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BREAKING: Obituary-Joe Doering Dies

Some sad news just coming out to pass along-Joe Doering, who competed in All-Japan in the 2010s and was a 2-time Triple Crown Champion, has died after a valiant battle with brain cancer. He was only 44. The announcement came from Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling and its owner, former TNA Wrestling President Scott D’Amore. Doering had reportedly just entered hospice care earlier this week.

A giant by Japanese wrestling standards at 6’8”, 275 lbs, Doering became the 50th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion in 2014, making 3 successful defenses in his first reign that lasted just over 5 months. He would win the Triple Crown back in October 2017 and become the 59th Champion, again making 3 successful defenses in a reign that lasted 5 months. He was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2016 and made his final in-ring appearance in 2022 for TNA.

He definitely was one of the most successful big man foreigners in Japan this century and was loved by the Japanese fans as well. I join the wrestling world in sending deepest condolences on the loss of another brother, taken from us way too soon.

RIP and GOD BLESS, Joe.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 6/27/2026 LIVE Results (Tentative)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the spring house show tour today in Tokyo, even though it’s technically summer. That’s the plan, but the Tentative is there because plans are subject to change last-minute due to weather. Japan is being impacted by typhoons (hurricanes to us Americans) and conditions are being monitored. As of this post the event is on unless one of the following happens: The JR Ryogoku train station is closed, authorities issue advisories not to travel, or the venue closes. So it’s wait and see.

Today’s event, if it goes on as planned, will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches planned so the event would be a standard house show with a running time of around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Arisu Endo & Shion Kanzaki vs. Toga & Uta Takami
Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. HIMAWARI & Kira Summer
Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Mifu Ashida & Mahiro Kiryu
Yuki Kamifuku & Sakura Hattori vs. Chika Nanase & YuuRI
Mizuki vs. Ren Konatsu
Yuki Arai, Suzume, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao

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Updates below, if the event goes on as planned, will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. Updates to come on the status of today’s event as it gets closer.

Stardom 6/26/2026 Results

Stardom began their weekend house show slate today in Gifu.

Today’s event was held at Tajimi City Industrial Culture Center in Gifu and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch THE FULL EVENT FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 327.

Match 1: Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori beat AZM & Ema Maishima. Natsupoi pinned Maishima after Fairy Real Gift.

Match 2: HANAKO beat Lady C & Miyu Amasaki in a 3-way by pinning Amasaki.

Match 3: Saya Kamitani & Ruaka beat Hazuki & Koguma and Maki Itoh & Kikyo Furusawa in a 3-way when Kamitani pinned Furusawa.

Match 4: Syuri, Ami Sohrei & Ranna Yagami beat Hanan, Matoi Hamabe & Mei Seira. Syuri pinned Hamabe.

Match 5: Momo Watanabe, Konami & Bea Priestley beat Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Anne Kanaya. Watanabe beat Kanaya with a chicken wing.

Main Event: Suzu Suzuki, Akira Kurogame & Xena beat Saya Iida, Rian & Utami Hayashishita. Suxuki pinned Rian after Tequila Shot.

The next event is tomorrow at Echizen City Imadate Art Museum in Fukui. There will be no live broadcast.

FREE VIDEO: The Longest Wrestling Match Ever?

This has nothing to do with Japanese wrestling but I just read about this and it’s too crazy not to share…a Canada-based independent promotion called Mystery Wrestling (founded by All Elite Wrestling wrestler Evil Uno) claims to have set a new Guinness World Record earlier this week with a nearly 22 HOUR NONSTOP Royal Rumble-style match. And the while thing is available FOR FREE on YouTube (they livestreamed it but fortunately the full archived replay is now available).

Bookmark/save the below video and enjoy. It also raised nearly $35,000 Canadian for cancer research charities so it was for a good cause (and one near & dear to them as it was partly in memory of a wrestler who died of cancer at 23).

(The previous record? 21:49:12, which they claim to have set in last year’s version!)

Stardom News: Late Addition To Weekend PPV (SPOILERS!)

It turns out All Elite Wrestling is once again doing a TAPED AEW Collision this Saturday, which was taped last night. And apparently it resulted in another Stardom wrestler being added to Sunday’s Forbidden Door PPV-if you want to know who and don’t mind SPOILERS, click below. Otherwise, wait for Saturday night to find out…

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Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/25/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s Legacy Rise 2026 Tour event today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1202.

Match 1: Yoshiki Inamura, Stallion Rogers & AMAKUSA beat Kenoh, Kid Lykos 1 & 2. AMAKUSA pinned 1.

Match 2: Daiki Odashima, Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi beat Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka by DQ. Tadasuke DQ’d. Ladder use.

Match 3: HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata beat Eita & Super Crazy. HAYATA pinned Crazy after 403 Impact.

Match 4: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Kai Fujimura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Dragon Bane. OZAWA pinned Alejandro after a swan dive moonsault.

Match 5: GHC National Champion Naomichi Marufuji beat Shuji Kondo to retain the title. V2 for Marufuji. Next up: Kenoh. That match will happen on 7/18 at Intex Hall Osaka in Osaka.

Match 6: Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI to win the titles. Soya & Iino become the 77th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Soya pinned BUSHI after Passion IS. Next up: Kitamiya & Sugiura. That match will happen on 7/18.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste beat Tetsuya Endo to retain the title. V2 for Haste. Next up: The gauntlet that is Team 2000X, starting with OZAWA. That match will happen on 7/18.

The next event is 7/5. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/4 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

In other news/fallout, there has been a change to the 7/18 N-1 VICTORY Participant Ladder Match that was to feature Tadasuke, Alpha Wolf, Jun Masaoka & Daiki Odashima-AMAKUSA has been added to make it a 5-way. So now the Team 2000X deck is less stacked against Odashima.

