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AEW Dynamite 7/26/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Albany, NY:

Darby Allin-AR Fox promo.

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

Don Callis talks Chris Jericho into a tag match in the near future with Konosuke Takeshita vs. Daniel Garcia & Sammy Guevara.

Jack Perry interviewed. Jerry Lynn interrupts and issued an indirect challenge for the FTW Title. Perry says maybe next week.

Match 2: Pac vs. Gravity (a wrestler)
Result: Pac beat Gravity by submission.

MJF & Adam Cole backstage interview from last week which didn’t air on TV.

FTR interview in response to MJF/Cole, also from last week, after we return from commercial.

Match 3: Swerve Strickland vs. Darby Allin
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Darby Allin. AR Fox interfered at the end. He joined Mogul Affiliates after the match.

Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, Anna Jay.A.S. & (A voluptuous, notably pregnant now) Tay Melo have a talk with Jericho backstage. They walk out on him.

Match 4: Britt Baker vs. Taya Valkyrie
Result: Britt Baker beat Taya Valkyrie by submission

Main Event: Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Lucha Bros & Best Friends in a 3-way
Result: Lucha Bros beat Best Friends and Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli when Penta El Zero M pinned Trent Beretta.

It was a show that happened. Very average, nothing terrible but nothing really great.

End Show.

Friday on Rampage: Nyla Rose vs. Hikaru Shida, Scorpio Sky vs. Kip Sabian, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett vs. TBA and an 8-team tag team battle royal for an AEW Tag Team Title shot after Collision’s match this Saturday (The Hardys not winning will be an upset as they are in the battle royal).

Next week: Episode 200! Jon Moxley vs. Trent and Penta El Zero M in a 3-way with Anything Goes Rules, Chris Jericho & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Daniel Garcia & Smamy Guevara and Jack Perry & Jerry Lynn face-to-face. More TBA on Rampage.

New Japan 7/26/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 8 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, the halfway point for Blocks C & D.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1472, a legit sellout. Also about the same as yesterday which is good.

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

Match 1: Block C: EVIL beat HENARE.

Match 2: Block D: Alex Coughlin beat Hirooki Goto.

Match 3: Block C: Shingo Takagi beat Mikey Nicholls.

Match 4: Block D: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Toru Yano.

Match 5: Block C: Tomohiro Ishii beat Eddie Kingston.

Match 6: Block D: Shane Haste beat Tetsuya Naito.

Match 7: Block C: Tama Tonga beat David Finlay.

Main Event: Block D: Jeff Cobb beat Zack Sabre Jr.

Tonga, Finlay & EVIL are now tied for the Block C lead while Cobb is now the Block D leader.

Day 9 is tomorrow at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo with Blocks A & B and a Kazuchika Okada-Will Ospreay main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: DDT Wrestlers Peter Panned

DDT’s WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023 event was full of surprises, but unfortunately there also were some injuries coming out, including a big one-Tetsuya Endo is back on the sidelines again. Hand (metacarpal fracture). Also heading to the sidelines with injury is Toru Owashi. Cervical spine. Both out indefinitely but “a while” per translation of DDT’s website, which means months.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 7/25/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 7 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, as the preliminary round reaches the halfway point. Day 4 of Blocks A & B was today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1471, a legit sellout.

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

Match 1: Block B: Will Ospreay beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 2: Block A: Shota Umino beat Gabriel Kidd.

Match 3: Block B: KENTA beat Taichi.

Match 4: Block A: Yota Tsuji beat Chase Owens.

Match 5: Block B: El Phantasmo beat Tanga Loa.

Match 6: Block A: Hikuleo beat Ren Narita.

Match 7: Block B: Kazuchika Okada beat YOSHI-HASHI.

Main Event: Block A: SANADA beat Kaito Kiyomiya.

Both SANADA and Okada remain unbeaten at 4-0, 8 points and atop their respective blocks. SANADA is 3 points clear of the rest of Block A.

