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BREAKING: Injury Report: Not Rising But Falling Again

All-Japan has just announced another injury to the roster, and for the second time recently it will have major implications for the Zennichi Jr. Festival-with Atsuki Aoyagi already sidelined due to injury, now his sometimes-partner Rising Hayato is out of action. Concussion. Apparently it happened during his match today against Seigo Tachibana. Out the rest of the tournament. His 2 remaining matches will be forfeit wins for MUSASHI and Yasutaka Yano. The rest of the tournament means he will be out at least a week but should be considered indefinitely, and with the Royal Road tournament next they’ll probably play it safe and keep him out through that, which would mean at least a month.

More as it becomes available.

GLEAT 8/21/2026 Results

GLEAT kicked off a new event series called GLEAT Underground Pro Wrestling today, which is scheduled to run on Fridays for the next 4-5 weeks.

Today’s event was held at Basement MonStar in Tokyo and should be available on drmand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 87, a legit sellout. VERY SMALL venue.

Match 1: KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Jo Yamamoto.

Match 2: Kaito Ishida, ARASHI & So Daimonji beat Hayato Tamura, Vent Vert Jack & Kapy. Ishida beat Kapy with a modified ankle hold.

Match 3: Takanori Ito & MICHIKO beat Rock Iwasaki & Kohei Kinoshita. Ito pinned Kinoshita with a German suplex hold.

Match 4: T-Hawk, Naoya Nomura & Yuya Aoki beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Quiet Storm & Shigehiro Itie. T-Hawk pinned Irie.

Match 5: In a G-RUSH Rules Match, G-RUSH Champion Soma Watanabe beat Junjie to retain the title. V2 for Watanabe.

Main Event: El Lindaman & Takehito Yamamura vs. Tetsuya Izuchi & Kotaro Suzuki went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

The next event is 8/28. Broadcast plans TBA.

DDT News: Injury Absence Update (Updated)

DDT has provided an injury update on Rukiya. Who missed last week’s events due to fever and was expected back around now. Unfortunately following further medical exams that will not happen because it’s worse. Acute pharyngitis (?) and acute tonsillitis. Out at least another 2 weeks as the promotion says through early September. As a result, the planned KO-D Tag Team Championship match on 8/30, where Rukiya was to have teamed with Jun Akiyama to face Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki for the titles, is now off.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata will now face Aoki & Miyawaki for the titles on 8/30.

Dragon Gate 8/18/2026 Results

Dragon Gate ran their latest episode of PRIME ZONE+ yesterday, with one of the referees serving as episode GM.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 68.

Match 1: Kzy & U-T beat Lucky Oshima & Tsujidai Circus (a pair of clowns). Kzy beat both simultaneously with a ground cobra twist.

Match 2: Homare won a 7 man battle royal, last eliminating Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 3: JACKY KAMEI beat SUN Florida.

Main Event: Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA beat Jackson & Johnson Florida in 6 seconds. KAGETORA pinned Jackson. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA beat Jackson & Johnson Florida in 12 seconds. KAGETORA pinned Jackson. Which led to…
Main Event (yet again): Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA beat Jackson & Johnson Florida by DQ. Jackson DQ’d. Weapon use.

The next event is Friday at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast, but any Rey De Parejas matches may be available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK at a later date.

BREAKING: Sumo-Yokozuna Injured Again, Possibly Sidelined

Not good news for sumo again today according to Hochi Sports-the outlet reports Yokozuna Hoshoryu underwent right knee surgery at the end of July, was hospitalized for about a week and, as a result, is considered status uncertain for the upcoming September Grand Sumo Tournament which begins in just under a month. At a medical examination today at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Hoshoryu said it was an old injury reaggravated during the July tournament in his match with Hakunofuji, per doctors, and if he didn’t have surgery and tried to recover naturally, he would have been out a year according to doctors. As a Yokozuna that could have been career-ending as the Yokozuna Deliberation Council could have well forced him to retire. He is currently participating in training at his Tatsunami Beya but not doing practice bouts. It sounds like if he can’t compete in September he should be able to return at full strength in November barring a setback as he continues looking for his first Emperor’s Cup as a grand champion and with the Council starting to put some pressure on both him and Yokozuna Onosato, who both have been injury-plagued this year and also title-less as Ozeki Aonishiki has dominated despite missing one tournament and briefly being demoted due to injury, but in July his 3rd Emperor’s Cup got him the quick re-promotion from Sekiwake.

