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Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW LIVE In Las Vegas” LIVE Results (4/18/25) (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro makes their first 2025 trip to the US today as part of The Collective, which sees them take part in 2 WrestleMania week events in addition to some wrestlers participating in other events. This first event is their spotlight event with a number of wrestlers making their US debuts, including the returning Yuki Arai as she begins her full-time pro wrestling career (and model too as her first sexy photobook, announced almost as soon as she left SKE48 at the end of March, took no time at all to reach #1 in the bestseller list for pre-orders in Japan). The card was already big with 3 major title matches but the other day it got bigger with a 4th title match announced-a previously announced match between Miu Watanabe & Masha Slamovich will now be for the TNA Knockouts World Championship held by Slamovich. The other title matches are for TJPW’s 3 major titles headlined by Miyu Yamashita hopefully ending Mizuki’s second reign as Princess of Princess Champion today.

Today’s event will be held at The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $71.99/year, new subscribers get a 1 week free trial) in English. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, probably in 2-3 months. Since it’s not Japan there will likely be no time limits for the matches but there are other events right after this event including a DDT event so it can’t run too long and probably will go no more than 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo
Rika Tatsumi, Shino Suzuki & VertVixen vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Viva Van (Updated-see below)
Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher vs. Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku (Updated-see below)
TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich vs. Miu Watanbe for the title
International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Jada Stone for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita for the title

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Updates below will begin at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET.

UPDATE (Pre-show): There has been a last minute change to the event because unfortunately for us who were looking forward to Wasteland Pom Party, the party is cancelled…Pom Harajuku is now off. Visa issues. They tried to get it resolved but were unsuccessful. Raku will now team with Max The Impaler and Ram Kaichow will replace Raku in the 6-woman tag.

11 AM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

Mandatory FBI Warning, 10 second start countdown, Mandatory Copyright Notice and then…

We are LIVE from The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Your hosts are Dave Prazak & Nick Knowledge. The ring announcer is the GCW regular announcer (no Sayuri Namba).

The paid attendance should be announced after the event. Despite it being a Friday morning it sounds like a good crowd, I’m not sure what the venue setup is for but it looks like it’ll probably be in the 600-700 range. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 812)

Up Up Girls come out right away for their usual opening song performance. Just 3 today because no Uta Takami (didn’t come to the US). Commentary joins after the performance ends.

The matches begin at 11:08 AM PT/2:08 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo. And Arai gets STREAMERS!!! And Endo gets STREAMERS!!! That’s how it should be (Japan’s really cut down on it since the pandemic)
Result: Yuki Arai beat Arisu Endo. That makes me very happy, and even better she’s been added to tomorrow’s event so we get another chance to see her in the US!

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi, Shino Suzuki & VertVixen vs. Yuki Aino, Ram Kaichow & Viva Van. The graphics incorrectly said Raku but commentary then mentioned the absent Pom Harajuku which forced the changes
Result: Yuki Aino, Ram Kaichow & Viva Van beat Rika Tatsumi, Shino Suzuki & VertVixen. Aino pinned Suzuki after Venus DDT.

Match 3: Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher vs. Max The Impaler & Raku
Result: Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher beat Max The Impaler & Raku. Itoh beat Raku with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 4: International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Jada Stone for the title
Result: International Princess Champion Suzume beat Jada Stone to retain the title. V3 for Suzume.

Match 5: Princess Tag Team Champions Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara for the titles
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara to retain the titles. Nakajika pinned Uehara after a diving senton. V1 for the champs.

Match 6: TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich vs. Miu Watanbe for the title
Result: TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich beat Miu Watanabe to retain the title.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita for the title
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki beat Miyu Yamashita to retain the title. V2 for Mizuki. UNHAPPY UNHAPPT. And a rough couple days for Yamashita, this coming less than 24 hours after a tough loss to Natalya at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport last night where she got an extra post-fight beatdown after Stone Cold Saluting Natalya. DAMN! They really went at it to build it up on social media and delivered. After commentary signed off, Mizuki promo post-match to end the event along with all the roster coming out. Followed very reluctantly by Max (no doubt disappointed because of no Pom)

Overall this was a fun event that felt like TJPW with a very supportive crowd and I loved how they gave everyone the streamers. The unexpected absence of Pom Harajuku was disappointing but they did everything they could to resolve the visa issues right up until the last second. This kind of stuff unfortunately is a regular occurrence for foreign wrestlers both ways, including those competing regularly in the US and US wrestlers competing abroad sometimes. They will be back in the US again this summer and deservedly so as they continue to grow and build their fanbase.

