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DDT 11/3/25 Results (Updated x3)

Ain’t no party like an Ultimate Party, and DDT’s final blowout event of the year, ULTIMATE PARTY 2025, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Former DDT wrestler (now front office member) Saki Akai was among the guests on commentary (and I was happy to see pics of her backstage reuniting with former TJPW partner and co-champion Yuki Arai).

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Sanshiro Takagi Return Match: Sanshiro Takagi beat Hinata Kasai by submission. Takagi has stepped back from regular matches this year to focus on his independent projects that are still promoted by DDT.

Match 2: HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat Takao Soma, Shinichiro Kawamatsu (the real-life politician) & Rukiya. HARASHIMA pinned Rukiya after Blue Sword.

Match 3: Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul, Demus & Illusion beat Daichi Sato, Yuki Ishida, Kazuma Sumi & O-MENZ Kumadori. Illusion pinned Sumi after a swanton bomb.

Match 4: In a Blondfold Death Match where the referee was blondfolded, DDT Extreme Champion To-y beat Akito, Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & Abtonio Honda in a 5-way by pinning Hirata to retain the title. V4 for To-y. Next up: Takagi perhaps.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Yuya Koroku beat Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Junta Miyawaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Akiyama pinned Miyawaki after Exploder.

Match 6: AMAKUSA (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Daisuke Sasaki. AMAKUSA was a replacement for the absent Danshoku Dieno (medical issues). More on that at the bottom of this post.

Match 7: MAO & KANON beat KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya and Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu in a 3-way elimination match to win the titles. MAO & KANON become the 88th KO-D Tag Team Champions. Iino first eliminated Yuu then MAO pinned Iino.

Match 8: Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) beat Chris Brookes.

Match 9: Konosuke Takeshita & Kaisei Takechi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Takeshita pinned Masada after Raging Fire. Afterwards, Takechi further pushed for a match against Takeshita.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki for both titles. Ueno becomes the 19th DDT Universal Champion. V2 for Ueno. They went over 34 minutes. Afterwards, Ueno declared he wanted to lead DDT in running Tokyo Dome for the first time. But before that…next up: Super Sasadango Machine. That match will happen on 11/30 at Korakuen Hall for both titles.

As for Dieno, DDT provided an update on his condition-he continues to recover from complications from appendicitis and, to get fully prepared physically to return (which was to have been today but did not happen), he will be out the rest of the month. Dieno is now scheduled to return on 11/30.

The next event is Thursday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Takagi is next for To-y and the DDT Extreme Championship. That match will happen on 11/30. Rules TBA.

UPDATE 2: MAO and Iino are now off Thursday. The always vague poor health.

UPDATE 3: Now a whole bunch more are out-KANON, Akito, Jun Akiyama, and Yukio Naya who missed 11/7 and are now off 11/8 and 11:9. The always vague poor health. So something is going around

Stardom 11/3/25 Results (Updated x3)

STARDOM CRIMSON NIGHTMARE 2025, the promotion’s latest blowout event today full of H.A.T.E., is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World. It will be un-paywalled for monthly paying subscribers in a week or so. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Rian beat Ranna Yagami, Kikyo Furusawa & Fukigen in a 4-way by pinning Fukigen.

Match 2: Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Syuri, Lady C, Ami Sohrei, Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu and Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki, Akira Kurogame and Ema Maishima in a 3-way when Anou pinned Sohrei.

Match 3: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Waka Tsukiyama & HABAKO. AZM pinned Tsukiyama after Azumi Sushi.

Match 4: Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Bea Priestley beat Natusko Tora, Ruaka & Rina. Priestley pinned Rina after Plan Bea.

Match 5: Bozilla beat Saki Kashima by submission/giving up.

Match 6: High Speed Champion Mei Seira beat Hazuki to retain the title. V9 for Seira. Based on this and a prior result, they may have done away with Seira’s new rules for title matches (3 falls in 10 minute time limit) and reverted to the prior rules (1 fall in 15 minute time limit).

