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All-Japan Pro Wrestling 3/23/25 LIVE Results (Updated)

All-Japan today holds NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 6, the latest event in the series of Rising Hayato Produced events focused on younger & less experienced wrestlers (those with less than 10 years experience). The series has been very successful so far despite some hints the prior events would have been it, and it’s back for another installment today. In addition to the All-Japan roster members meeting the under-10-years-experience criteria, several independent wrestlers will be part of today’s event as well. The main event will be the 4 members of Hayato’s ELPIDA faction facing off in a 4-way.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches-FOR FREE on YouTube. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. With only 5 matches and short ones at that it won’t be a long event despite there being an intermission, so anticipate the whole thing running just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Dan Tamura & Taishin Nagao vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji
Hokuto Omori vs. Takahiro Katori
Ryo inoue vs. Ryoma Tsukamoto
Intermission
Jun & Rei Saito vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana
Rising Hayato vs. Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe in a 4-way

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The broadcast is scheduled to begin 5 minutes before the event.

7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live broadcast on AJPW.TV has begun. YouTube is scheduled to begin in 5 minutes.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so it depends on setup, before the pandemic the venue’s maximum capacity was roughly 600 but the last few years it’s normally been set up for around 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 340)

Rising Hayato comes out first to greet the crowd. As usual they have to mute the music.

The matches begin at 8:06 PM PT/11:06 PM ET. Music muted for the non-All-Japan wrestlers. (Actually they are inexplicably muting ALL music except for announcing wrestler names and winners)

Match 1: Dan Tamura & Taishin Nagao vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji. The two outsiders are from Niigata Pro Wrestling & OSW, respectively. 20 minute time limit
Result: Dan Tamura & Taishin Nagao beat Hiroyuki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji. Tamura beat Kofuji with a Boston Crab.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori vs. Takahiro Katori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hokuto Omori beat Takahiro Katori. Mostly a comedy match.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Ryo inoue vs. Ryoma Tsukamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ryo Inoue beat Ryoma Tsukamoto

Intermission

The matches resume at 9:05 PM PT/12:05 AM ET. (About a 12 minute break)

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jun & Rei Saito beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after Paycho Break.
During this match (at 9:23 PM PT) we suddenly lost the feed.

Main Event: Rising Hayato beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe in a 4-way by pinning Anzai & Ayabe simultaneously.

The next event is Saturday at Ota City General Gym. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE (post-event): All-Japan has apologized for the technical issues on the live broadcast. They intend to resolve the issue and re-upload the affected portions for the on demand broadcast, which was most of the last 2 matches. Those results have been added above.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/22/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION 2025 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 1550, a legit sellout. Standing room only tickets were sold today.

Pre-show match: Kazuyuki Fujita & Daiki Odashima beat Knull & Bryce Hansen. Fujita pinned Hansen.

Match 2: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Harutoki & Kai Fujimura beat Jack Morris, Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan. Kiyomiya pinned Daga after Shining Lancer.

Match 3: Manabu Soya, Yuto Kikuchi & Saxon Huxley beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Hajime Ohara. Huxley pinned Ohara after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 4: GHC National Championship Tournament: Tetsuya Endo beat Takashi Sugiura. As a result, Endo will face the 3/31 Manabu Soya-Galeno winner for the title on 4/11.

Match 5: KENTA beat Ulka Sasaki.

Match 6: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions HAYATA & YO-HEY to win the titles. AMAKUSA & Miyawaki become the 62nd GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Miyawaki pinned YO-HEY.

Match 7: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Eita beat Alejandro to retain the title. V2 for Eita.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion OZAWA beat Masa Kitamiya to retain the title. V3 for OZAWA. Next up: KENTA. That match will happen on 5/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan (and if it wasn’t for timing of boarding a cruise in Tokyo, I may have been able to attend that event!).

It also was announced post-event that on 4/6 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka, there will be a match of Jack Morris & Daga vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Galeno for the vacant GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

The next event is Friday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa for the first half of a doubleheader. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

(This post has been corrected to reflect the correct title defense information for OZAWA. The original post stated it was V4. It actually was V3)

Dragon Gate 3/20/25 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas yesterday with the penultimate matches of the preliminary round.

Yesterday’s event was held at Atelier Hineji in Hyogo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 325.

Match 1: Luis Mante beat U-T.

Match 2; KAI, Gianni Valetta & Homare beat Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Valetta pinned Riiita after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 3: Genki Horiguchi beat Madoka Kikuta.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block B: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Hyo beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Akihiro Sahara. Hyo pinned Sahara after Samson Driver.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block A: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato went to a double countout. No points.

Match 6: Susumu Yokosuka, Kagetora & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & Jason Lee by DQ. Minoura DQ’d. Z-Brats interference & ref assault.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: YAMATO & BxB Hulk beat Strong Machine J & Kzy. YAMATO pinned J after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner. As a result, Kuroshio & Hyo win Block B and will advance to the Semifinals (the 2nd place team in each block also will advance). 2nd place will be determined over the remaining matchups-if YAMATO/Hulk win tomorrow (Mochizuki/Sahara) it will depend on if Skywalker/Homare beat Mochizuki/Sahara at a later date because Skywalker/Homare beat YAMATO/Hulk so they have the presumptive tiebreaker. YAMATO/Hulk would advance over J/Kzy. J/Kzy beat Skywalker/Homare. If YAMATO/Hulk lose, J/Kzy will advance on tiebreaker over Skywalker/Homare.Block A is unsettled because 2 teams have 2 matches left.

