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Stardom 9/12/2026 Results (Updated)

STARDOM TO THE WORLD 2026, the promotion’s post-5STAR GP blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand as a PPV until 9/30. It will be available on demand on Stardom World un-paywalled for subscribers at some point after that. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Pre-show match: Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe. C pinned Hamabe after Chokeslam Requiem.

Match 1: HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyama & Utami Hayashishita beat Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Saori Anou and Konami, Ruaka & Fukigen in a 3-way when HANAKO pinned Fukigen.

Match 2: Hazuki, Koguma & Fuwa-chan beat Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Rian. Hazuki pinned Itoh.

Match 3: Bea Priestley beat Anne Kanaya.

Match 4: Syuri & Hina beat Rina & Azusa Inaba. Syuri pinned Inaba.

Match 5: Future Of Stardom Champion Ranna Yagami beat Akira Kurogame to retain the title. V10(!) for Yagami.

Match 6: Artist Of Stardom Champions Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue beat Aya Sakura, Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori by TKO to retain the titles. Blue beat Sakura. V1 for the champs. That’s still an upset to me given the All Elite Wrestling trio retained. Next up: Possibly Hazuki, Koguma & Fuwa-chan.

Match 7: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani to retain the titles. AZM pinned Watanabe after Numero Uno. V3 for the champs.

Match 8: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Hanan beat Ami Sohrei to retain the title. V3 for Hanan. Next up: Ruaka.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion Suzu Suzuki beat Natsuko Tora to retain the title. V2 for Suzuki. Next up: If Suzuki gets what she wants, Starlight Kid, who is currently in Mexico.

Rina and post-5STAR GP title decision? We’re still waiting.

The next event is 9/19 at Yumeminato Tower Multipurpose Hall in Tochigi. There will be no live broadcast. On demand at a later date. No live broadcasts next weekend then it’s all live the rest of the month.

UPDATE: Hanan-Ruaka is now official. That match will happen on 9/29.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/12/2026 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the fall house show tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (I was unable to do live results due to a prior commitment)

The announced paid attendance was 280, a super full house/very near sellout.

During the opening announcements, it was announced that Chieri Sakimori, a new trainee, will debut at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 on 10/3. Sakimori, from Fukuoka Prefecture, began training after and by attending some of the monthly women’s classes led by Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima. She is also a makeup artist who owns her own salon.

Match 1: HIMAWARI beat Shion Kanzaki.

Match 2: Mizuki, Mifu Ashida & Uta Takami beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & Chika Nanase. Mizuki pinned Nanase after a diving footstomp.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Wakana Uehara & Momo Sato. Nakajima pinned Sato.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Toga beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Ren Konatsu Watanabe beat Kazashiro with Reverse Paradox.

Main Event: Yuki Arai, Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Kira Summer. Yamashita pinned Summer after Attitude Adjustment. Afterwards, Endo issued a challenge to Yamashita for the Pro Wrestling EVE International Championship. That match will happen at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7, guaranteeing the usual 3 title matches for the blowout event.

The next event is a Hyper Misao Produced event Tuesday at Kitazawa Town Hall. This will mainly be a theater-style performance with only one match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Before and after the event TJPW had been teasing a next challenger for Shoko Nalajima’s SETUP All-Asia Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7. TBA has now been revealed…Zara Zakher.

DEVELOPING: NOAH Foreigner Returning Full-Time?

At today’s pre-N-1 VICTORY press conference held by Pro Wrestling NOAH, which can be watched FOR FREE on YouTube, Titus Alexander announced he had moved to Japan which suggests he will be joining the promotion full-time. Alexander has been participating in NOAH several times a year since the pandemic began winding down and has been instrumental in bring several other foreigners in for limited participation and has had some success himself. He is also in the N-1 for the second time. Alexander hasn’t been added to the roster page yet but soon may be.

In other news, Naomichi Marufuji participation in New Japan was announced for 10/17 in Hokkaido at a Taichi hometown event. As a result, Marufuji will moss that day’s NOAH event in Nagano.

Injury Report: Do Not Pass Go

Had to come up with a bad Go pun that I hadn’t used before…All-Japan has just announced that Go Shiozaki has to Go to the bench for now due to injury. Hip. Out at least the next 2 events on Saturday & Sunday. Status uncertain beyond that. If he can’t return by next Thursday it could jeopardize his Royal Road participation as that would be his Quarterfinals match against either Xyon or Odyssey.

More as it becomes available.

BREAKING: Sumo-September Injury Update (Updated)

Nikkan Sports reports one of the burning injury questions for this weekend’s September Tournament has just been answered…Yokozuna Hoshoryu is now OUT. Knee surgery. Has resumed practice but not enough to compete. Will not participate in the tournament and will try to come back in November.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Other pre-tournament outs are, as expected, Wakatakakage (right thigh, will not compete and is expected out until January) and, not entirely expected, Wakanosho. Right thigh (bone contusion). Status uncertain for the latter but now out at least the first 2 days.

New Japan 9/10/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour with a second event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1218.

Pre-show match: Taisei Nakahara beat Yushin Hanasawa. The first career singles win for Nakahara!

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Jake Lee, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, Boltin Oleg & Yuya Uemura. Lee pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Zane Jay & Callum Newman beat Gedo & Jeff Cobb. Jay pinned Gedo after a dicing elbow drop.

