Shun Skywalker and Madoka Kikuta will face off at Dead or Alive
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Next Week in Wrestling | May 1st to May 7th

Hey! I decided to implement a new rating for the importance of all the events in my pro wrestling schedule. 1 is the least important and 5 the most important event. I hope you enjoy it. You can send me feedback at @UpcomingWrestl1 on Twitter

Here is what to look forward to :

Monday

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2023 – Day 8

Importance – 2/5

  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) vs. Just 5 Guys (DOUKI & Taichi)
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Just 5 Guys (SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Available on NJPW World

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TJPW INSPIRATION

Importance – 3/5

  • Mahiro Kiryu Vs Gabai Ji-chan
  • HIMAWARI Vs Toga
  • Suzume & Arisu Endo Vs Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami
  • Sawyer Wreck Vs Hikari Noa

Available on Wrestle Universe

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WWE Raw

Importance 3/5

Available on USA Network

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Tuesday

GANJO FIRE EMBLEM ’23

Importance 3/5

  • Riara Vs Moeka Haruhi
  • Chie Koishikawa Vs Tokiko Kirihara
  • Ami Manase Vs Marika Kobashi
  • Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI Vs Tomoka Inaba & HisokA
  • Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Tae Honma

Available on Wrestle Universe

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WWE NXT

Importance 3/5

  • JD McDonagh vs. Dragon Lee
  • Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn (c) vs. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter
  • Joe Gacy vs. Joe Coffey
  • Axiom vs. SCRYPTS
  • Gigi Dolin vs. Jacy Jayne
  • Wes Lee (w/Tyler Bate) (c) vs. Drew Gulak (w/Charlie Dempsey)

Available on USA Network

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Wednesday

STARDOM GoldenWeek Fight Tour 2023

Importance 1/5

  • Mayu Iwatani & Hazuki & Koguma vs Giulia & Maika & Thekla
  • God’s Eye vs Club Venus

Available on Stardom World VOD

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Dragon Gate HOPEFUL GATE 2023

Importance – 2/5

  • Shun Skywalker & Madoka Kikuta vs. KAI & ISHIN

Available on DG Network (FREE)

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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023

Importance – 5/5

  • Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yuto Nakashima vs. Oskar Leube vs. Oleg Boltin
  • CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo, EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi)
  • United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste)
  • Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA) & Shota Umino vs. United Empire (Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP)
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Just 5 Guys (DOUKI, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
  • KENTA (c) vs. Hikuleo
  • Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Jeff Cobb
  • Strong Style (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita) (c) vs. ???, ??? & Kazuchika Okada
  • Tama Tonga (c) vs. David Finlay
  • SANADA (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi

Available on NJPW World

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DDT MEGA MAX BUMP 2023 IN YOKOHAMA

Importance – 5/5

  • Yuji Hino vs Yuki Iino
  • Tetsuya Endo vs MAO
  • Jun Akiyama vs Shunma Katsumata
  • Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Kotaro Suzuki & Hideki Okatani Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi, Naruki Doi & KANON
  • Yuki Ueno & Yuni Vs Van Vert Jack & Takeshi Masada
  • Saki Akai Vs Rayne Leverkusen
  • Chiitan, Toru Owashi & Akito Vs Chris Brookes, Masahito Takanashi & Antonio Honda
  • Kazuki Hirata Vs Hikaru Machida
  • Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul Vs Soma Takao, Yusuke Okada & Diego
  • Toi Kojima & Kazuma Sumi Vs Yuya Koroku & Munetatsu Nakamura

Available on Wrestle Universe

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We Love FREEDOMS! We Are FREEDOMS! 2023

Importance – 4/5

  • Dragon Libre, GENTARO & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. ERE (Dobunezumi Fukki, Drew Parker & Kyu Mogami)
  • Kengo & Takahiro Katori vs. Shiho & Yuya Susumu
  • Mammoth Sasaki & Rina Yamashita vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Toru Sugiura
  • Kamui (c) vs. Jun Masaoka
  • Masashi Takeda & UNCHAIN (Jun Kasai & Minoru Fujita) vs. ERE (Takayuki Ueki, Toshiyuki Sakuda & Violento Jack)
  • Tomoya Hirata (c) vs. Takashi Sasaki

AEW Dynamite

Importance – 3/5

  • Juice Robinson vs. Ricky Starks
  • Tres de Mayo Trios Battle Royal
  • Saraya (w/Ruby Soho & Toni Storm) vs. Willow Nightingale
  • Adam Cole, Bandido, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong vs. The Jericho Appreciation Society (Angelo Parker, Daniel Garcia, Jake Hager & Matt Menard)
  • MJF & Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin & Jack Perry

Available on TBS

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Thursday

Dragon Gate HOPEFUL GATE 2023

Importance – 2/5

Available on DG Network

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STARDOM Fukuoka Megami Densetsu 2023

