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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

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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.

DDT 4/3/25 Results

DDT ran their now-monthly “Meet & Greet & Fight” event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

The show started with the now-usual NwA Jr. perofrmance as they are now DDT’s version of Up Up Girls. During which…

Kazuma Sumi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuni to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1739th Champion.
And then…
Yuni beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi to win the title. Yuni becomes the 1740th Champion.
And right after that…
Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuno to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1741st Champion.

Match 1: Illusion beat Yuni.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata beat Mecha To-y.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Naya pinned Ishida after a chokeslam.

Main Event: Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Nakamura pinned Sumi.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall with Chris Brookes vs. Koroku for the KO-D Openweight Championship, a KO-D Tag Team Championship match and the return of Naomi Yoshimura after 2 1/2 years out due to injuries. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese will begin Saturday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET and likely will include a pre-show match scheduled for 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. The official event starts at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Stardom 4/2/25 Results (Updated)

Stardom ran their latest Tokyo midweek event today, rather uncommon for the promotion.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1456.

There were late changes to the card due to Natsupoi & Saki Kashima both being off. Natsupoi-undisclosed injury but she was a guest on commentary. Kashima-illness (again).

Pre-show match: Fukigen beat Yuna Mizunori & Anne Kanaya on a 3-way by pinning Kanaya

Match 1: Konami, Thekla & Rina beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Thekla pinned Rian after Poisonous Spider Drop.

Match 2: Hanan, Saya Iida & Yuria Hime beat Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Akira Kurogame. iida pinned Kurogame after a lariat.

Match 3: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo beat Syuri, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Tomoka Inaba. Hazuki pinned C.

Match 4: Future Of Stardom Champion Hina beat Tabata (CMLL) to retain the title. V1 for Hina.

Match 5: Maika beat Mina Shirakawa.

Match 6: AZM, Mei Seira, Miyu Amasaki & Suzu Suzuki vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba went to a no contest.

Main Event: Tam Nakano (Independent/Freelancer) beat Saori Anou.

The next event is Sunday at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi. This event will have Shirakawa’s fonal Stardom match. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

UPDATE: Next up for Hina: Ranna Yagami. That match will happen on 4/27 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, which is Stardom’s biggest event of the year. Also added to 4/27 is Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Maika for the Sendai Girls World Championship held by Hashimoto.

New Japan 4/2/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today in Yamanashi.

Today’s event was held at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. Originally it was to be non-televised but since this may be Hiroshi Tanahashi’s last match there before retirement, plans changed and it was streamed live.

The announced paid attendance was 850.

Match 1: Tiger Mask, Yoh, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Katsuya Murashima, Ninja Mack, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Yoh beat Murashima with Anaconda Vice

Match 2: Drilla Moloney & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uenura. Moloney pinned TAKA after Drilla Killer.

Match 3: Gabriel Kidd, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Kidd pinned Jackson after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Callum Newman. Takahashi pinned Young with Maximum The Holding 3rd Form.

Match 5: Yota Tsuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru by DQ. EVIL low blow.

Match 6: El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Clark Connors, Gedo & David Finlay. Desperado beat Gedo with Numero Dos.

Main Event: Shingo Takagi beat Hiroshi Tanahashi.

The tour-ender is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which has now been dubbed “Jr. Genesis” with an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/2/25 Results (Updated)

With an emotional weekend in Nagoya in the books as Yuki Arai said goodbye to SKE48 after over a decade, Tokyo Joshi Pro returned to Tokyo today for an outdoor event.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on drmand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 136.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Pom Harajuku being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. Antonio Honda was also a last-minute removal. Chronic illness. A.YAZAWA was the replacement.

Match 1: Suzume & Neko Haruna beat Toga & Chika Namase. Suzume pinned Nanase after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Kira Summer & Ivy Steele. Itoh beat Steele with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 3: Arisu Endo beat Uta Takami & Miu Watanabe in a 3-way by pinning Takami.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto beat Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida. Yamashita pinned Ashida after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: In a Rock & Roll Deathmatch, where all wrestlers must rock out when music played, Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu beat A.YAZAWA & Trans-Am Hiroshi. Tatsumi pinned YAZAWA.

Main Event: In a 3 event competition that detetmined which team could win the actual match with 1 count pinfalls or 2 count pinfalls. Mizuki, Yuki Aino, Raku, Haru Kazashiro & Shino Suzuki beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Kaya Toribami, Yoshiko Hasegawa & HIMAWARI. First event: Mizuki team wins a Ball Insertion conpetition 5-2. Second event: In a 2-legged wrestling 2 count pinfalls match, Nakajima team wins (Nakajima & Hasegawa pinned Kazashiro & Suzuki). Third event: Nakajima team won a baton relay race. That meant Nakajima team could win with 1 count pinfalls, Mizuki team with 2 count pinfalls. Match result: Raku pinned Misao.

The next event is Saturday at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan in Hiroshima. Shoko Nakajima, Uta Takami & HIMAWARI will miss the event as they are headed to the US early for other events ahead of The Collective. There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, as soon as Arai left SKE48 she announced the official idol-rite-of-passage: Her first sexy modeling photobook. Shot on location in Indonesia, it has all kinds of content-swimsuits, lingerie, implied nudity, all you’d expect from a gravure idol. It’s been all over Japanese media since Arai announced it herself. On sale in Japan on 5/23. (UPDATE: She’s announced that it’s already hit #1 on the Amazon Japan bestseller chart as a preorder) She will return to TJPW full-time in May but will be on the US event in Las Vegas, NV on 4/18. and it was announced her US debut match will be against Arisu Endo. The event will have 7 matches including 3 title matches. Broadcast plans TBA but I expect the live broadcast will be only on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ membership which is $7.99/month or $71.99/year. The event is scheduled for 4/18 at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET.

It was also announced that Matcha & Alexis Lee will participate in TJPW on 5/3 & 5/5. Matches TBA.

UPDATE: WRESTLE UNIVERSE has extended the PPV viewing period for the 3/30 Yuki Arai SKE48 performance. Originally to end this weekend, the viewing period has been extended until 4/13 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET and you can now purchase the replay until 25 hours prior. I highly recommend it.

DEVELOPING: Destino Elsewhere? (Updated 4/3/25)

First things first, this is from Tokyo Sports so proverbial salt grains…but they dropped a major New Japan bombshell RUMOR earlier today…Tetsuya Naito may be leaving the promotion soon. He actually has been a freelancer since the end of January when his contract expired and he hasn’t signed a new one. To an extent Naito confirmed the story and indicated a potential contract dispute, perhaps over the number of matches worked annually. He will be 43 later this year and his injury history (knees in particular, much like Hiroshi Tanahashi) is well-known. Negotiations seem to be ongoing on a new contract, which given he’s also coming up on 20 years with New Japan may be his last. He is half of the current IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions with Hiromu Takahashi with a title defense this weekend at SAKURA GENESIS, so what happens there could be a clue to his future.

Original story at the link below (in Japanese):
https://t.co/odbVunBqcj

4/3/25 UPDATE: In a social media post, Naito confirmed the story is accurate.