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Stardom 11/13/25 Results

Stardom continued the Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League Tournament today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Aomori Utori 1st Floor Multipurpose Large Hall in Aomori and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 420.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Suzu Suzuki and Ema Maishima being pulled off the event. Suzuki-the always vague poor health. Maishima-undisclosed injury.

Match 1: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Sareee & Mika Kanae beat Bozilla & Akira Kurogame. Kanae pinned Kurogame.

Match 2: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Bea Priestley. Kamitani pinned Kohgo after Star Crusher.

Match 3: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Ranna Yagami & Kikyo Futusawa. C pinned Furusawa after a big boot.

Match 4: Rina Yamashita & HANAKO beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. HANAKO pinned Sakura after JP Coaster.

Match 5: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Blue Block: Konami & Rina beat AZM & Miyu Amasaki. Konami beat AZM.

Main Event: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Yuna Mizumori & Mei Seira beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Seira pinned Rian.

Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Blue Block: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Suzu Suzuki & Rina Yamashita by forfeit. Because Suzuki is also off the next 2 events, that means Suuzki/Yamashita are now eliminated from contention as they will forfeit their 11/15 match to Iida/Priestley plus their 11/16 match to Sohrei/C and will have just 2 matches left with no points and 3rd place currently has 4 points and tiebreakers.

The next event is Saturday at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

Injury Report: A Pair of Dimmed Stars (Updated)

Stardom announced there were a pair of injury absences from today’s events as both Suzu Suzuki & Ema Maishima were/are out. Suzuki-the always vague poor health. Maishima-undisclosed injury. Besides card changes that meant it affected the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League as Suzuki & Rina Yamashita had to take a forfeit loss to Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. It’s not yet known if either will miss additional time.

UPDATE: Both are now off the next 2 events on 11/15 & 11:16 in Hokkaido.

Injury Report: Even The Brave Need Breaks

Dragon Gate has just announced an injury change to upcoming events, somewhat significant because Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka is headed to the disabled list. Shoulder. Out indefinitely but will be at least a couple weeks because he is now off 11/22, meaning he is out of KING OF GATE and YAMATO will get a forfeit win and advance to the Quarterfinals as a result.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom 11/12/25 Results

Stardom continued the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Tournament today in Sendai.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Pit in Sendai and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not been announced

Match 1: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Yuna Mizumori & Mei Seira. Natsupoi pinned Mizumori.

Match 2: Momo Kohgo & Ranna Yagami beat HANAKO & Rian. Yagami pinned Rian after Beat Master.

Match 3: Miyu Amasaki beat Waka Tsukiyama & Saya Kamitani in a 3-way by pinning Tsukiyama.

Match 4: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat AZM, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Kikyo Furusawa. Kurogame beat Furusawa with a crossface.

Goddesses Of Stardom Tournament:
Match 5: Red Block: Natsuko Yora & Ruaka beat Sareee & Miku Kanae. Ruaka pinned Kanae with a Dharma German suplex hold.
Match 6: Blue Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima beat Konami & Rina. Syuri pinned Rina after White Toiger.
Main Event: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Saya Iida & Bea Priestley. Sohrei pinned Iida.

Standings:
Red Block:
1-Natsupoi/Anou, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Tora/Ruaka, 2-0, 4 pts
3-Teotleco/Osita, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Bozilla/Kurogame, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Hina/Yagami, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Mizumori/Seira, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Sareee/Kanae, 1-3, 2 pts
8-Tsukiyama/Rian, 0-2, 0 pts

Blue Block:
1-Syuri/Kashima, 3-1, 6 pts
2-HANAKO/Megan Bayne, 2-0, 4 pts
3-Iida/Priestley, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Sohrei/C, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Konami/Rina, 1-1, 2 pts
6-AZM/Amasaki, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Suzuki/Yamashita, 0-2, 0 pts
8-Sakura/Kurara, 0-2, 0 pts

The top 3 in each block will advance with the winners going to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Aomori Utori 1st Floor Multipurpose Large Hall in Aomori. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

New Japan 11/12/25 Results

Once again New Japan was convinced to let Taiji Ishimori pretend to be a reckless superhuman today and put on his own event so we got “Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Is Reckless Once Again”.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World for about 3000 Japanese yen in Japan or $21.99 in the US. You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 465, a legit advance sellout. That’s 93% max capacity for the venue (500 for wrestling).

