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News: Upcoming Freelancer Absence

DDT has announced that starting in early June, Moeka Haruhi, who regularly participates in Ganbare Pro as a freelancer, will be out indefinitely starting with the 6/3 event. She will be a living kidney donor to her sister. Surgery is scheduled for late June. In a brief statement, Haruhi said she could do this because she is healthy thanks to training from other wrestlers and support from fans.

Sending best wishes and thoughts to Haruhi ahead of this very honorable gesture and best wishes to her sister as well.

AEW Dynamite 4/12/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite from Milwaukee, WI:

Darby Allin beat Swerve Strickland. Afterwards, MJF (whose participation was mandatory) appeared for a long promo segment.

AEW TNT Champion Powerhouse Hobbs beat Silas Young to retain the title. Squash. Wardlow returned afterwards and wrecked Hobbs’ car outside the venue then went in to fight.

AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy beat Buddy Matthews to retain the title. As a result, Cassidy will now defend Sunday in New Japan Pro Wrestling as an injury replacement for Eddie Kingston.

Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli apparently beat Brandon Cutler & Michael Nakazawa although this wasn’t announced. Squash. The Elite returned afterwards.

Ruby Soho & Toni Storm beat Riho & Skye Blue. Storm pinned Blue after Storm Zero.

Chris Jericho beat Keith Lee. Interference from a mystery man, likely Strickland, helped.

This was an average episode overall. It was a show.

Friday on Rampage, which will air at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT OR after NBA Playoffs coverage on TNT: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Aussie Open vs. Best Friends for the tites, Taya Valkyrie vs. Emi Sakura, Jungle Boy vs. Shawn Spears, Mark Briscoe/Jeff Jarrett/Jay Lethal/Satnam Singh vs. TBA, FTR promo and Angelo Parker/Matt Menard promo. After this week no NBA pre-emptions are expected for at least 2 weeks. TBA on NHL pre-emptions as their regular season does not finish until Friday.

Next week: LIVE NATIONWIDE! Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter vs. Ruby Soho & Toni Storm and AEW TNT Champion Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Wardlow for the title.

GLEAT 4/12/23 Results (Updated)

GLEAT ran the 49th G PROWRESTLING event today, a loaded event with the Lidet UWF Championship Tournament Semifinals and 2 title matches.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. See the below post for full video.

The announced paid attendance was 707.

Match 1: Yutani, Emperador Azteca, Elemental & Action Jackson beat Tetsuya Izuchi, Keiichi Sato, Jun Tonsho & Oji Shiiba. Azteca pinned Tonsho.

Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Soma Watanabe & Issei Onitsuka. Jackson pinned Onitsuka after a piledriver.

Match 3: Lidet UWF Championship Tournament Semifinals: Takanori Ito beat Yu Iizuka by ref stoppage.

Match 4: Lidet UWF Championship Tournament Semifinals: Shinya Aoki beat Hikaru Sato by ref stoppage.

As a result, the Finals to crown the inaugural champion will be Ito vs. Aoki.

Match 5: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka, El Lindaman & Violent Jack beat Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Syorm & Galeno Del Mar. Lindaman pinned Kawakami with a German suplex hold.

Match 6: Sayaka Unagi beat Michiko Miyagi. As a result, Miyagi must leave GLEAT. Unagi proposed an exemption but Miyagi refused.

Match 7: G INFINITY Champions Hayato Tamura & Check Shimatani beat Flamita & El Bandito to retain the titles. Tamura pinned Bandito after Hayato Orchestra. V5 for the champs.

Main Event: T-Hawk beat G-REX Champion Kaito Ishida to win the title. T-Hawk becomes the 3rd G-REX Champion. The title is back with #STRONGHEARTS.

The next event is a BLACK GENERATION INTERNATIONAL Produced event Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but if it’s live on YouTube it will begin Saturday at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

UPDATE: Because she was previously set for Sunday’s event, Michiko Miyagi is now off the event due to yesterday’s loss. No replacement named yet.

BREAKING: All Together Again Announced

In 2012, New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH truly opened the “Forbidden Door” with “All Together”, a special joint charity event to raise funds for 2012 earthquake/tsunami disaster relief in Japan. At a press conference today, they cane together to announce “All Together Again”, a sequel to be held on June 9 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. A portion of proceeds will be donated to charity again.

New Japan is organizing the event and it will be broadcast live as a PPV on New Japan World in Japanese and English for 3980 yen (around $30 US) at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

More as it becomes available.

