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Dragon Gate News: First Rey De Parejas Teams Announced (Updated)

One of the big items coning out of Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival yesterday was upcoming announcements about Dragon Gate’s Rey De Parejas, their annual tag team tournament in August. It will be a round-robin format with 2 blocks, and the first 2 teams were announced today:

Block A: Strong Machine J & LEONA (Dradition)

Block B: Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura

More to come in the coming days/weeks.

UPDATE: Additional announcements since:

Block A: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda

Block B: GuC & @KEY, Flamita & Sangre Azteca Jr. (the latter from Michinoku Pro)

New Japan 7/21/2026 Results

New Japan continues the G1 CLIMAX 36 today with Block A.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai 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 1612.

Match 1: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Narita pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Moloney pinned Yasuda after a jumping Truss kick.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young & HENARE beat Gedo & OSKAR (The Grouch). Austin pinned Gedo after Bites The Dust.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX Block A:
Match 5: Jake Lee beat Hirooki Goto.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa beat Great-O-Khan.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Match 8: SANADA beat Yota Tsuji.
Main Event: Boltin Oleg beat Shingo Takagi.

Standings-wise, 5 are tied at 2-1, 4 pts and the rest are 1-2, 2 pts.

The next event is tomorrow at Aore Magaoka in Niigata with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/20/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro kicked off the 2026 Tokyo Princess Cup today, the annual singles tournament, with Round 1.

Tofay’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 270.

Match 1; Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & HIMAWARI beat Yuki Kamifuku, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku. Nakajima pinned Harajuku with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi beat Mahiro Kiryu & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Tokyo Princess Cup:
Match 3: Toga beat Momo Sato by submission. As a result, Toga advances to Round 2 and will face Mahiro Kiryu.
Match 4: Suzume beat Shion Kanzaki by submission. As a reuslt, Suzume advances to Round 2 and will face Pom Harajuku.
Match 5: Wakana Uehara beat Mifu Ashida. As a result, Uehara advances to Round 2 and will face HIMAWARI.
Match 6: Arisu Endo beat Sakura Hattori. As a result, Endo advances to Round 2 and will face Chika Nanase.
Match 7: Mizuki beat Raku. As a result, Mizuki advances to Round 2 and will face Hyper Misao.
Match 8: Miu Watanabe beat Ren Konatsu by submission. As a result, Watanabe advances to Round 2 and will face Yuki Aino.
Match 9: Miyu Yamashita beat Uta Takami. As a result, Yamashita advances to Round 2 and will face Rika Tatsumi.
Main Event: Yuki Arai beat Haru Kazashiro by submission. As a result, Arai advances to Round 2 and will face Shoko Nakajima.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka with the first half of Round 2. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET

Dragon Gate 7/20/2026 Results

Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2026, Dragon Gate’s biggest event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. This was also a live GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit sellout. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 3980. That’s less than half capacity but they did have a somewhat large setup)

Pre-show match: Ho Ho Lun, Punch Tomonaga & Tristan Moody beat Shachihoko BOY. Takashi & Problem Dragon. Lun pinned Dragon with Ho Roll.

Match 1: Mochizuki Junior & Kazuma Kimura beat Ryu Fuda & @KEY. Junior pinned Fuda with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Masakatsu Funaki beat Jiro Shinbashi by submission in 16 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Masakatsu Funaki beat Jiro Shinbashi by ref stoppage (technical submission). Which still went less than 3 minutes.

Match 3: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Strong Machine J, U-T & GuC to win the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. Hyo, KAMEI & Riiita become the 100th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Hyo pinned U-T.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, Gianni Valetta & El Cielo beat Flamita, Luis Mante & Dragon Bane (Pro Wrestling NOAH) and KAI, Jason Lee & Alpha Wolf (Pro Wrestling NOAH) in a 3-way when Skywalker pinned Lee.

Match 5: YAMATO 20th Anniversary Match: YAMATO, KAGETORA, BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Uktimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Keni’chiro Arai. YAMATO pinned Horiguchi after Gallaria.

