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Sumo-July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 13 Results (7/25/25) (Updated x2)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 13-Championship Day-of the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita, Sd-Sandanme, Jd-Jonidan, Jk-Jonokuchi

Makuuchi (top tier):
Shishi (M17) beat Tamashoho (J3)
Asakoryu (M12) beat Kotoeiho (M17)
Tokihayate (M11) beat Kayo (M16)
Mitakeumi (M16) beat Roga (M10)
Shodai (M13) beat Chiyoshoma (M9)
Sadanoumi (M8) beat Hidenoumi (M15)
Churanoumi (M13) beat Tobizaru (M7) by default/withdrawal
Gonoyama (M6) beat Midorifuji (M12)
Dujinokawa (M14) beat Takerufuji (M7) by default/withdrawal
Hiradoumi (M5) beat Onokatsu (M3)
Abi (M2) beat Takanosho (M11)
Oho (M2) beat Kinbozan (M3)
Wakamotoharu (M1) beat Hakuoho (M4)
Aonishiki (M1) beat Ichiyamamoto (M8)
Tamawashi (M3) beat Takayasu (K)
Oshoma (K) beat Meisei (M5)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Ura (M9)
Kusano (M14) beat Kirishima (S)
Atamifuji (M10) beat Kotozakura (O)
Kotoshoho (M15) beat Onosato (Y). KINBOSHI!!! The first career Gold Star Victory for Kotoshoho!
Leader: Aonishiki, Kotoshoho (11-2)
WITHDRAWALS: Tobizaru (M7), Takerufuji (M6). Tobizaru-right elbow. Tournament over. Out 4 weeks. Takerufuji-right arm. Tournament likely over. Both will be demoted but stay in the top tier. Takerufuji for sure as he’ll finish the equivalent of 5-10, Tobinaru should but he’ll be equal to 3-12. For the former, Churanoumi got the fusen-and promotion-as a result. For the latter, Fujinokawa got the fusen and also promotion in his top tier debut.
Of note: Onosato’s 3-peat championship bid is now all but over as his 4th Kinboshi yielded drops him to 9-4. And the title race seems down to 4 with only Atamifuji & Kusano now one off the pace. A big potential eliminator tomorrow highlights the action as Aonishiki, with promotion to Sanyaku in September now secure, faces Kusano. Kotoshoho has Kirishima, who now can’t be promoted to Ozeki. At least Onosato doesn’t have to worry about Kinboshi tomorrow as his opponent is Wakatakakage. Atamifuji will face Takayasu, who will stay at least at Komusubi again in September but this time he’s earned it with a winning record. Also of note yesterday-Shishi got demotion secured in perhaps the worst way possible…HANSOKU!!! Disqualified for hair/topknot grabbing when he beat Midorifuji, which also clinched promotion for the latter-who, interestingly, is katasukashi-less so far this tournament. There have been 2 DQ’s so far this tournament, earlier there was one in the Sandanme. But since I can’t easily find video of those matches I can’t find out how/why.

Juryo:
Mita (J11) beat Shiden (J11)
Otsuji (J12) beat Kazekeno (J8)
Miyanokaze (J14) beat Takarafuji (J7)
Hakuyozan (J5) beat Shimanou (J12)
Kotokuzan (J14) beat Tohakuryu (J7)
Daiamami (J13) beat Shirokuma (J4)
Daiseizan (J6) beat Tochitaikai (J4)
Hitoshi (J6) beat Oshoumi (J3)
Tomokaze (J2) beat Hatsuyama (J13)
Shonannoumi (J2) beat Tsuurgisho (J9)
Ryuden (J1) beat Fujiseiun (J8)
Kagayaki (J7) beat Nishikigi (J1)
Leader: Daiseizan, Mita (10-3)
RE-ENTRY: Nishikifuji (J9). Will return tomorrow. Missed the last 3 days for unknown reasons, which came at the worst time because when he withdrew he was then 8-2 and tied for the lead. But at least he already clinched promotion.

