Dragon Gate 11/7/24 Results

Dtagon Gate kicked off the annual KING OF GATE Tournament today, which will determine the top singles wrestler in the promotion. The tournament is round-robin format with 3 blocks of 6 participants

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. This event also aired live on GAORA TV in Japan.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There were last minute changes to the card because Naruki Doi was removed due to injury (meniscus).

Match 1: Kateika Dragon, U-T & El Pantera Jr. beat JACKY KAMEI, Riiiita & Ryoya Tanaka. Dragon pinned Tanaka after a moonsault press.

Match 2: Shuji Kondo & Punch Tominaga beat Toru Owashi (DDT) & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kondo pinned Yanagiuchi after a King Kong lariat.

Match 3: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, KAI & Homare beat Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horigichi, Kagetora & Akihiro Sahara. Minoura pinned Sahara after Golden Rose.

Match 4: KING OF GATE Block A: Flamita beat Dragon Kid.

Match 5: KING OF GATE Block A: Mochizuki Junior vs. ISHIN went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 6: Kzy, Luis Mante, Ben-K & Strong Machine J beat Susumu Yokosuka, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Hyo & Madoka Kikuta. Ben-K pinned Hyo after a spear.

Match 7: KING OF GATE Block B: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Shun Skywalker.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Block C: Dragon Dia beat YAMATO.

The next event is Saturday at Matsuyama City Community Center in Ehime. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. In fact, there are no more broadcasts scheduled until the end of the month (3 weeks out). Right now the next broadcast is scheduled for 11/27 for Heroic Legend Rei-ZERO 4 at Shinjuku Face.

Injury Report: Sidelined So-Called Saito

All-Japan has announced an injury change for this weekend: Naruki Doi, who calls himself one of the Saitos in the promotion as he aligns with Jun & Rei Saito (when he competes there, he is currently a freelancer), is now off Saturday’s event. Meniscus. Nothing specific beyond that. He was to have teamed with Taishin Nagao to face Ryuji Hijikata & MAZADA. Ryo Inoue is the replacement. It’s not known how long Doi may be out.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan News: World Tag League Field Announced

New Japan announced the field for the World Tag League today, the annual year-end Heavyweight tag team tournament. This year there will be 16 teams divided into 2 blocks of 8, with the winner of each block advancing to the Finals and the winners getting an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot, unless current champs HENARE & Great-O-Khan win. It will be a standard round-robin format event. Here is the field:

Block A:
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (3-time defending champions)
Chase Owens & KENTA
Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma
Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman
Alex Zayne & TBA
Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji
Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa
Gabriel Kidd & SANADA

Block B:
HEANRE & Great-O-Khan (IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions)
TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls
Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado*
Tome & Stevie Phillip (TAMASHII)
Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg
Ren Narita & EVIL
*-This was to have been Tanahashi & El Phantasmo but Phantasmo is out indefinitely due to being diagnosed with cancer recently

The tournament starts on 11:19 and ends on 13/8. There is no guarantee the winners get their title shot at Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

DDT 11/6/24 Results

DDT held a special Daisuke Sasaki Produced event today called CHARISMANIA

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

The announced paid attendance was 500, a legit full capacity sellout.

Match 1: KUBITO beat Naohiro Katsumi.

Match 2: Ram Kaichow, Endo Kaichow (Tetsuya Endo) & Kodaira Kaichow beat Brahmans Shu, Masa (Masa Takanashi) & Keigo (Keigo Nakamura). Ram Kaichow pinned Keigo.

Match 3: Demus, Illusion & Anarco Montagna beat Kaito Ishida (GLEAT), Shunma Katsumata & Diego. Illusion pinned Diego after a seanton bomb.

Match 4: Ryuichi Kawakami & MJ Paul beat Takeshi Masada & Daichi Sato. Paul pinned Sato after a reverse splash.

Match 5: Shigehiro Irie beat KANON.

Main Event: Daisuke Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto beat Dick Togo (New Japan) & Minoru Fujita. Sasaki beat Fujita with a crossface.

