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Pro Wrestling NOAH “NEW HOPE” Results (12/18/22) (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicks off their final week of events for 2022 today with the first of 3 special themed events this week, NEW HOPE. This is a short event with just 5 matches scheduled that will place more spotlight on the younger, more inexperienced members of the roster who haven’t gotten as much experience as ideal the last couple years due to the pandemic. They’ll get to face some of NOAH’s top stars in an event where vocal cheering will also be allowed. It should be a nice appetizer for the second half of today’s doubleheader-after this event is over, come back a couple hours later for a Kongo Produced event featuring the promotion’s top heel faction. The main event hasn’t been revealed.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There probably will be no commentary. With the event later and just 5 matches this won’t be a long event-I would expect the total running time, barring marathon matches, to be less than 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Shoki Kitamura (Tochigi Pro Wrestling) vs. Atsushi Kotoge
Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Yoshiki Inamura & Taishi Ozawa
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Alejandro
Kaito Kiyomiya & AMAKUSA vs. Jack Morris & Dante Leon
Yasutaka Yano vs. Satoshi Kojima

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

10 PM ET UPDATE: Live results begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a small venue and vocal cheering is allowed so it’ll be smaller than usual in spite of that, but looks full or close to it. Probably right around 200. We may have only hard-camera views today.

Match 1: Shoki Kitamura (Tochigi Pro Wrestling) vs. Atsushi Kotoge. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Yoshiki Inamura & Taishi Ozawa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba beat Yoshiki Inamura & Taishi Ozawa. Inaba beat Ozawa with a modified arm & facelock. Almost went the time limit again.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Alejandro. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji beat Alejandro.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya & AMAKUSA vs. Jack Morris & Dante Leon. 45 minute time limit
Result: Jack Morris & Dante Leon beat Kaito Kiyomiya & AMAKUSA. Leon pinned AMAKUSA after a twisting diving senton.

Main Event: Yasutaka Yano vs. Satoshi Kojima. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Satoshi Kojima beat Yasutaka Yano

If you don’t mind only having the hard camera perspective, this was a good show. 5 solid matches crammed into 100 minutes. If you missed it live, it’s worth a watch on demand.

The next event is a Kongo Produced event later today. That event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3:30 AM ET/12:30 AM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 205. With reduced capacity for vocal cheering that was probably in the 80-85% full range.

DDT 12/17/22 Results

DDT continued their year-ending tour today with a house show in Kumamoto. This was a hometown event for Yuki Ishida.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto City Distribution Information Center in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 250, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Shunma Katsumata beat Saki Akai & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.

Match 2: Akito & Kazuma Sumi (with Yoshihiko) beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno. Akito beat Dieno with a stepover toehold.

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi & Yusuke Okada beat Toru Owashi & Takeshi Masada. Okada pinned Masada after a Takagi Stunner.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat HARASHIMA & Hideki Okatani. Sasaki beat Okatani with Numero Dos Punto Seis Seis Seis. For those who no habla espanol, that’s Number 2.666.

Match 5 Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Ueno pinned Koroku after WR.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida. Oishi pinned Ishida after Cactus Flower. Afterwards, Hino announced they would return to Kumamoto for a 20th Anniversary event in July (presumably for Hino).

The next event is tomorrow at Pivole Fukuoka in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

AEW Rampage 12/16/22 Results (SPOILERS!)

Here are the quick results from tonight’s TAPED AEW Rampage in Garland Park, TX (SPOILERS for west feed viewers!)

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BREAKING: NOSAWA Rongai To Retire In 2023

Breaking news from Pro Wrestling NOAH via Twitter: Kazushige Nosawa, beat known as longtime heel and Tokyo Gurentai leader NOSAWA Rongai, will retire on 2/21/23 at Tokyo Dome. The announcement comes on NOSAWA’s 46th birthday and approaching his 27th anniversary in the ring.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro “Angel And Rabbit” Results (12/15/22) (Updated x2)

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a Mizuki 10th Anniversary event today, which also featured a fan lottery to determine the pairings for a number of 1-minute matches at their upcoming Christmas event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 316, a super full house/very near sellout.

During the opening announcements, 2 new wrestlers debuting soon are introduced and the fan lottery to determine matches for 12/24 were held. Those matches will be announced soon.

Match 1: Shoko Nalajima beat Juria Nagano.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna beat Hikari Noa, Raku & Kaya Toribami. Kamifuku pinned Toribami after Fameasser.

Match 3: Yuki Aino won a “Full Of Mizuki 10th Anniversary” battle royal, last eliminating Pom Harajuku. Order of elimination: Miyu Yamashita DQ’d, Suzume by Hyper Misao, Hyper Misao by Aino, Miu Watanabe by Aino & Harajuku, Harajuku by Aino.

Match 4: Rio & Maki Itoh beat Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto. Rio pinned Miyamoto after Draised End. Rio is now returning to Pro Wrestling EVE in England.

Main Event: Mizuki 10th Anniversary Match: Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuka Sakazaki & Nao Kakuta. Mizuki pinned Kakuta with Cutie Special.

