It seems like GLEAT often has injuries to report after major events recently and today was no exception coming out of their big event this past weekend-Takanori Ito is now out after emergency surgery for an injury. Elbow. Out indefinitely and off the upcoming Lidet UWF Ver. 5 event. Replacement TBA. It’s not yet known how long Ito will be out.
DEVELOPING: DDT Titles Vacated
Developing story from DDT: The KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON have vacated the titles because it would be difficult to defend in the future after KANON was kicked out of Damnation T.A. this past weekend. No word yet on future title plans.
More as it becomes available.
Dragon Gate 2/24/25 Results
Dragon Gate’s annual late-winter/early spring Wakayama signature event, MEMORIAL GATE 2025 in Wakayama, was held today.
Today’s event was held at Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Riiita & JACKY KAMEI. Kikuta pinned Riiita after a snap piledriver.
Match 2: Ben-K, Mochizuki Junior & Ho Ho Lun beat Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Shachihoko BOY. Ben-K pinned BOY after Masakari.
Match 3: Luis Mante beat Ryoya Tanaka.
Match 4: Shun Skywalker, Homare, Jason Lee & Kota Minoura beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Akihiro Sahara, Ryu Fuda & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Minoura pinned Sahara after a jumping knee.
Match 5: YAMATO & Hyo beat Kzy & U-T. YAMATO pinned Kzy after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.
Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato to retain the titles. Hulk pinned Kato after First Flash. V2 for the champs.
The tour-ender is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka for the first half of a doubleheader. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
Sumo-March 2025 Banzuke Announced
It’s a day later than usual because today (yesterday Japan time) is/was a national holiday in Japan, but the Japan Sumo Association has now announced the Banzuke (rankings) for the March 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament. Here’s how it looks for the top 2 tiers and other notables:
Makuuchi (top tier):
Yokozuna-Hoshoryu (January Champion)
Ozeki-Onosato, Kotozakura
Sekiwake-Daieisho, Oho
Komusubi-Kirishima, Abi
Maegashira 1-Wakatakakage, Wakamotoharu
Maegashira 2-Gonoyama, Chiyoshoma
Maegashira 3-Tobizaru, Takanosho
Maegashira 4-Takayasu, Ichiyamamoto
Maegashira 5-Ura, Kinbozan
Maegashira 6-Hiradoumi, Takerufuji
Maegashira 7-Shodai, Tamawashi
Maegashira 8-Atamifuji, Oshoma
Maegashira 9-Hakuoho, Endo
Maegashira 10-Nishikigi, Shonannoumi
Maegashira 11-Midorifuji, Meisei
Maegashira 12-Takarafuji, Onokatsu
Maegashira 13-Nishikifuji, Shishi (January Juryo Champion)
Maegashira 14-Ryuden, Churanoumi
Maegashira 15-Aonishiki, Sadanoumi
Maegashira 16-Asakoryu, Kotoshoho
Maegashira 17-Mitakeumoi, Shirokuma
Maegashira 18-Tokihayate
Notes: With no Terunofuji in the rankings after almost 15 years following his January retirement (he’s now an Oyakata and it appears will be taking over Isegahama Beya once the current stablemaster must retire this summer, with rumors he could be leaving next year to start his own stable), we have a new Yokozuna at the top as Hoshoryu makes his Grand Champion debut after his playoff championship. Kotozakura is in kadoban status this tournament, meaning he must win at least 8 matches or he will be demoted from Ozeki. Playoff runner-up Oho gets rewarded by making his Sanyaku debut at Sekiwake, now just 2 steps below the rank held by his grandfather, legendary Yokozuna Taiho, alongside Daieisho who will be trying to set up for an Ozeki push in May (it could happen here but he’ll all but have to win the championship). Kirishima gets back to Komusubi along with Abi, who stays Sanyaku despite demotion from Sekiwake. The lower ranks expanded with the Terunofuji retirement and those at the bottom benefitted, but first the top-the Wakas are both M1 as Wakamotoharu was demoted again from Sekiwake while Wakatakakage had his first proper demotion in roughly 4 years (the last time he was demoted was due to injury). Chiyoshoma & Gonoyama reach new career high ranks at M2, while January playoff runner-up Kinbozan makes a big leap up to M5 following a fantastic injury bounce-back run and nearly his first championship. Takerufuji climbs back to M6 as he returns to the site of his debut Emperor’s Cup last year while the bottom finally fell out for Atamifuji as he tumbles to M8. Iron Man Tamawashi is right in the middle at M7 as his streak will keep going, he should reach 1689 by the end of the 15 days. Hakuoho makes a big move up as well to M9 while most of the lower ranks are filled with debuts & returns-Shishi returns at M13 after winning the Juryo Championship and fellow Ukranian Aonishiki gets to make his top tier debut this time at M15, reaching the top division in just his 9th career tournament (his career record so far is an incredible 60-12). Ryuden, Asakoryu & Sadanoumi all return from demotion to Juryo while Mitakeumi & Kotoshoho barely hang on to their top tier positions along with Tokihayate. Notably demoted is Hokutofuji for the first time in nearly a decade as he missed January due to injury. Roga also went down too after only making a couple appearances due to injury and finished the equivalent of 0-15.
