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New Japan News: Partial 6/19/2026 CMLL Participation Results

New Japan and Mexico’s CMLL ran another FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 event Friday, this one in Mexico. New Japan has provided results from their participation in the event.

Friday’s event was held at Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico and can be watched on demand on the CMLL YouTube channel, but it is currently paywalled behind what I believe is a $30/month (USD) membership tier. It may be un-paywalled at a later date or the matches may be added to New Japan World.

Match 1: Valiente Jr., Futuri & Max Starr beat YUTANI, OKUMURA & Shoma Kato. Valiente pinned Kato after Codiego Rojo (Code Red).

Match 3: Mascara Dorada, Templatio & Neon beat Titan, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X. Dorada pinned X after a shooting star press.

Match 4: CMLL World Tag Team. Hampions Niebla Roja & Angel De Oro beat Dick Togo & SANADA to retain the titles.

Match 5: El Phantasmo beat Barbaro Cavernario.

Match 6: Konosuke Takeshita & Hechicero beat Ultimo Guerrero & Gran Guerrero. Takeshita pinned Ultimo Guerrero after Raging Fire.

Main Event: In a 2/3 Falls Match, Mistico, Tiger Mask & Blue Panther beat Averno, Blavk Toget & Volador Jr. 2-0. Fall 1: Mistico pinned Averno after La Mistica. Fall 2: TM 4 pinned Black Tiger after a tiger driver. This was TM 4’s final Mexico match before his retirement on 7/7. He was presented with a special commemorative CMLL Championship belt afterwards.

New Japan 6/21/2026 Results

New Japan continued the Road To G1 CLIMAX Tour today in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Sagamihara City General Gym in Kanagawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 999.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Hartley Jackson beat Taisei Nakahara & Masatora Yasuda by pinning both.

Match 2: DOUKI & Sho beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. DOUKI pinned Taguchi.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Jake Lee. Fujita beat Young with Neshin Special.

Match 4: Satoshi Kojima, Shota Umino & Aaron Wolf beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Umino pinned Matsumoto after a lariat.

Match 5: El Desperado, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Uemura beat Gedo with a wrist lock.

Match 6: Zane Jay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Naai, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. HENARE pinned Nagai after a rolling sitdown powerbomb.

Main Event: Yoh, Master Wato & Togi Makabe beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Makabe pinned Kanemaru after a King Kong kneedrop. This was a hometown event and match for Makabe.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, there was an update regarding the rumored Shota Umino-Pac IWGP Global Championship match at next Sunday’s AEW Forbidden Door PPV: It’s now official. Also announced by New Japan was Shingo Takagi & Titan vs. Matt & Nick Jackson and Mistico & Mascara Dorada in a 3-way. The event will also be available as a PPV on New Japan World ONLY IN JAPAN. In the US it will be available on participating cable/satellite providers and on the HBO Max streaming service (HBO Max subscribers can preorder it for $39.99, a $10 discount).

New Japan 6/20/2026 Results

Now 58 but still the oldest in New Japan, Yuji Nagata once again did his best today in his home region to put on his latest somewhat independent event, BLUE JUSTICE 18.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1044.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Taisei Nakahara, Hiroshi Yamato (Independent/Freelancer) & Satoshi Kojima. Makabe pinned Nakahara after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 2: DOUKI & Sho beat Masatora Yasuda & Master Wato. DOUKI beat Yasuda with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 3: Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino beat Zane Jay & Jake Lee. Umino pinned Jay after a lariat. Afterwards, they played the video of AEW wrestler Pac making the IWGP Global Championship challenge for the upcoming Forbidden Door PPV. Still waiting on official confirmation though.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & HENARE. Fujita pinned Young with a German suplex hold.

Match 5: El Desperado, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Uemura beat Nagai with a wrist lock. This match saw Taichi & Ice brawling all over the venue, even in the restrooms.

Match 6: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & HIrooki Goto beat Gedo, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Gedo after Shoto.

