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Injury Report: Momo Nohgo (Updated)

The injury absences (and thus bad puns) are piling up in Stardom again…it was just announced that Mono Kohgo is the latest one sidelined. Treatment of unspecified injury. Out indefinitely but will miss the next PPV on Saturday so at least a week. A match that may have involved her had not yet been announced (only title matches have with one exception). It’s not yet known how long Kohgo will be out.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Unfortunately the body count keeps rising again. Add Miyu Amasaki to the injured list. The always vague poor health…but bad enough that she has been hospitalized. Out at least 2 weeks. As a result, the scheduled Goddesses Of Stardom Championship match on Saturday, when Amasaki & AZM were to defend against Hazuki & Koguma, has been POSTPONED. Ema Maishima is the replacement and it will now be a NON-TITLE match.

DEVELOPING: TJPW Wrestler Done For Now

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Shino Suzuki just returned home to Shizuoka for a hometown event this past weekend. Unfortunately it was just announced that will be her last event for some time. She has been suffering from an unspecified physical condition for a long time and per a doctor needs rest and treatment. Out indefinitely but this is going to be weeks if not months. She also will not be taking part in any wrestling, idol and Up Up Girls activities and also will be off social media. This obviously has me quite worried because similar recently happened with Moka Miyamoto and it forced her to retire after winning the International Princess Championship last year (we never found out why), hopefully this will not be the case with Suzuki. Sending best wishes for a full recovery. When/if she can return will be announced by the promotion.

For the next event on Friday, changes have been made as she was to have faced Pom Harajuku & Mifu Ashida in a 3-way. It’s now a single match.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/18/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Pro Wrestling NOAH kicked off a new season of MONDAY MAGIC today, this one the Inside Out Season.

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: Great Sakuya beat Miko Alana.

Match 2: Masato Tanaka & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Manabu Soya & Hikaru Sato went to a double countout. After the event, this resulted in the announcement of a GHC hardcore Championship match between Tanaka & Sato. That match will happen next Monday

Match 3: Daiki Odashima beat Jiro Shinbashi. Comedy match.

Match 4: Eita beat Shuji Kondo, Kid Lykos 2 & HAYATA in a 4-way by pinning Lykos.

Match 5: Takumi Iroha & Chika Akatsuki beat Mai Sakurai & Yuka Yamazaki. Akatsuki pinned Yamazaki with an All-Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling style pin.

Match 6: Alejandro won a 7 man battle royal, last eliminating Archie Cole. Order of elimination: Super Crazy, Alan Angels, Rich Port Ayala, Iker Navarro, Rhys Alexios, Cole.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Titus Alexander went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

After the event, the first match for WRESTLE MAGIC on 6/15 at Korakuen Hall was announced-Kiyomiya, Alexander & Cole vs. TBA, which will be one wrestler each from New Japan, Dragon Gate and DDT. There will also be a GHC Women’s Championship match, participants will be revealed next week.

Episode 2 is 5/25.

The next event is the NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2026 opener Saturday at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. All tournament events will be streamed live and on demand but the Finals on 6/16 may be an ABEMA exclusive in Japan so watch for a potential English Only live stream.

UPDATE: This BREAKING post-event development will have implications for 6/15-the GHC Women’s Championship is now VACANT. Previous champion Mayu Iwatani has vacated the title due to injury. Toe (fractured). Out indefinitely but at least 2 weeks-then she’ll know if surgery is needed which would mean out a longer time.

UPDATE 2: Change of plans for 6/15 broadcast-it’ll now be a PPV. 4400 Japanese yen (around $28) for non-UNIVERSE members, 3600 yen (around $23) for members. Paywalled until the end of June.

All-Japan 5/17/2026 Results (Updated)

All-Japan wrapped up the 2026 Champions Carnival today in Tokyo with the Semifinals & Finals.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota, aka Ota City General Gym, in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a alter date.

The announced paid attendance was 3055.

Champions Carnival Semifinals:
Match 1: Go Shiozaki beat Madoka Kikuta (DragoN Gate).
Match 2: Hideki Suzuki beat Rei Saito in 69 seconds.

Match 3: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Hokuto Omori, Takashi (Dragon Gate) & Aizawa No. 1. Xyon pinned Omori after a diving headbutt.

Match 4: Yasutaka Yano Re-Debut Match: Yuma Aoyagi beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe, Talos & Shota Kofuji beat Jun Saito, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Senor Saito. Kofuji pinned Senor Saito after a huracanrana.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Kumaarashi beat Suwama, Daisuke Sekimoto, Kengo Mashimo & Hikaru Sato. Anzai pinned Sato after Gimlet.

Match 7: Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Ryo Inoue. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after a firebird splash.

Main Event; Champions Carnival Finals: Hideki Suzuki beat Go Shiozaki to win the tournament. As a result, Suzuki will face Miyahara next for the Triple Crown. That match likely will happen on 6/18. UPDATE: It’s now official and will happen on 6/18.

The next event is 5/29 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: Also official for 6/18 is All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Seigo Tachibana vs. Dan Tamura for the title.

New Japan 5/17/2026 Results

New Japan ran Day 3 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1664.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block A: Titan beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 2: Block B: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Jacob Austion Young.

Match 3: Block A: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Valiente Jr. by ref stoppage in 49 seconds. Potential Valiente knee injury.

Match 4: Block B: Sho beat KUSHIDA.

Match 5: Block A: Francesco Akira beat Nick Wayne.

Match 6: Block B: Daisuke Sasaki beat Hyo.

