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Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/3/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with an event in Tokyo, featuring Saki Akai’s final match in the promotion and, in all likelihood, the last match before her retirement match next weekend in DDT.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 500, a legit advance sellout. 100% full.

It was announced in advance that Shoko Nakajima was off this event and the next event as well. US expedition.

Match 1: NexGene Tournament: HIMAWARI beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: NexGene Tournament: Toga beat Runa Okubo.

Match 3: Miu Watanabe, Moka Miyamoto & Shino Suzuki beat Mahiro Kiryu, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara. Watanabe pinned Uehara after Teardrop.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita, Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Yuki Aino, Raku & Pim Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Sakazaki pinned Endo after Magical Girl Splash.

Main Event: Saki Akai Last TJPW Match: Saki Akai & Yuki Kamifuku beat Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao. Akai pinned Misao after Quetzalcoatl. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a handicap match, Saki Akai beat the entire TJPW roster that was present for the event (23 people) by beating Hyper Misao. Afterwards, the roster gave Akai her final sendoff including the customary flowers and group photo in the ring as Akai encouraged them to keep moving TJPW forward and to be her motto-Strong, Noble, Beautiful. She then took a final bow for the second time today at the venue to say farewell to Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. On to her retirement match…

In upcoming event announcements, Impact Wrestling’s Masha Slamovich is coming to TJPW in January. She will face Miyu Yamashita for the Princess Of Princess Championship on 1/4 and then Hikari Noa in a death match on 1/6, which will be a TJPW INSPIRATION event.

The next event is Sunday at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Impact Wrestling 11/2/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in Glasgow, Scotland:

This episode was taped last Thursday as the first event of the 4-day UK Invasion Tour. It will be a clip show with matches from that event. I did not know anything that happened before it aired (successfully avoided spoilers).

There was no YouTube pre-show this week.

Match 1: Glasgow Cup Finals (4-man 1-night tournament): Joe Hendry beat Frankie Kazarian to win the tournament.

Backstage comments from Hendry after winning. Reference to Simon Miller, who when they filmed an episode of Joe Hendry’s Food Fight (Impact+ and YouTube Ultimate Insiders) turned it into an actual fight. They have a match at Turning Point.

Match 2: Moose, Brian Myers & Deonna Purrazzo beat Subculture. Moose pinned Mark Andrews after a spear.

Match 3: Grado beat Trey Miguel.

Eddie Edwards promo.

Match 4: Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity beat Emersyn Jayne in a NON-TITLE match.

Main Event: Motor City Machine Guns beat Josh Alexander & Eric Young. Chris Sabin pinned Young after Cradle Shock.

Next week: More from the Bound For Glory Fallout TV tapings in Chicago. That will take them to their next TV taping-IPWF Thowdown 4-next Saturday in Toronto. That event will have a retro/throwback theme with wrestlers as made-up characters from the past.

Next up is Turning Point, the monthly live major event, which this time is TAPED (last Friday in Newcastle, England) and will premiere tomorrow on Impact+, YouTube for Ultimate Insiders and as a PPV on FITE at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. NO SPOILERS WILL BE POSTED BEFORE THE PREMIERE BEGINS.

UPDATE: After the show Impact announced the following matches for next week: Impact World Champion Alex Shelley vs. Jonathan Gresham for the title, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Tasha Steelz and Impact Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer vs. Crazzy Steve in a NON-TITLE No DQ match

DDT Pro Wrestling 11/3/23 Results (Updated)

DDT has a special Friday matinee on tap today ahead of ULTIMATE PARTY 2023, the first and really only event building to next week’s blowout event. The notable matches begin with Saki Akai’s final 10th Anniversary match, and the final single match of her career before she retires next week, against Kazuki Hirata. At least that all but ensures it will be a comedy match. After that, All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki defend the titles against Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani in a personal one for Sakaguchi, his father Seiji Sakaguchi once held these titles and the younger now wants to do the same. The main event is one last 11/12 main event build as Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada face Yuki Ueno & MAO.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There likely will be no commentary. While it could run a bit longer with a title match this essentially is still a house show so I anticipate the event having a total runtime of around 2 1/2 hours, but it may be shorter as they’re on a tight clock today because there is a Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling event coming up afterwards. (That event is at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET tomorrow and will also stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE) So it could run closer to 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Kazusada Higuchi & Toi Kojima vs. Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
Takao Soma vs. Masa Takanashi
Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi vs. HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi
Saki Akai vs. Kazuki Hirata
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Tetsuya Endo. Yukio Naya & Rukiya
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani for the titles
Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Based on advance ticket sales so far, unless there was a big same-day crowd I’m guessing it’ll be around 325. Max capacity for the venue is 500. Not a sellout as I see empty front-row seats. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 385, a super full house/very near sellout)

It is hard camera view only. The matches begin right away. No videos will be shown tonight which also will speed it up.

