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New Japan 5/21/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 5 of Best Of The Super Junior today, with the third day of Block A. This is the last day of standalone action for Block A as after tomorrow’s event, both blocks will run together on all remaining tournament events.

Today’s event was held at Aomori Prefectural Sports Park Maeda Arena in Aomori and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1720. Based on the layout and seating capacity of the venue, that was possibly a sellout.

Match 1: Jado, El Lindaman & Titan beat Gedo, Dick Togo & El Phantasmo. Lindaman pinned Gedo with a German suplex hold,

Match 2: Shingo Takagi & BUSHI beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato. Takagi pinned Tenzan after Pumping Bomber.

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Robbie Eagles & Wheeler Yuta beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & El Desperado. Eagles pinned TAKA after Turbo Backpack.

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 4: Sho beat Clark Connors.
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Francesco Akira.
Match 6: Yoh beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi beat Ace Austin.
Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Alex Zayne by submission.

Standings (BlocK A):
1-Ishimori, 3-0, 6 points
2-Takahashi, 3-0, 6 points
3-Zayne, 2-1, 4 points
4-Austin, 2-1, 4 points
5-Yoh, 2-1, 4 points
6-Sho, 1-2, 2 points
7-Akira, 1-2, 2 points
8-Taguchi, 1-2, 2 points
9-Connors, 0-3, 0 points
10-Kanemaru, 0-3, 0 points

Day 6 is tomorrow at Akita Terrsa in Akita with Day 3 of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/21/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the Dream On 2022 Tour today with a major event, headlined by 3 title matches and the return of Keiji Muto, who has been out most of the year so far due to injury.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. Japanese audio will be available at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 924. If the venue is at 1/3 capacity, that would possibly be close to a sellout. If it’s at half capacity, it’s an okay number.

Match 1: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Kinya Okada by submisison.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura & Kai Fujimura beat Daiki INaba & Junta Miyawaki. INamura pinned Miyawaki after a shoulder tackle.

Match 3: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Mohammed Yone.

Match 4: Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 & Shuji Kondo (Big Japan) beat Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Haoh. Kondo pinned Haoh after a King Kong lariat.

Match 5: Takashi Sugiura, Hideki Suzuki & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya. Mochizuki pinned Soya after a running low face kick.

Match 6: Kenoh beat Simon Gotch by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 7: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway vs. Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu went to a NO CONTEST. Perros Del Mal De Japon interference. As a result, Ogawa & Ridgeway retain the titles but it will not count as a successful defense.

Match 8: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion HAYATA beat Extreme Tiger to retain the title. V1 for HAYATA.

Match 9: Michael Elgin & Masa Kitamiya beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Rene Dupree & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to win the titles. Elgin & Kitamiya become the 60th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Elgin pinned Wagner Jr. after a Double Impact type powerbomb.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Masato Tanaka beat Keiji Muto, Naomichi Marufuji & Satoshi Kojima. Shiozaki pinned Kojima after Go Lariat.

The next event is a NOAH SANCTUARY event on 5/30 at the Noah Special Arena aka Club Citta Kawasaki in Kawasaki City. It’s also going to be the final event for Junta Miyawaki for a while as it appears he’s going off on a training excursion. After that will be 3 events in early June that will be the final build to CyberFight Festival 2022-6/5 at Aore Nagaoka In Niigata, 6/7 at Korakuen Hall and 6/8 at Korakuen. 6/5 will be taped for on demand delivery at a later date. 6/7 will be live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. 6/8 will be ABEMA only for live and WRESTLE UNIVERSE on demand at a later date. 6/7 has a title match scheduled as the Open The Triangle Gate Championship, a 6-man/trios title in Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, will be defended by Perros Del Mal de Japon.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/19/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate event of the Dream On 2022 Tour today, the second half of a Yokohama doubleheader with last weekend’s N INNOVATION event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 147.

Match 1: Extreme Tiger & YO-HEY beat Haoh & Alejandro. Tiger pinned Alejandro after a reverse face bomb.

Match 2: Rene Dupree vs. Michael Elgin went to a double countout.

Match 3: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Daisuke Harada, Yoshiki Inamura, Atsushi Kotoge, Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada. Nakajima pinned Miyawaki after a face kick.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Simon Gotch by submission.

Match 5: HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Kai Fujimura by DQ. Ridgeway DQ’d. Title belt use.

Match 6: Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Masa Kitamiya by submission.

Main Event: Satoshi Kojima & Naomichi Marufuji beat Go Shiozaki & Daiki Inaba. Kojima pinned Inaba after a western lariat.

The tour-ender is Saturday at Ota Cuty General Gym in Tokyo. 3 title matches and the return of Keiji Muto headline. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast, but WRESTLE UNIVERSE will have a live English broadcast beginning at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan 5/19/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 4 of Best Of The Super Junior today, featuring Day 2 of Block B action.

Today’s event was held at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 857.

Match 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yoh beat TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Yoh pinned TAKA after Direct Drive.

Match 2: Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Clark Connors & Alex Zayne beat Dick Togo, Gedo, Sho & Taiji Ishimori. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 3: Shingo Takaki & Hiromu Takahashi beat Tiger Mask & Ace Austin. Takagi pinned TM 4 after Pumping Bomber.

