News, results & more from Japanese Pro Wrestling & Sumo
According to Puroresu Today, Sareee (who continues to be a freelancer) announced earlier today she will be out of action for now due to injury treatment. Neck. Out about a month. No concrete return timeframe beyond that but Sareee did state she “will definitely return”.
More as it becomes available.
GLEAT kicked off a tournament today called G-CLASS as part of their event in Tokyo, a single-elimination 8-man bracket format event.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and cam be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 264.
Match 1: Kotaro Suzuki, Kendo Ka Shin & Yuya Aoki beat Keiichi Sato, Rock Iwasaki & Kohei Kinoshita. Suzuki pinned Sato.
Match 2: Sayaka Unagi, Kakeru Sekiguchi & Honori Hana beat ZONES, Chanyota & Riara. Hana pinned Riara after a backdrop. Sunny, who is not the former WWE diva (who also happens to be in jail for some tome) but some other woman I know nothing about, was special referee.
Match 3: Junjie, Minoru Tanaka & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Tetsuya Izuchi, Hajime (not Hajime Ohara) & Kapy. Junjie pinned Izuchi after a rolling lariat.
Match 4: Drago, Van Vert Jack & Andy Wu beat Soma Watanabe, Black Andromeda & ARASHI. Drago pinned Andromeda after a shooting star press.
G-CLASS Tournament:
Match 5: Kaito Ishida beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO by submission.
Match 6: T-Hawk beat Hayato Tamura.
Match 7: Takehiro Yamamura beat El Lindaman.
Main Event: Ryuichi Kawakami beat Brass Knuckles JUN.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Ishida vs. Yamamura & T-Hawk vs. Kawakami.
The Semifinals are 5/20. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s the same venue I anticipate a live YouTube broadcast-if live it will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their latest Legacy Rise 2026 event today in Tokyo.
Today‘s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 1165.
Match 1: RYUSEI beat Hiroto Tsuruya.
Match 2: Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Eita & Shuji Kondo. Soya pinned Kondo after Passsion IS.
Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Yuto Koyanagi beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata and Kid Lykos 1 & 2 & Midori Takahashi in a 3-way when Kiyomiya pinned Takahashi.
Match 4: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. BUSHI pinned Menso-re after Fable.
Match 5: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke, Kai Fujinura & Jun Masaoka beat Atsushi Kotoge, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Daiki Odashima. Tadasuke beat Odashima with an armbar.
Match 6: Tiger Mask (New Japan) & Kenoh beat Naomichi Marufuji & Alejandro. TM 4 pinned Alejandro.
Match 7: OZAWA beat Yoshiki Inamura.
Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste beat KENTA to retain the title. V1 for Haste. Next up: Endo. That match will happen on 6/25.
The next event is Saturday at Kose Sports Park Gymnasium Sub-Arena in Yamanashi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
Stardom has announced that two wrestlers are headed to the sidelines again for injuries, this time it’s Mei Seira & Anne Kanaya. Seira-unspecified beyond treatment. Out indefinitely. Kanaya-removal of an inserted metal plate from a prior injury. Out about a month. Announcements regarding returns will be made when appropriate.
More as it becomes available
The United Japan Pro Wrestling group aka Japan Pro Wrestling Federation, made up of several major and independent promotions (excluding All-Japan Pro Wrestling) held its latest event today in Tokyo. Called FACE THE NEXT, it spotlighted younger & less experienced wrestlers while also serving as a de facto farewell to the venue that is closing soon. New Japan was responsible for promoting the event.
Today‘s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast (at least at this time).
The announced paid attendance was 460, a legit sellout.
Before the event began, a talk show event was held with New Japan wrestler Kosei Fujita & DDT wrestler Takeshi Masada, followed by a speech from Japan Pro Wrestling Federation representative director Sanshiro Takagi.
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsunoto (New Japan) vs. Yuto Koyanagi (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Jiro Shinbashi (Dragon Gate), Hinata Kasai (DDT) & Sentaro Motojima (Ganbare Pro) beat Midori Takahashi (Pro Wrestling NOAH), @KEY (Dragon Gate) & Beniyo Ume (Kyushu Pro Wrestling). Motojima pinned Ume.
Match 3: Takama Selishige (Big Japan), Masatora Yasuda (New Japan), Shota Kawakami (Ganbare Pro) & Katsumi Inahata (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Taisei Nakahara (New Japan), Reiya Igarashi (Freedoms), Rukiya (DDT) & GuC (Dragon Gate). Yasuda pinned Nakahara.
Match 4: Kazuma Kimura (Dragon Gate), Daichi Sato (DDT) & Kazumasa Yoshida (Big Japan) beat Hiroto Tsuruya (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koshiro Asakusa (Big Japan) & Yuki Ishida (DDT). Sato pinned Asakura after Mad Splash.
Match 5: Yuya Koroku (DDT) beat Homare (Dragon Gate) by submission.
Main Event: Ryoya Tanaka (Dragon Gate), Munetatsu Nakamura (Ganbare Pro) & Kazuma Sumi (DDT) beat Daiki Odashima (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Daiki Nagai (New Japan) & Illusion (DDT). Tanaka pinned Illusion after Stardust Press Joker Strider.