The next event is DDT x DEFY, a special crossover event with DEFY Wrestling, Saturday at Historic Washington Hall in Seattle, WA. Live streaming will be only on Triller/FITE via the Triller+ subscription service ($7.99/month or $69.99/year) beginning at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/6/24 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2024 event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 916.

Pre-show match; LJ Cleary beat Hajime Ohara.

Match 1: N INNOVATION Tournament Semifinals: Dragon Bane beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 2: N INNOVATION Tournament Semifinals: Junta Miyawaki beat AMAKUSA.

Match 3: Shuhei Taniguchi, Eita & Shuji Kondo beat HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Taniguchi pinned HAYATA after Maybach Bomb Zwei.

Match 4: Jack Morris & Daga beat Ulka Sasaki & Daiki Odashima. Morris pinned Sasaki after GLK.

Match 5: Anthony Greene, Aloha Wolf, Luis Mante (Dragon Gate) & Gaia Hox beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. Wolf pinned Alrjandro after Wolf Driver.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge beat Manabu Soya, Harutoki & Yu Owada. Kotoge pinned Owada after Kill Switch.

Match 7: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 8: N INNOVATION Tournament Finals: Alpha Wolf beat Junta Miyawaki to win the tournament. As a result, Wolf gets a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship shot against Daga on 11/17.

Main Event: Takashi Sugiura beat Naomichi Marufuji by ref stoppage (technical submission). As a result, Sugiura will face GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya for the title on 11/17. Marufuji will now be the final opponent for the retiring Akitoshi Saito that day.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET, but may be moved up as the Shuhei Taniguchi public weigh-in will be held 20 minutes before the event. If Taniguchi weighs in at 220 pounds/100 kg or less, his match with Eita vs. HAYATA & YO-HEY is for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. If Taniguchi weighs over 220 pounds, it’s a NON-TITLE match.

New Japan News: Tokyo Dome Presser Notes

New Japan held a press conference today regarding the Tokyo Dome doubleheader on 1/4 & 1/5. Here are some notes coming out of it-the presser can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube and New Japan World.

First, President Hiroshi Tanahashi announced some more fallout from POWER STRUGGLE Monday: Gabriel Kidd has been fined an undisclosed amount for attacking Kenny Omega backstage after Omega’s appearance. This was not shown on the live broadcast. Tanahashi also apologized to All Elite Wrestling, Omega’s current promotion. Omega hopes to compete on 1/5 at WRESTLE DYNASTY but this is mot guaranteed as he recovers from surgery for diverticulitis.

The 1/4 main event is now official-IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr vs. (to the internet’s dismay) Shota Umino for the title. Also official for 1/4: IWGP Global Champion David Finlay vs. Yota Tsuji for the title and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. El Desperado for the title. Additionally confirmed: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles, Francesco Akira & TJP and Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors in a 4-way for the titles plus NJPW WORLD TV Champion Ren Narita vs. Jeff Cobb & Ryohei Oiwa in a 3-way for the title. Both are first to score pinfall/submission wins and not elimination matches. Not yet official is an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match, expect that after the World Tag League which starts next week and goes into early December. The only other match confirmed so far is Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL.

The first official match for 1/5 is Sabre vs. Ricochet. At this time it is a NON-TITLE match assuming Sabre is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion at the time.

Chairman Naoki Sugabayshi also announced broadcast plans for both events: They will both be live on New Japan World. The good news for 1/5: No PPV. 1/4 will begin tentatively at midnight PT/3 AM ET with 1/5 beginning on 1/4 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. 1/4 will also be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan with a replay that night (meaning the Nee Japan World version will be available OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY) while 1/5 will be a New Japan World 10th Anniversary celebration event and available to all monthly paid subscribers worldwide, so you can essentially watch both for as low as $9.99.

Stardom 11/4/24 Results

Stardom continued the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League today in Miyazaki.

Today’s event was held at UMK Sports Studio in Miyazaki and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 420, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Mei Seira, Starlight Kid, Miyu Amasaki, Syuri, Hina & Lady C beat Maika, Mina Shirakawa, HANAKO, Rian, Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. Hina beat Rian with Gedo Clutch.

