Stardom 3/25/2026 Results

Stardom ran their latest NEW BLOOD event today, the 30th installment of their developmental sub-label for younger & less-experienced wrestlers.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and cam be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Hanan, Saya Iida & Yuria Hime beat Matoi Hamabe, Anne Kanaya & Ema Maishima. Hanan pinned Hamabe with a blockbuster hold. This was the return match for both Hamabe & Maishima after the rookies both were out since late last year due to injuries.

Match 2: Yuna Mizunori & Rian beat Mase & Moe Hisai (?). Mizumori pinned Mase Hisai after Tropicana.

Match 3: HANAKO & Echika Miyabi beat Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu. HANAKO pinned Kokatsu.

Match 4: Saki Kashima & Fukigen beat Alira Kirogame & Kikyo Furusawa. Kashima pinned Furusawa.

Main Event: Future Of Stardom Champion Ranna Yagami beat Aya Sakura to retain the title. V1 for Yagami. Had Sakura won the title she would have vacated it immediately dur to this being the last day she met eligibility requirements-tomorrow is the 3rd anniversary of her debut so she is too experienced to compete for the title now. But had this match gone another 19 seconds it would have been a time limit draw. If that happened, Yagami would have retained the title. Next up: Xelhua from Pro Wrestling WAVE. That match will happen on Tuesday at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Saturday at Yume Messe Miyagi West Hall in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast. It was also announced the 4/17 US event will be a PPV on Stardom World, but it may also be available on Triller/FITE as it’s part of WrestleMania week in Las Vegas, but it’s not on their schedule yet.

Sumo-March 2026 Grand Sumo Tournament Final Standings & Post-Tournament News (Updated x2)

Now that the March Grand Sumo Tournament is over and most of the post-tournament meetings have been held, here are the final standings for the top 2 tiers and early news updates:

First up, after his 3rd Emperor’s Cup victory it’s now official-Kirishima has been re-promoted to Ozeki. He was last promoted to the rank in July 2023, but went into kadoban status immediately due to missing 3 days with injury and finishing 6-7-2, but protected his rank with a 9-6 second effort then won bis second championship in November 2023 to get into Yokozuna contention. But he then went 11-4 to miss out, then 5-10 and 1-6-8 and was demoted after May 2024. He’ll be back after 2 years and never fell below Maegashira 2.

Next, here is the final Hoshitori (Tournament Records) based on the Banzuke for the top 2 tiers (records are in win-loss-absent format, for ranking purposes absent is treated as a loss):
Makiuchi (top tier):
Yokozuna-Hoshoryu (11-4), Onosato (0-4-11)
Ozeki-Aonishiki (7-8), Kotozakura (10-5)
Sekiwake-Kirishima (12-3, Champion), Takayasu (7-8)
Komusubi-Wakamotoharu (3-12), Atamifuji (9-6)
Maegashira 1-Wakatakakage (8-6-1), Yoshinofuji (7-8)
Maegashira 2-Fujinokawa (8-7), Churanoumi (4-11)
Maegashira 3-Hiradoumi (7-8), Oho (7-8)
Maegashira 4-Daieisho (7-8), Takanosho (9-6)
Maegashira 5-Abi (4-6-5), Kotoshoho (11-4)
Maegashira 6-Ichiyamamoto (9-6), Onokatsu (1-6-8)
Maegashira 7-Oshoma (6-9), Hakunofuji (5-6-4)
Maegashira 8-Ura (5-10), Shodai (8-7)
Maegashira 9-Tokihayate (5-10), Tamawashi (5-10)
Maegashira 10-Gonoyama (10-5), Roga (5-10)
Maegashira 11-Shishi (6-9), Oshoumi (5-10)
Maegashira 12-Asakoryu (9-6), Asanoyama (8-7)
Maegashira 13-Tobizaru (6-9, Fujiseiun (10-5)
Maegashira 14-Chiyoshoma (10-5), Nishikifuji (9-6)
Maegashira 15-Midorifuji (Absent), Mitakeumi (8-7)
Maegashira 16-Asahakuryu (10-5), Kinbozan (9-6)
Maegashira 17-Fujiryoga (7-8), Kotoeiho (9-6)
Notes: The biggest surprise comes at the top when, after 2 straight championships and expectations of being considered as a new Yokozuna mow, Aonishiki instead is in kadoban status after the first losing tournament of bis career. He now must win at least 8 matches in May or he will be demoted to Sekiwake. I think it was equally bad luck and being figured out at last, no injury concerns. This was also the first time Kotozakura reached 10 wins since he won his first championship back in 2024 after going 14-1, although he was his usual streaky self-started 3-0, then fell to 0-3, 4-4 at halfway but then went 6-1 in the second week. Onosato pulled out early due to a shoulder injury also resulting in his perfect career mark of no losing tournaments ending. Hopefully he will be good for May as the initial report was out 3 weeks. With Kirishima promoted and Takayasu likely demoted, Atamifuji should be promoted to Sekiwake for the first time, Wakatakakage had a chance before being injured on Day 13 when he clinched promotion and right now should be both Komusubi and a toss-up for May as his elbow injury reportedly has him out 6 weeks. Takayasu will probably stay Sanyaku while his Final Day win should get Fujinokawa up to M1, another career best. Another championship-contending performance has me thinking Kotoshoho also gets back up to M1 with Ichiyamamoto & Takanosho right behind. The demotions start with Midorifuji, but that’s secondary to his health concerns as he sat out due to heart failure. Treatment was to keep him out a month so let’s hope for the best with him because that’s scary considering he’s only 29. Fujiryoga probably will go down too after a good debut effort but with a chance to quickly return. Onokatsu is a toss-up with two withdrawals due to injuries but I think the one win he got will be enough to save his top tier position.

