New Japan began the second half of the CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2025 series today in Kyoto.
Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 792.
Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Raider beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Xelhua. Kanemaru pinned Taguchi with Samson Clutch.
Match 2: Bone Soldier Jr., Rugido & Magnus beat Master Wato, OKUMURA & Satoshi Kojima. Rugido pinned OKUMURA after La Palanca Leon.
Match 3: BUSHI, KAMAITACHI, Tetsuya Naito & Titan beat Katsuya Murashima, Ninja Mack, Yoh & Max Star. BUSHI pinned Murashima.
Match 4: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ultimo Guerrero beat El Desperado, Stigma & Atlantis Jr. Guerrero pinned Stigma after Guerrero Special.
Match 5: Barbaro Cavernario, Mascara Dorada & Templario beat Soberano Jr., Hechicero & Volador Jr. by DQ. Volador Jr. DQ’d. Mask removal from Templario (that’s an automatic DQ in Mexico).
Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Neon & Mistico beat Mascara Kantansu Tomato, Zandokan Jr. & Averno. Neon pinned Zandokan after La Especial.
The next event is Wednesday at Makuhari Messe Exhibition Hall 11 in Chiba. There will be no live or on demand broadcast (last such event for probably a month).
UPDATE: New Japan has announced Wednesday’s event will now be LIVE on New Japan World. They will be testing some different setups so there may be technical issues. Live streaming will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
UPDATE 2: In other news not current tour-related, a scheduled 4/19 event at Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 as part of the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU 2025 Tour has been CANCELLED. Unforeseen circumstances. Instead there will be an event on that date at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo at, for them, an unusually early time of 11;30 AM. There will be no refunds because tickets were not yet on sale.
UPDATE 3: After this event, it was announced that NEVER Openweight Champion Kobosuke Takeshita vs. Angel De Oro for the title is set for a CMLL event Friday at Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. It will be available live on YouTube but requires a paid CMLL channel membership. Event time Friday is (I believe) 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.
