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BREAKING: Injury Report-Neppowered Down

DDT has announced some breaking injury updates and it has title implications-after missing the last event with a knee injury, more is now known about Shunma Katsumata’s status, and for The37Kamiina fans it’s bad. Ruptured left ACL and damaged LCL. Out indefinitely but it’s going to be “a while”, meaning months. Because of this, the KO-D Tag Team Championship held by Katsumata & MAO is now VACANT. Several changes were made to tomorrow’s event as a result-they were to have defended the titles against Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku That match is now MAO, Yuki Ueno & To-y vs. Endo, Koroku & Yuki Iino. For Sunday, Katsumata was to have faced Keigo Nakamura. Yuki Ishida is the replacement and also added to Sunday is Akito & Moeka Haruhi vs. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. No word yet on plans to crown new champions.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom 11/20/24-11/21/24 Results

After a week off for a NEW BLOOD event & HISTORIC X-OVER 2, Stardom resumed the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League with events yesterday & today (yesterday’s results were not posted until a few minutes ago).

Both events can now be watched on demand on Stardom World.

Yesterday’s event was held at Aomori Budokan in Aomori.

The announced paid attendance was 421.

Match 1: Aya Sakura beat Matoi Hamabe & Lady C in a 3-way by pinning Hamabe.

Match 2: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo beat Konami & Azusa Inaba. Iwatani pinned Inaba after Dodonpa.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka beat Tam Nakano, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara. Kamitani pinned Kurara after Star Crusher.

Goddess Of Stardom Tag League:
Match 5: Blue Block: Hanan & Saya Iida beat Mei Seira & Kohaku. Hanan pinned Seira after 17.
Match 6: Blue Block: Momo Watanabe & Thekla beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Watanabe pinned Rian.
Match 7: Red Block: Maika & HANAKO beat Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami. Maika pinned Yagami after Michinoku Driver 2.
Match 8: Blue Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou vs. Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki went to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma beat AZM & Miyu Amasaki. Koguma pinned Amasaki after a diving body press.

Today’s event was held at Furusato Village Dome Theater in Akita.

The announced paid attendance was 441.

Match 1: Ruaka beat Sayaka Kurara & Lady C in a 3-way by pinning Kurara.

Match 2: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Mei Seira & Cohaku beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Cohaku pinned Tsukiyama.

Match 3; AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Natsuko Tora & Azusa Inaba. Amasaki pinned Inaba.

Match 4: Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Motoi Hamabe. Natsupoi beat Hamabe with an armbar.

Match 5; Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Konami & Saya Kamitani beat Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami. Kamitani pinned Inaba after Star Crusher.

Match 6: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla went to a double countout. That counts as a draw in the standings. 1 point for each.

Main Event: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma beat Maika & HANAKO. Koguma pinned HANAKO after a diving senton.

The next event is Saturday at Aztec Museum Sendai Industrial Exhibition Hall in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 11/23/24 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of the World Tag League today, kicking off Block B action.

Today’s event was held at Funabashi Arena in Chiba and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 565.

Pre-show match: Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Katsuya Murashima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. Newman pinned Murashima after a fisherman buster.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Gedo, Sanada & Gabriel Kidd. Owens pinned Gedo after C Trigger.

Match 3: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. BUSHI pinned Kato.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Oiwa pinned TM 4 after The Grip.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Tome & Stevie Filip beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Tome Filip beat Jado with a Figure 4.
Match 6: TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Taichi pinned Khan after Black Mephisto.
Match 7: Ren Narita & EVIL beat Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. EVIL pinned Yano after Magic Killer.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Naito pinned Haste after Destino.

The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

DDT News: Title Change Happens…

DDT earlier today posted a video on the socials showing what appeared to be Kazuki Hirata fishing on a cold, rainy night in Japan. Then Yuki Ueno showed up. I can’t embed the video below but stuff happened.

https://twitter.com/ddtproENG/status/1859235037163778254

Ueno choked out Hirata and a passerby walked by…who just happened to be referee Daisuke Kiso, and he had his referee shirt on! Which led to…

Yuki Ueno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. Ueno becomes the 1695th Champion.

God Bless DDT.

All-Japan 11/20/24 Results

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest Tag League today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Stellar Ball in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 715.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda, Ren Ayabe & MUSASHI beat Suwama, Cyrus & Ryo Inoue. MUSASHI pinned Inoue after Estrella Futuro.

World’s Strongest Tag League:
Match 2: Block B: Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Miyamoto pinned Tachibana.
Match 3: Block A: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura. Kumaarashi pinned Ashino after a diving senton.
Match 4: Block A: Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat Makoto Oishi & Mike D. Vecchio. Anzai pinned Oishi after Gimlet.
Match 5: Block A: Jun & Rei Saito beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo. Rei Saito pinned Sekimoto after BBQ Bomb.
Main Event: Block B: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe. Miyahara pinned Aoyagi with a shutdown suplex hold.

