All-Japan Pro Wrestling 8/9/2026 LIVE Results

All-Japan kicks off the Summer Action Wars 2026 Tour today along with the Zennichi Jr. Festival tournament. This year’s Jr. Heavyweight singles tournament saw a major shakeup before it even got started earlier this week when top contender Atsuki Aoyagi was pulled from the tournament due to a knee injury suffered last weekend, which will keep him out a while and also forced him & Rising Hayato to vacate the All-Asia Tag Team Championship. There was enough time to find a replacement, but unfortunately for the rest of the field it’s Dragon Gate veteran and current GAORA TV Champion Masaaki Mochizuki. The tournament is a round-robin format with 2 blocks of 6 and everyone will be in action today. Also, for fun and as a point of interest, the promotion ran a fan poll on Japanese social media asking who fans thought would win the tournament (and correct picks will get a prize). The top pick was very surprising…Hokuto Omori!?! Save that and we’ll revisit it at the end!

Before today’s event there will be a memorial ceremony for longtime All-Japan wrestler and PWF President Dory Funk Jr., who died earlier this week at 85.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. The event will start 20 minutes early for the memorial ceremony and also an entrance ceremony for the Zennichi Jr. Festival and there will be no intermission today, and with all 8 matches having a 30 minute time limit it could go as long as 4 hours but realistically it will be closer to 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Dory Funk Jr. Memorial Ceremony
Zennichi Jr. Festival Entrance Ceremony

Main show:
Zennichi Jr. Festival Block B:
Dan Tamura vs. Yuya Aoki
Shota Kofuji vs. Naruki Doi
Jun & Rei Saito, Hideki Suzuki & Ryuki Honda vs. Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Ren Ayabe & Kumaarashi
Zennichi Jr. Festival Block A: Yasutaka Yano vs. Seigo Tachibana
Zennichi Jr. Festival Block B: Hokuto Omori vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
Kento Miyahara & Suwama vs. Yuma Anzai & Go Shiozaki
Zennichi Jr. Festival Block A:
Rising Hayato vs. Leon De Oro
MUSASHI vs. Seiki Yoshioka

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET for the pre-event ceremonies. The event’s scheduled start time is 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

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

7:08 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

Audio muted to start. The Dory Funk Jr. Memorial Ceremony will begin shortly.

The Ceremony began a few minutes late (7:13 PM PT/10:13 PM ET). The entire roster including Masanobu Fuchi comes out and surrounds the ring.

The Zennichi Jr. Festival entrance ceremony follows. At the end Japanese commentary begins. So…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hell in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Shoichi (?) Nakamoto & Kagehiro Osano.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd is still filing in, doesn’t look like a sellout but may be close. Not quite full capacity setup but I’m thinking it’s gonna be around 1300.

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET.

Match 1: Zennichi Jr. Festival Block B: Yuya Aoki vs. Dan Tamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuya Aoki beat Dan Tamura. It’s Day 1 so you know what that means…UPSET ALERT!!!
Aoki is 1-0, 2 pts. Tamura is 0-1, 0 pts.

Match 2: Zennichi Jr. Festival Block B: Shota Kofuji vs. Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). 30 minute time limit
Result: Naruki Doi beat Shota Kofuji by submission
Doi is 1-0, 2 pts. Koduji is 0-1, 0 pts.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito, Hideki Suzuki & Ryuki Honda vs. Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Ren Ayabe & Kumaarashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun & Rei Saito, Hideki Suzuki & Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Ren Ayabe & Kumaarashi. Honda pinned Aoyagi after Final Vent.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 4: Zennichi Jr. Festival Block A: Yasutaka Yano vs. Seigo Tachibana. 30 minute time limit
Result: Seigo Tachibana beat Yasutaka Yano
Tachibana is 1-0, 2 pts. Yano is 0-1, 0 pts.

Naruki Doi joins commentary for the next match.

Match 5: Zennichi Jr. Festival Block B: Hokuto Omori vs. Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate). 30 minute time limit
Result: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Hokuto Omori
Mochizuzki is 1-0, 2 pts. Omori is 0-1, 2 pts. Only one match but that fan pick to win isn’t looking too good right now!

