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DDT 6/15/25 Results

DDT ran a standalone event yesterday in Niigata with another DDT Extreme Championship match.

Yesterday’s event was held at Niigata City Higashi-ku Plaza in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

There were last-second changes to the card due to Takao Soma being pulled off last-minute. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Yuni & Daichi Sato beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Yuni pinned Sumi after Messiah DDT.

Match 2: HARASHIMA beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Jun Akiyama, Akito, Shunma Katsumata & Yukio Naya. Sasaki beat Katsumata with a mystical crossface.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda and MAO & KANON in a 3-way when Higuchi pinned Honda.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Deathmatch with different rules for each fall, To-y beat DDT Extreme Champion Super Sasadango Machine to win the title. To-y becomes the 63rd DDT Extreme Champion. Fall 1: In a match where the first to spit milk out of their mouth loses, Machine won. Fall 2: In a match where the first to put their opponent into a trash can wins, To-y won. Fall 3: In a match where the total number of chops into the opponent’s back is counted and whoever delivers the 100th total chop wins, To-y won. To-y wins 2-1.

The next event is CHARISMANIA 2, the second Daisuke Sasaki Produced event, under that label, Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan News: G1 CLIMAX 35 Field Set (Updated)

The Road To Tokyo Dome is officially underway as New Japan has announced the field for the 35th G1 CLIMAX Tournament, their biggest tournament of the year. This year will be a field of 20 split into 2 blocks, with a play-in tournament determining the last 4 of those 20.

The 16 already in are as follows:
Block A: Hirooki Goto, Boltin Oleg, Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, David Finlay, EVIL, SANADA, Hiroshi Tanahashi
Block B: El Phantasmo, Shota Umino, Shingo Takagi, Zack Sabre Jr., Great-O-Khan, Gabriel Kidd, Ren Narita, Konosuke Takeshita

Sabre is the defending tournament winner.

The play-in matches, where the winners of each match qualify, are as follows:
Block A: Taichi vs. Callum Newman (6/23), Ryohei Oiwa vs. Don Fale (7/4)
Block B: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Drilla Moloney (6/23), YOSHI-HASHI vs. Chase Owens (7/4)

The tournament starts on 7/20 in Hokkaido and ends on 8/17 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. This year the top 3 in each block will advance, with the block winners advancing directly to the Semifinals and 2nd & 3rd going to a playoff match. The winner of the tournament gets an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match, while traditionally at Tokyo Dome that is not always the case-Sabre gambled on an early cash-in to go to October’s Royal Quest 4 event in his home country of England as champion and it paid off because he won the title.

In non-G1 news, a new Young Lion will debut during the upcoming New Japan Soul 2025 tour as Tatsuya Matsumoto will begin his career on Wednesday, and will face Zane Jay in the first of a series of matches between them on the tour. Jay is a graduate of the US-based NJPW Academy, the first true graduate to make his Japan debut in the promotion after training & competing in US events. Earlier this year he gave up his ‘STRONG Survivor” title and guaranteed position in opening matches on US events to pursue training and competing in Japan.
Matsumoto, 24, is a Junior Heavyweight and former personal trainer who passed the entrance test in 2023 and began training last year. He was a wrestler in high school.

UPDATE: Taichi has announced on social media that Just 5/4 Guys is no more. After the return and subsequent defection of DOUKI to House Of Torture, Taichi is disbanding the faction, which was really just himself and Yuya Uemura now (plus TAKA Michinoku although he is a freelancer, they were 5 until SANADA defected to HOT too) and will now be part of the main aka unaffiliated New Japan core unit.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 6/16/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 3 of MONDAY MAGIC Prime Time today.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Alpha Wolf beat Saxon Huxley & Danny Duggan in a 3-way by beating Duggan.

Match 2: Great Sakuya & Miyuki Takase beat Johnnie Robbie & Amira. Sakuya pinned Amira after Moon Surface Hydrogen Bomb.

Match 3: Titus Alexander, Ryan Clancy & Robert Marter beat Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Odashima & Shuji Kondo. Clancy pinned Odashima after a dropkick.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Archie Cole by submission.