In schedule news, they announced that 7/8 will be their final event at Shinjuku Face before the venue closes later this summer. In addition to 3 matches announced they will finish it with a Royal Rumble match called FINAL RUMBLE in Shinjuku Face. Participants will be announced on event day.

All-Japan 6/24/2026 Results (Updated x2)

All-Japan wrapped up their June schedule today with an event in Tokyo before their early summer break.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 340, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki beat Seigo Tachibana by submission.

Match 2: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Senor Saito beat Hokuto Omori & Dan Tamura. Doi pinned Tamura with V9 Clutch.

Match 3: Rising Hayato & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi & MUSASHI. Yoshioka pinned MUSASHI after Crash Driver.

Match 4: Rei Saito beat Shotaro Ashino & Hyo Ogawa in a 3-way by pinning Ogawa.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Jun Saito & Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Kumaarashi. Ayabe pinned Miyahara after Iron Maiden. (On a side note, it was revealed on social media yesterday that Talos has left the promotion for now, it was time for him to return to the US for the time being. Hopefully he’ll be back later this year-this is like how Odyssey also has to return home to the US every so often due to non-visa stay restrictions in Japan. I think there is a 90-day time limit each time)

Main Event: Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji beat Yuma Aoyagi & Yasutaka Yano. Kofuji pinned Yano after Styles Clash. As a result, Anzai & Kofuji will be the next challengers for the All-Asia Tag Team Championship. That match will happen on 7/19 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 7/11 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Broadcast plans TBA. (The July streaming schedule has not been announced)

UPDATE: After the main event, Ayabe issued a Triple Crown challenge to Miyahara. More to come, possibly tomorrow. Also anticipate a Doi challenge for the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship too. (UPDATE: Looks like the latter may happen on 7/25 in Kobe)

UPDATE 2: It’s now official. Also announced is an All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Championship match for 7/26, which will be Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana defending the titles against Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Yasutaka Yano.

New Japan 6/23/2026 Results

New Japan continued 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. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1195.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda, El Desperado & Yuya Uemura beat Taisei Nakahara, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe. Yasuda pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsunoto, Ryusuje Taguchi, Yoh & Hirooki Goto. Khan pinned Matsumoto.

Match 3: Satoshi Kojima & Shota Umino beat Hartlay Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Umino pinned Jackson after Second Chapter.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, Shingo Takagi, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yota Tsuji by ref stoppage (technical submission). DOUKI beat Nagai.

Match 5: Francesco Akira beat Sho, Kosei Fujita & Master Wato in a 4-way by pinning Wato. As a result, Akira will face IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoh for the title on 7/6.

G1 CLIMAX Qualifiers:
Match 6: Aaron Wolf beat YOSHI-HASHI. As a result, Wolf is in the tournament and will be in Block B.
Main Event: Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Taichi. As a result, Ice is in the tournament and will be in Block A.
Upcoming matches will determine the last 2 participants. (Those matches will happen on 7/6)

The next event is the annual Forbidden Door crossover event with All Elite Wrestling, this year also featuring CMLL & Stardom, Sunday at SAP Center in San Jose, CA. Live streaming as a PPV will begin at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET. It will be available on New Japan World IN JAPAN ONLY and on participating cable/satellite providers & HBO Max in the US. Those who subscribe to HBO Max can pre-order there and possibly get a $10 discount.

As for Japan, the next event is 7/2 at Tokorozawa City Gym in Saitama. Broadcast plans TBA (the July streaming schedule has not yet been announced but I’m thinking no broadcasts until 7/6).

GLEAT 6/20/2026 Results (Updated)

GLEAT ran a house show this past Saturday in Tokyo, which was dubbed SONIC WRESTLING instead of the usual G PROWRESTLING.

Saturday’s event was held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 201.

Match 1: Minoru Tanaka & Ryuchi Kawakami beat Vent Vert Jack & Kapy. Tanaka pinned Kapy after Minoru Special.

Match 2: Junjie, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Yuya Aoki beat ARASHI, So Daimonji & JD Lee. Junjie pinned Lee after a rolling lariat.

Match 3: Takanoti Ito & SBK vs. Tetsuya Izuchi & Kotaro Suzuki went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Jo Yamamoto Debut Match: Hayato Tamura beat Jo Yamamoto.

Match 5: Brass Knuckles JUN, Rock Iwasaki & Kohei Kinoshita beat Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Soma Watanabe. JUN pinned Ishida after Underling.

Main Event: T-Hawk & Takehiro Yamamura beat El Lindaman & Shigehiro Itie. T-Hawk pinned Lindaman.

The next event is the GLEAT 5th Anniversary event on 7/1 at SGC Hall Ariake in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: While mot yet announced, social media posts from executive Hiroyuki Suzuki indicate it will be live & on demand on YouTube.

FREE VIDEOS: Sumo-2026 Paris Event (June 2026)

As expected, it didn’t take long for videos from the June 2026 Paris Grand Sumo event to male it online. One YouTube channel I follow has put both events up in digest format (lightly edited fan video) featuring each day’s knockout tournament that featured almost all the top tier wrestlers participating (the only one who didn’t was Asanoyama. He didn’t go due to injury). Some other happenings are also featured. These videos can be watched FOR FREE on YouTube and consist of nearly 4 hours of footage. You can also watch them below:

Day 1:

Day 2:

Also, a correction to a prior post where I said Ozeki Kotozakura swept the 2 days and won both tournaments: Partially incorrect. It turns out he won Day 1 and Yokozuna Hoshoryu won Day 2. That was followed by a soccer-style Grand Championship playoff to crown the overall champion-Kotozakura beat Hoshoryu to win that. I did not know Hoshoryu won the second day beforehand.