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DDT 3/24/2026 Results

DDT ran another Sanshiro Takagi Produced Super Japan Pro Wrestling event today, which based on a fan vote afterwards could be the last. As usual there was no DDT participation outside of Takagi himself.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced, but based on post-event planned audience polling it appears to have been 315.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to MIKAMI being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. I believe he was to have been part of the opening segment.

Match 1: Evil Uno & Ram Kaichow beat Shota & Marika Kobashi. Uno pinned Shota after Something Evil.

Match 2: Hiroshi Yamato vs. Munenori Sawa & Gym Trainer Kotoka in a 3-way went to a draw. Apparent triple KO.

Match 3: Brahmans Shu & Kei & Mac Panasonic beat Takashi Sasaki, Nao Sano & Demonio Uno. Kei pinned Uno.

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi beat Poison Sawada JULIE.

Match 5: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Kumatori.

Match 6: Kazunari Murakami vs. Shinya Aoki went to a no contest. Out of control.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Fuminori Abe.

After all matches ended, the vote on the project’s future was held for fans in attendance…258 Yes, 6 No, 51 Neutral/No Answer. Super Japan Pro Wrestling continues! The next one will be on 5/24 at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage. They also announced former All-Japan President Masayuki Uchida has been appointed as an advisor to the project.

The next event is Saturday at Mitsui Outlet Park Tama Minami-Osawa in Tokyo for a free event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand on 3/31.

BREAKING: DDT Top Star Retiring (Updated)

DDT announced a short time ago on social media that Kazusada Higuchi, who is currently out with injuries, has decided to retire. This is due to cervical spine issues found during a recent physical and continuing his career would be dangerous. So the decision was made he will retire, with a retirement ceremony held on 4/5 but he will not have any more matches.

Initial thoughts…This really surprised and saddened me as, since the pandemic, he became one of DDT’s top stars and a KO-D Openweight Champion after leaving Eruption behind (it was winding down as Hideki Okatani left then Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai retired), but that brought one of the signature memories I’ll have of Higuchi-Flagbearer for DDT. He carried the promotion’s flag with him to the ring as champion and waved it with pride. A true champion who understood what being the face of the promotion meant and stood for. He was a wrestler in every way-looks, demeanor, performance, results. Someone I would want to build around. The injuries the last couple years were unfortunate as it took him away from helping build up younger wrestlers, especially Naomi Yoshimura (who also was out long-term with injuries) and Yuki Ishida as Harimao, and I hate to see him have to walk away because of this but it’s the right decision and I appreciate his doing a retirement ceremony and getting a proper sendoff. Hopefully DDT can find a role for him much like with Akai (she works part-time in the front office and makes occasional appearances on commentary). Higuchi-san, thank you for your hard work. Rest well and heal up and enjoy post-wrestling life.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Harimao will also disband after 4/5. Ryota Nakatsu will team with Yoshimura & Ishida against Shunma Katsumata, Kota Umeda & Koki Iwasaki.

You can also watch today’s press conference replay FOR FREE on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZdkMFJguPm4?si=R4JlplZF4u8hlYPK

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Texas Stampede-Houston” Results (3/22/2026) (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up their first US tour of the year today with the last event of their 4-event Texas series in Houston. The build to GRAND PRINCESS ’26 is pretty much over so this last event before that looks to be a regular house show on paper with some more fun matches before everyone heads back to Japan, although most of them will return in a few weeks for events in Las Vegas during WrestleMania week.

Today’s event will be held at Post Houston in Houston, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. There appear to be 6 matches currently planned so it will be another short house show with a runnign time of proabbly a little over 90 minutes.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Hyper Misao vs. Raku
Sakura Hattori vs. Mifu Ashida
Yuki Aino & VertVixen vs. Suzume & Shino Suzuki
Yuki Arai vs. Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Miyu Yamashita & Kaylia Capri
Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo vs. Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki & Uta Takami

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Updates below will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

3:15 PM PT UPDATE: I got distracted and totally forgot to watch the event, so here are the results, my apologies for not doing live:

The announced paid attendance was 415, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Aino & VertVixen beat Suzume & Shino Suzuki. Aino pinned Suzuki after Venus DDT.

