DDT continued the WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 Tour today with a house show in Kumamoto.
Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a alter date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 283, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Yuya Koroku beat Rukiya by submission.
Match 2: In a Handicap Match, Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Iino beat Hirata with Pheromon Airport. That’s just one of their VERY NSFW finishes.
Match 3: In a Hardcore Match, Chris Brookes & Sanshiro Takagi beat Hideki Okatani & Kazuma Sumi. Brookes beat Sumi with a ground octopus stretch.
Match 4: Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada. Ueno pinned Okada after BME.
Match 5; Jun Akiyama beat Toui Kojima by ref stoppage (TKO).
Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Kota Umeda & Takeshi Masada. Ishida pinned Masada after Flame Palm.
Main Event: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Dark Side HERO! beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Shogun Okamoto. Hino pinned Paul after Fuckin’ BOMB. I can’t confirm this year but pictures I saw and past history leads me to believe HERO! actually was a masked HARASHIMA.
The next event is Yokohama Unlimited Vol. 3 Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
Ganbae Pro ran their monthly variety tripleheader in Tokyo today, this month it was Yumehito Imanari doing the middle wrestler-produced event among a regular event and wrestlers-produced finale.
All 3 events were held at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
Event 1: The announced paid attendance was 62. There were last-second changes to the event, namely the first match, due to no YuuRI. Sudden illness. Shota was the replacement.
Match 1: Moeka Haruhi & Reala beat Shota & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Haruhi pinned Hasegawa after a diving foot stomp.
Match 2: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma beat Hartley Jackson & Mitch Ryder. Soma pinned Ryder after Authorized Endless Waltz.
Match 3: Minoru Fujita & Daiki Shimomura beat Ken Ohka & Shota. Fujita beat Shota with a deformed Samson Clutch.
Event 2 (Yumehito Imanari Produced): The announced paid attendance was 81. Match 1: Moeka Haruhi vs. Yumehito Imanari went to a 30 minute time limit draw. By producer’s decision, Haruhi wins.
Match 2: HARUKAZE won a Yumejin Poison Rumble battle royal, last eliminating both Takao Soma & Yuki Kanzaki.
Main Event: Yumehito Imanari Ganbare Pro 10th Anniversary Match: Ken Ohka & Keisuke Ishii beat Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga. Ishii pinned Imanari after a running double arm driver.
Event 3 (Wrestler group produced): The announced paid attendance was 82. Match 1: Shinichiro Tomianga & HARUKAZE beat Shota & Yoshiko Hasgawa. Shota pinned Tominaga after a moonsault press.
Match 2: Hong Kong International Policewoman beat Hong Kong International Policeman by ref stoppage (TKO).
Match 3: In an Elimination Match, Ken Ohka, Keisuke Ishii & Shuichiro Katsumura beat Mizuki Watase, Takao Soma & Yumehito Imanari. Clean sweep, no winners eliminated.
Main Event: Isami Kodaka beat Sotatsu Nakamura. As a result, Kodaka will challenge Spirit Of Ganbare Openweight Champion Mizuki Watase for the title on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.
The next event is Saturday (Friday US time) at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. Streamers thrown by fans will be allowed only for Moeka Haruhi, a hint this might be her final event before she leaves wrestling to donate a kidney to her sister. Haruhi intends to return to wrestling after recovering from the process. There will be no live broadcast.
AEW runs their second quarterly PPV of the year, Double Or Nothing today, back in Las Vegas for the casino-themed event. The build on TV hasn’t been the most impressive and the card seems rather underwhelming, even for the main event featuring the so-called Four Pillars of AEW (not including the “female pillar” Britt Baker) in a 4-way match for MJF’s AEW World Championship with the leading angle being a potential laying-down original plan when MJF tried to pay off original challenger Sammy Guevara, then it soon became a 4-way with Darby Allin & Jungle Boy added. Elsewhere, every AEW title is on the line with maybe the biggest question being will Taya Valkyrie end Jade Cargill’s unbeaten streak in a straight-up match? Also featured is Anarchy In The Arena as The Elite & Blackpool Combat Club will fight all over the venue, Chris Jericho vs. Adam Cole in an Unsanctioned Match and much more.
Today’s event will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV and can be watched LIVE in the US on PPV via cable/satellite providers, Bleacher Report, at select participating movie theaters and Dave & Buster’s restaurants. Elsewhere it will be available on YouTube in Canada and select countries and FITE elsewhere. There will be a FREE 1 hour pre-show on YouTube. Presumably the post-event press conference will stream free on YouTube after the event, which including the pre-show should run 4-5 hours.
