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.

DDT 3/1/2026 Results

DDT began their March schedule today with a house show in Fukushima.

Today’s event was held at Naraha Sky Arena in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced. Based on pre-event photos it looked around 200.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Yuni being pulled off the event. Left elbow injury suffered yesterday.

Match 1: Viento Maligno beat Illusion.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul beat Takeshi Masada, Daichi Sato & Hinata Kasai. Okatani pinned Kasai after a Kushi-swivel-type Claymore.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuki Hirata & Gorgeous Matsuno in a 3-way in 8 seconds by pinning Hirata. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): Gorgeous Matsuno beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku beat Yukio Naya & Junta Miyawaki. Koroku pinned Naya.

Match 5: MAO & KANON beat Kazuma Sumi & Yuki Ishida. KANON pinned Ishida after a lariat.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Akito beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda. To-y pinned Honda after Kojima Impact.

The next event is D-GENERATIONS 8 Saturday at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya There will be no live broadcast. No word on on demand plans.

In other news, after the event it was announced that, in response to Takeshi Masada forming a new faction with Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato and subsequent demands, they will get a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship shot. That match will happen on 3/11 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and as a result, Kaisei Takechi participation has been decided for that event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/1/2026 LIVE Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up the NOAH Jr. Tag League today with the Finals. The top 2 after the preliminary round face off today and it’s the promotion’s lucha brothers running it back-after Alpha Wolf turned on brother Dragon Bane to defect to Team 2000X and take the GHC National Championship with him, they are on opposite sides once again and this time for the league victory. Wolf teamed with Kai Fujimura, who also turned heel and joined Yoshitatsu’s faction before the tournament, to finish first while Bane & partner Alejandro finished second. Besides the league victory, the winners will likely earn a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match against champions Daga & Daiki Odashima in the future.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. There are 8 matches planned but no title matches today, despite that with the main event being no time limit I anticipate this being on the longer side for a “normal” Korakuen event with a running time of about 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Eita & Katsumi Inagata
KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsiua Endo vs. Daga, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi
BUSHI & Angel Reyes vs. Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi
OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Galeno & Harutoki in a 3-way
Tetsuya Naito & RYUSEI vs. Manabu Soya & Hiroto Tsuruya
Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & Shuihei Taniguchi
NOAH Jr. Tag League Finals: Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

6:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are the regulars whose names I didn’t catch and Akitoshi Saito. Your English hosts are Stewart (BANG!) Fulton & Mark Pickering.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s already a near-sellout based on advance ticket sales coming into today but probably no standing room seats. Sounds like it’s whether or not they may get to 1500 but I’ll guess a super full house of 1450. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1396)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:34 PM PT/9:34 PM ET.

Match 1: AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re vs. Eita & Katsumi Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Menso-re pinned Inahata. Afterwards, Mark Trew hit the ring. Challenge issued for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Accepted by AMAKUSA, which led to a beatdown by Trew & Kieron Lacey.

Match 2: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsiua Endo vs. Daga, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi. 20 minute time limit
Result: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Daga, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi. HAYATA beat Takahashi with an armbar.

Match 3: BUSHI & Angel Reyes vs. Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi. 20 minute time limit
Result: BUSHI & Angel Reyes beat Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi. Reyes pinned Koyanagi after an inverted brainbuster.

Match 4: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara. 20 minute time limit
Result: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara. OZAWA pinned Ohara after a top rope lionsault.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Galeno & Harutoki in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Galeno beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki in a 3-way by pinning Harutoki. This was Galeno’s last match in NOAH for now as he is headed back to Mexico. (Correction-second-to-last. He will face Kiyomiya on 3/8)

Match 6: Tetsuya Naito & RYUSEI vs. Manabu Soya & Hiroto Tsuruya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Naito & RYUSEI beat Manabu Soya & Hiroto Tsuruya. RYUSEI beat Tsuruya with a Boston crab.

Match 7: Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey vs. Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & Shuihei Taniguchi. 45 minute time limit
Result: Kenoh, Naomichi Marufuji & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Yoshiki Inamura, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey. Kenoh pinned Lacey after PFS.

Main Event: NOAH Jr. Tag League Finals: Dragon Bane & Alejandro vs. Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura. No time limit
Result: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura to win the tournament. Alejandro pinned Fujimura after Zero Gravity. As a result, Bane & Alejandro likely will get a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match in the near future. (UPDATE: That match will happen on 3/8)

The next event is APEX CONQUEST 2026 on 3/8 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin on 3/7 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This will be an exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: Both hinted-at title matches today will happen on 3/8. That makes 3 title matches for the event along with Inamura-Kenoh.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 2/28/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro finished up their February today with an event in Aichi.

