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New Japan 10/24/2026 Results

New Japan kicked off the Super Jr. Tag League today, the first of the annual back-to-bacx year-end tag team tournaments before Tokyo Dome.

Today’s event was held at Kumagaya Municipal Gym in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1112.

There were last-minute changes to the event and tournament due to El Desperado being pulled from the tournament. Back & leg injuries. He was to have teamed with Mistico in the tournament. Masatora Yasuda is the replacement.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Taisei Nakahara.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Block B: Jacob Austin Young & Francesco Akira beat Dick Togo & Sho. Young pinned Togo.
Match 3: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI beat Nick Wayne & KUSHIDA. DOUKI pinned KUSHIDA.
Match 4: Block B: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Daiki Nagai & Titan. Eagles pinned Nagai after Hyperion.
Match 5: Block A: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Kazuma Sumi & Ryusuke Taguchi. X pinned Sumi after X Express.
Match 6: Block B: Lee Johnson & Blake Christian beat Hyo & Yoh. Christian pinned Hyo.
Main Event: Block A: KUUKAI & Master Wato beat Masatora Yasuda & Mistico. Wato pinned Yasuda.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the first of back-to-back events. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. Monday’s event will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/24/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro resumes the (I thought it was over but it isn’t) fall house show tour today in Saitama. NEAR LIVE results will be posted below when/if they become available.

Today’s event will be held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There is no live broadcast. But they MAY upload the show earlier than planned given the nature of the show (DDT participation, namely Danshoku Dieno [yikes] and Super Sasadango Machine).

There are some last-minute changes to the card due to Arisu Endo being pulled off the event. Unspecified injury treatment. She was to have teamed with Yuki Arai, Suzume & HIMAWARI to face Shoko Nakajima, Sakura Hattori, Chika Nanase & Uta Takami. Hattori has been removed from the match to make it a 6-woman tag instead and what was a Mizuki vs. Mifu Ashida match is now a 3-way with Hattori added.

Before the event begins, there will be a public signing ceremony for the Princess Tag Team Championship match on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which will have champions Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro and challengers Pom Harajuku & Raku.

The event is scheduled to begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

(As of 9:20 PM PT there have been no updates so sounds like no results until after the event is over. This will thus be updated tomorrow morning with results)

UPDATE: Full results below.

The announced paid attendance was 279, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: NexGene Tournament: Momo Sato beat Chieri Sakimori by submission. The first career win for Sato! As a result, Sakimori is eliminated with 2 losses.

Match 2: NexGene Tournament: Ren Konatsu beat Shion Kanzaki by submission. As a result, Konatsu advances to the Finals and will face the upcoming Sato-Kanzaki winner that eliminates the loser (both have one loss, it’s a double-elimination tournament).

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine (DDT) beat Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Kamifuku. Dieno pinned Kamifuku after Danshoku Driver. Before the match, Dieno & Machine priposed the promotion’s name having to be changed to Tokyo Oji Pro Wrestling if they won but there was also a “butt ban”, which meant none of Dieno’s usual NSFW antics. The name change probably won’t stick.

Match 4: Mizuki beat Sakura Hattori & Mifu Ashida in a 3-way by pinning Ashida.

Match 5: Hyper Misao, Walana Uehara & Toga beat Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Kira Summer. Uehara pinned Summer after Sushi Tornado.

Match 6: Raku, Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Shino Suzuki. Harajuku pinned Kazashiro after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Uta Takami & Chika Nanase beat Yuki Arai, Suzume & HIMAWARI. Takami pinned Suzume.

The next event is 11/1 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/31 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Injury Report: Es Too Desperado

New Japan has announced an injury absence for the upcoming tour, and it’s a major one with potential title implications because it’s El Desperado. Back & leg (spinal canal stenosis & lumbar disc herniation). This apparently started in March but he decided to compete through it even as it got worse. Out indefinitely but will miss at least the entire Super Junior Tag League, which means at least 2 weeks and possibly longer. He was to have teamed with Mistico in the tournament. Masatora Yasuda is the replacement. The other concern is that Desperado & Mistico are the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions so if it’s long-term, or at least to past Tokyo Dome on 1/4, they may have to vacate the titles. He does plan to at least appear at his next produced event on 11/9 but it’s not yet known how long he may be out.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan 10/22/2026 Results (Updated)

All-Japan wrapped up the 54th Anniversary Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout with additional standing room only tickets sold.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki beat Shota Kofuji by submission.

