Shivam Making DDT Debut, BASARA Taking Nakagawa To Court? Suzume Vs Uta Title Match

October 15, 2026

DDT “WRESTLING HARVEST 2026 ~AUTUMN PRO WRESTLING HARVEST FESTIVAL~”, 18/10/2026
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Naomi Yoshimura & Masami Inahata Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Yuki Ishida
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi Vs Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Super Sasadango Machine
3. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato Vs Shinya Aoki & Junta Miwawaki
4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata, Kazuma Sumi & Yuni
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku (c) Vs Soma Takao & Shota
6. DDT Universal Title: Ryusuke Taguchi (c) Vs Akito
7. Road To Ultimate Party 2026! Special Elimination 8-Man Tag Match: MAO, KANON, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) Vs Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai

This is the match order for Sunday’s DDT show in Korakuen Hall. The first five matches will air live on DDT’s Youtube and social media channels. They are also teasing a big announcement will be made during that period.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW FALL TOUR ~RAY OF HOPE IN KASUKABE~”, 24/10/2026
Saitama Katsuki Fureai Cube Matsunaga Multipurpose Hall

1. Next Generation Tournament ’26 – Losers Bracket: Momo Sato Vs Chieri Sakimori
2. Next Generation Tournament ’26 – Winners Bracket: Ren Konatsu Vs Shion Kanzaki
3. Special Tag Match: Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Kamifuku Vs Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine

The upcoming round of the Next Generation Tournament has Ren Konatsu and Shion Kanzaki meeting up again while either Momo Sato or Chieri Sakimori are going to earn their first win.

DDT “YOKOHAMA PRO WRESTLING RHAPSODY 2026”, 24/10/2026
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. KANON Vs Masami Inahata
2. Jun Akiyama & Junta Miyawaki Vs Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine
3. HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura & To-y Vs Kazuki Hirata, Soma Takao & Hinata Kasai
4. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Shivam & Yuni Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion
5. Special Tag Match: Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ishida Vs Yuki Ueno & Akito
6. STRANGE LOVE CONNECTION Vs FANTÔMES DRAMATIC!: MAO & Yukio Naya (w/ YUZUKI) Vs Chris Brookes Vs Antonio Honda

DDT will be welcoming “The Ace Of Thai Wrestling” onto their shows later this month. Shivam is a wrestler I’ve written about a lot in the DDT Around The World articles for a good while now whenever a DDT wrestler travelled over to compete on SETUP shows. DDT finally gets to return the favour although wouldn’t Shivam fit in more with DAMNATION T.A rather than against them, given the whole REAL GLOBAL THREAT gimmick?

BASARA “BASARA 319 ~UTAGE AOI – SOUEN~”, 27/10/2026
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Turnabout Pro Wrestling Trial: Shota Nakagawa Vs Banana Senga Vs Gouma Ryu
2. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Tantan Menso
3. 3 Way Tag Match: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Daichi Kazato & Yasu Urano Vs SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken
4. Takumi Tsukamoto & Takeru Inoue Vs Isami Kodaka & FUMA
5. Iron Fist Tag Team Titles: Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino (c) Vs Daiki Shimomura & Shuichiro Katsumura

It’s a little suspicious how Shota Nakagawa suddenly just showed up in BASARA one day to take part in the IRON FIST Tag Tournament so I’m not surprised he’s ending up in court next. What do Banana Senga and Gouma Ryu have on him?

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “ALL RISE ’26”, 08/11/2026
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Next Generation Tournament ’26 – Final: Winner Of Winners Bracket Vs Winner Of Losers Bracket
2. Yui Debut Match: Yui Vs X
3. Shiori Futaba Debut Match: Shiori Futaba Vs X
4. Yuki Kamifuku & Nagisa Nozaki Vs X & X
5. International Princess Title: Suzume (c) Vs Uta Takami
6. Princess Tag Team Titles: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro (c) Vs Raku & Pom Harajuku
7. Princess Of Princess Title: Yuki Arai (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

A time limit draw on yesterday’s show is spurring on Suzume and Uta Takami to continue fighting until they can determine a winner. It now begins Suzume’s quest to make the International Princess Title shine just as brightly as the Princess Of Princess Title.

