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New Japan 10/29/25 Results

New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League today with the penultimate day of Block B and the end of a 3-day Niigata stretch.

Today’s event was held at Sun Village Shibata in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1001, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Clark Connors beat Zane Jay & Tatsuya Matsumoto. Connors pinned Jay.

Match 2; Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Templario beat Masatora Yasuda, Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg. Young pinned Yasuda after Jacobs Ladder.

Match 3: OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby), Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi beat Katsuya Murashima, Toru Yano, Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi by ref stoppage (technical submission). OSKAR beat Murashima.

Match 4: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Master Wato & Yoh beat Yujiro Takahashi, Sho & DOUKI. Tanahashi pinned Takahashi after High Fly Flow.

Super Junior Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & KUSHIDA beat Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. KUSHIDA beat Togo with a Texas cloverleaf.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask. Eagles beat YAMATO with Ron Miller Special.
Main Event: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat KUUKAI & El Desperado. X pinned KUUKAI after X Express.

Standings (Block B):
1-Eagles/Fujita, 4-0, 8 pts
2-KUSHIDA/Yoshioka, 3-1, 6 pts
3-X/Ishimori, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Desperado/KUUKAI, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
5-Togo/Kanemaru, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-YAMATO/TM 4, 0-4, 0 pts (OUT)
Only the winners advance to the Finals. The final outcome will be simple or complex. The simple-Eagles/Fujita advance if they win their last match or it’s a draw. The complex-if X/Ishimori win, they advance if KUSHIDA/Yoshioka also lose or draw. If both win, it’s complex because KUSHIDA/Yoshioka have the tiebreaker over X/Ishimori due to a forfeit but they lost to Eagles/Fujita while X/Ishimori will have beaten Eagles/Fujita but lost to KUSHIDA/Yoshioka…I think it would have to be a 3-way to settle it.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukui Industrial Hall Building 1 Exhibition Hall in Fukui to finish Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 10/28/25 Results

New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League today with the penultimate day of Block A, the second of a 3-day Niigata stretch.

Today’s event was held at Sado City General Gym in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 589.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Shoma Kato beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Masatora Yasuda. Kato beat Matsumoto.

Match 2: OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby), Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Katsuya Murashima, KUUKAI, Toru Yano & El Desperado. Ice pinned Murashima after Ice High.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg, YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Oleg pinned Jackson after Kamikaze.

Match 4: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & KUSHIDA beat Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Tanahashi pinned Takahashi after High Fly Flow.

Super Junior Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Jacob Austin Young & Templario. Taguchi pinned Templario.
Match 6: Sho & DOUKI beat Daiki Nagai & Clark Connors. DOUKI pinned Nagai.
Main Event: Master Wato & Yoh beat Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi. Wato pinned Gedo after a falcon blow.

Standings (Block A):
1-Wato/Yoh, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Sho/DOUKI, 4-0, 8 pts
3-Dia/Taguchi, 2-2, 4 pts (OUT)
4-Young/Templario, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
5-Gedo/Takahashi, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Nagai/Connors, 0-4, 0 pts (OUT)
Only the winners advance to the Finals. It’s as simple as can be for the final day of the block-the Wato/Yoh-Sho/DOUKI winner advances. If it’s a draw, they’ll have to do it again.

The next event is tomorrow at Sun Village Shibata. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, the promotion announced that a special event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the retirement of Geni’chiro Tenryu, to likely feature Shingo Takagi & Zack Sabre Jr. based on promo graphics, will be streamed LIVE on New Japan World on 11/3 beginning at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET and available for all paid monthly subscribers (it’s not a PPV). It will be in Japanese only. The event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

New Japan 10/25/25 Results

New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League today with the halfway point of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Kumagaya City Civic Gym in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1093.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Taiji Ishimori being pulled off the event again. The always vague poor health again.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Zane Jay & Tatsuya Matsumoto. Oleg pinned Matsumoto after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Masatora Yasuda, KUUKAI & El Depserado. Takahashi pinned Yasuda after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Robbie X beat Shoma Kato, YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask. Ice pinned Kato after Ice High.

Match 4: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & KUSHIDA beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Tanahashi pinned Jackson after High Fly Flow.

Super Junior Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Daiki Nagai & Clark Connors. Dia pinned Nagai after DDDDT.
Match 6: Master Wato & Yoh beat Jacob Austin Young & Templario. Yoh pinned Young after a falcon blow.
Main Event: Sho & DOUKI beat Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi. DOUKI pinned Gedo.

