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Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/21/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH held their latest 25th Anniversary Memorial Event today in Osaka, MEMORIAL VOYAGE 2025 in OSAKA.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Yuka Murayama, a regular guest on the promotion’s ABEMA series “NOAH TIME LIVE” (which is also available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE), was a guest on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 929, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Ulka Sasaki, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Eita, Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy. Sasaki beat Crazy with an armbar.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. Bane pinned Fujimura after Santa Maria.

Match 3: Will Cross beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 4: OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan beat Manabu Soya, Daiki Inaba, Saxon Huxley, HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi. Sugiura pinned Inaba after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion YO-HEY beat Atsushi Kotoge to retain the title. V3 for YO-HEY. Next up: You know it…HAYATA. That match will happen on 7/19 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Main Event: Kenoh & Kaito Kiyomiya beat Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA. Kenoh pinned Marufuji after PFS.

The next event is tomorrow at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast.

There has been a late change to tomorrow’s card because Kitamiya is now off. Requested for personal reasons aka “take time to reconsider himself”. He was to have teamed with Will Cross to face Kazuyuki Fujita & Hajime Ohara. Black Menso-re is the replacement.

In post-event news/fallout, the next challenger for GHC Heavyweight Champion OZAWA has been announced: Kenoh. That match will happen on 7/19 at Korakuen Hall. That event is an ABEMA live broadcast so WRESTLE UNIVERSE live will probably be English only. The 7/20 Korakuen card, which is a WRESTLE UNIVERSE live broadcast (Saturday night in the US as it’s an 11:30 AM matinee in Japan), will be announced after the 7/19 event based on what happens.

New Japan 6/21/25 Results

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

Today’s event was held at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 906.

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

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. DOUKI beat Nagai with Half Paradise Lock.

Match 3: SANADA, Don Fale, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Jado & YOSHI-HASHI. SANADA beat Kato with Skull End.

Match 4: Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Drilla Moloney beat Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Tomohiro Ishii. Moloney pinned TM 4 after Drilla Killer.

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

Match 6: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Tomoaki Honma.

Main Event: Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Oleg pinned Jackson after Kamikaze.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukushima Toyota Crown Arena in Fukushima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. (Mostly non-televised the rest of the month)

Stardom 6/21/25 Results

STARDOM THE CONVERSION, Stardom’s monthly major event held today, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 2521.

There was a last-second change to the card due to the last-minute removal of Saki Kashima from the event. The always-vague poor health, which has become a recent trend with her. She was to have been in the Ami Sohrei Return Match, an 8-woman tag match. Kiyoka Kokatsu was the replacement.

Pre-show match: Waka Tsukiyama beat Yuria Hime.

Match 1: Future Of Stardom Champion Hina beat Rian to retain the title. V3 for Hina.

Match 2: Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Momo Kohgo, Ema Maishima & Kikyo Furusawa. Sakura pinned Furusawa after Toras Kick.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Hazuki & Koguma. Ruaka pinned Koguma after Freezer Bomb.

Match 4: Risa Sera (Independent/Freelancer) beat HANAKO.

Match 5: Ami Sohrei Return Match: Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Konami & Rina beat Ami Sohrei, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Kamitani pinned Sohrei after Star Crusher.

Match 6: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hanan & Saya Iida beat Natsupoi & Saori Anou to retain the titles. Hanan pinned Natsupoi after 17. V4 for the champs.

Match 7: In a No DQ match, Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame beat Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki. Suzuki pinned Kid with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Sareee beat IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri to win the title. Sareee becomes the 5th IWGP Women’s Champion. This match went almost 33 minutes-by Japanese women’s wrestling standards that’s a marathon as usually even title matches have a 30 minute time limit.

The next event is Wednesday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/21/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro visited Yamanashi for the first time ever today, what was planned to be a Neko Haruna hometown event but was slightly ruined by her latest injury that will again keep her out long-term. It also starts the weekend where we say the official goodbye to Sayuri Namba as she is leaving the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Kofu City Kose Sports Park Gym Sub Arena in Yamanashi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 117.

Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament:
Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Ren Konatsu. As a result, Kazashiro advances to the next round.
Match 2: Shino Suzuki beat Uta Takami. As a result, Suzuki advances to the next round.
Match 3: Kaya Toribami beat Chika Nanase. As a result, Toribami advances to the next round.

Neko Haruna appeared after the 3rd match to greet the hometown crowd. This is her final appearance before surgery for her latest injury, which will likely keep her out until at least sometime next year.

