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Dragon Gate 4/2/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today with a Madoka Kikuta hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 310.

Match 1: Kzy, Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Shun Skywalker, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Lee pinned H-Y-O after Maximum Driver.

Match 2: KAI beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: Don Fujii & Kagetora beat Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Kagetora pinned Jr.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI” beat Dragon Kid & Takashi Yoshida. KAMEI pinned Yoshida after JACKY Knife.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Mnorita beat YAMATO, Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Minoura pinned Dia after R-301.

The next event is “Historic Legend-Rei-ZERO-” Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 4/2/23 Results

New Japan continued the Road to SAKURA GENESIS Tour today with an event headlined by a KOPW 2023 Title match. Breaking from tradition, there was no fan vote on a stip, instead it was an Ultimate Triad Match, where one man had to get a pinfall, submission AND KO in the match to win.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1298, a super full house/very near sellout. (It sounds like Korakuen is keeping capacity reduced by designating some seating as social distanced with no vocal cheering allowed)

Match 1: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Makabe pinned Nakashima after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 2: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo. BUSHI pinned Gedo after MX.

Match 3: Ryohei Oiwa, Ren Narita, El Despero & Minoru Suzuki vs. Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL went to a double countout. Afterwards, Narita demanded a final match between both sides with no countouts. (That could be tomorrow)

Match 4: Great-O-Khan & Aussie Open beat Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Kyle Fletcher pinned Yano after Corealis.

Match 5: Boltin Oleg Debut Match: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Boltin Oleg, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino. Sabre beat Oleg with an armbar.

A video played announcing JET SETTERS-the team name for Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA-challenging IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Francesco Akira & TJP for the titles in Japan.

Match 6: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA beat Master Wato, Yoh, Tiger Mask, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada. Kanemaru pinned TM 4 after a moonsault press.

Main Event: In an Ultimate Triad Match, where one must get a 3 count pinfall, submission and KO (10 count down) to win, KOPW 2023 Champion Shingo Takagi beat Aaron Henare to retain the title. No post-match promo from Takagi in a break from custom (in Japan, the main event winners just about always cut a post-match promo to end events).

The next event is tomorrow. The main event will be a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match between champions Ren Narita, El Desperado & MInoru Suzuki and Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast. This is the final televised event of the tour (no live or on demand broadcast for the final two events).

Dragon Gate 4/1/23 Results

Dragon Gate kicked off their April tour, The Gate Of Passion 2023, today with the first event of the month.

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

The announced paid attendance was 326.

Match 1: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Genki Horiguchi, Susumu Mochizuki, Kagetora & Takashi Yoshida. Ben-K pinned Horiguchi.

Match 2: ISHIN beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: KAI beat BIGBOSS Shimizu.

Match 4: Minorita & Kaito Nagano beat Ryu Fuda & Mochizuki Jr. Minorita pinned Fuda after Minoritanic.

Match 5: Kzy, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Naruki Doi, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Lee pinned Dia.

Main Event: Kota Minoura & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after Neko Soul.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa, which is a Madoka Kikuta hometown event. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 4/1/23 Results

DDT ran a house show back in Japan today with those who did not travel to the US for events over the last few days. The show’s title took a clever swipe at those who did, because DDT.

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 198, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yusuke Okada beat Toru Owashi & Kazuma Sumi. Okada pinned Sumi.

Match 2: 0-40 Champion Makoto Oishi beat Antonio Honda to retain the title. V1 for Oishi.

Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki & Takao Soma beat Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida. Soma pinned Ishida after Authorized Endless Waltz.

Match 4: Invisible Man beat Kazuki Hirata. It really was an invisible man aka Hirata having a match with himself. Wrestling and comedy at its finest.

Match 5: In a hardcore match, Masashi Takeda beat MJ Pawl. Takeda was a replacement for Yukio Naya (injured).

Match 6: Yuji Hino beat Akito by submission.

