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DDT 7/23/23 Results

WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023, DDT’s biggest annual event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3465, a full house/near sellout. Between the setup and only using the lower level mass/box seats at half capacity, the venue’s capacity was significantly reduced (normally it’s maybe 15,000 for sumo, but this suggests it probably was closer to 4000).

Match 1: Takeshi Masada beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2: Sanshiro Takagi, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Yuni beat Masa Takanashi, Toi Kojima & Rukiya. Kawamatsu pinned Rukiya after Shitamachi Rocket (spear).

Match 3: Minoru Fujita, MJ Paul & KANON beat Kazuki Hirata, Toru Owashi & Naruki Doi and Kotaro Suzuki, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku in a 3-way when KANON pinned Koroku.

Match 4: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari (with GM Imabayashi) beat Akito, Takao Soma & Yoshitomo Shimohigashi (with a Japanese YouTuber). Iino pinned Akito after Sexy Cannon.

Match 5: Chiitan* & Pokotan beat Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine. Chiitan* pinned Machine after Chii*Poco Trigger.

Match 6: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida to win the titles. Sakaguchi, Akai & Okatani become the 52nd KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Okatani pinned Ishida with a double arm suplex. Emotional victory for the new champs and Akai has won the title she indicated she wanted to before her retirement later this year.

Match 7: MAO beat TAKA Michinoku (New Japan).

Match 8: Yukio Naya Return Match: Jun Akiyama & Shigehiro Irie beat HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya. Irie pinned Naya after Beast Bomber.

Match 9: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yuki Ueno. Takeshita’s name was stylized in all caps, in part to reflect his apparent heel turn in All Elite Wrestling.

Match 10: Matt Cardona beat DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo to win the title. Cardona becomes the 11th DDT Universal Champion. OH SNAP. Steph De Lander interference helped though. First up. as challenger..OH DOUBLE SNAP. Maki Itoh from Tokyo Joshi Pro. That match will happen on 9/24 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 11: El Desperado (New Japan) beat Daisuke Sasaki. For being the winner, Desperado won a year’s worth of tequila from the match sponsor, Mexico Kanko (I believe they are the makes of Jose Cuervo).

Main Event: Chris Brookes beat KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino to win the title. Brookes becomes the 81st KO-D Openweight Champion. UPSET ALERT! Quite a comeback from a shoulder injury after winning KING OF DDT as he returned just a couple weeks ago. He named his first challenger as well…Irie. That match will happen on 9/9 at Ota City General Gym. In the post-event happenings, they cut backstage to show Takeshita & Sasaki sharing a handshake. Could Takeshita be defecting from The37Kamiina to Damnation T.A.? To be continued…?

The next event is “Summer Vacation 2023” on 7/30 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

AEW Collision 7/22/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Newark, NJ:

Ricky Starks comes out first to celebrate winning the Owen Hart Cup Tournament last week. CM Punk comes out and they go back and forth until Christian Cage interrupts, followed by Darby Allin. This all leads to Punk & Allin vs. Starks & Cage being made for tonight.

Miro vs. TBA also has been added.

Match 1; Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. Jay White & Juice Robinson
Result: Jay White & Juice Robinson beat Action Andretti & Darius Martin. White pinned Andretti after Bladerunner.

Match 2: Miro vs. TBA. TBA is Nick Comoroto, who ambushed Miro during his entrance
Result: Miro beat Nick Comoroto. Squash.

Match 3: AEW Trios Champions House Of Black vs. The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn for the titles
Result: AEW Trios Champions House Of Black beat The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn to retain the titles. Malakai Black pinned Gunn after a spinning head kick. Afterwards, Gunn took off his boots and left them in the ring before walking out, usually a sign of a wrestler retiring.

FTR brought out for interview. They go real-life past & present to deliver a message to Adam Cole & MJF, who get a title match next week for winning the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament.

BLOOD & GUTS highlight video.

Match 4: Skye Blue vs. Taya Valkyrie
Result: Taya Valkyrie beat Skye Blue. Afterwards, Valkyrie challenged Britt Baker to a match next week on Dynamite.

Next week on Dynamite: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs> AR Fox for the title, Darby Allin vs. Swerve Strickland, Baker-Valkyrie, Pac vs. Gravity, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta vs. Lucha Bros & Best Friends in a 3-way and MJF & Adam Cole appear.

Next week on Collision: FTR-MJF/Cole for the AEW Tag Team Championship, Buddy Matthews vs. Andrade El Idolo and El Hijo Del Vikingo, Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. Gunn Club & Juice Robinson.

