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New Japan 9/9/25 Results

New Japan began the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 510.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shoma Kato beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 3: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Katsuya Murashima, Yuya Uemura & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat Murashima with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 4: Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi. OSKAR pinned TAKA after K.O.B.

Match 5: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay beat Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Nagai after Into Oblivion.

Match 6: Shota Unino, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Togi Makabe, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. Umino pinned Makabe after Second Chapter.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiea & Zack Sabre Jr. beat DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita. Sabre pinned Takagashi afger Sabre Driver.

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

New Japan 9/7/25 Results

New Japan returned to Chiba today for the latest Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, BLUE JUSTICE 16, where the self-proclaimed oldest member at 57 years old would do his best today (as he does all but maybe 5 days a year on average, tomorrow sure to be one of those days he does not) to put on a memorable show for the local fans.

Today’s event was held at Togane Arena in Chiba 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 1509.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Tiger Mask. Yasuda pinned Matsumoto.

Match 2: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat Kato with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 3: Clark Connors, OSKAR (Oskar Leube) & Yuto Ice (Yuto Nakashima) beat TAKA MIchinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi. Ice pinned Honma after K.O.B. (Knock Out Brothers-a combination tombstone piledriver & soccer ball kick)

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Takahashi pinned Gedo after Maximum The Holding 3rd Form.

Match 5: Togi Makabe, Master Wato, Toru Yano & Yoh beat Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Wato pinned Taguchi.

Match 6: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA pinned Jackson after a rounding body press.

Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata. After the match, Nagata’s son-who has become quite the wrestler himself-presented Tanahashi with the customary flowers following his final match in the area before his retirement in January.

The next event is the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour starting Tuesday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The tour is only 3 events this week with only the tour-ender Saturday being available on New Japan World (Korakuen Hall), and in fact it’s mostly non-televised events this month as only 2 of the subsequent 7 events following on the annual Hokkaido tour will be broadcast before DESTRUCTION at the end of the month, which will be on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY (exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan). There is also a PPV Friday at Korakuen which is available for pre-order now for $21.99 US.

Injury Report: No Fireballs For A While

New Japan has announced that, while competing last week for Revolution Pro in England, Francesco Akira was injured during a match. Fractured right wrist. Out indefinitely but safe to say a few months. No further details provided.

More as it becomes available.

BREAKING: G1 Winner Cashing In Early Again (Updated)

Last year after winning the New Kapan G1 CLIMAX Tournament, Zack Sabre Jr. broke with tradition by taking his guaranteed IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot before the normal date of 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome. New Japan just revealed this year’s winner Konosuke Takeshita is following suit-he is taking his shot on 10/13 at KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 at Ryogoku Kokugukan in Tokyo against the champion at the time. That will be determined by Sabre’s next defense vs. Ren Narita on 9/28 at DESTRUCTION in Kobe.

UPDATE: In other 9/28 news, NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg vs. Don Fale for the title has also been announced.

New Japan/AEW “Forbidden Door 2025” NEAR LIVE Results (8/24/25)

Here are the quick results from today’s New Japan/All Elite Wrestling “Forbidden Door” event:
Today’s event is being held at The O2 Arena in London, England and can be watched LIVE and on demand on PPV via participating cable/satellite providers, TrillerTV/FITE, YouTube and others. It is also available as a PPV IN JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on social media.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, El Desperado & Yuya Uemura beat Lio Rush, Action Andretti, Josh Alexander & Hechicero. Uemura pinned Rush after a deadbolt suplex.
Match 2: Ricochet, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun beat Kevin Knight, Mile Bailey & Michael Oku. Ricochet pinned Oku after Spirit Gun.
Match 3: Megan Bayne, Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue beat Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander, Queen Aminata & Harley Cameron. Bayne pinned Cameron after a running Liger Bomb.
Match 4: AEW Trios Champions Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata beat Clark Connors, Drilla MOloney & Robbie X to retain the titles. Joe pinned X after a muscle buster.

