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Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/19/25 LIVE Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with an event in Saitama. Originally scheduled for no live broadcast, a decision was made the other day to change it to a live broadcast. The mayor of Kasukabe City is scheduled to attend in perhaps the most noreworthy item ahead of time.
The promotion has announced Naomichi Marufuji will miss this event due to participation in SETUP Pro Wrestling in Thailand. That match should be available on demand at a later date as the promotion has announced there will be no live broadcast for that event but it will be on demand on about a week. (Update: Late in this event I found out via the socials that the video may be available on YouTube in 1 week so keep an eye on the SETUP Pro Wrestling social media/YT channels)

Today’s event will be held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and, after the aforementioned change of plans, can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are only 6 matches scheduled so this will probably be a standard house show with a running time of no more than 2 hours. Also, due to a Tokyo Joshi Pro event running while this one begins there may be a slight delay in posting results.

Today’s lineup:
Kai Fujimura vs. Daiki Odashima
Saxon Huxley & Zozaya vs. LJ Cleary & Black Menso-re
Eita, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke
Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki vs. Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara
Tetsuya Endo & Omos vs. Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita
OZAWA, Jack Morris, Daga & Yu Owada vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Kenoh & Alejandro

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

7:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. This is the first time I’m seeing inside this venue, it’s small and the crowd is still filing in but it’s mostly full. The setup, at least from what I can see, appears to be for maybe 400 tops, I’m guessing the total attendance will be around 300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 570)

The matches will begin shortly.

The mayor of Kasukabe City comes out first to greet the crowd.

The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura vs. Daiki Odashima. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kai Fujimura beat Daiki Odashima

Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Zozaya vs. LJ Cleary & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saxon Huxkey & Zozaya beat LJ Cleary & Black Menso-re. Huxley pinned Menso-re after a sitout powerbomb.

Match 3: Eita, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. 20 minute time limit
Result: HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Eita, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. HAYATA pinned Eita.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8:55 PM PT/11:55 PM ET.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki vs. Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. 30 minute time limit
Result: Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki beat Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Kitamiya pinned Kotoge after a Saito suplex.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo & Omos (WWE) vs. Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo & Omos beat Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita. Endo pinned Soya after Burning Star Press. Afterwards, Endo with microphone. Having now gone full heel since leaving DDT by joining Team 2000X, what presumably was a heel promo on Soya followed ahead of their rematch on 2/11 for the GHC National Championship.

Main Event: OZAWA, Jack Morris, Daga & Yu Owada vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Kenoh & Alejandro. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Kenoh & Alejandro beat OZAWA, Jack Morris, Daga & Yu Owada. Galeno pinned Owada after Galeno Special. Post-match, Galeno with microphone. Very brief and in English, “I will be next champion”.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match as Kiyomiya & Galeno challenge Jack Morris & Omos for the titles and Eita-HAYATA for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion had announced Owada has changed his ring name. It will now be Owadasan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 1/19/25 LIVE Results (Updated 1/21/25 x2)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with the Quarterfinals as part of another doubleheader with DDT. Yesterday’s Round 1 saw Wasteland Pom Party advance, much to my delight, but also a shocking upset as Arisu Endo & Suzume, undoubtedly an early favorite to win the tournament, were beaten by Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku when Uehara submitted Endo in perhaps the biggest win yet of Uehara’s young career. Today’s results will set up the Semifinals in a couple weeks.

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. Although there are 8 matches today instead of 7 they are on a tight clock again because there’s a DDT event to follow them. Yesterday’s event was shorter than I anticipated and I expect more of the same with today running around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup: (match order TBA):
Rika Tatsumi vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe vs. Kira Summer
Miyu Yamashita vs. Ivy Steele
Mizuki, Jada Stone & Uta Takami vs. Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mifu Ashida
Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals:
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami
Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki
Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Aino & Raku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Didn’t get a good look because they came in right as the opening announcements began, but yesterday did a near-sellout of just under 300 so that’ll be my guess for today. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:42 PM PT/9:42 PM ET.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Miyu Yamashita vs. Ivy Steele. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Ivy Steele

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Match 4: Mizuki, Jada Stone & Uta Takami vs. Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Jada Stone & Uta Takami beat Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mifu Ashida. Stone pinned Suzume after Spark Stunner. Afterwards, Stone made it very clear to Suzume that she wanted an International Princess Championship shot. We’ll see what happens. (1/21/25 UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 2/8 at Korakuen Hall)

Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu. No time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu. Kamifuku pinned Kiryu after Fameasser. As a result, Kamifuku & Uehara advance to the Semifinals on 1/25.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 6: Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. No time limit
Result: HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki beat Haru Kazashiro & Toga. HIMAWARI beat Toga with a single leg Boston Crab. As a result, Kamifuku & Uehara advance to the Semifinals on 1/25.

