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Tokyo Joshi Pro 8/2/25 LIVE Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today in Shizuoka with the second half of Round 1. This will be a placeholder for results and will be updates when possible.

Today’s event will be held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There will be no live broadcast, but there is a chance they will try to stream live FOR FREE on YouTube using an iPad but that depends on network conditions at the venue. Waiting on updates as to whether this will happen.

There has been a last-minute change to today’s card just before this was posted as Maki Itoh is now off. The always-vague poor health. She was to have teamed with Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Ivy Steele to face Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Watanabe is the replacement and it will now be a handicap match of Aino/Raku/Harajuku vs. Watanabe/Summer/Nanase/Steele. She also has been added to 8/23 because while she was supposed to be on an international excursion that means she would not be in the Tokyo Princess Cup, she cancelled and won’t be going. On 8/23 she will face TBA, which will be one of the wrestlers already eliminated from the tournament so it could be any of the 14 that don’t make the Finals.

Today’s current lineup (match order TBA):
Suzume & Ren Konatsu vs. Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
Mizuki, Kakeru Sekiguchi, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami vs. Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Toga & Mifu Ashida
Miu Watanabe, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Ivy Steele vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku in a handicap match
Tokyo Princess Cup:
HIMAWARI vs. Haru Kazashiro
Arisu Endo vs. Hyper Misao
Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima
Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku

The event will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. I anticipate being able to start posting updates with results roughly 30 minutes after the event begins.

7:40 PM PT UPDATE: You will be able to watch the event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. Live stream only, no archived replay. Quality may vary and it’s scheduled to begin at the first match. As long as it holds up I will do live results. If you miss it live or there are problems preventing the stream from happening, on demand will be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

8 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream was taken down at scheduled start time. It may be back in 10-15 minutes as it sounds like “first match” means after opening announcements and Up Up Girls.

8:03 PM PT UPDATE: It’s back up so…Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Act City Hamamtsu in Shizuoka, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The initial setup per TJPW’s website was for around 250 and what I can see is full although tickets were still available today. If that setup holds I’ll predict it’ll be around 200. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 288)

Up Up Girls starting as I join the live stream. Since it’s an iPad it will be a fixed camera view from about 5 rows back but initially the stream quality is very good. But once matches get going and the ring moves a lot it may lose focus briefly at times, it’s happened a few times already during Up Up Girls.

The matches begin at 8:13 PM PT/11:13 PM ET. Match order is mostly as above except the handicap match is 2nd, tag match is 3rd, for the tournament matches Tatsumi-Nakajima is the main event and Arai-Kamifuku will be 6th.

Match 1: Suzume & Ren Konatsu vs. Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Suzume & Ren Konatsu. Suzuki pinned Konatsu after a belly-to-belly suplex.

Match 2: Miu Watanabe, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Ivy Steele vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku in a handicap match. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Miu Watanabe, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Ivy Steele. Aino pinned Steele after Venus DDT.

Match 3: Mizuki, Kakeru Sekiguchi (Independent/Freelancer), Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami vs. Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Toga & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Kakeru Sekiguchi, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami beat Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Toga & Mifu Ashida. Mizuki beat Ashida with a crossface. Of note: Today is Ashida’s birthday so they sang for her early in the match.

Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1:
Match 4: HIMAWARI vs. Haru Kazashiro. No time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro beat HIMAWARI. As a result, Kazashiro advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Miu Watanabe.

Match 5: Arisu Endo vs. Hyper Misao. No time limit
Result: Arisu Endo beat Hyper Misao. As a result, Endo advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Miyu Yamashita.

Match 6: Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku. No time limit
Result: Yuki Arai beat Yuki Kamifuku. As a result, Arai advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Wakana Uehara.

Main Event: Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Rika Tatsumi. As a result, Nakajima advances ot the Quarterfinals and will face Mizuki.

The Quarterfinals are 8/9 at Shinagawa Grand Hall in Tokyo.

For being a somewhat impromptu attempt at livestreaming the event on an iPad via YouTube, it went fairly well. For me there was only one brief instance of buffering/freezing and that came in the main event (I was watching in 1080p HD), it was only a fixed view so a few outside-the-ring spots on either side were missed (again one in the main event too) but to be able to get an event like this live when it was going to be on demand only, I’m not complaining. Thumbs up for the effort, I’d rate is an 8 out of 10. If you missed it live, it’ll be available on demand Monday.

The next event is a(nother) Hyper Misao Produced event Tuesday at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

Stardom 8/1/25 Results (Updated 8/2/25)

Stardom continued the 5STAR GP today in Fukushima with Blue Block matches.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 384.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Ruaka being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. She was to have faced Aya Sakura. As a result, Sakura gets a forfeit win. A tag match with Sakura and the non-tournament rookies was added.

Match 1: Aya Sakura & Kikyo Furusawa beat Akira Kurogame & Emi Maishima. Sakura pinned Maishima.