Since there’s no intermission, we get the usual big post-break announcement now: The annual Royal Road Tournament is coming later this year. This is a single-elimination bracket tournament.Participant announcements: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai, Go Shiozaki, Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe, Rei Saito, Jun Saito, Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Yuma Aoyagi, Kumaarashi, Daisuke Sekimoto, Xyon, Odyssey, Hyo Ogawa, Timothy Thatcher (!). The tournament starts 9/9 at Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. Early matches are also announced, including Xyon vs. Odyssey on 9/12. The tournament will; run until 9/22.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara & Suwama vs. Yuma Anzai & Go Shiozaki. 30 minute time limit
In progress.

New Japan 8/8/2026 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today in Yokohama with Block B.

Today’s event was held at Yohokama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2742, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto beat Masatora Yasuda 7 Boltin Oleg. Goto pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Zane Jay & Jake Lee. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Takeshita pinned Kanemaru.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Young pinned Nagai after Bites The Dust.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Ishimori beat Gedo with Bone Lock.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Yuya Uemura beat HENARE.
Match 8: Ren Narita beat Aaron Wolf by submission.
Main Event: Callum Newman beat OSKAR (The Grouch).

Standings (Block B):
1-Newman, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Narita, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Gabriel Kidd, 5-2, 10 pts
4-Uemura, 4-3, 8 pts
5-HENARE, 4-3, 8 pts
6-Moloney, 4-4, 8 pts
7-OSKAR, 4-4, 8 pts
8-Wolf, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Sabre, 3-4, 6 pts
10-Shota Umino, 0-9, 0 pts (OUT-injured)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. It’s complicated with everyone except Umino of course still in it, but it’s probably going to come down to tiebreakers. If the top 3 stayed the same at the end with these same totals, it currently would favor Narita because he beat Newman but hasn’t faced Kidd yet. Kidd lost to Moloney and Newman and has yet to face Narita. Moloney actually has the advantage having beaten all of the top 3, but he has only one match left. OSKAR has tiebreakers over Moloney & Narita but also has only one match left. Sabre has only beaten Moloney and same for Wolf, but the latter still has Newman left.

The next event is tomorrow at G Messe Gunma in Gunma with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Sumo-Oyakata Retirement Announced (Updated)

Seemingly confirming a rumor floating around the sumo media the last few weeks, a retirement was announced today but not a wrestler-instead it was an oyakata (coach/stablemaster) as the current Izutsu, who competed as Akiseyama before retiring in fall 2023, retired from his position today. He had been a coach at Kise Beya since retirement. I had seen some rumors floating around about someone else perhaps inheriting the Izutsu elder stock or something else going on, either way it seems like he was on his way out, and I haven’t seen any reasoning yet from Hochi sports or Nikkan Sports, who both reported on this. He was nowhere near the mandatory retirement age of 65 (only 41). He occasionally appeared on the YouTube “Oyakata Channel” featuring selected coaches & stablemasters (mostly the former) discussing various aspects of sumo and sumo life in a more relaxed, often comedy-focused setting.

UPDATE: It seems like Akiseyama only had a 3 year lease of the Izutsu elder stock, as did the former Toyonoshima before him. YouTube English language source Chris Sumo is hinting at it next going to Shimanoumi, at least if he retires before the September Tournament (he has not).

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 8/8/2026 LIVE Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the Quarterfinals. We now know the eventual tournament winner will be facing Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 in October, but not yet who. Today the field gets narrowed down to 4 then a redraw will be held to mix up the Semifinals so it may not match what the bracket looks like so far.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You will also be able to watch THE FULL EVENT FOR FREE on YouTube (only the live broadcast, no archive/on demand replay). The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned and the tournament matches have 30 minute time linits so with the post-event draw it will likely go a little longer than a regular house show, probably about 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu vs. Wakana Uehara & Mono Sato
Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki vs. Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku
Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals:
Suzume vs. Shoko Makajima
Toga vs. Yuki Aino
Arisu Endo vs. HIMAWARI
Rika Tatsumi vs. Hyper Misao

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The UNIVERSE live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event. The YouTube live stream should begin at start time or when we go live to the venue.

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

8:25 PM PT UPDATE: Following a Tokyo Princess Cup promo video with everyone, live updates-and the YouTube live stream-begin now.

We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout which means it could be as high as roughly 500, but based on past sellouts they’ve had here it likely will be 390-400. )UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout, was 365. A couple empty front-row seats could be seen at times on the hard camera when close-up though)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:40 PM PT/11:40 PM ET.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu vs. Wakana Uehara & Mono Sato. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu beat Wakana Uehara & Momo Sato. Watanabe pinned Sato after a giant swing.

