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New Japan 10/10/22 Results (Updated x3)

New Japan ran their fall blowout event today, dubbed “Declaration Of Power” this year today, although the mood was somber as this was the first event held (excluding the England doubleheader) since the death of New Japan founder & Hall of Fame wrester Antonio Inoki, who was going to be named Honorary Lifetime Chairman today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 4059. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2022 on TV Asahi. Jushin Thunder Liger is the guest on Japanese commentary.

Before the event began, Oleg Boltin joined the promotion, introduced by Yuji Nagata. A 10 Bell Salute was then held for Antonio Inoki.

Match 1: Ren Narita Return Home Match: Ren Narita, Robbie Eagles & David Finlay beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado. Narita pinned DOUKI with a front suplex hold.

Match 2: Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Bad Dude Tito & Shane Haste. Sabre beat Tito with European Clutch.

Match 3: Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Taguchi pinned Sho.

Match 4: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Cobb pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Tour of the Islands.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare & Will Ospreay. BUSHI pinned Akira after MX. After the match, Titan (CMLL) appeared to join LIJ after interfering late in the match.

During intermission, a new title was introduced-the New Japan World TV Championship. Determination tournament forthcoming to crown inaugural champion.

Match 6: Master Wato beat Taiji Ishimori.

Match 7: In a Who’s Your Daddy Match, where the loser had to call the winner Daddy on microphone, KOPW 2022 Trophy Holder Shingo Takagi beat El Phantasmo to retain the trophy. But the trophy was destroyed afterwards.

Match 8: Kazuchika Okada beat Jonah.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White beat Tama Tonga to retain the title. V2 for White. Next up: Unless plans unexpectedly change, Okada at Tokyo Dome on 1/4/23.

The next event is the Battle Autumn ’22 Tour beginning Friday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Friday at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET and this event will be available FOR FREE!

UPDATE: Instead of making the Inoki announcement today, they announced that the 1/4/23 event will be held in honor & memory of Inoki.

UPDATE 2: Regarding the NJPW TV Championship, it was created to celebrate the promotion’s partnership with TV Asahi, their primary broadcast partner in Japan, and New Japan World. A tournament to crown the inaugural champion will start Friday and will conclude on 1/4/23.

UPDATE 3: A 1/4/23 Press Conference will be held tomorrow and will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube LIVE TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET on the New Japan World YouTube channel (only in Japanese).

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “WRESTLE PRINCESS 3” Results (10/9/22)

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling runs their biggest event of the year, WRESTLE PRINCESS 3, today, a blowout event featuring top names from TJPW, All Elite Wrestling, Pro Wrestling EVE in England and more. All 3 TJPW titles are on the line tonight-first, International Princess Champion Alex Windsor returns from England to defend against Miu Watanabe, who will be at a huge size advantage but makes up for it in heart and determination. Then, EVE tries to win more gold as Nightshade & Leah O’Reilly challenge AA Eye Candy (Yuki Arai & Saki Akai) for the Princess Tag Team Championship, another literally huge challenge for the champions. In the main event, Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki face off for the title once again. The undercard includes former AEW Women’s World Champion Riho, Hall of Fame legend Aja Kong and the scary US sensation Max The Impaler.

Today’s event will be held at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano and special guest Reika Saiki (a former Princess Of Princess Champion, Tokyo Princess Cup winner and original Up Up Girl among other accolades who officially retired earlier this year). The English commentary team will be Chris Brookes & Baliyan Akki. Vocal cheering by fans will be allowed at the event, which will result in greatly reduced capacity but it could be a sellout as only one section of seats will have same-day tickets available. Everything else is sold out. If you’re going to stay up late in the US to watch plan on a most or all-nighter as I anticipate this event will run close to 3 hours, not including a pre-match press conference with the EVE talent and title signing ceremonies to stream FOR FREE on YouTube one hour before the event before the event. You can also watch until the end of the first match on YouTube.

