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Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/30/24 Results (2 Events) (Updated x2)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a doubleheader today in Tokyo, with the first event featuring only single matches where each match featured a current or former GHC Heavyweight or National Champion, and the second event being a regular house show.

Today’s events were held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

There were many last-minute changes to the second event card based on the results of the first event.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 264.

Match 1: Go Shiozaki beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 2: Jack Morris beat Tadasuke.

Match 3: Kenoh beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 4: Ulka Sasaki beat Alejandro.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya beat HAYATA.

Match 6: Manabu Soya vs. YO-HEY went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Harutoki.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 314.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Manabu Soya & Go Shiozaki vs. Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Jack Morris & Daga beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Eita. Daga pinned Eita after Diablo Wings.

Match 4: HAYATA, YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat Atsushi Kotoge, AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Daiki Odashima. YO-HEY pinned Odashima after a dropkick.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Harutoki beat Anthony Greene, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, LJ Cleary & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer). Kiyomiya pinned Menso-re after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno Del Mal to retain the titles. Marufuji beat Del Mal with a neck lock. V4 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Shinjuku Face. The matches will not be announced in advance. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan so there will be Japanese commentary only.

UPDATE: Next up for the tag champs-Jack Morris & TBA, who he will reveal tomorrow. Likely to happen on 1/1 at Nippon Budokan.

UPDATE 2: If a post Taishi Ozawa has made on the socials is legit, he could be the next challenger for Kiyomiya & the GHC Heavyweight Championship on 1/1. He posted a photo holding a contract for the match which he has signed, but Kiyomiya hasn’t yet. Click below and judge for yourself.

https://twitter.com/noah_taishi/status/1862853443712659623

All-Japan 11/30/24 Results

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

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 874.

Match 1: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka beat Hokuto Omori, The Bodyguard (Independent/Freelancer) & Taishin Nagao. Yoshioka pinned Nagao.

Match 2: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Cyrus & Hartley Jackson beat Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe. Cyrus pinned Abe after a reverse splash.

Match 3: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Suwama, Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI & Ryo Inoue. Anzai pinned Inoue after Gimlet.

World’s Strongest Tag League:
Match 4; Block A: Jun & Rei Saito beat Dan Tamura & Shotaro Ashino. Jun Saito pinned Tamura after Psycho Break.
Match 5: Block A: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo beat Makoto Oishi & Mike D. Vecchio. Mashimo pinned Oishi after a vertical drop brainbuster.
Main Event: Block B: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto. Miyahara pinned Sato with a shurdown suplex hold.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Saitos, 5-0, 10 pts (Advanced)
2-Omori/Kumaarashi, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Hayato/Anzai, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Seklimoto/Mashimo, 2-1-1, 5 pts
5-Ashino/Tamura, 1-3, 2 pts
6-Oishi/Vecchio, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
7-MUSASHI/Yoshioka, 0-4-1, 1 pt (OUT)

Block B:
1-Miyahara/Smith, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Cyrus/Jackson, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Honda/Ayabe, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Aoyagi/Abe, 2-3, 4 pts
5-Suwama/Hideki Suzuki, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Sato/Miyamoto, 1-3, 2 pts
7-Kuroshio/Tachibana, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 2 in each block will advance to the Semifinals. As a result of today, the Sairos will advance in Block A and will win the block as long as they don’t lose their last match. The second spot is still up for grabs. Block B is wide open although Miyahara/Smith have the advantage for one of the spots. Their last match is Cyrus/Jackson.

The next event is tomorrow at Yonago Convention Center Big Ship in Tottori. There will be no live broadcast.

