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AEW Collision 10/28/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results for tonight’s AEW Collision from Uncasville, CT (Mohegan Sun Casino Resort):

Jay White beat AR Fox. Afterwards, MJF tried to take back the AEW World Championship belt again but failed.

The Acclaimed promo. Apparently Max Caster got catfished.

Gunn Club beat The Boys.

Ryan Nemeth interviewed backstage. Looking for Hollywood representation so he goes to visit the hot, flexible wife in her dressing room. Only he gets, as a news site I frequent jokingly called him today in an article, the hairy, inflexible (HAHAHA!) husband. REDEEMED.

AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida beat Abadon to retain the title. Toni Storm promo afterwards. Barring Tony Khan giving Skye Blue yet another chance, Storm is next at Full Gear.

ROH World Champion Samoa Joe beat Rhett Titus to retain the title.

Claudio Castagnoli promo. He says Bryan Danielson has a broken orbital bone following Wednesday’s Dynamite. Rematch teased between Danielson & Kazuchika Okada, maybe even in New Japan. Castagnoli faces Orange Cassidy Wednesday for the AEW International Championship.

Ricky Starks beat Dax Harwood. House Of Black appeared post-match, and a big brawl broke out with Starks & Big Bill, FTR and LFI all getting into it.

Andrade El Idolo interviewed.

Claudio Castagnoli beat Tracy Williams. Squash.

Main Event time. They have about 30 minutes TV time.

AEW World Champion MJF beat Kenny Omega to retain the title. That means unless he is stripped of the title before Dynamite or vacated it before then, MJF will become the longest-reigning AEW World Champion to date.

End Show.

UPDATE: Danielson injury is legit and he will need surgery. Done for the year. As for an Okada match in New Japan, say at Tokyo Dome on 1/4, consider that prospect questionable right now. Knowing how Danielson came back from the broken wrist, I wouldn’t go any lower than questionable and would not rule it out

New Japan 10/28/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 4 of the Super Junior Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Tsurugajo Gym in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 824.

Match 1: Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Honma beat Nakashima with a Boston Crab.

Match 2: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.

Super Junior Tag :League:
Match 4: Francesco Akira & TJP beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Akira pinned DKC after 2/2.
Match 5: TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI beat MUSASHI & Yoh. DOUKI pinned MUSASHI with Suplex De La K.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. Eagles pinned Sho.
Match 7: Titan & BUSHI beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. BUSHI pinned KUSHIDA after Angel Immortal.
Main Event: Master Wato & El Desperado beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Desperado pinned Connors after Pinche Loco.

Standings:
1-Wato/Desperado, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Knight/KUSHIDA, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Moloney/Connors, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Akira/TJP, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Fujita/Eagles, 3-2, 6 pts
6-Kanemaru/Sho, 3-2, 6 pts
7-Taguchi/DKC, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Yoh/MUSASHI, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Titan/BUSHI, 2-3, 4 pts
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-4, 2 pts
The top 2 advance to the Finals. It’s still wide open although Wato/Desperado have now moved into the lead and TAKA/DOUKI somehow staved off elimination.

The tournament continues Monday at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

The next event is Fighting Spirit Unleashed TONIGHT at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, NV. Live streaming on New Japan World in Japanese ONLY will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. This event will be available to all paying monthly subscribers without additional purchase. Live streaming on FITE in English ONLY will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The FITE version costs $19.99 and includes unlimited on demand replays. I will be watching via New Japan World since it’s not a PPV there…but if you don’t have World, buy the FITE version just because the illustrious Veda Scott will be on commentary. Live results will be posted.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/28/23 Results

DEMOLITION STAGE 2023 in FUKUOKA, Pro Wrestling NOH’s end-October blowout event, is now in the books. Today marked the farewell to Katsuhiko Nakajima, who is leaving the promotion, and possibly Seiki Yoshioka, who is sitting out the rest of the year and possibly moving on too.

Today’s event wqs held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The Japanese broadcast was an ABEMA exclusive and will be available soon as well. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1309. In spite of probably greatly reduced venue capacity due to the setup, and the fact the venue is primarily designed for sumo, this unfortunately continues a trend of bad major event attendance outside of Tokyo. (The venue’s max capacity for sumo and some pro wrestling is 7500, I figure today’s setup reduced it to around 4000)

Pre-show Match: Akitoshi Saito, Stallion Rogers & Kai Fujinura beat Mohammed Yone, Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo, Seiki Yoshioka, Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69, Hajime Ohara, Extreme Tiger & Junta Miyawaki. Yoshioka pinned Miyawaki after Crash Driver. This is possibly Yoshioka’s last match in NOAH as he is taking a hiatus for the rest of the year and may move elsewhere.

