Injury Report: No Muy Bien

Something I was previously unaware of coming out of Sunday until Pro Wrestling NOAH mentioned it was just mentioned as being covered in this week’s issue of Weekly Pro-at his hometown event at Culttz Kawasaki, Hajime Ohara announced after his match that he is headed to the sidelines. Right knee. Out indefinitely but will be having surgery soon so probably done for the year. He vowed to return to the event next year as GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion so all we know it is sounds like a long break.

More as it becomes available.

DDT 8/26/2026 Results

DDT ran yet another Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Daisuke Sasaki being pulled off the event. Continuing a comedy storyline involving alligators and Sasaki showing up in such a costume.

Match 1: In a Ueno-style Rock & Roll Deathmatch, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Suni beat To-y & Yuya Koroku. Sumi pinned To-y.

Immediately afterwards…

Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1092nd Champion.

Match 2: Antonio Honda beat KANON. As a result, Honda wins the right to challenge for the remaining “Money In The Bank” title shot right anytime, anywhere from KANON. (The remaining one is currently held by Katsumata)

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Masami Inahata beat Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida. Miyawaki pinned Ishida with Sunshine Clutch.

Match 4: MAO, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Crocodile D. Sasa (Daisuke Sasaki), Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion. MAO pinned Illusion after Michinoku Driver 2 into a trash can.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & Chris Brookes beat Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai. Ueno pinned Hirata after Sunny Lariat.

Main Event: Danshoku Dieno vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Daichi Sato in a 4-way went to a no contest. Outside interference. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Yuki Ueno, Chris Brookes, Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai beat Danshoku Dieno, Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Daichi Sato. Brookes pinned Honda after a piledriver into a pool. As a result, Brookes wins the “Money In The Bank” title shot rights from Dieno.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10;30 PM ET.

All-Japan 8/26/2026 Results

All-Japan continued the Zennichi Jr. Festival today in Hiroshima with the last day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 418.

Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito & Yuko Miyamoto beat Shotaro Ashino, Takeshi Okada & Imabari Towel Mascaras. Rei Saito pinned Mascaras after Yagiyama Cyclone.

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi, Yasutaka Yano & Leon De Oro beat Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI & GuC (Dragon Gate). Aoyagi pinned MUSASHI after The Fool.

Match 3: Yuma Anzai, Go Shiozaki, Ren Ayabe & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana. Anzai pinned Tachibana after Gumshala.

Zennichi Jr. Festival Block B:
Match 4: Dan Tamura beat Shota Kofuji.
Match 5: Naruki Doi beat Masaaki Mochizuki.
Main Event: Hokuto Omori beat Yuya Aoki.
As a result, Mozhizuki & Tamura tied for the lead at 3-1-1, 7 pts, but there was no tiebreaker because their head-to-head result was a draw. Which led to…
Impromptu tiebreaker match: Dan Tamura beat Masaaki Mochizuki. As a result, Tamura wins Block B and will advance to the Fibals to face Seiki Yoshioka.

The Final is Saturday at Ebara Wave Arena Ota (Ota City General Gym) in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This will also be a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan (likely taped at a later date).

News: Former New Japan Wrestler Resurfaces

There have been a lot of rumors and rumblings about what was next for Hiromu Takahashi after he left New Japan earlier this year but opted to not reunite with his former Los Ingobernales…ahem, Los Tranquilos de Japan factionmates Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI (who now are unofficially officially part of Pro Wrestling NOAH). According to the Japanese wrestling news media, we now have the answer, which was not unexpected…

WWE.

And he’s got his new-and-trademarked-so-WWE-can make-all-the-money-and-the-wrestlers-can’t-ring name: Kyoki. This possibly translates to English as “Mad Oddity” and he possibly may be teaming with fellow ex-New Japan wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura upon his debut, but reports are he already has his first match in the books, a non-televised match that took place yesterday as part of a live Raw broadcast and SmackDown tapings for this coming Friday’s episode.

We’ll see what happens, I guess.

Source: https://wrestling-now.net/archives/78912 (in Japanese)

All-Japan 8/25/2026 Results (Updated)

All-Japan continued the Zennichi Jr. Festival today in Ehime. With the last day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Matsuyama City Community Center in Ehime and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 402.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki, Hokuto Omori & GuC (Dragon Gate) beat Yuma Aoyagi, Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate) & Imabari Towel Mascaras. Suzuki pinned Mascaras after a double arm suplex.

Match 2: Jun & Rei Saito & Yuko Miyamoto beat Shotaro Ashino, Kumaarashi & Yuya Aoki. Rei Saito pinned Kumaarashi after Saito Iginari Smash (a double chokeslam).

