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New Japan 6/19/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 tour today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. It will be available on New Japan World ASAP as apparent technical difficulties from yesterday continue.

There was also a last-second change to the card due to El Phantasmo being pulled from the event. Knee injury. Status uncertain. He was to have teamed with Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto to face Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. in the main event. Tomoaki Honma was the replacement.

The announced paid attendance was 1006.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsunoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Masayora Yasuda beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaro, Sho, DOUKI, Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Yoh, Master Wato & Toru Yano. Narita beat Murashima with a modified kneebar.

Match 4: SANADA, Don Fale, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Jado, Togi Makabe, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg by DQ. Jado DQ’d.

Match 5: Tiger Mask, Shota Umino & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Young after Second Chapter.

Match 6: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tokohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Main Event: Tomoaki Honma, Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Uemura pinned Jackson with a kannuki suplex hold.

The next event is Saturday at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata. Live streaming on New Japan World will (hopefully) begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

PS-wondering about why no Los Ingobernables de Japon on the tour so far? Mexico. Hiromu Takahashi posted on social media recently with photos from Mexico as they are on an excursion there. Yota Tsuji is there too, not sure about Shingo Takagi.

DDT 6/18/25 Results

DDT held a Daisuke Sasaki Produced event today called CHARISMANIA 2, the second such event he has put on this past year

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced

Voice actor and DDT semi-regular guest Tetsu Inada was the special ring announcer.

Match 1: Yasu Urano beat Naohiro Katsumi by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 2: Illusion & Sangre Azteca Jr. beat El Pantera Jr. & Sumicaras (almost certainly Kazuma Sumi under a mask). Illusion pinned Sumicaras.

Match 3: Brahmans Shi, Kei & Ueno (last one being Yuki Ueno) beat Takayuki Ueki, Alito & Mataro. All 3 Brahmans pinned Mataro.

Match 4: MJ Paul & Minoru Fujita beat So Daimonji & Ryoma Tsukamoto. Paul pinned Tsukamoto after a reverse splash.

Match 5: In a hardcore match, Isami Kodaka beat Hideki Okatani.

Main Event: In what was bulled as the GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH EVER, Dick Togo (New Japan) beat Daisuke Sasaki. Togo was Sasaki’s trainer/mentor.

After the main event, Sasaki announced a 2th Anniversary event for 10/2 at Korakuen Hall. Japanese rock band HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT will be a sponsor/supporter of the event and will perform live there.

The next event is tomorrow at Tokyo Boat Race Tama River in Tokyo. This is a free event with admission to the race venue (which is 100 yen or around 70 cents US). There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 6/18/25 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Super Power Series today with a major event in Tokyo.

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 1196.

Match 1: Rei Saito, Atsuki Aoyagi & Takuya Nomura beat MUSASHI, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Shota Oto. Saito beat Oto.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato, Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer), Yuko Miyamoto, Funinori Abe & Seigo Tachibana beat Suwama, Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Xyon. Mashimo beat Inoue with a kneebar.

Match 3: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Takashi (Dragon Gate) & Talos. Ayabe pinned Kumaarashi after Des Roulette.

Match 4: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Seiki Yoshioka beat Naruki Doi to retain the title. V2 for Yoshioka.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Madoka Kikuta & KAI to retain the titles. Miyahara pinned KAI with a shutdown suplex hold. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito beat Hideki Suzuki to retain the Triple Crown. V5 for Saito.

The next event is “Baka Era vs. Hokuto Army” Tuesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, the announced upcoming Junior Heavyweight Tournament was revealed today as Zennichi Jr. Festival 2025 it will have 10 participants in 2 blocks in a round-robin format. The participants are as follows:
Block A-Rising Hayato, Ryo Inoue, Hikaru Sato, Seigo Tachibana, Seiki Yoshioka
Block B-MUSASHI, Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi, Fuminori Abe, Naruki Doi
All matches will be held under PWF Rules, meaning 1 fall, 30 minute time limit. The Finals will be no time limit. 2 points for win, 1 point for time limit draw, 0 poinys for loss, double countout, double DQ or no contest. The winner of each block will advance to the Finals with tiebreakers if needed being head-to-head result. If 3 or more tie, it will be determined after all matches.
The tournament will start on 7/17 and end on 8/3, covering 6 events during that time.

New Japan 6/18/25 Results (Updated)

New Japan licked off the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today, marking the halfway point of the promotion’s annual schedule.

