TJPW News: Full TPC Field, Final 7/18 Match

A bit of Tokyo Joshi Pro News:

When the full SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ‘26 card for 7/18 was announced the other day, they left one gap unfilled-an opponent for Mizuki. She was listed only as facing “Sweet Secret” which was TBA. Now we know that TBA and I like it a lot-the TJPW return of Willow Nightingale, currently in All Elite Wrestling. Okay, mostly because I am both a big fan of the Babe With The Power and because it raises hopes she will squash Mizuki, much to my delight. Anyway, moving on…

Also announced today was the full initial bracket for the Tokyo Princess Cup, determined by random draw. With 24 participants that means 8 Round 1 matches and 8 get free passes to Round 2. Here’s how those first 2 rounds look, with all Round 1 matches on 7/20:
1-Uta Takami vs. Miyu Yamashita. Winner faces Rika Tatsumi
2-Raku vs. Mizuki. Winner faces Hyper Misao
3-Arisu Endo vs. Sakura Hattori. Winner faces Chika Nanase
4-Wakana Uehara vs. Mifu Ashida. Winner faces HIMAWARI
That’s the left half. Here is the right half:
5-Toga vs. Momo Sato. Winner faces Mahiro Kiryu
6-Miu Watanabe vs. Ren Konatsu. Winner faces Yuki Aino
7-Suzume vs. Shion Kanzaki. Winner faces Pom Harajuku
8-Haru Kazashiro vs. Yuki Arai. Winner faces Shoko Nakajima
Round 2 will be 7/25 for the left half, 7/30 for the right half. The Quarterfinals will be on 8/8. Then they re-draw for the Semifinals on 8/16. The Finals are on 8/23. All matches until after the Quarterfinals will be 30 minute time limit. Semifinals & Finals are no time linit. The winner will presumably face the Princess Of Princess Champion for the title at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 later this year, we should know after 7/18 if that’s Yuki Arai or Miyu Yamashita. Of course if one of then wins as champion who knows what happens. As a reminder, Kira Summer & Yuki Kamifuku are not participating this year-Summer is returning home to Australia for her first wrestling tour there, Kamifuku elected not to enter after announcing her upcoming retirement. The other nonparticipants are long-term inactive (Runa Okubo [focusing on education] & Shino Suzuki [medical]).

News: Another Happy Wrestling Couple!

Whether it’s because they always work together or because Pro Wrestling, Everybody! relationships between wrestlers are now very common. We have another happy couple to share news about as yesterday word went around the socials that former Ganbare Pro & Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Yoshiko Hasegawa, who retired this past year, is now married. I don’t know the groom’s real name but he is a US independent wrestler who competes as Dan The Dad, mostly in Game Changer Wrestling (I do remember seeing him during The Collective this past April) and has made a few appearances in Japan as well. Hasegawa announced she will be relocating to the US as well. Naturally there has been overwhelming support and numerous well-wishes from both sides of the pond. I join the many well-wishers and send my best to the new couple and especially Hasegawa as she prepares to begin a new life outside of her native country.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/8/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their final Shinjuku Face event today, saying their farewell to the Tokyo venue as it prepares to shut down at the end of summer after 20 years.

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

The announced paid attendance was 470. Possibly a near-sellout as only standing room tickets were sold today.

Match 1: Hiroto Tsuruya vs. Midori Takahashi went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura, Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara. Inamura pinned Ohara after Musou.

Match 3: AMAKUSA, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 beat Tadauske, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka by DQ. Tadasuke DQ’d. ref assault.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito beat Daiki Odashima by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 5: Eita & Katsumi Inahata beat BUSHI & RYUSEI. Eita pinned RYUSEI after Numero Uno.

Match 6: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Shane Haste, Manabu Soya & Yuki iino (DDT). Kitamiya pinned Iino after Saito seiplex.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya won a 12 man battle royal, last eliminating Yuto Koyanagi.

The next event is Saturday at Shimada General Sports Center Sub-Arena in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

DDT 7/8/2026 Results

DDT ran another midweek house show today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Asakusa Rox 3G Super Multi Court in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show match: Tawaramachi Kid Jr., Super Meat Grill Machine & Akinori Anji beat Benio, Tamaki Torimomi & TAKUYA. Kid pinned Torimomi after a moonsault press.