TJPW News: A New Manager?

There have been some cryptic social media posts the last few days from Tokyo Joshi Pro about a new “manager”, perhaps tied to the recent DDT match where Representative Director Tetsuya Koda lost to GM Imabayashi and was forced to “retire”. Then, earlier today, this:

https://x.com/tojojo_tjpw/status/2089647755144884226?s=46

Loose Twitter translation:

“Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting, Tojo!

It’s “Tojojo,” the manager of TJPW!

From now on, I’ll be posting lots about all the wrestlers and TJPW!

Looking forward to it, Tojo!”

It’s a brand new account apparently created in the last week. It’s first of 6 posts so far was Saturday. Many TJPW wrestlers are making posts wondering what’s going on and a “manager” is certainly news to TJPW all-but-in-charge Miyu Yamashita. And apparently it now has a profile on TJPW’s website. A loose translation of its (?) profile:

“One day, a mysterious figure appears out of nowhere, claiming to be the ‘manager of Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’ without being appointed by anyone. Her hometown, purpose, and even who she is are completely unknown. Even if you ask him personally, he doesn’t really understand, but today he updates his social media with a mysterious sense of mission.”

Maybe we’ll find out more soon but I have one thought given it’s also happening indirectly under the DDT umbrella…Pro Wrestling, Everybody! (And they do love their wrestling giant mascots over there)

(And yeah, this is usually the slowest time of the year in Japanese pro wrestling)

Stardom 8/18/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Stardom continued the 5STAR GP today with Round 1 of the playoffs and the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch THE FULL EVENT FOR FREE on YouTube. There are 2 YouTube broadcasts this time-one in Japanese and one in English.

The announced paid attendance was 1610, a legit sellout with standing room overflow.

Before the event began, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara were handling opening announcements when Kinyo Furusawa & Rian came out to interrupt and issue a New Blood Tag Team Championship challenge to the champs. That match will happen on Saturday.

5STAR GP Playoffs Round 1:
Match 1: Blue A2 vs. Blue B3: Starlight Kid beat HANAKO by submission.
Match 2: Red B2 vs. Red A3: Saya Iida beat AZM.
Match 3: Blue A3 vs. Blue B2: Ruaka beat Hanan.
Match 4: Red A2 vs. Red B3: Rina beat Rina Yamashita.

Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Starlight Kid beat Ami Sohrei.
Match 6: Maika beat Saya Iida.
Match 7: Suzu Suzuki beat Ruaka.
Main Event: Rina beat Konami.

As a result, the Semifinals will be Maika vs. Rina (Red) and Suzuki vs. Kid (Blue). Winners meet in the Finals.

The Semifinals & Finals are Sunday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming as a PPV will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM PT. It is available for pre-order (links on Stardom’s website) for 4620 Japanese yen (around $30 US). On demand on Stardom World (non-PPV) on or after 9/9. The current card so far has the Semifinals & Finals and Natsupoi vs. Saori Anou and (although not yet added) the New Blood Tag Team Championship match. More matches TBA (I’m thinking maybe an Artist Of Stardom Championship match before the current champs head back to All Elite Wrestling).

UPDATE: It’s now official-the New Blood Tag Team Title match for Sunday has been officially announced. No further matches announced yet beyond the above.

