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New Japan 5/16/2026 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1076.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block A: Valiente Jr. (CMLL) beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 2: Block A: Ryusuke Tagucih beat Master Waro. This went just 130 seconds.

Match 3: Block B: Yoh beat Jacob Austin Young.

Match 4: Block A: Robbie X beat Francesco Akira.

Match 5: Block B: Daisuke Sasaki (DDT) beat KUSHIDA.

Match 6: Block A: Titan (CMLL) beat Jun Kasai (Freedoms).

Match 7: Block B: Sho beat Robbie Eagles.

Match 8: Block A: Kosei Fujita beat Nick Wayne (All Elite Wrestling).

Main Event: Block B: El Desperado beat Taiji Ishimori.

Day 3 is tomorrow at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

DDT News: Injury Update

Updating an item from the 5/10 DDT results post, it was announced at the time that Masami Inahata would be out a week with a back injury and return Sunday at a Matsui Referee Produced event in Osaka. That will not happen. Still out due to doctor’s orders to rest and is mow out indefinitely. Hiroaki Taniguchi will be the replacement Sunday.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 5/14/2026 Results

Perhaps my favorite tournament of the year got underway today as New Japan kicked off the 2026 Best Of The Super Junior, the 33rd annual installment of the prestigious Junior Heavyweight showcase event.

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 1445, a legit sellout.

All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches.

Match 1: Block B: Taiji Ishinori beat Jacob Austin Young.

Match 2: Block B: Sho beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Match 3: Block A: Ryusuke Taguchi beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 4: Block B: Hyo (Dragon Gate) beat Yoh. This only went about 2 1/2 minutes.

Match 5: Block A: Nick Wayne (All Elite Wrestling) beat Robbie X.

Match 6: Block B: KUSHIDA beat Robbie Eagles.

Match 7: Block A: Titan (CMLL) beat Master Wato.

Match 8: Block B: Daisuke Sasaki (DDT) beat El Desperado.

Main Event: Block A: Kosei Fujita beat Robbie Eagles.

In Block A, two wrestlers- Valiente Jr. & Jun Kasai-apparently were not scheduled for matches today. They begin their tournaments Saturday. It looks like, for now, the plans are for 9 tournament matches each day and not the full 10.

Day 2 is Saturday at Esforta Arena Hachioji. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Injury Report: Soreee

According to Puroresu Today, Sareee (who continues to be a freelancer) announced earlier today she will be out of action for now due to injury treatment. Neck. Out about a month. No concrete return timeframe beyond that but Sareee did state she “will definitely return”.

More as it becomes available.

GLEAT 5/13/2026 Results

GLEAT kicked off a tournament today called G-CLASS as part of their event in Tokyo, a single-elimination 8-man bracket format event.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and cam be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 264.

Match 1: Kotaro Suzuki, Kendo Ka Shin & Yuya Aoki beat Keiichi Sato, Rock Iwasaki & Kohei Kinoshita. Suzuki pinned Sato.

Match 2: Sayaka Unagi, Kakeru Sekiguchi & Honori Hana beat ZONES, Chanyota & Riara. Hana pinned Riara after a backdrop. Sunny, who is not the former WWE diva (who also happens to be in jail for some tome) but some other woman I know nothing about, was special referee.

Match 3: Junjie, Minoru Tanaka & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Tetsuya Izuchi, Hajime (not Hajime Ohara) & Kapy. Junjie pinned Izuchi after a rolling lariat.

Match 4: Drago, Van Vert Jack & Andy Wu beat Soma Watanabe, Black Andromeda & ARASHI. Drago pinned Andromeda after a shooting star press.

G-CLASS Tournament:
Match 5: Kaito Ishida beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO by submission.
Match 6: T-Hawk beat Hayato Tamura.
Match 7: Takehiro Yamamura beat El Lindaman.
Main Event: Ryuichi Kawakami beat Brass Knuckles JUN.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Ishida vs. Yamamura & T-Hawk vs. Kawakami.

The Semifinals are 5/20. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s the same venue I anticipate a live YouTube broadcast-if live it will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/13/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their latest Legacy Rise 2026 event today in Tokyo.

Today‘s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1165.

Match 1: RYUSEI beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Match 2: Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Eita & Shuji Kondo. Soya pinned Kondo after Passsion IS.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Yuto Koyanagi beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata and Kid Lykos 1 & 2 & Midori Takahashi in a 3-way when Kiyomiya pinned Takahashi.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. BUSHI pinned Menso-re after Fable.

Match 5: Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke, Kai Fujinura & Jun Masaoka beat Atsushi Kotoge, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Daiki Odashima. Tadasuke beat Odashima with an armbar.

