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Stardom 10/18/25 Results

Stardom continued a busy stretch of consecutive events today with a house show in Aichi.

Today’s event was held at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi 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.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Yuria Hime being removed from the event. Unspecified injury. She is also off a free mini-event tomorrow (2 matches).

Match 1: Hina beat Kikyo Furusawa & Saki Kashima in a 3-way by pinning Furusawa.

Match 2: Starlight Kid, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Seira pinned Tsukiyama after Shooting Star.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Aya Sakura & Ema Maishima. Yagami pinned Maishima after Beat Master.

Match 4: Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Rina. Aoki pinned Tora after a frog splash.

Match 5: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. Sohrei pinned Kohgo after Blue Thunder Bomb.

Main Event: Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Konami & Fukigen. Kurara pinned Fukigen after Falcon Arrow.

The next event is a special mini-event tomorrow at Boat Race Suminoe in Osaka, which is a free event with admission to the races (only 100 yen or about 65 cents US) and will have 2 matches and other activities. Aya Sakura will replace the injured Yuria Hime at the event. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
The next “real” event is a Starlight Kid 10th Anniversary event Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on Stardom World as a PPV will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Stardom 10/17/25 Results

Stardom ran their latest NEW BLOOD event today, the second of three events this month showcasing younger & less experienced wrestlers.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 225.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Yuria Hime being pulled off the event. Undisclosed injury suffered yesterday. She was to have faced Yuki Mashiro. Mei Seira was the replacement. Hime is also out tomorrow.

Match 1: Ema Maishima beat Kikyo Furusawa.

Match 2: Mei Seira beat Yuki Mashiro.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Fukigen & Ram Kaichow. Yagami pinned Fukigen after Beat Strike.

Match 4: Rina Yamashita beat Akira Kurogame.

Main Event: Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Kurara pinned Tsukiyama after Tokimeki Spear.

The next NEW BLOOD event is on 10/30.

The next event is tomorrow at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “Additional Attack ’25” LIVE Results (10/18/25) (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs their next major event, Additional Attack ’25, today in Tokyo. It’s another blowout event with all 3 titles in the line headlined by Miu Watanabe defending the Princess Of Princess Championsihp against Yuki Aino, who steps up for her first shot at the top title. In the other title matches, Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara defend the Princess Tag Team Championship against the relatively new team of Yuna Manase & Toga while Arisu Endo defends the International Princess Championship against the latest international challenger, Alice Crowley. Farther down the card are a trio of “Level Up Trials” where some of the younger talent on the roster take on veterans.

The promotion has announced that both Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI are off this event due to an excursion to China. That’ll take some early post-title match build out of the event because HIMAWARI is next for whoever is the Princess Tag Team Champions after today along with Shino Suzuki.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Actress Mio Matsuda will be a guest on Japanese commentary. Kira Summer will be on English commentary after her match. And we will have STREAMERS! This is a major event with 9 matches scheduled with no intermission so it will run longer than a normal Korakuen event, probably going around 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Mifu Ashida & Ren Konatsu vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase
Raku vs. Pom Harajuku, Mahiro Kiryu, Suzume & Kaya Toribami in a 5-way. This will be for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championshp as apparently there were 2 title changes since the last event, when it ended with Rise Shirai’s Binder as the champion and Kiryu was the most recent as she is now the 1778th Champion. As always, subject to change
Miyu Yamashita vs. Shino Suzuki
Shoko Nakajima vs. Uta Takami
Mizuki vs. Haru Kazashiro
Yuki Arai vs. Hyper Misao
International Princess Champion Arisu Endo vs. Alice Crowley for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuna Manase & Toga for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Yuki Aino for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

6:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream beginning has been moved up 5 minutes and will now begin at 7:05 PM PT/10:05 PM ET. TJPW’s social media accounts hint at going to the venue around 15 minutes before the event begins.

7:05 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

7:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita & special guest Mio Matsuda. Your English host is Mr. Haku, who will be joined later by Kira Summer.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s the old pandemic reduced capacity setup today with 2/3 of the opposite-hard-camera bleachers blocked off for commentary with advance ticket sales that seemed to be about average, so I’m going with my “standard” Korakuen prediction of around 700. With this setup a sellout, if it happened, would be around 1100. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 719)

The matches should begin in about 30 minutes. Opening announcements begin at 7:20 PM PT/`10:20 PM ET.

The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET.

Match 1: Mifu Ashida & Ren Konatsu vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kira Summer & Chika Nanase beat Mifu Ashida & Ren Konatsu. Summer pinned Konatsu after a Samoan drop. Summer will join English commentary shortly.

