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The New Japan G1 CLIMAX 36 Finals between Yuya Uemura & Ryohei Oiwa was the making of two Young Lions into the future of the promotion as they went well over 35 minutes in their efforts to win the tournament. Now thanks to New Japan you can watch the entire match FOR FREE on YouTube or below:
(Video courtesy of New Japan Pro Wrestling official Japanese YouTube channel)
Although it’s technically still summer, Tokyo Joshi Pro kicks off the fall 2026 house show tour today with an event in Yokohama. With just under a month to WRESTLE PRINCESS 7, today will set up one of the at least 3 title matches (since there will be, at least right now, no International Princess Championship match due to current champion Suzume challenging Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Championship, they instead have added Shoko Nakajima defending the SETUP All-Asia Championship that she just won in Thailand, challenger TBA) as the next challenger for Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi will be determined in a 3-way between Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro and HIMAWARI & Toga. On paper Yamashita & Hattori fka Kaya Toribami would seem like the favorites although of course we’re waiting on that breakthrough for a Toga Party, plus Aino & Kazashiro have made a good team, but we’ll see what happens.
There have been late changes to the card due to Mahiro Kiryu being pulled off the event. Back (again), after missing a week last month due to injury she perhaps was rushed back too soon from it. Now out about 3 weeks and expected back on 9/22 for a hometown event in Gunma. She was to have faced Shion Kanzaki. Pom Harajuku was pulled from a tag match and will now face Kanzaki, with a tag match Harajuku was in now becoming a 3-way.
Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (As an FYI, if you are using the WRESTLE UNIVERSE app on iPhone or iPad, go and update to the latest version 3.8.6 if you haven’t already as the prior 3.8.4 version is having issues with crashes, this per the service) There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned today and based on the lineup and time limits it probably will be a “standard” house show with a running time of about 2 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Hyper Misao vs. Chika Nanase & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way
Pom Harajuku vs. Shion Kanzaki
Shoko Nakajima & Momo Sato vs. Mizuki & Uta Takami
Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Kira Summer & MARZ*
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Raku
Yuki Arai, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki
Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori vs. Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro and HIMAWARI & Toga in a 3-way for a Princess Tag Team Championship shot at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7
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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The broadcast is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.
*-MARZ, for those who don’t know her (myself included), is a wrestler also from Australia like Summer, and will be making her TJPW debut today.
Pre-show Update: If what WRESTLE UNIVERSE says is correct, the 6-woman tag will be the main event. Swap matches 1 & 2, 4 & 5 and 6 & 7 but match 3 stays there. We’ll get confirmation when the event begins.
8:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 5-10 minutes.
8:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Seems like plenty of same-day tickets available although it looks full on stream, mainly because we can only see the front 2 rows. Doesn’t sound full but I’m thinking the setup will be for around 350 (full capacity is just under 400) and I’ll predict the actual crowd will be around 250.
The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. During the opening announcements Raku & Shino Suzuki are brought out for upcoming event announcements, possibly involving Shion Kanzaki too. Updates to follow when I can get translation from TJPW’s website.
And I’ve already found it…on 10/12 there will be a one-day collaboration event with the Choshi Electric Railway featuring in-car announcements by Raku & Suzuki and a special one-day train pass with a photo of Shion Kanzaki.
The matches begin at 9:12 PM PT/12:12 AM ET. The theme music was perfectly timed to end with the match card announcement for once! Also, no time limit for the 3-way tag match.
Match 1: Pom Harajuku vs. Shion Kanzaki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harjauku beat Shion Kanzaki
Match 2: Hyper Misao vs. Chika Nanase & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Chika Nanase & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way by pinning Konatsu.
Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Momo Sato vs. Mizuki & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Shoko Nakajima & Momo Sato. Mizuki beat Sato with a crossface.
Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Raku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Raku. Comedy match.
Match 5: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Kira Summer & MARZ. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Kira Summer & MARZ. Tatsumi pinned MARZ after Daydream.
Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori vs. Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro and HIMAWARI & Toga in a 3-way for a Princess Tag Team Championship shot at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7. No time limit
Result: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori and HIMAWARI & Toga in a 3-way when Kazashiro pinned HIMAWARI. As a result, Aino & Kazashiro will face Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi for the titles at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 on 10/3 at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. As soon as it ended, Watanabe & Tatsumi came back out for the first promo.
Main Event: Yuki Arai, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki beat Yuki Arai, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida. Suzume pinned Ashida after Ring A Bell.
The next event is 9/12 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 9/11 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. (There will be no live results due to a prior commitment at that time)
GLEAT continued their Underground Pro Wrestling series today with the 3rd event of 5.
Today’s event was held at Basement MonStar in Tokyo and will be available on demand on YouTube at a later date (probably Tuesday or Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 91, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: Takanoti Ito, Junjie & Vent Vert Jack beat T-Hawk, Kotaro Suzuki & Jo Yamamoto. Ito pinned Yamamoto after a middle kick.
Match 2: KAZMA SAKAMOTO & So Daimonji beat Takehiro Yamamura & Kapyz SAKAMOTO pinned Kapy after Razor’s Edge.
Match 3: Rock Iwasaki, Kohei Kinoshita & TBA, revealed at match time to be Chris Vice (apparently I’ve been errantly calling him Chris Weiss based on translations) beat MICHIKO, Hayato Tamura & Minoru Tanaka. Vice pinned MICHIKO after a package piledriver.
Match 4: Tetsuya Izuchi beat Kaito Ishida & El Lindaman in a 3-way by pinning Ishida.
Match 5: In a G-RUSH Match, G-RUSH Champion Soma Watanabe beat G Sharpe to retain the title. V3 for Watanabe.
Main Event: G INFINITY Champions Ryuichi Kawakami & Quiet Storm beat Shigehiro Itie & Yuya Aoki to retain the titles. Kawakami pinned Irie after Strawberry Elephant. V1 for the champs.
The next event is 9/11. There will be no live broadcast. On demand TBA.
Dragon Gate wrapped up the Rey De Parejas 2026 Tournament today in Tokyo.
Today’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 paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: El Cielo & Luis Mante beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. Mante pinned Yokosuka after Super Tigre.
Match 2: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura beat ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Minoura pinned ISHIN.
Match 3: Don Fujii, Toru Owashi & Punch Tomonaga beat Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki & Jiro Shinbashi. Shinbashi got scared of a Fujii piledriver and quit.
Match 4: Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Keni’chiro Arai beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI & Jason Lee. Horiguchi pinned KAI with Backslide From Heaven.
Match 5: YAMATO vs. Hidetaka Monma went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 6: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita, Mochizuki Junior & Gianni Valletta beat Kzy, Strong Machine J, U-T, GuC & Flamita. Valletta pinned U-T after a King Kong kneedrop. At least today Valletta was part of Love&Peace. I hope this is not a regular thing. He has to be a monster heel like he has been.
Match 7: Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Ryoya Tanaka, Homare & Kazuma Kimura. Kid pinned Tanaka after Ultra Huracanrana.
Main Event: Rey De Parejas Finals: El Cielo & Luis Mante beat Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura to win the tournament. Cielo pinned Yoshioka after a spinning tombstone piledriver. As a result, Cielo & Mante will likely get an Open The Twin Gate Championship shot in the future.
The next event is Saturday at Hills Sunpia Yamagata in Yamagata to start the Storm Gate 2026 Tour (the September tour). There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Only 3 more broadcasts are scheduled this month out of roughly 12 events.
UPDATE: One title match has been announced coning out of today…just not the expected one. Open The Owarai Gate Champion Sakura Hirota vs. Jiro Shinbashi for the title has been announced for 10/2. Comedy title match.
