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All-Japan News: Royal Road Tournament Set, More (Updated)

All-Japan has announced the field for the 2025 Royal Road Tournament, a single-elimination bracket-style tournament for Heavyweights only coming up in August & September. There are 16 entrants this year, 15 of which were revealed today: Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Ren Ayabe, Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Hideki Suzuki, Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Hokuto Omori, Koran, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Xyon, Kengo Mashimo, Naoya Nomura and, noteworthy, Odyssey aka the former Odyssey Jones in WWE. Entrant 16 is TBA, whoever it is will face Rei Saito in Round 1. TBA will be revealed via participation on 8/3 at Ota City General Gym.
The other Round 1 matchups:
Kento Miyahara vs. Kengo Mashimo
Yuma Aoyagi vs. Naoya Nomura
Shotaro Ashino vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Hideki Suzuki vs. Odyssey
Ryuki Honda vs. Koran
Hokuto Omori vs. Xyon
Jun Saito vs. Ren Ayabe

Ayabe is the defending tournament winner.

All matches will be held under PWF Rules, 1 fall with no time limit. Round 1 will be on 8/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, 8/30 at Kunibiki Messe Large Exhibition Hall in Shimane and 8/31 at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. The Quarterfinals will be 9/3 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and 9/6 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. The Semifinals & Finals will be 9/15 at Korakuen.

Also set for 8/3 is a GAORA TV Championship match-after Takashi successfully retained the title in a 5-way in Dragon Gate at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025 last weekend, his next challenger has been announced-because apparently he’s a draw if nothing else, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

UPDATE: Fallout from 7/17-after Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi successfully defended the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship, the next challenge came from Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo. Accepted and it’s now official. That match will happen on 8/3. Also, I incorrectly stated the 7/17 match was V4 for the champs. It actually was V3.

Stardom 7/17/25 Results

Stardom ran their last house show for a while today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Ulry 1st Floor Multipurpose Hall in Aomori and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 572.

Match 1: Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe beat Natsupoi & Sayaka Kurara. Kamitani pinned Natsupoi after Star Crusher.

Match 2: Miyu Amasaki beat Saki Kashima & Ema Maishima in a 3-way by pinning Maishims.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kotatsu beat Yuria Hime & Kikyo Furusawa. Yagami pinned Furusawa after Beat Master.

Match 4: Hazuki & Koguma beat Ami Sohrei & Lady C. Koguma pinned C after a diving body press.

Match 5: Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. Ruaka pinned Iida after Freezer Bomb.

Match 6: Suzu Suzuki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Bozilla pinned Rian after a piledriver.

Main Event: Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat Starlight Kid, AZM & Mei Seira. Anou pinned Kid after Tantan Dollar.

The next event is STARDOM SAPPORO RENDEZVOUS 2025 Monday at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World will begin Sunday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

In other news, after the champion issued a challenge yesterday, High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Honoka (WAVE) for the title has been added to 7/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

All-Japan 7/17/25 Results

All-Japan kicked off the Summer Action Series 2025 today with the start of the Zennichi Jr. Festival, a Junior Heavyweight single tournament

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 855. Rather low for Korakuen recently.

Zennichi Jr. Festival:
Match 1: Block B: Dan Tamura beat Fuminori Abe.
Match 2: Block A: Hikaru Sato beat Ryo Inoue by submission.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Seigo Tachibana beat Kumaarashi, Takashi & Shota Kofuji. Suzuki beat Kofuji with a sleeper hold.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Shotaro Ashino & Ren Ayabe beat Jun & Rei Saito, MUSASHI & Yuko Miyamoto. Ayabe pinned MUSASHI after Des Roulette.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Hokuto Omori & Talos to retain the titles. Aoyagi pinned Omori after THE FOOL. V4 for the champs.

Zennichi Jr. Festival:
Match 6: Block B: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Naruki Doi.
Main Event: Block A: Rising Hayato beat Seiki Yoshioka.

The next event is Sunday at Volfert Toyama in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that evening.

Stardom 7/16/25 Results

Stardom headed to northern Japan today to start a rare midweek doubleheader, today running an event in Akita.

Today’s event was held at Akita Selion Plaza in Akita and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 456.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Ema Maishima. Bozilla pinned Maishima after a piledriver.

Match 2: Hazuki & Koguma beat Sayaka Kurara & Yuria Hime. Hazuki pinned Hime after a diving senton.

Match 3: Saki Kashima, Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO, Rian & Kikyo Furusawa. Sohrei pinned Rian after a brainbuster.

