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DDT 7/16/23 Results

DDT held a Gorgeous Matsuno 60th Birthday & 20th Anniversary event today, the first time the wrestler has held one of his “Gorgeous Night” events since before the pandemic began.

Today’s event was held at Fukushima Toyota Crown Arena aka Fukushima National Sports Memorial Gym Sub Arena in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 830, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Kazuki Hirata & Yuni. Okatani pinned Yuni with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 2: Yuki Iino beat Kazuma Sumi, Akito & Yuki Ueno in a 4-way by pinning Sumi.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Yusuke Okada, Toi Kojima & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki beat Koroku with a Mystica crossface.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Endo pinned Ishida after a rotating torture rack bomb.

Match 5: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Hino pinned Brookes after Fuckin’ BOMB.

Main Event: Gorgeous Matsuno, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda. Matsuno pinned Honda after Gorgeous Superstar Elbow. Afterwards, Matsuno addressed the crowd and talked about how he considered retiring around now but apparently will keep going even though he is only a part-timer. The event also featured two performances by singer Junko Tashiro.

The next event is a mini-event tomorrow at Sumida Park Breeze Hall in Tokyo. This will be weather permitting as it is an outside event and will be cancelled if it rains. There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare Pro 7/16/23 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their latest Ganbare Women event today, dubbed GanJo FIghting Spirits 2023, as they also moved into a bigger venue than what they had been running in so far.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 205. That’s their best attendance yet (although they have run very small venues) and is about what Tokyo Joshi Pro draws on average for that venue, so that is excellent.

Match 1: Sumire Natsu beat Riara.

Match 2: Cherry & Alex Lee beat Miyako Matsumoto & Bunny Oikawa. Cherry pinned Oikawa after Cherry Picking.

Match 3: SAKI beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.

Match 4: Makoto & Asuka (Veny) beat Ami Manase 7 Marika Kobashi. Makoto pinned Manase after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: YuuRI beat Kamihime Raku (?).

The next women’s event is 8/11 at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

All-Japan 7/16/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Series 2023 tour today with an event in Tokyo.

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 324.

Match 1: Takao Omori beat Takaaki Iwasaki.

Match 2: Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue beat KONO & Toshizo. Inoue pinned Toshizo.

Match 3: Satoshi Kojima & Aigle Blanc beat Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re. Blanc pinned Menso-re after Desert Eagle.

Match 4: Hikaru Sato & Hideki Suzuki beat Ryuki Honda & Kohei Sato. Suzuki pinned Honda with a double arm suplex. This was to have been Honda & Masao Hanabata vs. Sato & Suzuki but Hanabata was pulled from the card late last week due to illness.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki, Hokuto Omori, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Naoki Tanisaki (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa, Rising Hayato & Ren Ayabe. Omori pinned Miyahara after a skewered jumping elbow.

Main Event: Suwama & Dan Tamura beat UN Tag Team Champions Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi to win the titles. Suwama & Tamura become the second UN Tag Team Champions. Suwama pinned Yuma Aoyagi after Last Ride.

The next event is Saturday at Kunibiki Messe Exhibition Hall in Shimane. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

New Japan 7/16/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, beginning action in Blocks C & D.

Today’s event was held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE!

Click below to watch in English:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00658_4_1

Click below to watch in Japanese:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00658_3_1

The announced paid attendance was 2888.

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

Match 1: Block C: David Finlay beat Tomohiro Ishii.

Match 2: Block D: Hirooki Goto beat Toru Yano.

Match 3: Block C: Mikey Nicholls beat HENARE. HENARE is the former Aaron Henare now with a new look-he shaved his head, ditched the mustache and now has facial tattoos.

Match 4: Block D: Shane Haste beat Alex Coughlin.

Match 5: Block C: Eddie Kingston (All Elite Wrestling) beat Shingo Takagi.

Match 6: Block D: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Match 7: Block C: EVIL beat Tama Tonga.

