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New Japan 9/10/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To DESTRUCTION tour today in Saitama.

Today’a event was held at Kuki City General Gym in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 644.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Katsuya Murashima beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 3: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Shoma Kato, Shota Umino & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat Kato with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 4: Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi. Ice pinned Honma after K.O.B.

Match 5: Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Tsuji pinned Gedo after a curb stomp.

Match 6: Yuya Uemura, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Togo Makabe, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. Uemura pinned Makabe after a Frankensteiner.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita. Sabre pinned Takahashi after Sabre Driver.

The next event is “Shinnochi Champion Presents-5th Anniversary Celebration” Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This is a celebration event of a TV/online variety show New Japan started during the early days of the pandemic. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. The PPV is available for pre-order outside Japan for $21.99 US and will have Japanese commentary only.

New Japan 9/9/25 Results

New Japan began the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 510.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shoma Kato beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 3: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Katsuya Murashima, Yuya Uemura & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat Murashima with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 4: Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi. OSKAR pinned TAKA after K.O.B.

Match 5: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay beat Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Nagai after Into Oblivion.

Match 6: Shota Unino, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Togi Makabe, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. Umino pinned Makabe after Second Chapter.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiea & Zack Sabre Jr. beat DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita. Sabre pinned Takagashi afger Sabre Driver.

The next event is tomorrow at Kuki City General Gym in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Injury Report: WAKANAAAAOW

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced an injury change for upcoming events this weekend-Ober Eats is out of service as Wakana Uehara is now off. Unspecified injury suffered this past weekend. Out Saturday. She was to have faced Hyper Misao. Chika Nanase is the replacement, which means the match she was in, teaming with Mahiro Kiryu vs. Miu Watanabe & Toga, is now a 3-way.

Hopefully Uehara will be able to return after this event, that’s critical because the next event is WRESTLE PRINCESS 6 on 9/20 where she & Yuki Kamifuku are to face Misao & Shoko Nakajima for the Princess Tag Team Championship, and it also has been announced the winners defend on 10/18 vs. Yuna Manase & Toga. (Nakajuma & Kamifuku are also off this weekend, which was expected and previously announced due to a match between them in Major League Wrestling in the US for Nakajima’s MLW Women’s Featherweight Championship)

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/8/25 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off the annual N-1 VICTORY Tournament today, the promotion’s annual Heavyweight single tournament, which is in a round-robin format with 2 blocks.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan-that version will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly if it’s not already.

The announced paid attendance was 1548, a legit advance sellout. Some standing room only tickets were sold today.

All matches were N-1 VICTORY matches with one exception.

Match 1: Block A: Daga beat Tetsuya Endo.

Match 2: Block B: Jack Morris beat Daiki Inaba.

Match 3: Block B: Galeno beat Harutoki.

Match 4: Block A: Masa Kitamiya beat Manabu Soya by submission.

Match 5: Block B: Ricky Knight Jr. beat Kenoh. Obligatory first day UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 6: Block A: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Ulka Sasaki.

Match 7: Block B: Naomichi Marufuji beat OZAWA by countout.

Match 8: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion YO-HEY to win the title. Takahashi becomes the 59th GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Main Event: Block A: Kaito Kiyomiya beat KENTA.

The next event is Wednesday at Okayama Convention Center 1st Floor Event Hall in Okayama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Injury Report-OZAWA was injured in his loss to Marufuji. Left foot, later diagnosed as a Lisfranc injury. Out indefinitely but will miss the rest of the tournament. All remaining matches will be forfeits.

The first challenger for Takahashi will be Eita. That match will happen on 10/11 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

BREAKING: Another TJPW Wrestler Retiring

Breaking announcement from Tokyo Joshi Pro-Neko Haruna, who has been out most of the last 2+ years due to injuries, has left the promotion and will retire later this month. She is recovering from knee surgery in June and will not be able to compete again before retiring. The retirement ceremony will be held on 9/27 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo as part of a scheduled TJPW event. That event is scheduled to be streamed live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Haruna, 26, spent her entire career, almost 7 years, with TJPW and, at about 4’9″, was the shortest wrestler in the promotion (about 1-2 inches shorter than Shoko Nakajima). Shin-Kiba 1st Ring is also where she debuted.

