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TJPW News: Full TPC Field, Final 7/18 Match

A bit of Tokyo Joshi Pro News:

When the full SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ‘26 card for 7/18 was announced the other day, they left one gap unfilled-an opponent for Mizuki. She was listed only as facing “Sweet Secret” which was TBA. Now we know that TBA and I like it a lot-the TJPW return of Willow Nightingale, currently in All Elite Wrestling. Okay, mostly because I am both a big fan of the Babe With The Power and because it raises hopes she will squash Mizuki, much to my delight. Anyway, moving on…

Also announced today was the full initial bracket for the Tokyo Princess Cup, determined by random draw. With 24 participants that means 8 Round 1 matches and 8 get free passes to Round 2. Here’s how those first 2 rounds look, with all Round 1 matches on 7/20:
1-Uta Takami vs. Miyu Yamashita. Winner faces Rika Tatsumi
2-Raku vs. Mizuki. Winner faces Hyper Misao
3-Arisu Endo vs. Sakura Hattori. Winner faces Chika Nanase
4-Wakana Uehara vs. Mifu Ashida. Winner faces HIMAWARI
That’s the left half. Here is the right half:
5-Toga vs. Momo Sato. Winner faces Mahiro Kiryu
6-Miu Watanabe vs. Ren Konatsu. Winner faces Yuki Aino
7-Suzume vs. Shion Kanzaki. Winner faces Pom Harajuku
8-Haru Kazashiro vs. Yuki Arai. Winner faces Shoko Nakajima
Round 2 will be 7/25 for the left half, 7/30 for the right half. The Quarterfinals will be on 8/8. Then they re-draw for the Semifinals on 8/16. The Finals are on 8/23. All matches until after the Quarterfinals will be 30 minute time limit. Semifinals & Finals are no time linit. The winner will presumably face the Princess Of Princess Champion for the title at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 later this year, we should know after 7/18 if that’s Yuki Arai or Miyu Yamashita. Of course if one of then wins as champion who knows what happens. As a reminder, Kira Summer & Yuki Kamifuku are not participating this year-Summer is returning home to Australia for her first wrestling tour there, Kamifuku elected not to enter after announcing her upcoming retirement. The other nonparticipants are long-term inactive (Runa Okubo [focusing on education] & Shino Suzuki [medical]).

News: Another Happy Wrestling Couple!

Whether it’s because they always work together or because Pro Wrestling, Everybody! relationships between wrestlers are now very common. We have another happy couple to share news about as yesterday word went around the socials that former Ganbare Pro & Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Yoshiko Hasegawa, who retired this past year, is now married. I don’t know the groom’s real name but he is a US independent wrestler who competes as Dan The Dad, mostly in Game Changer Wrestling (I do remember seeing him during The Collective this past April) and has made a few appearances in Japan as well. Hasegawa announced she will be relocating to the US as well. Naturally there has been overwhelming support and numerous well-wishes from both sides of the pond. I join the many well-wishers and send my best to the new couple and especially Hasegawa as she prepares to begin a new life outside of her native country.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/8/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their final Shinjuku Face event today, saying their farewell to the Tokyo venue as it prepares to shut down at the end of summer after 20 years.

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

The announced paid attendance was 470. Possibly a near-sellout as only standing room tickets were sold today.

Match 1: Hiroto Tsuruya vs. Midori Takahashi went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura, Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara. Inamura pinned Ohara after Musou.

Match 3: AMAKUSA, Kid Lykos 1 & 2 beat Tadauske, Alpha Wolf & Jun Masaoka by DQ. Tadasuke DQ’d. ref assault.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito beat Daiki Odashima by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 5: Eita & Katsumi Inahata beat BUSHI & RYUSEI. Eita pinned RYUSEI after Numero Uno.

Match 6: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Shane Haste, Manabu Soya & Yuki iino (DDT). Kitamiya pinned Iino after Saito seiplex.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya won a 12 man battle royal, last eliminating Yuto Koyanagi.

The next event is Saturday at Shimada General Sports Center Sub-Arena in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

DDT 7/8/2026 Results

DDT ran another midweek house show today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Asakusa Rox 3G Super Multi Court in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show match: Tawaramachi Kid Jr., Super Meat Grill Machine & Akinori Anji beat Benio, Tamaki Torimomi & TAKUYA. Kid pinned Torimomi after a moonsault press.

A comedy performance by the guest comedians in attendance opened the event

Match 1: Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & MBM beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Rukiya & Masami Inahata. Sato pinned Matsunaga after Mad Splash

Match 2: Shunma Katsumata & Viento Levante beat Akito & Hinata Kasai. Levante pinned Kasai after a diving headbutt.

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama & Junta Miyawaki Naya pinned Miyawaki after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Another live comedy performance was held at this point.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. HARASHIMA pinned Illusion after Blue Sword.

Match 5: MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi beat Danshoku Dieno, DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweoght Champion Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko when Sumi pinned Hirata to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1840th Champion.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Ryota Nakatsu & Naomi Yoshimura beat Takeshi Masada, To-y & Yuki Ishida. Ueno pinned To-y after Jul.2. Afterwards, MAO tried to win the DDT Iton Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Sumi but failed.

