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Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/10/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH headed on the road (outside Tokyo) for the first time in 2026, their first stop being Miyagi Prefecture for a Tetsuya Endo hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Shiroishi White Cube in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 422.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Hiroto Tsuruya &Midpri Takahashi. Yone pinned Takahashi.

Match 2: Hi69 & Yuto Koyanagi beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Hi69 pinned Menso-re after Stuka Splash.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Kitaniya beat Ohara with Stranglehold y.

Match 4: Jack Morris, Manabu Soya, Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujinura. Daga pinned Alejandro after an Odashima Dead End.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura, Will Kroos & Dragon Bane beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Katsuni Inahata. Inamura pinned Inahata after Musou.

Main Event: KENTA, Tetsuya Endo, Ulka Sasaki & HAYATA beat OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka (Independent/Freelancer). Endo pinned Masaoka after Burning Star Press.

The next event os LEGACY RISE 2026 tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Inamura-Kitamiya for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This is an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

DEVELOPING: Former TJPW Wrestler To Stardom

Tokyo Sports reports that it was announced at their event today that Maki Itoh, who left Tokyo Joshi Pro last year after 9 years, has joined Stardom. This has been confirmed by Stardom’s official English social media.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate 1/9/2026 Results

Dragon Gate rant he second half of their year-opening doubleheader today in Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There was a last-minute change to the card today because of the announcement that BIGBOSS Shimizu, who has been inactive for most of the last year due to an investigation over potential breach of contract, would make his return today. A planned 6-man tag match became an 8-man tag as a result. Shimizu aligned himself with Natural Vibes for his return and going forward.

Match 1: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura. KAMEI pinned Yanagiuchi after JFK.

Match 2: BxB Hulk, KAGETORA & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Demus. Hulk pinned Kanda after First Flash.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker beat Jiro Shinbashi in 13 seconds.

Match 4: ISHIN won a 9 man battle royal.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka. Yoshioka pinned Kid after High Fly Flow.

Match 6: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI beat Strong Machine J, Kzy, U-T & BIGBOSS Shimizu. Kikuta pinned Kzy. The finish came after Shimizu possibly turned on Natural Vibes.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka beat El Ciero.

The next event is a same-day doubleheader Sunday at Nagoya International Legend Hall in Nagoya. Both events are legit advance sellouts. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET for the first event and Sunday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET for the second event.

In other news, it was announced that the promotion will return to the USA as part of The Collective 2026 on 4/15 at the Horseshoe Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, NV, part of the now-annual WrestleMania week series of independent events before the WWE flagship event. As perhaps part of this, independent US wrestler Marcus Mathers will make his Dragon Gate debut on 1/18 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be part of D’Courage while in Japan. New Japan is also set for The Collective with an El Desperado Produced event.

Injury Report: Maybe this is why that match went just 13 seconds-Shun Skywalker is now off both events tomorrow. Shoulder.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 1/10/2026 LIVE Results

With Ittenyon and their year-opening pre-Tokyo Dome blowout event now behind them, Tokyo Joshi Pro begins their 2026 today with “TJPW New Year Party 2026” in Tokyo. It’s mostly a standard house show but the main event will finish setting what will be the likely main event at GRAND PRINCESS ’26, the biggest event of the year, on 3/29-we already know Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe will next defend the title then, but a 6-way elimination match today will determine who she defends against. It’s billed as a “survival match” and not a battle royal as there are no over the top rope eliminations. The match has the usual heavy hitter contenders including former champions Miyu Yamashita (who hasn’t held the title in what seems like too long now), Rika Tatsumi & Shoko Nakajima, but also presents the first and best chance so far for Yuki Arai to get a title shot. However, there is a big wild card in the match as Max The Impaler also will take part, admittedly leading to hopes of winning the title then defending first against Pom Harajuku which would be so awesome. And finally there’s, must to my dismay and pending eternal gripes, Mizuki…anyone but her please…

In non-related news, the promotion also has announced the first “official” match for GRAND PRINCESS ’26 aside from the title match-Yuka Sakazaki & Konosuke Takeshita vs. TBA and TBA in what already sounds like a very interesting match. This will be Takeshita’s TJPW debut.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and ABEMA (the latter requires the new WRESTLE UNIVERSE live subscription which is 1250 Japanese yen but only includes live broadcasts-no on demand replays as those remain exclusive to the standalone UNIVERSE subscription). There will be no commentary. There are just 6 matches today or a usual house show lineup and although the main event will have no time limit I expect the event to be a “typical” house show with a running time or around, or today a little over, 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara, Toga & Mifu Ashida vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo, Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu
Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer vs. Pom Harajuku, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki*
Haru Kazashiro vs. Shion Kanzaki
Raku vs. Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe & J-Rod vs. Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino
Miyu Yamashita vs. Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Arai, Max The Impaler & Mizuki in a 6-way elimination match for the next Princess Of Princess Championship shot at GRAND PRINCESS ’26. No over the top rope rule

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

*-This comes with the usual disclaimer because, last I heard, Kiryu is still the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion, meaning if she is the loser by pinfall or submission she will lose the title, and will probably find a way to quickly win it back to avoid ruining an already announced upcoming title defense against Aja Kong. But that’s why there’s always that “card subject to change” disclaimer, especially with this being a 24/7 championship.

5:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

5:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Not sure if it’s the reduced capacity setup or full capacity, which is around 350 and 500, respectively, but based on advance sales and first glance it sounds like the latter. Advance sales seemed to be good so I’ll predict the crowd will be around 400. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 361, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:11 PM PT?9:11 PM ET.

Match 1: Haru Kazashiro vs. Shion Kanzaki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro beat Shion Kanzaki by submission

Match 2: Raku vs. Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku beat Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Match 3: Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer vs. Pom Harajuku, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki beat Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer. HIMAWARI pinned Summer. They all tried to win the Iron Man title from Kiryu at the start but thwarted each other.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara, Toga & Mifu Ashida vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo, Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara, Toga & Mifu Ashida beat Suzume, Arisu Endo, Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu. Toga beat Konatsu.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe & J-Rod vs. Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer) & Yuki Aino. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita vs. Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Arai, Max The Impaler & Mizuki in a 6-way elimination match for the next Princess Of Princess Championship shot at GRAND PRINCESS ’26. No over the top rope eliminations. No time limit
Order of elimination: Max by Nakajima (diving senton), Mizuki by Nakajima (Tatsumi Missile Hip) (YES!!!), Nakajima by Tatsumi (Twist Of Fate-missed when it happened), Tatsumi by Yamashita (Crash Rabbit Heat), Yamashita by Arai (Scorpion deathlock)
Result: Yuki Arai wins. As a result, Arai will face Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe for the title at GRAND PRINCESS ’26. OMG!!! HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!! What a way to start my spring vacation…Arai possibly becoming PoP Champion! It’s hopefully going to happen! Post-match, Watanabe came out for the first faceoff with her next challenger. I love them both but on 3/29…hopefully…Finally!!! Yeah, I’m a little biased and a little excited!

The next event is the opener of the 6th Max Heart Tournament, the promotion’s annual tag team tournament, on 1/17 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. The start time is a little uncertain because it is scheduled to begin on 1/16 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET, but live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE is scheduled to begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET which suggests the start time is/will be moved up an hour.

Dragon Gate 1/8/2026 Results

Dragon Gate kicked off their 2026 today with the opening event of the Open The New Year Gate 2026 Tour in Kobe.

Today’s event was bels at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T beat Susumu Yokosuka, KAGETORA & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). J pinned KAGETORA with a Majin windmill hold.

Match 2: Hyo won an 11 man battle royal, last eliminating YAMATO.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, El Cucuy & Demus beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Lee & Reach Tominaga. Dragon pinned Tominaga with La Magistral.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuni & Don Fujii beat Jason Lee & ISHIN. Fujii pinned Lee with Nice German.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Daiki Yanaguichi & Kazuma Kimura. Kato pinned Kimura after Cadere Luna.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker & El Ciero beat Ben-K & JACKY KAMEI. Ciero pinned KAMEI after a spinning tombstone piledriver.

Main Event: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Riiita to retain the title. V7 for Tanaka.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

TJPW News: Full Tag Tournament Field Announced

Some TJPW news on what is traditionally a slow week for Japanese pro wrestling (after Ittenyon is typically when contracts are/are not renewed and everyone takes a break for a few days before the new year gets going, it’s also a more active tine for sumo with final January Tournament preps):

The full field for the upcoming annual Max Heart Tournament, the promotion’s annual tag team tournament, has been officially announced. It’s a 12-team field this year and today’s announcement of the last 4 teams features the most important addition: Wasteland Pom Party aka Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku (wrestling’s best & most lovable odd couple) which made me very happy. They were runners-up last year The other 3 teams announced were Mizuki & Uta Takami, Raku & Ren Konatsu and Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. The 8 previously announced teams were current Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi (always a heavy favorite to win), Arisu Endo & Suzune (likewise a favorite), Yuki Aino & Haru Kazaahiro, Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao (defending tournament winners), HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki, Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami, Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida (who I most want to win aside from Max & Pom).

The tournament is single-elimination bracket format with 4 teams directly advancing to the Quarterfinals and the rest competing in first round matches on 1/17 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. The Quarterfinals are on 1/25 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, the Semifinals are on 1/31 at Shinjuku Face and the Finals are on 2/14 at Korakuen Hall. If Kamifujku/Uehara do not win, the winning team will get a Princess Tag Team Championship match/rematch against Ober Eats-while not yet confirmed it likely will be at GRAND PRINCESS ‘26 on 3/29 at Ryoogku Kokugikan…unless Tatsumi/Watanabe win because Watanabe will defend the Princess Of Princess Championship that day.

BREAKING: V4 Returns! (Updated x2)

Huge news from New Japan after yesterday’s event…the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is no more. At the request of Yota Tsuji and with approval of President Hiroshi Tanahashi, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship is being revived with the popular V4 design and Tsuji will now be recognized as the 87th Champion.

More to come.

