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Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/16/25 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling ran this month’s STAR NAVIGATION PREMIUM event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The live broadcast was English only due to being am exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1596, a legit advance sellout including standing room only tickets.

Match 1: Eita, Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Daiki Odashima beat Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan), Atsushi Kotoge, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki. Eita pinned Miyawaki after Imperial Uno.

Match 2: Ulka Sasaki, HAYATA & Tetsuya Endo beat Kenoh, Shuhei Taniguchi & Black Menso-re. Endo pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: Masa Kitamiya & Tadasuke beat Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba. Kitamiya beat Inaba with Stranglehold Y.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara beat Takashi Sugiura, Daga & Knull by DQ. Daga DQ’d. Tadasuke interference.

Match 5: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Harutoki.

Match 6: Galeno, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Super Crazy beat Luis Mante (Dragon Gate), Flamita (Dragon Gate), Bendito (Dragon Gate) & Caribbean. Galeno pinned Caribbean after Galeno Special.

Match 7: Owadasan Farewell Match: OZAWA beat Owadasan. Owadasan is now headed on an international training excursion.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion KENTA beat Naomichi Marufuji to retain the title. V1 for KENTA. Next up: Probably the N-1 VICTORY 2025 winner unless it’s KENTA.

Speaking of the N-1, the full field was announced today for this year’s tournament, a field of 16 divided into 2 blocks as follows:
Block A: KENTA, Kaito Kiyomiya, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Tetsuya Endo, Masa Kitamiya, Daga
Block B: Galeno, Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, Daiki INaba, Jack Morris, Harutoki, Ricky Knight Jr., OZAWA
Kiyomiya is the defending tournament winner. The tournament begins on 9/8 and ends on 9/23. It will be round-robin format with the winners of each block advancing to the Finals.

The next event is 8/24 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/23 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. Including today’s event, all events through the end of the N-1 VICTORY will be available LIVE and immediately on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The 9/8 and 9/23 live broadcasts may be English only due to being listed as ABEMA live broadcasts.

UPDATE: For now at least Owadasan is headed to England to start his excursion-he has been announced for a Progress Wrestling event next week.

DDT 8/16/25 Results (2 Events)

DDT ran a same-day doubleheader today in Aichi, first a D GENERATIONS event then a regular house show.

Both events were held at Imaike Gas Hall in AIchi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There were no live broadcasts.

The paid attendance was not announced for both events.

Event 1 (D GENERATIONS 5):
Match 1: Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida beat Takahiro Kaiben & Maanori Watanabe (?). Ishida pinned Watanabe after Flame Palm.

Match 2: To-y beat Grand Pesho Mask 4. As a result, To-y gets a “Money In The Bank” title shot anytime, anywhere he chooses.

Match 3: Illusion beat Mikiya Sasaki.

Match 4: Hideki Okatani beat Ryoma Tsukamoto.

Match 5: Shota beat Yuya Koroku.

Main Event: Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi beat Yu Shimizu & Najima Ali. Sumi pinned Ali.

Event 2:
In opening announcements, the return date for the venue was announced as 10/26.

Match 1: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kazuma Sumi. Honda pinned To-y with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold. As a result, Honda wins To-y’s title shot rights.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno, Naomi Yoshimura & Takeshi Masada beat Takao Soma, Shota & Kazuki Hirata. Yoshimura pinned Shota.

Match 3: Akito beat Illusion.

Match 4: Hideki Okatani beat Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida in a 3-way by pinning Sato. As a result, Okatani wins a title shot right.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after Blue Sword.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat MAO, KANON & Yuya Koroku. Higuchi pinned Koroku.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Stardom 8/16/25 Results

Stardom continued the 5STAR GP today in Yokohama with a long event featuring all blocks.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1293.

All matches were 5STAR GP matches.

Match 1: Red B: Natsupoi beat Rian.

Match 2: Blue B: Momo Kohgo beat Hina.

Match 3: Blue A: Saori Anou beat Yuria Hime.

Match 4: Blue A: Miyu Amasaki beat Ruaka.

Match 5: Blue A: Saya Iida beat Aya Sakura.

Match 6: Red A: Waka Tsukiyama beat Azusa Inaba in 48 seconds.

Match 7: Red A: Bea Priestley beat Lady C.

Match 8: Blue B: Konami beat HANAKO.

Match 9: Red B: Tomoka Inaba beat Natsuko Tora.

