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All-Japan 7/17/25 Results

All-Japan kicked off the Summer Action Series 2025 today with the start of the Zennichi Jr. Festival, a Junior Heavyweight single tournament

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

The announced paid attendance was 855. Rather low for Korakuen recently.

Zennichi Jr. Festival:
Match 1: Block B: Dan Tamura beat Fuminori Abe.
Match 2: Block A: Hikaru Sato beat Ryo Inoue by submission.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Seigo Tachibana beat Kumaarashi, Takashi & Shota Kofuji. Suzuki beat Kofuji with a sleeper hold.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Shotaro Ashino & Ren Ayabe beat Jun & Rei Saito, MUSASHI & Yuko Miyamoto. Ayabe pinned MUSASHI after Des Roulette.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Hokuto Omori & Talos to retain the titles. Aoyagi pinned Omori after THE FOOL. V4 for the champs.

Zennichi Jr. Festival:
Match 6: Block B: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Naruki Doi.
Main Event: Block A: Rising Hayato beat Seiki Yoshioka.

The next event is Sunday at Volfert Toyama in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that evening.

Stardom 7/16/25 Results

Stardom headed to northern Japan today to start a rare midweek doubleheader, today running an event in Akita.

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

The announced paid attendance was 456.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Ema Maishima. Bozilla pinned Maishima after a piledriver.

Match 2: Hazuki & Koguma beat Sayaka Kurara & Yuria Hime. Hazuki pinned Hime after a diving senton.

Match 3: Saki Kashima, Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO, Rian & Kikyo Furusawa. Sohrei pinned Rian after a brainbuster.

Match 4: Konami beat Aya Sakura & Ranna Yagami in a 3-way by pinning Yagami.

Match 5: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Kid beat Mizumori with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Momo Watanabe beat Hanan, Saya Iida, Natsupoi & Momo Kohgo. Tora pinned Hanan after a swanton bomb.

The next event is tomorrow at Ulry 1st Floor Multipurpose Hall in Aomori. There will be no live broadcast.

NOAH News: Epic Title Match Today, Broadcast Plans Change

Some NOAH news:

In Marigold today, GHC Women’s Champion Takuni Iroha defended the title against Marigold World Champion Utami Hayashishita in a match for both titles, and at their request it had a 1 Hour time limit instead of the normal 30 minutes. In the end, after going 56+ minutes…DOUBLE KO. Both retain their titles. V3 for Iroha. And perhaps a rematch if both have their way. The natch should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

Also, it was announced that the 7/36 event at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto, which was scheduled to be on demand only a fee days afterwards, will now be a LIVE WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast. Start time is 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan 6/29/25 Results (Updated 7/15/25)

7/15/25 UPDATE: The full event can now be watched on demand on New Japan World.

New Japan held a special TANAHASHI JAM event today, a Hiroshi Tanahashi Produced event marking the halfway point of his retirement road and the grand finale of the Aichi Prefectural Gym venue, which is closing for good to make way for the brand-new Aichi International Arena (aka IG Arena) that opened about a month ago and will have it’s official grand opening in a couple weeks with the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast outside of Japan. This event aired live in Japan only exclusively on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 4570.

Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Odashima (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat LEONA (Dradition), Hiromu Takahashi & Tatsumi Fujinami (Dradition). Tanahashi beat LEONA with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 2: Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL beat YOSHI-HASHI, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii & Yuya Uemura. Owens pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Last Testament.

Match 3: NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg beat Yuji Nagata to retain the title. V1 for Oleg.

Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, El Desperado & Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI & SANADA. Wato pinned Kanemaru after a falcon blow.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat TBA, revealed at match time to be Taiji Ishimori, to retain the title. V2 for Phantasmo.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate), Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Skywalker pinned Young after SSW.

Match 7: Zack Sabre Jr. beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto by ref stoppage (technical submission) to win the title. Sabre becomes the 13th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. And the second 2-time champion.

Main Event: Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Ryohei Oiwa. Tanahashi pinned Oiwa after High Fly Flow.

The next event is Friday at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo for the penultimate event of the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, Dragon Gate announced Tanahashi will participate in the promotion at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, on 7/13 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. He was revealed as the TBA that will team with Dragon Kid to face Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. That event will be available to watch live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

UPDATE 2: Goto was injured in his match today. Right elbow. Out Friday. Status uncertain beyond that.

