NOAH News: Next Tournament Field Announced

Pro Wrestling NOAH today announced the full field for the next tournament, the NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE, coming up in about 2 weeks. This will be a round-robin format tournament with 2 blocks of 6 teams and standard scoring, with the winners of each block advancing to the Finals. Tiebreaker if needed will be head-to-head result.

Participating teams:
Block A: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI, Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA, Katl Anderson & Doc Gallows, Kid Lykos 1 & 2, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura
Block B: Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh, Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers, Kazuyuki Fujita & Mohammed Yone, KENTA & Katsumi Inahata, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino, OZAWA & Tadasuke

On paper Block A looks tough to call, I don’t see the Lykoses having a chance but anyone else can win. Block B looks 50-50 between Marufuji/Kenoh, Soya/Iino and OZAWA/Tadasuke. I would expect the winners to get a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match afterwards unless Naito/BUSHI win as the current champions.

The tournament begins on 5/23 at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and runs over 12 events through 6/16 (Finals at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo). All events will be streamed LIVE and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE but 6/16 is listed as an ABEMA live broadcast so we should get an English-only UNIVERSE stream there.

Ganbare Pro 5/6/2026 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their latest house show today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Moeka Haruhi beat Chie Ozora.

Match 2: Yuya Susumu & Reiya Igarashi beat Keisuke Ishii & Sentaro Motojima. Igarashi pinned Motojima with a fisherman’s suplex hold.

Match 3: Shuichiro Katsumura & YuuRI beat Munetatsu Nakamuta & Soy. YuuRI beat Soy.

Match 4: Yunehito Imanari & Rekka beat Mizuki Watase & Shota Kawakami. Imanari beat Kawakami with a headlock.

Main Event: Ken Ohka, Akira Koji & Shinichiro Tomonaga beat Takuya Wada, Tyson Maeguchi & Fuminori Abe. Koji pinned Maeguchi after Toriyama Black Driver.

The next event is 5/31 at Yokohama Trade Hall in Yokohama. On demand 6/2.

DEVELOPING: Sumo-Major May Injury Concern (Updated)

Not good news ahead of the May Grand Sumo Tournament-Nikkan Sports reports Ozeki Aonishiki, who is in danger of demotion after his first losing tournament following 2 straight championships and being in Yokozuna contention, was injured in practice today (yesterday Japan time). Left ankle. It happened during practice at Arashio Beya in Tokyo, which the Ajigawa Beya-based Aonishiki was visiting, and possibly happened during a practice bout with Wakamotoharu. Stablemaster Ajigawa said he will make a decision on Aonishiki’s tournament participation in the next day or two (the deadline for pre-tournament withdrawals is Friday) but if Aonishiki can’t compete or can’t win at least 8 matches he will be demoted to Sekiwake in July.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Aonishiki is OUT. At least for the first day, maybe two days. But right now it does not look like he will miss the entire tournament, meaning he must return and get 8+ wins to avoid demotion. Also, Yokozuna Onosato is also OUT. Left shoulder. Sounds like he will not compete at all.

Stardom 5/6/2026 Results

Stardom wrapped up their Golden Week tour today in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 672, a legit sellout.

Match 1: New Blood Tag Team Champions Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Matoi Hamabe & Anne Kanaya to retain the titles. Sakura beat Hamabe with a triangle choke. V2 for the champs.

Match 2: Xena beat Ema Maishima.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Rina beat Suzu Suzuki, Saori Anou & Waka Tsukiyama. Tora pinned Suzuki after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 4: Tomoka Inaba beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 5: Syuri beat Tabata (CMLL).

Match 6: AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Starlight Kid beat Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Rian. Kid beat Rian with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Match 7: Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo, Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Konami, Saya Kamitani, Rina, Fukigen & Bea Priestley. Hanan pinned Priestley after 17.

Main Event: Hazuki, Koguma, Maika & Maki Itoh beat Ranna Yagani, HANAKO, Fuwa-chan & Kikyo Furusawa. Hazuki pinned Fuwa-chan after Emerald Flow. This went over 25 minutes.

