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DDT 2/16/25 Results (Updated)

DDT held a standalone event with fan meet-and-greets today at a hotel in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Rembrandt Hotel Ebina in Kanagawa and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced. Being in a hotel meeting/banquet room the venue was set up banquet-style with tables & chairs rather than a traditional event setup.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Toru Owashi & Takao Soma. Sasaki beat Soma with a crossface.

Match 2: Makoto Oishi beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga.

Match 3: Takeshi Masada & Daichi Sato beat Yuya Koroku & Keigo Nakamura. Masada pinned Nakamura.

Match 4: Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda beat Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. Dieno beat Sumi.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat KANON & Illusion. Takanashi pinned Illusion after a Brookes Praying Mantis Bomb.

Main Event: MAO, To-y & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & AKito. MAO pinned Akito after Twister.

After the matches ended, the wrestlers stayed to interact with the fans around the venue.

The next event is 2/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the D GENERATIONS CUP Finals. The winner (Takeshi Masada or Yuya Koroku) will get a future KO-D Openweight Championship shot. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tetsu Inada will be a guest on commentary.

UPDATE; Regarding Yuki Ueno’s medical concerns, all tests came back clear and he has been cleared by doctors to return, therefore he will return on 2/23. Also, Kaisei Takechi has been added to 2/23 as a special guest on commentary.

Stardom 2/15/24 Results

Stardom began their regular weekend doubleheader today with an event in Gunma.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 426.

Match 1: Mayu Iwatani & Hanan beat Duzu Suzuki & Alira Kurogame. Hanan pinned Kurogame with a blockbuster hold.

Match 2: Fukigen beat Yuria Hime & Aya Sakura in a 3-way by pinning Hime.

Match 3: Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami beat Natsupoi & Yuna Mozumori. Yagami pinned Mizumori.

Match 4: Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo beat Maika, HANAKO & Rian. Kohgo pinned Rian after Nectar Peach.

Match 5: Hina & Lady C beat AZM & Miyu Amasaki. Hina beat Amasaki with Gedo Clutch.

Match 6: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira vs. Rina & Azusa Inaba went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Tam Nakano, Syaaka Kurara, Syuri & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka. Nakano pinned Kamitani after Andromeda.

The next event is today-in progress as of this post-at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There is no live broadcast.

Obituary: Japan, Mexico Legend Gran Hamada Dies

Sad news coming out of Mexico and Japan-Gran Hamada, a legendary Japanese wrestler who also made a name for himself in Mexico, has died. He was believed to be 74. No cause of death was mentioned but he had been living in Mexico, most recently in San Luis Potosi.

Hamada, real name Hiroaki Hamada, debuted in New Japan Pro Wrestling when the promotion began in 1972 and was perhaps the first Japanese wrestler to travel to and compete in Mexico, and also would compete for All-Japan and even appeared in WWF (WWE) and ECW in the late 1990s. His final match was in 2018. Additionally, he competed with and raised 2 wrestling daughters, Ayako & Xochitl, both splitting their careers between Mexico & Japan. Ayako is still active while Xochitl has mostly retired. Additionally, current New Japan wrestler Tiger Mask 4 is his ex-son-in-law.

Hamada’s accolades include many titles in Mexico and on the independent circuit in Japan, being the first and only WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Champion in 1981 with Perro Aguayo (the titles lasted 6 months before WWF ended their partnership with UWF Japan) and was also ranked #87 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s 2003 PWI 500 rankings. He even appeared in 2 movies according to IMDB (what appears to be a Mexican movie called La Llave Mortal in 1990 and possibly a 1977 Japanese non-wrestling-themed film called Hakkosan.

I join in sending my deepest condolences to Xochitl & Ayako Hamada and the many fans & friends of Gran Hamada on his passing. Q.E.P.D., RIP and GOD BLESS…

GLEAT 2/15/25 Results

GLEAT ran a special crossover event with DDT today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube at a later date, but for paying channel members only (outside Japan it costs $8.99/month). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 329, a legit sellout.

There were several late changes to the card due to the absences of Yuki Iino (injury), Yuki Ishida (illness) & Yuki Ueno (medical concerns).

Match 1: Takanori Ito & Takao Soma beat Issei Onitsuka & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Ito pinned Matsunaga with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: JD Lee & To-y beat Train MICHI Man (MICHIKO) & Danshoku Dieno. Lee pinned Man after a shooting star press.

