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Ganbare Pro 5/16/2026 Results

Ganbare Pro held a special boat racing-centered event today alongside boat races in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Boat Race Toda Event Space in Saitama. There likely will be no on demand broadcast.

This was a free event with no paid attendance. (Paid attendance was only for admission to the venue and races, which is only around 75 cents US)

Match 1: Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi beat Sentaro Morojima & Yoshihiro Horaguchi. Wada pinned Motojima.

Match 2: Akira Koji, Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Andy Wu, Chou-un Shiryu & Taiwan Ramen Man. Imanari pinned Shiryu after a tiger driver.

Match 3: YuuRI, Chanyota & Yuko Sakurai beat Moeka Haruhi, Kaho Kobayashi & Arisa Shinose. YuuRI pinned Shinose.

Match 4: Gabai-ji Chan beat Munetatsu Nakamura.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki, Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura beat Mizuki Watase, Keisuke Ishii & Shota Kawakami. Suzuki pinned Kawakami after a Gotch-style piledriver.

The next event is 5/31 at Yokohama Trade Hall in Yokohama. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 6/2.

BREAKING: Stardom Announces New US Partnership

In a news item posted a short time ago, Stardom announced a new partnership/strategic alliance with US independent promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW), which is owned & operated by former WWE writer Court Bauer. According to the release, “The partnership will focus on player interaction and creative cooperation, creating opportunities for MLW and STARDOM players to play on new stages and in front of new audiences. This partnership reflects our shared goal of providing world-class matches and further enhancing the global presence of professional wrestling.”

More to come in the future.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/16/2026 Results

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.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 5/16/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro returned to Shizuoka today for a Shino Suzuki hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 237, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara beat Shion Kanzaki.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Mifu Ashida by submission.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 4: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Mahiro Kiryu & Chika Nanase. Suzume pinned Nanase after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Mizuki, Yuki AIno & Uta Takami beat Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu. Takami beat Konatsu with Koala Clutch.

Match 6: Yuki Arai beat Kira Summer.

Main Event: Shino Suzuki & HIMAWARI beat Toga & Haru Kazashiro. Suzuki beat Kazashiro with a deformed Cobra Clutch.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo to resume the spring house show tour. Wakana Uehara is off the event due to schedule conflicts. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 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.

DDT News: Injury Update

Updating an item from the 5/10 DDT results post, it was announced at the time that Masami Inahata would be out a week with a back injury and return Sunday at a Matsui Referee Produced event in Osaka. That will not happen. Still out due to doctor’s orders to rest and is mow out indefinitely. Hiroaki Taniguchi will be the replacement Sunday.

More as it becomes available.

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.

Injury Report: Soreee

According to Puroresu Today, Sareee (who continues to be a freelancer) announced earlier today she will be out of action for now due to injury treatment. Neck. Out about a month. No concrete return timeframe beyond that but Sareee did state she “will definitely return”.

More as it becomes available.

GLEAT 5/13/2026 Results

GLEAT kicked off a tournament today called G-CLASS as part of their event in Tokyo, a single-elimination 8-man bracket format event.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and cam be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 264.

Match 1: Kotaro Suzuki, Kendo Ka Shin & Yuya Aoki beat Keiichi Sato, Rock Iwasaki & Kohei Kinoshita. Suzuki pinned Sato.

Match 2: Sayaka Unagi, Kakeru Sekiguchi & Honori Hana beat ZONES, Chanyota & Riara. Hana pinned Riara after a backdrop. Sunny, who is not the former WWE diva (who also happens to be in jail for some tome) but some other woman I know nothing about, was special referee.

Match 3: Junjie, Minoru Tanaka & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Tetsuya Izuchi, Hajime (not Hajime Ohara) & Kapy. Junjie pinned Izuchi after a rolling lariat.

Match 4: Drago, Van Vert Jack & Andy Wu beat Soma Watanabe, Black Andromeda & ARASHI. Drago pinned Andromeda after a shooting star press.

G-CLASS Tournament:
Match 5: Kaito Ishida beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO by submission.
Match 6: T-Hawk beat Hayato Tamura.
Match 7: Takehiro Yamamura beat El Lindaman.
Main Event: Ryuichi Kawakami beat Brass Knuckles JUN.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Ishida vs. Yamamura & T-Hawk vs. Kawakami.

The Semifinals are 5/20. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s the same venue I anticipate a live YouTube broadcast-if live it will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/13/2026 Results

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.