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New Japan News: Final 2022 Events Announced

New Japan announced the final events of the year today on their Japanese website. Traditionally the Road to TOKYO DOME tour that represents the final build to their biggest event of the year on January 4 (also Japan’s biggest pro wresting event and the start of their annual schedule), this year’s version will be just two events on 12/22 & 12/23, both at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. There could be more announced later but this seems unlikely.

New Japan’s official fan club members can get tickets next week, everyone else has to wait until late November.

New Japan News: NEVER Openweight Title in Limbo?

This is currently unconfirmed but if you remember when Juice Robinson was stripped of the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship earlier this year, New Japan may have similar again with the NEVER Openweight Championship. Karl Anderson is scheduled to defend the title against Hikuleo on 11/5. Except The Good Brothers dropped a video today saying they’ll be in WWE that day-WWE is in Saudi Arabia for one of their big events there the Saudis are paying huge for. In response to this, fellow New Japan wrestler (and sort of international liaison) Rocky Romero demanded the belt be returned. No response yet from New Japan.

Original source: https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2022/10/19/23413067/karl-anderson-wwe-crown-jewel-new-japan-title-defense-double-booked-statement

New Japan 10/19/22 Results

New Japan continued the BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour today with the second in a stretch of 4 non-televised house shows.

Today’s event was held at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 610.

Match 1: DOUKI beat Kosei Fujita by submission.

Match 2: Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yuto Nakashima & Togi Makabe. Sabre beat Nakashima with a reverse armbar.

Match 3: YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Ryohei Oiwa, Ren Narita & David Finlay. YOSHI-HASHI beat Oiwa with Butterfly Lock.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Alex Zayne, Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano. Henare pinned Honma after Streets Of Rage.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.

Match 6: Titan, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira & TJP. BUSHI pinned Gray after Angel Immortal.

Match 7: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado beat Master Wato & Tiger Mask. Kanemaru pinned TM 4 after Touch Out.

Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. Takagi pinned Gedo after Last of the Dragon.

The next event is Friday at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

AEW Dynamite 10/18/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite from Cincinnati, OH (SPOILERS for west feed viewers!):
AEW Trios Champions Death Triangle beat Best Friends to retain the titles. Rey Fenix pinned Trent Beretta.

AEW Interim Women’s Champion Toni Storm beat Hikaru Shida to retain the title. A big post-match brawl saw Saraya fight Britt Baker and the return of Riho to make the save for Storm after a beatdown by Rebel & Jamie Hayter.

ROH World Champion Chris Jericho beat Dalton Castle to retain the title.

AEW World Champion Jon Moxley beat Adam Page by doctor stoppage (injury) to retain the title. Page was legit injured at the end. Early rumors are he suffered a concussion, but he had to be stretchered out and the match was possibly cut up to 10 minutes short.

With unexpected TV time remaining, a Moxley promo led to MJF cashing in his “Money In The Bank” casino chip for a title shot anytime, anywhere…which will be at the upcoming Full Gear PPV on November 19.

Friday on a LIVE Rampage: AEW Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed vs. Tony Nese & Josh Woods for the titles and The Acclaimed’s trademarks around scissoring, Penelope Ford vs. Willow NIghtingale, 10 vs. Rush and FTW Champion Hook vs. Ariya Daivari for the title.

Next week: FTR vs. Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland for the #1 contender’s spot for the AEW Tag Team Championship, Riho vs. Jamie Hayter, Chris Jericho & Daniel Garcia vs. Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli and Bryan Danielson vs. Sammy Guevara. Dynamite will be back at regular time next Wednesday unless there is a baseball pre-emption, and that will only happen if the American League Championship Series goes the full 7 games-if it does, Game 7 is next Wednesday night on TBS. Because Game 6 would be the night before, a Game 7 likely would mean Dynamite would have to air on a tape delay.

BREAKING: Top AEW Star Signs New Extension

Variety just broke news that top All Elite Wresting star and current ROH World Champion Chris Jericho has signed a new contract extension with the promotion. It’s reportedly a 3-year extension through December 2025 that also will see Jericho become a producer & creative advisor while still competing.

