Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 10/4/25 LIVE Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the fall house show tour with an event today in Tokyo, kicking off the 2025 NexGeneTournament. Featuring the 4 current rookies and second-year wrestlers, the winner gets a title shot of their choice as long as it’s a TJPW championship (so not the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship or anything else). The participants this hear are Kira Summer, Chika Nanase, Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu. And since the current Iron Man Champion is on the card, pay attention to that match and elsewhere because if anyone beats Mahiro Kiryu with a referee present, assuming she is still champion, they win the title.

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. Tentatively anyway because the live stream will be via an iPad, which they tried once before and I thought cane off well with only minor issues. There will be no live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE but it will be available on demand Tuesday and there will be no archive on YouTube. Due to the iPad usage there is no guarantee of a live broadcast or complete stream due to unforeseen technical issues.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Mizuki & Pom Harajuku
Yuna Manase & Toga vs. Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida
Arisu Endo, Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Miyu Yamashita, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami
Rika Tatsumi vs. Raku
NexGene ’25 Tournament:
Kira Summer vs. Chika Nanase
Uta Takami vs.Ren Konatsu

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at-if all goes as planned-7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club ex in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. And no audio for now. (Audio is turned on about 5 minutes in)

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Due to the iPad placement and being in portrait mode I can’t see much, but based on history and capacity my early prediction is around 275. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 307, a super full house/very near sellout)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:42 PM PT/10:42 PM ET.

Match 1: NexGene ’25 Tournament: Uta Takami vs. Ren Konatsu. No time limit
Result: Uta Takami beat Ren Konatsu by submission

Match 2: NexGene ’25 Tournament: Kira Summer vs. Chika Nanase. No time limit
Result: Kira Summer beat Chika Nanase

As a result, the winners will face each other next as will the losers. It’s a double-elimination tournament so the Konatsu-Nanase loser is out.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi vs. Raku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Raku

Match 4: Arisu Endo, Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Miyu Yamashita, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami beat Atisu Endo, Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu, when Yanashita beat Kiryu to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. Yamashita becomes the 1771st Champion. (I think) Long promo followed. Which led to…
Mahiro Kiryu beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Miyu Yamashota to win the title. Kiryu becomes the 1772nd Champion. (I think)

Match 5: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro) & Toga vs. Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuna Manase & Toga beat Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida. Toga pinned Ashida after Rock Bottom.

Match 6: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Mizuki & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Mizuki & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino & Shino Suzuki beat Mou Watanabe & Shino Suzuki. Aino pinned Suzuki after Venus DDT.

Overall the stream went off without a hitch except they forgot to turn the iPad’s microphone on until 5 minutes in but it would have been better in landscape instead of portrait view, and the viewing experience was better on an iPad. Too difficult to clearly see the action watching on a 43″ TV using an Apple TV. Better than nothing.

The next event is 10/12 at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/11 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

UPDATE: It has been announced there will be a Kiryu-Yamashita rematch for the Iron Man title on 10/12. As always with the title, subject to change.

DDT 10/2/25 Results

Despite missing most of the last month due to injury, DDT wrestler Daisuke Sasaki returned today for his latest independent event, also his 20th Anniversary event, CHARISMANIAxMANIAxMANIA.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were several live music performances during the event in addition to the matches. Tetsu Inada was the guest ring announcer.

Match 1: Minoru Fujita, Hiroshi Yamato & MJ Paul beat Yuko Miyamoto, Masashi Takeda & Chou-un Shiryu. Paul pinned Shiryu after a reverse splash.

Match 2: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie won a 8 team battle royal, last eliminating Yasutaka Osera (?) & Illusion.

Match 3: In a hardcore match, Jun Kasai beat Hideki Okatani.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno, To-y, HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito beat Dick Togo (New Japan), Yasu Urano, KUBITO, Diego & Naohiro Katsumi. Ueno pinned Urano after BME.

Main Event: Daisuke Sasaki 20th Anniversary Match: El Deaperado (New Japan) & Daisuke Sasaki beat Shuji Ishikawa & Antonio Honda. Sasaki beat Honda with a crossface.

