Not good news for sumo again today according to Hochi Sports-the outlet reports Yokozuna Hoshoryu underwent right knee surgery at the end of July, was hospitalized for about a week and, as a result, is considered status uncertain for the upcoming September Grand Sumo Tournament which begins in just under a month. At a medical examination today at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Hoshoryu said it was an old injury reaggravated during the July tournament in his match with Hakunofuji, per doctors, and if he didn’t have surgery and tried to recover naturally, he would have been out a year according to doctors. As a Yokozuna that could have been career-ending as the Yokozuna Deliberation Council could have well forced him to retire. He is currently participating in training at his Tatsunami Beya but not doing practice bouts. It sounds like if he can’t compete in September he should be able to return at full strength in November barring a setback as he continues looking for his first Emperor’s Cup as a grand champion and with the Council starting to put some pressure on both him and Yokozuna Onosato, who both have been injury-plagued this year and also title-less as Ozeki Aonishiki has dominated despite missing one tournament and briefly being demoted due to injury, but in July his 3rd Emperor’s Cup got him the quick re-promotion from Sekiwake.
TJPW News: A New Manager?
There have been some cryptic social media posts the last few days from Tokyo Joshi Pro about a new “manager”, perhaps tied to the recent DDT match where Representative Director Tetsuya Koda lost to GM Imabayashi and was forced to “retire”. Then, earlier today, this:
Loose Twitter translation:
“Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting, Tojo!
It’s “Tojojo,” the manager of TJPW!
From now on, I’ll be posting lots about all the wrestlers and TJPW!
Looking forward to it, Tojo!”
It’s a brand new account apparently created in the last week. It’s first of 6 posts so far was Saturday. Many TJPW wrestlers are making posts wondering what’s going on and a “manager” is certainly news to TJPW all-but-in-charge Miyu Yamashita. And apparently it now has a profile on TJPW’s website. A loose translation of its (?) profile:
“One day, a mysterious figure appears out of nowhere, claiming to be the ‘manager of Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’ without being appointed by anyone. Her hometown, purpose, and even who she is are completely unknown. Even if you ask him personally, he doesn’t really understand, but today he updates his social media with a mysterious sense of mission.”
Maybe we’ll find out more soon but I have one thought given it’s also happening indirectly under the DDT umbrella…Pro Wrestling, Everybody! (And they do love their wrestling giant mascots over there)
(And yeah, this is usually the slowest time of the year in Japanese pro wrestling)
Stardom 8/18/2026 Results (Updated)
Stardom continued the 5STAR GP today with Round 1 of the playoffs and the Quarterfinals.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch THE FULL EVENT FOR FREE on YouTube. There are 2 YouTube broadcasts this time-one in Japanese and one in English.
The announced paid attendance was 1610, a legit sellout with standing room overflow.
Before the event began, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara were handling opening announcements when Kinyo Furusawa & Rian came out to interrupt and issue a New Blood Tag Team Championship challenge to the champs. That match will happen on Saturday.
5STAR GP Playoffs Round 1:
Match 1: Blue A2 vs. Blue B3: Starlight Kid beat HANAKO by submission.
Match 2: Red B2 vs. Red A3: Saya Iida beat AZM.
Match 3: Blue A3 vs. Blue B2: Ruaka beat Hanan.
Match 4: Red A2 vs. Red B3: Rina beat Rina Yamashita.
Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Starlight Kid beat Ami Sohrei.
Match 6: Maika beat Saya Iida.
Match 7: Suzu Suzuki beat Ruaka.
Main Event: Rina beat Konami.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Maika vs. Rina (Red) and Suzuki vs. Kid (Blue). Winners meet in the Finals.
The Semifinals & Finals are Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming as a PPV will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM PT. It is available for pre-order (links on Stardom’s website) for 4620 Japanese yen (around $30 US). On demand on Stardom World (non-PPV) on or after 9/9. The current card so far has the Semifinals & Finals and Natsupoi vs. Saori Anou and (although not yet added) the New Blood Tag Team Championship match. More matches TBA (I’m thinking maybe an Artist Of Stardom Championship match before the current champs head back to All Elite Wrestling).
