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DDT News: Extreme Title Match Announced, More

As they promised to do a few minutes ago at Noon JST, DDT just announced the determination match for the next DDT Extteme Champion after Shunma Katsumata had to vacate the title due to injury after his successful defense last weekend. Perhaps not surprisingly one of the participants will be MAO, Katsumata’s The37Kamiina factionmate. Surprisingly is the other-Kazuki Hirata. Match type TBA and it will be on 6/25 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. There also will be a KO-D Tag Team Championship match to determine new champions after MAO & Katsumata had to vacate the titles.

More as it becomes available.

Impact Wrestling 5/25/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling in Chicago, IL:

This episode was taped on 4/29 and is the final event before tomorrow’s live Under Siege event.

The YouTube pre-show match was Sami Callihan vs. Shogun.

Match 1: Chris Sabin beat Mike Bailey. H-O-T opener.

Trinity promo for Under Siege.

Steve Maclin-PCO video package for Under Siege. Afterwards, Maclin says he’ll name his challenger for tomorrow later thinking PCO is out.

Nick Aldis joins commentary for the next match.

Match 2: Kenny King & Sheldon Jean beat Decay. King pinned Crazzy Steve after Royal Flush. Afterwards, King with microphone. He taunted Aldis ahead of their match tomorrow. Aldis with microphone at commentary to respond. King sends Jean after Aldis and Jean quickly gets laid out. Aldis gets in the ring but King bails immediately, saying it’ll have to wait until tomorrow.

Jessicka leaves the hourglass counting down to Rosemary’s return backstage for her match. No entry for Taylor Wilde & KiLynn King as we return from commercial but Jessicka gets hers.

Match 3: Taylor Wilde beat Jessicka. Squash. Wilde & King further beat down Jessicka afterwards but the hourglass runs out and when it does, Rosemary doesn’t emerge…but Courtney Rush does. Rush sends King packing and puts Wilde in a sharpshooter until King pulls her out of the ring.

Jessicka & Rush backstage after commercial. Rush tells Jessicka technically she is Rosemary, so it looks like a name/gimmick change for Rush/Rosemary. Either way, Rush is now part of Death Dollz.

Match 4: Rich Swann beat Angels. Immediately afterwards, Kon & Deaner beat down Swann until Sami Callihan made the save with a baseball bat. But Kon & Angels recovered and held Callihan while Deaner turned the tables and laid out Callihan with the bat. They face off tomorrow in a 6-man tag but we still don’t know who will team with Callihan & Swann.

Deonna Purrazzo interviewed backstage. She talks about Jordynne Grace until Alisha Edwards cuts in.

Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly are fighting backstage in the kitchen area of the venue when we return from commercial. They brawl all over the place until Slamovich chokes out Kelly with an electrical cord. Too short but pretty darn good.

Match 5: Jordynne Grace beat Alisha Edwards. Squash.

Dirty Dango promo.

#1 contender 6-way match promo for tomorrow. The winner is next for the Impact World Champion after tomorrow at Against All Odds.

Match 6: Chris Bey beat John Skyler.

Steve Maclin comes out for the main event segment. With microphone. He says PCO is out of tomorrow’s title match so he’s introducing a new challenger-Champagne Singh. Singh & Shera come out. Shera with microphone. He starts to put himself over in a comedy bit until Scott D’Amore comes out. He says that match won’t happen. Maclin thinks D’Amore is stacking the deck against him and doesn’t want him as Impact World Champion. But D’Amore says he’s fine with it as long as Maclin proves himself worthy of it. Maclin took issue with D’Amore throwing the title in his face at Rebellion. So D’Amore says he Maclin retains tomorrow, he will respectfully hand Maclin the title and shake his hand. Maclin says no. And what D’Amore will do after tomorrow is show Maclin the respect he deserves because as long as he’s champion, that means Maclin is D’Amore’s boss. And D’Amore straps the belt on Maclin after he wins tomorrow. D’Amore agrees to that. But Maclin brings up the replacement for PCO because is hasn’t been named. D’Amore says that’s because there is none, it’s still Maclin-PCO. And then PCO’s video plays and when the lights come on…HE’S ALIVE! AND HERE! And it’s on in the ring! PCO fights off Singh & Shera then rips the belt out of Maclin’s hands. Maclin bails as Sing & Shera try again to attack PCO but it backfires. Maclin dives for the belt but PCO foils that. After all, PCO IS NOT HUMAN.