The next event is Sunday at Shizuoka Granship Exchange Hall in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand on 7/15.

Stardom 7/8/2026 Results

Stardom ran their semi-regular midweek Tokyo event today.

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 announced paid attendance was 1069.

Match 1: Xena Farewell Match: Waka Tsukiyama beat Xena. Xena is now leaving the promotion and is rumored to be heading to WWE.

Match 2: Hanan beat Rina Yamashita & Fukigen in a 3-way by pinning Fukigen.

Match 3: Starlight Kid, Mei Seira & Ema Maishima beat Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Rian. Seira pinned Rian.

Match 4: Hauzki & Koguma beat Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe, Utami Hayashishita & Fuwa-chan and Momo Watanabe & Konami in a 4-way when Hazuki pinned Hamabe.

Match 5: Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Anne Kanaya beat Syuri, Ami Sohrei, Hina, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Natsupoi pinned Yagami after MADE IN JAPAN. Clearly stolen from her new hubby, New Japan wrestler Shingo Takagi.

Match 6: Saya Kamitani, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba beat Suzu Suzuki, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame. Kamitani pinned Kurogame after Star Crusher.

Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Maika & HANAKO to retain the titles. Amasaki pinned HANAKO after an avalanche Tensei. V2 for the champs. Xena joined in the post-match celebration. Interestingly, both sides will face off again in the 5STAR GP as Amasaki will face HANAKO and AZM will face Maika.

The next event is Saturday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This was one of a few TBD events left with regards to broadcast plans this month, including a pair of 5STAR GP events. It’s been decided all these events will be LIVE and them on demand immediately afterwards. (7/18 will be a PPV)

New Japan 7/7/2026 Results

The end of another era in New Japan came today as Tiger Mask 4, the promotion’s longest-serving incarnation of the iconic comic book-based masked wrestler, called it a career today, retiring just 8 days before what would have been his 31st anniversary in the ring.

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 1490, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino beat Taisei Nakahara, Toru Yano & Togo Makabe. Umino pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Zane Jay, Francesco Akira, Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Lee pinned Matsunoto after Giant Killing.

Match 3: Jado, Boltin Oleg & Aaron Wolf beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Wolf beat Gedo with a triangle choke.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Masatora Tasuda, Master Wato, El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uenura Sho pinned Yasuda after a crossarm piledriver.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai, Taiji Ishimori, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Fujita pinned Nagai with a German suplex hold.

Match 6: Tiger Mask 4 Retirement Match 1: Tiger Mask 4 vs. Tom Billington went to a 5 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Tiger Mask 4 Retirement Match 2: Tiger Mask 4 vs. Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero) went to a 5 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Main Event (continued): Tiger Mask 4 beat Black Tiger 4 in 18 seconds.

The retirement ceremony that followed included a surprise appearance by the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama. After the traditional 10 Bell Salute signifying his retirement, he was carried off by the main roster, a legend of the Junior Heavyweight division leaving as he should-a winner. Now we can wonder if there will be what would/should be a Tiger Mask 7 to fill the void in the promotion. (TM 5 is/was Ikuhisa Minowa in independents, TM 6 is an unknown who primarily does special appearances)

The next event is the G1 CLIMAX 36 Tournament, the biggest tournament of the year, starting Saturday at Now Arena in Chicago, IL. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.

DDT 7/6/2026 Results

DDT held the latest Sanshiro Takagi Produced Super Japan Pro Wrestling event today in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show match: Daisuke Sekimoto won an at least 34 person battle royal, last eliminating Shota.

Match 1: M beat Miles Cal.

Match 2: In a match with 5 3-minute rounds, Tanomusaku Toba beat Mac Matsushita at 1:26 of Round 3 by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 3: Gym Trainer Kotoka & Matika Kobashi beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Saito. Kobashi pinned Saito.

Match 4: Hayabusa beat Ken Ohka.

Match 5: Sanshiro Takagi, Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe beat Brahmans Shu, Kei & Koji (Satoshi Kojima). Takagi pinned Kei after Stone Cold Stunner.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat CIMA.

The next Super Japan event will be on 9/28 and will feature Nagata vs. Kojima.

The next event is Wednesday at Asakusa Rox 3G Super Multi Court in Tokyo. 3 popular Japanese comedians will be in attendance. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Friday.

New Japan 7/6/2026 Results

New Japan finished the Road To G1 CLIMAX Tour today in Tokyo.

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 1483. a legit sellout.

Match 1: Sho, DOUKI, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Masatora Yasuda, El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura. DOUKI pinned Yasuda after Earth Release Technique.

Match 2: Tatsuya Matsumoto, Hirooki Goto, Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg beat Daiki Nagai, Yuto Ice (Ice Baby), Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Oleg pinned Nagai after KamikazeZ

Match 3: Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Jado & Tiger Mask and Gedo & Taiji Ishimori in a 3-way when Kanemaru pinned TM 4.

Match 4: G1 CLIMAX Qualifiers: OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Yujiro Takahashi. As a result, OSKAR is in the G1 and will be in Block B.

