DDT “DRAMATIC BEER GARDEN NEVERLAND 2026 IN UENO”, 26/08/2026 Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Ueno Style Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi defeated To-y & Yuya Koroku when Sumi pinned To-y with a Gaydo Clutch (11:06).
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Shunma Katsumata defeated Kazuma Sumi (c) with a Gaydo Clutch (5:48 pm). *Shunma Katsumata becomes the 1,902nd champion.
2. Right To Challenge Anytime Anywhere Anytime Anywhere Battle: Antonio Honda defeated KANON with the Japanese Leg Roll Clutch (6:40). *Antonio Honda wins KANON’s Right To Challenge Anytime Anywhere Anytime Anywhere Gauntlet.
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Masami Inahata defeated Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida when Miyawaki pinned Ishida with the Sunshine Clutch (9:08).
4. Crocodile Death Match Final Chapter: MAO, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) defeated Crocodile D Sasa, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion when MAO pinned Ilusion with the Michinoku Driver II into the Bucket (9:40).
5. KING OF DRUNK 2026 ~August Basho~: Yuki Ueno & Chris Brookes defeated Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai when Ueno pinned Hirata after a Lariat from Hinata (16:18).
6. KING OF “Non-Alcoholic” DRUNK 2026: Danshoku Dieno Vs Takeshi Masada Vs Daichi Sato Vs Yuni ended in a No Contest (10:51).
6a. Emergency Match: Yuki Ueno, Chris Brookes, Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai defeated Danshoku Dieno, Takeshi Masada, Daichi Sato & Yuni when Brookes pinned Dieno with a Piledriver in the Pool (7:56). *Chris Brookes wins Danshoku Dieno’s Right To Challenge Anytime Anywhere Gauntlet.
DDT’s attempt at integrating the sober wrestlers into their Beer Garden show hit a bit of a setback. The KING OF “Non-Alcoholic” DRUNK match was put in the main event where the participants drank cola instead of beer whenever music was played. It was done this way because Daichi Sato and Yuni are not old enough to drink yet while Danshoku Dieno and Takeshi Masada had their own reasons not to spend the day drinking booze. The problem with this is everyone drank so much cola that they all felt too bloated to continue wrestling. All of the drunk wrestlers from the match before then entered the ring and got into an arguement, leading to an impromptu 8-Man Tag Match taking place between the beer drinkers and the cola drinkers.
During the match everyone forced each other to drink bottles of cola while they wrestled. The fighting moved out of the ring where Chris Brookes gave Dieno a cola filled Lip Lock before Piledriving him into a paddle pool full of water for the victory. Brookes has now won the Right To Challenge Anytime Anywhere Gauntlet but he was too drunk to figure out what to do. He knows MAO will be defending the KO-D Openweight Title against Sato soon but thinks Sato will win and then he can cash in the title shot on him. Something to also keep in mind is that Antonio Honda won the Right To Challenge Anytime Anywhere Anytime Anywhere Gauntlet from KANON earlier in the show. Both Gauntlets are active until 27th September.
The Crocodile Death Match again brought back bad memories for Daisuke Sasaki. There was a crocodile sighting that happened at Shakujii Park in Nerima back in 1993 and the incident seems to have scarred him for life. He couldn’t sleep last night and was too sleep deprived to wrestle so he was replaced in the match by Crocodile D Sasa. However as the match progressed Sasa was eventually stripped out of his costume and was revealed to be Daisuke Sasaki all along!
Junta Miyawaki was all business for his match because he is getting ready to defend the KO-D Tag Team Titles soon. After his match he sent a message out to Rukiya, telling him to get better so they can have their title match together as originally planned. He isn’t going to take his new opponents Dieno or Kazuki Hirata lightly because he is well aware of how important they both are to DDT. If they get serious then Miyawaki knows he and Shinya Aoki will not be getting an easy defence.
The show opening Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match ended up with Shunma Katsumata and Kazuma Sumi doing some light Danshoku Dieno spots with To-y. Katsumata gave him a Lip Lock so Sumi could roll him over into a Gaydo Clutch for the pin. Then as the team celebrated their win, Katsumata gave Sumi the Lip Lock and then pinned him with the Gaydo Clutch to win the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title.
There was a KO-D Title match contract signing for MAO and Daichi Sato before any of the matches began. Sato said he is not anxious or scared at all about the match. In fact, his anticipation and excitement grows as every day gets closer to 30th August. He is extremely confident he can beat MAO and become the youngest KO-D Champion ever. MAO wants his title reign to be free spirited so he isn’t going to talk down his challenger just because of his age. While Sato is having his last summer vacation as a high school student, MAO is having his last summer in his 20s so he wants this to be a summer neither will ever forget.
DDT “DRAMATIC BEER GARDEN NEVERLAND 2026 IN UENO”, 26/08/2026 Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage
1. Ueno Style Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi Vs To-y & Yuya Koroku
2. Right To Challenge Anytime Anywhere Anytime Anywhere Battle: KANON Vs Antonio Honda
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Masami Inahata Vs Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida
4. Crocodile Death Match Final Chapter: MAO, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) Vs Crocodile D Sasa, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion
5. KING OF DRUNK 2026 ~August Basho~: Yuki Ueno & Chris Brookes Vs Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai
6. KING OF “Non-Alcoholic” DRUNK 2026: Danshoku Dieno Vs Takeshi Masada Vs Daichi Sato Vs Yuni
The show is happening (or might even be over) while I type this but this is the only time I have for the next day or two to write a news update without worrying about it getting in the way of other stuff.
