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Dragon Gate 4/6/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued THE GATE OF PASSION 2025 Tour today with a Susumu Yokosuka hometown event.

Today’s event was held at (the appropriately named) Mercure Hotel Yokosuka in Kanagawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 321.

Match 1: Strong Machine J. Kzy & U-T beat Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda & Kenichiro Arai. J pinned Kanda after Machine Suplex.

Match 2: Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior beat Hyo & Ho Ho Lun. Ben-K pinned Lun after a spear.

Match 3: BxB Hulk & Luis Mante beat KAI & ISHIN by DQ. ISHIN DQ’d. Low blow.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & Homare beat Yuki Yoshioka, Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Skywalker pinned Yoshioka.

Match 5; YAMATO & Dragon Kid beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Yanagiuchi. YAMATO beat Yanagiuchi with a rear naked choke.

Main Event: Gianni Valetta beat Susumu Yoikosuka.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 4/5/25 Results

Dragon Gate kicked off their April tour, THE GATE OF PASSION 2025, yesterday in Shizuoka.

Yesterday’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka, There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 262.

There were last-minute changes to the event due to Kagetora being off. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: YAMATO, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi & Hyo beat Yasushi Kanda, Luis Mante, Ho Ho Lun & Daiki Yanagiuchi. YAMATO pinned Tanagiuchi after Gallaria.

Match 2: KAI & Homare beat Ben-K & JACKY KAMEI. KAI pinned KAMEI after Meteor Impact.

Match 3; Gianni Valetta beat Mochizuki Junior.

Match 4; Kota Minoura & Jason Lee beat Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka. Minoura pinned Kikuta.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN. Dia pinned ISHIN after DDDDT. (Dragon Gate’s website apparently incorrectly says Dragon Kid instead of Dia)

Main Event: Main Event: Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T.

The latest event was earlier today at Mercure Hotel Yokosuka in Kanagaaw. Results will be posted when available. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with a BxB Hulk 20th Anniversary match and Open The Brave Gate Championship match. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/6/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the spring house show tour today in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 335.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat Mifu Ashida by submission.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna beat Yoshiko Hasegawa & Chika Nanase. Kiryu pinned Nanase after a spinebuster.

Match 3: Raku beat Shino Suzuki & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way by pinning Suzuki.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi & Toga beat Kira Summer & Ivy Steele. Tatsumi pinned Summer after Twist Of Fate.

Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami. Suzume pinned Takami after Ring A Bell.

Match 6: Mizuki & Aja Kong (OZ Academy) beat Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku. Kong pinned Harajuku after a backdrop.

Main Event: Maki Itoh, Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku beat Miyu Yamashita, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. Itoh beat Kazashiro with Itoh Deluxe.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

In other news, it was announced that Jada Stone will return to Japan for the 5/31, 6/1 and 6/7 events. If she wins the International Princess Championship in the US on 4/18, a title defense is possible.
Speaking of which, the next challenger after 4/18 will be determined by a one-day tournament on 4/19 at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo, an event featuring wrestlers not going to the US that week. It will be an 8-woman tournament with only wrestlers who debuted in 2023 or 2024, starting with an 8-woman tag match with teams determined on the day by drawing. The winners will advance to a tag match with random pairings. The two winners left after those two matches face off in a single match with the winner getting the title shot. Participants: HIMAWARI, Kira Summer, Toga, Chika Nanase, Haru Kazashiro, Uta Takami, Mifu Ashida, Ivy Steele. On paper it seems set up for Toga to win but I also like Steele’s odds or maybe even HIMAWARI. Title match date TBA and will depend on what happens on 4/18.

And in case you missed it, in the US last night Shoko Nakajima became THE NEW MLW Women’s World Featherweight Champion at MLW Battle Riot 2025. The entire event can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

Stardom 4/6/25 Results

Stardom headed to Aichi today for a hometown event for Tam Nakano and a farewell to Mina Shirakawa before she heads to the US to continue her career, expected to be in All Elite Wrestling.

Today’s event was held at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi 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 1008.

Match 1: Syuri, Hina & Lady C beat Suzu Suzuki, Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime. Hina pinned Kurogame after a transformed jackhammer.

Match 2: Fukigen beat Mei Seira & Anne Kanaya in a 3-way by pinning Kanaya.

Match 3: Hanan, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Rina & Azusa Inaba. Hanan pinned Inaba with a blockbuster hold.

Match 4: Mayu Iwatani & Saya Iida beat Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami. Iwatani pinned Yagami after a lariat.

Match 5: The result for Mina Shirakawa vs. Maika, HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian in a handicap match was not posted. Presumably Shirakawa lost.

Match 6: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Saya Kamitani & Konami. AZM pinned Kamitani.

Main Event: Tam Nakano (Indpeendent/Freelancer), Saori Anou & Sayaka Unagi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Nakano pinned Mizumori after Violet Screwdriver.

