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All-Japan 5/17/2026 Results (Updated)

All-Japan wrapped up the 2026 Champions Carnival today in Tokyo with the Semifinals & Finals.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota, aka Ota City General Gym, in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a alter date.

The announced paid attendance was 3055.

Champions Carnival Semifinals:
Match 1: Go Shiozaki beat Madoka Kikuta (DragoN Gate).
Match 2: Hideki Suzuki beat Rei Saito in 69 seconds.

Match 3: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Hokuto Omori, Takashi (Dragon Gate) & Aizawa No. 1. Xyon pinned Omori after a diving headbutt.

Match 4: Yasutaka Yano Re-Debut Match: Yuma Aoyagi beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe, Talos & Shota Kofuji beat Jun Saito, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Senor Saito. Kofuji pinned Senor Saito after a huracanrana.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Kumaarashi beat Suwama, Daisuke Sekimoto, Kengo Mashimo & Hikaru Sato. Anzai pinned Sato after Gimlet.

Match 7: Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Ryo Inoue. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after a firebird splash.

Main Event; Champions Carnival Finals: Hideki Suzuki beat Go Shiozaki to win the tournament. As a result, Suzuki will face Miyahara next for the Triple Crown. That match likely will happen on 6/18. UPDATE: It’s now official and will happen on 6/18.

The next event is 5/29 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: Also official for 6/18 is All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Seigo Tachibana vs. Dan Tamura for the title.

New Japan 5/17/2026 Results

New Japan ran Day 3 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1664.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block A: Titan beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 2: Block B: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Jacob Austion Young.

Match 3: Block A: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Valiente Jr. by ref stoppage in 49 seconds. Potential Valiente knee injury.

Match 4: Block B: Sho beat KUSHIDA.

Match 5: Block A: Francesco Akira beat Nick Wayne.

Match 6: Block B: Daisuke Sasaki beat Hyo.

Match 7: Block A: Master Wato beat Robbie X.

Match 8: Block B: Yoh beat Taiji Ishimori.

Match 9: Block A: Jun Kasai beat Kosei Fujita.

Main Event: Block B: Robbie Eagles beat El Desperado.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Taguchi, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Titan, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Fujita, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Kasai, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Valiente, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Akira, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Wayne, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Wato, 1-2, 2 pts
9-X, 1-2, 2 pts
10-Nagai, 0-3, 0 pts

Block B:
1-Sho, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Sasaki, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Yoh, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Hyo, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Kanemaru, 1-2, 2 pts
6-KUSHIDA, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Ishimori, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Eagles, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Desperado, 1-2, 2 pts
10-Young, 0-3, 0 pts

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals.

More on Valiente Jr.’s status as it becomes available.

Day 4 is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/17/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the last Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026 event for a couple months today in Nagoya.

Today’s event was held at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 360.

Match 1: RYUSEI beat Hiroto Ysuruya.

Match 2: KENTA, HAYATA, Tetsuya Endo & Katsimi Inahata beat Kid Lykos 1 & 2, Hi69 & Black Menso-re. Inahata pinned Menso-re after a powder drop.

Match 3: OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura & Kai Fujimura beat Mohammed Yone, AMAKUSA & Midori Takahashi. Fujimura poinned Takahashi after Death Hanger.

Match 4: Harutoki & Atsushi Kotoge beat Yuki Iino (DDT) & Yuto Koyanagi. Harutoki pinned Koyanagi after El Momento de Muerte.

Match 5: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Masa Kitamiya & Jun Masaoka. Naito pinned Masaoka after Pluma Blanca.

Match 6: Eita beat Alejandro.

Match 7: Shuji Kondo 25th Anniversary Match: Shuji Kondo, Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Odashima. Kondo pinned Odashima after a King Kong lariat.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Naomichi Marufuji beat Tadasuke to retain the title. V1 for Marufuji. Next up: Kondo. That match will happen on 6/25 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Inside Out Season Episode 1 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Ganbare Pro 5/16/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Ganbare Pro held a special boat racing-centered event today alongside boat races in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Boat Race Toda Event Space in Saitama. There likely will be no on demand broadcast.

This was a free event with no paid attendance. (Paid attendance was only for admission to the venue and races, which is only around 75 cents US)

Match 1: Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi beat Sentaro Morojima & Yoshihiro Horaguchi. Wada pinned Motojima.

Match 2: Akira Koji, Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Andy Wu, Chou-un Shiryu & Taiwan Ramen Man. Imanari pinned Shiryu after a tiger driver.

Match 3: YuuRI, Chanyota & Yuko Sakurai beat Moeka Haruhi, Kaho Kobayashi & Arisa Shinose. YuuRI pinned Shinose.

