Stardom 2/8/25 LIVE Results (Updated)

Stardom begins their weekend house show schedule today in Kobe with just over 2 weeks until the next PPV. There’s nothing really standout aside from the usual faction warfare themes, although of note is Sayaka Kurara faces off against H.A.T.E. once again, who she may be forced to align with if she & Tam Nakano lose to Saya Kamitani & TBA on 2/24. Konami is also expected to return today after being out since suffering an injury at the end of 2024. In other injury news, Mina Shirakawa remains out indefinitely due to an unspecified injury and will miss today. Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe also remain out due to injuries while Waka Tsukiyama is not on today’s event for non-injury reasons.

Today’s event will be held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. There are only 6 matches scheduled so even with the presumed intermission I anticipate the event’s running time to be just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (march order TBA):
Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano, Saori Anou, Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori
Starlight Kid & Mei Seira vs. Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime
Sayaka Kurara & Ranna Yagami vs. Azusa Inaba & Ruaka
Maika, HANAKO & Rian vs. AZM, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki
Hanan vs. Aya Sakura
Syuri, Lady C, Saki Kashima & Tomoka Inaba vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Konami (See update below)

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

UPDATE (Pre-show): As of 6 PM PT/9 PM ET there is a last-minute change to the card: Saki Kashima is now off. The always-vague poor health. There will be no replacement and the 8-woman tag she was part of is now a handicap match. Status after today TBA.

UPDATE 2 (Pre-show): You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. The thumbnail suggests it will be the 8-woman tag.

7:%6 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kobe Art Center in Kobe, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Will be a couple minutes before we see inside the venue for the first time. Based on the first crowd shots I’m going to estimate a crowd of around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 405)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET. The venue setup is unique in that one side of the ring is right up against a raised stage with some seating several feet back. We’ll see if that comes into play.

Match 1: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano, Saori Anou, Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tam Nakano, Saori Aoun, Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori beat Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo. Mizumori pinned Kohgo.

Match 2: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira vs. Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime. 20 minute time limit
Result: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime. Seira beat Kurogame.

Match 3: Sayaka Kurara & Ranna Yagami vs. Azusa Inaba & Ruaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Azusa Inaba & Rina beat Sayaka Kurara & Ranna Yagami. Inaba pinned Yagami.

Match 4: Maika, HANAKO & Rian vs. AZM, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maika, HANAKO & Rian beat AZM, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki. HANAKO pinned Amasaki after JP Coaster.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 9:21 PM PT/12:21 AM ET.

Match 5: Hanan vs. Aya Sakura. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hanan beat Aya Sakura

Main Event: Syuri, Lady C & Tomoka Inaba vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Konami in a handicap match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Konami beat Syuri, Lady C & Tomoka Inaba. Konami beat Syuri with a rear naked choke after a chair shot. Konami sprayed Syuri in the face with the black spray post-match before finishing the post-match promo by declaring this was the end of God’s Eye. As they left, the cameras caught Kamitani still in the ring staring down Tam Nakano, who was watching from an upper level balcony.

The next event is tomorrow at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi for a Mayu Iwatani hometown event. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 2/8/25 LIVE Results (Updated x2)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the 5th Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today, with the winners getting the next Princess Tag Team Championship shot at GRAND PRINCESS ’25 on 3/30. Who that will be against will be determined in a couple days as Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh are in Chile this weekend to defend the titles. The tournament has been full of upsets and unexpected results but we’ve reached the Finals and it will be the internet’s favorite women’s odd couple and my pick to win-Wasteland Pom Party aka Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku-vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. If you haven’t seen the promotion’s latest promo poster online for this event go check it out because once again it’s spot-on. As long as you’re not rooting for Nakajima & Misao. There is also one title match scheduled as International Princess Champion Suzume defends the title against Jada Stone, the latest young foreign prospect with a bright future to come over and make an instant impact in Japan much like Zara Zakher and others.

In addition to Yamashita & Itoh, Moka Miyamoto is also off this event as she is also competing in Chile along with the tag champs.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. Voice actress Hana Hishikawa will be a special guest on Japanese commentary. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. Streamers/paper tape throwing by fans is also allowed today. It’s a longer than normal card with 9 matches and no time limit for the main event, but I anticipate it being a typical Korakuen event with a running time of about 2 1/2 hours (plus they have a usual post-event gathering at a nearby venue).

