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New Japan 6/27/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today in Shiga.

Today’s event was held at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center & Event Hall in Shiga. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not been announced.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Masatora Yasuda beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. Takahashi pinned Kato after Pimp Juice.

Match 4: Dick Togo, SANADA, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & YOSHI-HASHI. EVIL pinned Honma after Magic Killer.

Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Ishii pinned Young after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 6: Jado, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Gabriel Kidd. Umino beat Gedo with STF.

Main Event: Boltin Oleg, Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Oleg pinned Jackson after Kamikaze.

The next event is TANAHASHI JAM Sunday at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya, the final event in the iconic 60-year-old venue before it closes for good (it is being replaced by the new Aichi International Arena aka IG Arena in Nagoya, which opened about a month ago and hosts its first major event in a couple weeks with the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament. It’ll be the biggest sumo venue in Japan with a reported capacity of 17,000-the next biggest is Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo at 15,000). There will be no live or on demand broadcast outside Japan. The event will be available IN JAPAN ONLY as a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast (no New Japan World broadcast anywhere).

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/27/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a Hyper Misao Produced event today, the 3rd such event she has put on under the “HYPE” label.

Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 235, a legit sellout.

The event was largely a theatrical-style show with the participating wrestlers participating in 8 different storytelling segments like a stage play, culminating in the one actual match of the event.

Main Event: Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Aino went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

The performance will “conclude” with a special behind-the-scenes talk show event Monday at Loft9 Shibuya in Tokyo, which is open to fans and will also be streamed live online via TwitCasting. It is available for pre-order for 1500 yen (around $10.25 US) The event is scheduled for 3:30 AM PT/6:30 AM ET.

The next event is a TJPW INSPIRATION event tomorrow at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

New Japan 6/26/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Chino Civic Center Multi Hall in Nagano. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 566.

There were late changes to the event due to El Phantasmo & Don Fale being off. Phantasmo-right knee injury, also off tomorrow. Fale-death in family, out until at least mid-July.

Pre-show match: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI. Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. Kanemaru beat Kato with a figure 4.

Match 3: Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, SANADA, Chase Owens & EVIL. Nagata beat Togo with Nagata Lock.

Match 4: Yuya Uemura, Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman. Uemura pinned Young with a kannuki suplex hold.

Match 5: Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Gabriel Kidd. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino & Hirooki Goto. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.

The next event is tomorrow at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center & Event Hall in Shiga. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan News: Changes Due To Absences, More

New Japan has announced some changes to upcoming events today:

First, El Phantasmo is off the next 2 events. Right knee injury that kept him off this week’s earlier events. Status uncertain for Sunday where he is supposed to defend the NJPW WORLD TV Championship vs. TBA (open challenge).

Second, Don Fale is off the rest of the current tour. Death in his family. He was to have been in a G1 CLIMAX 35 Qualifier on 7/4 against Ryohei Oiwa. Satoshi Kojima is the replacement. This could mean Fale will be out until after the G1 ends in mid-August. The winner of Kojima-Oiwa is in the tournament.

In other news, after being forced to wait for his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match until after yesterday’s PPV, Kosei Fujita finally gets El Desperado for the title. That match will happen on 7/6 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Also set for 7/6 is IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Sho & DOUKI vs. Yoh & Master Wato for the titles, an immediate rematch from DOMINION. On that day there also will be Hiroshi Tabahashi vs. Tiger Mask on the latest Tanahashi Retirement Road match, which is also a TM 4 30th Anniversary match.

Announced for 7/4 at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo (it’s not Nippon Budokan) is NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita vs. Toru Yano, Yoh & Master Wato for the titles. That joins IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title as title matches on that day.

Stardom 6/25/25 Results (Updated x2)

Stardom ran a rare midweek non-Tokyo event today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 503.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to the removal of Suzu Suzuki from the event. Family reasons. Out indefinitely.

Match 1: Starlight Kid, AZM & Mei Seira beat Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Sayaka Kurara. Seira pinned Kurara after Shooting Star.

Match 2: Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian beat Yuria Hime, Ema Maishima & Kikyo Furusawa. HANAKO pinned Furusawa after a brainbuster.

Match 3: Miyu Amasaki beat Aya Sakura & Fukigen in a 3-way by pinning Fukigen.