Sumo-July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 2 Results (7/14/25) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 2 of the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

Makuuchi (top tier):
Kotoeiho (M17) beat Kayo (M16)
Kotoshoho (M15) beat Shishi (M17)
Mitakeumi (M16) beat Hidenoumi (M15)
Kusano (M14) beat Churanoumi (M13)
Shodai (M13) beat Fujinokawa (M14)
Midorifuji (M12) beat Takanosho (M11)
Asakoryu (M11) beat Tokihayate (M12)
Ura (M9) beat Atamifuji (M10)
Roga (M10) beat Chiyoshoma (M9)
Ichiyamamoto (M8) beat Tobizaru (M7)
Gonoyama (M6) beat Sadanoumi (M8)
Takerufuji (M6) beat Hiradoumi (M5)
Tamawashi (M4) beat Meisei (M5)
Hakuoho (M4) beat Oshoma (K)
Takayasu (K) beat Kinbozan (M3)
Kirishima (S) beat Abi (M2)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Onokatsu (M3)
Kotozakura (O) beat Oho (M2)
Wakamotoharu (M1) beat Hoshoryu (Y). KINBOSHI!!! The 2nd career Gold Star Victory for Wakamotoharu!
Onosato (Y) beat Aonishiki (M1)

Juryo:
Kotokuzan (J14) beat Asanoyama (Ms1)
Miyanokaze (J14) beat Daiamami (J13)
Hatsuyama (J13) beat Shimanoumi (J12)
Mita (J11) beat Otsuji (J12)
Shiden (J11) beat Nishikifuji (J9)
Tsurugisho (J9) beat Mitoryu (J10)
Kazekeno (J8) beat Kagayaki (J7)
Fujiseiun (J8) beat Takarafuji (J7)
Hitoshi (J6) beat Tohakuryu (J5)
Daiseizan (J6) beat Hakuyozan (J5)
Oshoumi (J3) beat Tochitaikai (J4)
Tamashoho (J3) beat Shirokuma (J2)
Shonannoumi (J2) beat NIshikigi (J1)
Ryuden (J1) beat Tomokaze (J2)

Stardom 7/13/25 Results

Stardom headed to Fukushima today for an Ami Sohrei hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Parse Izaka in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 302.

There were several last-minute changes due to Ruaka being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Kurara pinned Hina after Tokimeki Spear.

Match 2: Yuna Mizumori beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 3: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Koguma & Ema Maishima. Kid beat Maishima with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora beat Kikyo Furusawa.

Match 4: Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Hanan pinned Rian with a blockbuster hold.

Match 5: Suzu Suzuki & Bozilla beat AZM & Mei Seira. Bozilla pinned AZM after a sitout powerbomb.

Main Event: Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima & Lady C beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Konami. Sohrei pinned Konami.

The next event is Wednesday at Selion Plaza in Akita. There will be no live broadcast.

Sumo-July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament Day 1 Results (Opening Day) (7/13/25) (Top 2 Tiers)

Here are the quick results from today’s Day 1-Opening Day-of the July 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, being held for the first time at the brand new IG Arena (Aichi International Arena) which is replacing the now-closed Aichi Prefectural Gym:
Key: M-Maegashira, K-Komusubi, S-Sekiwake, O-Ozeki, Y-Yokozuna, J-Juryo, Ms-Makushita

