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TJPW News: US Tour Participants Announced

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the participants for their next US tour in March in Texas for 4 events in Dallas & Houston. It’s actually easier to list who currently IS NOT coming: HIMAWARI, Kira Summer, Haru Kazashiro, Chika Nanase, Ren Konatsu and Shion Kanzaki. Everyone else on the main roster is. Non-Japan participation is TBA but hopefully that includes Max The Impaler since Pom Harajuku is coming.

Tickets go on sale tonight at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET for all events at tokyostoryusa.com. Ticket prices will range from $30-250 for each event. Broadcast plans are also TBA, they may be PPVs on Triller/FITE then on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE several weeks later.

RUMOR: WWEVIL? (Updated)

This is just a RUMOR right now so apply the proverbial salt and don’t take it as official yet…but there is word going around the US wrestling net/dirt sheets that New Japan wrestler EVIL could be done with the promotion soon. While also not official, the House Of Torture leader supposedly has given notice to the promotion and could be headed to WWE. While big by Japan standards as a Heavyweight, he’d be a small one in WWE at 5″10, 235 pounds. He’s also 38 so this may be his last best chance for an international run like this. Given New Japan has typically renewed/redone contracts in January after Tokyo Dome and the year-opening events-or not-we may know more by the end of the month, or perhaps after THE NEW BEGINNING-the first blowout event of the year-on 2/11, but dropping the NEVER Openweight Championship to Aaron Wolf on 1/4 may or may not be a clue.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: A wrestling podcast I’ve never heard of suggests Hiromu Takahashi may be leaving too. Same for perhaps David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd..

Stardom 1/21/2026 Results (Updated)

Stardom held what appeared to be their “official” 15th Anniversary commemoration event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Syuri & Ranna Yagami beat Hazuki & Fuwa-chan. Syuri beat Fuwa-chan with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 2: Ami Sohrei & Olympia (CMLL) beat Yuna Mizumori & Anne Kanaya. Sohrei pinned Kanaya after Blue Thunder Bomb.

Match 3: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki, Akira Kurogame & Kikyo Furusawa beat Maika, Xena, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Aoki pinned Maika.

Match 4: Saori Anou beat Tomoka Inaba & Maki Itoh in a 3-way by pinning Inaba.

Match 5: AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Saki Kashima, Hina & Lady C. Seira pinned Hina after Shooting Star.

Match 6: Hanan Return Match: Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Bea Priestley beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen. Priestley pinned Ruaka.

Match 7: Stardom 15th Anniversary Match: Yuzuki Aikawa, Natsupoi & Starlight Kid beat Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Yuria Hime. Aikawa pinned Hime with a tiger suplex hold. This might be the end of Aikawa’s limited comeback as I believe it was planned to end with this match.

Main Event: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Konami beat Rina to retain the title. V2 for Konami.

The next event is Saturday at Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Tokyo for this weekend’s doubleheader. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

UPDATE: Saya Kamitani will return Saturday. She was expected to be out until 2/7 to take some time off and rest before her next World Of Stardom Championship defense that day

Injury Report-Not Rampaging Now

Maybe Natsupoi can help here, or not…she may not like news that her new hubby, Shingo Takagi, has been announced as sidelined by New Japan for now. Left side abdominal injury. Out about 3 weeks. Currently scheduled to return on 2/11.

GLEAT 1/20/2026 Results

GLEAT ran their first G PROWRESTLING event of the year today, returning to their primary event series after an end-of-year break.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 279.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Minoru Tanaka being pulled off the event. Left gastrocnemius muscle. Or in simpler terms, calf muscle. Out indefinitely.

Match 1: El Lindaman, Andy Panda & Andy Wu beat Luigi Primo, Kapy & Vent Vert Jack. Panda pinned Primo after a firebird splash.

Match 2: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kendo Ka Shin & Shinya Aoki beat El Lindaman, Takanori Ito & Ryo Aitaka. Nakajima pinned 8to after Northern Lights Bomb. Afterwards, Aoki issued a Lidet UWF Championship challenge to Nakajima. That match will happen on 2/11 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 3: Ryuichi Kawakami & Keiichi Sato beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Kotaro Suzuki. Kawakami pinned Izuchi after Fire Thunder Bomb.

Match 4: Soma Watanabe, So Daimonji, ARASHI & Black Andromeda beat Takehiro Yamamura, Junjie, JD Lee & Shigehiro Itie. ARASHI pinned Lee after Death Nucadra del Dolmental. Afterwards, Lee announced he was joining the B.G.I. faction.

Match 5: Sayaka Unagi. Nanami Hatano, Ayana Sasamara & Honori Hana beat Marika Kobashi, Yuna Manase, MICHIKO & Chanyota. Unagi pinned Kobashi.

Main Event: G INFINITY Champions Kaito Ishida & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat T-Hawk & Hayato Tanura to retain the titles. Ishida pinned T-Hawk after countering Ready-to-wear. V1 for the champs. Next up: ARASHI & Lee. That match will happen on 2/11.