Main Event: Block D: Jeff Cobb beat Tetsuya Naito.

Day 3 is Tuesday at Yamagata City Sports Center in Yamagata with Blocks A & B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Tokyo Princess Cup” Results (7/16/23)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the second day of Round 1. 2 more matches are on tap today and, after announcements earlier, it’ll be another full 6-match lineup with 4 non-tournament matches. Today’s Cup matches are Rika Tatsumi vs. Raku and Shoko Nakajima vs. Suzume, with the winners meeting in the Quarterfinals.

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. Yesterday’s event went a bit faster than I predicted so if that happens again today, the total running time will be around 1 hour 45 minutes, good if you plan to tune in to New Japan’s event starting just before this one ends.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA…below turned out to be the actual order except for the tournament):
Arisu Endo vs. Runa Okubo
Hikari Noa, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro vs. Pom Harajuku, Neko Haruna & HIMAWARI
Mizuki & Hyper Misao vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga
Miyu Yamashita, Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuki Aino, Nao Kakuta, Moka MIyamoto & Kaya Toribami
Tokyo Princess Cup:
Raku vs. Rika Tatsumi
Shoko Nakajima vs. Suzume

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

8:30 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. At first quick glance it looked and sounded similar to yesterday so probably 200-225 again. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:41 PM PT.

Match 1: Arisu Endo vs. Runa Okubo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Arisu Endo beat Runa Okubo by submission

Match 2: Hikari Noa, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro vs. Pom Harajuku, Neko Haruna & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku, Neko Haruna & HIMAWARI beat Hikari Noa, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro. Harajuku pinned Suzuki after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Match 3: Mizuki & Hyper Misao vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki & Hyper Misao beat Wakana Uehara & Toga. Misao beat Toga with a combination crossface/armlock (maybe a chicken wing).

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita, Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuki Aino, Nao Kakuta, Moka MIyamoto & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limitResult: Miyu Yamashita, Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Nao Kakuta, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Kamifuku pinned Toribami after Fameasser.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance. Just a couple minutes’ delay.

Match 5: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Shoko Nakajima vs. Suzume. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Suzume. As a result, Nakajima advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Raku or Rika Tatsumi.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Raku vs. Rika Tatsumi. No time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Raku by submission. As a result, Tatsumi advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Shoko Nakajima.

Another very fast-paced event, the matches only ran a total of 85 minutes.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Dragon Gate 7/15/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today, wrapping up Round 1 action as the field was narrowed down to 16.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There was a last-minute change to the card because Ben-K was removed just before the event. Illness. Out tomorrow as well. As a result, he is out of KING OF GATE and Susumu Mochizuki will get a free pass (again) to the Quarterfinals.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ho Ho Lun beat YAMATO, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano. Lun pinned Nagano.

Match 2: KAI & ISHIN beat Jason Lee & U-T. ISHIN pinned U-T after Death Penalty.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Minorita & Ryoya Tanaka. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Tanaka after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 4: KING OF GATE Round 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Yasushi Kanda.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & H-Y-O beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. H-Y-O pinned KAMEI after Neko Tamashi.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Round 2: Yuki Yoshioka beat Dragon Kid.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

AEW Collision & Battle Of The Belts 7 7/15/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision & Battle Of The Belts 7 in Calgary, Canada:

Collision:
Match 1: AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Jay White & Juice Robinson in a 2/3 Falls Match for the titles
Fall 1: Jay White & Juice Robinson beat FTR. White pinned Cash Wheeler after Bladerunner.
Fall 2: FTR beat Jay White & Juice Robinson. Wheeler pinned Robinson.
Fall 3: FTR beat Jay White & Juice Robinson. Dax Harwood beat Robinson with a sharpshooter.
Result: AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR beat Jay White & Juice Robinson 2-1 to retain the titles.

At 8:20 PM ET they added Malakai Black & Brody King vs. TBA to tonight.