Next up is Under Siege, the monthly live major event, tomorrow in London, Ontario, Canada. The event is available on Impact+ for subscribers ($7:99/month or $71.99/year) and YouTube for Ultimate Insider subscribers ($4.99/month) and as a PPV on FITE for $9.99. The event begins at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT with a FREE pre-show on YouTube beginning at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT (scheduled to have 2 matches). NEAR LIVE results will be posted beginning around PPV time (I will be a few minutes behind as I’ll start with the pre-show matches). The next TV tapings will be Saturday and should cover the next 2 weeks to take us to June’s live monthly event, Against All Odds on 6/9 in Columbus, OH.
Tomorrow’s Under Siege lineup:
Pre-show: The Coven vs. Death Dollz and Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Dirty Dango for the title.
PPV: Trinity vs. Gisele Shaw, Kenny King vs. Nick Aldis, The Design vs. Sami Callihan/Rich Swann/TBA, Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. Subculture for the titles, Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel vs. Chris Sabin for the title, Moose/Eddie Edwards/Jonathan Gresham/Alex Shelley/Yuya Uemura in a 6-way #1 contender match, Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace for the title (if Grace loses she can’t get another title match as long as Purrazzo is champion) and Impact World Champion Steve Maclin vs. PCO for the title.

Sumo-May 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 12 Results (5/24/23) (Top 2 Tiers) (Updated)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 12 of the May 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

Makuuchi (top tier):
Ichiyamamoto (M15) beat Chiyoshoma (M13)
Myogiryu (M14) beat Daishoho (M11)
Takarafuji (M10) beat Myogiryu (M16)
Oho (M16) beat Onosho (M9)
Tsurugisho (M15) beat Hiradoumi (M9)
Kotoeko (M12) beat Sadanoumi (M8)
Hokutofuji (M7) beat Ryuden (M10)
Tamawashi (M7) beat Aoiyama (M12)
Mitakeumi (M6) beat Kagayaki (M17)
Ura (M4) beat Tobizaru (M3)
Nishikifuji (M3) beat Takanosho (M8)
Abi (M1) beat Meisei (M6)
Midorifuji (M1) beat Takayasu (M2)
Nishikigi (M4) beat Kotonowaka (K)
Shodai (K) beat Kinbozan (M5)
Daieisho (S) beat Asanoyama (M14)
Hoshoryu (S) beat Hokuseiho (M11)
Korobayama (S) beat Takakeisho (O)
Terunofuji (Y) beat Wakamotoharu (S)
Leader: Terunofuji (11-1)
Of note: ULTRA RARE PULL! As he has been known to do on occasion, Ura dazzled the crowd with an incredibly rare winning technique today-zubineri (head pivot throw). It must be seen to be believed, but it hasn’t been used to win in a match in over 25 years! Par for the course between the fan favorite and The Flying Monkey. Elsewhere, Asanoyama took his second loss as he allowed Daieisho to get his signature pusher/thruster offense going and then it was over quickly. That gave Terunofuji the sole lead but he seemed to land rough on his knees as both he and Wakamotoharu landed awkwardly at the end of their match. Monitor this going forward given his history of knee issues.
Ozeki Watch: Promotion? It seems to now be all but official for Kiribayama as he beat Takakeisho for what is now 33 wins over the last 3 tournaments at Sanyaku. That is a minimum criteria for Ozeki promotion consideration (the other is win 2 consecutive tournaments at Komusubi and/or Sekiwake, which Kiribayama can still do this time). Any more wins should be insurance and he’s still in championship contention. Takakeisho again missed an 8th win chance as a result and remains kadoban, but he may have caught the break he needed…his Day 13 opponent is Meisei, who has now lost 3 straight since beating Terunofuji. And there is concern about Meisei possibly suffering a knee injury in his loss today, leading to thoughts Takakeisho could get a freebie tomorrow with a potential Meisei withdrawal. If that happens, Takakeisho is safe at Ozeki and could withdraw himself to get treatment/rest for his knees and likely means 2 Ozeki again in July (again dependent on Kiribayama promotion, which seems a formality now).
While their Ozeki hopes for July are now gone, all the other Sekiwake have protected their rank with 8 wins so far and any further wins can help their post-July promotion chances, especially if they can get to 11 wins. Hoshoryu may be dealing with a thigh injury so that 8th win today was a big one. Elsewhere, a sophomore slump continues for Kinbozan as he will be demoted after his 8th loss today, but he’ll hopefully bounce back on July. One potential Sanyaku change is on the verge of happening too as Kotonowaka will be demoted from Komusubi if he loses again after his 7th loss today.
Key match tomorrow: Terunofuji-Asanoyama. The yusho race could be all but over if Terunofuji wins, but it also depends on Kiribayama who faces Hokuseiho. And if it happens, Takakeisho-Meisei.