Main Event: CM Punk & Darby Allin vs. Christian Cage & Ricky Starks
Result: Christian Cage & Ricky Starks beat CM Punk & Darby Allin. Starks pinned Allin with a hand on the ropes unseen for leverage.

BREAKING: During the main event it was announced that Matthews-Andrade next week is now a Ladder Match with Andrade’s mask hanging above the ring. (Update: It was later mentioned that Malakai Black & Brody King are banned from the building for the match)

A good show overall, I enjoyed it and there really was nothing bad this week. Collision seems to be more clearly establishing its identity now as an alternate to Dynamite & Rampage and is doing some things right like giving main events a lot of time. I don’t like how it’s still just one women’s match though, but it seems like Tony Khan really doesn’t care about the women’s division much (see throwing Britt Baker in a squash on Dynamite Wednesday just to get a match on TV). Other than that, for the most part I’ve been enjoying Collision and it’s generally worth watching.

End Show.

All-Japan 7/22/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Series 2023 tour today, headlined by NEW Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi making his first defense since winning the Triple Crown.

Today’s event was held at Kunibiki Messe Exhibition Hall in Shimane and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 937.

Match 1: Yuma Anzai vs. Atsuki Aoyagi went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Hikaru Sato & Aigle Blanc. Ishikawa pinned Blanc after Fire Thunder.

Match 3: Suwama & Dan Tamura beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Ryuki Honda. Suwama pinned Honda after Last Ride.

Match 4: AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions ATM, Takao Omori & Black Menso-re beat Yoshitatsu, ALL Mighty Inoue & Rauza to retain the titles. ATM pinned Rauza after a diving body press. V2 for the champs.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Ryo Inoue & Rising Hayato beat Satoshi Kojima, El Lindaman (GLEAT) & Soma Watanabe (GLEAT). Miyahara pinned Watanabe with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Hokuto Omori to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Aoyagi.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. 3 title matches headline including an extreme death match for the All-Asia Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Ganbare Pro 7/22/23 Results

Ganbare Pro held a mini-event today as part of the Machida Kansai Pro Wrestling Festival in Tokyo, an outdoor event.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Machida GION Stadium Zelby Land Special in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

Because this was part of another event, the attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Shuichiro Katsumura beat Sotatsu Nakamura by submission.

Match 2: HARUKAZE & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Cherry & Riara. HARUKAZE pinned Riara after Flame Spear.

Match 3: Ken Ohka, Seiya Morohashi & Hiroya vs. Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): Ken Ohka, Seita Morohashi & Hiroya beat Keisuke Ishii, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga. Ohka pinned Shota after Hanki Powerbomb.

The next vent is 8/6 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo with two title matches. Broadcast plans TBA but right now it looks like there will be no live broadcast.

DDT 7/22/23 Result

DDT held a special standalone single match event today as part of the 10th Anniversary of the HandMade in Japan Festival in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Big Sight West Hall 1, 2 “HandMade In Japan Fes 2023” music & play area in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

Because this was part of another event, the attendance was not announced.

Match result: HARASHIMA beat Kazuma Sumi, MAO & Hideki Okatani in a 4-way Falls Count Anywhere match by pinning Sumi. The match went almost 27 minutes and was held with no ring and was equal parts crazy hardcore and DDT comedy.

The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023, DDT’s biggest annual event, tomorrow at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 9:30 PM PT/12:30 AM ET and you can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. Kenta Kobashi will be a special guest on commentary.

Dragon Gate 7/22/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today with the first half of the Quarterfinals.

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

The announced paid attendance was 408, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Yuki Yoshioka, Ryu Fuda, Kaito Nagano & Ryoya Tanaka. Ben-K pinned Tanaka after a spear.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Genki Horiguchi, Ichikawa & Shachihoko BOY. Kanda pinned Ichikawa after a diving elbow drop.

Match 3: Kzy & U-T beat Don Fujii & Problem Dragon. U-T pinned Dragon after Gaora.

Match 4: Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi & Punch Tominaga. KAMEI pinned Tominaga after “JACKY” Knife.

Match 5: YAMATO, Dragon Dia, Takashi Yoshida & Eita beat Shun SKywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Dia pinned H-Y-O.

Match 6: KING OF GATE Quarterfinals: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Susumu Mochizuki.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Quarterfinals: Madoka Kikuta beat Shuji Kondo.

As a result, the first KING OF GATE Semifinals will be Shimizu vs. Kikuta. The Semifinals and Finals will be on 8/3.