End Show.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo with those who did not participate in the US events. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The second US event is DDT vs. TJPW vs. GCW tomorrow on Triller+ beginning at 2 PM PT/5 PM ET.

Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling “DRAGONGATE USA Presents THE REBIRTH” LIVE Results (4/16/25)

As the independent WrestleMania Week festival known as The Collective kicks off today, Dragon Gate is among the first from Japan to join the festivities with a revival of their former Dragon Gate USA sub-brand for the first of 2 events this week (the second vent is Friday). The event will feature a combination of wrestlers from Dragon Gate, US independents and The Collective host Game Changer Wrestling and even Stardom which will have a women’s match on the event. It’s the best week of the year for pro wrestling and it starts today!

Today’s event will be held at The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV//FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $71.99/year). Commentary is TBD but will almost certainly be in English. If you’re a new subscriber there is a 1 week free trial so you can watch this and all The Collective events FOR FREE! The subscription includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays. Be careful when going online to watch as a time change for the event was announced yesterday-originally scheduled to begin at 8 PM PT it has now been pushed back to 9 PM PT-this is not shown correctly on Triller or Dragon Gate’s websites. When the event does start it has 6 matches so it will probably run around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Ho Ho Lun vs. Rhys Maddox
Starlight Kid & AZM vs. Natsuko Tora & Konami
Ultimo Dragon, La Estrella & El Cucuy vs. Evan Rivers, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams
Kzy vs. Marcus Mathers
Ben-K & Hyo vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack and Cole Radrick & Alex Prince in a 3-way
YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN

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

Pre-show Update: Just before 10 AM PT it was announced that current Dragon Gate GM (and former wrestler) Ryo Saito will make a special appearance at the event, as will Matt Sydal, currently signed with All Elite Wrestling but out due to injury.

9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

Mandatory FBI Warning then a 10 second countdown before…

Another Mandatory FBI Warning then…

We are LIVE form The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Your hosts are Joe Dombrowski (who is also our ring announcer) & Rich Bocchini.

The paid attendance should be announced at a later time. Usually these in-casino Vegas venues hold anywhere from 500-2000, I’ve never been to this particular one yet so I don’t know what the setup is and from what I can see at ringside it’s not a legit sellout. But a decent-looking and sounding crowd, I’m going to guess it’ll be in the range of 600-700.

We get right to the matches after the ring announcer’s intro. Presumably no time limits like there normally is in Japan.

Match 1: Kzy vs. Marcus Mathers
Result: Kzy beat Marcus Mathers

Match 2: Stardom Match-Starlight Kid & AZM vs. Natsuko Tora & Konami
Result: Starlight Kid & AZM beat Natsuko Tora & Konami. AZM pinned Konami after Azumi Sushi.

Match 3: Ho Ho Lun vs. Rhys Maddox
Result: Ho Ho Lun beat Rhys Maddox

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, La Estrella & El Cucuy vs. Evan Rivers, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams
Result: Ultimo Dragon, La Estrella & El Cucuy beat Evan Rivers, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams. Dragon pinned Rivers with La Magistral.

Match 5: Ben-K & Hyo vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack and Cole Radrick & Alex Prince in a 3-way
Result: Rich Swann & WIllie Mack beat Ben-K & Hyo and Cole Radrick & Alex Prince in a 3-way when Swann pinned Hyo.

Matt Sydal comes out. He puts the promotion and everyone over and also promotes Friday’s event at Meet Las Vegas.

Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN
Result: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka beat Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN. YAMATO pinned ISHIN after Ragnarok. YAMATO post-match promo followed to wrap things up…although Rich Swann interrupted things. He’s spent some time in Dragon Gate in the past and, despite all respect for YAMATO, he wants a match against him Friday. Accepted by YAMATO in Japanese. Swann then left the ring to end the broadcast.

For the first Dragon Gate USA event in a decade it was a good mix of Japanese and American & European independent wrestling. A little more emphasis on the latter but the Stardom match was a nice addition too, and it was a neat & tidy presentation wrapping up in just over 2 hours. And there’s one more event coming which hopefully will lead to more US returns in the future.

End Show.

The second event of the US return is Friday at Meet Las Vegas. Live streaming on TrillerTV/FITE with a Trillet+ subscription as part of The Collective will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

BREAKING: Adios, Destino (Updated x3)

The rumors from a few weeks ago in the Japanese media have proven true…New Japan has announced Tetsuya Naito is done with the promotion. His contract will not be renewed by mutual agreement. The promotion says on their English website Naito is leaving on the best possible terms and will finish up with the promotion on 5/4 at the second day of WRESTLING DONTAKU 2025 in Fukuoka. Naito turns 43 this summer and has just short of 19 years in the ring but of course his future is a big question mark due to injuries, especially chronic knee issues and he’a had eye surgeries each of the last couple years prior to Tokyo Done yet he remains one of New Japan’s most popular wrestlers. Only Hiroshi Tanahashi may be more popular right now.

