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Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off a new season of MONDAY MAGIC today, this one the Inside Out Season.

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.

Match 1: Great Sakuya beat Miko Alana.

Match 2: Masato Tanaka & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Manabu Soya & Hikaru Sato went to a double countout. After the event, this resulted in the announcement of a GHC hardcore Championship match between Tanaka & Sato. That match will happen next Monday

Match 3: Daiki Odashima beat Jiro Shinbashi. Comedy match.

Match 4: Eita beat Shuji Kondo, Kid Lykos 2 & HAYATA in a 4-way by pinning Lykos.

Match 5: Takumi Iroha & Chika Akatsuki beat Mai Sakurai & Yuka Yamazaki. Akatsuki pinned Yamazaki with an All-Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling style pin.

Match 6: Alejandro won a 7 man battle royal, last eliminating Archie Cole. Order of elimination: Super Crazy, Alan Angels, Rich Port Ayala, Iker Navarro, Rhys Alexios, Cole.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Titus Alexander went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

After the event, the first match for WRESTLE MAGIC on 6/15 at Korakuen Hall was announced-Kiyomiya, Alexander & Cole vs. TBA, which will be one wrestler each from New Japan, Dragon Gate and DDT. There will also be a GHC Women’s Championship match, participants will be revealed next week.

Episode 2 is 5/25.

The next event is the NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2026 opener Saturday at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. All tournament events will be streamed live and on demand but the Finals on 6/16 may be an ABEMA exclusive in Japan so watch for a potential English Only live stream.

UPDATE: This BREAKING post-event development will have implications for 6/15-the GHC Women’s Championship is now VACANT. Previous champion Mayu Iwatani has vacated the title due to injury. Toe (fractured). Out indefinitely but at least 2 weeks-then she’ll know if surgery is needed which would mean out a longer time.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the last Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026 event for a couple months today in Nagoya.

Today’s event was held at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 360.

Match 1: RYUSEI beat Hiroto Ysuruya.

Match 2: KENTA, HAYATA, Tetsuya Endo & Katsimi Inahata beat Kid Lykos 1 & 2, Hi69 & Black Menso-re. Inahata pinned Menso-re after a powder drop.

Match 3: OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura & Kai Fujimura beat Mohammed Yone, AMAKUSA & Midori Takahashi. Fujimura poinned Takahashi after Death Hanger.

Match 4: Harutoki & Atsushi Kotoge beat Yuki Iino (DDT) & Yuto Koyanagi. Harutoki pinned Koyanagi after El Momento de Muerte.

Match 5: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Masa Kitamiya & Jun Masaoka. Naito pinned Masaoka after Pluma Blanca.

Match 6: Eita beat Alejandro.

Match 7: Shuji Kondo 25th Anniversary Match: Shuji Kondo, Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Odashima. Kondo pinned Odashima after a King Kong lariat.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Naomichi Marufuji beat Tadasuke to retain the title. V1 for Marufuji. Next up: Kondo. That match will happen on 6/25 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Inside Out Season Episode 1 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Ofyssey 2026 Tour today in Yamanashi.

Today’s event was held at Kose Sports Park Gym Sub Arena in Yamanashi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 294.

Match 1: AMAKUSA beat Midori Takahashi.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA, Eita, Hi69 & Daiki Odashima. Sugiura pinned Odashima after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 4: Tadasuke beat Yuto Koyanagi.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro beat Kenoh, Kid Lykos 1 & 2. Kyomiya pinned 2 after a skywalk elbow.

Match 6: KENTA, Katsumi Inahata & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI. KENTA beat RYUSEI with GAME OVER.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Tsugutaka Sato (Independent/Freelancer). Soya pinned Sato after Passion IS.

The next event is tomorrow at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their latest Legacy Rise 2026 event today in Tokyo.

Today‘s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1165.

Match 1: RYUSEI beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Match 2: Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Eita & Shuji Kondo. Soya pinned Kondo after Passsion IS.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Yuto Koyanagi beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata and Kid Lykos 1 & 2 & Midori Takahashi in a 3-way when Kiyomiya pinned Takahashi.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. BUSHI pinned Menso-re after Fable.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke, Kai Fujinura & Jun Masaoka beat Atsushi Kotoge, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Daiki Odashima. Tadasuke beat Odashima with an armbar.