Match 10: Red B: Starlight Kid vs. Rina went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 11: Red A: Saya Kamitani beat Mei Seira.

Main Event: Blue B: Sareee beat Momo Watanabe.

Standings:
Red A:
1-Kamitani, 6-0, 12 pts (A)
2-Priestley, 4-2, 8 pts (*)
3-Hanan, 3-1-1, 7 pts
4-Seira, 3-3-1, 7 pts
5-Inaba, 3-4, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Yuna Mizumori, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
7-C, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Tsukiyama, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)

Red B:
1-AZM, 4-1-1, 9 pts (*)
2-Rina, 4-2-1, 9 pts
3-Kid, 3-1-2, 8 pts
4-Natsupoi, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Tora, 4-3, 8 pts (OUT)
6-Inaba, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Sayaka Kurara, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
8-Rian, 0-6, 0 pts (OUT)

Blue A:
1-Anou, 5-1-1, 11 pts (*)
2-Bozilla, 4-0-2, 10 pts (*)
3-Ami Sohrei, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Ruaka, 3-3-1, 7 pts (OUT)
5-Iida, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Amasaki, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Sakura, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
8-Hime, 0-6, 0 pys (OUT)

Blue B:
1-Sareee, 4-1-1, 9 pts (*)
2-Suzu Suzuki, 3-2-1, 8 pts
3-Watanabe, 4-3, 8 pts
4-HANAKO, 3-2-1, 7 pts
5-Ranna Yagami, 3-3, 6 pts (OUT)
6-Konami, 3-4, 6 pts (OUT)
7-Hina, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Kohgo, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

(A)-Wins block and will advance to Semifinals
(*)-Will finish 2nd or 3rd in block and advance to Quarterfinals

The top 3 in each block advance.
In Red A, Kamitani wins the block and will advance to the Semifinals. Priestley will finish 2nd and is through to the Quarterfinals but will still try to spoil Kamitani’s unbeaten run tomorrow. 3rd depends on Hanan, if she wins her final match tomorrow or goes to a time limit draw (Mizumori), she finishes 3rd and advances. If Mizumori wins or it’s a no point scenario for both, there probably will have to be a tiebreaker match between Hanan & Seira because their head-to-head result was a time limit draw.
In Red B, it’s 4 fighting for 3-AZM has the lead ahead of her final match tomorrow (Kurara) and a win puts her through. The Kid-Natsupoi winner, if there is one, also advances and that also means Rina advances. If it’s a time limit draw, it’s complicated because of tiebreakers. Rina has no tiebreakers because she lost to AZM and Natsupoi plus went to a time limit draw with Kid today. AZM has tiebreaker over Natsupoi & Rina but went to a draw with Kid. Kid’s only loss so far is to Inaba but has the 2 draws. But multi-way ties likely mean the odd one out is Rina.
In Blue A, Anou advanced with her win today and Bozilla is also advancing. Who wins the block will be determined tomorrow when Bozilla faces Sohrei-if Bozilla wins, she goes to the Semifinals. If Sohrei wins, Anou goes to the Semifinals and Sohrei also advances. If a time limit draw, they may need a tiebreaker match because Bozilla-Anou was a draw but Sohrei will advance in 3rd. Also, if Bozilla wins, both Amasaki & Iida have a chance to advance but it can get complicated. The simple ways: On tiebreakers Sohrei beats Iida but Amasaki beats Sohrei. In a 3-way tie, same but Iida beat Amasaki today, so…yeah.
In Blue B it’s also wide open but I’m marking Sareee as advancing because it appears she has all the tiebreakers-her only loss is to Konami and her draw is against Suzuki. Yagami is mathematically alive but has an extremely narrow path in-she must beat Suzuki to have any chance. However, tiebreakers do not favor her so in all straight-up scenarios she is out. After her epic collapse and finishing with 3 straight losses, Watanabe is on the hotseat but can still advance, for that to happen HANAKO must lose her final match (Hina) or Yagami must beat Suzuki and then Watanabe has tiebreakers. HANAKO advances with a win. Suzuki must beat Yagami or have Hina beat HANAKO.

The final day of the preliminary rounds is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu Exhibition Event Hall Block 2 in Shizuoka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

All-Japan 8/16/25 Results

All-Japan held a special charity event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Machida Gym in Tokyo and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 855.

Match 1: Senor Saito beat Kikutaro.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki & Fuminori Abe beat Hokuto Omori & Jack Kennedy. Suzuki pinned Omori with European Clutch.