The next event is 5/16 at G Messe Gunma in Ginma. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 5/6/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a Suzume hometown event for the first time today in Ibaraki.

Today’s event was held at Tsukuba International Conference Center Multipurpose Hall in Ibaraki and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Sunday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 310, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Shion Kanzaki by submission.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Raku & HIMAWARI in a 3-way by pinning HIMAWARI.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori beat Wakana Uehara & Kira Summer. Hattori pinned Summer.

Match 4: Shoko Nakajima beat Pom Harajuku.

Match 5: Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Takami beat Nanase with Koala Clutch.

Match 6: Yuki Kamifuku & Toga beat Yuki Arai & Shino Suzuki. Kamifuku pinned Suzuki after Fameasser.

Main Event: Suzume, Mahiro Kiryu & Arisu Endo beat Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu. Suzume pinned Konatsu after Ring A Bell. During the post-match promo, Suzume was interrupted by an unexpected International Princess Championship challenger-to-be…Kiryu. Seriously?!? That match will happen on 6/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, and I pray Suzume retains.

The next event is 5/16 at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka for a Shino Suzuki hometown event. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Kamifuku will miss the event due to schedule conflicts. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 5/19.

New Japan 5/6/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran another standalone event today in Saga

Today’s event was held at Karatsu City Gym in Saga and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 757.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Taisei Nakahara & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Wato pinned Matsumoto after a swan dive elbow smash.

Match 3: El Desperado & Taichi beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Taichi pinned Honma.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Fujita beat Yasuda with Neshen Special.

Match 5: Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Wolf beat Togo with a triangle choke.

Match 6: Zane Jay, Jacob Auatin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Nagai, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Young pinned Gedo after Bite The Dust.

Main Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Jake Lee & Callum Newman. Tsuji pinned Newman after Gene Blaster. As a result, Tsuji will face Newman for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at DOMINION on 6/14 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka. Had Lee/Newman won, Tsuji & Takagi could not challenge for the title again as long as Newman was champion. If either Tsuji or Takagi won by beating Newman, which happened, that winner got another title shot.

The next event is FACE THE NEXT, a United Japan Pro Wrestling produced event with all member participation including New Japan, Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The event will also feature Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT, Dragon Gate and Ganbare Pro participation among others, and mostly focus on younger wrestlers. Broadcast plans TBA. (All-Japan is not a UJPW member at this time)

The next event after that is Best Of The Super Junior 33, the annual Junior Heavyweight showcase tournament, starting on 5/14 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, it was revealed last night by WWE that EVIL will apparently be known as “Naraku” in NXT. TV debut scheduled for next week (Tuesday).

UPDATE: Injury Report-it appears Boltin Oleg was injured today. Left elbow. Out indefinitely. But it was said he will miss the next series which is Best Of The Super Junior-if that’s the case, then he is out at least a month.

All-Japan 5/5/2026 Results (Updated)

All-Japan finished up the preliminary round of the Champions Carnival today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This also was or will later be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1377.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Yuma Anzai being pulled off the event. Right leg injury suffered Saturday. As a result, in the Champions Carnival Rei Saito beat Anzai by forfeit. Senor Saito was the replacement.

Pre-show match: Rei Saito & Senor Saito beat Hideki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji. Senor Saito pinned Kofuji.

Champions Carnival Block A:
Match 1: Talos beat Kumaarashi.
Match 2: Go Shiozaki beat Odyssey.
Match 3: Kengo Mashimo beat Kento Miyahara. As a result, there was a 4-way tie for the top 2 spots between Rei Saito, Shiozaki, Mashimo & Talos. Random draws for 2 tiebreaker matches were held.

Match 4: Seigo Tachibana, MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka, Yuya Aoki & Hyo Ogawa (Independent/Freelancers) beat Dan Tamura, Shotaro Ashino, Hokuto Omori, Atsuki Aoyagi & Ryo Inoue. Tachibana pinned Tamura after Yankee Hammer.