Match 2: Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Kamifuku pinned Nanase after Fameasser.

Match 3: Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki vs. Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki. Harajuku pinned Kanzaki after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals (30 minute time limit):
Match 4: Arisu Endo vs. HIMAWARI
Result: HIMAWARI beat Arisu Endo. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 5: Toga vs. Yuki Aino
Result: Toga beat Yuki Aino by submission. That makes 2 heavy underdogs in the Semifinals. Are we gonna have a Toga Party when it’s over?

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi vs. Hyper Misao
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Hyper Misao by submission. No comedy or hijinks this time.

Main Event: Suzume vs. Shoko Makajima
Result: Suzume beat Shoko Nakajima

There will be a first-time tournament winner this year as a result of today (Nakajima won it in 2015).

The Semifinals draw will be held at a later time. I thought is would be after the main event but it was not. Updates to follow.

The Semifinals are 8/16 at 176BOX in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/15 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

UPDATE: As a result of the post-event draw (not shown on stream), the Semifinals will be Suzume vs. HIMAWARI and Tatsumi vs. Toga. Before the draw my pick to win was Tatsumi but my heart wanted Toga to win as she’s been right on the verge of a major breakout for quite a while now. We’ll see what happens.

New Japan News: New TAMASHII Title Introduced

In addition to today’s event in Japan, New Japan made another big announcement pertaining to its TAMASHII sub-brand: The promotion is getting its second title, the TAMASHII Openweight Championship. The promotion’s first singles title, it will first be awarded to the winner of a tournament starting on 8/29 in Otahutu, New Zealand and ending on 10/4. Participants & format TBA but they may reveal more at Saturday’s event at the Lions’ Den aka the New Zealand Dojo.

In the meantime, here is a likely picture of the title belt:

GLEAT 8/6/2026 Results

GLEAT ran their latest house show, GLEAT Ver. 29, today in Saitama. This was a G PROWRESTLING event.

Today’s event was held at Sayama City Industrial Exchange Center in Saitama and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 186, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Takehiro Yamamuta, Shigehiro Iroe & Yuya Aoki beat Hayato Tamura, MICHIKO & Kapy. Yamamura pinned Kapy.

Match 2: Kaito Ishida & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Kotaro Suzuki & Jo Yamamoto. Ishida beat Yamamoto with a camel clutch.

Match 3: Ryuichi Kawakami & Junjie beat Keiichi Sato & Rock Iwasaki. Junjie pinned Sato after a lariat.

Match 4: Soma Watanabe beat TAKUMA.

Main Event: Ruiji Hijikata, El Lindaman & Minoru Tanaka beat Takanori Ito, T1Hawk & Tetsuya Izuchi. Lindaman pinned Izuchi after a diving body press.

The next event is 8/14 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba for a tripleheader as part of a 3-day event called SUMMER SONIC 2026. There likely will be no live or on demand broadcasts

New Japan 8/6/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today in Tokyo with Block A.

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.

The announced paid attendance was 1494, a legit sellout.

Before the event began, a memorial ceremony for Dory Funk Jr. was held. Funk died Tuesday at 85.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young & HENARE beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Young pinned Yasuda after Jacobs Ladder.

Match 2: Dick Togo & Ren Narota beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf. Narita beat Matsumoto with a kneebar.

Match 3: Zane Jay & Callum Newman beat Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch) by countout. OSKAR counted out.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney. Jackson pinned Nagai after a jumping powerbomb

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: SANADA beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) by KO. House Of Torture interference for a guitar shot. Iced Iced Baby.
Match 6: Jake Lee beat Great-O-Khan by DQ in 107 seconds. Chair use fake out.
Match 7: Ryohei Oiwa beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat Konosuke Takeshita.
Main Event: Boltin Oleg beat Yota Tsuji.

Standings (Block A):
1-Takeshita, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Oleg, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Takagi, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Oiwa, 4-3, 8 pts
5-Tsuji, 4-3, 8 pts
6-SANADA, 3-4, 6 pts
7-Lee, 3-4, 6 pts
8-Ice, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Goto, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
10-Khan, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. As a result of today, Goto & Khan have been eliminated while SANADA, Lee & Ice can only make it on tiebreakers. If it comes down to Takeshita & Oleg, the tiebreaker goes to Takeshita. Oleg also loses tiebreaker to Oiwa. Takeshita still has to face Oiwa & SANADA, beating either means he advances. Oleg still has Goto & Khan.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: You can now watch Takeshita-Takagi FOR FREE on New Japan World until 8/17.