Match 2: Rising Hayato, MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Yasutaku Yano beat Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori, Seigo Tachibana & Yuya Aoki. Hayato pinned Tamura after a Huracanrana.

Match 3: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo beat Suwama & Go Shiozaki. Mashimo pinned Suwama after Unrighteous.

After the intermission here, an announcement promised in advance was made…Genki Hanawa, a trainee who joined on 4/1, will debut on 12/31 vs. Hideki Suzuki. Hanawa will turn 26 just 5 days before his debut and is 6’, 110 kg/242 pounds

Match 4: Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Cal Bloom beat beat Jun & Rei Saito, Senor Saito & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Bloom pinned Jun Saito after 180BC.

Match 5: Yuma Anzai, Yuma Aoyagi & Ren Ayabe beat Madoka Kikuta, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato (Dragon Gate) by DQ. Kikuta DQ’d. Ref assault.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Ryuki Honda to retain the Triple Crown. V10(!) for Miyahara. That ties the record he shares for most successful defenses. Longest reign? Not even close. That’s about 23 months so he has about 10 months to go. (He did manage 17 months before)

The next event is Monday at Hakodate General Wholesale Center Distribution Hall to start their annual Hokkaido tour. There will be no live broadcast. On drmand later that day. The only live broadcast for the tour will be the finale-in the US this comes after the fall time change so it will be an hour earlier.

In other news, the full field for the upcoming World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League was also announced. It will be a 2 block round-robin format with 12 teams entered, matches under PWF Rules (2 points for win, 1 point for time limit draw, 0 points for double countout/double DQ/no contest, 30 minute time limit) and the top 2 in each block advancing to the Semifinals. Tiebreaker if needed will be head-to-head result. The entered teams:
Block A: Jun & Rei Saito, Xyon & Odyssey, Suwama & Go Shiozaki, Kento Moyahara & Hyo Ogawa, Ryuki Honda & Masayuki Kono, MUSASBI & Seiki Yoshioka
Block B: Ren Ayabe & Talos (2025 winners), Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai, Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher, Cal Bloom & Shotaro Ashino, Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo, Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana
on paper it suggests Block A probably favors the Saitos & Havoc to advance, while the reunited Titans Of Calamity should come out of Block B with the second spot being a toss-up.
The tournament starts on 11/21 and ends on 12/6.

UPDATE: The final obstacle between Miyahara & the Triple Crown defense record will be Yuma Aoyagi. That match will happen on 12/31 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2.

DEVELOPING: Several Major Websites/Services Down (Updated)

Wondering why I couldn’t access some of the usual wrestling websites today and getting messages about maintenance, apparently these sites are down due to a critical PHP vulnerability and awaiting patching. It’s affecting more than wrestling sites including major other websites and mobile gaming apps, but I can confirm that Pro Wrestling NOAH’s website, Stardom’s website and Stardom World are all down and unavailable. WRESTLE UNIVERSE (web and app versions), New Japan’s website and New Japan World are not affected. DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro’s websites are also operational. It’s not known how long the services will be down but as of this post it’s been approximately 2 hours.

More as it becomes available.

6 PM PT UPDATE: NOAH’s website is back up and accessible again. Stardom’s website and Stardom World are still down.

7 PM PT UPDATE: While NOAH’s website is back up, clicking on news articles is not working. It leads to the earlier maintenance message. Also, although TJPW’s website stayed up, the separate Up Up Girls website is down. The Puroresu Today news site that I sometimes visit/refer to is also down.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Stardom’s website and Stardom World are now back up. Their separate fan club site remains down.

