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New Japan 9/6/2026 Results

New Japan returned to Chiba today for BLUE JUSTICE 19, the latest Yuji Nagata Produced event as the oldest member at 58 years old did his best today to put on another successful honetown event, Zea.

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 1258.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho & DOUKI beat Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Sho pinned Yasuda after a double arm piledriver.

Before the next match, Nagata’s son, an accomplished high school wrestler himself, came out to help celebrate Satoshi Kojima’s 35th anniversary.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman beat Jado, Satoshi Kojima, Boltin Oleg & Shota Umino. Khan pinned Jado after Collapse.

Match 4: Jeff Cobb beat Zane Jay.

Match 5: Taichi, Yuya Uemura & Aaron Wolf beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Taichi beat Jackson with a polestar cross lock.

Match 6: Master Wato, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Gedo after Shoto.

Main Event: Toru Yano, Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Nagata pinned Nagai with a backdrop hold.

It’s not known when Nagata will put on his next Chiba event but he plans to be back next year for a 35th Anniversary event.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for a doubleheader. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. The second event on Thursday will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 9/5/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan kicked off the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today, beginning the quick path to the upcoming annual Kobe blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. Due to an unexpected system outage, there was no live broadcast as planned and New Japan World is possibly still down and recovering. Because of this, the full event can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube and below. Results below the video/link.

The announced paid attendance was 903.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho & DOUKI beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. DOUKI beat Jado with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 3: Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & HENARE. Umino pinned Young after Second Chapter.

Match 4: Shingo Takagi & Jeff Cobb beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Takagi pinned Jay after Burning Dragon.

Match 5: Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Yano pinned Gedo.

Match 6: Taichi, Yuya Uemura & Aaron Wolf beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Uemura pinned Jackson after Lions Shiner.

Main Event: Master Wato, Boltin Oleg, Yoh & Hirooki Goto beat Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji. Oleg pinned Nagai after a powerbomb.

The next event is BLUE JUSTICE 19, the next Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, tomorrow at Togane Arena in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World, if all goes as planned with system recovery, will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: The streaming issues have been resolved. Today’s event is also available FOR FREE on New Japan World.

FREE VIDEO: G1 CLIMAX 36 Finals (8/16/2026)

The New Japan G1 CLIMAX 36 Finals between Yuya Uemura & Ryohei Oiwa was the making of two Young Lions into the future of the promotion as they went well over 35 minutes in their efforts to win the tournament. Now thanks to New Japan you can watch the entire match FOR FREE on YouTube or below:

(Video courtesy of New Japan Pro Wrestling official Japanese YouTube channel)

New Japan 8/30/2026 Results

After the customary 2-week post-G1 break, New Japan returned to action today with a house show in Yamaguchi.

Today’s event was held at Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1817, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: Sho & DOUKI beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & El Desperado. Sho pinned Matsumoto after a cross arm piledriver.

Match 3: Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Dick Togo, SANADA & Ren Narita. Uemura beat Togo with a wrist lock.

Match 4: Master Wato, Boltin Oleg & Aaron Wolf beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Oleg pinned Jackson after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Jado, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Yano pinned Gedo.

Main Event: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Daiki Nagai, SHingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Goto pinned Nagai after Shoto.

The next event is 9/5 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi to start the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

News: Former New Japan Wrestler Resurfaces

There have been a lot of rumors and rumblings about what was next for Hiromu Takahashi after he left New Japan earlier this year but opted to not reunite with his former Los Ingobernales…ahem, Los Tranquilos de Japan factionmates Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI (who now are unofficially officially part of Pro Wrestling NOAH). According to the Japanese wrestling news media, we now have the answer, which was not unexpected…

WWE.

And he’s got his new-and-trademarked-so-WWE-can make-all-the-money-and-the-wrestlers-can’t-ring name: Kyoki. This possibly translates to English as “Mad Oddity” and he possibly may be teaming with fellow ex-New Japan wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura upon his debut, but reports are he already has his first match in the books, a non-televised match that took place yesterday as part of a live Raw broadcast and SmackDown tapings for this coming Friday’s episode.