Pre-show match: Taiji Ishimori beat Daiki Nagai by submission.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori beat Brahman Shu in 7 seconds by DQ. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Taiji Ishimori & KAGETORA beat Brahmans Shu & Kei in 11 seconds by DQ. Shu DQ’d. Which led to…
Match 1 (yet again): Taro Nohashi, KAGETORA & Taiji Ishimori beat Brahmans Shu, Kei & Ryusuke (Ryusuke Taguchi) in 25 seconds hy DQ. Shu DQ’d. Which led to…
Match 1 (Take 4): In a Tornado match, Brahmans Yuji (Yuji Nagata), Ryusuke, Shu & Kei beat Yuko Miyamoto, Taro Nohashi, KAGETORA & Taiji Ishimori. Yuji beat Nohashi with a white eyed armbar (presumably Nagata Lock 2).

Match 2: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Taiji Ishimori by submission.

Match 3: In a handicap match, Shuji Ishikawa beat Black Menso-re & Taiji Ishimori by pinning Menso-re.

Match 4: Masato Tanaka won a 10 man battle royal, last eliminating Mammoth Sasaki.

Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate).

The next event is SHIMONOSEKI IMPACT Sunday at J:COM Arena Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. And surprisingly, despite promises New Japan seemingly made on social media for all events through Tokyo Dome, apparently there will be no live or on demand broadcast. They made it sound like every event until and including Tokyo Dome will be live & on demand, along with another PPV next week.

News: PWI Women’s 250 Announced

As a longtime fan and reader of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine, I was excited to get my digital new issue today because it features the second list of their ranking season, the PWI Women’s 250. Whereas the prior PWI 500 features all wrestlers but focuses on men (women are ranked though), this one is just for the ladies. As with the 500, this post focuses on spotlighting where women from and who compete mainly in Japan are ranked, plus the overall top 10.

Because the print edition does not come out for another 3 weeks, be advised that if you are waiting for that version and if you want to avoid SPOILERS until then DO NOT click below! (Be careful browsing online and on Zinio as the cover gives away the top 2)

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Obituary-Former Japanese Pro Wrestling TV Announcer Dies

According to widely reported news in the Japanese media today, Nippon Television Network (NTV) announcer Daisuke Sugaya, whose career included announcing pro wrestling, died today due to potential complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 53. He was hospitalized on 11/7 after work due to not feeling well because of digestive issues.
Sugaya’s work with NTV included being a TV announcer for Pro Wrestling NOAH when the promotion had a partnership with NTV, with some events airing on NTV’s G+ network for the first decade-plus. Several NOAH wrestlers who were in the promotion at that time, including KENTA, have posted memories and messages of condolences on social media. Sugaya also did a wide variety of other programming work including news, sports, management and more.

Injury Report: So Much For Those GLEAT Plans

There were reports in GLEAT lately about VINA leaving the promotion recently but staying until the end of the year while potential contract extension talks took place, but those were subject to change due to injury among other things. That unfortunately just happened. Multiple left shoulder and left biceps issues. Out indefinitely but surgery is needed so it may be a long time. As a result, the G INFINITY Championship he held with Kuroshio TOKYO Japan is now VACANT. Future title plans TBA.

More as it becomes available.