Juryo:
Juryo 1-Ryuden (9-6), Sadanoumi (7-8)
Juryo 2-Asasuiryu (6-9), Tomokaze (6-9)
Juryo 3-Daiseizan (8-7), Wakanosho (11-4)
Juryo 4-Nishinoryu (6-9), Takerufuji (8-7)
Juryo 5-Kagayaki (7-8), Shirokuma (7-8)
Juryo 6-Hitoshi (5-10), Kayo (7-8)
Juryo 7-Meisei (8-7), Kyokukaiyu (9-6)
Juryo 8-Shonannoumi (8-7), Kitanowaka (9-6)
Juryo 9-Tamashoho (6-9), Hatsuyama (10-5)
Juryo 10-Dewanoryu (11-4, Champion), Tohakuryu (8-7)
Juryo 11-Kazuma (10-5), Toshinofuji (10-5)
Juryo 12-Nishikigi (8-7), Tsurugisho (0-15)
Juryo 13-Shinazuumi (2-9-4), Fujitensei (5-10)
Juryo 14-Kazekeno (9-6), Kotokuzan (4-11)
Notes: Ryuden is headed back up to the top tier again and I expect Wakanosho to join him for his top tier debut in May. Despite a championship 11 wins won’t get Dewanoryu up but he’ll set up for a good chance in May. Kazuma & Toshinofuji should be within reach of the top tier too. Demotions will include Shimazuumi, Fujitensei, Kotokuzan and the likely-retiring Taurugisho, who potentially crashes out of sumo with a disastrous 0-15 finale. Nishikigi saved his spot-and maybe career-with a late winning streak and promotion on the final day.

This will be updated when the Shin-Juryo and Sai-Juryo rikishi are announced.

Also two official retirements: Hidenoumi (Ms3) and Chiyomaru (Sd1) as noted before. Chiyomaru will become Wakaimonogashira and work in a youth/lower tier development role with the Association. Hidenoumi appears to be leaving even though he qualifies for elder stock.

Further updates to come. Pushing this out early due to the confirmation of Kirishima promotion.

UPDATE: The Shin-Juryo & Sai-Juryo rikishi are as follows: As expected, the one Shin-Juryo rikishi is Okaryu, who will make 3 Tatsunami wrestlers in the top 2 tiers when he makes his Juryo debut in May. The Sai-Juryo rikishi this time are Tochitaikai, Hakuyozan and…exhale now…Enho!!! This means that, after potentially falling just one win short of it before he was injured and plunging down the ranks to Jonidan, Enho will now qualify for elder stock when he retires as this will be his 30th tournament in the top 2 tiers. He also reportedly become the first ever former top tier wrestler to be demoted all the way to Jonokuchi then climb back up to Juryo. (Terunofuji was only demoted to Jonidan before his rise to Yokozuna)

Also, the official retirement total is now at 11 per Nikkan Sports.