Today’s current lineup: Pre-show: The Hardys & Hook vs. Gunn Club & Ethan Page
PPV: AEW Trios Champions House Of Black vs. TBA (possibly The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn) for the titles Adam Cole vs. Chris Jericho in an Unsanctioned Match (doesn’t count towards records, title shots, etc.). Sabu will second Cole AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Taya Valkyrie for the title AEW Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal for the titles AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. 20 others in a Blackjack Battle Royal for the title AEW TNT Champion Wardlow vs. Christian Cage in a Ladder Match for the title AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter vs. Toni Storm for the title The Elite vs. Blackpool Combat Club in Anarchy In The Arena AEW World Champion MJF vs. Sammy Guevara, Jungle Boy & Darby Allin in a 4-way for the title
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Pre-show: The Hardys & Hook vs. Gunn Club & Ethan Page Result: The Hardys & Hook beat Gunn Club & Ethan Page. Hook beat Page with Redrum.
Blackjack Battle Royal participants come out. That’s what’s going to open the PPV.
PPV: Blackjack Battle Royal for the AEW International Championship (Champion Orange Cassidy defending) Result: AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy wins to retain the title. The final 4 were Cassidy, Penta El Zero M, Big Bill & Swerve Strickland. Cassidy won by last eliminating Strickland.
Adam Cole vs. Chris Jericho in an Unsanctioned Match. Sabu is special enforcer. Match does not count towards records, title shots, etc. Result: Adam Cole beat Chris Jericho by ref stoppage.
AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal for the titles. Mark Briscoe is guest referee Result: AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR beat Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal to retain the titles.
Chris Jericho/Saraya promo. They challenged Cole & Britt Baker to a mixed tag team match on this week’s Dynamite.
AEW TNT Champion Wardlow vs. Christian Cage in a Ladder Match for the title Result: AEW TNT Champion Wardlow beat Christian Cage to retain the title.
AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter vs. Toni Storm for the title Result: Toni Storm beat AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter to become THE NEW AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPION!
AEW Trios Champions House Of Black vs. TBA in an Open House Challenge for the titles. TBA is The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn Result: AEW Trios Champions House Of Black beat The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn to retain the titles.
AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Taya Valkyrie for the title Result: AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Taya Valkyrie to retain the title. 60-0. Then Cargill got cocky and laid out another apparent open challenge. Which led to… Kris Statlander beat AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill to become THE NEW AEW TBS CHAMPION! 60-1. SHE’S BACK! And FINALLY has a title!
AEW World Champion MJF vs. Darby Allin, Sammy Guevara & Jungle Boy in a 4-way for the title (that means Anarchy In The Arena likely will be the main event) Result: AEW World Champion MJF beat Darby Allin, Sammy Guevara & Jungle Boy in a 4-way by pinning Allin to retain the title.
Main Event: Anarchy In The Arena (The Elite-The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega & Adam Page vs. Blackpool Combat Club-Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli & Bryan Danielson) Result: Blackpool Combat Club beat The Elite. Yuta pinned Omega. The end was set up by Konosuke Takeshita interference where he attacked Omega.
End Show. The post-event media scrum (video below) will begin shortly (as of 8:55 PM PT/11:55 PM ET).
After the event ends, click below to watch the post-event media scrum, currently scheduled to begin at or shortly after midnight ET/9 PM PT:
UPDATE: During the media scrum, Tony Khan confirmed the mixed tag match for Dynamite this week. And when asked if a See I’m A Punk may be in Chicago for the Collision premiere, Khan sidestepped the question. The guest lineup was MJF right at the start (impromptu and being MJF), Kris Statlander, Orange Cassidy, Toni Storm & Bryan Danielson (very much not in character). When asked about All In in England, Khan said the latest estimate on ticket sales so far is 65,000 with a UK record $9 million live gate.
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with a house show in Niigata.
Today’s event was held at Bandaijima Multipurpose Hall Large Hall in Niigata 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 582.
Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Taishi Ozawa.
Match 2: Dante Leon & Super Crazy beat HAYATA & Lancelot. Leon pinned Lancelot after Dante Driver.
Match 3: Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Hi69 beat Sean Legacy, Extreme Tiger & Stallion Rogers. Hi69 pinned Tiger after Stuka Splash.
Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Naomichi Marufuji & Mohammed Yone. Inamura pinned Yone after Unrivaled.
Match 5: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro. Ridgeway beat Miyawaki with a sleeper hold.
Match 6: Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi, Atsushi Kotovge & Seiki Yoshioka beat Jake Lee, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. Sugiura beat Greene with a front neck lock.
Main Event: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Inaba. Shiozaki pinned Inaba after Go Lariat.
The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and includes a GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
New Japan wrapped up Best Of The Super Junior 30 today, bringing the curtain down on another exciting chapter of the prestigious Jr. Heavyweight showcase.
Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE ’23 on TV Asahi in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 3132.
Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Togi Makabe beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Makabe pinned Nakashima after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 2: Clark Connors beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 3: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Rush pinned Fujita after Final Hour.
Match 4: Dan Moloney, Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Henare pinned Tenzan after Streets Of Rage.
Match 5: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs. Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL went to a no contest. Out of control. Henare & Khan involvement.
Match 6: Mike Bailey, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. Narita beat Taguchi with a cobra twist. Afterards, Umino made a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge with Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli (All Elite Wrestling) as his partners.
Main Event: Best Of The Super Junior Finals: Master Wato beat Titan to win the tournament. It’s the first win for Wato and he becomes the youngest winner in history. As a result, Wato will face IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi for the title next week.
The next event is DOMINION, the annual early June blowout event, on 6/4 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
Here are the quick results from today’s Day 15-the Final Day-of the May 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo: Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita
SPECIAL PRIZES: Outstanding Performance (winning record with most wins vs. Yokozuna/Ozeki): Meisei (only one to beat Terunofuji, however he barely got it as after beating Terunofuji to go to 8-1 he then lost his last 6) Fighting Spirit (lower ranked wrestler with best record who best displayed fighting spirit): None Technique (winning record with most different winning techniques used): Kiribayama (second straight), Wakamotoharu
Juryo: Tsushimanada (J14) beat Yuma (Ms5) Shishi (Ms2) beat Tokihayate (J14) Daiamami (J9) beat Ryuo (Ms3) Atamifuji (J8) beat Chiyosakae (J12) Tomokaze (J12) beat Churanoumi (J7) Hidenoumi (J11) beat Shimazuumi (J6) Fujiseiun (J13) beat Akua (J5) Roga (J4) beat Shimanoumi (J13) Ochiai (J8) beat Oshoma (J4). Atamifuji is OUT of contention… Bushozan (J3) beat Takakento (J7) Chiyomaru (J10) beat Azumaryu (J2) Shonannoumi (J11) beat Tamashoho (J10) Gonoyama (J1) beat Kitanowaka (J10). PLAYOFF! Playoff: Gonoyama beat Ochiai. GONOYAMA JURYO YUSHO! The second career championship for Gonoyama, he previously won Makushita as Nishikawa, his real last name. CHAMPION: Gonoyama (14-1) Now the question is will 14-1 also get Ochiai to the top tier from J8? Ichiyamamoto (4-11 at M15) should be going down as should be Kagayaki (despite rallying to finish 7-8) and Mitoryu )5-10 at J-16), Gonoyama is going up from J1 as is Shonannoumi (11-4 at J1). Toss-up but leaning/hoping yes. This would mean the biggest loser in the numbers game is Atamifuji, who went 13-2 at J8. He might have to try again from J1 in July to return to the top tier.
Other Champions: Makushita: Kiryuko (Ms26). 1st career championship Sandanme: Sazanami (Sd42). 1st career championship Jonidan: Satorufuji (Jd60). 1st career championship (that’s 2 for Isegahama Beya this tournament). Won playoff Jonokuchi: Haruyama (Kj22). 1str career championship. Debut tournament
Next up is the July Tournament from 7/9-7/23 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. Tickets are now on sale. Final recap and standings post coming tomorrow, then until July…sayonara!
DDT continued the WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 Tour today with a visit to Hiroshima.
Today’s event was held at JMS Aster Plaza Multipurpose Studio in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 190, a legit sellout.
Match 2: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Sanshiro Takagi & Yusuke Okada. Higuchi pinned Okada after Brain Claw Slam.
Match 3: In a No DQ Match, MAO beat Hideki Okatani.
Match 4: Konno Kenshin (?) beat Kazuki Hirata.
Match 5: In a Lucha Libre Rules match, Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Rey Paloma by giving up. Paloma gave up because he was scared of Akiyama’s Exploder.
Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima. Paul pinned Kojima after Death Valley Bomb.
Main Event: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Brookes beat Oishi with a ground octopus stretch.
The next event is tomorrow at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast.
Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their spring house show tour today with a return visit to Yuki Kamifuku’s hometown of Fujisawa City. As was the case before, a portion of today’s event proceeds were donated to the city for a scholarship fund for students.
Today’s event was held at Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Center in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Tuesday). There was no live broadcast. The event will also be aired in Japan on TV Kanagawa in June with commentary from Haruo Murata & Yuki Kamifuku.
The announced paid attendance was 361.
Match 1: Hikari Noa beat Haru Kazashiro.
Match 2: Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Toga & Runa Okubo. Aino pinned Toga after Venus DDT.