The next event is Sunday (Saturday US time) at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya. Broadcast plans TBA

News: Ganbare Announces 1/31 Venue Change (Updated)

Ganbare Pro announced today that their planned 1/31 event at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo has now been moved to Shin-Kiba 1st Ring at the same scheduled time. This is because of the upcoming snap elections (impromptu and unscheduled) in Japan called recently by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (which last bappened last year and, for the ruling party, backfired) so use of the original venue that day is not allowed to prepare for early voting. Tickets already purchased for the event will be honored at the new location although refunds are being offered due to Munetatau Nakamura being off due to injuries-Nakamura was to have challenges for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship. Nakamura is off due to a neck injury, and Takuya Wada is also off due to family circumstances. Shinichiro Tominaga now gets the title shot against Masaaki Mochizuki.

UPDATE: The promotion has also provided an update on the Nakamura injury Cervical disc hernia. Out indefinitely but now at least 6 more weeks. Best-case return date is now 3/7 but further decisions will be made closer to that time.

New Japan 1/20/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the second half of the opening Tokyo doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was changed last-minute to also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1231.

Match 1: Young Lions Cup Semifinals: Shoma Kato beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 2: Young Lions Cup Semifinals: Katsuya Murashima beat Daiki Nagai. As a resultX the Final will be Kato vs. Murashima.

Match 3: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Uuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Shota Unino. Ice pinned Matsunoto after KOB.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, EVIL & Ren Narita. Wolf beat Takahashi with an armbar.

Match 5: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee beat Gedo, Taiji Ishinori, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Lee pinned Takagi after FBS.

Match 6: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho to retain the titles. Fujita pinned Kanemaru after Thrill Ride. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI beat El Desperado to retain the title. V1 for DOUKI.

The next event is BOAT RACE Miyajima Presents STRONG SPLASH, a weekend doubleheader starting Saturday at Boat Race Miyajima Event Hall in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Unless plans change today was the last live/on demand broadcast for the month.

UPDATE: At some point after the event, another title match was announced-the next defense of the STRONG Openweight Championship by Tomohiro Ishii will be against Boltin Oleg. That match will happen on 2/27 at the next US event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/19/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the 2026 debut event of MONDAY MAGIC today, kicking off the year’s first season of their serial Monday events.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

The matches were not announced in advance.

Match 1: Alejandro vs. Ryoya Tanaka (Dragon Gate) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT) & Danny Duggan beat Manabu Soya & Hiroshi Yamato (Independent/Freelancer). Digga pinned Yamato after a tombstone piledriver.

Match 3: Archie Cole, Dragon Bane & Iker Navarro beat Jack Morris, Galeno & Nathan de Wind. Cole pinned de Wing after a swanton bomb.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer).

Match 5: Mayu Iwatani & Miku Aono beat ZONES & ChiChi. Iwatani pinned ZONES after a moonsault press.

Main Event: Titus Alexander beat GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA to win the title. Alexander becomes the 14th GHC Hardcore Champion. NOAH says the 4th because they do not recognize the title history prior to 2023.

Episode 2 of the new RISING SUN season is next Monday.

The next event is Saturday at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand plans TBA.

Injury Report: Mind The Neck

DDT has announced another injury absence, this one more concerning and likely long-term for Kazusada Higuchi. Neck. Out indefinitely. No further details provided but hopefully it’s not serious-you never know with neck injuries. At worst they can be life-threatening (as Hiromu Takahashi will tell you). At best maybe out a few weeks but often they can be months or years (like with Will Ospreay).

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 1/19/2026 Results

New Japan kicked off the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today, marking the official start to their year, the start of the road to Tokyo Dome 2027, and a true new beginning after 25+ years of Hiroshi Tanahashi as the face of the promotion…although he’s still around as President. The Young Lions Cup also returned today after several years giving the rookies & trainees a prize to compete for.

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 1006.

Match 1: Young Lions Cup: Masatora Yasuda beat Takuya Matsumoto. As a result, Yasuda advances to the Semifinals and will face Shoma Kato.

Match 2: Young Lions Cup: Daiki Nagai beat Zane Jay. As a result, Nagai advances to the Semifinals and will face Katsuya Murashima. (Both Kato & Murashima got free passes to the Semifinals)

Match 3: Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano, El Desperado & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, EVIL, DOUKI & Ren Narita. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman & Jake Lee beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Akira pinned Gedo after Unmanned Emerald Flowsion.

Match 5: Sho beat Kosei Fujita by DQ.

Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Robbie Eagles.

Match 7: Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. to win the titles. Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Goto become the 33rd NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Goto pinned Oiwa after GTR.

Main Event: Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi. Umino pinned Taichi after Second Chapter. As a result, Uemura & Umino get the next IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot. That match will happen at THE NEW BEGINNING on 2/11 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.