Match 4: Ami Sohrei & Ranna Yagami beat Akira Kurogame & Bozilla and Konami & Rina in a 3-way when Sohrei pinned Kurogame. (Bozilla joined the promotion at last weekend’s PPV. I believe she previously was in Marigold but is now part of Suzu Suzuki’s Mi Vida Loca faction)

Match 5: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Momo Watanabe & Azusa Inaba beat Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Kamitani pinned Tomoka Inaba after Star Crusher.

Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hanan & Saya Iida beat Yuna Mizumori & SAKI to retain the titles. Iida pinned Mizumori after You’re A Master! V5 for the champs.

The next event is Friday at Chres Gym in Kochi. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Based on happenings at this event, it sounds like Kamitani’s next challenger for the World Of Stardom Championship will be Natsupoi. When is TBA but with the 5STAR GP beginning next month I’m guessing either 7/6 or 7/24, which are both at Korakuen Hall in TOkyo.

UPDATE 2: Next up for Hanan & Iida: Based on the challenge after the main event, Natsuko Tora & Ruaka. When also TBA.

There also will be a H.A.T.E. Produced event to mark the faction’s first anniversary on 7/20 at Sapporo Asti Hall in Hokkaido. There likely will be no matches and will be more of a talk show and fan photo op event.

DDT 6/25/25 Results

DDT held another Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary Project event today under his M&A Pro Wrestling label, again featuring no DDT wrestlers with one or two exceptions.

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.

The event opened with an important announcement from Sanshiro Takagi-M&A Pro Wrestling is no more. His next event on 8/19 at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage will be the launch of Super Japan Pro Wrestling.

Match 1: Fuminori Abe beat Shota.

Match 2: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Momo Hanazono beat Munenori Sawa & Mio Shirai. Kuroshio pinned Shirai.

Match 3: Momo Kohgo (Stardom) beat Yoshiko Hasegawa (Tokyo Joshi Pro).

Match 4: Brahmans Shu & Kei beat Rika Tatsumi (Tokyo Joshi Pro) & Antonio Honda (DDT). Kei pinned Honda.

Match 5: Suwama (All-Japan) beat Muscle Sakai. Afterwards, Sakai revealed that, for those who didn’t know, he actually is Super Sasadango Machine.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Ken Ohka (Ganbare Pro). Afterwards, Takagi asked Nagata to team with the Brahmans on 8/19 but Nagata refused. Instead a match of MIKAMI vs. TAKA Michinoku was announced for 8/19.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall for the monthly major event featuring KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Kazusada Higuchi for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Ganbare Pro 6/22/25 Results

Ganbare Pro results haven’t been easy to come by this year as the promotion doesn’t always post them. But they did for their latest event this Sunday.

Sunday’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (As usual there was no live broadcast but the on demand video was made available earlier today)

The announced paid attendance was 196.

Match 1: Ken Ohka & Chou-un Shiryu beat Shinichiro Tominaga & Ali Najima. Ohka pinned Najima after Flame Spear.

Match 2: Keisuke Ishii beat Shodai Kawakami.

Match 3: Shuichiro Katsunura beat Tanomusaku Toba by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 4: Yoshiko Hasegawa Final Ganbare Match: Moeka Haruhi, Yuna Manase & Bunny Oikawa beat Yoshiko Hasegawa, YuuRI & Riara. Manase pinned Hasegawa after Suzuki Dynamic. Hasegawa left Ganbare last year to join Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and is retiring in a couple weeks. HARUKAZE was special ring announcer for this match.

Match 5: Mizuki Watase beat Munetatsu Nakamura by TKO (ref stoppage-towel).

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Yumehito Imanari beat Tyson Maeguchi to retain the title. V5 for Imanari.

The next event is 7/19. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE a few days after the event.

TJPW News: TPC Qualifier Finals, July US Broadcast Plans (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a press conference in Tokyo today to draw the pairings for the Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament last 4 matches. The winners of each match will advance to the main tournament to fill out the field of 16. The matches turned out as follows: Moka Miyamoto vs. Kaya Toribami, Haru Kazashiro vs. Ivy Steele, Wakana Uehara vs. Shino Suzuki and Pom Harajuku vs. HIMAWARI. The matches will happen on 7/5 and/or 7/8 depending on the other matches for each event (all TBA).

Elsewhere, it was announced the July US events in Texas will be streamed LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. No PPVs. But they caution this is a “trial” broadcast and may or may not work as planned depending on technical limitations including internet reception at the venue. The events are scheduled for 7/10 & 7/11 in Houston (4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET both days) and 7/13 in Dallas (10:30 AM PT/1:30 PM ET).

