SUPER JAPAN “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES ~GOODBYE SHINJUKU FACE~”, 28/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. GAJI Debut Match: Shota & Ryoma Tsukamoto defeated GAJI & Makoto Oishi when Shota pinned Oishi with the Gannosuke Clutch (8:54).
2. Special Tag Match: Marika Kobashi & Azusa Inaba defeated Mio Shirai & Yuuki Minami when Kobashi pinned Shirai after a Back Drop from Inaba (5:29).
3. Special Tag Match: Kumadori & Saira defeated Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Yuki Kamifuku when Kumadori pinned Kuroshio with the Corkscrew Senton (12:10).
4. Special Single Match: CIMA defeated Ken Ohka with the Meteora (12:31).
5. 4 Way Tag Match: Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Ippanjin Munenori Sawa, Thanomsak Toba & Gym Trainer Kotoka and Fuminori Abe & Mac Matsushita when Shu pinned Takagi after the Gotai Fumanzoku (14:08).
6. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yuji Nagata (c) defeated Satoshi Kojima with the Back Drop Hold (13:28). *V? for Yuji Nagata.
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Yuji Nagata (c) with a Cradle (9:10 pm). *Sanshiro Takagi becomes the 1,912th champion.
The last time Yuji Nagata and Satoshi Kojima had a singles match against each other was eleven years ago at the 2015 G1 Climax. Today stood across the ring from each other as part of the Shinjuku FACE Countdown Series. An added bonus was Nagata being the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion going into the match (he very briefly lost it and won it back from Manabu Nakanishi during an interview for his Youtube channel during the week) which meant the main event now had a title on the line. This was treated as a much bigger deal than previous Iron Man Title bouts because Shuichi Nishinaga from NOAH was brought in to be the referee, Fumihito Kihara formerly of All Japan was the special ring announcer and Masayuki Uchida was part of the pre-match ceremony.
Nagata defeated Kojima to successfully defend the title by using a Kneel Kick, an Enzuigiri and then the Back Drop Hold for the three count. He thanked the fans afterward because their cheers gave him strength. He also told Kojima to continue doing his best because the two of them are the last remaining wrestlers from New Japan’s “Third Generation” that are still active. Sanshiro Takagi then gathered everyone together to close out the show. Since this is Super Japan’s final show in Shinjuku FACE, Takagi hopes the promotion will find a new venue to continue running shows with Nagata as the company ace. Suddenly when Nagata was saying his catchphrase, his young lion at ringside Tatsuya Matsumoto tried to roll him up to win the title! Nagata kicked out but was so distracted by what happened that Takagi then rolled him up and got the pinfall to become the new champion.
Years of traumatic history hung over Ken Ohka’s match with CIMA. Ohka, believe it or not, was originally a Toryumon student way back in the day but flunked out of there and never debuted for the promotion. His failure put him in a dark place but he continued to seek out a pro wrestling career because he loves it so much. He knows CIMA has gone through some rough times too so he encouraged him to keep wrestling even if his limbs ever stop working. CIMA admitted he’s been scammed four times in his life and the most recent was a wire transfer scam that many other people fall for. He joked that he holds the record for the highest financial loss in history.
Fuminori Abe got a little too giddy over the occasion and told everyone during his match he would spray paint the word “Anal” onto the wall. He lived up to his word. He was apologetic about it at the end of the show and promised to clean off the graffiti. I don’t know if he properly cleaned it away but he at least sprayed more paint on the wall to cover up the word.
If Kuroshio TOKYO Japan was going to team up with Yuki Kamifuku, he was going to do it on Kamiyu’s terms. She pulled off Kuroshio’s jacket before the match and made him wear her own entrance jacket. He asked everyone if he looked cute but Saira in particular said no. Kuroshio later grabbed Saira into a Full Nelson and told Kamifuku to call her ugly but she refused. Saira damaged Kuroshio’s ego further when he had a dance off with Kumadori and Saira said Kumadori looked cooler. Kuroshio hit her with an Enzuigiri and also knocked down Kamifuku so the match would just be between him and Kumadori. Kamifuku got revenge by giving her tag partner the Diving Famouser. The other team followed up with Saira hitting the Sky Twister Press followed by Kumadori doing the Corkscrew Senton for the victory.
GANBARE☆PRO “SAITAMA TOKOROZAWA PARK TOWN SHOPPING STREET BOX OFFICE”, 26/09/2026 Saitama Tokorozawa Park Town Shopping Street – Special Ring
1. Shuichiro Katsumura & YuuRI Vs Shin Suzuki & Moeka Haruhi
2. Takuya Wada Vs Shota Kawakami
3. Shigehiro Irie & Sentaro Motojima Vs Yasu Urano & Fuminori Abe
4. Minoru Suzuki, Ken Ohka & Mizuki Watase Vs Keisuke Ishii, Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga
There is light rain forecast in Saitama tomorrow but this outdoor show is expected to go ahead as planned. Should the weather become more severe than expected there is a chance Ganbare☆Pro could cancel it.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES – I WON’T CRY THERE’S NO WAY I WILL CRY”, 27/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. 3 Way Match: Mizuki Vs Raku Vs Pom Harajuku
2. Shinjuku FACE Memorial 6-Woman Tag Match: Hyper Misao, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami Vs Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Kira Summer
3. Shoko Nakajima Vs Momo Sato
4. HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida Vs Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki
5. Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Sakura Hattori Vs Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase
6. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Wakana Uehara
7. CASPA Presents Tag Match: Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita Vs Suzume & Arisu Endo
The last Tokyo Joshi Pro event in Shinjuku FACE is also the go home show for “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII”. This is the last chance for the two Daisy Monkey wrestlers to get everything in place for their title matches. Suzume thinks she almost has Yuki Arai figured out. Can’t quite say the same for Arisu Endo in regards to Miyu Yamashita at the moment though. That Tokyo Princess Cup match from last year is drifting further and further away as time moves on.
Nothing solves problems in a relationship better than throwing a ninja into them mix, that’s what I always say.