(Additional notes: Aonishiki is now in a 3-way tie for the fastest promotion to the top tier ever from debut, as Jokoryu & Takerufuji also both needed just 9 tournaments. Also, Hoshoryu is the 5th fastest ever to go from debut to Yokozuna, excluding Makushita debuts, at 42 tournaments-just 7 years. The fastest? Uncle Asashoryu at 25. If Makushita debuts are included, Wajima is the record-holder at 21)
Juryo:
Juryo 1-Tamashoho, Kagayaki
Juryo 2-Kayo, Kitanowaka
Juryo 3-Roga, Tochitaikai
Juryo 4-Shiden, Oshoumi
Juryo 5-Nabatame, Fujiseiun
Juryo 6-Mitoryu, Hidenoumi
Juryo 7-Tomokaze, Kotoeiho
Juryo 8-Hokutofuji, Hakuyozan
Juryo 9-Wakaikari, Tohakuryu
Juryo 10-Daiseizan, Shimanoumi
Juryo 11-Tsrugisho, Wakanosho
Juryo 12-Hitoshi, Kiryuko
Juryo 13-Hatsuyama, Kazekeno
Juryo 14-Otsuji, Kosano
Notes: As noted above, Hokutofuji & Roga are the big names here after both took big drops after January due to injury absences and equivalent of 0-15 tournaments. Most of the top 5 wrestlers are/were top tier demotion although Kayo again failed to clinch promotion late and goes down a rank after a 7-8 effort. While partly due to injury, Kitanowaka is demoted after once again failing to get his first winning record in the top tier. At J4, Oshoumi continues his steady climb up after a championship bid in November derailed by an untimely injury and now sits at a career high rank with the top tier in reach. Nabatame made the most of his second chance in Juryo after staying J14 following a 7-8 November effort, as his 11 wins shot him up to J5. The bottom ranks are filled out by the Shin-Juryo and Sai-Juryo wrestlers including the returning Hitoshi & Kazekeno alongside newcomers Otsuji and Kusano, the latter being the latest of the top Hakuho-Isegahama super-prospects. Getting a coveted Ms60 debut ranking for amateur accolades, Kusano needed just 5 tournaments to reach Juryo.
Lower tier and other notable notes:
As expected, Enho was promoted back to Makushita and is right in the middle at Ms30, meaning he probably will need at least 2 more tournaments to get to Juryo. 7-0 with a championship would probably get in into the top 4-5 rankings. Asanoyama, attempting his second comeback in recent years (this time from injury), will start from the Sandanme at Sd21. The Jonidan is at 100 ranks with 200 total wrestlers while the Jonokuchi has 19 ranks with 38 total wrestlers. And now seemingly done with the end-od-day bow-twirling due to Terunofuji’s retirement, Satonofuji keeps chugging along at Jonidan 89 (Hoshoryu gets to choose now so when he’s active it’ll probably be someone from Tatsunami Beya, if he’s out the honor will go to someone probably from Nishinoseki Beya as Onosato is the #1 Ozeki this time).
The March Tournament runs from 3/9-3/23 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. All advance tickets are sold out.
New Japan 2/24/25 Results (Updated x3)
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.
All-Japan 2/24/25 Results (Updated)
All-Japan wrapped up the Excite Series 2025 today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. The event will also be replayed in Japan on GAORA SPORTS at a later date.
