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All-Japan 6/24/25 Results

All-Japan ran a standalone “Baka Era vs. Hokuto Army” faction warfare event today, featuring only wrestlers from those two groups. So no main units, no Saitos, etc.

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

The announced paid attendance was 308. For the first time in who knows how long it was not a sellout at the venue. (While it’s max capacity is 600 most events have been capped at 350-400 post-pandemic)

Match 1: Talos beat Seigo Tachibana.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato & Funinori Abe beat Jack Kennedy & Aizawa No. 1. Abe beat 1.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) & Yuko Miyamoto beat Aja Kong (OZ Academy), Kumaarashi & Takashi (Dragon Gate). Suzuki pinned Takashi.

Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hokuto Omori went to a no contest. Out of control after ref bumps. Baka Era wins the final confrontation. Aoyagi saying this ended the event led to heavy boos from the crowd. Which led to after a short break…

Special Match: Aja Kong won a 18 person battle royal, last eliminating Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori. Even the 3 referees for the event participated.

After the battle royal ended, Hideki Suzuki addressed the crowd and asked for everyone’s support (both fans in attendance and those watching on AJPW.TV) of Taishin Nagao, who was seriously injured in an accident involving one of the promotion’s buses last month. All-Japan’s latest status update yesterday was he remains hospitalized in intensive care with severe abdominal injuries. Yuma Aoyagi then led the crowd in a support cheer for Nagao while expressing hopes for an eventual return for the young rookie.

During the promotion’s now-summer break updates on Nagao will be provided when/if they are made available.

The next event is 7/17 at Korakuen Hall to start the Summer Action Series 2025 tour. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. (Except for 7/20 all 5 July events will be streamed live on the service. 7/20 will be on demand later that day)

New Japan 6/24/25 Results

New Japan held an El Desperado Produced independent event today dubbed “DEATH PAIN INVITACIONAL”.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World outside Japan for $22.99 US. Purchase includes unlimited on demand replays until July 31, 2025. You can also watch a pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1481, a legit sellout.

Pre-show match: Daiki Nagai, Katsuya Murashima, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Dragon Libre, Kengo, GENTARO & Tatsuhito Takaiwa. Taguchi beat Libre with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 1: Mammoth Sasaki & Takashi Sasaki beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takashi Sasaki pinned Gedo after D. Geist.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita beat Jun Masaoka.

Match 3: In a hardcore match, Kenji Gukumoto & Seiji Takeda beat Rina Yamashita & Suzu Suzuki. Takeda pinned Yamashita after Reverse U Crush.

Match 4: Toru Sugiura & Boltin Oleg beat Tomoya Hirata & Toru Yano. Sugiura pinned Hirata after Swift Driver.

Main Event: In a Fluorescent Lighttubes & Glass Board Death Match, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Jun Kasai to retain the title. V6 for Desperado. Next up: Presumably Fujita, who is awaiting his shot for winning Best Of The Super Junior. After this match, Kasai invited everyone to the next DEATH PAIN INVITACIONAL. Which will be in 2035…

The next event is Thursday at Chino Civic Center Multi-Hall in Nagano to continue the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. In fact, the New Japan World broadcasts are finished for June, no live or on demand scheduled again until July 4. Remember the TANAHASHI JAM event this Sunday is only available in Japan and only on TV Asahi. But after that it’s the G1 CLIMAX and then a Yuji Nagata Produced event so everything should be live & on demand from July through mid-September.

It was also announced that TV Asahi will have a live broadcast of Tokyo Dome on 1/4/26, the first time in 22 years the network has broadcast New Japan’s biggest annual event live in Japan. It will be available outside Japan on New Japan World.

In other news, Togi Makabe participation in DDT was also announced today for that promotion’s 7/27 event for what will be a HARASHIMA 24th Anniversary match in his hometown at Sumitomo Metal Mining Arena Ome Sports Hall 1 in Tokyo. That match will be Makabe, HARASHIMA & Yasu Utano vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Shinya Aoki & Akito. That match may be available on New Japan World at some point but will also be available to watch on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/23/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up MONDAY Magic Prime Time Season today with the season finale.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance has not been announced.

Match 1: GHC National Champion Galeno beat Alpha Wolf to retain the title. V2 for Galeno.

Match 2: Manabu Soya & Junta Miyawaki beat Tetsuya Endo & Daiki Odashima. Miyawaki pinned Odashima after a sunshine suplex.

Match 3: Eita beat MAZADA.

Match 4: Mirei Aono, Miyuki Takase & ? beat Takumi Iroha, Great Sakuya & ? by DQ. Sakuya DQ’d. Mist spraying.

Match 5: In a street fight, KENTA beat Maybach Taniguchi (Shuhei Taniguchi). This is from when Taniguchi was masked/face painted and was a heel back in the 2000s/2010s before the Funky Express run and, more recently, back to his plain old self. Maybach did provide Taniguchi with the best results of his career including championships.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya, Titus Alexander, Dragon Bane & Archie Cole beat Ulka Sasaki, Ryan Clancy, Danny Duggan & Robert Marter. Alexander pinned Clancy after Big Ugly.

