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Dragon Gate News: KING OF GATE 2025 Announced

Dragon Gate announced their annual major singles tournament, KING OF GATE 2025, today which will be the November tour. This year’s tournament will be a single-elimination bracket format with 32 participants, 29 of which are current roster members plus Naruki Doi who is currently a freelancer, 2 of the 3 TBA spots remaining will be for foreigners (I’d be shocked if Gianni Valetta is not one of them) and the final spot will be for the winner of an upcoming battle royal on a TBA event.

Here are all the dates and matches:
Round 1:
11/6 (Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK):
Ryoya Tanaka vs. Homare
Luis Mante vs. ISHIN
Naruki Doi vs. Shun Skywalker
Yuki Yoshioka vs. Madoka Kikuta

11/8 (Kobe Art Center, Kobe, live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK):
YAMATO vs. Hyo
Dragon Kid vs. TBA (one foreigner)
Dragon Dia vs. Riiita
Strong Machine J vs. TBA (the battle royal winner)

11:9 (Matsuyama City Community Center, Ehime):
BxB Hulk vs. KAI
Kzy vs. Jason Lee

11/10 (Tottori Industrial Gym, Tottori):
JACKY KAMEI vs. Kagetora
Ryu Fuda vs. TBA (the other foreigner)

11/13 (Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya):
U-T vs. Takashi
Mochizuki Junior vs. Yoshiki Kato

11/15 (Mercure Hotel Yokosuka, Kanagawa):
Susumu Yokosuka vs. Ben-K
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Kota Minoura

Round 2:
11/16 (Fujisan Mease, Shizuoka):
Kikuta/Yoshioka vs. U-T/Takashi
Dia/Riiita vs. Hulk/KAI

11/21 (Imari Kunimidai Gym, Saga):
Kid/TBA vs. Kzy/Lee

11/22 (Kumamoto Castle Hall, Kumamoto):
Mante/ISHIN vs. Fuda/TBA
Tanaka/Homare vs. YAMATO/Hyo

11/23 (Ukiha Arena, Fukuoka):
Kagetora/KAMEI vs. Yokosuka/Ben-K
Junior/Kato vs. J/TBA

11/24 (Iizuka City Gym, Fukuoka):
Mochizuki/Minoura vs. Skywalker/Dia

Quarterfinals:
11/25 (T.O.P.S. BittsHALL, Osaka):
11/16 winner vs. 11/24 winner
11/22 winner vs. 11/23 winner

11/26 (Omuta Cultural Hall, Fukuoka):
11/16 winner vs. 11/22 winner
11/21 winner vs. 11/23 winner

Semifinals & Finals: 12/3 (Korakuen Hall, live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK)

Except for the 2 Tokyo events and one Kobe event, broadcast plans are otherwise TBA.

GLEAT 10/9/25 Results

GLEAT ran their latest GLEAT Ver. EX event today, one of the promotion’s major events.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube with a paid channel membership.

The announced paid attendance was 682.

Pre-show match: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Marino Saihara & Yukina Uehara beat Riko Fujunaga & Chii Aoba by submission. Sahara beat Aoba with a chicken wing.

Match 1: Yumehito Imanari, Kaji Tomato, Tyson Maeguchi, Yukinitsu Takahashi & Kentaro Yasu beat Tetsuya Izuchi, Kotaro Suzuki, Ryo Aitaka, Jay Lambrod & Shigehiro Irie. Tomato beat Aitaka with a chicken wing.

Match 2: ZONES, Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa beat MICHIKO, Minoru Tanaka & Gamma. ZONES pinned MICHIKO after a rolling lariat.

Match 3: Yukio Naya beat Go Miyake.

Match 4: Gala de Oro, Cormijo de Plata, HANAOKA & Andy Wu beat Kaito Ishida, Soma Watanabe, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & So Daimonji. Plata pinned Watanabe after ATM.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani beat Takehiro Yamamura & Junjie. Sasaki beat Junjie with a crossface.

Matxh 6: Shinya Aoki beat T-Hawk.

After intermission it was announced that Check Shimatani would leave the promotion at the end of November. Hayato Tamura then announced his return on 11/3 and asked to face Shimatani then. Shimatani has been competing in AAA in Mexico this past year and it looks like he is going to continue competing there full-time, which now also opens a door to potentially WWE. His last GLEAT match will be on 11/16.

Match 7: CIMA & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Ryuichi Kawakami & Brass Knuckles JUN to win the vacant G INFINITY Championship. CIMA & Japan become the 10th G INFINITY Champions. CIMA pinned JUN after Meteora.

Main Event: El Lindaman beat G-REX Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the title. Lindaman becomes the 8th G-REX Champion. Next up: Lindaman wants CIMA.

The next event is 10/25 at Umeda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but likely just on demand on YouTube at a later date.

New Japan 10/925 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the Road To KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 Tour today in Ishikawa.