A comedy performance by the guest comedians in attendance opened the event

Match 1: Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & MBM beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Rukiya & Masami Inahata. Sato pinned Matsunaga after Mad Splash

Match 2: Shunma Katsumata & Viento Levante beat Akito & Hinata Kasai. Levante pinned Kasai after a diving headbutt.

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama & Junta Miyawaki Naya pinned Miyawaki after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Another live comedy performance was held at this point.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. HARASHIMA pinned Illusion after Blue Sword.

Match 5: MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi beat Danshoku Dieno, DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweoght Champion Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko when Sumi pinned Hirata to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1840th Champion.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Ryota Nakatsu & Naomi Yoshimura beat Takeshi Masada, To-y & Yuki Ishida. Ueno pinned To-y after Jul.2. Afterwards, MAO tried to win the DDT Iton Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Sumi but failed.

The next event is Sunday at Shizuoka Granship Exchange Hall in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand on 7/15.

Stardom 7/8/2026 Results

Stardom ran their semi-regular midweek Tokyo event today.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo 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 1069.

Match 1: Xena Farewell Match: Waka Tsukiyama beat Xena. Xena is now leaving the promotion and is rumored to be heading to WWE.

Match 2: Hanan beat Rina Yamashita & Fukigen in a 3-way by pinning Fukigen.

Match 3: Starlight Kid, Mei Seira & Ema Maishima beat Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Rian. Seira pinned Rian.

Match 4: Hauzki & Koguma beat Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe, Utami Hayashishita & Fuwa-chan and Momo Watanabe & Konami in a 4-way when Hazuki pinned Hamabe.

Match 5: Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Anne Kanaya beat Syuri, Ami Sohrei, Hina, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Natsupoi pinned Yagami after MADE IN JAPAN. Clearly stolen from her new hubby, New Japan wrestler Shingo Takagi.

Match 6: Saya Kamitani, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba beat Suzu Suzuki, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame. Kamitani pinned Kurogame after Star Crusher.

Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Maika & HANAKO to retain the titles. Amasaki pinned HANAKO after an avalanche Tensei. V2 for the champs. Xena joined in the post-match celebration. Interestingly, both sides will face off again in the 5STAR GP as Amasaki will face HANAKO and AZM will face Maika.

The next event is Saturday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This was one of a few TBD events left with regards to broadcast plans this month, including a pair of 5STAR GP events. It’s been decided all these events will be LIVE and them on demand immediately afterwards. (7/18 will be a PPV)

Dragon Gate 7/7/2026 Results

Dragon Gate ran a Hyo 10th Anniversary & hometown event today in Aichi.

Today’s event was held at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast. (And you couldn’t have watched live anyway because DRAGONGATE NETWORK was down for scheduled maintenance. That has been concluded. Existing users will have to reset passwords on first/next login)

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 391)

Match 1: Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & KAGETORA beat Takashi, Problem Dragon & Homare. Hulk pinned Dragon after First Flash.

Match 2: Gianni Valletta beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: Strong Machine J, Flamita & @KEY beat JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. Flamita pinned Junior after a tiger driver.

Match 4: Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura beat Ryoya Tanaka & Kazuma Kimura. Yoshioka pinned Kinura after Railgun.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta & Yoshiki Kato beat Kzy & U-T. Kato pinned U-T after Pale Bullet.

Main Event: Hyo 10th Anniversary Match: Hyo, Shun Skywalker & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat KAI, ISHIN & Jason Lee. Hyo pinned ISHIN.

The next event is actually a pair of events Saturday, first a special free mini-event at Miyagi Industrial Exchange Center in Miyagi then a regular event at Bizen City Chiovita Sports Park Gym in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcasts.

New Japan 7/7/2026 Results

The end of another era in New Japan came today as Tiger Mask 4, the promotion’s longest-serving incarnation of the iconic comic book-based masked wrestler, called it a career today, retiring just 8 days before what would have been his 31st anniversary in the ring.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1490, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino beat Taisei Nakahara, Toru Yano & Togo Makabe. Umino pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Zane Jay, Francesco Akira, Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Lee pinned Matsunoto after Giant Killing.