5STAR GP Blue Block:
Match 2: Block A: Bozilla beat Yuria Hime.
Match 3: Block B: Suzu Suzuki beat Momo Kohgo.
Match 4: Block B: Sareee beat Ranna Yagami.
Match 5: Block A: Saori Anou beat Miyu Amasaki.
Match 6: Block B: Momo Watanabe beat Konami.
Main Event: Block A: Ami Sohrei beat Saya Iida.
Aya Sakura beat Ruaka by forfeit. (See below update)

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Pit in Sendai with the Red Blocks. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

8/2/25 UPDATE: At the request of Sakura, her match against Ruaka has been RESCHEDULED and is no longer a forfeit win, thus she gives up the 2 points. That match will now happen on 8/10.

New Japan 8/1/25 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with Day 6 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Sun Messe Kagawa in Kagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1244.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima & Shota Umino beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Umino pinned Kato after a lariat.

Match 2: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita. Ishimori beat Romero with Bone Lock.

Match 3: Jado & El Phantasmo beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Phantasmo pinned Nagai after a spinning neckbreaker.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Jackson pinned Young after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Callum Newman beat SANADA.
Match 6: EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa by submission.
Match 7: David Finlay beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 8: Taichi beat Yota Tsuji.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Standings-wise, Uemura, Tsuji & EVIL are now tied for the lead with 4-2, 8 points. 4 are at 3-3, 6 points with Tanahashi, SANADA & Finlay at 2-4, 4 points and on the verge of elimination. The top 3 advance.

The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Hiroshima with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Stardom 7/30/25 Results

Stardom ran day 2 of the 5STAR GP today despite the host area being under tsunami warnings following a massive 8.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Russia.

Today’s event was held at Morioka Gym in Iwate and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 448. It sounds like the promotion will offer refunds to those who could not attend due to tsunami-related evacuations or transportation issues.

All matches were 5STAR GP Red Blocks matches.

Match 1: Red A: Saya Kamitani beat Yuna Mizumori.

Match 2: Red A: Mei Seira beat Lady C.

Match 3: Red B: Starlight Kid beat Rian by submission.

Match 4: Red A: Bea Priestley beat Azusa Inaba.

Match 5: Red B: AZM beat Tomoka Inaba.

Match 6: Red A: Hanan beat Waka Tsukiyama in 72 seconds.

Match 7: Red B: Rina beat Sayaka Kurara.

Main Event: Red B: Natsuko Tora beat Natsupoi.

The next event is Friday at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima with Blue Block matches. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 7/30/25 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the halfway point day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Yamato Arena in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1390.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji beat Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. Nagai pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura beat Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Uemura pinned Murashima.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman. Kanemaru pinned Young with Samson Clutch.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & RyoheI Oiwa beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Oiwa pinned Togo with Arc Clutch.

Match 5: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Gedo & David Finlay. Yano pinned Gedo.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Great-O-Khan beat El Phantasmo.
Match 7: Drilla Moloney beat Ren Narita.
Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat Shota Umino.
Main Event: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Konosuke Takeshita by submission.
YOSHI-HASHI beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit.
Standings-wise, 4 are tied for the lead at 8 points but YOSHI-HASHI & Moloney have the advantage of an extra match left that Khan & Narita do not have. The top 3 advance.

The next event is Friday at Sun Messe Kagawa in Kagawa with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Injury Report: Very Sick Princess

After she missed Sunday’s event due yo the always-vague poor health, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced an update on Moka Miyamoto today, and it’s not good. Unspecified disease requiring treatment. Out indefinitely. No word yet on how long that will be or what this means for the International Princess Championship. Or more concerningly what the disease is.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate 7/26/25 & 7/27/25 Results

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Aggressive Gate 2025 Tour with the last 2 events this weekend.

Yesterday’s event was held at Nadasaki Bunka Center in Okayama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 228.

Match 1: Strong Machine J, Flamita & Bendito beat Hyo, Ben-K & JACKY KAMEI. Bendito pinned KAMEI.

Match 2: YAMATO & Susumu Yokosuka beat Luis Mante & Mochizuki Junior. Yokosuka pinned Junior after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Riiita.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat Jason Lee & ISHIN. Skywalker pinned ISHIN.

Match 5: Dragon Kid & Shachihoko BOY beat Kzy & U-T. BOY pinned U-T.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & KAI. Dia pinned KAI.

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

The announced paid attendance was 342.

Match 1: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda, Shachihoko BOY & Takashi. Hyo pinned BOY after a double biceps senton.

Match 2: Ryu Fuda beat Mochizuki Junior.

Match 3: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Ri, Reach Tominaga, Problem Dragon & Yosuke<3 Santamaria. Kagetora pinned Tominaga.

Match 4: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Akihiro Sahara & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Tanaka pinned Mochizuki after Survive.

Match 5: Flamita, Luis Mante & Bendito beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Flamita pinned U-T after a firebird splash.