Miyu Yamashita, HIMAWARI and Sakura Hattori will all be missing from the show. Yamashita will be wrestling in England for EVE that weekend while the other two both have scheduling conflicts.

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BASARA “BASARA 318 ~TAKAGARI 35~” Results

October 12, 2026

BASARA “BASARA 318 ~TAKAGARI 35~”, 12/10/2026
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center
??? Fans – Unannounced

-. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – B Block Final: Daiki Shimomura & Shuichiro Katsumura defeated Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida by Forfeit.
1. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – A Block Final: SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Shota Nakagawa when SAGAT pinned Nakagawa with the Gore Grind (11:40).
2. Chicharito Shoki defeated Daichi Kazato with an Inside Cradle (8:34).
3. 4-On-4 Elimination Match: Takumi Tsukamoto, Isami Kodaka, FUMA & Seiya Morohashi defeated Takato Nakano, Masato Kamino, Takeru Inoue & Tomoki Hatano (19:57).
3a. Seiya Morohashi eliminated Takato Nakano by Ring Out (10:41).
3b. Takeru Inoue eliminated Seiya Morohashi with a Cradle (12:55).
3c. FUMA eliminated Masato Kamino with an Armbar (14:10).
3d. Tomoki Hatano eliminated FUMA with the Diving Guillotine Drop (14:21).
3e. Isami Kodaka eliminated Tomoki Hatano by Ring Out (16:05).
3f. Takeru Inoue eliminated Takumi Tsukamoto by Ring Out (17:08).
3g. Isami Kodaka eliminated Takeru Inoue with the Isamiashi Zan (19:57).
4. Tantan Menso defeated Judo Master with a Gedo Clutch (7:37).
5. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – Final: Daiki Shimomura & Shuichiro Katsumura defeated SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken when Shimomura pinned Kraken with the Swanton Bomb (14:01).

Earlier today at a Ganbare☆Pro show in the same venue, Shuichiro Katsumura talked about how potentially wrestling three matches in one day is a piece of cake for him. He ended up only having to wrestle in two. He and Daiki Shimomura received a bye into the IRON FIST Tag Tournament final because Ayato Yoshida suffered a left knee sprain at a 2AW show earlier in the day and had to be pulled from this show. The Super Family defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Shota Nakagawa in the only semi final to happen on the show. In the final SAGAT was able to break out of Katsumura’s Ninja Choke but Shimomura scored the win by pinning Lil’ Kraken with the Swanton Bomb.

After they were rewarded with the trophy, Shimomura thanked Katsumura for teaming with him on short notice before calling Aijin Tag to come into the ring. They made fun of the Iron Fist Tag Team Champions for getting eliminated in the first round and then asked when they are getting their title shot? Takato Nakano pointed out that Shimomura & Katsumura only reached the final because of a bye and it doesn’t sit right with him that they won the tournament without having to wrestle Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida first. He decided the title match will happen on 27th October and Masato Kamino promised they won’t lose to a pair of scrawny little runts!

Judo Master and Tantan Menso spent their match arguing whether or not tantanmen ramen is a Japanese dish or a foreign dish. It is based on a Chinese recipe but Menso claims it is a domestic product because the ingredients come from Chiba. Master tried to attack Menso with a pair of nunchucks but ended up getting pinned with a Gedo Clutch.

By being the sole survivor of the Elimination Tag Match, Isami Kodaka challenged Takumi Tsukamoto for the Union MAX Title. Kodaka explained that he usually isn’t very good with Elimination Tag stipulations so winning one today should definitely earn him a title shot. Tsukamoto accepted and also allowed Kodaka to choose the date and location of the match. Kodaka picked Takashimadaira Kumin Center, the venue they are in right now and the match will happen at BASARA’s next show here on 23rd November. Tsukamoto warned that he is incredibly strong right now and Kodaka is completely aware of that.

With Yoshida pulling out due to a sudden injury, 2AW sent over Chicharito Shoki to the show as a last minute replacement. BASARA decided to eliminate Kazato & Yoshida from the tournament so Kazato’s new match was a singles bout with Shoki. During the match Shoki started imitating Yoshida by finding different ways to bully Kazato. It reached a point where Kazato had to convince Shoki he wasn’t Yoshida while speaking as if Yoshida was no longer among them. The two wrestlers hugged and Shoki suddenly cradled Kazato for the three count. Both of them then encouraged the fans to chant for Yoshida.