PPV:
Match 1: Adam Copeland & Christian Cage beat Killswitch & Kip Sabian. Cage pinned Sabian.

Match 2: AEW TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher beat Hiromu Takahashi to retain the title.

Match 3: AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone beat Alex Windsor, Bozilla & Persephone in a 4-way by pinning Persephone to retain the title.

Match 4: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Nigel McGuinness to retain the title. V1 for Sabre.

Match 5: Brody King & Bandido beat AEW Tag Team Champions Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin and Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler in a 3-way, when Bandido pinned Harwood, to win the titles.

Match 6: AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada beat Swerve Strickland to retain the title.

Match 7: AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm beat Athena to retain the title.

Match 8: AEW World Champion Adam Page beat MJF to retain the title.

Main Event: In a Lights Out (AEW’s way of saying Unsanctioned) Cage Match, Will Ospreay, Darby Allin, Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Jon Moxley, Gabriel Kidd, Claudio Castagnoli, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson. Tanahashi pinned Matt Jackson after High Fly Flow. New Japan billed this as Tanahashi’s final appearance in England. It’s also Ospreay’s for perhaps a long time due to needing neck surgery. Thus Ospreay got the over-the-top heel beatdown when it was all over.

End Show.

New Japan 8/17/25 Results (Updated)

New Japan wrapped up the G1 CLIMAX 35 Tournament today with the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Ariake Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired live in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 6870.

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

Match 2: Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat Katsuya Murashima & Togi Makabe. Taichi pinned Murashima after Dangerous Backdrop. Afterwards, Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima appeared, back from their international training excursions. They turned heel and aligned with David Finlay & Bullet Club, laying out Taichi and demanding an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot. They will now be known as OSKAR & Yuto Ice going forward.

Match 3: Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano beat Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & YOSHI-HASHI. Yoh pinned Desperado after Direct Drive.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Don Fale & SANADA beat Tiger Mask, El Phantasmo & Boltin Oleg. Fale pinned TM 4 after an elbow drop.

Match 5: Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Uemura pinned Young with a kannuki suplex hold.

Match 6: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & David Finlay beat Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Moloney pinned Nagai after Drilla Killer. Afterwards, Takagi with microphone declaring war on Bullet Club (the former LIJ are now known as The Independent) and demanding Gabriel Kidd vacate the IWGP Global Championship. Kidd had to pull out of the G1 CLIMAX after one match due to injury.

Match 7: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat Jackson with Hell’s Guillorine.

Main Event: G1 CLIMAX 35 Finals: Konosuke Takeshita beat EVIL to win the tournament. Masahiro Chono was a special guest on Japanese commentary for the match. As a result, Takeshita gets a future IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match, traditionally at Tokyo Dome but not always the case. We may find out more at the traditional post-tournament presser tomorrow. He won’t be next though…that will be Nigel McGuinness, who won a 4-way in All Elite Wrestling yesterday to get the next title shot against Sabre. That match will happen at the AEW Forbidden Door PPV on 8/24 in London, England.

The next event is BLUE JUSTICE 16, the next Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, on 9/7 at Togane Arena in Chiba. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: Kidd isn’t vacating the Global title but Takagi is getting his title shot. That match will happen at DESTRUCTION on 9/28 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. Also official for 9/28 is IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. OSKAR & Yuto Ice for the titles, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Great-O-Khan, Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori and Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay.

New Japan 8/16/25 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Ariake Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired live in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 4558.

Pre-show match: Tatsuya Matsumoto, Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe beat Zane Jay, Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato. Makabe pinned Jay.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura beat Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano, Saotshi Kojima & Taichi. Taguchi pinned Wato.

Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi & Don Fale beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Fale pinned Honma after an elbow drop.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Newman pinned Murashima after Firebolt.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo & David Finlay. Takagi beat Gedo with WAR Special.

