Endo Wins A Championship In NOAH, Also Joins TEAM 2000X

January 11, 2025

NOAH “STAR NAVIGATION PREMIUM 2025”, 11/01/2025
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,535 Fans – Super No Vacancy

8. GHC National Title: Tetsuya Endo defeated Manabu Soya (c) with the Burning Star Press (19:30).
*Manabu Soya fails in V6. Tetsuya Endo becomes the 14th GHC National Champion!

Well so much for entering NOAH to learn more about his BURNING roots. Tetsuya Endo instead showed that you can take him out of DAMNATION but you cannot take DAMNATION out of him! During his GHC National Title main event against the champion Manabu Soya, Endo paused on the top rope when he saw all of TEAM 2000X approach ringside. Endo went back to Soya but missed the Burning Star Press. However when Soya was on the verge of winning the match, Yoshitatsu pulled the referee out of the ring. Soya fought off several members of TEAM 2000X and Endo grabbed a nightstick from Yoshitatsu’s hands. However he then turned around and hit Soya with it! Endo then gave Soya the Swivel Torture Rack Bomb and pinned him with the Burning Star Press to become the new National Champion!

Endo told the fans he is a member of TEAM 2000X and he was never interested in the origins of BURNING. The only reason he came to NOAH is to destroy it, even if it means putting his life on the line! He explained more backstage that this was his goal from the beginning when he jumped from DDT to NOAH. It was NOAH’s style of wrestling that ruined his life so in 2025 he has come to destroy NOAH. Winning the National Title was his first step and an easy one at that. Elsewhere Jun Akiyama on Twitter said he does not care what decision Endo makes. As long as he thinks and acts for himself Akiyama will support him. He is going to tell Kenta Kobashi about it though.

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DDT “KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025” Results

January 11, 2025

DDT “KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025”, 11/01/2025
Yokohama Radiant Hall
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. MJ Paul & Demus defeated Yuki Iino & Yuki Ishida when Demus pinned Ishida with La Valagueza (8:42).
2. Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku defeated Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Ilusion when Nakamura pinned Ilusion with the Modified Crucifix Pin (13:10).
3. Special Single Match: To-y defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Kojima Impact (10:09).
4. KOTATSU FIGHTING! Special 6-Man Tag Match: Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Ueno & Jun Akiyama defeated Makoto Oishi, Soma Takao & Antonio Honda when Ueno pinned Honda with a Kotatsu-Style Samson Clutch (14:09).
5. Special Single Match: MAO defeated Kazuma Sumi with the Iai Kick (13:55).
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Shuji Ishikawa, HARASHIMA & Akito defeated Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Takeshi Masada when Ishikawa pinned Takanashi with the Splash Mountain (20:00).

The size and power of Shuji Ishikawa is something SCHADENFREUDE International couldn’t beat today. Having HARASHIMA & Akito by Ishikawa’s side helped too but the key moment happened when he blocked the Praying Mantis Bomb and then Back Body Dropped Chris Brookes into his own partners. He then pinned Masahiro Takanashi with the Splash Mountain. Ishikawa told the fans he was advised by one of the referees not to sing today if he won. His desire to sing along with his desire to beat Brookes are what powered him up today. He also decided to call his team Smile Squash 2025. Both HARASHIMA & Akito were just as suprised as everyone else when he said that. Backstage Antonio Honda told Brookes if he can overcome Ishikawa he will become an even better KO-D Openweight Champion. Meanwhile Takeshi Masada promised to win the D GENERATIONS CUP for the second time.

The night before this show MAO asked the Grok AI program to predict how his match with Kazuma Sumi would turn out. He was left confused when the AI said he had a finishing move called the Ultra Big Tone. MAO was able to win the match but didn’t use that move because he doesn’t know what it is. He can kind of picture it though so it is now up to him to figure out what the Ultra Big Tone will be! To-y wonders if it involves a destructive ray of some kind? Sumi said there is still a week to go before the KO-D Tag Team Titles match so if there is even a 1% chance he can beat MAO he will take that chance.

It was a cold day so two kotatsu tables were set up in the ring for Match #4. The wrestlers who would usually stand in their corner waiting to tag in were instead allowed to sit under their kotatsu. Eventually the tables and covers were used as weapons as the match heated up. Yuki Ueno ended up using a Samson Clutch on Honda to pin him beneath one of the tables to win the match. With this match Ueno learned that a kotatsu can calm the mind but it also lowers your fighting ability. He also blamed Jun Akiyama for breaking one of the tables.

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW NEW YEAR CIRCUIT 2025” Results

January 11, 2025

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW NEW YEAR CIRCUIT 2025”, 11/01/2025
Kobe Art Center
231 Fans

1. Miu Watanabe defeated Chika Nanase with the Canadian Backbreaker (6:11).
2. Mahiro Kiryu, Haruna Neko & Ivy Steele defeated Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami when Kiryu pinned Takami with the Spinebuster (7:59).
3. Moka Miyamoto & Haru Kazashiro defeated Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida when Miyamoto submitted Ashida with the Rashomon (10:57).
4. Jada Stone defeated Kaya Toribami with the Spark Stunner (6:01).
5. HIMAWARI & Toga defeated Maki Itoh & Kira Summer when Toga pinned Summer with the Rock Bottom (9:34).
6. Princess Of Princess Title Next Challenger Battle Royal: Rika Tatsumi defeated Shoko Nakajima with the White Dragon Sleeper (15:01).
Order Of Elimination: Yuki Aino, Hyper Misao, Pom Harajuku, Arisu Endo, Shoko Nakajima.
7. Mizuki & Suzume defeated Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa when Mizuki pinned Hasegawa with the Diving Foot Stomp (12:42).

It’s finally going to happen. Around 8 years ago Rika Tatsumi revealed she had a crush on Mizuki and couldn’t even contain herself whenever they were in the ring together. Now after all this time they are soon going to have their first singles match together. Tatsumi was the last woman standing in a Battle Royal. Among the eliminations that happened Hyper Misao kicked Yuki Aino out of the ring, Pom Harajuku rolled Misao in a Gedo Clutch to pin her, everyone else then piled on top of Harajuku to take her out, Shoko Nakajima pinned Arisu Endo with a Hurricanrana and Tatsumi won by submitted Nakajima with the White Dragon Sleeper.

Tatsumi then returned to the ring after the main event to speak with Mizuki. She told her they first met eight years ago and they never had a singles match against each other in that time. She had given up on hoping the match would ever happen but still dreamed of fighting her for the Princess Of Princess Title. Today she won her ticket to make this dream come true! Mizuki said 16th March is an important date for her because it’s her birthday so she wants the match to be the main event of “GRAND PRINCESS ’25” in Ota Ward Gymnasium! Tatsumi agreed and they promised each other it will be a great birthday.

The debuting Jada Stone defeated Kaya Toribami in a match that pitted high flyer against high flyer. Stone landed a Moonsault for a nearfall and then used a handspring to position herself into giving Toribami the Spark Stunner for the win.

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