DDT has posted the latest update in Masa Takanashi, hospitalized since suffering a major neck injury earlier this year. This update is a best-case one…Takanashi has been discharged and will continue rehab from home. DDT’s online store selling Takanashi goods to raise funds for his recovery will close in December at his request. In a brief statement, Takanashi thanked fans for their continued support and also expressed gratitude to hospital staff.
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Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/16/25 Results (Updated 11/18/25)
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix today with a second Osaka event.
Today’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall Sky Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 422.
Match 1: Jack Morris, Daiki Odashima, Daga & Eita beat KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Hajime Ohara. Morris pinned Ohara after a tiger driver.
Match 2: Takashi Sugiura & Masa Kitamiya beat Jun Masaoka (Independent/Freelancer) & Black Menso-re. Sugiura pinned Menso-re after Olympic Yosen Slam.
Match 3: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley, Nonja Mack (Independent/Freelancer) & Junta Miyawaki beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi. Mack pinned Kikuchi after a phoenix splash.
NOAH Jr. Grand Prix Round 2:
Match 4: Kai Fujimura beat Shuji Kondo.
Match 5: Tadasuke beat AMAKUSA. During this match, Masaoka joined Team 2000X by turning on AMAKUSA.
As a result, Fujimura & Tadasuke afvance to the Semifinals. Fujimura will face HAYATA and Tadasuke will face Hiromu Takahashi.
Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Hank Walker & Tank Ledger (WWE) beat Kaito Kiyomoya, Harutoki & Alrjandro. Inamura pinned Alejandro after DIS CHARGE.
The next event is CROSS OVER 2025 Friday at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.
11/18/25 UPDATE: The on demand broadcast of this event is now available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (a couple days ahead of schedule).
All-Japan 11/16/25 Results
All-Japan wrapped up the Dynamite Series 2025 Tour today in Gunma.
Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 932.
Match 1: Jun Saito & Senor Saito beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after a chokeslam.
Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Dan Tamura beat Seiki Yoshioka, Yuya Susumu (Independent/Freelancer) & Ryuji Hijikata. Aoyagi pinned Hijikata after a firebird splash.
Match 3: All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Takashi beat Yuma Aoyagi, Fuma & Kikutaro to retain the titles. Omori pinned Kikutaro. V5 for the champs.
Match 4: GAORA TV Champion Shotaro Ashino beat Ryo Inoue by submission to retain the title. V1 for Ashino.
Match 5: Xyon, Odyssey & Go Shiozaki beat Hideki Suzuki, Ryuki Honda & Hikaru Sato. Xyon pinned Sato after a diving headbutt.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji beat Ren Ayabe, Talos & MUSASHI. Anzai pinned MUSASHI after Gimlet.
The next event is the World’s Strongest Tag League aka Real World Tag League, the annual Heavyweight tag team tournament, starting Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. This will be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan on 11/30.
New Japan 11/16/25 Results
New Japan ran another standalone event, SHIMONOSEKI IMPACT, today which was possibly in collaboration with boat race events in the area.
Today’s event was held at J:COM Arena Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. Despite what New Japan said on social media about all remaining events being streamable/watchable before Hiroshi Tanahashi retires, there is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 2057.
There was a last-minute change to the main event due to El Desperado being removed from the card. Lower back injury.
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Tiger Mask beat Masatora Yasuda.
Match 3: Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Yano pinned Kato.
Match 4: Master Wato & Yoh beat Daiki Nagai & Gedo. Yoh pined Nagai after a falcon blow.
Match 5: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Takagi pinned Honma after Burning Dragon.
Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Ryusuke Taguchi, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Ice pinned Taguchi after K.O.B.
Main Event: Go Takemura (Independent/Freelancer), Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Tanahashi pinned Jackson after High Fly Flow.
The next event is PURGE NIGHT OF TORTURE, a House Of Torture Produced event, Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming as a PPV on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The PPV is available for pre-order for 3500 yen in Japan and $22.99 in the US.
New Japan News: Title Change In Mexico Yesterday
According to various US news sites, there was a New Japan title change in Mexico at a CMLL event last night-Angel De Oro & Niebla Roja beat STRONG Tag Team Champions Templario & TJP to win the titles and become the 13th Champions. This comes amidst some rumors on various US sites that TJP is headed to WWE, but not as a wrestler-he reportedly would be a coach for NXT at the WWE Performance Center, or specifically a guest coach.
While they did not say anything about the title change, New Japan has updated their Japanese website to reflect the new champs. TJP is also still listed as a roster member so, as they always say, make of this what you will.
(New Japan’s Japanese page also reveals that, in June, TJP & Templario actually beat de Oro & Roja to retain the titles, which was V1 for the then-champs. Gonna have to dig that up on YouTube in case it’s not paywalled on CMLL’s channel)
Injury Report: No Desperado At The Boat Races
New Japan has announced a late injury change to tomorrow’s (apparently non-televised) event at Shimonoseki Boat Races-El Desperado is now off. Lower back. Out indefinitely. He was to have been in the main event teaming with Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Go Takemura (Independent/Freelancer) is the replacement. It’s not yet known how long Desperado will be out but with his being part of the World Tag League starting Thursday it could be an issue if he can’t compete.