UPDATE 2: The full Sunday card is set:
5STAR GP Semifinals:
Maika vs. Rina
Suzu Suzuki vs. Starlight Kid
Yuna Mizumori & Anne Kanaya vs. Konami & Fukigen, Mei Seira & Ema Maishima and Koguma & Matoi Hamabe in a 4-way
AZM, Miyu Amasaki, HABAKO, Maki Itoh & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Ami Sohrei, Hina, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoka Kokatsu
Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame vs. Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba
New Blood Tag Team Champions Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara vs. Rian & Kikyo Furusawa for the titles
Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe
Natsupoi vs. Saori Anou
5STAR GP Finals: Maika/Rina winner vs. Suxuki/Kid winner

Correction: The original post and update incorrectly said the next event is Saturday. It is Sunday.

Injury Report: Another Not GLEAT One

These GLEAT injury puns always do write themselves…jokes aside, GLEAT has announced that Minoru Tanaka is injured and on the sidelines. Fractured right arm/wrist bone. Out indefinitely. Tanaka confirmed the injury on social media along with posting a picture of his right arm wrapped from just below the elbow to his hand. Changes to upcoming events have not been announced but will meed to be soon due to bis being off the next event on Friday. It’s not yet known how long he may be out.

More as it becomes available.

DDT 8/17/2026 Results

DDT ran a post-WRESTLE PETER PAN event today in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Yuki Ishida vs. Kazuma Sumi, Masami Inahata & Hinaya Kasai in a 4-way went to a no contest. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): In a handicap match, Yuki Ishida, Kazuma Sumi, Masami Inahata & Hinata Kasai beat Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda in 6 seconds. Rukiya pinned Hinata. However, the real winner was the absent Rukiya.

In the aftermath of this…

Kazuma Suni beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1901st Champion.

Match 3: Illusion beat Super Sasadamgo Machine’s Title Belt. Illusion actually wins that belt (King Of Sasadango).

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Taleshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato to retain the titles. Levante pinned Masada after a Naya knee lift. V1 for the champs. Next up: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. That match will happen on 9/21 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 8/30 at Korakuen Hall with 4 title matches scheduled. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/29 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

New Japan News: Post-G1 News/Fallout (Updated)

With the G1 CLIMAX 36 now in the books and a 2-week break underway, New Japan held the traditional post-blowout event presser today in Tokyo featuring G1 winner Ryohei Oiwa. He will get the customary IWGP Heavyweight Championship shot for winning the G1 and will take it at KING OF PRO WRESTLING in October…but in a surprise development, he’s not the next challenger for Yota Tsuji. Hirooki Goto is. That match will happen at DESTRUCTION on 9/27 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. Then whoever is champion after that defends on 10/12 vs. Oiwa. No guarantee that the 10/12 winner goes into Tokyo Dome on 1/4 as champion, they probably have to get through POWER STRUGGLE in November then the focus shifts to the World Tag League, typically held in November & December before the final week-long event stretch before 1/4.

Also announced for 9/27 were IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Drilla Moloney for the title, NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shun Skywalker for the title and Jeff Cobb vs. Callum Newman. Skywalker debuted in New Japan this past weekend after leaving Dragon Gate earlier this month while Cobb returned after being released by WWE earlier this year (and presumably sitting out a 90-day no compete clause).

Elsewhere, the result of a tag match yesterday, where Taiji Ishimori pinned Yoh, led to Ishinori making an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship challenge. That match will happen on 9/23 at Sapporo 46 in Hokkaido.

Speaking of Ishimori, he was also announced for a Sayaka Unagi Produced event on 9/2 at Tokyo Dome City Hall where he will tram with Rina Yamashita to face Unagi & Minoru Suzuki in the main event, which also may be a Unagi 40th Birthday match.

UPDATE: More news-a new Young Lion is about to join the promotion. Yushin Hatazawa will make his debut on 9/9 at Korakuen Hall against fellow Young Lion Tatsuya Matsumoto. Hatazawa, 20, is from Hakodate in Hokkaido Prefecture and entered the New Japan dojo in 2025 after passing the entrance exam in 2024. He is 6’1 and 95 kg/209 pounds and it’s suggested he may try to eventually move up to Heavyweight based on prior sumo training. He will then join the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour and will very quickly get a chance to compete in his hometown for the first time.