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Injury Report: Bird Wings Clipped

Kaya Toribami has been flying high recently in Tokyo Joshi Pro as the masked bird-themes wrestler (who reminds me of former wrestler Command Bolshoi outfit-wise) enjoys tag team success, but unfortunately her high flying hopes are grounded for now due to an injury. Leg. Out at least 2 weeks starting with Saturday’s event. She was to have teamed with Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu to face Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu. Raku is the replacement but Kiryu and Konatsu have also been swapped in the match so it’s now Watanabe/Tatsumi/Kiryu vs. Yamashita/Raku/Konatsu. Other changes as a result because Raku was to have faced Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki in a 3-way. That’s now a single match of Misao-Suzuki.

Toribami is expected back on 2/14 if all goes as planned so hopefully this is a minor injury.

(Toribami has commented on the injury, it does not appear to have happened during a match or in the ring. Just a freak casual thing)

DDT News: Pending Absence Announced

DDT has announced a pending wrestler absence in the future-Daisuke Sasaki will be gone for the entire month of April and miss all events that month as well as maybe events at the end of March. This is not unexpected or injury-related and is due to an upcoming international excursion-he has been announced for 2 events in Canada for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling in April and there’s a decent chance he’ll show up at The Collective 2026 in Las Vegas, NV (once it’s officially announced). Sasaki is expected back in Japan after the 4/29 DDT event.

TJPW News: (HELLO)O CANADA!

Good news for Tokyo Joshi Pro fans in the northern part of North America, and especially for perhaps one Sayuri Namba too…the promotion is headed to Canada for the first time! They will make their debut there on 4/11 & 4/12 with 2 events at Great Canadian Hastings Racecourse & Casino in Vancouver, BC. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday through Vtix (not TJPW). Now we wait for the burning question to be answered-will our beloved former ring announcer be there? She’s already promoting it and trying to reach out for sponsors in both Japanese & English so we’ll see but I’m very hopeful she will be there. Also no word on TV/streaming yet but I’m thinking it may be Triller/FITE as a PPV then WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

More as it becomes available.

(Unfortunately these events fall during a planned vacation to the eastern US so I can’t watch them live)

New Japan 1/28/2026 Results

New Japan resumed the Road To THE BEW BEGINNING Tour today in Aomori with the start of a handful of non-televised events. It was also the first event since it was announced that EVIL is leaving the promotion (expiring contract) and some wrestlers-namely Taichi-are having a lot of fun with commenting on it.

Today’s event was held at Tsugaru City General Gym in Aomori. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 987.

A Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura talk show event was held before the matches began The event’s start time was also pushed back due to some wrestlers arriving late due to road/weather conditions (a lot of snow in the area). After this was posted, President Hiroshi Tanahashi apologized for the delays on social media.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Narita beat Gedo with a kneebar.

Match 3: Yuya Henura & Shota Umino beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Uemura pinned Jay with a Kannuki suplex hold. (For what it’s worth, Jay has reportedly joined United Empire)

Match 4: In an alienation match, Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jake Lee. Tsuji was the only winner left, last eliminating Lee.

Match 5: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsunoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Oiwa pinned Matsunoto after The Grip.

Main Event: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Yoh & Boltin Oleg. Wolf beat Murashima with a modified bull docking headlock.

The next event is tomorrow at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, it has been revealed on the socials that the 2/27 US event will be a PPV on New Japan World in Japanese and English. It will cost 2990 Japanese yen in Japan and $19.99 in the US and includes on demand replays until April 27. Scheduled start time is 5 PM PT/8 PM ET and 2/28 at 10 AM Japan time. It can be pre-ordered now, a New Japan World subscription is not required.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/26/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC RISING SUN SEASON 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: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Archie Cole & Dragon Bane. Odashima pinned Cole after Dead End

Match 2: Galeno beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Nathan De Wind beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Jack Morris and Danny Duggan & Harutoki in a 3-way when De Wind pinned Duggan

Match 4: Great Sakuya, ZONES & Amare beat Miyuki Takase, Mio Momomo & Hibiscus Mii. ZONES pinned Mii after a lariat.

Match 5: Yoshiki Inamura & Titus Alexander beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Iker Navarro. Inamura pinned Navarro after DIS CHARGE.

Main Event: Alejandro, Dragon Kid & Hayabusa beat HAYATA, MAZADA & Shuji Kondo. Alejandro pinned MAZADA after Zero Gravity.

Episode 3 is 2/2. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

GLEAT 1/25/2026 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday in Nagoya.

Yesterday’s event was held at Iamike Gas Hall in Nagoya and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow. There was no live broadcast

The announced paid attendance was 246, a legit sellout.

Match 1: T-Hawk, Ryo Aitaka & Yuya Aoki beat Takehiro Yamamura. Tomoaki Honma (New Japan) & Luigi Primo. T-Hawk pinned Primo.

Match 2: Hayato Tamura & Andy Panda beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Kotaro Suzuki. Panda pinned Suzuki after a shooting star press.

