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Dragon Gate 6/5/25 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate ran the second half of their Tokyo doubleheader today, focused more on promotional crossovers and some inter-faction warfare. And, after yesterday’s results, an inaccurate match promo graphic or two.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1239)

Match 1: Jason Lee, KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T by DQ. J DQ’d. Dangerous weapon use. The official match graphic online incorrectly showed J & Kzy as Open The Triangle Gate Champions but they lost the titles yesterday.

Match 2: Takashi beat Hyo & Punch Tominaga in a 3-way by pinning Tominaga. This was to have been Hyo vs. Tominaga but Takashi was a late add at yesterday’s event.

Match 3: YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka, Kagetora & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Toru Owashi (DDT). Kagetora pinned Fuda.

Match 4: In a Gold Class Contra Love&Peace Match, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior. Riiita pinned Junior after Riiitanic. Hyo was special referee. As a result, Gold Class remains the official name of the faction and no more Love&Peace. (UPDATE: Despite this result, per Dragon Gate’s official website they are going to change the faction name to Love&Peace)

Match 5: Luis Mante 20th Anniversary Match: Luis Mante, Ultimo Dragon & Flamita beat Dtagon Bane, Alpha Wolf (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Bendito by ref stoppage. Bane injury. Later reported to be a concussion.

Match 6: El Desperado (New Japan) & Dragon Kid beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN. Kid pinned ISHIN after Ultra Huracanrana. Desperado & Kid were seconded by Stardom wrestler Starlight Kid (also masked).

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & Homare beat Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Kikuta pinned Yoshioka after a rolling lariat.

The next event is Saturday at Espowaru Isanuma in Saitama for a doubleheader. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: The Match 5 result has been updated as per Dragon Gate’s official website, Mante was declared the winner due to the ref stoppage. The Match 4 result has also been updated.

Injury Report: Dragon Ban(ish)ed (Updated)

At today’s Dragon Gate event (results coming when I can get them) it is being reported that Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Dragon Bane was injured and hospitalized after an accident during his match. Concussion per Dragon Gate’s official English Twitter. This has also been confirmed by NOAH on their website which noted a possible concussion. Out indefinitely. This bears monitoring as it could affect the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship held by Bane & Alpha Wolf.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: In a Twitter post in Spanish, Bane says he suffered a severe concussion but will be back in a few weeks. Also, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s official English Twitter says test results showed no issues and a return date will be determined based on recovery.

BREAKING: Kaisei Takechi Joins DDT

In what definitely os a “Best For Business” move, “The Rampage” Kaisei Takechi announced a short time ago he has signed an agency contract and will join DDT as a full-time wrestler. He has made 2 appearances over the past year and both packed Korakuen Hall with female fans eager to see him wrestle. He will remain a member of LDH JAPAN, where he performs as a stage athlete/musician.

His first “official” match as a roster member will be on 7/13 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, teaming with Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno to face Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Hideki Okatani. The event will be streamed live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE worldwide and also on ABEMA in Japan. But if hints dropped were any indication of things to come, a match against Ueno tops Takechi’s wishlist.

The replay of the presser can be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

Dragon Gate 6/4/25 Results

Dragon Gate began a Tokyo doubleheader today with a blowout event featuring 4 title matches, with all but the promotion’s comedy title on the line.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. It will also be broadcast on GAORA SPORTS in Japan at a later date. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1186)

Match 1: Dragon Dia, Luis Mante, Ryoya Tanaka & Yuki Yoshioka beat Ben-K, Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Tanaka pinned Riiita after Cross Saber.

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii, Gurukun Mask & Bendito beat Toru Owashi (DDT), Problem Dragon, Punch Tominaga & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Bendito pinned Tominaga after La Bendicion.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker, Madoka Kikuta & KAI beat BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora by ref stoppage. Skywalker beat Kagetora.

Match 4: Open The Brave Gate Champion U-T beat Mochizuki Junior to retain the title. V1 for U-T.

Match 5: ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kzy, Strong Machine J & Flamita to win the titles. ISHIN, Kato & Homare become the 93rd Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Homare pinned J after Firebird Splash.

Match 6: Open The Twin Gate Champions Kota Minoura & Jason Lee beat Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi to retain the titles. Minoura pinned Kid after Golden Rose. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO beat Masaaki Mochizuki by TKO (ref stoppage-towel) to retain the title. V8 for YAMATO. Next up: Skywalker. That match will happen at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, the promotion’s biggest annual event, on 7/13 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. For those wondering, YAMATO is now only halfway to the all-time successful defense record, which is 15. But it’s possible he could be the last obstacle to Z-Brats controlling everything as they could have all the titles after this depending on the next Brave Gate match as their ranks further grow and their leader has a chance to win the Dream Gate again.

The second event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The result details for Match 3 have been edited-the result above was correct but after watching the replay it was actually a ref stoppage. Skywalker hit SSW on Kagetora and had the 3 count but at 2.99 the ref stopped counting to check on Kagetora, who appeared to be knocked out. No response so the ref called the match off as it looked like Kagetora was legit KO’d. He had to be carried to the back by Yokosuka and GM Ryo Saito and oculdn’t even roll out of the ring on his own. As of right now Kagetora is still on tomorrow’s event (in a 10-man tag) but we’ll see if this changes last-minute. There has been one change already-what was to have been a match of Hyo vs. Punch Tominaga is now a 3-way with Takashi added.

