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All-Japan 5/2/2026 Results

All-Japan continues the Champions Carnival today in Fukushima.

Today’s event was held at South Tohoku General Wholesale Center in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. (There was no live broadcast)

The announced paid attendance was 485.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Xyon, Odyssey, Go Shiozaki & Shotaro Ashino beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Ryo Inoue, Seiki Yoshioka & Nobuhiko Kinura (Independent/Freelancer). Shiozaki pinned Kimura after Go Lariat.

Champions Carnival:
Match 3: Block A: Kumaarashi beat Kengo Mashimo.
Match 4: Block B: Ren Ayabe beat Daisuke Sekimoto.

Match 5: Seigo Tachibana, Hideki Suzuki & MUSASHI beat Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori & Aizawa No. 1. Tachibana pinned Tamura.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6: Block A: Yuma Anzai beat Talos.
Match 7: Block B: Yuma Aoyagi beat Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate).
Main Event: Block A: Kento Miyahara beat Rei Saito.

The next event is tomorrow at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. There will be no live broadcast. On demand shortly after the event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/2/2026 Results

SPRING MAYHEM RYOGOKU 20026, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Golden Week blowout event, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Keiji Muto & Shinjiro Otani joined Akitoshi Saito as guest former wrestlers on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 4539. They did not use the full capacity (particularly in the lower level box seats that can seat 4-6 for sumo) so it was not setup for the normal maximum of 15,000. So this number is not as bad as it sounds.

The match order was not announced until event time, in part due to fan voting for the main event.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Hajime Ohara beat Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi. Kotoge beat Takahashi with a Texas cloverleaf.
Match 2: Eita beat Katsumi Inahata.

Main show:
Match 1: KENTA, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Mohammed Yone, Kazuyuki Fujita & Daiki Odashima. KENTA pinned Odashima after GO 2 SLEEP.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Knull beat Kid Lykos 1 & 2 by pinning 2.

Match 3: Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & TBA, revealed at match time to be Yuki Iino (DDT) beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Alejandro and Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke in a 3-way when Soya pinned Alejandro.

Match 4: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura beat RYUSEI & Angel Reyes. Wolf pinned Reyes after a package piledriver.

Match 5: In a No DQ match, BUSHI beat Kai Fujimura.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh beat Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows. Marufuji pinned Gallows.

Match 7: OZAWA beat Tetsuya Naito.

Match 8: Dragon Bane beat GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA to win the title. Bane becomes the 61st GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Eita. That match will happen on 6/20 at Agematsu Town Community Center in Nagano at the Eita 15th Anniversary Event.

Main Event: Shane Haste beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura to win the title. Haste becomes the 50th GHC Heavyweight Champion. UPSET ALERT!!! Whoa. Seriously. Never saw this coming! But it could be a short reign. Next up: KENTA. That match will happen on 5/13 at Korakuen Hall. As for Inamura, he could get back in the picture quickly on 5/13 but he’ll have to get through old-new nemesis OZAWA first.

More news/fallout presumably to come.

The next event is AFTER MAYHEM 2026 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Also an important note for Tuesday’s (Monday US time) Korakuen Hall event-the match card will not be announced in advance. That event is an ABEMA exclusive broadcast in Japan but will be available outside Japan on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only.

BREAKING: More Former Japan Wrestlers Released By WWE

This could be potential good news for New Japan…it is being reported on various US news/rumor websites that more WWE releases came today and two former New Japan wrestlers are among them-JC Mateo fka Jeff Cobb and Tonga Loa aka Tanga Loa. It’s not yet clear why they are gone but this is possibly by mutual decision. Both left New Japan in 2024 following fellow NJPW departure Tama Tonga (Loa’s real-life brother, they are both sons of Hall of Famer Haku and members of the Tongan/Samoan wrestling dynasties) to WWE and both were briefly in storylines involving top WWE wrestler Roman Reigns. Loa also missed the first half of 2025 due to injury. Mateo/Cobb was there for barely a year, debuting last July and took part in a WWE Tag Team Championship match just last month on the SmackDown TV program but did little else.

I can see both going back to Japan even though they are in their 40s if All Elite Wrestling or TNA Wrestling doesn’t try to pick them up. It’s probably too late for them to make surprise appearances at WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026 though.

More as it becomes available.

DDT 5/1/2026 Results

DDT began their May schedule with an event today in Homkaido.

Today’s event was held at Sapporo Sun Plaza in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Viente Maligno.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & Yukio Naya beat Kazuma Sumi & Yuki Ishida. Naya pinned Ishida with La Magistral.

Match 3: Takeya Dou (?), Kaoshi (?) Yoshida, Kazuki Hirata & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Akito, Antonio Honda, Junta Miyawaki & Hinata Kasai. Yoshida pinned Kasai.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & O-MENZ Kumadori. Katsumata pinned Kunadori after Totoe Splash.

