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Stardom 2/5/25 Results

Stardom ran their latest NEW BLOOD event today in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced

Match 1: HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama beat Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime. HANAKO beat Hime with a scorpion deathlock. This was incorrectly listed on some sites as a Nee Blood Tag Team Championship match-it actually was a NON-TITLE match.

Match 2: Kaori Yoneyama beat Rian. This was billed as Yoneyama’s first appearance in Stardom in a long time, hiding that she appears regularly as Fukigen.

Match 3: Tomoka Inaba, Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Cohaku (WAVE), Honoka (WAVE) & Saluran. Hina pinned Honoka after a modified jackhammer. Afterwards in backstage comments, Hina made a Future Of Stardom Championship challenge for whoever wins the next title match later this month, when Miyu Amasaki defends against HANAKO.

Match 4: Azusa Inaba & Rina beat Yume Makoto & Mizuki Kato (Diana). Rina pinned Makoto after Pink Devil. Afterwards, despite the loss, Makoto & Kato made a New Blood Tag Team Championship challenge.

Main Event: Ranna Yagami, Nanami (Diana) & Hiniko beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Nanami pinned Sakura with a Northern Lights suplex hold. Afterwards in backstage comments, Nanami stated she & Himiko will challenge for the New Blood Tag Team Championship on 3/1 at the next NEW BLOOD event.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

In other news, the promotion has announced a long list of statuses and who will and will not appear on upcoming events due to injuries or other participation over the next month or so. Everything below is subject to change and is listed by faction:
Stars-Hazuki & Koguma are off 2/9 due to OZ Academy participation
Saya Iida is out indefinitely due to injury but at least another week (until after 2/12)

Cosmic Angels-Tam Nakano, Natsupoi and Saori Anou are off 3/30 due to outside participation. Anou is also off 2/9 due to OZ Academy participation and 2/15 due to Maya Yukihi 10th Anniversary event participation

God’s Eye-Syuri is off 2/16 due to Diana participation
Ami Sohrei is out an extended period due to injuries. She is making appearances on commentary for PPVs
Hina will compete on 2/15, 2/16, 2/22 & 2/34
Tomoka Inaba is scheduled for 2/8, 2/9, 2/15, 2/16, 2/24
Ranna Yagami is off 2/16 due to Diana participation
Kiyoka Kokatsu is scheduled for 2/11, 2/12, 2/15, 2/16, 2/22, 2/24

E neXus V-Mina Shirakawa is out indefinitely due to injury
Xena is out an extended period due to injuries
Waka Tsukiyama will not be on the next 4 events (2/8, 2/9, 2/11, 2/12)

Neo Genesis-Nothing to report

H.A.T.E.-Momo Watanabe will not be on 2/11 & 2/12
Konami will return on 2/8
Saya Kamitani is off 3/2 due to WAVE participation
Thekla will not be on the next 4 events
Ruaka is off 2/11 & 2/12 due to outside event participation
Rina is scheduled to compete on 2/15, 2/16, 2/22 & 2/24
Azusa Inaba is scheduled to compete on 2/8, 2/9, 2/15, 2/16, 2/24
Fukigen (Kaori Yoneyama) is scheduled to compete on 2/12, 2/15, 2/16, 2/23, 2/24

Others-Matoi Hamabe is out indefinitely due to injury

Participation on dates with no Stardom events-3/10 will have Suzu Suzuki, Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid participation in a Referee Barb Sasaki 25th Anniversary event and Syuri & Natsupoi participation in a Sareee produced event.

New Japan 2/4/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the second half of another Tokyo doubleheader.

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 1287.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Togi Makabe beat Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Makabe pinned Murashima after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado, Master Wato, Shota Umino & El Phantasmo. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball. Afterwarda, Khan cut off some of Umino’s hair.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Naito pinned Honma after Pluma Blanca.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi by DQ. Taichi DQ’d. Low blow.

Match 5: BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji vs. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd went to a double countout.

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Jackson after Shoto.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita to retain the title. V2 for Desperado. Next up: Akira. That match will happen at the annual Anniversary Event on 3/6 at Ota City General Gym.

The next event is Thursday at Kashima Sports Center in Ibaraki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 2/3/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the first half of another Tokyo doubleheader.

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 ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 928. Continuing an unusual trend down for Korakuen attendance for them.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Daiki Nagai by submission.

Match 2: Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan. Wato beat Young with Vendeval. Afterwards, Khan grabbed an Umino shirt from a fan and tore it up.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Takahashi pinned Honma after Time Bomb 1.5.

Match 4: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi by DQ. Taichi DQ’d. Low blow fake by SANADA.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Ishimori beat BUSHI with Gedo Clutch.

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Ishii pinned Jackson after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Main Event: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat Jeff Cobb to retain the title. V2 for Phantasmo.

The next event is tomorrow with IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita for the title in the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This is the last televised event of the tour (no live or on demand for the last 3 events).

DDT 2/3/25 Results

DDT held a Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary Event today, which was unique in that it did not feature any DDT wrestlers-at least none who are signed to the promotion (some regulars who are technically freelancers were featured).

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, as is now the case for DDT, but they claimed it was a legit sellout.