SUPER JAPAN “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES ~GOODBYE SHINJUKU FACE~”, 28/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. GAJI Debut Match: GAJI & Makoto Oishi Vs Shota & Ryoma Tsukamoto
2. Special Tag Match: Mio Shirai & Yuuki Minami Vs Marika Kobashi & Azusa Inaba
3. Special Tag Match: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Yuki Kamifuku Vs Kumadori & Saira
4. Special Single Match: CIMA Vs Ken Ohka
5. 4 Way Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Ippanjin Munenori Sawa Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Thanomsak Toba & Gym Trainer Kotoka Vs Fuminori Abe & Mac Matsushita
6. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yuji Nagata (c) Vs Satoshi Kojima
For the first time ever Yuji Nagata and Satoshi Kojima are going to face off in a title match one on one… and it’s for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title!
Some more new faces are showing up to Super Japan. This time it’s the JTO double champion Azusa Inaba and also Yuuki Minami making their Super Japan debuts.
BASARA “BASARA 317 ~UTAGE~”, 02/10/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Takumi Tsukamoto, Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano Vs Gouma Ryu, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga
2. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – A Block Round 1A: SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Seiya Morohashi
3. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – B Block Round 1A: Isami Kodaka & FUMA Vs Daiki Shimomura & Shuichiro Katsumura
4. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – A Block Round 1B: Takeru Inoue & Tomoki Hatano Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Shota Nakagawa
5. IRON FIST Tag Tournament – B Block Round 1B: Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida Vs Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino
Only seven out of the eight teams were revealed when I posted about the IRON FIST Tag Tournament yesterday but the final team has been added since then. The odd couple of Daichi Kazato & Ayato Yoshida completes the field.
GANBARE☆PRO “LOVE IS A STEROID 2026”, 12/10/2026 Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center
1. Sentaro Motojima Vs Kento Kiryu
2. Ken Ohka & Shota Kawakami Vs Keisuke Ishii & Ali Najima
3. Shinichiro Tominaga & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi
4. Yumehito Imanari & YuuRI Vs Hyo Ogawa & Saito
5. Mizuki Watase, Shota Nakagawa & SUSHI Vs Shuichiro Katsumura, Yuya Susumu & Daiki Shimomura
There’s some BASARA and Up Town talent mixed in here with the usual GanPro folks.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SHION KANZAKI HOMECOMING SHOW ~CHOSHI, ARE YOU AWAKE!!?~”, 12/10/2026 Chiba Inubosaki Hotel Banquet Hall
I’m not a pet owner so how does one exactly unlock a Battle Mode for their dog? Yuki Kamifuku has brought her beloved Zac into the wrestling ring a few times before but not to actually wrestle in a match!
DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2026 ~PRO WRESTLING IN AUTUMN~”, 21/09/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall ??? Fans – Unannounced
0. Dark Match: Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuma Sumi defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni when Sumi pinned Yuni with the School Boy (9:25).
1. Daichi Sato 5th Anniversary Match – The 37KAMIINA Vs paleyouth!: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato defeated Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y when Masada pinned To-y after The Roar For Tomorrow Created By Takeshi And Yuya (10:30).
2. Special Single Match: Soma Takao defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Gin And Tonic (8:27).
3. 3 Way Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki defeated Chris Brookes & Hinata Kasai and Yuki Ishida & Masami Inahata when Miyawaki pinned Kasai with the Sunshine Suplex (7:28).
4. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Jun Akiyama 34th Anniversary Debut Match ~Special Tag Match~: Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata defeated HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno (c) when Akiyama submitted Dieno with the Front Neck Lock (9:59). *Jun Akiyama becomes the 1,908th champion.
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yuji Nagata defeated Jun Akiyama (c) with a Cradle (12:03 pm). *Yuji Nagata becomes the 1,909th champion.
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion defeated KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (c) (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) when Ilusion pinned Levante with the Chinga Tu Madre! (12:40). *STRANGE LOVE CONNECTION fails in V2. DAMNATION T.A becomes the 62nd KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions! Ilusion wins Viento Levante’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere, Anytime, Anywhere Gauntlet.
6. DDT Universal Title: Ryusuke Taguchi (c) defeated Antonio Honda with the Modified Ankle Hold (12:49). *V2 for Ryusuke Taguchi.
7. KO-D Openweight Title: MAO (c) defeated Fuminori Abe with a Bridging Gedo Clutch (19:14). *V3 for MAO.
-. Emergency Match: Ilusion defeated Sanshiro Takagi with the Chinga Tu Madre! (1:12). *Ilusion cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere, Anytime, Anywhere Gauntlet. Ilusion wins Sanshiro Takagi’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Gauntlet.
-. KO-D Openweight Title: MAO (c) defeated Ilusion with the Cannonball 450° (4:35). *V4 for MAO. Ilusion cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Gauntlet.
The KO-D Openweight Title situation is now changing to the point that wherever MAO goes, chaos ends up following him. For the second time in his reign he has now defended the title twice in back to back matches thanks to shenanigans involving the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Gauntlets. Today’s main event started off with MAO putting the belt on the line against Fuminori Abe. The match called back to a bout they had two years ago when a kick to the gut led to Abe throwing up in his mouth a little. There was a risk of it happening again today but Abe was able to prevent himself from repeating his embarrassing moment. The playful actions between the two turned more competitive as the match went on, turning to a tit-for-tat game of one-upmanship. MAO was one step ahead of Abe for the finish, countering the Manjigatame and setting up a series of back and forth cradle pins that ended with MAO using a bridging version of the Gedo Clutch to win the match.