Match 5: MAO & KANON beat Jun Akiyama & Masami Inahata. KANON pinned Inahata after Guru-Guru Driver.

Main Event: KO-D Tag Team Champions Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul to retain the titles. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after a swan dive Blue Sword. V1 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow with a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

Stardom 5/1/2026 Results

Stardom continued the Golden Week 2026 Tour today in Kagawa.

Today’s event was beld at Takamatsu Symbol Tower in Kagawa and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 444, a legit sellout.

There was a last-second change to the card due to Mei Seira being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. She was to have teamed with AZM, Starlight Kid & Miyu Anasaki to face Ami Sohrei, Tomoka Inaba, Hazuki & Koguma. Rian was the replacement. As a result, Rian was in 2 matches.

Match 1: Ruaka & Azusa Inaba beat HANAKO & Ema Maishima. Inaba pinned Maishima.

Match 2: Xena & Rian beat Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. Xena pinned Mizumori after Thunder Roll.

Match 3: Suzu Suzuki, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame beat Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Matoi Hamabe. Aoki pinned Hamabe after a lariat.

Match 4: Sakaya Kurara, Saori Anou, Aya Sakura & Anne Kanaya beat Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa, Waka Tsukiyama & Tabata (CMLL). Kurara pinned Furusawa after a falcon arrow.

Match 5: AZM, Starlight Kid, Miyu Anasaki & Rian beat Ami Sohrei, Tomoka Inaba, Hazuki & Koguma. Amasaki pinned Koguma.

Main Event: Syuri, Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Maika beat Natsuko Tora, Konami, Saya Kamitani, Rina & Bea Priestley. Iida pinned Konami after a vertical drop brainbuster.

The next event is tomorrow at Chres Gym in Kochi. There will be no live broadcast.

New Japan 5/1/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan wrapped up the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026 Tour today in Kumamoto.

Today’s event was held at Aira City Sports Park Gym in Kumamoto. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1311.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: OSKAE (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano by ref stoppage. OSKAR beat Honma.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens beat Yoh, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino. Takahashi pinned Taguchi after Big Juice.

Match 4: Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Tatsuya Matsunoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Akira pinned Matsumoto after Fireball.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa beat Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, Taichi & Yuya Uemura. Eagles pinned Yasuda after Turbo Backpack.

Match 6: Mistico (CMLL), Tiger Mask, Aaron Wolf &.Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, Sho, Don Fale & Ren Narita. Mistico pinned Togo with La Mystica. Post-match, another TM 4 farewell to local fans followed.

Main Event: Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Jake Lee & Callum Newman. Takagi pinned Jay after Pumping Blaster.

The next event is WRESTLING DONTAKU, the annual Fukuoka Golden Week blowout event (this year it’s 2 days again), starting Sunday at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: Following his pulling out of this event and this weekend, DOUKI is now out of Best Of The Super Junior. This appears to ve storyline as he claims he is boycotting the tournament as the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, which guarantees he will defend the title against the eventual winner, perhaps at DOMINION in June. Daiki Nagai is the replacement in the tournament.

New Japan 4/30/2026 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran the penultimate event of the Toad To WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026 Tour today in Kumamoto.

Today’s event was held at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 743.

Match 1: Robbie X beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano. Ice pinned Taguchi.

Match 3: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens beat Yoh, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Takahashi pinned Honma after Pimp Juice.

Match 4: Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Tatsuya Matsunoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Akira pinned Matsumoto after Fireball.

Match 5: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Masatora Yasuda, Mistico (CMLL), Taichi & Yuya Uemura. Fujita pinned Yasuda.

Match 6: Master Wato, Tiger Mask, Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Don Fale & Ren Narita. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval. Afterwards, TM 4 began his retirement tour with a final greeting to the fans as this likely is his last appearance in Kumamoto before retiring in July.

Main Event: Daiki Nagai, Taiji Ishimori, Yota Tauji & Shingo Takagi beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Jake Lee & Callum Newman. Takagi pinned Jay after a Takagi-style Bloody Sunday. I wonder what a certain Fergal Devitt would think of that? (That of course would be aka Finn Balor in WWE, fka Prince Devitt)

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Aira City Sports Park Gym in Kagoshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: I learned after posting results there were last-minute changes to the card due to DOUKI being pulled off the event. Personal request. Dick Togo was the replacement. Also out tomorrow and will miss WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026 (both days). He was only scheduled for Day 2 this weekend (Monday) where he was to have been in a 10-man tag match. Yujiro Takahashi is the replacement.

Ganbare Pro 4/29/2026 Results (Updated)

Ganbare Pro held their 13th Anniversary event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday.

The announced paid attendance was 588.