Match 5: G1 CLIMAX Qualifiers: Ryohei Oiwa beat El Phantasmo. As a result. Oiwa is in the G1 and will be in Block A.

Match 6: Gabriel Kidd beat IWGP Global Champion Shota Umino to win the title. Kidd becomes the 9th IWGP Global Champion. Although he threw the belt away afterwards after assaulting President Hiroshi Tanahashi, so…

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoh beat Francesco Akira to retain the title. V1 for Yoh.

The next event is the Tiger Mask 4 retirement event tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET

DDT 7/5/2026 Results

DDT ran a combination hotel show/fan event today in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Rembrandt Hotel Atsugi Grand Banquet Room in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & To-y beat Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata. To-y pinned Hirata after Kojima Wonderland.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Akito, Takao Soma, Yukio Naya & Masami INahata. Okatani pinned Inahata after a Claymore.

Match 4: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Kazuma Sumi, Yuki Ishida & Rukiya. Koroku beat Rukiya with a chicken wing.

Match 5: Jun AKiyama & Junta Miyawaki beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. Miyawaki pinned Katsumata.

Before the main event…
Chris Brookes beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion KIMIHIRO to win the title. Brookes becomes the 1837th Champion.

Main Event: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda beat MAO, KANON & Viento Levante. Honda pinned Levante. Which led to…
KIMIHIRO beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Chris Brookes to win the title. KIMIHIRO becomes the 1838th Champion.

The next event is a Super Japan Pro Wrestling event tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET, but could be moved up due to a pre-show match.

Stardom 7/5/2026 LIVE Results

Stardom finishes up their weekend house show slate today in Osaka. With the 5STAR GP approaching today will fill out the last open spot in the tournament-after Kikyo Furusawa beat Matoi Hamabe yesterday to get in, the second spot will be decided today between Anne Kanaya & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Also, while she likely won’t be a part of the event it was revealed on social media earlier today that Rina has returned from her recent Mexico excursion.

There were some late changes to the card due to Fuwa-chan being added to the event, she originally was not part of it. Because of this, Ema Maishima & Utami Hayashishita were pulled form a 10-woman tag and a 3-way with all 3 was added. Said 10-woman tag match is now an 8-woman tag.

Today’s event will be held at ATC Hall Osaka in Osaka and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. The above changes mean there are now 7 matches instead of the planned 6 so the event will probably run a little longer than planned, I’m thinking it’ll be around 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
5 STAR GP Qualifier: Anne Kanaya vs. Kiyoka Kokatsu
Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe vs. Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Rian
Ema Maishima vs. Fuwa-chan & Utami Hayashishita in a 3-way
Ami Sohrei, Hina & Ranna Yagami vs. Aya Sakura, Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori
Syuri vs. Xena
AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Starlight Kid & Mei Seira vs. Maika, HANAKO, Hazuki & Koguma
Suzu Suzuki, Akira Kurogame, Sayaka Kurara & Saori Anou vs. Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Konami & Ruaka

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest resluts.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Pre-Show Update: You will also be able to watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

8:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in just under 10 minutes. The YouTube broadcast will begin at event time.

9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from ATC Halli in Osaka, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance may or may not be announced after the event. I want to say the venue’s capacity is in the 600-650 range, sounds like it’ll be close to a sellout if not a sellout so I’ll guess it’ll be closet o 600. (UPDATE: The paid attendance was not announced)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 9:03 PM PT/12:03 AM ET.

Match 1: 5 STAR GP Qualifier: Anne Kanaya vs. Kiyoka Kokatsu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Ane Kanaya by submission. As a result, Kokatsu is in the 5STAR GP.

Match 2: Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe vs. Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Rian. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Rian beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe. Itoh beat Hamabe with Itoh Perish/Punish/Special/Whatever.

Match 3: Ema Maishima vs. Fuwa-chan & Utami Hayashishita in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Utami Hayashishita beat Ema Maishima & Fuwa-chan in a 3-way by pinning Maishima.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 4: Ami Sohrei, Hina & Ranna Yagami vs. Aya Sakura, Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. 20 minute time limit
Reslut: Aya Sakura, Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori beat Ami Sohrei, Hina & Ranna Yagami. Sakura pinned Hina.

Match 5: Syuri vs. Xena. 15 minute time limit
Result: Syuri beat Xena. Xena now has one match left before leaving Stardom (next week, there are rumors she will be heading to WWE) so there were some post-match chops/slaps with Syuri & Saori Anou.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 10:35 PM PT/1:35 AM ET.

Match 6: AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Starlight Kid & Mei Seira vs. Maika, HANAKO, Hazuki & Koguma. 20 minute time limit
Result: AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Maika, HANAKO, Hazuki & Koguma. AZM pinned Maika after Azumi Sushi. Afterwards, AZM with microphone. Goddesses Of Stardom Champions take this round from the next challengers.

Main Event: Suzu Suzuki, Akira Kurogame, Sayaka Kurara & Saori Anou vs. Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Konami & Ruaka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Konami & Ruaka beat Suzu Suzuki, Akira Kurogame, Sayaka Kurara & Saori Anou. Watanabe pinned Kurogame.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.