Today’s event was held at Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center in Aichi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

THe hnnounced paid attendance was 299.

Match 1: Toga beat Chika Nanase by submission.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Uta Takami & Kira Summer in a 3-way by pinning Summer.

Match 3: Suzume & Ren Konatsu beat HIMAWARI & Shion Kanzaki, Konatsu pinned Kanzaki after Aries Comet.

Match 4: Mizuki beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida beat Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami beat Shoko Nakajima & Sarah Phoenix. Yamashita pinned Phoenix after Skull Kick.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Yuki Arai, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Watanabe beat Arai with Canadian Backbreaker.

The next event is 3/7 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

DDT 2/28/2026 Results

DDT wrapped up February with a house show today in Yokohama.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni beat Naomi Yoshimura & Hinata Kasai. Yuni pinned Kasai with Jorge Clutch.

Match 2: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda went to an apparent no contest. GM Imabayashi intrusion. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): In a handicap match, Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata, Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Yamaguchi (DDT staff) beat GM Imabayashi.

Match 3: Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Daichi Sato & Rukiya. Masda pinned Rukiya.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Shinya Aoki, YUkio Naya, Junta Miyawaki & Kazuma Sumi. Sasaki pinned Sumi.

Match 5: KANON & VIento Maligno beat Yuki Ueno & AKito. KANON pinned Akito after a lariat.

Main Event: In a match where only soccer & sumo-themed items could be used as weapons, DDT Extreme Champion To-y beat Yuki Ishida to retain the title. V7 for To-y. Next up: Okatani. That match will happen on 3/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is tomorrow at Naraha Sky Arena in Fukushima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Injury Report: After the event, it was announced that Yuni was injured in his match today. Left elbow. Out tomorrow. Status uncertain beyond that.

Dragon Gate 2/27/2026 Results

Dragon Gate taped their latest episode of PRIME ZONE+ yesterday in Kobe, no wors on who got to be this episode’s GM.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe 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 46. Remember this is a very small venue with a capacity of around 100.

Match 1: In a handicap match, BIGBOSS Shimizu beat @KEY & GuC by pinning both.

Match 2: Punch Tominaga beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 3: YAMATO & Takashi beat Problem Dragon & Ryu Ishihara. YAMATO pinned Dragon.

Main Event: Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY KAMEI beat Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka & Genki Horiguchi. J pinned Horiguchi with Demon Clutch

The next event was earlier today at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka for a doubleheader. Results will be posted when available. The event is available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. There were last-minute changes to the event because Riiita was pulled before it began. The always-vague poor health.

The next subsequent event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Stardom 2/28/2026 NEAR LIVE Results (Updated)

Stardom starts their weekend slate with an event today in Tokyo. NEAR LIVE results will be posted below as they become available.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

There has been a last-minute change to the card due to Fukigen being pulled off this weekend’s events. Suddenly in a good mood. In other words, more like the woman under the face paint-Kaori Yoneyama-and less like Fukigen. She was to have teamed with Natsuko Tora, Rina, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba to face Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. It’s now a handicap match with no replacement.

Updates below will begin shortly. The event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Match result updates begin now.

The paid attendance may or may not be announced after the event. It’s Korakuen so probably not. However, they are hinting at a legit sellout. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1603, a legit sellout. That would presumably include standing room)

Title match contract signings opened the event.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Natsuko Tora, Rina, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba beat Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Tora pinned Kurara after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 2: Maki Itoh & Kikyo Furusawa beat Tomoka iNaba & Kiyoka Kokatsu and Maika & Xena in a 3-way when Itoh beat Kokatsu.

Match 3: Saki Kashima, Rina Yamashita & Itsuki Aoki beat Waka Tsukiyama, Rian & Anne Kanaya. Kashima pinned Kanaya after a Yamashita leg drop and Aoki frog splash.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 4: Tabata, India Sioux & Kira (CMLL)( beat Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Kira pinned C after a 450 splash.

Match 5: Sareee & Takumi Iroha (Independent/Freelancer) beat Hazuki & Fuwa-chan. Sareee pinned Fuwa-chan after a diving foot stomp.

Match 6: Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Yuria Hime beat Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki. Iida pinned Amasaki after a lariat.

Match 7: Future Of Stardom Champion HANAKO beat Akira Kurogame to retain the title. V3 for HANAKO.

Main Event: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Konami beat Hina to retain the title. V4 for Konami.