The Non-Alcoholic KING OF DRUNK match is going on last for the Beer Garden show? The game’s gone!
For the second time this year Daisuke Sasaki is having trouble sleeping because he’s been thinking about the crocodile incident that took place at Shakujii Park in Nerima back in 1993. He has pulled out of today’s show and DDT have decided to replace him with Crocodile D Sasa.
DDT “DRAMATIC DREAM TAMAGAWA IN BOATRACE TAMAGAWA”, 02/09/2026 Tokyo BOAT RACE Tamagawa
1. Junta Miyawaki, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida Vs Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante
2. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku
3. DAMNATION T.A Vs FANTÔMES DRAMATIC!: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai
4. MAO & KANON Vs Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuma Sumi
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama & Masami Inahata
Wrestling, boat races, gambling, talk shows and games of Rock Paper Scissors will all be going on during this event.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW FALL TOUR ~RAY OF HOPE IN YOKOHAMA~”, 05/09/2026 Yokohama Radiant Hall
1. Hyper Misao & Chika Nanase Vs Pom Harajuku & Ren Konatsu
2. Mahiro Kiryu Vs Shion Kanzaki
3. Shoko Nakajima & Momo Sato Vs Mizuki & Uta Takami
4. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe Vs Kira Summer & Marz
5. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Raku
6. Yuki Arai, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida Vs Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki
7. Princess Tag Team Titles Next Challenger Decision Match – 3 Way Tag Match: Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori Vs Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro Vs HIMAWARI & Toga
There is going to be a Princess Tag Team Titles match going on at “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII” next month but no clear contenders have emerged due to everybody focusing on the Tokyo Princess Cup. A 3 Way Tag has been put together to solve that problem. Two of the three teams are already established. That’s K!SS// and Shunrai Rekka!! Prism Greed. The third team are the wild cards of HIMAWARI & Toga, the two young wrestlers who both reached the Princess Cup semi finals this year.
Tokyo Joshi Pro is welcoming another Australian wrestler for a show and she’s already a “Lil” familiar with the brand. Marz is from Brisbane but has been wrestling around the world this year. That includes a tag match she had with Toga in Las Vegas during WrestleMania Week. She’s already in Japan and has been wrestling plenty for Ice Ribbon lately but this is going to be her TJPW debut.
1. Makoto Oishi Vs Masami Inahata
2. DAMNATION T.A Vs paleyouth!: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion Vs Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: MAO, KANON & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO) Vs Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi
As promised by Kaisei Takechi, he wants to wrestle more often on DDT shows that are held outside of Tokyo. He also needs to catch up if he wants to reach his goal of total matches wrestled in 2026.
A nice return to DDT is on the cards for Makoto Oishi so he can give Masami Inahata a test in the ring.
DDT “RING NO AKIBASHO 2026”, 09/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. Special Single Match: Viento Levante Vs Ilusion
2. Special Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Soma Takao Vs Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato Vs To-y, Kazuma Sumi & Kaisei Takechi
Over the years Soma Takao has been both an ally and an enemy to Daisuke Sasaki. With his days as a DDT wrestler coming to a close, Takao is going to team with Sasaki one more time.
The rivalry between Viento Levante and Ilusion continues as they meet once again a few weeks before they fight for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII”, 03/10/2026 Tokyo EBARA WAVE Arena Ota
1. Princess Tag Team Titles: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Winners Of 05/09 Decision Match
2. Princess Of Princess Title: Yuki Arai (c) Vs Suzume
Due to Suzume being in the main event, TJPW has confirmed there will not be an International Princess Title match happening on the show.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BECOMING”, 29/08/2026 TOKYO SQUARE In Itabashi
1. Chika Nanase Vs Shion Kanzaki
2. Haru Kazashiro Vs Kira Summer
3. Shino Suzuki Vs Mifu Ashida
4. Wakana Uehara Vs Momo Sato
5. HIMAWARI & Toga Vs Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu
We already have DDT establishing D GENERATIONS as the shows dedicated to their younger wrestlers. Tokyo Joshi Pro are doing their own twist on things with “BECOMING”, an event that only features wrestlers who debuted in 2023 or later. If this idea catches on I can see it being used to host some matches for the Next Generation Tournament if that comes back for another year this year.
BASARA “BASARA 315 ~UTAGE~”, 11/09/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
The build up for the next Iron Fist Tag Team Titles brings in some guys from HEAT-UP. According to the company’s profile on the wrestler, Hajime has a Capoeira background. I need to see for myself how much he puts that skill into his wrestling because that style has been absent around this corner of the wrestling world ever since Pedro Takaishi from Muscle retired.
