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Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/19/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the first half of a special 25th Anniversary doubleheader today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The live broadcast was an ABEMA exclusive in Japan and will be available in Japanese shortly.

The announced paid attendance was 1596, a legit advance sellout including standing room only tickets.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji & Daiki Odashima beat KENTA & Junta Miyawaki. Odashima pinned Miyawaki after Rotating Hell Olympics Part 1.

Match 2: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Super Crazy beat Shuhei Taniguchi, Will Kroos & Hajime Ohara. Bane pinned Ohara after Twisterbane.

Match 3: Manabu Soya, Daiki Inaba, Saxon Huxley & Yuto Kikuchi beat Ulka Sasaki, AMAKUSA, Eita & Black Menso-re. Soya pinned MEnso-re after Ballistic.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura & Daga beat Tetsuya Endo & Atsushi Kotoge. Daga pinned Kotoge after Diablo Wings.

Match 5: Jack Morris, Tadasuke, Owadasan & TBA, a supposed new Team 2000X member revealed to be Knull, beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Alejandro & Harutoki. Knull pinned Alejandro after a chokeslam.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion YO-HEY beat HAYATA to retain the title. V4 for YO-HEY.

Main Event: Kenoh beat GHC Heavyweight Champion OZAWA by ref stoppage (KO/TKO) to win the title. Kenoh becomes the 47th GHC Heavyweight Champion. Next up: KENTA. That match will happen tomorrow.

The second half of the doubleheader is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

All-Japan News: Royal Road Tournament Set, More (Updated)

All-Japan has announced the field for the 2025 Royal Road Tournament, a single-elimination bracket-style tournament for Heavyweights only coming up in August & September. There are 16 entrants this year, 15 of which were revealed today: Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Ren Ayabe, Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Hideki Suzuki, Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Hokuto Omori, Koran, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Xyon, Kengo Mashimo, Naoya Nomura and, noteworthy, Odyssey aka the former Odyssey Jones in WWE. Entrant 16 is TBA, whoever it is will face Rei Saito in Round 1. TBA will be revealed via participation on 8/3 at Ota City General Gym.
The other Round 1 matchups:
Kento Miyahara vs. Kengo Mashimo
Yuma Aoyagi vs. Naoya Nomura
Shotaro Ashino vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Hideki Suzuki vs. Odyssey
Ryuki Honda vs. Koran
Hokuto Omori vs. Xyon
Jun Saito vs. Ren Ayabe

Ayabe is the defending tournament winner.

All matches will be held under PWF Rules, 1 fall with no time limit. Round 1 will be on 8/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, 8/30 at Kunibiki Messe Large Exhibition Hall in Shimane and 8/31 at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. The Quarterfinals will be 9/3 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and 9/6 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. The Semifinals & Finals will be 9/15 at Korakuen.

Also set for 8/3 is a GAORA TV Championship match-after Takashi successfully retained the title in a 5-way in Dragon Gate at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025 last weekend, his next challenger has been announced-because apparently he’s a draw if nothing else, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

UPDATE: Fallout from 7/17-after Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi successfully defended the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship, the next challenge came from Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo. Accepted and it’s now official. That match will happen on 8/3. Also, I incorrectly stated the 7/17 match was V4 for the champs. It actually was V3.

Stardom 7/17/25 Results

Stardom ran their last house show for a while today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Ulry 1st Floor Multipurpose Hall in Aomori and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 572.

Match 1: Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe beat Natsupoi & Sayaka Kurara. Kamitani pinned Natsupoi after Star Crusher.

Match 2: Miyu Amasaki beat Saki Kashima & Ema Maishima in a 3-way by pinning Maishims.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kotatsu beat Yuria Hime & Kikyo Furusawa. Yagami pinned Furusawa after Beat Master.

Match 4: Hazuki & Koguma beat Ami Sohrei & Lady C. Koguma pinned C after a diving body press.

Match 5: Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. Ruaka pinned Iida after Freezer Bomb.

Match 6: Suzu Suzuki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Bozilla pinned Rian after a piledriver.

