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Stardom 11/26/25 Results

Stardom continued the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League yesterday in Tokyo.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 270, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Iida pinned Rian after a lariat.

Match 2: Bea Priestley & Kikyo Furusawa beat Ranna Yagami & Ema Maishima. Priestley beat Maishima with a ground octopus hold.

Goddess Of Stardom Tag League:
Match 3: Red Block: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Yuna Mizumori & Mei Seira. Ruaka pinned Seira.
Match 4: Blue Block: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Ami Sohrei & Lady C. AZM pinned Sohrei.
Match 5: Blue Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Kashima pinned Kurara after Rebirth.
Match 6: Red Block: Sareee & Miku Kanae beat Teotleca & Osita. Sareee pinned Osita.
Match 7: Blue Block: Suzu Suzuki & Rina Yamashita beat HANAKO & Megan Bayne. Yamashita pinned HANAKO after Splash Mountain.
Main Event: Red Block: Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat Natsupoi & Saori Anou. Bozilla pinned Anou after a sitout powerbomb.

Standings:
Red Block:
1-Tora/Ruaka, 5-1, 10 pts (A)
2-Natsupoi/Anou, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Mizumori/Seira, 3-3-1, 7 pts
4-Teotleco/Osita, 3-2-1, 7 pts
5-Hina/Yagami, 3-4, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Sareee/Kanae, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Bozilla/Kurogame, 3-3, 6 pts
8-Tsukiyama/Rian, 0-6, 0 pts (OUT)

Blue Block:
1-HANAKO/Bayne, 5-1, 10 pts (A)
2-Syuri/Kashima, 4-2, 8 pts (A)
3-Iida/Priestley, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Sakura/Kurara, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Sohrei/C, 3-4, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Konami/Rina, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
7-AZM/Amasaki, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Suzuki/Yamashita, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 3 in each block advance with the winners going to the Semifinals. In the Red Block, Tora/Ruaka will advance but need a win or draw in their final match for the #1 spot or a Natsupoi/Anou loss. Natsupoi/Anou must beat Sareee/Kanae or draw to advance. Sareee/Kanae must win to advance. Mizumori/Seira need Tora/Ruaka to win because their head-to-head result vs. the Mexicans was a draw. If the Mexicans win or draw and get points, they advance. Bozilla/Kurogame can still advance with a win over Tsukiyama/Rian and if both Tora/Ruaka AND Natsupoi/Anou win. If Sareee/Kanae win, Bozilla/Kurogame are OUT due to tiebreakers (they lost to Sareer/Kanae).
In the Blue Block, HANAKO/Bayne will advance despite today’s loss and Syuri/Kashima will advance because of tiebreakers. They face off tomorrow with the winner taking the block. Sohrei/C are now OUT due to no matches left. Iida/Priestley now have only one way in-Sakura/Kurara must lose or draw their final match (AZM/Amasaki). If Sakura/Kurara win, they’re in. Despite one match left, Konami/Rina are now OUT due to tiebreakers (they lose them all). Suzuki/Yamashita never had a chance due to Suzuki illness/injury, she came back too late to salvage their chances.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

In other news, it was announced that Yuria Hime, a rookie who has been out most of this year due to injury, will return Sunday at the final event of the tournament. Return match details TBA but will be announced Saturday.

Injury Report: The Dragon Necks Are Bothersome

Dragon Gate has announced an injury change to upcoming events as KING OF GATE has been quite the physical tournament this year-after being eliminated at today’s event, YAMATO is now sidelined for a bit. Neck. Out indefinitely but at least a week and will miss the next 2 events on 11/29 & 11/30. He was injured during his KING OF GATE Quarterfinals loss to Riiita, who won by ref stoppage to advance to the Semifinals. That on top of Dragon Dia also being out indefinitely with a neck injury. Kota Minoura additionally remains out due to a concussion suffered on 11/15.

On his social media, YAMATO also mentioned forearm numbness and hopes to return at the next Tokyo event, which will be on 12/3 at Korakuen Hall. That would mean a week if that holds. That event will be the KING OF GATE Semifinals & Finals. He also encouraged Riiita in the rest of the tournament.

More as it becomes available.

BREAKING: All-Japan Star Suspended After Traffic Incident (Updated x2)

BREAKING from All-Japan: After a vehicle accident which occurred Sunday in Numazu CIty, Shizuoka Prefecture, and an initial investigation, All-Japan announced Yuma Aoyagi has been SUSPENDED 3 MONTHS and given a 50% salary reduction for 3 months. Aoyagi was not injured but the driver of the other vehicle may have suffered leg injuries and it was also revealed Aoyagi was driving with an expired driver’s license.

According to All-Japan’s report, Aoyagi was driving home from that day’s event and apparently ran a red light at an intersection, striking the vehicle that had the green light on the right side, which in Japan is the driver’s side. Aoyagi stayed at the scene and immediately called police, who came out to investigate and interview him.

