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All-Japan 10/26/2026 Results

All-Japan kicked off their annual fall Hokkaido tour today.

Today’s event was held at Hakodate General Wholesale Center Distribution Hall in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 257.

Match 1: Go Shiozaki beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Rising Hayato & Yasutaka Yano. Yoshioka pinned Yano with La Magistral.

Match 3: Kento Miyahara & Hyo Ogawa beat Shotaro Ashino & Hokuto Omori. Miyahara pinned Omori with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda & Masayuki Kono beat Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana. Honda pinned Tachibana after Final Vent.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai beat Hideki Suzuki & Yuya Aoki. Aoyagi pinned Aoki after The Fool.

Main Event: Xyon, Odyssey & Cal Bloom beat Jun & Rei Saito & Ren Ayabe. Bloom pinned Rei Saito after 180BC.

The next event is tomorrow at Tomakomai City General Gym. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later in the day.

New Japan 10/26/2026 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the halfway point of the event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1132.

Match 1: Taisei Nakahara beat Yushin Hatazawa.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 2: Block B: Lee Johnson & Blake Christian beat Daiki Nagai & Titan. Johnaon pinned Nagai.
match 3: Block A: Nick Wayne & KUSHIDA beat KUUKAI & Master Wato. KUSHIDA pinned KUUKAI after Back To The Future.
Match 4: Block B: Hyo & Yon beat Jacob Austin Young & Francesco Akira. Yoh beat Young with a neck lock.
Match 5: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI beat Kazuma Sumi & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI pinned Sumi after Suolex De La Luna.
Match 6: Block B: Dick Togo & Sho beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Sho pinned Eagles.
Main Event: Block A: Masatora Yasuda & Mistico beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. Mistico pinned X after La Mystica.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Wayne/KUSHIDA, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Kanemaru/DOUKI, 2-1, 4 pts
3-X/Ishinori, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Yasuda/Mistico, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Suni/Taguchi, 1-2, 2 pts
6-KUUKAI/Wato, 1-2, 2 pts

Block B:
1-Johnson/Christian, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Hyo/Yoh, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fujita/Eagles, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Young/Akira, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Togo/Sho, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Nagai/Titan, 0-3, 0 pts
The winners of each block advance to the Finals. Nagai/Titan technically are all but out now due to tiebreakers.

The next event is tomorrow at Koga City ES Central Sports Park Hanamomo Gymnasium in Ibaraki. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPCOMING FREE VIDEO: WRESTLE ODYSSEY 2 Post-Event Presser (10/26/2026)

As mentioned earlier, Pro Wrestling NOAH will be holding a WRESTLE ODYSSEY 2 post-event press conference shortly. You will be able to watch the presser live & on demand FOR FREE on YouTube and below (there probably won’t be any English translation available live) beginning at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET:

Updates I can post and understand without translations will be posted below.

First is the announcement of the Neo Green Boys League over 2 December events then finishing up on 1/1. Sounds like this will be for NOAH’s version of the Young Lions as they introduce participants-Hiroto Tsuruya, Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroya Namiki and RYUSEI. Each gets an opportunity to make comments.(Afterwards, I learned it will be a round-robin format tournament and the eventual winner gets an overseas excursion)

They also announced a TV show called Neo Green Boys Audition, which will follow applicants as they attempt to become recruits and train to become wrestlers. The judges for the program will be Keiji Muto, Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh. Based on applications being accepted until the end of November, it probably won’t premiere until 2027 but when it does it will be available on YouTube. I could also see it showing up on ABEMA and maybe WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

BREAKING: Just posted on NOAH’s official Twitter: Next up for Naito: Kenoh. That match will happen on 11/9 at Korakuen Hall. This was announced a few minutes later on the presser before Naito & Kenoh are brought out. Naito taunted Kenoh by placing the GHC Heavyweight Championship belt on the table in front of him before it was placed proper in the display. Kenoh with microphone first. Naito eventually interrupted and they went back-and-forth briefly but not looking at each other before the contract was signed to make it official. After more brief comments they open it up to questions from media in attendance.

And that’ll do it. Wraps up at roughly 50 minutes.

