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New Japan 2/23/2026 Results

New Japan continued the CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 Tour today with the last non-televised event for a while.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Budokan in Aichi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1287.

Match 1: Yujiro Takahashi & Hijo de Stuka Jr. beat Masatora Yasuda & Futuro. Stuka pinned Yasuda after a hanmerlock DDT.

Match 2: Daiki Nagai, Bone Soldier Jr., Shingo Takagi, Philip Marlowe Jr. & Titan beat Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, OKUMURA & Satoshi Kojima. Soldier beat Taguchi with Bone Lock.

Match 3: Magnus & Ultimo Guerrero beat Stigma & Templario. Guerrero pinned Stigma after Guerrero Special.

Match 4: Atlantis vs. Tiger Mask went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kaemaru, Averno & Hechicero beat Valiente Jr., Atlantis Jr. & Mascara Dorada. Averno pinned Dorada after Devil Wings.

Main Event: Sho & Soberano Jr. beat El Desperado & Mistico. Soberano pinned Mistico.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET

New Japan Pro Wrestling 2/22/2026 LIVE Results

New Japan continues CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA today with an event in Osaka. In addition to various CMLL-style matches, the event will feature the Semifinals of the annual tag team tournament, first with Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. facing Magnus & Averno then in the main event it’s Mascara Dorada & Mistico vs. Valiente Jr. & Futuro.

Today’s event will be held at ATC Hall C in Osaka and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese. English will be available on demand at a later time/date. There are only 6 matches today and although the tournament matches have no time limit, based on the rest of the card I anticipate this event being on the rather short side at probably just under 2 hours. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

Today’s lineup:
Tatsuya Matsumoto & Tiger Mask vs. Shoma Kato & Hijo de Stuka Jr.
OKUMURA, Satoshi Kojima & Ultimo Guerrero vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi
Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Stigma vs. Daiki Nagai, Bone Soldier Jr., Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & Titan
Templario vs. Soberano Jr. & Hechicero in a 3-way
FANTASTICAMANIA Tag Team Tournament Semifinals:
Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. vs. Magnus & Averno
Mascara Dorada & Mistico vs. Valiente Jr. & Futuro

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

10 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from ATC Hall C in Osaka, Japan. Commentary should join shortly.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. This segment of the venue has a max capacity of just over 1100 but it probably will be a little smaller and looks mostly full from what I see. I’ll make an initial guess of around 900. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 931)

CMLL’s Spanish announcer is handling duties today.

The matches begin at 10:03 PM PT/1:03 AM ET. I didn’t catch the host’s name but, much to my delight, Miki Motoi is the guest on commentary.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Tiger Mask vs. Shoma Kato & Hijo de Stuka Jr. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoma Kato & Hijo de Stuka Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Tiger Mask. Stuka pinned Matsumoto after a diving body press.

Match 2: OKUMURA, Satoshi Kojima & Ultimo Guerrero vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yoshinobu Kanemaro, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat OKUMURA, Satoshi Kojima & Ultimo Guerrero. Takahashi pinned Kojima. I missed the finish due to stream technical issues.

Match 3: Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Stigma vs. Daiki Nagai, Bone Soldier Jr., Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & Titan. 20 minute time limit
Result: Daiki Nagai, Bone Soldier Jr., Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & Titan beat Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Stigma. Titan pinned Yasuda after a diving foot stomp.

Match 4: Templario vs. Soberano Jr. & Hechicero in a 3-way. 10 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Intermission.

The matches resume at 11:23 PM PT/2:23 AM ET (about a 13 minute break). OKUMURA is now a guest on commentary.

Match 5: FANTASTICAMANIA Tag Team Tournament Semifinals: Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. vs. Magnus & Averno. No time limit
Result: Magnus & Averno beat Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. Averno pinned Atlantis Jr. As a result, Magnus & Averno advance to the Finals.

Main Event: FANTASTICAMANIA Tag Team Tournament Semifinals: Mascara Dorada & Mistico vs. Valiente Jr. & Futuro. No time limit
Result: Mascara Dorada & Mistico beat Valiente & Futuro. Dorada pinned Futuro after a shooting star press. As a result, Dorada & Mistico advance to the Finals.

The next event is tomorrow at Aichi Prefectural Budokan in Nagoya. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 2/21/2026 Results

New Japan continued the CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 Tour today in Kochi.

Today’s event was held at Chres Kochi in Kochi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 800.

Match 1: Shoma Kato & Hijo de Stuka Jr. beat Masatra Yasuda & Stigma. Kato pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Valiente Jr. & Futuro beat Daiki Nagai & Bone Soldier Jr. Valiente pinned Nagai after Valiente Special

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Okumura & Satoshi Kojima beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Magnus. TM 4 pinned Magnus.

Match 4: Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & Titan beat Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Atlantis. Takagi pinned Taguchi after Burning Dragon.

Match 5: Averno & Ultimo Guerrero beat Templario & Atlantis Jr. Guerrero pinned Templario after an avalanche-style brainbuster.

