News, results & more from Japanese Pro Wrestling & Sumo
All-Japan has announced pending changes to the upcoming Champions Carnival tournament as Cyrus, who was to be in the tournament, is now out. After travel arrangements were made, the airline ticket was supposedly cancelled by Cyrus and the promotion has been unable to contact him. No further details are known at this time. A replacement in the tournament will be announced tomorrow.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: Yuma Aoyagi is the replacement.
Pro Wrestling NOAH ran another UNIVERSE MAGIC event yesterday in Tokyo.
Yesterday’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: UNIVERSE CUP Semifinals: Naomichi Marufuji beat Hayabusa.
Match 2: UNIVERSE CUP Semifinals: Sanshiro Takagi beat The Great Sasuke.
Match 3: Tokyo Joshi Pro Match: Miyu Yamashita beat Shino Suzuki.
Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Takeshi Masada & Yunehito Imanari beat Masato Tanaka, Isami Kodaka, Taro Nobashi & The Great Mummy. Inanari pinned Mummy after a lariat.
Match 5: Yuna won a 10 woman battle royal, last eliminating Chika Akatsuki.
Main Event: UNIVERSE CUP Finals: Naomichi Marufuji beat Sanshiro Takagi to win the tournament.
The next event is APEX CONQUEST 2026 in NAGOYA Sunday at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.
Ganbare Pro ran their latest event Sunday in Tokyo.
Sunday’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Ryuma Sekimo & Takuya Wada beat Sentaro Motojina & Shuichiro Katsumura.
Match 2: Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI beat Konomi Hori & Yuki Mashiro.
Match 3: Shinichiro Tominaga beat Tyson Maeguchi.
Match 4: Mizuki Watase & SUSHI beat Akira Raijin & Leatherface.
Main Event: Banana Senga, Guts Ishijina & Ken Ovka beat Fuminori Abe, Shota Kawakami & Yumehito Imanari.
The next event is 4/29 at Korakuen Hall for the promotion’s 13th Anniversary event. It will be available on demand on 5/5.
Dragon Gate tan their monthly Tokyo event yesterday as part of The Gate Of Passion 2026 Tour.
Yesterday’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 announced paid attendance was 1088.
Match 1: Ryoya Tanaka beat Kenichiro Arai.
Match 2: Jason Lee & ISHIN beat Kazuma Kimura & Joro Shinbashi. ISHIN pinned Shinbashi.
Match 3: Toru Owashi (DDT), Takashi & Problem Dragon beat Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Punch Tomonaga. Dragon pinned Tomonaga.
Match 4: Strong Machine J, Kzy, @KEY & GuC beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BcB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). GuC pinned Hulk after Nagadora.
Match 5: Homare & El Cielo beat Kota Minoura & Yoshiki Kato by DQ. Minoura DQ’d. Weapon use.
Match 6: Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA, Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii and JACKY KAMEI & Riiita in a 4-way when Horiguchi pinned KAMEI.
Match 7: Hyo & Yuki Yoshioka beat Shun Skywalker & Ben-K. Yoshioka pinned Ben-K after High Fly Flow.
Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kimuta beat KAI to retain the title. V5 for Kikuta.
The next event is Friday at Hawthorne Theater in Portland, OR for a crossover event with DEFY Wrestling. Broadcast plans TBA.
In addition to event postponements, DDT also announced an injury absence today. No FIRE! for now as Sanshiro Takagi was injured at the event this weekend. Orbital bones (eye) and nose. Out indefinitely. The promotion said “a short period of time” but event changes resulting from this indicate at least 1-2 weeks. But exactly how long isn’t yet known.
More as it becomes available.
Tokyo Joshi Pro & DDT have announced that their scheduled 5/9 & 5/10 events in Malaysia, titled LOVE & PEACE 2026, have now been POSTPONED. The promotions cited uncertainties in the international situation with uncertainties that are difficult to foresee in advance regarding local procedures and necessary preparations. In other words, probably a generic way of saying Iran war fallout.
The events will be rescheduled at a later date.
At the traditional post-blowout event presser at their headquarters in Tokyo today, New Japan began announcing several matches for WRESTLING DONTAKU, the (again 2-day) annual Golden Week blowout event in Fukuoka. First up, the hinted-at first defense for NEW IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman is now official, it will be on Day 2 on 5/4. The second title match for 5/4 is NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Boltin Oleg vs. Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE for the titles. The third 5/4 title match leads off the event and will be NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Chase Owens for the title.
