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Stardom News: New Title Match Added To Saturday’s PPV

With just over 36 hours to go until the 5STAR GP kicks off Saturday with a PPV, Stardom has just added another title match to the card-in confirming All Elite Wrestling’s Julia Hart as an injury replacement for Bea Priestley, they also announced, surely to President Taro Okada’s dismay, the return of his favorite heel ever-Thekla. That’s because Hart, Thekla & Skye Blue sill face Artist Of Stardom Champions Ami Sohrei, Hina & Lady C for the titles on Saturday. So much for Thekla being done with Stardom forever…Pro Wrestling, Everybody!

The match will be on the PPV portion of the event after 2 pre-show matches. Depending on broadcast plans, there is a chance this title match will be part of a free YouTube broadcast but we won’t know until a few hours before the event.

BREAKING: TJPW Returning To US In 2026

Just announced on social media-Tokyo Joshi Pro is returning to the US later this year They will again be visiting Texas with events in Houston & Dallas between December 4-6. 12/4 & 12/5 will be at Pasadena Roder Arena in Pasadena, 12/6 at The OC in Forney.

More as it becomes available.

DDT 7/15/2026 Results (Updated)

DDT kicked off a Beer Garden Pro Wrestling doubleheader in Tokyo today, perhaps their last one in Shinjuku.

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 but it was a legit advance sellout.

Before the event began during the NwA Jr live…
Shunna Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1841st Champion.

Match 1: Jun Akiyama & Takao Soma beat Naomi Yoshimura & Rukiya. Akiyama pinned Rukiya after a knee strike.

Match 2: Invisible Kazuki Hirata won a 8 man/invisible man battle royal, last eliminating Kazuki Hirata.

Match 3: Hidrki Okatani & Illusion beat Yuni & O-MENZ Kumadori. Okatani pinned Yuni.

Match 4: 2 Danshoku Dienos (one the real thing, one not) beat Junta Miyawaki (as Antonio Honda) & Antonio Honda. One of the Dienos pinned Honda.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno, Shinya Aoki, To-y & Kaisei Takechi beat KANON, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante. Takechi pinned Levante after Break It Down.

Match 6: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat HARASHIMA, Yuki Ishida & Hinata Kasai. Sato pinned Kasai after Fire Thunder.

Main Event: In a King Of Drunk match, Shunma Katsumata beat Daisuke Sasaki, Kazuma Sumi, Chris Brookes & MAO in a 5-way by KO. As a result, Katsumata earns a “Money In The Bank” title shot right for the KO-D Openweight Championship over the next couple months. The post-match celebration was crashed by Illusion, who created his own version and got it approved by GM Imabayashi and can use it starting tomorrow.

The next event is tomorrow. It is also a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Clarification on Illusion-it appears he created a means to challenge anytime anywhere for the rights to challenge for the title shot anytime anywhere, as long as it’s within the current fiscal year, although the title challenges via the rights must happen by 9/27. (Confused?)

Stardom News: Major 5STAR GP Changes

Stardom has announced a major change for the upcoming 5STAR GP Tournament: Bea Priestley, who was to have been in the Blue A Block, is now out. Unspecified injury. That was revealed at a presser with all participants over the weekend. Today it was announced that Julia Hart of All Elite Wrestling will be the replacement. While I no longer follow AEW Hart is someone I’ve always been a fan of so I’m excited for her to get this opportunity.

The tournament begins Saturday with this month’s PPV.

BREAKING: Injury Report-Second Chapter G1 Over

New Japan has announced a major injury update for the G1 CLIMAX 36-as you can probably guess from the reference above, the injured wrestler is Shota Umino. Concussion. Out of the tournament. Occurred Saturday, he was showing symptoms post-match. All his remaining matches will be forfeits and all wrestlers in his block except Zack Sabre Jr., who beat Umino Saturday, get 2 points as a result. It’s not yet known how long Umino will be out except the tournament duration which means at least a month.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom News: Good Girl Going Bad?

In a good way, and on stage…Stardom announced today that Syuri will be featured in an upcoming stage performance in Tokyo at the end of summer. The play is called “BAD END”, here is a translated synopsis of the play: “After successfully robbing a bank, the group gathers in an abandoned warehouse to distribute the stolen cash. 
However, of the 200 million yen stolen, 40 million yen had disappeared. 
Did one of the comrades steal it?—
Amid swirling suspicions, the secrets and desires each of them had been hiding begin to surface. 
Eventually, the life-or-death plan begins to spiral into a “BAD END” that no one can stop.”

Syuri will play a former police officer (name translates as Flower) who is part of the group. Here are translated comments from her and about her character: “How do I see myself? 
Having continued wrestling, they often come across as stoic. 
But actually, I’m a person who is easily moved by emotions. 
That’s why I love theater. 
Flower is a former police officer who appears cool but lives with loneliness and conflict, carrying feelings of unfulfillment in her life. 
While layering her emotional turmoil and pain with her own emotions, she carefully builds each piece to deliver a memorable work. 
I would be delighted if you could see it in theaters.”

