News, results & more from Japanese Pro Wrestling & Sumo
GLEAT bad puns are so easy to come up with…joking aside, unfortunately they have another injury absence to report, this time it’s MICHIKO. Fractured axial vertebra tooth based on translation. Out indefinitely. No word yet on how long she may be out.
More as it becomes available.
All-Japan kicked off the 2026 Champions Carnival, the annual spring Heavyweight singles tournament, today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on drmand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan at a later date.
The announced paid attendance was 1194.
Match 1: Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori & Hikaru Sato beat Seigo Tachibana, Shota Kofuji & Seiki Yoshioka. Tamura pinned Tachibana with La Magistral.
Match 2: Champions Carnival Block A: Rei Saito beat Kumaarashi.
Match 3: Champions Carnival Blovk B: Daisuke Sekimoto beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Match 4: Champions Carnival Block A: Kengo Mashimo beat Talos.
Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Atsuki Aoyagi, Ryuki Honda & Rising Hayato beat Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino, MUSASHI & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.
Match 6: Champions Carnival Block B: Xyon beat Hideki Suzuki.
Match 7: Champions Carnival Block B: Ren Ayabe beat Jun Saito.
Main Event/ Champions Carnival Block A: Go Shiozaki beat Yuma Anzai.
The next event is Saturday at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.
In other news, it was announced that Yasutaka Yano, who first appeared in the promotion as masked wrestler KURAMA before unmasking, will re-debut on 5/17.
Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a morning matinee today as the second half of their Canada devut weekend.
Today’s event was held at Great Canadian Hastings Racecourse & Casino in Vancouver, Canada and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English.
The announced paid attendance was 352.
Match 1: HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki beat Wakana Uehara & Toga. HIMAWARI pinned Toga after Sunflower Tempest.
Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku beat Krystala.
Match 3: Liza Hall & Uta Takami beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Hall pinned Harajuku after a piledriver.
Match 4: Miu Watanabe beat Cherry Blossom.
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita beat Nicole Matthews.
Main Event: Yuki Arai & Suzume beat J-Rod & Sakura Hattori. Suzume pinned Hattori after Ring A Bell.
The next event is TJPW LIVE IN LAS VEGAS 2026 Thursday at The Pearl At The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Live streaming as a PPV on Triller/FITE will begin at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET. The PPV is available for $19.99 or as bundle packs with other events that day and will include unlimited on demand replays until 4/20/27. It should be on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in a couple months.
APEX CONQUEST 2026 in NAGOYA, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest major event, is now in the books.
Today’s event was held at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. This was an exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1280. That’s just over half capacity for the venue in the promotion’s debut since it reopened in January after a brief closure (it first opened in 2008). The venue’s main arena capacity listed is 2536.
Match 1: Hajime Ohara, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi beat Manabu Soya, Black Menso-re & Yuto Koyanagi. Odashima pinned Menso-re after Dead End.
Match 2: Angel Reyes & RYUSEI beat Eita & Hiroto Tsuruya. RYUSEI beat Tsuruya with a reverse Boston Crab.
Match 3: Knull, Kai Fujimura & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hi69. Tadasuke pinned Hi69.
Match 4: Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & AMAKUSA beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata. AMAKUSA pinned Inabata after Opening Of The Country.
Match 5: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Kitamiya beat Harutoki with Stranglehold y.
Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Kid Lycos 1 & 2 to retain the titles. Bane pinned 2 after Santa Maria. V1 for the champs.
Match 7: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat OZAWA & Jun Masaoka to retain the titles. Naito pinned OZAWA. V3 for the champs.
Main event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura beat Alpha Wolf to retain the title. V6 for Inamura.
The next event is Saturday at Bandaijima Mumtipurpose Square Okama in Niigata. There will be no live or on demand broadcast (at this time).
UPDATE: Here is the post-event news/fallout roundup:
Next up for Inamura: Shane Haste, who until a few months ago was part of New Japan but hasn’t been seen in a while. He was a regular in NOAH in his early career along with longtime tag partner Mikey Nicholls. That match will happen on 5/2 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. 5/2 will also have GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA vs. Dragon Bane for the title. Haste will be part of the White Raven Squad faction in this current run.
It’s time for GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Bane & Alejandro to run the Team 2000X gauntlet as next up are Tadasuke & Fujimura. That match will happen on 4/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
New Japan wrestler Tiger Mask 4, who is retiring in July, has been announced for 5/13 at Korakuen and will team with Kenoh to face Marufuji & Alejandro.
For today’s second event, Tokyo Joshi Pro made their Canada debut with the first 2 events in Vancouver, meaning another reunion with our beloved former ring announcer Sayuri Namba, who is currently based there.
Today’s event was held at Great Canadian Hastings Racecourse & Casino in Vancouver, Canada and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English.
The announced paid attendance was 400, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Yuki Kamifuku beat Shino Suzuki.
Match 2: Amira beat Uta Takami.
Match 3: Sakura Hattori & Toga beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Hattori pinned Harajuku after Yoshio Cage.
Match 4: Suzume beat Alexa Nicole.
Match 5: Nicole Matthews & Liza Hall beat Miyu Yamashita & HIMAWARI. Matthews pinned HIMAWARI after Roll The Dice.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe & J-Rod beat Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara. J-Rod pinned Uehara after Ultimate Spear.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 11:30 AM PT/2:30 PM ET.
Stardom ran their regular weekend matinee event today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the pre-show match and the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 1422.
Pre-show match: Akira Kurogame & Tabata (CMLL) beat Matoi Hamabe & Anne Kanaya. Tabata pinned Hamabe after Pulpo Guerrero.
Match 1: Starlight Kid beat Fuwa-chan.