After the main event, New Japan President Hiroshi Tanahashi appeared to put over all the wrestlers and send the crowd home happy.
No word yet on when the next UJPW event will be held.
DDT took a break from KING OF DDT to run the May house shows starting yesterday in Nagoya.
Yesterday’s event was held at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.
The paid attendance was not announced.
Match 1: Yuni & Yuki Ishida beat Viente Maligno & Hinata Kasai. Ishida pinned Kasai.
Match 2: Naomi Yoshimura beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata
Match 3: Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Yuya Korku beat Hideki Okatani, Daisuke Sasaki & Illusion. Miyawaki pinned Okatani after Sunshine Schoolboy. Afterwards, Miyawaki issued a DDT Extreme Championship challenge to Okatani. That match will happen on 6/21 at Chunichi Hall.
Match 4: MAO & KANON beat Takeshi Masada & Daichi Sato. MAO pinned Sato after a running palm.
Match 5: Kazuma Sumi & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama & Masami Inahata. Naya pinned Inahata.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda. To-y pinned Honda after Kojima Impact. Afterwards, To-y issued a KO-D Tag Team Championship challenge for himself & Ueno. Brookes said no but the fans said yes. And based on that, Acting GM Akito said yes too. That match will happen on 6/21.
The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.
Injury Report: It appears Inahata was injured during today’s match. Back. Out at least 1 week.
Another longtime legend of New Japan is calling it a career…at a press conference earlier today, Hiroyoshi Tenzan announced his upcoming retirement due to injuries. His retirement match will be at the G1 CLIMAX 36 Finals on 8/15 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, and he will remain with the promotion in a behind-the-scenes position.
More as it becomes available.
DDT continued the KING OF DDT 2026 Tournament today with the Quarterfinals.
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.
Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Illusion beat O-MENZ Kumadori, Masami Inahata & Hinata Kasai. Sasaki beat Kasai with a crossface.
Match 2: Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida beat Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Yuni. Koroku pinned Hirata.
Match 3: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Kazuma Sumi, Junta Miyawaki & Rukiya and KANON, Yukio Naya & Viente Maligno in a 3way when Katsumata pinned Maligno.
KING OF DDT Quarterfinals:
Match 4: MAO beat Hideki Okatani.
Match 5: Danshoku Dieno beat Takeshi Masada.
Match 6: Minoru Suzuki beat Chris Brookes by submission.
Main Event: Shinya Aoki beat HARASHIMA.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Aoki vs. Suzuki and Dieno vs. MAO.
The Semifinals & Finals are 5/31 at Korakuen Hall.
The next event is tomorrow at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Thursday
It won’t be for some time but it’s possible because Sendai Girls has announced that DASH Chisako, about to celebrate her 20th Anniversary, will be out long-term because they’ve learned she is pregnant. The decision was made that she will not compete any more for now to protect her and the baby’s health. A 20th Anniversary event planned on 7/20 will now be a promotion 20th Anniversary event, for now New Japan wrestler El Desperado-who was previously announced for the event-will still participate but this is subject to change. The promotion will also offer refunds to ticket holders for events.
Sendai Girls also offers their heartfelt congratulations to Chisako and will fully support her during this time. It’s safe to say she won’t return to the ring until at least 2027. Chisako posted a photo of her ultrasound on social media showing the baby holding a chair, which clearly has to be fake (the chair), and many top wrestlers including Desperado, Naomichi Marufuji, Yuji Nagata and former wrestler Saki Akai have posted congratulatory messages. I join in congratulating Chisako and sending best wishes for good health for mother and baby in the future.
(As a reminder, Sendai Girls events can be watched on demand, and sometimes live, on WRESTLE UNIVERSE)
Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 2026 Tour, the May tour, today with the monthly Tokyo event.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Strong Machine J, Kzy, U-T, @KEY & GuC beat BxB Hulk, KAGETORA, Toru Owashi (DDT), Punch Tominaga & Takashi. Kzy pinned Tominaga after a running elbow smash.
Match 2: Munenori Sawa beat Jiro Shinbashi.
Match 3: Madoka Kikuta, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura & KAI beat Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda, Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii. Kikuta pinned Fujii after a rolling lariat.
Match 4: El Cielo beat Dragon Kid & Luis Mante in a 3-way by pinning Mante.
Match 5: Hyo beat Homare.
Match 6: YAMATO, Susumu Yokosuka & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Yuki Yoshioka, Ryoya Tanaka & Kazuma Kimura. Doi pinned Kimura after Bakatare Sliding Kick. Afterwards, it appeared Doi made an Open The Brave Gate Championship challenge to Tanaka, which was accepted. UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 6/5.
Main Event: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. ISHIN pinned Riiita. As a result, ISHIN & Kato will get the next All-Asia Tag Team Championship shot.
The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Next broadcast is in 2 weeks for a Hokkaido tripleheader.
UPDATE: After the event, Tiger Mask 4 participation was announced for 6/4, the final Dragon Gate appearance for the retiring New Japan icon. TM 4 will team with Ultimo Dragon & The Great Sasuke to face Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Dragon Kid.