Match 5: YO-HEY & HAYATA beat Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka. HAYATA pinned Fujita.

Main Event: Ulka Sasaki beat Fuminori Abe.

The season finale is next Monday.

The next event is MEMORIAL VOYAGE 2025 in OSAKA Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka, which is part of the promotion’s 25th Anniversary series of events. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 6/15/25 Results (Event 2)

Dragon Gate ran a second event in Fukuoka today shortly after the first event concluded.

Today’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 445.

Match 1: Flamita & U-T beat Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka. Flamita pinned Yoshioka after a firebird splash.

Match 2: YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka beat Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horiguchi & Bendito. YAMATO pinned Horiguchi after Gallaria.

Match 3: Ryoya Tanaka beat KAI.

Match 4: Luis Mante beat Dragon Kid.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & Madoka Kikta beat Strong Machine J & Kzy. Skywalker pinned Kzy after SSW.

Main Event: In en elimination match, Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare. Hyo and one other survived.

The next event is tomorrow at Sasebo City Gym& Culture Center in Nagasaki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, 2 new matches for Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025 and a change to one already set match were announced today: The change first-the Open The Triangle Gate Championship match that was champions ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare vs. Luis Mante, Bendito & Flamita for the titles is now a 3-way as JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior have been added. The new matches added today are Open The Twin Gate Champions Jason Lee & Kota Minoura vs. Ben-K & Hyo for the titles and Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Dragon Kid & TBA. That makes 4 matches so far with probably at least 3 more to come (I expect an Open The Brave Gate Championship match and, with today’s results in All-Japan, possibly a GAORA TV Championship match as Takashi won the title).

Stardom 6/15/25 Results (Updated)

Stardom finished up their usual weekend doubleheader today in Shiga.

Today’s event was held at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center Event Hall in Shiga and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There were again last-minute changes to the card due to AZM being off this event as well as yesterday. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian beat Suzu Suzuki, Hina & Yuria Hime. Rian pinned Hime.

Match 2; Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Ema Maishima & Kikyo Furusawa. Ruaka pinned Maishima after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Saki Kashima & Tomoka Inaba beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Kashima pinned Kurara after Rebirth.

Match 4: Konami, Rina & Fukigen beat Starlight Kid, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki. Konami beat Amasaki with a body sleeper hold.

Match 5: Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Azusa Inaba beat Syuri, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Watanabe pinned C after B-Driver.

Main Event: Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. Anou pinned Hanan after Tantan Dollar.

The next event is STARDOM THE CONVERSION Saturday at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World as a PPV will begin midnight PT/3 AM ET.

UPDATE: During the event, it was revealed that rookie Yuria Hime tried to join Stars on Saturday but did not, however she did make a New Blood Tag Team Challenge with Momo Kohgo as her partner. Accepted today by champions HANAKO & Waka Tsukiyama. That match will happen at the next NEW BLOOD event on 7/4 at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. For those unaware, the rules to challenge for the titles are one of the two wrestlers must meet these criteria: Be 20 or younger OR have 3 years or less experience AND be eligible to challenge for the Future Of Stardom Championship. Hime is eliigible as a rookie even though she is 26 and Kohgo would not be eligible due to being over 20 and having more than 6 years experience.

All-Japan 6/15/25 Results

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series 2025 today in Kyoto.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV tonight. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 457.

Match 1: Fuminori Abe & Seigo Tachibana beat Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Abe beat Inoue.

Match 2: Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Shotaro Ashino & Xyon. Honda pinned Ashino after Final Vent.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Talos beat Kento Miyahara, MUSASHI & Davey Boy Smith Jr. Talos pinned MUSASHI.

Match 4: Takashi beat GAORA TV Champion Yuko Miyamoto to win the title. Takashi becomes the 29th GAORA TV Champion.

Match 5: Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato & Seiki Yoshioka beat Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi. Suzuki beat Jun Saito with a sleeper hold. The champ won one yesterday, now the challenger has to get his win.

Main Event: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai to win the titles. The Aoyagis become the 126th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Atsuki Aoyagi pinned Hayato after a firebird splash.