UPDATE 2: The 11 retirements include pre-tournament retirements of Daishoho & Shiden, the Day 13 retirement of Chiyosakae, Chiyomary & Hidenoumi and now 6 more-one Makushita, one Sandanme, 2 Jonidan and 2 unranked wrestlers. But, at least not yet, no Tsurugisho. Maybe trying to get a couple more months’ pay before he loses it after the next Banzuke announcement in late April.

Also today was a second press conference which was at Tatsunami Beya for the promotion of Okaryu to Juryo for the first time. This was along with one at Otowayama Beya for Kirishima’s re-promotion to Ozeki, the first one since the former Yokozuna Kakuryu opened his stable after Michinoku Beya had to shut down due to nobody able to take over when the last stablemaster had to step down due to turning 65, the mandatory retirement age in sumo. Various Japanese news channels covered the Kirishima one and video can be found FOR FREE on YouTube.

GLEAT 3/20/2026 & 3/22/2026 Results

GLEAT ran 2 events over the past werk, first a house show in Yokohama than a G PROWRESTLING event on Osaka.

Friday’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 120.

Match 1: Brass Knuckles JUN & Rock Iwasaki beat Tetsuya Icuzhi & Kotaro Suzuki. JUN pinned Izuchi after Absolute Zero. Afterwards, Kohei Kinoshita came out and announcing he was joining JUN’s apparently unnamed faction.

Match 2: Takanori Ito vs. Parker Boudreaux went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: El Lindaman, MICHIKO, Vent Vert Jack & Andy Panda beat Takehiro Yamamura, Marika Kobashi, Yuya Aoki & Andy Wu. Lindaman pinned Yamamura.

Match 4: Soma Watanabe, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Black Andromeda beat Junjie, Minoru Tanaka & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Andromeda pinned Junjie after Nebulosa.

Main Event: T-Hawk, Hayato Tamura & Ryuichi Kawakami beat Kaito Ishida, JD Lee & So Daimonji. Kawakami pinned Daimonji after Strawberry Elephant.

Sunday’s event was held at Uneda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka. There was no live broadcast, but it can now be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 233.

Match 1: Chanyota, Marika Kobashi & YuuRI beat Super Delfin, Flying Penguin & Nanase. Chanyota pinned Nanase.

Match 2: Kaito Ishida vs. Kohei Kinoshita went to a no contest. Brass Knuckles JUN faction interference.

Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki, Parker Boudreaux & Andy Panda beat Takehiro Yamamura, Tetsuya Izuchi & Shigehiro Irie. Boudreaux pinned Irie after a chokeslam.

Match 4: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Soma Watanabe & Hikaru Sato beat Takanori Ito & Seiichi Ikemoto by ref stoppage (technical submission). Watanabe beat Ito with a body sleeper hold.

Match 5: El Lindaman, Junjie, Katsuhijo Nakajima & Yuya Aoki beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO, JD Lee, So Daimonji & Black Andromeda. Junjie pinned SAKAMOTO after a tolling lariat. Afterwards, Junjie issued a G INFINITY Championship challenge with Nakajima as his partner. Date TBA.

Match 6: In a G-RUSH Rules match, G-RUSH Champion Minoru Tanaka beat Andy Wu to retain the title. V4 for Tanaka.

Main Event: Brass Knuckles JUN, Rock Iwasaki & Keiichi Sato beat T-Hawk, Hayato Tamura & Ryuichi Kawakami. JUN pinned Kawakami after Absolute Zero.

The next event is GLEAT Ver. 24 on 4/8 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but it likely will be a live YouTube broadcast.

DDT 3/24/2026 Results

DDT ran another Sanshiro Takagi Produced Super Japan Pro Wrestling event today, which based on a fan vote afterwards could be the last. As usual there was no DDT participation outside of Takagi himself.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced, but based on post-event planned audience polling it appears to have been 315.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to MIKAMI being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. I believe he was to have been part of the opening segment.

