News, results & more from Japanese Pro Wrestling & Sumo
That would be Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho in AEW, specifically Omega. In hospital and out indefinitely. This comes from Omega himself:
No word on how long he will be out or what this means for their AEW Tag Team Championship match on 12/30.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: There are unconfirmed reports the reason is diverticulitis.
Ahead of the final “episode” this Monday, Pro Wrestling NOAH has made the first 3 MONDAY MAGIC events available FOR FREE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. No account or payment requires to view but also note their acclaimed 1 week free trial is back too.
Click below to watch Episode 1 (and scroll down for links to Episodes 2 & 3) on WRESTLE UNIVERSE:
https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en/videos/3hMN5wdg8AGt2oioG7DVWo
UPDATE: They will only be free until 12/24 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
Developing via the Dragon Gate English Twitter-Yuki Yoshioka, who was to have challenged for the Open The Twin Gate Championship at THE FINAL GATE 2023 on 12/24, is now out due to injury. Eye (mild retinal detachment). Out indefinitely. Match plans TBA.
More as it becomes available. Original source post below.
Ganbare Pro ran the final Ganbare Women event of 2023 today.
Today’s event was held at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 91.
Match 1: ZONES beat Riara.
Match 2: YuuRI beat ChiChi.
Match 3: Ram Kaichow & Alex Lee beat Sumire Natsu & Marika Kobashi. Lee pinned Kobashi after Vincoplex.
Main Event: Tae Honma & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Yuu & Bunny Oikawa. Honma pinned Oikawa after Adios.
The next Women event is 1/16 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Broadcast plans TBA.
The next Ganbare event is BAD COMMUNICATION ’23, their year-end blowout event, on 12/27 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET.
Just after Mitsuharu Misawa formed Pro Wrestling NOAH in 2000, he would spearhead the creation of an alliance to attempt to better facilitate cooperation between Japanese promotions. Today a new such alliance was formed to modernize those efforts-the United Japan Pro Wrestling Industry Group.
The initial membership will consist of the following promotions: New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro Wrestling and its affiliated sub-brands (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling & Ganbare Pro Wrestling) and Stardom. Seiji Sakaguchi is the founding chairman with the executive offices based at New Japan Pro Wrestling HQ and New Japan Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi serving as executive chief.
The biggest thing for fans to get excited about here is a joint event scheduled for 5/6/24 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo under the United Japan Pro Wrestling banner. More details forthcoming.
New Japan’s English website has posted a press release with much more about this new alliance, read the full statement here:
COMBAT PRINCESS USA, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s US return co-promoted with Prestige Wrestling, is now in the books.
Today’s event was held at the Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA and cam be watched on demand as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English (additional purchase required, around $20 US). There were technical issues during the live broadcast so it may be unavailable while a better quality replacement is put up.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 400, a super full house/very near sellout)
Match 1: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi & Amira. Harajuku pinned Amira after Wasteland War Justis.
Match 2: Trish Adora beat Moka Miyamoto.
Match 3: Mizuki beat Sandra Moon.
Match 4: Miu Watanabe beat Hyan.
Match 5: Princess Tag Team Champions Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Janai Kai & Shazza McKenzie to retain the titles. Noa pinned McKenzie with a blizzard suplex hold. V3 for the champs.
Match 6: Taya Valkyrie beat Shoko Nakajima.
Main Event: Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly beat Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh. Slamovich pinned Yamashita after a jumping piledriver.
The next event is Sunday at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. All the matches were determined by fan lottery at a recent event, thefe will be 11 matches with a 7 minute time limit for each. Yamashita, Mizuki & Tatsumi will miss this event due to remaining overseas while Kakuta will moss the event due to scheduling conflicts. There will be no live broadcast.
New Japan is saddened to report the passing of former wrestler Osamu Kido, who died Monday. He was 72.
Kido made his debut in the Japan Wrestling Association (JWA) in early 1969 before competing on New Japan’s first event in March 1972 before an excursion to the US. He moved to the original UWF in 1984 before returning to NJPW in 1985, and became IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Akira Maeda on August 5, 1986.
That title match is one of 3 Kido matches New Japan World is making available for viewing for free, along with a 10-man elimination tag match from 3/26/1986 and his 30th Anniversary Match from 2/5/1999.
I join New Japan in expressing my condolences to the family, friends and fans of Osamu Kido.
Here are the quick results for tomorrow’s AEW Rampage in Arlington, TX (SPOILERS!):
Continue reading “AEW Rampage 12/15/23 Results (SPOILERS!)”Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Arlington, TX:
Samoa Joe comes out right away to start. No opening video, pyros, etc. He calls out Adam Page, who comes out. Tensions interrupted by Roderick Strong who comes out and claims MJF is the devil. Page cuts him off with a forearm shot just before a referee comes out. Joe leaves and Strong ambushes Page from behind to lead to…
Match 1: Roderick Strong vs. Adam Page
Result: Adam Page beat Roderick Strong
Match 2: Continental Classic Blue Block: Brrody King vs. Andrade El Idolo
Result: Andrade El Idolo beat Brody Kiong
Andrade is 3-0, 9 points. King is 2-1, 6 points. Because of his win in their earlier match, Andrade has the presumptive tiebreaker over Bryan Danielson, who is also at 6 points.
Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega promo. They call out and get Ricky Starks & Big Bill. This all leads to Jericho & Omega cashing in their guaranteed AEW Tag Team Championship shot for Worlds End on 12/30.
Toni Storm joins commentary for the next match.
Match 3: Ruby Soho vs. Riho
Result: Riho beat Ruby Soho
Wardlow promo.
Match 4: Continental Classic Gold Block: Rush vs. Jay Lethal. Rush must win to stay in contention
Result; Rush beat Jay Lethal by submission
Rush is 2-2, 6 points. Lethal is 0-4, 0 points.
Match 5: Continental Classic Gold Block: Jay White vs. Mark Briscoe. White must win to stay in contention
Result: Jay White beat Mark Briscoe
White is 3-1, 9 points. Briscoe is 0-4, 0 points.
Main Event: Continental Classic Gold Block: Swerve Strickland vs. Jon Moxley
Result: Jon Moxley beat Swerve Strickland
Moxley is 4-0, 12 points. Strickland is 3-1, 9 points. Moxley will win the block unless he loses to Jay White in his last match and a lot of other crazy stuff happens.
Adam Page beatdown outside by the masked attackers. The Devil appears out of a car before Page is slammed onto the hood of the car. They blew past their allowed 5 minute overrun here and abruptly cut away.
Not a great show again despite Tony Khan’s social media promises, but another good show. The Von Erichs appeared but their spot was wasted by Orange Cassidy & Danhausen interrupting even though it sets up the Von Erichs to appear on Rampage Friday. All the tournament matches were good as usual but a slight step down from prior matches. The first and last matches are must-see.
Friday on Rampage: TBA.
Saturday on Collision: Blue Block matches-Andrade vs. Claudio Castagnoli, Eddie Kingston vs. Daniel Garcia and King vs. Bryan Danielson.
In a social media post moments ago, Impact/TNA Wrestling announced New Japan Jr. Heavyweight KUSHIDA has signed with TNA. He has been a semi-regular in Impact over the last few years.
More as it becomes available.