Dragon Gate News: Vacant Championship Update

Dragon Gate has posted an update on the Open The Brave Gate Championship, which was held up last month after Ryu Fuda beat Dragon Kid to win the title but the title change was not recognized due to ISHIN interference. Kid has been named Interim Champion and a tournament will be held to crown a new champion. It’ll be a single-elimination bracket event with qualifying wrestlers from each faction, meaning weighing 82 kg or less, and that means first on 10/18 (doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka) will be matches of Homare vs. KAGETORA and JACKY KAMEI vs. GuC. The winners will meet on 10/24 at Kyoto KBS Hall and that winner will face Kid on 11/5 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the title. You’re maybe thinking what I’m thinking-no Ryoya Tanaka? I guess his new faction wasn’t considered.

All tournament events and matches will be available live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/12/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Kagawa.

Today’s event was held at Takamatsu Symbol Tower in Kagawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 368.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows being added to the event following their surprise return to the promotion last week.

Match 1: Dragon Bane & Hiroya Namiki beat Alejandro & Yuto Koyanagi. Bane pinned Koyanagi after Vendetta.

Match 2: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Black Menso-re in 7 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Kazuyuki Fujita beat Black Menso-re in 10 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (yet again): Kazuyuki Fujita beat Black Menso-re in 135 seconds.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura, Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujinura & Jun Masaoka beat KENTA, HAYATA, Tetsuya Endo & Daiki Odashima. Fujimura pinned Odashima after Death Hanger.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura, Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows beat Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino & Mohammed Yone. Anderson pinned Iino after Magic Killer.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Kouga beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Kouga beat Hi69 with a stretch plum.

Main Event: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat OZAWA, Tadasuke & YO-HEY. Naito pinned Tadasuke after Destino.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/12/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a Shion Kanzaki hometown event for the first time today in Chiba, with pre-event festivities including Raku & Shino Suzuki serving as special train conductors for a train headed to the event.

Today’s event was held at Inubosaki Hotel Banquet Hall in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 279, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Nexgene ‘26 Tournament: Ren Konatsu beat Momo Sato. This is a double-elimination format tournament so Sato is out with another loss.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu & Salura Hattori beat Rika Tatsumi & Chieri Sakimori. Hattori pinned Sakimori.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat Mifu Ashida.

Match 4: Suzume & HIMAWARI beat Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer. Suzume pinned Summer after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Raku pinned Aino. Afterwards, Raku issued a Princess Tag Team Championship challenge with Harajuku as her partner. That match will happen on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. So now we just need a challenger for Suzume and the International Princess Championship.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Yuki Arai, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Yamashita pinned Suzuki after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Uta Takami beat Miu Watanabe & Shion Kanzaki. Nakajima pinned Kanzaki with a Northern Lights suplex hold. Wait, isn’t the hometown wrestler supposed to win in the main event? That’s usually how it goes so this feels wrong.

The next event is a TJPW INSPIRATION event Wednesday at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Stardom 10/12/2026 Results

Stardom finished up their weekend slate today in Yamanashi.

Today’s event was held at Ainesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 474.

There were late changes to the original card due to Suzu Suzuki, Anne Kanaya & Waka Tsukiyama all being pulled off the event. Suxuki-the always vague poor health. Expected back next event. Kanaya & Tsujiyama-unspecified injuries in training. Statuses uncertain. This meant Utami Hayashishita competed in 2 matches today

Match 1: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Utami Hayashishita & Matoi Hamabe. Seira pinned Hamabe after Meteor Dragon.

Match 2: Yuna Mizumori beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 3: Koguma & Fuwa-chan beat Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Koguma pinned Kokatsu after a diving body press.

Match 4: Hazuki beat Ema Maishima.

Match 5: Syuri & Ranna Yagami beat Saya Kamitani & Azusa Inaba. Yagami pinned Inaba after Beat Buster.

Match 6: Hanan, Saya Iida, Utami Hayashishita & HANAKO beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Konami & Rina. Hayashishita pinned Rina after a torture rack bomb.

Main Event: Aya Sakura, Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Rian. Natsupoi pinned Rian after MADE IN JAPOI.

The next event is Saturday at Sagae City Civic Gym in Yamagata. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 10/12/2026 Results

All-Japan continued the Anniversary Series today in Iwate.

Today’s event was held at Suntec Kitakami in Iwate and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 415.

