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New Japan 3/11/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today in Okayana with the start of Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Zip Arena Okayama in Okayama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1312.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata beat Katsuya Murashima, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto. Nagata beat Murashima with Nagata Lock 2.

Match 2: Callum Newman, Jeff Cobb & TJP beat Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Drilla Moloney. Cobb pinned Owens after Tour of the Islands.

Match 3: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi beat Jado, Toru Yano, El Phantasmo & Boltin Oleg. Naito pinned Jado.

Match 4: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End.

Match 5: Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Ishii pinned Young after a vertical drop brainbuster.

New Japan Cup Round 2:
Match 6: Yuya Yemura beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: David Finlay beat EVIL by countout.
As a result, the first Quarterfinals will be Uemura vs. Finlay and Sabre vs. the Kidd-Taichi winner (tomorrow).

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

Dragon Gate 3/10/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas today in Nagoya.

Today’s event was held at Tsuyuhashi Sports Center in Nagoya and will be available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK at a later date. There was no live broadcast. You can also watch the Rey De Parejas matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 301.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block B: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat YAMATO & BxB Hulk. Skywalker pinned Hulk.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 3: U-T & Yasushi Kanda beat Madoka Kikuta & Luis Mante. U-T pinned Kikuta.

Match 4: Ben-K, Riiita, JACKY KAMEI & Mochizuki Junior beat Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, KAI & ISHIN. Riiita pinned Minoura.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block A: Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora vs. Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event/ Rey De Parejas Block B: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Hyo beat String Machine J & Kzy. Hyo pinned J after Samson Driver.

The next event is Saturday at Sanyo Fureai Park General Gym in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast, but you will be able to watch the Rey De Parejas matches FOR FREE on YouTube shortly after the event.

GLEAT 3/9/25 Results

GLEAT ran their 5th Lidet UWF standalone event yesterday, featuring their spinoff version of Akira Maeda’s old UWF promotion.

Yesterday’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and will be available on demand on YouTube at a later date, but only for paid subscribers (900 Japanese yen/month in Japan, $8.99 US outside Japan).

The announced paid attendance was 173.

All matches were Lidet UWF Bouts. 15 minute time limits for single matches, 20 minutes for double matches (tag team). No pinfalls, win only by submisison, KO/TKO, ref stoppage or lose all points (start with 5 points, one point lost for each rope break, down recovery or foul). If tied on points at the time limit, match is a Draw.

Match 1: Soma Watanabe beat Tetsuya Izuchi by KO.

Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki beat Tyson Maeguchi by submission.

Match 3: Hikaru Machida & Yasu Kubota beat Minoru Tanaka & Ryo Aitaka. Kubota beat Tanaka with a dragon sleeper.

Match 4: Tatsumi Nakano beat Issei Onitsuka by KO.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki beat El Lindaman by TKO.

Main Event: Lidet UWF Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Simon Gotch by submission to retain the title.. V4 for Nakajima.

No word on when the next such event may be.

The next event is Sunday at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka for the next G PROWRESTLING event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand will be paywalled on YouTube.

Sumo-March 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 2 Results (3/10/25) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 2 of the March 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

Makuuchi (top tier):
Mitakeumi (M17) beat Tokihayate (M18)
Kotoshoho (M16) beat Shirokuma (M17)
Asakoryu (M16) beat Aonishiki (M15)
Churanoumi (M14) beat Sadanoumi (M15)
Ryuden (M14) beat Nishikifuji (M13) by default/withdrawal
Shishi (M13) beat Takarafuji (M12)
Onokatsu (M12) beat Midorifuji (M11)
Meisei (M11) beat Shonannoumi (M10)
Hakuoho (M9) beat Nishikigi (M10)
Endo (M9) beat Atamifuji (M8)
Tamawashi (M7) beat Oshoma (M8)
Shodai (M7) beat Hiradoumi (M6)
Takerufuji (M6) beat Kinbozan (M5)
Takayasu (M4) beat Ura (M5)
Ichiyamamoto (M4) beat Takanosho (M3)
Abi (K) beat Tobizaru (M3)
Daieisho (S) beat Chiyoshoma (M2)
Wakamotoharu (M1) beat Oho (S)
Onosato (O) beat Kirishima (K)
Kotozakura (O) beat Gonoyama (M2)
Hoshoryu (Y) beat Wakatakakage (M1)
WITHDRAWAL: Nishikifuji (M13). Neck. Status uncertain. Per stablemaster Isegahama there is a chance he will return depending on how treatment goes and the severity of the injury. He probably needs to return by early in the second week and get at least 3 wins to avoid demotion to Juryo. Ryuden got the fusen as a result.