Standings (Block A):
1-Sho/DOUKI, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Wato/Yoh, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Gedo/Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
4-Dia/Taguchi, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Young/Templario, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Nagai/Connors, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)
Only the winner of each block advances to the Finals. It’s already pretty much down to the top 2, who face off on the last day on 10/30. Block B, which has completed 2 matches, continues next but what could happen will depend partly on the status of Ishimori.

The next event is tomorrow at Uonuma City Horinouchi Gym in Niigata with the halfway point of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

New Japan 10/24/25 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of the Super Junior Tag League today in Tokyo.

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 Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1058.

There were last-minute changes to the event due to Taiji Ishimori being pulled off the card. The always-vague poor health. Everything except the main event was changed in some form. Ishimori’s league match was a forfeit win for KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka as a result.

Match 1: KUSHIDA beat Zane Jay.

Match 2: Robbie X, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Shoma Kato, Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & Hiroshi Tanahashi. X pinned Kato after X Express.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 3: Block B: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Fujita pinned Togo after Neshin Special.
Match 4: Block A: Master Wato & Yoh beat Daiki Nagai & Clark Connors. Yoh pinned Nagai after a falcon blow.
Match 5: Block B: KUUKAI & El Desperado beat YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask. Desperado pinned TM 4 after El Es Clero.
Match 6: Block A: Jacob Austin Young & Templario beat Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi. Young pinned Gedo after Jacobs Ladder.
Main Event: Block A: Sho & DOUKI beat Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI pinned Taguchi.
Block B: KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori by forfeit.

The next event is tomorrow at Kumagaya City Civic Gym in Saitama with only Block A matches. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will also be another live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 10/23/25 Results

New Japan kicked off the 2025 Super Junior Tag League today, the first of their 2 annual fall/winter tag team tournaments with this one being for the Junior Heavyweights.

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 1056.

There was a last-minute change to the first match due to Katsuya Murashima being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. Zane Jay was the replacement.

Match 1: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Taksgi pinned Jay after WAR Special.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 2: Block A: Sho & DOUKI beat Jacob Austin Young & Templario. DOUKI pinned Templario.
Match 3: Block B: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. X pinned Togo after X Express.
Match 4: Block A: Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi beat Daiki Nagai & Clark Connors. Takahashi pinned Nagai with Gedo Clutch.
Match 5: Block B: Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & KUSHIDA beat YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask. KUSHIDA pinned TM 4.
Match 6: Master Wato & Yoh beat Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi. Wato pinned Dia after a falcon blow.
Main Event: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat KUUKAI & El Desperado. Eagles pinned KUUKAI after The Interceptor.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

In other news, it was announced on social media that the House Of Torture Produced event on 11/19 will be a PPV on New Japan World. It is available for pre-order for 3500 yen in Japan and for $22.99 in the US.

New Japan 10/19/25 Results

New Japan ran a special Taichi hometown event today, the first time that I can recall they’ve visited his hometown of Ishikari, which he shares his last name with although he hasn’t used it in wrestling in a long time. There was also a lot of participation from TAKA Michinoku’s JTO (Just Tap Out) promotion.

Today’s event was held at Minami Junior High School Gym in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 871, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda beat Jewel Bird (JTO).

Match 2: Katsuya Murashima & Satoshi Kojima beat Shoma Kato & Yuji Nagata. Kojima pinned Kato after a lariat.

Match 3: JTO Girls Tag Team Champions Rhythm & Tomoka Inaba beat Aoi & Azusa Inaba to retain the titles. Tomoka Inaba pinned Azusa Inaba after Tomoka Kick. V4 for the champs.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Ryoma Tsukamoto, Bomber Bomber Tatsuya & Thunder Masami. Tsuji pinned Tsukamoto after Gene Blaster.

Match 5: El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Tanahashi beat Togo with a Texas cloverleaf.

Main Event: TAKA Michinoku, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI & SANADA. Taichi pinned Kanemaru after Black Mephisto. Taichi finished things off to send the crowd home happy and suggested a return next year was possible.

The next event is the Super Jr. Tag League 2025, the annual Junior Heavyweight tag team tournament, starting Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. If what New Japan has been saying on social media holds true, every remaining event this year will be available live & on demand on the service (there may be one or two PPVs though). That includes Tokyo Dome with Hiroshi Tanahashi’s retirement match (77 days to go as New Japan is counting down) and New Year Dash!! the day after.

In other news, the first match for a House Of Torture Produced event on 11/19 at Korakuen Hall has also been announced, it will be EVIL vs. Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate) in a match chosen by EVIL himself. The event is being dubbed “Purge Night Of Torture”.