The next event is WRESTLE MAGIC 2025, which may be a NOSAWA Rongai Produced event, on 6/30 at Shinagawa Stella Ball at Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. The first 2 matches were announced today: GHC Women’s Champion Takumi Iroha vs. Victoria Yuzuki for the title and GHC Hardcore Champion Shuji Ishikawa vs. HAYATA for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:45 AM PT/5:45 AM ET.

Injury Report: Latest Taishin Nagao Update

All-Japan has provided another brief update on the condition of rookie Taishin Nagao, who has been hospitalized since being hit by the promotion’s transport bus on 5/31. The latest update does not sound good…according to translation, he is in the emergency intensive care unit under “unpredictable circumstances due to traumatic shock caused by abdomen compression”. No further details were provided but it sounds extremely worrying.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 6/23/25 Results

After an emergency press conference earlier today, New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1110.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Masatora Yasuda beat Daiki Nagai.

Main show:
Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano by DQ. Yoh DQ’d. Deadly weapon use.

Match 2: SANADA, Don fale, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & YOSHI-HASHI. EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL.

Match 3: Ryusuke Taguchi & Yuya Uemura beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Uemura pinned Young after a diving body attack.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & Gabriel Kidd beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Ishimori beat Jado with Bone Lock.

Match 5: Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Jackson after Second Chapter.

G1 CLIMAX 35 Qualifier Tournament Finals:
Match 6: Block B: Drilla Moloney beat Tomohiro Ishii. As a result, Mooney qualifies for Block B.
Main Event: Block A: Callum Newman beat Taichi. As a result, Newman qualifies for Block A. United Empire pulls a pair of upsets.

The next event is “DEATH PAIN Invitacio” tomorrow. This is an El Desperado Produced event headlined by Desperado vs. Jun Kasai in a Fluorescent Light Tubes & Glass Board Death Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, however there is a pre-show match scheduled for 20 minutes before the event. The PPV is available for pre-order for $22.99 US outside Japan. In addition to the live broadcast, it will be available for purchase and on demand replays until July 31 (subject to change). It will be Japanese commentary only.

DEVELOPING: Judo Olympic Medalist Joins New Japan

At an emergency press conference held earlier today (late last night US time), New Japan announced the signing of Aaron Wolf by the promotion. Wolf, a Japanese-American, won gold medals for Japan at the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2017 World Judo Championships and is also the only judoka of American descent to win the All-Japan Judo Championship. President Hiroshi Tanahashi stated he hopes Wolf will make his New Japan debut at Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2026, the same day he will retire. Wolf added he started watching New Japan while in college and wanted to become a pro wrestler after retiring from judo. We’ll see if that debut does happen as hoped for in about 6 months.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate 6/21/25 & 6/22/25 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2025 Tour yesterday and today with two events.

Yesterday’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI & ISHIN. Tanaka pinned ISHIN after Cross Saber.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi & Ho Ho Lun beat BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. Horiguchi pinned Hulk with Backslide From Heaven.

Match 3: YAMATO beat Ryu Fuda by submission.

Match 4: Luis Mante & Bendito beat Dragon Kid & Kagetora. Bendito pinned Kagetora after a moonsault press.

Match 5: Kota Minoura & Jason Lee beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Shachihoko BOY. Minoura pinned BOY after R-301.

Main Event: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Strong Machine J, Kzy, U-T & Flamita. Ben-K pinned Kzy after a spear.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 457)

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka vs. Masaaki Mochizuki went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Takashi won a 10 man battle royal, last elminating Akihiro Sahara.

Match 3: Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat KAI & Yoshiki Kato by DQ. Kato DQ’d.

Match 4: Flamita, Luis Mante & Bendito beat Ben-K, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior and Ho Ho Lun, Ho Ri & Reach Tominaga in a 3-way when Bendito pinned Tominaga.

Match 4: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T beat Shun Skywalker, Madoka Kikuta & Homare by countout. Kikuta counted out.

Match 5: Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Hyo & JACKY KAMEI. Tanaka pinned Hyo after Cross Saber.

Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kota Minoura, KAI & ISHIN. YAMATO pinned Minoura after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.

The next event is Saturday at Marby Fureai Center in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, 2 new matches for Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival on 7/13 were announced today: Open The Brave Gate Champion U-T vs. Ryoya Tanaka for the title and GAORA TV Champion Takashi vs. Kzy, Naruki Doi, Masaaki Mochizuki & KAI in a 5-way for the title. That now means 5 total title matches are set for the promotion’s biggest annual event.

UPDATE: Another new match for 7/13: Strong Machine J vs. Madoka Kikura in a No DQ match.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/22/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Nagoya, with a first-time visit to a new-to-them venue.

Today’s event was held at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 453.

There were last-minute changes to the announced card due to Masa Kitamiya being off the event. Requested after yesterday’s event for personal reasons.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 2: Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Eita & Super Crazy. Alejandro pinned Crazy with La Magistral.

