Seemingly confirming a rumor floating around the sumo media the last few weeks, a retirement was announced today but not a wrestler-instead it was an oyakata (coach/stablemaster) as the current Izutsu, who competed as Akiseyama before retiring in fall 2023, retired from his position today. He had been a coach at Kise Beya since retirement. I had seen some rumors floating around about someone else perhaps inheriting the Izutsu elder stock or something else going on, either way it seems like he was on his way out, and I haven’t seen any reasoning yet from Hochi sports or Nikkan Sports, who both reported on this. He was nowhere near the mandatory retirement age of 65 (only 41). He occasionally appeared on the YouTube “Oyakata Channel” featuring selected coaches & stablemasters (mostly the former) discussing various aspects of sumo and sumo life in a more relaxed, often comedy-focused setting.
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 8/8/2026 LIVE Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the Quarterfinals. We now know the eventual tournament winner will be facing Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 in October, but not yet who. Today the field gets narrowed down to 4 then a redraw will be held to mix up the Semifinals so it may not match what the bracket looks like so far.
Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You will also be able to watch THE FULL EVENT FOR FREE on YouTube (only the live broadcast, no archive/on demand replay). The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned and the tournament matches have 30 minute time linits so with the post-event draw it will likely go a little longer than a regular house show, probably about 2 1/4 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu vs. Wakana Uehara & Mono Sato
Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki vs. Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku
Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals:
Suzume vs. Shoko Makajima
Toga vs. Yuki Aino
Arisu Endo vs. HIMAWARI
Rika Tatsumi vs. Hyper Misao
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The UNIVERSE live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event. The YouTube live stream should begin at start time or when we go live to the venue.
8:20 PM PT UPDATE: The UNIVERSE live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.
8:25 PM PT UPDATE: Following a Tokyo Princess Cup promo video with everyone, live updates-and the YouTube live stream-begin now.
We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout which means it could be as high as roughly 500, but based on past sellouts they’ve had here it likely will be 390-400.
The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.
The matches begin at 8:40 PM PT/11:40 PM ET.
Match 1: Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu vs. Wakana Uehara & Mono Sato. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu beat Wakana Uehara & Momo Sato. Watanabe pinned Sato after a giant swing.
Match 2: Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
In progress.
New Japan News: New TAMASHII Title Introduced
In addition to today’s event in Japan, New Japan made another big announcement pertaining to its TAMASHII sub-brand: The promotion is getting its second title, the TAMASHII Openweight Championship. The promotion’s first singles title, it will first be awarded to the winner of a tournament starting on 8/29 in Otahutu, New Zealand and ending on 10/4. Participants & format TBA but they may reveal more at Saturday’s event at the Lions’ Den aka the New Zealand Dojo.
In the meantime, here is a likely picture of the title belt:
GLEAT 8/6/2026 Results
GLEAT ran their latest house show, GLEAT Ver. 29, today in Saitama. This was a G PROWRESTLING event.
Today’s event was held at Sayama City Industrial Exchange Center in Saitama and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 186, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Takehiro Yamamuta, Shigehiro Iroe & Yuya Aoki beat Hayato Tamura, MICHIKO & Kapy. Yamamura pinned Kapy.
Match 2: Kaito Ishida & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Kotaro Suzuki & Jo Yamamoto. Ishida beat Yamamoto with a camel clutch.
Match 3: Ryuichi Kawakami & Junjie beat Keiichi Sato & Rock Iwasaki. Junjie pinned Sato after a lariat.
Match 4: Soma Watanabe beat TAKUMA.
Main Event: Ruiji Hijikata, El Lindaman & Minoru Tanaka beat Takanori Ito, T1Hawk & Tetsuya Izuchi. Lindaman pinned Izuchi after a diving body press.
The next event is 8/14 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba for a tripleheader as part of a 3-day event called SUMMER SONIC 2026. There likely will be no live or on demand broadcasts
New Japan 8/6/2026 Results (Updated)
New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today in Tokyo with Block A.
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.
The announced paid attendance was 1494, a legit sellout.
Before the event began, a memorial ceremony for Dory Funk Jr. was held. Funk died Tuesday at 85.
Match 1: Jacob Austin Young & HENARE beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Young pinned Yasuda after Jacobs Ladder.
Match 2: Dick Togo & Ren Narota beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf. Narita beat Matsumoto with a kneebar.
Match 3: Zane Jay & Callum Newman beat Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch) by countout. OSKAR counted out.
Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney. Jackson pinned Nagai after a jumping powerbomb
G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: SANADA beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) by KO. House Of Torture interference for a guitar shot. Iced Iced Baby.