Match 7: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Aino & Raku. No time limit
Result: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Aino & Raku. Harajuku pinned Raku after a Max-assisted diving body press. As a result, Wasteland Pom Party advance to the Semifinals, much to my delight.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yoshioko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. Nakajima pinned Toribami after a diving senton. As a result, Nakajima & Misao advance to the Semifinals.

The Semifinals will be Uehara & Kamifuku vs. Max & Pom and HIMAWARI & Suzuki vs. Nakajima & Misao.

The Semifinals are Saturday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

1/21/25 UPDATE 2: You will also be able to watch Saturday’s entire event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. It will still also air on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and YouTube will be live only (no on demand/saved replays). On demand will be only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

All-Japan 1/18/25 Results

All-Japan returned to action after a 2 week break for their New Year Fan Appreciation Day event today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 510, a legit advance sellout. Actually overflow because the venue’s normal full capacity is 500.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Hideki Suzuki, Yuko Miyamoto & Hikaru Sato. Ashino beat Miyamoto with an ankle lock.

Match 2: Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe beat Rising Hayato & Ryuki Honda. Anzai pinned Hayato after Gimlet.

Match 3: MUSASHI, Seriki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana beat Hokuto Omori, Aizawa No. 1 & Naruki Doi. MUSASHI pinned Aizawa after Two Heaven First Class.

Match 4: Jun Saito & Yuma Aoyagi beat Rei Saito & Atsuki Aoyagi. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after The Fool.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara beat Taishin Nagao.

The next event is 1/26 at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Center Hall 4 in Chiba. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This event will also be broadcast on GAORA SPORTS in Japan at a later date.

DDT 1/18/25 Results

DDT ran the second half of a doubleheader today with Tokyo Joshi Pro, an event called THE FORTUNE BATTLE 2025.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There was a last-minute change due to Antonio Honda being taken off the event. Lovesickness. Really. He was to have faced Yuki Ueno. A. YAZAWA was thw replacement.

Match 1: HARASHIMA, Akito, Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, KANON & Illusion. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after Blue Sword.

Match 2: In a Scramble Bunkhouse Glasses Rules Match, where the only way to win was to use a move on your opponent to break a pair of Kazuki Hirata’s signature sunglasses, Toru Owashi & Takao Soma beat Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Ishida when Soma hit a Perfect Driver on Ishida onto the glasses.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura beat Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku. Nakamura pinned Koroku with a modified crucifix hold.

Match 4: In a Rock & Roll deathmatch, Yuki Ueno beat A. YAZAWA.

Match 5: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & To-y beat Yuni & Kazuma Sumi to retain the titles. MAO pinned Sumi after Ultra Big Time. V1 for the champs.

Main Event; Shuji Ishikawa & Jun Akiyama beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Ishikawa pinned Masada after Splash Mountain.

After the show-ending promo…

Tetsu Inada beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Poison Sawada JULIE to win the title. Inada becomes the 1708th Champion.

The next event is “DDT New Year’s Fan Appreciation Day!” tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 PM PT/3:30 AM ET. Late changes have been announced for the event because Yuki Ueno is now off. The always-vague poor health. MJ Paul is the replacement.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 1/18/25 LIVE Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the 5th Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today in Tokyo as part of a doubleheader with DDT. This is the promotion’s now-hopefully-annual tag team tournament which should reward the eventual winners with a Princess Tag Team Championship opportunity, possibly at GRAND PRINCESS ’25. Most of the roster participates with several exceptions this year-Rika Tatsumi, Mizuki & Yuki Arai are not participating for various reasons while Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh are not because Itoh is on another excxursion to the US until mid-February, plus it’s been announced Yamashita & Itoh will defend the titles in early February at an event in Santiago, Chile. So they may not even be champions when it wraps up but this still is an exciting opportunity for them and the promotion as it continues to expand outside Japan. Today features Round 1 of the tournament with 4 matches including the fan-favorite Wasteland Pom Party, as Max The Impaler returns to TJPW to team with Pom Harajuku to re-form the Internet’s favorite wrestling odd couple and my pick to win it all, despite the face the reunited Suzume & Arisu Endo have to be favorites too.