10/22/2026 UPDATE: More websites went down overnight because of this, including Dragon Gate, GLEAT and some sumo stable homepages. Most if not all are now back up though. Seems like there will be a ripple effect for a couple more days as New Japan announced their fan club site will be temporarily down for preventive maintenance.

News: Fan Injured By Wrestler Weapon

Yikes…according to a new story on some US wrestling news sites, wrestling icon Tiger Jeet Singh injured a fan recently at an event in Tokyo with a sword. Here’s what we know from translations of Hochi Sports & Tokyo Sports reports: It happened on 10/17 at a Meguni Kudo 40th Anniversary Event at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2. During Singh’s entrance he was swinging a sword wildly and it cut a fan in his forehead. The fan was hospitalized and treated for what thankfully were said to be minor injuries. Singh’s response? Sorry, Not Sorry. He says the fan should have gotten out of the way and the ring announcer was warning fans over the speakers (like you often hear when wrestlers fight outside the ring or go for over-top-rope dives in setups with no guardrails between the ring and front-row seats. Same explanation from Singh’s son, Tiger Ali Singh, who also says it was accidental. More apologetic, however, was Kudo. She believed there were “shortcomings in the corner team setup” and her organization will do everything to address the situation.

I don’t know if there is video of what happened but Tokyo Sports posted pictures that, from what I saw, don’t show the exact moment it happened but both Singhs had swords that appeared to resemble sabers similar to what is used in fencing. Nothing like a samurai sword or close to that. That’s why if you see Gianni Valletta making his entrance in Dragon Gate, you better duck. That chain he swings could easily take your head off.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/20/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 397.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Shuji Kondo beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Hiroto Tsuruya. Kondo pinned Tsuruya after a King Kong lariat.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura & Alpha Wolf beat Atsushi Kotoge & Black Menso-re. Sugiura beat Menso-re with a reverse figure 4.

Match 3: RYUSEI beat Hiroya Namiki.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Kouga vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Yuto Koyanagi went to a double countout.

Match 5: Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka beat Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Daiki Odashima. Fujimura pinned Bane.

Match 6: KENTA & Shane Haste beat Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino and Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows in a 3-way when Haste pinned Soya.

Main Event: OZAWA & Masa Kitamiya beat Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI. OZAWA pinned BUSHI after Destino. No Tranquilo!

The next event is WRESTLE ODYSSEY 2 Sunday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin Saturday at 10:40 PM PT/1:40 AM ET. This is an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

Stardom 10/20/2026 Results

Stardom ran their semi-regular weeknight Tokyo event today, the first of consecutive events.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Koguma and Natsuko Tora being pulled off the event. Koguma-family circumstances. Tora-the always vague poor health (again, aka illness).

Match 1: HANAKO beat Matoi Hamabe.

Match 2: Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Saya Iida & Yuria Hime. Rina pinned Hime after Pink Devil.

Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Maki Itoh beat Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu and Hazuki, Fuwa-chan & Waka Tsukiyama in a 3-way when Itoh pinned Kokatsu.

Match 3: Syuri, Hina, Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami beat Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Anne Kanaya. Yagami pinned Kanaya after Beat Strike. Unless it already happened elsewhere, this may have been Tomoka’s return from injury.

Match 4: Suzu Suzuki & Akira Kurogame beat Starlight Kid & Ema Maishima. Kurogame pinned Maishima.

Match 5: Konami, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka beat Hanan, Maika & Utami Hayashishita. Kamitani pinned Hanan after a Frankensteiner. Afterwards, Ruaka delivered a promo from the absent Tora.

Main Event: Kikyo Furusawa & Rian beat New Blood Tag Team Champions Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara to win the titles. Furusawa & Rian become the 6th New Blood Tag Team Champions. Rian pinned Sakura after Hanaguruma. Very happy for Rian in particular, she was the last and slowest of the 2023 debuting class to win a title but has finally done so, and despite struggling in the 5STAR GP this year she did pick up a big win along the way and clearly has been on the verge of a breakthrough. Even though I don’t like her & Furusawa aligning with Itoh to perhaps get there, it seems like that time has come. And despite tying for the fewest successful defenses yet with 2, Sakura & Kurara had the longest reign so far at 10 days short of a year. But part of why they maybe had fewer defenses than they could have (and also reigned longer) was Kurara injuries. This was her return match after a neck injury in the 5STAR GP.

