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New Japan 9/7/25 Results

New Japan returned to Chiba today for the latest Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, BLUE JUSTICE 16, where the self-proclaimed oldest member at 57 years old would do his best today (as he does all but maybe 5 days a year on average, tomorrow sure to be one of those days he does not) to put on a memorable show for the local fans.

Today’s event was held at Togane Arena in Chiba 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 1509.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Tiger Mask. Yasuda pinned Matsumoto.

Match 2: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat Kato with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 3: Clark Connors, OSKAR (Oskar Leube) & Yuto Ice (Yuto Nakashima) beat TAKA MIchinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi. Ice pinned Honma after K.O.B. (Knock Out Brothers-a combination tombstone piledriver & soccer ball kick)

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Takahashi pinned Gedo after Maximum The Holding 3rd Form.

Match 5: Togi Makabe, Master Wato, Toru Yano & Yoh beat Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Wato pinned Taguchi.

Match 6: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA pinned Jackson after a rounding body press.

Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata. After the match, Nagata’s son-who has become quite the wrestler himself-presented Tanahashi with the customary flowers following his final match in the area before his retirement in January.

The next event is the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour starting Tuesday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The tour is only 3 events this week with only the tour-ender Saturday being available on New Japan World (Korakuen Hall), and in fact it’s mostly non-televised events this month as only 2 of the subsequent 7 events following on the annual Hokkaido tour will be broadcast before DESTRUCTION at the end of the month, which will be on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY (exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan). There is also a PPV Friday at Korakuen which is available for pre-order now for $21.99 US.

BREAKING: Taishin Nagao Dead (Updated)

Terrible news just posted by All-Japan on Facebook-Taishin Nagao, a rookie who has been hospitalized since an accident in May involving one of the promotion’s equipment trucks, has died. He was only 21. The cause of death is pending a police investigation but he suffered traumatic shock injuries and abdominal compression in the accident, and despite treatment in the intensive care unit he died a short time ago.

The promotion will provide more details in time and after consultation with Nagao’s parents. Many All-Japan wrestlers have posted tributes and expressed condolences on social media as there were very high hopes for the young wrestler.

RIP and GOD BLESS Taishin…

UPDATE: All-Japan will hold a memorial service and 10 bell salute for Nagao at the 9/15 Korakuen Hall event. There will also be a flower table and message stand for fans to write messages. The 9/15 event will be broadcast live on AJPW.TV beginning Sunday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “GO GIRL 6” LIVE Results (9/7/25-Event 1)

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs a straight doubleheader in Tokyo today, starting with their latest GO GIRL event. This is their women-only series of events where only female fans are allowed to buy tickets and attend, both an attempt to get more women to attend their events but also provide a “safer” environment to do so (Yes, female fans do attend regular events and can get specific seats at a discount-around $13-14 US, and at Korakuen Hall events that’s anywhere from 50-70% off regular price-but in TJPW they make up a very small percentage of fans at their events. I know from watching many events they tend to gravitate to the bigger promotions like New Japan, All-Japan and especially Dragon Gate). On paper it’s otherwise a standard house show, for the second event anyone will be able to attend. And there is one exception to the admission rule-boys under elementary school age (roughly 5 years old) can enter with their mothers.

Today’s events will be held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and-by men and all fans-can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You will also be able to watch the second event later today LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube (live broadcast only). There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned for this first event but with the time limits and event later today I anticipate this event running the near-standard time of about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe vs. Ren Konatsu
Mizuki vs. Uta Takami
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase
Hyper Misao, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida
Shoko Nakajima & Haru Kazashiro vs. Miyu Yamashita & Toga

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

7:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

7:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. The hard camera setup is overhead/elevated and at a slight diagonal angle.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Women-only does mean a much smaller crowd than normal, the venue’s normal capacity for wrestling is roughly 200-250 (just under 300 tops) but I’ll predict it will wins up being just short of 150. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 148. A very rare correct prediction!)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:09 PM PT/11:09 PM ET. The match order has been changed from what WRESTLE UNIVERSE listed above.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe vs. Ren Konatsu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Ren Konatsu by submission

Match 2: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Suzume pinned Nanase after Ring A Bell.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way by pinning Kiryu.

Match 4: Hyper Misao, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuji Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. Aino pinned Shzuki after Venus DDT.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida. Kamifuku pinned Ashida after Fameasser.

Match 6: Mizuki vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Uta Takami

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Haru Kazashiro vs. Miyu Yamashita & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Toga beat Shoko Nakajima & Haru Kazashiro. Yamashita pinned Kazashiro after Skull Kick.

The second event is later today. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. You can also watch LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube (live only, no on demand).