News: Latest Daisuke Sekimoto Update

Tokyo Sports provided another update today on Daisuke Sekimoto, who was hospitalized after being seriously injured during a Big Japan match on 5/29. Now home and recovering, he went to a hospital in Yokohama yesterday for further testing and diagnosis. Traumatic cervical spine injury per translation, no paralysis or muscle weakness, it’s considered a low grade injury which hopefully is good and also no concussion. He will be re-examined in 2 weeks and decisions about going forward will be made then. Sekimoto is out at least this month and will not participate in the annual Fire Festival tournament in Pro Wrestling ZERO1 starting Friday. Further decisions about his future will be made after upcoming exams.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom 6/4/25 Results

Stardom ran their latest NEW BLOOD event today, the 22nd event of the developmental series for younger & less experienced wrestlers.

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

The announced paid attendance was 153, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kyrara beat Ema Maishima & Kikyo Furusawa. Sakura pinned Maishima after Cherry Blossom.

Match 2: Asuka Goda beat Yuria Hime.

Match 3: Debbie Keitel beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 4: Hina & Ranna Yagami beat Honoka & Saki-ran and Azusa Inaba & Fukigen in a 3-way when Hina pinned Honoka.

Match 5: Nanami Hatano beat Rian.

Main Event: New Blood Tag Team Champions Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO beat Himiko & Makoto Yume to retain the titles. Tsukiyama pinned Yume after Smelt. V3 for the champs.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

News: TAKAYAMANIA Returns In 2025

Once one of Japanese pro wrestling’s most legendary big men and a mountain of a man in the ring (especially in terms of height), Yoshihiro Takayama has been paralyzed and bedridden since a cervical cord injury suffered in May 2017. But he continues to progress in rehabilitation and as has been the case the last few years, TAKAYAMANIA, a special annual event put on to support Takayama, will return in 2025. The wrestler’a official Japanese-language blog announced that TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE 4 will be held on 9/3 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Ticket sales and wrestler participation will be announced as it gets closer but it will be a free live broadcast on ABEMA in Japan. All proceeds after necessary expenses will be donated to help cover Takayama’s medical expenses, and a number of banks have accounts set up allowing fans to make donations to Takayama’s wife to help with his ongoing care. I would at the very least expect Minoru Suzuki to be a featured wrestler at the event.

New Japan News: Tokyo Dome 2026 Event Official

Amidst a flood of New Japan news items yesterday was this item which I missed until just now-start making holiday travel plans because WRESTLE KINGDOM 20, the biggest annual event in Japanese pro wrestling and maybe biggest in the world after WWE WrestleMania, has been officially announced. It will be held on its traditional date of January 4 (a Sunday) at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. Already set for the event is Hiroshi Tanahashi’s retirement but everything else is TBA.

More details including ticket information will be announced closer to the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/3/25 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH finished off a long weekend stretch of events today with this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2025 event.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1233.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya, AMAKUSA & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Eita, Shuji Kondo & Black Menso-re. AMAKUSA pinned Menso-re after Opening Of The Country.

Match 2: Saxon Huxley, HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi beat KENTA, Super Crazy & Daiki Odashima. Huxley pinned Crazy after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura and Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan in a 3-way by DQ. Owadasan DQ’d. Removing Bane’s mask.

Match 4: Atsushi Kotoge 20th Anniversary Match: Atsushi Kotoge beat Super Delfin.

Match 5: Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki to win the titles. Soya & Inaba become the 71st GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Inaba pinned Kenoh.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion YO-HEY beat Junta Miyawaki to retain the title. V2 for YO-HEY. Next up; Kotoge. That match will happen on 6/21 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion OZAWA beat Tetsuya Endo & Takashi Sugiura in a 3-way elimination match by eliminating both to retain the title. V6 for OZAWA. Afterwards, Sugiura apparently defected to Team 2000X.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

The promotion has also announced viewership for yesterday’s MONDAY MAGIC Prime Time Episode 2 actually topped last week’s record and now ranks in the all-time top 10 for viewership of ANY event/program on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. A break next week before Episode 3 on 6/16.

UPDATE: You can now watch the English commentary version of today’s YO-HEY vs. Miyawaki match FOR FREE on YouTube via the Pro Wrestling NOAH Official English channel.

News: Another Wrestler Trying To Turn Politician

This one is a little hard to take seriously because of who it is. But anyway, Weekly Pro reports that wrestler is Sakura Hirota, who is leaving WAVE to run for a seat in the House Of Councilors in Aichi Prefecture. Hirota debuted in GAEA Japan in 1996 then retired in 2005 when the promotion closed, but unretired in 2009 and in recent years has been a comedy wrestler, often impersonating various wrestlers-male and female-under the ring bane Shin Sakura Hirota, but has been based in WAVE. She is now leaving that promotion but it’s not known if she is retiring again.

Wrestlers do have a track record of becoming politicians in Japan, most notably Hiroshi Hase who served in the upper house of the Diet (Japan’s version of Congress in the US) while wrestling in All-Japan, the late Osamu Nishimura who served in various local and national roles, and also Shinichiro Kawamatsu who reversed the roles as a politician in Tokyo who has appeared a few times in DDT over the last couple years. And let’s not forget Atsushi Onita double-dipping.