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DDT 3/30/25 Results

DDT ran their first-ever Wedding Pro Wrestling event today in Gifu, having been previously postponed after being scheduled for last summer due to weather (impending hurricane) but today they had perfect conditions. And yes, there was an actual wedding.

Today’s event was held at Centil Le Saison in Gifu and the first part of the event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1; Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Illusion beat JJ Fano, Yuni & Keigo Nakamura. Sasaki pinned Yuni after Vietnam Driver 2.

Match 2: Yuya Koroku beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 3: MAO, Jun Akiyama & Yukio Naya beat Kazusada Higuchi, Toru Owashi & Kazume Sumi. MAO pinned Sumi after Iai Kick.

Main Event: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y went to a double countout. Which led to…
Main Event (again): In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Honda after a diving body press onto a table.

They moved inside afterwards for the wedding and, at the reception, a special match.
Result: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, HARASHIMA & Akito beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. HARASHIMA pinned Hirata after Blue Sword.

The next event is Tuesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo for a SPOILER-FREE event, meaning no posts about the match, including results, are allowed until after midnight that day anywhere. There will, of course because of this, be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/30/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro’s second half of their Nagoya doubleheader featured a special live SKE48 concert with Yuki Arai ahead of her final performance with the group tomorrow before leaving to be part of TJPW full-time.

Today’s event was held at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a PPV until 4/6 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The replay is available for 3000 Japanese yen (around $20 US) for non-subscribers and 2500 yen (around $16.75 US) for subscribers. (UPDATE: I purchased the replay on 3/31/25 as a subscriber and, at that time, the 2500 yen translated to $16.70 US. The entire running time is 2 hours, 41 minutes. Except for the second match below, there is no commentary)

The announced paid attendance was 490, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: In a “Class Of ’98” match, where all the participants were born in 1998, Yuki Arai, Neko Haruna & Moka Miyamoto beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Arai pinned Suzuki after Finally.

Match 2: Raku won a 6 woman battle royal, last eliminating Pom Harajuku. Order of elimination: Yuki Kamifuku by Miyu Yamashita, Mahiro Kiryu by Harajuku, Hyper Misao by Harajuku, Yamashita by Raku, Harajuku by Raku. Everyone in the match was dressed up as Yuki Arai. This match featured special live commentary from Haruo Murata & Marika Tani. (UPDATE: Not mentioned or noticed before was that former SKE48 member Shiori Aoki returned for this match as a special referee)

Main Event: Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi & Shoko Nakajima vs. Maki Itoh, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Aino went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

After the matches there was an intermission to remove the ropes from the ring and prepare for the concert. The matches went about an hour total.

The 90-minute (scheduled) concert featured 16 songs by Arai’s SKE48 Team KII including a 3-song encore, a final post-concert promo from Arai and group photo. Arai will now take a break next month before returning full-time in May but she will be part of the US events during The Collective in Las Vegas, NV, making what will be her US debut. It’s an enjoyable set and about halfway through featured my favorite (so far) SKE48 song, “Finally” which made me really happy. Today (3/31 in Japan) was Arai’s official final performance and at least some of the TJPW roster attended including Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita. I will miss Arai as part of SKE48 but am excited to see her continue in TJPW and will continue to aupport her going forward. She also has her own new online fanclub starting which you can join at araiyuki.net.

The next event is Wednesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

There’s also been some outside-the-ring news:
Now that her SKE48 days are over, Yuki Arai has announced the release of another idol rite-of-passage: Her first photobook. It will be released in Japan on 5/23, you might be able to get it on Amazon Kindle outside Japan. It was shot in Bali, Indonesia and looks like it will be more pinup/gravure/swimsuit in nature. Of course I want it…
Also, Wakana Uehara announced today (4/1) she has left the talent agency she was previously signed with and will be independent going forward. This should not affect her TJPW participation but would also be for her other entertainment activities. She has also launched her own official website, which also notes her entrance song is available on iTunes in the US, which I thus need to download!

DDT 3/29/25 Results

DDT ran an event in Nagoya today in between Tokyo Joshi Pro’s events there this weekend.

Today’s event was held at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Yuki Ishida & JJ Fano in a 3-way by pinning Ishida.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Toru Owashi, Yasu Urano & Yuni. Illusion pinned Yuni after a swanton bomb.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama beat Antonio Honda.

Match 4: Yuya Koroku & Kazusada Higuchi beat Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku pinned Yuni after a transformed sky twister press.

Match 5: Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura beat Minoru Suzuki & Akito. Nakamura pinned Akito.

Main Event: Yuki ueno, MAO, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Takeshi Masada. MAO pinned Hirata after Our Madmax. Afterwards, as he had previously announced he would do after this match, MAO left The37Kamiina to be on his own.

