This is the very rare situation where I post about WWE on this website, but word broke a short time ago that some names that may be familiar to Japanese wrestling fans are gone from the promotion, specifically Lance Anoa’i and Zara Zakher. Anoz’i, a son of Samu and part of that legendary Samoan dynasty, was released and is headed back to the independents. His WWE time never really got going due to injuries shortly after he signed a year ago. Anoa’i made a few appearances in Pro Wrestling NOAH before joining WWE. Zakher, who along with others (namely Jada Stone) has really impressed in a handful of appearances in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, is leaving wrestling completely, at least for now. Her departure came because her WWE ID (developmental) contract expired. It’s not known if she eventually will come back to wrestling or not.
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Stardom 10/11/25 NEAR LIVE Results (Updated)
Stardom runs a mid-major event in Tokyo as the build begins to their year-ending blowout events, first one on November then their year-end mega-event just after Christmas. Today’s event is headlined by a Goddesses Of Stardom championship match, but there is also a CMLL Japan Women’s Championship match before current champion Koguma-who won the title in part due to an injury-and challenger Hazuki head to Mexico for a tour there.
While not mentioned specifically, Suzu Suzuki is off today’s event due to independent other event participation at Shinjuku Face.
Since I will not be watching live as I dropped my Stardom World subscription a while back (technical issues, I may re-start in the near future though) the below results will be NEAR LIVE based on when they are posted on social media.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Starlight Kid & Miyu Anasaki vs. HANAKO & Rian
Saki Kashima, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Lurara & Kikyo Furusawa vs. Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame
Mei Seira vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Ema Maishima in a 3-eay
Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo, Yuria Hime, Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizunori vs. Saya Kamitani, Konami, Rina, Momo Watanabe, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen
Sareee, Chi Chi & Miku Ha (?) vs. Syuri, Hina & Ranna Yagami
CMLL Japan Women’s Champion Koguma vs. Hazuki for the title
Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Natsuko Tora & Ruaka vs. Ami Sohrei & Lady C for the titles
The event will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET so results should begin being posted around 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
PRE-SHOW UPDATE (Last Minute): You will also be able to watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
7:45 PM PT UPDATE: Updates begin below.
The contract signings for today’s title matches were held before the event began.
Match results below.
The paid attendance may or may not be announced after the event. Stardom doesn’t always announce attendance now. (UPDATE: The paid attendance has not been announced)
Match 1: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat HANAKO & Rian. Kid pinned Rian after a moonsault press.
Match 2: Saki Kashima, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Kikyo Furusawa beat Rina Yamashita, Bozilla, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame by countout. Bozilla counted out.
Match 3: Waka Tsukiyama beat Mei Seira & Ema Maishima in a 3-way by pinning Seira in 34 seconds.
The YouTube broadcast ends here.
Match 4: Saya Kamitani, Konami, Rina, Momo Watanabe, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen beat Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo, Yuria Hime, Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizunori. Konami beat Iida with a body sleeper,
Match 5: Syuri, Hina & Ranna Yagami beat Sareee, Chi Chi (Evolution) & Miku Ye (?). Syuri beat Ye with Ground Suzaku.
Match 6: Hazuki beat CMLL Japan Women’s Champion Koguma to win the title. Hazuki becomes the 7th CMLL Japan Women’s Champion.
A photo of Suzu Suzuki vs. Jun Kasai happening at an independent event was posted on Stardom’s Twitter. Hardcore match and they’re doing the dueling chairs thing. (UPDATE: Kasai beat Suzuki in that match)
Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Ami Sohrei & Lady C to retain the titles. Tora pinned Sohrei after a swanton bomb. V1 for the champs.
The next event is tomorrow at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There will be no live broadcast.
Injury Report: Now Not-Vague Poor Health
DDT announced earlier this week that Danshoku Dieno would miss an event due to the always-vague poor health. Now we know why that was the case after further evaluation. Appendicitis. Out indefinitely and will miss this weekend’s events. Beyond that, it’s not yet known hoe long Dieno will be out as DDT just says, based on translation, he will be out a while. I’d call him questionable for the big Ryogoku event in November.
More as it becomes available.
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.