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GLEAT 7/16/23 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday, the first event since their anniversary event at the start of the month.

Yesterday’s event was held at Uneda Sky Building StellarHall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow morning. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 244.

Match 1: Minoru Tanaka, Keiichi Sato & Yuya Susumu beat Kaz Hayashi, Yu Iizuka & Jun Tonsho. Sato pinned Tonsho with a leg lock clutch hold.

Match 2: Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama beat Seiichi Ikemoto & Fire Katsumi. Kodama pinned Katsumi after Mad Splash.

Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Magnitude Kishiwada & Junjae. Suzuki pinned Junjae with La Magistral. Afterwatds, Keiicho Sato joined Black Generation International after Kaito Ishida extended an invite. Yuya Susumu also was asked to join but didn’t answer.

Match 4: Quiet Storm beat Ryuichi Kawakami. Afterwards, Storm apparently tried to leave Bulk Orchestra but was talked out of it. Then Kawakami announced he & Galeno Dep Mar will challenge G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito for the titles on 8/4.

During intermission here CIMA held a special 5 minute training session with Commissioner Masato Yoshino, a former wrestler who spent most of his career in Dragon Gate with CIMA. Yoshino was one of the fastest wrestlers ever during a career cut short by injury, able to run the ring ropes with blinding speed. Seiki Yoshioka may be the closest thing I’ve seen to Yoshino in terms of speed.

Match 5: T-Hawk & Shigehiro Irie beat Hayato Tamura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. T-Hawk pinned SAKAMOTO after Cerberus.

Main Event: El Lindaman, Soma Watanabe & Check Shimatani beat Takanori Ito, Tetsuya Izuchi & Galeno Del Mar. Lindaman pinned Ito with a German suplex hold. Afterwards, Ishida announced he would return from injury on 8/4 and Lindaman recruited several participants in the match for a 10-man tag against a Kota Ibushi-led team on 8/4.

The next event is GLEAT Ver. MEGA on 8/4 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, their debut at the famed sumo venue. Broadcast plans TBA. The venue will probably be at 70-75% capacity as the mass/box seats that hold up to 4 people for sumo will only be used at half capacity (2 per box).

Dragon Gate 7/16/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today with the next day of Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaizan in Ishikawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 395)

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita. ISHIN pinned Minorita after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Susumu Mochizuki beat Ichikawa. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Susumu Mochizuki beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Shachihoko BOY beat YAMATO, Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. Dia pinned Horiguchi after DDDDT.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Shimizu pinned Kanda after a shot put slam.

Match 5: KING OF GATE Round 2: H-Y-O beat Kzy.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Round 2: Madoka Kikuta beat Takashi Yoshida.

The next event is tomorrow at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

DDT 7/16/23 Results

DDT held a Gorgeous Matsuno 60th Birthday & 20th Anniversary event today, the first time the wrestler has held one of his “Gorgeous Night” events since before the pandemic began.

Today’s event was held at Fukushima Toyota Crown Arena aka Fukushima National Sports Memorial Gym Sub Arena 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 830, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Kazuki Hirata & Yuni. Okatani pinned Yuni with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 2: Yuki Iino beat Kazuma Sumi, Akito & Yuki Ueno in a 4-way by pinning Sumi.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Yusuke Okada, Toi Kojima & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki beat Koroku with a Mystica crossface.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Endo pinned Ishida after a rotating torture rack bomb.

Match 5: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Hino pinned Brookes after Fuckin’ BOMB.

Main Event: Gorgeous Matsuno, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda. Matsuno pinned Honda after Gorgeous Superstar Elbow. Afterwards, Matsuno addressed the crowd and talked about how he considered retiring around now but apparently will keep going even though he is only a part-timer. The event also featured two performances by singer Junko Tashiro.

The next event is a mini-event tomorrow at Sumida Park Breeze Hall in Tokyo. This will be weather permitting as it is an outside event and will be cancelled if it rains. There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare Pro 7/16/23 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their latest Ganbare Women event today, dubbed GanJo FIghting Spirits 2023, as they also moved into a bigger venue than what they had been running in so far.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 205. That’s their best attendance yet (although they have run very small venues) and is about what Tokyo Joshi Pro draws on average for that venue, so that is excellent.

