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All-Japan 8/29/2026 Results

All-Japan wrapped up their August today with a major event including the Zennichi Jr. Festival Finals.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This also was or will be a (taped at a later date) GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 3068.

Match 1: Shota Kofuji beat Senor Saito. The first career single victory for Kofuji!

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Hyo Ogawa beat Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe. Kumaarashi & Daisuke Sekimoto. Aoyagi pinned Ayabe.

Match 3: Riisng Hayato, MUSASHI, Hokuto Omotri, Yasutaka Yano & Mochizuki Junior (Dragon Gate) beat Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate), Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Seigo Tachibana, Yuya Aoki & Leon De Oro. Yano pinned Mochizuki. Afterwards, Yano issued a GAORA TV Championship challenge to Mochizuki. Accepted. More to come.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki beat Suwama.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Xyon & Odyssey to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Xyon after Yagiyama Cyclone. V2 for the Saitos/champs.

Match 6: Zennichi Jr. Festival Finals: Seiki Yoshioka beat Dan Tamura to win the tournament. As a result, Yoshioka will probably get a rematch for the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship in the near future. Additionally, MUSASHI & Tachibana got involved and teased a match between the sides for the vacant All-Asia Tag Team Championship.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Moyahara beat Yuma Anzai to retain the Triple Crown. V9 for Miyahara. This went over 37 minutes. Next up: The Royal Road Tournament winner.

After the event, it was announced that, following the recent death of Dory Funk Jr., Stan Hansen has been re-appointed as PWF President (the PWF-Pacific Wrestling Federation-is the governing body and rulemaker for All-Japan).. Hansen will be the 5th PWF President and previously was the 2nd, previously stepping down from the position in 2007. Funk was President until his death, which left the position vacant.

The next event is the 13th Royal Road Tournament starting on 9/9 at Shinagawa Stellar Ball in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. This is a single-elimination bracket format event. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

In other news, the promotion also announced the annual World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League for November & December. It will run 11/15-12/6. More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/29/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour in Hiroshima today with a HAYATA 20th Anniversary event.

Today’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 387.

There were late changes made to the card due to Midori Takahashi being pulled off the event. Dislocated shoulder.

Match 1: Eita beat Hiroya Namiki.

Match 2: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re in 4 seconds. Sugiura pinned Menso-re after a lariat. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Sugiura beat Menso-re with a figure 4.

Match 3: Kenoh beat Yuto Koyanagi.

Match 4: Yoshiki Inamura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Katsumi Inahata beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Daiki Odashima & Hiroto Tsuruya. Fujita ponned Tsuruya after Beast Bomb.

Match 5: Tetsuya Baito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino (DDT) & Super Crazy. BUSHI pinned Crazy after Fable.

Match 6: OZAWA, Kai Fujimura & Alpha Wolf beat Naomichi Matufuji, Dragon Bane & Alejandro. OZAWA pinned Alejandro after a swan dive moonsault.

Main Event: HAYATA 20th Anniversary Match: HAYATA, Yuya Susumu (Independent:Freelancer) & Tetsuya Endo beat YO-HEY, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. HAYATA pinned Tadasuke.

The next event is tomorrow at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 8/29/2026 NEAR LIVE Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro has a special mini-event coming up today, featuring only wrestlers who debuted after 2023. If the promotion posts results in a timely manner, NEAR LIVE results will be provided below. Otherwise they will be posted as soon as possible.

Today’s event will be held at Tokyo Square in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There is no live broadcast.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Chika Nanase vs. Shion Kanzaki
Haru Kazashiro vs. Kira Summer
Shino Suzuki vs. Mifu Ashida
Wakana Uehara vs. Momo Sato
HIMAWARI & Toga vs. Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu

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

8:35 PM PT UPDATE: NEAR LIVE results updates begin now. Will be updated as more come in.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a fairly small venue with a full capacity of around 275, they sold all the actual seats so just standing seats which has me thinking it’ll be around 200. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 211, a super full house/very near sellout)

Up Up Girls only had Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami as Raku isn’t part of the event and Miu Watanabe is on an overseas excursion (so are Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima and Yuki Kamifuku among maybe others, Kamifuku is in the US this weekend)

Match 1: Chika Nanase beat Shion Kanzaki.

Match 2: Wakana Uehara beat Momo Sato by submission.

Match 3: Mifu Ashida beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 4: Haru Kazashiro beat Kira Summer.

Main Event: HIMAWARI & Toga beat Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu. HIMAWARI pinned Konatsu.

The next event is 9/5 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, which will start the fall house show tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 9/4 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

NOAH News: N-1 To Feature Returning Youngster

When Pro Wrestling NOAH announced a wrestler named Kouga for the N-1 VICTORY 2026 Tournament, it got a huge reaction even though I didn’t recognize him. Now the promotion has posted more about it on social media in English, and I understand why-Kouga is fka Owadasan fka Yu Owada, who is returning to Japan after his training excursion that took him to Europe last year. He debuted in England’s Progress Wrestling in August 2025 then won his first career championship in Berlin, Germany in February and now he returns as presumably still a member of Team 2000X. Presumably. We’ll find out starting September 12.

(Photo credit: Pro Wrestling NOAH Official English Twitter)

Injury Report: No Muy Bien

Something I was previously unaware of coming out of Sunday until Pro Wrestling NOAH mentioned it was just mentioned as being covered in this week’s issue of Weekly Pro-at his hometown event at Culttz Kawasaki, Hajime Ohara announced after his match that he is headed to the sidelines. Right knee. Out indefinitely but will be having surgery soon so probably done for the year. He vowed to return to the event next year as GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion so all we know it is sounds like a long break.