Today’s lineup:
Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase vs. Shino Suzuki, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Mifu Ashida
Raku & Ram Kaichow vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna
Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara
Miu Watanabe vs. Uta Takami
Yuki Aino vs. Haru Kazashiro
Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Rika Tatsumi & Toga
International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Jada Stone for the title
Max Heart Tournament Finals: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao

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Updates below will begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. The event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. (Pre-show Update: Opening announcements are scheduled to begin at 6:20 PM PT/9:20 PM ET)

6 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita & Hana Hishikawa. Your English hosts are Mr. Haku & Baliyan Akki.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s reduced capacity on the commentary side and while the crowd is still filing in it’s mostly empty so far. Advance sales seemed to be average so I’ll predict it’ll be a close to “average” Korakuen crowd of around 700. (Mid-show update, I’m revising it down to around 550, not a big looking crowd at all) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 551. Wow, nailed the revision! Definitely disappointing attendance)

The opening announcements should begin in 5 minutes with the matches starting in about 30 minutes.

Opening announcements begin a few minutes behind schedule. The Samurai! TV feed joins in progress at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET via on-screen graphics. Once aware of this Sayuri Namba quickly pivots to welcome those viewers before Up Up Girls come out.

The matches begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET.

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase vs. Shino Suzuki, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase beat Shino Suzuki, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. Hasegawa beat Suzuki with a high-angle single leg Boston Crab.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Mifu Ashida. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Mifu Ashida

Match 3: Raku & Ram Kaichow (666) vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Ram Kaichow beat Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Raku pinned Haruna.

Match 4: Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Arisu Endo beat Wakana Uehara. But back-to-back outstanding efforts by Uehara against Endo, the first time a win in the Max Heart Tournament. Uehara is starting to break through.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Uta Takami. Maybe Takami’s best match so far in her rookie campaign and career.

New GRAND PRINCESS ’25 Match Announcement: Miu Watanabe vs. Willow Nightingale! The Babe With The Power is coming back to TJPW!

Match 6: Yuki Aino vs. Haru Kazashiro. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Haru Kazashiro

Match 7: Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Rika Tatsumi & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Toga beat Mizuki & HIMAWARI. Tatsumi pinned HIMAWARI after Twist Of Fate.

Match 8: International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Jada Stone for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Suzume beat Jada Stone to retain the title. V1 for Suzume. Next up: Well, since she couldn’t beat Yuki Arai for the title…Endo wants another shot, this time at her longtime tag team partner. Seems like she’ll get it. I have a feeling this will happen at GRAND PRINCESS ’25.

Main Event: Max Heart Tournament Finals: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku to win the tournament. Nakajima pinned Harajuku after a diving senton. As a result, Nakajima & Misao will face the Princess Tag Team Champions for the titles at GRAND PRINCESS ’25.

The next event is a Sanshiro Takagi Produced Bullet Train Women’s Pro Wrestling event on 2/15 on the Nozomi Shinkansen train from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka. It will have one match, a Falls Count Anywhere match of Mizuki, Miu Watanabe, Raku & Aja Kong vs. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Arai & Max The Impaler. There will be no live broadcast but it will be on demand at a later date with commentary.

The next actual event is after the above event that same day at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka with the same match, but not Falls Count Anywhere. Jada Stone participation is also set for the event. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: It’s now official-Suzume vs. Endo is set for GRAND PRINCESS ’25.

UPDATE 2: On 2/9 in Santiago, Chile, Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh successfully defended the titles. V4 for the champs. As a result, the scheduled 3/16/25 title defense vs. Nakajima & Misao is now official.

New Japan 2/7/25 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate event of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Nagano Sports Park General Gym in Nagano. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 750.

Match 1: Tiger Mask beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Naito pinned Murashima.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Sho pinned Taguchi after Shock Arrow.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado, El Phantasmo, El Desperado & Shota Umino. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Ishimori pinned TAKA after Bloody Cross.

Match 6: Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Connora pinned BUSHI after No Cultivation.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Master Wato, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sabre pinned Honma after Zack Driver.

The tour-ender is Sunday at Kameoka Sports Park Gym in Kyoto. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. It also has been announced that Tuesday’s THE NEW BEGINNING event in Osaka is now a legit advance sellout. It will be available live on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY and will be a live and exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 2/6/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour with the first of 3 non-televised house shows to finish it up.

Today’s event was held at Kashima Sports Center in Ibaraki. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 663.

Match 1: Tiger Mask beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Daiki Nagai & Tomohiro Ishii. Takahashi pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Narita pinned Taguchi.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado, El Desperado, Shota Umino & El Phantasmo. Khan beat Jado with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Match 5: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Connors pinned TAKA after No Cultivation.

Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Ishimori beat BUSHI with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Master Wato, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sabre beat Honma with Clarky Cat.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagano Sports Park General Gym in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate 2/5/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2025 Tour today with their monthly Tokyo event.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 1105.

There were a handful of last minute changes due to Strong Machine J being off the event. Shoulder injury. Out indefinitely.

Match 1: Toru Owashi, Shuji Kondo & Punch Tominaga beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Ryu Fuda & Akihiro Sahara. Tominaga pinned Sahara with Punch Clutch.

