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Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/27/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the 4th and penultimate episode of MONDAY MAGIC today.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance has not yet bern announced but it appears to be a legit advance sellout, which would mean 450-500. No same-day tickets.

Match 1: YO-HEY beat Dragon Bane & Alejandro in a 3-way by pinning Bane.

Match 2: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Titus Alexander & Hajime Ohara beat Jack Morris, Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary. Alexander pinned Cleary after Big Ugly.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Saxon Huxley, Timothy Thatcher, Vinny Massaro & ?. Kiyomiya pinned Massaro after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Match 4: Nagisa Nozaki Return Match: Nagisa Nozaki beat Miyuki Takase.

Match 5: HAYATA & Rising Hayato (All-Japan) beat Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Hayato pinned Miyawaki after Sid Vicious. (HAYATA & Hayato. The team we never knew we needed)

Match 6: Ninja Mack beat GHC Hardcore Champion Masato Tanaka and Super Crazy in a 3-way by pinning Tanaka to win the title. Mack becomes the 11th GHC Hardcore Champion. (NOAH apparently is not recognizing the title’s prior history, billing Mack as the second champion)

Main Event: Kenoh & Satoshi Kojima beat Manabu Soya & Go Shiozaki. Kojima pinned Shiozaki after a lariat.

At some point The Great Muta also showed up and did weird Muta things…

The next event is NOAH THE BEST 2023 Saturday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English ONLY will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/Saturday at 2 AM ET. This is an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast in Japan.

Injury Report: NOAH Stingers Stung (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced two injury absences, although one is an update to a prior issue…but the new one could have major implications because it’s GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Daga. Left knee sprain. Out indefinitely. It most likely happened Friday in his successful title defense against Shuji Kondo. Unless he’ll be out more than a month his title reign probably isn’t in jeopardy (the next scheduled title match is 1/2/24, and as of now it’s still on)

The other absence is an extension of Yoshinari Ogawa’s time out. Now out until at least after the 12/10 event. He has been out since last week as a precaution due to dizziness.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: NOAH now says Daga will miss “several events” so this will mean at least a couple weeks.

All-Japan 11/26/23 Results

All-Japan ran Day 6 of the Real World Tag League today, beginning the second half of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 815, a legit sellout.

Jr. Battle Of Glory:
Match 1: Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 2: Rising Hayato vs. Koji Iwamoto went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 3; Evolution Women’s Match: ChiChi beat ZONES.

Match 4: Giant Enoshima Man Bashin “Ichi” & Shiryu beat Black Menso-re, Yuma Aoyagi & Kento Miyahara. Bashin pinned Menso-re after Romero Special.

Real World Tag League:
Match 5: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal. Sakaguchi beat Del Mal with a triangle.
Match 6: Cyrus & Ryan Danielson beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Cyrus pinned Honda after a reverse splash.
Match 7: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Nakajima pinned Tachibana after Northern Lights Bomb.

Jr. Battle Of Glory:
Match 8: Dan Tamura vs. Naruki Doi went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 9: Hikaru Sato beat Atsuki Aoyagi. With 3 seconds left.

Main Event: Real World Tag League: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Jun & Rei Saito. Suwama pinned Jun Saito after a backdrop.

Nakajima/Omori now lead at 5-0, 10 points. Saito Bros. still second at 4-2, 8 points.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/26/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with the final event before their 10th Anniversary event.

Today’s event was held at NGK Sports Plaza Stadium 3 in Aichi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 403, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Arisu Endo beat Runa Okubo by submission.

Match 2: Suzume beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 3: In a match where each wrestler could bring in a weapon that could be legally exchanged and used without DQ, Hyper Misao beat Raku.

Match 4: VIVA VAN & Yuki Kamifuku beat Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami. VAN pinned Toribami after Helevator.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI beat Miyu Yamashita, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Tatsumi pinned Toga after Twist OF Fate.

Match 6: Max The Impaler, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Shino Suzuki. Harajuku pinned Suzuki after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto. Sakazaki pinned Miyamoto after Toy Story 4. This is the last time Sakazaki & Mizuki team up in a regular tag match as Sakazaki is leaving TJPW after the next event to continue her 10-year career overseas (probably returning to All Elite Wrestling).