Juryo:
Otsuji (J14) beat Ishizaki (Ms1)
Kusano (J14) beat Kazekeno (J13)
Hitoshi (J12) beat Hatsuyama (J13)
Wakanosho (J11) beat Kiryuko (J12)
Tsurugisho (J11) beat Daiseizan (J10)
Shimanoumi (J10) beat Tohakuryu (J9)
Wakaikari (J9) beat Hokutofuji (J8)
Kotoeiho (J7) beat Hakuyozan (J8)
Mitoryu (J6) beat Tomokaze (J7)
Fujiseiun (J5) beat Hidenoumi (J6)
Nabatame (J5) beat Shiden (J4)
Tochitaikai (J3) beat Oshoumi (J4)
Tamashoho (J1) beat Roga (J3)
Kayo (J2) beat Kagayaki (J1)

Lower tier notes: Enho won his Makushita return match today as he tries to get closer to promotion back to Juryo. No match tomorrow so his second match should be on Day 4. Asanoyama will also probably have his second Sandanme match on Day 4, but those have not been announced yet.

Sumo-March 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 1 Results (Opening Day) (3/9/2025) (Top 2 Tiers) (Updated)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 1-Opening Day-of the March 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

Makuuchi (top tier):
Tokihayate (M18) beat Shirokuma (M17)
Kotoshoho (M16) beat Mitakeumi (M17)
Asakoryu (M16) beat Sadanoumi (M15)
Churanoumi (M14) beat Aonishiki (M15)
Ryuden (M14) beat Shishi (M13)
Onokatsu (M12) beat Nishikifuji (M13)
Takarafuji (M12) beat Meisei (M11)
Midorifuji (M11) beat Sadanoumi (M10)
Endo (M9) beat Nishikigi (M10)
Hakuoho (M9) beat Oshoma (M8)
Atamifuji (M8) beat Tamawashi (M7)
Takerufuji (M6) beat Shodai (M7)
Hiradoumi (M6) beat Kinbozan (M5)
Ura (M5) beat Ichiyamamoto (M4)
Takayasu (M4) beat Takanosho (M3)
Kirishima (K) beat Tobizaru (M3)
Chiyoshoma (M2) beat Oho (S)
Gonoyama (M2) beat Daieisho (S)
Wakamotoharu (M1) beat Kotozakura (O)
Onosato (O) beat Wakatakakage (M1)
Abi (K) beat Hoshoryu (Y)
Of note: RARE KIMARITE ALERT!!! Asakoryu won with a rare technique today-Okurihikiotoshi, rear pull down. It happened when Sadanoumi lost his balance and nearly fell back on his rear to the ground but managed to make the save, but soon was unable to maintain his balance a second time and went down. As for the new Yokozuna, Hoshoryu’s unbeaten reign as Grand Champion barely lasted two seconds as Abi blasted him away, and Hoshoryu’s face showed it afterwards. But it’s only Day 1. There have also been rumors Hoshoryu was suffering from food poisoning last week and lost 10-11 pounds as a result. Kotozakura got off to a bad start, taking an opening day loss, meaning he now must go 8-6 or better the rest of the way or he will be demoted from Ozeki.
Tomorrow brings the first kinboshi chance of the Hoshoryu Yokozuna era when he faces Wakatakakage.
Also a late add: When Tamawashi has his match tomorrow, he will move into #5 on the all-time list for most career matches.

