match 5: KO-D 6-Man and All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Ram Kaichow to retain the titles. Sakaguchi pinned Miyamoto after God’s Right Knee. DDT V3 & All-Japan V2 for the champs.

Match 6: In a Time Difference Scramble Bunkhouse Current Explosion Deathmatch, Atsushi Onita, Yoshitatsu (All-Japan) & Toi Kojima beat Jun Akiyama, Sanshiro Takagi & Yusuke Okada. Yoshitatsu pinned Takagi after a snadwich-type exploding bat full swing. This seems to have cost Akiyama an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match, but Onita declared it will still happen. That match will happen on 9/18 in an Electric Blast Death Match.

Match 7: Minoru Fujita & KANON beat KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi to win the titles. Fujita & KANON become the 79th KO-D Tag Team Champions. KANON beat Oishi with a cobra twist.

Match 8: Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Konosuke Takeshita & Daisuke Sasaki. Ueno pinned Sasaki after BME. Afterwards, Ueno pledged his allegiance to The37Kamiina and MAO challenged Takeshita to a match. That match will happen on 9/24 at Korakuen Hall.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Shigehiro Irie to retain the title. V1 for Brookes. Next up: He chose…Saki Akai! Her first chance at the title! And almost certainly her last due to her upcoming retirement. That match will happen on 9/24.

The next event is tomorrow at Global Ring Theater, Ikebukuro West Exit Park Outdoor Theater in Tokyo. This is a free event and is an outdoor event and is weather permitting, if weather is bad it will be cancelled. There will be no live broadcast.