At the start of the event, Sanshiro Takagi appeared and announced the start of a new project, M&A Pro Wrestling (Matchmake & Agent), with the first event on 4/9 at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage then the second event on 6/25 at Shinjuku Face. No DDT wrestlers will be a part of either event.

Match 1: Fumito Kihara beat Shota.

Match 2: Hyper Misao (Tokyo Joshi Pro) beat Muscle Sakai. Misao actually unmasked herself during the match.

Match 3: Fuminori Abe & Munenori Sawa beat Yumiko Hotta & Shinya Aoki by DQ. Hotta DQ’d. Out of control.

Match 4: Dump Matsumoto & Toru Owashi beat Brahmans Shu & Kei by DQ in 44 seconds. Shu DQ’d. Ref assault. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): In a No DQ Match, Dump Matsumoto & Toru Owashi beat Brahmans Shu & Kei. Matsumoto pinned Kei after a body press. Sanshiro Takagi was special referee.

Match 5: Meiko Satomura beat Shin Sanshiro Takagi, an unknown wrestler dressed up as Takagi. Based on a promo for the match, I’m led to believe “Takagi”, who was seconded by the real Takagi, was actually Sakura Hirota.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan in 30 seconds. Which led to…
Main Event (yet again): Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Afterwards, Takagi made Nagata & Kuroshio vs. Brahmans Shu & Kei for 4/9, and promised the fans he will compete again. He has taken a step back from wrestling and is no longer competing full time, in part to focus on front office duties and his role in a new alliance of many major and independent promotions in Japan (about the only notable promotion not part of this alliance right now is All-Japan).

The next event is Thursday, a mini-event with only 4 matches which will all be part of the D GENERATIONS CUP 2025 Tournament. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Stardom 2/2/25 Results (Updated)

Stardom ran their latest major event, STARDOM SUPREME FIGHT 2025, today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World for 1400 Japanese yen (around $9.30 US) until Saturday. It should be available for all monthly paying subscribers shortly after that. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout. Only standing room tickets were available today. Some claims are going around it’s a Korakuen record for the promotion. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1614)

Match 1: Yuria Hime vs. Akira Kurogame went to a 5 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO. Thekla pinned Maika after Poisonous Spider Drop.

Match 3: Hina & Lady C beat Mei Seira & Rian. Hina pinned Rian after a modified jackhammer.

Match 4: Koguma beat Ranna Yagami. As a result, Yagami had to do the bear pose Koguma does. Had Yagami won, Koguma could no longer have forced God’s Eye to do the pose.

Match 5: Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Fukigen beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Fukigen pinned Mizumori.

Match 6: Syuri, Saki Kashima, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Hazuki & Momo Kohgo. Syuri beat Kohgo with White Tiger. Konami returned after the match.

Match 7: AZM, Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Artist Of Stardom Champions Tam Nakano, Natsupoi & Saori Anou to win the titles. AZM, Kid & Amasaki become the 34th Artist Of Stardom Champions. AZM pinned Anou after Azumi Sushi.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion Saya Kamitani beat Suzu Suzuki to retain the title. V1 for Kamitani. Next up: TBA, but she proposed a tag match of herself and TBA vs. Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara for 2/24. If Nakano wins, she can demand anything she wants from Kamitani including a title rematch. But if Kamitani wins Kurara must join H.A.T.E. (2/24 will be a PPV) (UPDATE: It’s now official. TBA teaming with Kamitani will be announced at a later date.

The next event is NEW BLOOD 18 Wednesday at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. Live streaming FOR FREE on YouTube will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. It will also be available on demand on YouTube after the event (no Stardom World broadcast).

UPDATE: Injury Report-Mina Shirakawa was injured during or after her match, possibly from Pink Devil on a chair by Rina. Unspecified injury. Out indefinitely.

Also announced for 2/24 is Wonder Of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid vs. Rina for the title.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/2/25 LIVE Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with an event in Tokyo. While it’s mainly a house show the big attraction is a massive autograph session held for fans with most if not all the roster that is available participating. I expect the main event to be a tag match that will continue the build to the upcoming GHC Heavyweight Championship match between OZAWA & Galeno.

There have been late changes made to the card because Ulka Sasaki is now off. The always vague poor health. He was to have been in a 6-man tag match, which was changed to a tag match and Shuji Kondo was moved to another match, changing it from a single match to a 3-way.

Today’s event will be held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are only 6 matches and the main event may be the only one with more than a 30 minute time limit, but despite that I anticipate it having a running time of only about 2 hours.

Additionally, as of earlier today the full NOAH THE NEW YEAR event from 1/1, which originally was only available as a PPV on ABEMA in select countries, is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE for all monthly paying subscribers with no further paywalls in Japanese and English.

Today’s lineup:
Manabu Soya vs. Owadasan
Tadasuke vs. Shuji Kondo & Black Menso-re in a 3-way
Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Mohammed Yone & Masa Kitamiya
Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh & Kai Fujimura vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Shuhei Taniguchi & Zozaya
HAYATA, YO-HEY, Eita & Daiki Odashima vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki
OZAWA & Tetsuya Endo vs. Galeno & Alejandro

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The livestream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

9:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue has a maximum capacity for wrestling of about 900 I believe, they’re probably using much smaller today and I can’t see much from hard camera but what I see is largely full. I’ll predict it’ll be near 400. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 524)

The matches will begin in a few minutes.

