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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.

DDT 6/19/25 Results

DDT held a series of matches and other activities as part of a free event during boat races today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Boat Race Tama River in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event included with admission to the day’s racing venue, which was 100 yen (around 70 cents US).

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 2: MAO & KANON beat Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a crucifix cobra twist.

Match 3: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ueno, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. Brookes beat Hirata.

A special talk show was held with HARASHIMA and the mayor of his hometown of Ome City to promote a convention event in late July.

Main Event: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Shunma Katsumata & To-y. HARASHIMA pinned To-y after Magic Knife.

After the main event, various other events for fans were held including a boat race winner receiving congratulatory flowers from HARASHIMA in the ring.

The next event is a Sanshiro Takagi Produced 30th Anniversary Project M&A Pro Wrestling event Wednesday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Absent Wrestler, Upcoming Matches

Lots of All-Japan news to start what essentially is a month-long break for the promotion after yesterday (most of the roster is not on the 6/24 event so the next official event is 7/17):

First the impending absence-Yuma Anzai is now off all events from July 1 until the end of August. Unspecified reasons. However, based on post-match comments from yesterday’s event, it could be in part because ELPIDA disbanded after their win yesterday. Ren Ayabe announced he was leaving the group and fellow members Rising Hayato & Ryuki Honda followed suit. Ayabe said he wanted to go solo to further challenge himself. Anzai then said he would be absent for a while. It does not appear to be injury-related, and he may even compete in other promotions during the next 2 months. Tentative return scheduled for September.

Several big matches are set for July coming out of yesterday, starting on 7/21 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka-next up for Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito: Ryuki Honda. After that will be the winner of a match that day between Yuma Aoyagi & Davey Boy Smith Jr. to determine the next challenger. That later title match date is TBA. Before that, on 7/20 at Volfert Toyama in Toyama will be All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions Hokuto Omori, Kunaarashi & Takashi vs. TBA. TBA & TBA for the titles, revealed only as Toyama Black Ramen Man 1/2/3. At the tour-opener on 7/17 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Omori will team with Talos to face All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the titles.

New Japan 6/19/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 tour today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. It will be available on New Japan World ASAP as apparent technical difficulties from yesterday continue.

There was also a last-second change to the card due to El Phantasmo being pulled from the event. Knee injury. Status uncertain. He was to have teamed with Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto to face Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. in the main event. Tomoaki Honma was the replacement.

The announced paid attendance was 1006.

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

Match 2: Masayora Yasuda beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaro, Sho, DOUKI, Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Yoh, Master Wato & Toru Yano. Narita beat Murashima with a modified kneebar.

Match 4: SANADA, Don Fale, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Jado, Togi Makabe, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg 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, Tokohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Main Event: Tomoaki Honma, Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Uemura pinned Jackson with a kannuki suplex hold.

The next event is Saturday at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata. Live streaming on New Japan World will (hopefully) begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

PS-wondering about why no Los Ingobernables de Japon on the tour so far? Mexico. Hiromu Takahashi posted on social media recently with photos from Mexico as they are on an excursion there. Yota Tsuji is there too, not sure about Shingo Takagi.

DDT 6/18/25 Results

DDT held a Daisuke Sasaki Produced event today called CHARISMANIA 2, the second such event he has put on this past year

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced

Voice actor and DDT semi-regular guest Tetsu Inada was the special ring announcer.

Match 1: Yasu Urano beat Naohiro Katsumi by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 2: Illusion & Sangre Azteca Jr. beat El Pantera Jr. & Sumicaras (almost certainly Kazuma Sumi under a mask). Illusion pinned Sumicaras.

Match 3: Brahmans Shi, Kei & Ueno (last one being Yuki Ueno) beat Takayuki Ueki, Alito & Mataro. All 3 Brahmans pinned Mataro.

Match 4: MJ Paul & Minoru Fujita beat So Daimonji & Ryoma Tsukamoto. Paul pinned Tsukamoto after a reverse splash.

