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Impact Wrestling 2/16/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s TAPED Impact Wrestling from Orlando, FL:

The YouTube pre-show match is Steph De Lander vs. Deonna Purrazzo. Click below to watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube beginning at 7:15 PM ET/4:15 PM PT:

This will be updated below with full results after the show (approx. 10 PM ET/7 PM PT).

In Memoriam of Jerry Jarrett graphic/voiceover starts the broadcast.

Match 1: KUSHIDA beat Chris Bey.

Santino Marella tries to make a Busted Open live segment for No Surrender with host Dave LaGreca moderating between co-hosts Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer (who normally are on the show together on Thursdays). After bickering Santino makes a Beat The Clock challenge for next week’s show where whoever wins their match faster gets to talk first at No Surrender.

Match 2: Steve Maclin beat Rhino. As a result, Maclin qualifies for the #1 contender 4-way at No Surrender.

Match 3: Barry Horowitz (THAT Barry Horowitz, the legendary WWE jobber) beat Johnny Swinger.

After catching Moose smashing his car window with a bat, Santino makes Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Moose in a Dot Combat Match for the title at No Surrender.

Match 4: Heath beat Eddie Edwards. As a result, Heath qualifies for the #1 contender 4-way at No Surrender, which is now set with all 4 participants-Heath, Maclin, Brian Myers, PCO.

Mickie James joins commentary for the next match.

Match 5: Masha Slamovich beat Alisha. Squash. Afterwards, Masha choked out Alisha until James tried to make the save, then Masha choked out James until refs got her to break it up.

Crazzy Steve challenges Trey Miguel for the Impact X Division Championship, promising to leave Miguel alone afterwards if he accepts regardless of the outcome.

Santino makes Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham official for No Surrender (the free pre-show on Impact+ and YouTube at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT on 2/24) which will also have Gisele Shaw vs. Deonna Purrazzo), and a tag match for next week with them.

Main Event: Rich Swann beat Kenny King.

Next week: Frankie Kazarian & Yuya Uemura vs. Sami Callahan & Deaner, Gresham & Bailey vs. Motor City Machine Guns, Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer Beat The Clock Challenge, Allysin Kay vs. Taya Valkyrie and Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel vs. Crazzy Steve in a Monster’s Ball Match for the title. This is the final episode before No Surrender, airing less than 24 hours before the PPV. You can watch No Surrender live on Impact+ (subscription required-$7.99/month or $71.99/year), YouTube Ultimate Insider ($4.99/month) and FITE ($9.99).

AEW Dynamite 2/15/23 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Laredo, TX:
The Acclaimed, Billy Gunn & Orange Cassidy beat Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh & Sonjay Dutt. Max Caster pinned Dutt. Jarrett competed despite the death of his father, wrestling legend Jerry Jarrett, yesterday. He was 80.

In a Texas Tornado Tag Match, Jon Moxley & Caludio Castagnoli beat Preston Vance & Rush. Moxley beat Vance with a chain-assisted jujigatame.

Mark Briscoe beat Josh Woods.

Jungle Boy beat Brian Cage.

Adam Page beat Kip Sabian.

Ruby Soho beat Britt Baker & Toni Storm in a 3-way by pinning Baker.

Not a good show tonight. Too much crammed into too little and some segments ran too long, plus a dead-on-TV crowd except for a spot where Lucha Bros returned.

Friday on Rampage at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT: AEW Trios Champions The Elite vs. Top Flight & AR Fox for the titles, AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Vertvixen for the title, Dustin Rhodes vs. Swerve Strickland and Daniel Garcia vs. Ricky Starks.

Next week: Jon Moxley vs. Evil Uno and the Revolution Tag Team Battle Royal where the winner will face Gunn Club, The Acclaimed and another battle royal winner in a 4-way for the AEW Tag Team Titles at Revolution.

Added to Revolution: The forementioned tag team title match, AEW TNT Champion Samoa Joe vs. Wardlow for the title and Jon Moxley vs. Adam Page in a Texas Death Match.

UPDATE: About 45 minutes after the show ended, the promotion announced Mark Briscoe has been signed by AEW and will compete in both AEW and Ring Of Honor going forward.