Match 2: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa beat Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Oiwa pinned Greene.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi. Soya pinned Huxley after a jumping DDT.

Match 4: HAYATA & Eita vs. Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa went to a Draw. Double Pinfall.

Match 5: Katsuhiko Nakajima Final NOAH Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Go Shiozaki & Katsuhoko Nakajima. Sugiura pinned Nakajima after Olympic Yosen Slam. Nakajima is leaving NOAH after 7 years to continue his career elsewhere. Where is not yet known.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat YO-HEY & Tadasuke to retain the titles. Bane pinned Tadasuke after Twister Bane. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: Jack Morris beat GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to win the title. Morris becomes the 10th GHC National Champion. UPSET ALERT!!!

Main Event: Kenoh beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee to win the title. Kenoh becomes the 43rd GHC Heavyweight Champion. They went just short of 30 minutes. The Fist King is now a 3-time champion. Next up: Soya. Kongo Bongo! That match will happen on 1/2/24 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo to open the mew year. Before then, Kenoh will team with Jinsei Shinzaki to face Soya & Tatsumi Fujinami on 12/2 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama.

The next event is DEMOLITION STAGE 2023 in NIIGATA on 11/4 at Niigata City Gym with 2 more title matches-GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa for the titles and GHC Junior Hevayweight Champion HAYATA vs. Daga for the title. Unfortunately, for those not in attendance, there will be no live broadcast, You’ll have to wait until at least 11/7 for on demand.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/27/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Kunamoto. This was a 15th Anniversary Event for Seiki Yoshioka.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday (a longer delay than usual, normally it’s 3 days after the event for non-live streams): There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 434.

Match 1: Hahime Ohara & Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Fujimura pinned Owada after a swan dive elbow.

Match 2: Ninja Mack, Alejandro & Terry Yaki beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Extreme Tiger. Mack pinned Hi69 after Ninja Bomb.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Takashi Sugiura, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Huxley pinned Saito after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 4: Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Masa Kitamiya & Junta Miyawaki. Inaba pinned Miyawaki after DDD.

Match 5: Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa. Greene pinned Oiwa after M-83.

Match 6: Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat HAYATA & Eita by DQ. HAYATA DQ’d.

Match 7: Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Tadasuke after PFS.

Main Event: Seiki Yoshioka 15th Anniversary Match: Naomichi Marufuji & Shuji Kondo beat Go Shiozaki & Seiki Yoshioka. Kondo pinned Yoshioka after King Kong Lariat.

The next event is DEMOLITION STAGE in FUKUOKA tomorrow at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. In addition to the usual title matches, this will be Katsuhiko Nakajima’s final event in NOAH. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in ENGLISH ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan. Japanese and the original broadcast will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the event ends.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/27/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro’s monthly major event today, ALL RISE ’23, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hal in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendnace was 686.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo beat Toga, Shino Suzuki & Haru KaAshiro. HIMAWARI pinned Kazashiro.

Match 2: Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino beat Maki Itoh & Kaya Toribami. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima won an 8 woman battle royal, last eliminating Raku. As a result, Nakajima wil be the next challenger for International Princess Champion Max The Impaler. Order of elimination (pinfal, submission, over top rope): Mahiro Kiryu, Suzume, Rika Tatsuni, Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo, Yuki Kamifuku, Raku. (Update: That match-Nakajima vs. Impaler-will happen on 11/19. If Nakajima wins, she will join Tatsumi as the only “Triple Crown Champions in TJPW who have won all 3 of the promotion’s titles in their careers)

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki Return Match: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku. Sakazaki pinned Harajuku after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Match 5: Saki Akai beat Yuki Arai. 13 1/2 minutes of ALL THE FEELS for me when I watch later as it’s the last time I’ll see AA Eye Candy together…and against each other.

Match 6: Princess Tag Team Champions Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano to retain the titles. Noa pinned Nagano with a blizzard suplex hold. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita beat Regina to retain the title. V1 for Yamashita.

