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NEWS: Major GLEAT Departures (Updated x2)

After Purotesu Today reported on some pending GLEAT departures at the end of the year, the promotion announced more on their website, and they’re major…

First up, after rampant rumors about his status, CIMA is leaving the promotion on 12/31. Contract expiring and they couldn’t agree on an extension. CIMA will continue to appear as a freelancer and will appear on at least 6 events next year to make up for the events he missed these last 2 months due to injury after his potential departure was revealed in November.

Second, Ryo Aitaka is also leaving the promotion. Contract expiring. He will continue to compete as a freelancer, including in GLEAT, and also plans to focus more on work as an actor.

Also departing is Commissioner Masato Yoshino, who is retiring on 12/31 when his contract expires. He and CIMA have been with the promotion since the beginning after leaving Dragon Gate (Yoshino had already retired as a wrestler due to injuries). The position will not be filled.

Finally, Executive Director Kiyoshi Tamura will also retire on 12/31 at the end of his contract. No plans for a replacement.

Aitaka’s last match will be on 12/30, a Lidet UWF Single Bout vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima. All except Aitaka had been with GLEAT since the promotion was formed.

Not yet announced-clarification on the promotion’s YouTube plans. If you missed it before, they will terminate their paid channel membership program in one week.

UPDATE: The promotion also announced the plans for YouTube with the paid membership ending: EVERYTHING in 2026 including all events except non-televised/recorded house shows will be available FOR FREE! What’s not yet clear is what will happen to everything that was paywalled this year. Guess we’ll find out in about a week.

UPDATE 2: The 12/30 event will be LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. May be a slight delay for on demand afterwards.

New Japan 12/22/25 Results (Updated)

New Japan wrapped up their 2025 with the final event of the Road To TOKYO DOME Tour and the Hiroshi Tanahashi retirement road, the last event before his retirement match at Tokyo Dome.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE!!! No account or paid subscription required! No YouTube as a result.

The announced paid attendance was 1515, a legit sellout.

Match 1: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat TBA, revealed at match time to be Ryusuke Taguchi, to retain the title. V5 for Phantasmo. Next up: Possibly DDT wrestler Chris Brookes, who attacked Phantasmo post-match and issued the challenge. According to DDT’s official English social media, the challenge is for Tokyo Dome.

Match 2; Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Tiger Mask, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. YOSHI-HASHI pjnned TM 4.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, SANADA & EVIL beat Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Narita pinned Wato. Afterwards, a House Of Torture beatdown commenced until DDT’s Kaisei Takechi made the save, surely to the delight of female fans in attendance.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Newman pinned Gedo after Overkill. Afterwards, Newman revealed one of the two TBA for United Empire in the 10-man tag at Tokyo Dome…Andrade El Idolo. Supposedly Andrade has a 1 year no-compete clause due to being let go again by WWR for drug program violations but I’d heard a “one-time exception” was being negotiated by his legal team. This must be it.

Match 5: Sho & DOUKI beat KUUKAI & El Desperado and Daiki Nagai & Taiji Ishinori in a 3-way when DOUKI pinned Nagai.

Match 6: Yota Tsuji, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Tsuji pinned Jackson after Gene Blaster.

Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kosei Fujita. Afterwards, Tanahashi said farewell to the venue where he made his debut and performed one final Korakuen epic air guitar show to send the fans home happy.

2025 has now come to a close for New Japan and the Hiroshi Tanahashi Retirement Road has reached the final stop because…

The next event, the first of 2026, is WRESTLE KINGDOM 20 in TOKYO DOME, the biggest annual event in Japanese pro wrestling and maybe biggest in the world after WWE WrestleMania, on 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming EXCLUSIVELY on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin on 1/3 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan only. Additionally, a special program looking back at Tanahashi’s career will be aired on New Japan World FOR FREE Wednesday beginning at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Phantasmo-Brookes has been added to Tokyo Dome and will be a pre-show match.

Also, the full field for the battle royal for the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match on 1/4 has been announced: Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano will defend the titles against these 7 teams-Shota Umino/Yuya Uemura/Kaisei Takechi (DDT), Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Boltin Oleg, Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa/Hartley Jackson, Togi Makabe/Ryusuke Taguxhi/Tiger Mask, Clark Connors/OSKAR/Yuto Ice, Tomohiro Ishii/Taichi/Satoshi Kojima, Ren Narita/Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SANADA. 2 teams will start and a new team enters every minute. When one wrestler is eliminated that entire trio is out. Eliminations are by pinfall, submission or over the top rope. Last team left wins the match and the titles