Then things started to get crazy. Sanshiro Takagi walked out after the match promising to avenge Abe’s defeat by cashing in his Right To Challenge Gauntlet on MAO just like he did at Sumo Hall last month. However, Ilsuion then showed up carrying the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere, Anytime, Anywhere Gauntlet he won earlier in the night (and also created in the very first place) and he declared he was cashing it in on Takagi’s Gauntlet! A match between Takagi and Ilusion began right away and the two tried to out-Stunner each other. Ilusion caught Takagi with an Enzuigiri afterward and grabbed him into the Chinga Tu Madre! cradle for a three count out of nowhere. So now Ilusion holds the last remaining Gauntlet for a KO-D Title shot. Ilusion told MAO he is too tired from the match he just had to cash in and he still has the rest of the month to use his prize so he’s going to make MAO wait for their title match…
Just kidding! Ilusion suddenly gave MAO a Low Blow and decided he was cashing in his title show right away! A bonus KO-D Title match then began with Ilusion trying to roll up MAO for a quick win while other wrestlers from DAMNATION T.A removed one of the turnbuckle pads. MAO hit the exposed buckle but was able to dodge the Swanton Bomb. Ilusion used another Low Blow and got to do the Chinga Tu Madre! again but MAO kicked out of it. DAMNATION T.A interfered further until Yukio Naya, KANON & KIMIHIRO showed up to fight them off, leaving MAO to knock down Ilusion with a Palm Strike and then pin him with the Cannonball 450°. When that was over MAO talked about the chaos that’s happening in DDT right now before turning his thoughts over to Abe. MAO wants to keep fighting Abe as his ideal rival even when they both grow old because they get to discover how deep the world of pro wrestling can go.
The KO-D Title picture is now completely cleared out after today. All of the Right To Challenge Gauntlets have been used up and a No. 1 Contender has not emerged while the dust is still settling. Hisaya Imabayashi asked MAO to nominated his next challenger for the Sumo Hall show on 3rd November. MAO said he had already faced Yuki Ueno in the main event of Ryogoku but there is one other person he wants to share that experience with. It’s Chris Brookes! He is the person MAO keeps coming back to because Brookes chose DDT and stayed with them at a time when all of his friends in the UK chose other companies. MAO wants himself, Ueno and Brookes to be part of this moment where it feels like DDT has finally overcome its tough times. He doesn’t mind if the match gets so crazy it ends in a Double Count Out as long as the match is with Brookes. They have been setting ARENA Shimokitazawa on fire with Baka Gaijin + Friends so now they will do the same to Sumo Hall!
Ryusuke Taguchi was putting more than just the DDT Universal Title on the line when he fought Antonio Honda. He was also fighting for his son’s admiration! Ryusuke’s son Shisho Taguchi is currently a musician and became acquainted with Honda after seeing his band Daisetz live. Honda taunted Ryusuke by making it his goal to win the Universal Title and use it to pose for a picture with Shisho, something that Shisho has never done with his father throughout his life! Shisho was in attendance for the match and Honda couldn’t resist to get him involved. He held Ryusuke for Shisho to chop him but Shisho couldn’t bring himself to attack his own dad. However when Ryusuke reversed the position with Honda, Shisho also couldn’t bring himself to hit his friend! Ryusuke brought the match back to the ring where he worked over Honda’s knee. Honda used the powers of Gongitsune and Hiroyoshi Tenzan to fight back but Taguchi would keep the match in his control and submit Honda with the Ankle Lock. The match got a happy ending backstage when Ryusuke, Shisho and Honda all took a picture together with the Universal Title belt.
The Universal Title is also going to take a trip over to New Japan soon. Taguchi asked Akito after the match if he could defend the belt over there because he is feuding with Dick Togo on the current tour. Taguchi pointed out that he has already defended the title against Daisuke Sasaki and Antonio Honda so it would be a great story if his next defence would be against their mentor Togo. Akito said plans were already being made for a title defence to happen at DDT’s next Korakuen Hall show on 18th October but he will allow Taguchi to defend it in NJPW before then. After the show had ended it was confirmed that Taguchi will put the title on the line against Togo at New Japan’s 17th October show in Hokkaido. Then the winner will come back to DDT on the 18th for a title match against Akito! Taguchi promised to give it his all and return to DDT with the Universal Title, but he also admitted he may only give Togo 50% effort so he apologizes to everyone in DDT in advance should he end up losing the belt to Togo. He also promised to continue pitching Kazuma Sumi to be his tag partner for the upcoming Super Jr. Tag League.
You can see why Ilusion had a plan in place for today. He’s been collecting so many championship belts lately that he could have ended the day with the cherry on top that is the KO-D Title. Instead he just has to live with winning the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles with DAMNATION T.A again. He continues his masked man rivalry with Viento Levante and had MJ Paul to pull out the referee just when it looked like the match would be lost to Strange Love Connection. More cheating happened with Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani attacking KANON & Yukio Naya with chairs and bamboo sticks. Levante finally got his hands on Ilusion and tried to choke him out with a Sleeper Hold but Ilusion escaped and trapped Levante in the Chinga Tu Madre! to pin him and win the titles. Ilusion added insult to injury after the match by telling Levante it doesn’t matter if he changes his name and goes to Mexico, he is still the same small fry he always was.
DAMNATION T.A then announced they will not be taking on all comers for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles. Instead they will decide who they will defend the belts against. However, NωA Jr. entered the ring to make their argument towards getting a title shot. Sumi said now is a crucial moment for the trio because they are all back together now. Shunma Katasumata has returned from injury while Yuni had finished his college entrance exams. The three of them now want to show everyone a view that only they can create as the champions. Ilusion said he might accept the challenge if NωA Jr. approach him backstage and beg on their knees for the match. Hisaya Imabayashi ignored him and confirmed NωA Jr. will get a title shot on 27th September. Backstage Sasaki predicted DDT are going to strip DAMNATION T.A of the titles again like last time so they may as well vacate them before it happens. Ilusion wants the group’s top priority to be them crushing the wannabe idols first and then they can vacate the belts.
Has Mr. IWGP now become Mr. Iron Man? Yuji Nagata was the special guest for a match celebrating the 34th Anniversary of Jun Akiyama’s debut. Nagata and Akiyama bought made their debuts in 1992 and have been generational counterparts divided by separate companies ever since. Akiyama got to start off the match with HARASHIMA and that meant Nagata was paired off with Danshoku Dieno. That meant Nagata would inevitably get a face full of Dieno’s Hell Gate but that just awakened the demon inside him! Nagata threw Dieno over with an Exploder Suplex and then pulled HARASHIMA into the Nagata Lock II. Akiyama meanwhile applied the Front Neck Lock onto Dieno, who rather than tap out decided to pull down his tights instead. Yukinori Matsui called off the match to avoid the incident from getting worse and declared that Akiyama had won the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from Dieno. But while Akiyama celebrated with his title, Nagata rolled him up for a pinfall and won the belt off him! Akiyama later tried to win it back off him backstage but couldn’t pull it off. Now the question is does this count as a New Japan wrestler taking away the Iron Man Title or is it a Super Japan wrestler that did it?