Match 1: Evil Uno & Ram Kaichow beat Shota & Marika Kobashi. Uno pinned Shota after Something Evil.

Match 2: Hiroshi Yamato vs. Munenori Sawa & Gym Trainer Kotoka in a 3-way went to a draw. Apparent triple KO.

Match 3: Brahmans Shu & Kei & Mac Panasonic beat Takashi Sasaki, Nao Sano & Demonio Uno. Kei pinned Uno.

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi beat Poison Sawada JULIE.

Match 5: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Kumatori.

Match 6: Kazunari Murakami vs. Shinya Aoki went to a no contest. Out of control.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Fuminori Abe.

After all matches ended, the vote on the project’s future was held for fans in attendance…258 Yes, 6 No, 51 Neutral/No Answer. Super Japan Pro Wrestling continues! The next one will be on 5/24 at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage. They also announced former All-Japan President Masayuki Uchida has been appointed as an advisor to the project.

The next event is Saturday at Mitsui Outlet Park Tama Minami-Osawa in Tokyo for a free event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand on 3/31.

BREAKING: DDT Top Star Retiring (Updated)

DDT announced a short time ago on social media that Kazusada Higuchi, who is currently out with injuries, has decided to retire. This is due to cervical spine issues found during a recent physical and continuing his career would be dangerous. So the decision was made he will retire, with a retirement ceremony held on 4/5 but he will not have any more matches.

Initial thoughts…This really surprised and saddened me as, since the pandemic, he became one of DDT’s top stars and a KO-D Openweight Champion after leaving Eruption behind (it was winding down as Hideki Okatani left then Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai retired), but that brought one of the signature memories I’ll have of Higuchi-Flagbearer for DDT. He carried the promotion’s flag with him to the ring as champion and waved it with pride. A true champion who understood what being the face of the promotion meant and stood for. He was a wrestler in every way-looks, demeanor, performance, results. Someone I would want to build around. The injuries the last couple years were unfortunate as it took him away from helping build up younger wrestlers, especially Naomi Yoshimura (who also was out long-term with injuries) and Yuki Ishida as Harimao, and I hate to see him have to walk away because of this but it’s the right decision and I appreciate his doing a retirement ceremony and getting a proper sendoff. Hopefully DDT can find a role for him much like with Akai (she works part-time in the front office and makes occasional appearances on commentary). Higuchi-san, thank you for your hard work. Rest well and heal up and enjoy post-wrestling life.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Harimao will also disband after 4/5. Ryota Nakatsu will team with Yoshimura & Ishida against Shunma Katsumata, Kota Umeda & Koki Iwasaki.

You can also watch today’s press conference replay FOR FREE on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZdkMFJguPm4?si=R4JlplZF4u8hlYPK

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Texas Stampede-Houston” Results (3/22/2026) (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up their first US tour of the year today with the last event of their 4-event Texas series in Houston. The build to GRAND PRINCESS ’26 is pretty much over so this last event before that looks to be a regular house show on paper with some more fun matches before everyone heads back to Japan, although most of them will return in a few weeks for events in Las Vegas during WrestleMania week.

Today’s event will be held at Post Houston in Houston, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. There appear to be 6 matches currently planned so it will be another short house show with a runnign time of proabbly a little over 90 minutes.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Hyper Misao vs. Raku
Sakura Hattori vs. Mifu Ashida
Yuki Aino & VertVixen vs. Suzume & Shino Suzuki
Yuki Arai vs. Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Miyu Yamashita & Kaylia Capri
Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo vs. Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki & Uta Takami

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

3:15 PM PT UPDATE: I got distracted and totally forgot to watch the event, so here are the results, my apologies for not doing live:

The announced paid attendance was 415, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Aino & VertVixen beat Suzume & Shino Suzuki. Aino pinned Suzuki after Venus DDT.

Match 2: Sakura Hattori beat Mifu Ashida,

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat Raku.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Miyu Yamashita & Kaylia Capri. Uehara beat Capri with Banana Pillow.

Match 5: Yuki Arai beat Pom Harajuku.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo beat Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki & Uta Takami. Watanabe pinned Takami after Teardrop.