Sumo-January 2026 Banzuke Announced

It’s earlier than usual but sumo fans just got an early Christmas present-the Japan Sumo Association has just announced the updated Banzuke (rankings) for the January 2026 Grand Sumo Tournament. Below are the full rankings for the top 2 tiers then some related notes:

Makuuchi (top tier):
Yokozuna-Onosato, Hoshoryu
Ozeki-Aonishiki (November Champion), Kotozakura
Sekiwake-Kirishima, Takayasu
Komusubi-Oho, Wakamotoharu
Maegashira 1-Ichiyamamoto, Yoshinofuji
Maegashira 2-Ura, Wakatakakage
Maegashira 3-Takanosho, Hakunofuji
Maegashira 4-Daieisho, Atsmifuji
Maegashira 5-Tamawashi, Churanoumi
Maegashira 6-Hiradoumi, Onokatsu
Maegashira 7-Oshoma, Fujinokawa
Maegashira 8-Shodai, Kinbozan
Maegashira 9-Gonoyama, Roga
Maegashira 10-Tokihayate, Kotoshoho
Maegashira 11-Chiyoshoma, Nishikifuji
Maegashira 12-Midorifuji, Abi
Maegashira 13-Tobizaru, Tomokaze
Maegashira 14-Shishi, Mitakeumi
Maegashira 15-Ryuden, Asakoryu
Maegashira 16-Asanoyama, Oshoumi
Maegashira 17-Asahakuryu, Hatsuyama
Notes: First up, another one you don’t recognize? Yep, now that he’s a full-fledged Isegahama wrestler and no more Miyagino/Hakuho, Hakuoho is now also a kaimei rikishi, with a new shikona (ring name) and is under full Isegahama credo as Hakunofuji. Sounds like he also is the first to have a Terunofuji-influenced ring name on top of the Fuji requirement (Terunofuji is now the current Isegahama). That aside…the big story is Aonishiki being promoted to Ozeki and making his first effort at the second-highest ranking, beginning his quest towards a vow to reach Yokozuna this year. He comes in on the heels of his first Emperor’s Cup and will look to win more tournaments and more matches. There may be some health concerns about Onosato due to a shoulder injury that caused him to withdraw for the first time on the final day of November, but all indications are he should be good to go. Hoshoyu won this tournament last year to clinch promotion to Yokozuna and is coming off another playoff loss. At the bottom, Asanoyama makes his long-awaited return to the top tier right between Takasago stablemates Asakoryu-hanging on to his spot despite another struggle in November-and Asahakuryu who makes his top tier debut after only 2 Juryo tournaments including a championship. Hatsuyama will also make his top tier debut at the bottom of the rankings while the Aonishiki promotion takes away the Maegashira 18 ranking for now.

UPDATE (12/24/2025): Nikkan Sports reports Onosato is expected to participate in the tournament.

Juryo:
Juryo 1-Kotoeiho, Fujiseiun
Juryo 2-Daiseizan, Kagayaki
Juryo 3-Fujiryoga (November Champion), Shirokuma
Juryo 4-Sadanoumi, Shonannoumi
Juryo 5-Tamashoho, Takerufuji
Juryo 6-Kotokuzan, Nishinoryu
Juryo 7-Tochitaikai, Asasuiryu
Juryo 8-Meisei, Kitanowaka
Juryo 9-Hitoshi, Kayo
Juryo 10-Kazekeno, Tohakuryu
Juryo 11-Wakanosho, Tsurugisho
Juryo 12-Nishikigi, Kyokukaiyu
Juryo 13-Hidenoumi, Dewanoryu
Juryo 14-Hakuyozan, Kazuma (November Makushita Champion)
Notes: Not quite enough for Fujiryoga to get to the top tier after a championship in his Juryo debut as he’s near the top of loaded rankings. Somewhat surprised Fujiseiun didn’t get promoted to the top tier despite 8-7 at J1 last time, he’ll have to try again this time. Kotoeiho also lost out on the numbers game too and only went up one spot to J1 despite 9-6. Meisei didn’t fall as far as I feared he would, only to the middle of Juryo and hopefully will be ready for a full comeback as he was a late entry in November after back surgery. The Shin-Juryo wrestlers fill out the bottom 3 rankings with Kazuma debuting after a championship at Ms15.