The next event is tomorrow at Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center in Aichi. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The following wrestlers are all now off tomorrow’s event-Saki Kashima, India Sioux & Tabata. The always vague poor health.

New Japan Pro Wrestling “THE NEW BEGINNING IN USA” LIVE Results (2/27/2026) (Updated 2/28/2026)

After skipping their traditional west coast visit first, much to my dismay after attending last year, New Japan begins their 2026 US slate today with the second event of their unique same-day doubleheader, “THE NEW BEGINNING IN USA”. On paper it’s a blowout event and more with 6 title matches being advertised-5 of them are New Japan title matches. First up is a STRONG Openweight Championship match as Tomohiro Ishii defends against Boltin Oleg. The second one is NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo defending the title against Konosuke Takeshita. Third, IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) defend their titles against the All Elite Wrestling duo of Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun. In the Semfiinal, IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri is challenged by Athena in a potential show-stealer. And finally, the main event will be Yota Tsuji defending the IWGP Global Championship against Andrade El Idolo. But not the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, at least not that we know of.

Today’s event will be held at Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ and can be watched LIVE as a PPV on New Japan World in Japanese & English. The PPV is available outside Japan for $19.99 US and in Japan for 2990 Japanese yen (just under $20).and includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays until 4/30/2026 (subject to change). A paid monthly New Japan World subscription IS NOT REQUIRED to buy the PPV. There are 8 matches scheduled and with 6 title matches there is marathon potential and potentially a late night ahead for those attending given the start time-it could run as long as 6 hours but I’m guessing the total running time will be closer to 4 hours. Also, due to potential delays in my post-work commute and an early start time for me there could be a delay of a few minutes in early results as I would be watching from the beginning and playing catch-up.

Today’s lineup:
Fred Rosser vs. David Finlay
STRONG Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii vs. Boltin Oleg for the title
AEW National Champion Ricochet vs. Taiji Ishimori for the title
KUSHIDA & El Desperado vs. Alec Price & Jordan Oliver
NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title*
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR & Yuto Ice vs. Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun for the titles
IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri vs. Athena for the title
IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji vs. Andrade El Idolo for the title**

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Updates below will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET (Made it home in time so live results from the start).

*-You will also be able to watch this match on demand FOR FREE on YouTube at a later date.

**This match is only for the Global title and not the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. The next Heavyweight title defense was announced yesterday for SAKURA GENESIS on 4/4 in Tokyo against the 2026 New Japan Cup winner.

5 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ. Commentary will begin after the opening video with today’s lineup.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue’s full capacity is over 8000 but as of today the setup was for roughly 3000 with ticket sales as of midday at an estimated 2600. We’ll see if same-day pushes it up to a sellout but I’m going to go a little short and predict a crowd of 2800. (It did previously sell out a couple times and additional seats were added) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2605)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 5:03 PM PT/8:03 PM ET. Your Japanese hosts-working remotely in Japan-are an unnamed host whose name I didn’t catch (Haruo Murata is likely at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for a Stardom event in about 90 minutes), Milano Collection A.T., Miki Motoi (Yayyy!) & Shingo Takagi (DA DA DAAAA!). Your English hosts are Walker Strewart & Veda Scott.

Match 1: Fred Rosser vs. David Finlay. 15 minute time limit
Result: David Finlay beat Fred Rosser. Afterawrds, Finlay with microphone. He took in crowd chants but ultimately threw down the microphone without saying anything and left. OSKAR & Yuto Ice were standing at the entrance and did a 2 Sweet with him.

Match 2: STRONG Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii vs. Boltin Oleg for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Boltin Oleg beat STRONG Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii to win the title. Oleg becomes the 9th STRONG Openweight Champion.

Match 3: AEW National Champion Ricochet vs. Taiji Ishimori for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: AEW National Champion Ricochet beat Taiji Ishimori to retain the title.

Match 4: KUSHIDA & El Desperado vs. Alec Price & Jordan Oliver. 30 minute time limit
Result: KUSHIDA & El Desperado beat Alec Price & Jordan Oliver. Desperado pinned Price after Pinche Loco.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. As a result, Phantasmo retains the title. V7 for Phantasmo. Afterwards, Phantasmo with microphone. After heavy boos, he teases 5 more minutes. Which led to…
Match 5 (continued): NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title. 5 minute time limit
Result: Konosuke Takeshita beat NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo to win the title. Takeshita becomes the 10th NJPW WORLD TV Champion. Guess 5 more minutes backfired. But it at least salvaged what was otherwise a disappointing match before the end. Phantasmo was closing in on the record for longest reign to date, which is one year (Zack Sabre Jr. during inaugural title reign) but has to settle for 10 months and second-most defenses, although his 7 was nowhere near Sabre’s record of 16.