Today’s lineup:
Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano vs. Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami
Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa
Suzume vs. Ryo Mizunami
Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao
Aja Kong, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Aino, Rika Tatsumi & Max The Impaler
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Riho & Hikari Noa
International Princess Champion Alex Windsor vs. Miu Watanabe for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Leah O’Reilly & Nightshade for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 12:30 AM ET/9:30 PM PT. The pre-event press conference and title match contract signings on TJPW’s YouTube channel will begin at midnight ET/9 PM PT.

9:30 PM PT UPDATE: We are LIVE from Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata & Reika Saiki. Kagehiro Osano likely will join us later. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes & Baliyan Akki.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, but if it’s not a legit sellout it’s going to be very close.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1007, a legit sellout. Because vocal cheering was allowed, capacity was only allowed to be 50%.

The matches are scheduled to begin in 30 minutes. The first portion is backstage interviews with the title match participants, although it gets hilarious when Saki Akai & Yuki Arai are interrupted by the wondering Max The Impaler. Haruo Murata sure got scared too. Arai never stopped smiling.

We go back to the ring 10 minutes before start as Sayuri Namba is running around before taking the stage and entering the ring for the opening announcements. It should be noted the opposite-hard camera side of the ring is about right up against the stage, so if they go outside the ring there they’ll be a few feet up on stage. That could be a factor in some matches.
They also introduced two new trainees during this segment.

Up Up Girls performance begins just after 10 PM PT. So we’re about 5-10 minutes from the first match. (Actually not. They’re doing multiple songs, so the first match now won’t begin until at least 10:20 PM PT). But for the second song their new member-to-be joins them.

The matches begin at 10:20 PM PT. Your 3rd host Kagehiro Osano now joins Japanese commentary..

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano vs. Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limitResult: Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano beat Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami. Nagano pinned Toribami after a rolling high kick. That’s Nagano’s first career victory!

The YouTube broadcast ends here. WRESTLE UNIVERSE continues.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro Wrestling) & Yoshiko Hasegawa (Ganbare Pro Wrestling). Sayuri Namba mixes up Manase’s intro with Kakuta and the broadcast introduces Kakuta on-screen as Mahiro Kiryu. I didn’t hear any “YOU F***ED UP!” chants in Japanese though. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta, Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Kakuta pinned Haruna after Shiden Kai.

Match 3: Suzume vs. Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer). 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryo Mizunami beat Suzume

Match 4: Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao. 15 minute time limit. And after it started apparently it became a No DQ match (albeit a hardcore comedy match).
Result: Mizuki beat Hyper Misao. Comedy match.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 5: Aja Kong, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Aino, Rika Tatsumi & Max The Impaler. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Rika Tatsumi & Max The Impaler beat Aja Kong, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Tatsumi pinned Harajuku after a sliding hip attack (butt bump). Kong & Max kept going at it outside the ring after the match and finally everyone just ran off scared and let them fight. This was far more entertaining than it had any right to be.

Promo video for 10/14 at Shinjuku Face, which will feature an exhibition match that is the culmination of a TV competition series on Japanese TV called “Dream On The Ring”.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Riho (All Elite Wrestling) & Hikari Noa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Riho & Hikari Noa. Itoh beat Noa with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 7: Miu Watanabe beat International Princess Champion Alex Windsor to win the title. Watanabe becomes the 11th International Princess Champion.

Match 8: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai beat Leah O’Reilly & Nightshade to retain the titles. Arai pinned Nightshade after Finally. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki beat Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima to win the title. Sakazaki becomes the 11th Princess Of Princess Champion. She also joins Miyu Yamashita as the only 3-time champions.

After the main event, the entire roster gathered on stage for a post-event celebration for the fans and a huge announcement…on March 18, 2023, GRAND PRINCESS returns for a second installment…and this time…ARIAKE ARENA DEBUT! And they’ll also be in action on the biggest day of the year for pro wrestling in Japan with a Korakuen Hall event on January 4, 2023-this is the day New Japan Pro Wrestling runs Japan’s version of WrestleMania at the Tokyo Dome.

