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AEW Collision 1/27/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Bossier City, LA:

Match 1: Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty
Result: Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli beat Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty. Moxley beat Taylor with a rear naked choke.

Match 2: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Komander for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Komander to retain the title.

Daniel Garcia has been ambushed backstage and left bloody. Matt Menard finds him and summons help.

Match 3: Mariah May vs. Lady Frost
Result: Mariah May beat Lady Frost

Swerve Strickland promo. He chooses Adam Page vs. Toa Liona as his choice of Page’s match for Wednesday on Dynamite.

Adam Page promo.

Match 4: AEW Continental Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Willie Mack in a NON-TITLE match
Result: Eddie Kingston beat Willie Mack

Match 5: Bryan Danielson vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Result: Bryan Danielson beat Yuji Nagata

Daniel Garcia appears to be out of the main event after what happened earlier. Mark Briscoe may be in with FTR now.

Match 6: Serena Deeb vs. a jobber. Didn’t catch the name
Result: Serena Deeb beat a jobber by submission. Glorified squash.

Main Event: FTR & Mark Briscoe (replacing Daniel Garcia) vs. House Of Black in an Escape The Cage Elimination Match
Result: FTR & Mark Briscoe beat House Of Black by having all 3 escape the cage first

End Show.

Dragon Gate 1/27/24 Results

Dragon Gate’s first blowout event of 2024, THE GATE OF BAYSIDE 2024, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2086, a full house/near sellout)

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kikuta pinned Yanagiuchi after a hip drop.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat U-T. Potential squash yet again, it didn’t even go 2 minutes.

Match 3; Mochizki Jr. Return Match: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda vs. Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Takashi Yoshida & Punch Tominaga went to a double countout. Jr. has been out of action for several months due to injuries and is preparing to leave the promotion soon for an international training excursion, which will be to Europe.

Match 4: YAMATO & Shuji Kondo beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. YAMATO beat Minoura with a body scissor sleeper hold.

Match 5: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat Kagetora to retain the title. V3 for Hyo.

Match 6: Open The Twin Gate Champions Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to retain the titles. Kiyomiya pinned KAMEI after Transformed Shining Wizard. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Kzy, Strong Machine J & BIGBOSS Shimizu to retain the titles. KAI pinned J after Meteo Impact KAI. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante beat Shun Skywalker to retain the title. V1 for Mante.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 1/27/24 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with the Semifinals.

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

The announced paid attendance was 307, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1; Mahiro Kiryu beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Yuki Aino & Toga beat Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT.

Match 3: In what can be best described as a ridiculous comedy match, Hyper Misao beat Pom Harajuku. Something involving warding off evil spirits and 2 count falls after turning hearts into demons.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita, Yuki Kamifuku & HIMAWARI beat Mizuki, Raku & Shino Suzuki. Yamashita pinned Suzuki after Attitude Adjustment.

Tournament Semifinals:
Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. Endo beat Nagano with a camel clutch.
Main Event: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara. Watanabe pinned Uehara after Teardrop.
As a result, the Finals will be Suzume/Endo vs. Tatsumi/Watanabe.

The Finals are on 2/10 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 2/9 at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: From post-match backstage comments, it’s being reported that Juria Nagano has challenged Yuki Arai for the International Princess Championship. We’ll see if that happens considering Nagano doesn’t have many dates left before retiring from wrestling.
The promotion also announced Zara Zucker for 2/10. Zucker, a rookie from the USA (California), will be making her Japan debut. Very little is known about her but TJPW notes she was chosen to visit Japan because of her talent and potential, which made her a breakout candidate.

TNA Impact 1/25/24 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s TNA Impact Wrestling from Las Vegas, NV:

This episode was taped on 1/14 and continues the fallout from Hard To Kill.

Match 1: Chris Bey vs. Kevin Knight went to a no contest. GYV interference and beatdown on Bullet Club.

Ash By Elegance (fka Dana Brooke in WWE) promo.

Match 2: Dirty Dango & Oleg Prudius beat Dante Kong & Damian Drake. Squash.