Match 6: Tiger Mask (New Japan) & Kenoh beat Naomichi Marufuji & Alejandro. TM 4 pinned Alejandro.

Match 7: OZAWA beat Yoshiki Inamura.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste beat KENTA to retain the title. V1 for Haste. Next up: Endo. That match will happen on 6/25.

The next event is Saturday at Kose Sports Park Gymnasium Sub-Arena in Yamanashi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH today announced the full field for the next tournament, the NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE, coming up in about 2 weeks. This will be a round-robin format tournament with 2 blocks of 6 teams and standard scoring, with the winners of each block advancing to the Finals. Tiebreaker if needed will be head-to-head result.

Participating teams:
Block A: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI, Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA, Katl Anderson & Doc Gallows, Kid Lykos 1 & 2, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura
Block B: Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh, Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers, Kazuyuki Fujita & Mohammed Yone, KENTA & Katsumi Inahata, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino, OZAWA & Tadasuke

On paper Block A looks tough to call, I don’t see the Lykoses having a chance but anyone else can win. Block B looks 50-50 between Marufuji/Kenoh, Soya/Iino and OZAWA/Tadasuke. I would expect the winners to get a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match afterwards unless Naito/BUSHI win as the current champions.

The tournament begins on 5/23 at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and runs over 12 events through 6/16 (Finals at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo). All events will be streamed LIVE and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE but 6/16 is listed as an ABEMA live broadcast so we should get an English-only UNIVERSE stream there.

Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up their busy Golden Week today with one more event in Tokyo, another Legacy Rise 2026 event. There isn’t much to preview because the entire card will not be announced in advance with one exception-the only confirmed match for today is GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the title. Otherwise it’s wait and see.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only. This will be a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan, which will be available on demand in Japanese shortly after the event. Since we know of just one match so far it’s impossible to really predict much.

Today’s lineup:
GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the title
All other matches TBA and will not be announced until the event

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

Pre-Show Update: A since-deleted post on Harutoki’s Twitter, which was shared by NOAH’s English account before that, hints at a Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Masa Kitamiya match today. If Kiyomiya wins, Kitamiya loses his hair. If Kitamiya wins, All Rebellion must disband. But a similar post Kiyomiya made on his Twitter in Japanese about this match is still up.

7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Stewart (BANG!) Fulton & Mark Pickering.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like a good holiday matinee crowd still filing in, not sure if it will be a sellout but looks like at least 1250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1302)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

All matches were revealed during the opening video. Kiyomiya-Kitamiya is happening. GHC National Championship match is the main event.

The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET.

Match 1: Kenoh & AMAKUSA vs. Eita & Black Menso-re. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kenoh & AMAKUSA beat Eita & Black Menso-re. Kenoh pinned MEnso-re after PFS. Glorified squash.

Match 2: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI vs. Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. BUSHI beat Koyanagi with a Boston crab.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita, Hajime Ohara, Atsushi Kotoge & Mohammed Yone vs. Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino (DDT), Daiki Odashima & Super Crazy. 20 minute time limit
Result: Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino, Daiki Odashima & Super Crazy beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Hajime Ohara, Atsushi Kotoge & Mohammed Yone, Soya pinned Ohara after PASSION IS.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 vs. OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Knull, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiki Inamura, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 beat OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Knull, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. Inamura pinned Masaoka after a moonsault press.

Intermission. Japanese commentary takes over for the break.

The matches resume at 8:35 PM PT/11:35 PM ET. (about a 12 minute break)

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Shane Haste vs. KENTA & Katsumi Inahata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo & Shane Haste beat KENTA & Katsumi Inahata. Haste pinned Inahata after a lariat.