Match 3: In a G-RUSH Rules match (7 minute time limit, 2 count falls, only 2 rope breaks allowed, 7 count rules), El Lindaman beat Illusion.

Match 4: KANON beat Junjie.

Match 5: Kaito Ishida beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 6: T-Hawk & Takeshi Masada beat Daisuke Sasaki & Ryo Aitaka. Masada pinned Aitaka.

Match 7: Ryuichi Kawakami, Yukio Naya & Parker Boudreaux beat HARASHIMA, CIMA & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Kawakami pinned SAKAMOTO after a lariat.

Match 8: Kotaro Suzuki & Tetsuya Izuchi beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Jay Ramrod (?). Izuhi pinned Ramrod after Kill Zone.

Match 9: Takehiro Yamamura, MAO & Yuya Koroku beat SBK, TAKUMA & Kazuma Sumi. Yamamura pinned Sumi after Super Super Kick.

Main Event: Chris Brookes beat Soma Watanabe.

The next event is GLEAT HAWK SHOW tomorrow at Granship Shizuoka Exchange Hall in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/15/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today with an event in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 340, a legit sellout.

Match 1; NOAH Jr. Tag League Block B: Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox beat AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Masaoka pinned Miyawaki

Match 2: Anthony Greene beat Black Menso-re (Independent/Freelancer) & Zozaya in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya & Galeno beat Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara. Kiyomiya pinned Ohara after Shining Lancer.

Match 4: NOAH Jr. Tag League Block A: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat Eita & Daiki Odashima. Trew pinned Odashima after Black Flag.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 6: Kenoh & KENTA beat Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki. KENTA pinned Sasaki after GO 2 SLEEP.

Match 7: NOAH Jr. Tag League Block A: HAYATA & YO-HEY beat Alejandro & Kai Fujimura. YO-HEY pinned Fujimura after a dropkick.

Main Event: Manabu Soya & Tadasuke beat OZAWA & Owadasan. Soya pinned Owadasan after Ballistic.

The next event is Thursday at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 2/15/25 Results (2 Events) (Updated 2/20/25)

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a pair of events today, the first being a Sanshiro Takagi Produced Bullet Train Wrestling special event, the second being a house show in Osaka.

The first event was held on a bullet train traveling from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka station in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday, possibly with Japanese commentary. There was no live broadcast. (UPDATE: There is Japanese commentary for the on demand version, the hosts are Haruo Murata & Suzume, which surprised me a little because I thought for sure they would have Raku on commentary even though she participated in the event. Raku is a noted train enthusiast)

The announced paid attendance was 75, a legit sellout.

The first leg from Tokyo to Yokohama featured the opening announcements & Up Up Girls performance, albeit with some technical difficulties.

The match began en route from Yokohama to Hamamatsu as more wrestlers began boarding. Then en route from Hamamatsu to Nagoya the “train conductor” boarded, which actually was Minoru Suzuki. Then after all that and on the way to Nagoya and Osaka…

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Max The Impaler & Yuki Arai beat Mizuki, Aja Kong, Miu Watanabe & Raku. Yamashita pinned Raku after Crash Rabbit Heat. The match went just short of 45 minutes.

After that there was some fun downtime with Arai & Raku posing as train conductors and some other fun stuff. Which led to…
Raku beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tetsu Inada to win the title. Raku becomes the 1731st Champion.

After they arrived in Osaka, today’s second event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 300, a legit advance sellout.

Before the event, it was announced a Golden Week Fan Appreciation Day event in Osaka will be held on 5/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat Chika Nanase by submission.

Match 2: Pom Harajuku beat Uta Takami & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by pinning Takami.

Match 3: Yuki Aino, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Shino Suzuki beat Yuki Kamifuku, Kira Summer & Ivy Steele. Aino beat Steele with Full Nelson Of Love & Fire.

Match 4: Suzume & Haru Kazashiro beat Toga & Mifu Ashida. Suzume pinned Ashida after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Misao pinned Haruna after Hypami Returns.

