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Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/15/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix today in Osaka with Quarterfinals matches.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 659.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura & AMAKUSA beat Shuji Kondo & Tadasuke. Fujimura pinned Tadasuke after Hat Trick.

Match 2: KENTA, Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Junta Miyawaki beat Daga, Daiki Odashima, Hajime Ohara & Alejandro. Endo pinned Odashima after Burning Star Press.

Match 3: Hank Walker (WWE), Tank Ledger (WWE) & Yuto Kikuchi beat Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & Atsushi Kotoge. Walker pinned Kotoge after Collision Course.

Match 4: Yoshiki Inamura & Jack Morris beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Harutoki. Morris pinned Harutoki after a tiger driver.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh. Sugiura pinned Kenoh after Olympic Yosen Slam. As a result, Kitamiya & Sugiura get the next GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship shot at new champions Hank Walker & Tank Ledger. Or in this case an immediate rematch.

NOAH Jr. Grand Prix:
Match 6: Hiromu Takahshi (New Japan) beat Ninja Mack.
Main Event: HAYATA beat Eita.
As a result, Takahashi & HAYATA advance to the Semifinals. Takahashi will face the Tadasuke-AMAKUSA winner while HAYATA will face the Kondo-Fujimura winner. Both matches are tomorrow.

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

Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/15/25 Results

After the weekend began with a crossover event with IWA Japan & Thailand’s SETUP Pro Wrestling in Japan, some of the Tokyo Joshi Pro roster was in Malayasia today for a crossover event with DDT called LOVE & PEACE, also featuring a handful of live music performances by Up Up Girls and KLP48 among others.

Today’s event was held at Putalin Jaya Geospace in Selangor, Malaysia and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese at a later date.

The paid attendance was not announced.

A solo idol performance by idol Azuki Moeno opened the pre-show followed by greeting from wrestlers and idols, with some apparent boos for Yuki Kamifuku which she noted in her comments. Chris Brookes was also present representing DDT. Up Up Girls performance followed with their live performance.

Match 1: MVPW Provided Match: LOVExFRDM beat JUICYxBOYZ. Finnick Rose pinned Wonder Boy.

Match 2: Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Marika Kobashi & Kira Summer. Suzuki pinned Summer after a belly to belly suplex.

A live performance by NGT48, another AKB48 sub-label/spinoff, followed here.

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Eman Azman beat Chris Brookes, Shota & Jack Alecanser. kawamatsu pinned Shota after Ax Bomber.

The last live performance here was by KLP48, a Malaysia-based version of AKB48.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai & Raku beat Yuki Kamifuku, Mifu Ashida & Poppy Shay. Watanabe pinned Ashida after Teardrop.

The event concluded with a final song performance by KLP48, NGT48, Up Up Girls, Moeno and even Yuki Arai singing too, which makes me really hope these songs make the on demand version even though there may be a lot of muting due to copyrights. Based on post-event comments from Takagi, Watanabe, Arai & others it seemed like the event was a great success and hopefully they will return to Malaysia in the nest future.

The next event is a TJPW INSPIRATION event Wednesday at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Injury Report: Another Potential King Falls

Dragon Gate has announced another injury casualty affecting KING OF GATE 2025, unfortunately it takes out another potential contender as the injured participant is Kota Minoura. Concussion. Occurred yesterday. Out indefinitely. He was to have faced Masaaki Mochizuki in the tournament tomorrow. Mochizuki will now get a forfeit win and a free pass to Round 2. No wors yet on how long Minoura may be out.

TJPW News: Title Matches Today, More (Updated)

Some Tokyo Joshi Pro news today:

At a joint IWA Japan/SETUP Pro Wrestling event today in Tokyo, there was a title change as Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami became the new IWA JAPAN SETUP World Tag Team Champions, especially significant for Toribami as this is her first career championship, coming 4 years after her debut. Unfortunately for us Pom Harajuku failed in her attempt to reclaim the SETUP All-Asia Women’s Championship, which was the first title of her career and one she held in the past year.

Today’s event is expected to be available on demand in about 10 days. Updates to follow from IWA Japan and SETUP.

Some of the roster is in Malaysia for an event tomorrow (look for Kira Summer and especially Mifu Ashida posting lots of pics on social media), which will also feature live performances by Up Up Girls and KLP48, a Malaysia-based branch of J-pop megagroup AKB48. This event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date with Japanese commentary.

Finally, it has been announced that Shoko Nakajima is off the major 12/7 event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Unspecified circumstances which has me thinking potential schedule conflicts with Major League Wrestling as she is the MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion. A masked wrestler playing off of special guests Ovha Norma is the replacement.

UPDATE: DEVELOPING-After retaining the SETUP All-Asia Women’s Championship today against Pom Harajuku & Ram Kaichow in a 3-way, Matcha has now challenged Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe to a match on 12/13 in Bangkok, Thailand for the title. TJPW runs an event that day after a SETUP event earlier in the day at the same venue (The Circus Studio). More as it becomes available.

Stardom 11/13/25 Results

Stardom continued the Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League Tournament today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Aomori Utori 1st Floor Multipurpose Large Hall in Aomori and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 420.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Suzu Suzuki and Ema Maishima being pulled off the event. Suzuki-the always vague poor health. Maishima-undisclosed injury.

Match 1: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Sareee & Mika Kanae beat Bozilla & Akira Kurogame. Kanae pinned Kurogame.

Match 2: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Bea Priestley. Kamitani pinned Kohgo after Star Crusher.

Match 3: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Ranna Yagami & Kikyo Futusawa. C pinned Furusawa after a big boot.

Match 4: Rina Yamashita & HANAKO beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. HANAKO pinned Sakura after JP Coaster.