The next event is the Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 10th Anniversary Event-We Are TJPW-Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. There has been one change announced to the card-because Yuki Kamifuku recently won the Queen Of Asia Championship in Singapore, her scheduled match against VIVA VAN will now be for the title. There also will be a Princess Tag Team Championship match as the popular Wasteland Pom Party (Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku) challenge Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta for the titles, and the main event will be a TJPW 10th Anniversary 10-woman tag with Sakazaki’s final match in the promotion and perhaps a ceremonial passing of the torch to the next generation: Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi vs. Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai, Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo. (No Maki Itoh, you ask? Nope. Overseas again) Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 11/26/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 6 of the World Tag League today, the third day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima Multipurpose Exhibition Hall A in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 888.

Match 1: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Yuto Nakashima, Tomoaki Honma, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Ishimori beat Nakashima with Bone Lock.

Match 2: Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. HENARE beat Togo with Ultima.

Match 3; Yoh, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Yoh pinned Fujita after Direct Drive.

Match 4: Boltin Oleg, Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomya beat Oskar Leube, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Kiyomiya pinned Leube after Variant Shining Wizard.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. Zayne pinned Soberano after Taco Driver.
Match 6: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale. Goto pinned Bonza after Shoto.
Match 7: Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Uemura pinned Nagata with a Kannuki suplex hold.
Main Event: Zandokan Jr. & Yota Tsuji beat El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Tsuji pinned Hikuleo after Gene Blaster.

After 3 days in Block B it’s Uemura/Taichi and Zayne/Archer tied for the lead at 3-0, 6 points. Suzuki/Nagata unsurprisingly can’t get alone and it has them almost out now at 0-3, 0 points and headed to a grumpy old men post-tournament showdown.

The next event is Tuesday at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya with Day 4 of Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

DEVELOPING: Death Threats Against TJPW Star (Updated)

This is the kind of stuff you never want to read about and never happen…while browsing socials just now, I discovered there were apparent death threats made against Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Wakana Uehara today (yesterday Japan time). The posts in Japanese and English were reported on by her official Twitter/X account. One post, in Japanese but also in English, stated the threats said someone was sent to Shinjuku (part of Tokyo) today to kill Uehara in front of her mother and her family. So far Uehara appears to be safe and unharmed and while this may have been a joke, she is wisely taking it very seriously and will be more aware of her surroundings. She closed by thanking the fans who have always supported her.

Uehara had a stage performance scheduled today and, as a result, is not at today’s TJPW event (in progress at the time of this post, there is no live WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast) in Aichi.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Yahoo Japan via Nikkan Sports reports the social media account in question has been identified and shut down, and Uehara posted on social media post-event today, all went well and she is okay but will continue to be careful going forward. Probably will be little to no criminal action because of lax/weak laws against this sort of behavior online in Japan, as sadly is still the case following the tragic Hana Kimura suicide caused by cyberbullying. Hopefully an incident like this lends more fuel to the fire and helps the neverending push by Hana’s mother, former wrestler Kyoko Kimura, to toughen the laws in Japan about this.

AEW Rampage & Collision 11/25/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s LIVE AEW Rampage & Collision from Pittsburgh, PA:

Rampage:
Match 1: FTW Champion Hook vs. Rocky Romero in a NON-TITLE match
Result: Hook beat Rocky Romero by ref stoppage (technical submission)

Match 2: Kris Statlander vs. Diamante
Result: Kris Statlander beat Diamante. Mercedes Martinez came to ringside during the match and joined in post-match for a heel beatdown on Statlander until Willow Nightingale made the save.

Match 3: The Kingdom vs. 2 jobbers
Result: The Kingdom beat 2 jobbers. Squash. They also issued an ROH Tag Team Title challenge.

Main Event: ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta vs. Katsuyori Shibata in a Pure Rules Match for the title
Result: Wheeler Yuta beat ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata to become THE NEW ROH PURE CHAMPION!