Match 6: Jake Lee beat Great-O-Khan by DQ in 107 seconds. Chair use fake out.
Match 7: Ryohei Oiwa beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat Konosuke Takeshita.
Main Event: Boltin Oleg beat Yota Tsuji.
Standings (Block A):
1-Takeshita, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Oleg, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Takagi, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Oiwa, 4-3, 8 pts
5-Tsuji, 4-3, 8 pts
6-SANADA, 3-4, 6 pts
7-Lee, 3-4, 6 pts
8-Ice, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Goto, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
10-Khan, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. As a result of today, Goto & Khan have been eliminated while SANADA, Lee & Ice can only make it on tiebreakers. If it comes down to Takeshita & Oleg, the tiebreaker goes to Takeshita. Oleg also loses tiebreaker to Oiwa. Takeshita still has to face Oiwa & SANADA, beating either means he advances. Oleg still has Goto & Khan.
The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
UPDATE: You can now watch Takeshita-Takagi FOR FREE on New Japan World until 8/17.
DDT 8/5/2026 Results
DDT ran the last event before their annual biggest event of the year today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The paid attendance was not announced
Pre-show match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & MBM beat Takao Soma & Hinata Kasai. Matsunaga beat Kasai with a spinning toe hold.
Match 1: Jun Akiyama & Rukiya beat Kazuma Sumi & Yuki Ishida. Akiyama pinned Ishida after a knee strike.
Match 2: MJ Paul, Illusion & Tetsuya Koda (Representative Director of Tokyo Joshi Pro) beat Sanshiro Takagi, Naomi Yoshimura & GM Imabayashi. Koda beat Imabayashi with a sleeper hold.
But right after the last match…
GM Imabayashi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tetduya Koda to win the title. Imabayashi becomes the 1877th Champion. Which led to a planned showdown on 8/14 with a potential retirement as fate. Until…
Illusion beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion GM Imabayashi to win the title. Illusion becomes the 1878th Champion.
Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani beat Shunma Katsumata & Masami Inahata. Okatani pinned Katsumata after a skewered Claymore. As a result, Okatani wins the “Money In The Bank” challenge right held by Katsumata.
Match 4: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazumi Hirata by submission in 12 seconds. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): In a match where Dieno would win if he executed a man-lustful move within 5 minutes and Hirata would win if he dodged said move within 5 minutes, Danshoku Dieno beat Hirata in what took over 5 minutes.
Match 5: Shinya Aoki, Junta Miyawaki & Alito beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda. Miyawaki pinned Honda with Sunshine Clutch.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & To-y beat MAO, KANON, Yujio Naya, Yuki Iino & Viento Levante. To-y pinned Viento. As a result, To-y wins the “Money In The Bank” challenge right held by Viento.
The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, Tuesday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Monday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
Injury Report: Junior Brother To The Sidelines (Updated)
All-Japan has announced an injury absence coming out of this past weekend’s event, unfortunately it’s a major one as Atsuki Aoyagi has gone down. Left knee (torn ACL). Out indefinitely but this probably means at least the rest of the year. He is also out of the Zennichi Jr. Festival as a result. Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate) will be the replacement. This could have other implications as Aoyagi currently holds the All-Asia Tag Team Championship with Rising Hayato and, if he’s going to be out as long as I think he will be, it means the titles may have to be vacated.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: It’s now official-the All-Asia Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Aoyagi & Hayato have vacated the titles due to the injury.
BREAKING: Dory Funk Jr. Dies (Updated x2)
Breaking news coming out today that has major impacts across wrestling, and especially All-Japan: Dory Funk Jr., the legendary wrestler and chairman of the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF), the governing body of All-Japan Pro Wrestling, has died. He was 85. The cause of death is not yet known.
Funk, real name Dorrance Earnest Funk, was the son of Dory Funk Sr. and brother of hardcore icon Terry Funk. Trained by Dory, Pedro Morales & Ricky Romero, he is the second-longest-reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion of all time, a 2009 WWE Hall Of Fame inductee, and much more. He debuted in All-Japan in 1973, just a year after the promotion began, and frequently teamed with Terry over 10 years there, including winning the annual World’s Strongest Tag League/Real World Tag League 3 times. He also was a 3-time NWA International Heavyweight Champion. After leaving in the mid-1980s, he briefly went to WWF/E in 1986 then to Puerto Rico & the US independents before returning to All-Japan in 1990, staying until the end of 1096. He returned in 2008 for a match then again in 2013 and stayed until 2017, during which time he was named PWF Chairman. His final match was in the promotion in 2017 but he remained in his PWF role until his death.
