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AEW Collision 12/23/23 Results

Here are the quick results form tonight’s AEW Collision in San Antonio, TX:

Match 1: Continental Classic Blue Block: Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli. Danielson advances to Semifinals with win. Castagnoli must win to have a chance
Result: 20 Minute Time Limit Draw. As a result, Danielson advances to the Semifinals. Castagnoli is OUT.
Danielson is 3-1-1, 10 points. Castagnoli is 2-2-1, 7 points.

Match 2: AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn vs. Top Flight & Action Andretti for the titles
Result: AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn beat Top Flight & Action Andretti to retain the titles. Max Caster pinned Andretti.

Hook promo. He challenged Wheeler Yuta for an FTW Title match at Worlds End on 12/30.

Match 3: Brian Cage vs. Keith Lee
Result: Keith Lee beat Brian Cage

Christian Cage promo with Nick Wayne. He brings out Nick Wayne’s mom. She explained her actions towards Adam Copeland before Christian accepted the challenge and it’s now official-No DQ rematch on 12/30 for the AEW TNT Championship.

Ricky Starks & Big Bill interview. They bury Kenny Omega but Chris Jericho interrupts. He still has the AEW Tag TEam Title shot and is going to find another partner.

Match 4: Continental Classic Blue Block: Brody King vs. Daniel Garcia. King must win to have a chance to advance
Result: Daniel Garcia beat Brody King
Garcia is 1-4, 3 points. King is 2-3, 6 points and is OUT.

Match 5: Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Thunder Rosa & Abadon
Result: Thunder Rosa & Abadon beat Julia Hart & Skye Bue. Rosa pinned Blue.
During this match I learned that Katsuyori Shibata has officially signed with AEW. He was given permission by New Japan to do so.

Main Event is next. 20 minutes TV time left when last full commercial begins.

Main Event: Continental Classic Blue Block: Andrade El Idolo vs. Eddie Kingston. Andrade advances with a win. Kingston must win to have a chance

Main Event: Continental Classic Blue Block: Andrade El Idolo vs. Eddie Kingston. Andrade advances with a win. Kingston must win to have a chance
Result: Eddie Kingston beat Andrade El Idolo
Both are 3-2, 9 points. As a result, Kingston advances to the Semifinals and will face Bryan Danielson in the Blue Block Final Wednesday on Dynamite. The winner faces the Jon Moxley/Swerve Strickland/Jay White 3-way winner in the final next Saturday. Danielson came back out for a staredown as the show cut away.

End Show.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/23/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up their 2023 today with THE GIFT 2023 in MAKUHARI, a special event to celebrate The Living Legend Keiji Muto’s 61st birthday. Muto attended the event and participated in a limited pre-event autograph session for fans.

Today’s event was held at Makuhari Messe Hall 6 in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 366.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Taishi Ozawa beat Mohammed Yone, Akitoshi Saito & Super Crazy. Shiozaki pinned Saito after Go Lariat.

Match 3: Eita beat Hi69.

Match 4: Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki beat Takashi Sugiura, Hajime Ohara & Kai Fujimuta. Kondo pinned Fujimura after Overdose.

Match 5: Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Naomichi Marufuji, ALejandro & Terry Yaki. YO-HEY pinned Yaki after a dropkick.

Match 6: HAYATA beat Yoshinari Ogawa.

Main Event: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kenoh, Kaito Kiyomya & Ryohei Oiwa. Soya pinned Kenoh after Trajectory.

This brings NOAH’s 2023 to a close. It was another up & down year for the promotion, kinda down near the end with the loss of several wrestlers who are moving on or have moved on to other promotions (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka in particular) and their major events still struggle with attendance, but they’re hanging in there with backing from CyberFight Corporation and hopefully will have a relatively injury-free 2024 (another big challenge for some of their major superstars).

The next event, and first of the new year, is NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2024 on 1/2 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin on 1/1 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan.

Injury Report: Another Last-Minute DDT (Updated x2)

It’s that time of the year when nasty stuff really gets going around. It’s also happening in Japan and unfortunately DDT has been forced to make another last-minute card change as they just announced Yusuke Okada is off tomorrow’s (today US time) event. Illness. He was to have been in a battle royal for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship assuming plans didn’t change (you never know because of the 24/7 nature of the title. Probably will be no replacement. Hopefully won’t miss any further events as there is a week until the next event.

UPDATE: Shingles per DDT’s English Twitter. Ugh, that bastion of old age. Out indefinitely.

UPDATE 2: On a related note, they also have announced Hikari Noa is now off tomorrow’s (late tonight) Tokyo Joshi Pro event. The always-vague poor health/physical condition. She was to have teamed with Toga to face Suzume & Arisu Endo. The match is now Toga vs. Suzume and Endo has been added to what was a Mahiro Kiryu vs. Haru Kazashiro match to make it a 3-way.

BREAKING: New Japan Appoints New President

In an announcement on their Japanese website, New Japan announced several leadership changes effective tomorrow (12/23, which is now that day Japan time): Former President Takami Ohbari has retired effective today and the replacement is current New Japan wrestler Hiroshi Tanahashi. Taro Okada, President of owner Bushiroad Fight Co. Ltd., becomes a part-Time Director.

A press conference with more details is scheduled for Tuesday (Monday night US time) and Tanahashi will be introduced to fans in bis new role at the Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate 12/20/23 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate ran the penultimate event of the Fantastic Gate 2023 Your Wednesday.

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

The announced paid attendance was 358, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Minoura pinned Lee after Golden Rose.

Match 2: Kagetora & Punch Tominaga beat Kenichiro Arai & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kagetora pinned Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Horiguchi pinned Kanda with Backslide From Heaven.

Match 4: Luis Mante & VIENTO beat Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia. Mante pinned Dia after MCT.