Stardom 11/30/24 LIVE Results

Stardom runs their first event in Shimono City today, a significant one as it’s a homecoming for the promotion’s sisters-Hanan, Hina & Rina, who will all get to compete in their hometown for the first time in their young careers. The girls have been making the promotional rounds, including big sister Hanan visiting the city mayor & little sisters Hina & Rina-who are also twins-joining in after finishing their schoolwork for the week. While the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League will continue today (it’s the penultimate day of the preliminary round), the sisters will be in the main event spotlight as they team up for a trios match, unique because Rina is a heel while Hanan & Hina are not. But for one day at least the sisters will hopefully put their in-ring differences aside and showcase why they are considered a huge part of Stardom’s future (they’ve had big moments this year including Hanan winning the annual Cinderella Tournament and Rina reigning as record-setting Future Of Stardom Champion for most of the year and still the current New Blood Tag Team Champion).

Today’s event will be held at Ishibashi Sports Center in Tochigi and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. Fans will also be allowed to throw streamers/paper tape into the ring for the sisters’ intros in the main event. There are 8 total matches scheduled so exactly how long the event may run depends on if there’s an intermission. If yes, it’ll probably be closer to 2 1/2 hours and if no then closer to 2 hours. The longest it could go is roughly 3 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA except main event):
Aya Sakura vs. Matoi Hamabe & Natsuko Tora in a 3-way
Suzu Suzuki & Yuna Mizumori vs. Lady C & Ranna Yagami
Goddess Of Stardom Tag League:
Blue Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Rian
Blue Block: Mei Seira & Cohaku vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla
Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saya Kamitani & Konami
Red Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki
Red Block: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara
Main Event: Hanan, Hina & Rina vs. Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Saya Iida

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. That stream is scheduled to begin at 7:50 PM PT/10:50 PM ET.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Ishibashi Sports Center in Tochigi, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. First time here and it’s a small venue with a setup for maybe 400 tops, and what we can see iniitially is one or two seats from full, which soon filled up. Might be a legit sellout, I’ll guess near 400. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 508, a full house/near sellout)

Hanan & Hina come out first to open the event. No Rina, maybe because she’s the heel. After greeting & warming up the crowd they bring in who I’m guessing is the Shimano City mayor to say a few words.

Today’s lineup announcement. YouTube gets a Blue Block tournament match and the 3-way.

The matches begin at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM ET.

Match 1: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. 20 minute time limit
Result: Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Anou beat Rian.
Natsupoi/Anou are 6-1-1, 12 points and are finished with their matches. Tsukiyama/Rian are 2-5, 4 points and are out.
As a result, Natsupoi/Anou will advance with a top 3 finish secured and will be 1st if Momo Watanabe/Thekla do not win their last 2 matches-if that happens they advance to the Semifinals. Otherwise it’s the 2nd place and the elimination match against the 3rd place team.

Match 2: Aya Sakura vs. Matoi Hamabe & Natsuko Tora in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Natsuko Tora beat Aya Sakura & Matoi Hamabe in a 3-way by pinning Hamabe. Apparently a very young fan in the back was scared of Tora leading to some fun near-interactions pre and post-match.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Suzu Suzuki & Yuna Mizumori vs. Lady C & Ranna Yagami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzu Suzuki & Yuna Mizumori beat Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Suzuki pinned C. The winners didn’t get along at all after Mizumori surprised Suzuki by running up behind her during entrances. This continued after the match.

Match 4: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saya Kamitani & Konami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hazuki & Koguma beat Saya Kamitani & Konami. Koguma pinned Kamitani.
Hazuki & Koguma are 7-1, 14 points and are finished. Kamitani & Konami are 3-4, 6 points with one match left and must win and get help to advance. Hazuki & Koguma will advance, whether they finish 1st or 2nd in the block will be determined by Maika & HANAKO in their final match tomorrow.

Match 5: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Syuri & Saki Kashima. AZM pinned Kashima.
Both are 3-4, 6 points with one match left. Both must win tomorrow and get help to have a chance to be 3rd and advance.

Match 6: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo beat Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. Kohgo pinned Kurara.
Iwatani & Kohgo are 3-5, 6 points and done. Nakano & Kurara are 3-4, 6 points with one match left. Nakano & Kurara now must win tomorrow and get a lot of help to advance. Iwatani & Kohgo can only hope for no contests & tiebreakers to have any chance.