Champions Carnival Block B:
Match 5: Xyon beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Match 6: Ryuki Honda beat Daisuke Sekimoto.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta beat Ren Ayabe. As a result, Hideki Suzuki wins Block B and advances and there was a 4-way tie for 2nd. But because he beat the other 3. Kikuta wins the tiebreakers and advances.

Block A Tiebreakers:
1-Rei Saito beat Kengo Mashimo. As a result, Saito finishes 2nd and advances to the Semifinals.
2-Go Shiozaki beat Talos. As a result, Shiozaki wins Block A and advances to the Semifinals.

Today’s results also mean the tournament winner gets an All-Japan Triple Crown match against Miyahara.

The Semifinals & Finals are 5/17 at Ebara Wave Arena Ota fka Ota City General Gym. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 5/16 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

UPDATE: During the event, Jun Saito announced he will return from injury (eye) on 6/6. DOOM!!!

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/5/2026 LIVE Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up their busy Golden Week today with one more event in Tokyo, another Legacy Rise 2026 event. There isn’t much to preview because the entire card will not be announced in advance with one exception-the only confirmed match for today is GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the title. Otherwise it’s wait and see.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only. This will be a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan, which will be available on demand in Japanese shortly after the event. Since we know of just one match so far it’s impossible to really predict much.

Today’s lineup:
GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the title
All other matches TBA and will not be announced until the event

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

Pre-Show Update: A since-deleted post on Harutoki’s Twitter, which was shared by NOAH’s English account before that, hints at a Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Masa Kitamiya match today. If Kiyomiya wins, Kitamiya loses his hair. If Kitamiya wins, All Rebellion must disband. But a similar post Kiyomiya made on his Twitter in Japanese about this match is still up.

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

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

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Stewart (BANG!) Fulton & Mark Pickering.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like a good holiday matinee crowd still filing in, not sure if it will be a sellout but looks like at least 1250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1302)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

All matches were revealed during the opening video. Kiyomiya-Kitamiya is happening. GHC National Championship match is the main event.

The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET.

Match 1: Kenoh & AMAKUSA vs. Eita & Black Menso-re. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kenoh & AMAKUSA beat Eita & Black Menso-re. Kenoh pinned MEnso-re after PFS. Glorified squash.

Match 2: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI vs. Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. BUSHI beat Koyanagi with a Boston crab.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita, Hajime Ohara, Atsushi Kotoge & Mohammed Yone vs. Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino (DDT), Daiki Odashima & Super Crazy. 20 minute time limit
Result: Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino, Daiki Odashima & Super Crazy beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Hajime Ohara, Atsushi Kotoge & Mohammed Yone, Soya pinned Ohara after PASSION IS.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 vs. OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Knull, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiki Inamura, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 beat OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Knull, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. Inamura pinned Masaoka after a moonsault press.

Intermission. Japanese commentary takes over for the break.

The matches resume at 8:35 PM PT/11:35 PM ET. (about a 12 minute break)

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Shane Haste vs. KENTA & Katsumi Inahata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo & Shane Haste beat KENTA & Katsumi Inahata. Haste pinned Inahata after a lariat.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Masa Kitamiya. If Kitamiya loses, he loses his hair. If Kiyomiya loses, All Rebellion must disband. No time limit
Result; Kaito Kiyomiya beat Masa Kitamiya. As a result, Kitamiya loses his hair. After shaving himself bald, Kitamiya with microphone. He says it’s not over yet between him and All Rebellion.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji beat GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf by ref stoppage (technical submission) to win the title. Marufuji becomes the 20th GHC National Champion. The Circle Is Now Complete. Marufuji now has the only NOAH title that has eluded him in his illustrious career. Next up: Wasting no time in interrupting and issuing the challenge is Tadasuke. Yep, means it’s time for another Team 2000X Gauntlet run. (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 5/17 at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya)

The next event is 5/13. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.


