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New Japan 7/4/2026 Results

New Japan continued the Road To G! Climax Tour today in Yamagata.

Today’s event was held at Yamagaga Big Wing in Yamagata. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1210.

Before the event began, Tomoaki Honma came out and announced his retirement. This is due to health concerns (he suffered a severe spinal injury in 2017 but fully recovered, however related concerns were noted recently). No specific date yet but he wants a hometown match beforehand.

Match 1: Dick Togo 1 & 2 beat Taisei Nakahara & Tiger Mask. 2 beat Nakahara with a crippler crossface. The final TM 4 farewell to fans followed as the final events of his career next week are both in Tokyo.

Match 2: Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Masatora Yasuda & Ryusuke Taguchi. Makabe pinned Yasuda.

Match 3: Master Wato & Shota Umio beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf. Wato beat Matsumoto with Vendeval.

Match 4: El Desperado & Yuya Uemura beat Zane Jay & Great-O-Khan. Uemura pinned Jay after Lions Shiner.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jado, Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & El Desperado. Savre beat Kojima.

Match 6: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Yoh beat Jacob Austin Young, Jake Lee & Francesco Akira. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Young.

Main Event: Daiki Nagai, Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, SANADA, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Tsuji pinned Kanemaru after Gene Blaster. Tsuji put Honma over post-match.

The tour-ender is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

BREAKING: Another New Japan Veteran Retiring

At today’s New Japan event (non-televised), longtime wrestler Tomoaki Honma announced his retirement. It sounds like it will not be immediate as he wants to get to 30 years and have a hometown retirement match next year. Honma suffered a spinal injury that left him temporarily paralyzed in 2017 but recovered enough to return to action but more recent concerns have surfaced in exams and he decided to retire. Honma turns 50 in November and has mainly bern a part-timer post-pandemic.

More as it becomes available. Today’s results will be posted later today.

News: TAKAYAMANIA Main Event Announced

With tickets going on sale tomorrow, Minoru Suzuki has revealed the main event of TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE 5, the annual fundraiser event for legendary wrestler Yoshihiro Takayama. This year it will be Suzuki & El Desperado vs. Naomichi Marufuji & HARASHIMA. All profits from ticket sales will be donated to Takayama’s wife to assist with his medical care & rehab

The event will be held on 9/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. It will be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan, hopefully on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE afterwards.

New Japan 7/2/2026 Results

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

Today’s event was held at Tokorozawa Citizen Gym in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 634.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Masatora Yasuda & Ryusuke Taguchi. Kanemaru beat Yasuda with a figure 4.

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & Togo Makabe beat Tatsuya Matusnoto, El Desperado & Satoshi Kojima. Yano pinned Matsumoto. Afterwards, the TM 4 farewell rounds continued as his retirement tour enters the final week.

Match 4: Taichi & Yuya Uenura. Eat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Uemura pinned Young after Lions Shiner.

Match 5: Jado, Master Wato, Aaron Wolf & Shota Umino beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Jackson after Second Chapter.

Match 6: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Yoh beat Zane Jay, Jake Lee & Francesco Akira. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Jay after Shoto.

Main Event: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, DOUKI, SANADA & Ren Narita. Tsuji pinned DOUKI after Gene Blaster.

The next event is Saturday at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. This will be the last non-televised event for a while (probably until the end of August) as all G1 CLIMAX events will be live & on demand on New Japan World. 7/18 & 7/19 will be available OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY as they will be exclusive TV Asahi live broadcasts in Japan 7/22 will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. As a reminder, the 7/11 US event will be a NON-PPV New Japan World broadcast.

Forbidden Door 2026 NEAR LIVE Results (Updated)

New Japan & Stardom are in the US for this year’s AEW Forbidden Door event, also featuring CMLL. Results will be posted below as they become available.