With MMA now seemingly behind him, Shinya Aoki can put more of his focus on being a menace in the pro wrestling ring. He quickly showed off his skill in the 3 Way Tag by grabbing both Brookes and Yuki Ishida in a Double Manjigatame style hold at the same time. Junta Miyawaki carried over the momentum by cutting off a double team from Hinata Kasai and Masami Inahata. Aoki also ruined the rubber band spot and threw the thing away. He paid for that when Ishida got to use the spot against him. Miyawaki found himself alone against the two other teams but the action broke down to the point where Aoki could take out a bunch of wrestlers with a Topé Suicida, leaving Miyawaki alone with Kasai in the ring. Kasai didn’t have what it takes to take Miyawaki down and the match ended with him getting pinned with the Sunshine Suplex.
The KO-D Tag Team Champions were then confronted by paleyouth after the match. Both Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku claimed they have been starving ever since they lost the KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles. Aoki disagreed and pointed to Koroku, calling him fat. Masada said Aoki is wrong because Aoki is super skinny compared to everyone else. paleyouth then asked for a title shot and got what they wanted. Miyawaki was complimentary to Masada because they are both the same age but Aoki continued to call Koroku fat and advised him to slim down before the match takes place on 27th September. Koroku promised to get himself shredded but he doesn’t appreciate having to do it on a week’s notice.
Soma Takao’s farewell tour of DDT continues with a singles match against Kazuki Hirata happening today. He was on pace to beat Hirata in quick fashion but when he held him upside down for the Gin And Tonic, Hirata pleaded to be let go because he had something important to say. When Hirata was freed he took out a heartfelt letter he wrote about the memories he made with Takao. He is sad that their time together is ending so before Takao goes, Hirata wanted to dance with him one more time. Takao wasn’t really interested in doing that but Hirata forcefully put the Hirata GO! glasses onto his face and he couldn’t help but get into the mood when the music played. They danced together and then continued to wrestle, ending in short order when Takao pinned Hirata with the Gin And Tonic.
Before Akiyama’s 34th Anniversary match happened, there was Daichi Sato’s 5th Anniversary to celebrate first. The teenage heavyweight was on the winning side with the rest of paleyouth as they defeated The 37KAMIINA in the opener. To-y got a mouthful of Masada’s fingers once again and was double teamed by different combinations of paleyouth until Masada & Koroku finished him off.
Two of the NωA Jr. had a tune up tag match on the pre-show. Kazuma Sumi and Yuni were on opposite sides of a tag match with Naomi Yoshimura and Tomomitsu Matsunaga also involved. Matsunaga was put off by Sumi’s speed and threatened to use a fan in the front row as a human shield to stop Sumi from doing a dive out of the ring. Yuni did not use such outside the box thinking tactics and was pinned by Sumi who used the School Boy as a counter for Yuni’s own cradle attempts.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW FALL TOUR ~RAY OF HOPE IN YOKOHAMA~”, 05/09/2026 Yokohama Radiant Hall
1. 3 Way Match: Hyper Misao Vs Chika Nanase Vs Ren Konatsu
2. Pom Harajuku 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
The first two matches have been changed around because Mahiro Kiryu is dealing with lower back problems again and is taking time off for the next couple of weeks. She won’t be wrestling again until 23rd September but she will be around for “HYPE! 4” on 15th September. Shion Kanzaki will now face Pom Harajuku and the tag match Harajuku was a part of is now a 3 Way Match with the remaining wrestlers.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW FALL TOUR ~RAY OF HOPE IN SHINKIBA~”, 12/09/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Shino Suzuki
Throughout the month of September Tokyo Joshi Pro was supposed to set up a series of singles matches for Yuki Kamifuku so she can have final matches with people up and down the roster. The first two matches against Raku and Shino Suzuki are going on as planned.
DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2026 IN UENO”, 16/09/2026 Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage
1. 2 Vs 1 Handicap Match: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Junta Miyawaki
2. Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs KANON & Masami Inahata
3. Rookie Shunma Katsumata & Rookie Yuya Koroku Double Debut Match: Rookie Shunma Katsumata Vs Rookie Yuya Koroku
4. Special Tag Match: Takeshi Masada & Daichi Sato Vs Ryuma Sekimo & Hinata Kasai
5. Doroki-Style Drunk Match ~Soma Takao Farewell Party~: Soma Takao Vs Naomi Yoshimura Vs Yukio Naya Vs Yuki Ishida *Special Referee: Akito (Former Manager)
6. Crocodile Death Match Returns: MAO, Viento Levante & Kazuma Sumi (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion Vs Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda
Look it’s pro wrestling, retirements and final matches do not matter. So here’s another Crocodile Death Match. Let’s hope Daisuke Sasaki doesn’t lose his composure over past crocodile related trauma right before it takes place again.
With Soma Takao leaving soon, all of the Dropkick Bar wrestlers want to send him off with their own version of the Drunk Match.
Both Shunma Katsumata and Yuya Koroku are going back in time to their rookie forms to relive their debut matches.
DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2026 ~AUTUMN OF PRO WRESTLING~”, 21/09/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Special Single Match: Soma Takao Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Jun Akiyama 34th Anniversary Debut Match ~Special Tag Match~: Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata Vs HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (c) (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion
4. DDT Universal Title: Ryusuke Taguchi (c) Vs Antonio Honda
5. KO-D Openweight Title: MAO (c) Vs Fuminori Abe
Some more wrestler anniversaries are coming up. Jun Akiyama celebrates his by inviting Yuji Nagata back into DDT. The two will have a good time wrestling HARASHIMA but Danshoku Dieno will be there too.