GLEAT 2/15/23 Results (With Video Link)

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, featuring a 6-man tag team tournament where the winning team gets to produce an April event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube at the link below (click the second link below for full results if you don’t want to watch first):

https://www.youtube.com/live/pHkh7XjMSGg?feature=share

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DDT 2/14/23 Results

DDT ran another of their “Because DDT” themed events today, this one a Valentine’s Day…sort of…themed event produced by The37Kamiina faction, mostly an excuse to gift themselves some fancy spa getaways…you know, because DDT and they’re all about the WER!

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

The announced paid attendance was 306, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Shiori Asahi & Makoto Oishi, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi and Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga in a 4-way when MAO pinned Oishi.

Match 2: D Generations Cup Block A: Illusion beat Kazuma Sumi. Both were already out of contention and trying to just finish with a win.

Match 3: D Generations Cup Block B: Yuki Ishida beat Keigo Nakamura. Both are now out of contention (Ishida already was, Nakamura would’ve stayed in it with a win).

Match 4: In a handicap match, Yuki Ueno beat Gorgeous Matsuno & Gabai Grandpa, pinning Matsuno after a Grandpa Swanton Bomb.

Match 5: Yasu Urano beat Toui Kojima.

Match 6: “Konosuke Takeshita” (Sakura Hirota) & Akito beat Tetsuya Endo & Kazuki Hirata. “Takeshita” pinned Hirata after a jumping knee. This was a comedy match with Hirota dressed up as Takeshita.

Main Event: Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO, Toui Kojima & Yuki Ueno in a 3-way went on…and on…which led to…
MAO vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
MAO & Yuki Ueno vs. Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima went on…which led to…
In a Handicap Match, MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
In a Hardcore Handicap Match, MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
In an elimination match with 2 count falls and over the top rope rules, Yuki Ueno beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata beat Ueno, Toui Kojima beat Katsumata. Kojima wins.

As far as the D Generations Cup goes, the final matches are on 2/18. Block A will be won by the Hideki Okatani-Yuya Koroku winner, Block B will be won by Kojima unless he loses to Takeshi Masada, then it’s a tie but if it’s head-to-head results to decide then Masada wins the block.

The next event is Saturday at Nagoya International Conference Center in Nagoya. There are 2 title matches headlining this event-DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama vs. Akito in an Environmental Utilization Battle Match for the title (the ropes will be set up differently than usual for this one and different rules for rope breaks) and DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi vs. KANON for the title. All Elite Wrestling star Kip Sabian will make his DDT debut as well, so he’ll be heading right to Japan after tomorrow’s AEW Dynamite. And now that we know his whereabouts, there’s a chance Daisuke Sasaki shows up so card subject to change if that happens. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan News: 2023 New Japan Cup Bracket Announced

New Japan announced the entire field for the 2023 New Japan Cup today, their annual March singles tournament. After a whopping 50 man field last year for the promotion’s 50th Anniversary, it’s back down to a much more reasonable 24 this year in the tournament’s usual single-elimination format, and it’s back to all Heavyweights. The promotion also confirmed the tournament winner will get an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship opportunity at SAKURA GENESIS on 4/8 at Ryogoku Kokugikan, presumably against Saturday’s Kazuchika Okada-Hiroshi Tanahashi winner.

The first-round matchups are set as the whole bracket was revealed:
First-round byes: KENTA, Chase Owens, Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay, Hirooki Goto, Tama Tonga, Great-O-Khan, Zack Sabre Jr.
Round 1 matches:
3/5: SANADA vs. Taichi, Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo
3/6: David Finlay vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi
3/8: Ren Narita vs. EVIL, Toru Yano vs. Mark Davis
3/10: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kyle Fletcher, Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare
Round 2: 3/11, 3/12, 3/13, 3/15
Quarterfinals: 3/17, 3/18
Semifinals: 3/19
Finals: 3/21
Zack Sabre Jr. is the defending tournament champion.

Also announced for the Finals on 3/21 is IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi vs. Lio Rush for the title.

All New Japan Cup events will air live in Japanese and English on New Japan World.

Dragon Gate 2/12/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2023 today with Day 4 of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Hotel Saint Inn Kurashiki in Okayama and may be available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 220.