Match 7: Konami beat Wonder Of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid to win the title. Konami becomes the 25th Wonder Of Stardom Champion. Which means, not counting the New Blood-specific titles, all the Stardom titles are now held by the heel faction. Embrace The H.A.T.E.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion & STRONG Women’s Champion Saya Kamitani beat Momo Watanabe to retain the titles. World V7 & STRONG V1 for Kamitani. The reign of our PHENEX QUEEN continues. It sounds like she is headed to her Tokyo Dome debut with New Japan on 1/4 with both titles. I am very excited for that potentially happening.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall to kick off the 15th Goddess Of Stardom Tournament, the promotion’s annual tag team tournament. Broadcast plans TBA, it will be live on Stardom World but it may be another PPV.

UPDATE: Risa Sera also appeared during the event and requested Suzu Suzuki be her opponent for her retirement match on 1/12. Nothing definite yet.

UPDATE 2: The participating tournament teams will be announced at a press conference tomorrow at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET, which can be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

And while mot yet official, New Japan suggests the opponent for Kamitani on 1/4 at Tokyo Done could be Syuri and it could be for the IWGP Women’s Championship and STRONG Women’s Championship. We may know soon as a 1/4 presser is scheduled for tonight at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. It can be watched FOR FREE on New Japan World and YouTube.

UPDATE 3: It’s now official. It will be for both the IWGP & STRONG Women’s Championships but, at this time, not the World Of Stardom Championship if Kamitani is still champion.

All-Japan 11/3/25 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 tour today with a major event.

Today’s event was held at APA Hotel & Resort Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 728.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai & Dan Tamura beat Jun Saito, Ryuki Honda & Ryo Inoue. Anzai pinned Inoue after Gimlet.

Match 2: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana beat Hikaru Sato, Koshi Yoshida & ? (Can’t quite get it translated). Kumaarashi pinned Yoshida after a diving senton.

Match 3: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rosing Hayato. Ayabe pinned Hayato after a double chokeslam.

Match 4: Xyon & Odyssey beat Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki. Xyon pinned Ashino after a diving headbutt.

Match 5: All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Hideki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Kofuji. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Hokuto Omori to retain the Triple Crown. V2 for Miyahara. Next up: TBA, but if what he said post-match holds true (and he’s the President of the wrestlers group so it probably will), that match will happen on 12/31 at the year-end event.

The next event is 11/16 at G Messe Gunma in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day.

Dragon Gate 11/2/25 Results

THE GATE OF DESTINY 2025, Dragon Gate’s latest major event, began today with the first of 2 events in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 865.

Before everything got going, a name change was announced as Kagetora is changing his ring name to KAGETORA. In Japanese that’s a more stylized appearance in all English caps instead of Japanese kanji symbols.

Match 1: KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior. Kato pinned Junior after Cadere Luna.

Match 2: Jiro Shinbashi Debut Match: Open The Owarai Gate Champion Kuishinbo Kamen beat Jiro Shinbashi, but Shinbashi got the majority of audience support post-match to win the title. Shinbashi becomes the 36th Open The Owarai Gate Champion. Not a bad way to make your debut if you’re going to be a comedy wrestler, winning the comedy title in the process.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & KAGETORA beat Masaaki Mohizuki, Don Fujii, Takashi, Shachihoko BOY & Kikutaro (Independent/Freelancer). KAGETORA pinned BOY.

Match 4: Luis Mante beat El Cucuy & Gianni Valetta in a 3-way by pinning Cucuy.

Match 5: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Billy Ken Kid (Osaka Pro) to retain the title. V6 for Tanaka.

Match 6: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & ISHIN, Shun Skywalker, Homare & El Siello (?) and Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T in a 4-way elimination match. Order of elimination (one wrestler being eliminated means the whole team was out): Homare by ISHIN, U-T by Hyo, Lee by Riiita.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta beat Susumu Yokosuka to retain the title. V2 for Kikuta.