Makushita:
Asahakuryu (Ms3) beat Yago (Ms40). ASAHAKURYU MAKUSHITA YUSHO!!! 2nd career championship and first Makushita championship. And to make it better, it will earn him promotion to Juryo in September for the first time.

Sandanme:
Kobayashi (Sd42) beat Mineyaiba (Sd15). KOBAYASHI SANDANME YUSHO!!! 1st career championship. He will be promoted to Makushita.

Jonidan:
Gonowaka (Jd98) beat Kaki (Jk21)
Tatsuosho (Jd47) beat Kazuma (Jd5). PLAYOFF!!! That means Gonowaka vs. Tatsuosho on the Final Day for the championship.

Jonokuchi:
Yabukasagi (Jk20) beat Naniwamusashi (Jk16)
Kyoda (Jk3) beat Kakusho (Jk13). And because Kaki lost in the Jonidan…PLAYOFF!!! And a 3-way playoff! Had Kaki won he would have been champion.

Other lower tier notes: Asanoyama will also be promoted back to Juryo as he clinched promotion with now a 4-2 record. Ishizaki, who just missed out on promotion in May, also has a chance as he is 5-1 at Ms2. He probably is going up but a win tomorrow in Juryo against Miyanokaze seals it. Kyokukaiyu also will be promoted to Juryo as he is 4-2 at Ms1. There will be at least 3 Juryo demotions to make room and could still be as many as 6.

Reminder: NHK World Japan will have 50 minutes of LIVE top tier coverage FOR FREE tomorrow at 1:10 AM PT/4:10 AM ET.

UPDATE: While not yet officially announced, Nikkan Sports reports Ura has WITHDRAWN ahead of Day 14. Hip. Midorifuji will get the fusen as a result. If Ura can’t return for the Final Day he will finish the equivalent of 8-7, still good enough for a promotion.

UPDATE 2: Ura withdrawal is now official.

All-Japan 7/24/25 Results

All-Japan continued the Summer Action series 2025 today in Tokyo.

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 339, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito, Hideki Suzuki & Dan Tamura beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino & Rising Hayato. Suzuki beat Aoyagi with a sleeper hold.

Match 2: Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Hokuto Omori & Talos. Ayabe pinned Omori after Des Roulette.

Zennichi Jr. Festival:
Match 3: Block A: Seigo Tachibana beat Hikaru Sato.
Match 4: Block A: Seiki Yoshioka beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 5: Block B: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Fuminori Abe.
Main Event: Block B: MUSASHI beat Naruki Doi.

The next event is Saturday. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Briefly Remembering Hulk Hogan (Updated 8/1/25)

Today has become one of the saddest days in this generation of pro wrestling because of the death of Terry Bollea, known to generations of fans and more over the last 45 years as Hulk Hogan. He was 71. The reported cause of death was cardiac arrest.

It can be easily argued that not only WWE but pro wrestling in general would not be what it is today without Vince McMahon Jr. taking Hogan and turning him into a superstar attraction in the early 1980s, and he became perhaps the first wrestler to cross over from wrestling into mainstream entertainment, including starring in the movie “No Holds Barred” opposite the iconic Mr. T. He also competed in Japan in these days, as New Japan noted in their news report that Hogan first visited Japan in 1980 and that year also challenged Antonio Inoki for the NWF Heavyweight Championship. He returned to Japan in 1983 and won a tournament by beating Inoki (although a championship match this was before the creation of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship) then won a tag league by teaming with him. After this he came back in 1990 for a joint WWF/New Japan/All-Japan produced event at the Tokyo Dome and also competed at a pair of major events in 1993 and at the Tokyo Dome in 1994 at the annual January 4 event. When he jumped to WCW in 1994, the formation of the nWo which Hogan was a prominent member of helped lead Masa Chono to form the nWo Japan spinoff in New Japan. He made one last trip to New Japan in 2003 for a match against Chono.

