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Calling wrestlers out due to “poor health”, which is always vague, has happened a lot in Japan the last few months but sometimes we do get more details as to why, such as when Pro Wrestling NOAH announced earlier today that Tetsuya Endo is now temporarily sidelined. Flu. Out Saturday. He was to have teamed with Ulka Sasaki to face Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley in a 3-way. HAYATA is the replacement. It’s not yet known how long Endo may be out, I’d say he probably will be out Sunday (match card TBA outside of Jr. Heavyweight tournament matches) and then questionable for an Osaka doubleheader next week. Beyond that would be worst-case but flu is usually 1-2 weeks unless it’s severe so I expect him back in time for CROSS OVER 2025 on 11/21 in Sendai, the next big event on the schedule.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Saitama with a rare “true” house show.

Today’s event was held at Ikos Ageo in Saitama. There was no live broadcast and, in a very unusual move for the promotion, there will be no on demand broadcast available anywhere.

The announced paid attendance was 241.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi, Atsushi Kotoge & Daiki Odashima. Bane pinned Taniguchi after Twisterbane.

Match 2: Manabu Soya beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro. Endo pinned Harutoki after God’s Right Knee.

Match 4: Daga, Hajime Ohara & Kai Fujimura beat Eita, Tadasuke & Junta Miyawaki. Ohara pinned Eita.

Match 6: Tank Ledger (WWE) beat Masa Kitamiya by DQ. Ref assault.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura & Hank Walker (WWE) beat KENTA & Ulka Sasaki. Inamura pinned Sasaki after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is 11/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with KENTA-Inamura for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET (don’t forget about the time change tomorrow in the US! Unless you’re in Arizona or Hawaii).

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up the MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON today with the final episode.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Joey Trace & Cito Sanchez beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Trace pinned Ohara after Skyral Tap.

Match 2: Miyuki Takase, Haruka Umesaki & LEON beat Great Sakuya, Nightshade & AKARI. Takase pinned AKARI.

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Itie beat Maybach Taniguchi & The Great Mummy. Ishikawa pinned Taniguchi after Fire Thunder.

Match 4: Titus Alexander won a 7 man battle royal, last eliminating Iker Navarro. Order of elimination: Nathan De Wind, Danny Duggan, Eddie Vergara, Dragon Bane, Kaito Kiyomiya, Navarro.

Match 5: GHC Women’s Champion Takuni Iroha beat Risa Sera to retain the title. V4 for Iroha. Next up: Based on backstage comments post-match, possibly Mayu Iwatani

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA beat Starboy Charlie & Naruki Doi in a 3-way elimination match by eliminating both to retain the title. V2 for HAYATA.

The text event is Saturday at Ikos Ageo in Saitama. Broadcast plans TBA.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with an event in Saitama. Recently the promotion has been building towards an upcoming Junior Heavyweight tournament and a GHC Heavyweight Championship match between KENTA & Yoshiki Inamaura, the latter recently returning from competing in WWE, as well as additional WWE NXT wrestlers visiting the promotion. No KENTA-Inamura happenings today but they are both in action along with Hank Walker & Tank Leisure visiting from WWE.

Today’s event will be held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches scheduled so how long the event could run partially depends on if there will be an intermission, I anticipate the total running time regardless being between 2 and 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Manabu Soya & Eita vs. Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara
Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Atsushi Kotoge
AMAKUSA vs. Junta Miyawaki & Black Menso-re in a 3-way
Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Hank Walker & Tank Ledger
Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Daiki Odashima
Yoshiki Inamura vs. Shuji Kondo
KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

8:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

8:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The layout on the promotion’s website suggested a setup for around 350 (I think the venue’s full capacity for wrestling is around 500), based on the quick shot of the crowd before they went to the sponsor announcements I’m guessing it’ll be around 275. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 411)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin right on time at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Match 1: Manabu Soya & Eita vs. Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Manabu Soya & Eita beat Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara. Soya pinned Yone after a lariat.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Atsushi Kotoge. 20 minute time limit. Taniguchi looks like he’s got quite the sunburned face as it’s quite red except around his eyes.
Result: Atsushi Kotoge beat Shuhei Taniguchi

