June 18th, 2025

~ Results for AJPW [Triple Crown/World Tag/World Jr], NJPW, DDT [CHARISMANIA 2] & Sportiva
~ News and updates for NJPW [6/24, 6/29], Tenryu Project [6/26], DDT [7/2], BURST [7/6] & TJPW [7/8]

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AJPW "Super Power Series", 6/18/2025 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo 
1,196 Spectators

(1) Rei Saito, Takuya Nomura & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. MUSASHI, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Shota Kofuji [OSW]
 ◆Winner: Rei (7:59) with a Boston Crab on Kofuji.
(2) Zennichi Main Alliance vs Baka no Jidai 8-Man Tag Match: Suwama, Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Xyon vs. Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION], Kengo Mashimo [2AW], Yuko Miyamoto [666], Fuminori Abe & Seigo Tachibana [Kakuto Tanteidan]
 ◆Winner: Mashimo (11:25) with a Cross Kneebar on Ryo.
(3) ELPIDA vs Hokuto-gun 8-Man Tag Match: Rising HAYATO, Yuna Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe vs. Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Takashi & Talos
 ◆Winner: Ayabe (11:29) with the Death Roulette on Kumaarashi.

~ Ayabe announced that he will be leaving ELPIDA. That he is eager to compete against Talos more due to someone being closer to his own stature.
~ Ryuki then replied that he is leaving as well. As he is interested in doing things on his own moving forward.
~ HAYATO will leave as well as he wants to put more focus on the junior front.
~ Then lastly Anzai was left alone as he was grateful for the time they had together as united front but now they will all get the chance to live up All Japan in their own way. 
~ During the backstage interview, Anzai announced that will be taking a break from competing. That he will fight outside the ring for the time being. (No other details said as to why exactly.)

 

~ The "Zennichi Jr. Festival 2025" was announced to be held in July.
~ A BLOCK : Rising HAYATO, Ryo Inoue, Hikaru Sato, Seigo Tachibana, Seiki Yoshioka
~ B BLOCK : MUSASHI, Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi, Fuminori Abe, Naruki Doi

(4) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [71st Champion] Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] Naruki Doi
 ◆Winner: Yoshioka (15:40) with a Crucifix Hold.
~ 2nd successful title defense.

(5) World Tag Championship Match: [100th Champions] Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. [Challengers] Madoka Kikuta & KAI
 ◆Winner: Miyahara (16:44) with the Shutdown Suplex Hold on KAI.
~ 2nd successful title defense.

~ Hokuto made the challenge for the belts, his partner to be Talos. The match is poised for the July 17th show at Korakuen.
~ Miyahara hinted at a brand new set of World Tag belts to be introduced.  

(6) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [75th Champion] Jun Saito vs. [Challenger] Hideki Suzuki
 ◆Winner: Jun (20:52) following the Dying Light.
~ 5th successful title defense.

~ Smith, Aoyagi, and Ryuki all made the appeal against Jun for the Triple Crown. 

 

AJPW Event Cards 2025
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/ajpw-event-cards-2025.html 

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NJPW "NEW JAPAN SOUL 2025", 6/18/2025 [Wed] 19:00 @ Aomori Ken Budokan
1,105 Spectators

(1) Young Lion Debut Match: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay 
 ◆Winner: Draw (10:00) time limit expired.
(2) Masatora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai
 ◆Winner: Nagai (6:28) with a Boston Crab.
(3) Toru Yano, YOH, Master Wato & Shoma Kato vs. Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & DOUKI
 ◆Winner: DOUKI (8:32) with a Half Paradise Lock on Kato.
(4) Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Katsuya Murashima vs. EVIL, Chase Owens, Don Fale, SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru 
 ◆Winner: SANADA (9:44) with the Skull End on Murashima.
(5) Taichi, Yuya Uemura & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Joseph Austin Young
 ◆Winner: Uemura (12:14) with a Diving Body Attack on Young.
(6) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & Tiger Mask IV vs. Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney & Gedo
 ◆Winner: Ishii (11:22) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster on Gedo.
(7) Hirooki Goto, Shota Umiono & El Phantasmo vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
 ◆Winner: Phantasmo (14:28) following the Thunder Kiss '86 on Hartley.

