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DEVELOPING: Top AEW Star Staying With Promotion

It’s been a good week for Eddie Kingston. He now has 2 championships, won them in his hometown of New York City, and now is getting paid. Kingston has now told an unspecified podcast that he has re-signed with All Elite Wrestling and will stay with the promotion, it’s a 4-year deal. He didn’t say how much he’ll get paid or exact length beyond “I got four more years”, but it was also revealed by New Japan that Kingston is headed to London for New Japan’s Royal Quest 3 event on 10/14. He’ll team with Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Oku to face TJP, HENARE & Jeff Cobb.

This also comes shortly after Kingston sating he will not be working any non-AEWRing Of Honor or New Japan dates for a while due to a back injury, causing a planned STRONG Openweight Championship defense against Rocky Romero tonight to be cancelled.

BREAKING: 2 New Japan Wrestlers Out Of Current Tour

New Japan has just announced 2 wrestlers are now out for the immediate future:

Hirooki Goto suffered an undisclosed injury today at DESTRUCTION IN KOBE. Out indefinitely but will miss non-televised events tomorrow & Tuesday at a minimum.

Taichi has requested and was granted a leave of absence for unspecified reasons. Out indefinitely but presumably off the rest of the tour, or at least through 10/7.

More as it becomes available.

Sumo-September 2023 Tournament Final Day Results

Here are the quick results from today’s Final Day of the September 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita, Sd-Sandanme, Jd-Jonidan, Jk-Jonokuchi

Makuuchi (Top Tier):
Going in, the leader was Atamifuji at 11-3 with 4 at 10-4. If Atamifuji wins, he is the champion. Otherwise there is a playoff and could be up to a 4-way playoff…
Nishikifuji (M13) beat Mitakeumi (M11)
Endo (M10) beat Kotoshoho (M14)
Myogiryu (M13) beat Kinbozan (M10)
Midorifuji (M9) beat Aoiyama (M14)
Kagayaki (M16) beat Oho (M7)
Chiyoshoma (M15) beat Ryuden (M6)
Onosho (M6) beat Tsurugisho (M16)
Sadanoumi (M12) beat Shonannoumi (M5)
Takanosho (M4) beat Daishoho (M17)
Hiradoumi (M8) beat Tamawashi (M3)
Shodai (M3) beat Takarafuji (M12)
Asanoyama (M2) beat Atamifuji (M15). PLAYOFF!!!
Meisei (M1) beat Kotoeko (M8)
Abi (M2) beat Hokutofuji (M1)
Gonoyama (M5) beat Tobizaru (K)
Ura (M4) beat Nishikigi (K)
Kotonowaka (S) beat Wakamotoharu (S)
Hoshoryu (O) beat Hokuseiho (M6). Hokuseiho OUT and Hoshoryu avoids kadoban in his Ozeki debut
TakakeishO (O) beat Daieisho (S). Takakeisho in playoff!
Kirishima (O) beat Takayasu (M7). Takayasu OUT…once again so close and yet so far away…
PLAYOFF: Takakeisho (O) beat Atamifuji (M15). TAKAKEISHO YUSHO! The 4th career Emperor’s Cup for the Ozeki! (8th overall championship) And now, you know what that means come November…Takakeisho Yokozuna chance? He was here in May but had to withdraw halfway through due to injury. With rumors of this being the end of the road for Terunofuji (maybe retiring after November), can we finally see Takakeisho break through at last?
SPECIAL PRIZES:
Outstanding Performance (wrestler with winning record and most wins vs. Yokozuna/Ozeki): None. That surprised me, I thought Hokutofuji had it locked up after he beat all 3 Ozeki the first 3 days. Maybe because he only went 8-7…
Fighting Spirit (wrestler with winning record judged to show best fighting spirit): Atamifuji
Technique (wrestler with winning record with most different winning techniques): None