Today’s event was held at Komatsu General Gym in Ishikawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1521, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Katsuya Murashima beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Shoma Kato. Murashima pinned Kato.

Match 2: Yuya Uemura beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney by DQ. Moloney DQ’d.

Match 4: Jado & El Phantasmo beat Masatora Yasuda & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Phantasmo pinned Hasuda after Thunder Kiss ’86.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, DOUKI, Don Fale & EVIL beat Tiger Mask, KUUKAI, El Desperado, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg. EVIL pinned TM 4 after Magic Killer.

Match 6: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. OSKAR pinned Honma after Cruella.

Main Event: Titan, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Titan pinned Gedo after a swan dive foot stomp.

The tour-ender is Saturday at Tokorozawa Civic Gym in Saitama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion has announced IWGP Women’s Champion Sareee vs. Syuri for the title has been added to KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 on Monday.

Dragon Gate 10/8/25 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate continued their October tour, The Gate Of Victory 2025, with their monthly Tokyo event today.

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 FEEE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet bern announced.

Match 1: Ryu Fuda & Daiki Yanagiuchi beat Mochizuki Junior & Akihiro Sahara. Yanagiuchi pinned Sahara

Match 2: YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Takashi & Punch Tominaga. Hulk pinned Tominaga after First Flash.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tabaka beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Dia pinned U-T after DDDDT.

Match 4: Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Kota Minoura & Jason Lee. Yokosuka pinned Lee after Jumbo Wins!

Match 5: Luis Mante, Aero Panther & Fight Panther Jr. beat Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Aero Panther pinned KAMEI after Panther Splash.

Math 6: Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Shun Skywalker, Homare & Kazuma Kimura to retain the titles. ISHIN pinned Kimura after Death Penalty. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta beat Ben-K to retain the title. V1 for Kikuta.

The next event is Saturday, there will be 2 US time events that day. First is at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no live broadcast. Second is the first half of a same-day doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: After match 5 the Panthers made an Open The Twin Gate Championship challenge. That match will happen at one of the Acros Fukuoka events but which one is not yet known. Probably will be the second event.

DDT 10/8/25 Results (Updated x2)

DDT continues their October house show tour 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.

There were last-second changes to the cars due to Danshoku Dieno being pulled off the event last-minute. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: MJ Paul beat Antonio Honda.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Akito, Takao Soma, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kazuma Sumi beat Kazuki Horata. Sumi pinned Hirata.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, Shinya Aoki & Takeshi Masada beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. Masada pinned Illusion.

Match 5: MAO & KANON beat Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato. MAO pinned Sato after Rock Killer.

Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Rukiya. Higuchi pinned Rukiya after Brain Claw Slam.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki & HARASHIMA beat Yuki Ueno & To-y. Suzuki pinned To-y after a Gotch-style piledriver.

After the event ended, Antonio Honda made a DDT Extreme Championship challenge to To-y. Accepted. The rule is it will be a 5-way also involving Akito, Supersasadango Machine & Hirata. That match will happen on 11/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. That’s a change of plans because To-y was originally set to defend that day against Akito.

The next event is Sunday at Rembrandt Hotel Machida Coral Room in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday night (Wednesday morning ET).

UPDATE: There were DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship changes today during an event at the CyberFight Corporation Offices-a Mahiro Kiryu Portrait Buyer beat Mahiro Kiryu to won the title and become the 1773rd Champion, then Kiryu beat the Portrait Buyer to win the title and become the 1774th Champion.

UPDATE 2: Dieno is now out indefinitely. Appendicitis.

10/5/25 HISTORIC X-OVER Results

New Japan & Stardom held their latest HISTORIC X-OVER co-promoted event this past Sunday, this time making their first trip to China.

Sunday’s event was held at Barley 66LiveHouse in Guangzhou, China and will be available on demand on Stardom World (and possibly New Japan World) at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Syarlight Kid & Miyu Anasaki. Sohrei pinned Amasaki.

Match 2: INFIN (local China Promotion) Provided Match: T-Light & Lin Dongxuan beat The Coolie & Feng Jianlang (guessing on names from translation). T-Light pinned Coolie after a running knee.

Matxh 3: INFIN Provided Match: Wang Xinxuan & Shubjoe beat Cheng Da & Gao Jingjia. Shunjie pinned Jingjia after a rolling lariat.

Match 4: Future Of Stardom Champion HANAKO beat Aya Sakura to retain the title. V1 for HANAKO.

Match 5: Master Wato beat Ryusuke Taguchi.

Match 6: Zack Sabre Jr. beat KUSHIDA.

Main Event: Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Sayaka Kurara beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Rina. Anou pinned Rina after Special Pottering.

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

New Japan 10/7/25 Results

Apparently Taiji Ishinori thinks he’s superhuman and capable of being reckless & doing ridiculous things, and convinced New Japan to let him to it again today so they presented “Superhuman Taiji Ishinori Gets Even More Ridiculous”.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World as a PPV in Japanese. It is available outside Japan for $22.99 US.

