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Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/18/2026 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro held the first Noto Genki Pro Wrestling event today, visiting part of Ishikawa that was devastated by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in 2024.

Today’s event was held at Wadauchi Sports Center in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 625, a legit sellout.

Match 1: HIMAWARI beat Chieri Sakimori.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu beat Mahiro Kiryu & Chika Nanase. Tatsumi beat Nanase with a dragon sleeper.

Match 3: Raku beat Mifu Ashida.

Match 4: Suzume & Sakura Hattori beat Toga & Shion Kanzaki. Suzume pinned Kanzaki after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Miyu Yamashita & Kira Summer. Aino pinned Summer after Venus DDT.

Match 6: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) & Yuki Kamifuku beat Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Main Event: Yuki Arai, Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzki. Arai beat Suzuki with a scorpion deathlock.

The next event is Saturday at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama to resume the (I thought it was over but it’s not) fall house show tour. The matches could also set up the finals of the NexGene Tournament depending on results. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 10/26.

UPDATE: After the event, added to 11/8 at Korakuen Ball in Tokyo was what will be the Shiori Futaba Debut Match: Shiori Futaba, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Mifu Ashida, Wakana Uehara & Mizuki. The current card suggests either it’s now final at 7 matches or there may be one more match added.

DDT News: Early 10/17/2026 Event News/Fallout (Updated x2)

DDT is running their monthly Tokyo signature event right now and is wrapping it up. I normally would have done live results since it’s a weekend matinee (and was a 7:30 PM PT start time) but was unable to this time due to a schedule conflict and results aren’t available yet, but here is some breaking news/fallout from today:
Shinya Aoki is joining the promotion effective 11/3. Apparently he’s been a freelancer prior despite semi-regular appearances the last few years.
Yuki Iino’s final DDT match on 11/3 is official-his final opponent will be Yukio Naya. Iino will be moving to Pro Wrestling NOAH full-time after that event.
A new ring announcer and 3 new trainees were introduced during the event. The new wrestlers are scheduled to debut in December.

More news and full results when they become available.

UPDATE: Here are the full results:
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura & Masami Inahata beat Sanshiro Takagi & Yuki Ishida. Yoshimura pinned Ishida after Paybacks.

After that…
Super Sasadango Machine beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Machine becomes the 1918th Champion. Which led to…
Yuki Ueno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Super Sasadango Machine to win the title. Ueno becomes the 1919th Champion. Which led to…
Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1920th Champion. Which led to…
To-y beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. To-y becomes the 1921st Champion. Which led to…
Super Sasadango Machine beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion To-y to win the title. Machine becomes the 1922nd Champion. Which led to…
Yui Yoshida beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Super Sasadango Machine to win the title. Yoshida becomes the 1923rd Champion. Yoshida is a comedian who was a special guest on commentary for today’s event. Which led to…
Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yui Yoshida to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1924th Champion. Which led to…
Yuki Ueno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. Ueno becomes the 1925th Champion. All that in the span of about 10 minutes. Pro Wrestling, Everybody!

We now return to your regularly scheduled results…

Match 2: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi beat Danshoku DIeno, Kazuki Hirata & Super Sasadango Machine in ONE SECOND. Takechi pinned Hirata. Which led to…oh, wait, the wackiness above is not done yet!
Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1926th Champion.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki beat Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato. Aoki pinned Sato with Aoki Clutch.

Match 4: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi to retain the titles. Sasaki pinned Sumi. V1 for the champs.

Match 5: KO-D Tag Team Champions Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Takao Soma & Shota to retain the titles. Koroku pinned Soma. V1 for the champs. Although still competing in DDT, this was Soma’s first appearance (I believe) as a freelancer as he left the promotion at the end of September.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi beat Akito to retain the title. V4 for Taguchi.

Main Event: In an elimination match with over the top rope rules, MAO, KANON, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antoino Honda & Hinata Kasai. Order of elimination: Kasai by Iino, Iino by Naya, Naya & Honda together, KANON by Brookes, HARASHIMA by MAO, Brookes by MAO. MAO wins as only one left on his team. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Yuki Iino beat Danshoku Dieno. The Danshoku DIeno that was part of those deplorable Pheromones. After all, Iino defecting to NOAH means one thing that already seems permanent given he transformed himself into a slightly balder & darker-skinned Manabu Soya…NOT SEXY!!!

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE 2: Next up for Taguchi: To-y. That match will happen on 11/29.

Stardom 10/17/2026 Results

Stardom began their usual weekend house show slate today in Yamagata.

Today’s event was held at Sagar City Civic Gym in Yamagata and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live.broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 358.

Match 1: Aya Sakura & Saori Anou beat Maki Itoh & Rian. Sakura pinned Rian.

Match 2: Konami beat Lady C & Fuwa-chan in a 3-way by pinning Fuwa-chan.

Match 3: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita & Itsuki Aoki beat Starlight Kid, Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. Yamashita pinned Mizumori after Implant.

Match 4: Hazuki & Koguma beat HANAKO & Matoi Hamabe and Natsuko Tora & Ruaka in a 3-way when Hazuki pinned Hamabe.

