Big news coming out of yesterday’s MONDAY MAGIC event: Pro Wresting NOAH has announced a new title-the GHC Women’s Championship. To be awarded at the next MONDAY MAGIC event on 11/11, a 10-woman staggered battle royal will determine the inaugural champion. Participants will not be announced prior to the match. I think Great Sakuya is a lock though.
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All-Japan 10/28/24 & 10/29/24 Results
All-Japan continued the Giant Series 2024 yesterday (forgot to post results) and today with events in Hokkaido.
Yesterday’s event was held at Tomakomai City General Gym in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 488.
Match 1: Cyrus beat Ryuki Honda & Noriyuki Yoshida in a 3-way by pinning Yoshida.
Match 2: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Shotaro Ashino & Hideki Suzuki. Omori pinned Suzuki after Narcissist Press.
Match 3: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara, MUSASHI & Ryo Inoue. Anzai pinned Inoue after a backdrop.
Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after a double chokeslam.
Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi beat Seiki Yoshioka to retain the title. V5 for Doi.
Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama beat Davry Boy Smith Jr. & Dan Tamura. Suwama pinned Tamura after a backdrop.
Today’s event was held at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Main Arena in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 517.
Match 1: Ren Ayabe beat Taishin Nagao.
Match 2: Ryuki Honda beat Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi in a 3-way by pinning Kumaarashi.
Match 3: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Yuma Aoyagi & Noriyuki Yoshida. MUSASHI pinned Yoshida after Estrella Futuro.
Match 4: Hokuto Omori & Cyrus beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Dan Tamura. Omori pinned Famura after Hokuto Army Special.
Match 5: GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan to retain the title. V1 for Tachibana.
Match 6: Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Jun Saito pinned Suwama after Psycho Break.
Main Event: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat Kento Miyahara & Ryo Inoue to retain the titles. Anzai pinned Inoue after Gimlet. V1 for the champs.
The next event is tomorrow at Wind Hill Kushiro Super Arena in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.
Injury Report: El Absento (Update)
New Japan has just announced injury updates that are developing: El Phantasmo is now off the rest of the current tour. Unspecified health concern. Out indefinitely but the rest of the tour means at least a week. He was scheduled to be part of 2 more events on Saturday (11/2) and 11/4. Boltin Oleg is the replacement for both events.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: Phantasmo provided further details today as to his hiatus. Cancer. Had a cancerous tumor removed recently, a “little tumour of cancer” in his own words. He says he is in good spirits and will return to New Japan eventually, just not sure when.
New Japan 10/28/24 Results (Updated)
New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League with a second Tokyo event today.
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 1145.
Super Junior Tag League:
Match 1: Block A: Paris de Silva & Jude London beat Francesco Akira & TJP. de Silva pinned Akira after Shooting Star DDT.
Match 2: Block A: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. Moloney pinned Suicica after Drilla Killer.
Match 3: Block B: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Ninja Mack & The DKC. Knight pinned DKC after Perfect Timing.
Match 4: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned Taguchi after Shock Arrow.
Match 5: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Tsuji pinned Oiwa after Gene Blaster.
Super Junior Tag League:
Match 6: Block B: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Rocky Romero & Yoh. Ishimori pinned Romero after a 450 splash.
Main Event: Block A: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Fusjita pinned BUSHI with O’Connor Bridge.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Moloney/Connors, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Kanemaru/Sho, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fujita/Eagles, 2-1, 4 pts
4-BUSHI/Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
5-de Silva/London, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Suicida/TM 4, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)
Block B:
1-Knight/KUSHIDA, 2-1, 4 pts
2-X/Ishimori, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Romero/Yoh, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Akira/TJP, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Mack/DKC, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Dia/Taguchi, 1-2, 2 pts
Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. Block A is in control of Bullet Club but only TM 4/Suicida are officially out. However, Moloney/Connors do have the all-important tiebreakers so far and they can officially win the block next time out. Block B is wide open.
The next event is Wednesday at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
UPDATE: In non-today news, IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe for the title is now official for HISTORIC X-OVER 2 on 11/17.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/28/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 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 has not been announced but it was very close to a legit sellout if it didn’t get there. Only a few same-day tickets were left.
Match 1: Great Sakuya & Halan beat Sadie Gibbs & Jesse Jackson. Sakuya pinned Jackson.
Match 2: Dragon Bane, Anthony Greene, Titus Alexander & Vinny Massaro beat Alpha Wolf, LJ Cleary, Starboy Charlie & JAC. Alexander pinned JAC after Big Ugly.
Match 3; HAYATA beat Shuhei Taniguchi. Borderline squash in just 82 seconds.
Match 4: In a Mascara Contra Caballera match, where the losing team immediately would face off in a Hair vs. Hair or Mask vs. Mask match, Junta Miyawaki & Yu Owada beat Alejandro & Cristobal. Owada pinned Cristobal. Which led to…
Match 5: In a Mascara Contra Mascarra (Mask vs. Mask Match), Alejandro beat Cristobal. As a result, Cristobal loses his mask. And was revealed to be…Black Menso-re! Although he quickly put that mask on as the lights went out so his real face was only visible for a split second.
Match 6: Go Shiozaki, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuji Ishikawa & Manabu Soya. Shiozaki pinned Soya after Go Lariat.
Main Event: Ulka Sasaki beat Masaaki Mochizuki by submission.
Episode 3 is on 11/11.
