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Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 1/25/25 LIVE Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with the Semifinals. It’s been a tournament full of surprises and upsets including favorites Suzume & Arisu Endo losing in Round 1 and, much to my delight, Wasteland Pom Party having no trouble getting to this point. Today they get the real surprise team of the tournament so far in Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku. On the other side, Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao seem to have a clear path to the Finals but they have to avoid the upset bid by HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki today. 5 non-tournament matches make up the rest of the event.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the entire event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube (YouTube will be live only, on demand replays will only be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE). There will be no commentary. The tournament matches will have no time limit and there are 7 matches planned, so I anticipate this being a normal event with a running time of just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Miu Watanabe vs. Raku & Neko Haruna in a 3-way
Suzume, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Arai, Haru Kazashiro & Toga
Yuki Aino, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer vs. Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami
Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Rika Tatsumi & Chika Nanase
Mizuki vs. Mifu Ashida
Max Heart Tournament Semifinals:
HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku

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Updates below will begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. You can also watch the YouTube live broadcast below (will only be available during the live event, no archive available):

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5:55 PM PT UPDATE: The YouTube live stream above has begun and should be going to the venue in about 5 minutes. Remember, no on demand replay on YouTube. Only available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

5:56 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. The YouTube broadcast is partially cropped for a WRESTLE UNIVERSE ad banner.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Didn’t get a crowd shot before zoom-in but advance ticket sales have me thinking it’ll be just over half-full, or 250-300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 312)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes. During opening announcements a big one is made after Yuki Arai is brought out…she’s coming to the US for the first time at the WrestleMania Week event in Las Vegas! Better get my The Collective tickets now! Luckily she has plenty of time to work on her English as she had a lot of trouble trying to greet the fans in English.

The matches begin at 6:16 PM PT/9:16 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuki Aino, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer vs. Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami beat Yuki Aino, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. Toribami beat Steele with Birdcage.

Match 2: Miu Watanabe vs. Raku & Neko Haruna in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku beat Miu Watanabe & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by pinning Haruna. Comedy match which saw Raku bring out and use a pair of yellow-painted traffic cones. Full-size ones too.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Rika Tatsumi & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit. During her entrance Yamashita’s foot slipped as she was climbing up the steps at ringside to the ring apron. Thankfully nothing more than embarrassing and everyone laughed it off.
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu beat Rika Tatsumi & Chika Nanase. Yamashita pinned Nanase after Skull Kick.

Match 4: Mizuki vs. Mifu Ashida. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Mifu Ashida by submission

Match 5: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Arai, Haru Kazashiro & Toga. 20 minute time limit
In progress.

Stardom 1/23/25 Results

Stardom held their 14th Anniversary event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 284, a full house/near sellout.

There are rumors that Mayu Iwatani nearly missed the event and was late arriving at the venue. Based on social media posts, it sounds like she got on the wrong train(s) en route. Additionally, many wrestlers did not participate for unspecified reasons.

Before the event began, new trainees Akira & Turia had an exhibition training session in the ring. Afterwards, they were given their first ring names-Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime-and it was announced both would have their Debut matches this weekend. Kurogame will debut Saturday against Suzu Suzuki while Hime will debut Sunday against Maika.

Match 1: Saya Iida, Hazuki, Koguma, Momo Kohgo & Matoi Hamabe beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Iida pinned Sakura after a lariat.

Match 2: Syuri & Saki Kashima beat Mayu Iwatani & Hanan. Syuri pinned Hanan after Drift Flame.

Main Event: Faction Tournament Finals: In a 30-minute Iron Man/Woman Match, Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, AZM, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki (Neo Genesis) beat Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian (E neXus V) 3-2 to win the tournament. Match progression: HANAKO pinned Amasaki, Seira pinned Rian, Shirakawa pinned AZM, AZM pinned Shirakawa, Suzuki pinned Maika. As a result, Neo Genesis gets TWO Stardom title shots of their choice. They chose Goddesses Of Stardom & Artist Of Stardom. Based on backstage comments it sounds like Suzuki & Seira will go for the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship while Amasaki, Kid & AZM will go for the Artist Of Stardom Championship. Match dates/locations TBA.