Match 3: Jado, Boltin Oleg & Aaron Wolf beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Wolf beat Gedo with a triangle choke.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Masatora Tasuda, Master Wato, El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uenura Sho pinned Yasuda after a crossarm piledriver.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai, Taiji Ishimori, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Fujita pinned Nagai with a German suplex hold.

Match 6: Tiger Mask 4 Retirement Match 1: Tiger Mask 4 vs. Tom Billington went to a 5 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Tiger Mask 4 Retirement Match 2: Tiger Mask 4 vs. Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero) went to a 5 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Main Event (continued): Tiger Mask 4 beat Black Tiger 4 in 18 seconds.

The retirement ceremony that followed included a surprise appearance by the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama. After the traditional 10 Bell Salute signifying his retirement, he was carried off by the main roster, a legend of the Junior Heavyweight division leaving as he should-a winner. Now we can wonder if there will be what would/should be a Tiger Mask 7 to fill the void in the promotion. (TM 5 is/was Ikuhisa Minowa in independents, TM 6 is an unknown who primarily does special appearances)

The next event is the G1 CLIMAX 36 Tournament, the biggest tournament of the year, starting Saturday at Now Arena in Chicago, IL. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.

DDT 7/6/2026 Results

DDT held the latest Sanshiro Takagi Produced Super Japan Pro Wrestling event today in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show match: Daisuke Sekimoto won an at least 34 person battle royal, last eliminating Shota.

Match 1: M beat Miles Cal.

Match 2: In a match with 5 3-minute rounds, Tanomusaku Toba beat Mac Matsushita at 1:26 of Round 3 by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 3: Gym Trainer Kotoka & Matika Kobashi beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Saito. Kobashi pinned Saito.

Match 4: Hayabusa beat Ken Ohka.

Match 5: Sanshiro Takagi, Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe beat Brahmans Shu, Kei & Koji (Satoshi Kojima). Takagi pinned Kei after Stone Cold Stunner.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat CIMA.

The next Super Japan event will be on 9/28 and will feature Nagata vs. Kojima.

The next event is Wednesday at Asakusa Rox 3G Super Multi Court in Tokyo. 3 popular Japanese comedians will be in attendance. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Friday.

New Japan 7/6/2026 Results

New Japan finished the Road To G1 CLIMAX Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1483. a legit sellout.

Match 1: Sho, DOUKI, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Masatora Yasuda, El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura. DOUKI pinned Yasuda after Earth Release Technique.

Match 2: Tatsuya Matsumoto, Hirooki Goto, Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg beat Daiki Nagai, Yuto Ice (Ice Baby), Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Oleg pinned Nagai after KamikazeZ

Match 3: Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Jado & Tiger Mask and Gedo & Taiji Ishimori in a 3-way when Kanemaru pinned TM 4.

Match 4: G1 CLIMAX Qualifiers: OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Yujiro Takahashi. As a result, OSKAR is in the G1 and will be in Block B.

Match 5: G1 CLIMAX Qualifiers: Ryohei Oiwa beat El Phantasmo. As a result. Oiwa is in the G1 and will be in Block A.

Match 6: Gabriel Kidd beat IWGP Global Champion Shota Umino to win the title. Kidd becomes the 9th IWGP Global Champion. Although he threw the belt away afterwards after assaulting President Hiroshi Tanahashi, so…

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoh beat Francesco Akira to retain the title. V1 for Yoh.

The next event is the Tiger Mask 4 retirement event tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET

BREAKING: Sumo-Defending Champion Out Of July

While the first days’ matches and early injury withdrawals won’t be announced until Friday, Hochi Sports reports there already has been one major withdrawal from the July 2026 Grand Sumo Tournament today…May Emperor’s Cup winner Wakatakakage is now OUT of July. Left thigh injury. It apparently happened Wednesday at Sadogatake Beya practice. He was hospitalized immediately and is still there following surgery. That means no title repeat and he will be demoted from Sekiwake after the tournament, but how long he will be out is unclear beyond the tournament.

More as it becomes available.