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Dragon Gate 6/25/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour today with the second half of a weekend doubleheader in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Espowa Isanonuma in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 306)

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Yoshioka pinned KAMEI after Inferno.

Match 2: KAI beat Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 3: Kzy & U-T beat Genki Horiguchi & Problem Dragon. U-T beat Dragon with a ground cobra twist.

Match 4: Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Hulk pinned Kanda after South Road.

Match 5: YAMATO & BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ben-K & Minorita. Shimizu pinned Minorita after BIGBOSS Press.

Main Event: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Strong Machine J beat Shun Skywalker, Diamante & H-Y-O. Kid pinned H-Y-O after Bible.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai. There will be mo live or on demand broadcast.

For next weekend, the special 7/1 event in Kobe at Kobe Art Center will be broadcast LIVE FOR FREE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. The start time will likely be 3 AM PT/6 AM ET although there is an event there at midnight PT/3 AM ET. Probably the latter will be free, which will feature all participating 7/2 wtestlers and signing ceremonies for all title matches on 7/2. There also have been some changes for the 7/2 event:
Fallout from the Kenoh 15th Anniversary Event in Pro Wrestling NOAH: The second match, Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii vs. Kenoh & Shuji Kondo match has been changed to Mochizuki & Kenoh vs. Fujii & Kondo.
Also, pre-show match 2, which is KAI & H-Y-O vs. TBA-a rookie selection team-is set. The rookie selection team will be Mochizuki Jr. & Ryoya Tanaka.
The 7/2 event will be available live on PPV in Japan and DRAGONGATE NETWORK outside Japan.

All Elite Wrestling/New Japan Pro Wrestling “Forbidden Door” Results (6/25/23)

The second installment of Forbidden Door, the All Elite Wrestling/New Japan Pro Wrestling crossover event that debuted last year, is on tap today with another lineup of dream matches and crossover title matches. About the only place there isn’t a crossover is the women’s matches (2 scheduled). The main event is expected to be either Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada or IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay for the title while AEW World Champion MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title may be the opener so MJF can be MJF and get his heel butt outta Toronto. But perhaps not before an impromptu media scrum comedy rant.

Today’s event will be held at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada and can be watched LIVE as follows:
US-PPV via cable/satellite and Bleacher Report, participating movie theaters and Dave & Buster’s locations
Canada, Mexico and select other countries-YouTube (PPV) and ppv.com
Japan-New Japan World (PPV)
Elsewhere-FITE and DAZN
There will also be a FREE one hour pre-show on YouTube. The post-event media scrum will also stream on YouTube after the event. Based on planned media scrum start timing this will be, including the pre-show, a 4 1/2-5 hour total running time.

Today’s current lineup:
Pre-Show:
Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo
Owen Hart Cup Women’s Quarterfinals: Athena vs. Billie Starkz
Kyle Fletcher, TJP & Jeff Cobb vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi
Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Kaun vs. El Desperado, Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta

PPV:
Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Tetsuya Naito
Adam Cole vs. Tom Lawlor (CANCELLED)
AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Daniel Garcia, Katsuyori Shibata & Zack Sabre Jr. in a 4-way for the title
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale for the title
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Shota Umino & Konosuke Takeshita vs. The Young Bucks, Adam Page, Tomohiro Ishii & Eddie Kingston
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA vs. Jungle Boy for the title
Owen Hart Cup Men’s Quarterfinals: CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
AEW World Champion MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP US Champion Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay for the title

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Click below to watch the pre-show beginning at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT:

Updates below will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.

Pre-Show UPDATE: The Adam Cole-Tom Lawlor match tonight is now off as of 1:30 PM PT/4:30 PM ET as Cole is not cleared to compete. Illness. No replacement and per Tony Khan on Twitter the match is cancelled.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Kaun vs. El Desperado, Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta
Result: Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Kaun beat El Desperado, Rocky Romero, Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta. Strickland pinned Romero after a diving foot stomp.

Match 2: Owen Hart Cup Women’s Tournament Quarterfinal: ROH Women’s Champion Athena vs. Billie Starkz in a NON-TITLE match
Result: Athena beat Billie Stakz. As a result, Athena advances to the Semifinals and will face Willow Nightingale.

Match 3: Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo
Result: El Phantasmo beat Stu Grayson

Match 4: Kyle Fletcher, TJP & Jeff Cobb vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi
Result: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Kyle Fletcher, TJP & Jeff Cobb. Takagi pinned TJP after MADE IN JAPAN.

