New Japan Pro Wrestling “THE NEW BEGINNING IN USA” LIVE Results (2/27/2026)

After skipping their traditional west coast visit first, much to my dismay after attending last year, New Japan begins their 2026 US slate today with the second event of their unique same-day doubleheader, “THE NEW BEGINNING IN USA”. On paper it’s a blowout event and more with 6 title matches being advertised-5 of them are New Japan title matches. First up is a STRONG Openweight Championship match as Tomohiro Ishii defends against Boltin Oleg. The second one is NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo defending the title against Konosuke Takeshita. Third, IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) defend their titles against the All Elite Wrestling duo of Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. In the Semfiinal, IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri is challenged by Athena in a potential show-stealer. And finally, the main event will be Yota Tsuji defending the IWGP Global Championship against Andrade El Idolo. But not the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, at least not that we know of.

Today’s event will be held at Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ and can be watched LIVE as a PPV on New Japan World in Japanese & English. The PPV is available outside Japan for $19.99 US and in Japan for 2990 Japanese yen (just under $20).and includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays until 4/30/2026 (subject to change). A paid monthly New Japan World subscription IS NOT REQUIRED to buy the PPV. There are 8 matches scheduled and with 6 title matches there is marathon potential and potentially a late night ahead for those attending given the start time-it could run as long as 6 hours but I’m guessing the total running time will be closer to 4 hours. Also, due to potential delays in my post-work commute and an early start time for me there could be a delay of a few minutes in early results as I would be watching from the beginning and playing catch-up.

Today’s lineup:
Fred Rosser vs. David Finlay
STRONG Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii vs. Boltin Oleg for the title
AEW National Champion Ricochet vs. Taiji Ishimori for the title
KUSHIDA & El Desperado vs. Alec Price & Jordan Oliver
NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title*
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR & Yuto Ice vs. Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun for the titles
IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri vs. Athena for the title
IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji vs. Andrade El Idolo for the title**

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Updates below will begin at (or shortly after) 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.

*-You will also be able to watch this match on demand FOR FREE on YouTube at a later date.

**This match is only for the Global title and not the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. The next Heavyweight title defense was announced yesterday for SAKURA GENESIS on 4/4 in Tokyo against the 2026 New Japan Cup winner.

New Japan 2/27/2026 Results (Event 1)

New Japan wrapped up CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 today as the first half of a unique same-day doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and cam be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1499, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Shoma Kato Final Send-Off Match: Averno beat Shoma Kato. Kato is now headed to CMLL for his Young Lion training excursion.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Hijo de Stuka Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato & Stigma. Stuka pinned Yasuda after a torpedo splash.

Match 3: Tiger Mask beat Magnus.

Match 4, Ryusuke Taguchi, Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. beat OKUMURA, Satoshi Kojima & Hechicero. Atlantis Jr. pinned OKUMURA after a diving body press.

Match 5: Valiente Jr., Futuro & Mascara Dorada beat Daiki Nagai, Hatsuratsu Guerrero & Titan. Valiente Jr. pinned Nagai after Aliente Special. Guerrero was a replacement for the absent Shingo Takagi (family circumstances).

Match 6: Templario beat Ultimo Guerrero.

Main Event: CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion Mistico beat Soberano Jr. to retain the title.

The next event is THE NEW BEGINNING IN USA TONIGHT in Trenton, NJ. Live streaming as a PPV on New Japan World will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. The PPV is available for $19.99 US and includes the live event and on demand replays until 4/26. A New Japan World paid subscription IS NOT REQUIRED to buy the PPV.

DEVELOPING: Sumo-Another Violence Investigation

This is bad for sumo and really bad if true-Nikkan Sports reports there is another investigation of violence among wrestlers within a sumo stable…and if this one is true, open the floodgates because it involves…Isegahama Beya. The current stablemaster, fka Yokozuna Terunofuji, is being investigated for violent acts against one of his wrestlers-Hakunofuji, who will be ranked Maegashira 7 in the March Tournament. The report indicates there may be witnesses as fellow Isegahama wrestler Nishikifuji was also interviewed about this.

This could be an uncomfortable full-circle moment for the sumo powers-this kind of incident ultimately led to the former Yokozuna Hakuho being forced out of the Japan Sumo Association and Miyagino Beya being taken over by Isegahama-and the former Isegahama, just forced to retire last year (reaching age 65, the mandatory retirement age in sumo), currently has that elder stock for up to 5 years as a former Yokozuna although, if Enho can get promoted back to Juryo again, he will be eligible for elder stock which is hope. Nonetheless, with more details and potential punishment to be announced in the near future, what goes around may have just come around. Best-case punishment? Equal to a slap on the wrist. Worst-case? If recent history is an indication, he could be kicked out of the Association and his career & stablemaster time would be over. There was such a situation more recently with Kise Beya but that was wrestler-on-wrestler violence/bullying, however Kise was punished stiffly with the equivalent of demotion in the stablemaster hierarchy and perhaps hopes of running for an executive position soon being dashed.