Main Event: Sho, Soberano Jr. & Hechicero beat El Desperado, Mascara Dorada & Mistico. Hechicero pinned Dorada after Hechicero Special.

The next event is tomorrow at ATC Hall C in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

New Japan 2/18/2026 Results

CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026, New Japan’s annual crossover series with the CMLL promotion in Mexico, kicked off today in Tokyo. This year’s week-plus series also began with the traditional tag team tournament with 8 teams for a single-elimination bracket format event.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 2022.

There were last-second changes to the event due to Yota Tsuji & Taiji Ishimori being pulled off the card. Tsuji-unspecified reasons. Ishimori-travel issues

Match 1: FANTASTICAMANIA Tournament: Valiente Jr. & Futuro beat Shoma Kato & Hijo de Stuka Jr. Futuro pinned Kato after Salto de Tiempo.

Match 2: Hechicero beat Zane Jay.

Match 3: FANTASTICAMANIA Tournament: Magnus & Averno beat Tiger Mask & Stigma. Magnus pinned TM 4.

Match 4: FANTASTICAMANIA Tournament: Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. beat OKUMURA & Satoshi Kojima. Atlantis Jr. pinned OKUMURA after a frog splash.

Match 5: Daiki Nagai, Bone Soldier Jr., Phillip Marlowe Jr. & Titan beat Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Titan pinned Yasuda after La Lanza.

Match 6: Templario vs. Soberani Jr. went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: FANTASTICAMANIA Tournament: Mascara Dorada & Mistico beat Sho & Ultimo Guerrero. Mistico pinned Guerrero with La Mistica.

The next event is Saturday at Chres Kochi in Kochi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast

New Japan News: New Japan Cup Bracket Announced

New Japan today announced the full field for this year’s New Japan Cup, the annual March tournament. As usual it is a Heavyweight single-elimination bracket format tournament with this year’s event having a field of 32-that means 8 wrestlers get a free pass to Round 2. Below is the official bracket:

There will be a new champion this year because 2025 winner David Finlay is not a part of the tournament this year. The winner will likely get an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match against Yota Tsuji at SAKURA GENESIS in April. All tournament events will be available live and on demand on New Japan World.

In other news, it was announced by Germany-based promotion wXw, and then confirmed by New Japan, that Katsuya Murashima is headed to wXw for his Young Lion training excursion. He will debut there on 3/5 and becomes the third Young Lion to go train there after Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima-now OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby).

Also, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. Master Wato for the title was announced for the annual Anniversary Event on 3/6 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. The event will again be held on the date of, and at the location of, the promotion’s very first event.

New Japan 2/11/2026 Results

THE NEW BEGINNING, New Japan’s first true blowout event of the year, and a very relevant and appropriately-titled one at that, 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 as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 5507, a legit advance sellout. Legit full capacity if not overflow.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima Send-Pff Match: Toru Yano & Togo Makabe beat Shoma Kato & Katsuya Murashima. Makabe pinned Murashima after a King Kong kneedrop. Murashima will now be leaving for bis traditional Young Lion training excursion, possibly to Mexico. He will hopefully be back in 1-2 years.

A memorial ceremony for Tadao Yasuda, who died yesterday at 62, was held before the main caed began.

Match 1: Hiromu Takahashi New Japan Farewell Match: Taiji Ishimori & Hiromu Takahashi beat Jacob Austin Young & Francesco Akira. Ishinori beat Young with Bone Lock. Afterwards, Akira beat down Takahashi until Robbie X made the save.

Match 2: Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Great-O-Khan & HENARE. Moloney pinned Henare after War Dragons. Afterwards, Moloney made a surprise announcement but it was a good one-he had re-signed with the promotion.

Match 3: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley JacksonX Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the titles. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Jackson. V1 for the champs.

Match 4: Andrade El Idolo beat Gabriel Kidd. As a result, Andrade will face IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji for the title on 2:27 at the next US event.

Match 5: Callum Newman beat David Finlay. Afterwards, Finlay bowed to the fans like this was his final New Japan match, at least for now.

At this time, President Hiroshi Tanahashi appeared to announce DOMINION, the annual June Osaka blowout event, on 6/14 at Osaka-jo Hall, and that it will be a live TV broadcast nationwide in Japan. Presumably that means TV Asahi, and for those of us outside Japan it means New Japan World.

Match 6: Ren Naritta beat NEVER Openweight Champion Aaron Wolf to win the title. Narita becomes the 51st NEVER Openweight Champion. 128 seconds of glorified House Of Torture beatdown squash that began before Wolf even got to the ring. Honeymoon over already.

Match 7: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino to retain the titles. OSKAR pinned Uemura after KOB. V3 for the champs. Next up: Possibly All Elite Wrestling’s Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona, maybe on 2/27.

Main Event: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji beat Jake Lee to retain the title. V1 for Tsuji. Afterwards, Tsuji brought Takahashi out for one final farewell.