Main Event: Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat Starlight Kid, AZM & Mei Seira. Anou pinned Kid after Tantan Dollar.

The next event is STARDOM SAPPORO RENDEZVOUS 2025 Monday at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World will begin Sunday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

In other news, after the champion issued a challenge yesterday, High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Honoka (WAVE) for the title has been added to 7/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

All-Japan 7/17/25 Results

All-Japan kicked off the Summer Action Series 2025 today with the start of the Zennichi Jr. Festival, a Junior Heavyweight single tournament

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

The announced paid attendance was 855. Rather low for Korakuen recently.

Zennichi Jr. Festival:
Match 1: Block B: Dan Tamura beat Fuminori Abe.
Match 2: Block A: Hikaru Sato beat Ryo Inoue by submission.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Seigo Tachibana beat Kumaarashi, Takashi & Shota Kofuji. Suzuki beat Kofuji with a sleeper hold.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Shotaro Ashino & Ren Ayabe beat Jun & Rei Saito, MUSASHI & Yuko Miyamoto. Ayabe pinned MUSASHI after Des Roulette.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Hokuto Omori & Talos to retain the titles. Aoyagi pinned Omori after THE FOOL. V4 for the champs.

Zennichi Jr. Festival:
Match 6: Block B: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Naruki Doi.
Main Event: Block A: Rising Hayato beat Seiki Yoshioka.

The next event is Sunday at Volfert Toyama in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that evening.

Stardom 7/16/25 Results

Stardom headed to northern Japan today to start a rare midweek doubleheader, today running an event in Akita.

Today’s event was held at Akita Selion Plaza in Akita and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 456.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Ema Maishima. Bozilla pinned Maishima after a piledriver.

Match 2: Hazuki & Koguma beat Sayaka Kurara & Yuria Hime. Hazuki pinned Hime after a diving senton.

Match 3: Saki Kashima, Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO, Rian & Kikyo Furusawa. Sohrei pinned Rian after a brainbuster.

Match 4: Konami beat Aya Sakura & Ranna Yagami in a 3-way by pinning Yagami.

Match 5: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Kid beat Mizumori with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Momo Watanabe beat Hanan, Saya Iida, Natsupoi & Momo Kohgo. Tora pinned Hanan after a swanton bomb.

The next event is tomorrow at Ulry 1st Floor Multipurpose Hall in Aomori. There will be no live broadcast.

NOAH News: Epic Title Match Today, Broadcast Plans Change

Some NOAH news:

In Marigold today, GHC Women’s Champion Takuni Iroha defended the title against Marigold World Champion Utami Hayashishita in a match for both titles, and at their request it had a 1 Hour time limit instead of the normal 30 minutes. In the end, after going 56+ minutes…DOUBLE KO. Both retain their titles. V3 for Iroha. And perhaps a rematch if both have their way. The natch should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

Also, it was announced that the 7/36 event at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto, which was scheduled to be on demand only a fee days afterwards, will now be a LIVE WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast. Start time is 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 6/29/25 Results (Updated 7/15/25)

7/15/25 UPDATE: The full event can now be watched on demand on New Japan World.

New Japan held a special TANAHASHI JAM event today, a Hiroshi Tanahashi Produced event marking the halfway point of his retirement road and the grand finale of the Aichi Prefectural Gym venue, which is closing for good to make way for the brand-new Aichi International Arena (aka IG Arena) that opened about a month ago and will have it’s official grand opening in a couple weeks with the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast outside of Japan. This event aired live in Japan only exclusively on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4570.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Odashima (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat LEONA (Dradition), Hiromu Takahashi & Tatsumi Fujinami (Dradition). Tanahashi beat LEONA with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 2: Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL beat YOSHI-HASHI, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii & Yuya Uemura. Owens pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Last Testament.

Match 3: NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg beat Yuji Nagata to retain the title. V1 for Oleg.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, El Desperado & Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & SANADA. Wato pinned Kanemaru after a falcon blow.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat TBA, revealed at match time to be Taiji Ishimori, to retain the title. V2 for Phantasmo.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate), Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Skywalker pinned Young after SSW.

Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto by ref stoppage (technical submission) to win the title. Sabre becomes the 13th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. And the second 2-time champion.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Ryohei Oiwa. Tanahashi pinned Oiwa after High Fly Flow.

The next event is Friday at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo for the penultimate event of the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, Dragon Gate announced Tanahashi will participate in the promotion at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, on 7/13 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. He was revealed as the TBA that will team with Dragon Kid to face Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. That event will be available to watch live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

UPDATE 2: Goto was injured in his match today. Right elbow. Out Friday. Status uncertain beyond that.

Sumo-July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 2 Results (7/14/25) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 2 of the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

Makuuchi (top tier):
Kotoeiho (M17) beat Kayo (M16)
Kotoshoho (M15) beat Shishi (M17)
Mitakeumi (M16) beat Hidenoumi (M15)
Kusano (M14) beat Churanoumi (M13)
Shodai (M13) beat Fujinokawa (M14)
Midorifuji (M12) beat Takanosho (M11)
Asakoryu (M11) beat Tokihayate (M12)
Ura (M9) beat Atamifuji (M10)
Roga (M10) beat Chiyoshoma (M9)
Ichiyamamoto (M8) beat Tobizaru (M7)
Gonoyama (M6) beat Sadanoumi (M8)
Takerufuji (M6) beat Hiradoumi (M5)
Tamawashi (M4) beat Meisei (M5)
Hakuoho (M4) beat Oshoma (K)
Takayasu (K) beat Kinbozan (M3)
Kirishima (S) beat Abi (M2)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Onokatsu (M3)
Kotozakura (O) beat Oho (M2)
Wakamotoharu (M1) beat Hoshoryu (Y). KINBOSHI!!! The 2nd career Gold Star Victory for Wakamotoharu!
Onosato (Y) beat Aonishiki (M1)

Juryo:
Kotokuzan (J14) beat Asanoyama (Ms1)
Miyanokaze (J14) beat Daiamami (J13)
Hatsuyama (J13) beat Shimanoumi (J12)
Mita (J11) beat Otsuji (J12)
Shiden (J11) beat Nishikifuji (J9)
Tsurugisho (J9) beat Mitoryu (J10)
Kazekeno (J8) beat Kagayaki (J7)
Fujiseiun (J8) beat Takarafuji (J7)
Hitoshi (J6) beat Tohakuryu (J5)
Daiseizan (J6) beat Hakuyozan (J5)
Oshoumi (J3) beat Tochitaikai (J4)
Tamashoho (J3) beat Shirokuma (J2)
Shonannoumi (J2) beat NIshikigi (J1)
Ryuden (J1) beat Tomokaze (J2)

Stardom 7/13/25 Results

Stardom headed to Fukushima today for an Ami Sohrei hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Parse Izaka in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 302.

There were several last-minute changes due to Ruaka being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Kurara pinned Hina after Tokimeki Spear.

Match 2: Yuna Mizumori beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 3: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Koguma & Ema Maishima. Kid beat Maishima with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora beat Kikyo Furusawa.

Match 4: Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Hanan pinned Rian with a blockbuster hold.

Match 5: Suzu Suzuki & Bozilla beat AZM & Mei Seira. Bozilla pinned AZM after a sitout powerbomb.

Main Event: Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima & Lady C beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Konami. Sohrei pinned Konami.

The next event is Wednesday at Selion Plaza in Akita. There will be no live broadcast.