Story:
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/chris-jericho-aew-contract-extension-2-1235407072/

New Japan 10/17/22 Results

New Japan continues the BURNING AUTUMN Tour today, pausing the NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament for a week of non-televised house shows.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima, Japan. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 510.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano beat Gideon Gray & Great-O-Khan. YOSHI-HASHI beat Gray with Butterfly Lock.

Match 3: Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Ren Narita & Togi Makabe. Goto pinned Makabe after GTR.

Match 4: Alex Zayne, Tiger Mask & David Finlay beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. Zayne pinned TAKA after Cinnamon Twist.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.

Match 6: DOUKI, El Desperado & Taichi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. DOUKI pinned Gedo after Italian Stretch 32.

Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma. Takagi pinned Honma after Pumping Bomber.

Main Event: Titan, BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb. Naito pinned Henare after Destino.

The next event is Wednesday at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, the latest round of NJPW STRONG wrapped up this weekend with 2 title matches: First up, STRONG Openweight Champion Fred Rosser defended against Chris Dickinson. Ultimately the match ended in a Double Countout. As a result, Rosser retains the title. V4 for Rosser. After that, STRONG Tag Team Champions Aussie Open beat JR Kratos & Danny Limelight to retain the titles. V3 for the champs.

Back on the Japan side, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions TJP & Francesco Akira vs. BUSHI & Titan for the titles has been added to 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym. Finally, tonight will see fan voting open for the stip for the next KOPW 2022 Trophy match on 10/28 in New York City, a rematch between Shingo Takagi & E Phantasmo. The choices are a Street Fight (Phantasmo) or Last Daddy Standing aka Last Man Standing match (Takagi). Voting on Twitter begins at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT.

DDT 10/16/22 Results

DDT ran the second half of their Sapporo doubleheader today, the final build to their next major monthly event later this week.

Today’s event was held at Ewan Stadium in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 238, a super full house/very near sellout.

During the opening, Akito was announced as special referee for the second match.

Match 1; Saki Akai beat Manami Kanda.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata and MAO & Toui Kojima in a 3-way went to a no contest. Ring announcer Ken Kato stoppage.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Makoto Oishi beat Tobuya (?) & Takeshi Masada. Oishi pinned Masada after Luminous Press.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Takashi Yoshida beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Chris Brookes. Yoshida pinned Katsumata after a lightning leg lariat.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuji Hino & Yusuke Okada. KANON pinned Okada after Sleepy Hollow.

Main Event: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Takaki Iwasaki beat Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida with a double arm suplex.

The next event is 10/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This will be a reduced capacity event with vocal cheering allowed. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

New Japan 10/16/22 Results

New Japan continued the BURNING AUTUMN Tour today with the 3rd day of the NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament. Today’s matches would set the 3rd of the 4 Quarterfinals pairings.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese.

The announced paid attendance was 1545, a legit advance sellout.

Before the matches began, Hiromu Takahashi appeared and gave cheering instructions to the crowd.

Match 1: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. Makabe pinned Oiwa.

Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Gray after Butterfly Lock.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan, EVIL pinned Tenzan after EVIL.

Match 4: Ren Narita, Alex Zayne, Master Wato, Tiger Mask & David Finlay beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Zack Sabre Jr. Zayne pinned TAKA after Cinnamon Twist.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takagi pinned Gedo after Pumping Bomber.

Toshiaki Kawada, one of the greatest wrestlers in Japan of the last 30+ years, joined commentary as a special guest here.

Match 6: Titan, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare, Titan pinned THP after Angel Immortal.

Match 7: NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament: KENTA beat Hirooki Goto.

Main Event: NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament: SANADA beat Taichi. It was close though-the win came with just 3 seconds left before the time limit. As a result, SANADA will face KENTA in the Quarterfinals. That match will happen on 10/30.