Match 1: Xyon & Ofyssey beat Ren Ayabe & MUSASHI. Odyssey pinned MUSASHI after Journey’s End.

Match 2: Yaustaka Yano beat Aizawa No. 1.

Match 3: Yuma Aoyagi & Dan Tamura beat Go Shiozaki & Seiki Yoshioka. Aoyagi pinned Yoshioka.

Match 4: Yuma Anzai beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato. Rei Saito pinned Hayato after BBQ Bomb.

Main Event: Hideki Suzuki, Masayuki Kono & Shota Kofuji beat All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana to win the titles. Suzuki, Kono & Kofuji become the 14th All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Suzuki beat Kumaarashi with a ground manji hold.

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

New Japan 10/12/2026 Results

KING OF PRO WRESTLING, New Japan’s October blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 6422.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto. Takagi pinned Matsunoto after Shingo Takagi Death Rider. After this, a recorded Jon Moxkey promo played where he demanded a match with Takagi.

Match 2: El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & SANADA. Taichi pinned Takahashi after Black Mephisto.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg & Hechicero (CMLL) beat Hartlry Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. Oleg pinned Jackson after Kamikaze.

Match 4: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita beat Shun Skywalker & Ren Narita. Yano pinned Skywalker.

Match 5: Jeff (Corn On The) Cobb, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Will Ospreay, HENARE & Great-O-Khan to win the titles. Cobb, OSKAR & Ice become the 35th NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Ice pinned HENARE. Afterwards, Ospreay issued an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge with Callum Newman as his partner.

Match 6: NEVER Openweight Champion Aaron Wolf beat Kosei Fujita to retain the title. V1 for Wolf.

Match 7: IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd beat Shota Umino to retain the title. V2 for Kidd. Next up: Taichi. Kidd hinted at it happening on 11/3 in Hiroshima.

Match 8: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoh beat Robbie Eagles to retain the title. V4 for Yoh.

Main Event: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji beat Ryohei Oiwa to retain the title. V2 for Tsuji. Next up: Oleg…or Kenny Omega, who made a surprise appearance for a beatdown on both to end the show.

During the event, President Hiroshi Tanahashi also announced TANAHASHI JAM 2 will be held on 11/19 at Korakuen Hall. This likely will be an exclusive TV Asahi broadcast, if it’s like the first one that means no New Japan World live but maybe on demand after the exclusive TV window ends.

The next event is Taichi School Pro Wrestling 2 Saturday at Ishikari City Hanakawa Minami Junior High School Gym in Hokkaido, a Taichi hometown event. Live streaming as a PPV on New Japan World will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. The PPV is available for pre-order for $22.99 US and will be available for purchase and on demand replays until 11/30 Japan time.

Also, tickets for Tokyo Dome on 14 will go on sale later this week. Based on a map of the planned seating layout, it suggests the setup will be for around 45,000. The Dome’s full capacity, primarily for baseball, is 65,000, but they won’t be using what would be the center field seating areas

FREE MOVIE: My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler (Limited Time)

I recently learned about a Japanese movie called “My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler”, starring New Japan’s Hiroshi Tanahashi and a number of other current & former New Japan wrestlers (I counted at least 9-10 including Kazuchika Okada, Togi Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi and more plus referees-note this movie was released in Japan in 2018). Thanks to the JFF Theater service, you can watch this movie FOR FREE for a limited time (until January 7, 2027) at the below link:

https://en.jff.jpf.go.jp/movie/my-dad-is-a-heel-wrestler

A JFF Theater account is required to watch, it is free and only requires a valid email address. Also, due to licensing restrictions it may not be available in some countries but it is available in the US. It is in Japanese but subtitles in many languages including English are available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/11/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH resumed the (year-long) Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Kochi.

Today’s event was held at Chres Kochi in Kochi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE tomorrow. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 473.

Match 1: Takashi Sugiura beat RYUSEI.

Match 2: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hiroya Namiki beat Black Menso-re & Yuto Koyanagi. Fujita pinned Menso-re after Beast Bomb.

Match 3: Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujimura, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Kenoh, Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Atsushi Kotoge. Kitamiya pinned Alejandro after Saito Suplex.

Match 4: YO-HEY beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Match 5: Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino & Hi69 vs. KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo went to a no contest. Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows interference.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Odashima beat Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Kouga. Kiyomiya pinned Yone after a skywalk elbow.