(Side note: Haruna has confirmed on social media that she will not wrestle on 9/27, but will be in attendance)

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/7/25 Results (Event 2)

As noted earlier today, Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a straight doubleheader in Tokyo today, the second event being a “normal” event for all fans after the women-only first event.

Today’s event was held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 222, a full house/near sellout.

During the opening announcements, a TJPW INSPIRATION event, the latest in the promotion’s series of occasional spin-offs featuring unusual comedy matches and outside participation which are uncommon in the main events, was announced for 11/19 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. The first match announced is Shoko Nakajima & Miyu Yamashita vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Yuu. Yuu, who currently competes in Sendai Girls, will be retiring at the end of the year. She also is competing in DDT later this week.

Match 1: HIMAWARI beat Ren Konatsu.

Match 2: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Mahiro Kiryu, Kaya Toribami & Mifu Ashida. Raku pinned Ashida after Doctor Yellow.

Match 3: Yuki Arai beat Chika Nanase.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi beat Uta Takami by submission.

Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Haru Kazashiro & Shino Suzuki. Endo pinned Suzuki after The 10th Law.

Match 6: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro) & Toga beat Miyu Yamashita & Kira Summer. Toga pinned Summer after Rock Bottom. Afterwards, Manase issued a Princess Tag Team Championship challenge on behalf of herself & Toga. We’ll see what happens but that’s going to depend in part on what happens at WRESTLE PRINCESS 6 on 9/20 as Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao will defend the titles against Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara.

Main Event: Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara. Misao beat Uehara with a chicken wing.

The next event is Saturday at Tsurugajo Gym in Fukushima for another Arisu Endo hometown event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand on 9/16.

New Japan 9/7/25 Results

New Japan returned to Chiba today for the latest Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, BLUE JUSTICE 16, where the self-proclaimed oldest member at 57 years old would do his best today (as he does all but maybe 5 days a year on average, tomorrow sure to be one of those days he does not) to put on a memorable show for the local fans.

Today’s event was held at Togane Arena in Chiba 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 1509.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Tiger Mask. Yasuda pinned Matsumoto.

Match 2: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat Kato with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 3: Clark Connors, OSKAR (Oskar Leube) & Yuto Ice (Yuto Nakashima) beat TAKA MIchinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi. Ice pinned Honma after K.O.B. (Knock Out Brothers-a combination tombstone piledriver & soccer ball kick)

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Takahashi pinned Gedo after Maximum The Holding 3rd Form.

Match 5: Togi Makabe, Master Wato, Toru Yano & Yoh beat Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Wato pinned Taguchi.

Match 6: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA pinned Jackson after a rounding body press.

Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata. After the match, Nagata’s son-who has become quite the wrestler himself-presented Tanahashi with the customary flowers following his final match in the area before his retirement in January.

The next event is the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour starting Tuesday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The tour is only 3 events this week with only the tour-ender Saturday being available on New Japan World (Korakuen Hall), and in fact it’s mostly non-televised events this month as only 2 of the subsequent 7 events following on the annual Hokkaido tour will be broadcast before DESTRUCTION at the end of the month, which will be on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY (exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan). There is also a PPV Friday at Korakuen which is available for pre-order now for $21.99 US.

BREAKING: Taishin Nagao Dead (Updated)

Terrible news just posted by All-Japan on Facebook-Taishin Nagao, a rookie who has been hospitalized since an accident in May involving one of the promotion’s equipment trucks, has died. He was only 21. The cause of death is pending a police investigation but he suffered traumatic shock injuries and abdominal compression in the accident, and despite treatment in the intensive care unit he died a short time ago.

The promotion will provide more details in time and after consultation with Nagao’s parents. Many All-Japan wrestlers have posted tributes and expressed condolences on social media as there were very high hopes for the young wrestler.

