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Stardom News: Upcoming Title Matches, Sudden Retirement, More

Some post-weekend Stardom news:

First, 2 title matches have been announced for upcoming events-first on 1/21 is Wonder Of Stardom Champion Konami vs. Rina for the title, as the Artist Of Stardom co-champions set their titles and H.A.T.E. alliance aside as Rina challenges for the white belt. Second is on 1/25 which will gave NEW High Speed Champion Yuna Mizumori vs. Yuki Mashiro for the title. Mizumori pulled off a seemingly unimaginable upset in beating Mei Seira for the High Speed Championship on 12/24 but more recently Mashiro pinned Mizumori in a 6-woman tag match leading to this.

Next, the sudden retirement-at Saturday’s event Saki Kashima unexpectedly announced her retirement. Her final match will be on 4/26 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, traditionally the promotion’s biggest event of the year. Coming out of this is a Kashina-Syuri match on 2/7, presumably a NON-TITLE match as far as 2-belts Syuri is concerned.

After she was beaten in her Stardom debut match yesterday by her now-opponent, Maki Itoh vs. Aya Sakura has also been announced for 2/7. Sakura further rubbed it in by using Itob’s catchphrase (the cutest in the world…she’s not) against her, a rare time I actually am now rooting for Cosmic Angels. 2/7 also will see an E Nexus V vs. Mi Vida Loca faction match with potentially high stakes. (Suzu Suzuki was absent this weekend due to illness but is expected back for the Risa Sera retirement event which is today or tomorrow, Suzuki is Sera’s final opponent. She should be back in Stardom next weekend)

And finally, as it will not be a one-off but maybe a three-off return, Yuzuki Aikawa’s next return match is set-on 1/21 she will team with Natsupoi & Starlight Kid to face Sakura. Sayaka Kurara & Yuria Hime. This seems to be continuing the path towards Aikawa’s last match in this brief comeback, a match against Hime and perhaps a symbolic torch-passing by the original Stardom OG.

Injury Report: Cooling Off The Heatwave WER!!

Yuki Ueno has been pushing, and pushed, more than perhaps any other DDT wrestler this year. Unfortunately it’s caught up with him and he was injured yesterday and is headed to the sidelines. Right calf. Out at least the next 2 events, or probably at least a week. Ueno plans to be in attendance at both events and hold an autograph session so hopefully that’s a sign it isn’t serious. For tomorrow (the second event, it’s a same-day doubleheader with a D GENERATIONS event first, which comes up tonight. No live broadcast) he was to have been in an 8-man tag match. Ryoma Tsukamoto is the replacement. He should be part of a public signing ceremony for he next KO-D Openweight/Universal Title match which is in 2 weeks so we’ll have to monitor his condition.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan 1/11/2026 Results

All-Japan ran their annual year-opening fan appreciation event today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 530, a legit sellout and over normal max capacity for the venue, which is 500.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji being pulled off the event. Flu.

Before the event began, the promotion announced the signing of Yasutaka Yano to a trainee contract. Initial fan reaction on social media has been overwhelmingly negative to this.

Match 1: Kumaarashi beat Ryuki Honda.

Match 2: Daisuke Sekimoto, Hikaru Sato & Seiki Yoshioka beat MUSASHI, Kengo Mashimo & Yuko Miyamoto. Yoshioka pinned MUSASHI after a Miyamoto Sasuke Special X Version 10.2 Segway misfired.

Match 3: Seigo Tachibana beat Ren Ayabe, Talos & Cyrus in a 4-way by countout. Everyone else counted out.

Match 4: Jun Saito, Hideki Suzuki & Shotaro Ashino beat Hokuto Omori, Atsuki Aoyagi & Dan Tamura. Saito pinned Omori after Psychi Break.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Go Shiozaki beat Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato. Shiozaki pinned Hayato after Go Lariat.

The next event is 1/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/11/2026 Results

Having also ended the monthly STAR NAVIGATION Tour last year that dated back tot he pandemic, Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their first monthly Tokyo tentpole event of 2026 today, LEGACY RISE 2026.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1489, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Shuhei Taniguchi, Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 beat Katsumi Inahata, Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. Kotoge pinned Koyanagi after a bat drop.

Match 2: Jack Morris, Galeno, Will Kroos, Daga & Dragon Bane beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Eita & Mohammed Yone. Kroos pinned Eita after a diving body press.