Main Event: An 8 man battle royal ended in a No Contest when the last 2 left, Shun Skywalker & Madoka Kikuta, simultaneously eliminated each other.

The next event is Saturday at Kariya Industrial Promotion Center Aioi Hall in Aichi to begin the August tour, The Gate Of Adventure 2025. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, because apparently the old man has nothing better to do after losing, Mochizuki has challenged Tanaka for the Open The Brave Gate Championship, a belt he has less than no business challenging for. That match will happen on 8/17 at DANGEROUS GATE 2025 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.

DDT 7/27/25 Results

DDT held a special HARASHIMA hometown event today in Tokyo, now because he’s practicing or whatever, but because in his words it’s his hometown!

Today’s event was held at Sumitomo Metal Mining Arena Ome Sports Hall 1 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Kazuma Sumi beat Illusion.

Match 2: Naomi Yoshimura & Takao Soma beat Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Shunma Katsumata. Yoshimura pinned Oishi after a lariat.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul beat Antonio Honda, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki beat Matsunaga with a crossface.

Match 5; MAO & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. MAO pinned Ishida with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.

Match 6: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Yuki Ueno & To-y beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. To-y pinned Masada.

Match 7: KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato to retain the titles. Naya pinned Sato after The World’s Largest Backdrop. V1 for the champs. Next up: Damnation T.A. That match will happen on 8/30 at Higashin Arena.

Main Event: HARASHIMA, Yogi Makabe (New Japan) & Yasu Urano beat Shinya Aoki, Shuji Ishikawa & Akito. HARASHIMA pinned Akito after a swan dive Blue Sword.

The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Elsewhere, there were some Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship title changes yesterday…Yuni won the title on 7/22 and yesterday went to an idol event also featuring Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Up Up Girls and Yuki Arai. During this, Kazuma Sumi won the title and then Shunma Katsumata won it from Sumi. After this, Reni Takashiro of idol group Momoiro Clover Z beat Katsumata to win the title and one of the most popular J-Pop idols right now became champion. For 6 minutes anyway, as Jun Suzue, a research student, then won the title.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/27/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro kicked off the annual Tokyo Princess Cup today, the annual single tournament for all the promotion’s wrestlers. Today started the main bracket of 16 after qualifiers narrowed the 8 non-qualifiers so far down to 4.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 281.

There was a last-minute change to the card because Moka Miyamoto was a late removal from the event. The always-vague poor health. She was to have faced Miyu Yamashita in a Round 1 match. As a result, Yamashita wins by forfeit and advances.

Match 1: Kira Summer, Chika Nanase, Uta Takami & Ivy Steele beat Kaya Toribami, Toga, Shino Suzuki & Ren Konatsu. Steele pinned Konatsu after a pumphandle slam.

Match 2: Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu beat Maki Itoh & Pom Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Kamifuku, Arisu Endo & HIMAWARI beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro. Tatsumi pinned Kazashiro after Twist Of Fate.

Tokyo Princess Cup:
Match 4: Wakana Uehara beat Suzume. As a result, Uehara advances to the Quarterfinals.
Match 5: Miu Watanabe beat Raku. As a result, Watanabe advances to the Quarterfinals.
Main Event: Mizuki beat Yuki Aino. As a result, Mizuki advances to the Quarterfinals.
Miyu Yamashita beat Moka Miyamoto by forfeit. As a result, Yamashita advances to the Quartefinals.
Today’s winners will face the winners of matches on 8/2. Watanabe will face HIMAWARI or Haru Kazashiro. Yamashita will face Arisu Endo or Hyper Misao. Mizuki will face Shoko Nakajima or Rika Tatsumi. Uehara will face Yuki Kamifuku or Yuki Arai.

The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Monday.

It was also announced that Ivy Steele will be leaving the promotion after the 8/9 event. She is returning home to the UK upon conclusion of a study-abroad program to Japan after one year to continue her studies at her home university. This was her own decision. Therefore her TJPW participation will end after about 8 months.

New Japan 7/27/25 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today in Nagoya with Block A.

Today’s event was held at Port Messe Nagoya Exhibition Hall 1 in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2162.

Match 1: Jado & El Phantasmo beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Phantasmo pinned Young after CR2.

Match 2: Katsuya Murashima & Shota Umino beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Murashima pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita. Ishimori pinned Kanemaru with Gedo Clutch.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita. Jackson pinned Romero after Death Valley Bomb,

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Yota Tsuji beat Boltin Oleg.
Match 6: Callum Newman beat David Finlay.
Match 7: SANADA beat Taichi.
Match 8: Yuya Uemura beat EVIL.
Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.
At the halfway point, Tsuji now leads the block at 4-1, 8 points. 4 are tied for 2nd at 3-2, 6 points. 4 are at 2-3, 4 points and Finlay is last at 1-4, 2 points. The top 3 advance.

The next event is Wednesday at Yamato Arena in Osaka with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.