Match 4: Konami beat Aya Sakura & Ranna Yagami in a 3-way by pinning Yagami.

Match 5: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Kid beat Mizumori with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Momo Watanabe beat Hanan, Saya Iida, Natsupoi & Momo Kohgo. Tora pinned Hanan after a swanton bomb.

The next event is tomorrow at Ulry 1st Floor Multipurpose Hall in Aomori. There will be no live broadcast.

NOAH News: Epic Title Match Today, Broadcast Plans Change

Some NOAH news:

In Marigold today, GHC Women’s Champion Takuni Iroha defended the title against Marigold World Champion Utami Hayashishita in a match for both titles, and at their request it had a 1 Hour time limit instead of the normal 30 minutes. In the end, after going 56+ minutes…DOUBLE KO. Both retain their titles. V3 for Iroha. And perhaps a rematch if both have their way. The natch should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

Also, it was announced that the 7/36 event at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto, which was scheduled to be on demand only a fee days afterwards, will now be a LIVE WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast. Start time is 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 6/29/25 Results (Updated 7/15/25)

7/15/25 UPDATE: The full event can now be watched on demand on New Japan World.

New Japan held a special TANAHASHI JAM event today, a Hiroshi Tanahashi Produced event marking the halfway point of his retirement road and the grand finale of the Aichi Prefectural Gym venue, which is closing for good to make way for the brand-new Aichi International Arena (aka IG Arena) that opened about a month ago and will have it’s official grand opening in a couple weeks with the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast outside of Japan. This event aired live in Japan only exclusively on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4570.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Odashima (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat LEONA (Dradition), Hiromu Takahashi & Tatsumi Fujinami (Dradition). Tanahashi beat LEONA with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 2: Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL beat YOSHI-HASHI, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii & Yuya Uemura. Owens pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Last Testament.

Match 3: NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg beat Yuji Nagata to retain the title. V1 for Oleg.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, El Desperado & Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & SANADA. Wato pinned Kanemaru after a falcon blow.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat TBA, revealed at match time to be Taiji Ishimori, to retain the title. V2 for Phantasmo.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate), Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Skywalker pinned Young after SSW.

Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto by ref stoppage (technical submission) to win the title. Sabre becomes the 13th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. And the second 2-time champion.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Ryohei Oiwa. Tanahashi pinned Oiwa after High Fly Flow.

The next event is Friday at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo for the penultimate event of the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, Dragon Gate announced Tanahashi will participate in the promotion at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, on 7/13 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. He was revealed as the TBA that will team with Dragon Kid to face Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. That event will be available to watch live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

UPDATE 2: Goto was injured in his match today. Right elbow. Out Friday. Status uncertain beyond that.

Stardom 7/13/25 Results

Stardom headed to Fukushima today for an Ami Sohrei hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Parse Izaka in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 302.

There were several last-minute changes due to Ruaka being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Kurara pinned Hina after Tokimeki Spear.

Match 2: Yuna Mizumori beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 3: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Koguma & Ema Maishima. Kid beat Maishima with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora beat Kikyo Furusawa.

Match 4: Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Hanan pinned Rian with a blockbuster hold.

Match 5: Suzu Suzuki & Bozilla beat AZM & Mei Seira. Bozilla pinned AZM after a sitout powerbomb.

Main Event: Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima & Lady C beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Konami. Sohrei pinned Konami.

The next event is Wednesday at Selion Plaza in Akita. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/13/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Gunma.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 390.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge & Daiki Odashima beat AMAKUSA & Caribbean. Kotoge pinned Caribbean after Bat Drop.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Super Crazy & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by beating Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Eita & Shuji Kondo. Bane beat Eita.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley, YO-HEY & HAYATA. Harutoki pinne dHuxley after a huracanrana.

Match 5: Takashi Sugiura beat Daiki Inaba by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 6: Kenoh, KENTA, Ulka Sasaki & Junta Miyawaki beat OZAWA, Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan. Kenoh beat Tadasuke with Kenoh Special.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Galeno beat Will Kroos to retain the title. V3 for Galeno.

The next event is ABEMA Presents Pro Wrestling NOAH 25th Anniversary Tournament New Departure, a 2-day event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo Saturday & Sunday (both events are Saturday US time). For the first event, live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET for the first event, which is an exclusive live ABEMA broadcast in Japan. For the second event, live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Dragon Gate 7/13/25 Results (Updated)

Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, Dragon Gate’s biggest event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. This was a live PPV and tape-delayed GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 4890)

Match 1: BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Akihiro Sahara. Yokosuka pinned Sahara after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda & Shachihoko BOY beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Ri, Reach Tominaga & Problem Dragon. Dragon pinned Tominaga with La Magistral.