Match 3: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Dan Tamura.

Match 4: Jun Saito beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. MUSASHI pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after Niten First Class.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Masashi Takeda beat Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey. Honda pinned Ashino after a plane throw.

The next event is the Royal Road Tournament opener on 8/24 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan 8/16/25 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Ariake Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired live in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 4558.

Pre-show match: Tatsuya Matsumoto, Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe beat Zane Jay, Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato. Makabe pinned Jay.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura beat Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano, Saotshi Kojima & Taichi. Taguchi pinned Wato.

Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi & Don Fale beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Fale pinned Honma after an elbow drop.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Newman pinned Murashima after Firebolt.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo & David Finlay. Takagi beat Gedo with WAR Special.

Match 5; Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney. SANADA pinned Moloney.

Match 6: DOUKI, Sho & Ren Narita beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. Narita beat Jackson with a kneebar.

G1 CLIMAX 35 Semifinals:
Match 7: EVIL beat Yota Tsuji by ref stoppage (technical submission).
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat Zack Sabre Jr.
As a result, the Final is EVIL vs. Takeshita.

The Final is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 8/14/25 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the elimination round before the Semifinals.

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 1519, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI. Kojima pinned Kato after a lariat.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & SANADA beat Jado, El Phantasmo, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg. Narita beat Jado with a kneebar.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, Yuya Uemura & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Newman pinned Murashima after a diving foot stomp.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Ishimori beat Nagai with Bone Lock.

Match 5: DOUKI, Don Fale & EVIL beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Fale pinned Jackson after an elbow drop.

G1 CLIMAX Elimination Round:
Match 6: Konosuke Takeshita beat David Finlay.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji beat Shota Umino.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Takeshita vs. Sabre and Tsuji vs. EVIL.

The Semifinals are Saturday at Ariake Arena. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This event (and the Finals) will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

New Japan 8/13/25 Results

New Japan continued the G1 CLIMAX 35 today with the final day of Block B, wrapping up the preliminary rounds.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1730.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. Murashima pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Young after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Yano pinned Kanemaru.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji beat Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura. Tsuji pinned Kato after Campana.

Match 5: Dick Togo & EVIL beat Gedo & David Finlay. Togo pinned Gedo.

G1 CLIMAX Block B:
Match 6: Shingo Takagi beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Match 8: Shota Umino beat Great-O-Khan.
Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat Ren Narita by ref stoppage (TKO).
El Phantasmo beat Gabriel Kidd by forfeit.
As a result, Sabre wins Block B and advances to the Semifinals Umino finishes 2nd and Takeshita finishes 3rd, so both advance to the elimination round. Umino will face the Block A 3rd place finisher, which means Tsuji. Takeshita will face the Block A 2nd place finisher, which means Finlay. Sabre advances to the Semifinals and will face the Finlay-Takeshita winner. EVIL, the Block A winner, will face the Umino-Tsuji winner in the Semifinals.

The elimination round is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, the promotion announced the next HISTORIC X-OVER event, which features both New Japan & Stardom, will be held on 10/5 at Barley 66 LiveHouse in Guangzhou, China. Initial announced participation from the promotions is as follows: From New Japan-Zack Sabre Jr., KUSHIDA, Master Wato. Ninja Mack will participate as a freelancer. From Stardom-Starlight Kid, Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Miyu Amasaki, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Rina. The first matches announced today are Mack vs. Master Wato and Sabre vs. KUSHIDA. If Sabre is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion after his next defense, which will be later this month at the Forbidden Door PPV in London, England as announced by All Elite Wrestling, it’s assumed this will be a NON-TITLE match at this time. A third match was announced which appears to be between local Chinese wrestlers.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 8/11/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran a special KAWASAKI SUMMER VOYAGE 2025 event today in Kanagawa, which featured a lot of Hajime Ohara promotional work as this is a hometown event of sorts for him so the promotion did a lot of “Mui Bien Promotion” articles on their website for the event.

Today’s event was held at Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagaawa and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese.

The announced paid attendance was 1757. This was a free admission event for elementary & junior high school students so the final number may have been a little higher.

Match 1; Eita, AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki beat Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Caribbean. AMAKUSA pinned Caribbean after Opening Of The Country.

Match 2: Super Crazy beat Shuhei Taniguchi & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Kaito Kiyomiya, Galeno. Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Ulka Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Daiki Odashima. Galeno pinned Odashima after Galeno Special.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Mohammed Yone, Kenoh & Shuji Kondo beat OZAWA, Jack Morris, Daga & Knull. Kondo pinned Daga.