The next event is GRAND PRINCESS ’26, the biggest event of the year, on 3/29 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

UPDATE: For 3/29, current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Antonio Honda has been added to the card to defend the title in the scheduled battle royal. But, as always, subject to change (as it has several times). Which means someone beat GM Imabayashi’s Glasses to win the title then Honda beat that someone as he is the 1813th champion.

DDT 3/22/2026 Results

DDT celebrated their 29th Anniversary today on the day with their annual Anniversary event, keeping with recent tradition of planning a maiisve 5-hour marathon around it.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and an be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Momoyoko Nakajima of comedy group “Dow 90000” and Saki Akai were the guests on commentary.

The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Yuni beat Hinata Kasai.
Match 2: Tokyo Joshi Pro Match: HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase beat Toga, Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Kazashiro pinned Kanzaki with a fisherman’s suplex hold.

Main show:
Match 1: Jun Akiyama beat Rukiya.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Evil Uno & Akito. Iino pinned Akito after a spear.

Match 3: Viente Maligno & O-MENZ Kumadori beat MJ Paul & Illusion and Makoto Oishi & Masami Inabata in a 3-way when Maligno pinned Illusion.

Match 4: Shunma Katsumata Return Match: MAO beat Shunma Katsumata.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA beat Junta Miyawaki & Shinya Aoki. HARASHIMA pinned Miyawaki after Blue Sword. As a result, Brookes & HARASHIMA will get the next KO-D Tag Team Championship shot after today.

Match 6: In a Punishment Bamboo Sword Death Match, Hideki Okatani beat DDT Extreme Champion To-y to win the title. Okatani becomes the 64th DDT Extreme Champion. Next up: Naya. That match will happen on 4/15.

Match 7: In a Handicap match, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda, GM Imabayashi & GM Imabayashi’s Glasses beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Minoru Suzuki with Imabayashi’s Glasses pinning Suzuki to win the title. Imabayashi’s Glasses become the 1812th Champion.

Match 8: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida to retain the titles. Masada pinned Ishida. V1 for the champs. Next up: Brookes, HARASHIMA & Kasai. That match will happen on 4/15.

Match 9: Konosuke Takeshita beat Kazuki Hirata in 7 seconds. Which led to…
Match 9 (again): Konosuke Takeshita beat Kazuki Hirata in 10 seconds. Which led to…
Match 9 (yet again): In a Death Match where Takeshita had to get a 20 count pinfall to win but Hirata only needed a 2 count, Konosuke Takeshita beat Kazuki Hirata. Afterwards, Takeshita vs. Kaisei Takechi was announced for 8/11 at Ryogoku Kokugikan which will be WRESTLE PETER PAN, the promotion’s biggest event of the year.

Match 10: Kazuma Sumi beat DDT Universal Champion Daisuke Sasaki to win the title. Sumi becomes the 21st DDT Universal Champion.Next up: He chose Katsumata. That match will happen on 4/18 in Fukuoka.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat KANON to retain the title. V6 for Ueno. Next up: Iino. That match will happen on 4/15.

During the opening announcements, the field for this year’s KING OF DDT Tournament was announced: HARASHIMA, Dieno, MAO, Brookes, Naya, KANON, Okatani, Masada, To-y, Aoki, Koroku, Sato, Kaisei Takechi, Miyawaki, Sumi, Minoru Suzuki. It will be a single-elimination bracket format tournament in May.

The next event is a Super Japan Pro Wrestling event, a Sanshiro Takagi Produced event, Tuesday at Shinjuku Face. And it could be the last depending on a fan vote after the event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Friday.

Sumo-March 2026 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 15 Results (3/22/2026) (Updated x3)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 15-the Final Day-of the March 2026 Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita, Sd-Sandanme, Jd-Jonidan, Jk-Jonokuchi