Match 4: Moka Miyamoto & HIMAWARI beat Maki Itoh & Ivy Steele. Miyamoto beat Steele with Rashomon.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kira Summer. Nakajima pinned Summer with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 6: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Rika Tatsumi & Toga. Kamifuku pinned Toga after Fameasser.

Main Event: Mizuki, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Miu Watanabe, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Mizuki pinned Harajuku after a diving foot stomp.

The next event is tomorrow at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, which wraps up the spring 2025 house show tour and is Namba’s farewell event (the day we didn’t want to come is sadly here). The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Injury Report: KneE-L-Pain

Following up on a last-minute change to New Japan’s Thursday event because El Phantasmo suffered an apparent knee injury, he is now off this weekend’s events because of it. Changes to both days have been made, tomorrow what was a 10-man tag becomes an 8-man tag with Boltin Oleg moved to another match to replace Phantasmo and Dick Togo is now off as a result. For Sunday Tomoaki Honma gets the same and Togo is now off. It’s not known how long Phantasmo will be out

Dragon Gate 6/20/25 Results

Dragon Gate ran their monthly PRIME ZONE+ event today, with ISHIN serving as this episode’s GM. Thus the episode was dubbed ISHIN’s Super Dungeon.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe 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. (It’s a tiny venue and the setup is for maybe 100 tops, these events usually draw 60-80) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 79)

ISHIN greeting/promo opened the show. He called out who appeared to be a trainee working on the floor. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: ISHIN beat Akihiro Sahara. (Corrected with unknown wrestler’s identity and this was not an exhibition match. It had a 3 minute time limit)

Match 1: In a handicap match, Makoka Kikuta beat Problem Dragon & Shachihoko Machine by pinning both together.

Match 2: Riiita beat Mochizuki Junior. Before the match began, ISHIN announced the winner would get a new Nintendo Switch 2. But it was a fake as the box only contained a photo of ISHIN wearing only a towel.

Ben-K interviewed JACKY KAMEI backstage before their match.

Match 3: JACKY KAMEI & Ben-K beat Kota Minoura & Jason Lee by DQ. Minoura DQ’d. Ref assault.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat KAI & Yoshiki Kato. Dia pinned Kato after DDDDT. ISHIN was special referee…at least until he got himself DQ’d and kicked out for attacking Dia.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

DDT 6/19/25 Results

DDT held a series of matches and other activities as part of a free event during boat races today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Boat Race Tama River in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event included with admission to the day’s racing venue, which was 100 yen (around 70 cents US).

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 2: MAO & KANON beat Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a crucifix cobra twist.

Match 3: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ueno, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. Brookes beat Hirata.

A special talk show was held with HARASHIMA and the mayor of his hometown of Ome City to promote a convention event in late July.

Main Event: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Shunma Katsumata & To-y. HARASHIMA pinned To-y after Magic Knife.

After the main event, various other events for fans were held including a boat race winner receiving congratulatory flowers from HARASHIMA in the ring.

The next event is a Sanshiro Takagi Produced 30th Anniversary Project M&A Pro Wrestling event Wednesday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Absent Wrestler, Upcoming Matches

Lots of All-Japan news to start what essentially is a month-long break for the promotion after yesterday (most of the roster is not on the 6/24 event so the next official event is 7/17):

First the impending absence-Yuma Anzai is now off all events from July 1 until the end of August. Unspecified reasons. However, based on post-match comments from yesterday’s event, it could be in part because ELPIDA disbanded after their win yesterday. Ren Ayabe announced he was leaving the group and fellow members Rising Hayato & Ryuki Honda followed suit. Ayabe said he wanted to go solo to further challenge himself. Anzai then said he would be absent for a while. It does not appear to be injury-related, and he may even compete in other promotions during the next 2 months. Tentative return scheduled for September.

Several big matches are set for July coming out of yesterday, starting on 7/21 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka-next up for Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito: Ryuki Honda. After that will be the winner of a match that day between Yuma Aoyagi & Davey Boy Smith Jr. to determine the next challenger. That later title match date is TBA. Before that, on 7/20 at Volfert Toyama in Toyama will be All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions Hokuto Omori, Kunaarashi & Takashi vs. TBA. TBA & TBA for the titles, revealed only as Toyama Black Ramen Man 1/2/3. At the tour-opener on 7/17 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Omori will team with Talos to face All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the titles.

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.