The next event is Sunday at Higashi Ward Plaza in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday. There also has been a late change to the card because Hinata Kasai (Jun’s son) is now off the event. Flu. Tomomitsu Matsunaga is the replacement.

Sumo-September 2025 Tournament Final Records & Post-Tournament News

With the September 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament now in the books and the post-tournament rankings meeting held, here are the final records from the event and some early news/notes:

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Injury Report: God’s Not Dead…Just Awaiting Reincarnation

DDT posted an injury update that’s a difficult one for me to take…Yoshihiko is going to be on the shelf for a while. Numerous injuries due to age-related deterioration and accumulated damage. Out indefinitely. No word on how long we will be without our God.

More as it becomes available.

(In other DDT news, it was also announced that O-MENZ Kumadori will be part of the 10/19 Korakuen Hall and 11/3 Ryogoku Kokugikan events. On 11/3, the full O-MENZ group will perform live as well)

(Disclaimer: This is not as bad as it sounds. Those like me who follow DDT closely know that Yoshihiko is really a life-size blow-up doll so when wrestlers face it they essentially are having a match with themselves which actually is a thing of beauty and the epitome of sports entertainment. So apparently it’s time to find a suitable replacement for the current incarnation so it will come back even stronger and more durable)

BREAKING: No More Go For NOAH (Updated)

In a statement just posted by parent company CyberFight Corporation, it was announced that Go Shiozaki appears to be done with Pro Wrestling NOAH. Contract expires today (9/30 Japan time) and will not be renewed. The promotion has also confirmed this on their website. No word yet on Shiozaki’s future plans (his last social media posts appear to be from 3 days ago) and he has not yet been removed from NOAH’s roster page on their website.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: A translation of comments by Shiozaki seem to indicate he will continue his career somewhere as there was no mention of retirement (he’s 43 with 20 years experience).

New Japan News: Full 10/13 Card Announced

At their traditional post-blowout event press conference today in Tokyo, New Japan announced the full 8 match card for KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025, the likely last such event of the year, on 10/13 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. As expected, the main event will be IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title as Takeshita is doing a Sabre from last year and cashing in his G1 CLIMAX winning prize of a title shot at Tokyo Dome early. It paid off for Sabre, will it happen again? The winner is all but going into 1/4 as champion.

Match 7 will be IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Yota Tsuji for the title. History actually favors Tsuji slightly as he has an 11-10-2 record against Kidd in single matches.

Match 6 will be NEW IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) vs. Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino for the titles. The history here is when Yuto debuted in 2021 as Yuto Nakashima, his debut match against Uemura barely lasted a minute before he suffered an elbow injury that cost him most of his rookie year. I remember watching that match live on New Japan World, so devastating but an incredible comeback nonetheless.

Match 5 will be MEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg vs. EVIL for the title. Because he is EVIL (…*bad sync-dubbing* INDEEEEEEEED!) and never far from those NEVER titles and will try to become a 4-tome champion.

Match 4 will be NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title. This is a 20th Anniversary match for Phantasmo and probably Tanahashi’s last chance at a title before retirement at Tokyo Dome.

The first 3 matches in order are Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & Titan vs. David Finlay, Taiji Ishimori & Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney vs. SANADA and Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & the returning Hirooki Goto vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita.

The event will be available live and on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World beginning on 10/13 at midnight PT/3 AM ET. It will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

Stardom 9/28/25 Results

After yesterday’s major event, Stardom was back in action today with a house show.

Today’s event was held at Sunrec Kitakami in Iwate and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There were potential last-minute changes to the event due to both AZM & Saya Kamitani being pulled off the card. AZM-unspecified injury, also out tomorrow. Kamitani-unspecified reasons, will return tomorrow.

Match 1: Natsupoi, Aya Sakura & Sayaa Kurara beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Sakura pinned HANAKO.

Match 2: Mei Seira beat Momo Kohgo & Kikyo Furusawa in a 3-way by pinning Furusawa.

Match 3: Hazuki & Ranna Yagami beat Koguma & Ema Maishima. Yagami pinned Maishima after Beat Master.