BASARA “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES – BASARA 316 ~KOO~”, 23/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. Hardcore 6-Man Tag Match: Isami Kodaka, FUMA & Shota Nakagawa Vs SAGAT, Lil’ Kraken & Minoru Fujita
2. Iron Fist Tag Team Titles: Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino (c) Vs Takeru Inoue & Tomoki Hatano
3. Union MAX Title -Dosukoi Gathering Presents-: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) Vs Ryota Nakatsu
The very first match in BASARA history had Ryota Nakatsu in it and took place inside Shinjuku FACE. So it is fitting that BASARA’s final show in the venue is being headlined by Nakatsu challenging Takumi Tsukamoto for the Union MAX Title.
Next to BASARA, HEAT-UP is the next promotion where Takeru Inoue wrestles the most often. He has formed a tag team with Tomoki Hatano over there called Death Volleyball Club, named after the devotion both wrestlers have towards the sport. Well, devotion might be a strong word but they’ve both been part of a volleyball club. They also wanted a name that sounds cooler than Aijin Tag and came up with that. Now Inoue has tricked Aijin Tag into giving Death Volleyball Club a title shot despite having won nothing to deserve it.
Indie wrestler Shota Nakagawa makes his BASARA debut as part of a Hardcore trios match. He used to wrestle in Ganbare☆Pro for a while between 2017 to 2019 but I haven’t heard what he’s been up to since then.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII”, 03/10/2026 Tokyo EBARA WAVE Arena Ota
1. Princess Of Princess Title: Yuki Arai (c) Vs Suzume
The next big match TJPW is putting together could be seen as a culmination of all the work that was done to push the second generation of main eventers. Suzume has won the Tokyo Princess Cup while holding the International Princess Title and it has encouraged her to get greedy. She now wants to fight Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Title! Suzume has said she has no intentions of unifying the two championships if she wins this match. She already has an idea in mind of how to defend the two titles separately if given the opportunity. Arai meanwhile is putting all of her energy into defending the Princess Title to the point where she believes she is at her limit. She doesn’t think she could handle becoming a Double Crown champion so the International Princess Title will not be on the line for this match.
The venue we used to know as Ota Ward Gymnasium has now been renamed EBARA WAVE Arena Ota. The Ebara Corporation got the naming rights for the venue since April and the deal is to remain in place until 2030.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 23/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 927 Fans
1. Shion Kanzaki defeated Momo Sato with an Arm Lock (5:09).
2. Sakura Hattori defeated Haru Kazashiro with the Kitcho Kagome (8:53).
3. Enjoy Summer To The Fullest! Bon Odori Dance Match: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku defeated Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki when Aino submitted Suzuki with the Full Nelson Of Love And Fire (11:41).
4. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara defeated Sumire Natsu & Mifu Ashida when Kamifuku pinned Ashida with the Famouser (12:23).
5. HIMAWARI & Toga defeated Chika Nanase & Kira Summer when Toga submitted Nanase with the Modified Muffler Hold (12:41).
6. Mizuki, Mei Suruga & Uta Takami defeated Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Ren Konatsu when Mizuki pinned Konatsu with the Cutie Special (12:59).
7. Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto & Shoko Nakajima when Arai submitted Nakajima with the Scorpion Death Lock (15:51).
8. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: Suzume defeated Rika Tatsumi with the Spring Ring A Bell (20:46).
This year’s winner of the Tokyo Princess Cup is someone who is also on track to becoming the queen bee of Tokyo Joshi Pro! All it took was for Suzume to surpass the very person who inspired her to become a pro wrestler in the first place. She faced Rika Tatsumi in the final with both women fighting to win the tournament for the first time. Tatsumi used the fan streamers to her advantage by wrapping them all over Suzume, throwing her into the front row and then jumping into her with a Hip Attack. She then targeted Suzume’s legs in an effort to put a stop to any comebacks. Suzume fought off the persistant Hip Attacks and Choke Holds to catch Tatsumi with a counter attack. There was almost a double knockout when Tatsumi did the Twist Of Fate only for Suzume to hit back with a last ditch Ring A Bell. Tatsumi caught another Ring A Bell to turn it into the Dragon Sleeper but Suzume was able to eventually roll out of it. She then gave Tatsumi a taste of her own medicine by grabbing her neck to choke her! Tatsumi overpowered it and tried to put Suzume in a Sleeper Hold until Suzume used the ropes to bounce herself free and then launch herself into the Spring Ring A Bell for the three count!
After the match Suzume said she became stronger because she admires how much Tatsumi lives her life to the fullest. Today they got to fight each other with all of their might and Suzume couldn’t be happier. She remembers when Tatsumi would call her her arch-nemesis and she is now never going to let that go. Tatsumi gave Suzume a cheeky poke to the head and then hugged her before leaving the ring. Next, Suzume said she has now conquered the hot summer and won’t be stopping there. She called out Yuki Arai to challenge her for the Princess Of Princess Title! She thought Arai is the person who is shining the brightest in TJPW but after today Suzume thinks she can shine even brighter! She is still going to defend her International Princess Title in the meantime but she also wants to fight Arai for the Princess Title too! Arai said she wants to fight Suzume so she can also pour out her love for TJPW. She will give her the title shot at “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII” on 3rd October! Suzume ended the show by telling everyone the day after tomorrow will be the 7th Anniversary of her debut. Before she became a pro wrestler she thought the only dreams she could hold onto were those she had when she was a child. But TJPW has taught her she can have as many dreams as she wants at any age! Meanwhile Tatsumi backstage complained about working so hard this summer that she should be rewarded for it with a raise in salary plus other special bonuses from the company.
