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BREAKING: Stardom Wrestler Retiring (Updated)

At a press conference earlier today, Stardom wrestler Natsupoi announced her upcoming retirement. Her retirement event will be 1/3/2027 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. It sounds like she made the decision before her recent IWGP Women’s Championship match when she lost to Syuri then dropped a hint backstage by leaving one of her kneepads on the ground after comments.

There were no hints of what she would do post-retirement although earlier this year she did get married to New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Shingo Takagi.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Here is the presser video which was livestreamed earlier on YouTube:

DEVELOPING: Absent TJPW Wrestler Returning

Some very good news for Tokyo Joshi Pro fans-according to official Up Up Girls social media updates today, Shino Suzuki will be returning from hiatus next week. She has been out a few months for unspecified medical issues but thankfully has fully recovered. She is scheduled to resume activities starting on 7/30 although Suzuki then posted with a claim it will be mid-August. However, the latter seems to be an inaccurate translation as TJPW has confirmed her return match will be 7/30 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, teaming with Mizuki to face Miyu Yamashita & Haru Kazashiro. Regardless, the important thing is she’s healthy and coming back.

All-Japan 7/22/2026 Results

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Series today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 338, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Jun Saito beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 2: Rei Saito beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 3: Leon de Oro beat Senor Saito.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino, Hikuto Onori & Dan Tamura beat Kumaarashi, Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Omori pinned Tachibana.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Go Shiozaki & Rising Hayato beat Ren Ayabe, Hideki Suzuki & MUSASHI. Miyahara pinned Ayabe.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Anzai pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after Gimlet.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe with 2 title matches including Miyahara-Ayabe for the Triple Crown. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. This will also be a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 7/22/2026 Results

New Japan continues the G1 CLIMAX 36 today with Block B.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1555.

Match 1: Jacob Auatin Young & Great-O-Khan beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Hirooki Goto. Young pinned Matsumoto after Bites The Dust.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Zane Jay & Jake Lee. SANADA beat Jay with Skull End.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita beat Masatora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Yano pinned Yasuda.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Jackson pinned Gedo after a senton.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Ishimori beat Nagai with Bone Lock.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Gabriel Kidd beat Aaron Wolf.
Match 7: HENARE beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Match 8: Drilla Moloney beat Yuya Uemura.
Main Event: Callum Newman beat Zack Sabre Jr.
Standings-wise, there are 4 (all today’s winners) tied for the lead at 3-1, 6 pts.

The next event is Saturday at Ebara Wave Arena Ota (Ota City General Gym) in Tokyo with Block A, the first half of a weekend doubleheader. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate News: First Rey De Parejas Teams Announced (Updated)

One of the big items coning out of Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival yesterday was upcoming announcements about Dragon Gate’s Rey De Parejas, their annual tag team tournament in August. It will be a round-robin format with 2 blocks, and the first 2 teams were announced today:

Block A: Strong Machine J & LEONA (Dradition)

Block B: Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura

More to come in the coming days/weeks.

UPDATE: Additional announcements since:

Block A: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda

Block B: GuC & @KEY, Flamita & Sangre Azteca Jr. (the latter from Michinoku Pro)

New Japan 7/21/2026 Results

New Japan continues the G1 CLIMAX 36 today with Block A.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1612.

Match 1: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Narita pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Moloney pinned Yasuda after a jumping Truss kick.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young & HENARE beat Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch). Austin pinned Gedo after Bites The Dust.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Jake Lee beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 8: SANADA beat Yota Tsuji.
Main Event: Boltin Oleg beat Shingo Takagi.

Standings-wise, 5 are tied at 2-1, 4 pts and the rest are 1-2, 2 pts.

The next event is tomorrow at Aore Magaoka in Niigata with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/20/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro kicked off the 2026 Tokyo Princess Cup today, the annual singles tournament, with Round 1.

Tofay’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 270.

Match 1; Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & HIMAWARI beat Yuki Kamifuku, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku. Nakajima pinned Harajuku with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi beat Mahiro Kiryu & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Tokyo Princess Cup:
Match 3: Toga beat Momo Sato by submission. As a result, Toga advances to Round 2 and will face Mahiro Kiryu.
Match 4: Suzume beat Shion Kanzaki by submission. As a reuslt, Suzume advances to Round 2 and will face Pom Harajuku.
Match 5: Wakana Uehara beat Mifu Ashida. As a result, Uehara advances to Round 2 and will face HIMAWARI.
Match 6: Arisu Endo beat Sakura Hattori. As a result, Endo advances to Round 2 and will face Chika Nanase.
Match 7: Mizuki beat Raku. As a result, Mizuki advances to Round 2 and will face Hyper Misao.
Match 8: Miu Watanabe beat Ren Konatsu by submission. As a result, Watanabe advances to Round 2 and will face Yuki Aino.
Match 9: Miyu Yamashita beat Uta Takami. As a result, Yamashita advances to Round 2 and will face Rika Tatsumi.
Main Event: Yuki Arai beat Haru Kazashiro by submission. As a result, Arai advances to Round 2 and will face Shoko Nakajima.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka with the first half of Round 2. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET

Dragon Gate 7/20/2026 Results

Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2026, Dragon Gate’s biggest event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. This was also a live GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit sellout. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 3980. That’s less than half capacity but they did have a somewhat large setup)

Pre-show match: Ho Ho Lun, Punch Tomonaga & Tristan Moody beat Shachihoko BOY. Takashi & Problem Dragon. Lun pinned Dragon with Ho Roll.