Takao was among Kazuki Hirata’s first opponents during Hirata’s first month as a debuting rookie. That was around 16 and a half years ago. Here’s one more singles match between them for old time’s sake.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW FALL TOUR ~RAY OF HOPE IN RYOGOKU~”, 22/09/2026 Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall
1. Mizuki & Yuki Kamifuku Vs X & X
Kamifuku was meant to have a singles match with Mizuki on this show. However Kamifuku asked TJPW to have them team up instead because she wants to relive her past experiences of teaming with her.
GANBARE☆PRO “SAITAMA TOKOROZAWA PARK TOWN SHOPPING STREET BOX OFFICE”, 26/09/2026 Saitama Tokorozawa Park Town Shopping Street – Special Ring
1. Takuya Wada Vs Shota Kawakami
2. Shuichiro Katsumura & YuuRI Vs Shin Suzuki & Moeka Haruhi
3. Shigehiro Irie & Sentaro Motojima Vs Yasu Urano & Fuminori Abe
4. Mizuki Watase, Ken Ohka & Minoru Suzuki Vs Keisuke Ishii, Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga
It’s time for Ganbare☆Pro’s annual outdoor show at Tokorozawa Park Town in Saitama. Minoru Suzuki, Shigehiro Irie, Fuminori Abe and Yasu Urano are the guests taking part in the show.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES – I WON’T CRY THERE’S NO WAY I WILL CRY”, 27/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Wakana Uehara
Kamiyu’s last singles match of the month is against her Ober Eats partner, Wakana Uehara. As the days count down toward her retirement it will soon be time to wonder what her final match is going to be. Maybe TJPW will put on one of their wacky Gauntlet or Rumble matches so she gets to fight everybody in short bursts one last time each.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII”, 03/10/2026 Tokyo EBARA WAVE Arena Ota
1. 3 Way Tag Match: Raku & X Vs Pom Harajuku & X Vs Mahiro Kiryu & X
2. VENYU Finale: Yuki Kamifuku & VENY Vs X & X
3. SETUP All Asia Women’s Title: Shoko Nakajima (c) Vs X
4. Princess Tag Team Titles: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Winners Of 05/09 Decision Match
5. Princess Of Princess Title: Yuki Arai (c) Vs Suzume
Last weekend Shoko Nakajima wrestled at a SETUP show in Thailand and beat Matcha to win the SETUP All Asia Women’s Title. Her first defence is set for “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII” against an opponent to be determined. It has been noted by TJPW that the challenger selection is not limited to Asia and it is possible Nakajima’s opponent could be from anywhere around the world. At this point in her career, Nakajima has become an accomplished wrestler who has competed worldwide and is ready to be tested by whoever TJPW or SETUP can find.
DDT “NANIWA PRO WRESTLING ROAD 2026”, 04/10/2026 Osaka City Higashiyodogawa Ward Kumin Hall
1. Naomi Yoshimura 10th Anniversary Debut Match ~ Special Single Match: Zeus Vs Naomi Yoshimura
A few weeks back Naomi Yoshimura let everyone know that he asked DDT for to book a particular opponent for his 10th Anniversary match scheduled for October. DDT honored his request and it’s now been revealed his opponent is going to be Zeus! The Osaka strongman was the person who originally opened the doors for Yoshimura to get into pro wrestling through his bodybuilding gym. When Yoshimura graduated from high school, he trained under Zeus and credits him for turning his dream of becoming a pro wrestler into reality. Zeus has kept himself busy these past few years with running Osaka Pro, the company he was successfully able to revive back in 2022. He doesn’t wrestle outside of his home promotion that often so for DDT to get him on board for a match that means a lot to Yoshimura is quite a big deal.
SUPER JAPAN “SANSHIRO TAKAGI 30TH ANNIVERSARY PROJECT – SUPER JAPAN PRO WRESTLING HATAAGE-SEN”, 19/08/2025 Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage ??? Fans – Unannounced
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Brahman Yuji, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Hikaru Sato, Fuminori Abe & Ippanjin Munenori Sawa
DDT “ASAKUSA ROX NAKAMISE FIGHTING 2026”, 08/07/2026 Tokyo Asakusa ROX 3G Super Multi Court
0. Dark Match – Nariagari Showcase: Tawaramachi Kid Jr., Super Nikuyaki Machine & Ariji Akinori Vs Benio, Tataiki Torinomi & TAKUYA
1. Shunma Katsumata & Viento Levante Vs Akito & Hinata Kasai
2. Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & MBM Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Rukiya & Masami Inahata
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya Vs Jun Akiyama & Junta Miyawaki
4. FANTÔMES DRAMATIC Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: MAO, KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) & Kazuma Sumi Vs Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, Ryota Nakatsu & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Takeshi Masada, To-y & Yuki Ishida
The wrestlers from Nariagari have been chosen for the dark match. I recognize a few of those names from previous appearances. Couldn’t tell you what they’ve accomplished since then though.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’26”, 18/07/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Momo Sato Debut Match: Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu Vs Shion Kanzaki & Momo Sato
2. Shin Sakura Katsushika Hirota, HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida Vs Raku, Pom Harajuku & Chika Nanase
3. Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro Vs MIRAI & Toga
4. Aja Kong Vs Arisu Endo
5. Yuki Kamifuku, Kumadori & Sakura Hattori Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Yumehito Imanari & Mahiro Kiryu
6. Mizuki Vs Sweet Secret
7. International Princess Title: Suzume (c) Vs Wakana Uehara
8. Princess Tag Team Titles: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
9. Princess Of Princess Title: Yuki Arai (c) Vs Miyu Yamashita
We have a mystery on our hands. Mizuki is taking on an unknown opponent who is only being advertised as “Sweet Secret“. If that name by itself is a clue then it’s the only one we’ve got so far.
One of the undercard tag matches is following up on a few things from earlier this year. MIRAI & Toga are teaming up again for a match against Shunrai Rekka!! Prism Greed. That means it’s another meeting between MIRAI and Haru Kazashiro after their really good singles match last month.