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There should be no time limit for the tournament matches and 7 matches in all are scheduled, but the DDT event afterwards will keep them on a bit of a tight clock and should keep this event time limited to 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours at most.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA [Pre-show Update: This is the tentative order except for matches 4 & 5 which are reversed from what is listed below):
Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Moka Miyamoto
Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Yuki Arai & Shino Suzuki
Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami
Max Heart Tournament Round 1:
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mifu Ashida & Chika Nanase
Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Ivy Steele & Kira Summer
Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:25 PM PT UPDATE; Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd still filing in but most seating I can see initially is full. The setup is probably for 400-450, I’ll go with an initial guess of around 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 284, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. During Sayuri Namba’s opening announcements, she confirmed the tournament winner will get a Princess Tag Team Championship shot at GRAND PRINCESS.

The matches begin at 6:47 PM PT/9:47 PM ET.

Match 1: Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Moka Miyamoto beat Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Raku beat Haruna with a guillotine choke.

Match 2: Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Yuki Arai & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Yuki ARai & Shino Suzuki. Hasegawa beat Suzuki with a muffler hold.

Match 3: Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami beat Mizuki & HIMAWARI. Stone pinned HIMAWARI after Spark Stunner.

Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Round 1:
Match 4: Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. No time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro & Toga beat Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. Kazashiro pinned Summer with a fisherman’s suplex hold. As a result, Kazashiro & Toga advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mifu Ashida & Chika Nanase. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mifu Ashida & Chika Nanase. Misao beat Ashida with a chicken wing. As a result, Nakajima & Misao advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 6: Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku. No time limit
Result: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami. Max pinned Takami after a piledriver. As a result, Wasteland Pom Party advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face Yuki Aino & Raku.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. No time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Uehara beat Endo with Banana Pillow. UPSET ALERT!!! Suzume & Endo out already? SHOCKING!!! As a result, Kamifuku & Uehara advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu. Easily one of Uehara’s biggest career wins so far if not the biggest.

The Quarterfinals are tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/13/25 Results (Updated 1/17/25)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their first LIMIT BREAK ex. event of 2025 today, continuing the series of crossover events with wrestlers from other promotions.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 256.

Match 1: Souki Nagao beat Daiki Odashima.

Match 2: The Reeve Mask 2 & LJ Cleary beat The Reeve Mask 1 & Black Menso-re. CLeary pinned Menso-re after Cow Killing.

Match 3: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kohei Kinoshita beat Brian Ishikzawa 7 Keigo Nakamura. Matsunaga pinned Nakamura.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Toi Koji vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Ishikawa & GAINA went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Hajime Ohara beat Atsushi Kotoge.

Main Event: Mohammed Yone beat Go Shiozaki by submission.

The next event is Sunday (Saturday US time) at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. Naomichi Marufuji will miss the event due to participation in SETUP Pro Wrestling in Thailand. There will be no live broadcast. (UPDATE: See below for changes)

UPDATE: Based on post-match comments, Shiozaki may now be out indefinitely. Knee injury/maintenance. May have been injured coming in based on Yone post-match comments.

In other news, a new title match has been announced for 1/25 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jack Morris & Onos vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Galeno (Galeno Del Mal) for the titles.

1/17/25 UPDATE: WRESTLE UNIVERSE just announced via email to subscribers that Sunday’s event will now be a LIVE BROADCAST and will begin Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

DDT 1/12/25 & 1/13/25 Results

DDT held a pair of house shows yesterday & today in Osaka.

Yesterday’s event was held at Yadogawa Community Center in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced. This may be a new thing for DDT in 2025, they haven’t done it for an event so far this year. Very small venue though so likely in the 125-150 range.

Match 1: Toru Owashi beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2; KANON beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Akito, Kohei Kinoshita & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki beat Koroku with a crossface.

Match 4: Demus beat Antonio Honda.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Jun Akiyama, Yuki Iino & Keigo Nakamura. To-y pinned Nakamura after Kojima Impact.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Danshoku Dieno & Yukio Naya. Brookes pinned Dieno after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Today’s event was held at Oyodo Community Center in Osaka and will be available on demand Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There was a late change to the card, namely match 1, due to HARASHIMA being off. Fever. Yasutaka Oosera was the replacement.

Match 1: Yasutaka Oosera & Yuya Koroku beat Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Koroku beat Ishida with a chicken wing.