The matches begin right on schedule at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. Looks like hard camera-only views today.

Match 1: Manabu Soya vs. Owadasan. 15 minute time limit
Result: Manabu Soya beat Owadasan by submission

Match 2: Tadasuke vs. Shuji Kondo & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tadasuke beat Shuji Kondo & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Mohammed Yone & Masa Kitamiya. 20 minute time limit
Result: Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Mohammed Yone & Masa Kitamiya. Sugiura pinned Yone after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 10:50 PM PT/1:50 AM ET (about a 10 minute break).

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh & Kai Fujimura vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Shuhei Taniguchi & Zozaya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh & Kai Fujimura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Shuhei Taniguchi & Zozaya. Kenoh pinned Taniguchi after PFS.

Match 5: HAYATA, YO-HEY, Eita & Daiki Odashima vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. 30 minute time limit
Result: Atsushi Kotoge, Hasjime Ohara, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat HAYATA, YO-HEY, Eita & Daiki Odashima. AMAKUSA pinned Odashima after Opening Of The Country.

Main Event: OZAWA & Tetsuya Endo (with Yoshitatsu) vs. Galeno & Alejandro. 1 Hour time limit
Result: OZAWA & Tetsuya Endo beat Galeno & Alejandro. OZAWA pinned Alejandro after Big Ben Edge. Afterwards, OZAWA unmasked Galeno as part of a heel beatfown until Kiyomiya & Kenoh made the save and covered up Galeno’s face. We never saw his face. This match also showed that, for those who didn’t know, Yoshitatsu is about the only person in NOAH that gets booed despite Team 2000X all being heels.

A neat & tidy event over in just under 2 hours even with the intermission even if the ending doesn’t send the crowd home happy, and it didn’t.

The next event is Saturday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. Also, although it does not say this on NOAH’s website, the 2/11 Korakuen Hall event, listed as only an ABEMA live broadcast, will also be available live outside Japan on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only.

New Japan 2/1/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1508.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Masatora Yasuda, Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kanemaru beat Yasuda with a figure 4.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Daiki Nagai & Tomohiro Ishii. Naito pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Togi Makabe & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Makabe pinned Young after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Ishimori beat TAKA with Bone Lock.

Match 6: Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Moloney pinned BUSHI after Drilla Killer.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Oiwa was the only winner left, last eliminating Honma.

The next event is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to start a doubleheader there with a NJPW WORLD TV Championship match as the scheduld main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

News: 2025 Hana Kimura Memorial Event Announced

It has been announced on social media that this year’s Hana Kimura Memorial Event, celebrating the young wrestler & daughter of longtime wrestler Kyoko Kimura, will be held on 5/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Tickets will go on sale next week but those who become sponsors can take advantage of a pre-sale and choose seats.

Hana Kimura was a young rising star in Stardom and elsewhere who was the creator and leader of the Oedo Tai faction in Stardom (now H.A.T.E.) and also made appearances in the US (notably in the former iteration of Ring Of Honor). The event date marks the anniversary of the day she took her own life in 2020 after cyberbullying following her appearance on a Japan-only Netflix series. She was only 22 at the time of her death, which months later was ruled a suicide. Kyoko Kimura continues to fight for stronger criminal penalties in Japan for such incidents of bullying that lead to suicides or deaths, which led to a new law in 2022 carrying up to a year in jail and a 300,000 yen (around $2000 US) fine. This memorial event, held every year since, brings wrestlers from throughout Japan together to celebrate Hana’s life and too-short career and also is a fundraiser for Kyoko Kimura to help cover legal expenses and continuing Hana’s legacy through a non-profit organization.

Broadcast plans TBA but if the trend since the beginning continues, fans outside Japan should be able to watch the event as a PPV live & on demand on Triller/FITE.

New Japan 1/31/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with an event in Iwate.

Today’s event was held at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1020.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, Masatora Yasuda, Bolein Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kanemaru pinned Nagai.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Takahashi pinned Murashima.

Match 3: Togi Makabe & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Makabe pinned Young after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball.

Match 5: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Connors pinned TAKA after No Cultivation.

Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Moloney pinned BUSHI after Drilla Killer.

Main Event: Tomoaki Honma, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Goto pinned Jackson after Shoto.

The next event is tomorrow at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Injury Report: The Going Around Gets More

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced changes to this weekend’s events, to include a special CyberFight joint event with the promotions under the umbrella-Ulka Sasaki is now off these events. The always vague poor health (likely illness). He will miss an autograph session tomorrow and Sunday’s NOAH event in Tokyo. On Sunday he was to have teamed with Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita to face Masa Kitamiya, Mohammed Yone & Shuji Kondo. Kondo has been removed from the match to make it a tag match, and will now be moved into Match 2, which was supposed to be Tadasuke vs. Black Menso-re but will now be a 3-way. Sasaki should be back for the next event after this on 2/8.

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