Stardom News: Title Match In US This Week, More

Developing-it has been announced by All Elite Wrestling that Stardom participation and a Stardom title mat h will be featured on next weekend’s episode of ARW Collision, which will air Saturday night in the US but will be TAPED Wednesday night, so spoilers should be available Thursday morning. The title match will be Artist Of Stardom Champions Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Hazuki, Koguma & Fuwa-chan for the titles. That means all 3 will miss this week’s Stardom events including Thursday’s PPV, but they were mot on either card so no changes are needed.

But there are changes for Tiesday’s Stardom event because AZM & Miyu Amasaki are now off. Unspecified reasons. They were to have teamed with Ema Maishima to face Maika, HANAKO & Matoi Hamabe and Hina, Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu in a 3-way. The 3-way will now be Maika vs. C & Maishima while HANAKO & Hamabe will now face Hina & Kokatsu. AZM & Amasaki are still on for Thursday.

The full card for Thursday’s PPV at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gymin Tokyo is also set, while lean in quantity with only 6 matches and one title match the big added match is a SIXTEEN(!) woman elimination match between Stars and H.A.T.E. Here is the current full card:
AZM & Miyu Amasaki vs. Mei Seira & Ema Maishima
Syuri, Ami Sohrei & Hina vs. Rina Yanashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame and Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Tian in a 3-way
Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara, Saori Anou & Anne Kanaya vs. Lady C, Tomoka Inaba, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu
Hanan, Saya Iida, Maika, Utami Hayashishita. HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyama, Matoi Hamabe & Yuria Hime vs. Natduko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Konami, Saya Kamitani, Ruaka, Rina, Bea Priestley & Azusa Inaba in an elimination match
Natsupoi & Shingo Takagi (New Japan) vs. Yuna Mizumori & Hirooki Goto (New Japan)
World Of Stardom Champion Suzu Suzuki vs. Starlight Kid for the title

Sumo-November 2026 Banzuke Announced

An early Halloween treat with hopefully no tricks is here-the Japan Sumo Association has just announced the updated Banzuke (rankings) for the November 2026 Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka. Here are the full rankings for the top 2 tiers and other noteworthy rankings & notes:

Makuuchi (top tier):
Yokozuna-Onosato (September Tournament Champion), Hoshoryu
Ozeki-Aonishiki, Kirishima, Kotozakura
Sekiwake-Atamifuji, Fujinuokawa
Komusubi-Churanoumi, Yoshinofuji
Maegashira 1-Asanoyama, Fujiryoga
Maegashira 2-Ura, Fujiseiun
Maegashira 3-Takayasu, Hakunofuji
Maegashira 4-Takerufuji, Daieisho
Maegashira 5-Hiradoumi, Gonoyama
Maegashira 6-Kotoshoho, Kotoeiho
Maegashira 7-Wakamotoharu, Kinbozan
Maegashira 8-Roga, Nishikifuji
Maegashira 9-Oshoma, Asakoryu
Maegashira 10-Shishi, Oho
Maegashira 11-Takanosho, Asahakuryu
Maegashira 12-Ichiyamamoto, Abi
Maegashira 13-Toshinofuji, Asasuiryu
Maegashira 14-Tokihayate, Dewanoryu
Maegashira 15-Tamawashi, Kitanowaka (September Juryo Champion)
Maegashira 16-Arashifuji, Kyokukaiyu
Maegashira 17-Daiseizan
Notes: For the first time in over a year one of the Yokozuna is truly on top as Onosato enters November as the defending tournament champion after a September triumph (but of course Hakkaku found reason to complain because it was with “only” 12 wins) while Hoshoryu is rumored to be returning from injury absence with quite an ultimatum per stablemaster Tatsunami-essentially triumph or die. More specifically, win the championship or retire.None of the Ozeki likely can be promoted this time although Aonishiki is best positioned to do so after Kirishima slumped to 8-7 in September, while Kotozakura is coming off 9 wins. Both Sekiwake theoretically have a chance for promotion consideration-Atamifuji would need 13 wins or the championship while Fujinokawa would need a championship in his second effort at Sekiwake after am impressive 11-4 debut and Fighting Spirit Prize. At Komusubi, Churanoumi makes his Sanyaku debut and becomes the first rikishi ever from Okinawa to reach the 4th-highest ranking, alongside the returning Yoshinoduji. Asanoyama makes another big move up to M1 alongside young rising star Fujiryoga just one step from Sanyaku. Hakunofuji didn’t take a big fall after a rough Komusubi debit, falling only to M3 alongside Takayasu, while…stop the presses! Daieisho is back at M4 for the 5th time this year! The Kotos both share a rank again as both fell from M1 last time to M6 while a number of new faces debut at the bottom-Dewarnoryu makes his top tier debut at M14, Kyokukaity finally gets in at M16 alongside newcomer Arashifuji, while a handful of familiar faces return led by Tamawashi as the Iron Man returns to the top tier after 2 tournaments in Juryo alongside September Juryo champion Kitanowaka. The one M17 rank allows Daiseizan to sneak back in too for a second chance.