Match 2: Sakura Hattori beat Mifu Ashida,

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat Raku.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Miyu Yamashita & Kaylia Capri. Uehara beat Capri with Banana Pillow.

Match 5: Yuki Arai beat Pom Harajuku.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo beat Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki & Uta Takami. Watanabe pinned Takami after Teardrop.

The next event is GRAND PRINCESS ’26, the biggest event of the year, on 3/29 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

UPDATE: For 3/29, current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Antonio Honda has been added to the card to defend the title in the scheduled battle royal. But, as always, subject to change (as it has several times). Which means someone beat GM Imabayashi’s Glasses to win the title then Honda beat that someone as he is the 1813th champion.

DDT 3/22/2026 Results

DDT celebrated their 29th Anniversary today on the day with their annual Anniversary event, keeping with recent tradition of planning a maiisve 5-hour marathon around it.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and an be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Momoyoko Nakajima of comedy group “Dow 90000” and Saki Akai were the guests on commentary.

The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Yuni beat Hinata Kasai.
Match 2: Tokyo Joshi Pro Match: HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase beat Toga, Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Kazashiro pinned Kanzaki with a fisherman’s suplex hold.

Main show:
Match 1: Jun Akiyama beat Rukiya.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Evil Uno & Akito. Iino pinned Akito after a spear.

Match 3: Viente Maligno & O-MENZ Kumadori beat MJ Paul & Illusion and Makoto Oishi & Masami Inabata in a 3-way when Maligno pinned Illusion.

Match 4: Shunma Katsumata Return Match: MAO beat Shunma Katsumata.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA beat Junta Miyawaki & Shinya Aoki. HARASHIMA pinned Miyawaki after Blue Sword. As a result, Brookes & HARASHIMA will get the next KO-D Tag Team Championship shot after today.

Match 6: In a Punishment Bamboo Sword Death Match, Hideki Okatani beat DDT Extreme Champion To-y to win the title. Okatani becomes the 64th DDT Extreme Champion. Next up: Naya. That match will happen on 4/15.

Match 7: In a Handicap match, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda, GM Imabayashi & GM Imabayashi’s Glasses beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Minoru Suzuki with Imabayashi’s Glasses pinning Suzuki to win the title. Imabayashi’s Glasses become the 1812th Champion.

Match 8: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida to retain the titles. Masada pinned Ishida. V1 for the champs. Next up: Brookes, HARASHIMA & Kasai. That match will happen on 4/15.

Match 9: Konosuke Takeshita beat Kazuki Hirata in 7 seconds. Which led to…
Match 9 (again): Konosuke Takeshita beat Kazuki Hirata in 10 seconds. Which led to…
Match 9 (yet again): In a Death Match where Takeshita had to get a 20 count pinfall to win but Hirata only needed a 2 count, Konosuke Takeshita beat Kazuki Hirata. Afterwards, Takeshita vs. Kaisei Takechi was announced for 8/11 at Ryogoku Kokugikan which will be WRESTLE PETER PAN, the promotion’s biggest event of the year.

Match 10: Kazuma Sumi beat DDT Universal Champion Daisuke Sasaki to win the title. Sumi becomes the 21st DDT Universal Champion.Next up: He chose Katsumata. That match will happen on 4/18 in Fukuoka.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat KANON to retain the title. V6 for Ueno. Next up: Iino. That match will happen on 4/15.

During the opening announcements, the field for this year’s KING OF DDT Tournament was announced: HARASHIMA, Dieno, MAO, Brookes, Naya, KANON, Okatani, Masada, To-y, Aoki, Koroku, Sato, Kaisei Takechi, Miyawaki, Sumi, Minoru Suzuki. It will be a single-elimination bracket format tournament in May.