Match 7: Block A: Master Wato beat Robbie X.

Match 8: Block B: Yoh beat Taiji Ishimori.

Match 9: Block A: Jun Kasai beat Kosei Fujita.

Main Event: Block B: Robbie Eagles beat El Desperado.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Taguchi, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Titan, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Fujita, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Kasai, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Valiente, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Akira, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Wayne, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Wato, 1-2, 2 pts
9-X, 1-2, 2 pts
10-Nagai, 0-3, 0 pts

Block B:
1-Sho, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Sasaki, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Yoh, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Hyo, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Kanemaru, 1-2, 2 pts
6-KUSHIDA, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Ishimori, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Eagles, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Desperado, 1-2, 2 pts
10-Young, 0-3, 0 pts

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals.

More on Valiente Jr.’s status as it becomes available.

Day 4 is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/17/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the last Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026 event for a couple months today in Nagoya.

Today’s event was held at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 360.

Match 1: RYUSEI beat Hiroto Ysuruya.

Match 2: KENTA, HAYATA, Tetsuya Endo & Katsimi Inahata beat Kid Lykos 1 & 2, Hi69 & Black Menso-re. Inahata pinned Menso-re after a powder drop.

Match 3: OZAWA, Takashi Sugiura & Kai Fujimura beat Mohammed Yone, AMAKUSA & Midori Takahashi. Fujimura poinned Takahashi after Death Hanger.

Match 4: Harutoki & Atsushi Kotoge beat Yuki Iino (DDT) & Yuto Koyanagi. Harutoki pinned Koyanagi after El Momento de Muerte.

Match 5: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Masa Kitamiya & Jun Masaoka. Naito pinned Masaoka after Pluma Blanca.

Match 6: Eita beat Alejandro.

Match 7: Shuji Kondo 25th Anniversary Match: Shuji Kondo, Kenoh & Manabu Soya beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Odashima. Kondo pinned Odashima after a King Kong lariat.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Naomichi Marufuji beat Tadasuke to retain the title. V1 for Marufuji. Next up: Kondo. That match will happen on 6/25 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC Inside Out Season Episode 1 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Ganbare Pro 5/16/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Ganbare Pro held a special boat racing-centered event today alongside boat races in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Boat Race Toda Event Space in Saitama. There likely will be no on demand broadcast.

This was a free event with no paid attendance. (Paid attendance was only for admission to the venue and races, which is only around 75 cents US)

Match 1: Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi beat Sentaro Morojima & Yoshihiro Horaguchi. Wada pinned Motojima.

Match 2: Akira Koji, Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Andy Wu, Chou-un Shiryu & Taiwan Ramen Man. Imanari pinned Shiryu after a tiger driver.

Match 3: YuuRI, Chanyota & Yuko Sakurai beat Moeka Haruhi, Kaho Kobayashi & Arisa Shinose. YuuRI pinned Shinose.

Match 4: Gabai-ji Chan beat Munetatsu Nakamura.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki, Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura beat Mizuki Watase, Keisuke Ishii & Shota Kawakami. Suzuki pinned Kawakami after a Gotch-style piledriver.

The next event is 5/31 at Yokohama Trade Hall in Yokohama. On demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 6/2.

UPDATE: Injury Report-YuuRI was injured during this event. Head. Unspecified but not serious. Out 1 week. She will miss 3 other scheduled events as a result.

UPDATE 2: On 5/18 YuuRI posted an injury update. Cut requiring 2 sutures. No concussion or abnormal symptoms detected via scans. So thankfully not serious.

BREAKING: Stardom Announces New US Partnership

In a news item posted a short time ago, Stardom announced a new partnership/strategic alliance with US independent promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW), which is owned & operated by former WWE writer Court Bauer. According to the release, “The partnership will focus on player interaction and creative cooperation, creating opportunities for MLW and STARDOM players to play on new stages and in front of new audiences. This partnership reflects our shared goal of providing world-class matches and further enhancing the global presence of professional wrestling.”

More to come in the future.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/16/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Ofyssey 2026 Tour today in Yamanashi.

Today’s event was held at Kose Sports Park Gym Sub Arena in Yamanashi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 294.

Match 1: AMAKUSA beat Midori Takahashi.

Match 2: Atsushi Kotoge beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA, Eita, Hi69 & Daiki Odashima. Sugiura pinned Odashima after Olympic Yosen Slam.

Match 4: Tadasuke beat Yuto Koyanagi.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro beat Kenoh, Kid Lykos 1 & 2. Kyomiya pinned 2 after a skywalk elbow.

Match 6: KENTA, Katsumi Inahata & Hiroto Tsuruya beat Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & RYUSEI. KENTA beat RYUSEI with GAME OVER.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone & Tsugutaka Sato (Independent/Freelancer). Soya pinned Sato after Passion IS.

The next event is tomorrow at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 5/16/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro returned to Shizuoka today for a Shino Suzuki hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 237, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara beat Shion Kanzaki.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Mifu Ashida by submission.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 4: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Mahiro Kiryu & Chika Nanase. Suzume pinned Nanase after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Mizuki, Yuki AIno & Uta Takami beat Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu. Takami beat Konatsu with Koala Clutch.

Match 6: Yuki Arai beat Kira Summer.

Main Event: Shino Suzuki & HIMAWARI beat Toga & Haru Kazashiro. Suzuki beat Kazashiro with a deformed Cobra Clutch.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo to resume the spring house show tour. Wakana Uehara is off the event due to schedule conflicts. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.