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New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/20/25 LIVE Results

New Japan runs Day 2 of the G1 CLIMAX 35 Tournament today, and like yesterday it’s all about tournament matches. 10 total matches are set for today with the main event scheduled to be a Block B match of Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Gabriel Kidd. After main eventing Day 1 yesterday Hiroshi Tanahashi is instead in the first match facing Callum Newman. The top Block A match in the semifinal slot today is Taichi vs. Yuya Uemura as the former Just 5/4/3 Guys factionmates square off.

Today’s event will be held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese and English. All the matches have 30 minute time limits so while it could go over 5 hours it’s more likely to be in the 2 1/2-3 hour range.

Today’s lineup (all matches are G1 CLIMAX matches):
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Callum Newman (Block A)
Shota Umino vs. Drilla Moloney (Block B)
Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa (Block A)
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Ren Narita (Block B)
David Finlay vs. SANADA (Block A)
Shingo Takagi vs. Great-O-Khan (Block B)
Yota Tsuji vs. EVIL (Block A)
El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita (Block B)
Taichi vs. Yuya Uemura (Block A)
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Gabriel Kidd (Block B)

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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 form Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. They drew just under 2600 yesterday (the venue’s capacity is, I believe, at least 3500) so I’ll make an initial guess of 2500 for today. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2520)

When we start…not a good sign as Gabriel Kidd comes out on crutches, his right knee taped. With microphone in the ring. He asks the ring staff to translate as he speaks in English. Hyperextended knee yesterday. Out today. Status uncertain but Kidd says he is not pulling out of the tournament. Presumably this means the main event today is off and Zack Sabre Jr. wins by forfeit, which would mean Taichi-Yuya Uemura is now the main event. And that is now official.

Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit. Sabre is now 1-1, 2 points. Kidd is 0-2, 0 points.

The matches begin at 10:11 PM PT/1:11 AM ET. All matches are G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit. Toru Yano is today’s guest on Japanese commentary.

Match 1: Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Callum Newman
Result: Callum Newman beat Hiroshi Tanahashi. UPSET ALERT!!!
Both are 1-1, 2 points.

Match 2: Block B: Shota Umino vs. Drilla Moloney
Result: Drilla Moloney beat Shota Unino
Moloney is 2-0, 4 points. Umino is 1-1, 2 points.

Since it just finished streaming, you can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

I don’t know who the host was alongside Milano Collection A.T. & Yano on Japanese commentary before but your new host starting now is Haruo Murata.

Match 3: Block A: Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa
Result: Boltin Oleg beat Ryohei Oiwa
Both are 1-1, 2 points.

Match 4: Block B: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Ren Narita
Result: YOSHI-HASHI beat Ren Narita. Very short once it started after Narita jumped YOSHI-HASHI during his entrance and laid him out in the crowd.
YOSHI-HASHI is 2-0, 4 points. Narita is 1-1, 2 points.

Match 5: Block A: David Finlay vs. SANADA
Result: David Finlay beat SANADA
Finlay is 1-1, 2 points. SANADA is 0-2, 0 points.

Match 6: Block B: Shingo Takagi vs. Great-O-Khan
Result: Great-O-Khan beat Shingo Takagi
Khan is 1-1, 2 points. Takagi is 0-2, 0 points.

Match 7: Block A: Yota Tsuji vs. EVIL
Result: EVIL beat Yota Tsuji
EVIL is 2-0, 4 points. Tsuji is 1-1, 2 points.

Match 8: Block B: El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Result: El Phantasmo beat Konosuke Takeshita
Both are 1-1, 2 points.

Zack Sabre Jr. comes out and joins English commentary for the last match.

Main Event: Block A: Taichi vs. Yuya Uemura
Result: Taichi beat Yuya Uemura
Both are 1-1, 2 points.

The next event os Tuesday at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai with only Block A matches. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 7/19/25 Results

New Japan kicked off the G1 CLIMAX 35 Tournament, the promotion’s biggest annual tournament, today in Hokkaido. The Road To Tokyo Dome has officially begun.

Today’s event was held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido 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 2579.

All matches were G1 CLIMAX matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block B: YOSHI-HASHI beat Shingo Takagi.
Match 2: Block A: EVIL beat Callum Newman by submission.
Match 3: Block B: Drilla Moloney beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 4: Block A: Yuya Uemura beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 5: Block B: Shota Umino beat El Phantasmo.
Match 6: Block A: Ryohei Oiwa beat David Finlay.
Match 7: Block B: Konosuke Takeshita beat Gabriel Kidd by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 8: Block A: Yota Tsuji beat SANADA.
Match 9: Block B: Ren Narita beat Zack Sabre Jr.
Mian Event: Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Taichi.

Day 2 is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

New Japan 6/29/25 Results (Updated 7/15/25)

7/15/25 UPDATE: The full event can now be watched on demand on New Japan World.