Hiroyo Matsumoto was one of the guests paying a visit to TJPW today. Next month she is going to team up with Miyu Yamashita at a “TAKAYAMANIA” show but today they were on opposite sides of the semi-main event tag match. Matsumoto also used this time to get a feel for Yuki Arai, taunting the champion to give her her best shot. Matsumoto would later do her part in holding back Yamashita, lifting her up into a Torture Rack while Shoko Nakajima tried to finish off Arai. But Arai dodged the 619 and threw down Nakajima with the Full Nelson Buster. She then put Nakajima in the Scorpion Death Lock and used all of her strength to make Nakajima tap out to the move. Arai said she is going to sleep well tonight because she avenged her loss to Nakajima in the tournament. As for fighting Matsumoto again, Arai thinks that is kind of a scary idea but she would like to fight her again and again to grow strong enough to beat her. Nakajima was disappointed because she considers Matsumoto to be a pioneer for kaiju wrestlers and Nakajima ended up becoming a punching bag like Anguirus in front of “Lady Godzilla”. Matsumoto admitted she doesn’t know a lot about Anguirus and promised to look it up for Nakajima.
There’s no official name yet for Mizuki, Mei Suruga & Uta Takami but the report on the TJPW website refers to them as The KAWAII Trio so let’s go with that for now. They were all a handful for their opponents. Takami accidentally snapped off Ren Konatsu’s toy sheep then annoyed her even more when she said she didn’t want it in the first place. Suruga stopped Miu Watanabe from giving Takami the Giant Swing and copied her ponytail pose. She then tried to do the Apple Mutilation on Watanabe but Watanabe powered out of it and gave her the Giant Swing instead. Arisu Endo went on a roll against Takami & Mizuki then helped Watanabe set Mizuki up for Konatsu’s Aries Comet. A scramble led to Mizuki taking out Watanabe with the Whirling Candy and then joining Takami in double teaming Konatsu until the Cutie Special ended the match.
Kira Summer spent the last month back in her home country of Australia and now has to catch up with her contemporaries in her first match back in TJPW. HIMAWARI greeted her with Hair Whips while Toga welcomed her back with Body Slams. Chika Nanase tried to even the playing field but ultimately failed. Her effort in avoiding the Absolute Zero was rewarded with an Elbow Smash from Toga that knocked her down. Toga then submitted her with the Muffler Hold that almost bent her over backwards.
For her debut in TJPW, Sumire Natsu told Yuki Kamifuku that she came here wanting to be treated like a serious wrestler. She then immediately contradicted herself by avoiding the opening lock up to gyrate for the fans instead. Kamifuku later said she wouldn’t allow the Bronco Buster to be used in TJPW so she and Natsu got into a Big Boot battle over it. Natsu eventually got to do the move on Kamifuku with Mifu Ashida cheering her on. Ober Eats were finally able to get rid of her when Wakana Uehara lifted Kamifuku up to do an Elevated Big Boot to knock Natsu out of the ring. Kamifuku then went on to pin Ashida with the Famouser. Kamifuku said backstage that as part of her retirement road she asked TJPW to bring in Natsu because she is a character unlike anyone else in the company. In the ring she is flamboyant, intense and over the top but away from that she is kind, considerate and has a strong sense of professionalism. She also thinks Uehara and Ashida could learn a lot about the various possibilities of pro wrestling just from experiencing 0.2% of Natsu. Wrestling in TJPW for the first time made Natsu so nervous, she forgot to bring her makeup bag which she admits is very unlike her. She came here with the goal of becoming a legend in one appearance rather than auditioning for a regular spot but now she is convinced she can make it here. She wants TJPW management to consider booking her more often even if it’s just as a favour to Kamiyu.
Both teams in Match #3 came up with a special rule to celebrate the end of summer. In order for a pinfall to be counted, the wrestlers would have to do a Bon Odori dance beforehand. Music played and everyone danced until Hyper Misao’s team attacked Pom Harajuku’s team from behind. Raku led her partners in the Oyasumi Express while the music played. Mahiro Kiryu used her Apology Knee Drop to try and do the dance. Yuki Aino put Shino Suzuki in the Full Nelson Of Love And Fire so Suzuki called for the music in order to try and dance her way out of the move. It actually worked and she almost pinned Aino with the Rolling Back Cradle afterward. Unfortunately Aino kicked out of it and quickly put Suzuki back in the Full Nelson to make her give up.
Two wrestlers who were both dealing with the disappointment of first round exits were put in the ring against each other in the undercard. The experience of Sakura Hattori won out against Haru Kazashiro in the end. After Kazashiro got a nearfall with a Low Cross Body, she wanted to use the Fisherman Suplex next. Instead, Hattori spun her way free and used a Leg Sweep to trip Kazashiro down. She then tangled her up in the Kitcho Kagome to pin her for the three count.