The next event is a special “Yume Pro Wrestling-Dream On The Ring” event Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. A special exhibition match between the TV competition show’s participants is scheduled as the final of the series, and all TJPW wrestlers as well as Max The Impaler and Leah O’Reilly will participate. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

DDT 10/8/22 Results

DDT returned to Chiba today for another of their “ONLY WE” events held in conjunction with the ONLY WE promotion based there who often competes in the promotion.

Today’s event was held at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba 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.

Match 1: Kaji Tomato & Takao Soma beat Saki Akai & Shunma Katsumata. Soma pinned Katsumata.

Match 2: HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi beat Chris Brooke & Takeshi Masada. HARASHIMA pinned Masada after Blue Sword.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki beat Hiroshi Yamato.

Match 4: Quiet Storm & Yukio Naya beat Akira Raijin & Hoshitango. Storm pinned Hoshitango after a 50cm arm lariat. This was to have been Raijin & Shogun Okamoto vs. Storm & Naya but Okamoto was removed a couple days ago due to being a potential coronavirus close contact. Hoshitango was the replacement.

Match 5: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima. Iino pinned Kojima after Big Sexy Mountain.

There was a special comedy performance here by duo “Double Name” Kaoru.

Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Akito & Yuki Ishida beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Higuchi pinned Koroku after Brain Claw Slam.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON to win the titles. Hino, Oishi & Asahi become the 47th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Hino pinned Pawl after Fuckin’ BOMB.

The next event is a doubleheader on Monday-the first event is at Komikyo Higashinari Civic Center in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast. The second event is a “Wrestling On The Street” special mini-event at Naniwa Health Land Hot Spring-Topia in Osaka. This event may be streamed on YouTube or available on demand shortly after. If it is live on YouTube, it is scheduled to begin at 8 AM PT/11 AM ET (it’s a midnight start in Japan).

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/8/22 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH likely wrapped up the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour today with the second half of a Tokyo doubleheader.

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

The announced paid attendance was 689.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2; NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy beat Shuji Kondo, Hajime Ohara & Hi69. Crazy pinned Ohara after Liger Bomb.

Match 3: Extreme Tiger beat Alejandro.

Match 4: Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway & Yasutaka Yano beat Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Kai Fujimura. Ridgeway beat YO-HEY with an ankle hold.

Match 5: Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh pinned Inaba after PFS.

Match 6: Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 7: Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima & Naomichi Marufuji beat Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kndo Ka Shin. Kojima pinned Mochizuki after Western Lariat.

Main Event: HAYATA & Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Ninja Mack. HAYATA pinned Mack.

The next event is Friday at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto. This event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There will be no live broadcast.

AEW Rampage & Battle Of The Belts 4 Results (10/7/22) (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s LIVE AEW Rampage and Battle Of The Belts 4 special from Washington, DC (SPOILERS for west coast viewers!):

Rampage:
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta beat Rush & Private Party. Yuta beat Marq Quen with an armbar.

Tony Nese & Josh Woods beat Varsity Blonds. Nese pinned Griff Garrison. Squash.

Anna Jay.A.S. & Tay Melo beat Madison Rayne & Skye Blue. Anna beat Blue with Queenslayer.

AEW Trios Champions Death Triangle beat Dark Order to retain the titles. Pac pinned Alex Reynolds after a cheap shot using the timekeeper’s bell hammer which was given to him by Rush.

Battle Of The Belts 4:
AEW All-Atlantic Champion Pac beat Trent Beretta to retain the title. This started immediately after the Rampage main event (which had an almost 2 minute overrin) so Pac worked two consecutive matches covering about 40 minutes with zero rest.

AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Willow Nightingale to retain the title. 39-0. 583 Days And Counting.

ROH World Tag Team Champions FTR beat Gates Of Agony to retain the titles. Dax Harwood pinned Kaun with a backslide.

Next week: AEW makes their Canada debut! Dynamite LIVE on Wednesday and Rampage will be TAPED on Thursday for a regular time airing on Friday, both in Toronto. Added to Dynamite: Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter and AEW All-Atlantic Champion Pac vs. Orange Cassidy (yet again) for the title.

In other news, just before Rampage went live AEW announced on Facebook that Jon Moxley has signed a 5-year contract extension with the promotion, which will see him mentoring and coaching as well as competing.

