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Sumo-Stable Punished For Disciplinary Issues

In news widely reported by various sources including Nikkan Sports, Hochi Sports and in English by YouTube channel Chris Sumo, the Japan Sumo Association has handed down various punishments to Kise Beya over disciplinary issues, or apparent lack thereof, stemming from incidents of violence between two unnamed wrestlers over apparent theft.

First, the current Kise stablemaster has been DEMOTED to the lowest level of elders/stablemasters, essentially a 2 step demotion that pretty muich ends any hopes he had of an executive position in upcoming elections. Second, one of the two so-far unnamed wrestlers, who retaliated against the second unnamed wrestler who stole money from his wallet, was given a 2 TOURNAMENT SUSPENSION for retaliatory violence (punching the other repeatedly in the head) but has instead opted to retire. The Association tends to reveal retired wrestlers later on their website and mobile app, if they do we may find out who it is/was but all we know now is it was a lower tier wrestler and not Makuuchi or Juryo (meaning not one of their well-known top guys like Ura or Kinbozan). The thief & violence victim gets NO PUNISHMENT. Chris Sumo suggested perhaps he could have gotten, at worst, a 5 match suspension which for a lower tier wrestler would have meant most of the January Tournament.

In response, Kise Beya has posted a short video on their YouTube channel, the description of which translates loosely as an apology and vow to do better as well as asking for fans to be respectful in the comments on YouTube & Instagram (an presumably LINE, the Japanese messaging service that almost everyone in Japan uses). Unfortunately this is apparently not uncommon despite all we see on YouTube (especially as more stables join, Otake & Misashigawa Beya are among those who recently started channels and Tatsunami Beya recently received a Silver Play Button for over 100K subscribers) so we’ll see what happens going forward. We’ll also see if they do reveal who retired as a result.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 12/27/2025 LIVE Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up their 2025 today with their final event of the year, “TJPW Year-End Party 2025”. It’s mostly a light house show with the main event being the focus-a 19-woman battle royal that will feature pretty much everyone not in one of the 4 other matches. But 2 of the participants are listed as TBA so there is room for some surprises…I sense one of them will be “It’s a f*cking house party!” but we shall see.

There has been late changes to the planned card due to Ren Konatsu being removed from the event. Apparent illness. She was to have faced Suzume. Uta Takami is the replacement, being removed from the battle royal which was planned to be 20 women but is now only 19 with no replacement.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are only 5 matches scheduled in part due to the battle royal so even with that main event it’ll be on the shorter side for house shows, with a running time of probably around 90 minutes.

Today’s lineup:
Suzume vs. Uta Takami
Wakana Uehara vs. Haru Kazashiro
Yuki Aino vs. Chika Nanase
Rika Tatsumi & Toga vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi & Mahiro Kiryu
19 woman battle royal. Participants: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku, Arisu Endo, Shoko Nakajima, Miyu Yamashita, Kaya Toribami, Mizuki, Yuki Arai, Hyper Misao, Raku, Pom Harajuku, HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki, Mifu Ashida, Kira Summer, Max The Impaler, Ram Kaichow, 2 TBAs

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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

5:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

6 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue looks close to full and advance ticket sales were good, it sounds like they’re using the reduced capacity setup (the venue’s full capacity is 500) so I’m guessing the crowd will be around 300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 429, a super full house/very near sellout. So it was a close to full capacity setup)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. During opening announcements, 4 more teams for the Max Heart Tournament were announced: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki, Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami, Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida.

The matches begin at 6:15 PM PT/9:15 PM ET. Slight order change from what was listed before the event and above (shuffled the first 3 matches).

Match 1: Yuki Aino vs. Chika Nanase. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Chika Nanase by submission

Match 2: Suzume vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat Uta Takami

Match 3: Wakana Uehara vs. Haru Kazashiro. 15 minute time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro beat Wakana Uehara. Big upset ahead of 1/4! (Kazzashiro & Aino face Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku for the Princess Tag Team Championship that day)

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi & Toga vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi (Independent/Freelancer) & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit. And since Kiryu is still the current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion, if she gets pinned or submitted she loses the title
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Toga beat Kakeru Sekiguchi & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mahiro Kiryu, with Tatsumi beating Kiryu to win the title. Tatsumi becomes the 1791st Champion.

Main Event: 19 woman battle royal. Staggered entry. Eliminations by pinfall, submission, over top rope, etc. Order of entry: HIMAWARI, Kaya Toribami, Mizuki, Ram Kaichow (666), Shoko Nakajima, Pom Harajuku, TBA 1 which was Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka Pro), Hyper Misao (with microphone of course), TBA 2 which was…I had a feeling it was gonna be a f&ckin house party because it’s Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer), Kira Summer, Raku, Miyu Yamashita, Yuki Kamifuku, Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai, Arisu Endo, Max The Impaler, Shino Suzuki, Mifu Ashida
Order of elimination: HIMAWARI by Harjauku (pindall), Toribami by everyone (pinfall), Kamen by Misao, Misao & Nakajima by Summer (over top rope), Kaichow by Mizunami & Raku (pinfall), Yamashita by Mizuki (over top rope), Kamifuku & Mizunami by everyone (over top rope), Summer by Max (pinfall), Harjauku by Max (over top rope…NOOOOOOOO! MAX NOT SUPPOSED TO ELIMINATE POM!!!), Suzuki by Max (over top rope), Arai by Watanabe (over top rope), Max by Watanabe (over top rope), Watanabe by everyone (pinfall), Endo by Mizuki (over top rope), Raku by Mizuki & Ashida (pinfall), Ashida by Mizuki (pinfall)
Result: Mizuki wins. Because of course Mizuki doesn’t like to lose

The next event is “Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling ’26”, the annual year-opening blowout event, on 1/4 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 1/3 at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

UPDATE: BREAKING post-event backstage development!
Kakeru Sekiguchi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu in a 3-way game of Old Maid to win the title. Sekiguchi becomes the 1792nd Champion.

And just moments before this update…
Mahiro Kiryu beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kakeru Sekiguchi to win the title. Kiryu becomes the 1793rd Champion. After Sekiguchi slipped on a banana peel. Classic…but For The Love Of God, stop putting the title on Kiryu!

Dragon Gate 12/23/2025 Results

Dragon Gate taped the final episode of PRIME ZONE+ earlier this week in Kobe, with 8 different wrestlers serving as hosts/GMs for this episode.

Tuesday’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 announced paid attendance was 63.

Match 1: KAGETORA beat Kazuma Kimura.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 3: Jason Lee & ISHIN beat Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. ISHIN pinned Junior.

Main Event: Kzy won an 8 man battle royal, last eliminating Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda.

The promotion wraps up their 2025 with a doubleheader Saturday (US time) at Kobe Sambo Hall. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK for both events will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET for the first event and 10 PM PT/1 AM ET for the second event.

Stardom 12/25/2025 Results

Christmas Day is not really a holiday in Japan like in the rest of the world so it was more business as usual, and that includes wrestling as Stardom ran their final NEW BLOOD event of the year today.

Today’s event was held at Belle Salle Shibuya in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Matoi Hamabe being pulled off the event. Fever.

Match 1: Azusa Inaba & Fukigen beat Sakiran & Anne Kanaya. Inaba pinned Kanaya.

Match 2: Tomoka Inaba beat Ema Maishima by submission.

Match 3: Bea Priestley & Yuria Hime beat Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame. Priestley pinned Kurogame after a DDT.

Match 4: Hina beat Yuki Mashiro.

Match 5: Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Ranna Yagami, Kiyoka Kokatsu & Kikyo Furusawa. Kurara pinned Furusawa after Tokimeki Spear.

Main Event: Future Of Stardom Champion HANAKO beat Rian to retain the title. V2 for HANAKO.

The next event is STARDOM DREAM QUEENDOM 2025, the year-end blowout event, Monday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World will begin Sunday at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET.

TJPW News: Next US Tour Set, Postponed Debut (Updated x2)

Some Tokyo Joshi Pro news:

First, unfortunately one of two planned debuts on 1/4 will not happen as Henri, who doesn’t have her ring name yet so name is listed as (tentative), has had her debut match postponed. Unspecified beyond “comprehensive judgement of condition” which likely means either the always vague poor health or an unspecified injury. New date TBA.

In other better news, the first US tour of 2026 is set, it will be from 3/17-3/22 in Texas. 4 events are scheduled and the first two are very significant because they will be part of SXSW, the massive annual business conference/festival in Austin. There will also be events in Dallas and Houston. Dates and times are TBA.

UPDATE: Ren Konatsu is now off Saturday’s event. The always vague poor health. She was to have faced Suzume. Uta Takami is the replacement and is now out of a 20 woman battle royal as a result. It will now be a 19 woman battle royal instead.

UPDATE 2: It has been announced that Shion, the other new trainee who will debut on 1/4, has been given the ring name Shion Kanzaki.

Stardom 12/24/2025 Results

Stardom finished up their main 2025 schedule today with a Christmas Eve event.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. And as their holiday gift to us, you can also watch THE ENTIRE EVENT FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1121.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Matoi Hamabe being pulled off the event. Fever. Also out tomorrow. Cohaku was the replacement today.

Pre-show match: Yuki Mashiro beat Kikyo Furusawa.

Match 1: Natsupoi, Rian & Ema Maishima beat Sareee, ChiChi & Miku Kanae. Rian pinned Kanae.

Match 2: Xena & Waka Tsukiyama beat Cohaku (WAVE) & Anne Kanaya. Xena pinned Kanaya.

Match 3: Hazuki, Koguma, AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Olympia (CMLL) beat Ami Sohreo, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame. Hazuki pinned Kurogame after a diving senton.

Match 4: Bea Priestley, Momo Kohgo & Yuria Hime beat Saki kashima, Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu, Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita & Itsuki Aoki and Rina, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen in a 4-way when Priestley pinned Fukigen.

Match 5: Maika, HANAKO, Syuri & Ranna Yagami beat Chihiro Hashinoto, Yuu, Aika & YUNA (Sendai Girls). HANAKO pinned Yuna after JP Coaster.

Match 6: Yuna Mizumori beat High Speed Champion Mei Seira to win the title. Mizumori becomes the 28th High Speed Champion. UPSET ALERT!!! The seemingly-unbeatable Seira loses the title. And by Mizumori no less. Whoa. (Seira had just beaten the longest reign mark by a few days and was tied for second-most successful defenses. The record, which AZM can breathe easier about now as she still holds it. Is 12)

Main Event: Saori Anou, Saya Iida, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka. Anou pinned Kamitani after Special Pottering. Is this a preview of what could happen Monday in the World Of Stardom Championship match?

The next event is NEW BLOOD 27 tomorrow at Belle Salle Shibuya. Live streaming FOR FREE on YouTube will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

DDT 12/24/2025 Results

DDT ran their penultimate event of 2025 which was also the year’s last Tokyo event.

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.

Match 1: Daichi Sato & Yuni beat Rukiya & Hinata Kasai. Yuni pinned Kasai after a firebird splash.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Demus beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya, Super Sasadango Machine & Takao Soma. Sasaki beat Soma with a crossface.

Match 3: O-MENZ Kunadori beat Illusion.

Match 4: KANON beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 5: In a match where no kissing was allowed for the first 5 minutes and also no pinfalls or submissions for those first 5 minutes, Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Akito. HARASHIMA pinned Hirata after Blue Sword.

Match 6: Chris Brookes beat Takeshi Masada. Afterwards, it sounded like Brookes decided to disband Schadenfreude International and leave so if it still exists, it’s only Antonio Honda and maybe Masa Takanashi.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Kazusada Higuchi beat To-y, Kazuna Sumi & Yuki Ishida. MAO pinned Sumi.

The next event is Saturday at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya for a year-ending weekend doubleheader. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 12/23/2025 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH wrapped up their 2025 today with their final event of the year, PRO WRESTLING NOAH THANKSGIVING 2025.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1492, a super full house/very near sellout. Maybe a legit sellout as only a few same-day tickets were left prior to today.

Match 1: Will Kroos, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Saxon Huxley, Shuji Kondo & Eita. Kroos pinned Eita after a frog splash.

Match 2: Tadasuke & Jun Masaoka (Independent/Freelancer) beat Atsushi Kotofe & Hajime Ohara. Tadasuke beat Kotoge with a cross lock.

Match 3: Kazuyuki Fujita won a 12 man battle royal, last eliminating Manabu Soya. Order of elimination: Yuto Koyanagi, Mohammed Yone, Ulka Sasaki, Daga, HAYATA, Harutoki, Junta Miyawaki, Hi69, Shuhei Taniguchi, Black Menso-re, Soya.