Best Of The Super Junior Block B:
Match 4: Wheeler Yuta beat DOUKI by submission.
Match 5: El Lindaman beat Titan.
Match 6: BUSHI beat Robbie Eagles.
Match 7: El Phantasmo beat Master Wato.
Main Event: El Desperado beat TJP.
Standings (Block B):
1-Desperado, 2-0, 4 points
2-Phantasmo, 2-0, 4 points
3-Yuta, 1-1, 2 points
4-DOUKI, 1-1, 2 points
5-Lindaman, 1-1, 2 points
6-BUSHI, 1-1, 2 points
7-Eagles, 1-1, 2 points
8-TJP, 1-1, 2 points
9-Wato, 0-2, 0 points
10-Titan, 0-2, 0 points

Day 5 is Saturday at New Aomori Prefecture Sports Park Maeda Arena in Aomori with the third day of Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM ET/midnight PT.

New Japan 5/17/22 & 5/18/22 Results

New Japan continued the Best Of The Super Junior yesterday and today-yesterday was the start of Block B and today was the second day of Block A.

Yesterday’s event was held at Sakata City Kokutai Memorial Gym in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 629.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Clark Connors beat Yuto Nakashima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yoh. Connors pinned Nakashima after Trophy Kill.

Match 2: Tiger Mask & Ace Austin beat TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Austin pinned TAKA after The Fold.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho & Taiji Ishimori beat Jado, Alex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho beat Jado with Snake Bite.

Best Of The Super Junior Block B:
Match 4: DOUKI beat El Lindaman.
Match 5: El Phantasmo beat BUSHI.
Match 6: Robbie Eagles beat Wheeler Yuta.
Match 7: TJP beat Master Wato by submission.
Main Event: El Desperado beat Titan.

Standings (Block B):
1-DOUKI, 1-0, 2 points
2-Phantasmo, 1-0, 2 points
3-Eagles, 1-0, 2 points
4-TJP, 1-0, 2 points
5-Desperado, 1-0, 2 points
6-Lindaman, 0-1, 0 points
7-BUSHI, 0-1, 0 points
8-Wato, 0-1, 0 points
9-Yuta, 0-1, 0 points
10-Titan, 0-1, 0 points

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 936.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima & Tiger Mask beat Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. TM 4 pinned Fujita after a tiger driver.

Match 2: Jado, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato beat Dick Togo, Gedo & El Phantasmo. Wato beat Phantasmo with Vendeval.

Match 3: Robbie Eagles, Titan & Wheeler Yuta beat TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado & DOUKI. Yuta beat TAKA with Seat Belt Clutch.

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 4: Yoh beat Clark Connors.
Match 5: Ace Austin beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 6: Alex Zayne beat Sho.
Match 7: Taiji Ishimori beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi beat Francesco Akira.

Standings (Block A):
1-Takahashi, 2-0, 4 points
2-Ishimori, 2-0, 4 points
3-Zayne, 2-0, 4 points
4-Austin, 2-0, 4 points
5-Yoh, 1-1, 2 points
6-Akira, 1-1, 2 points
7-Connors, 0-2, 0 points
8-Kanemaru, 0-2, 0 points
9-Sho, 0-2, 0 points
10-Taguchi, 0-2, 0 points

Day 4 is tomorrow at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori with the second day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan Best Of The Super Junior Day 1 Results (5/15/22)

New Japan kicked off the 29th Best Of The Super Junior Tournament today, returning the prestigious Jr. Heavyweight showcase to its traditional May-June spot on the calendar after a couple years of pandemic-related disruptions. It’s also back to its normal round-robin format featuring 20 of the top wrestlers from New Japan and its affiliated promotions-CMLL, All Elite Wrestling, Impact Wrestling as well as newcomers from both Japan and around the world. Today kicked off with the first matches in Block A, and will alternate with Block B for the first half of the tournament then in the second half both blocks will compete on every card.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 1541. This was probably close to a sellout with the venue at roughly 50% capacity.

Match 1: Master Wato, Tiger Mask, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Robbie Eagles beat Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita, Yuto Nakashima & Wheeler Yuta. Wato pinned Fujita with Recientemente,

Match 2: BUSHI & Shingo Takagi beat Dick Togo & El Phantasmo. Takagi pinned Togo after Pumping Bomber.