The next event is “Se-no, Merry Christmas! 2022”, their final event of the year, on 12/24 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 12/23 at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

UPDATE: The new wrestlers introduced are Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. They will debut on 1/4. Uehara, 26, is also an actress who makes occasional appearances on NTV (Nippon TV) and YouTube programs. Her athletic background includes swimming, martial arts, dance and ballet and she once placed 3rd in a Japanese national cheerleading competition. HIMAWARI will turn 25 Sunday but nothing else was revealed about her.

UPDATE 2: The “Full Of Mizuki” Battle Royal was named that because all the participants were dressed as Mizuki (they all wore copies of her ring outfit. Yes, even Yamashita)

New Japan News: Tokyo Dome Full Card Announced

At their press conference earlier today, New Japan announces the full card for 1/4 at Tokyo Dome in addition to updated guidelines that will allow vocal cheering at full capacity to some extent (note Japanese fans aren’t cheering/singing types like US fans are, that wouldn’t be allowed), but for now those are in effect for 1/4 only.

The full card:
Pre-Show:
Boltin Oleg Debut Match: Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa. 3 Minute Exhibition Match
New Japan Ranbo Qualifier for the KOPW 2023 Trophy Determination Match. Battle royal where usually the last 4 left advance to the match at a later date
Antonio Inoki Memorial Match: Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Togi Makabe vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask 4
Main Show:
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Francesco Akira & TJP vs. Lio Rush & Yoh for the titles
IWGP Women’s Champion KAIRI vs. Tam Nakano for the title
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI for the titles
Ren Narita vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the inaugural NJPW World TV Championship
NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson vs. Tama Tonga for the title
Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino vs. BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi, El Desperado & Master Wato in a 4-way for the title
IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Onega for the title
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada for the title

The pre-show is scheduled to begin at 1:30 AM ET/10:30 PM PT ahead of the main show at 3 AM ET/midnight PT.

AEW Dynamite 12/14/22 Results

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Garland Park, TX:
Match 1: AEW Trios Title 7 Match Series Match 5: Death Triangle beat The Elite. Rey Fenix beat Nick Jackson with a kneebar. Death Triangle leads 3-1.

Jungle Boy beat Brian Cage.

House of Black beat QT Marshall and two of his Factory members. Squash.

A jobber aka Action Andretti beat Chris Jericho. That really happened. You need to see this. The crowd made this really enjoyable.

Ruby Soho beat Tay Melo.

AEW World Champion MJF beat Ricky Starks to retain the title and the Dynamite Diamond Ring for another year.

And thanks to his victory, Action Andretti is #AllElite.

Next week: Holiday Bash! AEW Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida for the title, Trios Title Series Match 5 which will be a No DQ match and FTR vs. Gunn Club.

Friday on Rampage: Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara, Britt Baker vs. Skye Blue, Wardlow vs. TBA and Best Friends & Dustin Rhodes vs. The Butcher & The Blade, Trent Seven & Kip Sabian.

UPCOMING FREE VIDEO: Wrestle Kingdom 17 Press Conference

With their last major tour of the year in the books, New Japan has a 1/4 Tokyo Dome press conference scheduled for later today Japan time. You can watch below FOR FREE or on YouTube starting at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET or on demand after it begins (please note this will be in Japanese only):

FREE VIDEO: GLEAT MMA (12/14/22)

Lidet Entertainment unveiled their latest effort under their GLEAT label today-the debut of GLEAT MMA, featuring GLEAT talent that normally compete under its GLEAT, Lidet UWF and G PROWRESTLING labels. It was live streamed on YouTube-if you missed the event or want to watch again, you can do so FOR FREE below:

DDT 12/14/22 Results

DDT ran their final DDT FREE event today, wrapping up the year-long series of monthly free admission events for fans lucky enough to win tickets.

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

The announced attendance was 437, a legit sellout. All tickets were free.

Before the matches began, two matches were announced for 1/3: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. MAO & Shunma Katsumata for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship and Naruki Doi vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the next DDT Universal Championship challenger.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Akito, MAO & Kazuma Sumi. Iino pinned Akito. As a result, if Pheromons win their match against the anti-Pheromons group on 12/29, the losing member responsible for it )whoever gets pinned or submitted) must join Pheromons for a day.

Match 2: Tryout Match: Shunma Katsumata beat Anarco Montagna.

Match 3: Saori Anou & Rika Kawabata beat Saki Akai & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Anou pinned Hasegawa.

Match 4: Sanahiro Takagi, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oisho beat Takao Soma, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada. Oishi pinned Masada after a Hino reverse horizontal chop.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yukio Naya. Endo pinned Hirata. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Kotaro Suzuki beat Yusuke Okada.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Chris Brookes & Hideki Okatani. Sasaki pinned Okatani after El Es Claro.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Kojima pinned Ishida after Kojima In Wonderland.

The next event is Saturday at Kumamoto City Distribution Information Center in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast.