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Injury Report: Ganbare Flagbearer Goes Down

Ganbare Pro has announced an injury update that unfortunately has wide-reaching implications-their women’s flagbearer, Yuna Manase, went down in practice yesterday with an injury seemingly worse than feared. Broken collarbone. It was originally thought she had a shoulder injury. Based on Ganbare’s announcement she will be out at least several weeks including Sunday. The previously announced cards were already updated but I believe she was to have been in a 6-person tag match. Chanyota is the replacement. On 3/1 she was to have teamed with Keisuke Ishii & Tyson Maeguchi to face YuuRI, Shuichiro Katsumura & Tsuyoshi Okada. No replacement named yet.

It’s not yet known how long Manase will be out. Updates on other participation changes-namely GLEAT-hopefully will come soon.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 2/21/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Tokyo Joshi Pro is in Kobe today for what is being billed as possibly their last show at today’s venue (only the venue, which reportedly may be either shutting down or not holding wrestling events anymore).

Today’s event will be held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There will be no live broadcast, however there are TENTATIVE plans to stream the main event and perhaps other matches using the UNIVERSE CAST feature that is part of WRESTLE UNIVERSE. That will be a last-minute decision so this is a tentative placeholder if that happens. If not, full results will be posted when they become available.

The event is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET so hopefully we’ll know plans by then. The main event likely will be Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki vs. Mizuki & Uta Takami as this seems to be a Mizuki-centric event. Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami are off this event due to an excursion to Thailand. They will also miss Sunday’s event as a result.

UPDATE (Pre-show): There are now last-second changes to the card due to Yuki Kamifuku being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. Also out Sunday. She was to have teamed with Wakana Uehara to face Yuki Aino & Kira Summer. It’s now Uehara-Summer and what was Rika Tatsumi vs. Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu in a 3-way is now Tatsumi & Kiryu vs. Aino & Harajuku. For Sunday she was to have faced Shion Kanzaki. Changes TBA.

7:30 PM PT UPDATE: Waiting for streaming updates from TJPW.

It appears they didn’t do Universe Cast so we’ll have to wait for Tuesday for video. Here are the results:

The announced paid attendance was 273.

Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Shion Kanzaki.

Match 2: Wakana Uehara beat Kira Summer.

Match 3: Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu. Aino pinned Kiryu after Venus DDT.

Match 4: Aja Kong (OZ Academy), Raku & Ren Konatsu beat Hyper Misao, Mifu Ashida & Sarah Phoenix. Kong pinned Ashida after a jumping elbow drop. Kong retains the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship as far as I know.

Match 5: Yuki Arai & HIMAWARI beat Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase. Arai pinned Nanase after a deformed brainbuster.

Match 6: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat MIRAI (Michinoku Pro) & Toga. Suzume pinned Toga after Ring A Bell.

Main Event: Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki. Mizuki pinned Suzuki with Cutie Special.

The next event is tomorrow at Okayama Future Hall in Okayama for a Yuki Aino hometown event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

UPDATE 2: Unexpected post-event backstage development!
Rika Tatsumi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Aja Kong to win the title. Tatsumi becomes the 1806th Champion. Please keep Kiryu far way from her…

Stardom 2/20/2026 Results

Stardom went to Shiga for a Saori Anou hometown event today, the first time the promotion has visited her hometown for such an event.

Today’s event was held at Shiga Prefectural Gym in Shiga and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Akira Kurogame & Kikyu Furusawa beat Anne Kanaya & Fuwa-chan. Kurogame pinned Kanaya with a half-hatch suplex hold.

Match 2: Saki Kashima beat Saori Anou in 7 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Saki Kashima beat Saori Anou.

Match 3: Rina Yamashita & Itsuki Aoki beat HANAKO & Rian. Yamashita pinned Rian after a lariat.

Match 4: Syuri, Ami Sohrei & Tomoka Inaba beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Sohrei pinned Sakura after Blue Thunder Bomb.

Match 5: AZM, Mei Seira, India Sioux & Tabata (CMLL) beat Maika, Hazuki, Maki Itoh & Wala Tsukiyama. AZM pinned Tsukiyama after Azumi Sushi.

Match 6: Hina, Lady C, Mono Kohgo, Hanan, Ranna Yagami & Yuria Hime beat Konami, Natsuko Tora, Rina, Momo Watanabe, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen. Hina pinned Konami after a jackhammer.

Main Event: Saori Anou & Natsupoi beat Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki. Anou pinned Amasaki.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 2/20/2026 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continues the NOAH Jr. Tag League today in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 398.

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Hiroto Tsuruya.

Match 2: Yoshiki Inamura, Tetsuya Endo, KENTA & HAYATA beat Kenoh, Hajime Ohara, Yuto Koyanagi & Midori Takahashi. HAYATA pinned Koyanagi after 403 Impact.

NOAH Jr. Tag League:
Match 3: Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujinura beat AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re. Wolf pinned Menso-re after Wolf Driver. Wolf/Fujimura are 3-1, 6 pts. AMAKUSA/Menso-re are 1-3, 2 pts.
Match 4: Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey beat Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka. Trew pinned Masaoka after Black Flag. Trew/Lacey are 2-2, 4 pts. Tadasuke/Masaoka are 3-1, 6 pts.
Match 5: Dragon Bane & Alejandro beat Eita & Katsumi Inahata. Alejandro pinned Inahata after Zero Gravity. Bane/Alejandro are 3-1, 6 pts. Eita/Inahata are 0-3-1, 1 pt.
Match 6: Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Daga & Daiki Odashima. Hi69 beat Daga with a neck lock. Both are 2-2, 4 pts.

Main Event: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno & Harutoki. Sugiura pinned Harutoki after Olympic Yosen Slam.

The next event is tomorrow at Sun Arena Sendai Sub Arena in Kagoshima. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

BREAKING: New TJPW Title Belts Coming

In their latest major announcement for GRAND PRINCESS ’26 on 3/29, Tokyo Joshi Pro just announced they will unveil new title belt designs for each of the promotion’s 3 championships (Princess Of Princess, International Princess, Princess Tag Team) at the event. They didn’t drop any other hints beyond that so it’s otherwise wait and see.

New Japan 2/18/2026 Results

CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026, New Japan’s annual crossover series with the CMLL promotion in Mexico, kicked off today in Tokyo. This year’s week-plus series also began with the traditional tag team tournament with 8 teams for a single-elimination bracket format event.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo 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 2022.

There were last-second changes to the event due to Yota Tsuji & Taiji Ishimori being pulled off the card. Tsuji-unspecified reasons. Ishimori-travel issues

Match 1: FANTASTICAMANIA Tournament: Valiente Jr. & Futuro beat Shoma Kato & Hijo de Stuka Jr. Futuro pinned Kato after Salto de Tiempo.

Match 2: Hechicero beat Zane Jay.

Match 3: FANTASTICAMANIA Tournament: Magnus & Averno beat Tiger Mask & Stigma. Magnus pinned TM 4.

Match 4: FANTASTICAMANIA Tournament: Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. beat OKUMURA & Satoshi Kojima. Atlantis Jr. pinned OKUMURA after a frog splash.

Match 5: Daiki Nagai, Bone Soldier Jr., Phillip Marlowe Jr. & Titan beat Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Titan pinned Yasuda after La Lanza.

Match 6: Templario vs. Soberani Jr. went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: FANTASTICAMANIA Tournament: Mascara Dorada & Mistico beat Sho & Ultimo Guerrero. Mistico pinned Guerrero with La Mistica.

The next event is Saturday at Chres Kochi in Kochi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast

TJPW News: Next Tag Challengers Announced

If you watched Tokyo Joshi Pro’s live event last weekend maybe you were thinking they would drop hints as to who would face Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara at GRAND PRINCESS ‘26 on 3/29, namely Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami. Well we now know and…my thinking was wrong. The challengers will be Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay, fka The Iinspiration in TNA and indies and The Iiconics in WWE which is where I first saw (and liked) McKay as Billie Kay (Lee was fka Peyton Royce). Lee took time off the last couple years to have a baby and recently they have been back in action in the US and they will mow face Ober Eats for the titles in a big surprise.

DDT 2/15/2026 Results

DDT ran another fan meeting-centric house show event yesterday in Kanagawa.

Yesterday’s event was held at Rembrandt Hotel Atsugi Grand Banquet Sagami in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Hinata Kasai being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. He was to have teamed with Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi to face To-y, Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku. MJ Paul was the replacement and as a result the first match was changed from Hideki Okatani & Illusion vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Yuni to Okatani/Paul/Illusion vs. Yoshimura/Yuni/Ishida the the aforementioned 6-man tag became a tag match.

Before the event, the hotel staff presented a birthday cake to Akito & Rukiya to celebrate their birthdays this month.

Match 1: Match 1: Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Naomi Yoshimura, Yuni & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Yuni after a Kushi-swicel-type Claymore.

Match 2: Rukiya beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 3: To-y & Kazuma Sumi beat Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku. Sumi pinned Koroku.

Match 4: DDT O-40 Champion Daisuke Sasaki beat HARASHIMA. Danshoku Dieno & Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a 4-way by beating Matsunaga to retain the title. V1 for Sasaki. Afterwards, another potential defense against Dieno may have been hinted at.

Intermission. During this time, Shinichiro Kawamatsu, the real-life politician/part-time wrestler, appeared and announced his election to the lower house of the Japanese Diet (their version of Congress) in last week’s snap elections.

Match 5: MAO, KANON & Yukio Naya beat Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Junta Miyawaki. KANON pinned Akito after a lariat.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Jun Akiyama beat Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda. Ueno pinned Honda after WR. Afterwards was a surprise announcement-the return date is 7/5.

The next event is a Kaisei Takechi 2nd Anniversary Event Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

Stardom 2/15/2026 Results

Stardom ran a standalone house show today in Shizuoka.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Sayaka Kurara beat Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame. Kurara pinned Kurogame after Tokimeki Spear.

Match 2: Miyu Amasaki beat Saki Kashima & Maika in a 3-way by pinning Kashima.

Match 3: Hazuki, India Sioux & Tabata (CMLL) beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Anne Kanaya. Sioux pinned Kanaya after Loose Loa Dive.

Match 4: AZM & Mei Seira beat Maki Itoh & Rian. Seira pinned Rian after Shooting Star.

Match 5; HANAKO, Xena & Waka Tsukiyama beat Hanan, Momo Kohgo & Yuria Hime. HANAKO pinned Hime after Shirasagi.

Match 6: Starlight Kid beat Kikyo Furusawa.

Main Event: Konami, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Rina & Fukigen beat Syuri, Ami Sohrei, Hina, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Konami pinned Hina after Triangle Lancer.

The next event is Friday at Shiga Prefectural Gym in Shiga for a Saori Anou hometown event. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 2/15/2026 LIVE Results

With the Max Heart Tournament now in the books for this year, Tokyo Joshi Pro runs a sort of fallout-themed event today in Tokyo which features a couple of matches we didn’t get in the tournament due to how it played out among others. There are 2 tag matches and 2 8-woman tag matches with the participants, which may or may not offer clues as to who Princess Tag Team Champions and tournament winners Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara may defend the titles against at GRAND PRINCESS ’26. If the matches today are any indication there won’t be much settled (although there are three teams we can rule out due to other title matches and thus two big name teams…but I have an idea who will be next though). At least it’s one more chance for Wasteland Pom Party before Max The Impaler returns to the US for now ahead of a starring role in a major movie coming in a couple weeks but they will be back for 3/29.
And for those wondering…no, Mahiro Kiryu did not find a way to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship back from Aja Kong yesterday. She tried post-event though but failed.

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. There are 6 matches today and with no title matches this will be on the short side for a house show with a running time of around 1 3/4 hours but no more than about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Toga vs. Shion Kanzaki
Mahiro Kiryu vs. Sarah Phoenix
Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara, Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami vs. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Raku & Ren Konatsu
Mizuki, Uta Takami, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase
Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro
Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in just under 10 minutes.

6:28 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. Advance ticket sales seemed good so it may depend partly on same-day sales for the final number, but my initial guess will be 300. The setup is probably for around 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 285, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:43 PM PT/9:43 PM ET.

Match 1: Toga vs. Shion Kanzaki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Toga beat Shion Kanzaki by submission

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu vs. Sarah Phoenix. 15 minute time limit
Result: Sarah Phoenix beat Mahiro Kiryu

Match 3: Mizuki, Uta Takami, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase beat Mizuki, Uta Takami, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. Arai pinned Suzuki.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. Tatsumi beat Kazashiro with White Dragon Sleeper.

Match 5: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku. Suzume pinned Harajuku after Ring A Bell.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara, Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami vs. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Raku & Ren Konatsu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara, Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Raku & Ren Konatsu. Kamifuku beat Konatsu. Afterwards, no real clue about the next challengers for the Princess Tag Team Champions unless it’s Yamashita & Toribami. But I didn’t get those vibes yet.

The next event is 2/21 at Kobe Art Center in Kobe for what could be the promotion’s final event in the venue. There will be no live broadcast. On demand on 2/24.