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Dragon Gate 6/21/25 & 6/22/25 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2025 Tour yesterday and today with two events.

Yesterday’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI & ISHIN. Tanaka pinned ISHIN after Cross Saber.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi & Ho Ho Lun beat BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. Horiguchi pinned Hulk with Backslide From Heaven.

Match 3: YAMATO beat Ryu Fuda by submission.

Match 4: Luis Mante & Bendito beat Dragon Kid & Kagetora. Bendito pinned Kagetora after a moonsault press.

Match 5: Kota Minoura & Jason Lee beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Shachihoko BOY. Minoura pinned BOY after R-301.

Main Event: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Strong Machine J, Kzy, U-T & Flamita. Ben-K pinned Kzy after a spear.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 457)

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka vs. Masaaki Mochizuki went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Takashi won a 10 man battle royal, last elminating Akihiro Sahara.

Match 3: Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat KAI & Yoshiki Kato by DQ. Kato DQ’d.

Match 4: Flamita, Luis Mante & Bendito beat Ben-K, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior and Ho Ho Lun, Ho Ri & Reach Tominaga in a 3-way when Bendito pinned Tominaga.

Match 4: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T beat Shun Skywalker, Madoka Kikuta & Homare by countout. Kikuta counted out.

Match 5: Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Hyo & JACKY KAMEI. Tanaka pinned Hyo after Cross Saber.

Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kota Minoura, KAI & ISHIN. YAMATO pinned Minoura after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.

The next event is Saturday at Marby Fureai Center in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, 2 new matches for Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival on 7/13 were announced today: Open The Brave Gate Champion U-T vs. Ryoya Tanaka for the title and GAORA TV Champion Takashi vs. Kzy, Naruki Doi, Masaaki Mochizuki & KAI in a 5-way for the title. That now means 5 total title matches are set for the promotion’s biggest annual event.

UPDATE: Another new match for 7/13: Strong Machine J vs. Madoka Kikura in a No DQ match.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/22/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Nagoya, with a first-time visit to a new-to-them venue.

Today’s event was held at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 453.

There were last-minute changes to the announced card due to Masa Kitamiya being off the event. Requested after yesterday’s event for personal reasons.

Match 1: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Match 2: Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Eita & Super Crazy. Alejandro pinned Crazy with La Magistral.

Match 3: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat HAYATA & Daiki Odashima. AMAKUSA pinned Odashima after Opening Of The Country.

Match 4: Kazuyuki Fujita & Hajime Ohara beat Will Cross & Black Menso-re. Ohara pinned Menso-re after a Finnish forearm.

Match 5: Kenoh, Ulka Sasaki & KENTA beat Masa Kitamiya, Saxon Huxley & Daiki Inaba. Kenoh beat Inaba with Kenoh Special.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura, Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan beat Naomichi Marufuji, Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Tadauske pinned Bane. Significance of this at the end of the post.

Main Event: OZAWA beat YO-HEY.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Prime Time Season Final tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

The significance of Match 6 result: Tadasuke & Owadasan have earned a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match as a result. That match will happen on 7/5 at Shinjuku Face and will be the main event.

New Japan 6/22/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today in Fukushima.

Today’s event was held at Toyota Crown Arena in Fukushima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Daiki Nagai beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Yoh, Master Wato & Toru Yano. DOUKI beat Kato with Half Paradise Lock.

Match 4: SANADA, Don Fale, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Jado, Togi Makabe, Boltin Oleg & YOSHI-HASHI by DQ. Jado DQ’d.

Match 5: Tiger Mask, Shota Umino & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Young after Second Chapter.

Match 6: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Main Event: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, however there is a chance it begins at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET due to 2 pre-show matches being scheduled. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 6/22/25 LIVE Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the spring 2025 house show tour today in Tokyo, which sadly means zero hour has come…Sayuri Namba’s final event as MC/ring announcer is today. What otherwise would be a normal house show will be the last time we see her in a TJPW ring, at least for a long time. Rise Suzuki will take over after today but we at least get Namba for a couple more hours in the meantime.

It has already been announced that Mifu Ashida will miss this event due to schedule conflicts. Based on social media posts, she is outside the country doing ambassador work.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 2 no time limit matches among the 7 matches scheduled so it probably will go longer than the normal house show length, maybe close to 2 1/2 hours. Although, like many TJPW fans, I won’t want it to end. I don’t want to say goodbye to Namba yet.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Wakana Uehara vs. Kira Summer
Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Toga vs. Ivy Steele
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Uta Takami in a 3-way
Maki Itoh & Ren Konatsu vs. Raku & Shino Suzuki
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami
Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
Mizuki, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Arai, Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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.

Also one more recent occurrence to mention: The April TJPW & DDT events that were part of The Collective in Las Vegas during WrestleMania week are now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Before they were only available on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription.

8:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so it depends on the setup but should be 400-500. Max capacity for the venue is believed to be 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 365)

There has been a last-second change to today’s event-Yuki Kamifuku is now off. Foot injury. The 3-way is now a single match.

During opening announcements a new match was announced for SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25 on 7/21: Chris Brookes & Emi Sakura vs. TBA & TBA. (Post-show Update: Also announced was GO GIRL 6, the next women-only event that only female fans can attend, which will be on 9/7 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. Also, Wakana Uehara has been added to the next US tour in July but Miyu Yamashita is now off the 7/11 event in Houston, TX. She will appear at a fan event that morning) Additionally, WRESTLE PRINCESS 6, the promotion’s now-second-biggest event of the year, was announced for 9/20 at Ota City General Gym. It was their biggest event of the year until GRAND PRINCESS started.

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:45 PM PT/11:45 PM ET.

Match 1: Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Wakana Uehara vs. Kira Summer. No time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara beat Kira Summer by submission. As a result, Uehara advances to the next round.

Rise Suzuki gets one more practice round as the ring announcer for the next 2 matches

Match 2: Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Toga vs. Ivy Steele. No time limit
Result: Ivy Steele beat Toga. As a result, Steele advances to the next round. I think this is Steele’s first official win in TJPW, and it was a great match.

Match 3: Uta Takami vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Uta Takami by submission

Sayuri Namba returns to announce now.

Match 4: Maki Itoh & Ren Konatsu vs. Raku & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Shino Suzuki beat Maki Itoh & Ren Konatsu. Raku pinned Konatsu after Doctor Yellow.

Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Miyamoto after Ring A Bell.

Match 6: Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase. Tatsumi beat Nanase with a dragon sleeper hold.

Main Event: Mizuki, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Arai, Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit. During her usual pre-match promo, Misao brought Namba into the ring to do her usual comedy intro and opening trickery since it’s her final match as announcer.
Result: Mizuki, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Arai, Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro. Harajuku pinned Kazashiro after Pomu. Do. Justis. Afterwards, Harajuku with microphone, very emotional as she had Namba return to the ring. A little comedy to start as the emotions continued coming out as the moment has come…time to say goodbye. Rise Suzuki took over announcing to allow Aino & Raku to come in and present the customary celebratory flowers. Then Kiryu & Suzume presented the customary photo album gift. And then…a nosebleed? Kiryu taking emergency tissue action! Then the entire roster gathered in the ring to give her the traditional announcement send-off before the final customary group photo. Understandably no dry eyes in the ring and probably not many in the venue. Kira Summer made sure to ragdoll hug her goodbye before plenty of group hugs from the others. One final goodbye followed to end the show.

We all love Namba and will miss her so much but hopefully our paths will cross again someday. Until that day comes…

The next event is a Hyper Misao Produced event Friday at Kitazawa Town Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/21/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH held their latest 25th Anniversary Memorial Event today in Osaka, MEMORIAL VOYAGE 2025 in OSAKA.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Yuka Murayama, a regular guest on the promotion’s ABEMA series “NOAH TIME LIVE” (which is also available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE), was a guest on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 929, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Ulka Sasaki, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Eita, Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy. Sasaki beat Crazy with an armbar.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. Bane pinned Fujimura after Santa Maria.

Match 3: Will Cross beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 4: OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura, Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan beat Manabu Soya, Daiki Inaba, Saxon Huxley, HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi. Sugiura pinned Inaba after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 5: Kazuyuki Fujita beat Masa Kitamiya.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion YO-HEY beat Atsushi Kotoge to retain the title. V3 for YO-HEY. Next up: You know it…HAYATA. That match will happen on 7/19 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Main Event: Kenoh & Kaito Kiyomiya beat Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA. Kenoh pinned Marufuji after PFS.

The next event is tomorrow at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast.

There has been a late change to tomorrow’s card because Kitamiya is now off. Requested for personal reasons aka “take time to reconsider himself”. He was to have teamed with Will Cross to face Kazuyuki Fujita & Hajime Ohara. Black Menso-re is the replacement.

In post-event news/fallout, the next challenger for GHC Heavyweight Champion OZAWA has been announced: Kenoh. That match will happen on 7/19 at Korakuen Hall. That event is an ABEMA live broadcast so WRESTLE UNIVERSE live will probably be English only. The 7/20 Korakuen card, which is a WRESTLE UNIVERSE live broadcast (Saturday night in the US as it’s an 11:30 AM matinee in Japan), will be announced after the 7/19 event based on what happens.

New Japan 6/21/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today in Yamagata.

Today’s event was held at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 906.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsuoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. DOUKI beat Nagai with Half Paradise Lock.

Match 3: SANADA, Don Fale, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Jado & YOSHI-HASHI. SANADA beat Kato with Skull End.

Match 4: Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Drilla Moloney beat Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Tomohiro Ishii. Moloney pinned TM 4 after Drilla Killer.

Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman. Uemura pinned Young after a diving body attack.

Match 6: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Tomoaki Honma.

Main Event: Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Oleg pinned Jackson after Kamikaze.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukushima Toyota Crown Arena in Fukushima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. (Mostly non-televised the rest of the month)

Stardom 6/21/25 Results

STARDOM THE CONVERSION, Stardom’s monthly major event held today, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 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 2521.

There was a last-second change to the card due to the last-minute removal of Saki Kashima from the event. The always-vague poor health, which has become a recent trend with her. She was to have been in the Ami Sohrei Return Match, an 8-woman tag match. Kiyoka Kokatsu was the replacement.

Pre-show match: Waka Tsukiyama beat Yuria Hime.

Match 1: Future Of Stardom Champion Hina beat Rian to retain the title. V3 for Hina.

Match 2: Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Momo Kohgo, Ema Maishima & Kikyo Furusawa. Sakura pinned Furusawa after Toras Kick.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Hazuki & Koguma. Ruaka pinned Koguma after Freezer Bomb.

Match 4: Risa Sera (Independent/Freelancer) beat HANAKO.

Match 5: Ami Sohrei Return Match: Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Konami & Rina beat Ami Sohrei, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Kamitani pinned Sohrei after Star Crusher.

Match 6: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hanan & Saya Iida beat Natsupoi & Saori Anou to retain the titles. Hanan pinned Natsupoi after 17. V4 for the champs.

Match 7: In a No DQ match, Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame beat Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki. Suzuki pinned Kid with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Sareee beat IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri to win the title. Sareee becomes the 5th IWGP Women’s Champion. This match went almost 33 minutes-by Japanese women’s wrestling standards that’s a marathon as usually even title matches have a 30 minute time limit.

The next event is Wednesday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/21/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro visited Yamanashi for the first time ever today, what was planned to be a Neko Haruna hometown event but was slightly ruined by her latest injury that will again keep her out long-term. It also starts the weekend where we say the official goodbye to Sayuri Namba as she is leaving the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Kofu City Kose Sports Park Gym Sub Arena in Yamanashi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 117.

Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament:
Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Ren Konatsu. As a result, Kazashiro advances to the next round.
Match 2: Shino Suzuki beat Uta Takami. As a result, Suzuki advances to the next round.
Match 3: Kaya Toribami beat Chika Nanase. As a result, Toribami advances to the next round.

Neko Haruna appeared after the 3rd match to greet the hometown crowd. This is her final appearance before surgery for her latest injury, which will likely keep her out until at least sometime next year.

Match 4: Moka Miyamoto & HIMAWARI beat Maki Itoh & Ivy Steele. Miyamoto beat Steele with Rashomon.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kira Summer. Nakajima pinned Summer with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 6: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Rika Tatsumi & Toga. Kamifuku pinned Toga after Fameasser.

Main Event: Mizuki, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Miu Watanabe, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Mizuki pinned Harajuku after a diving foot stomp.

The next event is tomorrow at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, which wraps up the spring 2025 house show tour and is Namba’s farewell event (the day we didn’t want to come is sadly here). The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Injury Report: KneE-L-Pain

Following up on a last-minute change to New Japan’s Thursday event because El Phantasmo suffered an apparent knee injury, he is now off this weekend’s events because of it. Changes to both days have been made, tomorrow what was a 10-man tag becomes an 8-man tag with Boltin Oleg moved to another match to replace Phantasmo and Dick Togo is now off as a result. For Sunday Tomoaki Honma gets the same and Togo is now off. It’s not known how long Phantasmo will be out

Dragon Gate 6/20/25 Results

Dragon Gate ran their monthly PRIME ZONE+ event today, with ISHIN serving as this episode’s GM. Thus the episode was dubbed ISHIN’s Super Dungeon.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe 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. (It’s a tiny venue and the setup is for maybe 100 tops, these events usually draw 60-80) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 79)

ISHIN greeting/promo opened the show. He called out who appeared to be a trainee working on the floor. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: ISHIN beat Akihiro Sahara. (Corrected with unknown wrestler’s identity and this was not an exhibition match. It had a 3 minute time limit)

Match 1: In a handicap match, Makoka Kikuta beat Problem Dragon & Shachihoko Machine by pinning both together.

Match 2: Riiita beat Mochizuki Junior. Before the match began, ISHIN announced the winner would get a new Nintendo Switch 2. But it was a fake as the box only contained a photo of ISHIN wearing only a towel.

Ben-K interviewed JACKY KAMEI backstage before their match.

Match 3: JACKY KAMEI & Ben-K beat Kota Minoura & Jason Lee by DQ. Minoura DQ’d. Ref assault.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat KAI & Yoshiki Kato. Dia pinned Kato after DDDDT. ISHIN was special referee…at least until he got himself DQ’d and kicked out for attacking Dia.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.