Lower tier notes: As probably expected, Mita was demoted from Juryo after having to withdraw early due to injury and is now at Makushita 1, but he is not expected to compete this time. Former Juryo champion Tochimusashi is the other Ms1. Himukamaru was demoted back to Makushita after his Juryo debut, but not too bad as he only fell to Ms2 so he can get back quickly. At the other slot, the Miyagino purge by Isegahama continues as Seihakuho is also kaimei, now going forward he will be Toshinofuji. Shiden was also demoted from Juryo and is at Ms3. Basically anyone that was a Miyagino man in Isegahama now, except for Enho, is also kaimei and is now a Fuji. Enho took a smaller than hoped for jump up, moving up to Ms11 which means he probably will need to go 7-0 and win the championship for a Juryo return in March. Debuting at Ms21 in the third tier is Kaki, who will be going for a 4th straight championship to open his career, and in all 4 of the lower tiers. That feat could mean a Juryo debut in March. The Sandanme is at the usual “new normal” of 80 ranks and 160 total wrestlers. The Jonidan slims down a little to 101 ranks and 202 total wrestlers while the Jonokuchi has 21 ranks and 42 total wrestlers.

The January Tournament runs from 1/11-1/25 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. All tickets are already sold out.

From the pre-tournament Banzuke Topics, here are some more notes about Aonishiki’s promotion:
Excluding Makushita debuts like Onosato, he is the fastest ever to go from pro debut to Ozeki, needing just 14 tournaments and blowing away the prior record. The previous record? 19 tournaments for Kotooshu (now the stablemaster Naruto). And he did it in leas than half the time it took Hakuho! (31 tournaments which is 10th)
He is tied with Azumafuji & Onosato for fastest from top tier debut to Ozeki since after World War 2, needing just 5 tournaments.
At 21 years 8 months, he is the 4th youngest new Ozeki since 1958. He beat out now-5th place Asashoryu by a few days (21 years 9 months). The youngest ever new Ozeki is Takanohana who was 20 years 5 months. Aonishiki is behind Hakuho in 3rd who was 21.

Stardom 12/20/25 & 12/21/25 Results

Stardom wrapped up their 2025 house show slate this weekend with events yesterday & today.

Yesterday’s event was held at Tex Port Imabari in Ehime and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 474.

There were last-minute changes to both cards due to Koguma being pulled off both events. Fever. Flu season started early in Japan and it reportedly has been rough so far.

Match 1: HANAKO & Ema Maishima beat Rian & Kikyo Furusawa. HANAKO pinned Rian after a lariat.

Match 2: Lady C beat Matoi Hamabe.

Match 3: AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Anne Kanaya. Seira pinned Mizumori after Shooting Star.

Match 4: Suzu Suzuki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat Bea Priestley, Momo Kohgo & Yutia Hime. Bozilla pinned Hime after a sitdown powerbomb.

Match 5: Maika, Waka Tsukiyama & Hazuki beat Ami Sohrei, Hina & Ranna Yagami. Maika pinned Yagami after Michinoku Driver 2.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani, Konami, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Rina beat Syuri, Saori Anou, Saya Iida, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Ruaka pinned Kurara after Freezer Bomb.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 757.

Match 1: Maika & Rian beat HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama. Rian pinned HANAKO.

Match 2: AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Syuti, Matoi Hamabe & Anne Kanaya. AZM pinned Hamabe after a diving foot stomp.

Match 3: Hina beat Akira Kurogame & Kikyo Furusawa in a 3-way by pinning Furusawa.

Match 4: Hazuki, Ema Maishima & Olympia beat Momo Kohgo, Yuria Hime & Bea Priestley. Olumpia pinned Hime. Olympia is another masked wrestler from Mexico.

Match 5: Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Rina & Fukigen. Sakura pinned Ruaka after a high kick.

Match 6: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita & Bozilla beat Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Suzuki pinned C after Splash Mountain.

Main Event: Saori Anou & Saya Iida beat Saya Kamitani & Konami. Iida pinned Konami after Iidabashi.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 12/21/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their annual special pre-Christmas event “Se-no, Merry Christmas! 2025” today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 327, a full house/near sellout.

Before the event began, a press conference was held with the contract signing for the Princess Of Princess Championship match on 1/4 between Miu Watanabe & Suzume, now official again with Watanabe retaining the title last weekend in Thailand.

Except for the main event, all matches had a 7 minute time limit.

Match 1: Chika Nanase beat Uta Takami.

Match 2: Raku beat Kira Summer.

Match 3: Mahiro Kiryu beat Shino Suzuki. Kiryu retains the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship.

Match 4: Kaya Toaibami vs. Toga went to a time limit draw.

Match 5: Hyper Misao beat Ren Konatsu by submission.

Match 6: Shoko Nakajima beat Mifu Ashida.

Match 7: Arisu Endo beat Pom Harajuku by submission.

Match 8: Mizuki vs. Rika Tatsumi went to a time limit draw.

