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DDT 6/17/23 Results

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with the start of a doubleheader in Hokkaido.

Today’s event was held at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 210.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Yusuke Okada, Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Iino beat ? (appeared to be both Sumi & Rukiya simultaneously based on photos).

Match 3: Andreza Giant Panda & Saki Akai beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata in 19 seconds by ref stoppage (TKO). Akito inadvertent elbow to Hirata. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): Andreza Giant Panda & Saki Akai beat Akiro & Kazuki Hirata. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yuya Koroku & Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) beat Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & ?. Endo pinned Oishi after Burning Star Press. This originally was to have been a 6-man tag match but apparently changed last-minute to an 8-man tag.

Match 5: MAO & Toi Kojima beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Kojima pinned Paul.

Main Event: Yuji Hino & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Hino pinned Masada after Fuckin’ BOMB.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time). There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare Pro 6/17/23 Results

Ganbare Pro ran the latest Ganbare Women’s event today, spotlighting their revived women’s division.

Today’s event was held at GEN Sports Palace in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube and below (it was live streamed on YouTube, be aware it was filmed on an iPad). It should be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. Video courtesy of the Ganbare Pro official YouTube channel:

The announced paid attendance was 93. It’s an extremely small venue/setup.

Match 1: Anchanmu beat Riara.

Match 2: Makoto beat Tokiko Kirihara.

Match 3: Miyako Matsumoto & Alex Lee beat Marika Kobashi & Echika Miyabi. Lee pinned Miyabi after Vincoplex.

Main Event: Sumiba Yanagawa & Princess Kagura Misa (JTO) beat YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Misa pinned Hasegawa.

The next Ganbare Women event is 7/18 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

New Japan 6/17/23 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the New Japan Road Tour today with a return to Tokyo after a week on the road.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1565.

There were some last-minute changes to the card due to DOUKI being pulled from the event. Fever. Tested negative for coronavirus but held out as a precaution.He was to have teamed with SANADA to face Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji in the main event. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, who was in a 6-man tag in match 7, was removed from that match as a replacement and match 7 was changed to a tag match with BUSHI being removed from the match.

Match 1: Master Wato beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 2: Boltin Oleg & Tomoaki Honma beat Yuto Nakashima & Ryusuke Taguchi. Honma beat Nakashima with a Boston Crab.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano, Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto. EVIL pinned Tenzan after EVIL.

Match 4: Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Gedo, Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney. Akira pinned Gedo after Speedfire.

Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Oskar Leube & YOSHI-HASHI. Kidd pinned Leube after a hijack piledriver.

Match 6: Yoh, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Tiger Mask, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Yoh pinned TM 4 after a superkick.

Match 7: Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Taichi & TAKA Michinoku. Takagi pinned TAKA after Pumping Bomber.

Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Takahashi pinned Kanemaru after Time Bomb.

The tour-ender is Blue Justice 12, the annual Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, tomorrow at Sakura Civic Gym in Chiba. All-Japan participation will be featured in the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: DOUKI is now off tomorrow’s event as well (fever). The card will be changed accordingly.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/17/23 Results

GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in Nagoya, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest major event today, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was only in English due to being an ABEMA-exclusive broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 833. That sounds bad for a major event like this, but depending on the setup the capacity was likely only in the 1000-1200 range (the absolute maximum for the venue would be 1800).

Match 1: Akitoshi Saito, Seiki Yoshioka & Stallion Rogers beat Mohammed Yone, Alejandro & TaishI Ozawa. Yoshioka beat Ozawa with a crossface.

Match 2: Hajime Ohara beat Hi69.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA & Super Crazy beat Hjo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa & Kai Fujimura. Kiyomiya beat Fujimura with a double arm lock.

Match 4: Hideki Suzuki beat Shuhei Taniguchi.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji & Eita beat Daiki Inaba & Atsushi Kotoge. Eita pinned Kotoge after Imperial Uno.

Match 6: Jack Morris, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Sean Legacy, Chris Ridgeway & Daga. Morris pinned LEgacy after a tiger driver.

Match 7: Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Kenoh & Manabu Soya. Nakajima pinned Soya after Vertical Spike.

Match 8: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Dante Leon to retain the title. V2 for HAYATA.

Match 9: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher beat Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura to retain the titles. Huxley pinned Kitamiya after a neck hanging bomb. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Jake Lee beat Takashi Sugiura to retain the title. V3 for Lee.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka ATC Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 6/17/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Dynamite Series 2023 today with another major event headlined by a Triple Crown match.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1966.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Takuya Nomura & Kazumasa Yoshida. Tamura pinned Yoshida after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 2: Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Acadremy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) beat ChiChi & Sunny. Ozaki pinned Sunny after a fisherman buster.