PPV:
Match 1: AEW World Champion MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title
Result: AEW World Champion MJF beat Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the title.

Match 2: Owen Hart Cup Men’s Quarterfinals: CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
Result: CM Punk beat Satoshi Kojima. As a result, Punk advances to the Semifinals.

News: All Out, the next AEW PPV, will be in Chicago over Labor Day weekend. Week begins with Dynamite & Rampage taping on 8/30 at Now Arena, then Collision on 9/2 at United Center and All Out on 9/3 at United Center.

Match 3: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Daniel Garcia, Katsuyori Shibata & Zack Sabre Jr. in a 4-way for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Daniel Garcia, Katsuyori Shibata & Zack Sabre Jr. in a 4-way by pinning Garcia to retain the title.

Match 4: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA vs. Jungle Boy for the title
Result: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA beat Jungle Boy to retain the title. V3 for SANADA. Jungle Boy appeared to turn on Hook afterwards, breaking up The World’s Handsomest Tag Team and surely breaking many female fans’ hearts.

Match 5: Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Shota Umino & Konosuke Takeshita vs. The Young Bucks, Adam Page, Tomohiro Ishii & Eddie Kingston
Result: The Young Bucks, Adam Page, Tomohiro Ishii & Eddie Kingston beat Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Shota Umino & Eddie Kingston. Ishii pinned Yuta after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 6: AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale for the title
Result: AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title.

Match 7: IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay for the title
Result: WIll Ospreay beat IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega to win the title. Ospreay becomes the 18th IWGP US Heavyweight Champion.

Match 8: Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Tetsuya Naito
Result: Darby Allin, Sting & Tetsuya Naito beat Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki. Sting & Naito pinned Suzuki.

Main Event: Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
Result: Bryan Danielson beat Kazuchika Okada by submission

End Show.

Click below to watch the post-event media scrum after the event ends, which is scheduled to begin at 8:45 PM PT/11:45 PM ET (and in reality will start 20-30 minutes after that. As of 9 PM PT/Midnight ET is is in “Waiting to start” status):

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/25/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrapped up the spring 2023 house show tour today with the final event before SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23, their annual summer blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 437, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Suzume beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Moka Miyamoto beat Toga.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat HIMAWARI & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by pinning HIMAWARI.

Match 4: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro. Noa pinned Kazashiro after a running neckbreaker drop.

Match 5: Mizuki beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 6: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Kaya Toribami. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima vs. Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23, the annual summer blowout event, on 7/8 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/7 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

DDT Pro Wrestling “What Are You Doing 2023” Results (6/25/23)

DDT holds their monthly major event today, “What Are You Doing 2023”, the last big event before next month’s WRESTLE PETER PAN which is DDT’s biggest event of the year. This card may have implications for that event, and the full card will be announced at the end of today’s event. 2 matches for vacant titles headline today’s event: First, Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul face Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima for the KO-D Tag Team Championship, then in the main event MAO, Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko face off in a 3-way for the DDT Extreme Championship. As each title match usually has some kind of stip, this time it will be an elimination match. Shunma Katsumata, who had to vacate both titles in May due to injury, will be a special guest witness for the main event.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You also can watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube, which will be a pre-show dark match and the first match of the main card. Voice actor Kenta Tanaka will be a special guest on commentary today and Katsumata will join commentary for the main event. There will be a pre-show match scheduled to begin 30 minutes before the event. Including the pre-show I anticipate today’s event running close to 3 hours total.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Pre-show: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yuni & Toru Owashi vs. Akito, Takao Soma, Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya

Main show:
Naruki Doi vs. Takeshi Masada
Ryota Nakatsu, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku & Yusuke Okada vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani & Sanshiro Takagi
HARASHIMA vs. Minoru Fujita
Tetsuya Endo vs. Nick Wayne
Yuji Hino, Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda
Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul vs. Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship
MAO vs. Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko in a 3-way elimination match for the vacant DDT Extreme Championhip
The entire WRESTLE PETER PAN match card will be announced after the main event

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET.

6:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has just begun. Updates will begin when we go to the venue.

7:05 PM PT UPDATE:Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Ken Kato, Kagehiro Osano & Kenta Tanaka.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd still filing in but the opposite-camera-side bleacher seats are tarped off on either side (only using the middle seats). Not much on the floor outside the bleachers on either side so I’m thinking it’ll be around 650. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 755)

Pre-show match: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yuni & Toru Owashi vs. Akito, Takao Soma, Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. 15 minute time limit. Before Pheromones enter, Akito with microphone. Sounds like a comedy promo about Pheromones. Perhaps a request of GM Imabayashi as well. Interrupted by those deplorable Pheromones for their entrance of course.
Result: No Contest. GM Imabayashi Stoppage. Probably to spare Yuni the wrath of those deplorable Pheromones. Naturally this was a comedy match.