RIP and GOD BLESS Taishin…

UPDATE: All-Japan will hold a memorial service and 10 bell salute for Nagao at the 9/15 Korakuen Hall event. There will also be a flower table and message stand for fans to write messages. The 9/15 event will be broadcast live on AJPW.TV beginning Sunday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “GO GIRL 6” LIVE Results (9/7/25-Event 1)

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs a straight doubleheader in Tokyo today, starting with their latest GO GIRL event. This is their women-only series of events where only female fans are allowed to buy tickets and attend, both an attempt to get more women to attend their events but also provide a “safer” environment to do so (Yes, female fans do attend regular events and can get specific seats at a discount-around $13-14 US, and at Korakuen Hall events that’s anywhere from 50-70% off regular price-but in TJPW they make up a very small percentage of fans at their events. I know from watching many events they tend to gravitate to the bigger promotions like New Japan, All-Japan and especially Dragon Gate). On paper it’s otherwise a standard house show, for the second event anyone will be able to attend. And there is one exception to the admission rule-boys under elementary school age (roughly 5 years old) can enter with their mothers.

Today’s events will be held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and-by men and all fans-can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You will also be able to watch the second event later today LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube (live broadcast only). There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned for this first event but with the time limits and event later today I anticipate this event running the near-standard time of about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe vs. Ren Konatsu
Mizuki vs. Uta Takami
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase
Hyper Misao, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida
Shoko Nakajima & Haru Kazashiro vs. Miyu Yamashita & Toga

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

7:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

7:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. The hard camera setup is overhead/elevated and at a slight diagonal angle.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Women-only does mean a much smaller crowd than normal, the venue’s normal capacity for wrestling is roughly 200-250 (just under 300 tops) but I’ll predict it will wins up being just short of 150. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 148. A very rare correct prediction!)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:09 PM PT/11:09 PM ET. The match order has been changed from what WRESTLE UNIVERSE listed above.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe vs. Ren Konatsu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Ren Konatsu by submission

Match 2: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Suzume pinned Nanase after Ring A Bell.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way by pinning Kiryu.

Match 4: Hyper Misao, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuji Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. Aino pinned Shzuki after Venus DDT.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida. Kamifuku pinned Ashida after Fameasser.

Match 6: Mizuki vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Uta Takami

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Haru Kazashiro vs. Miyu Yamashita & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Toga beat Shoko Nakajima & Haru Kazashiro. Yamashita pinned Kazashiro after Skull Kick.

The second event is later today. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. You can also watch LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube (live only, no on demand).

DDT 9/6/25 Results (Event 2)

As noted earlier today, DDT ran a doubleheader in Yokohama today, below are results from the second event.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event began, a press conference was held to announce Yuki Iino had signed a contract with Nojima Sagamihara Rise, a (American) football team in Japan, where he will be a trainee and attempt to make the team for the next season. He will continue with DDT and be dual-contracted.

During the NwA Jr. live performance, Shunma Katsumata announced he will be having ACL reconstruction surgery. That will keep him out a while but he promised to make an early comeback.

There was also a last-minute change to the card due to Akito being off. Aggravation of a prior unspecified injury.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Rukiya & Hinata Kasai. Yoshimura pinned Kasai.

A signing ceremony for the DDT Universal Championship match on 9/28 between Minoru Suzuki & Takeshi Masada was held. Suzuki then beat down Masada.

Match 2: HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT), Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Ishida pinned Sumi after Flame Palm.

After the last match, Ishida tried to cash in his “Money In The Bank” title shot right for a KO-D Openweight Championship match. But there was no Kazuki Hirata at the venue. Yet.

Match 3: Hideki Okatani, Illusion & MJ Paul beat MAO, KANON & Daichi Sato. Paul pinned Sato after a reverse splash.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Yuya Koroku beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Jun Akiyama. Koroku pinned Naya after countering The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Shinya Aoki beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Suzuki beat Masada with a heel hook.

Main Event: Kazuki Hirata beat Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda in a 3-way by pinning Honda. Ishida tried again to cash in his title shot, but Dieno & Honda helped Hirata escape. Then, at the post-event autograph session, Ishida tried yet again, but…because it was after the event had ended, invalid. Defeats the point of anytime, anywhere, doesn’t it?

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.