DDT 5/4/2026 Results

DDT kicked off the 2026 KING OF DDT Tournament today in Tokyo with their Golden Week major event. The first of 2 major single tournament each year in the promotion, this is a single-elimination bracket format event.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Jun Akiyama, Yuni, Yuki Ishida & Rikiya beat Naomi Yoshinura, Viente Maligno, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Masami Inabata. Rukiya pinned Maligno with a fishermans buster.
Match 2: Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata beat Daisuke Sadaki & MJ Paul and Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way when Ueno pinned Kasai. Rather unusual to have the promotion’s top wrestler and champion on a pre-show, don’t you think? Until you realize…

Main show:

All matches were KING OF DDT Round 1 matches. No time limits.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 2: Takeshi Masada beat To-y.

Match 3: Chris Brookes beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 4: HARASHIMA beat Daichi Sato.

Match 5: Shinya Aoki beat KANON.

Match 6: Minoru Suzuki beat Yukio Naya.

Match 7: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuki Hirata.

Main Event: MAO beat Kazuma Sumi.

After the main event, it was announced that Sumi will defend the DDT Universal Championship in France on 5/23. That match will be against Gringo Loco & Leedz Lewis in a 3-way. MAO & Yoshihiko will also be there for a BZW Tag Team Championship defense.

As a result of today, the Quarterfinals are as follows: Dieno vs. Masada, Suzuki vs. Brookes, HARASHIMA vs. Aoki, Okatani vs. MAO.

The Quarterfinals are Saturday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET

New Japan 5/4/2026 Results (Updated x2)

WRESTLING DONTAKU Day 2, falling on the traditional day of New Japan’s annual Golden Week blowout event, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3603, a full house/near sellout. While nearly 50% more than yesterday, that is still less than half capacity for the venue.

Pre-show match: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 1: NNPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat Chase Owens to retain the title. V3 for Takeshita. Afterwards a masked man attacked Takeshita then revealed his identity…SANADA! See You Next Time! For the title?!?

Match 2: Daiki Nagai & Gedo beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Ryusuke Taguchi. Nagai pinned Matsumoto after a diving headbutt.

Match 3: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. OSKAR beat Honma with a nightmare hold.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Don Fale & Ren Narita. Wolf pinned Takahashi after Angle Slam. Afterwards, TM 4 gave his farewell speech to the Fukuoka fans.

Match 5: Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Taichi pinned Jackson after Black Mephisto.

Match 6: Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee. Tsuji pinned Jay.

Match 7: Mistico (CMLL) & El Desperado beat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles to win the titles. Mistico & Desperado become the 83rd IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Desperado beat Fujita with Numero Dos. Once again, a reminder that TMDK also stands for The Mighty Don’t Kosei.

Match 8: Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto to win the titles. Khan, HENARE & Ospreay become the 34th NEVER Openweight Champions. Khan pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Great Blade Bomb. Afterwards, Khan & HENARE issued an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge.

Main Event: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman beat Shingo Takagi to retain the title. V1 for Newman. 35+ minutes in what easily has to be the longest match of Newman’s career so far. But this proves it wasn’t a fluke. And for now United Empire is back on top of New Japan.

In post-event backstage comments, Takeshita expressed a desire to align with the main New Japan unit as today marked his 2nd anniversary as a member of the promotion (he is also signed with DDT and All Elite Wrestling).

The next event is Wednesday at Karatsu City Gym in Saga. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: While nothing has been announced yet for Wednesday, it appears Newman issued a challenge to Takagi & Tsuji after the main event for that day-both of them vs. Newman & Lee. If Newman gets beaten, whoever got the pinfall/submission gets a rematch for the title at DOMINION on 6/14. But if United Empre wins, Takagi & Tsuji can never challenge for the title again. More to come.

UPDATE 2: It’s now official. And specifically, if United Empire wins, neither can challenge Newman for the title again as long as he still is champion, not neither challenging for the title ever again.