BREAKING: Sumo-Isrgahama/Terunofuji Punishment Issued

As expected, the Japan Sumo Association handed down punishment to stablemaster Isrgahama fka Terunofuji today and as expected, it wasn’t severe.

The punishment: 2 Rank Elder Stock Demotion to the lowest rank and a 10% pay cut for 3 months. It could have been as bad as kicked out of sumo.

There is some precedent here as a similar incident caused then-stablemaster Nakagawa to lose bis stable 6 years ago, but it seems that since it was essentially just one punch and from a seated position, Isegahama got off easy It also seemed to be seen as corrective action towards Hakunofuji and there seems to be no indications of regular violence in the stable. The stable will also be placed on the equivalent of probation.

As for Hakunofuji, he is given a severe reprimand but no formal disciplinary action.

Both appeared before the Japanese media today and apologized for the incident.

But yeah, sumo again protecting its own elders above all else plus it’s that powerful Isrgahama clout.

GLEAT 4/8/2026 Results

GLEAT ran their latest signature event, GLEAT Ver. 24, today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuju Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 218.

At the start, it was revealed that the Brass Knuckles JUN led faction will be called “TheSick”.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Junjie & Kendo Ka Shin beat Hayato Tamura, Takehiro Yanamura & Kotaro Suzuki. Junjie pinned Suzuki after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: ARASHI & So Daimonji beat Kohei Kinoshita & Chris Weiss. ARASHI pinned Kinoshita after Tormenta Dos.

Match 3: Van Vert Jack beat Tetsuya Izuchi.

Match 4: Sayaka Unagi, Ayane Sasamura, Rina Amikira & Nanami Hatano beat MICHIKO, Blankey Maho, Chanyota & Riara. Hatano pinned Riara with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 5: El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie & Yuya Aoki beat Minoru Tanaka, T-Hawk & Kapy.

Match 6: In a Captains Fall elimination match, Brass Knuckles JUN, Keiichi Sato & Rock Iwasaki beat Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Ryuichi Kawakami. Order of elimination: SAKAMOTO, Iwasaki, Sato, Kawakami. The captains were JUN & Kawakami.

Main Event: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Takanori Ito beat Lidet UWF Champion Soma Watanabe to win the title. Ito becomes the 5th Lidet UWF Champion. Next up: Seiichi Ikemoto. That match will happen on 4/19.

The next event is 4/19 at Ogimachi Museum Cube01 in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/8/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the spring house show tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 219.

Match 1: Yuki Kamifuku beat Shion Kanzaki.

Match 2: Wakana Uehara beat Kira Summer by submission.

Match 3: Sakura Hattori & Toga beat Suzume & Ren Konatsu. Hattori pinned Konatsu.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe beat Chika Nanase.

Match 5: Haru Kazashiro beat HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki, Mifu Ashida & Uta Takami in a 5-way by pinning Suzuki. As a result, Kazashiro gets an International Princess Championship match on 5/4 at Korakuen Hall.

Main Event: In a special 4-event/fall match, Yuki Arai, Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku. Part 1: In a ball match with points, Misao & Raku beat Mizuki & Kiryu 15-14. Part 2: In a 2 Count Falls match, Yamashita & Kiryu beat Nakajima & Aino. Part 3: In a baton relay match, Nakajima’s team wins. Part 4 (Final): In a match with 1 Count Falls for Arai and 2 Count Falls for Harajuku, Arai beat Harajuku. Arai’s team wins.

The next event is Saturday at Great Canadian Hastings Racecourse & Casino in Vancouver, Canada for their Canada debut with 2 events and Sayuri Namba returning as ring announcer for both. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

Stardom 4/8/2026 Results (Updated)

Stardom ran their latest occasional weeknight event in Tokyo 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 entire event FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 906.

Match 1: Bea Priestley, Momo Kohgo, Xelhua (WAVE) & Sakuran (Independent/Freelancer) beat Xena, Rian, Tabata (CMLL) & Anne Kanaya. Xelhua pinned Rian.

Match 2: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita & Itsuki Aoki beat Maika, HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama. Aoki pinned Tsukiyama after Rasa Shears.

Match 3: In a handicap match, Hina, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kolatsu beat Saki Kashima & Syuri. Hina pinned Syuri with Gedo Clutch.

Match 4: Rookie Of Stardom 2026 Tournament: Ema Maishima beat Yuria Hime.

Match 5: Rookie Of Stardom 2026 Tournament: Kikyo Furusawa beat Akira Kurogame by submission.

Match 6: Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori beat Hazuki, Fuwa-chan & Maki Itoh. Anou pinned Fuwa-chan after Tantan Doll.

Match 7: Starlight Kid, AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Fukigen. AZM pinned Ruaka after Azumi Sushi.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani, Konami, Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Hanan, Saya Iida, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Kamitani pinned Kurara after Goodbye Forever.

