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Chihiro Hashimoto’s next Sendai Girls World Championship defence is set. The forever Sendai Girls World Champion Chihiro Hashimoto will defend her title against Manami at during Sendai Girls’ upcoming Korakuen Hall show on November 22. The match was announced following Big Hash’s tag team victory with Ryo Mizunami during Sendai Girls’ show on Saturday. Manami…
ZERO1 announced the lineup and bracket for their upcoming “Strongest Tag Team One Day Tournament”, which is scheduled to take place on Monday, November 1. The competition will feature six tag teams competing in a single elimination tournament. Four teams will battle over two first round matches, and then each winner will battle a fresh…
Aja Kong and Nagisa Nozaki are set to square off. Nagisa Nozaki unveiled the whole card and ticket information for her upcoming 20th Anniversary event, which is slated to take place on November 16th from 7-10 pm Japan time. The event will have seven matches and feature Nozaki in a main event singles match against…
STARDOM announced the 18 teams that will make up this year’s Goddesses of STARDOM Tag League field. This year’s iteration of the tournament will once again split the teams into two blocks, with the top two teams in each block reaching a four-team playoff. The team that goes on to win this year’s tournament will…
A new rookie will soon debut for AJPW. All Japan Pro Wrestling announced that their newest rookie, Genki Hanawa, will make his pro wrestling debut during the promotion’s New Year’s Eve show from Tokyo’s Yoyogi Gymnasium #2 arena. The 25-year-old will take on Hideki Suzuki in a special singles debut match. Genki Hanawa was originally…
All Japan Pro Wrestling unveiled the field for their Real World Tag League during their massive Korakuen Hall event on Thursday. This year’s tag team tournament will feature 12 teams separated into two blocks of six. The league will begin on November 15 from Korakuen Hall. All matches in the tournament will have a 30-minute…
The Super Junior Tag League will be without one of its biggest names, but his replacement is already lined up. El Desperado announced on Wednesday that he will be forced to miss this year’s Super Jr. Tag League after he was diagnosed with a spinal canal stenosis and a hernia. The 42-year-old was originally going…
Chris Brookes is set for a clash with MAO. KO-D Openweight Champion MAO will defend his title against his longtime rival Chris Brookes in the main event of DDT Ultimate Party 2026 on November 3. The match was confirmed during DDT’s event on Sunday from Korakuen Hall. Their clash will be the eight time these…
The NEW BLOOD Tag Team Championships have changed hands. Kikyo Furusawa and Rian, collectively known as “Many Money” defeated Aya Sakura and Sayaka Kurara to win the NEW BLOOD Tag Team Championships during STARDOM Nighter in Korakuen show on Tuesday. The two young wrestlers picked up the upset victory during the main event after Rian…
The next Future of Stardom Championship defence is set. Ranna Yagami will look to continue her historic Future of Stardom Championship reign on November 27 when she’ll defend the strap against H.A.T.E.’s Azusa Inaba. This was announced following STARDOM’s Korakuen Hall event on Tuesday, during which Inaba made the challenge after Yagami pinned Anne Kanaya…