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BREAKING: The Elite Remain All Elite (Updated)

In huge contract news, AEW has announced that The Elite-The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega and Adam Page-have all signed contract extensions with AEW. Terms were not disclosed but they are “long-term” and “multi-year” deals. The promotion put out a press release confirming the deals, and all spoke to Sports Illustrated about the new contracts.

The Bucks had recently been rumored to be considering a jump to WWE once their current contracts were up but decided to stay put. They along with Omega are also Executive Vice Presidents in AEW.

UPDATE: There are now reports that Dark Order, or at least most of their current members, have also signed extensions with AEW. Evil Uno announced this on Ywitter while joking about them not getting a press release. Which ones signed new deals, though, is not yet clear.

New Japan 8/2/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 12 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, the penultimate day of Blocks C & D.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 2006.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 20 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block D: Alex Coughlin beat Hiroshi Tanahashi. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 2: Block C: Mikey Nicholls beat EVIL.

Match 3: Block D: Toru Yano beat Shane Haste.

Match 4: Block C: HENARE beat Tomohiro Ishii.

Match 5: Block D: Hirooki Goto beat Jeff Cobb.

Match 6: Block C: Eddie Kingston beat Tama Tonga.

Match 7: Block D: Tetsuya Naito beat Zack Sabre Jr.

Main Event: Block C: Shingo Takagi beat David Finlay.

With one match left, 5 still have a chance to advance in Block C (top 2 move on). Nicholls, HENARE & Ishii are out. Here’s how it will play out on their final day: The Finlay-Kingston winner advances. If EVIL beats Takagi, EVIL advances. If Takagi beats EVIL, he needs a Tonga loss or draw to advance. If Takagi and Tonga both win, they will need a tiebreaker because their head-to-head result was a draw. Tonga needs a win and Takagi-EVIL to be a Double DQ or no contest to advance (something that means no points for both). Now if Finlay-Kingston is a draw, blow everything up because it then gets too complicated. In Block D, Cobb, Sabre & Naito are tied for the lead but there is serious final day chaos potential. Let’s start with simple-Cobb advances if he beats Haste. Naito advances if he beats Tanahashi. Sabre must beat Goto AND Cobb or Naito must lose or draw (Sabre lost to both Cobb & Naito). Yano, Haste & Coughlin are out. Tanahashi & Goto need miracles and can also blow up everything.

Day 13 is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka with the final day of Blocks A & B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 8/1/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 11 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, the penultimate day of Blocks A & B.

Today’s event was held at Takamatsu City General Gym 1 in Kagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1559.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 20 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block A: Hikuleo beat Kaito Kiyomiya.

Match 2: Block B: Great-O-Khan beat YOSHI-HASHI.

Match 3: Block A: Ren Narita beat Chase Owens by submission.

Match 4: Block B: El Phantasmo beat Taichi.

Match 5: Block A: SANADA beat Gabriel Kidd. As a result, SANADA wins Block A.

Match 6: Block B: Tanga Loa beat Will Ospreay by countout.

Match 7: Block A: Yota Tsuji beat Shota Umino.

Main Event: Block B: Kauzchika Okada beat KENTA. As a result, Okada clinches a top 2 spot on Block B and advances to the Quarterfinals.

With one match left, SANADA will win Block A but 2nd is completely up for grabs-mathematically everyone still has a chance but the final matchups all but eliminate Owens & Narita as they are on 2-4, 4 points and second place currently is 3-3, 6 points. In Block B, Okada will advance while Ospreay only needs to beat or draw against Phantasmo to advance. Loa, Phantasmo & Taichi all still have a chance. KENTA, YOSHI-HASHI & Khan are now out.

Day 12 is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima with Blocks C & D. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 7/30/23 Results

Dragon Gate wrapped up their July schedule yesterday with the penultimate event of KING OF GATE 2023. There were no tournament matches but the main event featured a tag match between all who made the Semifinals.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kadamatsu Sports Park Gym in Yamaguchi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 339.

Match 1: Dragon Kid, Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka beat Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi & U-T. Dia pinned Horiguchi after DDDDT.

Match 2: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ichikawa & Shachihoko BOY. Kanda pinned Ichikawa after a BOY moonsault press accidentally hit Ichikawa.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat YAMATO, Ryu Fuda & Kaito Nagano. ISHIN pinned Fuda after Capital Punishment.