Match 7: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Mei Seira & Cohaku vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla. 20 minute time limit
Reslut: Mei Seira & Cohaku beat Momo Watanabe & thekla. Seira pinned Watanabe.
Both are now at 9 points, but at 4-3-1 Seira & Cohaku are now done and need help to advance-basically a miracle because of tiebreakers and that draw, plus Starlight Kid & Saya Iida must lose their last match tomorrow (Ranna Yagami & Lady C). Watanabe & Thekla are 4-2-1 with one match left, and against Hanan & Saya Iida it’s now must-win.
As a result of all this, Saori Anou & Natsupoi will now win the Blue Block and advance to the Semifinals.

Intermission.

The event resumes at 10:15 PM PT/1:15 AM ET.

Main Event: Hanan, Hina & Rina vs. Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Saya Iida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hanan, Hina & Rina beat Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Saya Iida. Hanan pinned Ruaka with a backdrop hold. The post-match promos were interesting because Hanan & Iida and Kid & Suzu Suzuki have their final tournament matches tomorrow but not against each other. Iida put Hanan over before departing to let the sisters finish & send the crowd home happy, although Rina acted all heel again but she did get her chance with the microphone. Hanan led the crowd in doing the STARS “S” hand sign to finish although of course Rina didn’t do it. She’s with H.A.T.E. after all.

Even with the intermission this was a much longer event than I anticipated at almost 3 hours. But I think it’s safe to say the sisters’ first hometown Stardom event won’t be their last, this was a big success.

The next event is tomorrow at Duo Cerezo in Niigata for the final day of the tournament preliminary round. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET, I will try and do live results again.

The December Stardom World schedule is all live events except 12/14 & 12/15. There are 2 PPVs scheduled-12/8 for the second of 2 events at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka for the tournament Finals, and 12/29 for STARDOM DREAM QUEENDOM 2024, the year-end blowout event, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. There will be a NEW BLOOD event on YouTube on 12/26, and the 12/24 Korakuen Hall event will be available live FOR FREE on both Stardom World and YouTube. You may want to set a YouTube bookmark when it becomes available because it’s a 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET start.

New Japan 11/29/24 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the 5th day of Block A, starting the second half.

Today’s event was held at Twin Messe Shizuoka North Building in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 569.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. DOUKI beat TM 4 with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Gedo, Tome & Stevie Filip. Narita beat Gedo with a jumping armbar.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. FIjuta pinned Young after Abandon Hope.

Match 4; BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Takahashi pinned Murashima.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5; Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Taguchi beat YOSHI-HASHI with Kid Clutch.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. SANADA beat Honma with Skull End.
Match 7: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. KENTA pinned Oiwa after GO 2 SLEEP.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Takagi pinned Newman after Pumping Blaster.

Standings-wise, there are now 4 tied for the lead at 3-2, 6 points and the other 4 are tied at 2-3, 4 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals so mathematically everyone is still in it.

The next event is Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Obituary: Mighty Inoue Dies

All-Japan has reported on the passing of Mighty Inoue, a former wrestler who joined the promotion in 1981 and became a referee after retiring in 1998. He was 75. The cause of death was ventricular fibrillation. Inoue was a former All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion and All-Asia Tag Team Champion and was a popular member of the Villain Shokai faction in his wrestling years.

I join All-Japan Pro Wrestling in expressing condolences to the family, friends & fans of Mighty Inoue.

Injury Report: New Japan Young Lion Down

New Japan has just announced some injury changes for the rest of the World Tag League-Masatora Yasuda (who I have unknowingly been incorrectly callinh Yasutora Yasuda in results posts), one of the current new Young Lions, is now out of action. Undisclosed injury suffered in training before today’s event. Out indefinitely but at least the rest of the current tour, meaning a minimum of 1-2 weeks. He was to have competed in a few more pre-show matches the rest of the tour with the next one scheduled for Sunday. That match as well as the 12/4 pre-show match are now cancelled. On Monday (12/2) he was to have faced Shoma Kato. Daiki Nagai is the replacement. On 12/6 he was to have teamed with Kato to face Nagai & Katsuya Murashima. That match will now be Kato-Murashima.