The next event is tomorrow at Sentil La Saison in Gifu. It will be cancelled if weather is bad due to being outdoors. There will be no live broadcast. If it happens, on demand will be available Wednesday.

New Japan 3/29/25 Results

New Japan began the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today, a quick week-long sprint to the early April blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 868.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima, Ninja Mack, Yotu Yano & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Daiki Nagai, Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Mack pinned Nagai after Shuriken Kick.

Match 2: Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. Oleg pinned TAKA after Kamikaze.

Match 3: Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd by DQ. Moloney DQ’d.

Match 4: SANADA, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. SANADA pinned Jackson after Deadfall.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Callum Newman. Takahashi pinned Young after Maximum The Holding 3rd Form.

Match 6: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Takagi pinned Togo after HOLD YOUR LAST CHANCE.

Main Event: El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Clark Connors, Gedo & David Finlay. Goto pinned Gedo after Unfit.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Additionally, according to New Japan World’s website, it has been decided the Windy City Riot event in Chicago, IL on 4/11 will be a PPV. It is available for pre-order for $19.99. At this time it is not listed on the TrillerTV/FITE schedule.

All-Japan 3/29/25 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Dream Power Series 2025 today with a big event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 2098.

There was a late change to the card due to All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion MUSASHI being forced off the card yesterday due to acute gastroenteritis. His scheduled title defense against Seiki Yoshioka was POSTPONED and will happen at a later date. Also, a planned battle royal for the event was cancelled.

Match 1: Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Taishin Nagao & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Yoshioka pinned Nagao after Top Of The Second Class.

Match 2: Suwama beat Seigo Tachibana.

Match 3: Yuko Miyamoto & Fuminori Abe beat Naruki Doi & Senor Saito. Miyamoto pinned Saito after a moonsault press.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate) & Xyon beat Rei Saito, Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe & Kumaarashi. Kikuta pinned Kumaarashi after a rolling lariat.

Match 5: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Yuma Aoyagi.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat Hokuto Omori & Takashi Yoshida to retain the titles. Anzai pinned Omori after Gimlet. V5 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito beat Kento Miyahara to retain the Triple Crown. V3 for Saito.

The next event is the Champions Carnival 2025, the promotion’s annual singles tournament, starting on 4/9 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. The event will also be taped for broadcast on GAORA SPORTS in Japan at a later date.

Stardom 3/29/25 Results (Updated)

Stardom ran their penultimate event of the month today in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Tokorozawa Sakura Town Pavilion Hall A in Saitama and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 453.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Saki Kashima being removed. The always-vague poor health. She was to have faced Akira Kurogame & Rina in a 3-way. It became a single match instead.

Match 1: Maika & Mina Shirakawa beat Rian & Yuria Hime. Shirakawa beat Hime with a figure 4.

Match 2: Rina beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 3: Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO beat Miyu Amasaki & Anne Kanaya. HANAKO pinned Kanaya after a lariat.

Match 4: Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo. Mizumori pinned Kohgo after Supergirl.

Match 5: Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Saya Iida beat Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka. Iwatani pinned Ruaka after a moonsault press.

Match 6: Hina, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Tomoka Inaba beat AZM, Mei Seira, Suzu Suzuki & Tabata (CMLL). Yagami pinned Tabata after Buzzsaw Kick.

Main Event: Tam Nakano (Independent/Freelancer) & Saori Anou beat Saya Kamitani & Azusa Inaba. Anou pinned Inaba after Special Pottering.

The next event is tomorrow at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: Saki Kashima is now off tonight/tomorrow. Same as today.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/29/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the second half of their latest Yokohama doubleheader today, a LIMIT BREAK ex. event.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 282.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara beat Brian Ishizaka.

Match 2: Souki Nagao & Daiki Odashima beat Junya Matsunaga & Ryo Hoshino. Nagao pinned Hoshino after Mumei.

Match 3: The Reeve Masks 1 & 2 beat Black Menso-re & Shuhei Taniguchi. 1 pinned Menso-re.

Match 4: Atsushi Kotoge & Koki Iwamoto beat Naomichi Marufuji & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Kotoge pinned Matsunaga after a moonsault press.

Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Kodi Doi by ref stoppage (KO/TKO).

Main Event: Mohammed Yone, Shuji Ishikawa & Ulka Sasaki beat Takashi Sugiura, GAINA & Naoya Nomura. Yone pinned GAINA.