DDT 9/6/25 Results (Event 2)

As noted earlier today, DDT ran a doubleheader in Yokohama today, below are results from the second event.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event began, a press conference was held to announce Yuki Iino had signed a contract with Nojima Sagamihara Rise, a (American) football team in Japan, where he will be a trainee and attempt to make the team for the next season. He will continue with DDT and be dual-contracted.

During the NwA Jr. live performance, Shunma Katsumata announced he will be having ACL reconstruction surgery. That will keep him out a while but he promised to make an early comeback.

There was also a last-minute change to the card due to Akito being off. Aggravation of a prior unspecified injury.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Rukiya & Hinata Kasai. Yoshimura pinned Kasai.

A signing ceremony for the DDT Universal Championship match on 9/28 between Minoru Suzuki & Takeshi Masada was held. Suzuki then beat down Masada.

Match 2: HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT), Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Ishida pinned Sumi after Flame Palm.

After the last match, Ishida tried to cash in his “Money In The Bank” title shot right for a KO-D Openweight Championship match. But there was no Kazuki Hirata at the venue. Yet.

Match 3: Hideki Okatani, Illusion & MJ Paul beat MAO, KANON & Daichi Sato. Paul pinned Sato after a reverse splash.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Yuya Koroku beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Jun Akiyama. Koroku pinned Naya after countering The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Shinya Aoki beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Suzuki beat Masada with a heel hook.

Main Event: Kazuki Hirata beat Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda in a 3-way by pinning Honda. Ishida tried again to cash in his title shot, but Dieno & Honda helped Hirata escape. Then, at the post-event autograph session, Ishida tried yet again, but…because it was after the event had ended, invalid. Defeats the point of anytime, anywhere, doesn’t it?

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

All-Japan 9/6/25 Results

All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today with the second half of the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsonomiya in Tochigi 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 598,

Match 1: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI & Shota Kofuji. Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kofuji.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato & Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer0 beat Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Mashimo beat Inoue with Unreasonable.

Match 3: Ren Ayabe & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Ryuki Honda & Hokuto Omori. Ayabe pinned Omori after Des Roulette.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino & Xyon beat Jun Saito & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Xyon pinned Doi after a diving headbutt.

Royal Road Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) beat Odyssey.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara beat Naoya Nomura.
As a result, the Semifinals are Honda vs. Ayabe and Sekimoto vs. Miyahara.

The Semifinals and Finals are 9/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 9/14 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

In other news, also announced recently was the 2025 World’s Strongest Tag League aka Real World Tag League, which this year will have 12 teams and run from 11/22-12/10. The first participating team will be announced on 9/15 then the second team announced on 10/22.

BREAKING: Japanese Football Is BURNING!!!

DDT has made a very interesting news announcement within the hour-Yuki Iino has signed a contract with Japan-based American Football team Nojima Sagamihara Rise, his hometown team, as a trainee and will attempt to make the team for next season’s Japan Premier League season. He is now double-contracted and will continue his pro wrestling career with DDT going forward.

Stardom 9/6/25 Results

STARDOM TO THE WORLD, the promotion’s return to action post-5STAR GP, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1814.

Pre-show match: Rian beat Akira Kurogame & Fukigen in a 3-way by pinning Fukigen.

Match 1: Rina beat Ema Maishima.

Match 2: Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO beat Aya Sakura & Kikyo Furusawa. HANAKO pinned Furusawa after JP Coaster.

Match 3: Mei eira & Dark Sileta (CMLL) beat Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara. Seira pinned Mizumori after CHeckmate.

Match 4: Momo Watanabe, Konami & Azusa Inaba beat Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Bozilla. Watanabe pinned Aoki after Tequila Sunrise.

Match 5: Saki Kashima, Hina, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Yuria Hime. Hina pinned Kohgo after a modified jackhammer.

Match 6: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Hazuki & Koguma, AZM & Miyu Amasaki and Natsupoi & Saori Anou in a 4-way when Sohrei pinned Amasaki.

Match 7: Natsuko Tora beat Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy).

Match 8: IWGP Women’s Champion Sareee beat Suzu Suzuki to retain the title. V2 for Sareee.

Match 9: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid beat Tomoka Inaba to retain the title.V6 for Kid.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion Saya Kamitani beat Bea Priestley to retain the title. V5 for Kamitani.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, yesterday Starlight Kid held a press conference to announce a 10th Anniversary event to be held on 10/20 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. New Japan’s El Desperado and Dragon Gate’s Dragon Kid were also in attendance and it was announced the three would team up to face a TBA trio at the event.

