5/22 All-Japan Results

All-Japan continued their current tour today, results from Yanai City:
They claimed 350 paid.
Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo beat Masanobu Fuchi & Kotaro Suzuki (Independent/Freelancer) in 15:01. Hayashi pinned Fuchi.

HUB (Dragon Gate) beat SUSHI & MAZADA in a 3-way in 9:37 by pinning SUSHI.

AKebono & Hiroshi Yamato beat Bambi Killer & ? in 9:59. Akebono pinned ? after a jumping body press.

Joe Doering beat Ryota Hama in 7:34.

Takao Omori & KAI beat Suwama & Yasufumi Nakanoue in 13:25. KAI pinned Naknaoue after a jumping powerbomb.

Jun Akiyama, Go Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Atsushi Aoki (Independent/Freelancers) beat Masakatsu Funaki, Masayuki Kono, Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto in 24:45. Shiozaki pinned Tanaka after Go Flasher.

5/22 New Japan Results

New Japan kicked off the 20th annual BEST OF THE SUPER JUNIOR tour today with a pre-tournament event of sorts (the actual tournament does not begin until the next event on Friday), results from Nagoya International Conference Center:
They claimed 1500 paid.
Sho Tanaka vs. Yohei Komatsu went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Barretta (gaijin) & Titan beat Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI in 8:29. Barretta pinned Takahashi.

Ricochet (Dragon Gate) & Kenny Omega (DDT) beat Taichi & TAKA Michinoku in 8:32. Omega pinned TAKA after Croyt’s Wrath.

Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA, Tiger Mask 4 & Jushin Liger beat Jado, Brian Kendrick, Alex Kozlov & Rocky Romero in 11:19. KUSHIDA beat Romero with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.

YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano beat Takaaki Watanabe, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata in 15:44. Ishii pinned Watanabe after a lariat.

Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Karl Anderson & Prince Devitt beat Captain New Japan, Ryusuke Taguchi, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroshi Tanahashi in 11:19. Devitt pinned Captain after a Fale chokeslam.

Tomoaki Honma (Independent/Freelancer), Hirooki Goto & Makabe beat Gedo, Yujiro Takahashi & Kazuchika Okada in 14:15. Makabe pinned Gedo after a King Kong kneedrop.

As noted earlier, the BOSJ tournament actually begins Friday.

 

5/19 Sendai Girls Results

Sendai Girls ran their latest event yesterday, results from Matsushita IMP Hall:
They claimed 560 paid (super full house/overflow).
Kagetu & Sendai Sachiko beat Sawako Shimotsuke & Syuri in 11:33. Kagetu pinned Shimotsuke.

? beat Maiden Name Sakura Hirota & Aiger/Eiger in a  3-way in 9:40 by pinning Hirota.

Mio Shirai beat DASH Chisako in 9:34.

Hiroo Matsumoto & Aja Kong beat Sendai Sachiko & Kagetu in 15:43. Matsumoto pinned Kagetu after a Liger bomb.

Meiko Satomura beat Ayumi Kurihara in 17:21.

Next event is 6/12 at Miyagino-ku Cultural Center (Theater Hall).

5/19 Stardom Results

Stardom ran their latest event today, results from Nagoya Telepia Hall:
They claimed 285 paid.
Kyoko Kimura & Hailey Hatred beat Yuhi & Mayu Iwatani in 9:04. Kimura pinned Iwatani after a big boot.

Nanae Takahashi beat Sumire Yoshino in 10:05.

Kaori Yoneyama & Hiroyo Matsumoto beat Natsuki*Taiyo & Yoshiko in 13:40. Yoneyama pinned Natsuki.

Io Shirai & Takumi Iroha beat Kairi Hojo & Natsumi Showzuki in 13:53. Shirai pinned Hojo after a moonsault press.

Wonder Of Stardom Champion Dark Angel beat Miho Wakizawa in 11 minutes to retain the title. V1 for Angel.

Also announced today was the full card for 6/2 at Korakuen:
Miho Wakizawa & Eri Susa vs. Yui Yokoo & Sumire Yoshino vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Mayu Iwatani vs. Hailey Hatred & ? in a scramble tag match
Dark Angel vs. Yuhi
Nanae Takahashi vs. Takumi Iroha
High Speed Champion Natsuki*Taiyo vs. Kaori Yoneyama for the title
Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Kairi Hojo & Natsumi Showzuki vs. Kyoko Kimura & Christina Von Eerie for the titles
World Of Stardom Champion Io Shirai vs. Yoshiko for the title

Next event is 5/26 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

5/19 Osaka Pro Results

Osaka Pro ran their monthly Osaka big show today, results from Matsushita IMP Hall:
They claimed 390 paid.
Naoki Setoguchi & Katsumi Oribe beat ? & ? in 10:09. Setoguchi beat ? with a cobra twist.

Kana (Independent/Freelancer), Takoyakida & Spider J beat Arisa Nakajima (JWP), Black Buffalo & Yutaka in 13:19. Takoyakida pinned Yutaka with a Takoyaki suplex hold.

Aja Kong (OZ Academy) & Kanjuro Matsuyama beat Kuishinbo Kamen & Ebessan 3 in 12:54. Kong pinned 3 after a spinning backfist.

Tadasuke & Kazuaki Mihara beat Zeus & The Bodyguard in 17:17 to win the vacant Osaka Pro Tag Team Championship. Tadasuke & Mihara become the 33rd Osaka Pro Tag Team Champions. Mihara pinned Bodyguard after a flying sausage.

Tigers Mask beat Billy Ken Kid in 27:41 to win the vacant Osaka Pro Singles Championship. Tigers wins the title for the 4th time and becomes the 26th Osaka Pro Singles Champion.

5/17 & 5/18 Dragon Gate Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE this weekend, results from Friday & Saturday:
Friday at Kobe Sambo Hall:
They claimed 1000 paid (super full house/overflow).
Jimmy Kagetora beat Mondai Ryu in 4:53.

BxB Hulk, Akira Tozawa & Uhaa Nation beat Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Ryo Saito & Naoki Tanisaki in 10:26.  Nation pinned Tanisaki after Uhaa Combination.

Super Shenlong 3 & Chihiro Tominaga beat Shingo Takagi & YAMATO in 9:56. Tominaga pinned YAMATO after an errant Takagi attack on YAMATO.

Naruki Doi & Rich Swann beat HUB & Kotoka in 10:13. Swann pinned Kotoka after Die Fly.

CIMA, Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat Super Shisa, K-ness & Cyber Kong in 14:48. Mochizuki pinned Shisa after Twister.

KING OF GATE:
Ricochet beat Masato Yoshino in 15:18.
Jimmy Susumu beat Dragon Kid in 21:24.

Saturday at Kuwana City Gym:
They claimed 550 paid (full house/sellout).
K-ness beat Super Shenlong 3 in 6:48.

Masaaki Mochizuki & HUB beat Naruki Doi & Syachihoko BOY in 10:33. Mochizuki pinned BOY after Twister.

YAMATO beat Naoki Tanisaki in 9:26.

Don Fujii & Dragon Kid beat Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Ryo Saito in 16:04. Fujii beat Saito with Gedo Clutch.

KING OF GATE: Shingo Takagi beat Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! in 11:35. No repeat for the defending champion.

BxB Hulk, Akira Tozawa & Uhaa Nation beat Masato Yoshino, Ricochet & Rich Swann in 17:33. Nation pinned Swann after Uhaa Combination.

The KOG semis will be fully set today, 3/4 is set with Ricochet, Susumu & Takagi. The 4th spot goes to the YAMATO-Fujii winner, that match happens today. Semis & Finals will be Saturday.

5/19 All-Japan Results

All-Japan continued their current tour today, results from Niigata:
They claimed 1000 paid (full house/sellout).
Kaz Hayashi & Minoru Tanaka beat Masanobu Fuchi & Atsushi Aoki (Independent/Freelancer) in 10:28. Hayashi pinned Aoki after Power Plant.

SUSHI beat MAZADA & Kotaro Suzuki (Independent/Freelancer) in a 3-way in 8:33 by pinning MAZADA.

Seiya Sanada & Ryota Hama beat Bambi Killer & ? in 11:25. Sanada pinned ?.

Jun Akiyama, Go Shiozaki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (Independent/Freelancers) beat Akebono, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato in 14:20. Shiozaki pinned Yamato after Go Flasher.

Joe Doering beat Takao Omori in 8:24.

Masakatsu Funaki, Masayuki Kono & Koji Kanemoto beat Suwama, Shuji Kondo & Yasufumi Nakanoue in 18:36. Funaki pinned Nakanoue after Hybrid Blaster.