Today’s event was held at Aomori Budokan in Aomori and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. UPDATE: There were technical issues with the live broadcast on New Japan World so it is not available on demand yet. The entire event was uploaded to YouTube as a result and, when made available on New Japan World, will be available FOR FREE with no paid subscription required to watch.

The announced paid attendance was 1105.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Zane Jay Debut Match: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw. This was Matsumoto’s career debut as a true rookie and Jay’s first Japan match, he previously competed on New Japan’s US events and trained at the US-based NJPW Academy.

Match 2: Daiki Nagai beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 3: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Shoma Kato, Yoh, Master Wato & Toru Yano. DOUKI beat Kato with Half Paradise Lock.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA, Don Fale (Bad Luck Fale), Chase Owens & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg. SANADA beat Murashima with Skull End.

Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Uemura pinned Young after a diving body attack.

Match 6: Tiger Mask, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. Ishii pinned Gedo after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Main Event: El Phantasmo, Shota Umino & Hirooki Goto beat Hartlry Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Phantasmo pinned Jackson after Thunder Kiss 86.

The next event is tomorrow at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 6/17/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2025 Tour today in Kagoshima.

Today’s event was held at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & Yoshiki Kato beat Strong Machine J, U-T & Flamita. Lee pinned U-T after Nightmare.

Match 2: Kzy beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI $ Riiita vs. Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat Luis Mante & Bendito. Skywalker pinned Bendito after Skayde Special.

Match 5: YAMATO & BxB Hulk beat Ben-K & Mochuzki Junior. YAMATO pinned Junior after Gallaria.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI & ISHIN. Tanaka pinned ISHIN after Cross Saber.

The next event is PRIME ZONE+ Vol. 14 Friday at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe. ISHIN is the GM for this month’s episode. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

DDT 6/15/25 Results

DDT ran a standalone event yesterday in Niigata with another DDT Extreme Championship match.

Yesterday’s event was held at Niigata City Higashi-ku Plaza in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

There were last-second changes to the card due to Takao Soma being pulled off last-minute. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Yuni & Daichi Sato beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Yuni pinned Sumi after Messiah DDT.

Match 2: HARASHIMA beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Jun Akiyama, Akito, Shunma Katsumata & Yukio Naya. Sasaki beat Katsumata with a mystical crossface.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda and MAO & KANON in a 3-way when Higuchi pinned Honda.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Deathmatch with different rules for each fall, To-y beat DDT Extreme Champion Super Sasadango Machine to win the title. To-y becomes the 63rd DDT Extreme Champion. Fall 1: In a match where the first to spit milk out of their mouth loses, Machine won. Fall 2: In a match where the first to put their opponent into a trash can wins, To-y won. Fall 3: In a match where the total number of chops into the opponent’s back is counted and whoever delivers the 100th total chop wins, To-y won. To-y wins 2-1.

The next event is CHARISMANIA 2, the second Daisuke Sasaki Produced event, under that label, Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan News: G1 CLIMAX 35 Field Set (Updated)

The Road To Tokyo Dome is officially underway as New Japan has announced the field for the 35th G1 CLIMAX Tournament, their biggest tournament of the year. This year will be a field of 20 split into 2 blocks, with a play-in tournament determining the last 4 of those 20.

The 16 already in are as follows:
Block A: Hirooki Goto, Boltin Oleg, Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, David Finlay, EVIL, SANADA, Hiroshi Tanahashi
Block B: El Phantasmo, Shota Umino, Shingo Takagi, Zack Sabre Jr., Great-O-Khan, Gabriel Kidd, Ren Narita, Konosuke Takeshita

Sabre is the defending tournament winner.

The play-in matches, where the winners of each match qualify, are as follows:
Block A: Taichi vs. Callum Newman (6/23), Ryohei Oiwa vs. Don Fale (7/4)
Block B: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Drilla Moloney (6/23), YOSHI-HASHI vs. Chase Owens (7/4)

The tournament starts on 7/20 in Hokkaido and ends on 8/17 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. This year the top 3 in each block will advance, with the block winners advancing directly to the Semifinals and 2nd & 3rd going to a playoff match. The winner of the tournament gets an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match, while traditionally at Tokyo Dome that is not always the case-Sabre gambled on an early cash-in to go to October’s Royal Quest 4 event in his home country of England as champion and it paid off because he won the title.