The announced paid attendance was 1870.
A memorial ceremony for former wrestler Gran Hamada, who died last week, was held before the event began.
Match 1: Kento Miyahara & Taishin Nagao beat Naruki Doi & Senor Saito. Miyahara pinned Saio with a shutdown suplex hold.
Match 2: Ryuki Honda, Ren Ayabe & Seigo Tachibana beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Jack Kennedy. Ayabe pinned Omori after Des Roulette.
Match 3: GAORA TV Champion Yuko Miyamoto beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan to retain the title. V3 for Miyamoto.
Match 4: Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato, Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) & Seiki Yoshioka beat Shotaro Ashino, MUSASHI, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Yoshioka pinned MUSASHI with La Magistral.
Match 5: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Rishing Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura to retain the titles. Hayato pinned Abe after Sid Vicious. V3 for the champs.
Match 6: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Rei Saito.
Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito beat Yuma Aoyagi to retain the Triple Crown. V2 for Saito.
The next event is 3/9 at Korakuen Hall with the Saitos defending the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship against Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi and MUSASHI vs. Seigo Tachibana for the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Broadcast plans TBA but it almost certainly will be a live broadcast on AJPW.TV.
UPDATE: Next up for the Triple Crown: That time again…Miyahara. That match will happen on 3/29 at Ota City General Gym.
Next up for the GAORA TV Champion: Doi. That match will happen on 3/9 at Korakuen Hall.
There have also been changes to 3/15 in Okinawa because of a Kuroshio TOKYO Japan stip from a prior event: Because he didn’t win the GAORA TV Championship, he has been added to the event. Also added to 3/15 is the next All-Asia Tag Team Championship match, Hayato/Anzai defend against Hideki Suzuki & Dan Tamura.
Stardom 2/24/25 Results
Stardom is running their latest major event today, below are NEAR LIVE results as they become available via the official Stardom Japanese Twitter.
Today’s event is being held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi and can be watched LIVE as a PPV on Stardom World for 4400 Japanese yen (around $30 US), and on demand as a PPV until 3/2. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 896, a legit sellout)
Match 1: Mayu Iwatani beat Yutia Hime by submission.
Match 2: Saki Kashima, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami beat Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna MIzumori & Aya Sakura. C pinned Mizumori after a big boot.
Match 3: AZM beat Akira Kurogame, Waka Tsukiyama & Fukigen in a 4-way by pinning Kurogame.
Match 4: Maika, HANAKO & Rian beat Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka and Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo in a 3-way when Maika pinned Thekla.
Match 5: Konami & Azusa Inaba beat Syuri & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Konami pinned Kokatsu after Triangle Lancer.
Match 6: Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara beat Saya Kamitani & Natsuko Tora. Nakano pinned Kamitani after Violet Screwdriver. As a result, Nakano can demand any one thing she wants from Kamitani and Kurara gets to stay in Cosmic Angels. (Which, much to my to-be-dismay, will almost certainly be a World Of Stardom Championship rematch) (UPDATE: On 3/3 it will be Nakano vs. Kamitani again but this time the loser must leave Stardom)
Match 7: Hina beat Future Of Stardom Champion Miyu Amasaki to win the title. Hina becomes the 12th Future Of Stardom Champion. Now all 3 of the sisters have held that championship.
Match 8: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid beat Rina to retain the title. V1 for Kid.
Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hanan & Saya Iida beat Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira to retain the titles. Hanan pinned Seira after a backdrop. V1 for the champs.
The next event is NEW BLOOD 19 Saturday at Belle Salle Shibuya in Tokyo. Live streaming FOR FREE on YouTube will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
In other news, announced for 3/3 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo was another title match-Artist Of Stardom Champions AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Starlight Kid vs. Lady C, Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami for the titles.
