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New Japan 2/1/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1508.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Masatora Yasuda, Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kanemaru beat Yasuda with a figure 4.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Daiki Nagai & Tomohiro Ishii. Naito pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Togi Makabe & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Makabe pinned Young after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Ishimori beat TAKA with Bone Lock.

Match 6: Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Moloney pinned BUSHI after Drilla Killer.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Oiwa was the only winner left, last eliminating Honma.

The next event is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to start a doubleheader there with a NJPW WORLD TV Championship match as the scheduld main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

News: 2025 Hana Kimura Memorial Event Announced

It has been announced on social media that this year’s Hana Kimura Memorial Event, celebrating the young wrestler & daughter of longtime wrestler Kyoko Kimura, will be held on 5/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Tickets will go on sale next week but those who become sponsors can take advantage of a pre-sale and choose seats.

Hana Kimura was a young rising star in Stardom and elsewhere who was the creator and leader of the Oedo Tai faction in Stardom (now H.A.T.E.) and also made appearances in the US (notably in the former iteration of Ring Of Honor). The event date marks the anniversary of the day she took her own life in 2020 after cyberbullying following her appearance on a Japan-only Netflix series. She was only 22 at the time of her death, which months later was ruled a suicide. Kyoko Kimura continues to fight for stronger criminal penalties in Japan for such incidents of bullying that lead to suicides or deaths, which led to a new law in 2022 carrying up to a year in jail and a 300,000 yen (around $2000 US) fine. This memorial event, held every year since, brings wrestlers from throughout Japan together to celebrate Hana’s life and too-short career and also is a fundraiser for Kyoko Kimura to help cover legal expenses and continuing Hana’s legacy through a non-profit organization.

Broadcast plans TBA but if the trend since the beginning continues, fans outside Japan should be able to watch the event as a PPV live & on demand on Triller/FITE.

New Japan 1/31/25 Results

New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with an event in Iwate.

Today’s event was held at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1020.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, Masatora Yasuda, Bolein Oleg & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kanemaru pinned Nagai.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Takahashi pinned Murashima.

Match 3: Togi Makabe & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Makabe pinned Young after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & El Phantasmo. Akira pinned Jado after Fireball.

Match 5: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Connors pinned TAKA after No Cultivation.

Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Moloney pinned BUSHI after Drilla Killer.

Main Event: Tomoaki Honma, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Goto pinned Jackson after Shoto.

The next event is tomorrow at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Injury Report: The Going Around Gets More

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced changes to this weekend’s events, to include a special CyberFight joint event with the promotions under the umbrella-Ulka Sasaki is now off these events. The always vague poor health (likely illness). He will miss an autograph session tomorrow and Sunday’s NOAH event in Tokyo. On Sunday he was to have teamed with Takashi Sugiura & Kazuyuki Fujita to face Masa Kitamiya, Mohammed Yone & Shuji Kondo. Kondo has been removed from the match to make it a tag match, and will now be moved into Match 2, which was supposed to be Tadasuke vs. Black Menso-re but will now be a 3-way. Sasaki should be back for the next event after this on 2/8.

Injury Report: Stardom Rookie To The Sidelines

Stardom has announced some injury changes for their upcoming event on 2/2 (which will be a PPV): Matoi Hamabe is now off. Undisclosed injury. Out indefinitely. She was to have been in a 10-woman tag match. Lady C, who was also to be part of the match, has also been removed to make it an 8-woman tag and what had been Mei Seira vs. Hina & Rian in a 3-way will now be C & Hina vs. Seira & Rian. It’s not yet known how long Hamabe will be out.

The PPV will cost 1400 Japanese yen ((around $9.30 US) and includes the live broadcast Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET and on demand replays until 2/9 at 7 AM PT/10 AM ET. It will then be available on Stardom World for all monthly subscribers shortly after that.

New Japan 1/30/25 Results

New Japan resumed the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Sendai.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1077.

Pre-show Match: Masatora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw. This was Yasuda’s return after 2 months due to injury and cones as he replaced Shoma Kato, who is now out due to injury.

Match 1: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Katsuya Murashima & YOSHI-HASHI. Oiwa beat Murashima with an arc clutch.

Match 2: Jado, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino & El Phantasmo beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan. Phantasmo pinned Young after CR 2.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Ishimori beat TAKA with Gedo Clutch.

Match 4: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii. Naito pinned Honma after Pluma Blanca.

Match 5: Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Connors pinned BUSHI after No Cultivation.

Match 6: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the titles. Sho, Takahashi & Narita become the 30th NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Sho pinned Yano after a low blow.

Main Event: Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yoh, El Desperado & Hirooki Goto. Sabre pinned Goto with a European Clutch.