The next event is tomorrow at Juroku Plaza in Gifu with one of the remaining Quarterfinals, Kota Minoura vs. Yuki Yoshioka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Ring Of Honor Wrestling “Death Before Dishonor 2023” Results (7/21/23)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Ring Of Honor “Death Before Dishonor 2023” event from Trenton, NJ:
The PPV is available via cable/satellite providers, WatchROH.com and Bleacher Report in the US, YouTube in select countries, PPV.com in Canada and FITE elsewhere for $39.99. You can also watch a 1 hour pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube.

Pre-show:
Josh Woods beat Tracy Williams by submission in a Pure Rules match.
Action Andretti & Darius Martin beat JD Drake & Anthony Henry. Martin pinned Drake after a whirlybird neckbreaker.
Leyla Hirsch beat Trish Adora by submission.
AR Fox beat Shane Taylor.

PPV:
Gravity beat Komander. That’s a wrestler named Gravity.

ROH World TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Dalton Castle to retain the title.

Aussie Open beat ROH World Tag Team Champions Lucha Bros, The Kingdom & Best Friends in a 4-way, when Kyle Fletcher pinned Trent Beretta, to become THE NEW ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Champions Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona beat Master Wato (New Japan Pro Wrestling), Ryusuke Taguchi (New Japan Pro Wrestling) & Leon Ruffin to retain the titles. Liona pinned Ruffin.

ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) beat Daniel Garcia in a Pure Rules Match to retain the title.

In a Fight Without Honor, Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver, Alex Reynolds) beat The Righteous (Stu Grayson, Vincent, Dutch). Uno pinned Grayson after a windmill slam onto tacks & Legos. (In ROH, a Fight Without Honor is basically an Anything Goes/hardcore match. It is only used to end feuds)

ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli beat Pac to retain the title.

ROH Women’s Champion Athena beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title.

End Show.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 7/22/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today, wrapping up Round 1 with the last 2 matches before the Quarterfinals. The first match will be an underdog pairing as Arisu Endo faces Mahiro Kiryu, then the second match has Yuki Arai facing Hikari Noa. The winners will meet in the Quarterfinals. The rest of the card has 5 matches planned instead of the usual 4 to get almost everyone else onto the event.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. The extra match and only one being a single match, plus the tournament matches, should make this a longer event than the unusually short tournament events so far. I anticipate this one being around the standard house show runtime of 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Mizuki vs. Neko Haruna & Shino Suzuki in a 3-way
Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume & Runa Okubo
Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami vs. Nao Kakuta & Haru Kazashiro
Yuki Aino vs. Toga
Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe, Moka Miyamoto & HIMAWARI vs. Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Walana Uehara
Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1:
Arisu Endo vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The live stream launches at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

8:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like a little better than average crowd so far, probably in the 225-250 range. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 289. That’s their best number for the venue since before the pandemic)

The matches should begin in about 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:42 PM PT.

Match 1: Yuki Aino vs. Toga. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Toga by submission. Just before the 5 minute mark it looked like Aino possibly botched a spot bouncing off the ropes and was out of it for a couple seconds after her head hit the top rope flush. Maybe just me.

Match 2: Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Suzume & Runa Okubo. Harajuku pinned Okubo after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Match 3: Mizuki vs. Neko Haruna & Shino Suzuki in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Neko Haruna & Shino Suzuki in a 3-way by beating Suzuki.

Match 4: Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami vs. Nao Kakuta & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami beat Nao Kakuta & Haru Kazashiro. Misao pinned Kazashiro after I Am A Hero.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe, Moka Miyamoto & HIMAWARI vs. Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Walana Uehara. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe, Moka Miyamoto & HIMAWARI. Nakajima pinned HIMAWARI with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 6: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Arisu Endo vs. Mahiro Kiryu. No time limit
Result: Arisu Endo beat Mahiro Kiryu by submission

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa. No time limit
Result: Yuki Arai beat Hikari Noa
As a result, the last Quarterfinals match will be Arai vs. Endo. That match will happen on 7/29.

The next event is “TJPW Midsummer Athletic Amusement Park Pro Wrestling” Thursday. This will be a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning at 4 AM PT/7 AM ET. It can be purchased for 2800 yen (around $19 US) if you are a monthly subscriber and 3500 yen (around $27) if not. Also available are Support Tickets for participating wrestlers-for 2400 yen you get additional benefits including a digital photo and a chance to win an autographed photo (which may be limited to Japan residents only).

The tournament continues on 7/29 at Korakuen Hall with the Quarterfinals. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/28 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

New Japan 7/21/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 5 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, Day 3 of Blocks A & B as the prelims near the halfway point.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV simulcast.

The announced paid attendance was 2361.