Nikkan Sports also reports Hakunofuji is currently not with the rest of the stable for pre-Tournament training camp in Osaka and Terunofuji was absent from a press conference the other day with Atamifuji after the January playoff loser was promoted to Komusubi, becoming the first rikishi from Shizuoka Prefecture to reach Sanyaku since 1930. And in worst-case it could take down the most powerful & influential stable in sumo (and the biggest too).

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 2/26/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran the penultimate event of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1480, a legit sellout.

There was a super-last-second change to the card due to Shingo Takagi being pulled off the event. Family circumstances. Also out tomorrow. Hatsuratsu (?) Guerrero was the replacement.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda, Valiente Jr. & Futuro beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Futuro pinned Matsumoto after Salto Del Tiempo.

Match 2: Titan beat Shoma Kato.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Magnus beat Tiger Mask, OKUMURA & Satoshi Kojima. Magnus pinned TM 4. Afterwards, Magnus unmasked TM 4 again, as he apparently has done the last couple events. (With TM 4 retiring later this year I do wonder if he will unmask then. But Jushin Liger never has so there’s no precedent outside of TM 2 & 3 doing so-they were Mitsuharu Misaes & Koji Kanemoto, respectively. TM 1? Not sure if Satoru Sayama ever unmasked)

Match 4: Hatsuratsu Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero beat Zane Jay & Templario. Hatsuratsu pinned Jay after MADE IN JAPAN. Hmmmm…

Match 5: Stigma, Atlantis & Mistico beat Sho, Hijo de Stuka Jr. & Soberano Jr. Atlantis pinned Stuka after Atlantida.

Match 6: Averno beat CMLL World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion Atlantis Jr. to win the title.

Main Event: Mascara Dorada beat Hechicero.

The tour-ender is tomorrow, the first half of a doubleheader for the promotion. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The second event is their first US event of the year in Trenton, NJ, which will be live as a PPV at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. The PPV can be pre-purchased now for $19.99 US. A New Japan World paid subscription is mot required to buy the PPV.

In other news, the promotion also announced the return this year of my favorite event-Best Of The Super Junior. The prestigious Junior Heavyweight showcase event will return for a 33rd installment from May 14-June 7 with 14 total events. Further details to come.

UPDATE: In further news, the promotion announced that Tsuji’s next IWGP Heavyweight Championship defense will be at SAKURA GENESIS on 4/4 against the New Japan Cup winner.

All-Japan News: Wrestler Departing One Promotion

This headline confused me when I saw it this morning because Weekly Pro reports All-Japan wrestler Rising Hayato is leaving the Ehime Pro Wrestling promotion soon. I couldn’t get all the details because the whole article is paywalled on their mobile site but apparently Hayato started out there and remained a member of the roster after joining All-Japan some time ago, but now he is leaving Ehime Pro. The Japanese call it “graduating” which means he is probably leaving on good terms and it’s partly his call. This shouldn’t affect his All-Japan participation, at least not negatively.

It’s not uncommon for wrestlers to be members of more than one promotion, at least where there are working relationships/shared ownership (like Pro Wrestling NOAH & DDT which are both owned by CyberFight Corporation), although there are notable outliers to this-specifically Konosuke Takeshita being a member of New Japan, DDT and All Elite Wrestling (New Japan & AEW have a working relationship, but New Japan & DDT don’t unless you count the relatively new United Japan Pro Wrestling alliance that has almost every major and notable independent promotion included EXCEPT All-Japan). All-Japan seems to be the exception though.

News: TJPW Returning To Vegas (Updated)

In more good news for North American Tokyo Joshi Pro fans, the promotion has announced it will be returning to the US again in April for a WrestleMania week event on 4/16 at The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. 17 roster members have been announced as participating, basically all except Ren Konatsu, Shion Kanzaki, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Since Pom Harajuku is coming again I now eagerly await confirmation of Max The Impaler participating so we can go Viva Wasteland Pom Party!

The event will be an 11 AM PT/2 PM ET start time, since that’s the day I go back to work after spring vacation I won’t be able to watch live. Tickets on sale soon and broadcast plans TBA but I’m thinking it will be live on Triller/FITE with the Triller+ subscription package ($8/month) then on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE several weeks later. There also will be a meet & greet there on 4/17 which will be free to attend.