Match 1: Mochizuki Junior & Kazuma Kimura beat Ryu Fuda & @KEY. Junior pinned Fuda with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Masakatsu Funaki beat Jiro Shinbashi by submission in 16 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Masakatsu Funaki beat Jiro Shinbashi by ref stoppage (technical submission). Which still went less than 3 minutes.

Match 3: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Strong Machine J, U-T & GuC to win the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. Hyo, KAMEI & Riiita become the 100th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Hyo pinned U-T.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, Gianni Valetta & El Cielo beat Flamita, Luis Mante & Dragon Bane (Pro Wrestling NOAH) and KAI, Jason Lee & Alpha Wolf (Pro Wrestling NOAH) in a 3-way when Skywalker pinned Lee.

Match 5: YAMATO 20th Anniversary Match: YAMATO, KAGETORA, BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Uktimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Keni’chiro Arai. YAMATO pinned Horiguchi after Gallaria.

Match 6: Open The Twin Gate Champions Yoshiki Kato & ISHIN beat Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura to retain the titles. Kato pinned Yoshioka. V1 for the champs. On a related note, Yoshioka & Minoura are now a new faction known as XenisS (pronounced “Zenith”).

Match 7: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Homare to retain the title. V12(!) for Tanaka. NEW RECORD!!! How many more can he get in his first reign? And who if anyone can stop him? (He does mot yet have the longest reign though. About 3 months to go to take that record from Pac)

Main Event: Kzy beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta to win the title. Kzy becomes the 43rd Open The Dream Gate Champion. The last piece of his missing career puzzle in the promotion is missing no longer. Kzy has now won all 4 of the Dragon Gate Championships. Now just a month after turning 40 and approaching his 20th Anniversary in the ring, he is the top dog and, undoubtedly, channeled those Natural Vibes afterwards to send the crowd home very happy because it’s time…it’s KZ Time!

The next event is Saturday at Suzuka Civic Hall in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 7/18/2026-7/19/2026 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 this weekend with a doubleheader in Hokkaido.

Both events were held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. These events aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan.

There were late changes made to these and all upcoming cards due to Shota Umino being out of the tournament. Concussion. All others in Block B except Zack Sabre Jr. get forfeit wins and 2 points (Sabre does not because he beat Umino already).

Saturday:
The announced paid attendance was 2555.

Before the event began Hiroyoshi Tenzan appeared and announced his official retirement match for 8/15: He will face longtime partner Satoshi Kojima. TenKoji running it back one more time!

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Wolf pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Narita pinned Jay after Magic Killer.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Jackson pinned Yasuda after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 4: Block B: Drilla Moloney beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 5: Block A: Great-O-Khan beat SANADA by countout.
Match 6: Block A: Konosuke Takeshita beat Jake Lee.
Match 7: Block A: Boltin Oleg beat Yuto Oce (Ice Baby) by ref stoppage (KO).
Match 8: Block A: Shingo Takagi beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: Block A: Hirooki Goto beat Yota Tsuji.

Sunday:
The announced paid attendance was 2409.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto. Lee beat Matsumoto with a front neck lock.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Jackson pinned Young after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) went to a double countout in just over 2 minutes.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. SANADA beat Nagai with Skull End.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Masatora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Ishimori beat Yasuda with Bone Lock.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: HENARE beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Gabriel Kidd beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Match 8: Ren Narita beat Callum Newman.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Zack Sabre Jr.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom 7/20/2026 Results

Stardom continued the 5STAR GP today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Harbis Hall in Osaka 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 744, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Saori Anou beat Natsupoi, Matoi Hamabe & Ema Maishima in a 4-way by pinning Hamabe.

5STAR GP:
Match 2: Blue B: Momo Watanabe beat Kikyo Furusawa by submission.
Match 3: Red B: Rina Yamashita beat Azusa Inaba.
Match 4: Blue A: Hina beat Aya Sakura.
Match 5: Red B: Saya Iida beat Lady C.
Match 6: Blue B: Hanan beat Koguma.
Match 7: Red A: Tomoka Inaba beat Sayaka Kurara.
Match 8: Red A: HANAKO beat Miyu Anasaki.
Main Event: Red A: Maika beat AZM.

Standings:

Red A:
1-Tomoka Inaba, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Kurara, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Maika, 1-0, 2 pts
4-Itsuki Aoki, 1-0, 2 pts
5-AZM, 0-1, 0 pts
6-Natsuko Tora, 0-1, 0 pts
7-Rina, 0-1, 0 pts
8-Akira Kurogame, 0-1, 0 pts

Red B:
1-Iida, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Yamashita, 1-1-1, 3 pts
3-Maki Itoh, 1-0, 2 pts
4-Mei Seira, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Utami Hayashishita, 0-0-1, 1 pt
6-Konami, 0-0, 0 pts
7-C, 0-1, 0 pts
8-Azusa Inaba, 0-2, 0 pts

Blue A:
1-Ruaka, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Suzu Suzuki, 1-0, 2 pts
3-HANAKO, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Hina, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Sakura, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Julia Hart, 0-0, 0 pts
7-Rian, 0-1, 0 pts
8-Amasaki, 0-2, 0 pts

Blue B:
1-Watanabe, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Hanan, 2-0, 4 pts
3-Koguma, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Saya Kamitani, 0-0, 0 pts
5-Starlight Kid, 0-0, 0 pts
6-Ami Sohrei, 0-1, 0 pts
7-Natsupoi, 0-1, 0 pts
8-Furusawa, 0-3, 0 pts

The top 3 in each block will advance to the playoffs. Due to scheduling a number of participants haven’t had a match yet.

The next event is Saturday at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 2 in Ishikawa with only the Red blocks. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.