Juryo:
Going in there was a tie at the top between Ichiyamamoto & Onosato at 12-2.
If one win and the other lost, the winner is the champion. If both win or lose, playoff. They met earlier in the tournament and Ichiyamamoto won.
Shimanoumi (J12) beat Takakento (J9)
Hakuyozan (J10) beat Chiyosakae (J8)
Azumaryu (J6) beat Akua (J9)
Shimazuumi (M6) beat Takahashi (J12)
Bushozan (J5) beat Chiyomaru (J10)
Tohakuryu (J4) beat Churanoumi (J5)
Shishi (J8) beat Oshoma (J4)
Tenshoho (J14) beat Mitoryu (J3)
Tomokaze (J3) beat Asakoryu (J13)
Ichiyamamoto (J7) beat Daiamami (J2)
Tokihayate (J11) beat Kitanowaka (J2)
Tamashoho (J1) beat Shiden (J11)
Roga (J1) beat Onosato (J14). ICHIYAMAMOTO JURYO YUSHO! 2nd Juryo championship and 3rd career championship.

Makushita:
There were 7 after Day 13 tied at 6-1. Rare nobody finishes 7-0 but that also means…not 1, not 2, not even 3, but…SEVEN-WAY PLAYOFF!!!????!!!!
Playoffs:
Kitadaichi (Ms17) beat Asahakuryu (Ms27)
Hitoshi (Ms3) beat Onojo (Ms53)
Kayo (Ms23) beat Chiyoarashi (Ms47)
Hitoshi (Ms3) beat Kitadaichi (Ms17)
Kayo (Ms23) beat Daiseizan (Ms50)
Hitoshi (Ms3) beat Kayo (Ms23). HITOSHI MAKUSHITA YUSHO! 1st Makushita championship and 4th career championship. He’s headed to Juryo in November.

Sandanme:
CHAMPION: Kitaharima (Sd2). First career championship for the 21-year veteran who had a cup of coffee in the top tier in his prime, reaching Maegashira 15 for one tournament (demoted after going 6-9). He has only been in Juryo once since late 2017 (one tournament in 2020).

Jonidan:
Playoff: Anosho (Jd14) beat Oki (Jd76). ANOSHO JONIDAN YUSHO! 1st Jonidan championship and 2nd career championship for the 18-year-old in his first 2 tournaments. He’s headed to the Sandanme in November.

Jonokuchi:
CHAMPION: Shiroma (Jk18). 1st career championship. Technically this was his 2nd career tournament but he was Absent in his debut tournament in July.

The next tournament is November 12-26 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Advance tickets are on sale now.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/24/23 Results

GRAND SHIP 2023 in NAGOYA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s major event today, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was only in English due to ABEMA exclusives.

The announced paid attendance was 940.

Match 1: Pre-show match: Akitoshi Saito, Atsushi Kotoge, Stallion Rogers & Taishi Ozawa beat Mohammed Yone, Daiki Inaba, Hi69 & Yu Owada. Rogers pinned Owada after a backdrop.

Match 2: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Shuji Kondo & Hajime Ohara. YO-HEY pinned Ohara after a dropkick.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura, Manabu Soya & Masa Kitamiya beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Hideki Suzuki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Soya pinned Taniguchi after a jumping DDT.

Match 5: Daga beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 6: Kenoh & Lance Anoa’i beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Adam Brooks. Kenoh pinned Brooks after PFS.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Eita beat Naomichi Marufuji, Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA (Dradition) by DQ. LEONA DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 8: Jack Morris & Anthony Greene beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley to win the titles. Morris & Greene become the 66th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Morris pinned Thatcher after a tiger driver.

Match 9: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Ninja Mack & Alejandro to win the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Bane & Wold become the 58th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Bane pinned Alejandro after Twisterbane.

Match 10: GHC National Champion Hijo De Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Psycho Clown to retain the title. V6 for Wagner Jr. Next up: Morris. That match will happen on 10/28 at Fukuoka International Center.

Match 11: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Seiki Yoshioka to retain the title. V4 for HAYATA. Next up: Daga. That match will happen on 11/4 at Niigata City Gym.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee beat Go Shiozaki to retain the title. V4 for Lee. Next up: Kenoh. That match will happen on 10/28.