The tour-ender is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is also scheduled to be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 6/15/25 Results (Updated)

DOMINION, New Japan’s annual June Osaka blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired live as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 6525.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai & Masatora Yasuda. Murashima pinned Yasuda.

Match 1: Don Fale (Bad Luck Fale), Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & Sanada beat Taiji iIshimori, Clark Connors, Chase Owens & Drilla Moloney. SANADA pinned Moloney after a guitar shot. At the end of the match, Owens turned on his teammates and defected to House of Torture. (For those curious, Don Fale is not Fale’s real name)

Match 2: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat El Phantasmo & Shota Umino. Sabre pinned Umino with a European clutch.

Match 3: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuya Uemura.

Match 4: DOUKI & Sho beat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Master Wato & Yoh to win the titles. DOUKI & Sho become the 79th IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.. DOUKI beat Wato with a modified figure 4. This was to have been Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho challenging but Kanemaru was out with an apparent right arm injury. DOUKI was the replacement as he returned from a long injury absence AND defected to House Of Torture. So now Just 4 Guys are presumably Just 3 Guys.

Match 5: Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan to win the titles. Taichi & Ishii become the 110th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Taichi pinned Newman after Black Mephisto.

Match 6: Boltin Oleg beat NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita to win the title. Oleg becomes the 48th NEVER Openweight Champion. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 7: In a Dog Collar Chain Deathmatch, EVIL beat David Finlay by TKO.

Match 8: Gabriel Kidd beat IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji to win the title. Kidd becomes the 5th IWGP Global Champion. Next/first up: If Kidd has his way, Tanahashi. He wants the soon-retiring Ace.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto beat Shingo Takagi to retain the title. V7 for Goto. Next up: If the cameramen gave us any clue post-match, possibly Sabre.

The next event is Wednesday at Aomori Budokan in Aomori to start the New Japan Soul 2025 tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Kidd gets his wish-it’s now official. Tanahashi is next. That match will happen on 7/4 at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo.

Goto-Sabre for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is now official as well. That match will happen at TANAHASHI JAM on 6/29 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya, which will be the last event ever in the iconic wrestling & sumo venue before it closes. Note that 6/29 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON NEW JAPAN WORLD. It will be available only in Japan exclusively on TV Asahi. NEW NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg will also make his first title defense on 6/29, which appears to be against Yuji Nagata, and NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo will defend the title vs. TBA (open challenge).

Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling 6/15/25 LIVE Results (Event 1)

Dragon Gate runs their regular monthly doubleheader today, which is a same-day doubleheader in Fukuoka. Both are standard house shows as the second event marks the halfway point of a run of 5 events in 4 days, then they’ll take a few days off before this month’s PRIME ZONE+ taping and weekend events the rest of the month before picking up the pace again before Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025. The main event will continue the current Paradox vs. Z-Brats rivalry ahead of the Open The Dream Gate Championship match between Shun Skywalker & YAMATO next month. This post will have live results from the first of 2 events today.

Today’s events will be held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. There will be no commentary on the main stream but also an alternate stream with wrestler commentary. You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. Yesterday’s event ran a bit longer than I anticipated, in part due to a 20 minute intermission, but I wouldn’t expect the same today due to event start times. The first event should run just over 2 hours, maybe closer to 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Stromg Machine J, Kzy & U-T vs. Ben-K, Hyo & Mochizuki Junior
Ultimo Dragon & Genki Horiguchi vs. Jason Lee & Yoshiki Kato
Ryoya Tanaka vs. Bendito (Cancelled last-second, see notes below)
Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Shun Skywalker & Homare
JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Flamita & Luis Mante
YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, KAI & ISHIN

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The broadcast is scheduled to begin 15 minutes prior to the event. (The second event is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET)

8:45 PM PT UPDATE: The broadcast has begun so live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. There is no commentary. The wrestler commentary will begin with the first match.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in and I can only see opposite hard camera which has a few people. I think the venue’s max capacity is in the 650-700 range but they normally set up for around 500. The second show usually draws a little more in these doubleheaders, I’ll make an initial first show guess of around 400. (After seeing the crowd as the first match ended it looked pretty full so I’m gonna up my estimate to 500) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 439)

The matches should begin in 20-25 minutes.

