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NJPW + AEW Forbidden Door PPV in Chicago 6/26/2022; NJPW Golden Fight Series Night 3 - 4/20/2022; Dragon Gate The Gate of Passion 2022 Night 11 - 4/21/2022: Gamma Retiring, Shisa Leaving DG; GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver.23 - 4/20/2022: Shingo Appearing on 5/18/2022 Show

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Let’s be honest, the biggest news for NJPW right now came last night on AEW Dynamite. AEW owner Tony Khan and NJPW president Takami Ohbari were on hand for the announcement, which was actually made by both Adam Cole and Jay White, for a joint NJPW X AEW show called Forbidden Door, a PPV event from the United Center in Chicago on Sunday 6/26/2022. Of course, this is exactly my area, so yes I am planning to be there. It will be on PPV on Bleacher Report Live in the USA, NJPWWorld in Japan and FITE TV elsewhere.

Tickets go on sale 5/6/2022. No matches have been announced yet, but there are several possibilities (my dream match being the least likely, sadly).

This will be the biggest NJPW show in America since the pandemic; we still don’t know what, if anything, will ever become of the planned Wrestle Dynasty show that was supposed to take place in Madison Square Garden that the pandemic scuppered.

Also, Adam Cole v. Tomohiro Ishii will happen on this Friday’s edition of AEW Rampage (that I think already happened last night).

More announcements about this as they come.

Meanwhile, the Golden Fight Series tour continued yesterday. It was not shown live, but is now available on NJPWWorld.

- 4/20/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Tape delay on NJPWWorld)

Kosei Fujita d. Yuto Nakashima (Boston Crab, 9:42)

Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Zack Sabre Jr. & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG] d. Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask IV (Sabre > Honma, Triangle Choke, 9:49)

Yujiro Takahashi & SHO [Bullet Club] d. Tanga Loa & Jado [GoD] (SHO > Jado, pinfall, 9:45)

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Togi Makabe & Toru Yano [CHAOS] d. Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo [Bullet Club] (YOSHI-HASHI > Gedo, Shoto, 8:46)

Taichi & El Desperado [SZKG] d. Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] (Taichi > BUSHI, Black Mephisto, 12:10)

Tama Tonga [GoD] & Hiroshi Tanahashi d. EVIL & Dick Togo [Bullet Club] (Tonga > Togo, Gunstun, 9:56)

Kazuchika Okada & YOH [CHAOS] d. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] (YOH > Hiromu, Direct Drive, 18:13)

YOH demanded a singles match against Hiromu for Wrestling Dontaku 2022 on 5/1/2022 in Fukuoka, which has now been added to the card. BUSHI will take Hiromu’s place in the 6-man tag with Shingo and Tatsumi Fujinami going against Suzuki-gun. Speaking of Shingo, he and Taichi both proposed their stipulations for the KOPW2022 match on Monday 4/25/2022 – Taichi wants a “30-count match,” where you have to pin your opponent for 30 counts on aggregate to win. Shingo offered a “Takagi-Style Three Fall Match,” where you have to pin your opponent for three falls, but the first fall is a 1-count, second is a 2-count, and then the 3-count for the last one. Taichi’s is currently winning the polling which ends on Saturday 4/23/2022.

Looking ahead on NJPWWorld, two wrestler anniversary shows are taking place on the platform soon, both as Y3000 PPVs. TAKA Michinoku is celebrating 30 years as a wrestler with a TAKA & Taichi Mania 2.5 show on 5/6/2022 from Korakuen Hall. From the poster art, it looks like Jun Kasai will be there as well as the other Suzuki-gun juniors. Also at Korakuen Hall, on 5/12/2022, will be a Tatsumi Fujinami 50th Anniversary event that advertises Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi and Yuji Nagata from NJPW, but also wrestlers as varied as Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masakatsu Funaki, BJW’s Yuji OKabayashi, and KAZMA SAKAMOTO among others. These are actual PPV events, not sure if or when they will be available for free on NJPWWorld.

The tour continues tomorrow through the weekend, with shows that will not be streamed, but all have Elimination Match main events, so there’s a chance those mains will end up on VOD? It’s been known to happen.

