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Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling-More US Appearances

Following up on a hint dropped in the preview for Sunday’s event, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced today that International Princess Champion Maki Itoh is returning to the US later this month, and this time she’s bringing bestie/frenemy Miyu Yamashita with her. They will be appearing in Portland, OR on 5/28 and 5/29 US time for local independent PRESTIGE Wrestling. On 5/28, Itoh will defend the International Princess Championship against former WWE star and indy standout Mia Yim, who was recently let go by WWE and apparently has not yet followed fiance Keith Lee to All Elite Wrestling (Itoh made a couple appearances in AEW during their pandemic stay in Jacksonville, FL as part of a #1 Contender Tournament for the AEW Women’s Championship and has an 0-2 AEW record). This is significant for the title because it’s the first time a defense will happen outside TJPW, which was one of the plans for the championship before the coronavirus pandemic derailed those plans. Yamashita will face indy and Impact Wrestling star Masha Slamovich on 5/28.
On 5/29, Yamashita & Itoh will face each other for the first time since WRESTLE PRINCESS 2 in October. Presumably this will be a non-title match if Itoh retains.
As a result, both will miss the 5/29 TJPW event at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo.

The events will be available to stream worldwide on the IWTV streaming service, which I believe costs around $15/month. No word on when/if their matches will become available on WRESTLE INIVERSE.

DDT 5/11/22 Results

DDT ran this month’s DDT FREE event today with free admission for lucky fans. It also continued building to CyberFight Festival following the full card announcement earlier this week.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced attendance was 348, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Saki Akai & Takao Soma beat Maya Yukihi & Kazuki Hirata. Akai pinned Hirata after New Face Award. Afterwards, Akai & Yukihi agreed to a match on 5/29.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi & Akito. Iino pinned Akito. Afterwards, Akito tried to get out of having to team with Pheromons at CyberFight Festival. Developing.

5 potential new trainees who passed the initial tryouts for the promotion were introduced.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuji Hino & Toui Kojima. Yoshimura pinned Kojima after Harai Goshi.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno beat Yukio Naya.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi, Hideki Okatani & Yuki Ishida. Pawl pinned Ishida after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Akiyama pinned Koroku after Exploder.

Main Event: MAO, Asuka (Veny) & Shunma Katsumata beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. MAO pinned Honda after Michinoku Driver 2.

The next event is Sunday at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast but it will be available on demand at a later date.

CyberFight Festival 2022 Lineup

The full card for CyberFight Festival 2022, a major multi-brand blowout event featuring Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and more, was just announced:

Pre-show:

Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya vs. Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata

Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, Raku, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami
Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase

Main show:
Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura vs. Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano vs. Hikari Noa, Suzume & Yuki Arai
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Kamifuku in a 4-way. The winner will face the Princess Of Princess Champion for the title on 7/9
Talashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & TBA, who will be revealed on 6/7
HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Zhu Chonghua
Rob Van Dam, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura
Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki
Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title
GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title

The event will be broadcast LIVE ONLY ON WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Comentary will be in Japanese. Annoinced guests are Kendo Kobaysbi, Yui Okada, Rina Matsuki & SKE48 member Marika Tani.

The event will be held on June 12, 2022 beginning at 1 PM Japan time (6/11 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET).

Sumo-May Tournament Day 2 Results (5/9/22)

Here are quick results from Day 2 of the May Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo (Note to abbreviations: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna; J-Juryo):

