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DDT 11/23/23 Results

DDT ran a house show today in the hometown of MAO for the first time in 4 1/2 years.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 226.

Match 1: KANON beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2; Daisuke Sasaki & Demus beat Yuni & Yuya Koroku. Demus pinned Yuni after Banagueza.

Match 3: HARASHIMA, Danshoku DIeno & Makoto Oishi beat Kazuki Hirata, Aizawa #1 & Illusion. HARASHIMA pinned Illusion after Blue Sword. This was to have been Sanshiro Takagi teaming with Hirata & Aizawa #1 but Takagi was removed earlier this week due to injury. Illusion was the replacement.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Kazusada Higuchi & Rukiya. Okada pinned Rukiya after Sudden Death.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo beat MJ Paul.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat Chris Brookes, Akito & Yukio Naya. MAO pinned Akito after Cannonball 450. Afterwards, MAO announced he wanted to hold another hometown tournament next year and closed with Heat Wave WER!

The next event is the D KING GRAND PRIX 2023 opener Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:15 PM PT/9:15 PM ET. The legendary Kenta Kobashi will be a special guest on commentary.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/23/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a special standalone event today ahead of their major 10th Anniversary event next week.

Today’s event was held at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at some point next week. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 210, a full house/near sellout.

Before the matches began, former TJPW wrestler Nodoka Tenma, who retired last year, returned for the opening call along with Minami Momochi, TJPW’s original ring announcer who also came back for today. Still wearing that Kigurumi mask as she always did.

Match 1: Shoko Nakajima beat Pom Harajuku.

Match 2: In a Ghost Story Death match, Yumehito Imanari beat DDT GM Hisaya Imabayashi, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda in a 4-way by beating Imabayashi. Of course it was a comedy match.

There was a break here for a mini-live performance by “Bad In” (?), a sexy idol duo.

Match 3: In a No Time Limit match, Rika Tatsumi beat Demonio.

Nodoka Tenma returned to the ring for a “Ping-Pong-Pan Exercises” segment.

Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Hyper Misao beat Miyu Yamashita, Hikari Noa & Yuki Aino. Sakazaki pinned Aino after Burning Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Most if not all the matches were comedy matches to some extent, as evident by the phoos posted on DDT’s website.

The next event is Sunday at NGK Sports Plaza 3rd Stadium in AIchi to continue the CITY CIRCUIT Tour. Wakana Uehara is off the event due to a scheduled stage performance. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 11/23/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Real World Tag League today with Day 5 of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 590.

Jr. Battle Of Glory:
Match 1: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 2: Hikaru Sato beat Koji Iwamoto.
Match 3: Fuminori Abe beat Rising Hayato.

Match 4: Cyrus, Ryan Danielson & Hiroshi Yamato (Independent/Freelancer) beat Takao Omori, Dan Tamura & Black Menso-re. Danielson pinned Tamura after Sparrow Splash.

Real World Tag League:
Match 5: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. Suwama beat Sakaguchi with Vise Sleeper.
Match 6: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Anzai pinned Ishikawa with a German suplex hold.
Match 7: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Aoyagi pinned Tachibana after THE FOOL.
Main Event: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori beat Jun & Rei Saito. Nakajima pinned Rei Saito after Northern Lights Bomb.
The main event result now has Nakajima/Omori and the Saito Bros tied for the lead, but the winners are now on top at 4-0 with the Saitos at 4-1.

The next event is Sunday at Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day.

New Japan 11/23/23 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with Day 2 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1256.

Pre-show Match: Yuto Nakashima beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale beat Tiger Mask, Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. Ishimori pinned TM 4.

Match 2: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Zandokan Jr. & Yota Tsuji beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Tsuji pinned Honma after Vamos Amigo.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & HIrooki Goto beat Oskar Leube, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Goto pinned Leube after Shoto.

Match 4: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Taichi pinned Jado.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Yano pinned Liona.
Match 6: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Khan pinned Oiwa after a pop-up Eliminator.
Match 7: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Kidd pinned Umino after a leg trap piledriver.
Main Event: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Nicholls pinned Takahashi after Tank Buster.

The next event is tomorrow at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

AEW Dynamite 11/22/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s ARW Dynamite in Chicago:

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

Continental Classic starts tonight. Rules: 20 minute time limit, 3 points for win, 1 for draw, 1 point lost for DQs, nobody allowed at ringside.

Match 1: Continental Classic Tournament Gold Block: Swerve Strickland vs. Jay Lethal
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Jay Lethal
Strickland is 1-0, 3 points. Lethal is 0-1, 0 points.

Schedule Update: This week’s Rampage airs LIVE SATURDAY AT 7 PM ET (TAPED at 7 PM PT).

MJF & Adam Cole come out. Promo interrupted by Samoa Joe after The Devil appears on the big screen. MJF accepts Joe’s offer, and that means Joe will face MJF for the AEW World Championship on 12/30 at the Worlds End PPV in Long Island, NY (MJF’s hometown).

Match 2: Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Jake Hager vs. Hook, Katsuyori Shibata & Orange Cassidy
Before the match, Cassidy brings out Danhausen, back after being out most of the year due to injury.
Result: Hook, Katsuyori Shibata & Orange Cassidy beat Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Jake Hager. Hook beat Parker with Redrum.

Adam Cole interviewed. Roderick Strong shows up again and Cole tells him off, saying they’re not friends anymore.

Christian Cage rechristens Luchasaurus as Kill Switch and Nick Wayne as The Prodigy. Wayne’s mom comes out and gets Kill Switch pushed into her, knocking her out. Adam Copeland saves her from chair shots.