In other post–event news/fallout, it sounds like Seiki Yoshioka may be leaving the promotion at the end of the year. It was announced that after 10/28, the last of 4 scheduled October dates for him, he will be taking a break from the promotion to prepare for new challenges. This suggests his contract may be expiring and he will look to sign elsewhere. Updates to follow.

The next event is a special NOAH THE HOME DELUXE event on 10/7 at SKIP City Multipurpose Hall in Saitama. This event is open only to NOAH’s Ark fan cclub members only and will not be broadcast.

The next regular event is MONDAY MAGIC Episode 1, the debut of a new short series of 5 Monday night events, on 10/9 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan 9/24/23 Results (Updated)

DESTRUCTION in KOBE, one of 2 major events on New Japan’s current tour, went down earlier today in its traditional place on the calendar.

Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This event aired in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2023 on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4212, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Kevin Knight & Tiger Mask. Moloney pinned TM 4 after Full Clip.

Match 2: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & SANADA beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. TAKA pinned Togo after Michinoku Driver 2. Wait, when was the last time TAKA won a match in New Japan, let alone be responsible for the win?

Match 3: Jado, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Chase Owens & David Finlay. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun.

Match 4: Yoh & Lio Rush beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Rush pinned BUSHI after Final Hour.

Match 5: Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada. Sabre pinned Ishii with European Clutch.

Match 6: In a Seconds Handcuffed Match, where House Of Torture members were handcuffed to Just 5 Guys members at ringside, Sho beat KOPW 2023 Chaampion Taichi to win the title. Yoshinobu Kanemaru interference. He seemingly turned on Just 5 Guys to help Sho win. So maybe they will now be Just 4 Guys.

Match 7: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls to retain the titles. YOSHI-HASHI pinned NIcholls. V2 for the champs.

Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 9: Tetsuya Naito beat Jeff Cobb. As a result, Naito retained his spot in the 1/4 Tokyo Dome main event.

Main Event: IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay beat Yota Tsuji to retain the title. V1 for Ospreay. Next up: Sabre. This could happen at Royal Quest 3 in England. It should be noted that Ospreay has rebranded the title as the IWGP UK Heavyweight Championship although it does not seem to be recognized as such by New Japan. (UPDATE: It’s now official for Royal Quest 3 on 10/14)

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Also a heads-up for the second DESTRUCTION event in October at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo-at this time New Japan lists the event as only being broadcast live on ABEMA. So it may not be available on New Japan World outside of Japan, but we’ll see what happens.

TJPW News: Full 10/9 Card Announced

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the full card for WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo, their most important event of the year. The full lineup is as follows (in order):
Haru Kazashiro vs. Runa Okubo
Arisu Endo, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI vs. HARUKAZE, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara
Moka Miyamoto vs. Juria Nagano
Aja Kong, Raku & Shino Suzuki vs. Hyper Misao, Wakana Uehara & Toga
Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino vs. Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai
Saki-sama (Saki Akai), May Saint-Michel (Mei Suruga), Yukio Saint Laurent (Yukio Sakaguchi( & Martha vs. :Shoko Nakajima, Suzume, Pom Harajuku & Antonio Honda
Maki Itoh vs. Nyla Rose
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship
International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. NWA Women’s TV Champion Max The Impaler for the titles (double title match)
Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita for the title
Neko Haruna will appear at an onsite autograph session but will not compete (injured).

Tickets are still available and the event will also stream LIVE on WRESTLE UNVIERSE beginning on 10/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

AEW Collision 9/23/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Grand Rapids, MI:

Match 1: AEW TNT Champion Luchasaurus vs. Christian Cage & Darby Allin in a 3-way for the title. Sting is banned from ringside
Result: Christian Cage beat AEW TNT Champion Luchasaurus & Darby Allin in a 3-way by pinning Luchasaurus to become THE NEW AEW TNT CHAMPION!

Last-second change to tonight during opening match: Willow Nightingale is now off. She was to have faced Julia Hart. Kiera Hogan is the replacement. (Update: Hart attacked Nightingale backstage earlier today per commentary and sent her to the hospital)

Tony Khan announced Cage vs. Allin for the title on a 2/3 Falls match on 10/1.