Match 5: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Blue Block: Konami & Rina beat AZM & Miyu Amasaki. Konami beat AZM.

Main Event: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Yuna Mizumori & Mei Seira beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Seira pinned Rian.

Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Blue Block: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Suzu Suzuki & Rina Yamashita by forfeit. Because Suzuki is also off the next 2 events, that means Suuzki/Yamashita are now eliminated from contention as they will forfeit their 11/15 match to Iida/Priestley plus their 11/16 match to Sohrei/C and will have just 2 matches left with no points and 3rd place currently has 4 points and tiebreakers.

The next event is Saturday at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

Injury Report: A Pair of Dimmed Stars (Updated)

Stardom announced there were a pair of injury absences from today’s events as both Suzu Suzuki & Ema Maishima were/are out. Suzuki-the always vague poor health. Maishima-undisclosed injury. Besides card changes that meant it affected the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League as Suzuki & Rina Yamashita had to take a forfeit loss to Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. It’s not yet known if either will miss additional time.

UPDATE: Both are now off the next 2 events on 11/15 & 11:16 in Hokkaido.

Injury Report: Even The Brave Need Breaks

Dragon Gate has just announced an injury change to upcoming events, somewhat significant because Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka is headed to the disabled list. Shoulder. Out indefinitely but will be at least a couple weeks because he is now off 11/22, meaning he is out of KING OF GATE and YAMATO will get a forfeit win and advance to the Quarterfinals as a result.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom 11/12/25 Results

Stardom continued the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Tournament today in Sendai.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Pit in Sendai and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not been announced

Match 1: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Yuna Mizumori & Mei Seira. Natsupoi pinned Mizumori.

Match 2: Momo Kohgo & Ranna Yagami beat HANAKO & Rian. Yagami pinned Rian after Beat Master.

Match 3: Miyu Amasaki beat Waka Tsukiyama & Saya Kamitani in a 3-way by pinning Tsukiyama.

Match 4: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat AZM, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Kikyo Furusawa. Kurogame beat Furusawa with a crossface.

Goddesses Of Stardom Tournament:
Match 5: Red Block: Natsuko Yora & Ruaka beat Sareee & Miku Kanae. Ruaka pinned Kanae with a Dharma German suplex hold.
Match 6: Blue Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima beat Konami & Rina. Syuri pinned Rina after White Toiger.
Main Event: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Saya Iida & Bea Priestley. Sohrei pinned Iida.

Standings:
Red Block:
1-Natsupoi/Anou, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Tora/Ruaka, 2-0, 4 pts
3-Teotleco/Osita, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Bozilla/Kurogame, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Hina/Yagami, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Mizumori/Seira, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Sareee/Kanae, 1-3, 2 pts
8-Tsukiyama/Rian, 0-2, 0 pts

Blue Block:
1-Syuri/Kashima, 3-1, 6 pts
2-HANAKO/Megan Bayne, 2-0, 4 pts
3-Iida/Priestley, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Sohrei/C, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Konami/Rina, 1-1, 2 pts
6-AZM/Amasaki, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Suzuki/Yamashita, 0-2, 0 pts
8-Sakura/Kurara, 0-2, 0 pts

The top 3 in each block will advance with the winners going to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Aomori Utori 1st Floor Multipurpose Large Hall in Aomori. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

New Japan 11/12/25 Results

Once again New Japan was convinced to let Taiji Ishimori pretend to be a reckless superhuman today and put on his own event so we got “Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Is Reckless Once Again”.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World for about 3000 Japanese yen in Japan or $21.99 in the US. You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 465, a legit advance sellout. That’s 93% max capacity for the venue (500 for wrestling).

Pre-show match: Taiji Ishimori beat Daiki Nagai by submission.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori beat Brahman Shu in 7 seconds by DQ. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Taiji Ishimori & KAGETORA beat Brahmans Shu & Kei in 11 seconds by DQ. Shu DQ’d. Which led to…
Match 1 (yet again): Taro Nohashi, KAGETORA & Taiji Ishimori beat Brahmans Shu, Kei & Ryusuke (Ryusuke Taguchi) in 25 seconds hy DQ. Shu DQ’d. Which led to…
Match 1 (Take 4): In a Tornado match, Brahmans Yuji (Yuji Nagata), Ryusuke, Shu & Kei beat Yuko Miyamoto, Taro Nohashi, KAGETORA & Taiji Ishimori. Yuji beat Nohashi with a white eyed armbar (presumably Nagata Lock 2).

Match 2: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Taiji Ishimori by submission.

Match 3: In a handicap match, Shuji Ishikawa beat Black Menso-re & Taiji Ishimori by pinning Menso-re.

Match 4: Masato Tanaka won a 10 man battle royal, last eliminating Mammoth Sasaki.

Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate).

The next event is SHIMONOSEKI IMPACT Sunday at J:COM Arena Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. And surprisingly, despite promises New Japan seemingly made on social media for all events through Tokyo Dome, apparently there will be no live or on demand broadcast. They made it sound like every event until and including Tokyo Dome will be live & on demand, along with another PPV next week.

News: PWI Women’s 250 Announced

As a longtime fan and reader of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine, I was excited to get my digital new issue today because it features the second list of their ranking season, the PWI Women’s 250. Whereas the prior PWI 500 features all wrestlers but focuses on men (women are ranked though), this one is just for the ladies. As with the 500, this post focuses on spotlighting where women from and who compete mainly in Japan are ranked, plus the overall top 10.

Because the print edition does not come out for another 3 weeks, be advised that if you are waiting for that version and if you want to avoid SPOILERS until then DO NOT click below! (Be careful browsing online and on Zinio as the cover gives away the top 2)

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