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BASARA “BASARA 317 ~UTAGE~” Results

October 2, 2026

BASARA “BASARA 317 ~UTAGE~”, 02/10/2026
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. Takumi Tsukamoto, Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano defeated Gouma Ryu, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga when Tsukamoto submitted Ryu with a Crab Hold (8:46).
2. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – A Block Round 1: SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken defeated Judo Master & Muscle Master when Kraken pinned Judo with the Period. (11:23).
3. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – B Block Round 1: Daiki Shimomura & Shuichiro Katsumura defeated Isami Kodaka & FUMA when Shimomura pinned Kodaka with the Asai DDT (16:30).
4. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – A Block Round 1: Ryota Nakatsu & Shota Nakagawa defeated Takeru Inoue & Tomoki Hatano when Nakagawa pinned Inoue with the Swanton Bomb (12:16).
5. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – B Block Round 1: Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida defeated Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino when Kazato pinned Nakano with the Rocket Punch Body Press (14:11).

The first round of this year’s IRON FIST Tag Tournament sees some big teams already getting eliminated including the reigning Iron Fist Tag Team Champions! That’s right, Aijin Tag lost to the odd couple team of Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida. The result is disastrous for Aijin Tag because Yoshida spent just as much time trying to fight Kazato as he did with them. He even put Kazato through a table and left him for Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino to pick up the scraps. However Kazato wouldn’t give up and seemed to finally win over Yoshida when he bit the bullet for one of the opponent’s double team moves. Kazato then took advantage of the confusing chaos to land the Rocket Punch Body Press on Nakano and pin him for the victory. Aijin Tag blame themselves for the loss and will watch the rest of the tournament from the sidelines to see who will challenge them for the tag titles next. Meanwhile Kazato thanks the fans for their support while Yoshida said the fans should be thanking him because he’s the only reason why he and Kazato won today.

Ryota Nakatsu & Shota Nakagawa joked that they used the power of baseball to defeat the Death Volleyball Club. In reality the admit they didn’t rely on a lot of teamwork between them and even suffered some friendly fire that could have cost them the match. They also think if Takeru Inoue & Tomoki Hatano can be called a volleyball club then maybe Nakatsu & Nakagawa can call themselves The Walk Club.

On paper the team of Isami Kodaka & FUMA should be competitive enough to run the bracket but they’ve been knocked out in the opening round thanks to Daiki Shimomura & Shuichiro Katsumura. FUMA got caught up in Katsumura’s Ninja Choke while Shimomura used the Asai DDT on Kodaka to pin him. The winning team thought they were facing Aijin Tag in the next round and were surprised to find out that won’t be the case. They agreed not to get pulled into Kazato’s world of playing games and instead go for a quick victory. It will be a busy day for Katsumura because he will be wrestling at Ganbare☆Pro too.

The first match in the bracket had to be changed when Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Seiya Morohashi both fell ill with love sickness. The team replacing them were the masked men of Judo Master & Muscle Master. The team introduced themselves as the “Master Of Softness” and the “Master Of Hardness”. SAGAT responded by calling the two of them hard to deal with. He also seemed to recognise Muscle Master was really Morohashi judging by his body shape. SAGAT unmasked him and discovered that Morohashi had his face painted like The Great Muta underneath! Morohashi gave SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken some Dragon Screws then sprayed water instead of Poison Mist. The water missed and got Judo Master by mistake. Krake then gave Judo the Period. for the three count. The Super Family think they won the match but also believe the could have been just a fever dream.

The semi finals on 12th October will be SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Shota Nakagawa and Daiki Shimomura & Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida.

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IRON FIST Tag Tournament 2026

September 24, 2026

The annual BASARA tag team tournament is coming up on short notice this year. The IRON FIST Tag Tournament is a single elimination playoff consisting of eight teams. Every match has a 30 minute time limit except for the final which has no time limit. Matches that end in a draw eliminates both teams from the tournament. Only seven have been revealed by the time of this being posted. *EDIT* The eighth team has since been announced.