More as it becomes available.
Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/15/25 Results
Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix today in Osaka with Quarterfinals matches.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 659.
Match 1: Kai Fujimura & AMAKUSA beat Shuji Kondo & Tadasuke. Fujimura pinned Tadasuke after Hat Trick.
Match 2: KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Junta Miyawaki beat Daga, Daiki Odashima, Hajime Ohara & Alejandro. Endo pinned Odashima after Burning Star Press.
Match 3: Hank Walker (WWE), Tank Ledger (WWE) & Yuto Kikuchi beat Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & Atsushi Kotoge. Walker pinned Kotoge after Collision Course.
Match 4: Yoshiki Inamura & Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Morris pinned Harutoki after a tiger driver.
Match 5: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh. Sugiura pinned Kenoh after Olympic Yosen Slam. As a result, Kitamiya & Sugiura get the next GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot at new champions Hank Walker & Tank Ledger. Or in this case an immediate rematch.
NOAH Jr. Grand Prix:
Match 6: Hiromu Takahshi (New Japan) beat Ninja Mack.
Main Event: HAYATA beat Eita.
As a result, Takahashi & HAYATA advance to the Semifinals. Takahashi will face the Tadasuke-AMAKUSA winner while HAYATA will face the Kondo-Fujimura winner. Both matches are tomorrow.
The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Thursday.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/15/25 Results
After the weekend began with a crossover event with IWA Japan & Thailand’s SETUP Pro Wrestling in Japan, some of the Tokyo Joshi Pro roster was in Malayasia today for a crossover event with DDT called LOVE & PEACE, also featuring a handful of live music performances by Up Up Girls and KLP48 among others.
Today’s event was held at Putalin Jaya Geospace in Selangor, Malaysia and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese at a later date.
The paid attendance was not announced.
A solo idol performance by idol Azuki Moeno opened the pre-show followed by greeting from wrestlers and idols, with some apparent boos for Yuki Kamifuku which she noted in her comments. Chris Brookes was also present representing DDT. Up Up Girls performance followed with their live performance.
Match 1: MVPW Provided Match: LOVExFRDM beat JUICYxBOYZ. Finnick Rose pinned Wonder Boy.
Match 2: Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Marika Kobashi & Kira Summer. Suzuki pinned Summer after a belly to belly suplex.
A live performance by NGT48, another AKB48 sub-label/spinoff, followed here.
Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Eman Azman beat Chris Brookes, Shota & Jack Alecanser. kawamatsu pinned Shota after Ax Bomber.
The last live performance here was by KLP48, a Malaysia-based version of AKB48.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai & Raku beat Yuki Kamifuku, Mifu Ashida & Poppy Shay. Watanabe pinned Ashida after Teardrop.
The event concluded with a final song performance by KLP48, NGT48, Up Up Girls, Moeno and even Yuki Arai singing too, which makes me really hope these songs make the on demand version even though there may be a lot of muting due to copyrights. Based on post-event comments from Takagi, Watanabe, Arai & others it seemed like the event was a great success and hopefully they will return to Malaysia in the nest future.
The next event is a TJPW INSPIRATION event Wednesday at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
Injury Report: Another Potential King Falls
Dragon Gate has announced another injury casualty affecting KING OF GATE 2025, unfortunately it takes out another potential contender as the injured participant is Kota Minoura. Concussion. Occurred yesterday. Out indefinitely. He was to have faced Masaaki Mochizuki in the tournament tomorrow. Mochizuki will now get a forfeit win and a free pass to Round 2. No wors yet on how long Minoura may be out.
TJPW News: Title Matches Today, More (Updated)
Some Tokyo Joshi Pro news today:
At a joint IWA Japan/SETUP Pro Wrestling event today in Tokyo, there was a title change as Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami became the new IWA JAPAN SETUP World Tag Team Champions, especially significant for Toribami as this is her first career championship, coming 4 years after her debut. Unfortunately for us Pom Harajuku failed in her attempt to reclaim the SETUP All-Asia Women’s Championship, which was the first title of her career and one she held in the past year.
Today’s event is expected to be available on demand in about 10 days. Updates to follow from IWA Japan and SETUP.
Some of the roster is in Malaysia for an event tomorrow (look for Kira Summer and especially Mifu Ashida posting lots of pics on social media), which will also feature live performances by Up Up Girls and KLP48, a Malaysia-based branch of J-pop megagroup AKB48. This event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date with Japanese commentary.
Finally, it has been announced that Shoko Nakajima is off the major 12/7 event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Unspecified circumstances which has me thinking potential schedule conflicts with Major League Wrestling as she is the MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion. A masked wrestler playing off of special guests Ovha Norma is the replacement.
UPDATE: DEVELOPING-After retaining the SETUP All-Asia Women’s Championship today against Pom Harajuku & Ram Kaichow in a 3-way, Matcha has now challenged Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe to a match on 12/13 in Bangkok, Thailand for the title. TJPW runs an event that day after a SETUP event earlier in the day at the same venue (The Circus Studio). More as it becomes available.