Match 3: AMAKUSA vs. Junta Miyawaki & Black Menso-re in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Junta Miyawaki beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 4: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Hank Walker & Tank Ledger (WWE). 20 minute time limit
Result: Hank Walker & Tank Ledger beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Walker pinned Bane.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 10:05 PM PT/1:05 AM ET.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Daiki Odashima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Daiki Odashima. Kitamiya beat Odashima with Stranglehold y. Afterwards, Team 2000X beatdown on Odashima until the WWE guys made the save. Hank & Tank with microphone afterwards. In English, they made a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge. Kitamiya responded in Japanese. Accepted. May happen at the next Korakuen Hall event. Updates to come. (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 11/8 at Korakuen)

Match 6: Yoshiki Inamura vs. Shuji Kondo. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiki Inamura beat Shuji Kondo. Afterwards, Inamura with microphone. Mixed Japanese & English promo for his upcoming GHC Heavyweight Championship match.

Main Event: KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. KENTA beat Alejandro with GAME OVER. Afterwards, KENTA with microphone. He immediately called out Inamura in Japanese and English. More building up for 11/8 to wrap things up.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON Final Monday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Correction: The original post listed Tank’s last name incorrect due to the promotion’s and WRESTLE UNIVERSE’s translations being inaccurate. It’s Ledger, not Leisure.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 340.

Match 1: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Atsushi Kotoge & Alejandro. Bane pinned Alejandro after Twisterbane.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi, Eita & Shuji Kondo beat Mohammed Yone, Hajime Ohara & Black Menso-re. Kondo pinned Menso-re after a King Kong Lariat.

Match 3: Manabu Soya beat AMAKUSA.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Tetsuya Endo & Daiki Odashima. Kitamiya beat Odashima with Stranglehold y.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Kai Fujinura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Junta Miyawaki. Fujimura pinned Moyawaki after Hat Trick.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis beat KENTA, Ulka Sasaki & HAYATA. Inamura pinned HAYATA after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is Sunday at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON today..

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate) & Daiki Odashima beat Eddie Vergara, Iker Navarro & Nathan De Wind. Odashima pinned Vergara.

Match 2: Miyuki Takase beat Great Sakuya by DQ. Poison mist.

Match 3: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Joey Trace & Clio Sanchez. Bane pinned Sanchez after Santa Maria

Match 4: Charles Crowley vs. Fanny Duggan went to a double pinfall.

Match 5: Starboy Charlie beat AMAKUSA, HAYATA & Alejandro in a 4-way elimination match. Order of elimination: Alejandro by AMAKUSA, AMAKUSA by Charlie, HAYATA by Charlie.

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

The last episode of the season is 10/27 with GHC Women’s Champion Takumi Iroha vs. Risa Sera for the title and GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA vs. Starboy Charlie & TBA on a 3-way elimination match for the title.

The next event is tomorrow at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their latest STAR NAVIGATION 2025 Tour 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 808. That’s the lowest Korakuen number for them in quite a while by a lot.

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 2: Alejandro, Harutoki & Kai Fujimura beat Mohammed Yone, Ulka Sasaki & Black Menso-re. Alejandro pinned Menso-re after Zero Gravity.

Match 3: Daga, Daiki Odashima, AMAKUSA & HAYATA vs. Eita, Alpha Wolf, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Tadasuke.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Charlie Dempsey (WWE).

Match 7: Dragon Bane beat GHC National Champion Galeno to win the title. Bane becomes the 18th GHC National Champion.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura & Harlem Lewis (WWE) beat KENTA & Tetsuya Endo. Inamure pinned KENTA after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON Episode 2 Monday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Daga may have suffered an i jury yesterday. Left knee synovitis, which I have never heard of. Out at least 10 days and the 10/21 & 10/26 events, which is being called precautionary.

WRESTLE ODYSSEY, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest blowout event today, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on ABEMA as a PPV in select countries, including the US, until 10/18. It’s about $14 in the US. It’s not known when it may be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (UPDATE: Next Saturday after the ABEMA PPV viewing period ends. Tentatively that’s 6 PM PT/9 PM ET)

The announced paid attendance was 3617.