The next event is a Super Japan Pro Wrestling event, a Sanshiro Takagi Produced event, Tuesday at Shinjuku Face. And it could be the last depending on a fan vote after the event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Friday.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW Texas Stampede-Dallas” LIVE Results (3/21/2026)

After a couple days off for travel and fun exploring Texas, Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the second half of their first US tour today in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area with the third of 4 events. The final push to GRAND PRINCESS ’26 continues today, specifically the Princess Of Princess Championship match between Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai, and with an extra development yesterday-it already was announced that whoever leaves 3/29 as champion will defend on 4/16 in Las Vegas, NV and the promotion announced who they will defend against…J-Rod. She failed to beat Watanabe for the title before, but who will she face this time?

There have been some last-minute changes to today’s card due to Jada Stone being pulled off the event. Flight delays. Not going to make it in time (I think we can perhaps blame the current government shutdown because it’s made delays in some areas horrible, especially Texas and Atlanta, GA). She was to have faced Rika Tatsumi. What was to have been Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao will now be a 3-way with Tatsumi as a result.

Today’s event will be held at College Park Center at the University of Texas in Arlington, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. There also is the prior caveat about potential streaming issues due to the servers being in Japan-at the first event it was rough for the first few minutes then no issues after that, I didn’t watch the second event but hopefully all will go well. With the lineup change there are now only 6 matches and they do seem to be keeping to the time limits but now this card will be a little shorter than planned with a running time of probably about 100 minutes. WIth 7 matches it likely would’ve been about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Shino Suzuki vs. Mifu Ashida
Sakura Hattori vs. Uta Takumi
Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & VertVixen
Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Arai

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

12:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 5-10 minutes.

1 PM PT UPDATE: Waiting to go to the venue.

1:01 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from College Park Center at the University of Texas in Arlington, TX. Commentary will begin shortly.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue map suggests a capacity of around 2000 but the initial camera shots indicate it won’t be near a sellout today. This could wind up being the lowest number of the tour so far (which has been very successful btw) so from what I’ve seen I’ll make an initial prediction of around 1250. (Actually from seeing more early crowd shots it looks smaller so I’m revising it down to 1000) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1481. Typical late-arriving crowd)

Up Up Girls out first thing. Matches should begin in about 5 minutes.

The matches begin at 1:10 PM PT/4:10 PM ET. Your hosts are Rich Bocchini & Veda Scott.

Match 1: Shino Suzuki vs. Mifu Ashida
Result: Shino Suzuki beat Mifu Ashida by submission

Match 2: Sakura Hattori vs. Uta Takami
Result: Sakura Hattori beat Uta Takami by submission

Match 3: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Endo pinned Harajuku after The 10th Law.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & VertVixen
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Yuki Aino & VertVixen. Kamifuku pinned Aino after a middle-rope Fameasser.

Match 5: Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way
Result: Mizuki beat Hyper Misao & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way by pinning Misao.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Arai
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Arai beat Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita. Nakajima pinned Yamashita after a diving senton.

No streaming issues today aside from starting a minute or two late. Another fun event despite losing one match due to Jada Stone not able to make it, not her fault though. Today was the final Arai-Watanabe face-off as Arai is scheduled to face Pom tomorrow.

The tour finale is tomorrow at Post Houston in Houston, TX. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET.


All-Japan 3/21/2026 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Dream Power Series 2026 Tour today with a Yuma Anzai hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Anaka Shinkuni Sports Center in Gunma and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1365.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Kengo Mashimo & Fuminori Abe. Ayabe pinned Abe after a double chokeslam.

Match 4: Kumaarashi beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey beat Jun & Rei Saito, Senor Saito & Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer). Xyon pinned Oishi.

Main Event; Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara, Hideki Suzuki & Rising Hayato. Anzai pinned Hayato after Gimlet.

The next event is 4/3 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 3/21/2026 Results

New Japan wrapped up the New Japan Cup today with the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3007, a full house/near sellout.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Satoshi Kojima being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor physical condition. Because of this, a planned pre-show match was cancelled and Match 2 was changed.

Match 1: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat TBA, revealed at match time to be Yujiro Takahashi, to retain the title. V1 for Takeshita. Open challenge. Next up: If Takeshita gets his wish, Shota Umino.