Match 4: Momo Watanabe & Rina beat Saya Iida & Yuria Hime. Rina pinned Hime after a diving double kneedrop.

Match 5: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Bozilla & Akira Kurogame. Amasaki pinned Kurogame after Tensei.

Main Event: Syuri, Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Konami. Syuri pinned Ruaka after White Tiger.

The next event is tomorrow at Tsugaru City General Gym in Aomori. There will be no live broadcast.

Sumo-September 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 15 Results (Final Day) (9/28/25)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 15-the Final Day-of the September 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita, Sd-Sandanme, Jd-Jonidan, Jk-Jonokuchi

Makuuchi (top tier):
Tobizaru (M15) beat Asakoryu (M14)
Hitoshi (M17) beat Meisei (M13)
Mitakuemi (M12) beat Nishikigi (M16)
Roga (M11) beat Ryuden (M17)
Shodai (M11) beat Shishi (M18)
Churanoumi (M10) beat Tomokaze (M16)
Tokihayate (M13) beat Fujinokawa (M9)
Midorifuji (M9) beat Sadanoumi (M14)
Kusano (M5) beat Shonannoumi (M15)
Hiradoumi (M4) beat Kinbozan (M8)
Daieisho (M10) beat Gonoyama (M3)
Atamifuji (M3) beat Ichiyamamoto (M5)
Oho (M2) beat Oshoma (M7)
Hakuoho (M2) beat Ura (M8)
Onokatsu (M6) beat Abi (M1)
Tamawashi (M1) beat Kotoshoho (M5)
Wakamotoharu (M4) beat Aonishiki (K)
Takayasu (K) beat Kirishima (S)
Takanosho (M7) beat Wakatakakage (S)
Hoshoryu (Y) beat Onosato (Y). PLAYOFF!!!
Playoff: Onosato beat Hoshoryu. ONOSATO YUSHO!!! The 5th career Emperor’s Cup for Onosato!
CHAMPION: Onosato (13-2)
Of note: But it was close and a Mono-ii (judges conference) followed which upheld the referee’s call of Onosato winning as they both went out of the ring at the same time. That helped Onosato snap, including the regulation match, a 4-match losing streak to Hoshoryu, who comes up just painfully short of his 3rd Emperor’s Cup, but after withdrawals in 2 or 3 as a Yokozuna due to injury he showed that, when healthy, he’s going to win more. Or at least have more showdowns with Onosato like this for championships.

SPECIAL PRIZES:
Outstanding Performance (winning record with most wins vs. Yokozuna & Ozeki): Hakuoho. Aonishiki would have also earned this had he won
Fighting Spirit (winning record with best display of fighting spirit): Takanosho
Technique (winning record with best display of winning technique): Aonishiki. 3rd straight tournament he has won it.

Juryo:
Goshima (Ms5) beat Kyokukaiyu (J13)
Wakanosho (Ms3) beat Takarafuji (J12)
Kamito (Ms4) beat Miyanokaze (J10)
Hidenoumi (J7) beat Shirokuma (J9)
Hakuyozan (J10) beat Tohakuryu (J6)
Kayo (J5) beat Nishinoryu (J14)
Fujiseiun (J5) beat Kazekeno (J11)
Tochitaikai (J5) beat Tsuurgisho (J9)
Asanoyama (J13) beat Mita (J4)
Kagayaki (J4) beat Shiden (J14)
Asahakuryu (J11) beat Nishikifuji (J3). ASAHAKURYU JURYO YUSHO!!! 3rd career championship, 2nd straight, 1st Juryo in his debut tournament.
Chiyoshoma (J2) beat Kotokuzan (J8)
Kotoeiho (J2) beat Asasuiryu (J12)
Hatsuyama (J8) beat Oshomi (J1)
Daiseizan (J1) beat Tamashoho (J7)
CHAMPION: Asahakuryu (13-2)
Of note: Asanoyama did his part but when Asahakuryu won that ended any playoff hopes. And it would have been a 3-way with Nishikifuji trying to spoil an all-Takasago playoff. Now the question is will either be in the top tier in November? Asahakuryu is a very big maybe and it’s going to be a toss-up. Asanoyama almost certainly will not. At worst, I see them both being J1. I think Mita is now going to miss out on the top tier, after an 8-1 start he collapsed in the second week and finished 1-5, he’ll still be promoted but I think he’ll stay in Juryo. Despite the loss today Oshoumi is also going up to the top tier as he finished 9-6 and Chiyoshoma will have a chance with also 9-6 at J2. At the bottom, Shiden & Kyokukaiyu are probably being demoted and…I think it’s the end for Takarafuji. 5-10 at J12 almost certainly means he’ll lose the numbrs game and his salary despite the Isegahama clout. The last time he was below Juryo? Not counting before promotion, never. And he was promoted up in July 2010 so that means his run could end at over 15 years. I do think he’ll still try and hang on for one more tournament and then try to cash in his elder stock to possibly take over the stable if the current Isegahama-the former Yokozuna Terunofuji-follows through on reports he’ll leave in January to open his own stable.