DDT Pro Wrestling 9/6/25 LIVE Results (Event 1)

DDT runs a straight doubleheader in Yokohama today starting with a D GENERATIONS event. Focusing on the younger, less experienced roster members, the 6th such event will have, perhaps fittingly, 6 single matches. Although they’ll probably save other happening for later, keep in mind there are still 3 “Money In The Bank” title shot rights out there following Kazuki Hriata cashing in last weekend after Yuki Ueno won the KO-D Openweight Championship and shocking everyone by winning the title. So card subject to change, but not likely. (The current rights holders are Yuya Koroku, who intends to cash in for a KO-D Tag Team Championship shot at an upcoming event, Hideki Okatani & Yuki Iino)

Also, for the second event today there has been a last-minute change as Akito is now off. Aggravated an old injury.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. All matches will have a 15 minute time limit so this will be a short event probably running just over 90 minutes but no more than 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Munetatsu Nakamura vs. Hinata Kasai
Illusion vs. Rukiya
Ryoma Tsukamoto vs. DaichI Sato
Hideki Okatani vs. Kazuma Sumi
To-y vs. Takeshi Masada
Yuya Koroku vs. Yuki Ishida

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event. The venue’s full capacity is just under 400 and looks like it probably would be in the 200-250 range. We even see the referees briefly setting up more chairs.

The matches should begin shortly.

The matches begin at 8:40 PM PT/11:40 PM ET. First up, the participants are brought out and introduced, at least most of them (only 8 came out).

Match 1: .Munetatsu Nakamura vs. Hinata Kasai. 15 minute time limit
Result: Munetatsu Nakamura beat Hinata Kasai

Match 2: Illusion vs. Rukiya. 15 minute time limit
Result: Illusion beat Rukiya

Match 3: Ryoma Tsukamoto vs. DaichI Sato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryoma Tsukamoto beat Daichi Sato

Match 4: Hideki Okatani vs. Kazuma Sumi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hideki Okatani beat Kazuma Sumi

Match 5: To-y vs. Takeshi Masada. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Main Event: Yuya Koroku vs. Yuki Ishida. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ishida beat Yuya Koroku. As a result, Ishida wins Koroku’s “Money In The Bank” title shot right.

The second event is later today. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 9/4/25 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate kicked off the Storm Gate 2025 Tour, the September tour, today with their monthly Tokyo event.

Today’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 paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Mochizuki Junior beat Kazuma Kimura.

Match 2: Don Fujii, Takashi & Problem Dragon beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Takashi pinned U-T after Pineapple Bomber.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Ryu Fuda & Akihiro Sahara beat YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora. Fuda pinned Kagetora.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka and Naruki Doi & Dragon Kid in a 3-way when Skywalker pinned Dia.

Match 5: Hyo, Ben-K & Riiita beat Madoka Kikuta, Jason Lee & Kota Minoura. Ben-K pinned Minoura after a spear. Afterwards, Ben-K made an Open The Dream Gate Championship challenge to Minoura. Accepted. That match will happen on 10/8.

Match 6: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat JACKY KAMEI to retain the title. V3 for Tanaka. Next up: Fuda. That match will happen on 9/14 at Sendai Sun Festa in Miyagi.

Main Event: In a Ladder Match, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Luis Mante, Flamita & Bendito to win the titles. KAI, ISHIN & Kato become the 95th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Next up: Skywalker, Homare & Kimura. That match will happen on 10/8.

The next event is Saturday at Hills Sunpia Yamagata in Yamagata. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: The former Z-Brats members are now a faction known as GAJADOKURO. That group does not include Shun Skywalker & Homare.

Regarding Today’s TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE 4 Event (9/3/2025) (Updated)

TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE 4, the latest charity fundraiser event for iconic wrestler Yoshihiro Takayama, was held earlier today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. I am trying to find full results that aren’t paywalled (All-Japan posted one match result with their participation) and will post them once I am able to. Takayama was in attendance again (he has been mostly confined to hospital beds and wheelchairs the last few years due to severe spinal cord injuries).

The event was a live broadcast on ABEMA in Japan only and hopefully will show up on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at some point.

UPDATE: It was announced on Takayama’s official blog that the event raised a total of 1,872,033 Japanese yen, which will go towards his medical care/expenses (the bank accounts are managed by his wife). That’s around $12,700 US. The event may have been a legit sellout, if not it was very close.

Here are the results:

Match 1: Daiki Nagai beat Shouta Kofuji.

Match 2: Kazushi Sakuraba & Hideki Suzuki beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura by KO.

Match 3: Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu beat Hiroyo Matsumoto & Yurika Oka.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi, MAO & Danshoku Dieno beat Yuki Ueno, HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano.

Main Event: Katsuyori Shibata & KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

Takayama was in attendance for the event once again.