Main Event: Strong Machine J, Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. J pinned Kato after Genie Windmill.

The next event is THE FINAL GATE 2023 Sunday at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: Daiki Yanagiuchi is now off Sunday. Illness. He was to have teamed with Ryoya Tanaka & Kaito Nagano to face Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Shachihoko BOY is the replacement.

New Japan 12/22/23 Results

New Japan wrapped up Road To Tokyo Dome today with their final event of 2023z

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR REE! No account or payment required! This was a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan. You may need to download the NJPW WORLD app to watch on mobile devices (free).

Click below to go to the event page:
https://watch.njpwworld.com/details/39322?playlist_id=203

The announced paid attendance was 1513, a legit sellout.

There were some last-minute changes to the card after yesterday’s happenings: What was a pair of singles matches between TJP/Francesco Akira and Gabriel Kidd/Alex Coughlin became a tag team Coffin Match and another tag team match was added as a bonus match.

Match 1: Shoma Kato & Togi Makabe beat Katsuya Murashima & Satoshi Kojima. Makabe pinned Murashima. First career win for Kato!

Match 2: Yoh & Toru Yano beat Masked Boltin & Masked Horse. Yoh pinned Horse with Kid Clutch.

Match 3: Tomohiro Ishii beat Callum Newman.

Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Nakashima after Shoto.

Match 5: Master Wato & El Desperado beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Wato pinned BUSHI.

Match 6: In a Coffin Match (No DQs, only way to win is to put one opponent on a coffin and close it on them), Drilla Moloney & Alex Coughlin beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Moloney beat TJP.

Match 7: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Okada pinned Fujita with Dos Caras Clutch.

Main Event: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Uenura pinned Tsuji. Afterwards, Uemura challenged Tsuji to a match at Tokyo Dome before SANADA closed out 2023 with a final promo before he defends the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Naito on 1/4. DESTINO.

And that brings New Japan’s 2023 to a close. You know what that means-it’s almost that time again!!!

The next event (and first of 2024) is WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 IN TOKYO DOME, the biggest annual event in Japanese pro wrestling and the biggest wrestling event in the world outside of WrestleMania, on 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World is scheduled to begin on 1/3 at 11;30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET, but is subject to change. A public pre-event press conference (tickets required, already sold out) will be held on 1/3 at Tokyo Airship Theater.

New Japan 12/21/23 Results (Updated)

New Japan began the year-ending Road To Tokyo Dome Tour today with the first half of the 2-event doubleheader.

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 1457, a legit sellout.

Before the matches began, a 10 Bell Salute was held for former wrestler Osamu Kido, who died earlier this month.

Match 1: Masked Boltin (presumably Boltin Oleg) & Masked Horse beat Tiger Mask & Toru Yano. Horse pinned TM 4 with Kid Clutch.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima by ref stoppage (technical submission). Sabre beat Nakashima with a transformed dragon sleeper.

Match 3: Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Conmors. TJP pinned Gedo after 2/2.

Match 4: Sho, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL. After the match, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa showed up to return the favor after H.O.T. ambushed Kiyomiya at Monday’s Pro Wrestling NOAH event.

Match 5: Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi beat Satoshi Kojima & El Desperado. Takagi pinned Kojima after Pumping Bomber.

Match 6: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA beat BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito. Uemura pinned BUSHI with a Kannuki suplex hold.

Match 7: In a Whiskey Bottle Ladder Match, with no countouts and where the first to retrieve a bottle of whiskey above the ring could use it as a weapon, KOPW 2023 Champion Taichi beat Yosjinobu Kanemaru to retain the title. Taichi will receive a trophy as the final champion of the year and it will reset for 2024.

Main Event: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb to retain the titles. Ishii pinned HENARE after a vertical drop brainbuster. V7 for the champs.

The tour-ender and the final event of the year is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World outside Japan only will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and you can watch live and on demand FOR FREE! This will be an ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: Per a post in English by Pro Wrestling NOAH on YouTube, following today’s happenings a 12-man NOAH/NJPW vs. House Of Torture match has been added to the 1/2/24 NOAH event at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. It will be Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Shuji Kondo, Daiki Inaba, Junta Miyawaki & Shota Umino vs. Dick Togo, Sho, Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL.

All-Japan 12/21/23 Results

All-Japan ran NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 2 today, the second Rising Hayato-produced event designed for Junior Heavyweights and wrestlers with less than 10 years experience.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kina 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 335, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue & Issei Onitsuka. Nomura pinned Inoue.

Match 2: Yuki Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Hokuto Omori & Takahiro Katori. Ayabe pinned Kotori after Last Shooting.

Match 3: Jun Tonsho, Soma Watanabe & ? beat Seigo Tachibana, Takanori Ito & Takuro Nito (?). ? pinned Tachibana after a divojg senton.

Match 4; Dan Tamura & Hayato Tamura beat Ayato Yoshida & Kazunasa Yoshida and Koki Iwasaki & ? In a 3-way when Hayato Tamura pinned Koki Iwasaki.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Jun Saito pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after Paycho Break.

Main Event: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Rising Hayato & Imabari Towel Mascaras. Anzai pinned Mascaras with a German suplex hold.

A 3rd event in the series will be held on 2/8.

The next event is the year-ending blowout event on 12/31 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 12/30 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Injury Report: DDT Just Keeps Getting DDT’d

DDT is just having horrible luck with injuries the last few months. That continues today and it’s a major one-Chris Brookes is now out. Abdominal pain that turned out to be a tumor. Surgery to happen ASAP. Out several weeks. This means he is out of his final D KING GP Block B match Sunday and Rei Saito gets a win by forfeit. Saito will now face Hideki Okatani instead and will wait for the MAO-Yukio Naya result to determine who wins Block B.