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All-Japan 3/21/2026 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Dream Power Series 2026 Tour today with a Yuma Anzai hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Anaka Shinkuni Sports Center in Gunma and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1365.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Kengo Mashimo & Fuminori Abe. Ayabe pinned Abe after a double chokeslam.

Match 4: Kumaarashi beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey beat Jun & Rei Saito, Senor Saito & Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer). Xyon pinned Oishi.

Main Event; Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara, Hideki Suzuki & Rising Hayato. Anzai pinned Hayato after Gimlet.

The next event is 4/3 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 3/21/2026 Results

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 OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 3007, a full house/near sellout.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Satoshi Kojima being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor physical condition. Because of this, a planned pre-show match was cancelled and Match 2 was changed.

Match 1: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat TBA, revealed at match time to be Yujiro Takahashi, to retain the title. V1 for Takeshita. Open challenge. Next up: If Takeshita gets his wish, Shota Umino.

Match 2: Masatora Yasuda, El Desperado & Taichi beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Desperado pinned Matsumoto after Pinche Loco.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & DOUKI beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Yoh. DOUKI pinned Taguchi.

Match 4: Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. HENARE beat Honma with Ultima.

Match 5: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee beat Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Akira beat Ishimori with a ground tarantula.

Match 6: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita. Wolf beat Togo with a reverse triangle.

Match 7: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouhc0, Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji. Fujita pinned Nagai.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Finals: Callum Newman beat Yuya Uemura to win the tournament. As a result, Newman will face IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji for the title at SAKURA GENESIS. UPSET ALERT!!! It seemed like the favorite was going to win as in a pre-tournament poll of fans by New Japan on social media where they asked who would win, the leader in fan voting was Uemura.

The next event is 3/28 at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki to start the Road To SAKURA GENESIS 2026 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

All-Japan 3/20/2026 Results

All-Japan continued the Dream Power Series 2026 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This also may have been a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan or will be a taped broadcast at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 1750.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori. Honda pinned Omori after Final Vent.

Match 2: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Senor Saito beat Kota Sekifuda & Toshiyuki Sakuda. Doi pinned Sakuda after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 3: Talos beat Jun Saito.

Match 4: MUSASHI, Dan Tamura, Yuya Susumu & Fuminori Abe beat Seigo Tachibana, Shota Kofuji, Hikaru Sato & Seiki Yoshioka. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Suwama, Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey. Suwama pinned Ashino after a backdrop.

Match 6: Rem Ayabe beat Rei Saito.

Match 7: Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival Finals: Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Mochizuki Junior (Dragon Gate) & Ryo Inoue to win the tournament. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after a firebird splash.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Kumaarashi to retain the Triple Crown. V6 for Miyahara. Next up: The Champions Carnival winner unless it’s Miyahara.

The next event is tomorrow at Anaka Shinkuni Sports Center in Gunma for a Yuma Anzai hometown event and the tour-ender. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Sunday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/20/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the Lethal Odyssey 2026 Tour today in Kobe.

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

The announced paid attendance was 804. Usually that’s at least a near-sellout for the venue.

Match 1: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Daga, Daiki Odashima & Yuto Koyanagi. KENTA beat Koyanagi with a reverse Boston Crab.

Match 2: Eita beat Midori Takahashi by submission.

Match 3: Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Angel Reyes & RYUSEI. Ohara pinned Reyes after Javelin.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Atsushi Kotoge beat Mohammed Yone, AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Kenoh beat Menso-re with a ground cobra twist.

Match 5: OZAWA, Knull, Tadasuke, Jun Masaoka & Kai Fujinura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro, Katsumi Inahata & Hiroto Tsuruya. OZAWA pinned Inahata after a swan dive moonsault.

Match 6: Alpha Wolf, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Yoshiki Inamura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Dragon Bane. Kitamiya pinned Bane after a diving senton.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI beat Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo to retain the titles. Naito pinned Kondo after Destino. V2 for the champs. Next up: OZAWA & Masaoka. That match will happen on 4/12 at Kinto Pier Arena in Nagoya.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

New Japan 3/20/2026 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate event of the New Japan Cup today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1906.