Match 2: Masatora Yasuda, El Desperado & Taichi beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Desperado pinned Matsumoto after Pinche Loco.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & DOUKI beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Yoh. DOUKI pinned Taguchi.

Match 4: Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. HENARE beat Honma with Ultima.

Match 5: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee beat Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Akira beat Ishimori with a ground tarantula.

Match 6: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita. Wolf beat Togo with a reverse triangle.

Match 7: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouhc0, Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji. Fujita pinned Nagai.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Finals: Callum Newman beat Yuya Uemura to win the tournament. As a result, Newman will face IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji for the title at SAKURA GENESIS. UPSET ALERT!!! It seemed like the favorite was going to win as in a pre-tournament poll of fans by New Japan on social media where they asked who would win, the leader in fan voting was Uemura.

The next event is 3/28 at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki to start the Road To SAKURA GENESIS 2026 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

All-Japan 3/20/2026 Results

All-Japan continued the Dream Power Series 2026 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This also may have been a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan or will be a taped broadcast at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 1750.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori. Honda pinned Omori after Final Vent.

Match 2: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Senor Saito beat Kota Sekifuda & Toshiyuki Sakuda. Doi pinned Sakuda after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 3: Talos beat Jun Saito.

Match 4: MUSASHI, Dan Tamura, Yuya Susumu & Fuminori Abe beat Seigo Tachibana, Shota Kofuji, Hikaru Sato & Seiki Yoshioka. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Suwama, Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey. Suwama pinned Ashino after a backdrop.

Match 6: Rem Ayabe beat Rei Saito.

Match 7: Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival Finals: Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Mochizuki Junior (Dragon Gate) & Ryo Inoue to win the tournament. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after a firebird splash.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Kumaarashi to retain the Triple Crown. V6 for Miyahara. Next up: The Champions Carnival winner unless it’s Miyahara.

The next event is tomorrow at Anaka Shinkuni Sports Center in Gunma for a Yuma Anzai hometown event and the tour-ender. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Sunday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/20/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 804. Usually that’s at least a near-sellout for the venue.

Match 1: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Daga, Daiki Odashima & Yuto Koyanagi. KENTA beat Koyanagi with a reverse Boston Crab.

Match 2: Eita beat Midori Takahashi by submission.

Match 3: Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Angel Reyes & RYUSEI. Ohara pinned Reyes after Javelin.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Atsushi Kotoge beat Mohammed Yone, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Kenoh beat Menso-re with a ground cobra twist.

Match 5: OZAWA, Knull, Tadasuke, Jun Masaoka & Kai Fujinura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro, Katsumi Inahata & Hiroto Tsuruya. OZAWA pinned Inahata after a swan dive moonsault.

Match 6: Alpha Wolf, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Yoshiki Inamura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Dragon Bane. Kitamiya pinned Bane after a diving senton.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo to retain the titles. Naito pinned Kondo after Destino. V2 for the champs. Next up: OZAWA & Masaoka. That match will happen on 4/12 at Kinto Pier Arena in Nagoya.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

New Japan 3/20/2026 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate event of the New Japan Cup today with the Semifinals.

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 1906.

Match 1: Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Taisei Nakahara & Ryusuke Taguchi. Takahashi pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. YOSHI-HASHI beat Yasuda with Butterfly Lock.

Match 3: Master Wato, El Desperado & Yoh beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & DOUKI. Yoh pinned Kanemaru after Direct Drive.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, HENARE & Jake Lee beat Daiki Nagai, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Young pinned Nagai after Bite The Dust.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita beat Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf. Narita beat Honma with Hell’s Guillotine.

Match 6: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji. Jackson pinned Gedo after Death Valley Bomb.

New Japan Cup Semifinals:
Match 7: Yuya Uemura beat Boltin Oleg.
Main Event: Callim Newman beat Shota Umino.
As a result, the Final is Uemura vs. Newman.

The Final is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be an exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan. (It may begin 30 minutes earlier though for a pre-show match)