UPDATE: It’s now official-the New Blood Tag Team Title match for Saturday has been officially announced. No further matches announced yet beyond the above.
Injury Report: Another Not GLEAT One
These GLEAT injury puns always do write themselves…jokes aside, GLEAT has announced that Minoru Tanaka is injured and on the sidelines. Fractured right arm/wrist bone. Out indefinitely. Tanaka confirmed the injury on social media along with posting a picture of his right arm wrapped from just below the elbow to his hand. Changes to upcoming events have not been announced but will meed to be soon due to bis being off the next event on Friday. It’s not yet known how long he may be out.
More as it becomes available.
DDT 8/17/2026 Results
DDT ran a post-WRESTLE PETER PAN event today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The paid attendance was not announced.
Match 1: Yuki Ishida vs. Kazuma Sumi, Masami Inahata & Hinaya Kasai in a 4-way went to a no contest. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): In a handicap match, Yuki Ishida, Kazuma Sumi, Masami Inahata & Hinata Kasai beat Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda in 6 seconds. Rukiya pinned Hinata. However, the real winner was the absent Rukiya.
In the aftermath of this…
Kazuma Suni beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1901st Champion.
Match 3: Illusion beat Super Sasadamgo Machine’s Title Belt. Illusion actually wins that belt (King Of Sasadango).
Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Taleshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato to retain the titles. Levante pinned Masada after a Naya knee lift. V1 for the champs. Next up: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. That match will happen on 9/21 at Korakuen Hall.
The next event is 8/30 at Korakuen Hall with 4 title matches scheduled. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/29 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
New Japan News: Post-G1 News/Fallout (Updated)
With the G1 CLIMAX 36 now in the books and a 2-week break underway, New Japan held the traditional post-blowout event presser today in Tokyo featuring G1 winner Ryohei Oiwa. He will get the customary IWGP Heavyweight Championship shot for winning the G1 and will take it at KING OF PRO WRESTLING in October…but in a surprise development, he’s not the next challenger for Yota Tsuji. Hirooki Goto is. That match will happen at DESTRUCTION on 9/27 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. Then whoever is champion after that defends on 10/12 vs. Oiwa. No guarantee that the 10/12 winner goes into Tokyo Dome on 1/4 as champion, they probably have to get through POWER STRUGGLE in November then the focus shifts to the World Tag League, typically held in November & December before the final week-long event stretch before 1/4.
Also announced for 9/27 were IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Drilla Moloney for the title, NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shun Skywalker for the title and Jeff Cobb vs. Callum Newman. Skywalker debuted in New Japan this past weekend after leaving Dragon Gate earlier this month while Cobb returned after being released by WWE earlier this year (and presumably sitting out a 90-day no compete clause).
Elsewhere, the result of a tag match yesterday, where Taiji Ishimori pinned Yoh, led to Ishinori making an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship challenge. That match will happen on 9/23 at Sapporo 46 in Hokkaido.
Speaking of Ishimori, he was also announced for a Sayaka Unagi Produced event on 9/2 at Tokyo Dome City Hall where he will tram with Rina Yamashita to face Unagi & Minoru Suzuki in the main event, which also may be a Unagi 40th Birthday match.
UPDATE: More news-a new Young Lion is about to join the promotion. Yushin Hatazawa will make his debut on 9/9 at Korakuen Hall against fellow Young Lion Tatsuya Matsumoto. Hatazawa, 20, is from Hakodate in Hokkaido Prefecture and entered the New Japan dojo in 2025 after passing the entrance exam in 2024. He is 6’1 and 95 kg/209 pounds and it’s suggested he may try to eventually move up to Heavyweight based on prior sumo training. He will then join the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour and will very quickly get a chance to compete in his hometown for the first time.
New Japan 8/16/2026 Results
New Japan wrapped up the G1 CLIMAX 36 Tournament today with the Finals.