The debut of Momo Sato sees her getting thrown into the ring with the three other shortest term wrestlers in Tokyo Joshi Pro at the moment.
BASARA “BASARA 312 ~UTAGE~”, 24/07/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Takeru Inoue Vs Ali Najima
2. FUMA Vs SAGAT
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Thanomsak Toba
4. Daiki Shimomura & Kota Sekifuda Vs Lil’ Kraken & Yuki Kanzaki
5. Isami Kodaka, Yuko Miyamoto & Shuji Ishikawa Vs Takumi Tsukamoto, Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino
This is the go-home show before BASARA heads back to Korakuen Hall next month. Champions and challengers all mixing it up with each other is the name of the game in the main event. Shuji Ishikawa is teaming with Yankee Two Kenju given all of their history together while Takumi Tsukamoto is joining up with Aijin Tag.
GANBARE☆PRO “BAAHUBALI 2026”, 25/07/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. YuuRI Vs Echika Miyabi
2. Toyama Army Vs Anti-Toyama Army: Ken Ohka, Akira Shoji, Shinichiro Tominaga & Leon Vs Yumehito Imanari, Sentaro Motojima, Moeka Haruhi & Rydeen Hagane
3. Takuya Wada Vs Yuya Susumu
4. Tyson Maeguchi Vs Shuichiro Katsumura
5. Mizuki Watase, Shota Kawakami & X Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
The 6-Man Tag Match was supposed to have Munetatsu Nakamura in it but unfortunately he injured his right knee at the Ganbare☆Pro show over the weekend. He has since been diagnosed with a ruptured ACL and will be out of action for the time being.
A sudden civil war over the Toyama region is now turning into a little inter-promotional match with PURE-J. After the last GanPro show Ken Ohka declined to include Yumehito Imanari into his Toyama based group of wrestlers so Imanari went and formed his own Anti-Toyama team with Sentaro Motojima & Moeka Haruhi both agreeing to join him. Rydeen Hagane from PURE-J fills out his group. Ohka has bolstered up his forces by bringing in Akira Shoji & Shinichiro Tominaga as well as PURE-J’s Leon.
GANBARE☆PRO “IT’S A SUMMER FILM 2026”, 15/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. YuuRI Vs Takumi Iroha
2. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Chris Brookes
3. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi (c) Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Yuya Susumu
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie
Pray for Mizuki Watase to come out of the match in one piece. The last time Shigehiro Irie fought for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Title he lost to Imanari but still beat him up bad enough that he was left in rough shape for weeks afterward. Now Watase wants to defend the title against his good friend even though Irie is kind of feeling like he’s past his peak. Maybe for Watase’s physical sake let’s hope that is the case.
Shuichiro Katsumura once held the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles with Takuya Wada. Now he is trying to win them off him. Yuya Susumu is getting his first crack at winning a GanPro championship and maybe he can get it if Tyson Maeguchi is feeling a little punch drunk by the time the match takes place.
No word yet on if Nakamura’s match with Chris Brookes will be cancelled because of his knee injury. There is currently no timeframe for his return.
It’s time again for YuuRI to try and take down one of her idols. Takumi Iroha is her next big name joshi opponent.
SUPER JAPAN “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES ~GOODBYE SHINJUKU FACE~”, 28/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. Special Single Match: Yuji Nagata Vs Satoshi Kojima
Previously DDT had this date booked but it is now going to be a Super Japan show. It will be a special one because it is happening two days before Shinjuku FACE closes down for good. Headlining this important show will be a battle pitting Super Japan against New Japan. Where else could Yuji Nagata against Satoshi Kojima ever be put together?!?
SUPER JAPAN “BEER GARDEN PRO WRESTLING”, 06/07/2026 Shinjuku FACE ??? Fans – Unannounced
0. Dark Match – Unpaid Rumble RETURNS!: Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Shota with a Diving Body Press (29:55). Order Of Elimination: Cho Chichi Shikyu, Hameshio HONYO Nyobon & Gansha Fuck, Yoku Tatsu & Takashi Oyanakase, Ono-D-Takuma, Hurricane Oniha, Yasunori Haou, Yuki Uenokachimachi, Maha Lycopene, “Binbin 53cm” Hewyette Stormutzli, Anarko Montaña, Tsutenkakuka, HAYAZi, Tataiki Torinomi, Taiga, Okami Kodomo No Hame To Dori, Hen China, Movie Star, Honami Takemoto, Rising HAYATOCHIRI, Genta Nakajo, Ujikoji Nagata, Mieccha Tiger Mask, GOKUTSUBUSHI, “Hamerican Dragon” Bryan Hanielson, Suman Hansen, Sayaingen Kamitani, Kim Yo-chan, Nanae Furukawa, Big Bear, Koki Fujimoto, Tiger Kihara, Mio Shirai, Sanshiro Takagi and Shota.
1. Special Single Match: MBM defeated Miles Karu with the Package Piledriver (7:41).
2. 3 Minute 5 Round Match: Thanomsak Toba defeated Mac Matsushita by TKO with the Backhand Blow (R3 1:26).
3. Special Tag Match: Gym Trainer Kotoka & Marika Kobashi defeated Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Saito when Kobashi pinned Saito with a Rotating Cradle (17:54).
4. Special Single Match: Hayabusa defeated Ken Ohka with the Firebird Splash (9:08).
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Ippanjin Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe defeated Brahman Koji, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei when Takagi pinned Kei with the Stone Cold Stunner (12:58).
6. Special Single Match: Yuji Nagata defeated CIMA with the Back Drop Hold (18:05).
Some little known history between Yuji Nagata and CIMA was revisited for the main event of the latest Super Japan show. When CIMA was only two months into his pro wrestling career he apparently had a WCW match with Nagata inside the Universal Studios that held tapings at the time. He stuck around for a while to be Nagata’s weight training partner until their paths split off. Today, 19 years later they had their rematch. Nagata entered the ring with the amateur parody wrestler Ujikoji Nagata alongside him but the match with CIMA was played completely straight. CIMA targeted Nagata’s left leg before moving up to his big moves but Nagata kicked out of the Swan Dive Meteroa. In return, Nagata gave CIMA an Exploder Suplex, a Running Knee Strike and then the Back Drop Hold to get the pinfall.