Match 3: KENTA beat Ulka Sasaki. It sounds like this may be Sasaki’s match before leaving the promotion for a while for an international excursion.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Alpha Wolf, Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. Wolf beat Alejandro.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo beat OZAWA.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA beat Daiki Odashima to retain the title. V1 for AMAKUSA.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura beat Masa Kitamiya to retain the title.V3 for Inamura. Next up: Sugiura, as it now seems Inamura must run the Team 2000X gauntlet to get to his wish of a Kenoh defense. That match will happen on 2/11.

The next event is tomorrow at Green Dome Maebashi in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Thursday.

Stardom 1/11/2026 NEAR LIVE Results (Updated)

Stardom runs the second half of their weekend dubleheader today in Tokyo, below are NEAR LIVE in progress results.

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

The paid attendance may or may not be announced after the event. (They did wind up announcing yesterday’s paid attendance, which was 1346) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1356)

There were multiple last-minute changes to the event, first because of Maki Itoh making her official Stardom debut today after her signing yesterday, then super-last-minute changes due to Koguma being pulled off today’s event. Unspecified injury treatment. Status uncertain. Additionally, Suzu Suzuki is once again off this event. Quarantine/isolation for unspecified infectious disease.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Maika, HANAKO, Rian, Waka Tsukiyama & Xena beat Bozilla, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame. Maika pinned Yamashita after MIchinoku Driver 2.

Match 2: Saya Iida, Bea Priestley & Yuria Hime beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba. Priestley pinned Tora after Oklahoma Roll.

Match 3: AZM beat Momo Kohgo & Anne Kanaya in a 3-way by pinning Kanaya.

Match 4: Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori, Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima, Kiyoka Kokatsu & Kikyo Furusawa. Kid pinned Furusawa with a tiger suplex hold.

Match 5: Sareee & Alex Windsor beat Syuri & Ranna Yagami. Windsor beat Yagami with Windsor Knot.

Match 6: Maki Itoh Stardom Debut Match: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Saori Anou & Maki Itoh. Sakura pinned Itoh after Sakuracchi. HAHAHA. Clearly not getting the Tokyo Joshi Pro treatment of almost always going over. Welcome back to reality.

Match 7: CMLL Japan Women’s Champion Hazuki beat Mei Seira to retain the title. V1 for Hazuki.

Main Event: Artist Of Stardom Champions Konami, Rina & Fukigen beat Hina, Lady C & Tomoka Inaba to retain the titles. Rina pinned Hina after a reverse Gory Special Bomb. V3 for the champs.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka for another weekend doubleheader. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: Injury Report-Bozilla was injured during the first match. Unspecified. Out at least a week and off both events next weekend and possibly 1/21 at Korakuen.

GLEAT 1/10/2026 Results

GLEAT began their 2026 today with their first event of the year, GLEAT Ver. 22.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube at a later date (for free, their paid membership was discontinued last month). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 565.

Match 1: Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & So Daimonji beat Junjie, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Andy Wu. Ishifa pinned Junjie after FACTION.

Match 2: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Tetsuya Izuchi & Kotaro Suzuki beat Hitamaru Sasaki & Yuki Tanaka by submission. Izuchi beat Tanaka with Kill Zone.

Match 3: MICHIKO, Aoi & Marika Kobashi beat Yuna Manase, Chanyoya & Blanca Maho. MICHIKO pinned Mago after a swivel tombstone piledriver.

Match 4: Takehiro Yamamura beat Luigi Primo.

Match 5: T-Hawk & Hayato Tamura beat Andy Panda & Shigehiro Itie. T-Hawk pinned Panda after Vladigoku.

Match 6: Ryuichi Kawakami beat Ryo Aitaka.

Match 7: In a G-RUSH match, G-RUSH Chanpion Minoru Tanaka beat Van Vale Jack to retain the title. V1 for Tanaka.

Match 8: Takanori Ito Return Match: Takanori Ito beat Masakatsu Funaki by KO.

Main Event: G-REX Champion El Lindaman beat Soma Watanabe to retain the title. V3 for Lindaman. Next up: Kawakami. That match will happen on 2/11 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is 1/20 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

Injury Report: Funaki was injured during his match and hospitalized afterwards. Cervical spine ligament. He is conscious and will remain hospitalized for a few days.

Stardom 1/10/2026 Results

Stardom kicked off their 15th Anniversary Celebration tour today in Tokyo with the first half of a weekend doubleheader.

