BREAKING: Another New Japan Veteran Retiring

At today’s New Japan event (non-televised), longtime wrestler Tomoaki Honma announced his retirement. It sounds like it will not be immediate as he wants to get to 30 years and have a hometown retirement match next year. Honma suffered a spinal injury that left him temporarily paralyzed in 2017 but recovered enough to return to action but more recent concerns have surfaced in exams and he decided to retire. Honma turns 50 in November and has mainly bern a part-timer post-pandemic.

More as it becomes available. Today’s results will be posted later today.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 7/4/2026 LIVE Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro begins their July today with the last house show before their annual July blowout event. That means it’s the last time champions & challengers will be on opposite sides before their respective title matches, but it also marks the beginning of the Yuki Kamifuku retirement tour. Kamifuku shocked everyone by announcing her retirement earlier this week, calling it a career at the end of the year and will focus on having fun & good matches instead of contending for titles (and she also opted out of the upcoming Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament too). This also will be the last appearance by Kira Summer for a month or two as she prepares to return home to Australia for her first wrestling tour. She announced her first match today on social media, and fittingly it’s against Miki Fortune, her real-life older sister.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches planned so this will be on the slightly shorter side for a standard house show and probably won’t go more than 2 hours (if every match went the distance it would top out at roughly that), closer to 1 3/4 hours I think.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Raku & Kira Summer in a 3-way
Mizuki & Uta Takami vs. Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga
Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI vs. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino
Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida vs. Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 8-10 minutes.

7:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales hinted at a potential sellout with enough walk-up sales today, I think they’ll get there which would mean anywhere between 275-340 depending on the setup. I’ll predict 300 but could see it being around 325 (while the venue’s max capacity is 600 it’s usually been capped at maybe 350 post-pandemic). (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 275, a super full house/very near sellout. That does not include Raku before Match 2)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes. It looks like the order above has been changed for the first 3 matches. The last 3 will be in the above order.

The matches begin at 7:40 PM PT/10:40 PM ET. Getting a bit annoying and silly that they have to wait 20-30 seconds sometimes after the card announcement for the theme music to finish. They used to cut it off early in the Sayuri Namba days. Anyway…

Match 1: Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase beat Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Nanase beat Kanzaki with a full nelson.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Raku & Kira Summer in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Raku & Kira Summer in a 3-way by pinning Summer.

Match 3: Mizuki & Uta Takami vs. Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit (Why Pom is coming out with a giant fake tree branch with paper slips hanging on it, I don’t know…)
Result: Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Mizuki beat Harajuku with a crossface.

Match 4: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Uehara beat Suzume with Banana Pillow.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI vs. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino. Watanabe pinned Nakajima after Teardrop. Nakajima went for the 619 twice but Watanabe dodged each time, second time was the end.

Main Event: Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida vs. Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori beat Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida. Yamashita beat Ashida with a deformed cobra clutch.

The next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’26, the annual July blowout event, on 7/18 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/17 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

BREAKING: GLEAT Wrestler Leaving Promotion

According to a news post from GLEAT today, Brass Knuckles JUN is apparently done with the promotion. Depending on how you interpret translation of a conversation JUN had with President Hiroyuki Suzuki at yesterday’s event, JUN either asked for it it or talked himself into being fired. It sounded like JUN was going to be traveling starting today and requested his contract be terminated and perhaps he work as a freelancer. Either way, JUN is no longer with the promotion and, based on the popularity of his TheSick faction and having a t-shirt that just went on sale, perhaps at a bad time.

I did come across a social media post from JUN after this (posted earlier today) who confirmed he has left the promotion after 4+ years and perhaps somewhat regretted how the conversation went. But he will be moving on to compete elsewhere as a freelancer for now.

News: TAKAYAMANIA Main Event Announced

With tickets going on sale tomorrow, Minoru Suzuki has revealed the main event of TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE 5, the annual fundraiser event for legendary wrestler Yoshihiro Takayama. This year it will be Suzuki & El Desperado vs. Naomichi Marufuji & HARASHIMA. All profits from ticket sales will be donated to Takayama’s wife to assist with his medical care & rehab

The event will be held on 9/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. It will be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan, hopefully on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE afterwards.

GLEAT 7/2/2026 Results

GLEAT ran a house show today in Tokyo to kick off their 6th year. This is the last event before the GLEAT Ver. numbering for all events going forward begins (but the matches are still called G PROWRESTLING, Lidet UWF, etc).

Today’s event was held at Basement Monstar in Tokyo and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was bo live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 87, a legit sellout. It’s a VERY small venue. (Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe, where Dragon Gate tapes PRIME ZONE+, is a good comparison as I think it doesn’t even hold 100 for those events)

Match 1: T-Hawk beat Jo Yamamoto by submission.

Match 2: JD Lee beat Junjie.

Match 3: Tetsuya Izuchi, SBK & Nobu San beat Keiichi Sato, Rock Iwasaki & Kohei Kinoshita Izuchi pinned Sato after Kill Zone.

Match 4: Kaito Ishida & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat ARASHI & So Daimonji. SAKAMOTO pinned Daimonji. Afterwards, Kapy & Van Vert Jack came out after winning the next G INFINITY Championship shot yesterday and demanded a date be set for their title shot. That match will happen on 7/16.

Match 5: In a G-Rush Rules Match, Soma Watanabe beat G-Rush Champion Minoru Tanaka & Brass Knuckles JUN in a 3-way elimination match, first eliminating Tanaka then, after the time limit, eliminating JUN in overtime, to win the title. Watanabe becomes the 4th G-Rush Champion.

Main Event: El Lindaman, MICHIKO, Takanori Ito & Takehiro Yamamura beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Quiet Storm, Hayato Tamura & Kotaro Suzuki. Lindaman pinned Kawakami after a piledriver.

