New Japan 12/12/25 Results

Before I start with today’s first post, I send thoughts & prayers to those in northeastern Japan that have been affected by the recent string of major earthquakes this week that is continuing today, with a smaller but moderate (by US standards) one that hit closer to Tokyo. Japan is very resilient and prepared for quakes such as this, as noted by an image I saw of train structure being damaged in the Tohoku region disrupting services and how public reaction has NOT been negative, but still as an outsider and one living in the earthquake-prone US west coast it’s still concerning. Anyway, on to the wrestling…

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the World Tag League today with the second Semifinal.

Today’s event was held at Sun arena Sendai in Kagoshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1423.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Nagai pinned Matsumoto.

Match 2: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat Zane Jay & Boltin Oleg. Archer pinned Jay after Blackout.

Match 3: Yosjonobu Kanemary, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Narita beat Kato with a kneebar.

Match 4: Dick Togo 2/Sho, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Don Fale & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, Toru Yano, Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tamahashi. EVIL beat Murashima with a scorpion deathlock Afterwards, EVIL demanded there be a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championshop match Sunday.

Match 5: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Neeman & Great-O-Khan beat Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay in 42 seconds. Newman pinned Gedo after Excalibur. Afterwards, Finlay demanded a rematch on Sunday.

Match 6: Hartley Jackson, Ryoheo Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & El Phantasmo. Sabre pinned Kojima after a backpack driver.

Main Event: World Tag League Semifinals: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Kidd pinned OSKAR after War Blaster. As a result, Kidd & Tsuni advance to the Finals to face Oiwa & Sabre and now it’s virtually guaranteed to be for an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot. Maybe not at Tokyo Dome if Kidd/Tsuji win though.

The Final is Sunday at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

In other news, it was announced that Tokyo Dome on 1/4 is now a legit advance sellout and no further tickets will be made available. What we won’t know until the day is that number and the setup-the Dome has a normal capacity of 65,000 which is primarily for baseball. The event will be broadcast live on New Japan World outside Japan and on TV Asahi in Japan.

News: Absent DDT Wrestler Returning

Good news for DDT fans and especially those of NwA Jr., their male version of Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Up Up Girls-Yuni, who has been absent since summer, will return on 12/21 and be back to full-time going forward. Yuni went on hiatus in August to focus on education, specifically university/college entrance exams and preparation. Those were successful and he will now return to the promotion next week.

As a result, the 12/21 Korakuen Hall card has been changed for his return. What was a pre-show match of Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi vs. Daichi Sato & Rukiya will now be Soma, Sumi & Yuni vs. Sato, Rukiya & Tokokitsu Matsunaga

NEWS: GLEAT Discontinuing YouTube?

In their latest news post today, GLEAT announced that, effective December 29, they will be ending the membership aka paid channel subscription offering on YouTube. While it cost around 900 yen in Japan, it was priced higher outside Japan-in the US where this site’s administrator is located, they charged $8.99/month instead of what should have been closer to $6-7. The membership started at the beginning of this year and all live & on demand event broadcasts (most events but they also do some non-broadcasted events) were moved behind the paywall, and they promised additional members-only content. Anyone who already paid for this month’s subscription will get a full refund. Anything uploaded prior to 2025 is still available without paying.

Future plans for the channel will be announced on social media at a later date.

New Japan 12/10/25 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the first half of the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Dejima Messe Nagasaki in Nagasaki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1282, a legit sellout with possible standing room tickets also sold.

Match 1: Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Owens pinned Kato after Last Testament.

Match 2: Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kokima & Taichi beat Tatsuya Matsunoto, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Taichi pinned Matsunoto after a jumping high kick.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Newman pinned Jay after Excalibur.

Match 4: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo 2 (Sho), Don Fale & EVIL. Tanahashi pinned Togo/Sho after High Fly Flow.

Match 5: El Phantasmo, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Yosjinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita. Unino beat Kanemaru with STF.

Match 6: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi, David Finlay, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney, Shingo Takagi, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji. Ice pinned Nagai after Ice High.

Main Event: World Tag League Semifinals: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sabre pinned Goto. As a result, Sabre & Oiwa advance to the Finals and will face Friday’s OSKAR/Ice-Kidd/Tsuji winner.

The second Semifinal is Friday at Sun Arena Sendai in Kagoshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan 12/10/25 Results (Updated)

All-Japan wrapped up the World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League today with the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This will be a taped Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 1307.

Match 1: Atauki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji beat MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka, Hikaru Sato & Seigo Tachibana. Aoyagi pinned Tachibana after a firebird splash.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Takashi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Omori pinned Kuroshio.

Match 3: Daisuke Sekimoto Return Match: Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Dan Tamura & Daisuke Sekimoto. Shiozaki pinned Tamura after Go Lariat.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta, Yoshiki Kato & ISHIN (Dragon Gate) beat Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Kato pinned Doi after Cadere Luna.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Hideki Suzuki beat Davey Boy Smith Jr., Kengo Mashino & Naoya Nomura. Miyahara pinned Smith. Some partnership that was!