It’s been eight months since Shion Kanzaki debuted in TJPW and now that there is a rookie who debuted after her, the time has come for Kanzaki to earn her first win! She defeated Momo Sato to kick off the show, grabbing Sato in a Standing Armbar before slamming her down to the mat and wrenching in further for the submission. Sato did put up a fight by doing the Kneel Kick and a Crab Hold before that though. She said she trains with Sato a lot and knows how talented she is so she wasn’t sure she could beat her today. She wants to continue winning matches so she can go into her upcoming homecoming show with her head held high.
The show opening call that usually takes place with The Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling) included a special guest this time. A 4th grade elementary student named Yuzuki was chosen to join in with the group and tell everyone the show was starting. She said her favorite wrestlers are Kamifuku, Uehara and Raku.
At the start of the show it was announced that TJPW will be working with the manga author Go Nagai for “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII” later this year. Nagai is known for his works including Cutie Honey, Devilman, Mazinger Z and UFO Robot Grendizer. He was also recently inducted into the Eisner Hall Of Fame. Nagai will be collaborating to work on the visual art used for the show’s promotional material.
Recently a new mascot named Tojojo appeared on social media claiming to be the new manager of TJPW. It teased news of an announcement to be made for this show and Rise Shirai revealed it is a Rooftop Garden Pro Wrestling event taking place at Gran Hammer in Shinbashi on 10th October. The show will consist of an all you can eat BBQ, a performance by The Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling), a talk show featuring TJPW wrestlers and also mat pro wrestling matches that promised to include the use of water cannons.
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “FUCKED UP FEST 2026”, 22/08/2026 Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR ??? Fans
1. SEKIFUDA 1 YEAR OF BAKA ~ Special Single Match: Minoru Suzuki defeated Kota Sekifuda (?:??).
2. Ebisuko Sakaba Vs ChocoPro: Baliyan Akki, Chie Koishikawa & Sayaka defeated Ken Ohka, Sayaka Obihiro & Shin Suzuki (w/ KUDO) (?:??).
3. Hagane Shinno & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi defeated Dark King Ueki & Anton (?:??).
4. Special Single Match: Minoru Fujita defeated Mr. Malo (?:??).
5. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA defeated Thanomsak Toba (?:??).
6. BK-G Openweight Title: Mr. Bueno (c) defeated Super Sasadango Machine (?:??). *V4 for Mr. Bueno.
7. Super P & Bear Ranger defeated Dr. Cube & Erebus (?:??).
8. Jonathan Johnson & Jake De Leon defeated Baliyan Akki & Kota Ibushikoshi (?:??).
9. Hardcore Tag Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata defeated Jun Kasai & Chris Brookes when MAO pinned Brookes (?:??).
Full results to come some day. What usually happens is I wait for the DVD release and get the results that way.
BASARA “BASARA 314 ~UTAGE~”, 21/08/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING ??? Fans
1. Masato Kamino defeated Takeru Inoue with the Lariat (8:25).
2. Banana Senga (w/ Gouma Ryu) Vs Antonio Honda ended in a No Contest (8:25).
3. 4 Way Tag Match: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Daichi Kazato & Seiya Morohashi Vs Takato Nakano & Yasu Urano Vs Lil’ Kraken & Minoru Fujita ended in a Draw when Hiroshi and Kazato pinned each other with a simultaneous Backslide Pin, Kraken and Morohashi pinned each other with a simultaneous Backslide Pin, Nakano and Fujita pinned each other with a simultaneous Backslide Pin and Oosugi and Urano pinned each other with a simultaneous Backslide Pin (9:02).
4. Isami Kodaka & FUMA defeated Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT when FUMA submitted SAGAT with an Armbar (13:25).
5. Union MAX Title: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) defeated Daiki Shimomura with the Dragon Kicker (16:54). *V1 for Takumi Tsukamoto.
With Daiki Shimomura now taken care of, Takumi Tsukamoto can move on to focus on defending the Union MAX Title against Ryota Nakatsu on 23rd September. That show will be the last time BASARA will be inside Shinjuku FACE and it will be part of the opening day of the Shinjuku FACE Countdown Series. Nakatsu describes the upcoming title match as Tsukamoto’s big mountain facing against Nakatsu’s vast ocean. Tsukamoto claimed he was an island so both the mountains and the sea belong to him. Nakatsu disagrees because Tsukamoto only used the “mountains” to beat Shuji Ishikawa. Tsukamoto admitted Nakatsu has a point but at Shinjuku FACE next month he will show him there is a bigger side to him.
Match #2 was confusing from the beginning as Antonio Honda walked to the ring dressed in Banana Senga’s gear and then Senga appeared wearing Honda’s outfit. Gouma Ryu was at ringside for the match and only noticed halfway through that the wrestlers had swapped personalities. One thing let to another and Gouma started making fun of both wrestlers for being bald. Suddenly the UWF theme began playing and the ring announcer Yoshiro Yabu came down to tell Ryu that baldness is hereditary. The three bald people all attacked Ryu with Bionic Elbows and Yabu pinned him with the Shining Wizard. The bald people all left the ring singing along to Antonio Inoki’s theme song and the referee called for a no contest.