Juryo:
Kusano (J14) beat Miyagi (Ms1)
Kazekeno (J13) beat Otsuji (J14)
Hatsuyama (J13) beat Kiryuko )J12)
Hitoshi (J12) beat Wakanosho (J11)
Shimanoumi (J10) beat Tsurugisho (J11)
Daiseizan (J10) beat Tohakuryu (J9)
Hakuyozan (J8) beat Wakaikari (J9)
Kotoeiho (J7) beat Hokutofuji (J8)
Hidenoumi (J6) beat Tomokaze (J7)
Fujiseiun (J5) beat Mitoryu (J6)
Oshoumi (J4) beat Nabatame (J5)
Tochitaikai (J3) beat Shiden (J4)
Roga (J3) beat Kayo (J2)
Tamashoho (J1) beat Kagayaki (J1)
WITHDRAWAL (Pre-Tournament): Kitanowaka (J2). Unknown but possibly related to an injury that caused him to withdraw during the January tournament. Status uncertain. Since this happened before today’s matches were announced, no freebies and instead a Makushita man was brought up as a replacement.

Lower tier notes: No match today for Enho in his Makushita return as he’s now halfway back to Juryo. His first match will be tomorrow. In his second recent comeback attempt, Asanoyama won his return match in the Sandanme as he looks to be promoted back to Makushita in May. This time the comeback attempt is from an injury that caused him to be demoted from the top tier.

UPDATE: Nishikifuji has WITHDRAWN after Day 1. More details tomorrow. Ryuden will get the fusen on Day 2 as a result.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/9/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with another event in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 278,

Match 1: Junta Miyawaki beat Bryce Hansen.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Hajime Ohara & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Knull beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Kenoh, Eita, Shuji Kondo & Atsushi Kotoge. Galeno pinned Eita.

Match 5: AMAKUSA beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 6: Manabu Soya, HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Jack Morris, Tadasuke & Owadasan. Soya pinned Owadasan after Ballistic.

Main Event: Masa Kitamiya, Ulka Sasaki & Kazuyuki Fujita beat OZAWA, Daga & Tetsuya Endo. Kitamiya pinned Daga after Saito Suplex.

The next event is 3/20 at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, the promotion has confirmed the GHC National Championship being VACANT after the actions of OZAWA following his beating Soya in a Double Title Match on 3/1, and today announced a tournament to crown a new champion. It will start on 3/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Takashi Sugiura vs. Tetsuya Endo then Manabu Soya (of course) vs. Galeno on 3/31 at Shinjuku Face. The winners will meet on 4/11 at Niigata City Gym in Niigata in the Finals for the title.

New Japan 3/9/25 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today in Hyogo, wrapping up Round 1 and narrowing the field down to 16.

Today’s event was held at Baycom Park General Gym in Hyogo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2412.

Pre-show match: Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI beat Daiki Nagai & Kasuya Murashima. YOSHI-HASHI beat Nagai with Butterfly Lock.

Match 1: Chase Owens & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. Owens pinned TAKA after C Trigger.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jacob Austin Young, Jeff Cobb & TJP. Oiwa pinned Young after The Grip.

Match 3: Gedo, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Finlay pinned Kanemaru after Overkill.

Match 4: Dick Togo, Sho & EVIL beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. EVIL beat BUSHI with a scorpion deathlock.

New Japan Cup Round 1:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg beat Bad Luck Fale.
Match 6: Great-O-Khan beat El Phantasmo.
Match 7: Drilla Moloney beat Tomohiro Ishii.
Match 8: Tetsuya Naito beat Callum Newman.

Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto beat Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata. Goto pinned Kojima after GTR.

As a result of today’s matches, the second half of the New Japan Cup Round 2 will be Oleg vs. Shingo Takagi, Khan vs. Shota Umino (gonna be FUN!), Moloney vs. TJP and Naito vs. Jeff Cobb.

The next event is Tuesday at Zip Arena Okayama with 3 of the 8 Round 2 matches currently scheduled. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Clark Connors challenged El Desperado yesterday to a hardcore match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. It’s now official. That match will happen on 4/4, along with IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimoti & Robbie X for the tites.