Syuri joins other current/former wrestlers, most notably Saki Akai & Nao Kakuta, who also are/were actresses on stage during or after their careers (Akai has appeared in several major video game-based plays, including some based on the “Final Fantasy” franchise). The play is scheduled to run for 7 performances between 8/28-9/1 at Atelier Fanfare Koenji in Tokyo. Ticket sales begin Friday. Below is a poster for the show:

Syuri is the one on the left in the middle row. It’s not yet known if she will miss any Stardom events as a result but it looks like she will not as there are no events scheduled that week. I hope this may show up online someday so I can watch it and I send best wishes to Syuri for this exciting opportunity.

Dragon Gate 7/13/2026 Results

Dragon Gate said their final farewell to Shinjuku Face today with their last event as the closing Tokyo venue.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance bas not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 486, a legit sellout. Just 14 short of full capacity)

Match 1: Hyo vs. Gianni Valetta went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Kikutaro beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 3: GuC won a 10 man battle royal, last eliminating Mochizuki Junior.

Match 4: Punch Tominaga 15th anniversary Match: Kendo Ka Shin & Masaaki Movhizuki beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Ka Shin beat Tominaga.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. Minoura pinned KAGETORA after Endgame.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, Dragon Kid, Strong Machine J, Flamita & Diamante (Luis Mante, back in his old masked persona for one day only) beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI, ISHIN, Jason Lee & Yoshiki Kato. Slywalker pinned Lee after SSW.

The next event is Saturday at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/12/2026 LIVE Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the Lethal odyssey 2026 Tour today in Saitama. This is the last house show before their next blowout event next week so the last time we’ll see Shane Haste in action before the GHC Heavyweight Champion has to start running the Team 2000X gauntlet if he wants to keep the title, beginning with OZAWA. There will also be Dragon Gate participation ahead of their GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge next week.

Today’s event will be held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned so I imagine this will be a standard house show with a running time is just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
HAYATA & Daiki Odashima vs. Kid Lykos 1 & 2 and Tadasuke & Alpha Wolf in a 3-way
Kazuyuki Fujita, Atsushi Kotoge & Midori Takahashi vs. Yoshiki Inamura, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re
Eita & Katsumi Inahata vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI
Naomichi Marufuji, Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi vs. Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Hiroto Tsuruya
Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Super Crazy vs. JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. RYUSEI
Shane Haste, Tetsuya Endo, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Masaoka

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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

8:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 5 minutes.

8:55 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. Almost all the seating I can see is full which hints at a potential sellout. Based on the seating map I’m thinking the setup is for around 300 so that’s what I’ll go with. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 510)

The matches should begin in about 5 minutes.

The matches begin right on time at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Match 1: HAYATA & Daiki Odashima vs. Kid Lykos 1 & 2 and Tadasuke & Alpha Wolf in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tadasuke & Alpha Wolf beat HAYATA & Daiki Odashima and Kid Lykos 1 & 2 in a 3-way when Tadasuke pinned Odashima. Afterwards, Tadasuke with microphone. Brief borderline comedy promo based on crowd reactions.

Match 2: Kazuyuki Fujita, Atsushi Kotoge & Midori Takahashi vs. Yoshiki Inamura, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kazuyuki Fujita, Atsushi Kotoge & Midori Takahashi beat Yoshiki Inamura, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Fujita pinned AMAKUSA after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Eita & Katsumi Inahata vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI (whose new theme sounds like it’s saying “Bulls**t rather than BUSHI). 20 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. BUSHI beat Eita with a knee lock. Afterwards, BUSHI left with the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship belt as the winners continued to beat down the losers.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Shuji Kondo & Yuto Koyanagi vs. Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Hiroto Tsuruya. 20 minute time limit
Result: Naomichi Marufuji, ShujiKondo & Yuto Koyanagi beat Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Hiroto Tsuruya. Marufuji pinned Tsuruya after a jumping knee strike.

Intermission. (Starting at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET)

The matches resume at 10:10 PM PT/1:10 AM ET.

Match 5: Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Super Crazy vs. JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior (Dragon Gate). 30 minute time limit
Result: JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Dragon Bane, Alejandro & Super Crazy. KAMEI pinned Crazy after JACKY Knife.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. RYUSEI. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya beat RYUSEI

Main Event: Shane Haste, Tetsuya Endo, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino (DDT) vs. OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Masaoka. 1 Hour time limit
Result: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Jun Masaoka beat Shane Haste, Tetsuya Endo, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino. Kitamiya beat Iino with Prison Lock. Afterwards, Team 2000X destroyed the NEO Global Tag League champions trophies Soya & Iino had been carrying around with them. Kitamiya promo followed to send the crowd home definitely not happy.