Match 1: Junta Miyawaki beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 2: Galeno & Harutoki beat Manabu Soya & Yuto Kikuchi. Harutoki pinned Kikuchi after Brain Match.

Match 3: Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis (WWE) beat Jack Morris & Ulka Sasaki. Dempsey pinned Sasaki after Regalplex.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura & Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate) beat Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA. Sugiura pinned HAYATA after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 5: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf to win the titles. Daga & Odashima become the 64th GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Odashima pinned Wolf with Samson Clutch.

Match 6: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Minoru Suzuki went to a double countout.

Match 7: Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan) & Kaito Kiyomiya beat Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh. Kiyomiya pinned Kenoh after a skywalk elbow.

Match 8: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat Eita to retain the title. V2 for Takahashi.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion KENTA beat Masa Kitamiya to retain the title. V2 for KENTA. Next up: Yoshiki Inamura, who at least for now is back from WWE and with his original name (no more YOICHI). That match will happen on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. (All remaining October events will be live & immediate on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

UPDATE: No real post-event news/fallout except for the announcement of a new tournament, NOAH Jr. Grand Prix, which will be held over 5 events in November. It will be only for Junior Heavyweights. More details TBA.

Pro Wrestling MOAH kicked off a new season of MONDAY MAGIC today, this one dibbed XTRENE SEASON.

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

The paid attendance was mot announced.

Match 1: Titus Alexandet & Starboy Charlie beat Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf and Jack Morris & Danny Duggan in a 3-way when Alexander pinned Duggan.

Match 2: Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA (Dradition) beat Maybach Taniguchi (Shuhei Taniguchi) & The Great Mummy. Fujinami beat Taniguchi with a dragon sleeper. While mot yet confirmed, in post-match backstage comments Fujinami claimed Mummy actually was Manabu Soya.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro, Harutoki, Kai Fujinura & Galeno beat Joey Trace, Cito Sanchez, Eddie Vergara, Iker Navarro & Nathan de Wind. Kiyomiya pinned Wind after Shining Lancer.

Match 4: The result of a match of Takumi Itoha, Mio Momomo & Chika Akatsuki vs. Mayu Iwatani, Utami Hayashishita & Seirei Yamaoka was not posted. This will be updated once I have a chance to watch the match.
UPDATE: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA beat Yuko Miyamoto to retain the title. V1 for HAYATA.

Episode 2 will be on 10/20.

The next event is WRESTLE ODYSSEY Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming ONLY ON ABEMA as a PPV will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. The PPV will be available in select other countries including the US and can be pre-ordered now. In the US it will cost $14.42 and includes on demand viewing until 10/18. As far as commentary goes, it will be in English.

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the (never-ending) SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Nagoya.

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

The announced paid attendance was 402.

Match 1: Alejandro beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Ulka Sasaki & Eita beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo. Eita pinned Kondo after Imperial Uno.

Match 3: Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & HAYATA beat Daga, Daiki Odashima & Tetsuya Endo. Bane pinned Endo after a reverse huracanrana.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Junta Miyawaki beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Kai Fujimura. Marufuji pinned Fujimura.

Match 5: Charlie Dempsey (WWE) beat Harlem Lewis (WWE).

Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & AMAKUSA. Kitamiya beat Ohara with Stranglehold y.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Galeno beat Jack Morris to retain the title.V4 for Galeno. Next up: Bane. That match will happen on 10/16 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON Episode 1 Monday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Also an important heads-up for WRESTLE ODYSSEY next Saturday: There will be NO LIVE OR ON DEMAND BROADCAST OUTSIDE JAPAN. It is live only on ABEMA in Japan, no alternate English broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (and probably no on demand for a while). So either get to Japan or figure out how to use ABEMA with VPN so you can watch when it begins Friday at 11 PM PT/Saturday at 2 AM ET. (Correction: It was announced on 10/6 that it will be a PPV on ABEMA and available worldwide. In the US it will be available for $14.42 and includes live stream and on demand until 10/18)