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New Japan 10/25/25 Results

New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League today with the halfway point of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Kumagaya City Civic Gym in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1093.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Taiji Ishimori being pulled off the event again. The always vague poor health again.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Zane Jay & Tatsuya Matsumoto. Oleg pinned Matsumoto after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Masatora Yasuda, KUUKAI & El Depserado. Takahashi pinned Yasuda after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Robbie X beat Shoma Kato, YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask. Ice pinned Kato after Ice High.

Match 4: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & KUSHIDA beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Tanahashi pinned Jackson after High Fly Flow.

Super Junior Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Daiki Nagai & Clark Connors. Dia pinned Nagai after DDDDT.
Match 6: Master Wato & Yoh beat Jacob Austin Young & Templario. Yoh pinned Young after a falcon blow.
Main Event: Sho & DOUKI beat Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi. DOUKI pinned Gedo.

Standings (Block A):
1-Sho/DOUKI, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Wato/Yoh, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Gedo/Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
4-Dia/Taguchi, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Young/Templario, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Nagai/Connors, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)
Only the winner of each block advances to the Finals. It’s already pretty much down to the top 2, who face off on the last day on 10/30. Block B, which has completed 2 matches, continues next but what could happen will depend partly on the status of Ishimori.

The next event is tomorrow at Uonuma City Horinouchi Gym in Niigata with the halfway point of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 10/24/25 Results

Dragon Gate taped their latest episode of PRIME ZONE+ today, with Ryoya Tanaka getting his turn as the GM/showrunner.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

This month’s episode featured King Of Chop 2025, Dragon Gate’s annual tournament to see who has the best/hardest chop in the promotion. WHOOOOOOO! (8-man single elimination). The winner of each match is determined by decision or submission/give up.

King Of Chop:
Match 1: Mochizuki Junior beat Riiita.
Match 2: Yoshiki Kato beat Problem Dragon.
Match 3: JACKY KAMEI beat Don Fujii by DQ.
Ryoya Tanaka got a bye to the Semifinals.

Match 4: Dragon Kid beat Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Kazuma Kimura in a 4-way by pinning Kimura. As a result, Kid gets the 8th & last spot in King Of Chop.

King Of Chop Semifinals:
Match 5: Ryoya Tanaka beat Mochizuki Junior.
Match 6: Yoshiki Kato beat JACKY KAMEI.
Match 7: Yoshiki Kato beat Dragon Kid.

Match 8: In a special cosplay match, Hyo & Ben-K beat Strong Machine J & U-T. Ben-K pinned U-T after a spear.

Main Event: King Of Chop Finals: Yoshiki Kato beat Ryoya Tanaka to win the tournament. As a result, Kato gets to be GM for the next PRIME ZONE+, but he decided to transfer the rights to Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda instead.

That next PRIME ZONE+ will be on 12/23.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 10/24/25 Results

New Japan ran Day 2 of the Super Junior Tag League today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1058.

There were last-minute changes to the event due to Taiji Ishimori being pulled off the card. The always-vague poor health. Everything except the main event was changed in some form. Ishimori’s league match was a forfeit win for KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka as a result.

Match 1: KUSHIDA beat Zane Jay.

Match 2: Robbie X, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Shoma Kato, Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & Hiroshi Tanahashi. X pinned Kato after X Express.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 3: Block B: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Fujita pinned Togo after Neshin Special.
Match 4: Block A: Master Wato & Yoh beat Daiki Nagai & Clark Connors. Yoh pinned Nagai after a falcon blow.
Match 5: Block B: KUUKAI & El Desperado beat YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask. Desperado pinned TM 4 after El Es Clero.
Match 6: Block A: Jacob Austin Young & Templario beat Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi. Young pinned Gedo after Jacobs Ladder.
Main Event: Block A: Sho & DOUKI beat Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI pinned Taguchi.
Block B: KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori by forfeit.