Match 6: Open The Twin Gate Champions Yoshiki Kato & ISHIN beat Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura to retain the titles. Kato pinned Yoshioka. V1 for the champs. On a related note, Yoshioka & Minoura are now a new faction known as XenisS (pronounced “Zenith”).

Match 7: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Homare to retain the title. V12(!) for Tanaka. NEW RECORD!!! How many more can he get in his first reign? And who if anyone can stop him? (He does mot yet have the longest reign though. About 3 months to go to take that record from Pac)

Main Event: Kzy beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta to win the title. Kzy becomes the 43rd Open The Dream Gate Champion. The last piece of his missing career puzzle in the promotion is missing no longer. Kzy has now won all 4 of the Dragon Gate Championships. Now just a month after turning 40 and approaching his 20th Anniversary in the ring, he is the top dog and, undoubtedly, channeled those Natural Vibes afterwards to send the crowd home very happy because it’s time…it’s KZ Time!

The next event is Saturday at Suzuka Civic Hall in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan 7/18/2026-7/19/2026 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 36 this weekend with a doubleheader in Hokkaido.

Both events were held at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. These events aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan.

There were late changes made to these and all upcoming cards due to Shota Umino being out of the tournament. Concussion. All others in Block B except Zack Sabre Jr. get forfeit wins and 2 points (Sabre does not because he beat Umino already).

Saturday:
The announced paid attendance was 2555.

Before the event began Hiroyoshi Tenzan appeared and announced his official retirement match for 8/15: He will face longtime partner Satoshi Kojima. TenKoji running it back one more time!

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf beat Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano. Wolf pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Narita pinned Jay after Magic Killer.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura. Jackson pinned Yasuda after Death Valley Bomb.

G1 CLIMAX:
Match 4: Block B: Drilla Moloney beat Gabriel Kidd.
Match 5: Block A: Great-O-Khan beat SANADA by countout.
Match 6: Block A: Konosuke Takeshita beat Jake Lee.
Match 7: Block A: Boltin Oleg beat Yuto Oce (Ice Baby) by ref stoppage (KO).
Match 8: Block A: Shingo Takagi beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Main Event: Block A: Hirooki Goto beat Yota Tsuji.

Sunday:
The announced paid attendance was 2409.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto. Lee beat Matsumoto with a front neck lock.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Jackson pinned Young after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Gedo & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) went to a double countout in just over 2 minutes.

Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. SANADA beat Nagai with Skull End.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Shingo Takagi beat Masatora Yasuda & Boltin Oleg. Ishimori beat Yasuda with Bone Lock.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: HENARE beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Gabriel Kidd beat OSKAR (The Grouch).
Match 8: Ren Narita beat Callum Newman.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Zack Sabre Jr.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom 7/20/2026 Results

Stardom continued the 5STAR GP today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Harbis Hall in Osaka 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 744, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Saori Anou beat Natsupoi, Matoi Hamabe & Ema Maishima in a 4-way by pinning Hamabe.

5STAR GP:
Match 2: Blue B: Momo Watanabe beat Kikyo Furusawa by submission.
Match 3: Red B: Rina Yamashita beat Azusa Inaba.
Match 4: Blue A: Hina beat Aya Sakura.
Match 5: Red B: Saya Iida beat Lady C.
Match 6: Blue B: Hanan beat Koguma.
Match 7: Red A: Tomoka Inaba beat Sayaka Kurara.
Match 8: Red A: HANAKO beat Miyu Anasaki.
Main Event: Red A: Maika beat AZM.