Match 4: Kzy, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita. KAMEI pinned Minorita after Torbejino Cross.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta & Kota Minoura beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & H-Y-O. Kokuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

The Tournament concludes Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the Semifinals and Finals. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom 7/30/23 Results

Stardom continued the 5 STAR GP today with an event in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Konosu Municipal Gym in Saitama and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 412.

Match 1: Ruaka & Natsuko Toura beat Miyu Amasaki & Konan. Ruaka pinned Konan after Freezer Bomb.

Match 2: Thekla & Giulia beat Yuna Mizumori & Tam Nakano. Giulia pinned Mizumori after Glorious Driver.

Match 3: Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa beat Momo Kohgo & Hazuki. Shirakawa pinned Kohgo after Implant DDT.

Match 4: Koguma, Saya Iida & Mayu Iwatani beat Lady C, AZM & Utami Hayashishita. Koguma pinned C after a diving body press.

Match 5: Megan Bay, Mei Hoshirai & Maika beat HANAKO, Saki Kashima & Syuri. Bay pinned HANAKO after F5.

5 STAR GP:
Match 6: Blue Block: MIRAI beat Hanan.
Main Event: Red Block: Natsupoi beat Suzu Suzuki.

The next event is Saturday at Suehiro Gym in Ishikawa. It will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/30/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up July with the last SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour event for a couple months today.

Today’s event was held at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1125, a full house/near sellout. Keiji Muto attended this event, which no doubt helped bring a lot of fans in.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Yu Owada.

Match 2: Akitoshi Saito & Super Crazy beat Mohammed Yone & Taishi Ozawa. Crazy pinned Ozawa after a moonsault press.

Match 3: Ninja Mack beat Hajime Ohara.

Match 4: Stallion Rogers, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Yoshioka pinned YO-HEY after Crash Driver.

Match 5: Daiki Inaba beat Shuhei Taniguchi.

Match 6: HAYATA & Eita beat Yoshinari Ogawa & LEONA (Dradition). HAYATA pinned LEONA after 403 Impact.

Match 7: Kenoh, Adam Brooks & Lance Anoa’i beat Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Yoshiki Inamura. Brooks pinned Inamura after Aussie Buster.

Match 8: Naomichi Marufuji, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Kazushi Sakuraba, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. AMAKUSA pinned Kotoge after Opening Of The Country.

Main Event: Jake Lee & Jack Morris beat Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Lee pinned Shiozaki after FBS.

The next event is an N-1 VICTORY 2023 Eve Festival Saturday at Saturday at Hotel Metropolitan Edmont in Tokyo, This will include autograph sessions, merchandise sales and an N-1 Rumble, a 16 man battle royal with all tournament participants. The match will be broadcast live on ABEMA and the Pro Wrestling NOAH Japanese YouTube channel beginning at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 7/30/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 10 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, Day 5 of Blocks C & D.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 3545.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 20 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block C: David Finlay beat HENARE.

Match 2: Block D: Toru Yano beat Jeff Cobb. Flash win (it cheats aka red mist).

Match 3: Block C: Eddie Kingston beat Mikey Nicholls.

Match 4: Block D: Tetsuya Naito beat Alex Coughlin.

Match 5: Block C: EVIL beat Tomohiro Ishii.

Match 6: Block D: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shane Haste.

Match 7: Block C: Shingo Takagi vs. Tama Tonga went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Block D: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hirooki Goto.

In Block C. EVIL & Finlay are tied at the top at 4-1, 8 points with 2 matches left. Nicholls & HENARE are now out of contention. The draw today really hurt Takagi, but he still is in it because his last 2 matches are Finlay & EVIL. Finlay’s other remaining match is Kingston, while EVIL’s other match is Nicholls. Kingston still has a chance too, his remaining matches are Finlay & HENARE. In Block D, Cobb & Sabre are tied at 4-1, 8 points, with Tanahashi & Naito 2 points back and still in it. Haste & Goto are on life support with tiebreakers their only hope, Goto has the better chance there because Sabre & Cobb are his remaining 2 opponents. Haste has Cobb & Yano. Despite a win today Yano is out of it as is Coughlin. Tanahashi next has Coughlin and Naito gets Sabre before they face off in their final match, a potential eliminator for 2nd and advancement.