The matches begin at 9:08 PM PT/12:08 AM ET.

Match 1: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T vs. Ben-K, Hyo & Mochizuki Junior. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ben-K, Hyo & Mochizuki Junior beat Strong Machine J. Kzy & U-T. Ben-K pinned Kzy after a spear.

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon & Genki Horiguchi vs. Jason Lee & Yoshiki Kato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ultimo Dragon & Genki Horiguchi beat Jason Lee & Yoshiki Kato by DQ. Kato DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Shun Skywalker & Homare. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat Yuki Yohsioka & Dragon Dia. Skywalker pinned Yoshioka.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 10:15 PM PT/1:15 AM ET. I’m not sure what happened to change plans but it sounds like the Ryoya Tanaka-Bendito match today is off because we’re going to the semifinal match next. (Edit: Based on the intros for the next match and a pre-first match promo with appeal made to and decision granted by GM Ryo Saito, what was to have been a tag match is now a 6-man tag with Tanaka & Bendito added, thus the Tanaka-Bendito match is now off)

Match 4: JACKY KAMEI, Ryoya Tanaka & Riiita vs. Flamita, Bendito & Luis Mante. 30 minute time limit
Result: JACKY KAMEI, Ryoya Tanaka & Riiita beat Flamita, Bendito & Luis Mante. Tanaka pinned Flamita. ISHIN interference right before the end set it up (threw a chair at Flamita while on the top rope).

Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, KAI & ISHIN. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Madoka Kikura, Kota Minoura, KAI & ISHIN beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. Kikuta pinned Kid after a rolling lariat.

The second event is coming up shortly. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan 6/14/25 Results

All-Japan resumed the Super Power Series 2025 after a nearly 2 week break.

Today’s event was held at Juroku Plaza in Gifu 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 518.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino & Xyon beat Hiroki Murase & Lowther. Xyon pinned Lowther after a diving headbutt. The losers are wrestlers from a local independent promotion.

Match 2: Dan Tamura beat Seigo Tachibana.

Match 3: Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 4: All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Takashi beat Talos, Jack Kennedy & Aizawa No. 1 to retain the titles. Omori pinned 1 after Hokuto Army Special. V1 for the champs.

Match 5: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Ryuki Honda beat Kento Miyahara, Atsuki Aoyagi, MUSASHI & Davey Boy Smith Jr. Ayabe pinned MUSASHI after Des Roulette.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Hideki Suzuki, Yuma Aoyagi & Seiki Yoshioka. Jun Saito pinned Suzuki after a jackhammer.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto with 2 more title matches scheduled. There will be no live broadcast. On demand should be later in the day.

Stardom 6/14/25 Results (Updated)

Stardom began this weekend’s doubleheader today with an event in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 409)

There were several last-minute changes to the card due to the removal of AZM from the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Azusa Inaba beat Hazuki, Koguma & Kikyo Furusawa. Watanabe beat Furusawa with a chicken wing.

Match 2; Saki Kashima beat Yuna Mizumori & Ema Maishima in a 3-way by pinning Maishima.

Match 3: Sayaka Kurara beat Fukigen.

Match 4: Konami, Ruaka & Rina beat Lady C, Tomoka Inaba & Rian. Konami pinned Rian after a buzzsaw kick.

Match 5: Starlight Kid, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Suzu Suzuki, Akira Kurogame & Aya Sakura. Amasaki pinned Kurogame after Tensei.

Match 6: Syuri, Hina & Ranna Yagami beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Hina pinned Rian after a transformed jackhammer.

Main Event: Momo Kohgo, Hanan & Saya Iida beat Saori Anou, Natsupoi & Yuria Hime. Kohgo pinned Hime after Nectar Peach.

The next event is tomorrow at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center Event Hall in Shiga. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: AZM is now off tomorrow (6/15). She was to have faced Ranna Yagami & Azusa Inaba in a 3-way. That match is now off and what had been Syuri & Lady C vs. Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe is now Syuri, C & Yagami vs. Kamitani, Watanabe & Inaba. AZM should be back for the next event which is STARDOM THE CONVERSION on 6/21 (PPV).