Today’s event will be held at SAP Center in San Jose, CA and can be watched LIVE as a PPV on New Japan World IN JAPAN ONLY and on participating cable/satellite providers and-for subscribers-on HBO Max in the US (additional purchase required). You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Drilla Moloney beat Daniel Garcia.
Match 2: Maika beat Skye Blue. As a result, Maika will be in a match for the vacant AEW TBS Championship this Wednesday. She also will miss Tuesday’s Stardom event in Tokyo but she was not on the card and was previously announced as being absent.
Match 3: AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Megan Bayne & Lena Kross beat Thunder Rosa & Olympia to retain the titles. Kross pinned Rosa.

PPV:
Match 1: Matt & Nick Jackson beat Mistico & Mascara Dorada and Shingo Takagi & Titan in a 3-way when the Jacksons pinned Titan.

Match 2: Kenny Omega beat Zack Sabre Jr.

Match 3: AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley beat Bandido to retain the title.

Match 4: IWGP Global Champion Shota Umino beat Pac to retain the title. V1 for Umino.

Match 5: AEW Women’s Champion Thekla beat Starlight Kid to retain the title.

Match 6: AEW Tag Team Champions Adam Copeland & Christian Cage beat David Finlay & Clark Connors to retain the titles. Copeland pinned Finlay after a spear following Jay White interference.

Not counting Konosuke Takeshita participation, the New Japan & Stardom portion of the event is now complete. All AEW for the last 3 scheduled matches.

Match 7: Owen Hart Cup Women’s Finals: Mercedes Mone beat Maya World to win the tournament.

Match 8: In a steel cage match, Mark Briscoe, Darby Allin, Konosuke Takeshita, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly beat MJF, Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Kazuchika Okada, Jake Doyle & Andrade El Idolo. Briscoe pinned Foyle after Jay Driller.

Main Event: Owen Hart Cup Men’s Finals: Will Ospreay beat Swerve Strickland to win the tournament.

End Show. After another 6 hour ultra-marathon.

For New Japan, the next event is Thursday at Tokorozawa Citizen Gym in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Also, it has been decided that the 7/11 G1 CLIMAX 36 opening event in Chicago WILL NOT be a PPV. It will be LIVE on New Japan World for all paying monthly subscribers.

UPDATE: Next up for Umino: Gabriel Kidd. That match will happen on 7/6 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The injured Boltin Oleg will also return on 7/6.

New Japan 6/23/2026 Results

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

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo 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 1195.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda, El Desperado & Yuya Uemura beat Taisei Nakahara, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe. Yasuda pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsunoto, Ryusuje Taguchi, Yoh & Hirooki Goto. Khan pinned Matsumoto.

Match 3: Satoshi Kojima & Shota Umino beat Hartlay Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Umino pinned Jackson after Second Chapter.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, Shingo Takagi, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yota Tsuji by ref stoppage (technical submission). DOUKI beat Nagai.

Match 5: Francesco Akira beat Sho, Kosei Fujita & Master Wato in a 4-way by pinning Wato. As a result, Akira will face IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoh for the title on 7/6.

G1 CLIMAX Qualifiers:
Match 6: Aaron Wolf beat YOSHI-HASHI. As a result, Wolf is in the tournament and will be in Block B.
Main Event: Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Taichi. As a result, Ice is in the tournament and will be in Block A.
Upcoming matches will determine the last 2 participants. (Those matches will happen on 7/6)

The next event is the annual Forbidden Door crossover event with All Elite Wrestling, this year also featuring CMLL & Stardom, Sunday at SAP Center in San Jose, CA. Live streaming as a PPV will begin at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET. It will be available on New Japan World IN JAPAN ONLY and on participating cable/satellite providers & HBO Max in the US. Those who subscribe to HBO Max can pre-order there and possibly get a $10 discount.

As for Japan, the next event is 7/2 at Tokorozawa City Gym in Saitama. Broadcast plans TBA (the July streaming schedule has not yet been announced but I’m thinking no broadcasts until 7/6).

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).