Match 1: Sumire Natsu beat Riara.

Match 2: Cherry & Alex Lee beat Miyako Matsumoto & Bunny Oikawa. Cherry pinned Oikawa after Cherry Picking.

Match 3: SAKI beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.

Match 4: Makoto & Asuka (Veny) beat Ami Manase 7 Marika Kobashi. Makoto pinned Manase after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: YuuRI beat Kamihime Raku (?).

The next women’s event is 8/11 at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

Sumo-July 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 8 Results (Halfway Point) (7/16/23) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 8-the Halfway Point-of the July 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, J-Juryo

Makuuchi (Top Tier):
Ryuden (M15) beat Ichiyamamoto (J3)
Daishoho (M14) beat Aoiyama (M17)
Hakuoho (M17) beat Shonannoumi (M14)
Endo (M16) beat Kotoshoho (M13)
Takarafuji (M15) beat Kotoeko (M11)
Tsurugisho (M11) beat Bushozan (M16)
Chiyoshoma (M12) beat Kinbozan (M10)
Myogiryu (M10) beat Gonoyama (M13)
Hokutofuji (M9) beat Takayasu (M7)
Takanosho (M9) beat Tamawashi (M7)
Hokuseiho (M6) beat Sadanoumi (M8)
Hiradoumi (M5) beat Nishikifuji (M8)
Oho (M6) beat Onosho (M5)
Meisei (M3) beat Mitakeumi (M2)
NIshikigi (M1) beat Tobizaru (M1)
Abi (K) beat Shodai (M2)
Hoshoryu (S) beat Ura (M4)
Wakamotoharu (S) beat Kotonowaka (K)
Daieisho (S) beat Asanoyama (M4) by default/withdrawal
Midorifuji (M3) beat Kirishima (O)
Leader: Hoshoryu, Nishikigi, Hokutofuji (7-1)
WITHDRAWAL: Asanoyama (M4). Left bicep. Out 4 weeks. Tournament done and will be demoted for the first time since returning from a 1-year suspension that saw him demoted from Ozeki all the way down to the Sandanme. He was 4-3 coming in to today and will finish the equivalent of 4-11, which probably will drop him down to Maegashira 11 or 12.
Of note: 3 are now on the verge of winning records and potential promotions including Hoshoryu going for his first, Hokutofuji silently contending again and Nishikigi now one win away from Sanyaku from the first time in his 17+ year career. Hoshoryu would at least protect his Sekiwake ranking with one more win. The rookie trio finished their head-to-head matches today with Hakuoho beating Shonannoumi to finish with wins against both including Gonoyama, who has now lost 3 straight. Hakuoho is among 6 one off the lead. On the flip side, Bushozan, Mitakeumi & Sadanoumi now are one loss from demotion with Bushozan all but heading back to Juryo if demoted. After his loss today, Kirishima’s long run of winning tournaments is all but over as the new Ozeki fell to the equivalent of 2-6 and now must finish 6-1 to avoid kadoban status. His fighting spirit and desire to compete is unquestionable and admirable, but maybe he should have swallowed his pride and sat out the whole tournament and have to be in kadoban anyway.
Ozeki Watch: Another clean sweep for all 3 Sekiwake although Daieisho got a freebie today due to Asanoyama withdrawing. That means Hoshoryu is 7-1 with Daieisho & Wakamotoharu at 6-2. The magic number for Ozeki promotion consideration is now 5 for Daieisho & Hoshoryu and 6 for Wakamotoharu. If they keep their first half paces up, Hoshoryu & Daieisho will get there while Wakamotoharu may just make it. Daieisho is up first tomorrow and gets Abi, Hoshoryu has the easiest draw on paper in Hiradoumi (3-5) while Wakamotoharu has Ura. Kirishima tries for win 3 against Meisei.