Makuuchi (top tier):
Ohsoumi (M11) beat Tobizaru (M13)
Fujiseiun (M13) beat Shishi (M11)
Kinbozan (M16) bat Roga (M10)
Tamawashi (M9) beat Kotoeiho (M17)
Fujiryoga (M17) beat Tokihayate (M9)
Chiyoshoma 9M14) beat Ura (M8)
Hakunofuji (M7) beat Asahakuryu (M16)
Ichiyamamoto (M6) beat Mitakeumi (M16)
Kotoshoho (M5) beat Asakoryu (M12)
Nishikifuji (M14) beat Abi (M5)
Gonoyama )M10) beat Takanosho (M4)
Shodai (M8) beat Daieisho (M4)
Hiradoumi (M3) beat Churanoumi (M2)
Fujinokawa (M2) beat Oho (M3)
Yoshinofuji (M1) beat Asanoyama (M12)
Oshoma (M7) beat Wakamotoharu (K)
Takayasu (S) beat Atamifuji (K)
Kotozakura (O) beat Kirishima (S)
Hoshoryu (Y) beat Aonishiki (O). Whoa…this was to have been perhaps 3 straight titles and Yokozuna coronation…but it all went wrong and now, Aonishiki kadoban…
CHAMPION: Kirishima (12-3)

Initial thoughts: The Osaka Tournament is called “The Stormy Spring Basho” by many in the Japanese media and it once again lived up to that moniker. Look at the top to start-it seems like Aonishiki finally got figured out. His first career losing record comes at the worst possible time, crushing his Yokozuna hopes after Onosato went out early due to injury and Hoshoryu fell out of contention late, although he finally did beat Aonishiki but no playoff for a 4rd straight time and he keeps trying for his first title as a Grand Champion. Aonishiki must get 8+ wins in May or he will be demoted. Kirishima has a chance for Ozeki re-promotion now but not sure if 12-3 will do it. If not, he will need 10 wins in May. We will probably know either way by Wednesday or Thursday. And no other Ozeki contender because, unfortunately, Takayasu was recent Takayasu. 5-0 start, 6-1 after the first week and finishes 7-8, meaning likely demotion. Atamifuji could be a new Sekiwake in May and with Wakamotoharu being demoted, Wakatakakage could move back up as despite withdrawing yesterday he had clinched promotion from M1. At the bottom, it looks like Fujiryoga may be going down to Juryo but only to J1 while Midorifuji will also be demoted for the first time in 5 years due to missing the tournament (heart failure). That’s probably it as both Hakunofuji & Abi returned to get enough wins to save their spots despite injury concerns, and Abi’s back will probably be okay given how he was able to HENKA!! on Asanoyama yesterday, which was a common theme of the day (the crowd hates them. It’s considered cheap)
But now that it’s all over, the other big story moves to the front again this week-the potential fate of Iesgahama Beya and its stablemaster more specifically. The former Terunofuji stayed away this tournament as he awaits potential discipline for an apparent act of violence against Hakunofuji outside the stable, and the question is whether he gets a slap on the wrist or does karma come for the stable and worst-case happen? That would be he gets kicked out of the Japan Sumo Association, which perhaps would be some vindication for the former Hakuho, who ultimately got pushed out by the old Isegahama (now Miyagino). If worst-case happens, I read in the Japanese media that Tateyama would be most likely to take over as he seems to be the next coach in the succession plan, although there is a chance of it being the former Takarafuji, who is now a coach there too.

During the Champion’s interview it was revealed that Kirishima will be considered for Ozeki re-promotion. Either way we should know by Thursday.

SPECIAL PRIZES:
Outstanding Performance (Sekiwake or lower best record with most wins vs. Yokozuna & Ozeki)-Kirishima
Fighting Spirit (best display of fighting spirit)-Kotoshoho, Fujiseiun (Atamifuji would have gotten this too if he won)
Technique (best display of technique)-Fujinokawa