Jonidan:
Playoff: Kaki (Jd44) beat Teraosho (Jd99). KAKI JONIDAN YUSHO!!! 2nd career championship, 1st Jonidan in second career tournament.

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS:
Makuuchi-Onosato (5th Emperor’s Cup)
Juryo-Asahakuryu (2nd career, 1st Juryo)
Makushita-Shimazuumi (1st career, 1st Makushita)
Sandanme-Kazuma (2nd career, 1st Sandanme)
Jonidan-Kaki (3nd career, 1st Jonidan)
Jonokuchi-Tatsubayama (1st career)

The next tournament is November 9-23 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. All tickets are already sold out. The tournament wrap-up post with final standings, post-event news and more will follow later this week after the post-tournament rankings meetings are held, which I believe are scheduled for Tuesday.

New Japan 9/28/25 Results

DESTRUCTION, New Japan’s annual September Kobe blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired live in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4672.

Match 1: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, El Desperado, YUya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Sho, DOUKI, SANADA, Dick Togo & EVIL. Uemura pinned Togo after a Frankensteiner.

Match 2: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Great-O-Khan. Afterwards, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya appeared and asked Tanahashi to make one last appearance there before retirement, namely at their 10/11 event at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

Match 3: NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg beat Don Fale to retain the title. V2 for Oleg. Next up: EVIL.

Match 4: OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii to win the titles. OSKAR & Ice become the 111th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Ice pinned Taichi after K.O.B. Next up: Umino & Uemura. And we’d better get Ice coming out to “Ice Ice Baby” at least once.

Match 5: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi beat Taiji Ishimori to retain the title. V1 for Takahashi. Afterwards, Eita appeared and attacked Takahashi. Eita gets the next title shot in NOAH on 10/11, which was announced before this match came together last week. It was originally against Takahashi but had Ishimori won he would have defended against Eita on that date.

Match 6: Yota Tsuji beat David Finlay.

Match 7: IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd beat Shingo Takagi to retain the title. V2 for Kidd Next up: Tsuji.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ren Narita to retain the title. V2 for Sabre. Next up: As previously announced, Konosuke Takeshita on 10/13 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. And given the rest of the year after that will be the annual fall/winter tag team tournaments (Super Junior Tag League and World Tag League) and some other special events, it’s all but guaranteed the 10/13 winner is going to Tokyo Dome as champion.

The next event is Saturday at Tokei Security Hiratsuka General Gym in Kanagawa to start the Road To KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. All 4 tour events are scheduled for live and on demand broadcasts.

DEVELOPING: New Japan Star Returning Soon

At today’s New Japan press conference ahead of DESTRUCTION tomorrow, Hirooki Goto appeared and announced that he will return on 10/13 at KING OF PRO WRESTLING at Ryogoku Kokugikan. He has been out the last few months due to injury that also forced him to miss the G1 CLIMAX 35. As far as a return match, details TBA. Goto was also away for a time filming the new “Street Fighter” movie in which he will play E. Honda alongside fellow wrestlers Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns from WWE.

More as it becomes available.