Updates will resume when the main show matches begin in about 20-25 minutes (as of 7:20 PM PT). During the opening announcements GM Imabayashi brings out Shota of Ganbare Pro to promote their biggest event of the year, WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA 2, which is on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. The opening start call is delivered by Chris Brookes, who will return from injury in a couple weeks ahead of his KO-D Openweight Championship match against Yuji Hino at WRESTLE PETER PAN, which he earned by winning the KING OF DDT Tournament.

Main show:
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. Your host today is Ken Kato. Haruo Murata is in Canada to do Japanese commentary for the All Elite Wrestling/New Japan Pro Wrestling “Forbidden Door” PPV tomorrow for New Japan World (with Miki Motoi).
Match 1: Naruki Doi vs. Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naruki Doi beat Takeshi Masada

Match 2: Ryota Nakatsu, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku & Yusuke Okada vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani & Sanshiro Takagi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ryota Nakatsu, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku & Yusuke Okada beat Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani & Sanshiro Takagi. Ishida pinned Sakaguchi. UPSET ALERT! Sakaguchi beat down Ishida a little more afterwards before storming off.

Big match announcement: DDT BIG BANG 2023 on 9/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo will feature a KO-D Openweight Championship match.

The YouTube broadcast ends here. It did not include the pre-show match.

Match 3: HARASHIMA vs. Minoru Fujita. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA beat Minoru Fujita by DQ. Fujita low blow on the referee.

Yukio Naya makes a surprise appearance. He announced what sounded like his potential return from injury, which could be at WRESTLE PETER PAN next month. (Update: It will be at WRESTLE PETER PAN)

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo vs. Nick Wayne. 30 minute time limit (Wayne, who just graduated high school a week or so ago and just turned 18 or is about to, is headed to All Elite Wrestling later this summer. He was signed to a deal a couple years ago that would take effect once he was old enough to legally compete in the US, meaning age 18). Endo’s also sporting some light blue/turquoise hair at the ends now.
Result: Tetsuya Endo beat Nick Wayne

Match 5: Yuji Hino, Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit. For this match Akiyama came out looking like the “American Badass” version of The Undertaker, wearing Omega gear just for this match. Nice! It looked good on him!
Chris Brookes joins commentary for this match.
Result: Yuji Hino, Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Hino beat Honda with a King Kong sleeper. Mostly comedy match but Hino & Higuchi had their BEEF moments. Afterwards, Oishi with microphone. As he apparently taunted the lsoers and Brookes, Hino snatched the microphone from him. Some comedy before further taunting Brookes as a promo for their match at WRESTLE PETER PAN.

Shunma Katsumata greets the crowd from the commentary area. He joins commentary for the rest of the event.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul vs. Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship. 1 Hour time limit
During the opening moments, Sasaki attacked Katsumata with one of his crutches at commentary.
Result: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima to win the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship. Sasaki & Paul become the 77th KO-D Tag Team Champions. Sasaki beat Kojima with a crossface. KANON appeared and interfered to help at the end despite being injured (arm/elbow in a sling).

Main Event: MAO vs. Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko in a 3-way elimination match for the vacant DDT Extreme Championship. 1 Hour time limit
In progress.
Result: Yoshihiko eliminated first by both MAO & Kazuki Hirata. Kazuki Hirata then beat MAO to win the title. Hirata becomes the 58th DDT Extreme Champion. Hirata apparently has also chosen his first challenger: HARASHIMA. Accepted. GM Imabayashi made it official. Sounds like it will be at the next Korakuen event, which is Summer Vacation 2023 on 7/29.

Coming up shortly: The full WRESTLE PETER PAN card. And here it is:
Takeshi Masada vs. Kazuma Sumi
Sanshiro Takagi, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Yuni vs. Masa Takanashi, Toi Kojima & Rukiya
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari vs. Akito, Takao Soma & Yoshitomo Shimohigashi
Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Minoru Fujita, MJ Paul & KANON and Kotaro Suzuki, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku in a 3-way
Chiitan* & Pokotan vs. Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine
HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya vs. Jun Akiyama & Shigehiro Irie
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani for the titles
TAKA Michinoku vs. MAO
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuki Ueno
Daisuke Sasaki vs. El Desperado
DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo vs. Matt Cardona for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino vs. Chris Brookes for the title

And that’ll do it for today!