The next event is CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026, the annual crossover tour with Mexico’s CMLL promotion, starting on 2/18 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The current plans are for TV/streaming for 5 of the 7 events with one event scheduled to also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Obituary-Former Sumo, New Japan Wrestler Tadao Yasuda Dies

New Japan is reporting their learning of the recent death of Tadao Yasuda, although a cause is not known. He reportedly was found dead today (yesterday Japan time) at his home in Tokyo per unofficial internet reports. He was 62.

He first began his career as a sumo wrestler in 1979, using the shikona (ring name) Takanofuji he reached a career high rank of Komusubi, the 4th highest rank in pro sumo. After a 13-year career he retired in 1992 and joined New Japan shortly afterwards, debuting in 1994. In 2001 he entered MMA under the guidance of Antonio Inoki and shocked the world by defeating powerhouse fighter Jerome Le Banner at INOKI BOM-BA-YE 2001 at the Saitama Super Arena. He followed by returning to New Japan and winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in 2002. He continued in the promotion until 2005, when he left for other promotions, namely the defunct comedy promotion Hustle where he won multiple championships, and retired in 2011. In sumo he had a career record of 418-459-4 (win-loss-absent) as a member of Kokonoe Beya (stable/room) with one Special Prize and 2 Kinboshi (Gold Star Victory, when a Maegashira rank wrestler defeats a Yokozuna Grand Champion in a tournament). He would have qualified for elder stock, which would have allowed him to become a coach and possibly a stablemaster at some point. In MMA his official career record was 2-4 with one fight-his last-in the PRIDE promotion, the rest mostly were in Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye or other one-offs.

Yasuda is reportedly survived by a daughter. I join New Japan and others in sending my deepest condolences to Yasuda’s family, friends and fans.

Photo credit: New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan 2/8/2026 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the escond of 3 straight events in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and, although there was no live broadcast, can be watched on demand on New Japan World. That was an apparent last-second change of plans because there was to have been no on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 888.

Match 1: Hiromu Takahashi beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 2: Katsuya Murashima & Tiger Mask beat Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma. TM 4 pinned Kato with an avalanche double arm suplex.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Jackso pinned Taguchi after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 4: Dick Togo, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf. Narita pinned Yoh after Decapitation of Hell.

Match 5: El Desperado, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Desperado pinned Nagai after Pinche Loco.

Match 6: Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Hiromu Takahashi & Drilla Moloney beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & HENARE. X pinned Jay after X Express.

Main Event: Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Jake Lee beat Gedo, David Finlay & Yota Tsuji by ref stoppage. Lee beat Gedo with a front neck lock.

The next event is THE NEW BEGINNING Wednesday at Osaka Prefectural Gym. Live streaming OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World will begin Tuesday at 9:30 PM PT/12:30 AM ET. This is a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan. There is one pre-show match before the scheduled start time of 10 PM PT/1 AM ET which will be the Katsuya Murashima send-off match before the Young Lion goes on the traditional overseas training excursion.

New Japan 2/7/2026 Results

New Japan headed to Osaka today to begin the penultimate weekend of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour.

Today’s event was held at Habikino City General Sports Center in Osaka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 805.

President Hiroshi Tanahashi made an appearance before the event began. The mayor of Habikino City also appeared and they made it pretty much official that the promotion will be back next year.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 2: Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado beat Shoma Kato & Tiger Mask. Desperado pinned Kato after Pinche Loco.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsomoto, Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Fujita pinned Matsmoto with a variant German suplex hold.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval.

Match 5: Robbie X, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Tomoaki Honma, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino by ref stoppage. OSKAR beat Honma.

Match 6: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, HENARE & Callum Newman beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Young pinned Gedo after BANGYOBU BEACH (Boston crab variation).

Main Event: Zane Jay, Great-O-Khan & Jake Lee beat Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Yota Tsuji. Lee pinned Nagai after D4C.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 2/4/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Fukushima.

Today’s event was held at Toyota Crown Arena in Fukushima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 713.

Match 1: Shoma Kato beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 2: Katsuya Murashima & Tiger Mask beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Tomoaki Honma. Murashima pinned Matsunoto.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, Jackson pinned Taguchi after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval.

Match 5: El Deaperado, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Desperado pinned Nagai after Pinche Loco.

Match 6: Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman beat Gedo, Robbie X, Drilla Moloney & Yota Tsuji. Khan beat Gedo with Domination Claw.

Main Event: Taiji Ishimori, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee. Tsuji pinned Jay after Gene Blaster. This apparently was Takahashi’s final main event before leaving New Japan next week.

The next event is Saturday at Habikino City Sports Center in Osaka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, after a couple days of teasing Syuri vs. Athena for the IWGP Women’s Championship…it’s now official. That match will happen on 2/27 at THE NEW BEGINNING USA.

UPDATE: Injury Report-the promotion now says Moloney was injured today or yesterday. Right triceps. For now he will finish the tour per his request and will be closely monitored by doctors so subject to change.