Match 1: Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Taisei Nakahara & Ryusuke Taguchi. Takahashi pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. YOSHI-HASHI beat Yasuda with Butterfly Lock.

Match 3: Master Wato, El Desperado & Yoh beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & DOUKI. Yoh pinned Kanemaru after Direct Drive.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, HENARE & Jake Lee beat Daiki Nagai, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Young pinned Nagai after Bite The Dust.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita beat Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf. Narita beat Honma with Hell’s Guillotine.

Match 6: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji. Jackson pinned Gedo after Death Valley Bomb.

New Japan Cup Semifinals:
Match 7: Yuya Uemura beat Boltin Oleg.
Main Event: Callim Newman beat Shota Umino.
As a result, the Final is Uemura vs. Newman.

The Final is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be an exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan. (It may begin 30 minutes earlier though for a pre-show match)

DDT News: Late 3/22/2026 Card Change

DDT held the last press conference before their anniversary event Sunday earlier today, and there has been a last-minute card change. This is because GM Imabayasbi was attacked at the end, which led to…

Minoru Suzuki beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion GM Imabayashi by submission to win the title. Suzuki becomes the 1811th Champion.

So that means instead of Imabayashi defending the title in a 1 vs. 6 handicap match, it’s now Suzuki with Imabayashi now one of the 6. The winner is still to defend at Tokyo Joshi Pro’s 3/29 event, not to mention Antonio Honda planned to defend against New Japan wrestler Yoh on 4/15, but, as always with this title, Card(s) Subject To Change.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/18/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their second US event of the week today in Austin, TX to finish up a doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Austin-Palmer Event Center Exhibition Hall in Austin, TX and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. I was unable to watch live or do live results due to work conflicts.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1561)

Match 1: Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida beat Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Arai pinned Suzuki after a deformed brainbuster.

Match 2: Sakura Hattori beat Hyper Misao.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki Aino by submission.

Match 5: Miyu Yamashita beat Shoko Nakajima.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Suzume beat Mizuki & Uta Takami. Watanabe pinned Takami after Teardrop.

The next event is Saturday at the University of Texas in Arlington, TX. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee were added to 4/16 in Las Vegas, NV. If they win the Princess Tag Team Championship on 3/29, a title defense is planned for 4/16.

UPDATE 2: The 4/16 Princess Of Princess Championship match has been decided, namely who the 3/29 Miu Watanabe-Yuki Arai winner will defend against…J-Rod.

Dragon Gate News: The Gate Opened Too Far?

This is something I’ve noticed blowing up on the Japanese social media scene over the last day, an interesting announcement from Dragon Gate. Below is a loose English translation:

“Dear Relatives and Fans

We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your continued support of DRAGONGATE’s activities.

Now, we have learned that a former player of DRAGONGATE has sent out information containing a lot of untrue content, as if he had been involved in serious illegal acts in the past. Naturally, there is no fact that our company or its related parties were involved in such serious illegal acts, and we believe that such unfounded information was unilaterally carried out and is considered to be an unacceptable act.

We have already delegated the handling of this case to a lawyer, and we intend to consider strict measures for defamation and discredit acts such as this case, with a view to legal action. In addition, we will continue to position compliance as the most important item and will work on the development of DRAGONGATE. I sincerely ask that you do not easily trust or spread false information.

We sincerely apologize for causing you concern. We look forward to your continued support for DRAGONGATE’s activities.

March 16, 2026 DRGONGATE Co., Ltd”

The socials are speculating on two names in particular here-CIMA and Tokyo Magnum, both formerly of Dragon Gate. Translation of various social media reports (which are unofficial and not affiliated with the promotion suggest DG is considering legal action but this does not affect or involve anyone on the current roster. Anyway, pass the salt and let’s see what happens.