FREE VIDEO: New Japan 2/18/23 Full Event (Limited Time) (Updated)

Ahead of their next US PPVs this weekend, New Japan is making the full 2/18/23 event available on YouTube FOR FREE for a limited time. Click below to watch on YouTube (it will be available beginning tonight at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT and will only be available until Friday at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. After that it will be available on New Japan World for paying subscribers and also for purchase on FITE). I bought the PPV on FITE but wound up not watching it due to the start being delayed extensively by technical issues.

UPDATE: Japanese audio version is also available:

All-Japan 4/10/23 Results

All-Japan ran Day 2 of the 2023 Champions Carnival Tournament today.

Today’s event was held at Hodogaya Piblic Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 312.

Champions Carnival:
Match 1: Block B: Hokuto Omori beat Takao Omori by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 2: Block A: Ryuki Honda beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 3: Black Menso-re & Cyrus beat Shotaro Ashino & Masao Hanabata and Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato in a 3-way when Menso-re pinned Hanabata.

Match 4: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Naruki Doi & Naoki Tanizaki beat Ryo Inoue & Oji Shiiba. Tanizaki pinned Shiiba after Implant Bomb.

Match 5: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Kaito Ishida & Kotaro Suzuki. Tamura pinned Suzuki after a powerbomb.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6: Block B: Manabu Soya beat Yuma Anzai.
Match 7: Block B: Rei Saito beat Shuji Ishikawa.
Match 8: Block A: Kento Miyahara beat Jun Saito.
Main Event: Block A: Yuma Aoyagi beat T-Hawk.

Day 3 is Saturday at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. In addition to tournament matches there will also be a Tornado Bunkhouse Megaton Electric Blast Death Match for the All-Asia Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

DEVELOPING: New Japan 4/16 Card Change, Potential Title Match

New Japan has announced changes to the 4/16 COLLISION IN PHILADELPHIA event: Eddie Kingston is now off. Undisclosed injury. Out indefinitely. He was to have faced Gabriel Kidd. Orange Cassidy (All Elite Wrestling) is the replacement, and if he beats Buddy Matthews this Wednesday (4/12) on AEW Dynamite, this match will be for the AEW International Championship.

Dragon Gate 4/9/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour with the second half of a doubleheader in Kobe today.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 376.

Match 1: Match 1: Dragon Dia, Minorita & Mochizuki Jr. beat Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun. Dia pinned Lun.

Match 2: KAI & ISHIN beat Kagetora & Kaito Nagano. ISHIN pinned Nagano after Capital Punishment.

Match 3: Genki Horiguchi, Shuji Kondo & Punch Tominaga vs. Kota Minoura, BcB Hulk & Ben-K went to a double countout.

Match 4: In a special rules Royal Sambo 8 man battle royal, YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Yuki Yoshioka won as the last 3 left after eliminating Takashi Yoshida, Ultimo Dragon, Eita, Don Fujii and last Ichikawa. As a result, the 3 winners will be part of a special tag team match on 5/5 at Aichi Preectural Gym with the 4th participant being Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH).

Match 5: Kzy, BGIBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Shimizu pinned Mochizuki after a shot put slam. As a result, Kzy, Shimizu & J get an Open The Triangle Gate Championship match on 5/5.

Main Event: In a handicap match, Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Madoka Kikuta.

The next events are Saturday at Mr. Maz Tokitsu Store Rooftop (special short event) and at Nagasaki Peace Hall in Nagasaki. There will be no live broadcasts.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/9/23 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2023 Tour today with another house show.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Ecole in Toyama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 321.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Hi69 pinned Ozawa after Stuka Splash.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Saxon Huxley vs. Yoshiko Inamura & Shawn Legacy went to a double countout.

Match 4: Ninja Mack, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka & Alejandro beat Naomichu Marufuji, Super Crazy, Extreme Tiger & Lancelot. Mack pinned Tiger after Ninja Bomb.

Match 5: YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Yoshinari Ogawa & Yasutaka Yano. YO-HEY pinned Yano after a dropkick.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya & HAYATA beat Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & AMAKUSA. HAYATA pinned AMAKUSA with a transformed crucifix.

Match 7: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene. Nakajima pinned Greene after Vertical Spike.

Main Event: Takashi Sugiura beat Masa Kitamiya.

The next event is ABEMA Presents GREEN JOURNEY 2023 in SENDAI on 4/16 at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai. This is a blowout event with all 5 GHC Titles on the line and the second ever Women’s single match in the promotion as Maya Yukihi & Sumire Natsu return to NOAH. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan so Japanese will only be available on demand after the event.