Main Event: Tag League Finals: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Xyon & Odyssey to win the tournament. Ayabe pinned Xyon after Des Roulette. As a result, Ayabe & Talos will likely get a rematch for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship in the future.

The next event is the year-ending New Year’s Eve event on 12/31 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 12/30 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. This will be either a live or taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

In other news, it was announced that Cyrus would return to the promotion on 12/31 for his first appearance in about a year. Also, announced for 1/3 is All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. KURAMA for the title. The challenger is a masked wrestler from Mexico who is a freelancer but competes regularly in Michinoku Pro, often teaming with KUUKAI (who recently made some appearances in New Japan). Also, in post-match comments today Ashino & Sekimoto agreed to a GAORA TV Championship match, which has not been officially announced yet. Likewise, MUSASHI hinted at an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match against part of the Dragon Gate trio. (A post on Yoshiki Kato’s social media later suggested it would be Kato & ISHIN) Anzai later stated backstage that if he wins the Triple Crown on 12/31, he wants to first defend against Kikuta, who is the current Open The Dream Gate Champion in Dragon Gate, so some double title potential there. Anzai hit the ring after Miyahara’s match and got a shutdown suplex hold for his efforts.

UPDATE: It’s now official-the above All-Asia Tag Team Championship match will happen on 12/31.

Also, the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match coming out of the Tag League Finals will happen on 1/2.

Finally, the GAORA TV Championship match of Ashino-Sekimoto will happen on 1/3.

BREAKING: Absent TJPW Wrestler Retires

Tokyo Joshi Pro has provided an update on Moka Miyamoto, who has been out the last several months due to an unspecified illness which also forced her to vacate the International Princess Championship. Unfortunately it’s not the best update-Miyamoto has decided to retire. There will be no retirement ceremony/event per her request. Really sad about this because over the last couple years she was showing a lot of improvement and that title win was a huge milestone for Miyamoto, who seemed to be heading towards a Princess Of Princess Championship reign in the next year or two. I wish her all the best in the future.

(Many TJPW wrestlers past & present, as well as regular TV/WRESTLE UNIVERSE personalities Haruo Murata & Sayoko Mita, have posted memories and well-wishes to Miyamoto on social media today as well)

New Japan 12/9/25 Results

Nee Japan finished up the World Tag League prelims today with the last day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Iizuka City General Gym in Fukuoka and can be watched in demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1305.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Takahashi pinned Yasuda after Pimp Juice.

Match 2: Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Moloney pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Dick Togo 2 (Sho), Don Fale & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. EVIL beat Murashima with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 4: Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Tsuji pinned Matsunoto after a falcon arrow.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat SANADA & Ren Narita. Phantasmo pinned SANADA.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Sabre pinned Archer.
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Takagashi pinned Newman after Timr Bomb Q.
Main Event: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Yuya Uenura & Shota Umino. OSKAR pinned Unino after KOB. As a result, OSKAR/Ice win Block A and Sabre/Oiwa finish 2nd and advance to the Semifinals and Uemura/Umino are OUT due to tiebreakers (It was a 3-way tie at 8 points and Uemura/Umino lost all of them).

The Semifinals will be Oiwa/Sabre vs. Goto/YOSHI-HASHI and OSKAR/Ice vs. Kidd/Tsuji.

The first Semifinal is tomorrow at Dejima Messe Nagasaki in Nagasaki. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 12/8/25 Results

New Japan finished up Block A of the World Tag League today.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1565.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Katsuya Murashim, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Narita beat Murashkma with a kneebar.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Young pinned Gedo.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Ice pinned Kato after Ice High.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Desperado pinned Takahashi.
Match 6: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Kidd pinned Kojima after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.
Match 7: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Don Fale & EVIL. Yano pinned Fale. As a result, Kidd/Tsuji advance to the Semifinals.
Main Event: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Goto pinned Moloney after Shoto. As a result, Bishamon advance to the Semifinals (groans…again…). Bishamon win Block A on tiebreakers and Kidd/Tsuji finish 2nd. Goto/YOSHI-HASHI will face the Block B runners-up while Kidd/Tsuji will face the Block B winners. The Semifinals are Wednesday and Friday.

The next event is tomorrow at Iizuka City General Gym in Fukuoka with the last day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Stardom 12/8/25 Results (Updated x2)

Stardom ran their usually-monthly nighttime Tokyo midweek event today.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show match: Yuki Mashiro beat Ema Maishima.

Match 1: Matoi Hamabe beat Anne Kanaya. This was the return match for both rookies after being out several months due to injuries.

Match 2: AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Lady C, Tomoka Inaba & Kikyo Furusawa. Seira pinned Furusawa after a face dropkick.

