KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025, New Japan’s likely final blowout event of the year, is in the books.
Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi.
The announced paid attendance was 5372.
Match 1: Syuri beat IWGP Women’s Champion Sareee to win the title. Syuri becomes the 6th IWGP Women’s Champion.
Match 2: Clark Connors, Tiaji Ishimori & David Finlay beat Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & SHingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Titan after Overkill.
Match 3: In a No DQ match, Drilla Moloney beat SANADA.
Match 4: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Goto pinned Jackson after GTR.
Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result, Phantasmo retains the title. V3 for Phantasmo.
Match 6: EVIL beat NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg to win the title. EVIL becomes the 49th NEVER Openweight Champion.
Match 7: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino to retain the titles. Ice pinned Uemura after K.O.B. V1 for the champs.
Match 8: Yota Tsuji beat IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd to win the title. Tsuji becomes the 6th IWGP Global Champion.
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. to win the title. Takeshita becomes the 14th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. So that all but guarantees he’s defending the title at Tokyo Dome in the main event. Against…possibly Goto. We’ll see.
The next event is Saturday at Hanakawa Minami Junior High School Gym in Hokkaido for a Taichi hometown event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.
It was also announced that the next US event will be on 2/27/26 in Trenton, NJ. So no San Jose, CA this winter…glad I went this year!
Additionally, as of 8 PM PT/11 PM ET you can now watch the full NJPW WORLD TV Championship match FOR FREE on YouTube.