- 4/22/2022, Osaka EDION Arena Subarena

Yuto Nakashima v. Ryohei Oiwa

Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask IV v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Zack Sabre Jr. & TAKA Michinoku

El Desperado & Taichi [SZKG] v. Taiji Ishimori & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] & Tomoaki Honma v. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Tama Tonga [GoD], Tanga Loa [GoD], Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado [GoD] v. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Dick Togo [Bullet Club]

Elimination Match: Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH [CHAOS] v. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

- 4/23/2022, Ehime Texport Imabari

Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato v. Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask IV v. Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano [CHAOS]

El Desperado, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG] v. Taiji Ishimori, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Taichi & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG] v. Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables]

Kazuchika Okada & YOH [CHAOS] v. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Elimination Match: Tama Tonga [GoD], Tanga Loa [GoD], Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado [GoD] v. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Dick Togo [Bullet Club]

- 4/24/2022, Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium

Tiger Mask IV v. Yuto Nakashima

Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma v. Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Kosei Fujita

Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato v. El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Kazuchika Okada & YOH [CHAOS] v. Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Tama Tonga [GoD], Tanga Loa [GoD], Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado [GoD] v. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Dick Togo [Bullet Club]

Elimination Match: Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG] v. Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Dragon Gate

The Gate of Passion 2022 tour resumed today, with a show that was streamed live on Dragon Gate Network. Some news and announcements came from this show as well.

The Gate of Passion 2022 Night 11 - 4/21/2022, Hyogo Kobe Royal Sanbo Hall (DG Network)

BxB Hulk & HYO [Z-Brats] d. U-T & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (HYO > Kamei, Black Panther Clutch, 8:48)

Mondai Ryu, Yosuke Santa Maria & La Estrella d. Punch Tominaga, Ho Ho Lun & Ishin Iihashi (Yosuke > Ishin, Neraiuchi, 3:11)

Eita & Strong Machine J d. Kagetora & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] (J > Okuda, Machine Suplex, 9:21)

Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi [Natural Vibes] & Yasushi Kanda d. Dragon Kid [HIGH-END], Super Shisa, Konomama Ichikawa & Shachihoko Boy (Fujii > Ichikawa, Sleeper Hold, 8:38)

Kota Minoura, Naruki Doi & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. Shuji Kondo, Takashi Yoshida & Takuma Fujiwara (Minoura > Fujiwara, R-301, 12:41)

Royal Sanbo Battle Royale: Jason Lee d. YAMATO [HIGH-END], Ben-K [HIGH-END], Kzy [Natural Vibes], Susumu Yokosuka [Natural Vibes], KAI [Z-Brats], SB KENTo [Z-Brats], Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats], Diamante [Z-Brats], Dragon Dia [D’Courage] & Yuki Yoshioka (Lee > Dia, Crucifix Hold, 20:29)

This was Dragon Dia’s first loss of any kind since he lost his mask back in December, and then would win both the Open The Brave and Twin Gate titles within 24 hours in January. Of course there was fuckery by Shun Skywalker to get here, as he continues to torment Jason Lee. YAMATO and Kzy both declared they would win the rights for Jason Lee on Monday at Korakuen Hall.

Shun then goaded Dia into accepting the Open The Twin Gate challenge at Dead Or Alive on 5/5/2022, so now Dia will have to defend the Brave Gate against SB KENTo, AND the Twin Gate with Yuki Yoshioka against Shun & Diamante. Ryo Saito tried to talk him out of it, but Dia insisted. Shun then asked why he’s still called Dragon Dia now that he is unmasked.

Susumu Yokosuka demanded to know the stipulation for the Open The Dream Gate title match at Dead Or Alive, but KAI said he would reveal it on Monday instead. Hip Hop Kikuta reiterated he will not be joining Z-Brats when he returns at Dead Or Alive. Strong Machine J getting a bit of a push here.

It was announced that both Super Shisa and Gamma would be leaving Dragon Gate at the end of this month. Shisa, who’s spent most of his career in Toryumon/Dragon Gate, looks to wrestle elsewhere as he recovers from injuries. Gamma, who started in Osaka Pro and joined DG in 2006, will be retiring. It was thought the opposite might happen, with Gamma rejoining the new Osaka Pro, but instead Gamma will be holding his own retirement show on 8/14/2022 in Izumi City Plaza.