Day 11 is Tuesday at Takamatsu City General Gym 1 in Kagawa with Blocks A & B. The main event will be Kazuchika Okada vs. KENTA. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

AEW Collision 7/29/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Hartford, CT:

Match 1: Buddy Matthews vs. Andrade El Idolo in a Ladder Match. The only way to win is climb the ladder and retrieve Andrade’s mask hanging above the ring
Result: Andrade El Idolo wins by retrieving the mask.

Match 2: Darby Allin vs. TBA. After commercial, TBA is revealed to be Minoru Suzuki (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Result: Darby Allin beat Minoru Suzuki

Toni Storm promo. She defends the AEW Women’s Championship Wednesday on Dynamite against Hikaru Shida.

Match 3: ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Gravity in a NON-TITLE match
Result: Samoa Joe beat Gravity. Squash.

CM Punk interviewed in the ring. Initial reaction mixed as usual, but more negative than positive. Not by much, I’d say 60-40 negative. He reveals his bag has “his” AEW World Championship belt and he spray paints an “X” on it which represents Punk, he’s back to being straight-edge and he is the real champion because he was never pinned or submitted for the title. Ricky Starks then comes out. They agree to a match next week for Punk’s version of the title, with wrestling legend Ricky Steamboat as guest referee.

Match 4: Gunn Club & Juice Robinson vs. El Hijo Del Vikingo, Action Andretti & Darius Martin
Result: Gunn Club & Juice Robinson beat El Hijo Del Vikingo, Action Andretti & Darius Martin. Colten Gunn pinned Martin after 3:10 To Yuma.

Match 5: Kiera Hogan vs. Mercedes Martinez
Result: Mercedes Martinez beat Kiera Hogan by submission

Main Event: AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR vs. MJF & Adam Cole for the titles. TV Time Remaining, which is about 25 minutes at the start
Result: AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR beat MJF & Adam Cole to retain the titles. Cash Wheeler pinned MJF.

Added to next week: AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander vs. Mercedes Martinez for the title.

Another good show this week as Collision has established itself as a solid second program separate from Dynamite. Still some issues with commercials and timing that need to be worked on as well as women’s booking. The ladder match is a must-see.

End Show.

DDT Pro Wrestling “Summer Vacation 2023” Results (7/30/23)

Not even a week removed from WRESTLE PETER PAN, their biggest annual event, DDT has their monthly Tokyo big event on tap today, Summer Vacation 2023. With it being just that in Japan, the promotion is offering free admission to elementary & middle school students accompanied by paying adults today for what looks like another loaded card. In the main event, Konosuke Takeshita will continue his recent heel turn in All Elite Wrestling by now aligning himself with the Damnation T.A. faction, teaming with Daisuke Sasaki & KANON to face The37Kamiina trio of Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima. As usual there is also a title match today as DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata looks to pull out all the stops-literally and figuratively-for a comedy handicap/Captains Fall/2 Count Falls defense against HARASHIMA. Ever seen Grilled Yakitori Chicken in a wrestling match as a participant? You will today! Only in DDT.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Kentaro Kumagi, a Japanese voice actor who also is a lifelong wrestling fan, will be a special guest on commentary. There is a pre-show match scheduled before the event so it will start around 15 minutes earlier than the listed start time. Including the pre-show match the event’s total running time should be between 2 1/2-3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Yuni vs. Kazuma Sumi

Main show:
Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul vs. Takao Soma & Rukiya
Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Naruki Doi
Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Naya vs. Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
Yukio Sakaguchi 50th Birthday Match: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Tanomusaku Toba & Masa Takanashi
Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Kotaro Suzuki & Yuki Ishida
DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata, Broom, Kokeshi Door, Chair, Grilled Yakitori Chicken & Hirata’s Merry Fighters vs. HARASHIMA in a Handicap Captains Fall 2 Count Falls match for the title
Konosuke Takeshita, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:15 PM PT/10:15 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has started. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes for the pre-show match.

7:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & special guest Kentaro Kumagi.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but they’re using the same reduced hard-camera-view bleacher setup as Tokyo Joshi Pro did yesterday so it’ll be less than full capacity.Too early to predict potential attendance as the crowd is still coming in. (Main show update: I’m thinking it’s gonna be around 550 but by the end of the event I changed my thoughts to be closer to 800) (Update: The announced paid attendance was 761)

Pre-show match: Yuni vs. Kazuma Sumi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuni beat Kazuma Sumi

Updates will resume when the main show matches begin.