The next event is “Yokohama Unlimited SPECIAL” on 7/1 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

AEW Collision 6/24/23 Results

Below are the LIVE quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Toronto, Canada:

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

The show opens with what was supposed to be Darby Allin & Sting announcing their partner for a 6-man tag against Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki Sunday but Jericho & Suzuki quickly come out instead. Allin & Sting come out after Jericho threatens Tony Schiavone (cue Schiavone having his usual Stingasm). Allin reveals their partner is New Japan’s Tetsuya Naito.

Miro promo.

Match 1: Swerve Strickland vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan)
Result: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Swerve Strickland

Match 2: Brody King vs. Andrade El Idolo
Result: Andrade El Idolo beat Brody King by DQ. Buddy Matthews interference when Andrade had King in the Figure 4.

Christian Cage interviewed.

Owen Hart Cup Men’s Tournament promo. The tournament begins tomorrow at Forbidden Door with CM Punk-Satoshi Kojima. The other quarterfinals matches are next week on Collision.

Match 3: Owen Hart Cup Women’s Tournament Quarterfinals: Willow Nightingale vs. Nyla Rose
Result: Willow Nightingale beat Nyla Rose. As a result, Nightingale advances to the Semifinals and will face Athena or Billie Starkz. That match is tomorrow at Forbidden Door on the pre-show. After the match, The Outcasts (including Saraya after being away a week or so) surrounded the ring but Skye Blue came out to scare them off.

Scorpio Sky interviewed backstage.

Match 4: Powerhouse Hobbs vs. a jobber. The jobber is Jeremy Prophet
Result: Powerhouse Hobbs beat Jeremy Prophet. Squash.

Forbidden Door card final rundown. It sounds like MJF-Hiroshi Tanahashi for the AEW World Championship will be the first match at MJF’s demand. The main event will likely be either Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada or IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay for the title.

Main Event: CM Punk, Ricky Starks & FTR vs. Jay White, Juice Robinson & Gunn Club. Very heavy boos for Punk during his entrance even though some fans do sing his entrance music, but overwhelmingly negative fan reaction. As commentary noted, We’re Not In Chicago Anymore! HAHAHA!
Result: Jay White, Juice Robinson & Gunn Club beat CM Punk, Ricky Starks & FTR. White pinned Starks after Bladerunner.

End Show.

Next week: MJF vs. TBA and the rest of the Owen Hart Cup Tournament Men’s Quarterfinals: Roderick Strong vs. Samoa Joe, Dustin Rhodes vs. Powerhouse Hobbs, Juice Robinson vs. Ricky Starks. Next week’s episode will be TAPED on Thursday.

GLEAT 6/24/23 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, the final event before their major 2nd Anniversary event next weekend.

Today’s event was held at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube (it was a live stream earlier today) below. The event starts at about the 11 minute mark. Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel:

The announced paid attendance was 311.

Match 1: Yutani & El Bendito beat Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka. Bendito pinned Onitsuka after a shooting star press.

Match 2: Yusuke Kodama beat Yu Iizuka, This was listed as a 3-way on the GLEAT website’s results page but it appears not to have been a 3-way.

Match 3: Sayaka Unagi & AKARI beat Rydeen Hagane & Yukari Hosokawa. Unagi pinned Hosokawa.

Match 4: Soma Watanabe beat Junjie (?).

Match 5: Flamita & Hartley Jackson beat Ryuichi Kawakami & Check Shimatani. Flamita pinned Shimatani after Phoenix Splash.

Match 6: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & Seiichi Ikemoto beat Jun & Rei Saito & KONO (All-Japan Pro Wrestling). Tanaka pinned KONO after Minoru Special.

Match 7: T-hawk & El Lindaman beat Kotaro Suzuki & Emperador Azteca. Lindaman pinned Suzuki with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Hayato Tamura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Tetsuya Izuchi, Jun Tonsho & Keiichi Sato. Tamura pinned Tonsho after a lariat.

The next event is GLEAT Ver. 6-2nd Anniversary Tournament on 7/1 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but the prior TDC Hall events, including the debut event and the 1st Anniversary event, were PPVs in Japan and if that’s the case, YouTube won’t get on demand for probably 3-6 months.

Dragon Gate 6/24/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour today with the first half of a weekend doubleheader in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Espowa Isanonuma in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 262)

Match 1: Shun Skywalker & ISHIN beat Jason Lee & U-T. ISHIN pinned U-T after a chokeslam.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Punch Tominaga.