Match 1: BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat Yuki Yoshioka, Madoka Kikuta & Punch Tominaga. Ben-K pinned Tominaga after a spear.

Match 2: Kota Minoura beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 3: Rey De Parejas Block A: H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato. H-Y-O pinned Nagano with an inside cradle.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon & Shachihoko BOY beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. BOY pinned Horiguchi after M-9.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, KAI & Diamante beat Strong Machine J, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee. Skywalker pinned KAMEI after a moonsault double kneedrop.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Dragon Kid & Dragon Dia. Mochizuki pinned Dia with Mugen Package.

The next events are Saturday, first is at Yukihashi City Gym in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast for this event. Second is a doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming of both Acros Fukuoka events on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET for the first event and at midnight PT/3 AM ET Sunday for the second event.

Dragon Gate 2/11/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2023 yesterday with the 3rd event of the tournament, coming after nearly a week off since the last event.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 349.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, H-Y-O, ISHIN & Diamante beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Minorita. H-Y-O pinned Minorita.

Match 2: KAI beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Genki Horiguchi, Eita & Takashi Yoshida. Kikuta pinned Horiguchi after a rolling lariat.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block A: Yoshiki Kato & Kaito Nagano beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee. Kato pinned KAMEI after countering “JACKY” Knife.

Match 5: NOSAWA Rongai Final Dragon Gate Match: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & NOSAWA Rongai beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. Dragon pinned Jr. with La Magistral. (NOSAWA is also retiring on 2/21 at the Pro Wrestling NOAH Keiji Muto Retirement Event at the Tokyo Dome)

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: Strong Machine F & J vs. YAMATO & Naruki Doi went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The next event was earlier today at Hotel Saint Inn Kurashiki in Okayama. Results will be posted when available. There was no live broadcast.

GLEAT 2/12/23 Results (Updated)

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, headlined by a defense of the G-INFINTY Championship, the promotion’s tag team titles.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date (hopefully in the next 3 days). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 188.

Match 1: Takanori Ito, Yusuke Kodama & Seijin Kamino (?) beat Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & Keiichi Sato. Ito pinned Sato with a German suplex hold. Afterwards, Ito announced the creation of his faction known as Yanzuya Family.

Match 2: Soma Watanabe beat Jun Tonsho.

Match 3: Lidet UWF Mixed Double Bout: Yu Iizuka & Michiko Miyagi beat beat Seiichi Ikemoto & Maya Fukuda by submission in 10:42. Iizuka beat Fukuda with a triangle choke.

Match 4: Kaito Ishida & Hartley Jackson beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Issei Onitsuka. Ishida pinned Onitsuka with a half Tiger suplex hold. Afterwards, Onitsuka was forcibly recruited into the Yanzuya Family faction.

Match 5: KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm & Galeno Del Mar beat T-Hawk, El Lindaman & CIMA. Mar pinned CIMA after Galeno Special.

Main Event: G-INFINITY Champions Hayato Tamura & Check Shimatani beat Kotaro Suzuki & Yutani to retain the titles. Tamura pinned Yutani after a jackhammer. V3 for the champs. Afterwards, El Lindaman emerged to make the next challenge, only saying his partner would not be #STRONGHEARTS partners CIMA or T-Hawk.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo with a one-night 6-man tag team tournament. The winning team gets to produce a future event at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: The full video of this event will be available on YouTube Tuesday (2/14) beginning at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

NWA “Nuff Said” PPV Results (2/11/23)

Here are the quick results from last night’s NWA “Nuff Said” PPV in Tampa, FL (I had planned to do live results but was unable to due to illness):
The event can be watched on FITE for $24.99 and, if your should-be-cancelled subscription still has time left on it, NWA All-Access (Annual Plan only. The service has been discontinued but you can still watch for free until your subscription runs out). The pre-show is available FOR FREE on YouTube. The event was a legit advance sellout.
Pre-show:
La Rosa Negra beat Missa Kate.
Dax Draper & Mims beat Jax Dane & Blake Troop. Draper pinned Troop with a slingshot rollup.
EC3 announced he has signed with NWA and is bringing his Control Your Narrative brand with him.
Odinson beat Joe Alonzo.
Mercurio & Natakia Markova beat Jennacide & Max The Impaler. Markova pinned Jennacide after a double-arm DDT.