Juryo:
Fujiseiun (J13) beat Shiden (Ms1)
Tsushimanada (J14) beat Tonokaze (J12)
Daiamami (J9) beat Tokihayate (J14)
Ochiai (J8) beat Tamashoho (J11)
Shimanoumi (J13) beat Takakento (J7)
Akua (J5) beat Hidenoumi (J11)
Oshoma (J4) beat Chiyosakae (J12)
Kitanowaka (J10) beat Roga (J4)
Bushozan (J3) beat Churanoumi (J7)
Shimazuumi (J6) beat Azumaryu (J2)
Chiyomaru (J10) beat Tohakuryu (J2)
Gonoyama (J1) beat Hakuyozan (J6)
Atamifuji (J8) beat Shonannoumi (J1)
Leader: Gonoyama, Ochiai (11-1)
Of note: Rematch anyone? If Gonoyama & Ochiai keep winning, they’re on track for a playoff rematch for the championship even after Gonoyama won their match yesterday. And if Ochiai does win out, he’ll be in top tier contention. The only thing in the way of the playoff, besides themselves, is Atamifuji at 10-2.
Key matches tomorrow: Ochiai-Shonannoumi, Gonoyama-Shimazuumi, Atamifuji-Hakuyozan. Shonannoumi is 9-3 and, like Gonoyama, is headed to the top tier in July. Shimazuumi is 7-5 and going for promotion. In the latter, history favors Gonoyama as he leads the series vs. Shimazuumi 3-0. Ochiai-Shonannoumi is a first-time meeting. Hakuyozan is 6-6 and Atamifuji won their only prior meeting in March.

UPDATE: As of the start of Day 13 matches Meisei remains in the tournament. No withdrawal yet.

New Japan News: Another Upcoming Title Match in ROH (SPOILERS!)

After last night’s AEW Dynamite, Ring Of Honor taped what is believed to be the 6/1 episode of their weekly TV show on HonorClub. Turns out there was another New Japan title match. The result is below (if you’re paying $9.99 a month to watch this will contain SPOILERS! The match also likely will be added to New Japan World at a later date).

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Injury Report: Late Mone Cash Out

Although they waited 4 days to do so, New Japan has finally confirmed what the world already knew-Mercedes Mone was injured at Resurgence. Right ankle. New Japan only said she underwent a “thorough appraisal immediately after her match and began treatment”. It happened in the main event when she lost to Willow Nightingale for the STRONG Women’s Championship. This cones amidst unconfirmed rumors Mone signed for more dates with NjPW and Stardom but is now out indefinitely amidst persistent rumors-and more hopes from the internet-that she could be headed to All Elite Wrestling.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 5/24/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a Hyper Misao Produced mini-event today, the first time the promotion’s resident “hero” had her turn running things, and it was mostly comedy of course.

Today’s event was held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Sunday or Monday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 202, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: A Hyper Misao 2 Audition Battle Royal technically had no winner. The match itself was won by Suzume, last eliminating Miu Watanabe, but Suzume declined to win.