Main Event: Josh Barnett, Aaron Wolf & Yuji Nagata beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Wolf pinned Kanemaru after Angle Slam. Afterwards, Nagata with microphone to thank the crowd and vowing to say active for quite a while longer to send the hometown crowd home happy. He might be the oldest active wrestler at 60 & beyond! (In New Japan, not period. The oldest active ones are well in their 70s-Tatsumi Fujinami is in his early 70s and probably, like many pro wrestlers, won’t retire until he dies)

The next event is tomorrow at Sagamihara City General Gym in Kanagawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 6/19/2026 Results

New Japan began the Road To G1 CLIMAX Tour today in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Chino Civic. Enter Multi-Hall in Nagano. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 568.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Hartley Jackson beat Taisei Nakahara & Tatsuya Matusmoto by pinning Nakahara.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Masatora Yasuda & Master Wato. Kanemaru beat Yasuda with a figure 4.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe. DOUKI beat Taguchi with a neck lock.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Jake Lee. Oiwa pinned Young after The Grip.

Match 5: Yoh, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Satoshi Kojima, Shota Umino & Aaron Wolf. Goto pinned Kojima after Shoto.

Match 6: El Desperado, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Uemura beat Gedo with a wrist lock.

Main Event: Daiki Nagai, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE. Tsuji pinned Jay after Fire Blaster.

The next event is BLUE JUSTICE 18, the latest Yuji Nagata Produced event, tomorrow at Kimitsu City Gym in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. There will also be Tiger Mask 4 participation tonight in Mexico at CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 Mexico in Mexico City-that event streams live & on demand on the CMLL YouTube channel but is paywalled (requires a monthly paid membership that I think is $30).

New Japan News: Possible Upcoming US Title Match (POTENTIAL SPOILERS!) (Updated)

First up, this has the warning about SPOILERS because it comes from reports about this Saturday’s AEW Collision, which was TAPED yesterday. It involves New Japan and the upcoming Forbidden Door PPV, but nothing is official yet on the NJPW side and these spoiler reports aren’t always 100% accurate. We’ll maybe know more Sunday and I share this with proverbial salt as this is my interpretation of the reports, but if you want to know about a potential New Japan title match being hinted at for the PPV, click below. Again, this is UNOFFICIAL right now.

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News: New Japan New Streaming Partnership Announced

If you’re not already familiar with the US independent promotion Major League Wrestling, they have been expanding their footprint the last couple years after a pandemic-induced hiatus, which includes new TV/streaming partnerships. Another one was just announced-New Japan is adding new episodes of MLW Fusion, the promotion’s weekly TV show, to New Japan World. The first episode will premiere Sunday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET and will be available FOR FREE. Subsequent episodes will be available worldwide to paid monthly subscribers at the same time weekly.

Current New Japan wrestler KUSHIDA is currently featured on Fusion, he’s actually a heel over there as part of CONTRA, which also boasts CMLL and occasional NJPW wrestler OKUMURA. He’s also the promotion’s current Middleweight Champion (equal to Jr. Heavyweight) Their women’s division recently had Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Shoko Nakajima as their champion but she lost the title to former WWE wrestler Shotzi Blackheart. That ended Nakajima’s reign at over a year.

New episodes of MLW Fusion premiere Saturdays FOR FREE on YouTube at 3:05 PM PT/6:05 PM ET then air at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET on beIN Sports in the US. (MLW has a paid subscription on YouTube, which mainly consists of old episodes of Fusion and major special events. It’s worth noting all Fusion episodes are TAPED in advance) Episodes them remain available for on demand viewing on YouTube.

New Japan 6/14/2026 Results (Updated x2)

DOMINION, New Japan’s annual June Osaka blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Osaka-jo Hall 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.

The announced paid attendance was 6890.

Match 1: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat SANADA to retain the title. V4 for Takeshita.

Match 2: In a No DQ Match, Jake Lee beat El Phantasmo by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 3: Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Taichi pinned Oiwa with a polar star cross hold.

Match 4: El Desperado beat Mistico (CMLL).

Match 5: Aaron Wolf beat NEVER Openweight Champion Ren Narita to win the title. Wolf becomes the 52nd NEVER Openweight Champion.

Match 6: Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) to win the titles. Khan & HENARE become the 112th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. HENARE pinned Ice after a great bomb.