The next event is tomorrow at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Injury Report: No New Beginning For Young Lion

New Japan has announced an injury change for upcoming events: Shoma Kato was injured during a pair of special mini-events this past weekend and is now out of action. Fractured right ankle. Out indefinitely but off at least the entire rest of the current tour. Masatora Yasuda, a fellow Young Lion who was also injured several weeks ago, will return as the replacement in various matches. It’s not yet known how long Kato will be out.

More as it becomes available.

Injury Report: Wingless Gorilla

Stardom’s current Goddesses Of Stardom Champions, Hanan & Saya Iida, are collectively known as wing*gori, but the Young Lioness has to fly solo as the Gorilla aka Iida is now out of action. Unspecified injury. Out Saturday and maybe longer, at this point it’s indefinitely. After Saturday the next event is a week out, not counting a NEW BLOOD event, plus they haven’t announced when Neo Genesis gets their title shot, so the title reign isn’t in jeopardy yet.

More as it becomes available.

GLEAT 1/26/25 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday in Nagoya.

Yesterday’s event was held at Nagoya Diamond Hall in Nagoya and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast. Note that to watch it on demand you now will have to get a paid subscription to their YT channel, which currently costs $8.99/month. Otherwise you probably will only be able to watch content uploaded prior to the 12/30/24 event.

The announced paid attendance was 351. I don’t know if this is accurate because it also incorrectly lists Shinjuku Face in Tokyo as the venue.

Match 1: El Lindaman, CIMA & Gamma beat Takanori Ito, Issei Onitsuka & Tomoaki Honma (New Japan). Lindaman beat Onitsuka with an avalanche armbar.

Match 2: Kaito Ishida, Tetsuya Izuchi, Kotaro Suzuki & So Daimonji beat Takehiro Yamamura, Joe Landau, MICHIKO & Chris Ridgeway. Ishida pinned Yamamura with a half tiger suplex hold.

Match 3: T-Hawk & Ryo Aitaka beat Chris Weiss & Brass Knuckles JUN. T-Hawk pinned JUN with Samson Clutch.

Match 4: Ryuichi Kawakami & Rock Iwasaki beat Hayato Tamura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Kawakami pinned Tamura after Thunder Fire Bomb.

Match 5: NOBU SAN, SBK & TAKUMA beat Soma Watanabe, Junjie & JD Lee. SBK pinned Lee after SB Shooter.

Main Event: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Lidet UWF Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Minoru Tanaka by TKO to retain the title. V3 for Nakajima. Next up: Possibly Lindaman.

The next event is 2/3 at Sayama City Civic Exchange Center in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, Hayato Tamura is now taking an indefinite hiatus from the promotion. This appears to be due to unspecified medical issues. It’s not yet known how long he may be out.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/26/25 Results (Updated x2)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with a Junta Miyawaki hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Takamatsu Symbol Tower in Kagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE tomorrow. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 394.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara beat Masa Kitamiya, LJ Cleary & Zozaya. Kotoge pinned Zizaya after Kill Switch.

Match 2: HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Shuhei Taniguchi, Saxon Huxley & Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer). Tadasuke pinned Menso-re with Tadasuke Clutch.

Match 3: Takashi Sugiura beat Problem Dragon (Dragon Gate).

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Kenoh, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Manabu Soya, Eita, Ulka Sasaki & Daiki Odashima. Kiyomiya pinned Odashima after Shining Wizard.

Match 5: OZAWA & Tetsuya Endo beat Galeno & Harutoki. Endo pinned Harutoki after Burning Star Press.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Jack Morris, Daga & Owadasan. Miyawaki pinned Owadasan after Sunshine Driver.

The next event is 2/2 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

In other news, the full field for the 2025 NOAH Jr. Tag League has been announced. It will be 8 teams in 2 blocks of 4 as follows:
Block A: HAYATA & YO-HEY, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura, Eita & Daiki Odashima, Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey
Block B: Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki, Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi, Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox
The tournament will be a round-robin format with 15 minute time limits for matches. The winner of each block advances to the Finals. If there is a tie between teams in each block, the tiebreaker is head-to-head result. If said match was a draw, there will be a tiebreaker rematch. The tournament will be held from 2/11-2/22 with the Finals on 3/2 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. The winners presumably will get a GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match unless HAYATA & YO-HEY win as they are the current champions.

UPDATE: The promotion announced after the event that the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. The transfer of half the titles from the WWE-bound Omos to Daga after Saturday’s title defense will not be recognized and the titles have been declared vacant.

UPDATE 2: As of 2 PM PT/5 PM ET on 1/27 this event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.