Match 3: GAORA TV Champion Takashi beat Naruki Doi, Kzy, Masaaki Mochizuki & KAI in a 5-way by pinning KAI to retain the title. V1 for Takashi.

Match 4: In a No DQ match, Madoka Kikuta beat Strong Machine J by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 5: Ryoya Tanaka beat Open The Brave Gate Champion U-T to win the title. Tanaka becomes the 55th Open The Brave Gate Champion.

Match 6: Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan) & Dragon Kid beat Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Tanahashi pinned Yoshioka after High Fly Flow.

Match 7: In an Elimination Match, Open The Triangle Gate Champions ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare beat Luis Mante, Flamita & Bendito and Riiita, JACKY KAMEI & Mochizuki Junior in a 3-way, when ISHIN beat Junior, then Luis Mante, Flamite & Bendito beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare, when Flamita pinned Kato, to win the titles. Mante, Flamita & Bendito become the 94th Open The Triangle Gate Champions.

Match 8: Open The Twin Gate Champions Jason Lee & Kota Minoura beat Hyo & Ben-K to retain the titles. Minoura pinned Hyo after Golden Rose. V3 for the champs.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker beat Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO to win the title. Skywalker becomes the 41st Open The Dream Gate Champion. 3rd reign to be, ending YAMATO’s 6th reign as just short of a year and after 8 successful defenses. And despite losing the Open The Triangle Gate Championship today, it means Z-Brats now all but rule Dragon Gate. (YAMATO’s reign, impressive as it had been, was not close to record-setting. The longest reign to date by length is almost 19 months and the successful defense record is 15, both held by CIMA in the same reign)

The next event is Saturday at Sankei Hall Suzuka in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: The first challenger for Slywalker is set: Kikuta. That match will happen on 8/17 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 7/13/25 LIVE Results (Update-CANCELLED) (Updated 7/17/25)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up their second US visit this year with the third event of the week in Texas, this time heading north from Houston to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. It’s a morning matinee for a good part of the US and a very early Monday morning event for those in Japan, but also the final event before SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25. However, the title matches build is pretty much over as today is almost evenly split between single & tag team matches but we do have a special guest today-TJPW OG Yuka Sakazaki returns today for the first time since leaving the promotion to return to All Elite Wrestling full-time and there is also a rematch of the 2024 TJPW Match Of The Year of Shoko Nakajima vs. Miu Watanabe.

Today’s event will be held at The OC in Forney, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The commentary team will be Joe Dombrowski & Veda Scott. Once again the broadcast plans are tentative due to the venue setup and equipment. There are 7 matches scheduled but if the usual time limits are in place then it’ll probably have a standard house show running time of around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki vs. Pom Harajuku & Raku
Moka Miyamoto vs. Alejandra Quintanilla
Yuki Arai vs. Maya World
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara
Shoko Nakajima vs. Miu Watanabe
Yuka Sakazaki & Billie Starkz vs. Miyu Yamashita & Vertvixen
Mizuki vs. Maki Itoh

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10:30 AM PT/1:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

10:15 AM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

10:30 AM PT UPDATE: The broadcast will now start 10 minutes late due to unstable network conditions at the venue (the video quality even for the static pre-show image is unusually poor even on highest quality settings). If major issues occur, there will be no live broadcast but the event will be available on demand at a later date.

10:35 AM PT UPDATE: There will be no live broadcast, at least for the moment. Results will be posted below as they become available.

10:45 AM PT UPDATE: The live broadcast has been officially CANCELLED. On demand ASAP.

12 PM PT UPDATE: The latest results so far are below. (Full results as of 1:20 PM PT)

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2540, a legit sellout. If it really was a sellout would depend on same-day tickets)

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Kamofuku & Walana Uehara. Suzume pinned Uehara after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Moka Miyamoto beat Alejandra Quintanilla.

Match 3: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hypet Misao & Shino Suzuji. Raku pinned Suzuki after Doctor Yellow.

Match 4: Yuki Arai beat Maya World.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima.

Match 6: Yuka Sakazaki & Billie Starkz beat Miyu Yamashita & Vertvixen. Sakazaki pinned Vertvixen after Oklahoma Roll.

Main Event: Mizuki beat Maki Itoh.

The next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25 on 7/21 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English will begin on 7/20 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

7/17/25 UPDATE: The event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.