Match 3: El Lindaman, Titan & Jado beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & El Desperado. Titan pinned TAKA after a diving footstomp.(Note: Titan’s entrance music will be altered due to music rights)

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 4: Ace Austin beat Clark Connors
Match 5: Alex Zayne beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Match 6: Francesco Akira beat Sho
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi (comedy match)
Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Yoh by submission

Day 2 is Tuesday at Sakata City Gym in Yamagata with the start of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

5/15/22-5/21/22 Events Schedule

Here is the tentative event schedule for the week of 5/15/22-5/21/22 (subject to change, all times PT):
5/15:
1 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best OF The Super Junior Day 1, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World

5/17:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best Of The Super Junior Day 2, Sakata City Gym, Yamagata, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World

5/18:
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best Of The Super Junior Day 3, Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World
5 PM-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Dynamite”, Houston, TX. Live on TBS

5/19:
2 AM-Pro Wrestling NOAH Dream On 2022 Tour, Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
2:30 AM-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best Of The Super Junior Day 5, Hachinohe City East Gym, Aomori, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World

5/20:
TBA-All Elite Wrestling “AEW Rampage”. Taped on TNT

5/21:
Midnight-Pro Wrestling NOAH Dream On Tour 2022 Finale, Ota City General Gym, Tokyo, Japan. Live in English on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
Midnight-New Japan Pro Wrestling Best Of The Super Junior Day 5, New Aomori Prefecture Sports Park Maeda Arena, Aomori, Japan. Live in English & Japanese on New Japan World
7:30 PM-DDT Pro Wrestling “Audience 2022”, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo. Live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

New Japan Pro Wrestling Capital Collision 5/14/22 Results (LIVE)

After the PPV debacle that was Windy City Riot, literally and figuratively, New Japan is trying again tonight with their next US event, Capital Collision, as they head to Washington, DC for the first time. They already have ran into problems though, as last night they were forced to make several card changes because All Elite Wretling star Trent Beretta, scheduled for one of the featured matches, tested positive for the coronavirus and is now off. The promotion has promised greatly improved technical capabilities to avoid a repeat of what happened last month so hopefully it goes off without a hitch. The main event will feature a 4-way for the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship.
Today’s event will be held at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC and can be watched LIVE on FITE in English for $19.99. You also get unlimited on demand replays with purchase. Also, it’s completely risk-free: If there are any technical issues with the stream like with Windy City Riot’s live broadcast, you can request a refund from FITE and you will get your money back in full, no questions asked. The PPV is also available in Japanese on New Japan World, but that will cost around $24 in addition to monthly subscription fees if you are not a subscriber. Subscribers still have to pay for the event for now.
There is also seheduled to be a 30 minute FREE pre-show on YouTube before the event. This may feature a pre-show dark match for the live crowd but that is not definite. Said match will not be on the PPV stream.
I expect the event’s total run time to be in the range of 3-3 1/2 hours.

Tonight’s lineup:
Pre-show: Nick Comoroto vs. Kevin Knight (non-televised)

PPV:
Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks
Fred Rosser, David Finlay, Tanga Loa, Yuya Uemura & The DKC vs. Tom Lalor, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos & Danny Limelight
Chase Owens vs. Great-O-Khan
Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis vs. Jonah, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Bad Dude Tito
Brody King vs. Minoru Suzuki
Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero vs. Jay White & Hikuleo
IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Juice Robinson, Will Ospreay & Jon Moxley in a 4-way for the title
Updates below will begin at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.

LIVE updates below:
Match 1: Karl Fredericks beat Ren Narita.

Match 2: Result: Tom Lawlor, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos & Danny Limelight beat The DKC, Fred Rosser, Yuya Uemura, Tanga Loa & David Finlay. Limelight pinned DKC after a springboard DDT.

Match 3: Chase Owens beat Great-O-Khan.

Match 4: Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Jona & Bad Dude Tito beat Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis. Nicholls pinned Fletcher.

Match 5: Brody King beat Minoru Suzuki.

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii beat Eddie Kingston.

Match 7: Jay White & Hikuleo beat Rocky Romero & Kazuchika Okada. White pinned Romero after Bladerunner.

Main Event: Juice Robinson neat IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jon Moxley & Will Ospreay in a 4-way by pinning Ospreay to win the title. Robinson becomes the 15th IWGP US Heavyweight Champion.

After commentary signs off and everyone else leaves, Moxley with microphone for a promo to send the crowd home happy.

End Show.

The next event is the Best Of The Super Junior Tournament Opening Day tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, Japan. Live streaming in Japanese and English on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/14/22 Results (N INNOVATION)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their monthly N INNOVATION event today, continuing their new series of showcase events for the Junior Heavyweights.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 134.

Match 1: Junta Miyawaki vs. Kinya Okada went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge, Haoh & Alejandro beat Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Haoh pinned Tadasuke after Tatsumaki.

Match 3: Extreme Tiger & YO-HEY beat HAYATA & Kai Fujimura. Tiger pinned Fujimura after a reverse face bomb.

Match 4: Chris Ridgeway beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Yuya Susumu beat Simon Gotch & Yoshinari Ogawa. Kiyomiya pinned Gotch with a tiger suplex hold.

Main Event: Daisuke Harada beat H•Y•O.

The next event is Thursday. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

BREAKING: 5/14 New Japan Event Changes

In a development with AEW ramifications, New Japan just announced Trent Beretta is now off tomorrow’s Capital Collision event. Coronavirus. He was to have teamed with Kazuchika Okada to face Jay White & Hikuleo. Rocky Romero is the replcement, meaning there are other card changes:
Romero was in a 10-man tag and will now be replaced by The DKC, who was to have faced Kevin Knight in a non-televised pre-show match. Nick Comoroto is the replacement.

This development likely means Trent can’t be at AEW’s events next week in Houston.

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