DDT Pro Wrestling 2/23/25 LIVE Results (Updated x2)
DDT wraps up their February schedule today with their monthly Tokyo tour-ending tentpole event, which also features the Finals of this year’s D GENERATIONS CUP Tournament. The winner gets a future KO-D Openweight Championship match, and Takeshi Masada is looking to make it 2 in a row as he faces Yuya Koroku in the main event. The other highlight match is the match before that, a collaboration with anime series “Bang Brave Bang Bravern” (or something like that) which could result in some wackiness as voice actor Tetsu Inada, who also happens to be (at last report) the current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion, will be in the house…which means potential for the unexpected. And while he isn’t competing today, the ladies’ favorite newcomer, Kaisei Takechi, will also be in attendance today. And early in the card we’ve also got a match with…3/4 of those formerly deplorable Pheromones in the same ring again…yikes…
The promotion also announced that Yuki Ueno, who has been out the last couple weeks due to medical concerns, has been cleared and will return today.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Tetsu Inada & Kaisei Takechi will be special guests on commentary. There are no title matches today and while the main event has no time limit, and considering the schedule for post-event happenings, it will probably be a standard Korakuen event with a running time of around 2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Toru Owashi & Yuki Ishida vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Kazuki Hirata vs. Antonio Honda
Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda vs. Super Sasadango Machine & Yumehito Imanari
Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion vs. To-y, Jun Akiyama, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Daichi Sato
Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura
Bravern, Yuki Ueno & MAO vs. Yukio Naya, Takao Soma & Akito
D GENERATIONS CUP Finals: Takeshi Masada vs. Yuya Koroku
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.
UPDATE (Pre-show): At 5:30 PM PT/8:30 PM ET a last-minute change to the event was announced: Masa Takanashi is now off. Fever. Baliyan Akki is the replacement.
6 PM PT UPDATE; The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 15-20 minutes.
6:12 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano, Kaisei Takechi & Tetsu Inada. Haruo Murata will join as host later on.
The paid attendance will not be announced after the event as DDT stopped doing it at the start of the year, but today may be a legit sellout as advance tickets all but sold out.
The matches should begin in 25-30 minutes. There will be an NwA Jr. live song before the event begins.
The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET.
Match 1: Toru Owashi & Yuki Ishida vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Toru Owashi & Yuki Ishida beat Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. Ishida pinned Sumi after a palm strike.
Match 2: Kazuki Hirata vs. Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuki Hirata beat Antonio Honda. Ridiculous comedy match that even included Honda singing the “Frozen” song. Post-match, Hirata revealed a TBA he’s either teaming with or facing against in an upcoming match…New Japan’s Hiromu Takahashi. (Teaming together in a 6-man tag on 3/12 at the Hriata 15th Anniversary event)
Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda vs. Super Sasadango Machine & Yumehito Imanari. 30 minute time limit. And…for one day and one team at least, those deplorable Pheromones are back…
Result: No Contest. Thrown out when GM Imabayashi interfered. Which meant, of course, it didn’t end well for him. Afterwards, Machine promo with a comedy slideshow presentation on one of the staff laptops that operate the video screen in the venue, which he ultimately used to make a DDT Extreme Championship challenge to Dieno for 3/20. After Imabayashi came back to this world following the end of the match, it was made official.
Quick break for ring repairs. When we come back, your new host is Haruo Murata.
Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion vs. To-y, Jun Akiyama, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Daichi Sato. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion beat To-y, Jun Akiyama, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Daichi Sato. KANON pinned Matsunaga after Sleepy Hollow. Afterwards, Hideki Okatani made a surprise return, joining Damnation T.A. as they suddenly turned on KANON and laid him out. Okatani is now in the faction but KANON is out.
Match 5: Chris Brookes & Baliyan Akki vs. Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes & Baliyan Akki beat Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura. Brookes pinned Nakamura after Praying Mantis Bomb. Afterwards as Brookes was about to leave GM Imabayashi hit the ring for a promo. Apparently to talk next challenger for the KO-D Openweight Championship. Brookes produced a cell phone and made a call, holding the microphone so we could hear. It was to Masa Takanashi. After the call, it was made official. Brookes vs. Takanashi on 3/20.
Short break for more ring repairs.
Match 6: Bravern (an anime character, apparently a giant robot), Yuki Ueno & MAO vs. Yukio Naya, Takao Soma & Akito. 30 minute time limit. In this case Bravern is a masked wrestler with an outfit loosely resembling the caracter. Had me thinking like Jushin Thunder Liger but with no shirt
Apparently commentary for this match is being played over the speakers in the venue.