The next event is Saturday at Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Tokyo for the start of a weekend doubleheader. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. For Sunday a change to one match between Aya Sakura & Kiyoka Kokatsu has been announced: It will now be a UWF Rules Match which is as follows: 30 minute time limit, no pinfalls, win only by submission, KO, TKO, points, doctor stoppage, ref stoppage or towel. DQs, forfeiting & no contests are prohibited. Fighters start with 5 points and one is lost per down/10 count and rope escape. If it goes the full time limit, the fighter with the most points left wins. Also, the scheduled match Sunday between Saori Anou & Rina will now be for the next Wonder Of Stardom Championship match.

New Japan 1/23/25 Results

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

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1005. That’s kinda low for them at Korakuen based on the past year or so, maybe in part due to sumo.

Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Katsuya Murashima by submission.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Takahashi pinned Kato after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan. Taguchi beat Young with Oh My & Gar Ankle.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer) & Kosei Fujita beat Tonoaki Honma & El Desperado. Jackson pinned Honma after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, Taiji Ishinori, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

Match 6: Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yoh & Hirooki Goto. Eagles pinned Yoh.

Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa beat YOSHI-HASHI.

The next event is 1/30 at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai with a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 1/22/25 Results

New Japan officially kicked off their 2025 campaign today with the start of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour. The Road To Tokyo Dome 2026 starts now.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1019.

Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Shoma Kato by submission.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Kanemaru pinned Nagai.

Match 3: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Connors pinned TAKA after No Chaser.

Match 4: Master Wato, Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan. Wato pinned Young with a Tsutenkaku Getman suplex hold.

Match 5: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa beat Tomoaki Honma, Yoh & YOSHI-HASHI. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.

Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. Takahashi pinned Gedo with Maximum The Holding 3rd Form.

Main Event: El Desperado & Hirooki Goto beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Goto pinned Sabre. This is standard NJPW major title match build where the challenger beats the champion in a tag match the first time they face off, but doesn’t guarantee that’s how the title match-or subsequent such tag matches-will turn out.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

DDT 1/19/25 Results

For the second straight day, DDT ran the second half of a doubleheader in Tokyo with Tokyo Joshi Pro, today being a New Year Fan Appreciation event.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced. (Looks like they’re not going to do it anymore)

Match 1; KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Toru Owashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni. Illusion beat Yuni with a neck lock.

Match 2: Akito, Takao Soma and Substitute Kazuki Hirata, aka Yukio Naya, beat Danshoku Dieno, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda in 16 seconds. Naya pinned Honda after a knee lift. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Akito, Takao Soma and Substitute Kazuki Hirata, aka Yukio Naya, beat Danshoku Dieno, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Naya pinned Honda. Afterwards, the real Hirata appeared, who is temporarily out due to a knee injury (swelling, does not appear to be serious). He announced he will produce a 15th Anniversary event on 3/12 at Shinjuku Face.

Match 3: HARASHIMA beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki beat Yuki Ishida by submission.

Match 5: MAO beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 6: Jun Akiyama vs. Yuya Koroku went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 7: Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Iino.

Main Event: Chris Brookes vs. To-y went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

GLEAT 1/19/25 Results

GLEAT ran their first G PROWRESTLING event of 2025 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. There appears to have been no live broadcast so it should be on demand on YouTube in a few days, but possibly paywalled (live broadcasts now require membership to watch, including on demand, which is $8.99/month).

The announced paid attendance was 171.

Match 1: Ryuichi Kawakami & Rock Iwasaki beat KAZMA SAKAMORO & Quiet Storm. Kawakami pinned SAKAMOTO after Thunder Fire Bomb.

Match 2: In a G-RUSH Rules match, Issei Onitsuka beat JD Lee.

Match 3: In a G-RUSH Rules match, Tetsuya Izuchi beat Kotaro Suzuki.

Both Match 2 & 3 winners are now in a G-RUSH Tournament on 1/24.

Match 4: Brass Knuckles JUN & Chris Weiss beat T-Hawk & MICHIKO. JUN pinned MICHIKO after Frozen Punch.

Match 5: NOBU SAN beat Hayato Tamura.

Match 6: El Lindaman & Chris Ridgeway beat CIMA & Joe Rand. Ridgeway pinned Rand after Ridgeway Special 12.