The next event is 7/16 at City Hall & Gallery Gotanda in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA

Dragon Gate 7/2/2026 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate kicked off the Aggresive Gate 2026 Tour, it’s biggest of the year, with the monthly Tokyo event.

Today’s event was held at Kotakuen 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: Flamita & Luis Mante beat Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka. Flamita pinned Yokosuka after Flam Fly.

Match 2: YAMATO, KAGETORA, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Toru Owashi, Problem Dragon, Punch Tominaga & Ryu Fida. KAGETORA pinned Fuda.

Match 3: TBA, revealed at match time to be Alexander Otsuka, beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 4: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Strong Machine J, U-T, GuC & @KEY. Junior pinned @KEY with a German suplex hold.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka & Homare beat Ryoya Tanaka & Kazuma Kimura. Homare pinned Kimura.

Match 6: Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Mochizuki pinned KAI after a buzzsaw kick.

Impromptu Match: Gianni Valetta beat Shun Skywalker.

Match 7: Kota Minoura beat Jason Lee.

Main Event: Kzy beat El Cielo. As a result, Kzy will face Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta for the title at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2026 on 7/20.

The next event is Saturday at Nadazaki Cultural Center in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: Also added to 7/20 is Open The Twin Gate Champions JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura for the titles.

DDT 7/2/2026 Results

DDT held the latest Daisuke Sasaki Produced event today, which he dubbed CHARISMANIA 4.

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.

Tetsu Inada was the guest ring announcer.

Match 1: Yasu Urano & Sangre Azteca Jr. beat Naohiro Katsuni & Yunikaras Jr. (likely Yuni). Both winners beat both losers simultaneously.

Match 2: Ryunosuke Nagai beat MJ Paul.

Match 3: 3 Fake Brahman Yuukis vs. Trans-Am Hiroshi, Takayuki Ueki & Takeshi Masada went to a no contest. Out of control.

Match 4: Ayato Yoshida & Gabai Ji-chan beat Minoru Fujita & Illusion. Gabai pinned Illusion.

Match 5: In a Barbed Wire Board Crash Match, where the first to put the other through a barbed wire board wins, DDT Extreme Champion Hideki Okatani vs. Yuko Miyamoto went to a draw because both went through said board together. As a result, Okatani retains the title. V3 for Okatani. Next up: Yuki Ishida. And he’s got the stip/rules-Belt vs. Hair. If Ishida loses, he loses his hair. That match will happen on 7/26 at Korakuen Hall.

Main Event: DDT O-40 Champion Daisuke Sasaki beat Shuji Ishikawa & Keisuke Ishii in a 3-way by pinning Ishii to retain the title. V2 for Sasaki.

If what Illusion said post-main event holds true, there will be a CHARISMANIA 5, but when isn’t known.

The next event is Sunday at Rembrandt Hotel Atsugi in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

New Japan 7/2/2026 Results

New Japan continued the Road To G1 CLIMAX Tour today in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Tokorozawa Citizen Gym in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 634.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Masatora Yasuda & Ryusuke Taguchi. Kanemaru beat Yasuda with a figure 4.

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & Togo Makabe beat Tatsuya Matusnoto, El Desperado & Satoshi Kojima. Yano pinned Matsumoto. Afterwards, the TM 4 farewell rounds continued as his retirement tour enters the final week.

Match 4: Taichi & Yuya Uenura. Eat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Uemura pinned Young after Lions Shiner.

Match 5: Jado, Master Wato, Aaron Wolf & Shota Umino beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Jackson after Second Chapter.

Match 6: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Yoh beat Zane Jay, Jake Lee & Francesco Akira. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Jay after Shoto.

Main Event: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, DOUKI, SANADA & Ren Narita. Tsuji pinned DOUKI after Gene Blaster.

The next event is Saturday at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. This will be the last non-televised event for a while (probably until the end of August) as all G1 CLIMAX events will be live & on demand on New Japan World. 7/18 & 7/19 will be available OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY as they will be exclusive TV Asahi live broadcasts in Japan 7/22 will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. As a reminder, the 7/11 US event will be a NON-PPV New Japan World broadcast.

Stardom News: Another AEW Appearance (SPOILERS!)

Between last week’s Forbidden Door PPV and other happenings, Stardom has been a semi-regular in All Elite Wrestling recently. Another appearance is coming up-this one is TAPED again (airing tonight) so if you don’t want SPOILERS avoid clicking below for now. Otherwise, proceed..

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Stardom News: Result From AEW Participation Tonight (7/1/2026)

You may recall from last weekend that Stardom wrestler Maika won a match in All Elite Wrestling to get into a title match tonight on the AEW Dynamite program, which is why she missed yesterday’s Stardom event in Japan. That match is in the books, which was a 6-way elimination match for the vacant AEW TBS Championship. Maika lost, being eliminated by fellow Japanese wrestler Hikaru Shida. The match went like this: Harley Cameron was eliminated first by CMLL wrestler Persephone, Maika was eliminated second by Shida, Persephone was eliminated third by Queen Aminata, Persephone was eliminated fourth by Kris Statlander, then finally Shida eliminated Statlander to win the title. Maika is now headed back to Japan and is expected back in time for Stardom’s next event on Saturday.

The match can be watched on demand on the TBS (US version, there is also a TBS in Japan, specifically in Tokyo)website & mobile app with a participating cable/satellite/streaming subscription or on HBO Max with a subscription. It may show up on Stardom World at some point as well…but don’t go looking right this moment. Stardom World is currently down until 1 AM PT/4 AM ET on 7/2/2026 due to scheduled maintenance.