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New Japan 5/23/2026 Results

New Japan continued the Best Of The Super Junior today with Day 5 of Block B, but there was also one Block A match.

Today’s event was held at Atelier Hineji in Hyogo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1153.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Francesco Akira beat Gedo & Daiki Nagai. Akira pinned Gedo with Gedo Clutch.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Jackson pinned Matsumoto.

Match 3: Robbie X & Titan beat Tiger Mask & Nick Wayne (AEW). Titan pinned TM 4 after Jade Immortal. TM 4 gave his Hyogo farewell to the fans afterwards.

Best Of The Super Junior:
Match 4: Block A: Valiente Jr. beat Jun Kasai.
Block B:
Match 5: Hyo beat KUSHIDA.
Match 6: Jacob Austin Young beat Daisuke Sasaki.
Match 7: Taiji Ishimori beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 8: El Desperado beat Sho.
Main Event: Robbie Eagles beat Yoh.

Standings (Block B):
1-Desperado, 3-2, 6 pts
2-Ishimori, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Sho, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Yoh, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Sasaki, 3-2, 6 pts
6-Hyo, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Young, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Kanemaru, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Eagles, 2-3, 4 pts
10-KUSHIDA, 1-4, 2 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.] In Block A, Valiente is now 2-3, 4 pts. Kasai is 3-2, 6 pts.

Day 7 is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

New Japan 5/22/2026 Results

New Japan ran Day 5 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today, beginning the series of single-block only events. Today had only Block A matches.

Today’s event was held at Osaka City Central Gym Sub Arena in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1192.

Match 1: Gedo & Taiji Ishimori beat Taisei Nakahara & Tatsuya Matsunoto. Ishinori beat Nakahara with Bone Lock.

Match 2: Zane Jay & Jacob Austin Young beat Masatora Yasuda & Daisuke Sasaki (DDT). Young pinned Yasuda after Jacobs Ladder.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Robbie Eagles beat Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & Yoh. Oiwa pinned TM 4 with TM Clutch. Afterwards, the TM 4 farewell speech tour resumed as this was his final Osaka appearance.

Match 4: Hyo (Dragon Gate), KUSHIDA & El Desperado beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. KUSHIDA pinned Togo.

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 5: Nick Wayne beat Daiki Nagai.
Match 6: Titan beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 7: Francesco Akira beat Valiente Jr.
Match 8: Jun Kasai beat Robbie X.
Main Event: Master Wato beat Kosei Fujita.

Standings (Block A):
1-Titan, 5-0, 10 pts
2-Taguchi, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Kasai, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Wayne, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Wato, 3-2, 6 pts
6-Akira, 2-3, 4 pts
7-X, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Fujita, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Valiente, 1-4, 2 pts
10-Nagai, 0-5, 0 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. At this point it’s looking like the battle is for 2nd behind Titan.

Day 6 is tomorrow at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 5/20/2026 Results

New Japan ran Day 4 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today 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 1257.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block B: Jacob Austin Young beat KUSHIDA.

Match 2: Block A: Jun Kasai beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 3: Block B: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Robbie Eagles

Match 4: Block A: Nick Wayne beat Ryusuke Taguchi

Match 5: Block B: Taiji Ishimori beat Daisuke Sasaki.

Match 6: lock A: Titan beat Valiente Jr. in 81 seconds. Despite a potential injury suffered last time Valiente came back to compete today, but it appeared to be a factor again.

Match 7: Block B: El Desperado beat Hyo.

Match 8: Block A: Master Wato beat Francesco Akira.

Match 9: Block B: Yoh beat Sho by DQ. Clever trickery with weapon fake-outs.

Main Event: Block A: Robbie X beat Kosei Fujita.

Day 5 is Friday at Osaka City Central Gym Sub Arena in Osaka with only Block A as the tournament now shifts to alternating blocks each event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 5/17/2026 Results

New Japan ran Day 3 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1664.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block A: Titan beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 2: Block B: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Jacob Austion Young.

Match 3: Block A: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Valiente Jr. by ref stoppage in 49 seconds. Potential Valiente knee injury.

Match 4: Block B: Sho beat KUSHIDA.

Match 5: Block A: Francesco Akira beat Nick Wayne.

Match 6: Block B: Daisuke Sasaki beat Hyo.

Match 7: Block A: Master Wato beat Robbie X.

Match 8: Block B: Yoh beat Taiji Ishimori.

Match 9: Block A: Jun Kasai beat Kosei Fujita.