Match 7: Minoru Tanaka & Ryo Aitaka beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takamori Ito. Tanaka pinned Ito after Minoru Special.

Match 8: Soma Watanabe, Takehiro Yamamura & Junjie beat Kaito Ishida, So Daimonji & MAZADA. Yamamura pinned Ishida with European Clutch.

Main Event: SBK & TAKUMA beat G INFINITY Champions Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana to win the titles. SBK & TAKUMA become the 8th G INFINITY Champions. TAKUMA pinned Kuroshio after a 630 splash. Afterwards, NOBU SAN appeared and announced he was joining Tokyo Bad Boys.

Post-main event, another shocking event-STRONGHEARTS disbanded. CIMA, El Lindaman, T-Hawk & Seiki Yoshioka are going their separate ways and the GLEAT mainstay faction since the beginning, dating back to before in Dragon Gate, is no more.

The next event is G-RUSH Friday at Shinjuku Face. Broadcast plans TBA.

New Japan 1/19/25 Results

New Japan made its first trip of the year to Chiba Prefecture today, and of course that means a Yuji Nagata Produced event as the self-proclaimed oldest 56-year-old would do his best today to make his latest event, BLUE JUSTICE 15, a success.

Today’s event was held at Sakura Municipal Gym in Chiba and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1105.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Shota Umino. Akira pinned Murashima after Fireball.

Match 2: Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita beat Tomoaki Honma, Yoh & El Desperado. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Kojima with Nameless Hiromu Roll Part 2.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End.

Match 5: Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota tsuji. Moloney pinned BUSHI after Drilla Killer.

Match 6: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Jackson after Shoto.

Main Event: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuji Nagata beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Oleg pinned Kanemaru after Kamikaze.

The next event is the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour, which officially starts the full year campaign and the road to Tokyo Dome 2026, starting Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 1/19/25 LIVE Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the never-ending SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with an event in Saitama. Originally scheduled for no live broadcast, a decision was made the other day to change it to a live broadcast. The mayor of Kasukabe City is scheduled to attend in perhaps the most noreworthy item ahead of time.
The promotion has announced Naomichi Marufuji will miss this event due to participation in SETUP Pro Wrestling in Thailand. That match should be available on demand at a later date as the promotion has announced there will be no live broadcast for that event but it will be on demand on about a week. (Update: Late in this event I found out via the socials that the video may be available on YouTube in 1 week so keep an eye on the SETUP Pro Wrestling social media/YT channels)

Today’s event will be held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and, after the aforementioned change of plans, can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are only 6 matches scheduled so this will probably be a standard house show with a running time of no more than 2 hours. Also, due to a Tokyo Joshi Pro event running while this one begins there may be a slight delay in posting results.

Today’s lineup:
Kai Fujimura vs. Daiki Odashima
Saxon Huxley & Zozaya vs. LJ Cleary & Black Menso-re
Eita, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke
Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki vs. Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara
Tetsuya Endo & Omos vs. Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita
OZAWA, Jack Morris, Daga & Yu Owada vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Kenoh & Alejandro

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

7:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. This is the first time I’m seeing inside this venue, it’s small and the crowd is still filing in but it’s mostly full. The setup, at least from what I can see, appears to be for maybe 400 tops, I’m guessing the total attendance will be around 300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 570)

The matches will begin shortly.

The mayor of Kasukabe City comes out first to greet the crowd.

The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET.

Match 1: Kai Fujimura vs. Daiki Odashima. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kai Fujimura beat Daiki Odashima

Match 2: Saxon Huxley & Zozaya vs. LJ Cleary & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saxon Huxkey & Zozaya beat LJ Cleary & Black Menso-re. Huxley pinned Menso-re after a sitout powerbomb.

Match 3: Eita, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke. 20 minute time limit
Result: HAYATA, YO-HEY & Tadasuke beat Eita, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. HAYATA pinned Eita.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8:55 PM PT/11:55 PM ET.

Match 4: Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki vs. Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. 30 minute time limit
Result: Takashi Sugiura, Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki beat Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Kitamiya pinned Kotoge after a Saito suplex.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo & Omos (WWE) vs. Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo & Omos beat Manabu Soya & Kazuyuki Fujita. Endo pinned Soya after Burning Star Press. Afterwards, Endo with microphone. Having now gone full heel since leaving DDT by joining Team 2000X, what presumably was a heel promo on Soya followed ahead of their rematch on 2/11 for the GHC National Championship.