The next event is Wednesday at Bandaijima Multipurpose Square Okama in Niigata for both Akitoshi Saito’s final Niigata match and the start of the N INNOVATION 2024 Tournament (a single-elimination 8-man tournament for the Junior Heavyweights). There will be no live broadcast. After this event they have a stretch where 10 of the next 11 events will be streamed live (in fact, the only 2 non-live events left in 2024 are this one, 11/9 and 12/8. That means live and immediate on demand for 11 of the next 14 events. Note the live broadcast for 11/17-Saito retirement-will probably be English only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and thus edited due to ABEMA exclusives)
Sumo-November 2024 Banzuke Announced
It’s that wonderful time of the even months again-with just 2 weeks until the next tournament, the Japan Sumo Association has announced the official Banzuke (rankings) for the November 2024 Grand Sumo Tournament. Below are the full rankings for the top 2 tiers and other lower tier notes:
Continue reading “Sumo-November 2024 Banzuke Announced”Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/27/24 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2024 Tour today in Sendai, this event marking Akitoshi Saito’s last visit to the area before retiring.
Today’s event was held at Sendai Pit in Sendai and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 289.
Match 1: Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary beat Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge. Greene pinned Kotoge after Alternate Ending.
Match 2: Manabu Soya, HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Go Shiozaki, Shuhei Taniguchi & Eita. Soya pinned Taniguchi after Ballistic.
Match 3: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal beat Alejandro & Cristobal. Wagner Jr. pinned Cristobal after Slam Wagner.
Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki beat Jack Morris & Daga by DQ. Morris DQ’d. Deadly weapon use.
Match 5; Akitoshi Siato Last Sendai 3 Single Matches:
1-Akitoshi Saito beat Daiki Odashima.
2-Akitoshi Saito beat Yu Owada.
3-Akitoshi Saito vs. Junta Miyawaki went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Saito goes 2-0-1.
Match 6: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi. Bane pinned Tadasuke after Santa Maria.
Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh & Kai Fujimura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & AMAKUSA. Kiyomiya pinned AMAKUSA after Transformed Shining Wizard.
The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Season 3 Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
DDT 10/27/24 Results
DDT headed to Fukushima for a planned outdoor event today, which was able to go on as planned due to favorable weather (it would have been moved indoors if it rained).
Today’s event was held at Adatara Onsen Hotel Paradise Hills, Sakura Campground Special Venue in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 208.
Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Keigo Nakamura.
Match 2: MJ Paul beat Yuki Ishida.
Match 3: In a match where the first member of a team that falls or gets thrown out of the ring loses, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat To-y & Kazuma Sumi when Hirata threw Sumi out of the ring.
Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, Demus & Illusion beat Yuki Iino, Akito, Yuni & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki pinned Akito after a Sasaki-style huracanrana.
Gorgeous Matsuno made an unannounced appearance here, doing a live singing performance and promoting his next produced event on 11/24.
Match 5: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Tetsuya Endo & Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer). Brookes pinned Oishi after Praying Mantis Bomb.
Main Event: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda. Katsumata pinned Honda after Our Madmax onto a pile of chairs.
The next event is Wednesday at Kirana Garden Toyosu in Tokyo. However, this is another outdoor event so it will be weather permitting and if it rains the event will be cancelled. If it goes on as planned, there will be no live broadcast.
New Japan 10/27/24 Results
New Japan continued the Super Jr. Tag League today in Tokyo with the first event featuring both blocks in action together.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a free live broadcast on ABEMA in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1367.
Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 1: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. Kanemaru pinned Suicida after Touch Out.
Match 2: Block B: Ninja Mack & The DKC beat Paris de Silva & Jude London.
Match 3: Block A: Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Taguchi pinned BUSHI.
Match 4: Block B: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. KUSHDA pinned X.
Match 5: Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & SANADA. Umino pinned TAKA after Death Rider.
Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 6: Block A: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Moloney pinned Fujita after Full Clip.
Main Event: Block B: Rocky Romero & Yoh beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Yoh pinned Akira after Strong Zero.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Moloney/Connors, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Dia/Taguchi, 1-1, 2 pts
3-Kanemaru/Sho, 1-1, 2 pts
4-BUSHI/Takahashi, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Fujita/Eagles, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Suicida/TM 4, 0-2, 0 pts
Block B:
1-Yoh/Romero, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Knight/KUSHIDA, 1-1, 2 pts
3-Akira/TJP, 1-1, 2 pts
4-X/Ishimori, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Mack/DKC, 1-1, 2 pts
6-London/de Silva, 0-2, 0 pts
Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. With just 5 matches for each team, that means the last place teams are already all but out of it.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
All-Japan 10/27/24 Results
All-Japan began the Giant Series 2024 today with an event in Hokkaido.
Today’s event was held at APA Hotel & Resort Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 503.
Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Taishin Nagao.
Match 2: Kumagoro Hokkai beat Seigo Tachibana & Tomoya in a 3-way by pinning Tachibana.
Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Kutoshio TOKYO Japan beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Ashino pinned MUSASHI after a T-bone suplex.
Match 4: Yuma Anzai beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 5: Rising Hayato, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Dan Tamura. Honda pinned Tamura after Final Vent.
Match 6: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Suwama pinned Omori after a backdrop.
Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Cyrus & Hartley Jackson to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Jackson after BBQ Bomb. V6 for the Saitos/champs.
The next event is tomorrow at Tomakomai City General Gym in Hokkaido with an All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship match scheduled. There will be no live broadcast.