Result: Bravern, Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Yukio Naya, Takao Soma & Akito. Bravern pinned Soma. Essentially they took a wrestling match and did it as anime-style as they could. Tetsu Inaba apparently does some voice work for this anime and he got involved a couple times.
Main Event: D GENERATIONS CUP Finals: Takeshi Masada vs. Yuya Koroku. No time limit
Result: Yuya Koroku beat Takeshi Masada by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Koroku gets a KO-D Openweight Championship shot at a later date against the Chris Brookes-Masa Takanashi winner on 3/20. (UPDATE: That match will happen on 4/6)
The event wraps up with the full 3/20 card announcement. Once again this will be a 5 Hour event. Notable add: Daisuke Sasaki vs. KANON. That got a big crowd reaction. Maybe more to come to help fill up the 5 hours.
The next event is Saturday at Tipstar Dome Chiba in Chiba, which is a free event with matches during breaks in what I believe is a day of horse racing. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
UPDATE: Hideki Okatani will return on 4/6. Match TBA.
UPDATE 2: It has also been announced that Daichi Sato, currently part of the Heat Up promotion, will be joining DDT effective 4/6.
GLEAT 2/22/25 Results
GLEAT ran their latest signature event, GLEAT Ver. 16, today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube but requires a paid membership to their channel, which costs $8.99/month outside Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 640.
Match 1: Hartley Jackson & Kotaro Suzuki beat Parker Boudreaux & CIMA. Suzuki pinned CIMA.
Match 2: MICHIKO, Ryo Aitaka & Ryuji Hijikata beat Yuna Manase, JD Lee & Jay Lanrod. Aitaka pinned Lanrod after Love End Bomb.
Match 3: Tetsuya Izuchi & So Daimonji beat Minoru Tanaka & Seiki Yoshioka. Izuchi pinned Tanaka after Kill Zone.
Match 4: In a G-RUSH Rules Match, El Lindaman beat Lio Rush to become the inaugural G-RUSH World Champion. How fitting such a title match has a wrestler named Rush in it.
Match 5: In a Disbandment Contra Exile Match, Ryuichi Kawakami, Brass Knuckles JUN, Chris Weiss & Rock Iwasaki beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm, Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka. Kawakami pinned SAKAMOTO after Thunder Fire Bomb. As a result, Bulk Orchestra and Yanzuya Union both must disband.
Match 6: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat T-Hawk.
Match 7: G INFINITY Champions SBK & TAKUMA beat Soma Watanabe & Junjie to retain the titles. TAKUMA pinned Junjie after a 630 splash. V1 for the champs.
Main Event: G-REX Champion Kaito Ishida beat Takehiro Yamamura to retain the title. V1 for Ishida.
The next event is Lidet UWF Ver. 5 on 3/9 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring with Lidet UWF Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Simon Gotch for the title. All matches will be under Lidet UWF Rules. Broadcast plans TBA.
New Japan 2/22/25 Results
New Japan ran the halfway event of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2025 today, featuring the first half of an annual faction tag team mini-tournament.
Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Budokan in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 1591.
Match 1: Master Wato, Yoh, Ryusuke Taguchi & Mascara Dorada beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Raider & Soberano Jr. Taguchi pinned Kanemaru.
Match 2: KAMAITACHI, Mascara Kantansu Tomato, Tetsuya Naito & Zandokan Jr. beat Daiki Nagai, Ninja Mack, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Max Star. Tomato pinned Nagai.
Match 3: Sho, Hechicero & Ultimo Guerrero beat Neon, Barbaro Cavernario & Atlantis Jr. Guerrero pinned Neon.
Match 4: Faction Tag Tournament: Rugido & Magnus beat OKUMURA & Satoshi Kojima. Rugido pinned OKUMURA.
Match 5: Faction Tag Tournament: BUSHI & Titan beat Xelhua & Stigma. Titan pinned Xelhua.
Main Event: El Desperado, Templario & Mistico beat Bone Soldier Jr., Averno & Volador Jr. Mistico pinned Averno. Afterwards, Mistico demanded a Mask vs. Hair Match against Averno. They are already set for a match on 2/28 for the MLW World Middleweight Championship so we’ll see if perhaps that stip gets added.
The next event is Monday at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The 2/27 event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which will be live on New Japan World, now will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