The announced paid attendance was 1562, a legit sellout.

The event consisted of a 2 Hour Iron Man Battle Royal divided into several blocks, with Ishimori facing groups of wrestlers.

Part 1: Pre-Block: Ishimori went 1-1 vs. Katsuya Murashima, Daiki Nagai & Jun Kasai.

Part 2: Secret Block: Ishimori went 1-6vs. Mohammed Yone, LEONA, Atsushi Kotoge, Shiro Koshinaka, Jun Akiyama, Dump Matsunoto and Brahmans Shu & Kei.

Part 3: Tohoku Block: Ishimori went 1-2 vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoh, Dick Togo, TAKA Michinoku, The Great Sasuke, Shuji Ishikawa & MAO.

Part 4: Muscle Block: Ishimori went 3-0 vs. Yoh, MAO, Titan, Sho, Hyo, Koju Takeda, Boltin Oleg, Ryohei Oiwa & Drilla Moloney.

Block 5: Ishimori went 5-1 vs. MAO, Shun Skywalker, Kagetora, Dragon Dia, Ryuji Ito, Shingo Takagi, Tatsumi Fujibami and Kazuki Hirata. Ishimori finishes the 2 hours at 11-10.

Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Gedo.

At the end, it was announced Ishimori will get even more ridiculous one more time on 11/12 at Shinjuku Face, and announced for that event was Ishimori vs. Dragon Kid.

Regular programming will now resume with the next event Thursday at Komatsu General Gym in Ishikawa. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/6/25 Results (Updates)

Pro Wrestling MOAH kicked off a new season of MONDAY MAGIC today, this one dibbed XTRENE SEASON.

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

The paid attendance was mot announced.

Match 1: Titus Alexandet & Starboy Charlie beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and Jack Morris & Danny Duggan in a 3-way when Alexander pinned Duggan.

Match 2: Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA (Dradition) beat Maybach Taniguchi (Shuhei Taniguchi) & The Great Mummy. Fujinami beat Taniguchi with a dragon sleeper. While mot yet confirmed, in post-match backstage comments Fujinami claimed Mummy actually was Manabu Soya.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro, Harutoki, Kai Fujinura & Galeno beat Joey Trace, Cito Sanchez, Eddie Vergara, Iker Navarro & Nathan de Wind. Kiyomiya pinned Wind after Shining Lancer.

Match 4: The result of a match of Takumi Itoha, Mio Momomo & Chika Akatsuki vs. Mayu Iwatani, Utami Hayashishita & Seirei Yamaoka was not posted. This will be updated once I have a chance to watch the match.
UPDATE: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA beat Yuko Miyamoto to retain the title. V1 for HAYATA.

Episode 2 will be on 10/20.

The next event is WRESTLE ODYSSEY Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming ONLY ON ABEMA as a PPV will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. The PPV will be available in select other countries including the US and can be pre-ordered now. In the US it will cost $14.42 and includes on demand viewing until 10/18. As far as commentary goes, it will be in English.

New Japan 10/6/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 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 1161.

Pre-show match: Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Shoma Kato. Yasuda pinned Matsunoto.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Tanahashi pinned Jado after High Fly Flow.

Match 2: Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney beat Yosjinobu Kanemaru & SANADA by countout. SANADA counted out.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho, Don Fale & EVIL beat Tiger Mask, KUUKAI, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg. Sho pinned TM 4 after Shock Arrow.

Match 4: Titan, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Takahashi pinned Gedo after Trauma.

Match 5: Shota Unino beat OSKAR.

Match 6: Yuya Uemura beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) by submission.

Main Event: DOUKI beat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado by ref stoppage (KO) to win the title. DOUKI becomes the 99th IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Sho interference caused the KO-weapon use during Italian Stretch 32. I figured a change would happen here as DOUKI lost the title to Desperado at Tokyo Dome due to injury, but this fully cements his heel turn as part os House Of Torture. Next up: TBA but I have a feeling it’ll be at Tokyo Dome.

The next event is “Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous” tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. The PPV is available for pre-order for $22.99 US.

DDT 10/5/25 Results

DDT returned to Niigata today for their latest Super Sasadango Machine-centered event.

Today’s event was held at Higashi-ku Plaza in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

There were several last-minute changes to the card due to Daichi Sato and Yuki Ishida being pulled off the event. The always vague poor health.

Match 1: To-y beat Illusion.

Match 2: Yuki Iino beat Kazuki Hirata & Naomi Yoshimura in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.

Match 3: Yukio Naya, Akito & Yuya Koroku beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul. Akito beat Paul with a figure 4.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi & HARASHIMA beat Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Higuchi pinned Matsunata.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ueno & Kazuma Sumi. Masada pinned Sumi.

Main Event: MAO & KANON beat Super Sasadango Machine & Danshoku Dieno. KANON pinned Machine after a cannonball 450.

The return date will be 4/29/26.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.