Nagata said CIMA is completely different from how he was 29 years ago and he now understands how many tough battles he has gone through. CIMA pointed out that Shinjuku FACE will be closing down soon but his battle with Nagata is not over. He wants to have another rematch in 30 years time when he is 79 and Nagata will be 88! After CIMA left the ring, Nagata wanted to talk to someone else so he called for Satoshi Kojima to come face him. Nagata then revealed that his contract with New Japan was supposed to end in 2024 which is why Sanshiro Takagi chose him to be the ace of Super Japan. Plans changed and New Japan extended his deal but Nagata is still proud of the work he is doing here. He doesn’t appreciate Kojima suddenly popping up in Super Japan and be paid for acting like he can do whatever he wants! Kojima said ever since 2013 he’s been constantly DM’ing Takagi about working with him for whatever ideas they can come up with so he hasn’t come to Super Japan for the money. Takagi and Masayuki Uchida both stepped in to tell Nagata and Kojima they should wrestle each other at the next Super Japan show scheduled for Shinjuku FACE on 28th September, two days before the venue closes down for good. Uchida in particular loves the idea and thinks it is a match that can only happen in Super Japan. Takagi is even going far enough to call it a battle between Super Japan and New Japan!
Maybe Nagata had a point about Kojima not taking Super Japan seriously because Kojima showed up for his match acting like one of The Brahman Brothers! He appeared in full Brahman gear and that included a large patch stuck over his head to make his hair resemble a skullet. It appeared that Brahman Koji was brainwashed into acting this way and he joined along with the usual messy Brahman spots. He even drooled out orange coloured goo from his mouth after he took damage from Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe. Kojima finally snapped out of it when Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei both accidentally threw powder into his face. Next thing they knew, Kojima was knocking them down with Lariats and allowing Sanshiro Takagi to give them Stunners before stacking them up for the victory. The Brahmans had lost Brahman Koji today but they can just go find another new member to join them and make summer memories together.
Somehow Ken Ohka got busted open really heavily at the start of his match after Hayabusa got him with a Topé Con Hilo. While Ohka showed some fighting spirit by continuing on, he eventually fell to Hayabusa’s Firebird Splash. Hayabusa had heard about Ohka’s request to fight him so he asked him how he felt after the match? Ohka said he will be turning 49 this year. He ran away from a wrestling dojo in his mid-twenties but he was eventually forgiven and he worked hard to establish Ganbare☆Pro. He has proved that despite having negative experiences, a 49 year old like him can still get married and have three kids by working hard. So if Hayabusa also has a dream then he shouldn’t give up either.
There is a follow up to Kota Ibushi’s sudden appearance at the previous Super Japan show but it is going in a completely different direction. Mac Matsushita lost his fight against Thanomsak Toba but later joined up with him, Ibushi and Tyson Maeguchi backstage to announced that Matsushita has now joined the Ibushi Wrestling Institute! Takagi gave his endorsement to the move meaning that Matsushita is now no longer exclusive to just wrestling on Super Japan shows.
The return of the Unpaid Rumble had a few actual professional wrestlers sneaking into it. Takagi and Shota were already advertised for it pretty much to oversee all of the amateur and parody gimmicks filling up the ring. However Mio Shirai appeared as one of the early entrants and the biggest surprise of all was Daisuke Sekimoto showing up to clear out whoever was left and then win the whole thing! Unfortunately he didn’t realise until afterwards that entries for the match was on a volunteer only basis so he wasn’t going to be paid for anything. His prize for winning is an offer to participate in future Super Japan shows also for free. Sekimoto said he will consider it.
DDT/NJPW “ONE-ON-ONE CONFRONTATION ~SUPER SASADANGO MACHINE VS TORU YANO~”, 09/06/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall ??? Fans – Unannounced
-. New Japan Pro Wrestling & DDT Pro Wrestling Alliance Vs World Pro Wrestling Union Peacekeeping Force: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, YOH, Super Sasadango Machine, Akito & Antonio Honda Vs Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi, Shuji Ishikawa, Ken Ohka & MAO
DDT “KING OF DDT 2026 FINAL!!”, 31/05/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
0. Dark Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida Vs Rukiya & Hinata Kasai
1. King Of DDT – Semi Final: Minoru Suzuki Vs Shinya Aoki
2. King Of DDT – Semi Final: MAO Vs Danshoku Dieno
3. Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Jun Akiyama, Naomi Yoshimura & Junta Miyawaki
4. Special Tag Match ~ Kaisei Takechi Return Match: Yuki Ueno & Kaisei Takechi Vs Kazuki Hirata & To-y
5. FANTÔMES DRAMATIC Vs STRANGE LOVE CONNECTION!: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda Vs KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Maligno (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI)
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
7. King Of DDT – Final: X Vs X
The match order for this weekend’s King Of DDT final has been determined. The final of course will be the main event and the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles match is put in the semi-headliner spot.
DDT/NJPW “ONE-ON-ONE CONFRONTATION PART 2 ~SASADANGO-GUN VS YANO-GUN 5-ON-5 ELIMINATION TAG BATTLE~”, 08/06/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Sasadango-gun Vs Yano-gun: X Vs X
2. Sasadango-gun Vs Yano-gun: X Vs X
3. Sasadango-gun Vs Yano-gun: X Vs X
4. Sasadango-gun Vs Yano-gun: X Vs X
5. Sasadango-gun Vs Yano-gun: X Vs X
Sasadango-gun: Super Sasadango Machine, MAO, Kazuki Hirata, Akito
Yano-gun: Toru Yano, El Desperado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma
Something fishy is going on with the latest additions to the DDT Vs New Japan show. Both Yuki Ueno and Aaron Wolf will be there but as guests for an autograph session rather than participants in the five match series. I mean what are the chances that something will happen during the show that will draw both wrestlers into the ring for some action?
