New Japan 2/11/25 Results (Updated)

New Japan’s first official (post-Tokyo Dome) blowout event of the year, THE NEW BEGINNING, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka 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 5502, a legit advance sellout. If indeed legit that’s maximum capacity and then some as the venue’s normal full capacity, which is primarily for sumo, is roughly 5000.

Pre-show match: Jeff Cobb & Francesco Akira beat Katsuya Murashima & El Desperado. Akira pinned Desperado.

Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Togi Makabe.

Match 2: Drilla Moloney beat Shingo Takagi.

Match 3: Great-O-Khan beat Shota Umino. Afterwards, Umino cut off his hair.

Match 4: SANADA beat Taichi. Afterwards, a post-match Bullet Club beatdown on Taichi occurred until Yuya Uemura returned from injury to make the save.

Match 5: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Rocky Romero & Yoh to retain the titles. Fujita pinned Romero after Abandon Hope. V1 for the champs. Next up: Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X.

Match 6: NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat Boltin Oleg to retain the title. V3 for Takeshita. Next up: Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Matt & Nick Jackson to win the titles. Takahashi & Naito become the 107th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Naito pinned Nick Jackson after Destino. This may be the first time, or first time in a long time, a Junior Heavyweight (Takahashi) holds half of the Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

Match 8: IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji vs. Gabriel Kidd went to a Double KO. As a result, Tsuji retains the title.V2 for Tsuji. Afterwards, EVIL made a surprise return after vanishing following the 1/11 event in the US and, after a beatdown on Kidd, announced that Kidd and the rest of the War Dogs sub-faction are out of Bullet Club. It’s almost all about House Of Torture now outside of maybe Ishimori & Gedo.

Main Event: Hirooki Goto beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. to win the title. Goto becomes the 12th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. The one New Japan title that has eluded him for 23 years and 8 prior tries no longer does…Bridesmaid no more. Goto celebrated with his children in the ring afterwards and dedicated the victory to his late father. Next/first up: Based on backstage comments/happenings, Goto wanted to give Tanahashi one last shot at the title before President Ace retires at Tokyo Dome 2026. If what they said proves true, that match will happen on 3/6. And if Goto retains, he then vowed to defend against the oldest at 56 years old, Yuji Nagata, who will do his best to defy father time and the odds yet again like he did a few years ago when he won the All-Japan Triple Crown. What’s New Is…Old Again? However, the New Japan Cup is right around the corner too so plans could change.

The next event is CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2025, the (usually) annual crossover showcase featuring wrestlers from Mexico’s CMLL promotion (which is a partner of New Japan), starting on 2/19 at Kadoma Sports Center in Osaka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. This year’s series consists of 8 events total but only the last 2 (both at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo) will be available on New Japan World.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Goto-Tanahashi will happen on 3/6 for the title. Also added to 3/6 is El Desperado vs. Francesco Akira for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship & NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. TBA for the title with TBA being an open challenge.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/11/25 Results (Updated x2)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a STAR NAVIGATION PREMIUM event today in Tokyo, a weekday matinee for a holiday in Japan. The event just concluded and also featured the start of the NOAH Jr. Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. This was an exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan and the English version is edited as a result. I had planned to do live results but was unable to because of last-minute schedule conflicts. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1560, a legit sellout.

Match 1: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Anthony Greene & Zozaya. Miyawaki pinned Zozaya.

Match 2: Harutoki beat Owadasan.

Match 3: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masa Kitamiya, Ulka Sasaki & Shuji Kondo. Marufuji pinned Sasaki with a triangle hold counter.

Match 4; NOAH Jr. Tag League Block B: Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Tadasuke pinned Kotoge. Borderline squash that wwent only about 2 1/2 minutes.

Match 5; NOAH Jr. Tag League Block A: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat HAYATA & YO-HEY. Trew pinned YO-HEY after True Star Press.

Match 6: Manabu Soya beat GHC National Champion Tetsuya Endo to win the title. Soya becomes the 15th GHC National Champion.

Match 7: NOAH Jr. Tag League Block A: Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Eita & Daiki Odashima. Alejandro pinned Eita after a huracanrana.