Match 3: Hazuki & Koguma beat Mono Kohgo & Yuria Hime. Koguma pinned Kohgo after a diving senton.

Match 4: Natsupoi, Aya Sakura & Yuna Mizumori beat Sareee, ChiChi (Evolution) & Miku Kanae. Natsupoi pinned Sareee.

Match 5: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat Syuri, Saki Kashima, Hina, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Suzuki pinned Hina after Tequila Shot.

Match 6: Maika, Saori Anou, Sayaka Kurara & Xena beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba. Maika pinned Kamitani after Transformed Michimoku Driver 2. Nice surprise to see Xena back as well, the roster is finally getting back to full strength after several long-term injuries.

Match 7: Artist Of Stardom Champions Konami, Rina & Fukigen beat HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyana & Rian to retain the titles. Rina pinned Rian after Hydrangia. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Saya Iids beat Ami Sohrei. As a result, Iida will face Wonder Of Stardom Champion Konami for the title on 12/29.

The next event is Saturday (Friday US time) at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: More fallout from the event:
During the event, Mizumori issued a challenge to Seira for the High Speed Championship. That match will happen on 12/24.

The first match for the next NEW BLOOD event on 12/25 was also made as Future Of Stardom Champion HANAKO will defend the title against Rian. This came after post-match comments following their losing their Artist Of Stardom Championship match and HANAKO making the challenge to Rian.

The opponent for the Fuwa-chan return match on 12/29 at Ryogoku Kokugikan has been decided-Hazuki. As Fuwa-chan’s former mentor for her debut match, Hazuki volunteered for the match.

Finally, Natsupoi vs. Sareee has been added to 12/29,

UPDATE 2 (12/12/25): There have been lineup changes to Saturday (12/13) & Sunday (12/14) due to Anne Kanaya already being out again. The always vague poor health.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 12/7/25 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a special collaboration event with Japanese idol music group OCHA NORMA today, featuring a combination of wrestling matches and live performances by the popular all-girl J-Pop group as well as Up Up Girls.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The PPV is available for 3000 Japanese yen (around $19 US) for paid monthly UNIVERSE subscribers and 3500 yen (around $23 US) for free subscribers. Purchase includes unlimited replays for the next month and includes all music performances in addition to the matches.

The announced paid attendance was 910, a full house/near sellout. Due to the setup it was reduced capacity, it looks like they didn’t use the opposite-camera bleacher seats at all.

Up Up Girls live performance opened the event.

Match 1: HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro beat Arisu Endo & Uta Takami. Kazashiro beat Takami with 16 Nights (armbar variation).

Match 2: Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer), Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Mahiro Kiryu, Shino Suzuki & Chika Nanase. Mizunami pinned Nanase after a spear.

The first OCHA NORMA live performance followed the second match.

Match 3: Ochanomizu (masked mystery wrestler) & Kaya Toribami beat Wakana Uehara & Ren Konatsu. Ochanomizu pinned Konatsuwith La Ochastral.

Match 4: In a comedy game in the ring, Haru Kazashiro, Pom Harajuku & Uta Takami beat 3 members of OCHA NORMA 3-2.

Match 5: Miyu Yamashita, Rika Tatsumi & Mifu Ashida beat Hyper Misao, Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer. Tatsumi pinned Summer after Missile Hip.

After that match…
Mahiro Kiryu beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Rika Tatsumi to win the title. Kiryu becomes the 1787th Champion. Which led to…
Natsuki Natsuyama beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mahiro Kiryu to win the title. Natsuyama becomes the 1788th Champion. OCHA NORMA holds the belt now!

The second OCHA NORMA live performance followed before the last match.

Main Event: Mizuki, Suzume & Yuki Arai beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino & Toga. Suzume pinned Toga after Ring A Bell. Erika Sato was the special ring announcer.

Overall another collaboration success for TJPW and popular J-Pop groups as many TJPW wrestlers are fans of OCHA NORMA. But then something happened backstage…
A Bottle Of Tea beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Natsuki Natsuyama to win the title. Tea becomes the 1789th Champion. Considered a submission and verbally giving up the title in naturally hilarious DDT fashion. Only in DDT (and TJPW) can inanimate objects become champions. And it is awesome.

The next event is TJPW LIVE IN BANGKOK Saturday at The Circus Studio in Bangkok, Thailand. Live streaming as a(nother) PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at, if I’m guessing correctly on the time, 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The PPV is available for pre-order for 2500 yen (around $15) for monthly paid UNIVERSE subecribers and 3200 yen (around $21) for non-paid subscribers and will be available for purchase and on demand until 1/13/26. (Correction: 3 AM PT/6 AM ET will be the live start time)

UPDATE: Breaking development several hours after the event…
Mahiro Kiryu beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion A Bottle Of Tea to win the title. Kiryu becomes the 1790th Champion. Why Kiryu…