Makuuchi (Top tier):
1-Midorifuji (M16, 1-1) beat Kagayaki (M17, 1-1)
2-Ichiyamamoto (M15, 2-0) beat Kotokuzan (M17, 0-2)
3-Oho (M14, 1-1) beat Azumaryiu (M15, 0-2)
4-Yutakayama (M14, 1-1) beat Meisei (M13, 1-1)
5-Myogiryu (M12, 2-0) beat Chiyotairyu (M13, 0-3)
6-Chiyoshoma (M11, 1-1) beat Sadanoumi (M12, 1-1)
7-Aoiyama (M11, 2-0) beat Okinoumi (M12, 1-1)
8-Nishikigi (M10, 1-1) beat Tochinoshin (M9, 0-2)
9-Kotoshoho (M9, 1-1) beat Shimanoumi (M8, 0-2)
10-Kotoeko (M7), 2-0) beat Tetutsuyoshi (M8, 1-1)
11-Ura (M6, 1-1) beat Takaradfuji (M7, 0-2)
12-Tobizaru (M5, 2-0) beat Wakamotoharu (M5, 1-1)
13-Onosho (M5, 2-0) beat Endo (M4, 1-1)
14-Takanosho (M4, 1-1) beat Daieisho (K, 1-1)
15-Tamawashi (M3, 2-0) beat Wakatakakage (S, 1-1)
26-Abi (S, 1-1) beat Hokutofuji (M3, 0-2)
17-Hoshoryu (K, 1-1) beat Mitakeumi (O, 1-1)
18-Takakeisho (O, 1-1) beat Kiribayama (M2, 1-1)

19-Kotonowaka (M2, 2-0) beat SHodai (O, 0-2)
20-Terunofuji (Y, 1-1) beat Takayasu (M1, 0-2)
Absent: Ichinojo (M1, 0-0-2), Ishiura (M16, 0-0-2)

Juryo:
1-Churanoumi (J14, 2-0) beat Chiyoarashi (J13, 0-2)
2-Takakento (J14, 1-1) beat Tochimaru (J13, 1-1)
3-Hiradoumi (J11, 2-0) beat Atamifuji (J12, 1-1)
4-Shohozan (J11, 1-1) beat Daishomaru (J12, 0-2)
5-Bushozan (J10, 1-1) beat Kaisho (J9, 0-2)
6-Shimazuumi (J10, 2-0) beat Kaisei (J9, 1-1)
7-Asanowaka (J8, 1-1) beat Enho (J7, 1-1)
8-Tokushoryu (J8, 2-0) beat Yago (J7, 0-2)
9-Daiamami (J6, 1-1) beat Kitanowaka (J5, 0-2)
10-Nishikifuji (J6, 2-0) beat Daishoho (J5, 1-1)
11-Mitoryu (J3, 1-1) beat Tohakuryu (J4, 0-2)
12-Ryuden (J3, 2-0) beat Akua (J4, 1-1)
13-Chiyomaru (J2, 2-0) beat Tsurugisho (J1, 1-1)
14-Hidenoumi (J1, 1-1) beat Chiyonokuni (J2, 0-2)
Absent: None

In lower tier notes, there was another Makushita withdrawal ahead of tomorrow’s Day 3 meaning whoever was to have faced Makushita 27 Chiyooga will get a free victory. If nothing changes, we’ll start seeing a Sandanme man in Makushita each day the rest of the way.

Impact Wrestling Under Siege 2022 Results (LIVE)

As part of this site’s debut of Impact Wrestling coverage, it will be providing LIVE results below of tonight’s Impact: Under Siege PPV event. At least 7 matches are on tap featuring Impact’s stop stars but also Ring Of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling participation. 4 title matches are scheduled and in the main event, Impact World Champion Josh Alexander defends the title against New Japan’s Tomohiro Ishii.

Today’s event will be held at the Promowest Pavilion in Cincinnati, OH and can be watched LIVE on Impact+ with a qualifying subscription. If you do not have Impact+, it’s also available on FITE for $9.99. Purchase on FITE includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays. I will be watching on FITE.

Tonight’s current lineup (subject to change):
Alex Shelley vs. Mike Bailey
Chris Sabin vs. Steve Maclin
Impact Knockouts World Champion Tasha Steelz vs. Havok for the title
Jay White, Chris Bey, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & El Phantasmo vs. Eddie Edwards, Kenny King, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Vincent
AAA Reina De Reinas Champion Taya Valkyrie vs. Deonna Purrazzo for the title
Impact World Tag Team Champions Violent By Design (some combination of Eric Young, Deaner and Joe Doering) vs. The Briscoes for the titles
Impact World Champion Josh Alexander vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the title

Refresh the page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.

UDPATE: Results begin at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT to include a FREE pre-show.
Pre-show:
Match 1: Heath & Rhino vs. Raj Singh & Shera
Result: Heath & Rhino beat Raj Singh & Shera. Rhino pinned Singh (I think?) after GORE!
Match 2: Laredo Kid vs. Mike Bailey & Rich Swann in a 3-way
Result: Rich Swann beat Laredo Kid & Mike Bailey in a 3-way by pinning Kid.