Match 3: Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Dan Tamura beat Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Shota Kofuji. Honda pinned Kofuji after Final Vent.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki beat Yasutaka Yano.

Zennichi Jr. Festival Block A:
Match 5: MUSASHI vs. Leon De Oro went to a double countout. No points.
Main Event: Seiki Yoshioka beat Seigo Tachibana.
As a result, Yoshioka wins Block A and advances to the Finals.

The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima with the last day of Block B. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day.

UPDATE: Today’s event is now available on demand.

New Japan News: Shota Umino Update

New Japan has provided an update on Shota Umino, who was pulled from the G1 CLIMAX 36 after just one match due to a potential concussion-while we don’t know if he had more than symptoms, what we do know is he will return on 9/5 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. He’ll return in a 6-man tag match with YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsunoto against Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan.

Unino lost his G1 opener against Zack Sabre Jr. but was injured during the match. The promotion pulled him out for precautionary reasons.

Injury Report: Just Tapped Out

The Just Tap Out (JTO) promotion, currently owned and run by New Japan part-timer TAKA Michinoku, has announced an upcoming injury absence that will also have some Stardom implications-Tomoka Inaba, who is a regular in Stardom along with younger sister Azusa Inaba, is going to be out of action soon per JTO. Neck maintenance. Out one month effective after the 9/5 JTO event. As Stardom is off until 9/6 she won’t miss any events until then so no card changes are needed right now but she’ll miss events including the September big events and is uncertain for October. Tomoka Inaba is expected to return to JTO on 10/10.

All-Japan 8/23/2026 Results

After an unplanned day off due to yesterday’s Kumamoto event being cancelled following last month’s earthquake (several wrestlers did visit the area to assist with relief efforts and lift residents’ spirits), All-Japan resumed the Zennichi Jr. Festival today in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Locally Produced Kurume (?) in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. (There was no live broadcast)

The announced paid attendance was 539.

Before the event began, Ryo Inoue, who is currently out due to injury, made an appearance to greet the hometown fans.

Match 1: Zennichi Jr. Festival Block A: Seiki Yoshioka beat Yasutaku Yano.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki beat Jiro Shinbashi (Dragon Gate). Shinbashi was and will be the replacement for the absent Rising Hayato over the next couple events.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Yuma Aoyagi, Yuko Miyamoto & Aizawa No. 1. Rei Saito pinned 1 after a hip drop.

Match 4: Zennichi Jr. Festival Block A: Leon De Oro beat Seigo Tachibana.

Match 5: Zennichi Jr. Festival Block B: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Yuya Aoki.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai, Go Shiozaki, Ren Ayabe & Shota Kofuji beat Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda, MUSASHI & Kumaarashi. Anzai pinned Kumaarashi after Gumshala (a running knee strike).

Standings:
Block A:
1-MUSASHI, 2-1-1, 5 pts
2-Tachibana, 2-1-1, 5 pts
3-Yoshioka, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Oro, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Hayato, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT-injured)
6-Yano, 2-3, 4 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Mochizuki, 3-0-1, 7 pts
2-Aoki, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Dan Tamura, 2-1-1, 5 pts
4-Hokuto Omori, 2-2, 4 pts (OUT)
5-Doi, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Kofuji, 0-4, 0 pts (OUT)

The winners of each block advance to the Finals. In Block A, there are 2 matches left to decide it: MUSASHI-Oro and Tachibana-Yoshioka. If both MUSASHI & Tachibana win, they’ll have to figure out a tiebreaker because MUSASHI-Tachibana was a draw. If one wins and the other loses, the winner advances. If both matches to go a draw or there is a 3 or 4-way tie, they will have to figure out tiebreakers. In Block B, I said the other day it was Aoki’s to lose…he may have just lost it. That being said, Mochizuki still must beat Doi or draw to win. Aoki can still take it back with a win and Doi win. Tamura only still has a chance because he opened with a draw against Mochizuki. And, much to many fans’ disappointment, their pre-tournament pick to win it all, Omori, will not as he now can’t win the block. He can spoil it for Aoki though.

The next event is Tuesday at Matsuyama City Community Center in Ehime. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day or, at the latest, Wednesday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/23/2026 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the unofficial official annual Hajime Ohara hometown event today in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1575.

There were last-minute changes made to the card due to RYUSEI being pulled off the event. Coronavirus.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Yuto Koyanagi beat Tetsuya Endo, Hiroto Tsuruya & Hiroya Namiki. Hi69 beat Namiki.