DG take tomorrow off, and hold house shows Saturday and Sunday, before Monday’s Korakuen Hall outing that should maybe settle this whole Jason Lee business.

GLEAT

GLEAT held their second show inside of a week yesterday at Tokyo Shinjuku FACE, that had a guest appearance from Ryo Mizunami, late of AEW. This one is on YouTube.

GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver.23 - 4/20/2022, Tokyo Shinjuku FACE (YouTube)

Shigehiro Irie & Masato Kamino d. Minoru Tanaka & Yu Iizuka (Irie > Iizuka, Beast Bomber, 11:47)

KAZMA SAKAMOTO [BULK Orchestra] d. TiiiDA (Knee Kick, 10:43)

Nanae Takahashi & Ryo Mizunami d. Michiko Miyagi & Yukari Hosokawa (Takahashi > Miyagi, Crossface, 14:14)

1 Count Fall, 5 Count Ring-Out, No Escape Special Rule Match: CIMA [#STRONGHEARTS] d. Nobuhiro Shimatani [BULK Orchestra] (Pinfall, 0:38)

1 Count Fall, 5 Count Ring-Out, No Escape Special Rule Match: Nobuhiro Shimatani [BULK Orchestra] d. CIMA [#STRONGHEARTS] (Gyakuuchi, 3:56)

Takanori Ito d. Soma Watanabe (German Suplex Hold, 15:04)

3-Way Trios Match: Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura & Quiet Storm [BULK Orchestra] d. El Lindaman, T-Hawk & Issei Onitsuka [#STRONGHEARTS] and Tetsuya Izuchi, Keiichi Sato & Jun Tonsho [60 Seconds] (Tamura > Onitsuka, Jackhammer, 21:54)

Shimatani challenged for the G-REX title, however Shigehiro Irie said he was the rightful next challenger to El Lindaman. So, a #1 contender’s match will be taking please between Shimatani v. Irie, at a date to be determined.

Shingo Takagi will be participating in GLEAT’s G PROWRESTLING Ver.25 show 5/18/2022 from Tokyo Korakuen Hall, teaming with CIMA in a special 25th Anniversary match for CIMA as a wrestler. This is… interesting, as I was under the impression that tensions between CIMA and Shingo were part of the reason Shingo left Dragon Gate in 2018. Maybe time does heal all wounds, or maybe I was misinformed. One of the two.

GLEAT’s next show that I can see booked is 5/3/2022 from Osaka.

Other News

Tomoya Hirata & Toru Sugiura retained the King Of FREEDOM Tag Team titles today against Daisuke Masaoka & Kamui in a fluorescent light tube deathmatch at FREEDOMS’s show from Tokyo Shinkiba 1st-RING earlier today.

Marvelous, BJW, Ice Ribbon and Sportiva have all been active this week.

See you Sunday.

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Damnation Unlawful Assembly 2021.07.26

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DAMNATION drunkards featured on Soma’s twitter (x)

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Listen to ref. Matsui damnit!!!

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So, here we have some incredible promo shots from the upcoming DNA play. The more I see from this, the more I think this theatrical production starring DDT’s baby wrestlers is just going to be a true work of art on many levels. (x)

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Wrestlequest: Tokyo

Hey everyone! I’m back from Japan. What a trip! I will post a bunch of stuff about it in a bit (still unpacking, jet lagged, etc), but as a baseline, here are the shows I attended while I was there, courtesy of Cagematch. I thought 10 shows was a lot, but I met a bunch of fans from overseas who were going to 20+. If it wasn’t clear before, it should be now: I am a fake wrestling fan. I might as well wear be wearing a Dolph Ziggler t-shirt and have a Twitter screen name like “WokenCloset316.” 

Anyway, here’s the list:

December 28, 2019

DDT

“D-Ou Grand Prix 2020: The Final!”