Stardom 3/9/25 Results

Stardom continues the 2025 Cinderella Tournament today with the Quarterfinals. The field started with 16 hopefuls but is now down to 6 and, because of 2 extra eliminations due to time limit draws, there’s already one in the Semifinals as Azusa Inaba got a free pass because both early favorite HANAKO & Aya Sakura got kicked out due to said draw. But Inaba will still be in non-tournament action as part of 5 other matches in addition to the 3 Quarterfinals. Defending tournament winner Hanan will also look to keep her repeat bid alive and advance to the Semifinals.

Today’s event will be held at Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center Aioi Hall in Aichi and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There probably will be no commentary. After a 13-match marathon yesterday there are only 8 matches scheduled today so I anticipate a total running time of around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano, Yuna Muzmori & Aya Sakura
Azusa Inaba vs. Akira Kurogame
HANAKO vs. Yutia Hime
Syuti, Saki Kashima, Hina & Tomoka Inaba vs. Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian
AZM, Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka
Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals:
Sayaka Kurara vs. Ranna Yagami
Hanan vs. Miyu Amasaki
Tabata vs. Rina

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE (Pre-show): You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. It looks like that will be the 6-woman tag.

9 PM PT UPDATE: For now there’s no live Stardom World feed so we may only have the first match via YouTube for now. So unless this is promptly fixed, no live results.

9:05 PM PT UPDATE: No live results due to issues with Stardom World not having live broadcast as advertised. I think I’m going to be cancelling my subscription after this month, their so-called “upgrade/rebirth/whatever” at the start of the year has not made the service any better. Compared to sister service New Japan World it’s awful.

9:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live stream was delayed until now due to connection problems and has been restored. However, I will not be joining in progress.

UPDATE (Post-event): Here are the full results:

The announced paid attendance was 678.

Match 1: Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Tam Nakano (Independent/Freelancer), Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura. Iida pinned Mizumori after a lariat.

Match 2: Azusa Inaba beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 3: HANAKO beat Yuria Hime.

Match 4: Syuri, Saki Kashima, Hina & Tomoka Inaba beat Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Kashima pinned Rian.

Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Rina beat Tabata.
Match 6: Hanan beat Miyu Amasaki.
Match 7: Sayaka Kurara beat Ranna Yagami.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Kurara vs. Azusa Inaba and Rina vs. Hanan (little sister vs. big sister). If Hanan beats Ring she will make the Finals for the second straight year-she won the tournament last year.

Main Event: Starlight Kid, MeI Seira, AZM & Suzu Suzuki beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka. Kid pinned Konami.

The Finals are Saturday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET-further details are TBA because it will be another PPV.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/8/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 249.

Match 1: Null (?) beat Hajime Ohara.

Match 2: Moahmmed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer). Kotoge pinned Menso-re after a moonsault press.

Match 3: Ulka Sasaki beat Manabu Soya & Kai Fujimiura in a 3-way by pinning Fujimura.

Match 4: HAYATA, YO-HEY & Yuto Kikuchi beat AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Bryce Hansen. HAYATA pinned Hansen after 403 Impact.

Match 5: Eita beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura & Kenoh beat Tetsuya Endo & Owadasan. Sugiura pinned Owadasan after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Main Event; OZAWA, Jack Morris, Daga & Tadasuke beat Masa Kitamiya, Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Alejandro. OZAWA pinned Kitamiya after Big Ben Edge.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at (with the time change in the US), 1:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling 3/9/25 LIVE Results (Updated)

All-Japan kicks off the Dream Power Series 2025 today in Tokyo, the first event of their 3-event March series. This qualifies as a major event on paper with 3 title matches making up half the scheduled card, headlined by Jun & Rei Saito defending the All-Japan World Tag Team Championships against eternal title challengers Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. The Saitos are going for a 9th defense while the challengers look to become the landmark 100th champions. In the semifinal, familiar pain-in-the-side Seigo Tachibana tries again for another title, this time challenging MUSASHI for the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship instead of his usual GAORA TV Championship pursuit. Speaking of GAORA TV Championship, it will open the event when Yuko Miyamoto defends the title against Naruki Doi, who considers himself one of the Saitos when competing in All-Japan.

