IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji and Ryohei Oiwa clinched spots in the G1 Climax semi-finals on Wednesday after earning massive wins in their final block matches. Both finished the league portion with identical 6-3 records, with Tsuji holding the tiebreaker after defeating Oiwa on August 1. New Japan Pro-Wrestling rolled into Act City Hamamatsu for…
MAO defeated Yuki Ueno to win the KO-D Openweight Championship in the main event of DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2026 inside Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday. The 29-year-old secured the biggest victory of his career after rocking Ueno with his Cannonball 450 to earn the three-count at 33:47. Following his victory, MAO was…
New Japan Pro-Wrestling hosted the 15th night of the G1 Climax from the Nisho Highway Arena in Tsu, Japan. This was a massive night for the tournament, as all nine remaining wrestlers in B Block were still alive in playoff contention, making all four matches must-watch. The first tournament match of the evening saw Zack…
New Japan Pro-Wrestling continued its G1 Climax on Sunday evening from G Messe Gunma in Takasaki, Japan, with five matches from the competition’s A Block. Before the tournament action began, the show featured four tag team matches. Unbound Co’s Gedo and OSKAR defeated Toru Yano and Young Lion Taisei Nakahara in 4:31. United Empire’s Callum…
All Japan Pro Wrestling was live from Korakuen Hall on Sunday evening for the first event in its Nettou Summer Action Wars 2026 series. The show featured eight matches, six of which were part of the Zennichi Junior Festival, the annual round-robin tournament AJPW runs during the summer. Before the matches officially began, AJPW spent…
Pro Wrestling NOAH announced the field for its annual N-1 Victory tournament during its Korakuen Hall event on August 10. The tournament will feature 16 wrestlers split across two blocks, similar to New Japan’s G1 Climax, and will run from September 12 to October 4. The winner will earn a shot at the GHC Heavyweight…
All Japan announced the field for their upcoming Royal Road Tournament during the first night of their Zennichi Junior Tournament at Korakuen Hall on Sunday. The single-elimination tournament will feature a field of 16 wrestlers from All Japan’s core roster, as well as some part-time guests. The first round will begin on September 9, with…
Tetsuya Naito is the new GHC Heavyweight Champion. The NJPW alum made history on Sunday at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Legacy Rise after defeating Shane Haste to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship, the top prize in NOAH. This marks Naito’s first singles title win since he held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in 2024. Naito and Haste…
STARDOM returned to the Chateraise Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo for the 11th night of the 5★STAR Grand Prix on Sunday evening. The event followed a pretty underwhelming show the night before with seven tournament matches. The first of those matches saw Natsuko Tora, who had drawn her previous two contests, taking on Sayaka Kurara, who was…
The 13th night of New Japan’s G1 Climax took place in front of 2,741 fans at the famed Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan. The event featured four B Block matches, with Gabe Kidd being the only wrestler not in action. Kidd would have faced Shota Umino had Umino not suffered a concussion on the opening…