Match 2: Hina & Lady C beat Xena & Waka Tsukiyama. Hina pinned Tsukiyama with Gedo Clutch.
Match 3: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita & Itsuki Aoki beat Maki Itoh, Rian & HANAKO. Yamashita pinned Rian after Implant.
Match 4: Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Hanan, Saya Iida, Bea Priestley & Momo Kohgo. Syuri pinned Kohgo.
Match 5: Maika, Mei Seira & Sayaka Unagi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Saki Kashima, Hazuki & Koguma. Unagi pinned Kashima.
Match 6: Rookie Of Stardom 2026 Finals: Ema Maishima beat Kikyo Furusawa to win the tournament. As a result, Maishima will get a Future Of Stardom Championship shot on 4/26.
Main Event: Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara, AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Rina, Konami, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen. Kurara pinned Kamitani after Tokineki Spear. Gotta give her faint hopes as much as I diskike it.
The next event is AMERICAN DREAM 2026 Friday at The Pearl At The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Live streaming as a PPV on Triller/FITE will begin at 3 PM PT/6 PM ET. The PPV can be pre-ordered for $19.99 or as a bundle with other events next week and includes unlimited replays for about a year.
Tokyo Joshi Pro participated in a free independent event today featuring the roster members who did not go to Canada for this weekend’s events there.
Today’s event was held at Shinjo Village Gaisen Sakura Street in Okayama and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
This was a free event with no paid attendance.
Match 1: Takumi Tsukamoto beat Hiroshi Inoue.
Match 2: Rika Tatsumi beat Kira Summer.
Match 3: Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu beat Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase. Misao pinned Nanase after I Am A Hero.
Match 4: Ryota Nakatsu, FUMA & Takato Nakano beat Minoru Fujita, Yasu Urano & Trans-Am Hiroshi. Nakano pinned Hiroshi after Falconry.
Match 5: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Aja Kong, Mizuki & Mifu Ashida. Aino pinned Ashida after Venus DDT.
Main Event: Union MAX Champion Shuji Ishikawa beat Ryuichi Sekine to retain the title. V3 for Ishikawa.
The next event is TONIGHT at Great Canadian Hastings Racecourse & Casino in Vancouver, Canada. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.
As expected, the Japan Sumo Association handed down punishment to stablemaster Isrgahama fka Terunofuji today and as expected, it wasn’t severe.
The punishment: 2 Rank Elder Stock Demotion to the lowest rank and a 10% pay cut for 3 months. It could have been as bad as kicked out of sumo.
There is some precedent here as a similar incident caused then-stablemaster Nakagawa to lose bis stable 6 years ago, but it seems that since it was essentially just one punch and from a seated position, Isegahama got off easy It also seemed to be seen as corrective action towards Hakunofuji and there seems to be no indications of regular violence in the stable. The stable will also be placed on the equivalent of probation.
As for Hakunofuji, he is given a severe reprimand but no formal disciplinary action.
Both appeared before the Japanese media today and apologized for the incident.
But yeah, sumo again protecting its own elders above all else plus it’s that powerful Isrgahama clout.
GLEAT ran their latest signature event, GLEAT Ver. 24, today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuju Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 218.
At the start, it was revealed that the Brass Knuckles JUN led faction will be called “TheSick”.
Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Junjie & Kendo Ka Shin beat Hayato Tamura, Takehiro Yanamura & Kotaro Suzuki. Junjie pinned Suzuki after a rolling lariat.
Match 2: ARASHI & So Daimonji beat Kohei Kinoshita & Chris Weiss. ARASHI pinned Kinoshita after Tormenta Dos.
Match 3: Van Vert Jack beat Tetsuya Izuchi.
Match 4: Sayaka Unagi, Ayane Sasamura, Rina Amikira & Nanami Hatano beat MICHIKO, Blankey Maho, Chanyota & Riara. Hatano pinned Riara with a Northern Lights suplex hold.
Match 5: El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie & Yuya Aoki beat Minoru Tanaka, T-Hawk & Kapy.
Match 6: In a Captains Fall elimination match, Brass Knuckles JUN, Keiichi Sato & Rock Iwasaki beat Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Ryuichi Kawakami. Order of elimination: SAKAMOTO, Iwasaki, Sato, Kawakami. The captains were JUN & Kawakami.
Main Event: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Takanori Ito beat Lidet UWF Champion Soma Watanabe to win the title. Ito becomes the 5th Lidet UWF Champion. Next up: Seiichi Ikemoto. That match will happen on 4/19.
The next event is 4/19 at Ogimachi Museum Cube01 in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA.
Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the spring house show tour today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 219.
Match 1: Yuki Kamifuku beat Shion Kanzaki.
Match 2: Wakana Uehara beat Kira Summer by submission.
Match 3: Sakura Hattori & Toga beat Suzume & Ren Konatsu. Hattori pinned Konatsu.
Match 4: Miu Watanabe beat Chika Nanase.
Match 5: Haru Kazashiro beat HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki, Mifu Ashida & Uta Takami in a 5-way by pinning Suzuki. As a result, Kazashiro gets an International Princess Championship match on 5/4 at Korakuen Hall.
Main Event: In a special 4-event/fall match, Yuki Arai, Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku. Part 1: In a ball match with points, Misao & Raku beat Mizuki & Kiryu 15-14. Part 2: In a 2 Count Falls match, Yamashita & Kiryu beat Nakajima & Aino. Part 3: In a baton relay match, Nakajima’s team wins. Part 4 (Final): In a match with 1 Count Falls for Arai and 2 Count Falls for Harajuku, Arai beat Harajuku. Arai’s team wins.
The next event is Saturday at Great Canadian Hastings Racecourse & Casino in Vancouver, Canada for their Canada debut with 2 events and Sayuri Namba returning as ring announcer for both. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.