Match 6: Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami beat Rika Tatsumi & Wakana Uehara. Toribami pinned Uehara after Sweeping Bird Style.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Iroh, Max The Impaler & Yuki Arai beat Mizuki, Aja Kong, Miu Watanabe & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Raku, with Yamashita pinning Raku to win the title. Yamashita becomes the 1732nd Champion. Afterwards, Itoh & Arai both immediately attempted to win the title but failed.

After all this and during backstage comments…
Mecha Fist beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Miyu Yamashita to win the title. Fist becomes the 1733rd Champion. Which led to…
Tetsu Inada beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mecha Fist to win the title. Inada becomes the 1734th Champion.

The next event is 2/22 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

2/20/25 UPDATE: You will also be able to watch the entire 2/22 event live FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be no on demand replay on YouTube.

DDT 2/14/25 Results

DDT ran a special The37Kamiina Produced Valentine’s Day event in Tokyo today, because of course you can’t have Valentine’s without some Heat Wave WER!!

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

The paid attendance was not announced. (DDT is no longer doing it)

The event began with a Yuki Ueno appearance. Ueno is currently out of action due to medical concerns.

Match 1: Shinya Aoki beat Keigo Nakamura by submission.

Match 2: Sauna Master (Danshoku Dieno) & Sauna Henchman (Fuminori Abe) beat Yuklo Naya & Kazuma Sumi. Henchman beat Sumi with a Manji hold.

Match 3: Shin Konosuke Takeshita (almost certainly Sakura Hirota) beat Shin Shunma Katsumata (Yuni) & Akito in a 3-way by pinning Katsumata.

Match 4: Takeshi Masada beat Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka Pro) & Kikutaro (Independent/Freelancer) in a 3-way by pinning both.

Match 5: BZW Tag Team Champions MAO & Yoshihiko beat Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi to retain the titles. Yoshihiko pinned Takanashi. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Shuji Kondo beat To-y. Afterwards, Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura came out and issued a KO-D Tag Team Championship challenge. That match will happen on 3/20 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is tomorrow at Rembrandt Hotel Ebina in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand will be available Wednesday.

All-Japan 2/14/25 Results

All-Japan continued the Excite Series 2025 today with a Valentine’s Day event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 339, a legit sellout.

There were late changes to the card due to Jun Saito being off the event due to injury.

Match 1: Ryo Inoue, Taishin Nagao & Seigo Tachibana beat MUSASHI, Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi. Tachibana pinned MUSASHI after Yankee Hammer.

Match 2: Ryuki Honda beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato beat Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura by ref stoppage. Suzuki beat Tamura with a cobra clutch.

Match 4; Rei Saito beat Kumaarashi by submission.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori. Ayabe pinned Omori after Des Roulette.

The next event is 2/24 at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 2/23 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will also be taped for a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date.

Ganbare Pro 2/11/25 Results

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event Tuesday in Tokyo, which was a Moeka Haruhi 20th Anniversary event for the former cosplay-style wrestler turned real-life heroine for donating organs to help save her sister’s life during the pandemic.

Tuesday’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 228, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Keisuke Ishii & Hajime Enshu (?) beat Ken Ohka & Shodai Kawakami. Ishii pinned Kawakami after a rotating bomb.

Match 2: Takuya Wada beat Yoshihiro Taguchi by submission.

Match 3: Yumehito Imanari & Shigehiro Irie beat Tyson Maeguchi & Munetatsu Nakamura. Imanari pinned Nakamura after a powerbomb.

Match 4: Yasu Urano & PSYCHO beat Shuichiro Katsumura & Rekka. PSYCHO pinned Rekka iwth La Magistral.

Match 5: Takumi Iroha, Rina Kawabata & Ai Takarayama beat Yuna Manase, YuuRI & Bunny Oikawa. Kawabata pinned Oikawa after a moonsault press.

Main Event: Moeka Haruhi 20th Anniversary Match: Hanako Nakamori beat Moeka Haruhi.

The next event is 2/24 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast but it should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

Injury Report: DOOMed?

All-Japan has announced injury changes to upcoming events, potentially big ones if it goes on because current Triple Crown and All-Japan World Tag Team Champion Jun Saito has gone down. Left quad. Occurred at the last event at Korakuen Hall. Out indefinitely, he missed yesterday’s event and will miss Friday. Kuroshio TOKYO Japan is/was the replacement. It’s not known how long Saito may be out but it needs to be monitored because the next scheduled Triple Crown match is on 2/24.

More as it becomes available.

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