Match 3: Jado, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) went to a double countout. Afterwards, Yano cut off some of OSKAR’s hair.

Match 4: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Yoh. X pinned Matsunoto after a handspring diamond cutter.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, Sho & DOUKI beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & El Desperado Skywalker pinned Taguchi after Skyfall.

Match 6: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Takagi pinned YOSHI-HASHI after MADE IN JAPAN.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa beat Taichi & Aaron Wolf. Fujita pinned Wolf with a German suplex hold. UPSET ALERT!!! NEVER Openweight Championship implications too.

The next event is Sunday at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

UPDATE: Indeed implications. As a result of the main event, Wolf vs. Fujita for the NEVER Openweight Championship is now official for KING OF PRO WRESTLING on 10/12.

All-Japan 9/9/2026 Results

All-Japan kicked off the 13th Royal Road Tournament today in Tokyo, the annual fall single-elimination tournament.

Tofay’s event was held at Shinagawa Stellar Ball in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also or will be a (taped) GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 775, a legit sellout.

Before the results, fan prediction poll time! The promotion held a vote for fans to see who they thought would win (but likely won’t). Their pick is…Yuma Aoyagi! Will they get it right after wrongly picking Hokuto Omori in the Zennichi Jr. Festival? Stay tuned!

Match 1: Dan Tamura, Seigo Tachibana & Hokuto Omori beat MUSASHI, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuya Aoki. Tachibana pinned MUSASHI after Yankee Hammer.

Match 2: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Yasutaka Yano. Odyssey pinned Yano after Journey’s End.

Match 3: Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji beat Jun & Rei Saito & Rising Hayato. Aoyagi pinned Hayato.

Royal Road Round 1:
Match 4: Timothy Thatcher beat Hideki Suzuki by submission.
Match 5: Kento Miyahara beat Hyo Ogawa.
Main Event: Go Shiozaki beat Ren Ayabe.
As a result, Thatcher will face the Rei Saito-Yuma Anzai winner in the Quarterfinals, Miyahara will face the Ryuki Honda-Kumaarashi winner in the Quarterfinals and Shiozaki will face the Xyon-Odyssey winner in the Quarterfinals.

The next event is Saturday at Kurobe City General Sports Center in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day or Sunday.

Injury Report: Wounded Spirit

Ganbare Pro has announced an injury coming out of their last event, and it could be major as Mizuki Watase has been temporarily sidelined. Concussion. Out indefinitely but will miss Saturday. No other abnormalities detected. The concern here is that he is scheduled to defend the Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship in just under 2 weeks. We’ll have to wait and see. It’s not yet known how long Watase may be out.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 9/9/2026 Results

New Japan resumed the Road To DESTRUCTION 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 1102.

Pre-show match: Yushin Hatasawa Debut Match: Tatsuya Matsunoto beat Yushin Hatsusawa.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Taisei Nakahara, YOSHI-HASHI & Shota Umino. Young pinned Nakahara after a spiral brainbuster.

Match 2: Shun Skywalker, Sho & DOUKI beat Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Skywalker pinned Yasuda after Skyfall.

Match 3: Daiki Nagai & Jeff Cobb beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Cobb pinned Jay after Tour of the Islands.

Match 4: Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Jado, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe. OSKAR beat Jado with a nightmare hold.

Match 5: Taichi, Yuya Uemura & Aaron Wolf beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Uemura pinned Jackson after Lions Shiner.

Match 6: Robbie X & Shingo Takagi beat Master Wato & Boltin Oleg. Takagi pinned Wato after Burning Dragon.

Main Event: Yoh & Hirooki Goto beat Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji. Yoh pinned Ishimori with Gedo Clutch.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Stardom News: Full 9/12 Card Announced

Stardom has announced the full card for their next blowout event this Saturday, which of course is a PPV (until 9/30). A couple title matches not announced before were added, which could mean the end of the current AEW Artist Of Stardom Championship reign. Here is the full card:

Pre-show:
Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe vs. Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu

PPV:
Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Saori Anou vs. HANAKO, Waka Tssukiyama & Utami Hayashishita and Konami, Ruaka & Fukigen in a 3-way
Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Rian vs. Hazuki, Koguma & Fuwa-chan
Anne Kanaya vs. Bea Priestley
Syuri & Hina vs. Rina & Azusa Inaba
Future Of Stardom Champion Ranna Yagami vs. Akira Kurogame for the title
Artist Of Stardom Champions Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Natsupoi, Aya Sakura & Yuna Mizumori for the titles
Goddesses Of Stardom Champions AZM & Miyu Amasaki vs. Momo Waanabe & Saya Kamitani for the titles
Wonder Of Stardom Champion Hanan vs. Ami Sohrei for the title
World Of Stardom Champion Suzu Suzuki vs. Natsuko Tora for the title

PPV pre-orders begin Wednesday for the usual price of 4620 Japanese yen (about $30 US) which includes live & on demand until 9/30 Japan time. At some point after that it will be available on demand on Stardom World without additional purchase. The event begins at midnight PT/3 AM ET, maybe a little earlier for the pre-show. YouTube broadcast plans will be announced a couple hours before the event and will include the pre-show and maybe .1-4 PPV matches.