In addition to apologizing, All-Japan announced they will implement safe driving initiative throughout the organization. This is the second such incident the promotion has dealt with this year, the first earlier this year sadly resulted in the tragic death of rookie Taishin Nagao.

As for upcoming events, this means Yuma Aoyagi and Yuma Anzai are now out of the World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League and will forfeit all remaining matches. Replacements have been announced for those 5 events. Aoyagi will be able to return on 2/28/26.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Social media reactions…
On Twitter (or whatever you call it now), Yuma Aoyagi has reposted All-Japan’s original post several times with apologies to the promotion, the victim and the fans for what happened He also apologized to Yuma Anzai, who he invited to be his partner in the Tag League. The only other wrestler I’ve seen comment so far is Hideki Suzuki, who reposted one of Aoyagi’s posts with the loosely translated message “reflect on yourself”. Kento Miyahara, who is also President of the promotion’s wrestlers group, apologized to the fans for Aoyagi & Anzai being out of the tournament now. Anzai reposted a separate All-Japan post with a brief apology to fans & supporters for being out of the tournament, although not his fault, and is still processing his thoughts.
Rising Hayato also commented on his social media apologizing for what happened and vowing to devote himself to making the promotion a place where Aoyagi can return to, despite it being considered wrong to make place for “a criminal” based on translation.
Aoyagi may face further punishment after the police investigation concludes, which may include administrative or criminal charges due to driving with an expired license for almost a year. Based on translation of a Tokyo Sports report, All-Japan reportedly has been trying to get more wrestlers to use their buses for transport and improve their safety & reliability despite one of their buses being involved in the accident that killed Nagao earlier this year (the incident happened in May, Nagao died in September). They also reportedly apologized to Nagao’s father today as well.

UPDATE 2: The fallout continues…
At about 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET (12:30 PM Saturday Japan time) Atsuki Aoyagi, Yuma Aoyagi’s real-life brother, commented and apologized for the incident. Fellow wrestler/combat sports veteran Hideki Sekine also made several Teitter posts and also linked to the Shizuoka Prefecture Police website, suggesting there could be circumstances affecting potential punishment/next steps, which appeared to be more an attempt to educate commenters on the situation and what could happen next.

The promotion also just announced that a scheduled photobook to feature both Aoyagi brothers and others, which was to be released on Monday, has been postponed indefinitely.

New Japan 11/26/25 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with Day 3 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1533.

Match 1: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat Zane Jay, ALex Zayne & Lance Archer. Finlay pinned Jay after a powerbomb whip.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Young pinned Kato after Imperial Prison.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita. Oiwa pinned Kanemaru after The Grip.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. OSKAR pinned Murashima.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Tsuji pinned Takahashi after War Blaster.
Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Desperado pinned Kojima.
Match 7: Don Fale & EVIL beat Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. EVIL pinned Takagi after EVIL.
Main Event: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Boltin Oleg & Toruy Yano. Goto pinned Yano after Shoto.

Standings (Block A):
1-Kidd/Tsuji, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Ishikawa/Desperado, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fale/EVIL, 2-1, 4 pts
4-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Oleg/Yano, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Moloney/Takagi, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Kojima/Taichi, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Owens/Takahashi, 0-3, 0 pts
The top 2 teams advance to the Semifinals. TIebreaker if needed is head-to-head result.

The next event is Friday at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

The December broadcast schedule appears set, and despite earlier proclamations it appears there will be 2 untelevised events next month, which is 2/3 of the short Road To TOKYO DOME Tour-12/19 at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and 12/21 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. The year-end event on 12/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will be live and on demand.
For early 2026, Tokyo Dome on 1/4 will be live and on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY as should be New Year Dash!! on 1/5 at Ota City General Gym, the next Yuji Nagata Produced event on 1/18 in Chiba, and at least the first 4 events of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour in January & February because they will all be at Korakuen. THE NEW BEGINNING USA on 2/27 in New Jersey is TBA but I expect that to be a PPV. The rest of February is TBA outside of at least one or two other Korakuen events as part of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 and THE NEW BEGINNING on 2/11 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. 2/11 likely will also be OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. 1/4 will be and I expect 2/11 to be exclusive TV Asahi broadcasts in Japan.

New Japan 11/25/25 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the second day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 699.

Match 1: Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Tsuji pinned Kanemaru.

Match 2: Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Desperado pinned Yasuda after a combined powerbomb.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Don Fale & EVIL beat Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Fale pinned Nagai after Grenade.

Match 4: Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Oleg pinned Matsumoto.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Newman pinned Zayne after a foot stomp.
Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Takahashi pinned Phantasmo.
Match 7: SANADA & Ren Narita beat OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Narita pinned OSKAR after Head Of Hell.
Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Sabre pinned Umino.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

DDT 11/24/25 Results

DDT ran a Kazuma Sumi hometown event today for the first time in Sumi’s 3 year career.