New Japan held a special TANAHASHI JAM event today, a Hiroshi Tanahashi Produced event marking the halfway point of his retirement road and the grand finale of the Aichi Prefectural Gym venue, which is closing for good to make way for the brand-new Aichi International Arena (aka IG Arena) that opened about a month ago and will have it’s official grand opening in a couple weeks with the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast outside of Japan. This event aired live in Japan only exclusively on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4570.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Odashima (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat LEONA (Dradition), Hiromu Takahashi & Tatsumi Fujinami (Dradition). Tanahashi beat LEONA with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 2: Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL beat YOSHI-HASHI, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii & Yuya Uemura. Owens pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Last Testament.

Match 3: NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg beat Yuji Nagata to retain the title. V1 for Oleg.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, El Desperado & Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & SANADA. Wato pinned Kanemaru after a falcon blow.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat TBA, revealed at match time to be Taiji Ishimori, to retain the title. V2 for Phantasmo.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate), Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Skywalker pinned Young after SSW.

Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto by ref stoppage (technical submission) to win the title. Sabre becomes the 13th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. And the second 2-time champion.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Ryohei Oiwa. Tanahashi pinned Oiwa after High Fly Flow.

The next event is Friday at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo for the penultimate event of the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, Dragon Gate announced Tanahashi will participate in the promotion at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, on 7/13 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. He was revealed as the TBA that will team with Dragon Kid to face Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. That event will be available to watch live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

UPDATE 2: Goto was injured in his match today. Right elbow. Out Friday. Status uncertain beyond that.

DEVELOPING: Another Longtime New Japan Icon To Retire In 2026

Hiroshi Tanahaahi isn’t the only face of New Japan retiring in 2026. It was revealed today via backstage comments from yesterday that Tiger Mask 4, the longest-lasting incarnation of the iconic masked wrestler, will retire in July 2026 after what will then be a 31-year career as one of the longtime anchors of New Japan’s Junior Heavyweight division. TM 4 followed Satoru Sayama, Mitsuharu Misawa & Koji Kanemoto as those who assumed the iconic comic book-themed persona, and there also was at least one more recent incarnation outside of New Japan.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 7/6/25 Results

New Japan wrapped up the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today with another event in Tokyo.

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 1489, a legit sellout.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima beat Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato. Nagai pinned Yasuda.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, SANADA & EVIL beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomnoaki Honma, Boltin Oleg, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Takagi pinned Jackson after Pumping Bomber. Afterwards, Daiki Nagai came out and asked to join Los Ingobernables de Japon. Seemingly accepted.

Match 3: Tiger Mask 4 30th Anniversary Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Tiger Mask 4.

Match 4: A Gauntlet Match played out as follows:
1-Chase Owens beat Satoshi Kojima.
2-Taichi beat Chase Owens.
3-Taichi beat Tomohiro Ishii.
Taichi wins. As a result, Taichi will replace the injured Hirooki Goto in the G1 CLIMAX 35 Tournament.

Match 5: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions DOUKI & Sho beat Master Wato & Yoh to retain the titles. DOUKI pinned Wato after Suplex De La Luna. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita by submission to retain the title. V7 for Desperado.

The next event is the G1 CLIMAX 35, the promotion’s biggest annual tournament that unofficially begins the Road To Tokyo Dome, starting on 7/18 at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan. As in recent years, every tournament event will be available live & on demand on New Japan World.

New Japan 7/4/25 Results (Updated x2)

New Japan resumed the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today after a week-long break with the penultimate event of the tour.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo (not the same as Nippon Budokan) and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1377.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima beat Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato. Nagai pinned Yasuda.

Main show:
Match 1: Tiger Mask, Shota Umino, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA, DOUKI & EVIL. Umino beat Togo with STF.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Takagi pinned Young after MADE IN JAPAN.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg, Yuya Uemura & El Desperado beat Hartley Jackson, Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita. Uemura pinned Jackson after a Frankensteiner.

G1 CLIMAX 35 Qualifier Tournament Finals:
Match 4: Block A: Ryohei Oiwa beat Satoshi Kojima. As a result, Oiwa will be in Block A of the tournament.
Match 5: Block B: YOSHI-HASHI beat Chase Owens. As a result, YOSHI-HASHI will be in Block B of the tournament.

Match 6: Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita to win the titles. Wato, Yoh & Yano become the 31st NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Yano pinned Takahashi.

Main Event: IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd beat Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the title. V1 for Kidd.

The tour-ender is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. It may be a legit sellout and overflow crowd as standing room only tickets are now on sale in limited quantities. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, it was announced Hirooki Goto is OUT of G1 CLIMAX 35. Recent elbow injury suffered last weekend at TANAHASHI JAM. That means he is now out at least another month. The replacement in Block A will be determined by a gauntlet match Sunday with Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi, Satoshi Kojima & Chase Owens participating. The winner is the replacement for Goto.