Match 2: Owen Hart Cup Tournament Women’s Finals: Ruby Soho vs. Willow Nightingale
Result: Willow Nightingale beat Ruby Soho to win the tournament.

Match 3: Malakai Black & Brody King vs. TBA
Result: Malakai Black & Brody King beat 2 jobbers. Squash.

Main Event: Owen Hart Cup Tournament Men’s Finals: CM Punk vs. Ricky Starks
Result: Ricky Starks beat CM Punk to win the tournament. Starks cheated by holding the rope on a rollup to win.

Battle Of The Belts 7:
New Japan Pro Wrestling legend and WWE Hall Of Famer Jushin Thunder Liger comes out to try and congratulate Starks on the Cup win but Starks just ignores him.

Match 1: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Lance Archer for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Lance Archer by countout to retain the title.

Match 2: AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm vs. Taya Valkyrie for the title
Result: AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm beat Taya Valkyrie to retain the title. The end of this match did not air live due to technical issues.

Main Event: AEW TNT Champion Luchasaurus beat Shawn Spears to retain the title.

Collision was great because of the instant classic first match. BOTB 7 was awful and is skippable.

Impact Wrestling “Slammiversary” Results (7/15/23)

Impact Wrestling’s annual anniversary event, Slammiversary, is tonight to celebrate the promotion’s 21st anniversary. It’s also their major quarterly PPV, the 3rd of the year. As usual every title is on the line and Ultimate X will return with 5 participants. The main event will likely be Impact World Champion Alex Shelley vs. Nick Aldis for the title, also headlining is Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo vs. Trinity for the title. Other big matches include Scott D’Amore returning to the ring, but with PCO seemingly out of action after recently being set on fire on Impact, he’ll have a mystery partner with him against Bully Ray & Deaner with NHL legend Darren McCarty also returning as special enforcer.

Today’s event will be held at St. Clair College in Windsor, Canada and can be watched LIVE on PPV via participating cable/satellite providers & FITE in the US for $39.99 and DAZN elsewhere. There will also be a FREE 30 minute pre-show on Impact+, YouTube and FITE. The PPV will not be available live on Impact+ and YouTube for Ultimate Insider subscribers but should be available on demand in 30-45 days as part of subscriptions. There will also be the fallout TV taping tomorrow which should cover the next 2 weeks of TV (getting them to their next Chicago tapings on 7/28-7/29).

Today’s current lineup:
Pre-show:
Death Dollz & Jody Threat vs. Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans & Jai Vidal
Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Kenny King for the title

PPV:
Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Coven vs. Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly for the titles
Ultimate X. No pinfalls/submissions/countouts/DQs. The first to climb up and grab an “X” hanging in an X-shaped rope pattern above the ring wins. Participants: Mike Bailey, Jonathan Gresham, KUSHIDA, Kevin Knight, Alan Angels
Frankie Kazarian vs. Eddie Edwards. Cornered by their wives (Traci Brooks & Alisha Edwards)
Impact World Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. Moose & Brian Myers, Rich Swann & Sami Callihan and Subculture in a 4-way for the titles
Impact X Division Champion Chris Sabin vs. Lio Rush for the title
Bully Ray & Deaner vs. Scott D’Amore & TBA. Darren McCarty is special enforcer
Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo vs. Trinity for the title
Impact World Champion Alex Shelley vs. Nick Aldis for the title

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Pre-show:
Match 1: Death Dollz & Jody Threat vs. Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans & Jai Vidal
Reslut: Death Dollz & Jody Threat beat Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans & Jai Vidal. Courtney Rush pinned Vidal after a spear.

Match 2: Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Kenny King for the title
Result: Kenny King beat Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry to become THE NEW IMPACT DIGITAL MEDIA CHAMPION! Cheated with feet on the ropes unseen and help from Sheldon Jean. The longest reign in the title history ends.