The next event is SUMMER EPIC 2026 Saturday at Intex Osaka in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin Friday at 10:30 PM PT/1:30 AM ET. This will be an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE: A change to the 7/18 card was announced after the event, specifically for Match 2 which will be Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kazuyuki Fujita…it will now have a 5 minute time limit. They are billing it as a single 5-minute round. Normally single matches this early on the card have a 15 minute time limit. Also, there was another change made to the N-1 Participant Decision Ladder Match that originally was Tadasuke putting his spot on the line against Alpha Wolf, Jun Masaoka & Daiki Odashima, with AMAKUSA later added…now the Lykoses have been added to make it a 7 person match.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/11/2026 LIVE Results (Updated Pre-Show)

New Japan kicks off the G1 CLIMAX 36, the promotion’s biggest annual tournament and unofficial official start of the Road to Tokyo Dome, today and, for maybe the first time ever (second at most), it starts in the US. The first day will feature almost the entire field competing in matches, except for two in Block B (Drilla Moloney & Gabrirl Kidd). All of Block A will be in action.

On a side note, the promotion did a social media poll in Japan asking fans to vote on who from each block they felt would win. Their predictions? Konosuke Takeshita & Yuya Uemura. Make note if you’re keeping score!

Today’s event will be held at Now Arena in Chicago, IL and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World (NO PPV) in Japanese & English. All matches are G1 CLIMAX matches with a 30 minute time limit so it could go as long as 4 1/2-5 hours but since this is the US I imagine it will be around 3 hours.

Today’s lineup (all G1 CLIMAX matches):
Block B: Aaron Wolf vs. HENARE
Block A: Shingo Takagi vs. Jake Lee
Block B: OSKAR vs. Ren Narita
Block A: Yuto Ice vs. Great-O-Khan
Block B: Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Block A: Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
Block B: Yuya Uemura vs. Callum Newman
Block A: Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa
Block A: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji

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Updates below will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.

Pre-Show Update: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

5 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

Opening series video plays first. And then…

We are LIVE from Now Arena in Chicago, IL. Your Japanese hosts are (didn’t get the main person’s name-rotating to also include Haruo Murata), Milano Collection A.T. & today’s guest El Desperado.. Your English hosts are Walker Stewart & Chris Charlton. Also regular Japanese crew including referees & ring announcers, so notably no Tak, who usually does the US events. (Actually we do have Tak! He takes over for Match 3)

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Clearly not a sellout and they discounted tickets left today, the source I usually get early estimates for decided to paywall that info, but the setup looks like maybe around 6000. From what I can see so far I’ll predict roughly 3500. (It was un-paywalled right before event time, the estimate based on ticket sales was about 3850 with the setup being for just over 5600. Full capacity if used would have been about 9450) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 4125)

All matches are G1 CLIMAX 36 matches, 30 minute time limit.

Match 1: Block B: Aaron Wolf vs. HENARE
Result: Aaron Wolf beat HENARE
Wolf is 1-0, 2 pts. HENARE is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 2: Block A: Shingo Takagi vs. Jake Lee
Result: Jake Lee beat Shingo Takagi
Lee is 1-0, 2 pts. Takagi is 0-1, 0 pts

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Block B: OSKAR (The Grouch) vs. Ren Narita
Result: OSKAR beat Ren Narita by submission
OSKAR is 1-0, 2 pts. Narita is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 4: Block A: Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) vs. Great-O-Khan
Result: Yuto Ice beat Great-O-Khan
Ice is 1-0, 2 pts. Khan is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 5: Block B: Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Result: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shota Umino
Sabre is 1-0, 2 pts. Umino is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 6: Block A: Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
Result: Hirooki Goto beat SANADA
Goto is 1-0, 2 pts. SANADA is 0-1, 0 pts

Match 7: Block B: Yuya Uemura vs. Callum Newman
Result: Callum Newman beat Yuya Uemura
Newman is 1-0, 2 pts. Uemura is 0-1, 0 pts

Rocky Romero joins English commentary.

Match 8: Block A: Boltin Oleg vs. Ryohei Oiwa
Result: Ryohei Oiwa beat Boltin Oleg
Oiwa is 1-0, 2 pts. Oleg is 0-1, 0 pts

Main Event: Block A: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji
Result: Yota Tsuji beat Konosuke Takeshita
Tsuji is 1-0, 2 pts. Takeshita is 0-1, 0 pts

A decent slate of early matches led into a hot final third of matches that, all things considered, made for a great start to the tournament.

The next event is 7/18 at Hokkaido General Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido for a doubleheader. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

Stardom 7/11/2026 Results

Stardom ran their last house show of the month today in Shizuoka.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Lady C being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor physical condition.

Match 1: AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Suzu Suzuki, Koguma, Waka Tsukiyama & Utami Hayashishita. AZM pinned Koguma after Azumi Sushi.

5STAR GP Qualifiers:
Match 2: Akira Kurogame beat Kiyoka Kokatsu.
Match 3: Kikyo Furusawa beat Ema Maishima.
As a result, Kurogame & Furusawa presumably are in the tournament.

Match 4: Ami Sohrei, Hina & Tomoka Inaba beat Momo Watanabe, Konami & Fukigen. Inaba pinned Fukigen after Inaba Otoshi.

Match 5: Saya Kamitani, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe. Ruaka pinned Hamabe after a neck hanging bomb.

Main Event: Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara, Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Anne Kanaya beat Syuri, Maki Itoh, Rian, Maika & HANAKO. Sakura pinned Rian with a German suplex hold.

The next event is the 5STAR GP, the annual singles tournament, starting on 7/18 at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.