Main Event: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat OZAWA & Jun Masaoka. Naito pinned Masaoka affer a combined bomb.

The next event is tomorrow at Takamatsu Symbol Tower in Kagawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

As a result of Match 5, there have been last-minute changes to tomorrow as Anderson & Gallows have been added to the event. A change was also made to the GHC Heavyweight Fag Team Championship match on 10/25, which originally was Soya & Iino vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls-it’s now a 3-way as Anderson & Gallows have been added.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling 10/11/2026 LIVE Results

All-Japan continues the Anniversary Series today in Sendai. Today is a borderline major event with 3 title matches scheduled: First up is a GAORA TV Championship match as Masaaki Mochizuki returns from Dragon Gate to defend the title against Yasutaku Yano. Second is a match for the vacant All-Asia Tag Team Championship between Dan Tamiura & Seigo Tachibana and MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Finally, in the main event, Jun & Rei Saito defend the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship against the Yumas-Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai. Saitos & Yumas, sounds like fun.

Today’s event will be held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan on 10/21. There are 7 matches planned with an intermission and while the later TV broadcast suggests the event could go as long as 4 hours, I anticipate the running time being closer to 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Shota Kofuji vs. Kumaarashi
Rising Hayato & Hokuto Omori vs. Aizawa No. 1 & Makoto Oishi
Suwama, Go Shiozaki & Masayuki Kono vs. Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino
GAORA TV Champion Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Yasutaku Yano for the title
Intermission
Kento Miyahara & Hideki Suzuki vs. Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe
Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka for the vacant All-Asia Tag Team Championship
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

10 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai, Japan. Commentary will begin shortly.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue’s full capacity is close to 4000 but I can’t tell if it’s set up for that. It doesn’t sound like it’ll be close to that initially, I’ll predict the total will be around 2000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2357)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 10:07 PM PT/1:07 AM ET.

Match 1: Shota Kofuji vs. Kumaarashi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kumaarashi beat Shota Kofuji

Match 2: Rising Hayato & Hokuto Omori vs. Aizawa No. 1 & Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancers). 20 minute time limit
Result: Rising Hayato & Hokuto Omori beat Aizawa No. 1 & Makoto Oishi. Double pinfall.

Match 3: Suwama, Go Shiozaki & Masayuki Kono vs. Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashuno beat Suwama, Go Shiozaki & Masayuki Kono. Odyssey pinned Shiozaki after a chokeslam.

Match 4: GAORA TV Champion Masaaki Mochozuki beat Yasutaka Yano to retain the title. V1 for Mochizuki. Next up: It was thought to be Ashino but it actually could be Odyssey.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara & Hideki Suzuki beat Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe. Miyahara pinned Honda with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 6: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana to win the vacant All-Asia Tag Team Championship. MUSASHI & Yoshioka become the 133rd All-Asia Tag Team Champions. MUSASHI pinned Tachibana after Niten First Class. Next up: Kofuji & Suzuki.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Aoyagi after Yagiyama Cyclone. V3 for the Saitos/champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Suntec Kitakami in Iwate. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later in the day.

Stardom 10/11/2026 LIVE Results (Updated)

Stardom continues their weekend slate today with a matinee in Tokyo. With just over 2 weeks until the next PPV, the plan was to continue the build to some upcoming major title matches but, unfortunately, plans changed. There also was a title match added earlier this week as Yuna Mizumori will defend the High Speed Championship against Natsupoi, who apparently is getting her last chance to win the title before retirement in just under 3 months.

There have been many changes to the planned card due to Suzu Suzuki & Anne Kanaya being pulled off the event. Suzuki-the always vague poor health. Kanaya-unspecified injury in training. Both are also off the next event.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World, presumably in Japanese. With the card changes there currently are 7 matches planned, with the intermission I imagine the card will have a standard Korakuen running time of about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Aya Sakura vs. Kikyo Furusawa & Rian in a handicap match
Utami Hayashishita, Waka Tsukiyama & Matoi Hamabe vs. Konami, Ruaka & Rina
Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu vs. Saya Kamitani & Azusa Inaba
Saori Anou vs. Rina Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Natsuko Tora in a 4-way
Hanan, Saya Iida & HANAKO vs. Syuri, Hina & Lady C
Starlight Kid, AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Mei Seira & Ema Maishima vs. Itsuki Aoki, Akira Kurogame, Hazuki, Koguma & Fuwa-chan
High Speed Champion Yuna Mizumori vs. Natsupoi for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Pre-show Update: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

Pre-Show Update 2 (7 PM PT): There has been another last-minute change to the card due to Waka Tsukiyama being pulled off the event. Unspecified injury in training that kept her out yesterday. The 6-woman tag she was in is now a handicap match.