We’ll see what happens, I guess.

Source: https://wrestling-now.net/archives/78912 (in Japanese)

New Japan News: Shota Umino Update

New Japan has provided an update on Shota Umino, who was pulled from the G1 CLIMAX 36 after just one match due to a potential concussion-while we don’t know if he had more than symptoms, what we do know is he will return on 9/5 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. He’ll return in a 6-man tag match with YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsunoto against Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan.

Unino lost his G1 opener against Zack Sabre Jr. but was injured during the match. The promotion pulled him out for precautionary reasons.

New Japan News: Post-G1 News/Fallout (Updated)

With the G1 CLIMAX 36 now in the books and a 2-week break underway, New Japan held the traditional post-blowout event presser today in Tokyo featuring G1 winner Ryohei Oiwa. He will get the customary IWGP Heavyweight Championship shot for winning the G1 and will take it at KING OF PRO WRESTLING in October…but in a surprise development, he’s not the next challenger for Yota Tsuji. Hirooki Goto is. That match will happen at DESTRUCTION on 9/27 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. Then whoever is champion after that defends on 10/12 vs. Oiwa. No guarantee that the 10/12 winner goes into Tokyo Dome on 1/4 as champion, they probably have to get through POWER STRUGGLE in November then the focus shifts to the World Tag League, typically held in November & December before the final week-long event stretch before 1/4.

Also announced for 9/27 were IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Drilla Moloney for the title, NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shun Skywalker for the title and Jeff Cobb vs. Callum Newman. Skywalker debuted in New Japan this past weekend after leaving Dragon Gate earlier this month while Cobb returned after being released by WWE earlier this year (and presumably sitting out a 90-day no compete clause).

Elsewhere, the result of a tag match yesterday, where Taiji Ishimori pinned Yoh, led to Ishinori making an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship challenge. That match will happen on 9/23 at Sapporo 46 in Hokkaido.

Speaking of Ishimori, he was also announced for a Sayaka Unagi Produced event on 9/2 at Tokyo Dome City Hall where he will tram with Rina Yamashita to face Unagi & Minoru Suzuki in the main event, which also may be a Unagi 40th Birthday match.

UPDATE: More news-a new Young Lion is about to join the promotion. Yushin Hatazawa will make his debut on 9/9 at Korakuen Hall against fellow Young Lion Tatsuya Matsumoto. Hatazawa, 20, is from Hakodate in Hokkaido Prefecture and entered the New Japan dojo in 2025 after passing the entrance exam in 2024. He is 6’1 and 95 kg/209 pounds and it’s suggested he may try to eventually move up to Heavyweight based on prior sumo training. He will then join the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour and will very quickly get a chance to compete in his hometown for the first time.

New Japan 8/16/2026 Results

New Japan wrapped up the G1 CLIMAX 36 Tournament today with the Finals.

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 as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan. (On demand there will not be until the exclusive TV Asahi window ends, which I believe is 3 days after the event) You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 7260.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & Yujiro Takahashi beat Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & YOSHI-HASHI. DOUKI beat Yasuda with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Zane Jay & Francesco Akira. Makabe pinned Jay after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Master Wato & Boltin Oleg by ref stoppage (technical submission). Fujita beat Matsumoto with a front neck lock.

Match 4: Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Newman pinned Nagai. Afterwards, another surprise return/appearance…Jeff Cobb is back! (He left the promotion last year for WWE, but was released earlier this year) And…apparently he’s turned on United Empire! Sounds like he’s defected to Unbound Co.

Match 5: Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney beat Wheeler Yuta (All Elite Wrestling) & Gabriel Kidd. Takagi pinned Yuta after Last Of The Dragon.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Konosuke Takeshita. Skywalker pinned Kojima after a moonsault kneedrop. This was Skywalker’s first official New Japan match since joining the promotion and debuting yesterday after leaving Dragon Gate earlier this month.

Match 7: Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji beat Yoh & Hirooki Goto. Ishimori pinned Yoh after Bloody Cross.