PPV:
In a Singapore Cane Match, Thom Latimer beat Fodder.
NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Kerry Morton beat Alex Taylor to retain the title.
Thrillbilly Silas Mason beat (JR) Kratos.
Renegade Twins beat NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions Pretty Empowered to become THE NEW NWA WORLD WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Charlette Renegade pinned Ella Envy with a rollup. (Yes, the same Renegades that have been jobbers in AEW)
EC3 beat Kevin Kiley (Alex Riley) by submission.
NWA World Tag Team Champions La Rebelion beat Blunt Force Trauma by DQ to retain the titles. Blunt Force Trauma DQ’d when manager Aron Stevens got caught with a loaded punch to Bestia 666.
Chris Adonis beat Trevor Murdoch by submission.
In a No DQ Match, NWA World Women’s Champion Kamille beat Angelina Love to retain the title.
NWA National Heavyweight Champion Cyon beat Homicide to retain the title.
In a No Seconds at Ringside Match, NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tyrus beat Matt Cardona to retain the title. Bully Ray was on commentary. There was interference from Rolando Freeman, Mike Knox and Bully after a ref bump. Afterwards, Tyrus offered Bully an open contract for a title shot. The result seems to give more credibility to rumors that Cardona could soon be following wife Chelsea Green back to WWE (Cardona most recently has been with Impact Wrestling).

No word yet on when the next PPV is, they have TV tapings today & tomorrow in Tampa then are headed to Mexico on 3/4 for a crossover event with AAA in Mexico City that will include a Smashing Pumpkins performance (Billy Corgan’s band). After that, NWA matches will be part of a 2-week Smashing Pumpkins tour in Australia in April, and given recent schedules the next PPV will probably follow in May with what should be the 75th Anniversary Event in August.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/12/23 Results

GREAT VOYAGE 2023 in OSAKA, the latest in Pro Wrestling NOAH’s signature blowout event series, is in the books. Today’s loaded event featured 3 title matches and a pre-event appearance by Keiji Muto for the final time ahead of his retirement event next week.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 2092. Apparently they had reduced capacity compared to New Japan’s event the day before (50% here) so it’s not as bad as it sounds.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Kinya Okada & Taishi Ozawa. Yone pinned Ozawa after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 2: Chris Ridgeway & Daga beat Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara. Daga pinned Tadasuke after Magnum.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita, Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher beat Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Yoshiki Inamura. Suzuki pinned Inamura.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masakatsu Funaki, Shuji Kondo & Hi69 beat Naomichi Marufuji, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., AMAKUSA & Ninja Mack. Hi69 pinned AMAKUSA after Michinoku Driver (Velo).

Match 5: El Desperado (New Japan) & NOSAWA Rongai beat YO-HEY & Yasutaka Yano. Desperado pinned Yano after Pinche Loco.

Match 6: Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Jake Lee & Anthony Greene. Soya pinned Greene after a jumping DDT.

Match 7: Dralistico beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 8: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima to win the titles. Kitamiya & Inaba become the 63rd GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Kitamiya beat Kojima with Decapitated Prison. Next up: Kenoh & Soya. That match will happen at GREAT VOYAGE 2023 in YOKOHAMA on 3/19 at Yokohama Budokan.

Match 9: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita beat Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro to retain the titles. Eita pinned Alejandro after Imperial Uno. V1 for the champs. Next up: Ridgeway & the returning HAYATA. That match will happen on 3/19.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya beat Jack Morris to retain the title. V4 for Kiyomiya.

The next event is chocoZAP Presents KEIJI MUTO GRAND FINAL PRO WRESTLING LAST LOVE ~HOLD OUT~, Muto’s retirement event, on 2/21 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. This will be a PPV ONLY broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE for about $38 for non-subscribers and about $30 for subscribers. Purchase includes the live event and replays for one week. There is no word on when it may be available for all UNIVERSE subscribers if at all (for comparative purposes, as of this past Friday the January Tokyo Joshi Pro PPV is still not available at all following the one week replay period). The event will begin at 2 AM ET/11 PM PT.