Juryo:
Juryo 1-Chiyoshoma, Onokatsu
Juryo 2-Kazekeno, Tobizaru
Juryo 3-Kagayaki, Shodai
Juryo 4-Kazuma, Kayo
Juryo 5-Ryuden, Wakatakakage
Juryo 6-Shonannoumi, Nabatame
Juryo 7-Tanji, Hitoshi
Juryo 8-Midorifuji, Tohakuryu
Juryo 9-Mitakeumi, Shirokuma
Juryo 10-Enho, Wakanosho
Juryo 11-Tomokaze, Sadanoumi
Juryo 12-Asahifuji, Tamashoho
Juryo 13-Meisei, Tokifudo
Juryo 14-Hatsuyama, Ryuho
Notes: The big story as expected is Shin-Juryo rikishi Asahifuji making his long-awaited debut, needing just 5 tournaments since his debut to get here with 4 championships and a 33-2 record, although one of those losses came last time in his de facto Juryo debut so expectations are somewhat tempered now that he’s made the big time. The 5 tournaments is perhaps the fastest ever to Juryo since debuting, excluding Makushita debuts. Now the big question: Who got spared at the bottom? NEITHER!?! That aside, a lot of notable names following top tier demotions as Chiyoshoma leads the way at M1 and Tobizaru is in Juryo for the first time since July 2020, along with Shodai for the first time since November 2015 (when he actually won the Juryo championship). Wakatakakage, who was absent in September, is rumored to have a chance of returning this time but I do not expect him back until January, so J5 means if he can’t go he’d fall down to Makushita, but probably stay within the top 5. Enho fell just one spot after demotion on the last day in September while Sadanoumi’s slump has taken him down to J11. Tokifudo gets a second chance at J13 while other newcomer Ryuho debuts at J14. Wakanosho was absent in September due to injury and fell to J10 but is not expected to compete in November so he’ll be demoted to Juryo if he can’t.

Lower tier notes: So that means…no reputation save for Nishikigi & Tochitaikai. Nishikigi was demoted to Makushita 2 while Tochitaikai went down to Ms3, so both have a quick re-promotion chance. Nishikigi previously stated he would not retire if demoted even though he almost certainly has elder stock waiting for him. Inami & Tenshoyama are the Ms1s this time while Ikarigata joins Nishikigi at Ms2. Mita climbed up to Ms9 after a 5-2 effort so a championship could get him back to Juryo. The Sandanme has the usual 80 ranks/160 wrestlers. The Jonidan is at 100 ranks/200 wrestlers with Eisei promoted to Jd83 for his second full effort, while the Jonokuchi holds relatively steady at 22 ranks/43 wrestlers with highly-regarded American-born prospect Sunamusashi making his official debut at Jk19 while favorite lovable loser Morriurara is at Jk15, trying to stop The Streak from reaching 43. Also of note to me, popular Tatsunami chanko chef Kokuryunami was demoted to Jk2 due to withdrawing in September with what appears to be a rib injury based on comments in YouTube videos.

The November Tournament is 11/8-11/22 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. All tickets are already sold out.