Match 7: HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi. HARASHIMA pinned Takanashi after Blue Sword.

Main Event: KING OF DDT Qualifying Battle:
Part 1: Hideki Okatani beat Toui Kojima.
Part 2: Hideki Okatani beat Yuya Koroku.
Hideki Okatani wins. As a result, Okatani gets into the KING OF DDT Tournamentand will face Shunma Katsumata in Round 1.

The next event is “April Fool 2023” on 4/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. A KO-D Tag Team Championship match likely will be the headliner. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 4/8 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

New Japan 4/1/23 Results

New Japan kicked off the Road to SALURA GENESIS Tour today, usually a quick (less than a week) series that leads into the traditional April blowout event in Tokyo the second weekend of the month.

Today’s event was held at Tokkei Security Hiratsuka General Gym in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1260.

Match 1: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Yuto Nakashima, Tomoaki Honma, Ren Narita & El Desperado. Takahashi pinned Nakashima after Pimp Juice.

Match 2: Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Rl Phantasmo. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 3: Shota Umino beat Oskar Leube.

Match 4: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Naito pinned Fujita.

Match 6: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. Khan beat BUSHI with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Main Event: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA beat Master Wato, Yoh, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. Kanemaru pinned TM 4 after a moonsault press.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

AEW Rampage 3/31/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Rampage in St. Louis, MO:

Sammy Guevara beat Konosuke Takeshita. Tay Melo interference helped.

Malakai Black & Brody King beat Best Friends by DQ. Chuck Taylor DQ’d. Chair use.

Taya Valkyrie beat Marina Shafir.

Juice Robinson beat Action Action Andretti.

Added to Dynamite next week on Long Island, NY: FTW Champion Hook vs. Ethan Page for the title and, because ratings were down a lot this week, a VERY IMPORTANT announcement from Tony Khan.

Rampage is LIVE next week in Kingston, RI to be followed by the next Battle Of The Belts special. No word yet on if it’ll be live or taped.

Ring Of Honor “Supercard Of Honor ’23” Results (3/31/23)

Here are the quick results from today’s Ring Of Honor Supercard Of Honor ’23 PPV in Los Angeles, CA:

Jeff Cobb beat Tracy Williams.

Konosuke Takeshita beat Willie Mack.

Willow Nightingale beat Miranda Alize.

Stu Grayson beat Slim J.

AAA Mega Champion El Hijo De Vikingo beat Komander to retain the title.

ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions Brian Cage, Kaun & Toa Liona beat Metalik, Blake Christian & AR Fox to retain the titles. Cage pinned Metaik after Drillclaw. (Side note: There were rumors The Embassy would lose if Cage didn’t sign a new contract with AEW before the event as his current one was about up. Apparently he has re-signed)

ROH Women’s Champion Athena beat Yuka Sakazaki to retain the title.

ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe beat Mark Briscoe by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title.

Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan) beat Daniel Garcia.

In a Reach For The Sky Ladder Match, Lucha Bros beat Rush & Dralistico, The Kingdom, Aussie Open (New Japan) and Top Flight to become THE NEW ROH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Unfortunately Dante Martin suffered a severe leg/foot injury here. He’s going to be out a long time.

Katsuyori Shibata (New Japan) beat ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta to become THE NEW ROH PURE CHAMPION!

ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli beat Eddie Kingston to retain the title.