The next event is 11/3 at Shinjuku Face with Saki Akai’s final TJPW match before her retirement. That match is Akai & Yuki Kamifuku vs. Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/26/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall West Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Sunday or Monday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 390.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Alejandro beat Kai Fujimura, Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada. Kotoge pinned Owada after Knee Upper.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Manabu Soya beat Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito. Kitamiya beat Yone with Prison Lock.

Match 3: Match 3: LJ Cleary, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara & Seiki Yoshioka. Cleary pinned Ohara after Killing A Cow. That’s what my browser’s translator said.

Match 4: Jack Morris beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Daga & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kaito Kiyomiya, HAYATA & Eita by DQ. HAYATA DQ’d.

Match 6: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Extreme Tiger beat Ninja Mack, Terry Yaki & Junta Miyawaki. Bane pinned Miyawaki after Twisterbane.

Match 7: Jake Lee & Anthony Greene beat Kenoh & Stallion Rogers. Lee pinned Rogers after FBS.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Go Shiozaki beat Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat.

The next event is tomorrow at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 10/26/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 4 of the Super Junior Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Wing Hat Kusakabe in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 545.

Match 1: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Makabe pinned Nakashima after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 2: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino beat Newman with STF.

Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. YOSHI-HASHI beat Togo with Butterfly Lock.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. KUSHIDA beat DKC with Hoverboard Lock.
Match 5: Francesco Akira & TJP beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Akira pinned TAKA after 2/2.
Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat MUSASHI & Yoh. Kanemaru pinned Yoh.
Match 7: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Titan & BUSHI. Moloney pinned BUSHI after Full Clip.
Main Event: Master Wato & El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Desperado pinned Fujita after Pinche Loco.

4 remain tied atop the standings at 3-1, 6 points. 3 are tied at 2-2, 4 points, 2 are tied at 1-3, 2 points and TAKA/DOUKI are just about out of it already at 0-4, 0 points. The Top 2 advance to the Finals.

The next event is Saturday at Tsurugajo Gym in Fukushima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Impact Wrestling 10/26/23 Results (Updated 10/27)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in Chicago:

This episode was taped Sunday and is the fallout from Bound For Glory.

There was no YouTube pre-show this week.

It was announced in advance tonight’s broadcast would feature replays of 2 COMPLETE PPV matches: Will Ospreay vs. Mike Bailey and Impact World Champion Alex Shelley vs. Josh Alexander for the title.

The show opens with Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt introducing things, taped Saturday after the PPV. They made it sound like tonight is going to be a special clip show/PPV recap with no post-PPV matches. Just BFG highlights.

Ospreay-Bailey replay opens the show. Starts right after the bell rang, no entrances shown. When they had to go to commercial during this match, they resumed the replay back a few seconds before the break.

Highlights of the Call Your Shot Gauntlet, a 20-person staggered entry match where the eventual winner gets a future title shot of their choice. When it got down to the last 2, it became a normal match with win only by pinfall or submission. And those last 2 were Jordynne Grace and Bully Ray.

Highlights from the pre-show when Traci Brooks, Mike Tenay & Don West were inducted into the Impact Hall Of Fame.

Highlights from the Impact Tag Team Championship match (Rascalz vs. Bullet Club).

Bullet Club post-match promo.

Highlights from the Impact X Division Championship match that opened the PPV (Chris Sabin vs. KENTA).

Highlights from the Impact Knockouts Championship match (Trinity vs. Mickie James).

Trinity post-match promo.

The full replay of the Impact World Championship match (Alex Shelley vs. Josh Alexander) is the main event segment. They begin at pre-match introductions (no entrances).

The show ends with a replay of the PPV-ending video package announcing the return of TNA (Total Nonstop Action). Impact will change its name back to TNA Wrestling at Hard To Kill on January 13, 2024. Including the Scott D’Amore promo that followed. A funny spot was showing a large room where most if not all the roster that wasn’t in the ring was watching & reacting.

Next week: TBA.

The promotion is now in England for a 4-day tour that will include TV tapings for an upcoming episode of Impact next month and tomorrow will be Turning Point, which will be taped and air on Impact+, FITE and YouTube for Ultimate Insiders on 11/3 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. Confirmed for Turning Point: Trinity vs. Donna Purrazzo for the Impact Knockouts Championship. And reportedly there is a stip-if Purrazzo loses, she can’t get another title shot while Trinity is champion as Purrazzo is 0-2 against the champ.
Although the event will be taped when it premieres next week. I will not be posting spoilers ahead of time and will be attempting to avoid them so I will hopefully be going into the event not yet knowing what happened.