Main Event: Block B: Robbie Eagles beat El Desperado.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Taguchi, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Titan, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Fujita, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Kasai, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Valiente, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Akira, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Wayne, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Wato, 1-2, 2 pts
9-X, 1-2, 2 pts
10-Nagai, 0-3, 0 pts

Block B:
1-Sho, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Sasaki, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Yoh, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Hyo, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Kanemaru, 1-2, 2 pts
6-KUSHIDA, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Ishimori, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Eagles, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Desperado, 1-2, 2 pts
10-Young, 0-3, 0 pts

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals.

More on Valiente Jr.’s status as it becomes available.

Day 4 is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 5/16/2026 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1076.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block A: Valiente Jr. (CMLL) beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 2: Block A: Ryusuke Tagucih beat Master Waro. This went just 130 seconds.

Match 3: Block B: Yoh beat Jacob Austin Young.

Match 4: Block A: Robbie X beat Francesco Akira.

Match 5: Block B: Daisuke Sasaki (DDT) beat KUSHIDA.

Match 6: Block A: Titan (CMLL) beat Jun Kasai (Freedoms).

Match 7: Block B: Sho beat Robbie Eagles.

Match 8: Block A: Kosei Fujita beat Nick Wayne (All Elite Wrestling).

Main Event: Block B: El Desperado beat Taiji Ishimori.

Day 3 is tomorrow at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 5/14/2026 Results

Perhaps my favorite tournament of the year got underway today as New Japan kicked off the 2026 Best Of The Super Junior, the 33rd annual installment of the prestigious Junior Heavyweight showcase event.

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 1445, a legit sellout.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block B: Taiji Ishinori beat Jacob Austin Young.

Match 2: Block B: Sho beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Match 3: Block A: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 4: Block B: Hyo (Dragon Gate) beat Yoh. This only went about 2 1/2 minutes.

Match 5: Block A: Nick Wayne (All Elite Wrestling) beat Robbie X.

Match 6: Block B: KUSHIDA beat Robbie Eagles.

Match 7: Block A: Titan (CMLL) beat Master Wato.

Match 8: Block B: Daisuke Sasaki (DDT) beat El Desperado.

Main Event: Block A: Kosei Fujita beat Robbie Eagles.

In Block A, two wrestlers- Valiente Jr. & Jun Kasai-apparently were not scheduled for matches today. They begin their tournaments Saturday. It looks like, for now, the plans are for 9 tournament matches each day and not the full 10.

Day 2 is Saturday at Esforta Arena Hachioji. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

FACE THE NEXT Results (5/12/2026)

The United Japan Pro Wrestling group aka Japan Pro Wrestling Federation, made up of several major and independent promotions (excluding All-Japan Pro Wrestling) held its latest event today in Tokyo. Called FACE THE NEXT, it spotlighted younger & less experienced wrestlers while also serving as a de facto farewell to the venue that is closing soon. New Japan was responsible for promoting the event.

Today‘s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast (at least at this time).

The announced paid attendance was 460, a legit sellout.

Before the event began, a talk show event was held with New Japan wrestler Kosei Fujita & DDT wrestler Takeshi Masada, followed by a speech from Japan Pro Wrestling Federation representative director Sanshiro Takagi.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsunoto (New Japan) vs. Yuto Koyanagi (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Jiro Shinbashi (Dragon Gate), Hinata Kasai (DDT) & Sentaro Motojima (Ganbare Pro) beat Midori Takahashi (Pro Wrestling NOAH), @KEY (Dragon Gate) & Beniyo Ume (Kyushu Pro Wrestling). Motojima pinned Ume.

Match 3: Takama Selishige (Big Japan), Masatora Yasuda (New Japan), Shota Kawakami (Ganbare Pro) & Katsumi Inahata (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Taisei Nakahara (New Japan), Reiya Igarashi (Freedoms), Rukiya (DDT) & GuC (Dragon Gate). Yasuda pinned Nakahara.

Match 4: Kazuma Kimura (Dragon Gate), Daichi Sato (DDT) & Kazumasa Yoshida (Big Japan) beat Hiroto Tsuruya (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koshiro Asakusa (Big Japan) & Yuki Ishida (DDT). Sato pinned Asakura after Mad Splash.

Match 5: Yuya Koroku (DDT) beat Homare (Dragon Gate) by submission.

Main Event: Ryoya Tanaka (Dragon Gate), Munetatsu Nakamura (Ganbare Pro) & Kazuma Sumi (DDT) beat Daiki Odashima (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Daiki Nagai (New Japan) & Illusion (DDT). Tanaka pinned Illusion after Stardust Press Joker Strider.