DDT 8/5/2026 Results

DDT ran the last event before their annual biggest event of the year today in Tokyo.

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

Pre-show match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & MBM beat Takao Soma & Hinata Kasai. Matsunaga beat Kasai with a spinning toe hold.

Match 1: Jun Akiyama & Rukiya beat Kazuma Sumi & Yuki Ishida. Akiyama pinned Ishida after a knee strike.

Match 2: MJ Paul, Illusion & Tetsuya Koda (Representative Director of Tokyo Joshi Pro) beat Sanshiro Takagi, Naomi Yoshimura & GM Imabayashi. Koda beat Imabayashi with a sleeper hold.

But right after the last match…

GM Imabayashi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tetduya Koda to win the title. Imabayashi becomes the 1877th Champion. Which led to a planned showdown on 8/14 with a potential retirement as fate. Until…

Illusion beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion GM Imabayashi to win the title. Illusion becomes the 1878th Champion.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani beat Shunma Katsumata & Masami Inahata. Okatani pinned Katsumata after a skewered Claymore. As a result, Okatani wins the “Money In The Bank” challenge right held by Katsumata.

Match 4: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazumi Hirata by submission in 12 seconds. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): In a match where Dieno would win if he executed a man-lustful move within 5 minutes and Hirata would win if he dodged said move within 5 minutes, Danshoku Dieno beat Hirata in what took over 5 minutes.

Match 5: Shinya Aoki, Junta Miyawaki & Alito beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda. Miyawaki pinned Honda with Sunshine Clutch.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & To-y beat MAO, KANON, Yujio Naya, Yuki Iino & Viento Levante. To-y pinned Viento. As a result, To-y wins the “Money In The Bank” challenge right held by Viento.

The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, Tuesday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Monday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Injury Report: Junior Brother To The Sidelines (Updated)

All-Japan has announced an injury absence coming out of this past weekend’s event, unfortunately it’s a major one as Atsuki Aoyagi has gone down. Left knee (torn ACL). Out indefinitely but this probably means at least the rest of the year. He is also out of the Zennichi Jr. Festival as a result. Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate) will be the replacement. This could have other implications as Aoyagi currently holds the All-Asia Tag Team Championship with Rising Hayato and, if he’s going to be out as long as I think he will be, it means the titles may have to be vacated.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: It’s now official-the All-Asia Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Aoyagi & Hayato have vacated the titles due to the injury.

BREAKING: Dory Funk Jr. Dies (Updated x2)

Breaking news coming out today that has major impacts across wrestling, and especially All-Japan: Dory Funk Jr., the legendary wrestler and chairman of the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF), the governing body of All-Japan Pro Wrestling, has died. He was 85. The cause of death is not yet known.

Funk, real name Dorrance Earnest Funk, was the son of Dory Funk Sr. and brother of hardcore icon Terry Funk. Trained by Dory, Pedro Morales & Ricky Romero, he is the second-longest-reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion of all time, a 2009 WWE Hall Of Fame inductee, and much more. He debuted in All-Japan in 1973, just a year after the promotion began, and frequently teamed with Terry over 10 years there, including winning the annual World’s Strongest Tag League/Real World Tag League 3 times. He also was a 3-time NWA International Heavyweight Champion. After leaving in the mid-1980s, he briefly went to WWF/E in 1986 then to Puerto Rico & the US independents before returning to All-Japan in 1990, staying until the end of 1096. He returned in 2008 for a match then again in 2013 and stayed until 2017, during which time he was named PWF Chairman. His final match was in the promotion in 2017 but he remained in his PWF role until his death.

Funk won numerous championships and accolades around the world. He is survived by wife Marti and 5 children.

As this news is just breaking and it’s 6:30 AM Wednesday in Japan, All-Japan has not yet posted about this. This will be updated when they issue a statement(s).

RIP and God Bless, Dory.

UPDATE: All-Japan posted a brief statement expressing their deepest condolences. Nothing regarding the PWF yet.

UPDATE 2: All-Japan will hold a memorial ceremony for Funk before Sunday’s (8/9) event. New Japan also posted a tribute to Funk-although he only wrestled in New Japan once and not until the early 2000s, his early days featured a series of matches against NKPW founder/original owner Antonio Inoki.