Match 5: Utami Hayashishita & Ranna Yagami beat Rina & Azusa Inaba. Hayashishita pinned Inaba with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Syuri, Ami Sohrei & Hina beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Maika. Hina pinned Hanan with Gedo Clutch.

The next event is tomorrow at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi for the annual Stardom Sisters (Hanan, Hina, Rina) hometown event with Hanan-Hina for the Wonder Of Stardom Championship. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

New Japan 10/17/2026 Results

New Japan ran a special Taichi hometown event today which also was held at the school he graduated from.

Today’s event was held at Ishikari City Hanakawa Minami Junior High School Gym in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World for $22.99 US until 11/30 Japan time.

The announced paid attendance was 842, a legit sellout.

Pre-show match: Masatora Yasuda beat Ryoma Tsukamoto (Independent/Freelancer).

Match 1: DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi beat Dick Togo to retain the title. V3 for Taguchi. He will now defend the title against Akito at tomorrow’s DDT event.

Match 2: In a match where Satoshi Kojima would earn an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship shot with a win AND make weight, Yoh beat Satoshi Kojima. It wouldn’t have happened anyway because Kojima did not make weight. Not even close. Still at 108 kg/237 pounds. The limit is 100 kg/220 pounds.

Match 3: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Kumagoro Hokkai & Lonely Wolf. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Hokkai.

Match 4: Yuya Uemura beat TAKA Michinoku.

Match 5: In a Falls Count Anywhere Inside The School (but not a No DQ) match, El Desperado & Toru Yano beat Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Yano pinned Gedo.

Main Event: Taichi & TBA, revealed to be Zack Sabre Jr., beat Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & TBA, revealed to be Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Taichi pinned Kanemaru after Zack Mephisto (combined Black Mephisto). The TBAs were the choices of Taichi & Marufuji, respectively. Afterwards, Taichi requested a match against Marufuji and announced his intent to return for another hometown event next year.

The next event is the Super Junior Tag League starting on 10/24 at Kumagaya City Civic Gym in Saitama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. All tournament events will be available live & on demand.

BREAKING: Wrestler Pac Dies (Updated x3)

Very sad developing story-Ben Satterley, best known to wrestling fans worldwide as Pac, has died. He was only 40. No details regarding circumstances are known at this time but he just competed for All Elite Wrestling last night.

Before jumping to WWE as Adrian Neville in 2012 then to AEW in 2019, Pac started out in his native England but made a name for himself in Japan over several years in Dragon Gate, thriving in the promotion’s Junior Heavyweight-oriented style with death-defying acrobatics & physicality, where he still holds the record for longest Open The Brave Gate Championship reign at almost 15 months and held the successful defense record with 11 until it was broken recently by Ryoya Tanaka. He also was a former Open The Dream Gate Champion, Open The Twin Gate Champion and Open The Triangle Gate Champion, making him one of the few wrestlers to hold every title in the promotion.

More as it becomes available. Until then, I join fans worldwide in sending my deepest condolences and mourning the loss of another brother taken from us way too soon. RIP and GOD BLESS, Pac.

UPDATE: As tributes continue to pour in, New Japan posted an article remembering Pac. He competed in the 2012 Best Of The Super Junior Tournament, reaching the Semifinals, and just this past June he challenged Shota Umino for the IWGP Global Championship.

Dragon Gate has also posted a tribute to Pac, which can be viewed at the link below (in Japanese but with an image in English):

https://blog.spora.jp/dragongate/archives/33241

UPDATE 2: A few details about his death were just revealed. He was reportedly found passed out inside a car outside an Illinois restaurant, and per the Cook County (Illinois) Medical Examiner’s office there were no indications of foul play or trauma and his death does not appear to be suspicious. An autopsy has reportedly been performed but results may take several weeks.

UPDATE 3: The official cause of death was revealed today (10/16/2026)-natural causes but specifically bronchial asthma. No foul play, trauma, drug use, etc.

GLEAT 10/16/2026 Results

GLEAT held a special event today open only to members of their relatively new (that I know of) fan club.

Today’s event was held at Basement MonStar in Tokyo and may be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event with tickets distributed by lottery so no paid attendance. I’m guessing that meant the crowd was in the range of 75-80. Remember this is a VERY SMALL venue that may not even hold 100.

Match 1: In a G-Rush Rules 5-way elimination match for a G-RUSH Championship shot, Vent Vert Jack vs. Keiichi Sato, Kohei Kinoshita, ARASHI & Kapy went to a 7 minute time limit draw with Jack, Sato & Kinoshita still in the match. Which led to…
Match 1 (continued): Vent Vert Jack beat Keiichi Sato & Kobei Konishita in a 3-way elimination match. As a result, Jack earned the title shot.

Match 2: Takehiro Yamamura, Quiet Storm & Yuya Aoki beat T-Hawk, Tetsuya Izuchi & Jo Yamamoto. Storm pinned Yamamoto after 53cm Arm Lariat.

Match 3: Minoru Tanaka & Koki Iwasaki beat MICHIKO & Junjie. Iwasaki pinned Junjie.