10/27 UPDATE: On social media, Impact announced there were TV tapings at one of the England events happening this weekend. That episode will air next week.

AEW Rampage 10/27/23 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results for tomorrow’s AEW Rampage in Philadelphia (SPOILERS and also Collision SPOILERS!):

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AEW Dynamite 10/25/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Philadelphia. PA (Temple University):

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

MJF interviewed by Renee Paquette to open the show. Roderick Strong interrupts briefly. The Devil briefly appears at the end.

No opening video, right to pyro and commentary opening.

Match 1: MJF vs. Juice Robinson for the Dynamite Diamond Ring
Result: MJF beat Juice Robinson to retain the Dynamite Diamond Ring for the next year. Afterwards, Gunn Club beatdown led to The Kingdom & The Acclaimed getting involved, MJF giving Gunn Club an ROH World Tag Team Championship match at Full Gear, accepting Jay White’s challenge for an 8-man tag match next week and MJF vs. Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship Saturday at Collision.

Wardlow promo.

Match 2: Hook & Rob Van Dam vs. John Silver & Alex Reynolds
Result: Hook & Rob Van Dam beat John Silver & Alex Reynolds. Hook beat Silver with Redrum.

Toni Storm’s newest “film” plays during split-screen commercial, but it sounds like she has a title shot coming up at Full Gear on 11/18. What we don’t yet know is which title. And…is that…Luther as a butler? Haven’t seen him since the days of Streamerpentico before we knew for sure he was actually Jon Cruz the whole time!

Schiavone has his Stingasm and brings out Sting. Darby Allin is with him, right arm in a sling. Tony Khan’s gift to Sting is revealed and it’s…RIC FLAIR! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! But Christian Cage interrupts and makes a challenge to Sting & Allin for a 6-man tag at Full Gear, their choice of partner. Accepted.

Renee interview with Chris Jericho from earlier today.

Match 3: ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Adam Page vs. The Hardys & Brother Zay for the titles
Result: ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks & Adam Page beat The Hardys & Brother Zay to retain the titles. Matt Jackson pinned Zay after BTE Trigger. Immediately afterwards, a video played of Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana inside Page’s house as Page ran to the back. It ended with Strickland leaving a Mogul Embassy shirt in his baby son’s crib.

Adam Copeleand interviewed. Allin & Sting try to recruit him as their partner because he has lost his Edge.

Match 4: AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida vs. Ruby Soho for the title
Result: AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida beat Ruby Soho to retain the title. Toni Storm came out post-match. She gets ANOTHER AEW Women’s Championship shot at Full Gear, and it could very well come against Shida.

MJF interviewed backstage. Samoa Joe interrupts to offer to be MJF’s bodyguard Saturday, which MJF accepts. Then the catch: Joe wants a rematch for the AEW World Championship.

Main Event: Orange Cassidy & Kazuchika Okada (New Japan) vs. Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli
Result: Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli beat Orange Cassidy & Kazuchika Okada. Castagnoli pinned Cassidy after a European Uppercut.

During the main event another new PPV, Worlds’ End, is announced for 12/30 in the New York City/Long Island, NY area (Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum).

Friday on Rampage: Santana vs. Ortiz, Skye Blue vs. Willow Nightingale, Anna Jay & Abadon in a 4-way and MJF & Kenny Omega speak.

Saturday on Collision: AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida vs. Friday’s 4-way winner for the title and AEW World Champion MJF vs. Kenny Omega for the title.

Next week: Cassidy-Castagnoli for the AEW International Championship.

This was a solid show that greatly overachieved, but Danielson was possibly injured in the main event and it looked like arm/wrist again and it completely ruined everything. It sucked the life out of the arena and commentary as Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, Rocky Romero & Hook all came out but despite the tensions cooler heads prevailed as we cut away. But there are understandably a lot of concerns about Danielson, and if Okada injured again, and sadly it made all the good stuff tonight not matter at all because this is what will be most remembered and talked about. I’m still trying to process everything myself. We’ll have to wait for updates and hope for the best for Danielson.

End Show.

UPDATE: After the show ended, Tony Khan posted on Twitter that Danielson left the ring and walked off under his own power without further specifics, but that is hopefully a good sign.

Also added to Rampage post-show is Kyle Fletcher vs. Konosuke Takeshita.