More as it becomes available.

DDT 8/26/2026 Results

DDT ran yet another Beer Garden Pro Wrestling 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 Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Daisuke Sasaki being pulled off the event. Continuing a comedy storyline involving alligators and Sasaki showing up in such a costume.

Match 1: In a Ueno-style Rock & Roll Deathmatch, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Suni beat To-y & Yuya Koroku. Sumi pinned To-y.

Immediately afterwards…

Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1092nd Champion.

Match 2: Antonio Honda beat KANON. As a result, Honda wins the right to challenge for the remaining “Money In The Bank” title shot right anytime, anywhere from KANON. (The remaining one is currently held by Katsumata)

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Masami Inahata beat Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida. Miyawaki pinned Ishida with Sunshine Clutch.

Match 4: MAO, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Crocodile D. Sasa (Daisuke Sasaki), Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion. MAO pinned Illusion after Michinoku Driver 2 into a trash can.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & Chris Brookes beat Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai. Ueno pinned Hirata after Sunny Lariat.

Main Event: Danshoku Dieno vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Daichi Sato in a 4-way went to a no contest. Outside interference. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Yuki Ueno, Chris Brookes, Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai beat Danshoku Dieno, Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Daichi Sato. Brookes pinned Honda after a piledriver into a pool. As a result, Brookes wins the “Money In The Bank” title shot rights from Dieno.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10;30 PM ET.

All-Japan 8/26/2026 Results

All-Japan continued the Zennichi Jr. Festival today in Hiroshima with the last day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 418.

Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito & Yuko Miyamoto beat Shotaro Ashino, Takeshi Okada & Imabari Towel Mascaras. Rei Saito pinned Mascaras after Yagiyama Cyclone.

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi, Yasutaka Yano & Leon De Oro beat Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI & GuC (Dragon Gate). Aoyagi pinned MUSASHI after The Fool.

Match 3: Yuma Anzai, Go Shiozaki, Ren Ayabe & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana. Anzai pinned Tachibana after Gumshala.

Zennichi Jr. Festival Block B:
Match 4: Dan Tamura beat Shota Kofuji.
Match 5: Naruki Doi beat Masaaki Mochizuki.
Main Event: Hokuto Omori beat Yuya Aoki.
As a result, Mozhizuki & Tamura tied for the lead at 3-1-1, 7 pts, but there was no tiebreaker because their head-to-head result was a draw. Which led to…
Impromptu tiebreaker match: Dan Tamura beat Masaaki Mochizuki. As a result, Tamura wins Block B and will advance to the Fibals to face Seiki Yoshioka.

The Final is Saturday at Ebara Wave Arena Ota (Ota City General Gym) in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This will also be a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan (likely taped at a later date).

News: Former New Japan Wrestler Resurfaces

There have been a lot of rumors and rumblings about what was next for Hiromu Takahashi after he left New Japan earlier this year but opted to not reunite with his former Los Ingobernales…ahem, Los Tranquilos de Japan factionmates Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI (who now are unofficially officially part of Pro Wrestling NOAH). According to the Japanese wrestling news media, we now have the answer, which was not unexpected…

WWE.

And he’s got his new-and-trademarked-so-WWE-can make-all-the-money-and-the-wrestlers-can’t-ring name: Kyoki. This possibly translates to English as “Mad Oddity” and he possibly may be teaming with fellow ex-New Japan wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura upon his debut, but reports are he already has his first match in the books, a non-televised match that took place yesterday as part of a live Raw broadcast and SmackDown tapings for this coming Friday’s episode.

We’ll see what happens, I guess.

Source: https://wrestling-now.net/archives/78912 (in Japanese)

All-Japan 8/25/2026 Results (Updated)

All-Japan continued the Zennichi Jr. Festival today in Ehime. With the last day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Matsuyama City Community Center in Ehime and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 402.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki, Hokuto Omori & GuC (Dragon Gate) beat Yuma Aoyagi, Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate) & Imabari Towel Mascaras. Suzuki pinned Mascaras after a double arm suplex.

Match 2: Jun & Rei Saito & Yuko Miyamoto beat Shotaro Ashino, Kumaarashi & Yuya Aoki. Rei Saito pinned Kumaarashi after Saito Iginari Smash (a double chokeslam).

Match 3: Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Dan Tamura beat Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Shota Kofuji. Honda pinned Kofuji after Final Vent.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki beat Yasutaka Yano.

Zennichi Jr. Festival Block A:
Match 5: MUSASHI vs. Leon De Oro went to a double countout. No points.
Main Event: Seiki Yoshioka beat Seigo Tachibana.
As a result, Yoshioka wins Block A and advances to the Finals.

The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima with the last day of Block B. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day.

UPDATE: Today’s event is now available on demand.

New Japan News: Shota Umino Update

New Japan has provided an update on Shota Umino, who was pulled from the G1 CLIMAX 36 after just one match due to a potential concussion-while we don’t know if he had more than symptoms, what we do know is he will return on 9/5 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. He’ll return in a 6-man tag match with YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsunoto against Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan.

Unino lost his G1 opener against Zack Sabre Jr. but was injured during the match. The promotion pulled him out for precautionary reasons.