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 event due to Suzu Suzuki & Xena being pulled off the card. Suzuki-unspecified infectious disease and in isolation/quarantine. Out this weekend. Xena-unspecified reasons. Will return tomorrow. And for those unaware, it was also announced after Tokyo Dome Saya Kamitani was given time off to rest and is out all month. Will return in February for her next World Of Stardom Championship defense against Starlight Kid in Osaka.

And…they announced the signing of Maki Itoh. Will debut tomorrow. Itoh had been a freelancer and competing internationally since leaving Tokyo Joshi Pro last year after 9 years when her contract was not renewed.

Match 1: Hazuki & Fuwa-chan beat Kogima & Anne Kanaya. Hazuki beat Kanaya with a crossface.

Match 2: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Bea Priestley & Yuria Hime. Kurara pinned Hime after Tokimeki Spear.

Match 3: Saya Iida, Mono Kohgo, Alex Windsor & Olympia (CMLL) beat Syuri, Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Iida pinned Kashima after Iidabashi.

Match 4: Itsuki Aoki & Bozilla beat Waka Tsukiyama & Kikyo Furisawa. Aoki pinned Furusawa after a frog splash.

Match 5: Starlight Kid, Meo Seira & Yuki Mashiro beat Natsupoi, Sapro Anou & Yuna Misunori. Mashiro pinned Mizunori with Special Clutch.

Match 6: Hina, Lady C, Ami Sohrei & Tomoka Inaba beat Konami, Rina, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen. Tomoka Inaba pinned Fukigen after Inaba Drop.

Match 7: Maika & Rian beat Rina Yanashita & Akira Kurogame. Maika pinned Kurogame after Michinoku Driver 2.

Match 8: HANAKO beat Risa Sera. This was Sera’s likely final Stardom match before she retires next week.

Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat AZM & Miyu Amasaki to retain the titles. Tora pinned Amasaki after a swanton bomb. V4 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/10/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH headed on the road (outside Tokyo) for the first time in 2026, their first stop being Miyagi Prefecture for a Tetsuya Endo hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Shiroishi White Cube in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 422.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Hiroto Tsuruya &Midpri Takahashi. Yone pinned Takahashi.

Match 2: Hi69 & Yuto Koyanagi beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Hi69 pinned Menso-re after Stuka Splash.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Kitaniya beat Ohara with Stranglehold y.

Match 4: Jack Morris, Manabu Soya, Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujinura. Daga pinned Alejandro after an Odashima Dead End.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura, Will Kroos & Dragon Bane beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Katsuni Inahata. Inamura pinned Inahata after Musou.

Main Event: KENTA, Tetsuya Endo, Ulka Sasaki & HAYATA beat OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka (Independent/Freelancer). Endo pinned Masaoka after Burning Star Press.

The next event os LEGACY RISE 2026 tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Inamura-Kitamiya for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This is an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

Dragon Gate 1/9/2026 Results

Dragon Gate rant he second half of their year-opening doubleheader today in Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There was a last-minute change to the card today because of the announcement that BIGBOSS Shimizu, who has been inactive for most of the last year due to an investigation over potential breach of contract, would make his return today. A planned 6-man tag match became an 8-man tag as a result. Shimizu aligned himself with Natural Vibes for his return and going forward.

Match 1: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura. KAMEI pinned Yanagiuchi after JFK.

Match 2: BxB Hulk, KAGETORA & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Demus. Hulk pinned Kanda after First Flash.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker beat Jiro Shinbashi in 13 seconds.

Match 4: ISHIN won a 9 man battle royal.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka. Yoshioka pinned Kid after High Fly Flow.

Match 6: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI beat Strong Machine J, Kzy, U-T & BIGBOSS Shimizu. Kikuta pinned Kzy. The finish came after Shimizu possibly turned on Natural Vibes.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka beat El Ciero.

The next event is a same-day doubleheader Sunday at Nagoya International Legend Hall in Nagoya. Both events are legit advance sellouts. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET for the first event and Sunday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET for the second event.

In other news, it was announced that the promotion will return to the USA as part of The Collective 2026 on 4/15 at the Horseshoe Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, NV, part of the now-annual WrestleMania week series of independent events before the WWE flagship event. As perhaps part of this, independent US wrestler Marcus Mathers will make his Dragon Gate debut on 1/18 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be part of D’Courage while in Japan. New Japan is also set for The Collective with an El Desperado Produced event.

Injury Report: Maybe this is why that match went just 13 seconds-Shun Skywalker is now off both events tomorrow. Shoulder.