On another side note, the Japan Sumo Association has begun selling & shipping official goods from it’s SuMall online store worldwide including to the US. An English-language page on the JSA’s English website shows goods that can be shipped internationally, with costs ranging from 550-15,000 yen (around $3-100 US) before taxes/fees/shipping. The shipping costs, tarriffs, etc. probably jack up the costs a lot but if you can’t get to Japan, or at least to Ryogoku Kokugikan when it’s open on non-tournament weekdays, it’s at least a way to get official goods.

New Japan 10/25/2026 Results

New Japan continued the Super Jr. Tag League today in Tokyo.

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 1181.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Yushin Hatazawa.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 2: Block A: Kazuma Sumi & Ryusuke Taguchi beat KUUKAI & Master Wato. Taguchi beat KUUKAI with Oh My & Gar Ankle.
Match 3: Block B: Jacob Austin Young & Francesco Akira beat Daiki Nagai & Titan. Akira pinned Nagai after Fireball.
Match 4: Block A: Robbie X & Taiji Ithimori beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI. Tshimori pinned Kanemaru with Gedo Clutch.
Match 5: Block B: Hyo & Yoh beat Dick Togo & Sho. Hyo pinned Togo after Samson Driver.
Match 6: Block A: Nick Wayne & KUSHIDA beat Masatora Yasuda & Mistico. KUSHIDA pinned Yasuda after a moonsault press.
Main Event: Block B: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Lee Johnson & Blake Christian. Eagles pinned Johnson after The Interceptor.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/25/2026 Results

WRESTLE ODYSSEY 2, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest mega-blowout event scheduled for today, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. This was an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan, which will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE soon if not already.

The announced paid attendance was 4253. Obviously they used a considerably reduced capacity setup instead of the full capacity of about 15,000 (primarily for sumo).

Pre-show match: Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Hiroto Tsuruya & Hiroya Namiki. Kotoge pinned Namiki after a bat hanging drop.

Match 1: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Alejandro & Daiki Odashima to retain the titles. Masaoka pinned Odashima after Ambitions. V1 for the champs.

Match 2: Alpha Wolf & Tadasuke beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuto Koyanagi, BUSHI & RYUSEI and Kazuyuki Fujita & Black Menso-re in a 4-way when Wolf pinned Koyanagi.

Match 3: The Final Maybach: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat KENTA & Maybach Taniguchi (Shuhei Taniguchi). Kitmaiya pinned Taniguchi after a diving senton. Maybach was a masked heel version of Taniguchi for most of the 2010s, during which he experienced perhaps his greatest career successes including 5 GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship reigns. After he unmasked he went back to being face, a jobber and the rather silly pandemic years as leader of the Funky Express with naturally-funky Mohammed Yone and naturally-unfunky Akitoshi Saito before he retured.

Match 4: Shuji Kondo beat GHC 200 Champion HAYATA by countout to win the title. Kondo becomes the second GHC 200 Champion.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Kenoh & Kouga. Kiyomiya pinned Kouga after a skywalk elbow.

Match 6: Luis Mante (Dragon Gate) beat GHC National Champion Naomichi Marufuji to win the title. Mante becomes the 21st GHC National Champion. Mante previously was the wrestler billed as M.P.I. for this match before he unmasked.

Match 7: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls and Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows in a 3-way, when Iino pinned Haste, to retain the titles. V3 for the champs.

Match 8: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Kai Fujimura beat Dragon Bane to retain the title. V2 for Fujimura.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito beat OZAWA to retain the title. V1 for Naito.

There hasn’t been any of the usual post-event news/fallout yet, but a post-event presser is scheduled for TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. It will be streamed live FOR FREE on YouTube and below:

Updates to follow as they become available.

Additionally, due to technical issues the promotion has announced that special smartphone wallpaper graphics that were to be awarded to attending fans for participation in an on-site lottery event have been made available to download by everyone FOR FREE. You can download them from this page at NOAH’s official website:

https://www.noah.co.jp/news/8648

The next event is 11/3 at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. After this event, it’s all live & on demand the rest of November for the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix.

New Japan 10/24/2026 Results

New Japan kicked off the Super Jr. Tag League today, the first of the annual back-to-bacx year-end tag team tournaments before Tokyo Dome.