The next event is Saturday. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

In other news, because the promotion still can’t fully let go of Tam Nakano a year after her retirement, a special art exhibit was announced that will run from 4/13-4/29 in Tokyo. It was also announced by New Japan Pro Wrestling that, at the end of March, ownership of the promotion was fully transferred to Bushiroad Corporation, the owner of both New Japan and Stardom.

UPDATE: Ami Sohrei & Yuria Hime are now off Saturday. Unspecified injuries.

DEVELOPING: All-Japan Champions Carnival Participant Out (Updated)

All-Japan has announced pending changes to the upcoming Champions Carnival tournament as Cyrus, who was to be in the tournament, is now out. After travel arrangements were made, the airline ticket was supposedly cancelled by Cyrus and the promotion has been unable to contact him. No further details are known at this time. A replacement in the tournament will be announced tomorrow.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Yuma Aoyagi is the replacement.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/6/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran another UNIVERSE MAGIC event yesterday in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: UNIVERSE CUP Semifinals: Naomichi Marufuji beat Hayabusa.

Match 2: UNIVERSE CUP Semifinals: Sanshiro Takagi beat The Great Sasuke.

Match 3: Tokyo Joshi Pro Match: Miyu Yamashita beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Takeshi Masada & Yunehito Imanari beat Masato Tanaka, Isami Kodaka, Taro Nobashi & The Great Mummy. Inanari pinned Mummy after a lariat.

Match 5: Yuna won a 10 woman battle royal, last eliminating Chika Akatsuki.

Main Event: UNIVERSE CUP Finals: Naomichi Marufuji beat Sanshiro Takagi to win the tournament.

The next event is APEX CONQUEST 2026 in NAGOYA Sunday at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

Ganbare Pro 4/5/2026 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event Sunday in Tokyo.

Sunday’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: Ryuma Sekimo & Takuya Wada beat Sentaro Motojina & Shuichiro Katsumura.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI beat Konomi Hori & Yuki Mashiro.

Match 3: Shinichiro Tominaga beat Tyson Maeguchi.

Match 4: Mizuki Watase & SUSHI beat Akira Raijin & Leatherface.

Main Event: Banana Senga, Guts Ishijina & Ken Ovka beat Fuminori Abe, Shota Kawakami & Yumehito Imanari.

The next event is 4/29 at Korakuen Hall for the promotion’s 13th Anniversary event. It will be available on demand on 5/5.

Dragon Gate 4/6/2026 Results

Dragon Gate tan their monthly Tokyo event yesterday as part of The Gate Of Passion 2026 Tour.

Yesterday’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo 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 1088.

Match 1: Ryoya Tanaka beat Kenichiro Arai.

Match 2: Jason Lee & ISHIN beat Kazuma Kimura & Joro Shinbashi. ISHIN pinned Shinbashi.

Match 3: Toru Owashi (DDT), Takashi & Problem Dragon beat Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Punch Tomonaga. Dragon pinned Tomonaga.

Match 4: Strong Machine J, Kzy, @KEY & GuC beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BcB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). GuC pinned Hulk after Nagadora.

Match 5: Homare & El Cielo beat Kota Minoura & Yoshiki Kato by DQ. Minoura DQ’d. Weapon use.

Match 6: Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA, Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii and JACKY KAMEI & Riiita in a 4-way when Horiguchi pinned KAMEI.

Match 7: Hyo & Yuki Yoshioka beat Shun Skywalker & Ben-K. Yoshioka pinned Ben-K after High Fly Flow.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kimuta beat KAI to retain the title. V5 for Kikuta.

The next event is Friday at Hawthorne Theater in Portland, OR for a crossover event with DEFY Wrestling. Broadcast plans TBA.

Sumo-Another Post-March Retirement

An update to the March Grand Sumo Tournament wrap-up from a couple weeks ago: The widely expected happened today as Tsurugisho, who vowed to retire when he was next demoted from Juryo and thus losing his salary, did officially retire. He was at Juryo 12 in March but would be demoted to Makushita due to an 0-15 effort. This cane after he got married in January. Tsurugisho, real name Kentaro Abiko from Oitekaze Beya, finishes with a career record of 485-484-23 (win-loss-absent), 125-153-22 in the top tier, 5 championships (2 Juryo, 1 Makushita, 1 Jonidan, 1 Jonokuchi), 1 Special Prize (Fighting Spirit) and a career high rank of Maegashira 6. He qualifies for elder stock but Nikkan Sports reports he will leave sumo. A retirement presser and event will be held in June.

Injury Report: Fire(d)

In addition to event postponements, DDT also announced an injury absence today. No FIRE! for now as Sanshiro Takagi was injured at the event this weekend. Orbital bones (eye) and nose. Out indefinitely. The promotion said “a short period of time” but event changes resulting from this indicate at least 1-2 weeks. But exactly how long isn’t yet known.

More as it becomes available.