Match 2: Hook & Rob Van Dam vs. Angelo Parker & Matt Menard
Result: Hook & Rob Van Dam beat Angelo Parker & Matt Menard. Van Dam pinned Menard after 5 Star Frog Splash.

Added to 10/1 is NJPW STRONF & ROH World Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the titles. Shibata could hold 3 titles if he wins as he is the ROH Pure Champion.

Match 3: Julia Hart vs. Kiera Hogan
Result: Julia Hart beat Kiera Hogan by submission. Afterwards, Brody King demanded Kris Statlander defend the AEW TBS Championship against Hart on 10/1.

Match 4: Jay White vs. Andrade El Idolo
Result: Jay White beat Andrade El Idolo

Aussie Open join commentary for the next match.

Match 5: AEW Tag Team Champions FTR vs. The Workhorsemen for the titles
Result: AEW Tag Team Champions FTR beat The Workhorsemen to retain the titles. Dax Harwood beat JD Drake with a sharpshooter.

Next week: Andrade vs. Juice Robinson & Best Friends vs. The Kingdom.

Wednesday on Dynamite: Hart-Nightingale.

Official for 10/1: Statlander-Hart for the AEW TBS Championship.

Jim Ross joins commentary

Main Event: Ricky Starks vs. Bryan Danielson in a Texas Death Match (Last Man Standing). Only way to win is keep opponent down and unable to answer a 10 count
Result: Bryan Danielson beat Ricky Starks

End Show.

DDT Pro Wrestling “Who’s Gonna TOP? 2023” Results (9/23/23) (Updated)

DDT runs their tour-ending monthly major Tokyo event today, with the focus remaining on Saki Akai and the final chapter of her 10-year career. Today may be the biggest match of her career as she gets her first real chance, and likely only chance, at the KO-D Openweight Championship after Chris Brookes named her the next challenger after his first successful defense. She already has a couple of 6-man tag team championships to her name recently but this no doubt would top them if she can somehow win it, and I hope she does even though her reign would be short with retirement only 2 months away. There’s also a DDT Universal Championship match as new champion Matt Cardona has an odd challenger himself tonight, as he defends against Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Maki Itoh. Konosuke Takeshita is also back from AEW for a singles match…and no, The Callous Hand Of Don will not be with him.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Toru Owashi is scheduled to be a guest on Japanese commentary. You can also watch the first 3 matches (pre-show dark match and 2 main card matches) FOR FREE on YouTube. There is a pre-show match scheduled 15 minutes before event time, which will be streamed live. Additionally, a public signing ceremony for the 10/4 KO-D Tag Team Championship match will be held 30 minutes before the event and probably will stream as well. With all the pre-show happenings factored in, the event will probably have a total running time of at least 3 hours, close to 3 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
10/4 KO-D Tag Team Championship Public Signing Ceremony
Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya

Main Show:
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Hideki Okatani, Yuni & Takeshi Masada
Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Antonio Honda and Naruki Doi & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya vs. Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi
Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Dan Tamura
DDT Universal Champion Matt Cardona vs. Maki Itoh for the title
Konosuke Takeshita vs. MAO
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Saki Akai for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET.

6:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. The event will begin in 15 minutes.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will start soon.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. They’re using the smaller opposite hard-camera layout so reduced capacity, but advance ticket sales were strong. The crowd is still filing in and will be for about 30 more minutes. The smaller apacity layout will probably keep the attendance down around 800. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 917, a super full house/very near sellout)

Pre-show:
A public signing ceremony for the 10/4 KO-D Tag Team Championship match is first. Champions Minoru Fujita & KANON and challengers Takao Soma & Shota are present.J
apanese commentary begins at 7:15 PM PT. Your hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano.
Pre-show match: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Koroku beat Rukiya with an armbar.

Main Show:
Coming up shortly.

The matches begin at 7:34 PM PT.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Hideki Okatani, Yuni & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Hideki Okatani, Yuni & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki pinned Yuni.