Changes to the card: Impact X Division Champion Ace Austin vs. Trey Miguel for the title has been added. Apparently no Shelley-Bailey because of what just happened.
Updates will resume when the main show begins.

Main Show:
Brief freeze at the mandatory FBI warning screen at the start.
We are LIVE from the Promowest Pavilion in Cincinnati, OH. Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt.

Match 1: Madison Rayne (with Tenille Dashwood) vs. Gisele Shaw (with Alisha)
Result: Gisele Shaw beat Madison Rayne
Grade: C

Match 2: Steve Maclin vs. Chris Sabin
Result: Chris Sabin beat Steve Maclin. There was a false finish where Maclin pinned Sabin with a rollup but Maclin was holding the rope for leverage and the match continued.
Grade: A

Match 3: AAA Reina De Reinas Champion Taya Valkyrie vs. Deonna Purrazzo for the title
Result: AAA Reina De Reinas Champion Taya Valkyrie beat Deonna Purrazzo to retain the title. Immediately afterwards, Purrazzo laid out Valkyrie with the title and beat her down until the lights went out. When they came on, Mia Yim returned to Impact and hit the ring. (Well, I guess she decided not to go to All Elite Wrestling, where her fiance, Keith Lee, now competes). Yim fought Purrazzo until she escaped from a package piledriver attempt.
Grade: C+

Match 4: Impact X Division Champion Ace Austin vs. Trey Miguel for the title
Result: Impact X Division Champion Ace Austin beat Trey Miguel to retain the title. MAustin is now headed to New Japan Pro Wrestling for the Best Of The Super Junior Tournament
Grade: A-

Match 5: Jay White, Chris Bey, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & El Phantasmo vs. Eddie Edwards, Kenny King, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Vincent
Result: Eddie Edwards, Kenny King, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Vincent beat Jay White, Chris Bey, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & El Phantasmo. Bennett pinned Anderson.
Grade: C+

Match 6: Impact Knockouts World Champion Tasha Steelz vs. Havok for the title
Result: Impact Knockouts World Champion Tasha Steelz beat Havok to retain the title.
Grade: C+

Match 7: Impact World Tag Team Champions Violent By Design (Deaner & Eric Young) vs. The Briscoes for the titles
Result: The Briscoes beat Impact World Tag Team Champions Violent By Design to become THE NEW IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Mark Briscoe pinned Deaner after Doomsday Device.

Grade: B

Moose promo in the ring. He threatens to hold the main event and show hostage but Sami Callahan returns to Impact and lays out Moose. Callahan was put out for months thanks to a neck injury at the hands of Moose, during which time he has intensely feuded with “Busted Open” radio show host Dave LaGreca.

Main Event: Impact World Champion Josh Alexander vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the title. During his entrances, commentary notes Alexander was in a major car crash on the way to the event yesterday, his new truck totaled as part of a 6-car wreck. Thankfully Alexander was not hurt and is here.
Result: IMPACT World Champion Josh Alexander beat Tomohiro Ishii to retain the title.
Grade: A+
MOTY Candidate.

Overall show grade: B+
Don’t be fooled by the $10 price tag for this PPV, normally the major Impact ones are $40. This was a $40 quality event, solid as a whole and an absolute bargain. You can skip the odd-numbered matches except the Tag Team Title match while all the even numbered matches and the main event are must-watch. That main event alone is worth paying $40 for. Also go find the pre-show on YouTube and watch the 3-way, which was a dark horse candidate for match of the night before the main event happened.

The next PPV is Slammiversary on June 19 in Nashville, TN.

End Show.

5/8/22-5/14/22 Events Schedule

Here is the schedule of events for 5/8/122-5/14/22, in addition to daily Grand Sumo Tournament Results for the May 2022 Tournament running from 5/8/22-5/22/22 (all times PT, schedule subject to change):
5/9/22:
8 PM-CyberFight Festival 2022 Full Card Announcement Press Conference. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and YouTube.