Match 1: Kazusada Higuchi & Toi Kojima vs. Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Kazusada Higuchi & Toi Kojima. Koroku beat Kojima with an armbar.

Match 2: Takao Soma vs. Masa Takanashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Masa Takanashi beat Takao Soma

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi vs. HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Before the match, after HARASHIMA & Sumi enter first, Akito enters the ring with microphone. Something about HARASHIMA, Dieno & Pheromones. During Dieno’s entrance the annoucers apparently pointed out fans that looked like GM Imabayashi and Dieno went into the crowd and kissed them. Can’t take the deplorable Pheromones out of Dieno I guess.
Result: Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi. Oishi pinned Sumi after a double-team powerbomb. Pheromones-like comedy match with Sumi.

Quick break for some mid-event announcements.

Match 4: Saki Akai Final 10th Anniversary & Final Single Match: Saki Akai vs. Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
At one point the match was stopped by Hirata so the entire roster could come out and pay tribute with messages of thanks to Akai, who is retiring next weekend. (It’s been confirmed on social media that DDT will have a retirement ceremony and final announcement for her after her retirement match). After this the match was restarted.
Result: Saki Akai beat Kazuki Hirata. Mostly a comedy match but a nice gesture by Hirata to stop the match so everyone could come out and offer Akai well-wishes. Akai got very emotional at the finish knowing the end was near before finishing with Quetzalcoatl.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Tetsuya Endo. Yukio Naya & Rukiya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Tetsuya Endo, Yukio Naya & Rukiya. KANON beat Rukiya with a cobra twist. Afterwards, Damnation T.A. tried to beat down Endo with a chair but Endo got the better of it and drove off Sasaki with the chair. Then, Endo with microphone. Words for Sasaki ahead of their heated-to-be match next weekend.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani for the titles. All-Japan/PWF Rules. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki to win the titles. Sakaguchi & Okatani become the 121st All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Sakaguchi pinned Suzuki after God’s Right Knee. Next up: Okada & Koroku, who were out right away to make the challenge and try and bring the titles back to Burning. When/if it happens is up to All-Japan (PWF). (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 12/9 at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka)

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Masada after Jul.2.

The next event is ULTIMATE PARTY 2023 on 11/12 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 11/11 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: A PPV about Saki Akai and her retirement match will premiere on 11/28 on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Price TBA but 4 benefits will be included. Tickets will go on sale on 11/10.

BREAKING: AEW Signs Ric Flair (Updated)

Make what you want of it, good or bad, but it’s now official…AEW has signed Roc Flair to a multi-year deal. See the official press release below:

UPDATE: Reports are now emerging that it’s a 2-year deal.

All-Japan 11/2/23 Results

All-Japan continued their weeklong Hokkaido series today with the third event of 6.

Today’s event was held at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 388.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato beat Hokkai Kumagoro.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re & Jonathan Gresham. Hayto pinned Menso-re after Sid Vicious.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori beat Koji Yoshida.

Match 4: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Yoshitatsu pinned Ayabe after Yoshitatsu Fantasy.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Rei Saito pinned Suwama after a diving body press.

The next event is tomorrow at Bihoro Sports Center in Hokkaido with an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match as the Saito Bros defend against Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 11/2/23 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with the final day of the Super Junior Tag League prelims.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp.

In the backstage comment area soon afterwards…
Taiji Ishimori beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi to win the title. Ishimori becomes the 1588th Champion.

