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NOAH News: Kenoh 15th Anniversary Event, Muto PPV Now Available To All

Some NOAH news:

A Kenoh 15th Anniversary event has been announced for 6/24/23 at Tokugin Tokoni Arena (formerly Tokushima City Gym) in Tokushima. Ticket details have been announced but not on sale dates. Kenoh started out in the small Michinoku Pro promotion in northeastern Japan as Ou Kuboshi (sp?) in 2008 before coloring his jet-black hair blonde and changing his name to Kenoh and moving up to NOAH and forming the Kongo faction.

If you weren’t able to watch it live or didn’t want to pay $30-40 extra for it, the 2/21 Keiji Muto Retirement Event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE for all monthly paying subscribers. Both Japanese and English commentary versions are available. The January Tokyo Joshi Pro 10th Anniversary PPV is now available to all as well.

Additionally, there was some NOAH participation in today’s Michinoku Pro event. You will be able to watch it on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE starting Wednesday.

Ganbare Pro 3/5/23 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event today as they continue ro prepare for an upcoming tournament to crown the inaugural Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Tram Champions.

Today’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 117.

Match 1: Takuya Wada beat Sotetsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi & Asahi beat HARUKAZE & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Asahi pinned Hasegawa after Chanmaru Boy.

Match 3: Miyuki Takase beat YuuRI.

Match 4: Tyson Maeguchi beat Shinichiro Tominaga.

Match 5: Shota beat Takao Soma.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase, Shuichiro Katsumura & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Ken Ohka, Keisuke Ishii & Yumehito Imanari. Takaiwa pinned Imanari after Death Valley Bomb.

The next event is a tripleheader on 3/25 at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo. There likely will be no live broadcasts.

DDT 3/5/23 Results

DDT continued their current tour today with a house show in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Nagano City Arts Center Art Space in Nagano and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 179.

There was an apparent last-second change to the card due to Toui Kojima missing the event. Unspecified. Gota Ihashi was the replacement.

Match 1: KANON beat Yuki Ishida by submission.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Akito, Keigo Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi. Iino beat Sumi with TRUE LOVE.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Takao Soma & Yuya Koroku. Sakaguchi pinned Koroku after God’s Right Knee.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Endo pinned Masada after a deformation Yurikamome.

Match 5: Yasushi Kanda, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Gota Ihashi. Hirata pinned Ihashi with La Magistral.

Main Event: Yukio Naya & Chris Brookes beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Naya pinned Oishi after a backdrop.

The next event is 3/12 at Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park Outdoor Stage in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 3/5/23 Results

New Japan kicked off the 2023 New Japan Cup today, the annual March singles tournament that leads into their major April event. The tournament is for heavyweights and is a single-elimination bracket format and awards an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot to the eventual winner. Zack Sabre Jr. is the defending winner.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1371, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryohei Oiwa & Tama Tonga. Fujita beat Oiwa with an armbar.

Match 2: Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval.

Match 3: Gedo, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Yuto Nakashima, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Owens pinned Nakashima after a package piledriver.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Lio Rush, Yoh & Toru Yano. Takagi pinned Yano.

Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Tomoaki Honma, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Onada. Ishii pinned Honma after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 6: New Japan Cup Round 1: Tetsuya Naito beat El Phantasmo. As a result, Naito advances to Round 2 and will face Chase Owens.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Round 1: SANADA beat Taichi. As a result, SANADA advances to Round 2 and will face KENTA. This potentially could setup an LIJ Quarterfinal.

The next event is the New Japan Pro Wrestling 51st Anniversary Event tomorrow at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. The Cup will continue with 2 more Round 1 matches as part of the event. Live streaming on New Japan World (and maybe ABEMA in Japan) will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and even better this event will be available live and on demand FOR FREE! Also of note-Wednesday will be the special Antonio Inoki Farewell Event for fans at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo beginning at 11 AM JST (Tuesday at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET).

BREAKING: TJPW Full US Event Card Announced (3/31/23)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has just announced the full card for their US debut event on 3/31/23 in Los Angeles, CA as part of WrestleCon:
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh
Shoko Nakajima & Miu Watanabe vs. Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler
Hyper Misao & Trish Adora vs. Yuki Aino & Raku
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Rika Tatsumi vs. Billie Starkz
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Janai Kai
Sayuri Namba will be ring announcer
With regards to the Princess Tag Team Championship, it’s expected whoever is champion at the time (if Yamashita/Itoh or Howitzer/Max) would be in a NON-TITLE match.

Tickets for the event are almost sold out (only a few standing room tickets remain). It will not be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a live broadcast at this time, however it will be available in the US as a PPV on FITE. You can pre-order now for $19.99, which includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time/date. If you buy the live event on FITE, be aware that it’s a Friday 3 PM ET/12 PM PT start (3/31 is a holiday in California).

