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Night 12 of the 5★STAR Grand Prix took place on Friday night at Kobe Sanbo Hall in Kobe, Japan. The show featured nine tournament matches. The first match of the evening saw former World of Stardom champion and undisputed Ace of the company, Saya Kamitani, in a match against reigning High Speed champion, Yuna Mizumori….
Shun Skywalker has officially joined House of Torture. Former three-time Open the Dream Gate Champion Shun Skywalker made his long-awaited New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut at Night 18 of the G1 Climax tour inside the legendary Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday. The 30-year-old was called upon by members of the House of Torture faction…
The G1 Climax 36 semi-finals were decided at the end of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Korakuen Hall show on Thursday, August 13. Former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman and Yuya Uemura both won their final league matches to claim the final two spots, joining Yota Tsuji and Ryohei Oiwa. Five of the eight men in B…
Former two-time Open the Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi has unveiled the card for his upcoming 26th Anniversary show, set to take place on September 11 at Tokyo’s Shinjuku FACE. The event will feature six matches, with wrestlers from Dragongate, All Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Up Town all set to…
Soma Takao is set to leave DDT next month. DDT Pro Wrestling announced on Thursday that longtime wrestler Soma Takao will depart the promotion and become a freelancer at the end of September. The 38-year-old is scheduled to appear on eight more DDT shows, with his final match set to take place on September 27…
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…