Match 3: Mizuki & Raku beat Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki. Mizuki beat Suzuki with a facelock.
Match 4: Asuka (Veny) & Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Asuka beat Toribami after a moonsault press. For those unfamiliar with her, this Asuka competes as Veny outside Japan to avoid confusion with the Asuka (formerly Kana in Japan) currently in WWE.
Match 5: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Wakama Uehara. Watanabe pinned Uehara after Teardrop.
Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Kamifuku beat Aja Kong & Mahiro Kiryu. Kamifuku pinned Kiryu after a diving Fameasser. Afterwards, Kong challenged Kamifuku to a match in her hometown. Will it happen? Who knows…
The next event is 6/4 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 6/3 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
Here are the quick results from today’s Day 14-the penultimate day-of the May 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo: Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo
Makuuchi (top tier): Kagayaki (M17) beat Oshoma (J4) Oho (M16) beat Hokuseiho (M11) Chiyoshoma (M13) beat Ryuden (M10) Onosho (M9) beat Daishoho (M11) Hiradoumi (M9) beat Kotoeko (M12) Sadanoumi (M8) beat Aoiyama (M12) Takanosho (M8) beat Ichiyamamoto (M15) Hokutofuji (M7) beat Mitoryu (M16) Myogiryu (M14) beat Tamawashi (M7) Kotoshoho (M5) beat Takarafuji (M10) Tobizaru (M3) beat Mitakeumi (M6) Takayasu (M2) beat Nishikifuji (M3) Nishikigi (M4) beat Abi (M1) Midorifuji (M1) beat Kinbozan (M5) Kotonowaka (K) beat Ura (M4) Asanoyama (M14) beat Shodai (K) Daieisho (S) beat Meisei (M6) Hoshoryu (S) beat Tsurugisho (M15) Wakamotoharu (S) beat Takakeisho (O) Terunofuji (Y) beat Kiribayama (S). TERUNOFUJI YUSHO! The Yokozuna wins the Emperor’s Cup for the 8th time. Leader: Terunofuji (13-1). Nobody can catch him. Now the final day is all about promotions, demotions and potential Special Prizes, to be followed by the award ceremony and champion’s interview. And in the following days hopefully news that Kiribayama will be promoted to Ozeki as he’s still at 34 wins (could be 35 with a win tomorrow) and a championship over the last 3 tournaments, so he seems to meet the criteria for promotion.
Juryo: Kitanowaka (J10) beat Daiamami (J9) Atamifuji (J8) beat Shimanoumi (J13) Tsushimanada (J14) beat Churanoumi (J7( Fujiseiun (J13) beat Hakuyozan (J6) Shimazuumi (J6) beat Chiyomaru (J10) Akua (J5) beat Tokihayate (J14) Ochiai (J8) beat Roga (J4) Bushozan (J3) beat Hidenoumi (J11) Tomokaze (J12) beat Azumaryu (J2) Takakento (J7) beat Tohakuryu (J2) Gonoyama (J1) beat Tamashoho (J11) Shonannoumi (J1) beat Chiyosakae (J12) Leader: Gonoyama, Ochiai (13-1) Of note: This is gonna be a fun final day. First things first-Atamifuji still has a chance. If he beats Chiyosakae, he remains in it and can force a playoff. If Atamifuji loses, he is out. Then it’s Ochiai up, who faces Oshoma. If Ochiai wins, Atamifuji is out and Ochiai is the champion if Gonoyama loses to Kitanowaka. Similarly if Gonoyama wins and Ochiai loses, Atamifuji is out and Gonoyama is the champion. If both Ochiai and Gonoyama win or both lose, we have a playoff rematch. If both lose and Atamifuji wins, 3-WAY PLAYOFF! (In that case they have a draw to determine who fights first and who then fights the winner. I believe it’s first to win 2 matches is the champion). Then we can talk about if Ochiai will make the top tier in July-the odds are slightly better today but he may still need that 14th win.
Also tomorrow will be the playoff for the Jonidan championship.
Reminder: NHK World Japan will have 90 minutes of FREE LIVE top tier coverage, including the final matches, award ceremony and champion’s interview with Terunofuji, tomorrow beginning at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. And for those planning summer trips to Japan, tickets for the July tournament in Nagoya are now on sale!
UPDATE: For Juryo tomorrow, Hokuseiho has WITHDRAWN. Unknown. Will have no effect on the standings or championship as he was already demoted.
Here are the Special Prize winners so far: Outstanding Performance (most wins vs. Yokozuna & Ozeki): Meisei (only one to beat Terunofuji so far) Fighting Spirit: TBA Technique (most different winning techniques used): Kiribayama (second straight), Wakamotoharu