The next event is tomorrow at Kumagaya City Civic Gym in Saitama with only Block A matches. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will also be another live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

DDT 10/23/25 Results

DDT ran what was bulled as their final Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event of the year, which usually are held outdoors and it’s going to get colder in Japan soon.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE late tomorrow night/Saturday morning. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Kazuma Sumi beat Rukiya, Hinata Kasai & Yuya Koroku in a 4-way by pinning Rukiya.

Match 2: To-y & Yuki Ishida beat Yuki Iino in a 3-way by TKO.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya & Kazusada Biguchi beat Hideki Okatani, Illusion & MJ Paul. Higuchi pinned Illusion after Brain Claw Slam.

Match 4: KANON beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki beat MAO, HARASHIMA & Chris Brookes in a 4-way by pinning HARASHIMA to win the King Of Drunk 2025 title.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Shinya Aoki beat Daichi Sato & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Sato after Jul 2.

The next event is Saturday at Ikuno Ward Citizens Center in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Monday night/Tuesday morning.

New Japan 10/23/25 Results

New Japan kicked off the 2025 Super Junior Tag League today, the first of their 2 annual fall/winter tag team tournaments with this one being for the Junior Heavyweights.

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 1056.

There was a last-minute change to the first match due to Katsuya Murashima being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. Zane Jay was the replacement.

Match 1: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Taksgi pinned Jay after WAR Special.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 2: Block A: Sho & DOUKI beat Jacob Austin Young & Templario. DOUKI pinned Templario.
Match 3: Block B: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. X pinned Togo after X Express.
Match 4: Block A: Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi beat Daiki Nagai & Clark Connors. Takahashi pinned Nagai with Gedo Clutch.
Match 5: Block B: Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & KUSHIDA beat YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask. KUSHIDA pinned TM 4.
Match 6: Master Wato & Yoh beat Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi. Wato pinned Dia after a falcon blow.
Main Event: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat KUUKAI & El Desperado. Eagles pinned KUUKAI after The Interceptor.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

In other news, it was announced on social media that the House Of Torture Produced event on 11/19 will be a PPV on New Japan World. It is available for pre-order for 3500 yen in Japan and for $22.99 in the US.

BREAKING: Popular Independent Japan-US Women’s Promotion Shutting Down

At least for now, but it’s still tough news…the still-relatively-young independent promotion Kitsune Women’s Wrestling, based in the US but also featuring a lot of Japanese talent, announced today it was suspending operations effective immediately. It’s a one-man operation and he announced the promotion is shutting down for now due to family & personal reasons. The promotion’s Kitsune Women’s Championship and title belt will remain in Japan with current champion Yuna Manase.

The promotion was launched in 2023 in California and ran its latest events on June 7 & 8. Besides Manase, other notable wrestlers from Japan featured in the promotion included Miyu Yamashita, Tae Honma and Sayaka Unagi as well as independent US wrestlers. I didn’t really get a chance to see much of it but it has a devoted fanbase and did help bring their Japanese wrestlers over to the US a little more (as well as being step in Yamashita’s continuing path to world domination as she continues to represent Tokyo Joshi Pro worldwise). Hopefully the owner/promoter can bring it back someday but it’s too soon to say. Also, for now at least the promotion’s store on Pro Wrestling Tees is still up (it has 7 shirts available).

All-Japan 10/22/25 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the 53rd Anniversary Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date. Rei Saito was a special guest on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 1322.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Kunaarashi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Takashi & Seigo Tachibana beat Jun Saito, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Hideki Suzuki, Yuko Miyamoto (Independent/Freelancer) & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Suzuki.

Match 3: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Dan Tamura, Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) & Fuminori Abe. Odyssey pinned Abe after a diving body press.

Match 4: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura. Ayabe pinned Honda after Des Roulette.

Match 5: Yuma Anzai beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Hayato after Niten First Class. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Go Shiozaki to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Miyahara.