Match 5; Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney. SANADA pinned Moloney.

Match 6: DOUKI, Sho & Ren Narita beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. Narita beat Jackson with a kneebar.

G1 CLIMAX 35 Semifinals:
Match 7: EVIL beat Yota Tsuji by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat Zack Sabre Jr.
As a result, the Final is EVIL vs. Takeshita.

The Final is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 8/14/25 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the elimination round before the Semifinals.

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 1519, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Kojima pinned Kato after a lariat.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & SANADA beat Jado, El Phantasmo, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg. Narita beat Jado with a kneebar.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, Yuya Uemura & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Newman pinned Murashima after a diving foot stomp.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Ishimori beat Nagai with Bone Lock.

Match 5: DOUKI, Don Fale & EVIL beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Fale pinned Jackson after an elbow drop.

G1 CLIMAX Elimination Round:
Match 6: Konosuke Takeshita beat David Finlay.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat Shota Umino.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Takeshita vs. Sabre and Tsuji vs. EVIL.

The Semifinals are Saturday at Ariake Arena. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This event (and the Finals) will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 8/13/25 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the final day of Block B, wrapping up the preliminary rounds.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1730.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. Murashima pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Young after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Yano pinned Kanemaru.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji beat Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura. Tsuji pinned Kato after Campana.

Match 5: Dick Togo & EVIL beat Gedo & David Finlay. Togo pinned Gedo.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Shingo Takagi beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 8: Shota Umino beat Great-O-Khan.
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat Ren Narita by ref stoppage (TKO).
El Phantasmo beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit.
As a result, Sabre wins Block B and advances to the Semifinals Umino finishes 2nd and Takeshita finishes 3rd, so both advance to the elimination round. Umino will face the Block A 3rd place finisher, which means Tsuji. Takeshita will face the Block A 2nd place finisher, which means Finlay. Sabre advances to the Semifinals and will face the Finlay-Takeshita winner. EVIL, the Block A winner, will face the Umino-Tsuji winner in the Semifinals.

The elimination round is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, the promotion announced the next HISTORIC X-OVER event, which features both New Japan & Stardom, will be held on 10/5 at Barley 66 LiveHouse in Guangzhou, China. Initial announced participation from the promotions is as follows: From New Japan-Zack Sabre Jr., KUSHIDA, Master Wato. Ninja Mack will participate as a freelancer. From Stardom-Starlight Kid, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Miyu Amasaki, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Rina. The first matches announced today are Mack vs. Master Wato and Sabre vs. KUSHIDA. If Sabre is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion after his next defense, which will be later this month at the Forbidden Door PPV in London, England as announced by All Elite Wrestling, it’s assumed this will be a NON-TITLE match at this time. A third match was announced which appears to be between local Chinese wrestlers.

New Japan 8/10/25 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the final day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2051, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Ishimori beat Nagai with Bone Lock.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Jackson pinned Kato after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima & Shota Umino. Khan beat Murashima with O-Khan Style Subaru Sheep Slaughter.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Rocky Rmero & Konosuke Takeshita. Narita beat Romero with a cross-type kneebar.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg beat Taichi.
Match 6: SANADA beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 7: Yota Tsuji beat Callum Newman.
Match 8: EVIL beat Hiroshi Tanahashi. To follow up on yesterday…SWERVE!
Main Event: David Finlay beat Yuya Uemura.
As a result, EVIL wins Block A with 12 points and advances to the Semifinals. Finlay & Tsuji finish 2nd & 3rd with 10 points on tiebreakers over Uemura & Oleg, who also had 10 points, and advance to the elimination matches. Finlay will face the Block B 3rd place finisher, Tsuji will face the 2nd place Block B finisher. The Tsuji-TBA winner will face EVIL in the Semifinals.

The Semifinals are Saturday.

The next event is Wednesday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka with the last day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.