Match 2: ISHIN beat Don Fujii by DQ.

Match 3: Mochizuki Junior beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & U-T beat Genki Horiguchi, Hyo & Problem Dragon. Mante pinned Dragon after a reverse Gory Special. This originally was to have been Dragon & Mante vs. Hyo & Dragon but U-T & Horiguchi were late adds.

Match 5: BxB Hulk, Kagetora, Susumu Yokosuka & Naruki Doi beat KAI, Jason Lee, Yoshiki Kato & Homare. Yokosuka pinned Kato after Jumbo Wins! ISHIN & Dragon Kid were special referees. Had Z-Brats won, they would have gotten an Open The Triangle Gate Championship shot.

Match 6: Riiita & JACKY KAMEI beat Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Riiita pinned Tanaka after Riiitanic. This was originally to have been a 3-way with Kzy & U-T but apparently plans changed.

Main Event: Ben-K, Madoka Kikuta & Kzy beat YAMATO, Shun Skywalker & Kota Minoura. Kzy pinned Minoura after Impact.

The next event is Saturday at Yukihashi City Budokan in Fukuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, upcoming event announcements made include a Shun Skywalker Produced event on 3/24 at Shinjuku Face, the return/revival of Dragon Gate USA as part of The Collective with events on 4/16 & 4/18 in Las Vegas, NV, and the annual Golden Week blowout event, DEAD OR ALIVE 2025, on its traditional date of 5/5 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya.

DDT 2/425-2/5/25 Results

DDT continued the D GENERATIONS CUP today in Tokyo after beginning it yesterday with a mini event.

Both events were held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced for either event.

Yesterday:

All matches were D GENERATIONS CUP matches.

Match 1: Block B: To-y beat Yuni.

Match 2: Block A: Illusion beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 3: Block A: Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ishida.

Main Event: Block B: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuya Koroku.

Today:

Match 1: Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Illusion & Yuni. Masada pinned Yuni after Masada’s Power Kobu Muscle.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno beat Takao Soma.

Match 3: Yukio Naya & Daichi Sato beat Akito & Yuki Iino. Naya pinned Akito after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

D GENERATIONS CUP:
Match 4: Block A: Keigo Nakamura beat Yuki Ishida.
Match 5: Block B: To-y beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 6: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga to retain the titles. KANON beat Matsunaga with Cobra Twist 2.0. V5 for the champs.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shinya Aoki beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Ueno pinned Honda after WR. Afterwards, it was revealed that Minoru Suzuki had accepted Ueno’s request to defend the DDT Universal Championship against him on 3/20. As a result, it’s now official.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Stardom 2/5/25 Results

Stardom ran their latest NEW BLOOD event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Square in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced

Match 1: HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama beat Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime. HANAKO beat Hime with a scorpion deathlock. This was incorrectly listed on some sites as a Nee Blood Tag Team Championship match-it actually was a NON-TITLE match.

Match 2: Kaori Yoneyama beat Rian. This was billed as Yoneyama’s first appearance in Stardom in a long time, hiding that she appears regularly as Fukigen.

Match 3: Tomoka Inaba, Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Cohaku (WAVE), Honoka (WAVE) & Saluran. Hina pinned Honoka after a modified jackhammer. Afterwards in backstage comments, Hina made a Future Of Stardom Championship challenge for whoever wins the next title match later this month, when Miyu Amasaki defends against HANAKO.

Match 4: Azusa Inaba & Rina beat Yume Makoto & Mizuki Kato (Diana). Rina pinned Makoto after Pink Devil. Afterwards, despite the loss, Makoto & Kato made a New Blood Tag Team Championship challenge.

Main Event: Ranna Yagami, Nanami (Diana) & Hiniko beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Nanami pinned Sakura with a Northern Lights suplex hold. Afterwards in backstage comments, Nanami stated she & Himiko will challenge for the New Blood Tag Team Championship on 3/1 at the next NEW BLOOD event.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

In other news, the promotion has announced a long list of statuses and who will and will not appear on upcoming events due to injuries or other participation over the next month or so. Everything below is subject to change and is listed by faction:
Stars-Hazuki & Koguma are off 2/9 due to OZ Academy participation
Saya Iida is out indefinitely due to injury but at least another week (until after 2/12)

Cosmic Angels-Tam Nakano, Natsupoi and Saori Anou are off 3/30 due to outside participation. Anou is also off 2/9 due to OZ Academy participation and 2/15 due to Maya Yukihi 10th Anniversary event participation