Collision:
Match 1: Continental Classic Blue Block: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Daniel Garcia
Result: Claudio Castagnoli beat Daniel Garcia
Castagnoli is 1-0, 3 points. Garcia is 0-1, 0 points

Match 2; Killswitch (Luchasaurus) vs. The Boys in a handicap match
Result: Killswitch beat The Boys. Squash. Post-match beatdown until Adam Copeland made the save.

Copeland promo backstage. He challenges Christian Cage for the AEW TNT Championship on 12/6 at Dynamite in Montreal, Canada.

Match 3: Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews vs. Komander & Gravity
Result: Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews beat Komander & Gravity. Matthews pinned Komander.

Match 4: AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart vs. Lady Frost in a House Rules Match for the title. House Rules means the challenger can choose a stip, and commentary indicates that stip will be No Countouts
Result: AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart beat Lady Frost by submission to retain the title.

Match 5: FTR vs. The Righteous
Result: FTR beat The Righteous. House Of Black interrupted post-match immediately.
After the match, a Dante Martin comeback promo was to be replayed in its entirety. They started to show it earlier but TNT cut away for commercial too early during it.

Big Bill & Ricky Starks interviewed.

Match 6: Keith Lee vs. Lee Moriarty
Result: Keith Lee beat Lee Moriarty

Main Event: Continental Classic: Eddie Kingston vs. Brody King
Result: Brody King beat Eddie Kingston

Wednesday on Dynamite: Mark Briscoe vs. Rush, Jon Moxley vs. Jay Lethal and Jay White vs. Swerve Strickland.

Next week on Collision: 3 more tournament matches.

End Shows.

POST-SHOW UPDATE: It’s now official…CM Punk is truly, absolutely, definitely done for good, or for a long time at least, with AEW. He returned to WWE tonight at the Survivor Series PPV.

DDT Pro Wrestling 11/26/23 Results (Updated x2)

DDT kicks off the annual D KING GP today, the second of their 2 yearly singles tournaments, but unlike KING OF DDT this is a traditional round-robin format rather than a single-elimination bracket. This year there are 12 wrestlers in 2 blocks, with the winner of each block advancing to the Finals at DDT’s first event of 2024 on January 3. The most notable participant here is All-Japan Pro Wrestling’s Rei Saito, half of the Saito Brothers with brother Jun Saito, who are the current All-Japan World Tag Team Champions and GLEAT G INFINITY Champions. This continues a crossover between the promotions as DDT has Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani competing in All-Japan’s Real World Tag League. All of Block B including Saito and 2/3 of Block A will be in tournament action today. The legendary Kenta Kobashi will once again be executive chairman of the tournament committee and will be in attendance-in predictions of who will win he is putting a lot of pressure on defending tournament winner Yuki Ueno, the NEW KO-D Openweight Champion, to go back-to-back. We’ll see if Ueno can ride the WER! to victory again beginning today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Kobashi will be a special guest on commentary. There is a pre-show match scheduled for about 15 minutes before event time. All matches except the pre-show have 30 minute time limits so this won’t be a marathon event, I’m predicting it will probably go just under 3 hours total.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Pre-show: Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Demus
Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima vs. Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada
D KING GP:
Block B: MAO vs. Rei Saito
Block B: KANON vs. Kazuki Hirata
Block A: HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Iino
Block B: Chris Brookes vs. Yukio Naya
Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Kazusada Higuchi

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 6:15 PM PT/9:15 PM ET.

6 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has started. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Ken Kato & Kagehiro Osano.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s still pre-show and the crowd is still coming in, but as usual they have the smaller opposite-hard-camera bleacher setup. Early ticket availability today suggests maybe it’ll be in the 600s. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 678)

Pre-show Match: Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuni & Yuya Koroku beat Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Koroku beat Rukiya with an armbar.

The main show will begin in a few minutes (as of 6:27 PM PT).