UPDATE: Well that was a short goodbye…much to my, and surely many fans’ delight, the promotion announced that Sayuri Namba’s goodbye was for…barely a month. While she does leave Japan for Canada after a book signing event today (6/26 Japan time), she will return for the US July events as the ring announcer. This was definitely an option when her departure was announced.

Also, I misstated the new ring announcer’s name recently in results posts. It is Rise Shirai, not Rise Suzuki.

All-Japan 6/24/25 Results

All-Japan ran a standalone “Baka Era vs. Hokuto Army” faction warfare event today, featuring only wrestlers from those two groups. So no main units, no Saitos, etc.

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

The announced paid attendance was 308. For the first time in who knows how long it was not a sellout at the venue. (While it’s max capacity is 600 most events have been capped at 350-400 post-pandemic)

Match 1: Talos beat Seigo Tachibana.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato & Funinori Abe beat Jack Kennedy & Aizawa No. 1. Abe beat 1.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) & Yuko Miyamoto beat Aja Kong (OZ Academy), Kumaarashi & Takashi (Dragon Gate). Suzuki pinned Takashi.

Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hokuto Omori went to a no contest. Out of control after ref bumps. Baka Era wins the final confrontation. Aoyagi saying this ended the event led to heavy boos from the crowd. Which led to after a short break…

Special Match: Aja Kong won a 18 person battle royal, last eliminating Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori. Even the 3 referees for the event participated.

After the battle royal ended, Hideki Suzuki addressed the crowd and asked for everyone’s support (both fans in attendance and those watching on AJPW.TV) of Taishin Nagao, who was seriously injured in an accident involving one of the promotion’s buses last month. All-Japan’s latest status update yesterday was he remains hospitalized in intensive care with severe abdominal injuries. Yuma Aoyagi then led the crowd in a support cheer for Nagao while expressing hopes for an eventual return for the young rookie.

During the promotion’s now-summer break updates on Nagao will be provided when/if they are made available.

The next event is 7/17 at Korakuen Hall to start the Summer Action Series 2025 tour. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. (Except for 7/20 all 5 July events will be streamed live on the service. 7/20 will be on demand later that day)

New Japan 6/24/25 Results

New Japan held an El Desperado Produced independent event today dubbed “DEATH PAIN INVITACIONAL”.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World outside Japan for $22.99 US. Purchase includes unlimited on demand replays until July 31, 2025. You can also watch a pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1481, a legit sellout.

Pre-show match: Daiki Nagai, Katsuya Murashima, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Dragon Libre, Kengo, GENTARO & Tatsuhito Takaiwa. Taguchi beat Libre with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 1: Mammoth Sasaki & Takashi Sasaki beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takashi Sasaki pinned Gedo after D. Geist.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita beat Jun Masaoka.

Match 3: In a hardcore match, Kenji Gukumoto & Seiji Takeda beat Rina Yamashita & Suzu Suzuki. Takeda pinned Yamashita after Reverse U Crush.

Match 4: Toru Sugiura & Boltin Oleg beat Tomoya Hirata & Toru Yano. Sugiura pinned Hirata after Swift Driver.

Main Event: In a Fluorescent Lighttubes & Glass Board Death Match, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Jun Kasai to retain the title. V6 for Desperado. Next up: Presumably Fujita, who is awaiting his shot for winning Best Of The Super Junior. After this match, Kasai invited everyone to the next DEATH PAIN INVITACIONAL. Which will be in 2035…

The next event is Thursday at Chino Civic Center Multi-Hall in Nagano to continue the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. In fact, the New Japan World broadcasts are finished for June, no live or on demand scheduled again until July 4. Remember the TANAHASHI JAM event this Sunday is only available in Japan and only on TV Asahi. But after that it’s the G1 CLIMAX and then a Yuji Nagata Produced event so everything should be live & on demand from July through mid-September.

It was also announced that TV Asahi will have a live broadcast of Tokyo Dome on 1/4/26, the first time in 22 years the network has broadcast New Japan’s biggest annual event live in Japan. It will be available outside Japan on New Japan World.

In other news, Togi Makabe participation in DDT was also announced today for that promotion’s 7/27 event for what will be a HARASHIMA 24th Anniversary match in his hometown at Sumitomo Metal Mining Arena Ome Sports Hall 1 in Tokyo. That match will be Makabe, HARASHIMA & Yasu Utano vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Shinya Aoki & Akito. That match may be available on New Japan World at some point but will also be available to watch on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.