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. (On demand there will not be until the exclusive TV Asahi window ends, which I believe is 3 days after the event) You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 7260.
Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & Yujiro Takahashi beat Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & YOSHI-HASHI. DOUKI beat Yasuda with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 2: Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Zane Jay & Francesco Akira. Makabe pinned Jay after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Master Wato & Boltin Oleg by ref stoppage (technical submission). Fujita beat Matsumoto with a front neck lock.
Match 4: Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Newman pinned Nagai. Afterwards, another surprise return/appearance…Jeff Cobb is back! (He left the promotion last year for WWE, but was released earlier this year) And…apparently he’s turned on United Empire! Sounds like he’s defected to Unbound Co.
Match 5: Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney beat Wheeler Yuta (All Elite Wrestling) & Gabriel Kidd. Takagi pinned Yuta after Last Of The Dragon.
Match 6: Shun Skywalker, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Konosuke Takeshita. Skywalker pinned Kojima after a moonsault kneedrop. This was Skywalker’s first official New Japan match since joining the promotion and debuting yesterday after leaving Dragon Gate earlier this month.
Match 7: Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji beat Yoh & Hirooki Goto. Ishimori pinned Yoh after Bloody Cross.
Main Event: G1 CLIMAX 36 Finals: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuya Uemura to win the tournament. It’s the first G1 victory for Oiwa. They went over 35 minutes. After retiring yesterday, Hiroyoshi Tenzan was a special guest on commentary for the match. As a result, Oiwa gets a IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at…forget tradition, once again he is not waiting until Tokyo Dome. As has been the case the last couple years, he will take the shot in October and try to go into 1/4 as champion. Confirmation should come tomorrow or Tuesday but if true, that means 10/12 at KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2026. And finally, remember the pre-tournament poll where fans voted on who they would win? They were wrong! The majority picked Uemura to win. Close but not quite.
The next event is 8/30 at Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The next broadcast will probably be 9/6 for the next Yuji Nagata Produced event in Chiba.
Ganabre Pro 8/15/2026 Results
Ganbare Pro ran their latest major event today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 576)
Match 1: Shinichiro Tominaga, Shota Kawakami & Guta Ishijima beat Keisuke Ishii, Sentaro Motojima & SUSHI. Kawakami pinned Motojima after Fox jump Over.
Match 2: Rydeen Hagane beat Moeka Haruhi.
Match 3: Yumehito Imanari beat Hyo Ogawa.
Match 4: Ken Ohka, Akira Shoji & Masashi Takeda beat Isami Kodaka, Chris Brookes & Fuminori Abe. Ohka pinned Kodaka after Flame Spear.
Match 5: Shuchiro Katsumura & Yuya Susumu beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi to win the titles. Katsumura & Susumu become the 7th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champions. Katsumura beat Wada with a modified ninja choke.
Match 6: Takumi Iroha beat YuuRI.
Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Mizuki Watase beat Shigehiro Irie to retain the title. V5 for Watase.
The next event is 9/5 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. On demand TBA.
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 8/16/2026 LIVE Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the Semifinals. The Final 4 get narrowed down to the Finals today and the odds are high of two things: A first-time winner and huge upset as the eventual winner will face Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7. Said Semifinals are Suzume vs. HIMAWARI & Rika Tatsumi vs. Toga. I know what the odds suggest and what I expect the Finals to be, which means…it’s probably not going to be that particular match. Who knows.
There have been many changes to the original card due to Mahiro Kiryu being pulled off the event. Back. Out indefinitely. It notably denied us a 3-way Full Of Yuki as instead of Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino facing each other, they’re now teaming as a Full Of Yuki 6-woman tag..