And just as I was about to post this…it was also announced that BUSHI is also leaving New Japan after 5/4. He requested his release and it was granted. BUSHI, previously known in his pre-New Japan days as T28 in All-Japan (Bushii is his real last name) is 42 and has 18 years experience but has mostly been used as a jobber the last few years. So Los Ingobernables de Japon is suddenly down to just 3 (not counting CMLL wrestler Titan).

They join Jeff Cobb in recently departing the promotion although Cobb’s departure was inmediate amidst runors he is WWE-bound.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: In a statement posted on New Japan’s Japanese website regarding these announcements, President Hiroshi Tanahashi stated that yesterday he tried to convince Naito to stay but Naito was determined to leave and Tanahashi couldn’t convince him otherwise.

UPDATE 2: More to come? New Japan has announced a press conference with Toru Yano will be held tomorrow at Noon Japan time, which means TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. It will be streamed LIVE FOR FREE on New Japan World (no paid subscription required).

UPDATE 3: The Yano presser, hosted by Haruo Murata, was apparently to announce a joint New Japan-DDT Pro Wrestling PPV as Super Sasadango Machine, Sanshiro Takagi & Akito were present for DDT as well as Yano along with New Japan Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi. This PPV apparently will be available on both New Japan World and WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (Said event will be on 6/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Tickets and PPV sales will begin 5/11 and will be available on both New japan World and WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Further details TBA but the only thing certain is there will be at least one match which will be Yano vs. Machine)

BREAKING: Major Change To US TJPW Match

And it’s a good one…at Friday’s Tokyo Joshi Pro event in Las Vegas an already big match between Masha Slamovich & Miu Watanabe is set. But now a major change has been announced by TJPW…it’s now for Slamovich’s TNA Knockouts World Championship! Massive opportunity for Watanabe! That makes 4 title matches for the event.

The event happens Friday at the Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV and if you can’t be there in person it will stream live on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription-and if you never have subscribed before there is a 1 week free trial so you can watch this and all The Collective FOR FREE! It will also be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

Injury Report: Brass Knuckles Really Do Hurt

Maybe he uses them as bis name suggests but I can’t verify because GLEAT event videos are now paywalled on YouTube (and admittedly I unsubscribed rather than pay $9/month for them when in Japanese currency it’s much less but no choice for me in the US), regardless Brass Knuckles JUN is the latest injury casualty in the promotion. Unspecified bone bruise. Out indefinitely but based on now being out of an upcoming tournament starting on 4/26 it will be at least 2 weeks. Changes to cards and the tournament are TBA (it’s a 16-man single elimination tournament).

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/15/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a special Kenoh Channel 3rd Anniversary event today to commemorate said anniversary of the launch of Kenoh’s YouTube channel.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It was streamed live for free on YouTube but the replay is set to private. The event has Japanese commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 1560, presumably a legit sellout.

Match 1; KENTA beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 2: Kenoh vs. Meiko Satomura was an exhibition match so there was no winner or loser.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & TBA, revealed to be Kabuto Mitomi, beat Shujo Kondo, Hajime Ohara & TBA, revealed to be Katsuo. Kiyomiya pinned Ohara after Shining Lancer.

Match 4: Dump Matsunoto beat Black Menso-re.

Match 5: Results were not posted but it was Owadasan vs. Hiroki Amemiya. I will update after watching the replay later.

Match 6: Minoru Suzuki & Hiroyo Matsumoto (Independent/Freelancer) beat Manabu Soya & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls). Suzuki pinned Soya after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Main Event: Kenoh & Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro) beat Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) & Kenbu. Kenoh pinned Kenbu aftet Kenoh Special.

The next event is 4/26 at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate 4/13/25 Results (2nd Event) (Updated)

As noted yesterday in the live results for the first event, Dragon Gate ran a same-day doubleheader yesterday in Fukuoka. Below are results from the second event.

Yesterday’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 409.

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki & Toru Owashi (DDT) beat Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior. Owashi pinned Junior after a chokeslam.

Match 2; Jaosn Lee & KAI beat Strong Machine J & U-T. Lee pinned U-T.

Match 3: Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament: Hyo beat Ryu Fuda. As a result, Hyo advances to the Semifinals and will face Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 4: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). KAMEI pinned Kid after JACKY Knife.