Although Takeru Inoue lost to Masato Kamino in the opening match, he still wanted to fight Aijin Tag so he can get revenge for losing matches against both Kamino & Takato Nakano. He already has a partner in mind and it is somebody he has teamed with before. It is Tomoki Hatano from HEAT-UP and their team is the Death Volleyball Club! Kamino praised Inoue for showing spirit but Inoue took that to mean the match will also be for the Iron Fist Tag Team Titles! Kamino tried to correct him that it wasn’t but Inoue wouldn’t listen and left ringside. Kamino later explained what happened to Nakano and Nakano also came to the conclusion that Kamino had accepted a challenge for the titles so they will have to go through with it. They want to set the record for most title defences anyway and will set up the bout for 23rd September.
BASARA “BASARA 314 ~UTAGE~”, 21/08/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Masato Kamino Vs Takeru Inoue
2. Banana Senga (w/ Gouma Ryu) Vs Antonio Honda
3. 4 Way Tag Match: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Daichi Kazato & Seiya Morohashi Vs Takato Nakano & Yasu Urano Vs Lil’ Kraken & Minoru Fujita
4. Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT Vs Isami Kodaka & FUMA
5. Union MAX Title: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) Vs Daiki Shimomura
Never mind what I said before about Takeru Inoue getting pushed up the card. His match with Masato Kamino is in fact the opener for tomorrow’s show.
DDT “DRAMATIC BEER GARDEN NEVERLAND 2026 IN UENO”, 26/08/2026 Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage
1. Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Masami Inahata Vs Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida
2. Ueno Style Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi Vs To-y & Yuya Koroku
3. Right To Challenge Anytime Anywhere Anytime Anywhere Battle: KANON Vs Antonio Honda
4. Crocodile Death Match Final Chapter: MAO, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion
5. KING OF “Non-Alcoholic” DRUNK 2026: Danshoku Dieno Vs Takeshi Masada Vs Daichi Sato Vs Yuni
6. KING OF DRUNK 2026 ~August Basho~: Yuki Ueno & Chris Brookes Vs Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai
It’s nice of DDT to finally be more considerate towards the non-alcoholic wrestlers on the roster during Beer Garden shows. The tee-total wrestlers are getting a match for themselves attached to the KING OF DRUNK series, even if some of the participants don’t drink only because they aren’t allowed to yet.
Time is ticking away for the Anytime Anywhere Anytime Anywhere Gauntlet to be used. If KANON waits too long it may end up becoming too late to use it. While he has that to worry about, he will also have to defend it against Antonio Honda.
DDT “LAST SUMMER STANDING ~SUMMER’S RECKONING~”, 30/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
0. Dark Match: Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Yuni & Yuki Ishida
1. 3 Way 6-Man Tag Match: KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) Vs Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai
2. Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs Jun Akiyama & Fuminori Abe
3. Special 8-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito & Soma Takao Vs Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Kazuma Sumi & Masami Inahata
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki (c) Vs Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata
5. DDT Extreme Title: Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs Kumadori
6. DDT Universal Title: Ryusuke Taguchi (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki
7. KO-D Openweight Title: MAO (c) Vs Daichi Sato
The upcoming Korakuen Hall show has some changes, the most important of which applies to the KO-D Tag Team Titles bout. Rukiya has been diagnosed with acute pharyngitis and acute tonsillitis so DDT has pulled him from their shows up until early September. That means his title match with Jun Akiyama against Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki has to be cancelled. In response to this announcement, both Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata have offered to step in on short notice on behalf of Rukiya because he recently passed the audition to join the DDT Variety Team (without ever taking part because he is ill) and become their new ace (which he might be completely unaware of). Dieno has even upped the ante by claiming the Variety Team will disband if they lose! Hirata also happens to be fishing buddies with Rukiya away from wrestling so he is motivated to catch a belt-sized trophy for his buddy.
The new tag title match has a knock on effect on the rest of the card beneath it. Jun Akiyama will now be taking part in a different tag match, teaming up with Fuminori Abe. That means Abe is no longer involved in the Smile Squash 8-Man Tag match built around Soma Takao. Abe’s spot is now taken up by Kazuma Sumi making his team now an all D GENERATIONS affair. Viento Levante gets bumped out of the dark match to take Sumi’s place in the 3 Way trios match and Tomomitsu Matsunaga is added to the dark match to make everything look neat and tidy.
