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New Japan 11/19/25 Results

Tonight was a night full of EVIL (INDEEEEEEEED!) as New Japan held the first House Of Torture produced event, appropriately dubbed “PURGE NIGHT OF TORTURE”.

Todat’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World for $22.99 US.

The announced paid attendance was 1481, a legit advance sellout.

There was a change to the second match due to Tomohiro Ishii being out with a shoulder injury. Taichi was the replacement.

Pre-show match: Hip Togo (Ryusuke Taguchi) beat Dick Togo.

Match 1: EVIL beat Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate).

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Don Fale beat Masato Tanaka (ZERO1), Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Taichi. Owens pinned Hidaka after Last Testament. (New Japan’s English website says it was Yujiro Takahashi here but the Japanese website says Owens. I go with Japanese first)

Match 3: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat HANZO & The Great Sasauke (Michinoku Pro). Narita pinned HANZO.

Matxh 4: Sho, DOUKI & SANADA beat Kaisei Takechi, Akito & Yuki Ueno (DDT) by ref stoppage. DOUKI beat Akito with Italian Stretch 32 after multiple deadly weapon uses.

Main Event: Yujiro Takahashi vs. Saya Kamitani (Stardom) went to a no contest. Out of control. H.O.T. and H.A.T.E. interference. Which led to…

Impromptu Match: EVIL vs. Yujiro Takahashi went to a Double KO. Afterwards, despite the divisions EVIL proclaimed the House was unified still. Because they are EVIL! ((INDEEEEEEEEED!)

The next event is the World Tag League, the annual year-end (usually) Heavyweight tag team tournament, starting tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/19/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a TJPW INSPIRATION event today, the latest in their series of spinoff events held 2-3 times annually featuring more comedy matches and matches & wrestlers normally not seen in the promotion.

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

The announced paid attendance was 247, a full house/near sellout.

No Up Up Girls today so Chika Nanase did the opening start call.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat Toga.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi beat Gabai Ji-Chan.

Match 3: Mizuki & Yuki Aino beat Raku & HIMAWARI. Mizuki pinned Raku with Cutie Special.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuu (Sendai Girls) & Yuki Kamifuku went to a 20 minute time limit draw. Yuu was making her first TJPW appearance in 7 years, but also her last as she is retiring at the end of the year.

The next event is Saturday (Friday US time) at Kanazawa Distribution Hall in Ishikawa for a Uta Takami hometown event. Miyu Yamashita is off this event due to an excursion to Europe. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

Dragon Gate 11/17/25 Results

THE GATE OF NOSTALGIA 2025, Dragon Gate’s annual fun event featuring wrestlers bringing back their old factions & gimmicks again for one day, was held earlier today. And much to my delight that meant…sing it with me…WE ARE JIMMYS! (WE ARE JIMMYS!)

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 445. I’d call it a full house/near sellout even though they did not as that’s just short of 90% of max capacity)

Pre-show match: JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura. Junior pinned Yanagiuchi with a German suplex hold.

Match 1: Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy Kagetora & Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (with Jimmy Ryo Saito) beat Strong Machine J. Strong Karaoke Machine & Strong Shachihoko Machine in 41 seconds. Susumu pinned Shachihojo after Yokosuka Cutter. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy Kagetora & Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (with Jimmy Ryo Saito) beat Strong Machine J. Strong Machine F & Giant Strong Machine. Susumu pinned F with Backslide From Heaven..

Match 2: Open The Owarai Gate Champion Shinbashi Jiro beat Johnson Florida, then got the required audience support to retain the title. V1 for Jiro.

Match 3: Diamante (Luis Mante before he lost his mask), H-Y-O (Hyo) & DiaInferno beat Shun Skywalker, Dragon Dia & Gianni Valetta. Diamante pinned Dia after Vuelta Finale.

Match 4: YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kzy, Yasushi Kanda & Kenichiro Arai and Madoka Kikuta, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato in a 3-way by countout. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Madoka Kikuta, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi, Kzy, Yasushi Kanda & Kenichiro Arai and Toru Owashi (DDT), Shuji Kondo (Independent/Freelancer) & Masaaki Mochizuki in a 4-way elimination match. Order of elimination (team eliminated when one member loses): Kanda by Kondo, Mochizuki by YAMATO, YAMATO by Kikuta.

Main Event: Ben-K, Dragon Kid & Jason Lee beat Shingo Takagi (New Japan), Cyber Kong & Chihiro Tominaga. Ben-K pinned Tominaga after a spear.

The next event is Friday at Kunimidai Gym in Saga. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. There are no more broadcasts scheduled this month so the rest of KING OF GATE 2025 will be untelevised until the Finals.

TJPW News: Magical Girl Homecoming in 2026 (Updated x2)

Tokyo Joshi Pro announced some exciting news for 2026-original roster member Yuka Sakazaki, who left a couple years ago for All Elite Wrestling and other opportunities. is coming back home in early 2026 for two appearances. First she will compete at “Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling ’26”, the annual year-opener on 1/4 just before Tokyo Dome, and also she will be part of GRAND PRINCESS ’26 on 3/29 when the event returns to Ryogoku Kokugikan. Further details TBA. This will be Sakazaki’s first TJPW appearance since this year’s 1/4 event.

UPDATE: BREAKING DEVELOPMENT FROM EARLIER TONIGHT!

In a Mahjong Match, Masahito Torikashi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mahiro Kiryu, Danshoku Dieno & Ken Ohka by having the top score to win the title. Torikashi becomes the 1783rd Champion.

Later on…

Ken Ohka’s White Tank Top beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Masahito Torikashi to win the title. Top becomes the 1784th Champion.

And finally…

Mahiro Kiryu beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Ken Ohka’s White Tank Top to win the title. Kiryu becomes the 1785th Champion.

Pro Wrestling Everybody!

UPDATE 2: Following a challenge issued by Matcha to Miu Watanabe for the Princess Of Princess Championship recently, TJPW just announced the match is official. That match will happen on 12/13 in Bangkok, Thailand. If Matcha wins the title, the Watanabe-Suzume match on 1/4 for the title will then be a NON-TITLE match.

News: Latest Masa Takanashi Update

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.

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.