Match 5: YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Luis Mante beat Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda. Mante pinned Kanda after Spell Tigre.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka beat Shun Skywalker, Kota MInoura, Gianni Valetta & Homare. Order of elimination: Dia by Skywalker, Skywalker by Yoshioka, Homare by Tanaka, Kikuta by Valetta, Tanaka by Minoura, Valetta by Yoshioka, Minoura by Yoshioka. D-Courage wins.

The latest event was today at Kumamoto Castle Hall in Kumamoto. Results when available. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast. Also announced at these events for 4/19 is Mante vs. Lee with the winner facing YAMATO for the Open The Dream Gate Championship at DEAD OR ALIVE 2025 on 5/5.

The next event is tomorrow at Holt Hall Oita in Oita. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Tomorrow’s event will only have wrestlers who are not headed to the US for this week’s events in Las Vegas, NV. The US events are Wednesday & Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. Both will be available live and on demand on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $71.99/year, a 1 week free trial is available for new subscribers so if you’ve never subscribed before you can watch these and all events in The Collective FOR FREE!).

UPDATE: Wednesday’s US event has now been changed from an 8 PM PT/11 PM ET start to 9 PM PT/midnight ET and has been moved to The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/14/25 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2025 event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1332.

Match 1: Masa Kitamiya beat Harutoki.

Match 2: Jack Morris & Owadasan beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Black Menso-re. Owadasan pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: Mohammed Yone, Kazuyuki Fujita, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Eita & Daiki Odashima. Kotoge pinned Odashima after a bat drop.

Match 4: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley, HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. Huxley pinned Kiyomiya after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 5: Ulka Sasaki beat Daga by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 6: YO-HEY beat Tadasuke. As a result, YO-HEY gets the next GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship shot against Eita. That match will happen on 5/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Match 7: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox to retain the titles. Miyawaki pinned Masaoka. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: In a No DQ match, KENTA & Kenoh beat OZAWA & Tetsuya Endo. KENTA pinned OZAWA after GO 2 SLEEP.

The next event is a Kenoh Channel 3rd Anniversary event tomorrow. Live streaming FOR FREE on the Kenoh Channel YouTube channel will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. Access the video (placeholder until live) at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzozUXp2N34

UPDATE: Next up for the Jr. Tag champs: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. That match will happen on 5/3.

BREAKING: New Japan Titles Vacated

This is going to cause a lot of groans among some New Japan fans-the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman have vacated the titles because Cobb is leaving the promotion at his request. He’s been rumored to be heading to WWE. Cobb’s final NJPW match will be Saturday against Hiroshi Tanahashi. Newman and Great-O-Khan will try to leep the titles on 4/26 when they face…cue the groans…Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI). However, Newman also gets to face Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at WRESTLING DONTAKU on 5/4 (whoever wins will defend on 5/9 in the US).

Stardom 4/13/25 Results (Updated)

Stardom wrapped up their 4-day run of consecutive events today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu Exhibition Event Hall Block 2 in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 619.

There once again were many last-mintue changes due to this time the absences of Mei Seira, Suzu Suzuki, Mayu Iwatani and Starlight Kid. The always-vague poor health. Something going around.

Match 1: Miyu Amasaki beat Yuna Mizumori & Yuria Hime in a 3-way by pinning Hime.

Match 2; Natsupoi & Aya Sakura beat HANAKO & Tabata (CMLL). Natsupoi pinned Tabata after Fairy Real Gift.

Match 3: Ruaka & Rina beat Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. Ruaka pinned Kohgo after Freezer Bomb.

Match 4: Sayaka Kurara beat Akira Kurogame by submission.

Match 5: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora & Konami beat Maika, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Tora pinned Tsukiyama after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 6: Syuri & Hina beat Ranna Yagami & Lady C. Hina beat Yagami with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: Tam Nakano (Independent/Freelancer) beat Hanan.

The next event is STARDOM AMERICAN DREAM in Sin City Thursday at Veil Pavilion at Silverton Casino Lodge in Las Vegas, NV. Live streaming on TrillerTV/FITE as a PPV will begin at Noon PT/3 PM ET. The PPV is available for pre-order for $19.99 or as a combo pack for $24.99 that includes Friday’s event. The next Japan event is 4/24.

UPDATE: Although neither were on the event, it was announced that Seira & Suzuki would face each other on 4/27 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama in a NON-TITLE match (not for the High Speed Championship held by Seira). This is a straight up fight that came about after Suzuki recently turned on Seira and left Neo Genesis, thus breaking up their team.

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