Today’s event will be held at 176BOX in Osaka and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned today and the TPC Semifinals are no time limit so this will probably go a little longer than a regular TJPW event with a running time close to 2 1/2 hours. (Actually didn’t even go 2 hours)
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Chika Nanase vs. Momo Sato
Mizuki vs. Shion Kanzaki
Miyu Yamashita vs. Pom Harajuku
Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara, Haru Kazashiro & Ren Konatsu vs. Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino vs. Hyper Misao, Arisu Endo & Sakura Hattori
Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals:
Suzume vs. HIMAWARI
Rika Tatsumi vs. Toga
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.
7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes. If what the UNIVERSE page says is correct, Suzume-HIMAWARI will be the main event.
7:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from 176BOX in Osaka, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a very small venue and will probably be set up for around 300, the crowd is still filing in but it sounds like it’ll be around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 384, a super full house/very near sellout)
The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.
The matches begin at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM ET.
Match 1: Chika Nanase vs. Momo Sato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Chika Nanase beat Momo Sato by submission
(Side note: The high-up hard camera is making the audio for entrance themes sound really bad today)
Match 2: Mizuki vs. Shion Kanzaki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Shion Kanzaki by submission
Match 3: Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara, Haru Kazashiro & Ren Konatsu vs. Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino SUzuki & Uta Takami beat Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara, Haru Kazashiro & Ren Konatsu. Raku pinned Konatsu after Doctor Yellow.
Match 4: Miyu Yamashita vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Pom Harajuku. Comedy match with Pom disappearing before it began and re-emerging as a…Pombie?!? And even getting Shion Kanzaki briefly involved in her place.
Match 5: Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino vs. Hyper Misao, Arisu Endo & Sakura Hattori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino beat Hyper Misao, Arisu Endo & Sakura Hattori. Kamifuku pinned Hattori after Fameasser.
Match 6: Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals: Rika Tatsumi vs. Toga. No time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Toga. As a result, Tatsumi advances to the Finals.
Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals: Suzume vs. HIMAWARI. No time limit
Result: Suzume beat HIMAWARI
As a result, the Finals will be Tatsumi vs. Suzume.
The Finals are 8/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/22 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
Stardom 8/16/2026 LIVE Results (Updated)
Stardom continues the 5STAR GP today with the final day of the preliminary round. The remaining 2 matches in each of the 4 blocks will be held then we know who will advance to the playoffs-the winner of each block goes to the Quarterfinals, the rest go to Round 1 where 2nd place in each block faces 3rd place from the other block. We start with Red A, which has AZM vs. Rina and Maika vs. Akira Kurogame. AZM & Maika will both advance, but if AZM wins and Maika loses or draws, AZM wins the block. If both win, Maika wins the block because she beat AZM. But if Rina beats AZM and Maika loses, Rina will advance and knock Itsuki Aoki out AND there will be a tiebreaker between Rina & Maika for the block winner. Aoki advances only if AZM beats Rina. Now Red B, has Mei Seira vs. Utami Hayashishita and Maki Itoh vs. Konami. It’s a bit simpler here-the Itoh-Konami winner, if there is one, wins the block. If it’s a draw or no contest, Saya Iida wins the block. For Seira to advance, she must beat Hayashishita AND Itoh-Konami MUST BE A NO CONTEST OR DOUBLE DQ (something that means no points for both). Rina Yamashita can advance if Serira loses or draws AND Itoh-Konami is a no points scenario (Yamashita beat Konami but Itoh was a draw). If there somehow is a 5-way tie, Iida and Seira will advance while Konami would get 3rd on the second tiebreaker, which is wins. Now on to Blue A: Today it’s HANAKO vs. Ruaka and Suzu Suzuki vs. Julia Hart. Suzuki has advanced. If she beats Hart or it’s a draw, Suzuki wins the block. HANAKO advances with a win OR draw AND Hart loss. Hart must win AND Ruaka must beat HANAKO to advance. Ruaka must beat HANAKO AND Hart must lose or draw to advance. If Ruaka & Hart tie, tiebreaker goes to Ruaka. If both Ruaka and Hart win, HANAKO is OUT. Finally, Blue B: The last matches are Hanan vs. Saya Kamitani and Ami Sohrei vs. Starlight Kid. Kid has advanced. The Kid-Sohrei winner, if there is one, wins the block. Kamitani advances if she beats Hanan but can’t win the block because Sohrei has the tiebreaker. Hanan must win AND Kid must beat Sohrei to advance. Momo Watanabe has the absolute slimmest of chances to advance but still can IF Kid beats Sohrei AND Hanan-Kamitani is a no points scenario AND she beats Kamitani in a subsequent rematch because their tiebreakers are even (draw and same number of wins). That would mean Sohrei is OUT. Strap in for absolute chaos as every match is critical.
