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DDT 5/21/23 Results

DDT wrapped up the KING OF DDT 2023 Tournament today with the Semifinals and Finals.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 4 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 677.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Akito, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya by ref stoppage (TKO). Iino beat Rukiya.
Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Takao Soma, Yuni & Yuki Ishida beat Toru Owashi, Makoto Oishi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.

Main show:
The promised announcement of a former WWE wrestler/champion appearing at WRESTLE PETER PAN was made to reveal the wrestler’s identity…Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder). He will face DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo for the title on 7/23 with Steph De Lander in Cardon’a corner (not Chelsea Green, Cardona’s real-life wife. She’s back in WWE).

Match 1: KING OF DDT Semifinals: Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki Ueno.

Match 2: KING OF DDT Semifinals: Chris Brookes beat Jun Akiyama.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Kotaro Suzuki beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Endo pinned Paul after Burning Star Press. This was to have been a 6-man tag match but was changed to a tag match due to a KANON injury.

Match 4: Yuji Hino, Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Naruki Doi beat MAO, Touki Kojima, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada. Hino beat Koroku with King Kong sleeper.

Match 5: In a Piercing Deathmatch where win was by pinfall, submission or piercing your opponent’s ear 3 times, DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat Hideki Okatani to retain the title. V1 for Katsumata. Next up: TBA, but Katsumata hinted at wanting Atsushi Onita.

Main Event: KING OF DDT Finals: Chris Brookes beat Kazusada Higuchi by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Brookes will next face KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino for the title at a date TBA.

Daisuke Sasaki summoned media backstage and tried to wait for El Desperado, who was part of the New Japan event later in the day at the venue. However, Korakuen Hall staff forced him to leave. Sasaki will face Desperado at WRESTLE PETER PAN.

The next event is Saturday at JMS Alter Plaza Multipurpose Studio in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 5/21/23 Results (Updated)

New Japan Ran Day 8 of Best Of The Super Junior 30 today, the penultimate day of preliminary round action.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1416, a legit sellout.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches, 30 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block A: Titan beat DOUKI.
Match 2: Block B: Clark Connors beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 3: Block A: KUSHIDA beat Sho.
Match 4: Block B: Master Wato beat BUSHI.
Match 5: Block A: Mike Bailey beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 6: Block B: Dan Moloney beat Robbie Eagles.
Match 7: Block A: Lio Rush beat TJP.
Match 8: Block B: Yoh beat Kevin Knight.
Match 9: Block A: Hiromu Takahashi beat Taiji Ishimori by ref stoppage. Shoulder injury.
Main Event: Block B: El Desperado beat Francesco Akira by submission.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Bailey, 6-2, 12 pts
2-Takahashi, 6-2, 12 pts
3-Rush, 6-2, 12 pts
4-Titan, 5-3, 10 pts
5-Ishimori, 5-3, 10 pts
6-TJP, 4-4, 8 pts (OUT)
7-Sho, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-DOUKI, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
9-KUSHIDA, 2-5, 7 pts (OUT)
10-Taguchi, 0-8, 0 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Desperado, 6-3, 12 pts
2-Yoh, 6-3, 12 pts
3-Wato, 6-3, 12 pts
4-Eagles, 5-3, 10 pts
5-Akira, 4-4, 8 pts (OUT)
6-Connors, 4-4, 8 pts (OUT)
7-Knight, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-Moloney, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
9-Kanemaru, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)
10-BUSHI, 1-8, 2 pts (OUT)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals. In Block A, one thing is certain for Day 9-the Rush-Bailey winner advances. If it goes the distance, who moves on depends on Takahashi-Titan. Takahashi is through with a win. Titan beat Rush so he’d need to beat Takahashi and have Bailey win. If the top 3 somehow finish in a 3-way tie, Takahashi is probably out as he lost to both Bailey & Rush. Ishimori is the big question mark because of health-if he can’t go on Day 9 he’s out and TJP would get a free win. KUSHIDA & Taguchi face off for pride and points. In Block B, there could also be a 3-way tie at the top, if that happens the one out is Wato because his losses are to Desperado & Yoh. Desperado has Eagles, Yoh has Kanemaru, Wato has Knight.If Eagles beats Desperado, he needs Wato to lose to have a chance because Eagles beat Yoh but lost to Wato.

Day 9 is Tuesday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with only Block A along with non-tournament matches (Block B finishes Wednesday). Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: Ishimori was legit injured. Cervical vertebra. Out the rest of the tournament. TJP gets a free win in his final tournament match, which was to have been against Ishimori. Ishimori is out indefinitely.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/21/23 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with an event headlined by an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match. Kenoh & Manabu Soya are the champions but Suwama & KONO were looking to take the title back to All-Japan.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe 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 891, a full house/near sellout. That’s the biggest crowd by a considerable amount for anyone in the venue since at least pre-pandemic.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Alejandro & Super Crazy. Ohara beat Alejandro with Muy Bien.