5/10/22:
3 AM-DDT Pro Wrestling “DDT FREE -May”, Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

5/11/22:
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Long Island, NY. LIVE on TBS (US), New Japan World (Japan ONLY) and FITE (other areas)

5/13:
TBA-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. TAPED on TNT. Broadcast time likely will depend on NHL Playoffs coverage schedules.

5/14:
1:30 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH N INNOVATION, Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
5 PM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Capital Collision, Washington, DC. Live streaming on FITE ($19.99) and New Japan World (aroound $23 plus monthly subscription fees)
8 PM-Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Ryogoku KFC Hall, Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

New Japan 5/6/22 Results (Special Event)

New Japan ran a special standalone TakaTaichiMania 2.5 event today produced by Taichi & TAKA Michinoku, the second such exclusive PPV put on by the Suzuki-gun faction this year.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on New Japan World only as a standalone PPV for an additional 3000 yen (about $23-24 US) on top of a monthly subscription. It will be behind this paywall until August 6.

The paid attendance was not announced. Note the matches were listed as Match 4-7 so there may have been more than what New Japan listed:

Match 1: Minoru Suzuki beat Ren Ayabe (JUST TAP OUT). JTO is a promotion run by TAKA Michinoku which he started after moving on from his former KAIENTAI DOJO.

Match 2: TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Dick Togo & Gedo. Kanemaru beat Gedo with a Samson clutch.

Match 3: Taichi & Yoshitatsu 20th Anniversary Match: Taichi beat Yoshitatsu. Yoshitatsu, real name Naofumi Yamamoto (I think), changed his name when he left New Japan for a chance in WWE over a decade ago, and continues using the name after being released following a largely failed stint there. It was absolutely not his fault, he was just badly misused by Creative.

Main Event: In a Hardcore match, Jun Kasai (Freedoms) & Tomoaki Honma beat DOUKI & El Desperado. Kasai pinned DOUKI after a reverse Tiger driver. They teased a potential Kasai-Desperado match in the future afterward.

CyberFight Festival Card Announcement Next Week

The CyberFight Group announced today that the full card for CyberFight Festival 2022 will be revealed at a press conference Tuesday. The presser will be streamed live on ABEMA, WRESTLE UNIVERSE and all the promotions’ YouTube channels (DDT, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Tokyo Joshi Pro) beginning Monday at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.
So far the following is set the event:
GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title
Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki
Rob Van Dam Participation

CyberFight Festival 2022 will be held on 6/12 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and will be broadcast live only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE starting at 2 AM ET/11 PM PT on 6/11.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/5/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Dream On 22 Tour today with the second half of their Golden Week doubleheader, following yesterday’s event with a more regular show (no title matches, because I guess ABEMA gets preferential treatment).

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

The announced paid attendance was 487.

Match 1: Slex beat Kinya Okada.

Match 2: Texano Jr. & Super Crazy beat Atsushi Kotoge & Haoh. Texano pinned Haoh after Road To Texas.

Match 3: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hi69 beat Shuhei Taniguchi (apparently he’s not King Tany anymore?) & Mohammed Yone. Nakajima pinned Taniguchi after Vertical Spike.

Match 4: Extreme Tiger, Alpha Wolf, Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka, Yuya Susumu & Kai Fujimura. Bane pinned Fujimura after Alas De Kebradora (?). This was to have been Yasutaka Yano teaming with Stinger but Yano was out due to injuries.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, YO-HEY & Ninja Mack beat Kenoh, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara. Mack pinned Tadasuke after Ninja Bomb.

Match 6: Michae Elgin beat Manabu Soya.

Match 7: Simon Gotch, Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & Junta Miyawaki. Ridgeway pinned Miywwaki with a package German suplex hold.

Match 8: Satoshi Kojima (New Japan) beat Yoshiki Inamura.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki, Masato Tanaka, Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Takashi Sugiura, Hideki Suzuki, Rene Dupree & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Kitamiya beat Wagner Jr. with Prison Lock.

After the event, the promotion announced it has signed Ninja Mack to an annual contract. He will be returning to the US for now but will return to NOAH at different times in the future, with his next tour scheduled to begin in July.

The next event is 5/14 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama for this month’s N INNOVATION event. An event on Saturday at Big Palette Fukushima is still listed but has been CANCELLED due to the venue sustaining damage from a major earthquake in March.

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