More as it becomes available. A link to the original announcement is below:

https://blog.spora.jp/dragongate/archives/30477

All-Japan News: Tag Champs US-Bound

All-Japan announced today that current All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Ren Ayabe & Talos are US-bound for NWA (National Wrestling Alliance, the Billy Corgan-owned one) participation in April. Ayabe & Talos will be part of the 40th Crockett Cup on 4/4 in Formey, TX. They probably will be announced by NWA later on. The NWA website indicates this will be a NWA POWERRR TV taping so the event, and Ayabe/Talos matches, should be available on demand FOR FREE on The Roku Channel in the US at a later date (a Roku device or TV IS NOT REQUIRED to watch The Rolu Channel, which is free with ads).

As a result of this, Ayabe & Talos are off the 4/3 event at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo but should be back in time for the Champions Carnival which starts on 4/12.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW TEXAS STAMPEDE” LIVE Results (3/17/2026)

For their first visit to the US this year, Tokyo Joshi Pro is headed to Texas for the first time for a series called “TJPW TEXAS STAMPEDE”. It starts today with the first half of a doubleheader in Austin in the area where SXSW is held. On paper it’s mainly a house show lineup but will continue the build to 2 of the 3 GRAND PRINCESS ’26 title matches and, even better, our beloved former ring announcer Sayuri Namba will be at all the events as, between these and the Las Vegas event plus their Canada debut later this year, we’re going to see a lot more of her and we’re all very happy about that.

Today’s event will be held at Austin-Palmer Events Exhibit Center in Austin, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. However, they are warning of possible issues or even cancellation of streaming because of the stream originating from servers in Japan. There are 6 matches planned and if they stick to the usual time limits, that will probably keep the running time to “standard” house show length of about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Suzume vs. Uta Takami
Sakura Hattori (fka Kaya Toribami) vs. Shino Suzuki
Hyper Misao & Mifu Ashida vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo vs. Mizuki & Yuki Aino
Shoko Nakajima & Wakana Uehara vs. Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee
Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Arai & Yuki Kamifuku

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin shortly.

5:02 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Austin-Palmer Events Exhibit Center in Austin, TX. No commentary yet.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The setup is for about 1500 and an event-related website claims it’s a sellout but the crowd is still filing in and the bleachers we see are far from full, but other seating is. I’ll guess a little low and say around 1000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1951. This may include some standing room seating that was not for sale but was shown as perhaps being for SXSW attendees)

We come in during Sayuri Namba’s introduction in English then right to Up Up Girls so the matches should begin in 5-10 minutes.

Technical issues begin as Up up Girls finishes. It looks like they were perhaps joined by Fumirin today (the promotion’s bilingual referee). (Fixed aft\er a refresh)

The matches begin at 5:10 PM PT/8:10 PM ET. Your hosts are Rich Bocchini & Veda Scott. Sounds like maybe no time limits today. All intros/announcements are in English.

Match 1: Suzume vs. Uta Takami
Result: Suzume beat Uta Takami

Match 2: Sakura Hattori (fka Kaya Toribami) vs. Shino Suzuki. Hattori is still masked but now has more of a kunoichi (female ninja) appearance and mask.
Result: Sakura Hattori beat Shino Suzuki

Match 3: Hyper Misao & Mifu Ashida vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Result: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao & Mifu Ashida. Raku pinned Ashida after Doctor Yellow.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo vs. Mizuki & Yuki Aino
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo beat Mizuki & Yuki Aino. Yamashita pinned Aino after Skull Kick.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Wakana Uehara vs. Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee
Result: Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee beat Shoko Nakajima & Wakana Uehara. Both pinned Uehara.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Arai & Yuki Kamifuku
Result: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki Arai & Yuki Kamifuku. Watanabe pinned Arai after Teardrop.

After those initial issues at the beginning, the stream was smooth and stable the rest of the way. Hopefully that will be the case the rest of the week.

The second half of this doubleheader is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET. Due to work schedule conflicts with the earlier start time I will not be able to do live results.