Main Event: OZAWA, Jack Morris, Daga & Yu Owada vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Kenoh & Alejandro. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno, Kenoh & Alejandro beat OZAWA, Jack Morris, Daga & Yu Owada. Galeno pinned Owada after Galeno Special. Post-match, Galeno with microphone. Very brief and in English, “I will be next champion”.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with a GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match as Kiyomiya & Galeno challenge Jack Morris & Omos for the titles and Eita-HAYATA for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion had announced Owada has changed his ring name. It will now be Owadasan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 1/19/25 LIVE Results (Updated 1/21/25 x2)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with the Quarterfinals as part of another doubleheader with DDT. Yesterday’s Round 1 saw Wasteland Pom Party advance, much to my delight, but also a shocking upset as Arisu Endo & Suzume, undoubtedly an early favorite to win the tournament, were beaten by Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku when Uehara submitted Endo in perhaps the biggest win yet of Uehara’s young career. Today’s results will set up the Semifinals in a couple weeks.

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. Although there are 8 matches today instead of 7 they are on a tight clock again because there’s a DDT event to follow them. Yesterday’s event was shorter than I anticipated and I expect more of the same with today running around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup: (match order TBA):
Rika Tatsumi vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe vs. Kira Summer
Miyu Yamashita vs. Ivy Steele
Mizuki, Jada Stone & Uta Takami vs. Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mifu Ashida
Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals:
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami
Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki
Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Aino & Raku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Didn’t get a good look because they came in right as the opening announcements began, but yesterday did a near-sellout of just under 300 so that’ll be my guess for today. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:42 PM PT/9:42 PM ET.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Miyu Yamashita vs. Ivy Steele. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Ivy Steele

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Match 4: Mizuki, Jada Stone & Uta Takami vs. Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Jada Stone & Uta Takami beat Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mifu Ashida. Stone pinned Suzume after Spark Stunner. Afterwards, Stone made it very clear to Suzume that she wanted an International Princess Championship shot. We’ll see what happens. (1/21/25 UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 2/8 at Korakuen Hall)

Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu. No time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu. Kamifuku pinned Kiryu after Fameasser. As a result, Kamifuku & Uehara advance to the Semifinals on 1/25.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 6: Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. No time limit
Result: HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki beat Haru Kazashiro & Toga. HIMAWARI beat Toga with a single leg Boston Crab. As a result, Kamifuku & Uehara advance to the Semifinals on 1/25.

Match 7: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Aino & Raku. No time limit
Result: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Aino & Raku. Harajuku pinned Raku after a Max-assisted diving body press. As a result, Wasteland Pom Party advance to the Semifinals, much to my delight.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yoshioko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. Nakajima pinned Toribami after a diving senton. As a result, Nakajima & Misao advance to the Semifinals.

The Semifinals will be Uehara & Kamifuku vs. Max & Pom and HIMAWARI & Suzuki vs. Nakajima & Misao.

The Semifinals are Saturday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

1/21/25 UPDATE 2: You will also be able to watch Saturday’s entire event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. It will still also air on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and YouTube will be live only (no on demand/saved replays). On demand will be only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

All-Japan 1/18/25 Results

All-Japan returned to action after a 2 week break for their New Year Fan Appreciation Day event today.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 510, a legit advance sellout. Actually overflow because the venue’s normal full capacity is 500.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Hideki Suzuki, Yuko Miyamoto & Hikaru Sato. Ashino beat Miyamoto with an ankle lock.

Match 2: Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe beat Rising Hayato & Ryuki Honda. Anzai pinned Hayato after Gimlet.

Match 3: MUSASHI, Seriki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana beat Hokuto Omori, Aizawa No. 1 & Naruki Doi. MUSASHI pinned Aizawa after Two Heaven First Class.

Match 4: Jun Saito & Yuma Aoyagi beat Rei Saito & Atsuki Aoyagi. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after The Fool.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara beat Taishin Nagao.

The next event is 1/26 at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Center Hall 4 in Chiba. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This event will also be broadcast on GAORA SPORTS in Japan at a later date.