UPDATE: In other US news, it has been announced that all 4 Texas events in March will be broadcast LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. No PPVs. The event schedule is as follows:
3/17-5 PM PT/8 PM ET
3/18-4 PM PT/7 PM ET
3/21 & 3/22-1 PM PT/4 PM ET

Stardom News: Full 2026 Cinderella Tournament Field Announced

Stardom has announced the full list of participants for the 2026 Cinderella Tournament, their major March tournament geared towards younger & less-experienced wrestlers. That is not necessarily the case this year as the field is a massive 32 wrestlers for the single-elimination bracket format event. It’s not the entire roster participating but just about anyone who currently is not a champion is. With that out of the way…

The field: Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo, Yuria Hime, Bea Priestley, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori, Sayaka Kurara, Aya Sakura, Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima, Hina, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba, Ranna Yagami, Kiyoka Kokatsu, Miyu Amsaki, Rina Yamashita, Akira Kurogame, Rina, Fukigen, Azusa Inaba, Xena, HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyama, Rian, Anne Kanaya, Kikyo Furusawa, Fuwa-chan, Tabata.

Kurara won last year’s tournament and the prize of a Cinderella-like gown and crown plus a World Of Stardom Championship match. We can easily take out a few names who aren’t going to win (This is Fukigen for one, I think the only rookie/sophomore with any shot is Kurogame, Kashima is not winning because she’s retiring, Yamashita…right…I can’t see Priestley winning) but if I had to pick one I want to see win, I’ll throw a huge underdog pick out there…Rian. She hasn’t gotten the Cosmic Angels push/Tam Nakano rub like Kurara has but she’s on the verge of breaking through. Although who I really want to win is HANAKO. She is one of those who clearly is the future of Stardom along with Hanan & her sisters (Hina & Rina).

The tournament will run over 5 events between 3/6-3/15. Bracket & matches TBA.

New Japan 2/24/2026 Results

New Japan began the home stretch of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gyn 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 905, a full house/near sellout.

There was a last-minute change to Match 4 due to Valiente Jr. being pulled off the event. Right knee injury suffered yesterday. Status uncertain for the rest of the tour. Tatsuya Matsumoto was the replacement.

Match 1: Stigma beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 2: Tiger Mask & Satoshi Kojima beat Masatora Yasuda & Hijo de Stuka Jr. TM 4 pinned Yaauda with a tiger suplex hold.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat Shoma Kato, Master Wato & OKUMURA. Sho pinned Kato. This was the first of a few send-off matches for Kato, who after this week is headed to CMLL for his Young Lion training excursion.

Match 4: Bone Soldier Jr., Shingo Takagi, Philip Marlowe Jr. & Titan beat Tatsuya Matsunoto, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Futuro. Titan pinned Matsumoto after La Lanza.

Match 5: Soberano Jr., Hechicero & Ultimo Guerrero beat Templario, Atlantis Jr. & Atlantis. Hechicero pinned Atlantis after Hechicero Special.

Main Event: FANTASTICAMANIA Tag Team Tournament Finals: Mascara Dorada & Mistico beat Magnus & Averno to win the tournament. Mistico pinned Magnus after La Mistica

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan

Ganbare Pro 2/22/2026 Results (Updated)

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event yesterday in Tokyo.

Yesterday’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday.

The announced paid attendance was 187.

There were last-minute changes tot he card due to Yuna Manase being pulled off the event. Broken collarbone suffered in training last week. Out indefinitely but she revealed on social media she will have surgery on 3/3 so it’s going to be weeks and probably months. (Although a social media post from Manase since hints at surgery being postponed due to illness)

Match 1: Reiya Igarashi beat antaro Motojima.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi beat Papillon Akemi & Hora-chan in a 3-way by pinning Akemi.

Match 3: Takuya Wada & PSYCHO beat Ken Ohka & Shota Kawakami. Wada beat Kawakami with an armbar.

Match 4: Shuichiro Katsumura, Yuya Susumu & YuuRI beat Akira Shoji, Tyson Maeguchi & Chanyota. Susumu beat Maeguchi with a crossface.

Match 5: Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Keisuke Ishii & Chou-un Shiryu. Tominaga pinned Shiryu.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Masaaki Mochizuki to win the title. Watase becomes the 10th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion.

The next event is Sunday at Hirano Kumin Hall in Osaka. On demand broadcast date TBA.

UPDATE: Next up for the World Openweight Title: Takuya Wada. That match will happen on 3/7 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

Stardom 2/23/2026 Results

Stardom finished up their long weekend of house shows today in Okayama.

Today’s event was held at Okayama Convention Center 3rd Floor Hall in Okayama and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 636, a legit sellout. So they only announce it now for non-livestreamed events?

Match 1: HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Ruaka beat Maki Iroh & Lady C in a 3-way by pinning C.

Match 3: India Sioux & Tabata (CMLL) beat Hanan & Momo Kohgo. Tabata pinned Kohgo after a senton moonsault.

Match 4: Maika & Rian beat Hazuki & Fuwa-chan. Maika pinned Fuwa-chan after Michinoku Driver 2.

Match 5: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira, Miyu Amasaki & Saki Kashima beat Natsupoi, Yuna Mixumori, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Anne Kanaya. Kid beat Kanaya with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Main Event: Syuri, Ami Sohrei & Hina beat Konami, Natsuko Tora & Rina. Hina pinned Konami with Gedo Clutch.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.