For Day 1 on 5/3, the main event is IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji vs. Gabriel Kidd for the title. The second and last title match that day is MEVER Openweight Champion Ren Narita vs. Boltin Oleg for the title.
It was also announced that IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI vs. Tiger Mask for the title will happen on 4/29 at Saga Arena in Saga.
Finally, the NJPW WORLD TV Championship match from SAKURA GENESIS can now be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.
Tokyo Joshi Pro began their 2026 spring house show tour today with a Miyu Yamashita hometown event.
Today’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast
The announced paid attendance was 357.
Match 1: Sakura Hattori beat Shion Kanzaki.
Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Hyper Misao & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way by pinning Konatsu.
Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer beat Yuki Aino & Chika Nanase. Kamifuku pinned Nanase after Fameasser.
Match 4: Mizuki beat Wakana Uehara.
Match 5: HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Mifu Ashida beat Suzume, Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami. HIMAWARI pinned Kazashiro after Sun Flower Tempest
Match 6: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Watanabe pinned Harajuku after Teardrop.
Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima beat Yuki Arai & Toga. Yamashita pinned Toga after Skull Kick. In post-match comments, Yamashita revealed her first martial arts teacher died recently and unexpectedly so it was an emotional homecoming for the leader of the promotion.
The next event is Wednesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Saturday.
DDT’s monthly signature Tokyo event today underwent late changes to be centered around the retirement of Kazusada Higuchi, who announced recently he had to retire due to injury.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Tetsu Inada & Saki Akai were guests on commentary.
The paid attendance was not announced.
Pre-show match: Rukiya beat Yuni.
Match 1: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Kotoku & Daichi Sato beat Kazuma Sumi, Masami Inahata & Hinata Kasai. Masada pinned Kasai after a lariat.
Match 2: in a Variety King match, GM Imabayashi beat Toru Owashi, Akito, Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda in a 7-way by beating Hirata. Comedy match where the first time a wrestler went for a pinfall or submission they had to rush out of the ring to do their entrance.
Match 3: Yukio Naya & Viente Maligno beat Hideki Okatani & Illusion. Naya pinned Illusion after The World’s Largest Backdrop.
Match 4: Yuki Iino, Jun Akiyama & Junta Miyawaki beat Yuki Ueno, Shinya Aoki & To-y. Iino pinned Ueno after a spear.
Match 5: Kaisei Takechi beat Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer).
Match 6: Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA beat KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & KANON to win the titles. Brookes & HARASHIMA become the 89th KO-D Tag Team Champions. HARASHIMA pinned KANON after a swan dive type Blue Sword. Next up: Possibly Illusion & Daisuke Sasaki. Or at least a poster of Sasaki because he is on international excursions all month.
Main Event: Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakaysu & Yuki Ishida beat Shunma Katsumata, Kota Umeda & Koki Iwasaki. Ishida pinned Katsumata after Flame Palm. Due to Higuchi’s retirement, Harimao disbanded after the match.
After the main event, a retirement ceremony was held for Higuchi.
The next event is Thursday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage. There will be no live broadcast. On demand on 4/12.
UPDATE: After the event, the full bracket for this year’s KING OF DDT Tournament was revealed. It’s a single-elimination bracket format event with 16 participants. All Round 1 matches will be on 5/4 and are as follows: Danshoku Dieno vs. Kaisei Takechi, To-y vs. Takeshi Masada, Minoru Suzuki vs. Yukio Naya, Chris Brookes vs. Junta Miyawaki, HARASHIMA vs. Daichi Sato, Shinya Aoki vs. KANON, Hideki Okatani vs. Yuya Koroku, MAO vs. Kazuma Sumi. The Quartrrfinals will be on 5/9 at Shinjuku Face. After that, there will be a random drawing for the Semifinals. The Semifinals & Finals will be on 5/31.
Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 439.
Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Dragon Bane, Alejandro, Harutoki & Katsumi Inahata. Yone pinned Inahata after Kinniku Muscle Buster.
Match 2: Takashi Sugiura, Knull & Tadasuke beat AMAKUSA. Eita & Black Menso-re. Tadasuke pinned Menso-re.
Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat Manabu Soya & Daiki Odashima. Endo pinned Odashima after Burning Star Press.
Match 4: OZAWA beat Midori Takahashi.
Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Yuto Koyanagi.
Match 6: Masa Kitamiya, Alpha Wolf, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, RYUSEI & Angel Reyes. Masaoka pinned RYUSEI after Ambitions.
Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura beat Hiroto Tsuruya.
The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.