Match 3: MICHIKO, Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro), Chanyota & Marika Kobashi beat Sayaka Unagi, Kakeru Sekiguchi, Rina Amikura & Mitsuki Kato. MICHIKO pinned Kato after a reverse strike.

Match 4: Soma Watanabe, So Daimonji & ARASHI beat Katsuhijo Nakajima, Junjie & Andy Wu. Watanabe pinned Junjie after a firebird splash.

Match 5: Ryuichi Kawakami beat JD Lee.

Main Event: Minoru Tanaka, El Lindaman & Takanori Ito beat Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & BLACK ANDROMEDA. Tanaka pinned ANDROMEDA after BDF.

The next event is 2/8 at Osaka Azalea Taisbo in Osaka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

BREAKING: New Japan Purged Of EVIL

Updating a prior rumor about EVIL possibly leaving New Japan, the promotion just broke the news…it’s now official. Contract expiring at the end of the month but it’s his decision. No word on if indeed he will go to WWE or elsewhere but if it’s the E, I hope they have former wrestler Sho Funaki on speed dial still…INDEEEEEEEEEED!.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 1/25/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the 2026 Max Heart Tournament today with the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (I almost did live results but opted against it due to sumo)

The announced paid attendance was 347, a super full house/very near sellout.

Before the event, DDT wrestler Super Sasadango Machine appeared in his role as PR ambassador for GRAND PRINCESS ’26 on 3/29 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. This led to a new match being added-Yuka Sakazaki & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Machine & Hyper Misao.

Match 1: Kira Summer & Chika Nanase beat Toga & Shion Kanzaki. Nanase pinned Kanzaki.

Match 2: Hyper Misao, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki beat Raku, Mahiro Kiryu & Ren Konatsu. Misao pinned Konatsu after Hypami Returns.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima beat Sarah Phoenix.

Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals:
Match 4: Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. Takami pinned Kazashiro after a Mizuki foot stomp.
Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami. Endo pinned Toribami after The 10th Law.
Match 6: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi. Max pinned Tatsumi after a reverse splash.
Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida. Uehara beat Ashida with Banana Pillow. Awww…have to settle for only one of my two teams moving on.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Mizuki/Takami vs. Suzume/Endo and Ober Eats vs. Wasteland Pom Party.

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

Stardom 1/25/2026 Results

Stardom ran the second half of the STARDOM AWARD doubleheader today in Tokyo, followed by the promotion’s annual award ceremony for 2025.

Today’s event was held at Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa, Saki Kashima & Lady C beat Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Ittoh beat Sakura with Itoh Clutch.

Match 2: Sareee beat Yuria Hime.

Match 3: Hina, Tomoka Inaba, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Momo Kohgo, Mei Seira, Miyu Amasaki & Anne Kanaya. Inaba beat Kanaya with Just Face Lock.

Match 4: High Speed Champion Yuna Mizumori beat Yuki Mashiro to retain the title. V1 for Mizumori.

Match 5: Maika, HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian beat Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Yuria Hime. HANAKO pinned Hime after JP Coaster.

Match 6: CMLL Japan Women’s Champion Hazuki beat Olympia to retain the title. V2 for Hazuki.

Main Event: Hanan, Saya Iida, Bea Priestley, Syuri, Ami Sohrei, Starlight Kid & AZM beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Rina, Konami, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen. Hanan pinned Tora with a backdrop hold.

Now for the STARDOM AWARD winners, and they clearly Embraced The H.A.T.E.:
Distinguished Service: Saya Iida
Skill: Syuri
Bold Light: Starlight Kid
Special Achievement: Tam Nakano (was not there)
Topic: Fuwa-Chan
Shining/Fan Vote: Saya Kamitani
Tag Team: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka
Best Unit/Faction: H.A.T.E.
Match of the Year: Kamitani-Nakano, 4/27/2025, Yokohama Arena (World Of Stardom Championship, Loser Must Retire)
MVP: Kamitani
Initially H.A.T.E. was absent but they later crashed the party in their own way. Ans the award ceremony indeed further confirmed that 2025 was the year of our PHENEX QUEEN.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/25/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Osaka.

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 665.

Match 1: Eita, Daiki Odashima, Katsumi Inahata, Yuto Koyanagi & Midori Takahashi beat Manabu Soya, Tetsuya Endo, AMAKUSA, Black Menso-re & Hiroto Tsuruya. Inahata pinned Tsuruya.

Match 2: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Harutoki beat Mohammed Yone, Quiet Storm (GLEAT) & Hajime Ohara. Kiyomiya pinned Ohara after a skywalk elbow.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya, Jun Masaoka (Independent/Freelancer) & Tadasuke beat Kenoh, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69. Kitamiya beat Hi69 with Stranglehold y.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji beat Alejandro.

Match 5: BUSHI beat HAYATA.

Match 6: Yoshiki Inamura, Jack Morris & Dragon Bane beat OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura & Kai Fujimura by DQ. Fujimura DQ’d. T-shirt choking.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Alpha Wolf beat Daga to retain the title. V1 for Wolf.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC RISING SUN SEASON Episode 2 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.