New Japan News: Post-Event Presser Notes

Lots of New Japan news from today’s post-KING OF PRO WRESTLING press conference in Tokyo:

NEW IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita was the feature attraction. Nothing definite about Tokyo Dome or what’s next given he is signed to 4 different promotions (New Japan, DDT, All Elite Wrestling) but a Hirooki Goto rematch is next. That match will happen on 11/2 at the final Hiroshi Tanahashi hometown event in Gifu.

On 11/2 Tanahashi also will try for one last title in his career (maybe) when he faces NEW IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji for the title.

One champion who will be at Tokyo Dome is Stardom top star Saya Kamitani. The World Of Stardom Champion and STRONG Women’s Champion will make her debut at the venue on 1/4, further details TBA.

New signee Aaron Wolf will also debut at Tokyo Dome and his debut match will be against NEW NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL, who wants it to be a NON- TITLE match should he still be champion then, but of course he does. Because he is EVIL! (Indeeeeeeeed!)

The trams for the upcoming Super Jr. Tag League were announced as well. This year it’s a 12-team field in 2 blocks with a round-robin format. The participating teams:

Block A: Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Dia, Yoh & Master Wato, Hiromu Takahashi & Gedo, Clark Connors & Daiki Nagai, Templario & Jacob Austin Young, DOUKI & Sho

Block B: El Desperado & KUIKAI, Tiger Mask 4 & YAMATO, KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dick Togo

The winners of each block will advance to the Finals.

Finally, the traditional post-Tokyo Done opening event of the year is set for 2026. New Year Dash!! will be held on 1/5 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.

New Japan 10/13/25 Results

KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025, New Japan’s likely final blowout event of the year, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo 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 5372.

Match 1: Syuri beat IWGP Women’s Champion Sareee to win the title. Syuri becomes the 6th IWGP Women’s Champion.

Match 2: Clark Connors, Tiaji Ishimori & David Finlay beat Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & SHingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Titan after Overkill.

Match 3: In a No DQ match, Drilla Moloney beat SANADA.

Match 4: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Goto pinned Jackson after GTR.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result, Phantasmo retains the title. V3 for Phantasmo.

Match 6: EVIL beat NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg to win the title. EVIL becomes the 49th NEVER Openweight Champion.

Match 7: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino to retain the titles. Ice pinned Uemura after K.O.B. V1 for the champs.

Match 8: Yota Tsuji beat IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd to win the title. Tsuji becomes the 6th IWGP Global Champion.

Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. to win the title. Takeshita becomes the 14th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. So that all but guarantees he’s defending the title at Tokyo Dome in the main event. Against…possibly Goto. We’ll see.

The next event is Saturday at Hanakawa Minami Junior High School Gym in Hokkaido for a Taichi hometown event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

It was also announced that the next US event will be on 2/27/26 in Trenton, NJ. So no San Jose, CA this winter…glad I went this year!

Additionally, as of 8 PM PT/11 PM ET you can now watch the full NJPW WORLD TV Championship match FOR FREE on YouTube.

New Japan 10/11/25 Results

New Japan wrapped up the short Road To KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 Tour today with an event in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Tokorozawa Civic Gym in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1057.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Shoma Kato beat Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda. Kato pinned Jay. In post-match commenta backstage after the last event, Jay hinted at potentially beginning a heel turn.

Match 2: Shota Umino beat Katsuya Murashima.

Match 3: Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA by conutout. SANADA counted out.

Match 4: Dick Togo, Don Fale & EVIL beat Tiger Mask, Yota Tsuji & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat EM 4 with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 5: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat beat Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura by ref stoppage (TKO). OSKAR beat Honma.

Match 6: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd beat Daiki Nagai, Titan, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Finlay pinned Nagai after Into Oblivion.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Sho & SOUKI beat KUUKAI & El Desperado to retain the titles. DOUKI pinned KUUKAI. V3 for the champs.

The next event is KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 Monday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 10/925 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the Road To KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 Tour today in Ishikawa.

Today’s event was held at Komatsu General Gym in Ishikawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1521, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Katsuya Murashima beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Shoma Kato. Murashima pinned Kato.

Match 2: Yuya Uemura beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney by DQ. Moloney DQ’d.

Match 4: Jado & El Phantasmo beat Masatora Yasuda & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Phantasmo pinned Hasuda after Thunder Kiss ’86.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, DOUKI, Don Fale & EVIL beat Tiger Mask, KUUKAI, El Desperado, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg. EVIL pinned TM 4 after Magic Killer.

Match 6: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. OSKAR pinned Honma after Cruella.

Main Event: Titan, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Titan pinned Gedo after a swan dive foot stomp.

The tour-ender is Saturday at Tokorozawa Civic Gym in Saitama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion has announced IWGP Women’s Champion Sareee vs. Syuri for the title has been added to KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 on Monday.