Ganbare Pro Wrestling “Ganbare Joshi Re-Launch” Results (4/1/23) (Updated)

Ganbare Pro re-launches their Ganbare Joshi sub-label today with a small debut event featuring 4 matches. The launch is somewhat muted by the absence of top star Yuna Manase, who is out long-term due to injuries, but she may be in attendance and her younger sister Ami will debut as part of today’s event. There will also be a short exhibition match and a match provided by Chocolate Pro Wrestling (All Elite Wrestling star Emi Sakura’s currently owned promotion. The other handful of Ganbare regulars will be part of the event too except for HARUKAZE as will be former Tokyo Joshi Pro star Marika Kobashi, who has been working mainly as a freelancer since returning from a post-TJPW hiatus.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There likely will be no commentary. With only 4 matches and one being a quick exhibition match this will be a very short event and an easy watch, I anticipate the event’s running time will only be about an hour. Even if all the matches go the distance it’ll be over in well under 2 hours. (Including the post-main event promo it wound up running about 80 minutes)

Today’s lineup (in order):
Exhibition Match (5 Minutes): Reala vs. Moeka Haruhi
Chocolate Pro Wrestling Provided Match: Sayaka Obihiro vs. Chie Koishikawa
Ami Manase & Moeka Haruhi vs. Echika Miyabi & Marika Kobashi
YuuRI vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa

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11:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event but it looks very close to full, indicating a solid walk-up crowd. Estimating around 200. It’s also a hard-camera-only video setup.

Match 1: Exhibition Match: Reala vs. Moeka Haruhi. 5 minute time limit
Result: While there is no winner or loser because it was an exhibition match, Moeka Haruhi technically won with one submission.

Yuna Manase comes out to address the crowd. She’s walking with one crutch as she recovers from injury. She announced she has been named Ganbare Manager.

Match 2: Chocolate Pro Wrestling Provided Match: Sayaka Obihiro vs. Chie Koishikawa. 30 minute time limit
Result: Sayaka Obihiro beat Chie Koshikawa

Match 3: Ami Manase Debut Match: Ami Manase & Moeka Haruhi vs. Echika Miyabi & Marika Kobashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ami Manase & Moeka Haruhi beat Echika Miyabi & Marika Kobashi. Manase pinned Miyabi after a diving senton.

Quick break for ring cleaning. Brief minor stream issues here but only for a few seconds. Winds up stretching to just over 5 minutes for ring repairs/maintenance.

Main Event: YuuRI vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 30 minute time limit
Result: YuuRI beat Yoshiko Hasegawa

The next event is 4/22 at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo for the monthly tripleheader. There likely will be no live broadcasts.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 154.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/31/23 Results (Updated)

As part of WrestleCon weekend, Tokyo Joshi Pro made their US debut today with about half the roster participating.

Today’s event was held at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles, CA and can be watched on demand on FITE for $19.99. It is not available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 665, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Kakuta pinned Endo after 5G.

Match 2: Janai Kai beat Yuki Kamifuku.

Match 3: Hyper Misao & Trish Adora beat Yuki Aino & Raku. Misao pinned Raku after I Am A Hero.

Match 4: Max The Impaet & Heidi Howitzer beat Shoko Nakajima & Miu Watanabe. Impaler pinned Nakajima after Master Blaster.

Match 5: International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi beat Billie Starkz to retain the title. V1 for Tatsumi.

Match 6: Mizuki & Yuka Sakazaki beat Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh to win the titles. Mizuki & Sakazaki become the 13th Princess Tag Team Champions. Mizuki pinned Itoh after a diving foot stomp.

All but Yamashita, Itoh & Sakazaki are now headed back to Japan as those 3 will stay in the US a little longer. Yamashita is not expected back in TJPW until June.

The next event is 4/8 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 4/7 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: Next up for Tatsumi and the International Princess Chanpionship: Vertvixen. That match will happen on 4/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

DDT Pro Wrestling “GCW vs. DDT” Results (3/31/23) (Updated)

For the second half of their US doubleheader as part of The Collective, DDT is taking part in a crossover event with The Collective host Game Changer Wrestling, which has a working partnership with DDT, for an afternoon event today. The card is full of crossover matches with every one having a GCW vs. DDT theme and a little bit of everything-hardcore potential, a women’s match, high flying, hoss fights, and DDT wackiness courtesy of those deplorable Pheromons…as long as they don’t get the event shut down. Given who they are facing…that’s a distinct possibility. And I say that while trying not to laugh. Because it’s still DDT after all!