Juryo:
Tochimaru (Ms6) beat Tsurugisho (J12)
Toshinofuji (J11) beat Kyokukaiyu (J7)
Nishikigi (J12) beat Kayo (J6)
Hitoshi (J6) beat Fujitensei (J13)
Shirokuma (J5) beat Kotokuzan (J14)
Kagayaki (J5) beat Tohakuryu (J10)
Takerufuji (J4) beat Dewanoryu (J10)
Nishinoryu (J4) beat Kazekeno (J14)
Hatsuyama (J6) beat Wakanosho (J3). PLAYOFF!!!
Daiseizan (J3) beat Meisei (J7)
Tamashoho (J9) beat Tomokaze (J2) by DQ/judges’ reversal…HANSOKU!!! Tomokaze pulled the hair/topknot which is illegal
Asasuiryu (J2) beat Kitanowaka (J8)
Sadanoumi (J1) beat Shonannoumi (J8)
Ryuden (J1) beat Kazuma (J11). That means it’s Dewanoryu & Wakanosho in the playoff.
Playoff: Dewanoryu beat Wakanosho. DEWANORYU JURYO YUSHO!!! 1st Juryo championship and 2nd career.
CHAMPION: Dewanoryu (11-4)
Of note: Wakanosho is presumably still headed to the top tier despite just missing a second straight championship but I doubt Dewanoryu is despite the title. 11-4 from J10 won’t be enough plus Ryuden is also going back up or should be so maybe no space. Nishikigi managed to save his spot with promotion today after finishing with 5 straight wins and…I guess we now wait for Tsurugisho to call it a career. He vowed to retire when he was next demoted from Juryo, and he’s crashing out with an 0-15 finale. But he does qualify for elder stock so we’ll see what happens.

Sandanme:
Playoff: Nabatame (Sd3) beat Hogasho (Sd21). NABATAME SANDANME YUSHO!!! First career championship. Will be promoted back to Makushita.

Jonidan:
Playoff: Asahifuji (Jd8) beat Kiryuko (Jd100). ASAHIFUJI JONIDAN YUSHO!!! Second championship and second straight for the new Isegahama super-rookie. Will be promoted to the Sandanme.

Jonokuchi:
Playoff (3-way):
Aron (Jk12) beat Kojikara (Jk12)
Aron beat Shosei (Jk18). ARON JONOKUCHI YUSHO!!! First career championship.

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS:
Makuuchi-Kirishima (S). 3rd Emperor’s Cup, 5th career
Juryo-Dewanoryu (J10). 1st Juryo, 2nd career
Makushita-Wakanofuji (Ms28). 1st career
Sandanme-Nabatame (Sd3). 1st career
Jonidan-Asahifuji (Jd8). 1st Jonidan, 2nd career
Jonokuchi-Aron (Jk12). 1st career

As for Enho…we’ll know if he earned Juryo promotion Tuesday or Wednesday after the next rankings meeting is held because they announce Juryo promotions & re-promotions afterwards. It’s a toss-up based on numbers but I lean towards it happening. That means he would become eligible for elder stock after retiring. It looks like 4 could be going up from Makushita and 4 are going fown from Juryo. Worst-case is Wakanofuji steals the spot because of the championship from Ms28, which could happen.

The next tournament is 5/10-5/24 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Tickets go on sale on 4/4. The Banzuke will be announced on 4/27. Final updates/post-tournament news to come later this week.

UPDATE: Hidenoumi, who was Ms3 and demoted after a 3-4 effort, has RETIRED. More to cone.

UPDATE 2: Chiyomaru, also a former top tier wrestler, has RETIRED.

Chiyomaru was at Sd1 this tournament and would have been promoted back to Makushita in May with a 4-3 record Chiyomaru, real name Kazuki Kinoahita, from Kokonoe Beya, finishes with a career record of 614-631-44 (win-loss-absent), 201-262-2 in the top tier and 1 Juryo Championship. He qualifies for elser stock and Nikkan Sports reports he will remain with the Association in a management role and also working with younger wrestlers in the lower tiers.

Hidenoumi, real name Takuya Iwasaki, from Kise Beya, was 3-4 at Ms3 and would have been demoted. He finishes with a career record of 541-539-22, 70-108-17 in the top tier and 3 championships (1 Juryo, 1 Jonidan, 1 Jonokuchi). He qualifies for elder stock but it’s not known if any is available or what bis future holds.

In other early post-tournament news from Nikkan Sports, it looks like a decision on the potential Isegahama (Terunofuji) punishment will be delayed until April. It sounds like a disposition plan is not expected to be finalized before the next board meeting on Thursday.