Today’s event will be held at Act City Hamamatsu Event Hall Block 2 in Shizuoka and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. There are 8 matches scheduled and may be more if tiebreaker matches are needed so plan on this event going at least 2 1/2 hours even though matches are 15 minute time limits plus an intermission.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA, all matches are 5STAR GP matchers):
Red A:
AZM vs. Rina
Maika vs. Akira Kurogame
Red B:
Mei Seira vs. Utami Hayashishita
Maki Itoh vs. Konami
Blue A:
HANAKO vs. Ruaka
Suzu Suzuki vs. Julia Hart
Blue B:
Hanan vs. Saya Kamitani
Ami Sohrei vs. Starlight Kid
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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.
Pre-show Update: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Act City Hamamatsu Event Hall Block 2 in Shizuoka, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance may or may not be announced after the event. The venue has many different setups and can be between 300 & 3000. From what I can see and hear initially it sound like it’s going to be around 750. (UPDATE: The paid attendance was not announced)
The matches will begin momentarily. YouTube will have Hanan-Kamitani and Maika-Kurogame..AZM-Rina will be the main event.
The matches begin at 9:03 PM PT/12:03 AM ET. All matches are 5STAR GP matches, 15 minute time limit
Match 1: Blue B: Hanan vs. Saya Kamitani. Both must win to have a chance to advance. Hanan needs help from Ami Sohrei too
Result: Hanan beat Saya Kamitani
Hanan is 4-2-1, 9 pts. Kamitani is 3-2-2., 8 pts. As a result, Hanan advances and Kamitani is OUT. Momo Watanabe is now IN if Sohrei loses.
Match 2: Red A: Maika vs. Akira Kurogame. Maika wins the block if she wins. Kurogame is already eliminated
Result: Maika beat Akira Kurogame
Maika is 5-1-1, 11 pts. Kurogame is 0-6-1, 1 pt. As a result, Maika wins the block and will advance to the Quarterfinals.
The YouTube broadcast ends here.
Match 3: Blue A: Suzu Suzuki vs. Julia Hart. Suzuki wins the block if she wins. Hart must win to advance
Result: Suzu Suzuki beat Julia Hart
Suzuki is 6-0-1, 13 pts. Hart is 4-3, 8 pts. As a result, Suzuki wins the block and will advance to the Quarterfinals. Hart needs HANAKO to win to advance. Her fate is about to be decided…
Match 4: Blue A: HANAKO vs. Ruaka. The winner, if there is one, advances
Result: Time Limit Draw
HANAKO is 4-2-1, 9 pts. Ruaka is 3-2-2, 8 pts. As a result, both advance. HANAKO finishes 2nd and Ruaka finishes 3rd because she beat Hart and thus wins the tiebreaker so Hart is OUT.
Match 5: Red B: Mei Seira vs. Utami Hayashishita. Seira must win to have a very slim chance of advancing. Hayashishita is already eliminated
Result: Utami Hayashishita beat Mei Seira
Both are 3-3-1, 7 pts. As a result, Seira is OUT and Rina Yamashita is IN. Seira’s super-longshot bid comes up one win short.
Intermission.
While it’s break time, a recap and what’s still at stake…
Red A: Maika wins the block. AZM advances. AZM-Rina is the main event. If AZM wins, she finishes 2nd and Itsuki Aoki finishes 3rd. If Rina wins, Rina finishes 2nd, AZM finishes 3rd and Aoki is OUT. If it’s a draw, AZM finishes 2nd and Rina finishes 3rd and wins the tiebreaker because she beat Aoki.