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “FUCKED UP FEST 2026”, 22/08/2026 Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR
1. SEKIFUDA 1 YEAR OF BAKA ~ Special Single Match: Kota Sekifuda Vs Minoru Suzuki
2. Ebisuko Sakaba Vs ChocoPro: Ken Ohka, Sayaka Obihiro & Shin Suzuki (w/ KUDO) Vs Baliyan Akki, Chie Koishikawa & Sayaka
3. Dark King Ueki & Anton Vs Hagane Shinno & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
4. Special Single Match: Mr. Malo Vs Minoru Fujita
5. Special Single Match: Thanomsak Toba Vs HARASHIMA
6. BK-G Openweight Title: Mr. Bueno (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
7. Super P & Bear Ranger Vs Dr. Cube & Erebus
8. Baliyan Akki & Kota Ibushikoshi Vs Jonathan Johnson & Jake De Leon
9. Hardcore Tag Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata Vs Jun Kasai & Chris Brookes
The full card for this weekend’s “FUCKED UP FEST” has been revealed. The event will be running the entire day at Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR with three blocks of matches happening in between all of the live concerts on stage. The lineup now includes more wrestlers from the Southeast Asian scene, Mr. Bueno defending the BK-G Openweight Title against Super Sasadango Machine, the now brainwashed Antonio Honda fighting for Ueki’s Magic Kingdom and Minoru Fujita paying a visit to face Mr. Malo.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 23/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Shion Kanzaki Vs Momo Sato
2. Sakura Hattori Vs Haru Kazashiro
3. Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki Vs Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
4. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara Vs Sumire Natsu & Mifu Ashida
5. HIMAWARI & Toga Vs Chika Nanase & Kira Summer
6. Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Ren Konatsu Vs Mizuki, Mei Suruga & Uta Takami
7. Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita Vs Hiroyo Matsumoto & Shoko Nakajima
8. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: Suzume Vs Rika Tatsumi
We’ve come a long way from Suzume becoming a pro wrestler because she looked up to Rika Tatsumi. Now it is their fate to fight over the Tokyo Princess Cup! It will be the first time the final will pit one champion against the other, Suzume being the International Princess Champion and Tatsumi holding one of the Princess Tag Team Titles.
The two losing semi-finalists have to deal with the consolation prize of teaming up together HIMAWARI & Toga will be facing a newly motivated Chika Nanase (her homecoming show was recently announced) and the returning Kira Summer.
Whenever Tokyo Joshi Pro has two rookies who have yet to win a match it will be inevitable that they will be put in a match against each other so one of them can earn their first victory. Shion Kanzaki and Momo Sato are now being put in that position together.
Earlier this week a new Twitter account appeared and attracted the attention of the TJPW locker room. Over the following days it posted teases until today when it was revealed to be Tojojo, the brand new TJPW mascot. The promotion has been brainstorming on creating a mascot for a while now with everyone in the promotion drawing concept art of what it should look like. But what’s catching everyone there off guard is Tojojo has immediately claimed it will also be the new TJPW Manager. What that means we just have to wait and see.
GANBARE☆PRO “SPY GAME 2026”, 05/09/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Shota Kawakami
2. Shinichiro Tominaga, Masashi Takeda & Tyson Maeguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie, Takuya Wada & YuuRI
3. Sentaro Motojima 1st Anniversary Debut Match: Mizuki Watase Vs Sentaro Motojima
4. Ken Ohka 25th Anniversary Match Part 3: Ken Ohka Vs Yumehito Imanari
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yuya Susumu (c) Vs Moeka Haruhi & Rydeen Hagane
The pair now called Sussun Katsun have become the new Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Champions. They made the same mistake a lot of champions make by saying they will take on any challenge thrown at them then get surprised when the challenge immediately appears in front of them. Moeka Haruhi & Rydeen Hagane have joined forces, describing their tag team like Beauty & The Beast. Hagane also doesn’t want everyone to forget that she was one of the first women to work with Ganbare☆Pro well before the Ganbare☆Joshi division was ever established. So if there is any wrestler who deserves to fight for a GanPro championship, it’s her.
Is three commemorative matches too much to celebrate one anniversary? Ken Ohka is enjoying his 25th year in wrestling so much he doesn’t want the good time to end. He challenge his good pal Yumehito Imanari to a singles match so he too can join in on the fun. Unfortunately Imanari has gotten fed up with GanPro relying on wrestler anniversaries so often to promote their big matches. There are other stories these matches can be booked around you know! Imanari will take the match with Ohka but only so he can take his anger out on Ohka for being so greedy.
To make things a little more awkward, young Sentaro Motojima is going to celebrate the first anniversary of his debut match on the same show. Don’t worry Motojima, Imanari’s not mad at you. I’m sure of it.
DDT “YUKI UENO 10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW -IN MY MIND “10”-”, 13/09/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. 3 Way Match: Shinya Aoki Vs HARASHIMA Vs Akito
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match ~ No Tag Rules: Yuki Ueno, HUB & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Ilusion, Yuni & Daichi Sato
3. Special Tag Match: MAO & Yoshihiko Vs Kazuki Hirata & Kaisei Takechi
4. Yuki Ueno 10th Anniversary Match ~ Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Shunma Katsumata
From the mind of Yuki Ueno he will conjure up the trio of himself, HUB & Daisuke Sasaki has a possibly united force. The idea he has in mind is to put three skillful wrestlers together for a match against three young opponents who all have a world of potential ahead of them. Those three youngsters are Ilusion, Yuni & Daichi Sato. The immediate reaction from Sasaki is unhappiness that he and Ilusion will be on opposite teams.
Three days after Shinya Aoki fights in RIZIN, he will be returning to DDT for a 3 Way Match. If he gets beaten badly by Mikuru Asakura then maybe HARASHIMA and Akito could both take it easy on him.
DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2026 ~AUTUMN OF PRO WRESTLING~”, 21/09/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (c) (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion
It all depends on how things are going with DAMNATION T.A over the next month. Ilusion has become addicted to collecting championships so he went and challenged Strange Love Connection all by himself without consulting the rest of the unit. Sasaki seems to be okay with it which would continue his current apathetic behavior over who ultimately calls the shots within the group. Hideki Okatani will be on the challenger team looking for a chance to become a champion again so soon after losing the DDT Extreme Title. SLC accepted Ilusion’s challenge because Viento Levante wants to beat him. KANON will also likely be motivated to defend the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles against the stable he once held the belts with before they kicked him out. Yukio Naya is just having a good time because it was his birthday recently and he gets to hang out with his friends a lot.