Match 8: Kenoh & KENTA (New Japan) beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Shuhei Taniguchi. KENTA pinned Taniguchi after GO 2 SLEEP.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion OZAWA beat Galeno to retain the title. V1 for OZAWA. Next up: Despite just winning the GHC National Championship back, Soya was out quickly to make the challenge. More to possibly come later today.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET. As far as upcoming events go, all remaining February and all March events will be live and immediately on demand afterwards except for 3/20. 3/2 is TBD because of likely being an ABEMA exclusive (might be live outside Japan in English only).

UPDATE: It’s now official. DOUBLE TITLE MATCH! OZAWA-Soya for both titles. That match will happen on 3/2 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Also announced for 3/2 are Naomichi Marufuji vs. Masa Kitamiya and the NOAH Jr. Tag League Finals. No outside Japan broadcast plans are set for 3/2 yet because it looks like an ABEMA exclusive. Hopefully we’ll be able to get an English only live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. We’ll find out as the event gets closer.

UPDATE 2: An emergency press conference has been announced for 2/12 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET with Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA in attendance. This has me thinking KENTA could be possibly headed back to NOAH after a long time (he started with the promotion before going to WWE, then to New Japan after his WWE run ended). We shall see.

Injury Report: Bad Hair Day

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler HIMAWARI has built herself around having long hair styled similar to WWE wrestler Bianca Belair, albeit much thinner, but doing similar hair twirling pre-match and on occasion during matches. That’s on hold for a bit as she was injured in a recent match, maybe at Korakuen Hall this past weekend. Shoulder. Out indefinitely and off tomorrow. She was to have teamed with Kira Summer to face Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu. It’s now a 3-way. While it doesn’t sound serious it’s known how long HIMAWARI may be out.

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: Not Sexy, Not Healthy

DDT has just announced another injury as the list grows long again-Yuki Iino was injured today. Fractured right orbital bone (eye). Out indefinitely but it sounds like at least 2 months because he was scheduled to challenge Danshoku Dieno for the DDT Extreme Championship on 3/20, but that match is now off. No replacement at this time as the match has been cancelled.

Stardom 2/9/25 Results (Updated)

Stardom ran a Mayu Iwatani hometown event today in her hometown of Yamaguchi.

Today’s event was held at KDDI Ishin Hall In Yamaguchi and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 557.

There was a last-minute change to the event because of Saki Kashima being off today’s event as well as yesterday’s. Illness. She was to have teamed with Mayu Iwatani to face AZM & Momo Watanabe in the main event. Tam Nakano was the replacement.

Before the event, Iwatani joined comedian Taizo Kimura in the ring for a comedy performance.

Match 1: Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Akira Kurogame beat Tam Nakano, Natsupoi & Yuria Hime. Suzuki beat Hime.

Match 2: Yuna Mizumori beat Rian & Azusa Inaba in a 3-way by pinning Rian.

Match 3: Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Hanan & Momo Kohgo. Seira pinned Kohgo after Shooting Star.

Match 4: Maika & HANAKO beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. HANAKO pinned Sakura after JP Coaster.

Match 5: Syuri, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Tomoka Inaba beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka. Syuri beat Ruaka with White Tiger.

Main Event: Mayu iwatani & Tam Nakano beat AZM & Momo Watanabe. Iwatani pinned AZM after a moonsault press.

The next event is Tuesday at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan in Hiroshima. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Monday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

UPDATE: Saki Kashima is now off the next 2 events as well. Illness.

New Japan 2/9/25 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with a house show in Kyoto.

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

The announced paid attendance was 673.

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 after Double Cross.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado, El Desperado, El Phantasmo & Shota Umino. 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: Tomoaki Honma, Master Wato, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Goto pinned Jackson after GTR.

The next event is THE NEW BEGINNING Tuesday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin Monday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling 2/9/25 LIVE Results

All-Japan kicks off the Excite Series 2025 Tour today with an event in Tokyo. Continuing a recent theme of rivalries between and among brothers, the main event features an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match as Jun & Rei Saito defend against Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Before that, the card also features an All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship match as MUSASHI defends the title against Hikaru Sato, and Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi celebrate their 10th Anniversary by facing each other. The promotion also will announce the entire field for this year’s Champions Carnival Tournament.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. It will also be taped for broadcast on Samurai! TV in Japan at a later date. There are only 6 matches scheduled with an intermission at the halfway point so I expect the event’s running time to be about 2 1/2 hours taking TV taping into account.