Match 7: Shota Umino beat IWGP Global Champion Andrade El Idolo & Drilla Moloney in a 3-way by pinning Andrade to win the title. Umino becomes the 8th IWGP Global Champion. Next up: Possibly Gabriel Kidd, who beat down Umino afterwards.

Match 8: Yoh beat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI to win the title. Yoh becomes the 100th IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Next up: If Yoh has his way, a 4-way between Sho, Kosei Fujita, Master Wato & Francesco Akira to determine the next challenger.

Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman to win the title. Tsuji becomes the 89th IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

On paper this really looks like they hit the reset button from SAKURA GENESIS to take most of things back to after Tokyo Dome with the title changes. Forget record-setting reigns (Newman was the youngest IWGP Heavyweight Champion to date) and AEW champions (Andrade). Will be fun to see how the net reacts to Umino finally winning a title too.

The next event is Friday at Chino Civic Center Multi-Hall in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. There will probably be just 2 broadcasts over the next tour which would both be at Korakuen Hall, but there will also be a live broadcast for the next Yuji Nagata Produced event on Saturday.

UPDATE: As of 7:15 PM PT/10:15 PM ET you can now watch the first match (NJPW WORLD TV Championship) FOR FREE on YouTube.

The promotion has also announced part of the field for this year’s G1 CLIMAX Tournament, which officially officially kicks off the Road To Tokyo Dome. This year it will be a 20-man field with 2 blocks of 10 in the usual round-robin format. We now know 14 of the participants:
Block A: Konosuke Takeshita, Yota Tsuji, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, Boltin Oleg, Jake Lee, Hirooki Goto
Block B: Callum Newman, Zack Sabre Jr., Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura, Ren Narita, Drilla Moloney, Gabriel Kidd
That leaves 6 spots, which will be determined as follows, and actually one happened today: Besides winning the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Great-O-Khan & HENARE are in as a result. We just don’t know their placements yet. The last 4 will be determined on 6/23 and 7/6 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo..
Takeshita is the defending tournament champion.

UPDATE 2: Khan goes in Block A, HENARE in Block B. The Final 4 will be determined by qualifying matches among 8 participants: Block A matches are Taichi vs. Yuto Ice and El Phantasmo vs. Ryohei Oiwa. Block B matches are YOSHI-HASHI vs. Aaron Wolf and OSKAR vs. Yujiro Takahashi. Winners are in. I think the only toss-up is YOSHI-HASHI vs. Wolf. The rest seem obvious outcome-wise.

Other DOMINION fallout:
The 4-way Yoh wanted to determine his next IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship challenger is set. That match will happen on 6/23 at Korakuen Hall and the title match is 7/6.
Tiger Mask 4’s retirement matches on 7/7 are set. He will have a pair of 5-minute exhibition matches, first vs. Tom Billington then vs. Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero).

New Japan/DDT 6/8/2026 Results

New Japan & DDT came together today for a second Toru Yano vs. Super Sasadango Machine crossover event that was pure comedy.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World and WRESTLE UNIVERSE until 6/30. It’s $22.99 on New Japan World but different on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (they said 4400 Japanese yen or around $28 but paid subscribers may be able to get it for 2500 yen or around $15).

The paid attendance was not announced.

While the card was not announced in advance, there was a last-second change due to Tomoaki Honma being pulled off the event. The always vague poor health. KUSHIDA was the replacement.

It appears that the matches followed a Gauntlet match format with winners staying, losers eliminated, 5 on each side.

Match 1: In an Exhibition Match, Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Hinata Kasai went to a 3
minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Match 1 (continued): In a 5-minute extension, Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 2: In a Fluorescent Lighttubes Deathmatch where the first one responsible for breaking a lighttube loses, Akito & MAP beat El Desperado & KUSHIDA. Desperado broke the lighttube.

Match 3: In a Blindfold Butt Hiding Hell Match, where the first side to have their pants pulled down and (surely much to Danshoku Dieno’s delight) have their butt completely exposed loses, Ryusuke Taguchi & Yoh beat Akito & MAO. Taguchi pulled MAO’s off, much to the delight of any female fans in the crowd, I’m sure.

Match 4: In a Submissions Only Match (no pinfalls, win only by submission), Ryusuke Taguchi & Yoh vs. Antonio Gonda & Kazuki Hirata went to a draw. Both Taguchi & Honda gave up simultaneously.