UPDATE: This means the IWGP Intercontinental Championship is officially retired. The IWGP Global Championship is unaffected. All prior IWGP World Heavyweight Champions will be recognized as the 75th-86th IWGP Heavyweight Champions, the exception being 74th Champion Kota Ibushi who held the title when the World Heavyweight Championship was created. This was by Tsuji’s count to Tanahashi, meaning by my count they possibly missed someone…(Clarification-the aforementioned count is correct. Title history pages have been updated to reflect this)

UPDATE 2: In related New Japan news. Tanahashi claims over 3.5 million people viewed the 1/4 event. There are reports New Japan World had 108,000 subscribers watching and around 3.4 million viewers for the live broadcast on TV Asahi in Japan.

DDT 1/5/2026 Results

DDT got their 2026 going today with the first monthly tour opener of the year and the start of the 2026 D GENERATIONS CUP.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There was an emergency addition announced last-minute to the event on social media, which was Chris Brookes announcing his newest faction-Fantomes Dramatic, with himself, Antonio Honda (of course), Kazuki Hirata & HARASHIMA. That’s a bit of a surprise…but I guess it’s “because he’a training!”

After this the opening ceremony for the D GENERATIONS CUP was held with all the participants. Well, 9 of them anyway from what I saw (there are 10 this year). It’s a 2 block round-robin format.

Match 1: D GENERATIONS CUP Block B: Yuni beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 2: D GENERATIONS CUP Block B: Yuya Koroku beat Rukiya.

Match 3: Akito beat Dansboku Dirno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by beating both. As a result, GM Imabayashi was dismissed…but Akito overturned it via his executive role. (He is also an assistant GM/Vice President in DDT)

Match 4: D GENERATIONS CUP Block A: Kazuma Sumi beat Illusion.

Match 5: D GENERATIONS CUP Block A: Daichi Sato beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 6: Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya, Junta Miyawaki & Takeshi Masada beat MAO, KANON, Jun Akiyama & Munetatsu Nakamuta (Ganbare Pro). Iino pinned KANON after a spear.

Main Event: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda beat Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kazusada Higuchi and Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Demus in a 3-way when Brookes pinned To-y.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 1/5/2026 Results (Updated x2)

With Tokyo Dome now behind us, the post-Hiroshi Tanahashi era* and the official start of New Japan 2026 came today with their traditional year-opening event, NEW YEAR DASH!!

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3523, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii beat Katsuya Murashima, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Ishii pinned Murashima.

Match 2: Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita beat Shoma Kato & El Phantasmo. Takeshita pinned Kato.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & SANADA. Oleg pinned Takahashi.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akita & Andrade El Idolo beat Clark Connors, Hiromu Takahashi & Gabriel Kidd. Idolo pinned Connors after The Message. Afterwards, Kidd challenged Idolo to a match on 2/11.

Match 5: Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, Don Fale, Ren Narita & EVIL. Yoh beat Togo with a Texas cloverleaf. Afterwards, Narita laid out Wolf and teased a NEVER Openweight Championship challenge.

Match 6: HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman & Jake Lee beat Drilla Moloney, Shingo Takagi, David Finlay & Yota Tsuju. HENARE pinned Momoney after a coalescing Eliminator. Afterwards, Will Ospreay appeared to shake hands with his United Empire factionmates, although Newman wasn’t thrilled. (Ospreay appeared today as a pre-match autograph signer for fans)

Match 7: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Sho & DOUKI, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X and El Desperado & KUUKAI in a 4-way, when Fujita pinned X, to win the titles. Fujita & Eagles become the 80th IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Afterwards, Akira attacked Ishimori until Hiromu Takahashi made the save.

Main Event: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiea to retain the titles. Ice pinned Oiwa after KOB. V2 for the champs. Next up: The winner of an upcoming match between Uemura/Umino and Ishii/Taichi. UPDATE: That match will happen on 1/19.

The next event is BLUE JUSTICE 17, the next Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, on 1/18 at Sakura Civic Gym in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin on 1/17 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

*-Tanahashi only retired as a wrestler. He will remain as President of the promotion, reporting to Chairman Naoki Sugabayasbi and Bushiroad President Takaaki Kitani (the owner of New Japan).

UPDATE: Ospreay also stated he intends to return to New Japan while still competing in All Elite Wrestling when he does cone back Emphasis on when as his future is uncertain while he recovers from a major neck injury. It may mot be anytime soon, I think we’re still looking at several more months.

There are also widespread rumors that, based on his outfits, guitars and comments after Tokyo Dome and today, SANADA is leaving the promotion. Nothing official yet.

UPDATE 2: Wolf-Narita for the NEVER title is now official. That match will happen on 2/11.

The promotion also announced SANADA is temporarily leaving the promotion. Return date TBA

Stardom News: Champion Taking Time Off

Following her post-match Tokyo Dome comments where she stated she was taking tine off but would be back for her next title match, Stardom has confirmed that is the case for Saya Kamitani. While not appearing to be injured, they will give her time to rest “based on her current physical condition”. Out this month and will return on 2/7. Her next World Of Stardom Championship defense is set for that date vs. Starlight Kid.