Match 2: Yoshihiko (DDT) beat Shoko Nakajima. This is the match I’m waiting to see.

Main Event: Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Aino & Mahiro Kiryu. Tatsumi beat Kiryu with a dragon sleeper. It was announced a couple days ago that Tatsumi would return for this event after missing about a week with the always-vague poor physical condition.

The next event is Saturday at Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Center in Kanagawa, back in Yuki Kamifuku’s hometown to continue the spring house show tour. Aja Kong participation is set for this event. There will be no live broadcast.

AEW Rampage 5/26/23 Results (SPOILERS!)

Click below for the quick results for this week’s TAPED AEW Rampage from Las Vegas, which will now air at REGULAR TIME-Friday at 10 PM ET/PT on TNT (SPOILERS!):

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AEW Dynamite 5/24/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Las Vegas, NV:

AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Kyle Fletcher (New Japan) to retain the title. Afterwards, AEW announced they have signed Aussie Open (Fletcher & Mark Davis).

AEW Trios Champions House Of Black beat AR Fox, Blake Christian & Metalik to retain the titles. Brody King beat Christian with a sleeper hold.

Taya Valkyrie beat Lady Frost.

Adam Cole-Chris Jericho contract signing for Sunday’s Unsanctioned Match. Cole has brought in Sabu as a special enforcer.

Tony Khan announced the Collision premiere on 6/17 will be in Chicago, IL. Not mentioned in any form: CM Punk, who is expected to return to AEW then. Reportedly the hold-up was Ace Steel, who apparently Punk has to have around for creative. We’ll see what happens.

Roderick Strong beat Daniel Garcia.

ROH Tag Team Champions Lucha Bros beat Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta to retain the titles.

It was okay for a PPV go-home. Matches were so-so but promos and video packages were excellent.

Rampage airtime is “check local listings” because it will depend on NHL and NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 4/5 outcomes. As of this post NHL Game 4, with Florida leading Carolina 3-0 in the series, had 15 minutes to go and it was 3-2 Florida. If Carolina wins, Game 5 is Friday at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. NBA Game 5 between Miami & Boston is Thursday and it’s now 3-1 Miami. If Boston wins, Game 6 would be Saturday at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT on TNT with Rampage originally rumored to follow NBA. Spoilers will be posted when available.

News: New Tiger Mask Introduced

Longtime puroresu fans (and New Japan fans in particular) may be familiar with Tiger Mask, the iconic masked wrestler based on classic Japanese comics that partially inspired fellow icon Jushin Liger and eternal nemesis Black Tiger (often portrayed the last two decades by Rocky Romero). Originally created by former wrestler Satoru Sayama, he unveiled the new Tiger Mask 7 today…but it’s not a wrestler. According to a Twitter post by Mark Pickering, who does English-language commentary for some Pro Wrestling NOAH events on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, TM 7 is actually kickboxing star Takeru Segawa, who will not be wrestling as the new Tiger Mask. Pickering indicates it’s a charity project as Sayama wants Segawa to continue his work and spread the TM name worldwide.

The current active Tiger Mask, TM 4, continues to compete in New Japan. Others to have been TM in the past include Sayama, Mitsuharu Misawa (TM 2) and Koji Kanemoto (TM 3).

The original Twitter source post is below.

Sumo-May 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 11 Results (5/24/23) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 11 of the May 2023 Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