Match 9: Miyu Yamashita beat Yuki Arai in 65 seconds. Ouch. Almost a glorified squash.

Main Event: Suzume, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara. Aino pinned Kamifuku after Venus DDT.

The next event, the last of the year, is “TJPW Year-End Party 2025” Saturday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

Also forgot this in the original post-at this event the first 4 teams for the 2026 Max Heart Tournament, the promotion’s annual tag team tournament, were also announced: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi, Arisu Endo & Suzume and Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. It will be a 12-team tournament next year, single elimination, with the remaining teams TBA.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/21/25 Results

After 4 long, full years that helped steer the promotion through the pandemic and recovery, Pro Wrestling NOSH finally ended the seemingly-never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with the last event.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE tomorrow night (early Tuesday AM on the US east coast). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 278.

Match 1: Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Hiroto Tsuruya & Yuto Koyanagi. Fujimura pinned Koyanagi.

Match 2: Mohammed Yone beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Shuji Kondo, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Daga, Daiki Odashima & Midori Takahashi. Kotoge beat Takahashi with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & AMAKUSA beat Manabu Soya, Saxon Hucley & Junta Miyawaki. Kenoh pinned Miyawaki after a round fist.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura & Will Kroos beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Inamura pinned Harutoki after DIS Charge.

Main Event: Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke. Sasaki beat Tadasuke with Nameless Joint Technique.

The final event of 2025 is Pro Wrestling NOAH THANKSGIVING 2025 on Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 12/21/25 Results

New Japan ran their last outside-Tokyo event of the year today and the last such event of Hiroshi Tanahashi’s career as they went to Tochigi for the second and penultimate event of the Road To TOKYO DOME Tour.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1323, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Sho & DOUKI beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & KUUKAI (Michinoku Pro) by ref stoppage. DOUKI beat Matsumoto with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 2: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Zane Jay & Katsuya Murashima. Makabe pinned Jay after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 3: Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano beat Masatora Yasuda, Tiger Mask, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi.Wato pinned Yasuda after a swan dive uppercut.

Match 4: Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA, Ren Narita & EVIL. Uemura pinned Takahashi with a Kannuki suplex hold.

Match 5: Jacob Austion Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi & SHingo Takagi. Newman pinned Nagai after Time Bomb.

Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, Yota Tsuji, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Tsuji pinned Jackson after Gene Blaster.

Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat El Desperado. Afterwards, Tanahashi said his final farewell to the fans including epic air guitar despite a seemingly painful knee to sent the crowd home happy. And sad too as it’s the last time they’ll see Tanahashi compete.

The tour-ender, and the final event of 2025, is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and EVERYONE will be able to watch the full event live & on demand FOR FREE!!!

DDT Pro Wrestling 12/21/25 LIVE Results (Updated x2)

DDT runs their final Tokyo signature event of 2025 today, RING FINALE 2025, which is a misleading title because it’s not the final event of the year. But it’s the last big one loaded with 3 title matches. First up, To-y defends the DDT Extreme Championship against Yasu Urano in a “Finish it now!! If you can’t do it now, To-y loses!!” match where a lottery is held every 2 minutes and, after that, the match can only be won by pinfall or submission using that specific technique picked from social media (except for ring outs and DQs). And it’s only 10 minutes plus if it goes the distance, Urano wins the title. The second title match is MAO & KANON defending the KO-D Tag Team Championship against the outside intruding team of Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox. Finally, in the main event Yuki Ueno defends the KO-D Openweight Championship against Takeshi Masada (this is not a double title match).

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Aya Shibata, a former member of SKE48 who is currently a freelance announcer, will be the special guest on commentary. There is a pre-show match scheduled before the event, and the Extreme rules may shorten the running time a bit, however I anticipate with the pre-show match it will have a total running time of about 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Takao Soma, Kazuma Sumi & Yuni vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Daichi Sato & Rukiya
Main show:
Minoru Suzuki & Akito vs. Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku
Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, Demus & Illusion vs. Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata
Shinya Aoki, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way
Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Sanshiro Takagi vs. HARASHIMA & Kaisei Takechi
DDT Extreme Champion To-y vs. Yasu Urano in a Finish it now!! If you can’t do it now, To-y loses!! match for the title. a lottery is held every 2 minutes and, after that, the match can only be won by pinfall or submission using that specific technique picked from social media (except for ring outs and DQs). If the match goes to a 10 minute time limit draw, Urano wins the title
KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & KANON vs. Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox for the titles
KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Takeshi Masada for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:10 PM PT/9:10 PM ET for the pre-show match. The main show is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. (Late Pre-Show Update: The live stream is now scheduled to begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET)

6 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

6:10 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates start now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & special guest Aya Shibata. We presumably will be joined by Haruo Murata later on in place of Dairaku.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event. Already a decent early crowd, same-day ticket sales indicate not a sellout.