PPV:
Match 1: Ultimate X. No pinfalls/submissions/countouts/DQs. The first to climb up and grab an “X” hanging in an X-shaped rope pattern above the ring wins. Participants: Mike Bailey, Jonathan Gresham, KUSHIDA, Kevin Knight, Alan Angels
Result: KUSHIDA wins. As a result, KUSHIDA gets a future Impact X Division Championship match

Match 2: Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Coven vs. Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly for the titles
Result: Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly beat Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Coven to become THE NEW IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Slamovich pinned Taylor Wilde after Snowplow.

Match 3: Bully Ray & Deaner vs. Scott D’Amore & TBA. Darren McCarty is special enforcer. TBA is revealed to be Eric Young
Result: Scott D’Amore & Eric Young beat Bully Ray & Deaner. Young pinned Deaner after a flying elbow.

Match 4: Impact X Division Champion Chris Sabin vs. Lio Rush for the title
Result: Lio Rush beat Impact X Division Champion Chris Sabin to become THE NEW IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPION! Very short match. Rush apparently injured Sabin during his entrance. This only went a couple minutes.

Match 5: Impact World Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. Moose & Brian Myers, Rich Swann & Sami Callihan and Subculture in a 4-way for the titles
Result: Subculture beat Impact World Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey, Moose & Brian Myers and Rich Swann & Sami Callihan in a 4-way, when Mark Andrews pinned Myers, to become THE NEW IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

Match 6: Frankie Kazarian vs. Eddie Edwards
Result: Eddie Edwards beat Frankie Kazarian

Match 7: Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo vs. Trinity for the title
Result: Trinity beat Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo by submission to become THE NEW IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPION!

Main Event: Impact World Champion Alex Shelley vs. Nick Aldis for the title
Result: Impact World Champion Alex Shelley beat Nick Aldis to retain the title.

End Show.

DDT 7/15/23 Results

DDT ran a house show in Aomori today, the first time they have run in the northern prefecture of Japan in 4 years.

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

The announced paid attendance was 164.

Match 1: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat Yusuke Okada & Yuni. Hirata pinned Yuni.

Match 2: Yuki Iino beat Antonio Honda & Akito in a 3-way by pinning Honda.

Match 3: Yuki Ishida beat Yukio Sakaguchi by countout.

Match 4: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku beat HARASHIMA, Hideki Okatani & Kazuma Sumi. Akiyama beat Sumi with a front neck lock.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Yuki Ueno, Toi Kojima & Takeshi Masada. KANON beat Masada with Ultimate Cobra Twist.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Brookes pinned Oishi after Praying Mantis Bomb.

The next event is a Gorgeous Matsuno 60th Birthday/20th Anniversary event tomorrow at Fukushima National Sports Memorial Gym Sub Arena in Fukuahima. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 7/15/23 Results

New Japan kicked off the G1 CLIMAX 33, the promotion’s biggest annual singles tournament, today with the start of Block A & Block B action. The Road To Tokyo Dome has begun!

Today’s event was held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English FOR FREE! No login or signup required! It also was streamed on ABEMA in Japan.

Click below to watch in Japanese:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00658_1_1

Click below to watch in English:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00658_2_1

The announced paid attendance was 3145.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX 33 matches, 20 minute time limit. 2 points for win, 1 point for time limit draw, 0 points for loss. They alternated between Block A & B.

Match 1: Block B: YOSHI-HASHI beat El Phantasmo.

Match 2: Block A: Chase Owens beat Gabriel Kidd.

Match 3: Block B: Tanga Loa beat KENTA.

Match 4: Block A: Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Block B: Kazuchika Okada beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 6: Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Yota Tsuji.

Match 7: Block B: Taichi beat Will Ospreay.

Main Event: Block A: SANADA beat Hikuleo.

Day 2 is tomorrow. Block C & D begin with Eddie Kingston representing All Elite Wrestling and the main event is scheduled to be Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb. Live streaming on New Japan World in Japanese and English will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET, and even better, once again you will be able to watch live and on demand FOR FREE! It will also be streamed for free on ABEMA in Japan.