Match 5: In a hardcore match, Isami Kodaka beat Hideki Okatani.

Main Event: In what was bulled as the GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH EVER, Dick Togo (New Japan) beat Daisuke Sasaki. Togo was Sasaki’s trainer/mentor.

After the main event, Sasaki announced a 2th Anniversary event for 10/2 at Korakuen Hall. Japanese rock band HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT will be a sponsor/supporter of the event and will perform live there.

The next event is tomorrow at Tokyo Boat Race Tama River in Tokyo. This is a free event with admission to the race venue (which is 100 yen or around 70 cents US). There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 6/18/25 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Super Power Series today with a major event in Tokyo.

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 1196.

Match 1: Rei Saito, Atsuki Aoyagi & Takuya Nomura beat MUSASHI, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Shota Oto. Saito beat Oto.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato, Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer), Yuko Miyamoto, Funinori Abe & Seigo Tachibana beat Suwama, Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Xyon. Mashimo beat Inoue with a kneebar.

Match 3: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Takashi (Dragon Gate) & Talos. Ayabe pinned Kumaarashi after Des Roulette.

Match 4: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Seiki Yoshioka beat Naruki Doi to retain the title. V2 for Yoshioka.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Madoka Kikuta & KAI to retain the titles. Miyahara pinned KAI with a shutdown suplex hold. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito beat Hideki Suzuki to retain the Triple Crown. V5 for Saito.

The next event is “Baka Era vs. Hokuto Army” Tuesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, the announced upcoming Junior Heavyweight Tournament was revealed today as Zennichi Jr. Festival 2025 it will have 10 participants in 2 blocks in a round-robin format. The participants are as follows:
Block A-Rising Hayato, Ryo Inoue, Hikaru Sato, Seigo Tachibana, Seiki Yoshioka
Block B-MUSASHI, Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi, Fuminori Abe, Naruki Doi
All matches will be held under PWF Rules, meaning 1 fall, 30 minute time limit. The Finals will be no time limit. 2 points for win, 1 point for time limit draw, 0 poinys for loss, double countout, double DQ or no contest. The winner of each block will advance to the Finals with tiebreakers if needed being head-to-head result. If 3 or more tie, it will be determined after all matches.
The tournament will start on 7/17 and end on 8/3, covering 6 events during that time.

New Japan 6/18/25 Results (Updated)

New Japan licked off the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour today, marking the halfway point of the promotion’s annual schedule.

Today’s event was held at Aomori Budokan in Aomori and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. UPDATE: There were technical issues with the live broadcast on New Japan World so it is not available on demand yet. The entire event was uploaded to YouTube as a result and, when made available on New Japan World, will be available FOR FREE with no paid subscription required to watch.

The announced paid attendance was 1105.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Zane Jay Debut Match: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw. This was Matsumoto’s career debut as a true rookie and Jay’s first Japan match, he previously competed on New Japan’s US events and trained at the US-based NJPW Academy.

Match 2: Daiki Nagai beat Masatora Yasuda.

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

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA, Don Fale (Bad Luck Fale), Chase Owens & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg. SANADA beat Murashima with Skull End.

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

Match 6: Tiger Mask, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. Ishii pinned Gedo after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Main Event: El Phantasmo, Shota Umino & Hirooki Goto beat Hartlry Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Phantasmo pinned Jackson after Thunder Kiss 86.

The next event is tomorrow at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 6/17/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2025 Tour today in Kagoshima.

Today’s event was held at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & Yoshiki Kato beat Strong Machine J, U-T & Flamita. Lee pinned U-T after Nightmare.

Match 2: Kzy beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI $ Riiita vs. Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat Luis Mante & Bendito. Skywalker pinned Bendito after Skayde Special.

Match 5: YAMATO & BxB Hulk beat Ben-K & Mochuzki Junior. YAMATO pinned Junior after Gallaria.

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

The next event is PRIME ZONE+ Vol. 14 Friday at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe. ISHIN is the GM for this month’s episode. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.