Makuuchi (top tier):
Shishi (M17) beat Kotoeiho (M17)
Mitakeumi (M16) beat Kayo (M16)
Kotoshoho (M15) beat Hidenoumi (M15)
Kusano (M14) beat Fujinokawa (M14)
Shodai (M13) beat Churanoumi (M13)
Midorifuji (M12) beat Asakoryu (M12)
Takanosho (M11) beat Tokihayate (M11)
Roga (M10) beat Atamifuji (M10)
Ura (M9) beat Chiyoshoma (M9)
Ichiyamamoto (M8) beat Sadanoumi (M8)
Gonoyama (M6) beat Tobizaru (M7)
Takerufuji (M6) beat Meisei (M5)
Tamawashi (M4) beat Hiradoumi (M5)
Kinbozan (M3) beat Hakuoho (M4)
Abi (M2) beat ONokatsu (M3)
Wakatakakage (S) beat Oho (M2)
Kirishima (S) beat Wakamotoharu (M1)
Aonishiki (M1) beat Kotozakura (O)
Onosato (Y) beat Oshoma (K)
Hoshoryu (Y) beat Takayasu (K)
WITHDRAWALS (Pre-Tournament): Daieisho (S), Endo (M7). Daieisho-torn calf. Will miss the entire tournament. This is the first time, excluding 2 coronavirus-related days missed, he’s had to withdraw in his entire career,which spans 13 1/2 years. If those 2 absent days were expunged, his consecutive match streak to begin his career ends at 1071 and his top tier consecutive match streak ends at 803. It’s also expected he will lose his title as, excluding Yokozuna, the longest-tenured wrestler ranked at or above M4 since achieving that rank. He hasn’t been below that rank since January 2019. Also means his latest and maybe final career Ozeki bid is over as he is into his 30s. Endo-knee surgery. Will also miss the entire tournament and possibly is done for the year, but may be back in November. That could see him demoted to Makushita for the first time since May 2013-his second career tournament (he debuted at Ms10). That may also explain the concerns about his conditions post-match in the last 2 tournaments where he has clearly been affected by something.
Of note: The first tournament with 2 Yokozuna since 2021 started as expected, with both Onosato & Hoshoryu winning easily. Tomorrow Onosato must defend against his first kinboshi opportunity as a Yokozuna, and it’s not going to be easy as it’s against Aonishiki, who gets his first career chance at a Gold Star Victory. Hoshoryu is in a likewise situation but his opponent is Wakamotoharu.

Juryo:
Miyanokaze (J14) beat Kyokukaiyu (Ms1)
Kotokuzan (J14) beat Daiamami (J13)
Hatsuyama (J13) beat Otsuji (J12)
Mita (J11) beat Shimanoumi (J12)
Shiden (J11) beat Mitoryu (J10)
Nishikifuji (J9) beat Tsurugisho (J9)
Fujiseiun (J8) beat Kazekeno (J8)
Kagayaki (J7) beat Takaraduji (J7)
Hitoshi (J6) beat Daiseizan (J6)
Tohakuryu (J5) beat Hakuyozan (J5)
Tochitaikai (J4) beat Shirokuma (J4)
Tamashoho (J3) beat Oshoumi (J3)
Tomokaze (J2) beat Shonannoumi (J2)
Ryuden (J1) beat Nishikigi (J1)
WITHDRAWAL (Pre-Tournament): Nabatame (J10). Left knee. Status uncertain, YouTube English news source Chris Sumo says out at least the first 2 days, however in a YouTube video his stablemaster Futagoyama noted he will have surgery. When that does happen he will be out at least 4 tournaments. That would mean 6-9 months. If he doesn’t compete this time he will be demoted from Juryo and the expectation is that absence will see him demoted to the Sandanme.

Lower-tier notes: Congratulations to Jonokuchi wrestler Tosoumi, real name Sosuke Imakawa, who in his career debut became the answer to a future trivia question by becoming the first rikishi to win a match in the new IG Arena during a tournament (Jonokuchi matches are always the first of each day). Elsewhere, Asanoyama won his first Makushita match at Ms1 so he is 3 wins from promotion back to Juryo, but Enho lost his first match which all but ends his Juryo return chances for September as he probably had to go 7-0 and win the championship.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/13/25 Results

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

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 390.

Match 1: Atsushi Kotoge & Daiki Odashima beat AMAKUSA & Caribbean. Kotoge pinned Caribbean after Bat Drop.

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

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Kazuyuki Fujita, Eita & Shuji Kondo. Bane beat Eita.

Match 4: Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley, YO-HEY & HAYATA. Harutoki pinne dHuxley after a huracanrana.

Match 5: Takashi Sugiura beat Daiki Inaba by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 6: Kenoh, KENTA, Ulka Sasaki & Junta Miyawaki beat OZAWA, Daga, Tadasuke & Owadasan. Kenoh beat Tadasuke with Kenoh Special.

Main Event: GHC National Champion Galeno beat Will Kroos to retain the title. V3 for Galeno.

The next event is ABEMA Presents Pro Wrestling NOAH 25th Anniversary Tournament New Departure, a 2-day event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo Saturday & Sunday (both events are Saturday US time). For the first event, live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET for the first event, which is an exclusive live ABEMA broadcast in Japan. For the second event, live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Dragon Gate 7/13/25 Results (Updated)

Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, Dragon Gate’s biggest event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. This was a live PPV and tape-delayed GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 4890)

Match 1: BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Akihiro Sahara. Yokosuka pinned Sahara after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda & Shachihoko BOY beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Ri, Reach Tominaga & Problem Dragon. Dragon pinned Tominaga with La Magistral.