The next event is Thursday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/6/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 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 722.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo beat Daiki Odashima by submission.

Match 2: Moahmmed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat Takashi Sugiura, Shuhei Taniguchi & Black Menso-re. Kotoge pinned Menso-re after a bat drop.

Match 3: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Harutoki & Alejandro. Miyawaki pinned Alejandro.

Match 4: Manabu Soya, Saxon Hucley, HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Knull & Bryce Hansen. YO-HEY pinned Hansen after a dropkick.

Match 5: Tadasuke beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 6: KENTA, Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki beat OZAWA, Tetsuya Endo & Owadasan. Sasaki beat Owadasan with a modified body slamming sleeper hold.

Match 7: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Eita beat Kai Fujimura to retain the title. V3 for Eita. Next up: The winner of HAYATA vs. YO-HEY. That match will happen on 4/14 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and the title match will happen on 5/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Main Event: Jack Morris & Daga beat Kaito Kiyomiya & Galeno to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Morris & Daga become the 69th GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Morris pinned Kiyomiya. Wasn’t a recognized change before when Omos gave his half to Daga before leaving NOAH. Now it is. Next up: Kenoh & Sasaki. That match will happen on 5/3.

The next event is Friday at Niigata City Gym in Niigata. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

DDT Pro Wrestling 4/6/25 LIVE Results

DDT runs their monthly signature Tokyo event today, “CHANGE AGE 2025-Your Lie In April”, headlined by a KO-D Openweight Championship match. For winning the D GENERATIONS CUP earlier this year, Yuya Koroku earned a title shot and he gets it today against Chris Brookes, which he earned by spoiling Brookes factionmate Takeshi Masada’s repeat Cup bid. Having been so far mostly outdone in his young career by Masada and rival To-y, Koroku will look to leapfrog them both and to the top of DDT. Also on the card is a KO-D Tag Team Championship match as Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura try to stop Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura from bringing the belts back into DDT’s control. The event also features the return of Naomi Yoshimura after over 2 1/2 years out due to major injuries, the return of Hideki Okatani from major injury as a heel and part of Damnation T.A. and an appearance by O-MENZ Kumadori.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Voice actor Kentaro Kumagai will be today’s special guest on commentary. There will also be a pre-show match 20 minutes before the event starts-with that factored in this should be a slightly longer Korakuen event than usual so I’m anticipating the running time being just short of 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda vs. MJ Paul & Illusion
Main show:
Naomi Yoshimura Return Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Naya, Takeshi Masada, To-y & JJ Furno
MAO, Kazuki Hirata & O-MENZ Kumadori vs. Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Jun Akiyama vs. Daichi Sato
Hideki Okatani Return Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani vs. KANON in a handicap match
Minoru Suzuki & Yuki Ueno vs. HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno
KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura vs. Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura for the titles
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Yuya Koroku for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PT/10:10 PM ET and the main show begins at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

7:10 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Kentaro Kumagai.

The paid attendance will not be announced as they no longer do that.

Pre-show match: Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda vs. MJ Paul & Illusion. 15 minute time limit
Result: MJ Paul & Illusion beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Illusion pinned Honda.

Updates will resume when the main show matches begin.

The matches begin at 7:36 PM PT/10:36 PM ET.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura Return Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Naya, Takeshi Masada, To-y & JJ Furno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida beat Yuko Naya, Takeshi Masada, To-y & JJ Furno. Higuchi pinned FUrno after a chokeslam.

Quick break for the GM Imabayashi opening announcements.

Match 2: MAO, Kazuki Hirata & O-MENZ Kumadori vs. Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat MAO, Kazuki Hirata & O-MENZ Kumadori. Katsumata pinned Hirata. Comedy match with lots of music & dancing. Afterwards, the second NwA Jr. single release was announced for 5/6. As they finished the promo though, Snashiro Takagi came out. He announces an event of some sorts for 12/23 (long way off) at Loft Shibuya.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama vs. Daichi Sato. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun AKiyama beat Daichi Sato

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: Hideki Okatani Return Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani vs. KANON in a handicap match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani beat KANON. Okatani pinned KANON. Afterwards, Damnataion T.A. beat down KANON and also Kazuma Sumi who tried to break it up until a masked man made the save, who then revealed himself to be MAO.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Yuki Ueno vs. HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Double Countout. Suzuki & Dieno counted out. Afterwards, a promo between them led to Suzuki vs. Dieno being made for the May Korakuen event. As Suzuki left, Yoshihiko appeared from the upper level of the venue. Suzuki just brushed it off.

Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura vs. Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura beat Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura to retain the titles. Abe pinned Nakamura. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Yuya Koroku for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Yuya Koroku to retain the title. V4 for Brookes. Next up: Sounds like it will be the KING OF DDT Tournament winner meaning it’s going to be at least a couple months.