Importance 4/5

  • Mina Shirakawa vs. Natsupoi
  • New Eras vs. FWC
  • AZM vs. Mei Seira
  • Giulia & Maika vs. Utami & Saya Kamitani
  • Syuri & Konami vs. Momo Watanabe & Natsuko
  • Mayu Iwatani & Hanan vs. Mariah & Jessie
  • SLK & Ruaka vs. Tam Nakano & Saori Anou
  • Fukuoka Rumble

Available on Stardom World VOD and probably PPV

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Pro Wrestling NOAH MAJESTIC 2023

Importance 5/5

  • Naomichi Marufuji vs Jake Lee
  • Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura vs Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya
  • Hijo del Dr. Wagler Jr. vs Hideki Suzuki
  • Ninja Mack vs HAYATA
  • Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi (c) vs. Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher
  • Dralistlico vs. Ray Escorpion
  • Yoshinari Ogawa & Chris Ridgeway vs. Eita & Daga
  • Masakatsu Funaki vs. Shinya Aoki
  • Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Masato Tanaka
  • AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Alejandro vs. Shuji Kondo, HI69 & Hajime Ohara
  • Yukihi Maya & SAKI vs. Natsu Sumire & Ryo Mizunami
  • Sean Legacy, Stallion Rogers, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Jack Morris, Anthony Greene, YO-HEY & Tadasuke

Available on Wrestle Universe

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AJPW Champion Carnival 2023 – Day 9

Importance 4/5

  • Kento Miyahara vs T-Hawk
  • Satoshi Kojima vs Cyrus
  • Yuma Aoyagi vs Yoshitatsu
  • Ryuki Honda vs Jun Saito

Available on AJPW TV

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BJW Endless Survivor

Importance 4/5

  • Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura) (c) vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki & Takuho Kato
  • Kota Sekifuda (c) vs. Kaji Tomato
  • Yuji Okabayashi (c) vs. Yuya Aoki
  • Hideyoshi Kamitani (c) vs. Abdullah Kobayashi

Available on Samurai TV

ROH Wrestling

Importance 3/5

  • Rocky Romero vs. Lee Moriarty (w/Big Bill)
  • Athena vs. Angelica Risk
  • Samoa Joe (c) vs. Christopher Daniels
  • Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. Robbie Eagles
  • Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta), Action Andretti, Darius Martin & Stu Grayson (w/Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno & John Silver) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) & The Varsity Athletes (Ari Daivari, Josh Woods & Tony Nese) (w/Maria Kanellis-Bennett & Mark Sterling)
  • Preston Vance (w/Jose The Assistant) vs. Rich Adonis
  • Skye Blue vs. Robyn Renegade
  • Brian Cage (w/Prince Nana) vs. Brock Anderson
  • Willow Nightingale vs. Steph De Lander
  • Angelico (w/Serpentico) vs. Komander

Available on HonorClub

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Friday

TJPW YES! WONDERLAND ’23

Importance 5/5

  • HIMAWARI Vs Shino Suzuki
  • Hyper Misao, Haru Kazeshiro & Runa Okubo Vs Raku, Pom Harajuku & Haruna Neko
  • Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara Vs Mahiro Kiryu & Toga
  • Ryo Mizunami, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami Vs Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino
  • Miu Watanabe Vs Arisu Endo
  • Yuki Arai & Maki Itoh Vs Yuka Sakazaki & Shoko Nakajima
  • Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Suzume
  • Mizuki (c) Vs Sawyer Wreck

Available on Wrestle Universe

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Dragon Gate DEAD OR ALIVE 2023

Importance 5/5

  • Shun Skywalker (c) vs Madoka Kikuta
  • Kenoh & Shuji Kondo (c) vs KAI & ISHIN
  • YAMATO & Yuki Yoshioka vs Dragon Kid & Naomichi Marufuji
  • Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K vs Kzy, Big Boss Shimizu, and Strong Machine J
  • Ultimo Dragon & Naruki Doi vs Diamante & H.Y.O
  • Jason Lee (c) vs Dragon Dia
  • Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Junior vs Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida, Problem Dragon & Minorita
  • U-T & Jacky ‘Funky’ Kamei vs Kagetora & Kaito Nagano

Available on DG Network

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STARDOM GoldenWeek Fight Tour 2023

Importance – 2/5

  • STARS vs Oedo Tai
  • Tam Nakano & Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori vs Utami Hayashishita & Saya Kamitani & Lady C
  • God’s Eye vs Club Venus

Available on Stardom World VOD

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Ganbare Pro LOVE PHANTOM 2023

Importance – 5/5

  • YuuRI Vs Riara
  • Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi Vs Hartley Jackson & HARUKAZE
  • Ken Ohka, Shinichiro Tominaga & Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita & Daiki Shimomura
  • Shota & Soma Takao Vs Dan The Dad & Kody Lane
  • Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Nao Kakuta
  • Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yumehito Imanari Vs Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi
  • Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii

Available on Wrestle Universe

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WWE Smackdown

Importance 3/5

  • Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karrion Kross (w/Scarlett)
  • The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar) (w/Valhalla) vs. The OC (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) (w/AJ Styles & Michin)

Available on Fox

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AEW Rampage

Importance 3/5

  • The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy), Hook & Isiah Kassidy vs. The Firm (Big Bill, Ethan Page, Lee Moriarty & Stokely Hathaway)

Available on TNT

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Saturday

DDT KING OF DDT 2023 1ST ROUND

Importance – 4/5

  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 1A: Yusuke Okada Vs Kazusada Higuchi
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 1B: Shunma Katsumata Vs Winner of 1st April Qualifying Battle
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 1C: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 1D: HARASHIMA Vs Chris Brookes
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 1E: Jun Akiyama Vs Tetsuya Endo
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 1F: MAO Vs Takeshi Masada
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 1G: Kotaro Suzuki Vs KANON
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 1H: Yuki Ueno Vs Naruki Doi

Available on Wrestle Universe

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STARDOM GoldenWeek Fight Tour 2023

Importance – 2/5

Available on Stardom World VOD

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DDT INHERENT VICE 2023

Importance – 1/5

  • YuuRI & Riara Vs Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE
  • Hong Kong International Policeman Vs Yoshiko Hasegawa
  • Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Takuya Wada

Available on Wrestle Universe

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Dragon Gate HOPEFUL GATE 2023

Importance – 1/5

Available on DG Network VOD

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GWF Spring XPlosion 2023

Importance – 4/5

  • Nick Schreier vs. Dave Blane vs. Martyrium
  • Team GWP (Hektor Invictus, John Klinger & Tarkan Aslan) (w/Andy R.) vs. The Network (Erkan Sulcani, Pascal Spalter & Ronaldo Shaqiri) (w/Alex Wonder)
  • Farmer Joe vs. Myles Grit vs. Robin Vega vs. Ron Steiner vs. Timothy O
  • Dani Psych vs. Big Nik
  • Danny Black & Leon Slater vs. CPF (Joe Lando & Maverick Mayhew)
  • Watschn Club (Bruder Chaos & Georg Gwärch) (c) vs. Posterboys (Alex Duke & Don Sheen)
  • Xara Grace (w/Mats Martinsson) (c) vs. Devlyn Macabre
  • Yuval Goldshmit (c) vs. Marius Al-Ani vs. Icarus vs. Fast Time Moodo vs. Callum Newman vs. Peter Tihanyi
  • Mexxberg (w/Alex Wonder) (c) vs. Metehan (w/Andy R.)

Available on Youtube

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EVE Lucky 13 – All Hail The Queens Night 2

Importance – 2/5

Available on Youtube (Member)

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WWE Backlash 2023

Importance – 4/5

  • Kevin Owens, Matt Riddle & Sami Zayn vs. The Bloodline (Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa)
  • Brock Lesnar vs. Cody Rhodes
  • Austin Theory (c) vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Bronson Reed
  • Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Zelina Vega
  • Bianca Belair (c) vs. IYO SKY
  • Damien Priest vs. Bad Bunny
  • Seth Rollins vs. Omos (w/MVP)

Available on Peacock/WWE Network

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Revolver Mayhem For All

Importance – 4/5

  • Sami Callihan vs. Masha Slamovich
  • Rocky Romero vs. Lince Dorado
  • Jake Crist vs. Jon Moxley
  • Alex Shelley (c) vs. Shigehiro Irie
  • BULLET CLUB (Ace Austin, Chris Bey & David Finlay) vs. The Rascalz (Myron Reed, Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)
  • Jake Crist vs. El Phantasmo vs. Rich Swann vs. Gringo Loco
  • Steve Maclin (c) vs. Mike Bailey

Available on Fite TV

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Sunday

DDT KING OF DDT 2023 2ND ROUND

Importance – 4/5

  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 2: Winner Of Match 1A Vs Winner Of Match 1B
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 2: Winner Of Match 1C Vs Winner Of Match 1D
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 2: Winner Of Match 1E Vs Winner Of Match 1F
  • King Of DDT 2023 – Round 2: Winner Of Match 1G Vs Winner Of Match 1H

Available on Wrestle Universe

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AJPW Champion Carnival 2023 – Day 10

Importance – 4/5

  • Final
  • Naruki Doi vs Dan Tamura

Available on AJPW TV

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Dragon Gate HOPEFUL GATE 2023

Importance – 1/5

Available on DG Network VOD

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GWF Mystery Mayhem 2023

Importance – 2/5

  • Kara (c) vs. Devlyn Macabre

Available on Youtube

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