Match 3: GAORA TV Champion Takashi beat Naruki Doi, Kzy, Masaaki Mochizuki & KAI in a 5-way by pinning KAI to retain the title. V1 for Takashi.

Match 4: In a No DQ match, Madoka Kikuta beat Strong Machine J by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 5: Ryoya Tanaka beat Open The Brave Gate Champion U-T to win the title. Tanaka becomes the 55th Open The Brave Gate Champion.

Match 6: Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan) & Dragon Kid beat Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Tanahashi pinned Yoshioka after High Fly Flow.

Match 7: In an Elimination Match, Open The Triangle Gate Champions ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare beat Luis Mante, Flamita & Bendito and Riiita, JACKY KAMEI & Mochizuki Junior in a 3-way, when ISHIN beat Junior, then Luis Mante, Flamite & Bendito beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare, when Flamita pinned Kato, to win the titles. Mante, Flamita & Bendito become the 94th Open The Triangle Gate Champions.

Match 8: Open The Twin Gate Champions Jason Lee & Kota Minoura beat Hyo & Ben-K to retain the titles. Minoura pinned Hyo after Golden Rose. V3 for the champs.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker beat Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO to win the title. Skywalker becomes the 41st Open The Dream Gate Champion. 3rd reign to be, ending YAMATO’s 6th reign as just short of a year and after 8 successful defenses. And despite losing the Open The Triangle Gate Championship today, it means Z-Brats now all but rule Dragon Gate. (YAMATO’s reign, impressive as it had been, was not close to record-setting. The longest reign to date by length is almost 19 months and the successful defense record is 15, both held by CIMA in the same reign)

The next event is Saturday at Sankei Hall Suzuka in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: The first challenger for Slywalker is set: Kikuta. That match will happen on 8/17 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 7/13/25 LIVE Results (Update-CANCELLED) (Updated 7/17/25)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up their second US visit this year with the third event of the week in Texas, this time heading north from Houston to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. It’s a morning matinee for a good part of the US and a very early Monday morning event for those in Japan, but also the final event before SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25. However, the title matches build is pretty much over as today is almost evenly split between single & tag team matches but we do have a special guest today-TJPW OG Yuka Sakazaki returns today for the first time since leaving the promotion to return to All Elite Wrestling full-time and there is also a rematch of the 2024 TJPW Match Of The Year of Shoko Nakajima vs. Miu Watanabe.

Today’s event will be held at The OC in Forney, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. The commentary team will be Joe Dombrowski & Veda Scott. Once again the broadcast plans are tentative due to the venue setup and equipment. There are 7 matches scheduled but if the usual time limits are in place then it’ll probably have a standard house show running time of around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki vs. Pom Harajuku & Raku
Moka Miyamoto vs. Alejandra Quintanilla
Yuki Arai vs. Maya World
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara
Shoko Nakajima vs. Miu Watanabe
Yuka Sakazaki & Billie Starkz vs. Miyu Yamashita & Vertvixen
Mizuki vs. Maki Itoh

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10:30 AM PT/1:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

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

10:30 AM PT UPDATE: The broadcast will now start 10 minutes late due to unstable network conditions at the venue (the video quality even for the static pre-show image is unusually poor even on highest quality settings). If major issues occur, there will be no live broadcast but the event will be available on demand at a later date.

10:35 AM PT UPDATE: There will be no live broadcast, at least for the moment. Results will be posted below as they become available.

10:45 AM PT UPDATE: The live broadcast has been officially CANCELLED. On demand ASAP.

12 PM PT UPDATE: The latest results so far are below. (Full results as of 1:20 PM PT)

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2540, a legit sellout. If it really was a sellout would depend on same-day tickets)

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Kamofuku & Walana Uehara. Suzume pinned Uehara after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Moka Miyamoto beat Alejandra Quintanilla.

Match 3: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hypet Misao & Shino Suzuji. Raku pinned Suzuki after Doctor Yellow.

Match 4: Yuki Arai beat Maya World.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima.

Match 6: Yuka Sakazaki & Billie Starkz beat Miyu Yamashita & Vertvixen. Sakazaki pinned Vertvixen after Oklahoma Roll.

Main Event: Mizuki beat Maki Itoh.

The next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25 on 7/21 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English will begin on 7/20 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

7/17/25 UPDATE: The event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.