Main show:
The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT. Your hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Demus. 30 minute timit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Demus. Endo pinned Demus after Burning Star Press.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima vs. Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima. Masada pinned Oishi after a sitout powerslam.
Afterwards, Masada with microphone to issue a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge. The next such match was already set for 1/6 but Oishi accepted and now there may be a title match on 12/24. (UPDATE 2: It’s now official)

D KINP GP promo video. When we return the trophy is in the ring and…that means…GRAND SWORD!!! KENTA KOBASHI!!! The Executive Chairman of the tournament committee is in the ring as the entrants are introduced. Kobashi gives the opening start shout to begin the tournament.

Kobashi joins commentary as a special guest along with Ken Kato as your new host for now.

Match 3: D KING GP 2023 Block B: MAO vs. Rei Saito (All-Japan Pro Wrestling). 30 minute time limit
Result: Rei Saito beat MAO

Match 4: D KING GP 2023 Block B: KANON vs. Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: KANON beat Kazuki Hirata by submission. Mostly comedy match.

Quick break for announcements. Toru Owashi joins GM Imabayashi in the ring, then during this The Great Koji suddenly appears. He sprayed red mist in Imabayashi’s face as Owashi watched with a funny look on his face before running away.

Match 5: D KING GP 2023 Block A: HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Iino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino beat HARASHIMA

Your host is Haruo Murata again the rest of the way.

Match 6: D KING GP 2023 Block B: Chris Brookes vs. Yukio Naya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya beat Chris Brookes

Main Event: D KING GP 2023 Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Kazusada Higuchi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Kazusada Higuchi

This was a shorter event than I expected, including pre-show it only went 2 1/2 hours.

The next event is 12/2 at Shinjuku Face. This will be a doubleheader on US time as the events are 12/2 & 12/3 in Japan but the 12/3 event is a matinee. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET for the first event and 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET for the second event. Live results are scheduled for the second event.

UPDATE: After the event, it was announced that Shunma Katsumata will return on 1/3. He has been out since late spring due to injury.

Also, the promotion will return to the US on 4/4/24 with an event in Philadelphia, PA as part of The Collective 2024, a series of independent events held during and around WWE WrestleMania weekend.

New Japan 11/25/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 5 of the World Tag League today, with Day 3 of Block A action.

Today’s event was held at Akibadai Cultural Gym in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1342.

Pre-show Match; Yuto Nakashima beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg, Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. beat Oskar Leube, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Soberano pinned Leube after a diving guillotine drop.

Match 2: Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale. Yoh pinned Gedo after Toras Kick.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Taichi pinned Honma after Holy Emperor’s Cross Mausoleum.

Match 4: BUSHI, Zandokan Jr. & Yota Tsuji beat Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Tsuji pinned Jado after Vamos Amigo.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Umino pinned Kaun after Death Rider.
Match 6: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii. Kidd pinned Yano after a piledriver.
Match 7: Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Kiyomiya pinned Takahashi after a Frankensteiner.
Main Event: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Haste pinned Khan after Tank Buster.

After 3 days Haste/Nicholls are the block leaders at 3-0, 6 points. Liona/Kaun are about out of it at 0-3, 0 points.

The next event is tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima Multipurpose Exhibition Hall A in Fukushima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. If I stay up long enough to watch the sumo finals there may be live results.

New Japan 11/24/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 4 of the World Tag League today, the second day of Block B action.

Today’s event was held at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. It was supposed to be at a later date with no live broadcast but plans may have changed (this was per their Japanese website).

The announced paid attendance was 610.

Pre-show Match: Oskar Leube beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 1: Master Wato, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Yuto Nakahsima, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. Narita beat Nakashima with a cobra twist.

Match 2: Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoh, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Taguchi pinned Gedo after, according to translation in Edge browser, Sliding Ass. Don’t believe me? Look below!

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. Kanemaru pinned BUSHI with a Samson clutch.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Haste pinned Newman after Dynamic Bomb.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. beat Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale. Atlantis pinned Bonza after a diving body press.
Match 6: Zandokan Jr. & Yota Tsuji beat Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Tsuji pinned Nagata after Vamos Amigo.
Match 7: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Archer pinned Goto after Blackout.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Taichi pinned Phantasmo after Black Mephisto.

The next event is tomorrow at Akibadai Cultural Gym in Kanagawa. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.