Juryo:
Chiyonoumi (J14) beat Shishi (J12)
Kiho (J13) beat Tsushimanada (J11)
Chiyosakae (J10) beat Yuma (J14)
Daiamami (J9) beat Shiden (J13)
Takakento (J8) beat Hidenoumi (J12)
Akua (J8) beat Chiyomaru (J11)
Hakuyozan (J7) bet Shimanoumi (J10)
Tomokaze (J9) beat Azumaryu (J6)
Tamashoho (J5) beat Churanoumi (J7)
Roga (J2) beat Kitanowaka (J5)
Oshoma (J4) beat Mitoryu (J2)
Kagayaki (J1) beat Shimazuumi (J3)
Atamifuji (J1) beat Tohakuryu (J4)
Leader: Daiamami (7-1)
Of note: Although he returned from injury today, Ichiyamamoto lost in the top tier and became the first wrestler in the top 2 tiers to clinch demotion as he is now the equivalent of 0-8. He sat out 3 days due to a knee injury. Daiamami can be the first Juryo man to clinch promotion tomorrow. No Juryo man in the top tier starting tomorrow but Mukainakano will be the Makushita man up for the day as that will resume, he is at Ms3 and is currently 2-2.

Lower tier notes: With the first Promotion Round complete, 7 in Makushita are 4-0 and promoted including Tokihayate at Ms1, who will return to Juryo for a second chance in September. In the Sandanme, 11 are 4-0 so far. In the Jonidan, 13 are tied at 4-0 while the Jonokuchi has just 2 tied at 4-0 (one competes tomorrow while one does not).

All-Japan 7/16/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Series 2023 tour today with an event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 324.

Match 1: Takao Omori beat Takaaki Iwasaki.

Match 2: Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue beat KONO & Toshizo. Inoue pinned Toshizo.

Match 3: Satoshi Kojima & Aigle Blanc beat Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re. Blanc pinned Menso-re after Desert Eagle.

Match 4: Hikaru Sato & Hideki Suzuki beat Ryuki Honda & Kohei Sato. Suzuki pinned Honda with a double arm suplex. This was to have been Honda & Masao Hanabata vs. Sato & Suzuki but Hanabata was pulled from the card late last week due to illness.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki, Hokuto Omori, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Naoki Tanisaki (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa, Rising Hayato & Ren Ayabe. Omori pinned Miyahara after a skewered jumping elbow.

Main Event: Suwama & Dan Tamura beat UN Tag Team Champions Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi to win the titles. Suwama & Tamura become the second UN Tag Team Champions. Suwama pinned Yuma Aoyagi after Last Ride.

The next event is Saturday at Kunibiki Messe Exhibition Hall in Shimane. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

New Japan 7/16/23 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of the G1 CLIMAX 33 today, beginning action in Blocks C & D.

Today’s event was held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE!

Click below to watch in English:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00658_4_1

Click below to watch in Japanese:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00658_3_1

The announced paid attendance was 2888.

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

Match 1: Block C: David Finlay beat Tomohiro Ishii.

Match 2: Block D: Hirooki Goto beat Toru Yano.

Match 3: Block C: Mikey Nicholls beat HENARE. HENARE is the former Aaron Henare now with a new look-he shaved his head, ditched the mustache and now has facial tattoos.

Match 4: Block D: Shane Haste beat Alex Coughlin.

Match 5: Block C: Eddie Kingston (All Elite Wrestling) beat Shingo Takagi.

Match 6: Block D: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Match 7: Block C: EVIL beat Tama Tonga.

Main Event: Block D: Jeff Cobb beat Tetsuya Naito.

Day 3 is Tuesday at Yamagata City Sports Center in Yamagata with Blocks A & B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Tokyo Princess Cup” Results (7/16/23)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the second day of Round 1. 2 more matches are on tap today and, after announcements earlier, it’ll be another full 6-match lineup with 4 non-tournament matches. Today’s Cup matches are Rika Tatsumi vs. Raku and Shoko Nakajima vs. Suzume, with the winners meeting in the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. Yesterday’s event went a bit faster than I predicted so if that happens again today, the total running time will be around 1 hour 45 minutes, good if you plan to tune in to New Japan’s event starting just before this one ends.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA…below turned out to be the actual order except for the tournament):
Arisu Endo vs. Runa Okubo
Hikari Noa, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro vs. Pom Harajuku, Neko Haruna & HIMAWARI
Mizuki & Hyper Misao vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga
Miyu Yamashita, Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuki Aino, Nao Kakuta, Moka MIyamoto & Kaya Toribami
Tokyo Princess Cup:
Raku vs. Rika Tatsumi
Shoko Nakajima vs. Suzume

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. At first quick glance it looked and sounded similar to yesterday so probably 200-225 again. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:41 PM PT.