Also, today’s event will be available in Japanese and English.

7:15 PM PT UPDATE: Both live streams have now begun. We should be going to the venue in 15 minutes. A last-minute change was made to the YouTube broadcast-instead of the first 2 matches, it will now be the first 3 matches. Japanese will be on the Stardom Official YouTube Channel. English will be on the Stardom Global YouTube Channel.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will join later. It looks like this is a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The paid attendance may or may not be announced after the event. Not quite a sellout, from what I can see it looks like at least 1300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1457, a full house/near sellout)

Yuria Hime comes out to open the show. She announces she will be returning from injury soon, possibly next week. (Follow-up: She will return on 10/18)

Updates will resume in about 10 minutes when the matches begin. The first 3 matches listed above will be the YouTube matches. And actually what’s listed above is the official match order. Title match is the main event.

The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET. Japanese commentary begins now. Your hosts are Haruo Murata & Makoto Oe.

Match 1: Aya Sakura vs. Kikyo Furusawa & Rian in a handicap match. 15 minute time limit. Sayaka Kurara, who is out due to injury, is seconding Sakura.
Result: Aya Sakura beat Kikyo Furusawa & Rian by pinning Furusawa. Furusawa & Rian tried to drag Kurara in late for a beatdown but it backfired. For a handicap match they had some very creative spots. Afterwards, they made it sound like Kurara is close to returning and they set up a potential New Blood Tag Team Championship match between them when she does.

Match 2: Utami Hayashishita & Matoi Hamabe vs. Konami, Ruaka & Rina in a handicap match. 20 minute time limit
Result: Konami, Ruaka & Rina beat Utami Hayashishita & Matoi Hamabe. Rina pinned Hayashishita after Pink Devil. After the huge win for her, Rina with microphone. She tore into Hayashishita and seemingly demanded a single match.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu vs. Saya Kamitani & Azusa Inaba. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saya Kamitani & Azusa Inaba beat Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Inaba pinned Yagami. Afterwards, Inaba with microphone. Future Of Stardom Championship challenge issued.

Promo for STARDOM AWARD 2026 to be held on 1/23 and 1/24.

The YouTube broadcasts end here.

Match 4: Saori Anou vs. Rina Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Natsuko Tora in a 4-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Saori Anou, Maki Itoh & Natsuko Tora beat Rina Yamashita in a 4-way because all 3 pinned Yamashita together. That was crazy. Mostly a comedy match.

Match 5: Hanan, Saya Iida & HANAKO vs. Syuri, Hina & Lady C. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hanan, Saya Iida & HANAKO beat Syuri, Hina & Lady C. Iida pinned C after a lariat. Afterwards, despite the loss, Hina with microphone. Going right after her sister Hanan again to continue build to their Wonder Of Stardom Championship match.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 9:12 PM PT/12:12 AM ET.

Match 6: Starlight Kid, AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Mei Seira & Ema Maishima vs. Itsuki Aoki, Akira Kurogame, Hazuki, Koguma & Fuwa-chan. 20 minute time limit
Result: Starlight Kid, AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Mei Seira & Ema Maishima beat Itsuki Aoki, Akira Kurogame, Hazuki, Koguma & Fuwa-chan. Kid pinned Kurogame after a moonsault press. Afterwards, Kid with microphone. Apparently today was the 11th anniversary of her debut.

Main Event: High Speed Champion Yuna Mizumori vs. Natsupoi for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: High Speed Champion Yuna Mizumori beat Natsupoi to retain the title. V6 for Mizumori.

The next event is tomorrow at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Tsukiyama is now off tomorrow as well due to the unspecified injury. Status uncertain going forward.

It was also announced that Sayaka Kurara is returning and the New Blood Tag Team Championship match is now official. That match will happen on 10/20.

Fallout from the main event has led to a mixed tag match added to the 10/29 PPV: Natsupoi and her new husband-New Japan wrestler Shingo Takagi-vs. Mizumori and New Japan wrestler Hirooki Goto.

Finally, Rian will get her match with Hayashishita on 10/18. Also added to 10/18 is Syuri vs. Matoi Hamabe.