The team lineup is:

– Super Family (SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken)
– Aijin Tag (Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino)
– Ryota Nakatsu & Shota Nakagawa
– Isami Kodaka & FUMA
– Death Volleyball Club (Takeru Inoue & Tomoki Hatano)
– Daiki Shimomura & Shuichiro Katsumura
– Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Seiya Morohashi
– Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida

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BASARA “BASARA 317 ~UTAGE~”, 02/10/2026
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – A Block Round 1A: SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Seiya Morohashi
2. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – A Block Round 1B: Takeru Inoue & Tomoki Hatano Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Shota Nakagawa
3. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – B Block Round 1A: Isami Kodaka & FUMA Vs Daiki Shimomura & Shuichiro Katsumura
4. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – B Block Round 1B: Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida Vs Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino

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BASARA “BASARA 318 ~TAKAGARI 35~”, 12/10/2026
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center

1. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – A Block Final: Winners Of A Block Match 1A Vs Winners Of A Block Match 1B
2. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – B Block Final: Winners Of B Block Match 1A Vs Winners Of B Block Match 1B
3. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – Final: X & X Vs X & X

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BASARA “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES – BASARA 316 ~KOO~” Results

September 23, 2026

BASARA “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES – BASARA 316 ~KOO~”, 23/09/2026
Shinjuku FACE
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. Shuichiro Katsumura defeated Daiki Shimomura with the Ninja Choke (11:14).
2. Yasu Urano & Shiori Asahi defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Ayumu Honda (w/ Gouma Ryu) when Urano pinned Hiroshi after an Accidental Law Book Attack from Ryu (9:43).
3. Choun Shiryu defeated Daichi Kazato with the Project A on the Balance Ball (13:19).
4. Hardcore 6-Man Tag Match: SAGAT, Lil’ Kraken & Minoru Fujita defeated Isami Kodaka, FUMA & Shota Nakagawa when SAGAT pinned FUMA with a Dynamic Bomb onto a Chair (14:10).
5. Iron Fist Tag Team Titles: Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino (c) defeated Takeru Inoue & Tomoki Hatano when Kamino pinned Inoue with the Lariat (14:39).
*V6 for Aijin Tag.
6. Union MAX Title -Dosukoi Gathering Presents-: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) defeated Ryota Nakatsu with the Running Zudon (22:48).
*V2 for Takumi Tsukamoto.

Today was the official start of the Shinjuku FACE Countdown Series, a collection of farewell shows held by many different wrestling promotions before the famed Shinjuku FACE shuts down at the end of the month. Sendai Girls ran the first show of the series earlier today and BASARA was next on the schedule. The venue hosted BASARA’s debut show back in 2016. Ryota Nakatsu was in the very first BASARA match back then and he got to be in the final BASARA match to be held here today. Unfortunately for him he wasn’t able to beat Takumi Tsukamoto for the Union MAX Title. After the match Tsukamoto gathered the locker room together so they could all thank Shinjuku FACE and say their goodbyes to the venue.

The dominant run of Aijin Tag continues as they have now reached their 6th defence of the Iron Fist Tag Team Titles. With Death Volleyball Club taken care of, they now look forward to facing their next challenge. BASARA announced during the show that the IRON FIST Tag Tournament will be returning this year and Aijin Tag plan to enter it with the intention of becoming back to back champions. Then they can nominate their next challengers afterward. One of the possible teams entering the tournament was set up after the show. Ryota Nakatsu was approached by Shota Nakagawa to team up together for the tournament.

This was Gouma Ryu’s final appearance in Shinjuku FACE and he wanted to play a bigger part in it. He bribed the referee with 30,000 yen to allow him to stay in the ring for Match #2 and get directly involved even though he was only supposed to support his team at ringside. That idea ultimately backfired when he tried to hit Yasu Urano with his law book and knocked out Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi with it instead by accident.

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Becoming, Death Volleyball Club, Wrestle Princess VII Main Event

August 24, 2026

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

1. Takato Nakano, Masato Kamino & Yasu Urano Vs Takeru Inoue, Tomoki Hatano & Hajime

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.

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