Match 3: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 4: Atsushi Onita, Toru Owashi (DDT) & Carbell Ito beat Black Menso-re, Black Tiger & Great Tiger. Owashi pinned Menso-re.

Match 5: Satoshi Kojima, Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie (Dradition) beat Ryuki Honda, Hokuto Omori & Ryo Inoue. Kojima pinned Honda after a lariat.

Match 6: Minoru Suzuki, Taiyo Kea & MAZADA (Independent/Freelancer) beat Jun & Rei Saito & Toshizo. Suzuki pinned Toshizo after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 7: Shuji Ishikawa 20th Anniversary Match 2: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (Big Japan) beat Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama. Okabayashi pinned Ishikawa after Golem Splash.

Match 8: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato to retain the titles. Miyahara pinned Hayato with a shutdown suplex hold. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Yuma Anzai to retain the Triple Crown. V3 for Nagata. Next up: TBA, which will be on 7/2 at Korakuen Hall. Also announced for 7/2 was All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. El Lindaman for the title.

The next event is 6/26 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

BREAKING: Dragon Gate Cuts 2 for Contract Violations

In a Twitter post on its Japanese account, Dragon Gate announced 2 wrestlers-Kento Kobune (SB KENTo) and Takuma Fujiwara-have been released. The promotion only said it was due to a “serious breach of contract” and resolution efforts were unsuccessful. Both have been inactive for roughly a year.

TJPW News: Full 7/8/23 Card Announced

A few minutes ago on Twitter in a new video drop, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the final card for SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 on 7/8 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Roughly 5 matches were already official but here is the full 10 match lineup as of now:
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano (return from injury)
Neko Haruna (return from injury), Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Kaya Toribami, Runa Okubo, Toga & Haru Kazashiro
Nao Kakuta & Ryo Mizunami vs. Asuka (Veny) & Yuki Kamifuku
Hikari Noa vs. Vertvixen
Aja Kong & Raku vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao and Pom Harajuku & Max The Impaler in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe vs. Nyla Rose
Miyu Yamashita vs. Sawyer Wreck
Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara vs. Sakisama (Saki Akai) & May Saint-Michel
International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino for the title
Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Maki Itoh for the title

The event will be broadcast LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE worldwide, remember new first-time users can get 1 week FOR FREE so sign up a couple days before if you never have! The broadcast will begin on 7/7 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

DDT 6/16/23 Results

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 223 Tour today with an event in Hokkaido that got off to a rough and unusual start-apparently the truck transporting parts of the ring and other equipment was late due to travel issues so they had to use a partially built ring for some of the event among other things. Seemingly transcends “only in DDT”. Because of this, the original match order was changed.

Today’s event was held at Hakodate City Geberal Wholesale Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 212.

Match 1; Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Iino beat Sumi.

Match 2: In a “SILVER QUEEN” infomercial match, MAO & Yoshihiko beat Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata. Yoshihiko pinned Hirata after Reincarnation. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Sanshiro Takagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yoshihiko to win the title. Takagi becomes the 1572nd DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Hideki Okatani beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuya Koroku. HARASHIMA pinned Koroku after Blue Sword.

Match 4: Yuki Ishida beat Akinori Aniji.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Toi Kojima & Rukiya. Sasaki beat Rukiya with a crossface.

Main Event: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Sakaguchi. Okada pinned Oishi after Sudden Death.

The next event is tomorrow at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido. There will be bo live broadcast.

Injury Report: Not GLEAT News For One

Bad wordplay aside, GLEAT did announce an injury absence this morning-Kaito Ishida is now off the next 3 events including tonight and the major 7/1 TDC Hall event. Radial shaft and ulnar styloid fractures. In simpler terms, wrist & forearm. Out indefinitely. A quick internet search of these indicates the former usually requires surgery so 2 weeks could turn into months. Changes to the cards are forthcoming.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 6/16/23 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Road Tour today with the 4th non-televised house show this week.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka. There is/was no love or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 707.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kosei Fujita went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube. Honma pinned Leube.

Match 3: Master Wato, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval.

Match 4: Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Gedo, Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney. Khan beat Gedo with a pancake hold.

Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Ryohei Oiwa & Hirooki Goto. Kidd pinned Oiwa after a hijack piledriver.

Match 6: Yoh, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Tiger Mask, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Yoh pinned TM 4 after a Torras kick.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA. Tsuji pinned TAKA after a spear.

The next event is tomorrow at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.