Day 8 is tomorrow with Blocks C & D. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jeff Cobb will be the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast.

Stardom 7/23/23 Results (Updated)

Stardom began their annual 5 STAR GP Tournament yesterday, a singles tournament to determine the top wrestler in the promotion.

Yesterday’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 1747.

Match 1: Gauntlet Match:
Momo Kohgo, Kogura & Saya Iida beat Miyu Amasaki, Lady C & Hanan. Kogura pinned Hanan.
Mei Hoshirai, Mai Sakurai & Thekla beat Momo Kohgo, Kogura & Saya Iida. Sakurai pinned Kohgo after MPR.
Mei Hoshirai, Mai Sakurai & Thekla beat HANAKO, Yuna Mizumori & Saki Kashima. Hoshirai pinned HANAKO after a dropkick.

5 STAR GP (all matches were 15 minute time limit):
Blue Block:
Maika beat Hanan.
Mariah Mat beat AZM.
Utami Hayashishita beat Mina Shirakawa.
Momo Watanabe beat MIRAI.
Giulia vs. Saori Anou went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Red Block:
Natsuko Toura beat Ami Sorei.
Natsupoi beat Starlight Kid.
Syuri beat Suzu Suzuki.
Mayu Iwatani beat Hazuki.
Tam Nakano beat Saya Kamitami.

The next event is Saturday at Nagano Prefectural Budokan in Nagano. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

UPDATE: Saya Kamitani is now out of the 5 STAR GP. Dislocated elbow and ligament damage. Happened in the match against Nakano. Out indefinitely but is out of the rest of the tournament, The tournament is scheduled to go at least 2 more months but it’s not known how long she will be out.

Dragon Gate 7/23/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today with the third of the Quarterfinals matches.

Today’s event was held at Juroku Plaza in Gifu. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 596, a legit sellout)

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Minorita. Shimizu pinned Minorita after Power Boss.

Match 2: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a modified driver.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Genki Horiguchi, Problem Dragon & Yoshiki Kato. Masaaki Mochizuki pinned Kato with a schoolboy.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat YAMATO, Don Fujii, Dragon Kid & Ichikawa. H-Y-O pinned Ichikawa after a diving senton.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Quarterfinals: Kota Minoura beat Yuki Yoshioka.

The next event is Saturday at Tsushima City Cultural Center in Aichi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/23/23 Results

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

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma C Hall in Gunma and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 311.

Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 3: AMAKUSA, Super Crazy & Junta Miyawaki beat Yoshinari Ogawa, LEONA (Dradition) & Kai Fujimura. AMAKUSA pinned Fujimura after Opening Of The Country.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Lace Anoa’i. Soya pinned Yone after a jumping DDT.

Match 5: Ninja Mack & Hajime Ohara beat Alejandro & Seiki Yoshioka. Ohara beat Alejandro with Muy Bien.

Match 6: Keonh, Adam Brooks, Stallion Rogers, HAYATA & Eita beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Greene after PFS.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Nakajima pinned Hi69 after Vertical Spike.

The next event is Saturday at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 7/23/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 6 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, the third day of Blocks C & D.

Today’s event was held at Big Hat in Nagano and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1180.

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

Match 1: Block D: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Alex Coughlin.

Match 2: Block C: Tama Tonga beat Mikey Nicholls.

Match 3: Block D: HIrooki Goto beat Shane Haste.

Match 4: Block C: Eddie Kingston beat HENARE.

Match 5: Block D: Tetsuya Naito beat Toru Yano.

Match 6: Block C: Shingo Takagi beat Tomohiro Ishii.

Match 7: Block D: Jeff Cobb beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Main Event: Block C: David Finlay beat EVIL.

After 3 days it’s Finlay atop Block C at 3-0, 6 points, while in Block D have some Sabre Corn on the Cobb as Sabre & Cobb are tied at 3-0, 6 points.

Day 7 is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Blocks A & B and SANADA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya in quite the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

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.