After the main event, New Japan President Hiroshi Tanahashi appeared to put over all the wrestlers and send the crowd home happy.

No word yet on when the next UJPW event will be held.

BREAKING: Another New Japan Legend Retiring

Another longtime legend of New Japan is calling it a career…at a press conference earlier today, Hiroyoshi Tenzan announced his upcoming retirement due to injuries. His retirement match will be at the G1 CLIMAX 36 Finals on 8/15 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, and he will remain with the promotion in a behind-the-scenes position.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 5/6/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran another standalone event today in Saga

Today’s event was held at Karatsu City Gym in Saga and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 757.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Taisei Nakahara & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Wato pinned Matsumoto after a swan dive elbow smash.

Match 3: El Desperado & Taichi beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Taichi pinned Honma.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Fujita beat Yasuda with Neshen Special.

Match 5: Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Wolf beat Togo with a triangle choke.

Match 6: Zane Jay, Jacob Auatin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Nagai, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Young pinned Gedo after Bite The Dust.

Main Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Jake Lee & Callum Newman. Tsuji pinned Newman after Gene Blaster. As a result, Tsuji will face Newman for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at DOMINION on 6/14 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka. Had Lee/Newman won, Tsuji & Takagi could not challenge for the title again as long as Newman was champion. If either Tsuji or Takagi won by beating Newman, which happened, that winner got another title shot.

The next event is FACE THE NEXT, a United Japan Pro Wrestling produced event with all member participation including New Japan, Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The event will also feature Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT, Dragon Gate and Ganbare Pro participation among others, and mostly focus on younger wrestlers. Broadcast plans TBA. (All-Japan is not a UJPW member at this time)

The next event after that is Best Of The Super Junior 33, the annual Junior Heavyweight showcase tournament, starting on 5/14 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, it was revealed last night by WWE that EVIL will apparently be known as “Naraku” in NXT. TV debut scheduled for next week (Tuesday).

UPDATE: Injury Report-it appears Boltin Oleg was injured today. Left elbow. Out indefinitely. But it was said he will miss the next series which is Best Of The Super Junior-if that’s the case, then he is out at least a month.

New Japan 5/4/2026 Results (Updated x2)

WRESTLING DONTAKU Day 2, falling on the traditional day of New Japan’s annual Golden Week blowout event, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka 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 3603, a full house/near sellout. While nearly 50% more than yesterday, that is still less than half capacity for the venue.

Pre-show match: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 1: NNPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat Chase Owens to retain the title. V3 for Takeshita. Afterwards a masked man attacked Takeshita then revealed his identity…SANADA! See You Next Time! For the title?!?

Match 2: Daiki Nagai & Gedo beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Ryusuke Taguchi. Nagai pinned Matsumoto after a diving headbutt.

Match 3: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. OSKAR beat Honma with a nightmare hold.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Don Fale & Ren Narita. Wolf pinned Takahashi after Angle Slam. Afterwards, TM 4 gave his farewell speech to the Fukuoka fans.

Match 5: Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Taichi pinned Jackson after Black Mephisto.

Match 6: Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee. Tsuji pinned Jay.

Match 7: Mistico (CMLL) & El Desperado beat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles to win the titles. Mistico & Desperado become the 83rd IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Desperado beat Fujita with Numero Dos. Once again, a reminder that TMDK also stands for The Mighty Don’t Kosei.

Match 8: Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto to win the titles. Khan, HENARE & Ospreay become the 34th NEVER Openweight Champions. Khan pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Great Blade Bomb. Afterwards, Khan & HENARE issued an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge.

Main Event: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman beat Shingo Takagi to retain the title. V1 for Newman. 35+ minutes in what easily has to be the longest match of Newman’s career so far. But this proves it wasn’t a fluke. And for now United Empire is back on top of New Japan.

In post-event backstage comments, Takeshita expressed a desire to align with the main New Japan unit as today marked his 2nd anniversary as a member of the promotion (he is also signed with DDT and All Elite Wrestling).

The next event is Wednesday at Karatsu City Gym in Saga. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: While nothing has been announced yet for Wednesday, it appears Newman issued a challenge to Takagi & Tsuji after the main event for that day-both of them vs. Newman & Lee. If Newman gets beaten, whoever got the pinfall/submission gets a rematch for the title at DOMINION on 6/14. But if United Empre wins, Takagi & Tsuji can never challenge for the title again. More to come.

UPDATE 2: It’s now official. And specifically, if United Empire wins, neither can challenge Newman for the title again as long as he still is champion, not neither challenging for the title ever again.