Pre-show match: Takao Soma, Kazuma Sumi & Yuni vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Daichi Sato & Rukiya. 15 minute time limit
Result: Takao Soma, Kazuma Sumi & Yuni beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Daichi Sato & Rukiya. Soma pinned Matsunaga. Afterwards, Shunma Katsumata joined the winners in the ring to lead the crowd in a sendoff chant for Soma, who will be out indefinitely starting next month due to treatment for a knee injury. Then transitioned to NwA Jr. opening live.

Updates will resume when the main show begins (6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET).

Main show:
The matches begin at 6:33 PM PT/9:33 PM ET.

Match 1: Minoru Suzuki & Akito vs. Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki & Akito beat Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Suzuki pinned Koroku after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, Demus & Illusion vs. Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, Demus & Illusion beat Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata in just a few seconds. Sasaki beat Hirata with a crossface. Then Hirata with microphone. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, Demus & Illusion vs. Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, Demus & Illusion beat Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata. Illusion pinned Hirata after a swanton bomb.

Quick break for the opening announcements, today with the Microphone Inoue (one of the ring announcers) filling in for GM Imabayashi. They also introduce representatives from Axseed, a company that is the sponsor of today’s main event.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shinya Aoki, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way when Iino pinned Kasai.

Your new host is Haruo Murata, taking over for Satoshi Dairaku.

Match 4: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Sanshiro Takagi vs. HARASHIMA & Kaisei Takechi. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA & Kaisei Takechi beat Yuji Nagata & Sanshiro Takagi. Takechi pinned Takagi. Afterwards, Nagata put Takechi over before leaving and wished him good luck in his New Japan debut at the Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

Match 5: DDT Extreme Champion To-y vs. Yasu Urano in a Finish it now!! If you can’t do it now, To-y loses!! match for the title. a lottery is held every 2 minutes and, after that, the match can only be won by pinfall or submission using that specific technique picked from social media (except for ring outs and DQs). If the match goes to a time limit draw, Urano wins the title. 10 minute time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion To-y beat Yasu Urano to retain the title. V6 for To-y. With a big assist to the Matsui referee.

Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & KANON vs. Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & KANON beat Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox to retain the titles. KANON pinned Masaoka. V2 for the champs. As the winners finished their post-match promo, Yuki Iino came out and speared MAO. Yukio Naya was right behind. With microphone. Challenge issued, they want the titles back. It’s now official for after the new year.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Takeshi Masada for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat Takeshi Masada to retain the title. V4 for Ueno. Next up: Sasaki. Low blow to deliver his message then a beatdown until Brookes made the save. And bitch slapped Ueno for good measure. Following some bantering, Akito made it official-the next defense will be a 3-way. And for both titles with multiple falls is what it sounds like.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: Both title matches hinted at above will happen on 1/25. The 3-way will be an Irregular 2 Falls Double Title match-the first fall will be for the DDT Universal Championship, then the second fall will be for the KO-D Openweight Championship. Kaisei Takechi participation was also announced for 1/25.

UPDATE 2: In post-event backstage comments, it was revealed that Masada announced he will leave the Shadenfreude International faction after the 1/3 Korakuen event. That means it’ll be just Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda for now (and Masa Takanashi who remains out).

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/20/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate event of the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at 176BOX in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 292.

Match 1: Daiki Odashima & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Yuto Koyanagi & Midori Takahashi. Odashoma pinned Takahashi after Dead End.

Match 2: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Alejandro & Back Menso-re. Miyawaki pinned Menso-re with a sunshine suplex hold.

Match 3: Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Huxley pinned Harutoki after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi. Marufuji pinned Kikuchi after a round fist.

Match 5: Eita beat Kai Fujimura.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Will Kroos & Daga beat Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke. Inamura pinned Tadasuke after DIS Charge.

The tour-ender, after 4 long years, is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Monday night.

News: 2025 PWI Tag Team 100 Announced (SPOILERS!)

The last of what is now a year-end awards trilogy from Pro Wrestling Illustrated came out today, as we go down from 500 (wrestlers) to 250 (women) and now 100 (tag teams). The second PWI Tag Team 100 list was revealed today and features both men’s and women’s teams. Naturally I’ve browsed the list already so below are the top ranked teams and how various Japan-based teams fared.

Because this is only in digital format and the print edition will not be out for another 3 weeks or so, those waiting for the latter should stop here to avoid SPOILERS! Otherwise, click below.

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