Today’s lineup:
Taishin Nagao & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Naruki Doi & Senor Saito
Kento Miyahara, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue vs. Hokuto Omori, Aizawa No. 1 & Jack Kennedy
All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion MUSASHI vs. Hikaru Sato for the title
Intermission
Champions Carnival Participants Announcement
Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & ReN Ayabe vs. Suwama, Hideki Suzuki, Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura
Shotaro Ashino vs. Kumaarashi
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will begin shortly.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. I jumped in a couple minutes late during the opening video so I haven’t seen a crowd shot yet. (Does sound like a good crowd with decent same-day ticket sales today. Possibly over 1000, I’ll guess 1100 to start) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1276)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET. Your host is Shoichi (?) Nakamoto.

Match 1: Taishin Nagao & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Naruki Doi & Senor Saito. 20 minute time limit
Result: Naruki Doi & Senor Saito beat Taishin Nagao & Seiki Yoshioka. Doi beat Nagao with a camel clutch.

Doi joins commentary for the next match.

Match 2: Kento Miyahara, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue vs. Hokuto Omori, Aizawa No. 1 & Jack Kennedy. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Hokuto Omori, Aizawa No. 1 & Jack Kennedy. Miyahara pinned Omori with a shutdown suplex hold.

Inoue joins commentary for the next match, replacing Doi.

Match 3: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion MUSASHI vs. Hikaru Sato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion MUSASHI beat Hikaru Sato to retain the title. V1 for MUSASHI. Next up: Seigo Tachibana via recorded video promo.

Intermission.

The event resumes at 7:40 PM PT/10:40 PM ET.

The 2025 Champions Carnival participants are announced to a remix of the main theme song of the classic video game “Space Harrier”:
Block A: Kento Miyahara (defending winner), Jun Saito, Hideki Suzuki, Shotaro Ashino (2023 winner), Kumaarashi, Kengo Mashimo, Zion , Cyrus, Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Block B: Yuma Aoyagi (2022 winner), Rei Saito, Hokuto Omori, Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe, Mike D. Vecchio, Aigle Blanc, Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate)
The tournament begins on 3/9 and ends on 5/18.

Dan Tamura joins commentary for the next match.

Match 4: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe vs. Suwama, Hideki Suzuki, Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Hideki Suzuki, Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura beat Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe. Abe beat Hayato.

Match 5: Shotaro Ashino vs. Kumaarashi. 30 minute time limit
Result; Shotaro Ashino beat Kumaarashi by submission

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Yuma Aoyagi after a chokeslam. V8 for the Saitos/champs. Next up: They didn’t even start the post-match promo/comments before Kento Miyahara came out. He mentioned Davey Boy Smith Jr. as a partner. Hinted at the next Korakuen for happening, which would be 3/9. But instead Yuma Aoyagi was sent back to the ring without even getting to the back. More comedy than anything. The Saitos then finished up with more comedy as they have branched out more outside wrestling (even into music now!) before a toast, a snack and of course DOOM!!

The next event is Tuesday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/8/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 380.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Takashi Sugiura & Shuji Kondo. Marufuji pinned Kondo with Financier Clutch.

Match 2: Mohammed Yone & Black Menso-re beat Anthony Greene & Zozaya. Yone pinned Zozaya after Kinniku Muscle Buster.

Match 3: Kenoh beat Owadasan.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Kitamiya pinned Harutoki after Saito Suplex.

Match 5: Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara and AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki in a 3-way when Tadasuke pinned Kotoge.

Match 6: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat HAYATA & YO-HEY, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura and Eita & Daiki Odashima in a 4-way when Trew pinned Odashima.

Main Event: Galeno & Manabu Soya beat OZAWA & Tetsuya Endo. Soya pinned Endo.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall for a STAR NAVIGATION PREMIUM event featuring the start of the NOAH Jr. Tag League and OZAWA-Galeno for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY IN ENGLISH ONLY will begin Monday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. This will be a live ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

Injury Report: Akito-No

Whatever is going around Japan recently keeps going around-DDT announced short time ago that Akito is now out of action. Illness. Out tomorrow & Sunday. He was to have been in a tag match tomorrow and an 8-man tag Sunday. Tomomitsu Matsunaga is the replacement both days. Akito should be back in time for the next events in about a week.

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.

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