I remember Hogan going back to when I first saw WWF on TV in 1988 at a child, during the build to what was WrestleMania 4, my introduction to pro wrestling. When I really became a fan in the early 1990s I was enthralled by the Survivor Series match that saw Hogan lose to WWF newcomer The Undertaker after taking a Tombstone Piledriver on a steel chair after Ric Flair interfered because Hogan wouldn’t stay down after a Tombstone, and I was glued to my TV every Monday night in the WCW era and just as shocked as everyone else when Hogan turned heel to join the nWo.

I could go on and on, and despite his burning a lot of bridges with fans this last year or two because of politics he was not only one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, but perhaps, irrregardless of titles won, THE greatest WWF/E superstar of all time. There is no WWF/E of today without Hulk Hogan. And at least we know Sheiky Baby is waiting in the heavenly squared circle to PUT HIM IN CAMEL CLUTCH BREAK HIS NECK AND HUMBLE HIM FOR ETERNITY.

Take your vitamins and especially now say your prayers. RIP and GOD BLESS…

(And as The Iron Sheik always said…Then, Now, Forever, **** THE HULK HOGAN. And yes, Hogan went along with it and the truth is they always got along quite well although it did make Sheik one of the greatest social media follows)

8/1/25 UPDATE: Official cause of death was heart attack, but he also had leukemia which he may not have known about.

Stardom 7/24/25 Results

Stardom ran another midweek Tokyo event today to finish up the build to the 5STAR GP.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1101.

Pre-show match: Aya Sakura beat Kikyo Furusawa by submission.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO, Rian & Ema Maishima. Aoki pinned Rian after a frog splash.

Match 2: Hazuki & Koguma beat Saki Kashima & Lady C and Momo Kohgo & Yuria Hime in a 3-way when Koguma pinned Hime.

Match 3: Kantan Vinegar Turtle Kid (Starlight Kid) & Miyu Amasaki beat Azusa Inaba & Vinegar Fukigen. Kid pinned Fukigen.

Match 4: Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara beat Ami Sohrei, Hina, Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami. Anoi pinned Sohrei.

Match 5: In a 3 Falls Match, High Speed Champion Mei Seira beat Honoka 2-0 to retain the title. V6 for Seira.

Match 6: Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Konami beat Sareee (Independent/Freelancer), ChiChi & Miku Ye (?). Konami pinned Miku after Triangle Lancer.

Match 7: STRONG Women’s Champion AZM beat Bozilla to retain the title.V1 for AZM.

Main Event: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hanan & Saya Iida to win the titles. Tora & Ruaka become the 36th Goddesses Of Stardom Champions. Ruaka pinned Hanan with a Dharma German suplex hold.

The next event is the 5STAR GP Tournament, the promotion’s annual single tournament, starting Sunday at Ota City General Gym. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World will begin midnight PT/3 AM ET. It is expected to be available for all monthly paying subscribers without additional purchase on or after 8/1.

Injury Report: NO-HEY

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced a somewhat significant injury change to upcoming events-significant because it’s current GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion YO-HEY. Left orbital floor fracture (eye). Out indefinitely but at least several weeks. He was to have defended the title against Hiromu Takahashi on 8/11. That match has been POSTPONED. It’s not yet known how long YO-HEY will be out. Takahashi will still participate on the 8/11 event.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 7/23/25 Results

New Japan ran Day 4 of the G1 CLIMAX 35 today, the first solo day for Block B.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1547.

There was a late change to the card due to Gabriel Kidd still being out with injury. He was to have faced Shingo Takagi in a Block B match. Takagi gets a free win instead. At this time Kidd is still on the card for his next scheduled match, which is Saturday against Drilla Moloney.

Match 1: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Yano pinned Kanemaru.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman beat Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura. Young pinned Kato after Jacobs Ladder.

Match 3: Dick Togo & EVIL beat Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. EVIL beat Yasuda with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Reohei Oiwa beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Jackson pinned Nagai after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 5: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo & David Finlay. Tanahashi beat Gedo with a Texas Cloverleaf.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: YOSHI-HASHI beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Ren Narita beat El Phantasmo.
Match 8: Konosuke Takeshita beat Great-O-Khan.
Main Event: Shota Umino beat Zack Sabre Jr.
Shingo Takagi beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit.

