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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.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/15/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a special standalone event called One Night Dream today, headlined by a long-awaited match between former partners-turned-rivals Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kento Miyahara. Their careers are linked back to their beginnings under trainer Kensuke Sasaki in his now-defunct promotions from almost 20 years ago.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was in English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive.

The announced paid attendance was 1515, a legit advance sellout. It sold out way in advance too. It also may be the biggest Korakuen attendance since pandemic capacity limits were lifted.

Match 1: Yu Owada Debut Match: Kai Fujimura beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Jimmy Yang, Super Crazy & Stallion Rogers. YO-HEY pinned Crazy after Face G. Some WWE fans may also remember Yang as Jimmy Wang Yang.

Match 3: Jazzy Yang & Miyuki Takase beat Hibiscus Mii & Yuu. Yang pinned Mii after Moonsault Attack. Jazzy is Jimmy Yang’s daughter.

Match 4: Lance Anoa’i, Adam Brooks, Saxon Huxley & Jack Morris beat Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Anoa’i pinned Soya after Samoan Splash.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Go Shiozaki beat Jake Lee & Kenoh. Shiizaki pinned Kenoh after Go Lariat.

Match 6: Dralistico, Ninja Mack & AMAKUSA beat HAYATA, Rey Escorpion & Dante Leon. Dralistico pinned Escorpion with La Mystica.

Main Event: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kento Miyahara. This was a No Time Limit match and went over 34 minutes.

The next event is Thursday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Post-event major news:

The Naomichi Marufuji 25th Anniversary Match on 9/17 is set-Marufuji vs. Will Ospreay (New Japan).

The 2024 schedule will open with ABEMA presents NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2024 on 1/2 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. More details TBA.

A new project for later this year called MONDAY MAGIC was announced. It will run every other Monday from 10/9-12/18 at Shinjuku Face and fans can attend live on person, plus every event will be streamed live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Injury Report: All-Japan Star Backs Out Today

Ahead of today’s event in a few hours, All-Japan has to make an injury change because Masao Hanabata is now off. Back. Out indefinitely. He was to have teamed with Ryuki Honda to face Hikaru Sato & Hideki Suzuki. Kohei Sato is the replacement.

Also, while not injury-related, All-Japan announced that ring announcer Ryo Okuda has left the promotion as of 7/7. He was with the promotion for 10 years.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Tokyo Princess Cup” Results (7/15/23)

Tokyo Joshi Pro kicks off their annual Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament today, their yearly singles tournament to determine the top wrestler in the promotion. Not everyone will participate this year as the field is 16, with the most notable omission being Maki Itoh because the Finals would conflict with overseas participation that day. The first round will be spread over 3 consecutive days of events with two tournament matches today-first, and this one might decide it all, Miyu Yamashita faces Mizuki and the second match will be Hyper Misao vs. Moka Miyamoto. Non-tournament matches make up the rest of the event.

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. I’m not sure what the time limit will be for the tournament matches but with 6 matches and otherwise all tag matches I anticipate this event will have a normal house show runtime of about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA…Update: This wound up being the actual match order):
Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI vs. Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo
Kaya Toribami vs. Shino Suzuki
Yuki Kamifuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga vs. Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Arisu Endo
Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe, Neko Haruna & Suzume vs. Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1:
Hyper Misao vs. Moka Miyamoto
Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki

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8:28 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. Didn’t get a good long initial look before the lights were turned down and opening announcements began but it looks so far like an average crowd for the venue, so I’m initially estimating 200-225. The venue’s max capacity is about 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 219)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:40 PM PT. Also, no time limit for the tournament matches. As is now often the case at this venue, hard-camera only view today.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI vs. Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI beat Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. Uehara beat Kazashiro with a sleeper hold.

Match 2: Kaya Toribami vs. Shino Suzuki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Shino Suzuki by submission

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga vs. Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Noa pinned Toga.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe, Neko Haruna & Suzume vs. Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Match 4: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Waanabe, Neko Haruna & Suzume beat Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Tatsumi pinned Harajuku.

Match 5: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Hyper Misao vs. Moka Miyamoto. No time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Hyper Misao. As a result, Miyamoto advances to the Quarterfinals and will face the Miyu Yamashita-Mizuki winner on 7/29.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki. No time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Mizuki. As a result, Yamashita advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Moka Miyamoto on 7/29 and the eventual tournament winner is now all but guaranteed to get to face Mizuki for the Princess Of Princess Championship in the future. And hopefully it’ll be Yamashita and a repeat of today which for me would mean HAPPY HAPPY.

Unusually fast event tonight, the matches didn’t even go 90 minutes total and Yamashita kept the post-main event promo very short, saying she was going to win it all and that’s it.

The next event is tomorrow. Tomorrow’s tournament matches are scheduled to be Raku vs. Rika Tatsumi and Suzume vs. Shoko Nakajima with the rest of the card announced near-last-minute. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

Dragon Gate 7/14/23 Results

Dragon Gate resumed the KING OF GATE Tournament today after a nearly week long break., wrapping up Round 1 of the tournament with today’s matches.

Today’s event was held at Robashi Sports Center in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced

Match 1: KING OF GATE Round 1: ISHIN beat Minorita.

Match 2: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat Ryu Fuda & Kaito Nagano. KAI pinned Nagano after a lariat.

Match 3: KING OF GATE Round 1: Yasushi Kanda beat Strong Machine J. J was questionable for this match due to injury.

Match 4: KING OF GATE Round 1: Yuki Yoshioka beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI.

Match 5: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Minoura pinned Jr. afger Golden Rose.

Match 6: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shomizu, Jason Lee & Shachihoko BOY. Dia pinned BOY after DDDDT.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Round 1: H-Y-O beat U-T.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto with the start of Round 2. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

DEVELOPING: NJPW Legend Possibly At AEW Tomorrow

There are reports on the net, confirmed via his Twitter, that New Japan legend Jushin Thunder Liger apparently will be at tomorrow’s AEW Collision in Calgary, Canada. A translation of the original Japanese notes Liger was invited to be a guest for the Owen Hart Cup Finals tomorrow and is flying from Tokyo to San Francisco, CA then to Calgary. Liger had some history with the late Owen Hart in their early careers in the 1980s & 1990s, both in New Japan and Calgary’s legendary Stampede Wrestling. It’s not known yet if Liger will appear on the broadcast or not. Considering he is also a WWE Hall Of Famer, it makes things interesting there although AEW has a partnership with New Japan. I imagine there would be no WWE mention. We’ll see tomorrow.