A talk show segment was held here with Kotaro Suzuki and Lidet Entertainment President Hiroyuki Suzuki.

Match 4: Takanori Ito, Ryuichi Kawakami & Hayato Tamura beat Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & So Daimonji. Tamura pinned SAKAMOTO after a lariat. Afterwards, Naoya Nomura appeared and issued a Lidet UWF Championship challenge to Ito. Accepted. Date & location TBA.

Main Event: G-RUSH Champion Soma Watanabe vs. Vent Vert Jack went to a 7 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Main Event (continued): Vent Vert Jack beat G-RUSH Champion Soma Watanabe to win the title. Jack becomes the 5th G-RUSH Champion.

The next event is 11/6. Broadcast plans TBA but likely no live broadcast.

New Japan News: CMLL 2027 Crossover Series Announced

New Japan announced CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2027 today, the annual crossover series featuring their partners from Mexico’s CMLL promotion. Next year’s installment will feature 8 events over 10 days in the usual February timeframe as follows:
2/17-Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai
2/20-Ikeda City Satsujiyama Gym, Osaka
2/21-ATC Hall C, Osaka
2/22-Takamatsu City General Gym 2, Kagawa
2/23-Aichi Prefectural Budokan, Aichi
2/25, 2/26, 2/27-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

Participation & ticket sale dates TBA. Schedule is subject to change.

All-Japan 10/15/2026 Results (Updated)

All-Japan continued the Anniversary Series tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 334, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Yuma Anzai beat MUSASHI.

Match 2: Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Ren Ayabe & Hokuto Omori. Odyssey pinned Omori after Journey’s End.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito & Seiki Yoshioka beat Seigo Tachibana, Hyo Ogawa & Nobuhiko Kimura (Independent/Freelancers). Yoshioka pinned Ogawa with La Magistral.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki, Yasutaku Yano & Yuya Aoki beat Hideki Suzuki, Shota Kofuji & Kengo Mashimo. Shiozaki pinned Kofuji after Go Lariat.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi beat Masayuki Kono.

Main Event: Ryuki Honda & Rising Hayato beat Kento Miyahara & Dan Tamura. Honda pinned Miyahara.

The next event is 10/22 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: In post-event backstage comments, Yano asked Shiozaki & Yuma Aoyagi to form a team with him and subsequently made an All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge. That match will happen on 10/27 at Tonakomai City General Gym in Hokkaido.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/15/2026 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their monthly Legacy Rise 0226 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 & English.

The announced paid attendance was 927. Compared to their other Korakuen events this year that’s unusually low.

Match 1: KENTA, Tetsuya Endo, Alejandro & Dragon Bane beat Jun Masaoka, Kai Fujimura, Tadasuke & YO-HEY. Bane pinned Fujinura after Vendetta.

Match 2: Hiroya Namiki beat Yuto Koyanagi. As a result, Namiki is in the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix.

Match 3: Atsushi Kotoge, Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura beat Daiki Odashima, Hiroto Tsuruya & Kouga. Inamura pinned Tsuruya after Musou.

Match 4: Manabu Soya beat Doc Gallows.

Match 5: OZAWA & Alpha Wolf beat Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI. OZAWA pinned BUSHI.

Match 6: M.P.I. & Shuji Kondo beat Naomichi Marufuji & HAYATA. Kondo pinned HAYATA. Afterwards, M.P.I., who recebtly attacked Marufuji at a prior event and is the next GHC National Championship challenger, unmasked and was revealed to be Luis Mante (Dragon Gate).

Match 7: Katl Anderson beat Yuki Iino.

Main Event: In a Lumberjack Match, Kenoh beat Masa Kitamiya.

The next event is Saturday at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama for a Masa Kitamiya 15th Anniversary event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: A short time ago after the event concluded, the promotion announced on social media that Maybach Taniguchi, the former masked heel version of Shuhei Taniguchi, will appear for the final time on 10/25, teaming with KENTA to face Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura.

New Japan News: Potential Title Match Setup Saturday

New Japan has added an interesting match to Saturday’s Taichi hometown school event-not that there’s anything interesting about Yoh vs. Satoshi Kojima. But here’s the interesting part-if Kojima wins AND can get his weight down to 100 kg/220 lbs or less in time (which will be before the event), Kojima will get an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship shot in the future. If Kojima is at the weight listed in bis profile on New Japan’s website, which is 108 kg/237.6 pounds, that’s less than 2 days now to cut 17.6 pounds. Yes, MMA fighters do these ridiculous (and dangerous) weight cuts all the time and sometimes boxers do too, but we also must keep in mind Kojima is 56. The Bread Club must rally and send him lots of high-fiber bread! The kicker here seems to be that Taichi was a Junior Heavyweight before moving up to Heavyweight in 2018 and it really moved his career forward, so can Kojima do it in reverse? Not that he needs to as he still is doing well for himself, especially in the US Independent (and now New Japan partner) Major League Wrestling (MLW).

We’ll see what happens at event time. The event will be a PPV on New Japan World.