No opening announcements today, we go right to opening video. Your hosts are Ken Kato, Kagehiro Osano & Kentaro Kumagi.

The matches begin at 7:36 PM PT.

Match 1: Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul vs. Takao Soma & Rukiya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul beat Takao Soma & Rukiya. Paul pinned Rukiya.

Akito & Naruki Doi promo.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Naruki Doi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Akito & Naruki Doi. Dieno pinned Akito after Danshoku Driver. Comedy match of course. Afterwards, Saki Akai came out. She asked for a match against Dieno. Dieno accepted. GM Imabayashi made it official for the next Korakuen event Dieno then brought Iino back in the ring and spread his butt for Akai to see, sending her running back to the backstage area. The match would probably be on 8/27 as the next Korakuen before that on 8/12 is Saki’s 10th Anniversary event and that match is already set.

Match 3: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Naya vs. Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Hino pinned Koroku after Fuckin’ BOMB.

GM Imabayashi heads to the ring for what are normally his show-opening announcements. First, for the upcoming Saki Akai 10th Anniversary match, the TBA in the 6-woman tag match is revealed as Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s Shoko Nakajima. The earlier-made Dieno-Akai match is also made official for 8/27.

Your host from here on out is Haruo Murata. There must have been a YouTube simulcast up to this point that wasn’t advertsided.

Match 4: Yukio Sakaguchi 50th Birthday Match: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Tanomusaku Toba & Masa Takanashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Shuji Ishikawa, Tanomusaku Toba & Masa Takanashi. Sakaguchi pinned Toba after God’s Right Knee. Sakaguchi addressed the fans afterwards as well as receiving 50th birthday gifts. I missed some of this due to internet issues and some streaming issues once these were resolved. Back up and running as intros for the next match began.

Match 5: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Kotaro Suzuki & Yuki Ishida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Kazusada Higuchi, Kotaro Suzuki & Yuki Ishida. Brookes pinned Ishida after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Match 6: DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata, Broom, Kokeshi Door, Chair, Grilled Yakitori Chicken & Hirata’s Merry Fighters vs. HARASHIMA in a Handicap Captains Fall 2 Count Falls match for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata beat HARASHIMA to retain the title. V1 for Hirata. This was so many levels of indescribably hilarious. Next up: Possibly Sakaguchi, who made the challenge from the timekeeper/announcer & GM Imabayashi’s table. It’s made official for next month. (Update: That match will happen on 8/13)

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Konosuke Takeshita, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima. Sasaki beat Ueno with a crossface. During the post-match promo, Shunma Katsumata came out still on crutches, leading to Sasaki attacking him but Damnation T.A. bailed afterwards and Takeshita ducked a crutch shot from MAO before rolling out of the ring. Afterwards, Ueno & The37Kamiina reinforced their alliance and did their signature call to end the show.

The next event is 8/6 at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata. There will be no live broadcast.

Post-show note: If Sakaguchi/Akai/Okatani retain the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship in their upcoming defense in All-Japan on 8/27, which is also for the All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Championship, they will defend on 9/9 at Ota City General Gym vs. Yankee 2 Pistols & Ram Kaichow. Also set for 9/9 is Takeshita & Sasaki vs. Ueno & MAO.

Dragon Gate 7/29/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today the last of the Quarterfinals matches, meaning after today we’ll have the full Semifinals set.

Today’s event was held at Tsushima City Cultural Hall in Aichi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Ishin pinned KAMEI after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Ben-K & Yoshiki Kato beat Takashi Yoshida & Ryoya Tanaka. Ben-K pinned Tanaka after a spear.

Match 3: Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi beat Punch Tominaga & Ho Ho Lun. Kid pinned Tominaga after Golgotha.

Match 4: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. Minoura pinned Jr. after Golden Rose.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat Kzy & U-T. Kikuta pinned U-T after Inferno.

Main Event: KING OF GATE 2023 Quarterfinals: H-Y-O beat Dragon Dia.

The Semifinals and Finals will be on 8/3.

The next event is tomorrow at Kudamatsu Sports Park Gymnasium in Yamaguchi with no tournament matches but a special tag match featuring the Semifinalists-Kota Minoura & Madoka Kikuta vs. BIGBOSS Shimizu & H-Y-O. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.