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Abema TV 

Attendance: 2,019 

Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuki Ino defeat Keigo Nakamura and Keisuke Ishii

One Count Rule Gauntlet Match: Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Yamato, Kazuki Hirata, Mad Paulie, Masahiro Takanashi, Mizuki Watase, Toru Owashi, Yoshihiko, vs. Makoto Oishi (Makoto Oishi wins)

Saki Akai defeats Sakura Hirota

Three-Way Tag Match: Nautilus (Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno) defeat ALL OUT (Akito and Shunma Katsumata) and DAMNATION (Nobuhiro Shimatani and Soma Takao)

Shinya Aoki defeats Super Sasadango Machine

Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi defeat Bull James and Yukio Naya

Four Way Match: Konosuke Takeshita defeats Chris Brookes, Daisuke Sasaki, and HARASHIMA

D-Ou Grand Prix Final Match: Masato Tanaka defeats Tetsuya Endo 

December 30, 2019

Gatoh Move

“GTMV #26″

Ichigaya Chocolate Square

Attendance: 77

Hagane Shinnou defeats Lulu Pencil

Chris Brookes defeats Mitsuru Konno

Six Man Tag Match: Antonio Honda, Baliyan Akki, and Mei Suruga defeat Masahiro Takanashi, Rin Rin, and TAMURA

December 30, 2019

Big Japan Wrestling: The World Is Not Enough Round 2

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Samurai TV

Attendance: 1,150

Six Man Tag Match: Kazuki Hashimoto, Shinobu, and Yuya Aoki defeat Koju Takeda, Kota Sekifuda, and Tatsuhiko Yoshino

Tag Team Match: Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami defeat Kankuro Hoshino and Masaya Takahashi

Daisuke Sekimoto defeats Kosuke Sato

Six Man Tag Match: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani, and Takuya Nomura defeat Freddie Krueger, Leatherface, and Raijin Yaguchi

Six Man Tag Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto, and Toshiyuki Sakuda defeat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani, and Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Hyodo, Yuji Hino, and Yuji Okabayashi defeat Hideki Suzuki, Takuho Kato, and Yasufumi Nakanoue

Six Man Tag Match: Strong Hearts (El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie, and T-Hawk) defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Yuko Miyamoto, and Masato Tanaka 

January 1, 2020

YMZ Pro Wrestling

“The 7th Sunrise”

Basement Mon Star

Attendance: 120

Tag Team Match: Manami Katsu and Mari Manji defeat Eito and Kaji Tomato

Tag Team Match: ASUKA and Hagane Shinnou vs. Daiki Shimomura and Tsubasa Kuragaki (Time Limit Draw)

No English Allowed Match: Cherry defeats Kakeru Sekiguchi 

Six Man Tag Match: Kuishinbo Kamen, Syuri, and Yuko Miyamoto defeat Daiki Shimomura, Hikaru Sato, and Kaori Yoneyama (w/Matsuzawa-san)

January 2, 2020

All Japan Pro Wrestling

“New Year Wars 2020, Day 1″

Korakuen Hall

Streamed live on AJPW.tv

Attendance: 1,445

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Francesco, Danny Jones, and Rising HAYATO defeat Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura, and Yusuke Okada

Six Man Tag Match: Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, and Naoya Namura defeat Black Menso-re, Jun Akiyama, and Takao Omori

Six Man Tag Match: Masanobu Fuchi, TAJIRI, and The Great Sasuke defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Frank Atsushi, and the Great Kojika 

New Year Battle Royal: Danny Jones defeats Akira Francesco, Atsuki Aoyagi, Black Menso-re, Chikara, Dan Tamura, Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, Naoya Nomura, Osamu Nishimura, Rising HAYATO, Takao Omori, and Yusuke Okada

Eight Man Tag Match: Izanagi, Lucas Steel, Shigehiro Irie, and UTAMARO defeat Hokuto Omori, Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu, and Yuma Aoyagi

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Hikaru Sato defeats Kagetora

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Susumu Yokosuka defeats Koji Iwamoto

AJPW World Tag Team Title Match: Violent Giants (Shuji Ishikawa and Suwama) defeat Ryouji Sai and Zeus by KO - Title Change! 

January 2, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 1″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 408

Tag Team Match: Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki) defeat Rina and Ruaka

Three Way Match: Leyla Hirsch (debut) defeats Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Iida

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (Bea Priestly, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora and Natsu Sumire) and Zoey Skye

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Tag Team Match: Kagetsu and AZM defeat STARS (Starlight Kid and Mayu Iwatani)

Eight Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, Jungle Kyona, and Hana Kimura) defeat Saya Kamiani and STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saki Kashima, and Tam Nakano)

January 3, 2020

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

“Happy New Freedom 2020″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 215

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Kenji Fukimoto defeats Masashi Takeda

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Rina Yamashita

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Kamui

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Chikara defeats Takumi Tsukamoto

Two On One Handicap Elimination Match: Naoki Kamata and Tomoya Hirata defeat GENTARO

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Kenji Fukimoto

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Chikara

Tag Team Match: Mammoth Sasaki and Violento Jack defeat Toru Sugiura and Yuya Susumu

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Final Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Takashi Sasaki 

January 3, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 2″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 453

Three Way Match: Starlight Kid defeats Natsu Sumire and Ruaka

Three Way Tag Match: Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Kamitani defeat Leyla Hirsch and Rina and Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki)

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Natsuko Tora and Zoey Skye

Six Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, and Jungle Kyona) defeat Bea Priestley and Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saya Iida, and Tam Nakano)

Oedo Tai Reunion (Hana Kimura and Kagetsu) defeat STARS (Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima) - Saki Kashima betrays Mayu and joins Oedo Tai

January 5, 2020

Tokyo Joshi Pro

“New Year Dish”

Itabashi Green Hall

Streamed live on DDT Universe

Attendance: 223

Tag Team Match: BAKURETSU Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino) defeat Mizuki and Sena Shori

Akemi Daredasore defeats Pom Harajuku 

Three Way Match: Shoko Nakajima defeats Mahiro Kiryu and Yuki Kamifuku

Six Man Tag Match: Miyu Yamashita, Raku, and Suzume defeat Haruna Neko, Hikari Noa, and Natsumi Maki

Six Man Tag Match: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi, and Yuka Sakazaki defeat Mina Shirakawa, Mirai Miumi, and Yuna Manase

International Princess Title Match: Thunder Rosa defeats Maki Itoh - Title Change!  

January 5, 2020

New Japan Pro Wrestling: 

“Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 2″

Tokyo Dome

Streamed live on NJPW World

Attendance: 30,063

Dark Match: NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Gauntlet Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, and Singo Takagi) defeat Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, and Yujiro Takahashi), CHAOS (Robbie Eagles, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOSHI-HASHI), Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Taichi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) and Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, and Toru Yano - Title Change!

Tag Team Match: Hiromu Takahashi and Ryu Lee defeat Jushin Thunder Liger and Naoki Sano (w/Yoshiaki Fujiwara) - Liger’s final match

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) w/Rocky Romero defeat Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) - Title Change!

RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title Match - Zack Sabre Jr. defeats SANADA

IWGP US Heavyweight Title Match: Jon Moxley defeats Juice Robinson (w/David Finlay)

NEVER Openweight Title Match: Hirooki Goto defeats KENTA - Title Change!

Jay White (w/Gedo) defeats Kota Ibushi

Chris Jericho defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi

IWGP Heavyweight/IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Tetsuya Naito defeats Kazuchika Okada - Title Change! (also Title Retention!)

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DNA results for July 16, 2018

DNA 46, 7/16/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Osaka City Konohana Kumin Hall in Osaka

(1) Nobuhiro Shimatani, Daiki Shimomura & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Katsumi Oribe, Yuto Kikuchi & Yuki Aoki (DOVE) ◆Winner: Shimatani (10:38) via pin-fall on Yuto Kikuchi, following a Sliding Elbow Smash from Shimomura. (2) Kouki Iwasaki & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) vs. Baliyan Akki (Indian) & Rekka ◆Winner: Iwasaki (8:32) with…

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DDT Nevermind 2017 (12/24/17) KO-D Openweight Championship Konosuke Takeshita © vs Colt Cabana ***1/2 RECOMMENDED FOR ALL FANS OF COMEDY WRESTLING

KO-D Tag Championship HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji © vs Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo **1/2

Hasta la vista, Diego! Diego, Akito & Kazusada Higuchi vs Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase & Rekka **

If NωA (Oishi, Katsumata & MAO) Lose, They Disband Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO vs Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda **

KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, Masahiro Takanashi & Saki Akai vs Keisuke Ishii, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Tomoya & Nobuhiro Shimatani N/A

T2hee Joshi vs Tokyo Joshi Francoise ☆ Takagi, Margaret ★ Owashi & Kazuko Hirata vs Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki & Yuna Manase N/A

Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Okuda vs Soma Takao & Daiki Shimomura **1/2

Show Rating: 5/10

Fun main event saved what was a lukewarm show from DDT. The tag title match had its moments in the closing stretch but overall under delivered on expectations. Stream cut out on matches two and three but saw the majority of each as well as the finishes. They opened and closed the show strong so I give the show a pass. If you enjoy comedy wrestling then the main event is sure to get several laughs and is recommended.

Match of the Night: Konosuke Takeshita © vs Colt Cabana

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NOAH Higher Ground 2022 Night 2 - 1/27/2022: Nio Pulled From Card, Title Challenges Set, February Korakuen Hall Shows Being Shot in Full HD; GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 15 - 1/26/2022: G-REX Title Tournament Begins

Pro Wrestling NOAH

NOAH continued their Higher Ground 2022 mini-tour today. Kongo’s Nio was pulled from the card after registering a fever, so matches were changed from what was previously announced. You can see this show now on Wrestle Universe.

Higher Ground 2022 - 1/27/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Junta Miyawaki d. Yasutaka Yano (Falcon Arrow, 8:31)

Masa Kitamiya, Muhammad Yone [Funky Express], Atsushi Kotoge & Daiki Inaba d. King Tany [Funky Express], Yoshiki Inamura, Hajime Ohara & Kinya Okada (Kitamiya > Okada, 10:26)

Tadasuke & ALEJA [Kongo] d. Daisuke Harada & Hao [Kongo] (Tadasuke > Hao, Jidana Lariat, 13:09)

Kaito Kiyomiya d. Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Tiger Suplex Hold, 13:32)

NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, YO-HEY & Super Crazy [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (YO-HEY > Susumu, Face G, 10:37)

Naomichi Marufuji, Masato Tanaka & Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] d. Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki & Manabu Soya [Kongo] (Mochizuki > Funaki, Dragon Suplex Hold, 15:57)

Takashi Sugiura [Sugiura-gun] d. Go Shiozaki (Front Neck Lock, 23:24)

Despite the main event loss, Go Shiozaki has highlight singles matches coming soon, against Masato Tanaka on 2/9/2022 and Kenoh on 2/11/2022, both from Korakuen Hall. Masaaki Mochizuki gets a shot at his former stablemate’s GHC National belt now on 2/10/2022, also from Korakuen Hall, as the CyberFight 50+ Push continues. Funaki has indeed left M’s Alliance and joined up with Kongo at this point.

Those three Korakuen Hall dates are apparently going to be streamed/filmed with HD cameras the whole way, calling it “NOAH The Cinematic Mode LIVE.” 2/9/2022 will be on ABEMA, 2/10 & 2/11/2022 on Wrestle Universe.

NOSAWA Rongai & YO-HEY challenge for Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susmu’s GHC Junior tag straps on 2/23/2022, the big Gain Control In Nagoya card.

NOAH’s next show is on Sunday from Shizuoka; does not look like this one will be streamed.

GLEAT

GLEAT began their G-REX Championship tournament yesterday, to crown the company’s first champion. You can see the show now on YouTube for a limited time.

GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 15 - 1/26/2022, Tokyo Shinjuku FACE (YouTube)

CIMA [STRONGHEARTS] & Jun Tonsho d. Keiichi Sato & Soma Watanabe (10:26)

Akane Fujita, Mochi Miyagi & Suzu Suzuki [Prominence] d. Madeline, Michiko Miyagi & Yukari Hosokawa (12:25)

G-REX Championship First Champion Decision Tournament 1st Round: El Lindaman [STRONGHEARTS] d. Issei Onitsuka [STRONGHEARTS] (11:36)

G-REX Championship First Champion Decision Tournament 1st Round: Minoru Tanaka d. Daijiro Matsui (6:30)

G-REX Championship First Champion Decision Tournament 1st Round: Yu Iizuka d. Kaz Hayashi (10:24)

CIMA [STRONGHEARTS], Rising HAYATO & T-Hawk [STRONGHEARTS] d. KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Hayato Tamura & Nobuhiro Shimatani [BULK Orchestra] (12:59)

G-REX Championship First Champion Decision Tournament 1st Round: Takanori Ito d. Ryuichi Kawakami (18:06)

Takanori Ito, a product of the Wrestle-1 dojo, is the presumptive Ace of GLEAT, so to see him win this would not be a surprise whatsoever. I’m not exactly sure why CIMA wrestled twice on this show.  

 Other News

Marvelous ran in Tokyo Shinkiba 1st-RING today. At the same venue yesterday, VAMOSTAR ran a show that was shown live on NicoNico, featuring several All Japan wrestlers, as well as Osamu Nishimura. TOTAL ECLIPSE’s Kuma Arashi wrestled a 30-minute time limit draw semi-main against Daimonji So.

Hey, I was wrong, Roppongi Vice v. Young Bucks did NOT happen on AEW Dynamite last night. It didn’t happen on Friday’s Rampage either (sorry for spoilers). It was supposed to happen last week on Rampage but Rocky removed himself due to COVID symptoms. Both teams featured in the Lights Out main event between Orange Cassidy v. Adam Cole, so maybe soon. Sorry for the screwup.

STARDOM has their big show in Nagoya Saturday. AJPW, NOAH and Dragon Gate all return this weekend too. NJPW does not, although there will be an NJPW Strong episode on Saturday.

See you Sunday.

[jasvvy]

the boys take bull off his feet!

[hotpinkstaples]

they didn’t actually do shit to help nobu win, but at least DAMNATION came out lmao

[puroresuspirit]

~DDT Ryogoku Kernal Sanders 2019~, 10/19/2019 [Sat] Tokyo – Ryogoku KFC Hall

1. Keigo Nakamura Debut Match: Naomi Yoshimura vs Keigo Nakamura Winner: Naomi Yoshimura (8:15) pinned Keigo Nakamura with a Lariat

2. Road to Ultimate Party 2019! Three Sets of Antonio Honda & Miyu Yamashita Trial!: - Antonio Honda (Freelance) & Miyu Yamashita (TJP) vs Masahiro Takanashi & Makoto Oishi Winners: Takanashi & Oishi (5:22) Makoto Oishi pinned Antonio Honda with a Cradle. - Antonio Honda & Miyu Yamashita vs Danshoku Dieno & Mizuki Watase Winners: Dieno & Watase (4:28) Dieno pinned Antonio Honda. - Antonio Honda & Miyu Yamashita vs DISASTER BOX (Kazuki Hirata & Yuki Ueno) Winners: Honda & Yamashita (7:27) Antonio Honda pinned Kazuki Hirata with a Diving Fist Drop. *The Match ended with 1 win and 2 losses to Antonio Honda & Miyu Yamashita

3. Isami Kodaka (BASARA) vs Nobuhiro Shimatani Winner: Isami Kodaka (8:46) referee stopped the match after a Sleeper Hold to Nobuhiro Shimatani.

4. Yukio Sakaguchi vs Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (Freelance) Winner: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (6:08) pinned Yukio Sakaguchi with a Crucifix Hold.

5. Road to Ultimate Party 2019! Special 8 Man Tag Team Match: DAMNation (Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie) vs ALL OUT (Akito, Shunma Katsumata), MAO & ASUKA Winners: DAMNation (14:35) Soma Takao pinned Shunma Katsumata with a Diving Foot Stomp.

6. DDT Megaton Match: Cody Hall vs Yukio Naya Winner: Yukio Naya (14:10) pinned Cody Hall with a Backdrop. *Yukio Naya has an interests in teaming with Cody Hall in the future.

7. Road to Ultimate Party 2019! Special Tag Team Match: ALL OUT (Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Iino) vs DISASTER BOX (HARASHIMA & Yuki Iino) Winners: DISASTER BOX (20:21) HARASHIMA pinned Yuki Iino with a Somato.

[shallowcorea]

nobuhiro shimatani tag dump!!