Match 3: TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Trinity to retain the title. Gisele Shaw & her entourage hit the ting for a post-match beatdown on both.

Match 4: Nic Nemeth beat Zachary Wentz.

Match 5: Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly beat Dani Luna & Jody Threat. Slamovich pinned Threat after a double-team powerbomb/piledriver. Slamovich & Kelly beat down Luna afterwards.

Main Event: Kazuchika Okada, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin beat Moose, Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards. Shelley pinned Myers after Shell Shock.

Mustafa Ali promo after the “End Show” graphic.

Next week: Nic Nemeth vs. Trey Miguel, Frankie Kazarian explains his turning on Eric Young, Brian Myers vs. Kevin Knight and Grizzled Young Vets vs. Bullet Club in Match 1 of a Best-of-3 Series for the TNA Tag Team Championship.

UPDATE: After the show, TNA announced the return of the Xplosion weekly show. It will feature 2 matches each week and other segments. New episodes will premiere Fridays on TNA+, with the first one now available, then will be available Tuesdays on YouTube. Also, due to technical issues on some TV providers, this week’s episode of Impact will be replayed on 1/26 (tonight) at 7 PM ET on AXS TV. I had no notable issues with the YouTube Ultimate Insider version.

AEW Rampage 1/26/24 Results (SPOILERS!) (Updated)

Here are the quick results for tomorrow’s AEW Rampage in Savannah, GA (SPOILERS!):

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TJPW News: Pending 1/27 Card Change

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced on Twitter that card changes are coming to Saturday’s (tomorrow US time) Ryogoku KFC Hall event as Nao Kakuta will remain out of action. Illness. She was to have teamed with Miyu Yamashita & HIMAWARI to face Mizuki, Raku & Shino Suzuki.

More as it becomes available.

AEW Dynamite 1/24/24 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Savannah, GA:

Samoa Joe comes out to open. Essentially an open challenge to everyone. Interrupted early on by Hook. Hook says he lost last week but there will be a rematch. Joe called security to send Hook off but Hook instead laid out a few before walking off.

Match 1: Penta El Zero M vs. Adam Page. Joe on commentary.
Result: Adam Page beat Penta El Zero M.

Orange Cassidy interviewed. He’ll defend the AEW International Championship against Roderick Strong at Revolution but won’t sit idle until then. He’ll defend Saturday on Collision against the winner of a match he had Tony Khan put together for Rampage. We’ll find out what that is later (or tomorrow). (It’s Kip Sabian, The Butcher, Komander & El Hijo Del Vikingo)

Match 2: Trent Beretta vs. Wardlow
Result: Wardloe beat Trent Beretta

Saturday on Collision: Bryan Danielson vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan) and FTR & Daniel Garcia vs. House Of Black in an Elimination Escape The Cage Match.

Toni Storm & Deonna Purrazzo interviewed.

Jon Moxley promo. He’ll face Lee Moriarty Friday on Rampage.

Taya Valkyrie promo. She challenges Purrazzo to a match next week.

Match 3: Swerve Strickland vs. Jeff Hardy
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Jeff Hardy

Adam Page & Swerve Strickland will both be in Dealer’s Choice matches next week, meaning they will pick each other’s match.

Match 4: Thunder Rosa vs. Red Velvet
Result: Thunder Rosa beat Red Velvet

Sting & Darby Allin promo. Allin says they should be #1 in the tag team rankings when they come out again soon and should go for the AEW Tag Team Championship. Sting agrees.

Ricky Starks & Big Bill respond after commercial. Challenge accepted, but we don’t know when. It will be before Revolution though. (During the main event it was announced that match will be in 2 weeks in Phoenix, AZ for Dynamite)

Match 5: AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn vs. Gates Of Agony & Brian Cage for the titles
Reslut: AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn beat Gate Of Agony & Brian Cage to retain the titles. Gunn pinned Bishop Kaun after Mic Drop.

Main Event: Adam Copeland vs. Minoru Suzuki
Result: Adam Copeland beat Minoru Suzuki

Clearly they ran into time management issues going into the last half hour, even with overrun, and had to rush through the last 2 matches which weren’t great anyway. But it was a fine show overall considering the lack of star power, no doubt because Collision on Saturday airs opposite the WWE Royal Rumble PPV.

Also Friday: Christopher Daniels vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Anna Jay vs. Ruby Soho.

Also Saturday: Orange Cassidy vs. Friday’s 4-way winner for the AEW International Championship, Serena Deeb’s first match since March 2022 and Mariah May vs. Lady Frost.

Next week: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Taya Valkyrie and the Dealer’s Choice matches for Adam Page & Swerve Strickland.

New Japan 1/24/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran the second half of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tokyo doubleheader today, the final appearance for Kazuchika Okada in the capital.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1506, a legit sellout.

Pre-Show Match: Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg beat Katsuya Murashima & Toru Yano. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.

Match 1: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tiger Mask by submission.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Jado & Hikuleo. Ishimori pinned Jado.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Tomoaki Honma, Yoh, El Desperado & Master Wato. EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL. Afterwards, Sho attacked and unmasked Desperado.

Match 4: Drilla Moloney, Gabriel Kidd, Clark Connors, Alex Coughlin & David Finlay beat Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Connors pinned Akira after No Chaser. (New Japan’s Japanese website incorrectly says Connors pinned Newman)

Match 5: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat TAKA Michinoku, Yuya Uemura & Taichi. Takagi pinned TAKA after Dragon Soul Powerbomb.

Match 6: DOUKI & SANADA beat Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. DOUKI pinned Takahashi with Jorge Rivera Special.

Match 7: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls to retain the titles. Okada pinned Fujita after Rainmaker. V8 for the champs. And Final. Afterwards, because Okada is leaving New Japan and has only 3 dates left as a freelancer, he announced the titles are now VACANT. More as it becomes available.

Main Event: Shota Umino beat Ren Narita. They went almost 34 minutes. Afterwards, Umino with microphone to proclaim his time is now and he is the new ace of New Japan. Time will tell.

The next event is 2/1 at Nagano Prefectural Budokan in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: After today’s event, NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL vs. Shota Umino for the title was announced for 2/23 in Hokkaido.

Dragon Gate 1/23/24 Results

Dragon Gate removed their old long-running PROME ZONE TV show today with the premiere of PRIME ZONE+.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: ISHIN beat Ryoya Tanaka by submission.

Match 2: Hyo beat Ben-K & Shachihoko BOY in a 3-way by pinning BOY.

Match 3: Strong Machine J & Dragon Kid beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Takashi Yoshida. Kid pinned Yoshida.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, Dragon Dia & Jason Lee beat Kzy, U-T & YAMATO. Minoura pinned U-T after a jumping knee.

The next episode will be on 2/27 at Kobe Lapis Hall. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.

The next event is THE GATE OF BAYSIDE 2024 Saturday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. (Corrected from original post which said live streaming would begin Saturday at 10 PM PT. It should have been Friday at 10 PM PT)

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/23/24 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today with a house show in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 204.

Match 1: Daga vs. Hajime Ohara went to a 10 minute time limit draw. This was a near-last-minute addition to the card.

Match 2: Junta Miyawaki beat Tadasuke.

Match 3: Jack Morris & LJ Cleary beat Alpha Wolf & Alejandro. Morris pinned Wolf.

Match 4: Taishi Ozawa Final Send Off Match: Jake Lee beat Taishi Ozawa. Ozawa is now leaving for an international training excursion.

Match 5: Dragon Bane beat Anthony Greene.

Match 6: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & HAYATA beat Kenoh & Yu Owada. HAYATA pinned Owada after 403 Impact.

Match 7: Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Kaito Kiyomoya, Ryohei Oiwa & Ulka Sasaki. Soya pinned Sasaki after a jumping DDT.

Main Event: Shuji Kondo beat YO-HEY.

The next event is Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. There will be no live broadcast. (It will be available on demand next Wednesday [1/31])

UPDATE; In post-match backstage comments, it was revealed Ozawa is headed to England for his training excursion.