Goddess Of Stardom Tag League:
Match 2: Blue Block: Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat Rina & Azusa Inaba. Sakura pinned Inaba after a right high kick.
Match 3: Red Block: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami. Ruaka pinned Yagami after a lariat.
Match 4: Blue Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou vs. Hanan & Saya Iida went to a 20 minute time limit draw. 1 point for each.
Match 5: Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma beat Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo. Koguma beat Kohgo with a sleeper hold.

Main Event: Suzu Suzuki beat AZM. This was the first hometown match for Suzuki in her career.

Standings-wise, the Blue Block is still led by Natsupoi & Anou at 4-0-1, 9 points while the Red Block is led by Hazuki & Koguma at 4-1, 8 points.

The next event is Saturday at New Pier Hall Takeshiba in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. I will try to do live results but it will depend on schedule conflicts.

All-Japan 11/4/24 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Hokkaido-based Giant Series 2024 Tour today with the final event.

Today’s event was held at Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 789.

Match 1; MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Suwama & Hikaru Sato. MUSASHI pinned Sato after Estreallaftulo.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura beat Kento Miyahara & Ryo Inoue. Tamura pinned Inoue after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori won an 8 man battle royal, last eliminating Taishin Nagao.

Match 4: Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Hayato pinned Tachibana after Sid Vicious.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe. Rei Saito pinned Honda.

Main Event: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi to win the Triple Crown. Smith becomes the 74th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. That might qualify as UPSET ALERT!!! Nonetheless, what an accomplishment for the son of the British Bulldog.

The next event is the World’s Strongest Tag League tournament opener Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan Pro Wrestling “POWER STRUGGLE” LIVE Results (11/4/24) (Updated)

New Japan’s last blowout event of the year, POWER STRUGGLE, is on tap for today and it’s probably going to set up the main event for Tokyo Dome as the headliner is an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match as Zack Sabre Jr. defends the title against Shingo Takagi. Sabre’s post-G1 CLIMAX gamble of cashing in his shot early rather than waiting until 1/4 paid off and following a successful hometown defense in England he’s back in Japan to defend against Takagi,who is looking to become a 2-time champion. And a momentary double champion as Takagi is also the current NEVER Openweight Champion. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight, Heavyweight Tag Team & Global Championships are also up for grabs and the finals of the Super Junior Tag League will also happen as Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita face Francesco Akira & TJP. Former New Japan wrestler Kenny Omega, now with All Elite Wrestling but out of action due to health issues, will also be in attendance and make a special appearance.

Today’s event will be held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched LIVE OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World in Japanese and English. This will be an exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan and thus on demand won’t be available in Japan for a few days. There will also be a pre-show match 30 minutes before the event begins. Including that, as a blowout event with all the title matches I anticipate this event’s total running time being close to 4 hours. Normally I wouldn’t try to pull this off on a Sunday night when I have to work the next morning but since I telework for my job Mondays I’ll give it a shot and see how long I can stay awake. The time change this morning certainly helps.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Shoma Kato, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask vs. Ninja Mack, The DKC & Yoh

Main show:
Katsuya Murashima, Paris de SIlva, Jude London, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Gabriel Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori
Dragon Dia, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito
Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ren Narita & EVIL
Shota Umino vs. SANADA
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicolls vs. HENARE & Great-O-Khan for the titles
Super Junior Tag League Finals: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles vs. Francesco Akira & TJP
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. Master Wato for the title
IWGP Global Champion David Finlay vs. Taichi for the title
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shingo Takagi for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9:30 PM PT/12:30 PM ET for the pre-show. The main show begins at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. New Japan World launched the stream in pre-show mode just before 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

9 PM PT UPDATE: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches of the main show FOR FREE on YouTube. The YouTube broadcast WILL NOT include the pre-show match at this time.

9:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates start now.