Sumo-July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 1 Results (Opening Day) (7/13/25) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 1-Opening Day-of the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, being held for the first time at the brand new IG Arena (Aichi International Arena) which is replacing the now-closed Aichi Prefectural Gym:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

Makuuchi (top tier):
Shishi (M17) beat Kotoeiho (M17)
Mitakeumi (M16) beat Kayo (M16)
Kotoshoho (M15) beat Hidenoumi (M15)
Kusano (M14) beat Fujinokawa (M14)
Shodai (M13) beat Churanoumi (M13)
Midorifuji (M12) beat Asakoryu (M12)
Takanosho (M11) beat Tokihayate (M11)
Roga (M10) beat Atamifuji (M10)
Ura (M9) beat Chiyoshoma (M9)
Ichiyamamoto (M8) beat Sadanoumi (M8)
Gonoyama (M6) beat Tobizaru (M7)
Takerufuji (M6) beat Meisei (M5)
Tamawashi (M4) beat Hiradoumi (M5)
Kinbozan (M3) beat Hakuoho (M4)
Abi (M2) beat ONokatsu (M3)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Oho (M2)
Kirishima (S) beat Wakamotoharu (M1)
Aonishiki (M1) beat Kotozakura (O)
Onosato (Y) beat Oshoma (K)
Hoshoryu (Y) beat Takayasu (K)
WITHDRAWALS (Pre-Tournament): Daieisho (S), Endo (M7). Daieisho-torn calf. Will miss the entire tournament. This is the first time, excluding 2 coronavirus-related days missed, he’s had to withdraw in his entire career,which spans 13 1/2 years. If those 2 absent days were expunged, his consecutive match streak to begin his career ends at 1071 and his top tier consecutive match streak ends at 803. It’s also expected he will lose his title as, excluding Yokozuna, the longest-tenured wrestler ranked at or above M4 since achieving that rank. He hasn’t been below that rank since January 2019. Also means his latest and maybe final career Ozeki bid is over as he is into his 30s. Endo-knee surgery. Will also miss the entire tournament and possibly is done for the year, but may be back in November. That could see him demoted to Makushita for the first time since May 2013-his second career tournament (he debuted at Ms10). That may also explain the concerns about his conditions post-match in the last 2 tournaments where he has clearly been affected by something.
Of note: The first tournament with 2 Yokozuna since 2021 started as expected, with both Onosato & Hoshoryu winning easily. Tomorrow Onosato must defend against his first kinboshi opportunity as a Yokozuna, and it’s not going to be easy as it’s against Aonishiki, who gets his first career chance at a Gold Star Victory. Hoshoryu is in a likewise situation but his opponent is Wakamotoharu.

Juryo:
Miyanokaze (J14) beat Kyokukaiyu (Ms1)
Kotokuzan (J14) beat Daiamami (J13)
Hatsuyama (J13) beat Otsuji (J12)
Mita (J11) beat Shimanoumi (J12)
Shiden (J11) beat Mitoryu (J10)
Nishikifuji (J9) beat Tsurugisho (J9)
Fujiseiun (J8) beat Kazekeno (J8)
Kagayaki (J7) beat Takaraduji (J7)
Hitoshi (J6) beat Daiseizan (J6)
Tohakuryu (J5) beat Hakuyozan (J5)
Tochitaikai (J4) beat Shirokuma (J4)
Tamashoho (J3) beat Oshoumi (J3)
Tomokaze (J2) beat Shonannoumi (J2)
Ryuden (J1) beat Nishikigi (J1)
WITHDRAWAL (Pre-Tournament): Nabatame (J10). Left knee. Status uncertain, YouTube English news source Chris Sumo says out at least the first 2 days, however in a YouTube video his stablemaster Futagoyama noted he will have surgery. When that does happen he will be out at least 4 tournaments. That would mean 6-9 months. If he doesn’t compete this time he will be demoted from Juryo and the expectation is that absence will see him demoted to the Sandanme.

Lower-tier notes: Congratulations to Jonokuchi wrestler Tosoumi, real name Sosuke Imakawa, who in his career debut became the answer to a future trivia question by becoming the first rikishi to win a match in the new IG Arena during a tournament (Jonokuchi matches are always the first of each day). Elsewhere, Asanoyama won his first Makushita match at Ms1 so he is 3 wins from promotion back to Juryo, but Enho lost his first match which all but ends his Juryo return chances for September as he probably had to go 7-0 and win the championship.