The next event is tomorrow at Sangyo Gym in Tottori. There will be no live or on demand broadcast, but the Rey De Parejas matches will be available on demand FOR FREE on YouTube at some point.

News-Former TJPW Wrestler Returns To Screen

If you have followed Tokyo Joshi Pro since the pandemic, you may remember Juria Nagano and her short career in wrestling, which was unfortunately derailed by serious injuries. She also was a model, actress and martial artist among other things. Since leaving wrestling it sounds like she’s gotten back into the latter two as the YouTube channel (and standalone streaming service) “Samurai Vs. Ninja” dropped this new movie trailer a few hours ago. It’s from the director of some recent major movies including the last “Power Rangers” movie and guess who is in the cast roll at the end in at least a supporting role? Juria Nagano!

Check out the trailer below, the movie premieres on the Samurai Vs. Ninja YouTube on 3/28 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. and then will be available on demand immediately. You will have to be a paid channel member to watch this movie, membership is $3.99/month and gives you access to lots of members-only shows and movies and more (and it’s half the price of the standalone streaming version! All content on the channel is in Japanese with English subtitles):

Stardom 3/20/25 Results

Stardom ran the first half of a doubleheader in Okinawa today.

Today’s event was held at Okinawa Convention Center in Okinawa and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World until 3/29. The PPV is a package for 4000 Japanese yen (around $27 US) and includes Saturday’s event. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 541.

Pre-show match: Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling Match: Glukun Mask & Churauni Saber beat Shuri Joe & Ryukyu-Dog (?). Saber pinned zjoe after Firebird Splash.

Match 1: Anne Kaneya Debut Match: Yuna Mizumori beat Anne Kaneya.

Match 2: Saki Kashima, Hina, Lady C & Tomoka Inaba beat Momo Watanabe, Konami, Rina & Azusa Inaba. Kashima pinned Rina.

Match 3: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Maika & Rian. Amasaki pinned Rian.

Match 4: HANAKO beat Aya Sakura & Ranna Yagami in a 3-way by pinning Sakura.

Match 5: Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo, Hazuki & Koguma beat Hanan, Saya Iida, Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime. Kohgo pinned Hanan after 619DDT.

Match 6: Tam Nakano (Independent/Freelancer) & Saori Anou beat Mina Shirakawa & Waka Tsukiyama. Nakano pinned Tsukiyama with a tiger suplex hold.

Match 7: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki. Ruaka pinned Suzuki after a freezer bomb.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani beat Sayaka Kurara. This was to have been Kamitani vs. Starlight Kid but Kid is out due to an unspecified injury.

The next event is Saturday. Live streaming on Stardom World as a PPV will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

New Japan 3/20/25 Results (Updated)

New Japan wrapped up the New Japan Cup today with the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 3271, a full house/near sellout.

Pre-show match: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Katsuya Murashima & YOSHI-HASHI. Ishii pinned Murashima.

Match 1: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat TBA, which turned out to be TJP, to retain the title. V4 for Phantasmo. Another open challenge. Next up: Great-O-Khan.

Match 2: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Satoshi Kojima.

Match 3: Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Yuya Uemura. Owens pinned TAKA after a package driver.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Takahashi pinned Young with Maximum The Holding 3rd Form. Afterwards, despite the loss, Newman & Cobb made an IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship challenge. Accepted by Takahashi & Naito.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Moloney pinned Sho after Drilla Killer.

Match 6: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & EVIL. Tsuji pinned Kanemaru after Gene Blaster. Afterwards, EVIL beat down Tsuji to issue an IWGP Global Championship challenge.

Match 7: El Desperado, Boltin Oleg & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. goto pinned Jackson after GTR.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Finals: David Finlay beat Shota Umino to win the tournament. As a result, Finlay gets the next IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot against Goto. That match will happen at SAKURA GENESIS on 4/5 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

The next event is 3/29 at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama to start the Road To SAKURA GENESIS tour. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The only televised event of the tour (4 events) is the finale on 4/4.

UPDATE: The 4/2 event in Yamanashi, the 3rd of the tour, will now be streamed live and on demand on New Japan World. It will be headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shingo Takagi on wha may be Tanahashi’s final Yamanashi appearance before retirement.

Also, the full SAKURA GENESIS card is now official:
Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai (pre-show)
Yuya Uemura vs. SANADA
NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Great-O-Khan for the title
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shota Umino
NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita vs. Gabriel Kidd, Drilla Moloney & Taiji Ishimori for the titles
NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Ryohei Oiwa for the title
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb for the titles
IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji vs. EVIL for the title
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto vs. David Finlay for the title

DDT 3/20/25 Results (Updated x3)

DDT held their 28th Anniversary event today, another 5 hour extravaganza that ended on a very bad note, more on that later.

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

The paid attendance was not announced but looks like close to a sellout based on a photo Saki Akai posted on social media.

Match 1: Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida to win the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Katsumata, Yuni & Sumi become the 57th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Sumi pinned Ishida.

Match 2: Toru Owashi beat Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Honda.

Match 3: MJ Paul & Illusion beat J.J. Furno & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Paul pinned Matsunaga after a reverse splash.

Match 4: Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku & Keigo Nakamura beat Makoto Oisho, Akito & Takao Soma. Koroku pinned Soma after Transformed Triangle Lancer.

Match 5: HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada beat Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato. HARASHIMA pinned Sato after Blue Sword.

Match 6: In a Loser Entry Match, Super Sasadango Machine beat DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Doeno to win the title. Machine becomes the 62nd DDT Extreme Champion. As a result, Haku-Dieno’s real-life pet dog-must join DDT.

Naomi Yoshinura appeared and announced he will return on 4/6. He has been out since late 2023 due to injuries.

Match 7: Daisuke Sasaki beat KANON. Afterwards, Sasaki announced the Hideki Okatani return match on 4/6 will be Sasaki & Okatani vs. KANON in a handicap match.

Match 8: Funinori Abe & Takuya Nomura beat KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & To-y to win the titles. Abe & Nomura become the 86th KO-D Tag Team Champions. Abe pinned To-y with a Manji hold. Next up: Nakamura & Shinya Aoki. That match will happen on 4/6.

Match 9: Minoru Suzuki beat DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Suzuki becomes the 14th DDT Universal Champion.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Masa Takanashi to retain the title. V3 for Brookes. But Takanashi was seriously injured during the match and was unable to move afterwards, and was hospitalized immediately. In post-event comments translated to English, Akito (who also is interim GM of DDT) reported Takanashi is conscious, can speak and move his hands. No further details as to what happened have been provided. More as it becomes available. Next up: As expected per winning the D GENERATIONS CUP, Koroku. That match will happen on 4/6.

The 16-man field for this year’s KING OF DDT Tournament was also announced. Takanashi is in but subject to change.

It was also announced that WRESTLE PETER PAN, the promotion’s biggest annual event in August, will be 2 events this year-8/30 at Higashin Arena in Tokyo and 8/31 at Korakuen.

The next event is Sunday at Moyakojima Community Center in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Tokyo Sports reports Takanashi may have suffered a cervical spine injury. He complained of being unable to move his lower body after the ending of the match, which was an avalanche-style Praying Mantis Bomb (a piledriver variation). Awaiting further updates.

UPDATE 2: DDT has now provided an update-neck injury but still undergoing examination. The results will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE 3: Latest update-2 cervical vertebrae fractures and cervical spine cord injury. Remains in intensive care following successful surgery. Post-operative recovery is progressing well. Further updates to come but assume he will be out several months at the very least. Although announced for KING OF DDT 2025, I assume he’ll be out.

Injury Report: Dimmed Starlight

Ahead of their first ever visit to Okinawa this week, Stardom has announced an injury change to the events-Starlight Kid is now off. Unspecified injury. Out indefinitely. She was to have faced Saya Kamitani on Thursday. Sayaka Kurara is the replacement. No word yet on how long Kid will be out, an extended absence could affect Stardom and other WrestleMania week events in Las Vegas, NV in April that Kid has been announced for.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan 3/17/25 Results

New Japan finished up the preliminary portion of the New Japan Cup today with the second half of the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 722.

Match 1: Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima beat Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kojima pinned Murashima after a lariat.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman, Jeff Cobb, TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Daiki Nagai, Jado, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Tl Phantasmo. TJP pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.

Match 4: Drilla Moloney, SANADA & David Finlay beat TAK AMichinoku, Yuya Uemura & Taichi. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End.

Match 5: Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Gabriel Kidd vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Ren Narita went to a double countout.

Match 6: Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji. EVIL pinned BUSHI after Magic Killer.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Semifinals: Shota Umino beat Shingo Takagi. As a result, the Final will be Umino vs. David Finlay.

The Final is Thursday at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 3/16/25 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the first half of the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Twin Messe Shizuoka South Building in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 856.

Match 1: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer) & Ryohei Oiwa beat Katsuya Murashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Jackson pinned Murashima after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 2: Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata beat Daiki Nagai & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kojima pinned Nagai after a lariat.

Match 3: YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. YOSHI-HASHI beat TAKA with Butterfly Lock.

Match 4: Jado, Boltin Oleg & El Phantasmo beat Jacob Austin Young, TJP & Great-O-Khan. Oleg pinned Young after Kamikaze.

Match 5: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito. Newman pinned BUSHI after a running knee strike.

Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, SANADA, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. EVIL pinned Owens after EVIL.

Match 7: Tora Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Tsuji pinned Honma after Gene Blaster.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Semifinals: David Finlay beat Zack Sabre Jr. As a result, Finlay advances to the Finals to face the Umino-Takagi winner.

The second Semifinal is tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.