Match 7: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Masa Kitamiya. If Kitamiya loses, he loses his hair. If Kiyomiya loses, All Rebellion must disband. No time limit
Result; Kaito Kiyomiya beat Masa Kitamiya. As a result, Kitamiya loses his hair. After shaving himself bald, Kitamiya with microphone. He says it’s not over yet between him and All Rebellion.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji beat GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf by ref stoppage (technical submission) to win the title. Marufuji becomes the 20th GHC National Champion. The Circle Is Now Complete. Marufuji now has the only NOAH title that has eluded him in his illustrious career. Next up: Wasting no time in interrupting and issuing the challenge is Tadasuke. Yep, means it’s time for another Team 2000X Gauntlet run. (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 5/17 at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya)

The next event is 5/13. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

AFTER MAYHEM 2026, a follow up to Pro Wrestling NOAH’s SPRING MAYHEM blowout event yesterday, was held today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 468, a legit sellout.

The match card was not announced in advance.

Match 1: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. Kenoh & Yoshiki Inamura went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Eita & Daiki Odashima beat Hajime Ohara & Katsumi Inahata. Eita pinned Inahata after Numero Uno.

Match 3: Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Yuto Koyanagi beat Kid Lykos 1 & 2 & Black Menso-re. Gallows pinned Menso-re after Magic Killer.

Match 4: RYUSEI beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Match 5: Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino (DDT) beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69, Soya pinned Hi69 after PASSION IS. If their new profile pics are how they really look now, Soya & Iino look like barbarians with devil-themed hair strips on otherwise bald heads. To quote Iino, NOT SEXY!

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji, AMAKUSA, Shuji Kondo & Midori Takahashi beat OZAWA, Alpha Wolf, Knull & Jun Masaoka. Marufuji pinned Knull.

Match 7: Masa Kitamiya, Tadasuke & Kai Fujimura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro. Kitamiya pinned Alejandro.

Main Event; KENTA & Tetsuya Endo beat Shane Haste & HAYATA. Endo pinned HAYATA after a shooting star press.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall. The card will not be announced in advance, or most of it anyway because they have announced GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin Monday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. This will be an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

SPRING MAYHEM RYOGOKU 20026, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Golden Week blowout event, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Keiji Muto & Shinjiro Otani joined Akitoshi Saito as guest former wrestlers on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 4539. They did not use the full capacity (particularly in the lower level box seats that can seat 4-6 for sumo) so it was not setup for the normal maximum of 15,000. So this number is not as bad as it sounds.

The match order was not announced until event time, in part due to fan voting for the main event.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. Kotoge beat Takahashi with a Texas cloverleaf.
Match 2: Eita beat Katsumi Inahata.

Main show:
Match 1: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Mohammed Yone, Kazuyuki Fujita & Daiki Odashima. KENTA pinned Odashima after GO 2 SLEEP.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Knull beat Kid Lykos 1 & 2 by pinning 2.

Match 3: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & TBA, revealed at match time to be Yuki Iino (DDT) beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro and Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke in a 3-way when Soya pinned Alejandro.

Match 4: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat RYUSEI & Angel Reyes. Wolf pinned Reyes after a package piledriver.

Match 5: In a No DQ match, BUSHI beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh beat Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows. Marufuji pinned Gallows.

Match 7: OZAWA beat Tetsuya Naito.

Match 8: Dragon Bane beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA to win the title. Bane becomes the 61st GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Eita. That match will happen on 6/20 at Agematsu Town Community Center in Nagano at the Eita 15th Anniversary Event.

Main Event: Shane Haste beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura to win the title. Haste becomes the 50th GHC Heavyweight Champion. UPSET ALERT!!! Whoa. Seriously. Never saw this coming! But it could be a short reign. Next up: KENTA. That match will happen on 5/13 at Korakuen Hall. As for Inamura, he could get back in the picture quickly on 5/13 but he’ll have to get through old-new nemesis OZAWA first.

More news/fallout presumably to come.

The next event is AFTER MAYHEM 2026 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Also an important note for Tuesday’s (Monday US time) Korakuen Hall event-the match card will not be announced in advance. That event is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan but will be available outside Japan on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only.

Pro Wrestling NOAH has just announced an injury change to upcoming events-rookie Hiroto Tsuruya apparently was injured over the last few days. Concussion, or at least a suspected one. Out indefinitely. Changes to Wednesday’s card have been made. It’s not yet known how long Tsuruya may be out but the promotion stated on social media in English that “His health and safety are our top priority.”

More as it becomes available.