Match 2: In a No Sex Rules match, Danshoku Dieno beat Carnalax. Those rules meant no Danshoku Dieno being Danshoku Dieno.

Match 3: KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion beat To-y, Toru Owashi & Kazuma Sumi. Illusion pinned Sumi after a swanton bonb.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & Yuki Iino beat Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. Iino pinned Honda after Burning Elbow Drop.

Match 5: In a Admiral Lord Malevolence Rules match, which was 3 5-minute rounds and committing 3 fouls results in a DQ, Chris Brookes beat Akito at 2:30 of round 3 by DQ. This was a last-second rule change requested by both at the start of the event.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Daisuke Sasaki & Demus. Ueno pinned Demus after July 2. This was the final appearance for Demus in DDT, at least for now.

The next event is Saturday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo with a KO-D Tag Team Championship match, the second half of a same-day doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

Stardom 1/13/25 LIVE Results

Stardom continues the NEW YEAR STARS 2025 Tour today in Tokyo with their first Korakuen Hall event of the year. 3 title matches headline today’s event-first up, the High Speed Championship sees a new rule set implemented as Saki Kashima tries to win the title back from Mei Seira in a 2/3 Falls match with only a 10 minute time limit. The second title match is a Ring Of Honor Women’s World Championship match as the seemingly unbeatable champion Athena defends against Thekla. Finally, an Artist Of Stardom Championship match is set after a mini-tournament concluded yesterday, which perpahs unfairly means Cosmic Angels keeps the title either way because Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi defend against faction mates Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Safe to say the challengers winning would be a massive upset.

There will be several absences (and a lot less star power as a result) from today’s event-Mayu Iwatani, Maika, HANAKO, AZM & Mina Shirakawa due to New Japan participation in the US last night and Ruaka is out due to her coming-of-age-ceremony (a ritual in Japan when one reaches full/legal adult age).

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. It’s not yet known if there will be any commentary. There are 7 matches set so far and with no match likely to go more than 30 minutes including the title matches I anticipate today’s event having a running time of just over 2 hours, depending on whether or not there’s an intermission. If there is, bump the estimate up to 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Hina vs. Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way
Rian & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Natsuko Tora & Momo Watanabe
Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu vs. Hanan, Saya Iida, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo
Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki vs. Saya Kamitani, Rina & Azusa Inaba
High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Saki Kashima in a 2/3 Falls Match for the title
ROH Women’s World Champion Athena vs. Thekla for the title
Artist Of Stardom Champions Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi vs. Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

6:25 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd still filing in but they have the higher-capacity setup in place (more than DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro use opposite hard camera) but outside of that it’s maybe half full so far. Looking like on track for 850-900. Today is a national holiday in Japan for the record. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1233)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube, which will be the High Speed Championship match. The ROH Women’s Championship is the semifinal and the Artist Of Stardom Championship match is the main event.

The matches begin at 6:33 PM PT/9:33 PM ET. The new High Speed title match rules are explained to the crowd first.

Match 1: High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Saki Kashima for the title. 2/3 Falls, 10 minute total time limit
Fall 1: Seira wins
Fall 2: Kashima wins
Fall 3: Seira wins
Result: High Speed Champion Mei Seira beat Saki Kashima 2-1 to retain the title. V4 for Seira.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 2: Hina vs. Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hina beat Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way by pinning Fukigen.

Match 3: Rian & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Natsuko Tora & Momo Watanabe. 20 minute time limit
Result: Natsuko Tora & Momo Watanabe beat Rian & Waka Tsukiyama. Watanabe beat Rian with a rear naked choke.

Match 4: Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Hanan, Saya Iida, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hanan, Saya Iida, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo beat Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Koguma pinned Yagami.

Match 5: Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki vs. Saya Kamitani, Rina & Azusa Inaba. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saya Kamitani, Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amsaski. Inaba pinned Amasaki. Afterwards, Inaba with microphone. Future Of Stardom Championship challenge issued. Seemingly accepted. When we thought they were done, Kamitani with microphone. Words for Suzuki, who it sounds like might be next for the World Of Stardom Championship. Kamitani told Suzuki to lick her boot…so Suzuki bit it instead.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM PT.

Match 6: ROH Women’s World Champion Athena vs. Thekla for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: ROH Women’s World Champion Athena beat Thekla to retain the title. Post-match, Thekla & Athena promo in English. Thekla wants another match. Athena agreed, but in the US instead. Athena then addressed the crowd in English. It’s her first time competing in Japan, and she thanked the crowd in Japanese. She hopes to be back in the future, and I think there is no doubt she will be back in Japan soon.