Dragon Gate 3/4/23 Results

Dragon Gate ran the first half of CHAMPION GATE 2023 today, a doubleheader that will feature all the promotion’s championships contested for over two events.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 455. Osaka seems to still be quite strict about reduced capacity despite the Japanese government easing most if not all its pandemic restrictions. So this number likely isn’t nearly as bad as it sounds for the venue.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O vs. Strong Machine J, Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: YAMATO beat Ichikawa by submission in 28 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 again: YAMATO beat Ichikawa by KO.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki (who seemingly has gone light blonde and looks much different than what Pro Wrestling NOAH fans are used to) & Don Fujii beat Yoshiki Kato & Kito Nagano. Fujii beat Kato with Gedo Clutch.

Match 4: Dragon Kid, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Genki Horiguchi, Naruki Doi, Eita & Takashi Yoshida. Yoshioka pinned Horiguchi after a frog splash.

Match 5: Jason Lee beat Open The Brave Gate Champion Minorita to win the title. Lee becomes the 47th Open The Brave Gate Champion.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. to retain the titles. Ben-K pinned Mozhicuki Jr. V1 for the champs.

The second half of the event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 9:45 PM ET/12:45 AM ET.

DDT 3/4/23 Results

DDT ran their second “Yokohama Unlimited” event today as they continue to build to their 26th Anniversary event later this month.

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 173.

Match 1: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Pawl pinned Sumi after a running body press.

Match 2: Akito won an Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship Battle Royal, last eliminating Kazuki Hirata, to win the title. Hirata first beat Yoshihiko to win the title and become the 1562nd Champion. Akito then beat Hirata to win the title. Akito becomes the 1563rd Champion

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword.

Match 4: Keigo Nakamura & Hideki Okatani beat Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku. Okatani pinned Kojima with a double arm suplex.

Daisuke Sasaki made an unannounced appearance and announced he will return on 3/21. He had been “missing” for several months but was out due to eye muscle surgery. As a result, what had been MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Chris Brookes & Drew Parker on 3/21 is now Pawl/KANON/Sasaki vs. Brookes/Parker/Hagane Shinno.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo & Kotaro Suzuki beat Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada. Suzuki pinned Okada after a tiger driver.

Match 6: Ryota Nakatsu beat MAO.

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

The next event is tomorrow at Nagano City Arts Center Art Space in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/4/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a visit to Yokohama as they wind down the build to GRAND PRINCESS ’23 in 2 weeks.

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 194.

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. Suzume pinned HIMAWARI after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Yuki Aino beat Kaya Toribami & Hikari Noa in a 3-way by pinning Toribami.

Match 3: Mizuki beat Pom Harajuku by submission.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki beat Raku.

Match 5: Myu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto beat Shoko Nakajima & Mahiro Kiryu. Yamashita pinned Kiryu after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Nao Kakuta beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna. Tatsumi pinned Haruna after Twist Of Fate.

The next event is “The Night Before GRAND PRINCESS ’23” Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, the final event before Ariake Arena. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

AEW Rampage 3/3/23 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s LIVE AEW Rampage in Daly City, CA:
Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta beat John Silver & Alex Reynolds, Top Flight & Dark Order in a 4-way when Yuta pinned Darius Martin.

Riho beat Emi Sakura.

Powerhouse Hobbs beat Serpentico. Squash.

Keith Lee & Dustin Rhodes beat Swerve Strickland & Parker Boudreaux. Lee pinned Boudreaux after a jackhammer.

A couple rough spots (especially at the end of Riho-Sakura, Emi seemed to botch a moonsault sequence) but otherwise a fine hour of action, all average to above-average. Main event was quite good. Lee’s new look with a dark purple supervillain-like cape and hood was definitely a high spot for his return.

Added to Revolution Sunday: The Pre-Show match will be Lucha Bros & Mark Briscoe vs. Varsity Athletes. Also, Jungle Boy vs. Christian Cage, which was announced as a No Holds Barred match on Dynamite, is now being called The Final Burial. This suggests it could be a cinematic-style match like WWE did a couple times in recent years with The Undertaker.

Ring Of Honor TV 3/2/23 Results (Premiere/Return Episode)

Here are the quick results from yesterday’s Ring Of Honor TV weekly episode (3/2/23-Series Premiere/Relaunch under All Elite Wrestling/Tony Khan ownership):

Willow Nightingale beat Lady Frost.

Madison Rayne & Slye Blue beat The Renegades. Blue pinned Charlette Renegade after Skyfall.

Ari Daivari beat Metalik.

The Embassy beat Joe Keys, Rex Lawless & LSG. Brian Cage pinned LSG after a sandwich clothesline/toss/powerbomb sequence. Squash.

Konosuke Takeshita beat Josh Woods.

Christopher Daniels beat Rohit Raju.

New Japan NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Blake Christian to retain the title.

The Kingdom beat The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo). Matt Taven pinned Bravo after Proton Pack.

Mark Briscoe beat Slim J.

ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli beat AR Fox to retain the title.

Next week (rumored/expected): Rhett Titus & Tracy Williams vs. Aussie Open, ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta vs. Timothy Thatcher for the title and ROH Women’s Champion Athena vs. Willow Nightingale for the title.

The episodes can be watched online on HonorClub (watchroh.com). Subscription is required which currently is $9.99/month and includes access to all prior ROH video content dating back to the beginning in the early 2000s.