During the event, the full field for the 2025 World’s Strongest Tag League aka Real World Tag League was announced. This year it’s 12 teams in 2 blocks in a round-robin format. The entered teams are as follows:
Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo, Ren Ayabe & Talos, Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura

Block B: Xyon & Odyssey, Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura, Takashi & Kiroshio TOKYO Japan, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato.

No Saitos because with Rei Saito missing the tournament due to injury Jun Saito chose to withdraw and not participate because he couldn’t team with his brother.

The tournament begins on 11/22.

The next event is Sunday at Hokuto City Hamabun Sports Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for shortly after the event (event starts Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET, on demand premiere scheduled for 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/21/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the SUNNY VOYAGE 2025 Tour today in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 340.

Match 1: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Atsushi Kotoge & Alejandro. Bane pinned Alejandro after Twisterbane.

Match 2: Shuhei Taniguchi, Eita & Shuji Kondo beat Mohammed Yone, Hajime Ohara & Black Menso-re. Kondo pinned Menso-re after a King Kong Lariat.

Match 3: Manabu Soya beat AMAKUSA.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Tetsuya Endo & Daiki Odashima. Kitamiya beat Odashima with Stranglehold y.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Kai Fujinura beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Junta Miyawaki. Fujimura pinned Moyawaki after Hat Trick.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura, Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis beat KENTA, Ulka Sasaki & HAYATA. Inamura pinned HAYATA after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is Sunday at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/20/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran Episode 2 of MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON today..

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate) & Daiki Odashima beat Eddie Vergara, Iker Navarro & Nathan De Wind. Odashima pinned Vergara.

Match 2: Miyuki Takase beat Great Sakuya by DQ. Poison mist.

Match 3: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Joey Trace & Clio Sanchez. Bane pinned Sanchez after Santa Maria

Match 4: Charles Crowley vs. Fanny Duggan went to a double pinfall.

Match 5: Starboy Charlie beat AMAKUSA, HAYATA & Alejandro in a 4-way elimination match. Order of elimination: Alejandro by AMAKUSA, AMAKUSA by Charlie, HAYATA by Charlie.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Kenoh & Titus Alexander went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The last episode of the season is 10/27 with GHC Women’s Champion Takumi Iroha vs. Risa Sera for the title and GHC Hardcore Champion HAYATA vs. Starboy Charlie & TBA on a 3-way elimination match for the title.

The next event is tomorrow at Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom 10/20/25 Results

Stardom ran a Starlight Kid 10th Anniversary event today, commemorating the event for the promotion’s popular Tiger Mask-like character.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and was scheduled to be a live PPV but the broadcast was cancelled due to technical issues (a global network issue related to an Amazon Web Services outage early this morning), however thanks to an “emergency decision” you can watch the entire event FOR FREE on YouTube. Anyone who purchased the PPV will get refunds. (On a side note, New Japan World is also down because of this, and WRESTLE UNIVERSE is also affected. As of 10 AM PT/1 PM ET all services have been restored)

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Pre-show match: Starlight Kid beat Starlight Sophistication & Shin Starlight Kid in a 3-way.

Match 1: Riho, Ram Kaichow & Rina beat Emi Sakura, Hina & Yuna Mizumori. Riho pinned Mizumori.

Match 2: Saya Iida won a 9 woman battle royal, last eliminating Tomoka & Azusa Inaba together.

Match 3: Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Yuki Miyazaki & Mina Shimoda. Seira pinned Miyazaki after a reverse Shooting Star

Match 4: Chihiro Hashimoto & Mika Iwata beat Natsupoi & Saori Anou and Konami & Ruaka in a 3-way when Iwata pinned Natsupoi.

Main Event: Kyoko Inoue, Jun Kasai (Freedoms) & Shingo Takagi (New Japan) beat Starlight Kid, Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) & El Desperado (New Japan). Inoue pinned Kid after a Takagi Death Valley bomb, a Kasai Pearl Harbor Splash and a powerbomb. (Correction: The original post listed this as a handicap match with Mina Shimoda involved. Shimoda seconded the losers but was not in the match)

The next event is Sunday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.