Main Event: Artist Of Stardom Champions Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi vs. Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Artist Of Stardom Champions Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara to retain the titles. Nakano pinned Kurara after Violet Screwdriver. V1 for the champs. Mizumori apparently was busted open during the match as she had a bloody nose afterwards.

The next event is Friday at Matsuyama Community Center Special Exhibition Hall in Ehime. There will be no live broadcast.

Stardom 1/11/25 Results

Stardom began a weekend tripleheader with the first half of a Nagoya doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 409.

Many wrestlers were absent today-Maika, Mina Shirakawa, HANAKO, Mayu Iwatani & AZM due to New Japan participation in the US.

The event opened with a signing ceremony for Monday’s High Speed Championship match between Mei Seira & Saki Kashima. Matches will have new rules starting Monday-3 Falls, 10 minute total time limit.

Match 1: Hanan, Koguma & Athena beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Thekla. Athena pinned Thekla after a straitjacket powerbomb.

Match 2: Saori Anou beat Matoi Hamabe & Waka Tsukiyama in a 3-way by pinning Hamabe.

Match 3: Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Saki Kashima & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki. Kashima pinned Seira.

Match 4: Tam Nakano & Natsupoi beat Ruaka & Azusa Inaba. Natsupoi pinned Ruaka.

Match 5: Artist Of Stardom Next Challenger Tournament: Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Hazuki, Saya Iida & Rian. Mizumori pinned Rian affer TP Sunshine.

Main Event: Artist Of Stardom Next Challenger Tournament: Natsuko Tora, Rina & Fukigen beat Hina, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Rina pinned Hina after Pink Devil.

The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 1/11/25 Results (Updated)

New Japan’s first US event of the year, Battle in the Valley, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at San Jose Civic in San Jose, CA and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. It is also available as a PPV on Triller/FITE for $19.99.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. I’m thinking it’ll be 1500-1700 (setup was for about 2300 and it was not a sellout). That includes me of course! (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1814)

Pre-show:
Match 1: Zane Jay beat Viento.
Match 2: Bad Dude Tito & Shane Haste beat Matt Vandagriff & Fred Rosser. Tito pinned Rosser after Ride The Lightning. Vandagriff turned on/abandoned Rosser late in the match.

Main show:

Match 1: STRONG Openweight Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Tomohiro Ishii went to a 30 minute time limit draw. As a result, Kidd retains the title. V6 for Kidd. Afterwards, Kidd demanded a rematch on 4/11 in Chicago, IL as an Iron Man match.

Match 2: STRONG Tag Team Champions Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs beat Rocky Romero & Yoh to retain the titles. Nelson pinned Romero. V1 for the champs.

Match 3: In an elimination match, Maika, HANAKO, Mina Shirakawa & Viva Can beat Anna Jay, Trish Adora, AZM & Johnnie Robbie. Eliminations by pinfall, submission & over the top rope. Maika was the only winner, last eliminating Jay.

Match 4: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Jeff Cobb went to a double countout. As a result, Phantasmo retains the title. V1 for Phantasmo.

Match 5: Sumie Sakai Retirement Match: Hiromu Takahashi, Mayu Iwatani & Yuka Sakazaki beat Sumie Sakai, Sho & EVIL. Takahashi pinned Sakai after Time Bomb. A retirement ceremony for Sakai followed.

Match 6: NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat KUSHIDA to retain the title. V2 for Takeshita. Afterwards, Takeshita challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for 4/11, which is being billed as Tanahashi’s final US match in his career.

Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hechicero.

Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Taiji Ishimori to retain the title. V1 for Desperado.

It was a long event at 4 1/4 hours including the pre-show and the crowd got tired late, especially after the retirement match, but it was a great event from start to finish with a white-hot opener between Kidd & Ishii. That match alone is worth the $20 as is the Sakai retirement match & ceremony. If I have my way, my first NJPW event in the US won’t be my last. I can see myself coming back in 2026 if they do.

The next US event is Windy City Riot on 4/11 in Chicago with the final Hiroshi Tanahashi US match in his career then they return to Long Beach, CA in May for Resurgence.

The next event is BLUE JUSTICE 15, the next Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, on 1/19 at Sakura Municipal Gym in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin on 1/18 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: In post-match backstage comments, EVIL claimed he was not returning to Japan. We’ll see what happens there.

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