Match 4: Gabai-ji Chan beat Munetatsu Nakamura.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki, Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura beat Mizuki Watase, Keisuke Ishii & Shota Kawakami. Suzuki pinned Kawakami after a Gotch-style piledriver.

The next event is 5/31 at Yokohama Trade Hall in Yokohama. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 6/2.

UPDATE: Injury Report-YuuRI was injured during this event. Head. Unspecified but not serious. Out 1 week. She will miss 3 other scheduled events as a result.

UPDATE 2: On 5/18 YuuRI posted an injury update. Cut requiring 2 sutures. No concussion or abnormal symptoms detected via scans. So thankfully not serious.

BREAKING: Stardom Announces New US Partnership

In a news item posted a short time ago, Stardom announced a new partnership/strategic alliance with US independent promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW), which is owned & operated by former WWE writer Court Bauer. According to the release, “The partnership will focus on player interaction and creative cooperation, creating opportunities for MLW and STARDOM players to play on new stages and in front of new audiences. This partnership reflects our shared goal of providing world-class matches and further enhancing the global presence of professional wrestling.”

More to come in the future.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/16/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Ofyssey 2026 Tour today in Yamanashi.

Today’s event was held at Kose Sports Park Gym Sub Arena in Yamanashi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 294.

Match 1: AMAKUSA beat Midori Takahashi.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA, Eita, Hi69 & Daiki Odashima. Sugiura pinned Odashima after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 4: Tadasuke beat Yuto Koyanagi.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro beat Kenoh, Kid Lykos 1 & 2. Kyomiya pinned 2 after a skywalk elbow.

Match 6: KENTA, Katsumi Inahata & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI. KENTA beat RYUSEI with GAME OVER.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Tsugutaka Sato (Independent/Freelancer). Soya pinned Sato after Passion IS.

The next event is tomorrow at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 5/16/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro returned to Shizuoka today for a Shino Suzuki hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 237, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara beat Shion Kanzaki.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Mifu Ashida by submission.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 4: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Mahiro Kiryu & Chika Nanase. Suzume pinned Nanase after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Mizuki, Yuki AIno & Uta Takami beat Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu. Takami beat Konatsu with Koala Clutch.

Match 6: Yuki Arai beat Kira Summer.

Main Event: Shino Suzuki & HIMAWARI beat Toga & Haru Kazashiro. Suzuki beat Kazashiro with a deformed Cobra Clutch.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo to resume the spring house show tour. Wakana Uehara is off the event due to schedule conflicts. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan 5/16/2026 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1076.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block A: Valiente Jr. (CMLL) beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 2: Block A: Ryusuke Tagucih beat Master Waro. This went just 130 seconds.

Match 3: Block B: Yoh beat Jacob Austin Young.

Match 4: Block A: Robbie X beat Francesco Akira.

Match 5: Block B: Daisuke Sasaki (DDT) beat KUSHIDA.

Match 6: Block A: Titan (CMLL) beat Jun Kasai (Freedoms).

Match 7: Block B: Sho beat Robbie Eagles.

Match 8: Block A: Kosei Fujita beat Nick Wayne (All Elite Wrestling).

Main Event: Block B: El Desperado beat Taiji Ishimori.

Day 3 is tomorrow at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

DDT News: Injury Update

Updating an item from the 5/10 DDT results post, it was announced at the time that Masami Inahata would be out a week with a back injury and return Sunday at a Matsui Referee Produced event in Osaka. That will not happen. Still out due to doctor’s orders to rest and is mow out indefinitely. Hiroaki Taniguchi will be the replacement Sunday.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 5/14/2026 Results

Perhaps my favorite tournament of the year got underway today as New Japan kicked off the 2026 Best Of The Super Junior, the 33rd annual installment of the prestigious Junior Heavyweight showcase event.

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 1445, a legit sellout.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block B: Taiji Ishinori beat Jacob Austin Young.

Match 2: Block B: Sho beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Match 3: Block A: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 4: Block B: Hyo (Dragon Gate) beat Yoh. This only went about 2 1/2 minutes.

Match 5: Block A: Nick Wayne (All Elite Wrestling) beat Robbie X.

Match 6: Block B: KUSHIDA beat Robbie Eagles.

Match 7: Block A: Titan (CMLL) beat Master Wato.

Match 8: Block B: Daisuke Sasaki (DDT) beat El Desperado.

Main Event: Block A: Kosei Fujita beat Robbie Eagles.

In Block A, two wrestlers- Valiente Jr. & Jun Kasai-apparently were not scheduled for matches today. They begin their tournaments Saturday. It looks like, for now, the plans are for 9 tournament matches each day and not the full 10.

Day 2 is Saturday at Esforta Arena Hachioji. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.