Match 5: In a Classic Senior Deathmatch, where whoever made their respective junior wrestler laugh (with a mouth full of water no less) 3 times first loses, Hirooki Goto beat Super Sasadango Machine.

Match 6: Hirooki Goto vs. Danshoku Dieno went to a no contest. Out of control. Technically New Japan wins because DDT has nobody left and Yano was left for New Japan. Which led to…

Impromptu Match: In a Weapon Rumble Hell Match, Toru Yano vs. Snashiro Takagi went to an apparent no contest. Which led to…

Impromptu Match 2: In a handicap match, Konosuke Takeshita beat Super Sasadango Machine & Toru Yano by pinning Machine. Which led to…

Impromptu Match 3: In a handicap match, everyone on today’s event plus Masatora Yasuda beat Sanshiro Takagi in 98 seconds. Takeshita pinned Takagi.

After it was seemingly over, it ended on a mystery note with the discovery of Pro Wrestling NOAH wrestler Kenoh in the locker room. Apparently he was to have been a weapon today…guess that’s for another time!

The next New Japan event is DOMINION, the annual June Osaka blowout event, Sunday at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka. 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.

The next DDT event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan 6/7/2026 Results

New Japan wrapped up Best Of The Super Junior 33 today with the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota aka Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 3969, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Taisei Nakahara, Masatora Yasuda & Tiger Mask. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee beat Jado, El Phantasmo & Shota Umino. Lee beat Jado with a front neck lock.

Match 3: Valiente Jr., Nick Wayne (All Elite Wrestling), Daisuke Sasaki (DDT), Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato beat Daiki Nagai, Gedo, Titan (CMLL), Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 4: Hyo (Dragon Gate) & El Desperado beat Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Desperado pinned Kanemaru after Pinche Loco.

Match 5: KUSHIDA, Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Robbie Eagles, hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Taichi pinned Jackson after a polar cross.

Match 6: Jun Kasai (Freedoms), Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Wolf pinned Togo after Angle Slam.

Match 7: OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay, Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman. Tsuji pinned Jay after Silver Lining.

Before the main event, President Hiroshi Tanahashi announced the winners of 3 Best OF The Super Junior Special Prizes, based on the special prizes awarded after grand sumo tournaments. The winners, chosen by fan votes, were Jun Kasai (Outstanding Performance), Daiki Nagai (Fighting Spirit despite going 0-9) and Robbie X (Technique/Skill).

Main Event: Best Of The Super Junior Finals: Yoh beat Kosei Fujita to win the tournament. As a result, Yoh will face IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI for the title next, date TBA but we should know as soon as tomorrow.

The next event is a New Japan-DDT crossover event featuring a second Toru Yano vs. Super Sasadango Machine group battle tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming as a PPV on New Japan World and WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. The PPV is available for $22.99 on New Japan World (no paid membership required) and around $16 on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (paid membership required, otherwise it may be closer to $30). It will be available for purchase and on demand on both services until 6/30.

New Japan 6/5/2026 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and can be watched in demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1102.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Valiente Junior beat Taisei Nakahara & Tiger Mask. Valiente beat Nakahara with a modified achilles hold. Afterwards, TM 4 did his Gunma farewell.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Jackson pinned Yasuda after a senton.

Match 3: Nick Wayne & Jun Kasai beat Gedo & Titan (CMLL). Kasai pinned Gedo after G MY WAY.

Match 4: Hyo (Dragon Gate) & El Desperado beat Dick Togo & Daisuke Sasaki (DDT). Desperado beat Togo with Numero Dos.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf. Takahashi pinned Taguchi after Big Juice.

Match 6: Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Callum Newman beat Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Taiji Ishinori & Yota Tsuji. Newman pinned Nagai after Prince’s Curse.

Best Of The Super Junior Semifinals:
Match 7: Kosei Fujita beat Robbie Eagles.
Main Event: Yoh beat Master Wato.
As a result, the Final is Fujita vs. Yoh. A rematch of last year’s Final won by Fujita.

The Final is Sunday at Ebara Wave Arena Ota aka Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.