Match 2: HAYATA, Dragon Bane & Lancelot beat Dante Leon, Extreme Tiger & Alpha Wolf. Bane pinned Wolf after Koura Del Dragon.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Ka Shin, Masato Tanaka & Dave The Clown beat Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Clown pinned Inaba after a package piledriver.

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Sean Legacy beat Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Legacy pinned Miyawaki after Shambles.

Match 5: Daga beat Eita.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Masakatsu Funaki & Shuji Kondo. Shiozaki pinned Kondo after Go Lariat.

Match 7: Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Naomichi Matufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka. YO-HEY pinned Yoshioka after a dropkick.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Suwama & KONO (All-Japan) to retain the titles. Soya pinned KONO after a jumping DDT. V1 for the champs.

The next event is 5/28 at Bandaijima Multipurpose Plaza Large Hall in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Next up for Kenoh/Soya: Suwama (again) & Rei Saito. That will happen on 5/29 in All-Japan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 5/20/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their spring house show tour today with an event in Tokyo, which again underwent late changes due to wrestler absences (between injuries and overseas excursions they are down roughly 1/3 of their roster).

Today’s event was held at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 272.

During opening announcements, Miyu Yamashita vs. Sawyer Wreck was added to SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 on 7/8. Despite being injured, Yuki Arai also appeared to greet fans.

Match 1: Mahiro Kiryu beat Toga.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Shino Suzuki by submission.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima, Suzume & Haru Kazashiro beat Ryo Mizunami, Yoshiko Hasegawa (Ganbare Pro) & Kaya Toribami. Nakajima pinned Toribami with a Northern Lights suplex hold. Mizunami was a late replacement for Rika Tatsumi, who remains out due to the vague “poor physical condition”.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku beat HIMAWARI.

Match 5: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara. Raku pinned Uehara after Doctor Yellow.

Main Event: Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto beat Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo. Mizuki pinned Endo after a diving foot stomp.

The next event is a Hyper Misao Produced event Thursday at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 5/19/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 7 of Best Of The Super Junior today as the tournament enters the home stretch.

Today’s event was held at New Aomori Sports Park Maeda Arena Sub Arena in Aomori and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1196.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior Matches, 30 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block B: Master Wato beat Clark Connors.
Match 2: Block A: DOUKI beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 3: Block B: Robbie Eagles beat Kevin Knight by submission.
Match 4: Block A: Sho beat Titan. Sho & EVIL ripped off Titan’s mask aftetwards.
Match 5: Block B: Francesco Akira beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 6: Block A: Lio Rush beat KUSHIDA.
Match 7: Block B: Yoh beat BUSHI.
Match 8: Block A: Taiji Ishimori beat Mike Bailey by submission.
Match 9: Block B: El Desperado beat Dan Moloney by submission.
Main Event: Block A: Hiromu Takahashi beat TJP.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Ishimori, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Bailey, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Takahashi, 5-2, 10 pts
4-Rush, 5-2, 10 pts
5-Titan, 4-3, 8 pts
6-TJP, 4-3, 8 pts
7-Sho, 3-4, 6 pts
8-DOUKI, 3-4, 6 pts
9-KUSHIDA, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)
10-Taguchi, 0-7, 0 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Desperado, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Yoh, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Wato, 5-2, 10 pts
4-Eagles, 5-2, 10 pts
5-Akira, 4-3, 8 pts
6-Knight, 3-4, 6 pts
7-Connors, 3-5, 6 pts
8-Moloney, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
9-Kanemaru, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
10-BUSHI, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals. Both blocks are headed to last day settlements now. Block B has cleared up some with 3 now eliminated and 2 more mathematically all but out. While 7 still have a chance in Block A it’s all but down to the 4 tied for the lead with Titan and TJP still having a chance. Sho & DOUKI can only hope for tiebreakers and no contests.

Day 8 is Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Also Sunday is Resurgence, the next US event. Live streaming on Nee Japan World as a PPV (about $22 in the US, no subscription required) will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. THERE IS NO FITE BROADCAST THIS TIME. Only New Japan World.

Injury Report: 2 DDT Group Wrestlers Out

DDT announced two wrestlers are out of action for the time being today:

First, Rika Tatsumi is off tomorrow’s Tokyo Joshi Pro event. Still dealing with the ever-vague poor physical condition. She was to have been in a 6-woman tag match. Ryo Mizunami is the replacement.

DDT also announced changes for Sunday’s event because KANON is now off. Dislocated left shoulder suffered in practice. Out indefinitely but will be “for a while”. He was to have been in a 6-man tag match, which is now just a tag match.