Standings-wise, YOSHI-HASHI now leads Block B at 3-0, 6 points with 4 at 2-1, 4 points. The top 3 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is Friday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 7/23/25 Results

Heroic Legend Rei-ZERO Vol. 7, the latest in Dragon Gate’s series of off-beat events focusing on cross-promotional matches, was held today.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 237)

Match 1: Daga & Owadasan (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Masaaki Mochiuki & Punch Tominaga. Daga beat Tominaga with a sharpshooter.

Match 2: Munetatsu Nakamura & Mizuki Watase (Ganbare Pro) beat Daiki Yanagiuchi & Akihiro Sahara. Watase pinned Yanagiuchi after Bear Elbow.

Match 3: Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe. Riiita pinned Sawa after Riiitanic.

Match 4: All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Takashi beat YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka to retain the titles. Takashi pinned Yokosuka after Cyber Bomb. V3 for the champs.

Match 5: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Jun Masaoka to retain the title. V1 for Tanaka.

Main Event: Strong Machine J & Shiro Koshinaka beat Madoka Kikuta & ISHIN. Koshinaka pinned ISHIN with a demon windmill hold.

The next event is Saturday at Nadasaki Cultural Center in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate 7/21/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Aggressive Gate 2025 Tour yesterday in Toyama.

Yesterday’s event was held at Ariso Dome in Toyama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 379, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Strong Machine J,. Kzy & U-T beat Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka & Daiki Yanagoichi. J pinned Yanagiuchi after Machine Lariat.

Match 2: Dragon Dia beat Ho Ho Lun.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka beat Flamita & Bendito. Tanaka pinned Bendito after Survive.

Match 4: In an Exhibition Match, YAMATO beat Dai Tsujiguchi by submission.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat Jason Lee & KAI. Skywalker pinned Lee after Psychic Blaster.

Main Event: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Madoka Kikuta, Yoshiki Kato, Kota Minoura & ISHIN. Hyo pinned ISHIN after Samson Driver.

The next event is Heroic Legend Rei-ZERO Vol. 7 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, part of the venue’s month-long 20th Anniversary celebration. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 7/22/25 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran Day 3 of the G1 CLIMAX 35 today, with only Block A matches today.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai 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 1714.

There was a last-minute change to the event as one non-tournament match was cancelled due to Gabriel Kidd being out with injury (hyperextended knee). For now it looks like he’s off the next event as well meaning he’ll miss another G1 match.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Ishimori beat Kato with Bone Lock.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Kanemaru beat Jado with a figure 4.

Match 3: Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Romero pinned Young.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shota Umino & Katsuya Murashima. Jackson pinned Murashima after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa beat Callum Newman.
Match 6: Boltin Oleg beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Match 7: SANADA beat EVIL.
Match 8: Taichi beat David Finlay.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat Yuya Uemura.
Standings-wise, there are now 5 tied for the lead at 2-1, 4 points, everyone else is 1-2, 2 points. The top 3 will advance to the Semifnals.

The next event is tomorrow at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Kidd is now off tomorrow’s event. He was to have faced Shingo Takagi in a Block B match. Takagi wins by forfeit as a result.

Dragon Gate 7/20/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Aggressive Gate 2025 Tour yesterday in Ishikawa.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kanazawa Distribution Hall in Ishikawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 281.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Hyo, Ben-K & Riiita. Dia pinned Riiita after Endover.

Match 2: Kzy & Flamita beat Ho Ho Lun & Bendito. Kzy pinned Lun.

Match 3: Jason Lee beat JACKY KAMEI.

Match 4: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato vs. Shun Skywalker & Homare went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference. Well, the rest of them anyway, which given they’re all Z-Brats here kinda makes no sense.

Match 5: YAMATO & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Strong Machine J & U-T. YAMATO pinned U-T after Gallaria.

Main Event: Takashi, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka beat Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & KAI. Takashi pinned KAI after Pineapple Bomber.

The latest event was earlier today at Ariso Dome in Toyama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The next event is Heroic Legend Rei-ZERO Vol. 7 Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.