God’s Eye-Syuri is off 2/16 due to Diana participation
Ami Sohrei is out an extended period due to injuries. She is making appearances on commentary for PPVs
Hina will compete on 2/15, 2/16, 2/22 & 2/34
Tomoka Inaba is scheduled for 2/8, 2/9, 2/15, 2/16, 2/24
Ranna Yagami is off 2/16 due to Diana participation
Kiyoka Kokatsu is scheduled for 2/11, 2/12, 2/15, 2/16, 2/22, 2/24

E neXus V-Mina Shirakawa is out indefinitely due to injury
Xena is out an extended period due to injuries
Waka Tsukiyama will not be on the next 4 events (2/8, 2/9, 2/11, 2/12)

Neo Genesis-Nothing to report

H.A.T.E.-Momo Watanabe will not be on 2/11 & 2/12
Konami will return on 2/8
Saya Kamitani is off 3/2 due to WAVE participation
Thekla will not be on the next 4 events
Ruaka is off 2/11 & 2/12 due to outside event participation
Rina is scheduled to compete on 2/15, 2/16, 2/22 & 2/24
Azusa Inaba is scheduled to compete on 2/8, 2/9, 2/15, 2/16, 2/24
Fukigen (Kaori Yoneyama) is scheduled to compete on 2/12, 2/15, 2/16, 2/23, 2/24

Others-Matoi Hamabe is out indefinitely due to injury

Participation on dates with no Stardom events-3/10 will have Suzu Suzuki, Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid participation in a Referee Barb Sasaki 25th Anniversary event and Syuri & Natsupoi participation in a Sareee produced event.

New Japan 2/4/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the second half of another Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1287.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Togi Makabe beat Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Makabe pinned Murashima after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado, Master Wato, Shota Umino & El Phantasmo. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball. Afterwarda, Khan cut off some of Umino’s hair.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Naito pinned Honma after Pluma Blanca.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi by DQ. Taichi DQ’d. Low blow.

Match 5: BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji vs. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd went to a double countout.

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Jackson after Shoto.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita to retain the title. V2 for Desperado. Next up: Akira. That match will happen at the annual Anniversary Event on 3/6 at Ota City General Gym.

The next event is Thursday at Kashima Sports Center in Ibaraki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 2/3/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the first half of another Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 928. Continuing an unusual trend down for Korakuen attendance for them.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Daiki Nagai by submission.

Match 2: Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan. Wato beat Young with Vendeval. Afterwards, Khan grabbed an Umino shirt from a fan and tore it up.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Takahashi pinned Honma after Time Bomb 1.5.

Match 4: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi by DQ. Taichi DQ’d. Low blow fake by SANADA.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Ishimori beat BUSHI with Gedo Clutch.

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Ishii pinned Jackson after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Main Event: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat Jeff Cobb to retain the title. V2 for Phantasmo.

The next event is tomorrow with IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita for the title in the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This is the last televised event of the tour (no live or on demand for the last 3 events).

DDT 2/3/25 Results

DDT held a Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary Event today, which was unique in that it did not feature any DDT wrestlers-at least none who are signed to the promotion (some regulars who are technically freelancers were featured).

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, as is now the case for DDT, but they claimed it was a legit sellout.

At the start of the event, Sanshiro Takagi appeared and announced the start of a new project, M&A Pro Wrestling (Matchmake & Agent), with the first event on 4/9 at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage then the second event on 6/25 at Shinjuku Face. No DDT wrestlers will be a part of either event.

Match 1: Fumito Kihara beat Shota.

Match 2: Hyper Misao (Tokyo Joshi Pro) beat Muscle Sakai. Misao actually unmasked herself during the match.

Match 3: Fuminori Abe & Munenori Sawa beat Yumiko Hotta & Shinya Aoki by DQ. Hotta DQ’d. Out of control.

Match 4: Dump Matsumoto & Toru Owashi beat Brahmans Shu & Kei by DQ in 44 seconds. Shu DQ’d. Ref assault. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): In a No DQ Match, Dump Matsumoto & Toru Owashi beat Brahmans Shu & Kei. Matsumoto pinned Kei after a body press. Sanshiro Takagi was special referee.

Match 5: Meiko Satomura beat Shin Sanshiro Takagi, an unknown wrestler dressed up as Takagi. Based on a promo for the match, I’m led to believe “Takagi”, who was seconded by the real Takagi, was actually Sakura Hirota.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan in 30 seconds. Which led to…
Main Event (yet again): Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Afterwards, Takagi made Nagata & Kuroshio vs. Brahmans Shu & Kei for 4/9, and promised the fans he will compete again. He has taken a step back from wrestling and is no longer competing full time, in part to focus on front office duties and his role in a new alliance of many major and independent promotions in Japan (about the only notable promotion not part of this alliance right now is All-Japan).

The next event is Thursday, a mini-event with only 4 matches which will all be part of the D GENERATIONS CUP 2025 Tournament. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

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