More as it becomes available.

Impact Wrestling 5/18/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in Chicago, IL:

This episode was taped during the 4/28-4/29 TV tapings.

The YouTube pre-show match was The Design vs. Johnny Swinger & Zicky Dice.

Match 1: Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel beat Laredo Kid in a NON-TITLE match.

Miguel stays in the ring through and after commercial claiming he is holding the show hostage until the crowd shows him some respect. This brings out Chris Sabin. He talks down Miguel and sends him off, including hilariously putting himself over as a to-be-9-time champion (which he did say 9 times).

Jai Vidal confronts Trinity about the picture he took with her last week and posted to social media. Trinity tells Vidal that Gisele Shaw can talk to her if there’s a problem. Vidal says Shaw won’t be cleared until next week so Trinity throws down a challenge.

Sami Callihan & Rich Swann promo.

Match 2: Jason Hotch beat Ace Austin.

Steve Maclin recruits Champagne Singh & Shera to do some dirty work.

Jordynne Grace interviewed about what happened to Deonna Purrazzo last week. Alisha Edwards interrupts and claims it’s because of Grace.

Match 3: Trinity (Impact Debut) beat KiLynn King by submission. Great match. Afterwards, Jai Vidal immediately came out with microphone. He has a message from Gisele Shaw-open challenge accepted for Under Siege. Vidal then tries to b*tch slap Shaw but Trinity nicely blocks it and head kicks Vidal out of the ring and it’s now official-Trinity vs. Shaw at Under Siege.

Maclin confronts PCO backstage and the beatdown is on. Note the floor was interestingly lined with cardboard boxes as padding. Maclin uses a sledgehammer to smash cinderblocks on PCO’s back.

The Coven confront Jessicka. They want Rosemary but Jessicka won’t go in. Not until her hourglass is empty…and it’s not yet.

Match 4: Jody Threat beat Sierra. Squash.

Dirty Dango clears Johnny Swinger & Zicky Dice in the Santino Marella attack investigation, but sensing they know who did it triggers a Joe Hendry appearance. They think it was Hendry. Hendry absolutely denies the allegations. He tears Dango’s shirt, which apparently reveals the evidence that Dango did it before laying out Hendry.

Main Event: Jonathan Gresham, Yuya Uemura & Alex Shelley beat Moose, Frankie Kazarian & Eddie Edwards. Shelley pinned Edwards after Shell Shock.

Next week: Rich Swann vs. Angels and Mike Bailey vs. Chris Sabin. Remember this was taped before Bailey went to New Japan for Best Of The Super Junior (where he is doing very well). This is the last episode before Under Siege next Friday live on Impact+, YouTube for Ultimate Insiders and FITE.

Injury Report: GLEAT Wrestler Needs Cooldown

In a press release posted today, GLEAT announced that KAZMA SAKAMOTO is now off their next event on Sunday (5/21). Right thigh inflammation. Out indefinitely but does not appear serious (just needs rest and treatment). He was to have faced Oji Shiiba. No replacement named yet.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate 5/17/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 223 Tour yesterday with the first of a series of 4 wrestler hometown events in a tow.

Yeaterday’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 340, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi & La Estrella vs. Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia went to an unspecified time limit draw.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Mochizuki beat Tominaga with Gedo Clutch.

Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Diamante & H-Y-O. Mochizuki pinned H-Y-O.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. KAI pinned KAMEI after Meteor Impact.

Main Event: Strong Machine J, Kzy, Jason Lee & U-T beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita. J pinned Minorita after Genie Windmill.

The next event is tomorrow at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido, the first of 3 straight BxB Hulk/Kzy hometown events over 3 consecutive days. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. All 3 of these events will be broadcast.

All-Japan 5/18/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series today with an event headlined by a match to determine who would get the next Triple Crown chance with Shotaro Ashino injured.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 5 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not been announced.

Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Jun Saito pinned Tamura after Psycho Break.

Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Hikari Shimizu, Rina Amikura & Yuko Sakurai beat SAKI, ZONES & ChiChi. Sakurai beat ChiChi with a torso dragon sleeper.

Match 4: Ren Ayabe beat Masao Hanabata.

Match 5: Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Doi pinned Aoyagi after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 6: Yuma Anzai beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 7: Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Suwama by DQ. Voodoo Murders interference.

Match 8: Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Kento Miyahara & Satoshi Kojima beat Shuji Ishikawa, Yuma Aoyagi & Yoshitatsu. Miyahara pinned Yoshitatsu with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: T-Hawk beat Ryuki Honda. As a result, T-Hawk will face Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata for the Triple Crown on 5/29.

The next event is 5/29 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.