Matxh 4: Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh beat Hiroto Tauruya & Midori Takahashi. Kenoh beat Takahashi with Kenoh Special.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi & Daiki Nagai (New Japan) beat AMAKUSA & Daiki Odashima. Takahashi pinned AMAKUSA after Time Bomb.

Match 6: Takashi Sugiura 25th Anniversary Match: Takashi Sugiura beat KENTA.

Main Event: OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Yoshiki Inamura, Kaito Kiyomiya & Tetsuya Endo. OZAWA pinned Endo after Real Rebel. This originally was to have been Inamura & Kitamiya vs. Kiyomiya & Endo but OZAWA was a surprise last-second addition to the match as was Tadasuke. It also marks OZAWA’s official return from injury.

The next event, the first of 2026, is NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2026 on 1/1 at Nippon Budokan. Live streaming ONLY IN JAPAN ON ABEMA will begin on 12/31 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. There is no live WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast so set up and test your VPNs now so you can get ABEMA if you are outside Japan (the event should be a free broadcast even though ABEMA is mow offering a limited version of WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a paid option-it will only include select live events, no on demand). It also likely won’t be on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE right away-you may have to wait a week or two.

UPDATE: 1/1 will now be LIVE ON WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only.

News: WRESTLE UNIVERSE Now On ABEMA?

An interesting social media post I cane across that was shared by former Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler (now YouTuber too) Nao Kakuta-it seems that WRESTLE UNIVERSE may now be available as part of ABEMA, the major online streaming service in Japan. A graphic in Japanese indicates you can now subscribe to ABRMA and watch all live broadcasts of DDT, NOAH and TJPW on the service for 1250 Japanese yen per month or around $8 US. That’s 48 yen (about 30 cents) cheaper than WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Free broadcasts on ABEMA will remain free. However, some live WRESTLE UNIVERSE content is not part of the ABEMA plan (Sendai Girls and maybe the other smaller promotions), and the only thing UNIVERSE won’t have in comparison is the NOAH talk show program that streams on ABEMA. Also, the ABEMA plan WILL NOT include on demand broadcasts-those will remain exclusive to WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It sounds like, as far as UNIVERSE goes, nothing will change. The only thing you’ll miss out are the occasional ABEMA-only live NOAH events (like 1/1) unless you can set up a VPN and figure out a workaround if you’re outside Japan.

In other words, if you already have WRESTLE UNIVERSE stick with it as you don’t need this ABEMA add-on. Just try and get a good VON and setup so you can watch free content on ABEMA like the live major NOAH events, sumo, etc.

NEWS: Major GLEAT Departures (Updated x2)

After Purotesu Today reported on some pending GLEAT departures at the end of the year, the promotion announced more on their website, and they’re major…

First up, after rampant rumors about his status, CIMA is leaving the promotion on 12/31. Contract expiring and they couldn’t agree on an extension. CIMA will continue to appear as a freelancer and will appear on at least 6 events next year to make up for the events he missed these last 2 months due to injury after his potential departure was revealed in November.

Second, Ryo Aitaka is also leaving the promotion. Contract expiring. He will continue to compete as a freelancer, including in GLEAT, and also plans to focus more on work as an actor.

Also departing is Commissioner Masato Yoshino, who is retiring on 12/31 when his contract expires. He and CIMA have been with the promotion since the beginning after leaving Dragon Gate (Yoshino had already retired as a wrestler due to injuries). The position will not be filled.

Finally, Executive Director Kiyoshi Tamura will also retire on 12/31 at the end of his contract. No plans for a replacement.

Aitaka’s last match will be on 12/30, a Lidet UWF Single Bout vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima. All except Aitaka had been with GLEAT since the promotion was formed.

Not yet announced-clarification on the promotion’s YouTube plans. If you missed it before, they will terminate their paid channel membership program in one week.

UPDATE: The promotion also announced the plans for YouTube with the paid membership ending: EVERYTHING in 2026 including all events except non-televised/recorded house shows will be available FOR FREE! What’s not yet clear is what will happen to everything that was paywalled this year. Guess we’ll find out in about a week.

UPDATE 2: The 12/30 event will be LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. May be a slight delay for on demand afterwards.