Makuuchi (top tier):
Daishoho (M11) beat Mitoryu (M16)
Kagayaki (M17) beat Takarafuji (M10)
Ryuden (M10) beat Aoiyama (M12)
Onosho (M9) beat Myogiryu (M14)
Takanosho (M8) beat Chiyoshoma (M13)
Oho (M16) beat Sadanoumi (M8)
Tamawashi (M7) beat Ichiyamamoto (M15)
Tsurugisho (M15) beat Mitakeumi (M6)
Asanoyama (M14) beat Neisei (M6)
Kotoeko (M13) beat Kinbozan (M5)
Nishikigi (M4) beat Hokutofuji (M7)
Ura (M4) beat Nishikifuji (M3)
Takayasu (M3) beat Abi (M1)
Shodai (K) beat Tobizaru (M3)
Kiribayama (S) beat Hiradoumi (M9)
Wakamotoharu (S) beat Hokuseiho (M11)
Takakeisho (O) beat Daieisho (S)
Terunofuji (Y) beat Hoshoryu (S)
Leader: Terunofuji, Asanoyama (10-1)
Of note: Takayasu was a surprise return today as a thigh injury suffered in morning practice before Day 1 began was expected to keep him out 3 weeks. He looked limited on his mobility but still quickly dispatched Abi. Any wins will reduce the drop he’ll take in July as he’s already got a demotion for missing 8+ days.
Ozeki Watch: It’s all but official for Kiribayama. Of course it’s up to the Japan Sumo Association to decide, but to meet the minimum 33 wins over 3 consecutive tournaments in Sanyaku eligibility criteria Kiribayama now needs just one more win the rest of the way. That or win the championship again. The other Sekiwake have pretty much been mathematically eliminated from consideration this time unless 11-4 winds up winning the championship (or 12-3 if Wakamotoharu wins out). Only Wakamotoharu seems to have any championship chance now.
Key matches tomorrow: Terunofuji-Wakamotoharu, Asanoyama-Daieisho, Kiribayama-Talakeisho. A lot on the line in that last one because Takakeisho needs one more win to get out of kadoban status and remain Ozeki. If he gets it before the final day, anticipate an immediate withdrawal to get his knees some rest and treatment.

Juryo:
Yuma (Ms5) beat Shimanoumi (J13)
Tonokaze (J12) beat Tokihayate (J14)
Hidenoumi (J11) beat Fujiseiun (J13)
Kitanowaka (J10) beat Tsushimanada (J14)
Chiyosakae (J12) beat Shimazuumi (J8)
Tamashoho (J11) beat Hakuyozan (J6)
Akua (J5) beat Chiyomaru (J10)
Atamifuji (J8) beat Oshoma (J4)
Roga (J4) beat Bushozan (J3)
Tohakuryu (J2) beat Daiamami (J9)
Takakento (J7) beat Azumaryu (J2)
Shonannoumi (J1) beat Churanoumi (J7
Gonoyama (J1) beat Ochiai (J8)
Leader: Gonoyama, Ochiai (10-1)
Of note: If Ochiai doesn’t reach the top tier in July, today may be why. For comparison, Asanoyama was at this spot in January, finished 14-1 and won the championship at J12 and was promoted to J1. Ochiai may be in a better place to make the leap at J8 but we’ll have to see what happens over the last 4 days.
Shiden, who has earned promotion back to Juryo in July with a 4-2 record at Makishita 1, gets the Makushita man spot tomorrow although if he loses, he could be in an odd spot as he should have one more Makushita match and could wind up 4-4.
Key matches tomorrow: Ochiai-Tamashoho, Gonoyama-Hakuyozan, Atamifuji-Shonannoumi. If both leaders lose, the Atamifuji-Shonannoumi winner will be in a 3-way tie for the lead.

Lower tier notes:
As is typically the case after Day 12, the Makushita Championship is now set for what should be Day 13: Daishomaru vs. Kiryuko. Daishomaru beat Okinohama and Kiryuko beat Shishi to set it up. Neither will be promoted to Juryo as Daishomart is at Ms42 and Kiryuko is at Ms26. But who will be promoted is Kawazoe, who got his 4th win today at Ms1 so he will be Shin-Juryo in July while despite a loss today Shiden will be Sai-Juryo, getting a second chance after being forced to moss his forst Juryo tournament.
In the Sandanme, the championship match will be Yutakasho vs. Sazanami as the last 2 at 6-0. In the Jonidan, 3 are still at 6-0 so a playoff may be needed. In the Jonokuchi, Reonmaru is the sole leader at 6-0 but 5-0 Haruyama has his 6th match tomorrow, so if Haruyama wins theu probably would face off on Day 14 as usually the lower tier wrestlers won’t conpete 3 days on a row.