Match 1: Arisu Endo vs. Runa Okubo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Arisu Endo beat Runa Okubo by submission

Match 2: Hikari Noa, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro vs. Pom Harajuku, Neko Haruna & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku, Neko Haruna & HIMAWARI beat Hikari Noa, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro. Harajuku pinned Suzuki after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Match 3: Mizuki & Hyper Misao vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki & Hyper Misao beat Wakana Uehara & Toga. Misao beat Toga with a combination crossface/armlock (maybe a chicken wing).

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita, Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuki Aino, Nao Kakuta, Moka MIyamoto & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limitResult: Miyu Yamashita, Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Nao Kakuta, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Kamifuku pinned Toribami after Fameasser.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance. Just a couple minutes’ delay.

Match 5: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Shoko Nakajima vs. Suzume. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Suzume. As a result, Nakajima advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Raku or Rika Tatsumi.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1: Raku vs. Rika Tatsumi. No time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Raku by submission. As a result, Tatsumi advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Shoko Nakajima.

Another very fast-paced event, the matches only ran a total of 85 minutes.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Dragon Gate 7/15/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today, wrapping up Round 1 action as the field was narrowed down to 16.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There was a last-minute change to the card because Ben-K was removed just before the event. Illness. Out tomorrow as well. As a result, he is out of KING OF GATE and Susumu Mochizuki will get a free pass (again) to the Quarterfinals.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ho Ho Lun beat YAMATO, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano. Lun pinned Nagano.

Match 2: KAI & ISHIN beat Jason Lee & U-T. ISHIN pinned U-T after Death Penalty.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Minorita & Ryoya Tanaka. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Tanaka after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 4: KING OF GATE Round 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Yasushi Kanda.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & H-Y-O beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. H-Y-O pinned KAMEI after Neko Tamashi.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Round 2: Yuki Yoshioka beat Dragon Kid.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

AEW Collision & Battle Of The Belts 7 7/15/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision & Battle Of The Belts 7 in Calgary, Canada:

Collision:
Match 1: AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Jay White & Juice Robinson in a 2/3 Falls Match for the titles
Fall 1: Jay White & Juice Robinson beat FTR. White pinned Cash Wheeler after Bladerunner.
Fall 2: FTR beat Jay White & Juice Robinson. Wheeler pinned Robinson.
Fall 3: FTR beat Jay White & Juice Robinson. Dax Harwood beat Robinson with a sharpshooter.
Result: AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR beat Jay White & Juice Robinson 2-1 to retain the titles.

At 8:20 PM ET they added Malakai Black & Brody King vs. TBA to tonight.

Match 2: Owen Hart Cup Tournament Women’s Finals: Ruby Soho vs. Willow Nightingale
Result: Willow Nightingale beat Ruby Soho to win the tournament.

Match 3: Malakai Black & Brody King vs. TBA
Result: Malakai Black & Brody King beat 2 jobbers. Squash.

Main Event: Owen Hart Cup Tournament Men’s Finals: CM Punk vs. Ricky Starks
Result: Ricky Starks beat CM Punk to win the tournament. Starks cheated by holding the rope on a rollup to win.

Battle Of The Belts 7:
New Japan Pro Wrestling legend and WWE Hall Of Famer Jushin Thunder Liger comes out to try and congratulate Starks on the Cup win but Starks just ignores him.

Match 1: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Lance Archer for the title
Result: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Lance Archer by countout to retain the title.

Match 2: AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm vs. Taya Valkyrie for the title
Result: AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm beat Taya Valkyrie to retain the title. The end of this match did not air live due to technical issues.

Main Event: AEW TNT Champion Luchasaurus beat Shawn Spears to retain the title.

Collision was great because of the instant classic first match. BOTB 7 was awful and is skippable.