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Dragon Gate 7/17/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 today, wrapping up Round 2 and setting the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Kusakabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 420.

Match 1: BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Minorita pinned KAMEI after Victor Minorita.

Match 2: Dragon Kid, Susumu Mochizuki, Naruki Doi & Kagetora beat Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO, Shachihoko BOY & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Mochizuki pinned Yanagiuchi after Jumbo Wins!!

Match 3: KING OF GATE Round 2: Kota Minoura beat Punch Tominaga.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. H-Y-O pinned Jr. after Neko Tamashi.

Match 5: KING OF GATE Round 2: Shuji Kondo beat ISHIN.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Yoshioka pinned U-T after Inferno.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

DDT 7/17/23 Results

DDT had a special outdoor mini-event planned in Tokyo today, because the weather was excellent it was able to go on as scheduled.

Today’s event was held at Sumida Park Breeze Plaza in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

Because this was a free event with no paid admissions, the attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Hideki Okatani, Toi Kojima & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku pinned Sumi after a moonsault press.

The mayor of Sumida Ward appeared with Sanshiro Takagi & Shinichiro Kawamatsu and greeted the crowd.

A talk show with Yukio Naya was held. Naya will return from injury this weekend.

Match 2: HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata vs. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno went to a no contest. Pheromones Being Pheromones.

Match 3: Chris Brookes, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Yuni beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ishida & Makoto Oishi. Brookes pinned Oishi after a Kawamatsu sky tree bomb.

Next up is participation in a special match Saturday at Handmade In JapanFes2023 in Tokyo, which will be HARASHIMA vs. MAO, Hideki Okatani & Kazuma Sumi in a 4-way. There will be no live broadcast.

The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023, the promotion’s biggest annual event, Sunday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/17/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the last event of an opening weekend series of Round 1 matches. Today’s event was a midday matinee as it was a holiday in Japan.

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 202.

Match 1: Suzume beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki. Raku pinned Suzuki after Doctor Yellow.

Match 3: Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna beat Arisu Endo, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo. Mizuki beat Okubo with a crossface.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Rika Tatsumi, Hikari Noa, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Yamashita pinned Toribami after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Yuki Kamifuku beat Hikari Noa.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Miu Watanabe beat Yuki Aino. As a result, the 3rd Queterfinals will be Kamifuku vs. Watanabe. That match will be on 7/29.

The next event is Saturday with the last 2 Round 1 matches-Arisu Endo vs. Mahiro Kiryu and Hikari Noa vs. Yuki Arai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

GLEAT 7/16/23 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday, the first event since their anniversary event at the start of the month.

Yesterday’s event was held at Uneda Sky Building StellarHall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow morning. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 244.

Match 1: Minoru Tanaka, Keiichi Sato & Yuya Susumu beat Kaz Hayashi, Yu Iizuka & Jun Tonsho. Sato pinned Tonsho with a leg lock clutch hold.

Match 2: Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama beat Seiichi Ikemoto & Fire Katsumi. Kodama pinned Katsumi after Mad Splash.

Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Magnitude Kishiwada & Junjae. Suzuki pinned Junjae with La Magistral. Afterwatds, Keiicho Sato joined Black Generation International after Kaito Ishida extended an invite. Yuya Susumu also was asked to join but didn’t answer.

Match 4: Quiet Storm beat Ryuichi Kawakami. Afterwards, Storm apparently tried to leave Bulk Orchestra but was talked out of it. Then Kawakami announced he & Galeno Dep Mar will challenge G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito for the titles on 8/4.

During intermission here CIMA held a special 5 minute training session with Commissioner Masato Yoshino, a former wrestler who spent most of his career in Dragon Gate with CIMA. Yoshino was one of the fastest wrestlers ever during a career cut short by injury, able to run the ring ropes with blinding speed. Seiki Yoshioka may be the closest thing I’ve seen to Yoshino in terms of speed.

Match 5: T-Hawk & Shigehiro Irie beat Hayato Tamura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. T-Hawk pinned SAKAMOTO after Cerberus.

Main Event: El Lindaman, Soma Watanabe & Check Shimatani beat Takanori Ito, Tetsuya Izuchi & Galeno Del Mar. Lindaman pinned Ito with a German suplex hold. Afterwards, Ishida announced he would return from injury on 8/4 and Lindaman recruited several participants in the match for a 10-man tag against a Kota Ibushi-led team on 8/4.

The next event is GLEAT Ver. MEGA on 8/4 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, their debut at the famed sumo venue. Broadcast plans TBA. The venue will probably be at 70-75% capacity as the mass/box seats that hold up to 4 people for sumo will only be used at half capacity (2 per box).

Dragon Gate 7/16/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today with the next day of Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaizan in Ishikawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 395)

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita. ISHIN pinned Minorita after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Susumu Mochizuki beat Ichikawa. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Susumu Mochizuki beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Shachihoko BOY beat YAMATO, Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. Dia pinned Horiguchi after DDDDT.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Shimizu pinned Kanda after a shot put slam.

Match 5: KING OF GATE Round 2: H-Y-O beat Kzy.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Round 2: Madoka Kikuta beat Takashi Yoshida.

The next event is tomorrow at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

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

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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.