Impact Wrestling “Bound For Glory 2022” Results (10/7/22)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory 2022 PPV from Albany, NY:
The event is available live and on demand on FITE and PPV.com for $39.99. If you buy on FITE, you get unlimited on demand replays until January 7, 2023. If you are an Impact+ or Ultimate Insiders subscriber, you can watch the event on demand with your subscription in 30 days.

Pre-Show:
Impact Digital Media Champion Bryan Myers beat Fandango to retain the title. Or he was the former Fandango in WWE.
Raven was inducted into the Impact Hall Of Fame. Tommy Dreamer inducted Raven, who at the end DDT’d Dreamer.

PPV:
Frankie Kazarian beat Impact X Division Champion Mike Bailey to become THE NEW IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPION!

Mickie James beat Mia Yim. The Last Rodeo Continues…

Taya Valkyrie & Jessicka beat Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green & Deonna Purrazzo to become THE NEW IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Jessicka pinned Green after a combo Taya running kick and piledriver.

Impact World Tag Team Champions Matt Taven & Mike Bennett beat Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley to retain the titles. Taven pinned Sabin with a rollup using feet on the ropes for leverage.

A 20 Man Call Your Shot Battle Royal for any Impact Title shot anytime, anywhere was won by Bully Ray. The last two left had an immediate singles match to determine the winner, in which Bully Ray beat Steve Maclin.

Impact Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace beat Masha Slamovich to retain the title.

Main Event: Impact World Champion Josh Alexander beat Eddie Edwards to retain the title.

End Show.

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Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/7/22 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the STAR NAVIGATION 2022 Tour with the first half of another Tokyo doubleheader today, beginning the build to the next blowout event at the end of the month.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. The live broadcast was only on ABEMA in Japan, but for a limited time you can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 625.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura beat Taishi Ozawa.

Match 2: Yoshinari Ogawa, Jack Morris & Yasutaka Yano beat NOSAWA Rongai, Eita & Super Crazy. Morris pinned NOSAWA.

Match 3: Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kendo Ka Shin beat Masa Kitamiya, Shuhei Taniguchi & Daiki Inaba. Tanaka pinned Inaba after Sliding D.

Match 4: Shuji Kondo, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, YO-HEY & Alejandro. Tadasuke pinned Yoshioka after Jidanda Lariat.

Match 5: HAYATA & Chris Ridgeway beat Ninja Mack & Extreme Tiger. HAYATA pinned Tiger.

Match 6: Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya beat Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima, Naomichi Marufuji & Kazushi Sakuraba. Nakajima pinned Sugiura after Vertical Spike.

Main Event: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura. Fujita pinned Inamura after a powerbomb.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In post-event news, the main event of 10/16 (Kenoh & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Sakuraba & Hideki Suzuki) and the GHC National Championship match (Funaki vs. Kitamiya and a just-announced GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match (Kojima & Sugiura vs. Kenoh & Nakajima) for 10/30 have been changed to GHC Martial Arts Rules matches. Those rules are as follows: No pinfalls, win by KO, TKO or submission only, ring outs and other fouls will result in a Yellow Card-3 Yellow Cards ends the match by DQ. If a DQ happens because of 3 Yellow Cards, the titles can change hands.

UPDATE: As of just before 10 AM PT/1 PM ET the replay of today’s event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

BREAKING: New Japan 10/10 Card Changes Coming (Updated)

New Japan has just announced a pending change to their major Monday event at Ryogoku Kokugikan-once again KUSHIDA is out. Still recovering from hand, foot and mouth disease and will not be cleared. He was to have faced IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori in a NON-TITLE match. Card changes TBA before the event.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: The changes have been announced. Ishimori will now face Master Wato in a NON-TITLE match and, because Wato was scheduled to be in the 3rd match, which was an 8-man tag, that match is now Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hikuleo & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Dick Togo is now off.

AEW Dynamite 10/5/22 Results (Updated)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite 3rd Anniversary episode from Washington, DC:
MJF beat Wheeler Yuta by submission. Excellent opener.