Match 2: DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mahiro Kiryu vs. Raku, Pom Harajuku, Suzume & Kaya Toribami in a 5-way for the title. 20 minute time limit
Result: DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mahiro Kiryu beat Raku, Pom Harajuku, Suzume & Kaya Toribami in a 5-way by pinning Harajuku to retain the title. But Raku was hot on her heels afterwards and remember it’s a 24/7 title as long as a referee is present so…

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita vs. Shino Suzuki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Shino Suzuki

Match 4: Shoko Nakajima vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Uta Takami

Match 5: Mizuki vs. Haru Kazashiro. 15 minute time limit (Mizuki came out with a completely new look, trading her signature white outfit for a more goth look with black, white/silver and pink, almost could be mistaken for Rika Tatsumi at first)
Result: Mizuki beat Haru Kazashiro

In news that will have Miu Watanabe squealing uncontrollably as she is a superfan of them, J-Pop girl group Ocha Norma is announced for appearing at the Korakuen event on 12/7.

Match 6: Yuki Arai vs. Hyper Misao. 15 minute time limit. They made last-second changes to the rules including 2 count pinfalls, after which is a trivia question. So in essence they made it a comedy match.
Result: Yuki Arai beat Hyper Misao. Doesn’t matter what the match was now because Arai wins and I’m happy.

Match 7: International Princess Champion Arisu Endo vs. Alice Crowley for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Arisu Endo beat Alice Crowley to retain the title. V1 for Endo.

Match 8: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuna Manase (Ganabre Pro) & Toga for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Yuna Manase & Toga to retain the titles. Uehara pinned Toga after Tornado. V1 for the champs. Next up: As previously announced, HIMAWARI (not at today’s event) & Shino Suzuki. That match will happen on 11/9.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Yuki Aino for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Yuki Aino to retain the title. V1 for Watanabe. A valiant effort by Aino in her first PoP title shot, and hopefully not her last. I still believe she will be champion someday. Next up: J-Rod, the latest US and potential/former WWE wrestler TJPW is bringing over. That match will happen on 11/9.

The next event is tomorrow at G Messe Gunma in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

UPDATE: There have been last-minute changes to tomorrow’s event because after their match today, Endo & Crowley, who were in separate matches on tomorrow’s event, requested to team up. Endo was supposed to team with Shino Suzuki to face Mizuki & Haru Kazashiro, while Crowley was to have teamed with Yuki Arai & Uta Takami to face Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Kaya Toribami. It’s now Endo & Crowley vs. Mizuki & Kazashiro and Arai, Suzuki & Takami vs. Kamifuku, Uehara & Toribami.

BREAKING: Referee Killed By Bear Attack In Japan

Bear attacks are something I’m used to hearing about on local news living in northern California (I’m 2-3 hours from the Lake Tahoe area, but they have also been unusually higher now in parts of Japan recently. Unfortunately the latest such attack hit the wrestling community hard as Puroresu Today reports referee Katsumi Sasazaki, who worked with ZERO1 and Rossy Ogawa’s Marigold promotion, has been killed by a bear. He was 60. It sounds like the incident happened yesterday while he was working at a hot spring inn in Kitakami City in Iwate Prefecture. His body was found today and the bear responsible was killed. The news of his death was shared by Ogawa, who also mourned the sudden death as he recently worked in Marigold.

I join the Japanese wrestling community in mourning this unexpected and tragic loss. We pray for peace for Sasazaki’s soul.

Injury Report: The End For The Golden One?

Kota Ibushi hasn’t wrestled much the last few years due to injuries since an ugly departure from New Japan, although he recently returned to All Elite Wrestling. And unfortunately got injured again recently and early rumors are it’s bad and could be the end for Ibushi. Broken femur. Out 2 years. And that’s best case. Worst case is his career is over. Ibushi would be 45 or 46 if he can’t return before 2028. The injury happened on 10/8 for a match that was taped and aired last Saturday, and he’s already had surgery.

More as it becomes available.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 10/16/25 Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran their latest STAR NAVIGATION 2025 Tour event today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 808. That’s the lowest Korakuen number for them in quite a while by a lot.

Match 1: Manabu Soya beat Yuto Kikuchi.

Match 2: Alejandro, Harutoki & Kai Fujimura beat Mohammed Yone, Ulka Sasaki & Black Menso-re. Alejandro pinned Menso-re after Zero Gravity.

Match 3: Daga, Daiki Odashima, AMAKUSA & HAYATA vs. Eita, Alpha Wolf, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke. Kenoh pinned Tadasuke.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat Junta Miyawaki.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Charlie Dempsey (WWE).

Match 7: Dragon Bane beat GHC National Champion Galeno to win the title. Bane becomes the 18th GHC National Champion.

Main Event: Yoshiki Inamura & Harlem Lewis (WWE) beat KENTA & Tetsuya Endo. Inamure pinned KENTA after DIS CHARGE.

The next event is MONDAY MAGIC XTREME SEASON Episode 2 Monday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Daga may have suffered an i jury yesterday. Left knee synovitis, which I have never heard of. Out at least 10 days and the 10/21 & 10/26 events, which is being called precautionary.

All-Japan 10/14/25 Results (Updated)

All-Japan continued the 53rd Anniversary Series tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on AJPW.TV. Membership is required but only a basic membership which is free (a monthly paid subscription is not required to access the service).