In non-G1 news, a new Young Lion will debut during the upcoming New Japan Soul 2025 tour as Tatsuya Matsumoto will begin his career on Wednesday, and will face Zane Jay in the first of a series of matches between them on the tour. Jay is a graduate of the US-based NJPW Academy, the first true graduate to make his Japan debut in the promotion after training & competing in US events. Earlier this year he gave up his ‘STRONG Survivor” title and guaranteed position in opening matches on US events to pursue training and competing in Japan.
Matsumoto, 24, is a Junior Heavyweight and former personal trainer who passed the entrance test in 2023 and began training last year. He was a wrestler in high school.

UPDATE: Taichi has announced on social media that Just 5/4 Guys is no more. After the return and subsequent defection of DOUKI to House Of Torture, Taichi is disbanding the faction, which was really just himself and Yuya Uemura now (plus TAKA Michinoku although he is a freelancer, they were 5 until SANADA defected to HOT too) and will now be part of the main aka unaffiliated New Japan core unit.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/16/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 3 of MONDAY MAGIC Prime Time today.

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.

Match 1: Alpha Wolf beat Saxon Huxley & Danny Duggan in a 3-way by beating Duggan.

Match 2: Great Sakuya & Miyuki Takase beat Johnnie Robbie & Amira. Sakuya pinned Amira after Moon Surface Hydrogen Bomb.

Match 3: Titus Alexander, Ryan Clancy & Robert Marter beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Odashima & Shuji Kondo. Clancy pinned Odashima after a dropkick.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Archie Cole by submission.

Match 5: YO-HEY & HAYATA beat Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka. HAYATA pinned Fujita.

Main Event: Ulka Sasaki beat Fuminori Abe.

The season finale is next Monday.

The next event is MEMORIAL VOYAGE 2025 in OSAKA Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka, which is part of the promotion’s 25th Anniversary series of events. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 6/15/25 Results (Event 2)

Dragon Gate ran a second event in Fukuoka today shortly after the first event concluded.

Today’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 445.

Match 1: Flamita & U-T beat Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka. Flamita pinned Yoshioka after a firebird splash.

Match 2: YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka beat Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horiguchi & Bendito. YAMATO pinned Horiguchi after Gallaria.

Match 3: Ryoya Tanaka beat KAI.

Match 4: Luis Mante beat Dragon Kid.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & Madoka Kikta beat Strong Machine J & Kzy. Skywalker pinned Kzy after SSW.

Main Event: In en elimination match, Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare. Hyo and one other survived.

The next event is tomorrow at Sasebo City Gym& Culture Center in Nagasaki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, 2 new matches for Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025 and a change to one already set match were announced today: The change first-the Open The Triangle Gate Championship match that was champions ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare vs. Luis Mante, Bendito & Flamita for the titles is now a 3-way as JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior have been added. The new matches added today are Open The Twin Gate Champions Jason Lee & Kota Minoura vs. Ben-K & Hyo for the titles and Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Dragon Kid & TBA. That makes 4 matches so far with probably at least 3 more to come (I expect an Open The Brave Gate Championship match and, with today’s results in All-Japan, possibly a GAORA TV Championship match as Takashi won the title).

Stardom 6/15/25 Results (Updated)

Stardom finished up their usual weekend doubleheader today in Shiga.

Today’s event was held at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center Event Hall in Shiga and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There were again last-minute changes to the card due to AZM being off this event as well as yesterday. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian beat Suzu Suzuki, Hina & Yuria Hime. Rian pinned Hime.

Match 2; Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Ema Maishima & Kikyo Furusawa. Ruaka pinned Maishima after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Saki Kashima & Tomoka Inaba beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Kashima pinned Kurara after Rebirth.

Match 4: Konami, Rina & Fukigen beat Starlight Kid, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki. Konami beat Amasaki with a body sleeper hold.

Match 5: Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Azusa Inaba beat Syuri, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Watanabe pinned C after B-Driver.

Main Event: Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. Anou pinned Hanan after Tantan Dollar.

The next event is STARDOM THE CONVERSION Saturday at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World as a PPV will begin midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: During the event, it was revealed that rookie Yuria Hime tried to join Stars on Saturday but did not, however she did make a New Blood Tag Team Challenge with Momo Kohgo as her partner. Accepted today by champions HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama. That match will happen at the next NEW BLOOD event on 7/4 at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. For those unaware, the rules to challenge for the titles are one of the two wrestlers must meet these criteria: Be 20 or younger OR have 3 years or less experience AND be eligible to challenge for the Future Of Stardom Championship. Hime is eliigible as a rookie even though she is 26 and Kohgo would not be eligible due to being over 20 and having more than 6 years experience.