Match 6: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) vs. Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun to retain the titles. Ice pinned Kaun after KOB. V4 for the champs.

Match 7: IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri vs. Athena for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri beat Athena to retain the title. V2 for Syuri.

After Syuri left, a promo video was shown for the potential next challenger…Alex Windsor. For the STRONG Women’s Championship. That match apparently will happen at a Pro Wrestling EVE event on 3/8 in London, England.

Main Event: IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji vs. Andrade El Idolo for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Main Event: IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji beat Andrade El Idolo by submission to retain the title. V3 for Tsuji. Afterwards, Tsuji did the closing promo in English.

A good show overall but a couple matches mostly disappointed and the main event finish was anticlimactic-a Boston Crab of all things. Still worth the $20 for the replay.

The next US event currently is scheduled for 4/16 in Las Vegas for an El Desperado Produced event. After that it’s looking like the next one will be Chicago in August for a G1 CLIMAX-type event.

The next event is the New Japan Cup, the annual March openweight single tournament, starting on Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. All Cup events will be available live & on demand.

2/28/2026 UPDATE: You can now watch Phantasmo-Takeshita DOR FREE on YouTube.



New Japan 2/27/2026 Results (Event 1)

New Japan wrapped up CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 today as the first half of a unique same-day doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and cam 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 1499, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Shoma Kato Final Send-Off Match: Averno beat Shoma Kato. Kato is now headed to CMLL for his Young Lion training excursion.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Hijo de Stuka Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato & Stigma. Stuka pinned Yasuda after a torpedo splash.

Match 3: Tiger Mask beat Magnus.

Match 4, Ryusuke Taguchi, Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. beat OKUMURA, Satoshi Kojima & Hechicero. Atlantis Jr. pinned OKUMURA after a diving body press.

Match 5: Valiente Jr., Futuro & Mascara Dorada beat Daiki Nagai, Hatsuratsu Guerrero & Titan. Valiente Jr. pinned Nagai after Aliente Special. Guerrero was a replacement for the absent Shingo Takagi (family circumstances).

Match 6: Templario beat Ultimo Guerrero.

Main Event: CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion Mistico beat Soberano Jr. to retain the title.

The next event is THE NEW BEGINNING IN USA TONIGHT in Trenton, NJ. Live streaming as a PPV on New Japan World will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. The PPV is available for $19.99 US and includes the live event and on demand replays until 4/26. A New Japan World paid subscription IS NOT REQUIRED to buy the PPV.

DEVELOPING: Sumo-Another Violence Investigation

This is bad for sumo and really bad if true-Nikkan Sports reports there is another investigation of violence among wrestlers within a sumo stable…and if this one is true, open the floodgates because it involves…Isegahama Beya. The current stablemaster, fka Yokozuna Terunofuji, is being investigated for violent acts against one of his wrestlers-Hakunofuji, who will be ranked Maegashira 7 in the March Tournament. The report indicates there may be witnesses as fellow Isegahama wrestler Nishikifuji was also interviewed about this.

This could be an uncomfortable full-circle moment for the sumo powers-this kind of incident ultimately led to the former Yokozuna Hakuho being forced out of the Japan Sumo Association and Miyagino Beya being taken over by Isegahama-and the former Isegahama, just forced to retire last year (reaching age 65, the mandatory retirement age in sumo), currently has that elder stock for up to 5 years as a former Yokozuna although, if Enho can get promoted back to Juryo again, he will be eligible for elder stock which is hope. Nonetheless, with more details and potential punishment to be announced in the near future, what goes around may have just come around. Best-case punishment? Equal to a slap on the wrist. Worst-case? If recent history is an indication, he could be kicked out of the Association and his career & stablemaster time would be over. There was such a situation more recently with Kise Beya but that was wrestler-on-wrestler violence/bullying, however Kise was punished stiffly with the equivalent of demotion in the stablemaster hierarchy and perhaps hopes of running for an executive position soon being dashed.

Nikkan Sports also reports Hakunofuji is currently not with the rest of the stable for pre-Tournament training camp in Osaka and Terunofuji was absent from a press conference the other day with Atamifuji after the January playoff loser was promoted to Komusubi, becoming the first rikishi from Shizuoka Prefecture to reach Sanyaku since 1930. And in worst-case it could take down the most powerful & influential stable in sumo (and the biggest too).

More as it becomes available.