Your new host is Ken Kato.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Antonio Honda and Naruki Doi & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Antonio Honda and Naruki Doi & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way when Iino beat Akito. Assist from Hirata & Honda. Lots of Pheromones comedy afterwards.

The YouTube broadcast (thankfully?) ends here. Toru Owashi joins commentary as a special guest.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya vs. Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi. Naya pinned Oishi after a backdrop. This was Hino’s final match as a regular in DDT, but he may appear again in the future. He did give us one last hearty helping of BEEF with Higuchi. Afterwards, Hino with microphone. He acknowledged fans holding Thank You signs as he addressed the crowd.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Dan Tamura (All-Japan Pro Wrestling). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Dan Tamura. Ueno pinned Tamura after BME.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 5: DDT Universal Champion Matt Cardona vs. Maki Itoh (Tokyo Joshi Pro) for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Matt Cardona beat Maki Itoh to retain the title. V1 for Cardona. Steph De Lander interference played a big part. Afterwards, Cardona with microphone. In English he dedicated his win to his half-wife Chelsea Green and the greatest Japanese wrestler in history, John Laurinaitis then proclaimed he was unbeatable. The Japanese crowd HATED Cardona.

Match 6: Konosuke Takeshita vs. MAO. 20 minute time limit
Result: Konosuke Takeshita beat MAO. And guess who showed up here? None other than The Callous Hand Of Don (Don Callis). Afterwards, MAO grabbed a cameraman from ringside and dragged him backstage to where Cardona & De Lander were sitting and issued a DDT Universal Championship challenge in English. Accepted then Cardona laid out MAO. MAO cursed out Cardona in English afterwards. This interrupted a post-match promo in Japanese by Takeshita before he handed the microphone to Callis, who continued in English and put Takeshita over, including some of what has been going on in All Elite Wrestling. As they finished, the lights went out and a video played for the crowd…it’s Chris Jericho! It must have been recorded backstage Wednesday because I heard crowd noise. Jericho challenged Takeshita in English Takeshita accepted and they left to Callis’ droning single-tone ambient theme to a match at the last Ryogoku event of the year on 11/12. Accepted then they left to Callis’ droning ambient single-tone noise theme.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Saki Akai for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Saki Akai by submission to retain the title. V2 for Brookes. Heartbroken is putting it mildly. 5 star effort from Akai who put up a valiant fight and nearly won on more than one occasion before it ended. Afterwards, Brookes issued a challenge first for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship held by Akai, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. That match will happen at the next event as Brookes teams with Masa Takanashi & Mei Suruga for the challenge. Next up: At Ryogoku Brookes chooses…or gets challenged by actually…Yuki Ueno. Now we await the official announcement. (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 11/12 at Ryogoku Kokugikan)

The next event is “Saki Akai 10th Anniversary & FINAL COUNTDOWN IN KYOTO!” on 9/30 at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/23/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with an event in Yokohama, likely the last time Saki Akai would appear in the promotion as her sexier Saki-sama persona.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 270, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Runa Okubo.

Match 2: Kaya Toribami beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat HIMAWARI & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by beating HIMAWARI.

Match 4: Raku, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto, Wakana Uehara & Toga. Suzume pinned Toga after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Saki-sama (Saki Akai) & May Saint-Michel beat Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki. Saki-sama pinned Suzuki after Academy Awards.

Main Event: Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Hikari Noa & Nao Lakuta beat Miyu Tamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Noa pinned Kiryu with a blizzard suplex hold.

The next event is WRESTLE PRINCESS 4, what the promotion considers their biggest & most important major event of the year, on 10/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

BREAKING: NJPW STRONG Title Defense Tonight Off

A planned New Japan STRONG Openweight Championship match tonight in US independent promotion DEFY Wrestling is now off. Current champion Eddie Kingston has announced on Instagram that he is no longer working independent events and dates outside of AEW, Ring Of Honor and New Japan until further notice due to a lower back injury. He was to have defenses the title against Rocky Romero. DEFY announced on social media they didn’t find out until Kingston’s Instagram post. Not a good look for the new double champ after Wednesday’s high spot moment on AEW Dynamite in New York City.

More as it becomes available.