Match 3: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat HAYATA & Daiki Odashima. AMAKUSA pinned Odashima after Opening Of The Country.

Match 4: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hajime Ohara beat Will Cross & Black Menso-re. Ohara pinned Menso-re after a Finnish forearm.

Match 5: Kenoh, Ulka Sasaki & KENTA beat Masa Kitamiya, Saxon Huxley & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh beat Inaba with Kenoh Special.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura, Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan beat Naomichi Marufuji, Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Tadauske pinned Bane. Significance of this at the end of the post.

Main Event: OZAWA beat YO-HEY.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Prime Time Season Final tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

The significance of Match 6 result: Tadasuke & Owadasan have earned a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match as a result. That match will happen on 7/5 at Shinjuku Face and will be the main event.

New Japan 6/22/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today in Fukushima.

Today’s event was held at Toyota Crown Arena in Fukushima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

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

Match 2: Daiki Nagai beat Masatora Yasuda.

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

Match 4: SANADA, Don Fale, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Jado, Togi Makabe, Boltin Oleg & YOSHI-HASHI 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, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, however there is a chance it begins at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET due to 2 pre-show matches being scheduled. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 6/22/25 LIVE Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the spring 2025 house show tour today in Tokyo, which sadly means zero hour has come…Sayuri Namba’s final event as MC/ring announcer is today. What otherwise would be a normal house show will be the last time we see her in a TJPW ring, at least for a long time. Rise Suzuki will take over after today but we at least get Namba for a couple more hours in the meantime.

It has already been announced that Mifu Ashida will miss this event due to schedule conflicts. Based on social media posts, she is outside the country doing ambassador work.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 2 no time limit matches among the 7 matches scheduled so it probably will go longer than the normal house show length, maybe close to 2 1/2 hours. Although, like many TJPW fans, I won’t want it to end. I don’t want to say goodbye to Namba yet.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Wakana Uehara vs. Kira Summer
Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Toga vs. Ivy Steele
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Uta Takami in a 3-way
Maki Itoh & Ren Konatsu vs. Raku & Shino Suzuki
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami
Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
Mizuki, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Arai, Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

Also one more recent occurrence to mention: The April TJPW & DDT events that were part of The Collective in Las Vegas during WrestleMania week are now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Before they were only available on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription.

8:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so it depends on the setup but should be 400-500. Max capacity for the venue is believed to be 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 365)

There has been a last-second change to today’s event-Yuki Kamifuku is now off. Foot injury. The 3-way is now a single match.

During opening announcements a new match was announced for SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25 on 7/21: Chris Brookes & Emi Sakura vs. TBA & TBA. (Post-show Update: Also announced was GO GIRL 6, the next women-only event that only female fans can attend, which will be on 9/7 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. Also, Wakana Uehara has been added to the next US tour in July but Miyu Yamashita is now off the 7/11 event in Houston, TX. She will appear at a fan event that morning) Additionally, WRESTLE PRINCESS 6, the promotion’s now-second-biggest event of the year, was announced for 9/20 at Ota City General Gym. It was their biggest event of the year until GRAND PRINCESS started.

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:45 PM PT/11:45 PM ET.

Match 1: Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Wakana Uehara vs. Kira Summer. No time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara beat Kira Summer by submission. As a result, Uehara advances to the next round.

Rise Suzuki gets one more practice round as the ring announcer for the next 2 matches

Match 2: Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Toga vs. Ivy Steele. No time limit
Result: Ivy Steele beat Toga. As a result, Steele advances to the next round. I think this is Steele’s first official win in TJPW, and it was a great match.

Match 3: Uta Takami vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Uta Takami by submission

Sayuri Namba returns to announce now.

Match 4: Maki Itoh & Ren Konatsu vs. Raku & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Shino Suzuki beat Maki Itoh & Ren Konatsu. Raku pinned Konatsu after Doctor Yellow.

Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Miyamoto after Ring A Bell.

Match 6: Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase. Tatsumi beat Nanase with a dragon sleeper hold.

Main Event: Mizuki, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Arai, Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit. During her usual pre-match promo, Misao brought Namba into the ring to do her usual comedy intro and opening trickery since it’s her final match as announcer.
Result: Mizuki, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Arai, Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro. Harajuku pinned Kazashiro after Pomu. Do. Justis. Afterwards, Harajuku with microphone, very emotional as she had Namba return to the ring. A little comedy to start as the emotions continued coming out as the moment has come…time to say goodbye. Rise Suzuki took over announcing to allow Aino & Raku to come in and present the customary celebratory flowers. Then Kiryu & Suzume presented the customary photo album gift. And then…a nosebleed? Kiryu taking emergency tissue action! Then the entire roster gathered in the ring to give her the traditional announcement send-off before the final customary group photo. Understandably no dry eyes in the ring and probably not many in the venue. Kira Summer made sure to ragdoll hug her goodbye before plenty of group hugs from the others. One final goodbye followed to end the show.

We all love Namba and will miss her so much but hopefully our paths will cross again someday. Until that day comes…

The next event is a Hyper Misao Produced event Friday at Kitazawa Town Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.