Injury Report: Rotten Eel Is Not GLEAT

That bad pun doesn’t make a lot of sense if you don’t know Japanese, specifically that “unagi” means “eel” in English. That’s how I know translations refer to Sayaka Unagi as they often come out as “eel Sayaka”, unfortunately she is the latest GLEAT injury casualty. Lateral meniscus. Out indefinitely and off the promotion’s 3/12 event. She was to have teamed with Nanami Hatano, Kakeru Sekiguchi & Honori Hana to face MICHIKO, ChiChi, Riara & Chanyota. Replacement TBA if there will be one.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 3/5/2026 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the second day of Round 1.

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. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1080.

Pre-show match: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 1: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf, Master Wato & Shota Umino beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, DOUKI & Chase Owens. Wato beat Kanemaru with Vendeval

Match 2: Gedo & Shingo Takahi beat Dick Togo & Don Fale. Takagi pinned Togo after War Special.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI. Young beat Matsumoto with Imperial Prison.

Match 4: Drilla Moloney & OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. OSKAR pinned Jay after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 5: Hartley Jackson, Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa beat Diaki Nagai, Yota Tsuji, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Sabre beat Nagai with a leg split with face lock.

New Japan Cup Round 1:
Match 6: Boltin Oleg beat El Phantasmo. As a result, Oleg advances to Round 2 and will face HENARE.
Main Event: Ren Narita beat Taichi. As a result, Narita advances to Round 2 and will face Satoshi Kojima.

The next event is the annual Anniversary Event, this year being the 54th Anniversary, tomorrow at Ota City General Gym. The event is always held on the date of and at the location of the promotion’s inaugural event, which was on March 6, 1972. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Update Regarding Yuma Aoyagi

All-Japan announced the following today regarding Yuma Aoyagi, who was suspended for 3 months with half pay after a serious at-fault traffic accident in November 2025 (on 11/23) which led to several citations: After discussions with him and “sufficient reflection obtained”, Aoyagi is REINSTATED as of 3/1/2026 and will return on 3/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. His return match will be a pre-show match against Hideki Suzuki. Both the promotion and Aoyagi sincerely apologized again for what happened and vowed do do better going forward.

Ganbare Pro 3/1/2026 Results (Update)

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event this past Sunday, it’s been tricky finding results prior to being able to watch the videos outside of the main event.

Sunday’s event was held at Hirano Community Hall in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (It went up this morning, a day earlier than anticipated)

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Sora Fujikawa beat Santaro Motoshima.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi & Fairy Nohonbashi beat Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru & Hibiscus Mii. Haruhi pinned Ranmaru after a diving foot stomp.

Match 3: Keisuke Ishii, PSYCHO & Thson Maeguchi beat Shuichiro Katsumura, Tsuyodhi Okada & YuuRI. Maeguchi pinned Okada.

Match 4: Yuto Kikuchi & Violence Dragon beat Mizuki Watase & Shota Kawakami. Kikuchi pinned Kawakami after a diving foot stomp.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Yumehito Inanari & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Ken Ohka & Hiroaki Moriya to retain the titles. Imanari pinned Moriya after a lariat. V2 for the champs.

The next event is Saturday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. It will be available on demand on 3/11 or 3/12.

The promotion also provided an injury update on Munetatsu Nakamura as he continues to rehab a cervical spine injury-out at least the rest of this month.

UPDATE: It has also been announced that Moeka Haruhi is now off Saturday. Fever. She posted on socials that she is feeling better but will be absent as a precaution. She was to have teamed with Ken Ohka & Akira Shoji to face Chika, Chou-un Shiryu and (a different) Akira Shoji. Shin Suzuki is the replacement.

Injury Report: BIGBOSSED

Dragon Gate reported on an injury coming out of yesterday’s event-BIGBOSS Shimizu, who slimmed down a lot during his lengthy suspension last year, was injured during his match. Foot. Status uncertain but he was off today’s event as a result. Also out tomorrow. It’s a busy stretch of events for the promotion over the next week-plus so he may miss more events

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 3/4/2026 Results (UpdTed)

New Japan kicked off the 2026 New Japan Cup today, the annual March tournament and first of the year in the promotion. This is a single-elimination bracket format Heavyweight tournament with a field of 24 this year. Before the event a new Young Lion began his journey to superstardom.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1136.

There were late changes to the tournament due to Tomohiro Ishii being pulled from the tournament. Neck injury likely suffered Friday. He was to have gotten a free pass to Round 2 but will be unable to compete. Satoshi Kojima is the replacement.

Pre-show match: Taisei Nakahara Debut Match: Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Taisei Nakahara. Nakahara began training in 2023 after needing two attempts to pass the introductory testing and finishing college, so at 25 he’s unusually old for a rookie.

Match 1: Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens beat Masatora Yasuda & Shota Umino. Takahashi pinned Yasuda after Pimp Juice.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Yano pinned Jado.

Match 3: Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney, Shingo Takagi & OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Zane Jay, HENARE, Jake Lee & Callum Newman. Moloney pinned Jay after Drilla Killer.

Match 4: Tomoaki Honma, Master Wato & Taichi beat Dick Togo, DOUKI & Ren Narita. Taichi beat Togo with Holy Emperor’s Cross Mahsoleum.

Match 5: Hartley Jackson, Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa beat Gedo, Yota Tsuji, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby).Jackson pinned Gedo after Death Valley Bomb.