Standings-wise, the Saitos have all but clinched a Semifinals spot (the top 2 in each block advance) as they are 4-0, 8 points with 2 matches left so they just need to win one or have other results go their way. Omori & Kumaarashi are second at 4 points but have 3 matches left. Nobody is out of it but Yoshioka & MUSASHI can’t finish first now as they are on 1 point with 3 matches left. Block B is wide open, the top 4 all are on 4 points but Miyahara & Smith still have 4 matches left while most teams have 3, but Aoyagi & Abe are in trouble despite being on 4 points because they have only 2 matches left now.

The next event is Saturday at Tokorozawa Sakura Town Japan Pavilion in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand that evening.

New Japan 11/19/24 Results

New Japan began the World Tag League, their annual year-end Heavyweight tag team tournament, today. The opening day featured Block A matches..

Today’s event was held at Ashikaga Municipal Gym in Tochigi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 573.

Pre-show Match: Shoma Kato beat Yasutora Yasuda.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Tome Filip pinned Murashima after Mother Of All Bombs.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. EVIL pinned TM 4 after Magic Killer.

Match 3: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. DOUKI beat Young with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsiuua Naito. Haste pinned BUSHI after Electric Blue.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Cobb pinned Honma after Tour of the Islands.
Match 6: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Alex Zayne & TBA (mystery partner), revealed at match time to be Ryusuke Taguchi. Tsuji pinned Taguchi after Gene Blaster.
Match 7: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Chase Owens & KENTA. Goto pinned Owens after Shoto.
Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. Oiwa pinned Kidd.

The next event is Thursday at Funabashi Arena in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

All-Japan News: Title Match Announced For Weekend Event

With a few off days until their current tour resumes, All-Japan today announced a title match for this coming weekend: On Saturday at the event in Tokorozawa there will be an All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Championship match as Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Cyrus defend against Ryo Inoue, Masayuki Kono & Ryuji Hijikata. If Kono looks/sounds familiar it’s because he also appears occasionally as KONO, aligned with Voodoo Murders and sometimes the Saitos.

Saturday’s event will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV Saturday at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/18/24 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate episode of MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 today.

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

The paid attendance was not announced but if not a legit sellout it again was very close (only a few tickets were left before the event).

Match 1: Eita beat LJ Cleary.

Match 2: Kevin Blackwood & Anthony Greene beat Ulka Sasaki & Yu Owada. Blackwood pinned Owada after a diving foot stomp.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Black Menso-re.

Match 4: Kouki Amarei, Natsumi Showzuki & Bozilla beat Miyuki Takase, Sadie Gibbs & Hyan. Bozilla pinned Hyan after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Alejandro & Kai Fujimura, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and HAYATA & YO-HEY in a 4-way when Del Mal pinned Alejandro.

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion Shuji Ishikawa beat Masato Tanaka to retain the title. V1 for Ishikawa.

The next event is a LIMIT BREAK ex. event Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. I will attempt to do live results but this is dependent on other event conflicts (namely a DDT event at the same time).

UPDATE: The first match for the finale next week has apparently been revealed on the socials: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Brian Kendrick for the title.

DDT 11/17/24 Results

DDT headed to Miyagi today, far away from everyone else in western Japan, for the first MAO hometown event in 6 years.

Today’s event was held at Matsuyama B&G Marine Center in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 523, a super full house/very near sellout.

During opening announcements, MAO was appointed Global Ambassador for Osaki City, his hometown.

Match 1; Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kazuma Sumi by submission.

Match 2; Danshoku DIeno & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Hirata pinned Honda.

Match 3: MJ Paul & Demus beat Yukio Naya & Diego. Paul pinned Diego after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Illusion beat Takeshi Masada, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni. Sasaki beat Matsunaga with a crossface. Matsunaga was a late replacement for Shunma Katsumata, who was off this event due to a left knee injury suffered a few days ago.

Match 5; Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku beat Akito & To-y. Koroku pinned To-y after a transformed Triangle Lancer.

Main Event: MAO & Yuki Ueno vs. Minoru Suzuki & Chris Brookes went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

The next event is “Get Alive 2024” Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET with live results scheduled.

All-Japan 11/17/24 Results

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest Tag League today in Yamagata.

Today’s event was held at Fujishima Gym in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 511.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Hokuto Omori, Kuamarashi & Aizawa No. 1. Ashino pinned Aizawa with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Mike D. Vecchio beat Seigo Tachibana.

Match 3: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Aoyagi pinned Suwama.

Match 4; Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Ryo Inoue beat Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai & Taishin Nagao. Inoue pinned Nagao after Daikannon Suplex.

Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Cyrus & Hartley jackson beat Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe. Cyrus pinned Honda after a reverse splash.

Main Event: World’s Strongest Tag League Block A: Jun & Rei Saito beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Jun Saito pinned MUSASHI after Psycho Break,

Standings-wise, Block A is all Saitos at 3-0, 6 pts. They are 3 points ahead of second place. Block B has 3 tied at 2-1, 4 pts. The top 2 in each block will advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is Wednesday at Stellar Ball at Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.