Standings:

Red A:
1-Tomoka Inaba, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Kurara, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Maika, 1-0, 2 pts
4-Itsuki Aoki, 1-0, 2 pts
5-AZM, 0-1, 0 pts
6-Natsuko Tora, 0-1, 0 pts
7-Rina, 0-1, 0 pts
8-Akira Kurogame, 0-1, 0 pts

Red B:
1-Iida, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Yamashita, 1-1-1, 3 pts
3-Maki Itoh, 1-0, 2 pts
4-Mei Seira, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Utami Hayashishita, 0-0-1, 1 pt
6-Konami, 0-0, 0 pts
7-C, 0-1, 0 pts
8-Azusa Inaba, 0-2, 0 pts

Blue A:
1-Ruaka, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Suzu Suzuki, 1-0, 2 pts
3-HANAKO, 1-1, 2 pts
4-Hina, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Sakura, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Julia Hart, 0-0, 0 pts
7-Rian, 0-1, 0 pts
8-Amasaki, 0-2, 0 pts

Blue B:
1-Watanabe, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Hanan, 2-0, 4 pts
3-Koguma, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Saya Kamitani, 0-0, 0 pts
5-Starlight Kid, 0-0, 0 pts
6-Ami Sohrei, 0-1, 0 pts
7-Natsupoi, 0-1, 0 pts
8-Furusawa, 0-3, 0 pts

The top 3 in each block will advance to the playoffs. Due to scheduling a number of participants haven’t had a match yet.

The next event is Saturday at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 2 in Ishikawa with only the Red blocks. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Stardom 7/19/2026 Results

Stardom ran the second day of the 5STAR GP today in AIchi.

Today’s event was held at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Matoi Hamabe & Ema Maishima. Natsupoi beat Maishima with Poi Lock.

5STAR GP:
Match 2: Blue B: Hanan beat Kikyo Furusawa.
Match 3: Blue B: Koguma beat Ami Sohrei.
Match 4: Blue A: Ruaka beat Rian.
Match 5: Red B: Maki Itoh beat Mei Seira.
Match 6: Red A: Tomoka Inaba beat Natsuko Tora by DQ. Weapon use.
Match 7: Blue A: Suzu Suzuki beat Hina.
Match 8: Red B: Rina Yamashita vs. Utami Hayashishita went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: Red A: Sayaka Kurara beat Rina.

The next event is tomorrow at Harbis Hall in Osaka. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. (Last-minute pre-event update: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube)

All-Japan 7/18/2026 Results (Updated)

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Series 2026 Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also or will be a (taped) Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1510, a legit sellout.

Before the event began, a memorial service for Joe Doering was held in the ring.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino beat Yasutaka Yano by submission.

Match 2: Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori, Seigo Tachibana & Leon De Oro (Mexico) beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Aoki (Independent/Freelancer). Tamura pinned Doi after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Go Shiozaki & Yuma Aoyagi. Suwama pinned Shiozaki after a backdrop. Too bad I missed this live, our favorite odd couple teaming once again.

Match 4: Ren Ayabe & Ryuki Honda beat Kento Miyahara & Kumaarashi. Ayabe pinned Miyahara with a dragon suplex hold.

Match 5: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji to retain the titles. Hayato pinned Kofuji after Sid Vicious. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Kengo Mashimo & Daisuke Sekimoto to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Mashimo after Yagiyama Cyclone. V1 for the Saitos/champs. DOOM!!! Next up: The presumably-returning-soon Xyon & Odyssey, who have to go back home semi-regularly for visa-related reasons then come back (Xyon to, I think, Australia and Odyssey to the US). That match will happen on 8/29 at Ebara Wave Arena/Ota City General Gym. (UPDATE: It’s now official)

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

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/18/2026 Results

SUMMER EPIC 2026, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s latest major event, was held earlier today in Osaka at a first-time venue.

Today’s event was held at Intex Osaka Hall 5 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. This was an exclusive ABEMA live broadcast in Japan so the live broadcast outside Japan was English only.

The announced paid attendance was 2088. They used only a small portion of the venue because it it a massive convention center-type space (reportedly the 3rd-biggest in Japan) but it sounds like a good number for the setup.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Katsumi Inahata, Yuto Koyanagi, Midori Takahashi & Hiroto Tsuruya. Kotoge pinned Takahashi.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA beat RYUSEI & Black Menso-re. Endo pinned RYUSEI after God’s Right Knee.

Main show:
Match 1: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat JACKY KAMEI & Riiita to retain the titles. Bane pinned KAMEI after Twisterbane. V4 for the champs.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura beat Kazuyuki Fujita.