Match 3: Continental Classic: Rush vs. Jay White
Result: Jay White beat Rush
White is 1-0, 3 points. Rush is 0-1, 0 points

Toni Storm Championship Acceptance Speech. Thankfully this is very short and unceremoniously cur off by Skye Blue heading to the ring for the next match. (They are starting to run up against time now, less than 25 minutes TV time left and they still have 2 matches)

Match 4: Skye Blue vs. Anna Jay & Ruby Soho in a 3-way
Result: Skye Blue beat Anna Jay & Ruby Soho in a 3-way by pinning Jay.

Wardlow interviewed backstage. AR Fox interrupts for some reason and gets laid out.

Main Event: Continental Classic: Mark Briscoe vs. Jon Moxley
Result: Jon Moxley beat Mark Briscoe
5 minute overrun on TV. Moxley is 1-0, 3 points. Briscoe is 0-1, 0 points.

Saturday on Collision: Blue Block-STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Brody King for the title and Daniel Garcia vs. Claudio Castagnoli. Collision will air at regular time after the LIVE Rampage at 7 PM ET.

This show started off fine then went completely off a cliff. Not really worth watching except the first match, maybe the main event, and the MJF/Cole/Joe segment.

FREE VIDEO: GLEAT 11/18/23 Full Event

While it took maybe a fay longer than usual, as is always the case GLEAT has uploaded their latest full non-livestreamed event to YouTube FOR FREE! Check out last Saturday’s G PROWRESTLING Ver. 65 event below;

Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube channel.

All-Japan 11/21/23 Results

All-Japan ran Day 4 of the Real World Tag League today. Between the league and Jr. Battle Of Glory it was all tournament matches today.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 335, a super full house/very near sellout.

Jr. Battle Of Glory:
Match 1: Ryo Inoue vs. Naruki Doi went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Koji Iwamoto vs. Fuminori Abe went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 3: Dan Tamura vs. Hikaru Sato went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 4: Rising Hayato beat Atsuki Aoyagi.

Real World Tag League:
Match 5: Katsuhijo Nakajima & Hokuto Omori beat Cyrus & Ryan Danielson. Nakajima pinned Danielson after Northern Lights Bomb.
Match 6: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Aoyagi pinned Ayabe.
Match 7: Jun & Rei Saito beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. Jun Saito pinned Okatani after Psycho Break.
Match 8: Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Tamura pinned Suwama after a lariat.
Main Event: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Tachibana pinned Honda after Yankee Hammer.

Standings:
Jr. Battle Of Glory:
1-Dan Tamura, 2-1-1, 5 points
2-Hayato, 2-2, 4 points
3-Doi, 1-1-1, 3 points
4-Atsuki Aoyagi, 1-1-1, 3 points
5-Inoue, 1-1-1, 3 points
6-Abe, 1-0-1, 3 points
7-Iwamoto, 0-0-2, 2 points
8-Sato, 0-2-1, 1 point

Real World Tag League:
1-Saito Bros, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Nakajima/Omori, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Miyahara/Yuma Aoyagi, 2-1-1, 5 pts
4-Hayato Tamura/Del Mal, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Cyrus/Danielson, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Kuroshio/Tachibana, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Suwama/Suzuki, 1-3, 2 pts
8-Sakaguchi/Okatani, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Ishikawa/Ayabe, 1-3, 2 pts
10-Honda/Anzai, 0-2-1, 1 pt

The next event is Thursday at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan 11/21/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of the World Tag League today, kicking off Block B action. A pre-show match featured a second new Young Lion beginning his journey to superstardom.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1109.

Pre-show Match: Katsuya Murashima Debut Match: Yuto Nakashima beat Katsuya Murashima by submission.

Match 1: Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun beat Oskar Leube & Tomoaki Honma. Kaun pinned Leube after Heaven’s Gates.

Match 2: Boltin Oleg, Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) bear Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Kiyomiya pinned Newman after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Master Wato, Shota Umino & Ren Narita beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.

Match 4: Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. EVIL pinned Fujita after EVIL.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. beat Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Soberano pinned Suzuki after Table Pack. UPSET ALERT!!
Match 6: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale. Zayne pinned Bonza after Cinnamon Twist.
Match 7: Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Zandokan Je. & Yota Tsuji. Taichi pinned Zandokan after Black Mephisto.
Main Event: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Hikuleo pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Super Thunder Kiss 86. The STRONG Tag Team Champs take potential Round 1 from the IWGP Tag Team Champs.

The next event is Thursday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

RUMOR: Another Stardom Star Going For Bigger Stardom?

This is not entirely a done deal yet and, based on later fact-checking done weekly by the site that shares them is probably 55-60% accurate right now, but there are RUMORS another top Stardom name could be WWE-bound. This time it’s top foreigner Giulia. Here’s what is being said: Giulia is verbally committed to Stardom for next year. But talks are to the point that WWE has made an offer. What it may come down to is money and which brand-if it’s NXT (their developmental brand), owner Bushiroad Corporation and sibling company New Japan Pro Wrestling can probably match the offer and keep her. But if it’s main level (Raw or Smackdown), and money is more important, Goulia is probably following KAIRI (back in the latter’s case) to The E. Giulia is said to be a “priority acquisition” for WWE and her multi-racial background (she is mixed Japanese & Italian and was born in England) could help then worldwide. Again, just RUMORS for now but bears watching.

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: The Juice Can’t Be Loose For Now

According to rumors today from various US news sites, AEW is short a Bullet Club member for a while as Juice Robinson was written off last week on Collision due to a legit injury. Back. Out indefinitely but reportedly at least the rest of the year. We’ll know for sure if we don’t see him on TV this week.

More as it becomes available.