UPDATE 2: At today’s TAMASHII event in Auckland, New Zealand, Mark Tui & Richard Mulu, known as The Pretty Boys when teaming, won a tournament to become the inaugural TAMASHII Tag Team Champions.

New Japan 6/29/25 Results (Updated x2)

New Japan held a special TANAHASHI JAM event today, a Hiroshi Tanahashi Produced event marking the halfway point of his retirement road and the grand finale of the Aichi Prefectural Gym venue, which is closing for good to make way for the brand-new Aichi International Arena (aka IG Arena) that opened about a month ago and will have it’s official grand opening in a couple weeks with the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast outside of Japan. This event aired live in Japan only exclusively on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4570.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Odashima (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat LEONA (Dradition), Hiromu Takahashi & Tatsumi Fujinami (Dradition). Tanahashi beat LEONA with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 2: Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL beat YOSHI-HASHI, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii & Yuya Uemura. Owens pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Last Testament.

Match 3: NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg beat Yuji Nagata to retain the title. V1 for Oleg.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, El Desperado & Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & SANADA. Wato pinned Kanemaru after a falcon blow.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat TBA, revealed at match time to be Taiji Ishimori, to retain the title. V2 for Phantasmo.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate), Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Skywalker pinned Young after SSW.

Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto by ref stoppage (technical submission) to win the title. Sabre becomes the 13th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. And the second 2-time champion.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Ryohei Oiwa. Tanahashi pinned Oiwa after High Fly Flow.

The next event is Friday at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo for the penultimate event of the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, Dragon Gate announced Tanahashi will participate in the promotion at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, on 7/13 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. He was revealed as the TBA that will team with Dragon Kid to face Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. That event will be available to watch live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

UPDATE 2: Goto was injured in his match today. Right elbow. Out Friday. Status uncertain beyond that.

New Japan 6/27/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today in Shiga.

Today’s event was held at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center & Event Hall in Shiga. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not been announced.

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

Match 2: Masatora Yasuda beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. Takahashi pinned Kato after Pimp Juice.

Match 4: Dick Togo, SANADA, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & YOSHI-HASHI. EVIL pinned Honma after Magic Killer.

Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Ishii pinned Young after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 6: Jado, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Gabriel Kidd. Umino beat Gedo with STF.

Main Event: Boltin Oleg, Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Oleg pinned Jackson after Kamikaze.

The next event is TANAHASHI JAM Sunday at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya, the final event in the iconic 60-year-old venue before it closes for good (it is being replaced by the new Aichi International Arena aka IG Arena in Nagoya, which opened about a month ago and hosts its first major event in a couple weeks with the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament. It’ll be the biggest sumo venue in Japan with a reported capacity of 17,000-the next biggest is Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo at 15,000). There will be no live or on demand broadcast outside Japan. The event will be available IN JAPAN ONLY as a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast (no New Japan World broadcast anywhere).

New Japan 6/26/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today in Nagano.

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

The announced paid attendance was 566.

There were late changes to the event due to El Phantasmo & Don Fale being off. Phantasmo-right knee injury, also off tomorrow. Fale-death in family, out until at least mid-July.

Pre-show match: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI. Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. Kanemaru beat Kato with a figure 4.

Match 3: Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, SANADA, Chase Owens & EVIL. Nagata beat Togo with Nagata Lock.

Match 4: Yuya Uemura, Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman. Uemura pinned Young with a kannuki suplex hold.

Match 5: Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Gabriel Kidd. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino & Hirooki Goto. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.

The next event is tomorrow at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center & Event Hall in Shiga. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan News: Changes Due To Absences, More

New Japan has announced some changes to upcoming events today:

First, El Phantasmo is off the next 2 events. Right knee injury that kept him off this week’s earlier events. Status uncertain for Sunday where he is supposed to defend the NJPW WORLD TV Championship vs. TBA (open challenge).

Second, Don Fale is off the rest of the current tour. Death in his family. He was to have been in a G1 CLIMAX 35 Qualifier on 7/4 against Ryohei Oiwa. Satoshi Kojima is the replacement. This could mean Fale will be out until after the G1 ends in mid-August. The winner of Kojima-Oiwa is in the tournament.

In other news, after being forced to wait for his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match until after yesterday’s PPV, Kosei Fujita finally gets El Desperado for the title. That match will happen on 7/6 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Also set for 7/6 is IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Sho & DOUKI vs. Yoh & Master Wato for the titles, an immediate rematch from DOMINION. On that day there also will be Hiroshi Tabahashi vs. Tiger Mask on the latest Tanahashi Retirement Road match, which is also a TM 4 30th Anniversary match.

Announced for 7/4 at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo (it’s not Nippon Budokan) is NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita vs. Toru Yano, Yoh & Master Wato for the titles. That joins IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title as title matches on that day.