Match 2: Eita beat Black Menso-re & Midori Takahashi in a 3-way by pinning Takahashi.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya & Shuji Kondo beat OZAWA & Masa Kitamiya. Kiyomiya beat Kitamiya with a figure 4.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & AMAKUSA beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Super Crazy. AMAKUSA pinned Crazy after Opening Of The Country.

Match 5: GHC 200 Champion HAYATA beat Katsumi Inahata to retain the title. V1 for HAYATA.

Match 6: Tadasuke & Alpha Wolf beat Hajime Ohara & Atsushi Kotoge. Tadasuke pinned Ohara.

Match 7: Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Alejandro, Dragon Bane & Daiki Odashima. Fujimura pinned Odashima after Death Hanger.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Yoshiki Inamura & Kazuyuki Fujita to retain the titles. Iino pinned Inamura with Passion Clutch. V2 for the champs.

The next event is Saturday at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 8/31.

Injury Report: Midori Takahashi was injured during the second match. Dislocated shoulder. Out at least a week and will miss Saturday and 8/30. Cards were already announced so changes have been made. It looks like Super Crazy will be the replacement both days.

UPDATE: The expected 9/15 GHC National Championship match in Kumamoto between Naomichi Marufuji & AMAKUSA is now official. Announced post-event although it had been hinted at for a few weeks

Stardom 8/23/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Stardom wrapped up the 5STAR GP today with the Semifinals & Finals.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV until 9/9. It will be available on demand on Stardom World (un-paywalled) at some point after that. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance was not announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 5004. Compared to recent Ryogoku events, that’s rather low)

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Rian being pulled off the event. Unspecified reasons. She was to have teamed with Kikyo Furusawa to face New Blood Tag Team Champions Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara for the titles. Ranna Yagami was the replacement and it was changed to a NON-TITLE match.

5STAR GP Semifinals:
Match 1: Blue Block: Starlight Kid beat Suzu Suzuki by submission.
Match 2: Red Block: Rina beat Maika.

Match 3: Koguma & Matoi Hamabe beat Yuna Mizumori & Anne Kanaya, Konami & Fukigen and Mei Seira & Ema Maishima in a 4-way when Koguma pinned Mizumori. Afterwards, Bea Priestley returned and demanded a match against Kanaya on 9/12 at Yokohama Budokan.

Match 4: Ami Sohrei, Hina, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat AZM, Miyu Amasaki, HANAKO, Maki Itoh & Waka Tsukiyama. Sohrei pinned HANAKO after Like Thunder.

Match 5: Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba beat Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame. Tora pinned Aoki after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 6: Ranna Yagami Return Match: Ranna Yagami & Kikyo Furusawa beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Yagami pinned Sakura after Beat Buster. Afterwards, Yagami issued what seemed like an open challenge for her Future Of Stardom Championship, and it sounds like as a result Kurogame will be next.

Match 7: Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe beat Hanan & Saya Iida. Kamitani pinned Iida after a swivel-type Star Crusher. All seems well between the H.A.T.E. tentpoles now.

Match 8: Natsupoi beat Saori Anou. This went over 25 minutes as the Natsupoi retirement road continues in the final match between them.

Main Event: 5STAR GP Finals: Rina beat Starlight Kid to win the tournament. They went 27 minutes. It’s the first 5STAR GP triumph for Rina and, at 19, she becomes the youngest tournament winner to date. As a result, Rina will likely face World Of Stardom Champion Suzu Suzuki for the title at a later date. It could be 9/12 at Yokohama Budokan but we should know more in the next day or two. I’m happy Rina won and felt she had a chance as an underdog coming in to the tournament but I’m still classifying this as a mild upset. Either way, it’s time once again to Embrace The H.A.T.E.

The next event is 9/6 at Korakuen Hall. Broadcast plans TBA but it should be live on Stardom World with streaming beginning on 9/5 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion says there will be title matches on 9/12 but nothing is official yet. However, based on post-match comments, it looks like Ami Sohrei will be the next challenger for Wonder Of Stardom Champion Hanan. Also looking like we’ll get Kamitani & Watanabe vs. Goddesses Of Stardom Champions AZM & Miyu Amasaki for the titles.

UPDATE 2: Most of the hinted-at title matches above are now official for 9/12 with one exception-Suzuki will defend the World Of Stardom Championship, but not against Rina. Natsuko Tora will be next. Yes Rina should get a title shot for winning the 5STAR GP but it’s technically her choice and, based on comments at the post-tournament presser today (8/24), she hasn’t decided on which one yet.

Announced for 9/6 is High Speed Champion Yuna Mizumori vs. Koguma for the title.