The KING OF DDT schedule is announced in a video with commentary talking over it:
Round 1 on 5/6: Antonio Honda vs. Yuki Ueno, Daisuke Sasaki vs. Akito, KANON vs. Shunma Katsumata, Yukio Naya vs. Daichi Sato, Hideki Okatani vs. To-y, Chris Brookes vs. HARASHIMA, Takeshi Masada vs. Yuya Koroku, Shinya Aoki vs. Kazusada Higuchi
Round 2 on 5/10 at Shinjuku Face.
Finals on 5/25 at Korakuen. So unless Brookes wins, the next challenger should get the title shot in June or July.

The next event is Tuesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/5/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Shizuoka.

Today;’s event was held at Fujisan Messe in Shzuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 314.

Match 1: Hajime Ohara & Knull beat Mohammed Yone & Daiki Odashima. Knull pinned Odashima after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Atsushi Kotoge beat Bryce Hansen.

Match 4: Eita & Shuji Kondo beat Alejandro & Kai Fujimuta. Kondo pinned Alejandro.

Match 5: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley, HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tuto Kikuchi beat Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Huxley pinned AMAKUSA after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 6: KENTA, Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki beat OZAWA, Tadasuke & Owadasan. KENTA beat Owadasan with Game Over.

Main Event: Jack Morris, Daga & Tetsuya Endo beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Harutoki. Daga pinned Harutoki after Diablo Wings.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with 2 title matches. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/5/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro resumed the spring 2025 house show tour today in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan East Exhibition Hall 2 in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 178.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat Uta Takami by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto & Chika Nanase. Raku beat Nanase with a front neck lock.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi beat Mifu Ashida by submission.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga beat Yuki Kamifuku, Kira Summer & Ivy Steele. Watanabe pinned Steele after The Reverse Paradox.

Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna. Suzume pinned Haruna after Ring A Bell.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.

Main Event: Mizuki & Wakana Uehara beat Maki Itoh & Shino Suzuki. Mizuki pinned Suzuki with Cutie Special.

The next event is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 4/5/25 Results

SAKURA GENESIS, New Japan’s annual spring blowout event, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube. The NJPW WORLD TV Championship match will also be available FOR FREE at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 6640.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: Yuya Uemura beat SANADA.

Match 2: Great-O-Khan beat NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo by countout to win the title. Khan becomes the 8th NJPW WORLD TV Champion.

Match 3: Shota Umino beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Match 4: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd to retain the titles. Sho pinned Moloney after SANADA interference and a guitar shot. V1 for the champs.

Match 5: NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat Ryohei Oiwa to retain the title. V5 for Takeshita.

Match 6: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito to win the titles. Newman & Cobb become the 108th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Newman pinned Naito. So based on that Tokyo Sports report earlier this week about Naito…Destino es adios, NJPW?

Match 7: IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji beat EVIL to retain the title. V3 for Tsuji. Next up: If his wish is granted, Uemura.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto beat David Finlay to retain the title. V3 for Goto. Next up: Umino. That match will happen on the previously announced next defense date of 4/11. That can’t sit well with Zack Sabre Jr. because had Finlay won the title ZSJ got the next shot.

The next event is WINDY CITY RIOT Friday in Chicago, IL. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. The PPV is available for pre-order for $19.99 outside Japan. At this time there is no TrillerTV/FITE option for PPV viewing this time.

In other news, the full field for BEST OF THE SUPER JUNIOR 32 was announced during the event. This year’s Jr. Heavyweight showcase will have a field of 20 participants: El Desperado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoh, Master Wato, KUSHIDA, Kevin Knight, Ninja Mack, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, Francesco Akira, Taiji Ishimori, Clark Connors, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate), MAO (DDT), Nick Wayne (All Elite Wrestling), TBA (which will be a wrestler from CMLL). Desperado is the defending tournament champion. The tournament starts on 5/10 and ends on 6/1 (13 total events).

New Japan 4/4/25 Results

New Japan finished up the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today with an event dubbed “Jr. Genesis”.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1490, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yuya Koroku & MAO (DDT) beat Katsuya Murashima & Ninja Mack. MAO pinned Murashima after Iai Kick. Afterwards, MAO hinted at a potential May return to New Japan.

Match 2: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Cobb pinned BUSHI after Your of the Islands.

Match 4: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuhi beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Takagi pinned Togo after HOLD YOUR LAST CHANCE.

Match 5: Master Wato, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Drilla Mooney, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.

Match 6: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori to retain the titles. Eagles pinned X after Hyperion. V2 for the champs. Next up: Wato & Yoh. When is TBA.

Main Event: In a hardcore match, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Clark Connors to retain the title. V4 for Desperado. Next up: Templario. The masked Mexican has apparently aligned himself with United Empire now. When is TBA. For this and the tag title match though, based on the current schedule I’m thinking they may happen at WRESTLING DONTAKU on 5/3 & 5/4.

The next event is SAKURA GENESIS, the annual spring blowout event, tomorrow at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET with a pre-show match scheduled to begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. This will be an exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.