The next event is tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. None of the next 4 events will have video available. The next broadcast event will be next Sunday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/16/22 Results

ABEMA Presents DEMOLITION STAGE 2022 in FUKUOKA is now in the books as Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a special event in the city today, which took on added build when Keiji Muto was added to the card for his final match in Fukuoka. He was originally scheduled for a pre-event autograph session and to be on commentary.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast earlier today was in English only due to this being an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan. If you watch the Japanese replay, skip ahead to about the 31 minute mark to jump past the pre-show talk (the actual event itself ran about 3 hours). You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube for a limited time.

The announced paid attendance was 1195. The venue was only at 50% capacity and they mostly used floor level seating, which made this sound like a poor number but that’s actually up for debate (full capacity with the setup likely would’ve been around 3000, had full capacity been allowed it would’ve been closer to 7000).

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Taishi Ozawa. Soya’s left face below his eye was busted open during the match.

Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito beat Masa Kitamiya & Shuhei Taniguchi. Yone pinned Taniguchi after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 3: NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy beat Yoshinari Ogawa, Yasutaka Yano & Kai Fujimura. Eita pinned Yano after Imperial Uno.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Chris Ridgeway.

Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita, Takashi Sugiura & Masato Tanaka beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura. Fujita pinned Kiyomiya after a powerbomb.

Match 6: In an Elimination Match with over the top rope, pinfall and submission eliminations, Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Alejandro beat Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara, Tadasuke & Hi69. Order of elimination: Ohara by Alejandro (pinfall), Alejandro by Tadasuke (pinfall), Yoshioka & Kondo by Tadasuke simultaneously (over the top rope), YO-HEY by Tadasuke (over the top rope), Tadasuke by Kotoge (pindall), Hi69 by Kotoge (pinfall). Kotoge wins as last man left.

Match 7: PRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER .EX FUKUOKA FINAL ~TRANS MAGIC~: Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & Ninja Mack beat Naomichi Marufuji, Jack Morris & HAYATA. Mack pinned HAYATA after Ninja Bomb.

Main Event: In a Double Bout Rules match, where there were no pinfalls and the only way to win was by submission, TKO or DQ after 3 warnings, Kazushi Sakuraba & Hideki Suzuki beat Kenoh & Masakatsu Funaki. Sakuraba beat Funaki with a scorpion leglock.

The next event is MUTO RETIREMENT ROAD-ABEMA presents Ariake Gaisen-THE RETURN-PRO-WRESTLING LOVE FOREVER . 3 ~TRIUMPH~ on 10/30 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. In addition to all 5 GHC Titles being defended, this will feature the 3rd of Muto’s 5 final matches-this time it’s Muto, Naomichi Marufuji & Yoshiki Inamura vs. the New Japan Pro Wrestling trio of Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma. This will be the promotion’s debut at the new venue that opened in 2021 for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. The venue will be at 50% capacity max because vocal cheering will be allowed. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin on 10/29 at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET with a pre-show dark match scheduled to begin at 11:40 PM PT/2:30 AM ET. The main card begins at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This is another ABEMA-exclusive broadcast so Japanese commentary will only be available on demand after the event.

DDT 10/15/22 Results

DDT continued the GOD BLESS DDT 2022 Tour today, making their first visit to Sapporo in a year for the first of two events there.

Today’s event was held at Ewan Stadium in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 234, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Shunma Katsumata & Manami Kanda beat Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai. Katsumata pinned Hirata after Totonoe Splash.

Match 2: Toru Owashi & Chris Brookes vs. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno went to a no contest. Ring announcer Ken Kato stoppage, which led to him getting his from those despicable Pheromons.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yusuke Okada & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Masada with a crossface.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Yuji Hino & Tobuya (?) beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima. Hino pinned Kojima after Fuckin’ BOMB.

Match 5: Takaaki Iwasaki beat Hideki Okatani.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Takashi Yoshida & Yuya Koroku. Endo pinned Koroku after Yurikamome.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito. Higuchi pinned Akito after Brain Claw Slam. After the match, Sakaguchi invited…actually, demanded Higuchi return to Eruption after their upcoming KO-D Openweight Championship match, and that Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida join too.

The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast.