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Tanahashi "Fuck your knees" Hiroshi
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O-KHAN FLEW???!!!!!
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Being a Great O-Khan fan is suffering.
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mermaidsandy · 1 year
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Since I've been locked out of my Twitter account for unknown reasons, be posting my reactions to today's Road to New Beginning event
And most likely tomorrow's event as well. It all depends if I'm able to log into my Twitter account. If I can't log in before tomorrow's show, be posting all reactions here until I can get back in on Twitter.
Anyway, onto today's show in which...wild opening match between Great O-Khan and Ryohei Oiwa. O-Khan was all business in that ring. No smile. All business.
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Shinjiro Otani Suffers Horrible Injury at ZERO1 Anniversary Show; NJPW Hyper Battle ‘22, NJPW Strong Episode 86 - 4/9/2022; Wrestling Dontaku 2022 Card; AJPW Champion Carnival Begins; NOAH Makes An Awful Match Announcement Mistake; STARDOM, GLEAT, DDT, TJPW, Dragon Gate, Osaka Pro
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Initially I had planned to cover Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s 20th & 21st Anniversary show today at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan as any other show happening, albeit a big one, with eighteen matches including three title matches (2AW’s tag team and ZERO1’s World/International Juniorheavyweight titles, both of which changed hands), participation from wrestlers from NJPW, AJPW, Pro Wrestling NOAH, 2AW, DDT, Big Japan, etc. It was to be a celebration of a company that has somehow, by the skin of their teeth (and maybe some *ahem* “patronage” from “sources” if rumors are to be believed) survived the last two decades, formed in the wild frontier years of Japanese wrestling during the early 2000s with the firing of Shinya Hashimoto from New Japan in 2000, beginning in January 2001, going through the death of its founder Hashimoto in 2005, a general retraction of the wrestling business in the 2000s and 2010s, and of course the pandemic.
Unfortunately, tragedy struck during the main event of the show today, between ZERO1 World Heavyweight champion Takashi Sugiura v. company co-founder & current president Shinjiro Otani. During the match, Sugiura hit a German Suplex onto Otani into turnbuckles. Otani was unable to move after that, stopping the match. According to Tokyo Sports, Otani has been taken to hospital, where his younger sister is present; Otani is able to talk, but cannot move his arms or legs. He never lost consciousness, according to reports, and was able to communicate that he couldn’t feel his hands or legs. The early prognosis is a cervical spinal injury, possibly like the 2017 injury that happened to Tomoaki Honma in New Japan, or indeed Yoshihiro Takayama’s from that same year. (And hopefully NOT like the suplex that would end the life of Mitsuharu Misawa on 6/13/2009.) Honma was eventually able to return to wrestling (although how well-advised that is, is questionable.) Takayama is paralyzed from the shoulders down.
Otani is 49 years old, going on 50 in July. This incident will likely be his final wrestling match, even should he regain mobility.  But we have seen wrestlers come back before from career-ending injuries and surgeries too. Whatever the case is for the future, we all wish for Otani to make a full recovery and to be able to live a full life even beyond pro wrestling.
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New Japan Pro Wrestling
The Spring megacard at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan Hyper Battle ’22 took place yesterday, and you can see it now on NJPWWorld. Six title matches featured on the show, and one unit has a new member, an entirely new roster member at that.
- 4/9/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (NJPWWorld)
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga [GoD], Tanga Loa [GoD] & Jado [GoD] d. Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Gedo [Bullet Club] (Jado > Gedo, Crossface of Jado, 10:28)
Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] d. Will Ospreay & Aaron Henare [United Empire] (Shingo > Henare, Made In Japan, 9:23)
IWGP Juniorheavyweight Tag Teag Championship: Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato © d. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] (Taguchi > ELP, Samson Clutch, 15:13) - Team Six or Nine succeed their 1st defense
Provisional KOPW2022 Championship No-Rope Ring-Out Match: Taichi [SZKG] d. Toru Yano [CHAOS] © (Ring-Out via oshidashi, 4:18) - Taichi is the new Provisional KOPW2022 Champion
NEVER Openweight Championship: EVIL [Bullet Club] © d. Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] (EVIL STO, 15:47) - EVIL succeeds his 2nd defense
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire] d. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] © (Cobb > YOSHI-HASHI, Tour Of The Islands, 16:05) - Bishamon fail their 2nd defense - Cobb/O-Khan are the 93rd champions
IWGP Juniorheavyweight Championship: El Desperado [SZKG] © d. SHO [Bullet Club] (Pinche Loco, 20:33) - Despy succeeds his 3rd defense
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] © d. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] (Rainmaker, 28:25) - Okada succeeds his 3rd defense
Okada retains the title against the New Japan Cup 2022 winner, and immediately nominated Tetsuya Naito, the man who beat him in the Cup, for his next defense, at Wrestling Dontaku 2022 on 5/1/2022 in the Fukuoka Pay Pay Dome. Naito accepted the challenge, and the match is now set.
El Desperado retained his title and was immediately challenged by Taiji Ishimori. The two men were then interrupted by a new member of the United Empire: Italian wrestler Francesco Akira, formerly of All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he held their World Junior title and won the 2021 Junior League as well. Francesco declared his intention to be in Best Of The Super Juniors coming up. The Empire now have titles again, as Cobb/O-Khan defeated Bishamon. It’s O-Khan’s first title in NJPW (he held several tag and singles titles during his excursion in the UK indies), Cobb’s second.
Taichi is now the Provisional KOPW2022 holder, beating Yano in a very sumo style match (although not entirely), that saw the ropes come off the ring, and the two men wear belts that acted as the mawashi that rikishi wear. Taichi won via oshidashi. Taichi then declared a new direction for the trophy, and nominated Shingo Takagi as his first opponent, with stipulation to be decided. That match will be at the Golden Fight Series show from Hiroshima on 4/25/2022.
Surprised that Team Six or Nine retained their titles. Sadly not surprised EVIL retained his. GoD finally get a win over the Bullet Club, and now Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa will join Hiroshi Tanahashi in challenging the House of Torture for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man titles, also at Hiroshima on 4/25/2022.
The IWGP US title is now vacant, owing to SANADA’s facial injuries. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Will Ospreay will wrestle at Wrestling Dontaku 2022 to fill it. I imagine it will go back to Ospreay so he can have it for NJPW Strong events, assuming he is going back there. Matter of fact, here’s the lineup for Dontaku:
Wrestling Dontaku 2022 - 5/1/2022, Fukuoka Pay Pay Dome (NJPWWorld)
Tatsumi Fujinami [Dradition], Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG]
Tanga Loa [GoD] v. Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]
IWGP Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship: Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato (c) v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 3-Way Match: Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire] (c) v. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]
NEVER Openweight Championship: EVIL [Bullet Club] (c) v. Tama Tonga [GoD]
IWGP Juniorheavyweight Championship: El Desperado [SZKG] (c) v. Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]
IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Decision Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Will Ospreay [United Empire]
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] (c) v. Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables]
I’ll have a fuller tour lineup when I can later this week.
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In the meantime, I’ve already blown it for posting in time (it’s been a long weekend and this blog has taken a lot out of me) but NJoA’s Mutiny is currently going on in LA. I won’t be posting spoilers here because they will be on NJPW Strong eventually. But since we’re here, let’s get on last night’s episode:
Hikuleo [Bullet Club] d. Andy Brown (Chokeslam, 4:34)
Josh Alexander [Impact] d. Karl Fredericks (C4 Spike, 14:14)
Fred Rosser & Eddie Kingston [AEW] d. Fred Yehi & Daniel Garcia [AEW] (Rosser > Yehi, Gut Check, 9:27)
U-S-of-Jay Open Challenge: Jay White [Bullet Club] d. Chris Sabin [Impact] (Blade Runner, )
Eddie Kingston is super over in NJPW. Hikuleo called out Jay post-main, setting up the match that is happening tonight at Mutiny.
The Golden Fight Series tour starts a week from tomorrow on 4/18/2022. In the meantime, both NJPW and AJPW will hold a joint show for both their mutual 50th Anniversaries, and Tokyo Korakuen Hall’s 60th Anniversary. I don’t know the TV/streaming status of this show, but can’t imagine it won’t make tape due to the occasion.
Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary Festival: 50th Anniversary New Japan Pro Wrestling + All Japan Pro Wrestling - 4/16/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Ryo Inoue v. Kosei Fujita
Yoshitatsu, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato v. Takao Omori, Yuto Nakashima & Ryohei Oiwa
TAJIRI [TOTAL ECLIPSE] & Toru Yano [CHAOS] v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] & Black Menso-re
Yuma Aoyagi [NEXTREAM], Atsuki Aoyagi [NEXTREAM], Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma v. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH [CHAOS] v. Suwama, Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura [Evolution]
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kento Miyahara [NEXTREAM] v. Jake Lee [TOTAL ECLIPSE] & Taichi [SZKG]
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All Japan Pro Wrestling
Champion Carnival 2022 has now begun. The annual tournament will determine who next will face Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. The series began yesterday and ran today as well.
- 4/9/2022, Osaka EDION Arena Subarena
Takao Omori, Izanagi & Black Menso-re d. Hikaru Sato [Evolution], Dan Tamura [Evolution] & Ryo Inoue (Izanagi > Inoue, Brainbuster, 8:47)
TAJIRI & Hokuto Omori [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] (Omori > HAYATO, Narcissist Roll, 7:21)
Champion Carnival B Block: Takuya Nomura [BJW] d. Yoshitatsu (Ground Cobra Twist, 9:45) 
Champion Carnival A Block: T-Hawk [#STRONGHEARTS] d. Ryuki Honda [TOTAL ECLIPSE] (Front Roll Cradle, 7:17)
Champion Carnival A Block: Shigehiro Irie d. Shuji Ishikawa (Referee Stoppage, 11:33)
Champion Carnival A Block: Shotaro Ashino [Evolution] d. Jake Lee [TOTAL ECLIPSE] (Ankle Lock, 6:29)
Champion Carnival B Block: Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Kento Miyahara [NEXTREAM] (Diving Senton, 13:26)
Champion Carnival B Block: Yuma Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] d. Suwama [Evolution] (The Fool, 14:30)
- 4/10/2022, Shizuoka Act City Hamamatsu
TAJIRI, Ryuki Honda & Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Yoshitatsu, Black Menso-re & Ryo Inoue (TAJIRI > Inoue, Buzzsaw Kick, 8:32)
Takao Omori & Hiroshi Yamato d. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura [Evolution] (Yamato > Tamura, Northern Lights Bomb, 9:23)
SUGI & RAICHO d. Izanagi & Shigehiro Irie (SUGI > Izanagi, Double-Team Spanish Fly, 8:42)
Shotaro Ashino [Evolution] & Hideki “Shrek” Sekine d. Jake Lee & Hokuto Omori [TOTAL ECLIPSE] (Ashio > Hokuto, Ankle Hold, 9:47)
Champion Carnival A Block: Shuji Ishikawa d. T-Hawk [#STRONGHEARTS] (9:43)
Champion Carnival B Block: Takuya Nomura [BJW] d. Yuma Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] (Dragon Suplex Hold, 11:00)
Champion Carnival B Block: Kento Miyahara [NEXTREAM] TLD Suwama [Evolution] (30:00)
Kento and Jake Lee, both, taking losses on the first day is a bit of a surprise, as is Kento failing to beat Suwama today. But also, if Kento is the champion, he won’t be winning this year. Jake will likely have a strong finish. But right now in B Block, it’s Big Japan’s Takuya Nomura in the lead. And go Shigehiro!
Current Champion Carnival 2022 standings after the first two days:
A Block Ashino: 2pts (1W 0D 0L) Irie: 2pts (1W 0D 0L) Ishikawa: 2pts (1W 0D 1L) T-Hawk: 2pts (1W 0D 1L) Honda: 0pts (0W 0D 1L) Lee: 0pts (0W 0D 1L)
B Block Nomura: 4pts (2W 0D 0L) Arashi: 2pts (1W 0D 0L) Aoyagi: 2pts (1W 0D 1L) Miyahara: 1pts (0W 1D 1L) Suwama: 1pts (0W 1D 1L) Yoshitatsu: 0pts (0W 0D 1L)
Champion Carnival continues tomorrow from Korakuen Hall.
- 4/11/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Takao Omori & Ryuji Hijikata v. Izanagi & Ryo Inoue
Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura [Evolution] v. Black Menso-re & Hiroshi Yamato
Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO [NETXREAM] v. TAJIRI, Ryuki Honda, Hokuto Omori & Koji Doi [TOTAL ECLIPSE]
Champion Carnival A Block: Shotaro Ashino [Evolution] v. T-Hawk [#STRONGHEARTS]
Champion Carnival A Block: Jake Lee [TOTAL ECLIPSE] v. Shuji Ishikawa
Champion Carnival B Block: Yoshitatsu v. Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE]
Champion Carnival B Block: Suwama [Evolution] v. Takuya Nomura [BJW]
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Pro Wrestling NOAH
NOAH resumed Real Overture, which featured a match announcement for Sumo Hall that is going to come back to bite the company in the ass.
- 4/8/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (ABEMA)
Super Crazy [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. Yasutaka Yano (Liger Bomb, 7:30)
King Tany [Funky Express], Muhammad Yone [Funky Express] & Alejandro d. Daiki Inaba, Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura (Alejandro > Fujimura, Sky Twister Press, 8:36)
HYO [Z-Brats] d. Junta Miyawaki (Panther Clutch, 9:29)
Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daisuke Harada, YO-HEY & Hao d. Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Nio [Kongo] (Hao > Nio, Tatsumaki, 15:00)
Hideki Suzuki [Sugiura-gun] TLD Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kongo] (30:00)
Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] d. Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance] & Atsushi Kotoge (Ogawa > Kotoge, Figure-4 Leglock, 17:56)
NOSAWA Rongai, EIta & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (Eita > Yoshioka, Numero Uno, 8:08)
Kazuyuki Fujita & Takashi Sugiura [Sugiura-gun] d. Go Shiozaki & Masato Tanaka [M’s Alliance] (Fujita > Shiozaki, Face Kick, 18:37)
- 4/9/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe)
King Tany & Muhammad Yone [Funky Express] d. Kai Fujimura & KInya Okada (Yone > Fujimura, Kinniku Buster, 10:20)
Alejandro d. Yasutaka Yano (Swan Dive Body Press, 6:23)
Masakatsu Funaki, Manabu Soya & Nio [Kongo] d. Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Hao (Funaki > Hao, Hybrid Blaster, 11:43)
Hideki Suzuki [Sugiura-gun], NOSAWA Rongai [Perros del Mal de Japon] & Super Crazy [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Tadasuke & Hajime Ohara [Kongo] (Suzuki > Ohara, Double-Arm Suplex, 8:43)
Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY & Junta Miyawaki d. HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (YO-HEY > Yoshioka, Dropkick, 10:43)
Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Inaba d. Naomichi Marufuji, Masato Tanaka & Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] (Kiyomiya > Mochizuki, Double Arm Lock, 16:51)
Takashi Sugiura [Sugiura-gun] d. Kenoh [Kongo] (Ankle Lock, 18:44)
Yeah, sure, things happened at these shows, not least of which, Dragon Gate’s HYO made his in-ring debut for NOAH. But also, a match announcement for the 4/30/2022 show at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan caused (English-speaking) Wrestling Twitter to rightly get into an uproar, as Masa Kitamiya will be facing Michael Elgin. I’m pretty irritated because I promised myself, I was never going to mention Elgin again on this blog, because I was hoping he was done with wrestling, in Japan or otherwise, after the events of last July. Now NOAH has decided to become the promotion that welcomed him back to Japan. I am just not sure about what NOAH are doing at this point. They had such momentum and goodwill stemming from a fantastic New Year’s Day show at Tokyo Nippon Budokan, and their matches at Night 3 of Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama: NJPW v. NOAH. Between nonsensical booking, poor choices of who to give championships to (all three of their heavyweight titles are held by wrestlers over 50), and now… this, it’s amazing how much of that momentum and goodwill they have torched in 2022. Attendances are hitting BJW numbers in some cases now. I don’t see them having a good attendance at Ryogoku, especially for the N Innovation show on 4/29/2022. I hope I am wrong, but CyberAgent may need to have a hard look at how they are doing business with NOAH.
And fuck Michael Elgin.
NOAH return on 4/17/2022 with the final Real Overture show from Niigata.
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Dragon Gate
The Gate of Passion 2022 tour continued this entire weekend, starting with Friday’s show that was a(nother) homecoming for both U-T and SB KENTo.
The Gate of Passion 2022 Night 5 - 4/8/2022, Aichi Nagoya Tsuyuhashi Sports Center
Kota Minoura, Naruki Doi & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. Jason Lee, Ho Ho Lun & Ryu Fuda (Minoura > Fuda, R-301, 10:19)
Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshiokda [D’Courage] d. Strong Machine J & Ishin Iihashi (Yoshioka > Ishin, Darkness Buster, 8:24)
BxB Hulk, Diamante & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] d. Ultimo Dragon, Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] & Takuma Fujiwara (Skywalker > Fujiwara, SSW, 9:00)
Susumu Yokosuka & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] d. KAI & SB KENTo [Z-Brats] (Yokosuka > KAI, Jumbo Pin, 12:01)
Kzy, Genki Horiguchi, Big Boss Shimizu & U-T [Natural Vibes] d. YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Ben-K & Kagetora [HIGH-END] (U-T > Kagetora, Hikari no Wa, 15:52)
U-T got the win at his Homecoming, how nice. Possibly spurred on by K-Ness’s retirement message on Thursday, Susumu Yokosuka gets a direct pin on the Open The Dream Gate champion KAI. Now that title match has been added to Dead Or Alive 2022 on 5/5/2022 from Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
The Gate of Passion 2022 Night 6 - 4/9/2022, Shizuoka Act City Hamamatsu
Kota Minoura, Naruki Doi & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. Genki Horiguchi, Big Boss Shimizu & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (Minoura > Kamei, R-301, 12:25)
SB KENTo & Diamante [Z-Brats] d. Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun (KENTo > Lun, MCC, 8:48)
Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid [HIGH-END], Ben-K [HIGH-END] & Kagetora [HIGH-END] d. Shuji Kondo, Eita, Strong Machine J & Takuma Fujiwara (Ben-K > Fujiwara, Spear, 12:27)
Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. YAMATO & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] (Yoshioka > Okuda, Frog Splash, 12:26)
Susumu Yokosuka, Kzy & U-T [Natural Vibes] d. KAI, BxB Hulk & HYO (Yokosuka > HYO, Yokosuka Cutter, 16:51)
Today’s show was also another Homecoming, for Shachihoko Boy.
The Gate of Passion 2022 Night 7 - 4/10/2022, Okayama Hotel Cent Inn Kurashiki
KAI, BxB Hulk & Diamante [Z-Brats] d. Susumu Yokosuka, Genki Horiguchi & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (Diamante > Kamei, Vuelta Finale, 10:10)
Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. Eita & La Estrella (Yoshioka > Estrella, Darkness Buster, 7:10)
SB KENTo [Z-Brats] d. Takuma Fujiwara (SB Shooter, 12:10)
Kota Minoura, Naruki Doi & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. Yasushi Kanda, Kagetora [HIGH-END] & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] (Minoura > Kanda, R-301, 6:38)
Ultimo Dragon & Ho Ho Lun d. Shachihoko Boy & Punch Tominaga (Lun > Tominaga, Ho Ho Roll, 12:11)
YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Ben-K [HIGH-END] d. Kzy, Big Boss Shimizu & U-T [Natural Vibes] (YAMATO > U-T, Galleria, 19:05)
Boy here I am trying to big up the Jason Lee/Ho Ho Lun partnership and they don’t win as a team this weekend, but Ho Ho Lun wins today. Sheesh.
Dragon Gate are off until Saturday now. Sunday 4/17/2022 they will run two shows from Fukuoka Acros Fukuoka, both of which will be streaming on DG Network.
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DDT / Tokyo Joshi
DDT was in Tokyo Korakuen Hall today, with a special main event commemorating Tetsuya Endo’s 10th Anniversary as a wrestler. This was also Konosuke Takeshita’s final DDT event before heading off on excursion to AEW later this month.
DDT April Fool 2022
- 4/10/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe)
Yuya Koroku [Burning] & Ilusion d. Toi Kojima [The 37KAMIINA] & El Unicorn (Koroku > Kojima, Hold Down Triangle Choke, 6:57)
Toru Owashi, Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuki Hirata d. Akita, Soma Takao & Gota Ihashi (Hirata > Ihashi, La Magistral, 6:53)
KANON d. Yuki Ishida (Cobra Twist, 4:34)
KO-D Tag Team Championship: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi © d. Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya (Takanashi > Naya, Everclear, 13:19) - Calamari Drunken Kings succeed their 1st defense
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul [DAMNATION TA] d. Danshoku Dino, Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari [Pheromones] © (Fujita > Dino, Samson Clutch, 10:37) - Pheromones fail their 3rd defense - DAMNATION TA are the 45th champions
Saki Akai [Eruption] & Maya Yukihi d. Cherry & Miyako Matsumoto (Akai > Matsumoto, Rookie Award, 7:15)
Yusuke Okada [Burning] d. Shunma Katsumata [The 37KAMIINA] (Sudden Death, 8:51)
Yuki Ueno & MAO [The 37KAMIINA] d. Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani [Eruption] (Ueno > Okatani, BME, 10:34)
Tetsuya Endo 10th Anniversary Match: Tetsuya Endo [Burning], Jun Akiyama [Burning] & Yukio Sakaguchi [Eruption] d. Konosuke Takeshita [The 37KAMIINA], HARASHIMA [DISASTER BOX] & Antonio Honda (Endo > Honda, Burning Star Press, 20:16)
Daisuke Sasaki is teasing a new member of DAMNATION TA for the big show at Yokohama Budokan on 5/1/2022 (full card below), and it may be someone from another unit jumping over. KANON makes his DDT debut in decent style.
DDT also released the video of the first round of the King of Street Wrestling tournament. These matches were all taped at various locations
King of Street Wrestling - 4/10/2022, various (Wrestle Universe)
King of Street Wrestling 1st Round – Kanagawa Big Japan Dojo: Abdullah Kobayashi [BJW] d. Sanshiro Takagi (Bakachinga Elbow, 13:02)
King of Street Wrestling 1st Round – Kanagawa Enoshima Beach: Hikaru Machida d. Worawutnoi Keatchaiyong (KO, R3 1:20)
King of Street Wrestling 1st Round – Tokyo Shibuya Kitaya Park: Shunma Katsumata [The 37KAMIINA] d. Suzu Suzuki [Prominence] (Sauna Trance Splash through a table, 17:18)
King of Street Wrestling 1st Round – Tokyo Shinkinba Studio Flamme:  Chris Brookes d. Onryo (Coffin Burial, 15:43)
The semifinals will be shown on Wrestle Universe on 4/16/2022, with Abdullah Kobayashi v. Shunma Katsumata from a bath house in Kanagawa, and Chris Brookes v. Hikaru Machida from a campground somewhere in Shizuoka.
DDT Mega Max Bump 2022 Tour in Yokohama - 5/1/2022, Kanagawa Yokohama Budokan (Wrestle Universe)
KANON v. Yuya Koroku [Burning]
Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura v. Antonio Honda & Yuki Ishida
Shinya Aoki v. Toi Kojima [The 37KAMIINA]
Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani [Eruption] v. Maya Yukihi & Shunma Katsumata [The 37KAMIINA]
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & X [DAMNATION TA] v. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Soma Takao
Danshoku Dino, Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari [Pheromones] v. Hisaya Imabayashi, AKIRA & Muscle Sakai
HARASHIMA [DISASTER BOX] & Hikaru Sato v. Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi [Eruption]
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship: Poison Sawada JULIE, Takashi Sasaki, GENTARO, MIKAMI & Thanomsak Toba (c) v. Sanshiro Takagi, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Gorgeous Matsuno
DDT Universal Championship: MAO [The 37KAMIINA] © v. Asuka
KO-D Tag Team Championship: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi © v. Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada [Burning]
KO-D Openweight Championship: Tetsuya Endo [Burning] © v. Yuki Ueno [The 37KAMIINA]
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Tokyo Joshi also had a busy weekend, with a big show from Korakuen yesterday featuring two title matches.
TJPW Still Incomplete ‘22 - 4/9/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe)
Pom Harajuku & Moka Miyamoto d. Haruna Neko & Kaya Toribami (Harajuku > Toribami, Pom de Justice, 8:52)
Miyu Yamashita d. Juria Nagano (Skull Kick, 4:12)
Marika Kobashi d. Raku (Bulldog, 6:43)
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta d. Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku (Kakuta > Kamifuku, Shiden Kai, 11:31)
Hyper Misao d. Miu Watanabe (Vanitas, 11:01)
Saki Akai & Yuki Arai d. Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu (Arai > Kiryu, Finally, 13:20)
Princess Tag Team Championship: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki © d. Suzume & Arisu Endo (Mizuki > Endo, Diving Foot Stomp, 16:05) - Magical Sugar Rabbits succeed their 3rd defense
Princess of Princess Championship: Shoko Nakajima © d. Yuki Aino (Diving Senton, 15:49) - Nakajima succeeds her 1st defense
Nakajima & Aino showed respect post-match. Hyper Misao then challenged Nakajima for her title. Suzume & Endo have a new name for their team, Daisy Monkey, but it didn’t help them win the titles this time. Noa/Kakuta, known as Free WiFi, challenged the Magical Sugar Rabbits but the Rabbits mocked and ignored their challenge. Marika Kobashi gets a win in her final Korakuen Hall appearance.
TJPW also ran at Shinkiba 1st-RING today.
TJPW Inspiration - 4/10/2022, Tokyo Shinkiba 1st-RING (Wrestle Universe)
Miyu Yamashita d. Kaya Toribami (Attitude Adjustment, 7:03)
Yuka Sakazaki d. Moka Miyamoto (Chickenwing, 11:25)
Marika Kobashi & Abdullah Kobayashi [BJW] d. SAKI & Antonio Honda (Kobayashi > Honda, Bakachinga Elbow, 17:29)
Marika Kobashi TLD Abdullah Kobayashi [BJW] (3:00)
Rika Tatsumi d. Suzume (White Dragon Sleeper, 13:32)
This one had a special set of matches with the soon-to-retire Marika Kobashi teaming with one of her namesakes, along with an extra singles match afterwards.
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STARDOM
STARDOM ran yesterday and today, with today’s show not only continuing the Cinderella Tournament 2022, but also featured a title match.