Match 3: Alpha Wolf won a 7 man ladder match over Tadasuke, Jun Masaoka, Daiki Odashima, AMAKUSA, Kid Lykos 1 & 2. As a result, Wolf is in the N-1 VICTORY Tournament and, because he put his spot on the line, Tadasuke is OUT.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito beat Kaito Kiyomiya. As a result, Naito gets the next GHC Heavyweight Championship shot after today.

Match 5: GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Eita beat BUSHI to retain the title. V2 for Eita. Next up: Here comes the Team 2000X Gauntlet…starting with Kai Fujimura. That match will happen on 8/10 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Match 6: GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino beat Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura to retain the titles. Soya pinned Kitamiya after Passion IS. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: GHC National Champion Naomichi Marufuji beat Kenoh to retain the title. V3 for Marufuji. Next up: KENTA. That match will happen on 8/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste beat OZAWA to retain the title. V3 for Haste. Next up: As noted above, Naito. That match will happen on 8/9.

In post-event news/fallout, a new championship has been created, the GHC 200 Championship. Perhaps loosely inspired by championships such as the High Speed Championship, GLEAT’s G-RUSH Championship and the WWE Speed Championship, this is a title for matches that will have-no kidding-a 200 second time limit. An 8-man tournament will be held on 8/9 & 8/10 to crown the first champion with these special rules: 5 count count-outs, any draw in the tournament means BOTH are out, if nobody reaches the finals because of this rule there will be another tournament at a later date. For the Finals, if there is a time limit draw a discussion will be immediately held to determine the winner. In future title defenses, a time limit draw means the champion retains the title.
The 8/9 matches & participants: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Yoshiki Inamura, Kenoh vs. Alpha Wolf, Tetsuya Endo vs. AMAKUSA, HAYATA vs. Masa Kitamiya.

Another new wrestler will debut on 8/10: Hiroya Namiki, a new rookie, will debut against Daiki Odashima. Namiki, 24, is about 5’10” and 77 kg/165 pounds and will be a Junior Heavyweight.

The next event is 7/26 at Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall 3 in Ishikawa for a charity fundraiser event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 7/28.

Stardom 7/18/2026 Results

Stardom kicked off the 2026 5STAR GP today, the beginning of their annual singles tournament which is their biggest non-single event of the year.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World until roughly early August. You can also watch the first 4 matches (pre-show and first 2 PPV matches) FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 2193.

Pre-show:
Match 1: AZM beat Fuwa-chan.
Match 2: Starlight Kid, Maki Itoh, Utami Hayashishita & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Waka Tsukiyama, Rian, Matoi Hamabe & Ema Maishima. Hayashishita pinned Maishima after a lariat.

PPV:
Match 1: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Rina beat Suzu Suzuki, Hanan, Saori Anou & Maika. Rina pinned Hanan after Pink Devil. This was the return match for Rina after an excursion to Mexico and, towards the end, the US for a couple All Elite Wrestling matches.

5STAR GP:
Match 2: Red A: Sayaka Kurara beat Akira Kurogame.
Match 3: Blue B: Momo Watanabe beat Yuna Mizumori.
Match 4: Blue B: Koguma beat Kikyo Furusawa.
Match 5: Blue A: Ruaka beat Miyu Amasaki.
Match 6: Red B: Saya Iida beat Azusa Inaba.
Match 7: Red B: Mei Seira beat Rina Yamashita.
Match 8: Red A: Itsuki Aoki beat Tomoka Inaba.
Match 9: Blue A: Aya Sakura beat HANAKO.

Match 10: Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue (All Elite Wrestling) beat Artist Of Stardom Champions Ami Sohrei, Hina & Lady C to win the titles. Thekla, Hart & Blue become the 37th Artist Of Stardom Champions. Thekla pinned Sohrei. UPSET ALERT!!! Although if it means more Thekla showing up to torment Taro Okada, I’m all for it.

Main Event: IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri beat Natsupoi to retain the title. V5 for Syuri.

The next event is tomorrow at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHTat 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.