Today’s event was held at Mie Cultural Center Multipurpose Hall in Mie and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuya Koroku beat MBM & Altima Sombra. Koroku pinned MBM after Transformed Triangle Lancer.

Match 2: Alito beat HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.

Match 3: Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat MJ Paul & Demus. Iino pinned Paul after a spear.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshinura & Yuki Ishida beat Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. Yoshimura beat Honda with a side headlock.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & To-y beat Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato. To-y pinned Sato after Kojima Impact.

Main Event: MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okayani & Illusion. Sumi pinned Illusion after a reverse 450 splash. Afterwards, Suni cut a hometown promo and vowed to return as a singles champion to send the crowd home happy.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

New Japan 11/24/25 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today in Tokyo with Fay 2 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Machida Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1195.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Newman pinned Jay after a foot stomp.

Match 2: Jado, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Tanahashi beat Gedo with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Kanemaru pinned Nagai.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Jackson pinned Kato after Death Valley Bomb.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Owens after Shoto.
Match 6: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Oleg pinned Kojima after Kamikaze.
Match 7: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Ishikawa pinned Moloney after a giant slam.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Don Fale & EVIL. Kidd pinned Fale after War Blaster.

The next event is tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/24/25 Results (2 Events)

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs a special doubleheader in Tokyo today with the roster split into two groups, one event featuring a “Team TJ” and the second a “Team PW”.

Below are NEAR LIVE results for the first event, with results for the second event to follow tomorrow.

Today’s events are being held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday (first event) and Friday (second event). There are no live broadcasts.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 173, a full house/near sellout.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Rika Tatsumi being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. She was to have faced Mahiro Kiryu. Miu Watanabe was the replacement.

Since Up Up Girls are split between the events, the first event opened with a Uta Takami solo performance.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat Chika Nanase.

Match 2; Hyper Misao beat HIMAWARI.

Match 3: Arisu Endo beat Kira Summer by submission.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Main event: Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino beat Yuki Arai & Uta Takami. Aino pinned Takami after Venus DDT.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 190, a super full house/very near sellout.

Shino Suzuki solo for Up Up Girls.

Match 1: Raku beat Ren Konatsu by submission.

Match 2: Wakana Uehara beat Mifu Ashida.

Match 3: Mizuki beat Shino Suzuki by submission.

Match 4: Shoko Nakajima beat Pom Harajuku. This was Pom’s 7th anniversary match and she came out dressed as a dinosaur. Pom at her best. Can’t wait to see this Friday.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Toga beat Suzume & Haru Kazashiro. Watanabe pinned Kazashiro after Teardrop.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 11/23/25 Results

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast but on demand is now available. This will also be a taped Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 519.

There was a last-minute change to the second match due to Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka being removed from the card. Late arrivals due to heavy traffic in the area. It was to have been an 8-man tag with both participating. It became a 6-man tag instead.

Match 1: Yuma Anzai beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Jun Saito, Ryuki Honda & MUSASHI beat Yuma Aoyagi, Hideki Suzuki & Ryo Inoue. Saito pinned Inoue after a jackhammer.

Tag League:
Match 3: Block A: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Ayabe pinned Omori after a double chokeslam.
Match 4: Block A: Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Shiozaki pinned Sato after Go Lariat.
Match 5: Block B: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Takashi. Smith pinned Takashi after a diving headbutt.
Main Event: Xyon & Odyssey beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Xyon pinned Hayato after a diving headbutt.

The next event is Friday at Food Pal Kumamoto in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day. (There actually will be 2 US events that day as there is an event in Fukuoka that night US time, which will be live on AJPW.TV)

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 11/22/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a Uta Takami hometown event today in Ishikawa for the first time today in her young career.

Today’s event was held at Kanazawa Distribution Hall in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast. I hoped to do near-live results earlier but results were not provided.

The announced paid attendance was 256, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Shino Suzuki beat Ren Konatsu by submission.

Match 2: Suzume beat Mifu Ashida.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao, DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami, with Tatsumi beating Kiryu to win the title. Tatsumi becomes the 1786th Champion.

Match 4: Yuki Arai beat Kira Summer.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Yuki Aino & Chika Nanase. Uehara pinned Nanase after Sushi Tornado.

Match 6: Mizuki & Toga beat Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro. Mizuki pinned Kazashiro with Cutie Special.

Main Event: Shoko Nkajima & HIMAWARI beat Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami. Nakajima pinned Takami with a Northern Lights suplex hold. So much for the hometown girl getting the main event win as tends to be the case.

The next event is a doubleheader Monday (tomorrow night US time) at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcasts. On demand Thursday for the first event and Friday for the second event.

In other news, the promotion announced the next challenger for the MLW Women’s Featherweight Championship held by Nakajima will be Alexis Lee. That match will happen on 12/13 in Bangkok, Thailand. Also announced for that event is IWA Japan SETUP World Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku for the titles.