- 4/9/2022, Ehime Item
AZM & Saya Kamitani [Queen’s Quest] d. Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo [STARS] (AZM > Iida, Azumisushi, 7:55)
Utami Hayashishita [Queen’s Quest] d. Lady C [Queen’s Quest] (German Suplex Hold, 4:18)
Syuri, MIRAI & Ami Sourei [God’s Eye] d. Giulia, Thekla & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] (MIRAI > Sakurai, Miramare, 14:23)
Mayu Iwatani, Koguma & Hazuki [STARS] TLD Maika, Himeka & Natsupoi [Donna del Mondo] (15:00)
Saki Kashima, Ruaka, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] d. Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka & Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels]
- 4/10/2022, Osaka EDION Arena Subarena
Maika, Natsupoi & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] d. Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] (Maika > C, Michinoku Driver II, 10:35)
MIRAI & Ami Sourei [God’s Eye] d. Saki Kashima & Ruaka [Oedo Tai] (MIRAI > Kashima, lariat, 9:51)
Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida, Koguma & Momo Kohgo [STARS] d. Tam Nakano, Mira Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka & Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] (Iwatani > Tsukiyama, Frog Splash, 14:52)
Cinderella Tournament 2022 2nd Round: Hazuki [STARS] d. AZM [Queen’s Quest] (Hazukistral, 5:11)
Cinderella Tournament 2022 2nd Round: Syuri [God’s Eye] TLD Himeka [Donna del Mondo] (10:00) - Both Syuri & Himeka eliminated from tournament
Goddesses of Stardom Championship: Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] © d. Giulia & Thekla [Donna del Mondo] (Watanabe > Thekla, Peach Sunrise, 21:35) - Black Desire succeed their 1st defense
Koguma & Hazuki challenged the champions for 5/5/2022 in Fukuoka. Syuri named Himeka as her next opponent for the Red Belt, following their elimination from the tournament due to the draw. Hazuki now gets a bye into the semi-finals. I feel like this tournament could have been laid out a little better. The DdM v. God’s Eye feud is going strong now.
The next show will be a Cinderella Tournament 2022 show from Tokyo Korakuen Hall on Sunday 4/17/2022. There will also be STARDOM talents at the joshi summit show on Friday 4/15/2022 that will be part of the the 60th Anniversary celebrations for Tokyo Korakuen Hall.
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GLEAT
GLEAT is back, whooooo. This one has not made it to YouTube (yet).
GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver.21 - 4/9/2022, Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall
T-Hawk [#STRONGHEARTS] & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] d. Soma Watanabe & Masato Kamino [BASARA] (T-Hawk > Watanabe)
Madeline & Haruka Umesaki d. Michiko Miyagi & Momoka Hanazono (Madeline > Hanazono)
Takanori Ito d. Eisa 8
Minoru Tanaka & Yu Iizuka d. CIMA [#STRONGHEARTS] & TiiiDA (Tanaka > TiiiDA)
El Lindaman & Issei Onitsuka [#STRONGHEARTS] d. Quiet Storm & Nobushiro Shimatani [BULK Orchestra] (Lindaman > Shimatani)
Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO [BULK Orchestra] d. Tetsuya Izuchi, Keiichi Sato & Jun Tonsho [60 Seconds] (Kawakami > Tonsho)
 Other News
Osaka Pro made its full return this weekend with two shows at Osaka-jo Park Taiyo no Hiroba. At their 5/1/2022 at Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall, the previous champion before the shutdown, Kazuaki Mihara, will face off against Zeus to determine who will be the Osaka Pro Champion going forward.
Big Japan had a PPV at Shinkiba 1st-RING that saw Kota Sekifuda retain the BJW junior title against 2AW’s Chicharito Shoki for his sixth successful defense. Sekifuda then nominated Kosuke Sato, but Sato refused, saying he wasn’t yet ready for that challenge.
HEAT UP, 2AW, Just Tap Out, PURE-J, Wrestle Addiction, Michinoku Pro, Pro Wrestling Shi-en also all ran this weekend.
Once again, our thoughts and hopes for Shinjiro Otani’s recovery.
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