New Japan Cup Round 1:
Match 6: Don Fale beat Aaron Wolf. As a result, Fale advances to Round 2 and will face Shingo Takagi.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Great-O-Khan. As a result, Uemura advances to Round 2 and will face Drilla Moloney.

The next event is tomorrow with 2 more Round 1 matches, the rest of the card is TBA. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: While this doesn’t mean they are done with the promotion for good, All Elite Wrestling announced tonight they have signed David Finlay, Gabriel Kidd & Clark Connors. AEW has a working relationship with New Japan.

Dragon Gate 3/3/2026 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Glorious Gate 2026 Tour, the March tour, today with the monthly Tokyo event. The below results are courtesy of Weekly Pro.

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 announced paid attendance was 1188.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, KAI & ISHIN beat Yuki Yoshioka, Marcus Mathers & Luis Mante. ISHIN pinned Mathers after a deadlift German suplex hold.

Match 2: Kazuma Kimura beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 3: Kzy, U-T, GuC & @KEY beat YAMATO, Takashi, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. GuC pinned Tominaga after Sabrie Bomb.

Match 4: Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka, KAGETORA & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Hyo, Ben-K, Riiita, JACKY KAMEI & Mochizuki Junior. KAGETORA pinned KAMEI after Ikkitousen.

Match 5: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Strong Machine J by ref stoppage to retain the titles. Mochizuki beat J by corner stoppage (towel). V1 for the champs. All-Japan referee Kyohei Wada was special referee.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Shun Skywalker, Homare & El Cielo and BIGBOSS Shimkzu, Kota Minoura & Yoshiki Kato in a 3-way elimination match. Homare beat Minoura then Kitamiya beat Homare by countout. Afterwards, a Cielo promo led to the annual Mask vs. Hair Steel Cage 4-way on 4/26 at GOLDEN COLOSSEUM 2026 at Aichi Prefectural Budokan in Aichi (this might be replacing DEAD OR ALIVE, the annual Golden Week blowout event that is not on the schedule this year). It will be Cielo, Skywalker, Shimizu & Kato meaning the first 2 risk their mask and the last 2 risk their hair.

Main Event: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Jason Lee to retain the title. V9 for Tanaka. 2 to go to tie the all-time record.

The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. In fact, they are all but done with streaming for March-only the last event on 3/29 is scheduled for broadcast now. It was also announced that 4/17 will be the next PRIME ZONE+.

News: First 2026 Hana Kimura Memorial Event Details & Matches (Updated)

Already set for its annual date of 5/23-the anniversary of her tragic death-more details about the 2026 Hana Kimura Memorial Event were announced today:
As has been the case every year it has been held, it will be at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Start time will be 11:30 AM JST which means 5/22 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET in the US.
Broadcast plans TBA. Normally it has been available outside Japan on Triller/FITE either as a PPV or aa part of the Triller+ subscription service. If it’s a PPV, anticipate a $20-25 price that includes the live stream and unlimited on demand replays for as long as it is available on the service. (Hopefully forever). Last year’s event, which originally was a PPV, is now part of the Triller+ service so if you didn’t buy it you can watch with a subscription for $7.99/month or $79.99/year with a 1-week free trial for new subscribers.
The first matches were also announced: Tsutomu Oosugi, Banana Chika & TBA vs. Kaede Kobayashi, TBA & TBA and Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Hanako Nakamori. Expect mostly comedy matches and lighter themes and also a comedy battle royal that celebrate different themes & hobbies of Hana’s life & too-short career.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Additional wrestler participation has been announced: Super Delfin, Sakura Hirota, Veny, Ram Kaichow, Jungle Kyona. Cooperating promotions announced include Sendai Girls and Evolution (owned & operated by All-Japan wrestler Suwama). The event’s executive committee chairperson will be longtime wrestler Nanae Takahashi.

Injury Report: Stonewalled

BREAKING: New Japan has just announced an injury change to upcoming events as Tomohiro Ishii, who was to have returned to Japan for the New Japan Cup, is now instead headed to the sidelines with injury. Neck. Out indefinitely but at least the entire tournament, meaning at least 3 weeks. He was to have gotten a free pass to the second round but now won’t compete at all. Satoshi Kojima is the replacement and will face Ren Narits or Taichi on 3/12.

It’s not yet known how long Ishii will be out.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom 3/1/2026 Results

Stardom began their March schedule with an event today in Aichi.

Today’s event was held at Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center in Aichi and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

In addition to the previously announced absence of Fukigen, there were more last-minute changes due to Saki Kashima, India Sioux & Tabata all being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Yuna Mizumori beat Anne Kanaya.

Match 2: Hazuki beat Saori Anou & Waka Tsukiyama in a 3-way by pinning Tsukiyama.

Match 3: Rina Yamashita & Akira Kurogame beat AZM & Miyu Amasaki. Yamashita pinned Amasaki after Implamt.

Match 4: Maki Itoh & Kikyo Furusawa beat Natsupoi & Rian. Itoh beat Rian with Itoh Special.

Match 5: Konami, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Rina beat Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara, HANAKO & Ranna Yagami. Rina pinned Sakura after Pink Devil.

Main Event: Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Yuria Hime beat Ami Sohrei, Hina, Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Hanan pinned Sohrei after 17.

The next event is the 2026 Cinderella Tournament opener Friday at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. All the tournament events will stream live with the Finals on 3/15 being this month’s PPV.