Match 1: PSYCHO, Yuya Susumu & Chou-un Shiryu beat Shota Kawakami, Sentaro Motojima & Munetatsu Nakamura. PSYCHO pinned Nakamura after High Fly Bum.

Match 2: Ram Kaichow beat Moeka Haruhi.

Match 3: Ken Ohka 25th Anniversary Match: Ryota Nakatsu & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Ken Ohka & Guts Ishijima. Nakatsu beat Ohka with a spinning leg lock.

Match 4: Akira Koji & Hideki Sekine beat Minoru Suzuki & Shuichiro Katsumura, Koji pinned Katsumura after a modofied jackhammer.

Match 5: Utami Hayashishita beat YuuRI.

Match 6: Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champions Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga to win the titles. Wada & Maeguchi become the 6th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champions. Wada pinned Imanari.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Mizuki Watase beat Keisuke Ishii to retain the title. V2 for Watase.

The next event is 5/6 at Takashimadaira Community Center. On demand TBA.

In other news, the promotion announced an update on the status of Yuna Manase, who is out due to a broken clavicle…pre-surgery blood testing revealed swelling in her ovary. As a result, she remains out indefinitely with no estimated return date. Manase posted a string of updates/comments on social media, she may not have had the clavicle surgery yet so she does not know when she may be cleared. She will continue selling merchandise and has also started an OnlyFans (quite a few Japanese female wrestlers have them, some post sexy photos/videos but not porn/sexually explicit, Saki Akai primarily uses hers to post diary/blog-like content) as ways to help raise funds to go towards medical ezpenses/support.

UPDATE: Manase posted a further update today (4/30) after another medical exam. Uterine fibroid. Additional surgery needed. Best wishes to Manase for a full and speedy recovery.

Stardom 4/29/2026 Results

With their latest biggest annual event behind them, Stardom began their week-long Golden Week tour (which coincides with a weeklong national holiday period in Japan) today.

Today’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 738, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Maika beat Tabata (CMLL).

Match 2: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Matoi Hamabe & Anne Kanaya. Kid beat Kanaya with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Match 3: Syuri, Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Rian. Sohrei pinned Rian after Blue Thunder Bomb.

Match 4: AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Tomoka Inaba beat Hazuki, Koguma & Ema Maishima. Inaba beat Maishima with Just Facelock.

Match 5: Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka beat Suzu Suzuki, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame. Kamitani pinned Kurogame after Star Crusher.

Match 6: Sayaka Kurara, Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Ranna Yagami beat Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa, Xena & Waka Tsukiyama. Kurara pinned Tsukiyama after Tokineki Spear.

Main Event: Konami, Rina, Azusa Inaba & Bea Priestley beat Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & HANAKO. Konami pinned Iida after a buzzsaw kick.

The next event is Friday at Takamatsu Symbol Tower in Kagawa. Broadcast plans TBA. (UPDATE: There will be no live broadcast)

Tokyo Joshi Pro 4/29/2026 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a special WRESTLE UNIVERSE members-only event today, which was full of comedy matches and wrestlers appearing as other wrestlers.

Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 220, a legit advance sellout.

Instead of the usual opening announcement routines, referee Fumirin did the opening announcements and normal ring announcer Rise Shirai filled in for Up Up Girls.

Match 1: Sakura Hattori beat Shion Kanzaki.

Match 2: Toga beat Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way by double countout.

Match 3: Mr. Mahi Rock (Mahiro Kiryu) won a 5-person battle royal, last eliminating John Shino (Shino Suzuki). Other participants: Shinsuke Wakanakamura (Wakana Uehara), Kira Ripley (Kira Summer), The Ashida Taker (Mifu Ashida). You can easily guess which WWE wrestlers they were spoofing.

Match 4: In a 1 Count Falls match where the winning team them had a chance to earn a point by correctly answering an elementary-school level trivia question, Miu Watanabe & Chika Nanase beat Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro 2-1.

Match 5: In an Indian Poker match, Hyper Misao beat Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino in a 4-way elimination match. Basically each player kept drawing cards that listed a move they could not do in addition to normal rules and last one left wins.

Main Event: In a Costume Change match where all wrestlers dressed up as someone else, Yuki Arai (as HIMAWARI), Mizuki (as Suzume), Yuki Kamifuku (as Raku) & Raku (as Yuki Aino) beat Suzume (as Mahiro Kiryu), Pom Harajuku (as Toga), HIMAWARI (as Mifu Ashida) & Uta Takami (as Mizuki). Arai beat HIMAWARI with a scorpion deathlock.

If you like comedy matches or the fun that comes with wrestlers dressing up as other wrestlers, this is a must-watch replay when it becomes available.

The next event is YES! WONDERLAND, the annual Golden Week blowout event that returns after not happening last year, Monday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and ABEMA will begin Sunday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.