Today’s event was held at Kumagaya Municipal Gym in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1112.

There were last-minute changes to the event and tournament due to El Desperado being pulled from the tournament. Back & leg injuries. He was to have teamed with Mistico in the tournament. Masatora Yasuda is the replacement.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Taisei Nakahara.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Block B: Jacob Austin Young & Francesco Akira beat Dick Togo & Sho. Young pinned Togo.
Match 3: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI beat Nick Wayne & KUSHIDA. DOUKI pinned KUSHIDA.
Match 4: Block B: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Daiki Nagai & Titan. Eagles pinned Nagai after Hyperion.
Match 5: Block A: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Kazuma Sumi & Ryusuke Taguchi. X pinned Sumi after X Express.
Match 6: Block B: Lee Johnson & Blake Christian beat Hyo & Yoh. Christian pinned Hyo.
Main Event: Block A: KUUKAI & Master Wato beat Masatora Yasuda & Mistico. Wato pinned Yasuda.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the first of back-to-back events. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. Monday’s event will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/24/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro resumes the (I thought it was over but it isn’t) fall house show tour today in Saitama. NEAR LIVE results will be posted below when/if they become available.

Today’s event will be held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There is no live broadcast. But they MAY upload the show earlier than planned given the nature of the show (DDT participation, namely Danshoku Dieno [yikes] and Super Sasadango Machine).

There are some last-minute changes to the card due to Arisu Endo being pulled off the event. Unspecified injury treatment. She was to have teamed with Yuki Arai, Suzume & HIMAWARI to face Shoko Nakajima, Sakura Hattori, Chika Nanase & Uta Takami. Hattori has been removed from the match to make it a 6-woman tag instead and what was a Mizuki vs. Mifu Ashida match is now a 3-way with Hattori added.

Before the event begins, there will be a public signing ceremony for the Princess Tag Team Championship match on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which will have champions Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro and challengers Pom Harajuku & Raku.

The event is scheduled to begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

(As of 9:20 PM PT there have been no updates so sounds like no results until after the event is over. This will thus be updated tomorrow morning with results)

UPDATE: Full results below.

The announced paid attendance was 279, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: NexGene Tournament: Momo Sato beat Chieri Sakimori by submission. The first career win for Sato! As a result, Sakimori is eliminated with 2 losses.

Match 2: NexGene Tournament: Ren Konatsu beat Shion Kanzaki by submission. As a result, Konatsu advances to the Finals and will face the upcoming Sato-Kanzaki winner that eliminates the loser (both have one loss, it’s a double-elimination tournament).

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine (DDT) beat Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Kamifuku. Dieno pinned Kamifuku after Danshoku Driver. Before the match, Dieno & Machine priposed the promotion’s name having to be changed to Tokyo Oji Pro Wrestling if they won but there was also a “butt ban”, which meant none of Dieno’s usual NSFW antics. The name change probably won’t stick.

Match 4: Mizuki beat Sakura Hattori & Mifu Ashida in a 3-way by pinning Ashida.

Match 5: Hyper Misao, Walana Uehara & Toga beat Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Kira Summer. Uehara pinned Summer after Sushi Tornado.

Match 6: Raku, Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Shino Suzuki. Harajuku pinned Kazashiro after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Uta Takami & Chika Nanase beat Yuki Arai, Suzume & HIMAWARI. Takami pinned Suzume.

The next event is 11/1 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/31 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Injury Report: Es Too Desperado

New Japan has announced an injury absence for the upcoming tour, and it’s a major one with potential title implications because it’s El Desperado. Back & leg (spinal canal stenosis & lumbar disc herniation). This apparently started in March but he decided to compete through it even as it got worse. Out indefinitely but will miss at least the entire Super Junior Tag League, which means at least 2 weeks and possibly longer. He was to have teamed with Mistico in the tournament. Masatora Yasuda is the replacement. The other concern is that Desperado & Mistico are the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions so if it’s long-term, or at least to past Tokyo Dome on 1/4, they may have to vacate the titles. He does plan to at least appear at his next produced event on 11/9 but it’s not yet known how long he may be out.

More as it becomes available.