There’s no word on exactly how long he will be out.

More as it becomes available.

DDT 11/28/24 Results

DNA, an experimental group under DDT’s banner that consisted of newer wrestlers with great potential at the time, held a special 10th Anniversary event today on the day of its formation (11/28/2014) featuring former members of the group. Most went on to compete elsewhere but a couple stayed in DDT, the most notable success story form the group being Yuki Ueno, but all returned for this event. DNA, by the way, in this case was short for DDT New Attitude. Also part of this group are Shunma Katsumata & Kazusada Higuchi, who are both out long term due to injuries but appeared today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 312, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: MAO & Mizuki Watase vs. Yuki Iino & Masato Kamino went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Akira Sada (?) & Yuki Ishida beat Chou-un Shiryu & Rekka. Sada pinned Shiryu after a spinebuster.

Match 3: Munetatsu Nakamura beat Yuni.

Match 4: Match 4: Banana Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi beat Daiki Shimomura & Check Shimatani. Senga pinned Shimomura.

Match 5: Kota Umeda, Ryota Nakatsu & Koki Iwasaki beat Keigo Nakamura, To-y & Yuya Koroku. Umeda pinned Nakamura after a right high kick.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno beat Diego.

The next event is “Year-End Fan Appreciation Day! 2024” Sunday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

New Japan 11/27/24 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the 4th day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Hall C in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 701.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Yasutora Yasuda.

Match 1: Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Oleg pinned Young after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. Fujita beat Togo with Neshin SPecial.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Ishimori pinned BUSHI after Bloody Cross.

Match 4: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. DOUKI beat Murashima with Italian Stretch 32.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne beat Toimoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Zayne pinned Honma after Oklahome Roll.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Kidd pinned Newman after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.
Match 7: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Owens pinned Takagi after a package piledriver.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Goto pinned Oiwa after Shoto.
After 4 days it’s Newman/Cobb & Bishamon at 3-1, 6 points in the lead. 4 are tied for 3rd at 2-2, 4 points and 2 are at 1-3, 2 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

DEVELOPING: Yuki Arai News With Potential TJPW Implications

After today’s SKE48 performance, Yuki Arai announced she will be leaving the group at the end of March 2025 on her official social media accounts. As is custom in Japan they call it “graduating” which probably means either her contract is expiring or it’s her decision. There was no mention of future plans but the obvious question is what will it mean for her future in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling? She will reach one year as International Princess Champion at her next defense on 1/4 and her schedule through February is set but subject to change. Obviously I hope she continues with TJPW but we’ll see what happens.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 11/26/24 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the third day of Block B.

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

The announced paid attendance was 630.

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

Match 1; Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat Katsuya Murashima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. TM 4 beat Murashima with a chicken wing.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Fujita beat Kato with Neshin Special.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. Newman pinned Gedo after a running knee.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Ishimori beat BUSHI with GAME OVER.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Tome & Stevie Filip. Oleg pinned Tome Filip aftee Kamikaze.
Match 6: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Nicholls beat Jado with a toe cutter.
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Takahashi pinned TAKA with Nameless Hiromu Roll.
Main Event: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Ren Narita & EVIL. Khan pinned Narita after Imperial Drop. Afterwards, a recorded Young Bucks promo was played. Challenge issued for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on 1/5. Accepted by HENARE & Khan…who may not even be champs then.

After 3 days 5 are tied for the Block B lead at 2-1, 4 points. Taichi/TAKA & the Filips are 1-2, 2 points. Jado/Tanahashi are 0-3, 0 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Hall C in Sendai with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official. HENARE/Khan vs. Jacksons for the titles on 1/5. So presumably the WTL winners won’t get a title shot on 1/4 or before that.

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