The second event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

All-Japan 11/2/25 Results

All-Japan ran the penultimate event of the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 Tour today.

Today’s event was held at Iwamizawa City Event Hall Red Brick in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. (Not sure if it was live but on demand is now available)

The announced paid attendance was 520.

Match 1: Jun Saito beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Kumagoro Hokkai beat Hikaru Sato, eiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Omori beat Tachibana.

Match 3: Odyssey beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 4: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Ryuki Honda & Dan Tamura. Aoyagi pinned Tamura with La Magistral.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzaii. Talos pinned Aoyagi after a double chokeslam.

Main Event: Xyon, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Kento Miyahara, Hideki Suzuki & Ryo Inoue. Shiozaki pinned Inoue after Go Lariat.

Side note: MUSASHI was announced as in advance being off this event due to Michinoku Pro participation at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. In his match, Yasutaka Ossera & ARASHI beat MUSASHI & Rasse to win the Tohoku Tag Team Championship and become the 36th Tohoku Tag Team Champions.Oosera pinned Rasse.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at APA Hotel & Resort Sapporo with 2 title matches including Miyahara-Omori for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

New Japan 11/2/25 Results

New Japan returned to Gifu today for a Hiroshi Tanahashi hometown event, the final time the face of the promotion would compete in front of his hometown fans before retiring in 2 months.

Today’s event was held at Gifu Memorial Center First Gym in Gifu and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 3742, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto, Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg beat Zane Jay, Masatora Yasuda & Katsuya Murashima. Oleg pinned Jay after Burdict.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Daiki Nagai, Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi. Jackson pinned Nagai after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate), KUSHIDA, Dradon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi beat YAMATO (Dragon Gate), Tiger Mask, KUUKAI & El Desperado. Taguchi pined TM 4 with Kido Clutch.

Match 4: Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Togo pinned Wato, Afterwards, EVIL issued a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge and beat down Yano until Aaron Wolf appeared and made the save. Wolf makes his debut against EVIL at Tokyo Dome. And so the build begins.

Match 5: Clark Connors, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Shingo Takagi beat Jacob Austin Young, Templario, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Ice pinned Young after Cruella.

Match 6: Super Junior Tag League Finals: Sho & DOUKI beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori to win the tournament. DOUKI pinned Ishimori. The current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions protect-normally tournament winners get a respective title shot but this won’t be the case, at least not right away for X & Ishimori.

Match 7: IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji beat Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the title. V1 for Tsuji. This was probably the last chance for Tanahashi to go into his finale at Tokyo Dome as a champion. This may be the proverbial passing of the torch to the next generation and perhaps anointing Tsuji as their leader. Afterwards, Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) came out and challenged Tanahashi to a match on 11/8.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat Hirooki Goto to retain the title. V1 for Takeshita. Next up: Unless plans unexpectedly change, Tokyo Dome. The challenger: Possibly Tsuji. Double Double Title? Perhaps…

The next event is NEW JAPAN ROAD in ANJO Saturday at Tosho Arena Anjo in AIchi, continuing the annual what was a Kazuchika Okada hometown event although Okada is now in All Elite Wrestling. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

On a side note, despite New Japan teasing every remaining event until Tokyo Dome being live & on demand, the current schedule suggests no broadcast for an 11/16 event in Yamaguchi. Also, after Saturday the next two events around that one are PPVs.

All-Japan 11/1/25 Results

All-Japan continued the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 tour today.

Today’s event was held at Bihoro Town Sunny Center in Hokkaido 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 525.

Match 1: MUSASHI beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Hikaru Sato & Seiki Yoshioka. Hayato pinned Yoshioka.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki beat Dan Tamura.

