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Stardom 10/18/23 Results

Stardom held a special Sumire Natsu Produced 10th Anniversary event today as the former roster member, who is now a freelancer but often working with fellow freelancer Maya Yukihi, brought together a wide variety of wrestlers to celebrate including DDT star Saki Akai, making a special appearance in Stardom before she retires next month.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and may be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 494, a legit sellout. About 100% legit full too as the venue’s max capacity for wrestling is 500.

Match 1: Hazuki & Koguma beat Itsuki Aoki & Sakura Hirota. Hazuki pinned Hirota.

Match 2: ChiChi won a 10 woman Y shirt battle royal, last eliminating Waka Tsukiyama. Eliminations were by normal rules or being stripped of their shirt. Order of elimination: YAKO, Chanyota (?), Mai Sakurai, Saya Iida. ZONES, SAKI, Mina Shirakawa, Ram Kaichow, Tsukiyama. Y-shirts are button-up dress shirts for those unsure.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora vs. Veny went to a double countout.

Main Event: Sumire Natsu 10th Anniversary Match: Saki Akai, Takumi Iroha & AZM beat Kaho Kobayashi, Rina Yamashita & Sumire Natsu. Iroha pinned Natsu after Running 3. This was a 10th Anniversary match for all the participants as everyone in this match debuted in 2013.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall to resume the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

News: GLEAT Absence This Weekend

While this one is not injury-related, GLEAT has bene forced to report on yet another in a long list of countless wrestler absences from recent events, this time announcing that Junjae is off this Saturday’s G PROWRESTLING event. Family emergency. He was to have teamed with JD Lee to face Issei Onitsuka & Fire Katsumi. No replacement named yet.

More as it becomes available.

FREE VIDEO: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenoh Double Title Match (11/28/2021)

Ahead of Katsuhiko Nakajima’s final matches in Pro Wrestling NOAH before he moves on to continue his career elsewhere, the promotion is making some of his best matches available FOR FREE on YouTube. That includes what I feel is THE GREATEST MATCH I HAVE EVER SEEN, and I have been a wrestling fan for 35+ years-this timeless 11/28/2021 Double Title Kongo Bongo vs. Kenoh. Get your popcorn ready, get comfortable and click below to watch (video courtesy of the Pro Wrestling NOAH Official English YouTube Channel):

News: Impact Star Headed To All-Japan (Updated 10/19)

All-Japan posted a YouTube video today announcing that Jonathan Gresham, currently competing in Impact Wrestling, will be making his All-Japan debut soon. He will be heading there later this month (probably after this weekend’s Bound For Glory PPV and TV tapings, or possibly after Impact’s England tour next week) and has already challenged El Lindaman for the All-Japan Word Junior Heavyweight Championship. Based on mentions of Hokkaido and the next tour schedule after that (plus it also will have a Jr. Battle Of Glory tournament), such a match could possibly happen between 10/31-11/5 during a scheduled week-long Hokkaido tour before an 11/12 Korakuen Hall event.

Gresham has competed in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling before but this will be his first time in All-Japan.

More as it becomes available.

10/19 UPDATE: The title match will happen on 11/5.

DDT News: Vacant Titles Coming Soon

DDT announced today that, while not happening yet, the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship will soon be VACANT. Current champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani will give up the titles on 11/12 because Akai will retire that day and no more defenses are scheduled before then. Determination tournament to crown new champions will be held on 11/16.

More as it becomes available.

(Side note: They also hold the All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Championship and are scheduled to defend that title Saturday)

Stardom 10/15/23 Results

Stardom kicked off the 13th Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League tournament today, wasting little time moving from their annual major singles tournament into their annual tag team tournament.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 813.

Match 1: Ruaka beat Yuna Mizumori.

Match 2: Mai Sakurai & Thekla beat Miyu Amasaki & MIRAI. Sakurai beat Amasaki with Lady’s Clutch. This was supposed to have been Sakurai & Thekla vs. AZM & Mirai but AZM was out due to injury.

Match 3: Giulia beat MICHIKO (GLEAT).

Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League:
Match 4: Red Block: Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki vs. Kurumi Hiragi & Risa Sera went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 5: Red Block: Waka Tsukiyama & Mina Shirakawa beat HANAKO & Saya Iida. Shirakawa pinned HANAKO after Implant DDT.
Match 6: Blue Block: Meghan Bahn & Maika beat Ami Sohrei & Lady C. Bahn pinned C after F5.
Match 7: Red Block: Momo Watanabe & Natsuko Toura beat Saki Kashima & Syuri. Watanabe pinned Kashima after Tequila Sunrise.
Main Event: Blue Block: Hazuki & Koguma beat Hanan & Mayu Iwatani. Koguma pinned Hanan after a diving body press.

The next event is a Sumire Natsu Produced 10th Anniversary event Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. DDT star Saki Akai, who is retiring next month, will participate in the event along with Asuka (Veny outside Japan) and hardcore standout Rina Yamashita. Broadcast plans TBA.

The tag league resumes Thursday at Korakuen Hall.