Match 2: Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Tanahashi beat Togo with a Texas Cloverleaf.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI pinned DKC with Suplex De La K.
Match 5: MUSASHI & Yoh beat Titan & BUSHI. Yoh pinned BUSHI after Direct Drive. LIJ OUT.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Eagles pinned Moloney. Champs OUT.
Match 7: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Akira pinned Knight after 2/2. K/K OUT.
Main Event: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Sho pinned Wato.
3-way tie at the top at 6-3, 12 pts. As a result of tiebreakers, Akira/TJP finish 1st and Kanemaru/Sho finish 2nd and advance to the Finals on Saturday. DespeWato OUT.

Next up is POWER STRUGGLE, the final major event of the year, Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The live stream will be available OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. The event will be a live broadcast only on TV Asahi in Japan with on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

AEW Dynamite 11/1/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Louisville, KY:

Match 1: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Claudio Castagnoli to retain the title.

Jon Moxley promo. He wants Cassidy at Full Gear for the title.

Match 2: ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Adam Page vs. Gates Of Agony & Brian Cage for the titles
Result: Gates Of Agony & Brian Cage beat ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Adam Page to become THE NEW ROH 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Kaun pinned Matt Jackson. Late in the match, Swerve Strickland came out and taunted Page, luring him away from the match and into a backstage pull-apart brawl. Matt Jackson threw a major temper tantrum afterwards, taking a chair to the ring posts and more.

Adam Copeland interviewed. Christian Cage interrupts. A beatdown and save by Sting & Darby Allin lead to Copeland accepting the offer to team with Allin & Sting at Full Gear against Christian, Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne.

Tony Khan’s Important Announcement is made. All In London 2024 tickets go on sale December 1 but fans can sign up for a presale that will begin on November 27. Unless you’re in Europe it’s not that important.

Match 3: Angelo Parker & Matt Menard vs. Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega
Result: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega beat Angelo Parker & Matt Menard. Jericho pinned Parker after Judas Effect. Afterwards, Callis challenged Jericho & Omega to a street fight in 2 weeks. Omega accepted with Kota Ibushi being brought in to team with them, and Jericho brought out The Big Show (Paul Wight) as their other partner.

The Young Bucks are starting to turn heel on Omega.

Match 4: AEW Women’s Champion HIkaru Shida vs. Willow Nightingale for the title
Result: AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title. Toni Storm came out afterwards but got run off by Shida. Julia Hart then appeared in the ring and stared down Nightingale until Skye Blue interjected herself in the middle and misted Hart.

MJF still needs partners. Jeff Jarrett & Crew?

Main event is next.

Main Event: Jay White, Juice Robinson & Gunn Club vs. MJF & the 3 TBAs…The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn
Result: Jay White, Juice Robinson & Gunn Club beat MJF, The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn. White pinned MJF after Bladerunner. Garbage comedy match.

Just not a good show all around. The Tony Khan major announcement will of course spur more mockery and bad (good) jokes when the next one comes around. He won’t admit it but based on live crowd attendance, from what I see online, AEW is in a bad place right now as crowds are way down from a year or so ago.

Friday on Rampage: Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal vs. Gunn Club, Skye Blue vs. Marina Shafir, Trent Beretta vs. Daniel Garcia and El Hijo Del Vikingo vs. Penta El Zero M & Komander in a 3-way..

Saturday on Collision: The Acclaimed 69-Day Championship Celebration. Also Darby Allin vs. Lance Archer and AR Fox vs. Swerve Strickland.

Announced for Full Gear: Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland, Christian Cage, Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Adam Copeland and AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Jon Moxley for the title.

UPDATE: AEW has signed Dralistico. This comes from the socials of Dralistico.

BREAKING: TJPW Title Match Set For England

According to the Twitter accounts for Pro Wrestling EVE and current champion Max The Impaler. Tokyo Joshi Pro’s International Princess Championship will be defended in England at the 11/10 EVE event when Max The Impaler faces Kasey for the title.

The original posts are below:

All-Japan 11/1/23 Results

All-Japan ran the second event of their 6-event Hokkaido week today.

Today’s event was held at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi sub Arena in Hokkaido and will be a available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 428.

Match 1: Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Jonathan Gresham beat Hikaru Sato & Fuminori Abe in a 3-way by beating Sato.

Match 3: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Kumagoro Hokkai. Omori pinned Hokkai after Ax Bomber.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ren Ayabe & Koji Yoshida. Jun Saito pinned Yoshida after Psycho Break.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Suzuki pinned Tamura after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day.