Quick Note Regarding Ganbare Pro 11/9/25 Results (Updated x3)

Ganbare Pro held a major event today in Tokyo, but since there was no live broadcast and results don’t seem to be posted yet anywhere I will post them as soon as I can find them. Worst-case is they will be up Tuesday as the event is scheduled to be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 11 PM PT/Tuesday at 2 AM ET. (It sounds like the main event result may be out there based on social media posts from Yuna Manase & Masaaki Mochizuki, who faced off for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship held by Mochizuki)

UPDATE: Here are the results:

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE tomorrow at 11 PM PT/Tuesday at 2 AM ET.

The announced paid attendance was 202.

Match 1: Shota Kawakami beat Sentaro Motojima.

Match 2: YuuRI & Sumika Nakagawa beat Haruka Umesaki & Soy. YuuRI beat Soy with a spiral dragon sleeper.

Match 3: Shuichiro Katsumura, Takuya Wada & Jonathan Johnson beat Yumehito Imanari, Shinichiro Tominaga & Mizuki Watase. Johnson pinned Tominaga after The Jackknife.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii beat Munetatsu Nakamura.

Match 5: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Yumehito Nakatsu & Takumi Tsukamoto beat Ken Ohka & Chou-un Shiryu to retain the titles. Nakatsu beat Shiryu with a rear naked choke. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Masaaki Mochizuki beat Yuna Manase to retain the title. V2 for Mochizuki. Manase comes up just short in her bid to become the first woman to hold the promotion’s top title…or virtually any major non-women’s title in Japan for that matter (excluding DDT’s various tag team titles and All-Japan’s 6-man tag team title which both were held by Saki Akai at one time). Next up: Ohka. That match may happen on 11/29 but that depends on scheduling because Dragon Gate also has an event that day in Okinawa (match card TBA) while Ganbare will be in Tokyo. I would think they would hold it for their year-ender on 12/27 when they go back to Korakuen Hall but we’ll see.

The next event is 11/29 at Takashimadaira Community Center. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE a few days after the event.

UPDATE 2: Next up for the tag champs-Katsumura & YuuRi. That match will happen on 11/29. Also announced for 12/27 at Korakuen was a YuuRI 5th Anniversary match which will be YuuRI vs. Sareee.

UPDATE 3 (11/13/25): It’s now official. Mochizuki vs. Ohka will happen on 11/29.

Stardom 11/9/25 NEAR LIVE Results

Stardom continues the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League tournament today in Nagano. Results will be posted below as they become available via Stardom’s website and social media.

Today’s event will be held at Kissei Bunka Hall in Nagano and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There is/will be no live broadcast.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA except for main event):
Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Bea Priestley vs. Natsupoi, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara and Saya Kamitani, Konami & Rina in a 3-way
Goddess of Stardom Tournament:
Red Block:
Yuna Mizumori & Mei Seira vs. Bozilla & Akira Kurogame
Waka Tsukiyama & Rian vs. Teotleco & Osita
Hina & Ranna Yagami vs. Sareee & Miku Kanae
Blue Block:
Syuri & Saki Kashima vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki
Ami Sohrei & Lady C vs. HANAKO & Megan Bayne (main event)

The event is scheduled to begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

8:25 PM PT UPDATE: Updates below begin now.

The paid attendance may or may not be announced after the event.

Match 1: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat Yuna Mizumori & Mei Seira. Bozilla pinned Seira after a sitdown powerbomb.

Match 2: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Teotleco & Osita beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Teotleco pinned Rian after a spear piledriver.

Match 3: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Hina & Ranna Yagami beat Sareee & Miku Kanae. Hina pinned Kanae after a modified jackhammer.

Match 4: Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Bea Priestley beat Natsupoi, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara and Saya Kamitani, Konami & Rina in a 3-way when Iida pinned Konami.

Intermission.

Match 5: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Blue Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima beat AZM & Miyu Amasaki. Syuri pinned Amasaki after Byakko.

Main Event: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Blue Block: HANAKO & Megan Bayne beat Ami Sohrei & Lady C. HANAKO pinned C after JP Coaster.

The next event is Wednesday at Sendai Pit in Sendai. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.