Match 5: Hajime Ohara & Atsushi Kotoge beat Tadasuke & Owadasan. Ohara pinned Owadasan after Muy Bien.

Match 6: Go Shiozaki Return Match: Harutoki beat Go Shiozaki. As a result, Harutoki is in the upcoming N-1 VICTORY 2025 Tournament (Shiozaki is not).

Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat Yuto Kikuchi. This originally was to have been for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship but current champion YO-HEY is out due to an eye injury. That match has now been rescheduled for 9/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Main Event: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura beat GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba by ref stoppage to win the titles. Kitamiya & Sugiura become the 72nd GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Kitamiya beat Soya with Stranglehold Gamma. Of course he’s gonna win a title as soon as he joins Team 2000X. Everybody has!

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This is a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan. The Japanese ABEMA broadcast will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the event ends.

Stardom 8/11/25 Results

Stardom continued the 5STAR GP today in Kobe with the Blue Blocks.

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

The announced paid attendance was 689.

All matches were 5STAR GP Blue Block matches.

Match 1: Block A: Ruaka beat Yuria Hime.

Match 2: Block B: Ranna Yagami beat Momo Kohgo.

Match 3: Block A: Miyu Amasaki beat Ami Sohrei.

Match 4: Block B: Hina beat Momo Watanabe.

Match 5: Block A: Bozilla beat Saya Iida.

Match 6: Block B: Sareee beat HANAKO.

Match 7: Block B: Suzu Suzuki beat Konami.

Main Event: Block A: Saori Anou beat Aya Sakura.

Standings-wise, Bozilla still leads Block A at 4-0-2, 10 points and will advance as she has clinched a top 3 finish. Anou is 2nd at 4-1-1, 9 points and only needs to avoid an apocalyptic upset loss to winless Hime in her final match to advance, but a time limit draw & point also puts her through. Sohrei is 3rd at 4-2, 8 points and will advance with a win in her final match, but that final match is against Bozilla. If Bozilla beats Sohrei, Ruaka (3-2-1, 7 pts) can slip into 3rd and advance by beating Amasaki in their final match. Amasaki’s only hope to advance is she must beat Ruaka and Sohrei must lose, then Amasaki has tie tiebreaker. Iida is not OUT of contention. Sakura’s gamble of giving up the forfeit over Ruaka in favor of waiting for the match has, at least for Sakura, spectacularly backfired. She is only 1-4, 2 points and now OUT of contention. Had she kept the forfeit and 2 points, she still would have a chance. In Block B, Watanabe & Suzuki still lead at 8 points but Watanabe has now fallen to 4-3 after a 4-0 start, Suzuki is 3-1-2. Sareee & HANAKO are tied for 3rd at 3-1-1, 7 points but today’s result gives Sareee the tiebreaker. Yagami is 3-3, 6 points but still has a chance to advance if she can beat Suzuki. Despite her win today, Hina is OUT as are Konami and Kohgo. The top 3 in each block advance.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama with 12 total matches across all blocks. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET.

Stardom 8/10/25 Results

Stardom continued the 5STAR GP today with Red Block matches.

Today’s event was held at Okayama Convention Center 3rd Floor Hall in Okayama and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 618, a legit advance sellout.

All matches were 5STAR GP Red Block matches with one exception.

Match 1: Block B: AZM beat Rian.

Match 2: Block A: Yuna Mizumori beat Waka Tsukiyama.

Match 3: Block A: Azusa Inaba beat Mei Seira.

Match 4: Blue Block A: Ruaka beat Aya Sakura. This was rescheduled from earlier in the tournament when Ruaka had to miss an event and, although originally declared a forfeit win for Sakura, Sakura requested the match be rescheduled instead. She may regret it now.

Match 5: Block A: Hanan beat Lady C.

Match 6: Block B: Tomoka Inaba beat Sayaka Kurara.

Match 7: Block B: Natsupoi beat Rina.

Main Event: Block B: Starlight Kid beat Natsuko Tora.

The next event is tomorrow at Kobe Art Center in Kobe with the Blue Blocks. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Elsewhere, in Pro Wrestling WAVE today the current reign of Regina di WAVE Champion Saya Kamitani ended as she lost to Cohaku, ending her run at 5 successful defenses. Cohaku won the title and becomes the 23rd Champion.