Match 3: YAMATO & Kagetora beat Susumu Mochizuki & Genki Horiguchi. YAMATO pinned Horiguchi after Frankensteiner of the Almighty.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat Diamante, KAI & H-Y-O by DQ. Diamante DQ’d. Z-Brats interference.

Match 5: BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Ben-K pinned Kanda after a spear.

Main Event: Dragon Kid, Kota Minoura & Naruki Doi beat Kzy, Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Doi pinned KAMEI after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/24/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the spring (now technically summer) house show tour today with the start of a weekend in western Japan, highlgithed by the return of Miyu Yamashita and (for a couple weeks) Maki Itoh from extended international excursions. Itoh is going away again in mid-July while Yamashita came back from what was, by all accounts, an incredibly successful 3-month trip to the US and Europe and brought back more titles with her.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 316, a super full house/very near sellout.

During the opening announcements, a TJPW INSPIRATION mini-event was announced for 8/17 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, to include Mizuki vs. Eiger (Aiger). Eiger is a longtime wrestler whose persona is essentially a ghost. Mostly has competed in the OZ Academy promotion and is a bit of a comedy wrestler.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Nao Kakuta beat Toga.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku beat Shino Suzuki & Hikari Noa in a 3-way by pinning Suzuki.

Match 4: Yuki Arai beat HIMAWARI by submission. Interesting…(scorpion deathlock aka sharpshooter)

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Nakajima pinned Harajuku with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Yuki Aino & Mahiro Kiryu. Tatsumi pinned Kiryu after Daydream Eternity.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto beat Mizuki, Suzume & Arisu Endo. Itoh beat Endo with Itoh Deluxe.

The next event is tomorrow at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka, the final event before SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23. Unfortunately for us outside the venue, there will be no live broadcast. You’ll have to wait for on demand, which should be available Wednesday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/24/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH star Kenoh held a 15th Anniversary Event in his hometown today, which has to make one wonder-would the eternal stone-faced Kongo leader actually smile? Or even force a smirk? Or something else perhaps?

Today’s event was held at Tokushima City Gym in Tokushima and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on the Kenoh YouTube Channel, which also streamed the event live. You can also watch below (the total running time is about 3 hours; the broadcast begins at the 20 minute mark and has Japanese commentary, the matches begin at about the 38 minute mark…note that while the hard camera view is in HD, other ringside camera views will be lower quality: it is not available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at this time):

The announced paid attendance was 1321.

Match 1: Hi69 beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Daiki Inaba & Stallion Rogers. Inamura pinned Rogers after Musou.

Match 3: Ninja Mack beat Dante Leon.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Mohammed Yone & GAINA (Independent/Freelancer) beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher, Kazuyuki Fujita & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat.

Match 5: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Super Crazy. Daga pinned Kotoge after Diablo Wings.

Match 6: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, HAYATA & Eita beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Kiyomiya beat Tadasuke with a double armbar.

Main Event: Kenoh 15th Anniversary Match: Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara beat Naomichi Marufuji, Masato Tanaka, Kazushi Sakuraba, AMAKUSA & Alejandro. Kenoh pinned Alejandro after Ring Of Fire. Then, the huge shocker…Kongo is no more. Kenoh has disbanded the iconic heel faction. This has resulted in the promotion announcing changes to the 7/9 card-and interestingly, one is the main event where Kenoh will now team with longtime archrival Kaito Kiyomiya against Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba.

The next event is 7/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Besides the aforementioned changes, the event also features GHC National Champion Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. AMAKUSA for the title, fallout from Thuesday’s event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 6/23/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2023 Your today with an event in Chiba.

Today’s event was held at Chiba Port Arena in Chiba. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 286)

Match 1: Kzy & Strong Machine J beat YAMATO & Problem Dragon. Kzy pinned Dragon after a running elbow smash.

Match 2: Kota Minoura & Naruki Doi beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. Minoura pinned Horiguchi after R-301.

Match 3: KAI & ISHIN beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. ISHIN pinned KAMEI after Death Penalty.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Shuji Kondo & Dragon Kid beat Shun Skywalker, Diamante & H-Y-O. Dragon pinned H-Y-O with La Magistral.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Yoshioka pinned U-T after Inferno.

Main Event: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Minorita. Kanda pinned Minorita after a diving elbow drop.

The next event is tomorrow at Espowa Isanonuma in Saitama, the first half of a weekend doubleheader there. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.