Today’s event will be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA and can be watched LIVE ONLY on FITE+, which costs $7.99/month or $69.99/year and is available on FITE. THERE IS NO LIVE OR ON DEMAND BROADCAST ON WRESTLE UNIVERSE. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial so it’s possible to watch this event and all of The Collective FOR FREE! There will be English commentary only. They have a constant schedule of events that are part of The Collective, one after the other, although they are at different locations it probably keeps individual events from running too long. Because of this I anticipate this event’s running time being no more than 3 hours, maybe closer to 2 hours 45 minutes.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Ciclope, Miedo Extremo, Gringo Loco & Alec Price vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Takeshi Masada
Matthew Justice, Mance Warner & 1 Cold Manders vs. Chris Brookes, Shunma Katsumata & Mizuki Watase
Effy & Allie Catch vs. Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino
Dark Sheik vs. Saki Akai
Cole Radrick vs. Yoshihiko
Homicide & Tony Deppen vs. Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo
Blake Christian vs. Kazusada Higuchi
Jordan Oliver & Nick Wayne vs. MAO & Mike Bailey
Joey Janela vs. Yuki Ueno

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Updates below will begin at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT.

3 PM PT/6 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

Mandatory FBI warning…and…

We are LIVE from the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA. Your hosts are Dave Prazak and Veda Scott.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event but as of yesterday there were about 60 tickets available. Not a sellout so probably about 700. A legit sellout would likely be 750.

Match 1: Gringo Loco, Jack Cartwheel & Wasted Youth vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Takeshi Masada
Result: Gringo Loco, Jack Cartwheel & Wasted Youth beat Sanshiro Takagi, Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Takeshi Masada. Cartwheel pinned Masada after Phoenix Splash.

Match 2: Dark Sheik vs. Saki Akai
Result: Dark Sheik beat Saki Akai

Match 3: Jordan Oliver & Nick Wayne vs. MAO & Mike Bailey
Result: Jordan Oliver & Nick Wayne beat MAO & Mike Bailey. Oliver pinned Bailey after a double-team clout cutter.

Match 4: Starboy Charlie vs. Kazusada Higuchi. Charlie apparently is a last-minute replacement for Blake Christian (among others based on the opening match).
Result: Kazusada Higuchi beat Starboy Charlie

Match 5: Joey Janela vs. Yuki Ueno
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Joey Janela

Match 6: Homicide & Tony Deppen vs. Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo
Result: Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo beat Homicide & Tony Deppen. Endo pinned Deppen after Burning Star Press.

Match 7: Matthew Justice, Mance Warner & 1 Cold Manders vs. Chris Brookes, Shunma Katsumata & Mizuki Watase
Result: Matthew Justice, Mance Warner & 1 Cold Manders beat Chris Brookes, Shunma Latsumata & Mozuki Watase. Warner pinned Katsumata after a DDT. Hardcore (and borderline comedy) match.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 8: Effy & Allie Catch vs. Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino
Result: No Contest. Too much ass eating. Seriously. They actually called it that. Comedy match of course.

Main Event: Cole Radrick vs. Yoshihiko and this also is for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship held by Yoshihiko
Result: Cole Radrick beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yoshihiko to win the title. Radrick becomes the 1570th Champion. Which led to…
Yoshihiko beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Cole Radrick to win the title. Yoshihiko becomes the 1571st Champion.

Quick final thoughts: I haven’t watched as much GCW as I should but this was a fun showcase for both promotions with a lot of comedy over the last 3 matches in particular. The main event was incredibly enjoyable-if you ever want to see a one person match, watch any Yoshihiko match. It’s amazing and so hilarious at times. If you’re into one or both of these promotions, check it out. A good event for what it was.

Overall show grade: B

End Show.

The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama with those who didn’t cone to the US. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 551.