The next event is 10/27. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom 10/18/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Stardom returned to Tochigi today for the annual Stardom Sisters hometown event, shining the spotlight on the real-life sister trio of Hanan, Hina & Rina.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 792, a full house/near sellout.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Natsuko Tora being pulled off the event. The always vague poor health. Replacement was TBA at match time.

Match 1: Yuria Hime Return Match: Saya Kamitani & Ruaka beat Saya Iida & Yuria Hime. Kamitani pinned Hime after Star Crusher.

Match 2: Syuri beat Matoi Hamabe.

Match 3: Konami, Azusa Inaba & TBA-the Natsuko Tora replacement, revealed at match time to be Suzu Suzuki, beat Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Inaba pinned Yagami.

Match 4: Maika & HANAKO beat Natsupoi & Saori Anou and Maki Itoh & Kiyoka Kokatsu in a 3-way when Maika pinned Kokatsu.

Match 5: Aya Sakura & Yuna Mizumori beat Kikyo Furusawa & Rian. Sakura pinned Furusawa with a German suplex hold.

Match 6: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame beat Starlight Kid, Hazuki, Koguma & Fuwa-chan. Suzuki pinned Kid after Tequila Shot. This was the second match of the day for Suzuki.

Match 7: Rina beat Utami Hayashishita. Afterwards, Rina promo noted this was one of the things she “foretold” after winning the 5STAR GP. But STILL no hints as to when she’ll take the title shot prize.

Main Event: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Hanan beat Hina to retain the title. V5 for Hanan. Once again big sister triumphs over little sister. If you look at championships and major accolades, despite being the middle sister Hina has clearly been left behind and not had nearly the success that Hanan & Rina have experienced to date, with Hanan clearly being a cornerstone of Stardom’s future and Rina becoming the youngest 5STAR GP winner yet and the greatest Future Of Stardom Champion to date (but Ranna Yagami is making a serious run at the latter) while, outside of some tag team/trios success Hina has accomplished very little to nothing and has struggled greatly against her big sister & little sister. Hopefully soon the breakthrough will come.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with a New Blood Tag Team Championship match that also is the return of Sayaka Kurara from injury. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Koguma is now off Tuesday’s event. Family circumstances. She was to have been in a 3-way match with Haxuki & Fuwa-chan against Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu and Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Maki Itoh. Changes TBA.

UPDATE 2: So is Tora. The always vague poor health again. She was to have teamed with Konami, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka to face Hanan, Maika, Utami Hayashishita & Waka Tsukiyama. It’s now a 6-woman tag as Tsukiyama has been pulled from this match and will be the Koguma replacement in the 3-way above.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/18/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a Masa Kitamiya 15th Anniversary event today in Toyama.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 555.

There may have been a late change to the card due to Yuki Iino possibly being pulled off the event. DDT participation.

Match 1: Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Daiki Odashima beat Kai Fujimura, YO-HEY & Jun Masaoka. Odashima pinned Masaoka after Rotating Olympics Hell 1.

Match 2: Yuto Koyanagi beat Tetsuya Endo & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: KENTA & HAYATA beat Atsushi Kotoge & Mohammed Yone. KENTA beat Yone with Relic Lock.

Match 4: Kaito kiyomiya beat Hiroya Namiki.

Match 5: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Hi69. Soya pinned Hi69 after Ballistic.

Match 6: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI beat OZAWA, Alpha Wolf & Tadasuke. Naito pinned Tadasuke after Destino.

Match 7: Kouga beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Main Event: The Chairman’s 15th Anniversary Match: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Yoshiki Inamura & Shane Haste. Kitamiya pinned Inamura after a diving senton. The Chairman is, of course, Kitamiya, as he has been since turning heel and defecting to Team 2000X.

The next event is Tuesday at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Thursday.