Also held were elections to determine the board members for the next 2 years. As expected, Hakkaku was re-elected chairman for what likely will be his final term before he must retire (65 is the mandatory retirement age in sumo), and there will be 13 directors with not all positions filled. They will be Dewanoumi, Fujishima, Onoe, Sadogatake, Takadagawa, Kataonami, Isenoumi, Oitekaze and Asakayama. 3 external directors were appointed-Juichi Yamaguchi, President & CEO of Yomiuri Shimbun Group; Toshio Takano, former Chief Prosecutor, Nagano High Public Prosecutor’s Office; Yoshihiko Shimizu, former Director of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, which is better known to most of us as NHK.

UPDATE 3: YouTube reliable source Chris Sumo reports Kirishima will be re-promoted to Ozeki on Wednesday.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW Texas Stampede-Dallas” LIVE Results (3/21/2026)

After a couple days off for travel and fun exploring Texas, Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the second half of their first US tour today in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area with the third of 4 events. The final push to GRAND PRINCESS ’26 continues today, specifically the Princess Of Princess Championship match between Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai, and with an extra development yesterday-it already was announced that whoever leaves 3/29 as champion will defend on 4/16 in Las Vegas, NV and the promotion announced who they will defend against…J-Rod. She failed to beat Watanabe for the title before, but who will she face this time?

There have been some last-minute changes to today’s card due to Jada Stone being pulled off the event. Flight delays. Not going to make it in time (I think we can perhaps blame the current government shutdown because it’s made delays in some areas horrible, especially Texas and Atlanta, GA). She was to have faced Rika Tatsumi. What was to have been Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao will now be a 3-way with Tatsumi as a result.

Today’s event will be held at College Park Center at the University of Texas in Arlington, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. There also is the prior caveat about potential streaming issues due to the servers being in Japan-at the first event it was rough for the first few minutes then no issues after that, I didn’t watch the second event but hopefully all will go well. With the lineup change there are now only 6 matches and they do seem to be keeping to the time limits but now this card will be a little shorter than planned with a running time of probably about 100 minutes. WIth 7 matches it likely would’ve been about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Shino Suzuki vs. Mifu Ashida
Sakura Hattori vs. Uta Takumi
Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & VertVixen
Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Arai

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

12:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 5-10 minutes.

1 PM PT UPDATE: Waiting to go to the venue.

1:01 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from College Park Center at the University of Texas in Arlington, TX. Commentary will begin shortly.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue map suggests a capacity of around 2000 but the initial camera shots indicate it won’t be near a sellout today. This could wind up being the lowest number of the tour so far (which has been very successful btw) so from what I’ve seen I’ll make an initial prediction of around 1250. (Actually from seeing more early crowd shots it looks smaller so I’m revising it down to 1000) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1481. Typical late-arriving crowd)

Up Up Girls out first thing. Matches should begin in about 5 minutes.

The matches begin at 1:10 PM PT/4:10 PM ET. Your hosts are Rich Bocchini & Veda Scott.

Match 1: Shino Suzuki vs. Mifu Ashida
Result: Shino Suzuki beat Mifu Ashida by submission

Match 2: Sakura Hattori vs. Uta Takami
Result: Sakura Hattori beat Uta Takami by submission

Match 3: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Endo pinned Harajuku after The 10th Law.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & VertVixen
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Yuki Aino & VertVixen. Kamifuku pinned Aino after a middle-rope Fameasser.

Match 5: Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way
Result: Mizuki beat Hyper Misao & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way by pinning Misao.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Arai
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Arai beat Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita. Nakajima pinned Yamashita after a diving senton.

No streaming issues today aside from starting a minute or two late. Another fun event despite losing one match due to Jada Stone not able to make it, not her fault though. Today was the final Arai-Watanabe face-off as Arai is scheduled to face Pom tomorrow.

The tour finale is tomorrow at Post Houston in Houston, TX. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET.


All-Japan 3/21/2026 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Dream Power Series 2026 Tour today with a Yuma Anzai hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Anaka Shinkuni Sports Center in Gunma and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1365.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Kengo Mashimo & Fuminori Abe. Ayabe pinned Abe after a double chokeslam.

Match 4: Kumaarashi beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey beat Jun & Rei Saito, Senor Saito & Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer). Xyon pinned Oishi.

Main Event; Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara, Hideki Suzuki & Rising Hayato. Anzai pinned Hayato after Gimlet.

The next event is 4/3 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.