The announced paid attendance was 337, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Dan Fanura beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Seigo Tachibana beat Kikutaro.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Inoue after Narcissist Press.

Match 4: MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Hideki Suzuki beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Ren Ayabe. MUSASHI pinned Hayato after Niten First Class.

Match 5: Naoya Nomura beat Ryuki Honda.

Main Event: Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai. Shiozaki pinned Aoyagi after Go Lariat.

The next event is 10/22 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date.

UPDATE: It has been announced that Rei Saito will be on commentary for the 10/22 event. The first GAORA SPORTS broadcast will be on 10/31.

DDT 10/14/25 Results

DDT’s latest Sanshiro Takagi Produced Super Japan Pro Wrestling event was held today in Tokyo.

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: In an exhibition match, Munenori Sawa beat Sanshiro Takagi in 28 seconds. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): In an exhibition match, Munenori Sawa beat Sanshiro Takagi.

Takagi then announced his next event will be 12/29 and that he wanted to team with Sawa.

Match 2: Mio Shirai vs. DJ Nila went to an unknown result due to darkness.

Match 3: Brahmans Shu & Kei beat MIKAMI & Jun Masaoka and Shota & Ryoma Tsukamoto in a 3-way when Kei pinned Shota.

Match 4:Gym Trainer Kotoka & Mac Panasonic beat Abe Shidian (?) & Brian Ishizaka. Kotoka pinned Ishizaka after an Uso splash.

Match 5: Suwama & Yuki Kamifuku beat Kiroshio TOKYO Japan & Momola Hanazono. Kamifuku pinned Hanazono after a Suwama style Fameasser.

Main Event: Shinya Aoki vs. Yuji Nagata went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

The next Takagi Produced event will be on 12/29 with Takagi, Sawa & Jun Kasai vs. Nagata, Kuroshio & Fuminori Abe and MIKAMI & Takashi Sasaki vs. TBA, among other matches.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

New Japan News: Post-Event Presser Notes

Lots of New Japan news from today’s post-KING OF PRO WRESTLING press conference in Tokyo:

NEW IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita was the feature attraction. Nothing definite about Tokyo Dome or what’s next given he is signed to 4 different promotions (New Japan, DDT, All Elite Wrestling) but a Hirooki Goto rematch is next. That match will happen on 11/2 at the final Hiroshi Tanahashi hometown event in Gifu.

On 11/2 Tanahashi also will try for one last title in his career (maybe) when he faces NEW IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji for the title.

One champion who will be at Tokyo Dome is Stardom top star Saya Kamitani. The World Of Stardom Champion and STRONG Women’s Champion will make her debut at the venue on 1/4, further details TBA.

New signee Aaron Wolf will also debut at Tokyo Dome and his debut match will be against NEW NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL, who wants it to be a NON- TITLE match should he still be champion then, but of course he does. Because he is EVIL! (Indeeeeeeeed!)

The trams for the upcoming Super Jr. Tag League were announced as well. This year it’s a 12-team field in 2 blocks with a round-robin format. The participating teams:

Block A: Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Dia, Yoh & Master Wato, Hiromu Takahashi & Gedo, Clark Connors & Daiki Nagai, Templario & Jacob Austin Young, DOUKI & Sho

Block B: El Desperado & KUIKAI, Tiger Mask 4 & YAMATO, KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dick Togo

The winners of each block will advance to the Finals.

Finally, the traditional post-Tokyo Done opening event of the year is set for 2026. New Year Dash!! will be held on 1/5 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.

New Japan 10/13/25 Results

KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025, New Japan’s likely final blowout event of the year, is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2025 exclusively on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 5372.

Match 1: Syuri beat IWGP Women’s Champion Sareee to win the title. Syuri becomes the 6th IWGP Women’s Champion.

Match 2: Clark Connors, Tiaji Ishimori & David Finlay beat Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & SHingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Titan after Overkill.

Match 3: In a No DQ match, Drilla Moloney beat SANADA.

Match 4: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Goto pinned Jackson after GTR.

Match 5: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result, Phantasmo retains the title. V3 for Phantasmo.

Match 6: EVIL beat NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg to win the title. EVIL becomes the 49th NEVER Openweight Champion.

Match 7: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino to retain the titles. Ice pinned Uemura after K.O.B. V1 for the champs.

Match 8: Yota Tsuji beat IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd to win the title. Tsuji becomes the 6th IWGP Global Champion.

Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. to win the title. Takeshita becomes the 14th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. So that all but guarantees he’s defending the title at Tokyo Dome in the main event. Against…possibly Goto. We’ll see.

The next event is Saturday at Hanakawa Minami Junior High School Gym in Hokkaido for a Taichi hometown event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

It was also announced that the next US event will be on 2/27/26 in Trenton, NJ. So no San Jose, CA this winter…glad I went this year!

Additionally, as of 8 PM PT/11 PM ET you can now watch the full NJPW WORLD TV Championship match FOR FREE on YouTube.