Darby Allin beat Jay Lethal.

AEW TNT Champion Wardlow beat Brian Cage to retain the title.

Toni Storm, Athena & Willow Nightingale beat Serena Deeb, Jamie Hayter & Penelope Ford. Nightingale pinned Ford after Doctor Bomb.

National Scissoring Day with The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn ultimately was a party crashed at the end by Swerve Strickland. Just skip this entire segment.

Adam Page beat Rush.

Luchasaurus beat Fuego Del Sol. Squash. Jungle Boy attacked with a chair after the match.

Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara beat Daniel Garcia & Bryan Danielson. Guevara pinned Garcia after a Jericho belt shot.

During the show, news broke that the Andrade El Idolo-10 Career vs. Mask Match on Friday’s Rampage is now off. Andrade reportedly was sent home after a backstage fight with Guevara that seemingly was building up on Twitter. Supposedly Guevara threw the first punch. And yet…So for now 10 keeps his mask, and now gets a title shot Friday instead…

Friday on a LIVE Rampage: Varsity Blonds vs. Tony Nese & Josh Woods, Madison Rayne & Skye Blue vs. Tay Melo & Anna Jay.A.S., Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Rush & Private Party and AEW Trios Champions Death Triangle vs. Dark Order for the titles.

After Rampage on the LIVE Battle Of The Belts 4 Special: AEW All-Atlantic Champion Pac vs. Trent Beretta for the title, AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Willow Nightingale for the title and ROH Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Gates Of Agony for the titles. I would maybe expect changes because now that’s two title matches for Pac in less than 2 hours.

Next week: O CANADA-AEW’s Canada debut in Toronto! Jungle Boy vs. Luchasaurus, Swerve Strickland vs. Billy Gunn and ROH World Champion Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson for the title.

UPDATE: Regarding Andrade-Guevara, TMZ picked up the story and noted Andrade was the aggressor reportedly punched first and Guevara didn’t fight back, which is why he didn’t get sent home but Andrade did. Andrade reportedly wants out of AEW to possibly return to WWE (top WWE Women’s star Charlotte Flair is his wife) but has several years left on his contract. The question is whether he will be fired or suspended/paid to stay home.

New Japan 10/2/22 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran the second half of ROYAL QUEST 2 today, wrapping up their return to England for the first time since 2019.

Today’s event was held at Crystal Palace National Sports Center in London, England and will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. It has since been revealed that yesterday’s paid attendance was 2137, a legit sellout. As of last week tickets may still have been available for today so I again will predict roughly 2000 for today.

Match 1: DOUKI & El Desperado beat Robbie X & Michael Oku. DOUKI pinned X after El Es Ciero.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA beat Luke Jacobs & Ethan Allen. SANADA beat Allen with Skull End.

Match 3: IWGP Women’s Championship Tournament: Jazzy Gabert beat Ava White (Alpha Female).

Match 4: Gideon Gray, Aussie Open, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay beat Ricky Knight Jr., Gabriel Kidd, SHota Umino & FTR. Khan pinned ? after Eliminator.

Match 5: Hikuleo, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tama Tonga beat Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Jay White. Tonga pinned Gallows after Gun Stun.

Match 6: Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Dude Tito.

Match 7: Tomohiro Ishii beat TBA, who turned out to be Yota Tsuji. This was to have been Ishii vs. Jonah, but Jonah missed the weekend’s events due to travel issues.

Main Event: Tetsuya Naito beat Zack Sabre Jr.

The next event is DECLARATION OF POWER on 10/10 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The current card so far:
KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jonah
Ren Narita Return Home Match: Ren Narita vs. TBA
KOPW 2022 Trophy Holder Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo in a Who’s Your Daddy Match for the title. Normal rules but the loser must call the winner their daddy after the match
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Tama Tonga for the title
Live streaming on New Japan World will begin on 10/10 at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: Based on New Japan’s English recap, and combined with the Day 1 report on the Japanese recap, the announced paid attendance for Day 2 was 1966. That’s about 98% normal capacity for the venue so just a few short of a sellout.