Funk won numerous championships and accolades around the world. He is survived by wife Marti and 5 children.
As this news is just breaking and it’s 6:30 AM Wednesday in Japan, All-Japan has not yet posted about this. This will be updated when they issue a statement(s).
RIP and God Bless, Dory.
UPDATE: All-Japan posted a brief statement expressing their deepest condolences. Nothing regarding the PWF yet.
UPDATE 2: All-Japan will hold a memorial ceremony for Funk before Sunday’s (8/9) event. New Japan also posted a tribute to Funk-although he only wrestled in New Japan once and not until the early 2000s, his early days featured a series of matches against NKPW founder/original owner Antonio Inoki.
Dragon Gate 8/4/2026 Results (Updated x2)
Dragon Gate kicked off the annual Rey De Parejas tournament (a round-robin format tag team event) today with their monthly Tokyo event, which also was the final event for Shun Skywalker in the promotion. He’a not retiring but it’s unclear what future plans are.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Ryoya Tanaka, Kazuma Kimura & Tristan Moody beat JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior and Madoka Kikuta, Kai & Jason Lee in a 3-way when Tanaka pinned Junior.
Match 2: TBA, revealed at match time to be Yasushi Kanda, beat Jiro Shinbashi in 45 seconds. Comedy squash.
Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Yuki Yoshioka, Kota Minoura, Punch Tominaga & Ryu Fuda beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Genki Horiguchi, Don Fujii, Takashi & Problem Dragon.Fuda pinned Dragon after a Minoura R-301 (he stole the pin).
Match 4: YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kzy, U-T, GuC & @KEY. YAMATO pinned GuC after Gallaria.
Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block B: El Cielo & Luis Mante beat Flamita & Sangre Azteca Jr. Mante pinned Flamita.
Match 6: Rey De Parejas Block A: Strong Machine J & LEONA beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. J pinned KAGETORA.
Match 7: Shun Skywalker Dragon Gate Final Match: Shun Skywalker beat Homare.
Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Hyo & Gianni Valetta beat ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Valetta pinned ISHIN after a King Kong kneedrop.
The next event is Saturday at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
UPDATE: The next challenger for Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka was decided today…Ryu Fuda made the challenge but…OVERRULED!!! It was decided that Dragon Kid is next. That match will happen on 9/12 at Ebara Wave Arena Ota (Ota City General Gym). If Tanaka retains, he will be about 2 weeks away from passing Pac for longest title reign to date and it will be a new record 13th defense.
UPDATE 2: The first challenger for Open The Dream Gate Kzy has also been announced: YAMATO. That match will happen on 9/12.
GLEAT 8/3/2026 Results
As the countdown to the closing of Shinjuku Face approaches with less than 2 months to go, GLEAT said its goodbye to the venue with their final event there today.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 291, a legit sellout. Albeit reduced capacity as the venue’s full capacity is 500.
Match 1: Keiichi Sato, Rock Iwasaki & Kohei Kinoshita beat T-Hawk, Jo Yamamoto & Yuya Aoki. Iwasaki pinned Yamamoto.
Match 2: Minoru Tanaka & Junjie beat Shigehiro Irie & Kapy. Junjie pinned Kapy after a rolling lariat.
Match 3: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Riko Fukunaga beat Henri by submission. This was billed as Fukunaga’s final Lidet UWF fight.
Match 4: Kazuyuki Fujita (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kendo Ka Shin beat Takanori Ito, Hayato Tamura & Tetsuya Izuchi. Fujita pinned Izuchi after Beast Bomb.
Match 5: MICHIKO, Chanyota & Marika Kobashi beat ZONES, Maho Blanca & Non Toraga. MICHIKO pinned Blanca.
Match 6: Soma Watanabe, JD Lee, ARASHI & So Daimonji beat SBK, NOBU SAN, TAKUMA & Vent Vert Jack. Watanabe pinned Jack after a firebird splash.
Match 7: Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat El Lindaman, Takehiro Yamamura & Kotaro Suzuki. Kotoge pinned Lindaman after Kill Switch. Afterwards, Kotoge issued a G-REX Championship challenge to Lindaman, but Yamamura interjected and demanded a match against Kotoge.
Main Event: Ryuichi Kawakami & Quiet Storm beat G INFINITY Champions KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Kaito Ishida to win the titles. Kawakami & Storm become the 12th G INFINITY Champions. Kawakami pinned SAKAMOTO after Strawberry Elephant.
The next event is Thursday at Sayama City Civic Exchange Center in Saitama. Broadcast plans TBA but there likely will be no live broadcast, on demand next week.