We are LIVE from Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Milano Collection A.T. and I didn’t catch the main announcer’s name. Your English hosts are Walker Stewart & Chris Charlton. No guest on Japanese commentary yet, that seat will be filled later.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but already looks quite full. The setup appears to be for in the 3500-4000 range (the venue’s normal non-sumo capacity is around 5000) so after Dragon Gate did almost 2700 yesterday I’m going to predict roughly 3300 today. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 3773)

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask vs. Ninja Mack, The DKC & Yoh. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ninja Mack, The DKC & Yoh beat Shoma Kato, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. DKC pinned Kato.

Updates will resume when the main show begins at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

10 PM PT UPDATE: Main show updates begin now.

This event is airing live as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima, Paris de SIlva, Jude London, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA vs. Gabriel Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Gabriel Kidd, Drilla Moloney,, Clark Connors, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Katsuya Murashima, Paris de Silva, Jude London, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Kidd pinned Murashima after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver. And all the other Bullet Club finishers first.

Match 2: Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate), Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito. 20 minute time limit
Result: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsiuya Naito beat Dragon Dia, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano. Takahashi beat Honma with a modified sharpshooter.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ren Narita & EVIL. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ren narita & EVIL beat Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Narita pinned Oleg. Of course the Bullet Club beatdown followed on Tanahashi. EVIL with microphone. Taunting before Gedo gave him scissors before Jado tried to make the save, which didn’t go well. Back in the ring, Narita low blowed Oleg then hit Double Cross as Tanahashi was dragged to the back, as Ryohei Oiwa hit the ring to confront Narita. Oiwa with microphone. NJPW WORLD TV Championship challenge issued. But then Jeff Cobb stormed in and shoved Oiwa aside, which led to them going at it as Narita bailed. Narita won the title from Cobb in a 3-way. Such a rematch?

Match 4: Shota Umino vs. SANADA. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shota Umino beat SANADA

Match 5: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicolls vs. HENARE & Great-O-Khan for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls to win the titles. HENARE & Khan become the 105th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Khan pinned Nicholls after Imperial Drop.

Kenny Omega comes out. Addresses the crowd in Japanese then in English, saying he would like to return to New Japan on 1/5 as a member of AEW.

Hiromu Takahashi is now the guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 6: Super Junior Tag League Finals: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles vs. Francesco Akira & TJP. No time limit
Result: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Francesco Akira & TJP to win the tournament. Eagles pinned TJP. As a result, Fujita & Eagles also get an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot at a later date. KUSHIDA & Knight came out to accept the obligatory challenge, which Knight said will happen at Tokyo Dome…but could be a 3-way with Akira & TJP. But then Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors stormed out for a beatdown on everyone with chairs. Bullet Club with microphone. They want in too. We shall see.

Match 7: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. Master Wato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI beat Master Wato by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V4 for DOUKI. Next up: El Desperado. Likely at Tokyo Dome.

Match 8: IWGP Global Champion David Finlay beat Taichi to retain the title. V4 for Finlay. Huge shocker at the end…SANADA turned on Taichi and defected to Bullet Club. Next up: If Finlay gets his wish, Tsuji.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shingo Takagi to retain the title. V2 for Sabre. Next up: Umino, much to the crowd’s dismay…or…Ricochet? Stay tuned, but it’s going to be the Tokyo Dome main event.

The next event is Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024 Friday at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, MA. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3:30 PM PT/6:30 PM ET. It will be available for all monthly paid subscribers at no additional charge. It also will be available as a PPV on Triller/FITE for $19.99.

The next Japan event is NEW JAPAN ROAD in ANJO Saturday at Tosho Anjo Arena in Aichi. The card will be announced the day of the event with Stardom wrestler Tam Nakano also participating. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: There are unconfirmed reports that Ricochet will get an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot on 1/5 at WRESTLE DYNASTY at the Tokyo Dome. It also sounds like Sabre will let NJPW decide when Umino gets his title shot. Unless it’s during the next tour or the Road to Tokyo Dome tour to end the year, it’ll almost certainly be 1/4. Not happening at HISTORIC X-OVER 2 without card changes because Sabre already is in a crossover tag match. We may know more tomorrow or Wednesday after the usual post-major event presser back in Tokyo.

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