The event will start earlier than planned as there will be a memorial ceremony and 10 bell salute for Osamu Nishimura, a former All-Japan wrestler who died this past week, before the event begins. Nishimura still competed a couple times a year in All-Japan as his political commitments/schedule allowed. The ceremony is scheduld to begin 10 minutes prior to the event.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. The event will air on GAORA SPORTS in Japan at a later date. Based on the TV broadcast schedule for the event, I anticipate this being a “typical” Korakuen event with a running time in the range of 2 1/2-3 hours. That includes an intermission at the halfway point.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Osamu Nishimura Memorial Ceremony
GAORA TV Champion Yuko Miyamoto vs. Naruki Doi for the title
Atsuki Aoyagi & Taishin Nagao vs. Shuji Konda & Seiki Yoshioka
Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Jack Kennedy vs. MAZADA, TAKEDA & YOSHIDA
Intermission
Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe vs. Hideki Suzuki, Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue
All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion MUSASHI vs. Seigo Tachibana for the title
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the titles

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. If the Osamu Nishimura memorial ceremony is streamed live, updates will instead begin at 6:20 PM PT/9:20 PM ET.

6 PM PT UPDATE: The Osamu Nishimura Memorial Ceremony will be part of the live broadcast so updates will begin at 6:20 PM PT/9:20 PM ET.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

The pre-event Osamu Nishimura Memorial Ceremony begins as the entire roster comes out along with Masanobu Fuchi, holding a framed portrait of Nishimura. A 10 bell salute is held by the final call for Nishimura.

After the roster leaves the ring, the opening announcements begin a couple minutes ahead of schedule, so…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will join in a few minutes after the opening video.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales were very good and most of the crowd arrived early, looks like at least a near-sellout. Easily will be around 1300, maybe more (a legit sellout under the current full capacity setup is around 1500). (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1355. They didn’t call it a near-sellout but on TV/stream it looked like it)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 6:36 PM PT/9:36 PM ET.

Match 1: GAORA TV Champion Yuko Miyamoto vs. Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GAORA TV Champion Yuko Miyamoto beat Naruki Doi to retain the title. V4 for Miyamoto.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Taishin Nagao vs. Shuji Konda & Seiki Yoshioka. 30 minute time limit
Reslut: Shuji Kondo & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Taishin Nagao. Yoshioka pinned Nagao after Cross Driver.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Jack Kennedy vs. MAZADA (MAZADA), TAKEDA & YOSHIDA (Takashi Yoshida [Dragon Gate]). 30 minute time limit
Result: MAZADA, TAKEDA & YOSHIDA beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Jack Kennedy. YOSHIDA pinned Omori after Pineapple Bomber. This was billed as an Omori Army Tryout 2025 but came off more like a comedy match. However, apparently YOSHIDA is now part of the faction.

Intermission. Updates will resume after the break.

The event resumes at 7:40 PM PT/10:40 PM ET.

The Champions Carnival preliminary matches are announced. The tournament begins on 4/9. On a side note, I love how the background mssic for this year’s event and videos is a hard rock-style cover of the main theme from the classic Sega video game “Space Harrier”. Welcome To The Fantasy Zone! Get Ready!

Match 4: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe vs. Hideki Suzuki, Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hideki Suzuki, Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe. Suzuki beat Anzai with a single-leg Boston Crab.

Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion MUSASHI vs. Seigo Tachibana for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion MUSASHI beat Seigo Tachibana to retain the title. V2 for MUSASHI. Next up: Yoshioka, his second/partner, wasted no time taking the microphone for the challenge.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito to win the titles. Miyahara & Aoyagi become the 100th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Miyahara pinned Jun Saito with a shutdown suplex hold. Ugh, given how big the Saitos have become and coming off their first music CD release in Japan and all the publicity around it (serious), that’s horrible timing. All to keep piling titles on Miyahara. Yeah, I’m not happy about this.

The next event is Saturday at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan in Okinawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand that evening.

UPDATE: It’s now official-Yoshioka is next for MUSASHI. That match will happen on 3/29 at Ota City General Gym.