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Stardom 3/8/25 Results

Stardom held the first round of the annual Cinderella Tournament today, a spotlight event for younger & less experienced talent that can be a launching pad for the eventual champion’s future.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World until 3/14 for 2000 Japanese yen (around $13 US), after which time it should be available without additional payment for all monthly Stardom World subscribers. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1037)

Cinderella Tournament Round 1:
Match 1: Ranna Yagami beat Akira Kurogame.
Match 2: Rina beat Yuria Hime.

Match 3: Lluvia (CMLL) beat Mei Seira, Koguma, Waka Tsukiyama & Fukigen in a 4-way by pinning Tsukiyama.

Match 4; Saya Iida & Hazuki beat Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori and AZM & Suzu Suzuki in a 3-way when Hazuki pinned Suzuki.

Cinderella Tournament Round 1:
Match 5: Azusa Inaba beat Rian.
Match 6: Tabata beat Hina.

Match 7: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo beat Syuri & Saki Kashima. Iwatani pinned Kashima.

Cinderella Tournament Round 1:
Match 8: Sayaka Kurara beat Ruaka by over the top rope. That’s a match ending in the tournament.
Match 9: Miyu Amasaki beat Lady C.

Match 10: Maika & Mina Shirakawa beat Natsuko Tora & Thekla by DQ. Thekla DQ’d.

Cinderella Tournament Round 1:
Match 11: HANAKO vs. Aya Sakura went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result, both are OUT.
Match 12: Hanan beat Tomoka Inaba.
As a result of Match 11, because Inaba would have faced the HANAKO-Sakura winner but a draw means both are eliminated, Inaba will instead advance to the Semifinals.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani & Konami beat Tam Nakano (Independent/Freelancer) & Starlight Kid. Konami pinned Kid after a face kick.

Injury Report: Lady C apparently suffered an undisclosed injury in her match today. Out tomorrow.

The Tournament Quarterfinals are tomorrow. The Quarterfinals are Kurara vs. Yagami, Hanan vs. Amasaki and Rina vs. Tabata. Inaba will face the Kurara-Yagami winner in the Semifinals. The Quarterfinals are 15 minute time limit with over the top rope rules. If it’s a time limit draw, both are eliminated.

The next event is tomorrow at Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center Aioi Hall in Aichi. Live streaming on Stardom World (no PPV for this one) will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. For those watching in the eastern US, remember the time change forward at 2 AM!

New Japan 3/8/25 Results

New Japan kicked off the 2025 New Japan Cup-Take 2 after yesterday’s unexpected ring building disaster forced the event to be cancelled-today with what was to have been the second event of the tournament, with many changes to the card as a result.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1508, a legit sellout.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: Tiger Mask, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata beat Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto. Nagata pinned Honma with a backdrop hold.

Match 2: Jado, El Desperado & El Phantasmo beat Jacob Austin Young, Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan. Desperado beat Young with Numero Dos. Afterwards, Clark Connors appeared and issued an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship challenge to Desperado, and wanted it to be a hardcore match.

Match 3: Francesco Akira & Callum Newman beat BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito. Akira pinned BUSHI.

New Japan Cup Round 1:
Match 4: Yuya Uemura beat SANADA. As a result, Uemura advances to Round 2 and will face YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 5: EVIL beat Yota Tsuji. No repeat winner this year. As a result, EVIL advances to Round 2 and will face David Finlay.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa beat Chase Owens. As a result, Oiwa advances to Round 2 and will face Zack Sabre Jr.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd beat Ran Narita. As a result, Kidd advances to Round 2 and will face Taichi.

Day 2 (originally 3) is tomorrow at Baycom General Gym in Hyogo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at-remember it’s the spring time change in the US-11 PM PT/3 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 3/6/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas Tournament yesterday in Saitama.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast, but you can watch the event’s 2 Rey De Parejas matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 309.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Kikuta pinned U-T after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: Susumu Yokosuka beat Toru Owashi (DDT) & Daiki Yanagiuchi in a 3-way by pinning Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: Jason Lee & Gianni Valetta beat Luis Mante & Punch Tominaga. Valetta pinned Tominaga after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block B: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Hyo beat Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior. Kuroshio pinned Junior.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Kagetora, Skywalker pinned Kagetora.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Kota Minoura & Jason Lee (yes, he had 2 matches on the event) went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Standings-wise, despite 2 draws and only 1 win Minora/Lee lead Block A with 4 points, with KAMEI/Riiita & ISHIN/Kato tied for 2nd with 3 points. Block B has Strong Machine J/Kzy & Hyo/Kuroshio tied for the lead with 4 points.

The next event is tomorrow at Yamanori Gym in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast, but the 2 scheduled Rey De Parejas matches will be available on demand on YouTube shortly after the event.

Regarding Today’s (3/7/25) New Japan Event

New Japan announced that, due to issues with setting up the ring, today’s Korakuen Hall event was CANCELLED. One of the iron pillars broke during setup, making it impossible to finish. The New Japan Cup matches that were scheduled for today will now be held tomorrow. All of today’s sold tickets will be refunded. They held a talk show event at the venue instead.

Tomorrow’s event will also be at Korakuen. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

DDT 3/6/25 Results

DDT ran their monthly fan meeting-oriented mini-event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE next week. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced. Photos suggest maybe 150-200.

Match 1: Yuki Ishida beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2: To-y & Yukio Naya beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in 14 seconds. Naya pinned Hirata. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): In a death match where the winning team first had to eat 3 candies before a valid fall, To-y & Yukio Naya beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. To-y pinned Hirata.