DDT “KANDA MYOJIN CULTURAL EXCHANGE PRESENTS AFTER PETER PAN ~RYOGOKU AFTER PARTY~”, 17/08/2026 Tokyo Kanda Myojin Hall ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Audition-Style Match To Discover A New Generation Of Variety Team Talent Practical Examination ~ 4 Way Match: “I Only Steal Once Every 3 Shows” Dressing Room Thief Ishida Vs “The Soaring Sky Saint” Kazuma Sumi Vs “Mr. Hydro Pump” Water Masami Vs “Variety Monkey” Hinata Kasai ended in a No Contest (3:45).
1a. Audition-Style Match To Discover A New Generation Of Variety Team Talent Final Round ~ 4 Vs 3 Handicap Match: “I Only Steal Once Every 3 Shows” Dressing Room Thief Ishida, “The Soaring Sky Saint” Kazuma Sumi, “Mr. Hydro Pump” Water Masami and “Variety Monkey” Hinata Kasai defeated Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda when Sumi pinned Hirata with the School Boy (0:06). *Rukiya passes the audition.
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Kazuma Sumi defeated Danshoku Dieno (c) with the School Boy (7:28 pm). *Kazuma Sumi becomes the 1,901st champion.
2. Super Sasadango Machine Title: Ilusion defeated Sasadango Belt (c) (w/ Super Sasadango Machine) with the Swanton Bomb (12:06). *Sasadango Belt fails in V1. Ilusion becomes the 2nd Super Sasadango Machine Champion.
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (c) (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) defeated Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato when Levante pinned Masada after the Knee Lift from Naya (18:41). *V1 for STRANGE LOVE CONNECTION.
It’s been almost a week since “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2026” and DDT decided to hold a little after party to celebrate. This was a chance to tie up a loose end from Sumo Hall with paleyouth challenging Strange Love Connection to a rematch for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles in a bid to regain their championship. Takeshi Masada led his team to attacked Viento Levante to prove the masked wrestler is still the weak link of SLC. Daichi Sato and Yukio Naya continued their heavyweight battle that wasn’t settled the last time around. Yuya Koroku could have made Levante submit to the Triangle Lancer but ended up getting cut off from him. Instead KANON & Naya focused their attacks on Masada and left him beaten up to the point where Levante could pin him for the second time in a row, giving SLC a successful title defence.
After the match Ilusion approached SLC and declared that DAMNATION T.A are going to be the next challengers. He admitted however that he had not run this plan through with his teammates and made this decision by himself. Levante accepted the challenge just so he can get his own back for all the bad things Ilusion has done to him. The title match will happen on the 21st September Korakuen Hall show. Backstage KANON said his team will welcome paleyouth challenging them again whenever they want. Naya said today is his best birthday ever and he thanked Levante for doing a great job to make it happen. Meanwhile Sato said he is going to help paleyouth regain their momentum by winning the KO-D Openweight Title from MAO on 20th August.
There was a bit of a mix up over what the Super Sasadango Machine Vs Ilusion match actually was meant to be. The Sasadango Belt that is often worn around his waist was on the line but Sasadango revealed that beating him does not mean a new champion would be crowned. Instead Ilusion had to wrestle a match against the title belt itself and the winner would get Super Sasadango Machine?!? Ilusion took him at his word and actually fought the belt while Sasadango interfered when he felt the need to. Ilusion would then unmask and Low Blow Sasadango after a ref bump. He did the Swanton Bomb to Sasadango and then hit the same move onto the championship to win the match and become the new holder of the Sasadango Belt! After the match Ilusion told Sasadango he would have to wear a replica of his belt from now on. Sasadango swore revenge and promised to get his belt back no matter what it takes.
The current generation of the DDT Variety Team are getting old so the time has come for new blood to be added. Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda forced a bunch of the D GENERATION wrestlers to show off their talents in an audition for a spot in the group. Toru Owashi was absent because according to the other judges he is practically already dead from old age. The contestants attempted prop comedy and created new nicknames form themselves. Yuki Ishida became a “Dressing Room Thief” who only steals once every three shows, Kazuma Sumi was “The Soaring Sky Saint”, Masami Inahata temporarily changed his name to Water Masami because “Thunder” and “Fire” were already taken. His nickname is “Mr. Hydro Pump”. Hinata Kasai called himself “Variety Monkey” and denied he was copying a different name already used by somebody close to him. The wrestlers then tried to have a 4 Way Match using their new gimmicks until Sumi got tired of it and turned everyone against the judges. The bout turned into a Handicap Match that D GENERATIONS immediately won. The judges then announced who passed the audition. The winner was Rukiya, who wasn’t even at the show today! The judges thought that was the funniest punchline they could come up with which made everyone else mad. Another brawl broke out and in the middle of it, Sumi pinned Danshoku Dieno with a School Boy to win the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title.
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