Match 4: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Xyon pinned Inoue after Xyon Spear.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe, Talos & Hideki Suzuki beat Jun Saito, Andreza Giant Panda & Kumagoro Hokkai. Ayabe pinned Kumagoro after a double chokeslam.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Shota Kofuji beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana. Miyahara pinned Tachibana with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Iwamizawa City Event Hall. There will be no live broadcast. On demand at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET but due to the time change in the US it may be available 1 hour earlier.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 11/1/25 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro finished up their fall house show tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It was also a free live broadcast on YouTube (no on demand there).

The announced paid attendance was 277.

Match 1: Mahiro Kiryu beat Chika Nanase.

Match 2: Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami beat Raku & Ren Konatsu. Misao beat Konatsu with a chicken wing.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi beat Pom Harajuku by submission. Tatsumi retains the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship.

Match 4: J-Rod beat Kira Summer.

Match 5: Mizuki & Suzume beat Yuki Arai & Midu Ashida. Suzume pinned Ashida after Ring A Bell.

Match 6: Shoko Nakajima, Miyu Yamashita & Toga beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. Nakajima pinned Kazashiro with a Northern Lights usplex hold. J-Rod watched this match from the announcer’s table.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Arisu Endo beat HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Kamifuku pinned Suzuki after Fameasser.

The next event is “ALL RISE ’25” on 11/9 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 11/8 at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

In other news, the schedule for the 6th Max Heart Tournament, a winter singles tournament, was announced earlier this week. Matches will be held on 1/17, 1/25, 1/31 and 2/14. Further details TBA but it normally is a single-elimination tournament.

New Japan 11/1/25 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Super Junior Tag League today with the final day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 977, a legit sellout. Reduced capacity though, Osaka has been holding events like this with smaller crowds since the pandemic.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato beat Zane Jay & Tatsuya Matsumoto. Kato pinned Matsumoto.

Match 2: Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate), Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Daiki Nagai, Clark Connors, OSKAR (The Grtouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Oleg pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Yujiro Takahashi, Sho & DOUKI beat Callum Newman, Jacob Austin Young & Templario. Takahashi pinned Young after Big Juice.

Match 4: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Katsuya Murashima, Master Wato & Yoh. Takashi pinned Murashima after War Special.

Super Junior Tag League Block B:
Match 5: YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask beat Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru by ref stoppage (technical submission). YAMATO beat Togo.
Match 6: KUUKAI & El Desperado beat Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & KUSHIDA. Desperado pinned Yoshioka after Pinche Loco.
Main Event: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Kosei FUjita & Robbie Eagles. Ishimori pinned Tagles after Bloody Cross. As a result, X & Ishimori win Block B on tiebreakers. (Yoshioka/KUSHIDA were eliminated by their loss).

The Finals will be X & Ishimori vs. Sho & DOUKI. That match will happen tomorrow.

The next event is tomorrow at Gifu Memorial Center First Gym in Gifu for a Hiroshi Tanahashi hometown event, the final time Tanahashi will compete in his hometown before retiring at Tokyo Dome. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at-a little wacky due to the US time change overnight-1 AM PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/1/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Saitama with a rare “true” house show.

Today’s event was held at Ikos Ageo in Saitama. There was no live broadcast and, in a very unusual move for the promotion, there will be no on demand broadcast available anywhere.

The announced paid attendance was 241.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi, Atsushi Kotoge & Daiki Odashima. Bane pinned Taniguchi after Twisterbane.

Match 2: Manabu Soya beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & AMAKUSA beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro. Endo pinned Harutoki after God’s Right Knee.

Match 4: Daga, Hajime Ohara & Kai Fujimura beat Eita, Tadasuke & Junta Miyawaki. Ohara pinned Eita.

Match 6: Tank Ledger (WWE) beat Masa Kitamiya by DQ. Ref assault.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura & Hank Walker (WWE) beat KENTA & Ulka Sasaki. Inamura pinned Sasaki after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is 11/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with KENTA-Inamura for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET (don’t forget about the time change tomorrow in the US! Unless you’re in Arizona or Hawaii).