Main Event: G1 CLIMAX 36 Finals: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuya Uemura to win the tournament. It’s the first G1 victory for Oiwa. They went over 35 minutes. After retiring yesterday, Hiroyoshi Tenzan was a special guest on commentary for the match. As a result, Oiwa gets a IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at…forget tradition, once again he is not waiting until Tokyo Dome. As has been the case the last couple years, he will take the shot in October and try to go into 1/4 as champion. Confirmation should come tomorrow or Tuesday but if true, that means 10/12 at KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2026. And finally, remember the pre-tournament poll where fans voted on who they would win? They were wrong! The majority picked Uemura to win. Close but not quite.

The next event is 8/30 at Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The next broadcast will probably be 9/6 for the next Yuji Nagata Produced event in Chiba.

New Japan 8/15/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the G1 CLIMAX 36 today with the Semifinals, and it also featured the Hiroyoshi Tenzan Retirement Match & ceremony as the “Violent Bull” called it a career after 35 years, forced to walk away in large part due to injury.

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 as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 7777, a legit sellout. SUPER JACKPOT!!! (Also reduced capacity setup as that’s just over half the venue’s full capacity)

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Taisei Nakahara, Masatora Yasuda, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Akira pinned Nakahara after Fireball.

Match 2: Sho, DOUKI, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, Yoh & Konosuke Takeshita. Narita pinned Taguchi after DOuble Cross. Afterwards, a huge shocker as House Of Torture introduced a new member…Shun Skywalker! The former Dragon Gate wrestler apparently has jumped to New Japan!

Match 3: Wheeler Yuta (All Elite Wrestling) & Gabriel Kidd beat Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney. Yuta pinned Nagai.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, Yuji Nagata, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Shingo Takagi. Yano pinned OSKAR.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Boltin Oleg & Aaron Wolf. Fujita pinned Matsumoto.

G1 CLIMAX Semifinals:
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa beat Callum Newman.
Match 7: Yuya Uemura beat Yota Tsuji.
As a result, the Final is Oiwa vs. Uemura. The Final is tomorrow.

Main Event: Hiroyoshi Tenzan Retirement Match: Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Originally scheduled to be a 5 minute match, it was changed to no time limit and went just over 9 minutes for one final TenKoji faceoff. Afterarwds, the retirement ceremony was held with a big surprise at first…CRAZY KOUZU!!! Takashi Iizuka is in the house! And…they made up and became friends! The legendary Masa Chono was a special guest at the ceremony along with fellow legend Keiji Muto and event he recently retired Tiger Mask 4 returned for an appearance. The 10 bell salute & final call followed to close the celebration and send Tenzan & the crowd home happy and the legend into retirement after 35 years.

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

UPDATE: It’s now official. WRESTLE KINGDOM 21 on January 4 at the Tokyo Dome is on the calendar! The start of the year-long 55th Anniversary celebration of New Japan Pro Wrestling! More to come.
And, apparently also official, is Tokyo Dome 2028 on 1/4/28!

New Japan 8/13/2026 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 today with the final day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tolyo 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 1494, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Tatauya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto beat Masarora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Goto pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & SANADA beat Taisei Nakahara, Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita. Sho pinned Nakahara after a cross arm piledriver

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Shingo Takagi beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Ice pinned Jay acter a buzzsaw kick.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Diaki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Jackson pinned Nagai after a jumping powerbomb.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 5: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Aaron Wolf.
Match 6: Gabriel Kidd beat Ren Narita.
Match 7: Yuya Uemura beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Main Event: Callum Newman beat HENARE.
As a result, there was a 3-way tie for first and only 2 advance. Because if tiebreakers, Newman wins the block, Uemura finishes 2nd and Kidd is OUT. Kidd lost to both Newman and Uenura which was the tiebreaker.
The Semifinals will be Uemura vs. Tsuji and Newman vs. Oiwa.

The Semifinals are Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Safurday will also be the Hiroyoshi Tenzan retirement event. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.