Match 6: Tiger Mask (New Japan) & Kenoh beat Naomichi Marufuji & Alejandro. TM 4 pinned Alejandro.

Match 7: OZAWA beat Yoshiki Inamura.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste beat KENTA to retain the title. V1 for Haste. Next up: Endo. That match will happen on 6/25.

The next event is Saturday at Kose Sports Park Gymnasium Sub-Arena in Yamanashi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Injury Report: Stardom Pair Benched Again

Stardom has announced that two wrestlers are headed to the sidelines again for injuries, this time it’s Mei Seira & Anne Kanaya. Seira-unspecified beyond treatment. Out indefinitely. Kanaya-removal of an inserted metal plate from a prior injury. Out about a month. Announcements regarding returns will be made when appropriate.

More as it becomes available

FACE THE NEXT Results (5/12/2026)

The United Japan Pro Wrestling group aka Japan Pro Wrestling Federation, made up of several major and independent promotions (excluding All-Japan Pro Wrestling) held its latest event today in Tokyo. Called FACE THE NEXT, it spotlighted younger & less experienced wrestlers while also serving as a de facto farewell to the venue that is closing soon. New Japan was responsible for promoting the event.

Today‘s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast (at least at this time).

The announced paid attendance was 460, a legit sellout.

Before the event began, a talk show event was held with New Japan wrestler Kosei Fujita & DDT wrestler Takeshi Masada, followed by a speech from Japan Pro Wrestling Federation representative director Sanshiro Takagi.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsunoto (New Japan) vs. Yuto Koyanagi (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Jiro Shinbashi (Dragon Gate), Hinata Kasai (DDT) & Sentaro Motojima (Ganbare Pro) beat Midori Takahashi (Pro Wrestling NOAH), @KEY (Dragon Gate) & Beniyo Ume (Kyushu Pro Wrestling). Motojima pinned Ume.

Match 3: Takama Selishige (Big Japan), Masatora Yasuda (New Japan), Shota Kawakami (Ganbare Pro) & Katsumi Inahata (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Taisei Nakahara (New Japan), Reiya Igarashi (Freedoms), Rukiya (DDT) & GuC (Dragon Gate). Yasuda pinned Nakahara.

Match 4: Kazuma Kimura (Dragon Gate), Daichi Sato (DDT) & Kazumasa Yoshida (Big Japan) beat Hiroto Tsuruya (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koshiro Asakusa (Big Japan) & Yuki Ishida (DDT). Sato pinned Asakura after Mad Splash.

Match 5: Yuya Koroku (DDT) beat Homare (Dragon Gate) by submission.

Main Event: Ryoya Tanaka (Dragon Gate), Munetatsu Nakamura (Ganbare Pro) & Kazuma Sumi (DDT) beat Daiki Odashima (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Daiki Nagai (New Japan) & Illusion (DDT). Tanaka pinned Illusion after Stardust Press Joker Strider.

After the main event, New Japan President Hiroshi Tanahashi appeared to put over all the wrestlers and send the crowd home happy.

No word yet on when the next UJPW event will be held.

DDT 5/10/2026 Results

DDT took a break from KING OF DDT to run the May house shows starting yesterday in Nagoya.

Yesterday’s event was held at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Yuni & Yuki Ishida beat Viente Maligno & Hinata Kasai. Ishida pinned Kasai.

Match 2: Naomi Yoshimura beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata

Match 3: Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Yuya Korku beat Hideki Okatani, Daisuke Sasaki & Illusion. Miyawaki pinned Okatani after Sunshine Schoolboy. Afterwards, Miyawaki issued a DDT Extreme Championship challenge to Okatani. That match will happen on 6/21 at Chunichi Hall.

Match 4: MAO & KANON beat Takeshi Masada & Daichi Sato. MAO pinned Sato after a running palm.

Match 5: Kazuma Sumi & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama & Masami Inahata. Naya pinned Inahata.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda. To-y pinned Honda after Kojima Impact. Afterwards, To-y issued a KO-D Tag Team Championship challenge for himself & Ueno. Brookes said no but the fans said yes. And based on that, Acting GM Akito said yes too. That match will happen on 6/21.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Injury Report: It appears Inahata was injured during today’s match. Back. Out at least 1 week.

BREAKING: Another New Japan Legend Retiring

Another longtime legend of New Japan is calling it a career…at a press conference earlier today, Hiroyoshi Tenzan announced his upcoming retirement due to injuries. His retirement match will be at the G1 CLIMAX 36 Finals on 8/15 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, and he will remain with the promotion in a behind-the-scenes position.

More as it becomes available.