Literally. Despite a lower back injury that caused her to miss time last month, Tokyo Joshi Pro allowed Mahiro Kiryu to return at the Tokyo Princess Cup Finals. Oops…that apparently was not good because it’s put her on the bench again. Same issue. Now out about 3 weeks and scheduled to return on 9/23 in Gunma. This will affect Saturday’s event-she was to have faced Shion Kanzaki. Pom Harajuku is the replacement-that means what was a match of Harajuku & Chika Nanase vs. Hyper Misao & Ren Konatsu is now a 3-way. Despite being out of action, Kiryu will still participate in the Hyper Misao Produced event on 9/15, which is mainly a stage/theater performance with Misao being in one match to end the show Kiryu will also miss the 9/12 and 9/22 events.
More as it becomes available.
Pro Wrestling NOAH has provided an injury update on Midori Takahashi, who missed last weekend due to a dislocated shoulder-after further examination, it was decided he will have surgery. Out indefinitely but based on N-1 VICTORY Tournament card changes it’s probably at least a month (he was not in the tournament). It’s not known exactly how long he will be out.
More as it becomes available.
DEVELOPING: DDT will be holding a press conference soon with and regarding Yuki Iino. No word on what it’s about but my first thought is possibly relating to perhaps joining the “temporary” exodus of notable talent (Tetsuya Endo & Junta Miyawaki) between DDT and Pro Wrestling NOAH as Iino is now almost full-time in NOAH now.
The presser is scheduled for 6 PM PT/9 PM ET and can be watched LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube:
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: My intuition was right. Iino is leaving DDT to officially join NOAH. His DDT contract and time will end with ULTIMATE PARTY 2026 on 11/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, then he will transfer to NOAH. This was Iino’s decision and DDT is/will be supportive of the move.
DDT held a special free event alongside boat races today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Boat Race Tamagawa in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
This was a free event for boat race attendees so there would have been no paid attendance (except for the races).
Match 1: Yukio Naya, Viento Levante & Takao Soma beat Junta Miyawaki, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida. Naya pinned Matsunaga after The World’s Largest Backdrop.
Match 2: Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in 6 seconds. Masada pinned Hirata after a big boot. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. Masada pinned Hirata.
Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai. Okayani pinned Kasai after a skewered Claymore.
Match 4: MAO & KANON beat Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuma Sumi. MAO pinned Sumi.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama & Masami Inahata. To-y pinned Inahata. Afterwards, the main event participants stuck around to watch the remaining races with fans and see if their bets won. It sounded like, for the most part, they did not. Always next time!
The next event is Sunday at Yume Messe Miyagi in Miyagi. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 9/9.
Stardom has announced an injury update coming out of the 5STAR GP and going into September, which may have title implications-Sayaka Kurara will be out of action for now. Unspecified beyond treatment (social media comments I translated hint at possibly neck issues). Out indefinitely but at least 2 weeks because she is now off the 9/6 and 9/12 events (the latter is a PPV). The 9/6 card was already announced without her on it so no changes at this time. It’s not yet known how long Kurara will be out, which could affect the New Blood Tag Team Championship she currently holds with Aya Sakura.
More as it becomes available.
(Clarification on the titles-to be eligible, one of the two champions must be eligible to compete for the Future Of Stardom Championship, meaning less than 3 years experience. Sakura is not eligible anymore but Kurara is…but only until 12/25/2026 as she then will have 3 years experience)
UPDATE: Kurara confirmed the absence on social media, stating she needs to rest and beal up but didn’t say exactly what the injury was.
Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced an apparent injury coming out of this weekend’s events-Eita is now sidelined after the last event due to being injured. Unspecified. Out the entire N-1 VICTORY Tournament even though he would not have participated in it, meaning at least a month. No further details were provided.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: The promotion updated the article to provide more clarity with regards to how long he will be out…at least until after the 10/4 event (N-1 Finals) so the earliest he will return is 10/11.