All matches are G1 CLIMAX matches, 20 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block B: YOSHI-HASHI beat Tanga Loa.

Match 2: Block A: Gabriel Kidd beat Ren Narita.

Match 3: Block B: Great-O-Khan beat El Phantasmo.

Match 4: Block A: Chase Owens beat Hikuleo.

Match 5: Block B: Will Ospreay beat KENTA

Match 6: Block A: Shota Umino vs. Kaito Kiyomiya went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 7: Block B: Kazuchika Okada beat Taichi.

Main Event: Block A: SANADA beat Yota Tsuji.

Standings-wise, everyone is still in it for both blocks but unsurprisingly SANADA & Okada are the block leaders at 3-0, 6 points.

Day 6 is Sunday at Big Hat in Nagano with Blocks C & D. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET

Impact Wrestling 7/21/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in Windsor, Canada:

This episode was taped Sunday and begins the fallout from Saturday’s Slammiversary PPV.

The YouTube pre-show match was Crazzy Steve vs. Alan Angels.

Slammiversary highlights open the show. A shocking moment at the end after the main event when Josh Alexander returned. He’ll be part of tonight’s show.

Scott D’Amore opens the show in the ring. It looks like his mother is at ringside in the crowd. He puts Sunday teammates Eric Young & Darren McCarty over and thanks the crowd before announcing his leave of absence as President of Impact is over, but he is acting Director Of Authority tonight because Santino Marella has a match. He runs down what else is on tap for tonight. As he prepares to introduce the first match and Jake Something, The Good Hands interrupt. They confront D’Amore over his being a roadblock for them in Impact. Jason Hotch telegraphs the impending beatdown so D’Amore takes his jacket off and puts them in a match with Rich Swann & Sami Callihan right now. (Something faces Kevin Knight later tonight)

Match 1: Sami Callihan & Rich Swann beat The Good Hands. Swann pinned Jason Hotch.

Bullet Club promo post-Slammiversary. They get their Impact World Tag Team Title rematch tonight. Raskalz interrupt and try to start something so Bullet Club starts a fight but security quickly breaks it up as D’Amore storms in. He ejects Raskalz just as Johnny Swinger & Zicky Dice show up. D’Amore changes the gimmick so that if Swinger wins just one match instead of 50 he gets a title shot. He just has to beat Dice and if he doesn’t, he has to leave Impact. Then D’Amore changes it to Loser Leaves Impact (fired).

Eric Young interviewed backstage. Nick Aldis interrupts. He tries to recruit young in his war against certain unnamed people in the promotion. Young instead talks Aldis into a match and Aldis accepts.

Match 2: Jake Something beat Kevin Knight.

Match 3: Courtney Rush beat Savannah Evans. Lots of interference from Gisele Shaw, Jai Vidal & Death Dollz.

Trinity promo post-Slammiversary.

The Coven promo.

Impact announces Slammiversary drew their 4th highest attendance for an event in the last 4 years.

Jonathan Gresham interview with Thom Hannifan from earlier today. Apparently he’s disgruntled.

Match 4: Dirty Dango beat Santino Marella. Johnny Bravo interfered as a helmeted mystery man to help.

Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans run into Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly backstage. Right as Jai Vidal gets unceremoniously dumped at their feet.

Alisha & Eddie Edwards promo.Traci Brooks & Frankie Kazarian quickly interrupt and all fight as security tries to break it up.

Match 5: Impact World Tag Team Champions Subculture beat Ace Austin & Chris Bey to retain the titles. Mark Andres pinned Chris Bey with a rollup. Despite being ejected earlier, Raskalz interfered late behind the ref’s back.

Replay of X Division Championship match at Slammiversary. No update on Chris Sabin.

Josh Alexander comes out for the main event segment. He cuts a long, deep promo and says he’s fully cleared to compete and is going after the Impact World Championship he had to vacate due to injury. After Alexander calls him out, Alex Shelley comes out. Challenge accepted, but then Lio Rush comes out. He hints at exercising Option C to become the Impact World Champion. This brings out KUSHIDA, who earned an Impact X Division title shot when he wants by winning Ultimate X at Slammiversary. He says No Option C until he cashes in his title shot. And now for whatever reason Bully Ray comes out. Then Moose & Brian Myers sneak into the ring and the beatdown is on. Moose holds the X and Bully tells Rush to take a belt shot on KUSHIDA but Rush bails instead and KUSHIDA gets laid out again as we cut away to end the show.

Next week: Swinger-Dice Loser Leaves Impact, Trinity & Dani Luna vs. The Coven and Young-Aldis.