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Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/27/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a special summer athletic competition today, a break from traditional wrestling for a variety of unusual and comedy-themed activities with everyone divided into two teams for the unique event.

Today’s event was held at Sugamiku Resort Pleasure Forest in Kanagawa and is available on demand as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event can be purchased until 8/2 and is available for 3500 Japanese yen (around $26) for non-monthly subscribers and 2800 yen (around $20) for monthly paying subscribers. It may be available to all paying subscribers at a later date (probably October at the earliest).

This was a closed event with no fans in attendance. The format was 5 events with 1 point for the winners, most points at the end wins.

Match 1: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Rika Tatsumi, Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta (Red Team) beat Pom Harajuku, Suzume & Yuki Arai (White Team). Tatsumi pinned Harajuku after Twist Of Fate.

Match 2: In a Spider Climbing Competition, where apparently the most combined distance climbed wins (and it was teams simultaneous and fighting each other), Mizuki, Miu Watanabe & Kaya Toribami (White Team) beat Yuki Aino, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo 31.4 meters-22.9 meters.

Match 3: In a Steel Maze Battle, a series of 3 single battles where the first to escape a multi-level structure won, Raku, Nao Kakuta & Hyper Misao (Red Team) beat Suzume, Mahiro Kiryu & Yuki Kamifuku (White Team) 2-1.

Match 4: In a Sumo Pushing competition held in a small cage high above the ground (everyone was tethered to bungee cords and had to walk across suspension bridges to reach the structure), Red Team beat White Team 2-1. Nao Kakuta (Red) beat Pin Harajuku (White), Miu Watanabe (White) beat Moka Miyamoto (Red), Raku (Red) beat Yuka Sakazaki (White).

Main Event: In a Cavalry Deathmatch, pitting the entire teams against one another and the first to claim the opponent’s leader’s headband was the winner, White Team beat Red Team. The leaders were Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto, Arai won by claiming Miyamoto’s headband. White got 1 million points for winning and won the competition 1 million-3.

As a reward for winning, the White team got to enjoy a luxurious BBQ and party afterwards. And Arai being the big winner at the end made me very happy of course.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results will be posted here.

New Japan 7/27/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 9 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, Day 5 of Blocks A & B. With only the top 2 in each block advancing, the field starts thinning out today.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym 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 2316.

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

Match 1; Block A: Shota Umino beat Chase Owens.

Match 2: Block B: Taichi beat YOSHI-HASHI.

Match 3: Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Gabriel Kidd went to a double countout. 1 point for each. This was a brawl all over the venue.

Match 4: Block B: Tanga Loa beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 5: Block A: Hikuleo beat Yota Tsuji.

Match 6: Block B: El Phantasmo beat KENTA in 19 seconds. Flash win.

Match 7: Block A: SANADA beat Ren Narita.

Main Event: Block B: Will Ospreay beat Kazuchika Okada.

Standings-wise, SANADA will now advance out of Block A as he has all possible tiebreakers. Everyone else still has a chance at 2nd and advancing although Narita is on life support at best with just 2 points. Only a miracle and then some, which may now be impossible, gets him to 2nd. Okada & Ospreay now are tied atop Block B with 8 points and because of today, Khan is now eliminated and it’s all but settled. Everyone else now needs tiebreakers to have a chance except for Taichi.

Day 10 is Sunday at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya with Blocks C & D. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto is the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

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.