The next event is Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 3/29/25 LIVE Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro is in Nagoya this weekend for a very big, and very emotional, doubleheader as Yuki Arai says goodbye to SKE48 and her J-pop idol career after over 12 years. They call it graduating in Japan, but the hidden truth is, at 26 (27 in May), Arai is now too old for them (it’s idol group culture unfortunately-doesn’t mean one’s musical career is over though and some idols continue as actresses or entertainers including some of Arai’s former teammates like Marika Tani, who is now a regular guest on WRESTLE UNIVERSE live broadcasts of DDT). But when one door closes, another door opens, and after this weekend she will take a break for most of April before continuing with TJPW full-time going forward, but will be making her first US appearance next month in Las Vegas, NV (sadly I can’t be there). Today will be her first match of the weekend and, as a bonus, she will join Up Up Girls for a one-day-only special live performance.

Today’s event will be held at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the entire live broadcast FOR FREE on YouTube (there will be no on demand replay available on YouTube, only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE). It’s not known if there will be any commentary. There are 6 matches scheduled plus the mini-live performance so it probably will run a little longer than a normal TJPW event, I’m thinking it’ll be about 2 1/4 hours depending on the mini-live length. (It can’t run too long because there is a DDT event scheduled for the venue afterwards)

Today’s lineup:
Suzume, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Kaya Toribami & Ivy Steele
Pom Harajuku vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Maki Itoh vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer
Yuki Arai, Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro, Toga & Mifu Ashida
Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi vs. Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto
Yuki Arai & Up Up Girls Mini-Live Performance (not known where this will be in the lineup)

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The WRESTLE UNIVERSE livestream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes prior to the event. The YouTube livestream is scheduled to begin at event start time.

7:56 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Chunichi Hall in Nagoya, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue has 3 different event areas and it looks like they’re using the smallest of them, which has a full capacity of around 575. The largest one has a capacity of 650. Advance ticket sales were very good so it depends on the setup but I’m guessing it will wind being about 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 536, a super full house/very near sellout)

The opening announcements start a couple minutes early. The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes but that depends on if the Yuki Arai-Up Up Girls mini-live starts things off. (It will so the matches will start closer to 8:30 PM PT). It’s 3 songs for a very vocal and energetic crowd. They should make Arai part of Up Up Girls going forward!

The matches begin at 8:25 PM PT/11:25 PM ET.

Match 1: Suzume, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Kaya Toribami & Ivy Steele. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna beat Yuki Aino, Kaya Toribami & Ivy Steele. Suzume pinned Steele after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Pom Harajuku vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku beat Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Match 3: Maki Itoh vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 15 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh beat Yoshiko Hasegawa by submission

Match 4: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer. Misao pinned Summer after Hypami Returns.

Match 5: Yuki Arai, Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro, Toga & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai, Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro, Toga & Mifu Ashida. Watanabe beat Ashida with a modified sharpshooter.

Main Event: Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi vs. Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto beat Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi. Yamashita beat Mizuki with what started as a modified facelock and transitioned into a very impressive-looking leg lock/arm lock choke. That’ll send me home HAPPY HAPPY!

The next event is tomorrow, a special event with 3 matches followed by Yuki Arai’s final SKE48 performance. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a PPV will begin at 11:20 PM PT/2:20 AM ET. The PPV is available for pre-purchase for 3000 yen for non-subscribers (around $20 US) and 2500 yen for subscribers (around $17 US) and includes on demand replays for the next week. One of the matches (a battle royal) may not be broadcast on PPV, that match will have Japanese commentary (clarification-all 3 matches will be shown live on PPV, but only the battle royal will actually be live at the venue. That match will have Japanese commentary from Haruo Murata & Matika Tani). The entire SKE48 live performance, scheduled to run 90 minutes, will be included in the PPV. I plan to buy it later in the day and watch it on demand. The PPV will be available for viewing until 4/6 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/28/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with the first half of a Yokohama doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 266.

Match 1: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Hajime Ohara & Daiki Odashima. Miyawaki pinned Odashima after Falcon Arrow.

Match 2: Knull beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 3: YO-HEY beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning both together.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Shuji Kondo beat Tadasuke & Owadasan. Kitamiya pinned Owadasan after Saito Suplex.

Match 5: Alejandro & Kai Fujinura beat Eita & Bryce Hansen. Fujimura pinned Hansen after Final Cut.

Match 6: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & HAYATA beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Harutoki. Huxley pinned Harutoki after a neck hanging bomb.

Main Event: KENTA, Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki beat OZAWA, Tetsuya Endo & Daga. Sasaki beat Daga with a body slamming sleeper hold.

The next event is tomorrow for a LIMIT BREAK ex. event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

Sumo-March 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament Final Standings & Post-Tournament News

With the traditional post-tournament rankings meeting now in the books. here are the final standings & early ranking notes from the March 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament:

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