DDT “YOKOHAMA NIGHT SPLASH 2026”, 13/06/2026 Yokohama Radiant Hall
1. Ilusion Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul Vs Junta Miyawaki, KANON & Yuki Ishida
3. Special 3 Way 6-Man Tag Match: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato Vs Yuki Ueni, Naomi Yoshimura & Rukiya Vs Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Akito
There will be some time for Hideki Okatani and Junta Miyawaki to wrestle each other before they fight for the DDT Extreme Title next month.
DDT “THAT’S RIGHT! LET’S GO TO BEER GARDEN PRO WRESTLING 2026”, 17/06/2026 Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage
1. Special Single Match: Yuya Koroku Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Special Single Match: Shunma Katsumata Vs Junta Miyawaki
3. Falls Count Anywhere 4 Way Tag Match: Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA Vs Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Akiyama Vs MAO & KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO)
DDT are expecting the appearance of Jun Akiyama on a Beer Garden show to result in more chaos than usual.
DDT “LET’S GO! BEER GARDEN PRO WRESTLING 2026”, 18/06/2026 Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage
1. Yuki Ueno Vs Hinata Kasai
2. Crocodile Death Match BEYOND: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion Vs MAO, Yukio Naya & Viento Maligno (w/ KIMIHIRO)
3. Ring Removal Death Match: HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Okay so whenever Michinoku Pro does their Great Space War what usually happens is the ring gets deconstructed as the match progresses. There’s also been a couple of times when Big Japan have done a death match where the ring is stripped bare of all its padding so the ring is pretty much close to dismantled anyway. I think this is going to be the first time DDT is trying out the gimmick for a match and it’s going to be during a time when a lot people will be drunk. What could go wrong?
SUPER JAPAN “BEER GARDEN PRO WRESTLING”, 06/07/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. Unpaid Rumble RETURNS!: X Vs X
2. Special Single Match: Ken Ohka Vs Hayabusa
3. Special Single Match: Yuji Nagata Vs CIMA
Welcome to 2026 where a Japanese company can book a rematch from a virtually unknown WCW bout that was held in Oakland 29 years ago. CIMA got to team up with Yuji Nagata at the last Super Japan show so now he wants to face him one on one for the first time since they met in WCW almost three decades ago.
The goal of Ken Ohka ever since he launched Ganbare☆Pro was to do his part in turning pro wrestling into a major sport. That includes livening up the wrestling scene whatever way he can. He currently thinks a lot of the other indies are not doing the same so he threw out a challenge to Hayabusa from ZERO1 to help create a spark.
SUPER JAPAN “A PRO WRESTLING SHOW WITHOUT A NAME”, 27/05/2026 Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Shota defeated Miles Karu with the Frog Splash (7:23).
2. Special Single Match: Pero Pero Oyakata defeated Da Pump Matsumoto with the Ultimate Pero Pero Driver (7:58).
3. Marika Kobashi & Matsuzawa-san defeated Non Toraga & Riara when Kobashi pinned Riara with the Sliding Guillotine (9:56).
4. Ken Ohka & Mac Matsushita defeated Thanomsak Toba & Hyo Ogawa when Ohka pinned Ogawa with the Spear Of Flame (9:21).
5. Special Tag Match: Satoshi Kojima & Ippanjin Munenori Sawa defeated Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei when Kojima pinned Kei with the Lariat (14:07).
6. Special Tag Match: “Blue Hebi Justice” Yuji Jagata & CIMA defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Poison Sawada JULIE when CIMA pinned Takagi with the Meteora (12:16).
On the day when New Japan changed ownership and created a shift in power across the pro wrestling scene, Super Japan went ahead and held their latest show with Yuji Nagata getting caught up in DDT hijinks. At the start of the show Nagata joined Sanshiro Takagi and advisor Masayuki Uchida to celebrate the fan voted continuation of Super Japan with a toast of energy drinks. However when they all drank it, Poison Sawada JULIE came out and revealed he swapped out Nagata’s drink with an extract of snake magic! Nagata collapsed in the ring and was taken back to the locker room to get help while Takagi suddenly wrapped up Uchida in tape and kidnapped him under JULIE’s orders!
It was all going according to plan for JULIE. He formed a new alliance with Takagi after being enemies with him in DDT for years and now had Nagata under his control. CIMA had to fight all three of them by himself in the main event with Nagata having fully transformed into a Snake Magic version called “Blue Hebi Justice” Yuji Jagata. Uchida was able to free himself backstage and used a mirror to reflect a spell back at JULIE. He also fed Nagata an antitode that gradually returned him back to normal. Nagata used the powers of his Salute pose to fight off JULIE’s magic while CIMA pinned Takagi with the Meteora to win the match. CIMA then brought up the match he had with Nagata in WCW 29 years ago. He was only 19 years old and 2 months into his career back then. He was dominated into defeat and has wanted a rematch ever since so he challenged Nagata to a singles match on 6th July! Nagata said he has no reason to refuse so he will give CIMA his all at the next Super Japan show.
In a moment that came and went in a blink of an eye, Kota Ibushi was seen standing at the entrance way waiting for Takagi after the main event. He reached out to Takagi and helped him walk to the back. Ibushi has not been seen on a DDT related event since his falling out with the company back in October 2024.
Having a pro wrestling career that spans across 35 years means you get to see a lot of different things happen. Satoshi Kojima used that sort of knowledge to help him fight off The Brahman Brothers. It helped that Munenori Sawa sacrificed himself by jumping in the way of an Ink Mist spot. By that point Kojima knew the plan was to fight as if he was a Brahman Brother himself. He suddenly started spewing out orange ink and used it to blind his opponents before beating them with the Lariat. Sawa was impressed to see first hand how Kojima can handle anything that gets thrown his way. Kojima though said he has no memory of what happened during the match. The Brahman Brothers were also amazed by Kojima and talked about wanting to team up with him next time just like they did with Nagata before.
Ken Ohka wants to do his bit to liven up Super Japan and came up with a big idea for a match to do on a future show. However neither Takagi nor Uchida were around after his match to hear about it. He had to wait until after the show to find Uchida and tell him he wanted to fight Hayabusa! Uchida agreed to book the match for 7th July.
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