Dragon Gate 10/15/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour today with the second half of a weekend doubleheader in Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1:KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. ISHIN pinned Hulk with a schoolboy.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi won a 7 man Royal Sambo Battle Royal, last eliminating Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 3: Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Eita beat Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Fujii beat U-T with Gedo Clutch.

Match 4: YAMATO, Naruki Doi, Dragon Kid & Luis Mante beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda. Mate pinned Jr. after La Gema.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J. Kikuta pinned Shimizu after a rolling lariat.

The next event is Saturday at Ukiha Arena in Fukuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. This will be followed by a doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka that evening US time, with both events live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK beginning at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

In other news, 4 title matches were announced today for THE GATE OF DESTINY 2023 on 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka: NEW Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN vs. Ryoya Tanaka for the title, Open The Triangle Gate Champions YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga vs. Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & The Bodyguard for the titles, Open The Twin Gate Champions Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda for the titles and Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta vs. BIGBOSS Shimizu for the title. That date is then the time change happens in the US (clocks go back 1 hour) so the live broadcast on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT just before the time change, but at 1:30 AM MT/2:30 AM CT/3:30 AM ET after the respective time changes.

DDT 10/15/23 Results

DDT continued the GOD BLESS DDT 2023 Tour today with the second half of their weekend doubleheader in Hokkaido.

Today’s event was held at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 284, a full house/near sellout.

During the opening announcements, they announced the return dates to Sapporo will be 4/28 & 4/29 at Sapporo Sunplaza Kanae-ma.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Danshoku Dieno.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku. KANON pinned Koroku after Vietnam Driver 2.

Match 3: Takaaki Iwasaki & MAO beat HARASHIMA & Rukiya. Iwasaki beat Rukiya with a Texas Cloverleaf.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) beat Kazuki Hirata, Totake-yu (? That unknown guy from yesterday) & Kazuma Sumo. Yoshida pinned Sumi after Authorized Lightning Leg Lariat.

Match 5: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi & Akito to retain the titles. Sakaguchi pinned Akito after God’s Right Knee. V5 for the champs.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Kazusada Higuchi & Toi Kojima. Brookes pinned Kojima after Praying Mantis Bomb.

During the post-main event winners promo to end the show…

MAO beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Takeshi Masada to win the title. MAO becomes the 1581st Champion.

The next event is…but wait, about 25 minutes later after all the fans had left and the ring was taken down, and during some backstage video filming…

Takeshi Masada beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion MAO to win the title. Masada becomes the 1582nd Champion. One of the reasons I love DDT-the 24/7 nature of the title. As long as a referee is present, anyone-or anything-can win it!

The next event is GOD BLESS DDT 2023 on 10/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET, but this is subject to change-it may be moved up because there is a pre-show dark match on the card. Live results are scheduled. The card is subject to change if Masada loses the Iron Man Championship again as he is to defend against DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata in a match for both titles. If Masada loses the belt beforehand, the match will only be for the Extreme Championship.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/15/23 Results (Event 2 of 2)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with the second half of their doubleheader today

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 286, a full house/near sellout. Unlike the first event today, which was for women only, this was open to all fans. Like the earlier event, Miyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe missed this event due to competing in the USA yesterday.

During the opening announcements, a battle royal was announced for 10/27 at Korakuen Hall to determine the first challenger for NEW International Princess Champion Max The Impaler. That match will happen on 11/19 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Here’s hoping, just because of how much fun that would be, it’s Pom Harajuku. Participants TBA.

Match 1: Yuki Arai beat Shino Suzuki by submission.

Match 2: Hyper Misao & Raku beat Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Raku pinned Toga after Hurricane Turn.

Match 3: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Kamifuku & Runa Okubo. Endo beat Okubo with a camel clutch.

Match 4: Maki Itoh beat HIMAWARI by submission.

Match 5: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto & Haru Kazashiro. Kakuta pinned Kazashiro after Shiden Kai.

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi beat Wakana Uehara by submission.

Main Event: Max The Impaler, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami, Impaler pinned Toribami after a lariat.

The next event is Friday at Aizuwakamatsu City Cultural Center in Fukushima. The event is already a legit advance sellout. Miyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe will be back for this event but Runa Okubo will miss the event to focus on school. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/15/23 Results (Event 1)

Tokyo Joshi Pro is running a doubleheader on Tokyo today, the first event just wrapped up which was Go Girl 4, their first women-only event in a year.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 149. Only women were allowed to attend and there were no advance ticket sales (only same-day at the venue).

It was announced earlier this week that Miyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe would miss today’s events. Both are in the USA for independent events.

Match 1: Suzume beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Wakana Uehara.

Match 3: Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami beat Yuki Aino & Runa Okubo. Misao beat Okubo with a chicken wing.

Match 4: Hikari Noa beat Toga.

Match 5: Max The Impaler, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Nao Kakuta, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. Impaler pinned Suzuki after a short range lariat.

Match 6: Mizuki & Yuki Arai beat Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo. Mizuki pinned Endo with Cutie Special.

Main Event: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi. Kamifuku pinned Nakajima after Fameasser.

The next event is coming up in a couple hours (1 AM PT/4 AM ET. There will be no live broadcast.