Red B: Saya Iida advances. Rina Yamashita advances. The Maki Itoh-Konami winner, if there is one, wins the block and Yamashita will finish 3rd. If it’s a draw, there will be a 4-way tie and it will wind up as follows: Iida will win the block due to having all tiebreakers, Yamashita would finish 2nd because she beat Konami and has fewer wins than Iida (Iida-Yamashita was a draw) and Konami would finish 3rd on wins, meaning Itoh would be OUT.
Blue A: Suzuki wins the block. HANAKO finishes 2nd due to having more wins than Ruaka. Ruaka finishes 3rd.
Blue B: Starlight Kid advances regardless of today’s results. Hanan advances. Sohrei must win or draw against Kid to advance. If Kid-Sohrei has a winner, said winner will win the block. A draw mans Kid wins the block, Sohrei is 2nd and Hanan is 3rd. If Sohrei loses, it’s complicated because she beat Kamitani but lost to Momo Watanabe. Because Watanabe-Kamitani was a draw and they are even on wins, a Sohrei loss likely means a 3-way tiebreaker match.
The matches resume at 10:32 PM PT/1:32 AM ET (about a 20 minute break).
Match 6: Blue B: Ami Sohrei vs. Starlight Kid. Winner wins the block if there is one. Sohrei must win or draw to advance
Result: Ami Sohrei beat Starlight Kid
Sohrei is 5-2, 10 pts. Kid is 4-2-1, 9 pts. As a result, Sohrei wins the block and advances to the Quarterfinals. Because of tiebreakers, Hanan will finish 2nd and Kid will finish 3rd (Hanan beat Kid). Hanan will face Ruaka in Round 1, Kid will face HANAKO. Everyone with microphone afterwards, first Hanan then Sohrei and lastly Kid.
Match 7: Red B: Maki Itoh vs. Konami. The winner wins the block and advances if there is one and Rina Yamashita also advances (Itoh must win to advance). If it’s a draw or no point outcome, Yamashita and Konami advance and Saya Iida wins the block
Result: Konami beat Maki Itoh by ref stoppage (technical submission)
Konami is 5-2, 10 pts. Itoh is 4-3, 8 pts. As a result, Konami wins the block and advances to the Quarterfinals, Saya Iida finishes 2nd on tiebreakers, Rina Yamashita finishes 3rd and advances and Itoh is OUT.
Main Event: Red A: AZM vs. Rina. Rina must win to advance
Result: Rina beat AZM
Both are 4-2-1, 9 pts. But with this result, Rina finishes 2nd and advances and AZM finishes 3rd. Itsuki Aoki is OUT. This will be fun-Rina faces Rina Yamashita and that means Konami will face a Rina in the Quarterfinals.
The playoffs will be as follows:
Round 1:
Red B2 vs. A3: Saya Iida vs.AZM
Red A2 vs. B3: Rina vs. Rina Yamashita
Blue B2 vs. A3: Hanan vs. Ruaka
Blue A2 vs. B3: HANAKO vs. Starlight Kid
Quarterfinals:
Red 1: Maika vs. Saya Iida/AZM winner
Red 2: Konami vs. Rina/Rina Yamashita winner
Blue 1: Suzu Suzuki vs. Hanan/Ruaka winner
Blue 2: Ami Sohrei vs. HANAKO/Starlight Kid winner
On a quick, final side note, I really liked how, right before each match began, they showed both wrestlers in their respective corners using split-screen. We need a lot more of that. Excellent production work.
Round 1 AND the Quarterfinals are Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
USA Update from tonight: Future Of Stardom Champion Ranna Yagami beat Remy Reade to retain the title. V9 for Yagami. She is now headed back to Japan but says she will “definitely” return to the US someday.
UPDATE: EMERGENCY DECISiON!!! You will also be able to watch Tuesday’s event IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR FREE on YouTube.