Main Event: HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku beat Takeshi Masada & Keigo Nakamura. Koroku pinned Nakamura after Transformed Triangle Lancer.

And then…

Shunma Latsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion To-y to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1737th Champion. So To-y won it from Tetsu Inada some time after the last Korakuen event, unbeknownst to moat of us.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 3/5/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rey de Parejas yesterday in Yokohama.

Yesterday’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and, after a change of plans earlier this morning, can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. There was to have been no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 305.

Match 1: Susumu Yokosuka, Kagetora & Luis Mante beat Toru Owashi (DDT), Hyo & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Mante pinned Yanagiuchi after MCK.

Match 2: Madoka Kikuta beat U-T.

Match 3: YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & Gianni Valetta went to a double countout.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block A: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. ISHIN pinned Riiita.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat KAI, Shun Skywalker & Hoki. Dia pinned Skywalker. Significant for Dia.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: Kzy & Strong Machine J beat Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior. J pinned Junior after Genie Windmill.

The next event was earlier today at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no on demand broadcast, but the 2 tournament matches scheduled should be available on demand on YouTube at some point.

New Japan 3/6/25 Results (Updated)

On March 6, 1972, the “King Of Sports” was born as Antonio Inoki’s New Japan Pro Wrestling held their first-ever event in Tokyo. Today, on their 53rd Anniversary, the promotion continued the tradition of holding their annual Flag-Raising Anniversary event on the date and at the location where it all began.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY in New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE ’25 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 3335, a full house/near sellout.

Before the event began, a memorial ceremony and 10 bell salute was held for Gran Hamada & Osamu Nishinura, who both died recently. Nishimura still made a few appearances when his political commitments allowed, usually in All-Japan or DDT. Hamada began bis career in Japan before relocating to Mexico and having great success there-his younger daughter Ayako is still an active wrestler today (Hamada’s older daughter and Ayako’s older sister Xochitl also was a wrestler but appears to be retired now).

Match 1: In an Open Challenge, NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat TBA, which was revealed at match time to be Master Wato, to retain the title. V3 for Phantasmo.

Match 2: Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens beat Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Fale pinned Jackson after an elbow drop.

Match 3: Gedo, Taiji Isbimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Yuya Yemura by DQ. Uemura DQ’d.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita vs. Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd went to a double countout in less than 2 minutes.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & RVIL. Hiromu Takahashi pinned Togo with Maximum The Holding 3rd Form.

Match 6: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Francesco Akira to retain the title. V3 for Desperado.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto beat Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the title. V1 for Goto. Next up: If plans and prior words are kept and honored, Yuji Nagata. But because of what is just ahead though, subject to change.

Next up is the New Japan Cup 2025, the annual spring openweight tournament, starting tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. This is a single-elimination bracket format tournament with the winner getting an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot, usually at SAKURA GENESIS in April. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. All tournament events will be available live and on demand.

UPDATE: It’s now official-Nagata will be next for Goto. That match will happen on 3/15 at Aichi Prefectutal Gym in Nagoya. Also, tomorrow’s event will now be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan in addition to worldwide on New Japan World.

NOAH News: Tag Team Title Update

A short time ago on their English social media accounts, Pro Wrestling NOAH posted an update on the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, which are considered vacant. Apparently Jack Morris & Daga have still refused to vacate the titles after prior champion Omos gave his half to Daga earlier this year due to returning to WWE after the 1/1 event. Morris & Daga are now vowing to defend the titles on their own terms. NOAH still considers the titles vacant and does not recognize the transfer from Omos to Daga. But for now the promotion may go along with this…

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: Falling Angels (Updated)

It’s a really bad time to be part of Cosmic Angels in Stardom-recently they’ve lost all their titles, their leader in Tam Nakano (now forced to be a freelancer and possibly retiring on 4/27) and now Natsupoi for the time being. Undisclosed injury. Out indefinitely but at least a week, probably 3/9 for sure as it’s including the next event. Technically 3/8 is the next event but it will only have Cinderella Tournament matches. No further details were announced pending further examinations.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Indefinitely is at least a week because Tokyo Sports reports Natsupoi is now off a Sareee-produced event on 3/10 that she was scheduled to be on. Saori Anou is the replacement.

Dragon Gate 3/4/25 Results (Updated 3/6/25)

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas today with their monthly Tokyo event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1218.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block B: Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Akihiro Sahara. Junior pinned Sahara with a Getman suplex hold.

Match 2: Punch Tominaga beat Madoka Kikuta.

Match 3: Luis Mante won a 11-man battle royal, last eliminating Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block A: Ryu Fuda & Daiki Yanagiuchi beat ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato by countout. Kato counted out.

Match 5: Susumu Yokosuka, Kagetora & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI & Hoki (Homare) went to a double countout.

Match 6: Rey De Parejas Block B: YAMATO & BxB Hulk beat Hyo & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. YAMATO pinned Hyo after Double First Flash.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Kota Minoura & Jason Lee beat Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Minoura pinned Yoshioka after Golden Rose.

The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. In fact, there are no more DRAGONGATE NETWORK broadcasts scheduled until the tournament ender on 3/30.

3/6/25 UPDATE: Additional broadcasts for March have been announced for DRAGONGATE NETWORK: 3/5 (yesterday-now available on demand), 3/10 (on demand only), 3/20 (live and on demand), 3/23 (live and on demand), 3/24 (TBA-Shun Skywalker Produced event). Tournament matches from other events will be made available on demand on YouTube.