NJPW Event Cards 2025
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/njpw-event-cards-2025.html  

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Daisuke Sasaki Produce "CHARISMANIA II", 6/18/2025 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(1) Yaru Urano vs. Naohiro Katsumi
 ◆Winner: Urano (5:26) via referee stop.
(2) Lucha Libre World Wide: El Pantera Jr. & Sumicaras vs. Ilusion & Sangre Azteca Jr. 
 ◆Winner: Ilusion (11:14) via pin-fall on Sumicaras.
(3) Brahman Brothers vs. Dirty Cops: Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Brahman Ueno vs. Takayuki Ueki, Mataro & Akito 
 ◆Winner: Shu, Kei & Ueno (12:49) via pin-fall on Mataro.
(4) Big Boys Burger: MJ Paul & Minoru Fujita vs. So Daimonji & Ryoma Tsukamoto 
 ◆Winner: Paul (14:01) with a Reverse Splash on Tsukamoto.
(5) Hardcore Match: Isami Kodaka vs. Hideki Okatani 
 ◆Winner: Kodaka (12:21) following the Isamu-ashi-zan.
(6) Greatest Wrestling Match Ever: Daisuke Sasaki vs. Dick Togo 
 ◆Winner: Togo (23:33) following a Knuckle Part. 

~ Daisuke announced that his 20th anniversary show will be held on October 2nd at the Korakuen Hall 

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Sportiva "Wednesday Curry Pro-Wrestling", 6/18/2025 [Wed] 20:00 @ Nagoya City Sportiva Arena in Aichi 

(1) Ari Najima & Super Tyra vs. Ishikiri & The Intelligence Sensational Grand Passion Mask No.4
 ◆Winner: Ishikiri (8:20) following a Swanton Bomb on Najima. 
(2) Yu Shimizu & Sekiha Masanori Watanabe vs. Bomber Okuno & Ryutaro Ohno  
 ◆Winner: Ohno (9:58) with a Boston Crab on Watanabe. 

(3) Wrestle Brain Championship Match: [Champions] Shinya Ishida, Joji Otani & Madeline vs. [Challengers] Keito Murota, Yuya Oya & Sae
~ Madeline (4:30) following a Dropkick on Sae.
~ Murota (14:14) following a Spear on Joji.
 ◆Winner: Joji (15:25) with a Super Fly on Oya.
~ 2nd successful title defense. 

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NJPW NEWS

~ The opening match of the show was announced with a FREEDOMS versus BC WAR DOGS match.

 

"DEATH PAIN" invitacional, 6/24/2025 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(0) Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato, Katsuya Murashima & Daiki Nagai vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa, GENTARO, Kengo & Dragon Libre

(1) Takashi Sasaki & Mammoth Sasaki vs. Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
(2) to be announced...
(3) Rina Yamashita & X vs. Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto
(4) Boltin Oleg & Toru Sugiura vs. Toru Yano & Tomoya Hirata 

(5) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [98th Champion] El Desperado vs. [Challenger] Jun Kasai 
~ 6th title defense. 

~ Then another match was announced for Tanahashi's produce show on June 29th.

 

TANAHASHI JAM ~ Itaru, 6/29/2025 [Sun] 17:00 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium 

(0) Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Odashima 

() Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & X vs. Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman & Joseph Austin Young 

() NJPW WORLD TV Championship Match: [9th Champion] El Phantasmo vs. [Challenger] X
~ 2nd title defense.

() "Go Beyond the Wall" ~ NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [48th Champion] Boltin Oleg vs. [Challenger] Yuji Nagata

() IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Hirooki Goto vs. [Challenger] Zack Sabre Jr.
~ 8th title defense. 

() Enishi vs Tsunagu: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Hiromu Takahashi & LEONA 

() Hiroshi Tanahashi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa

NJPW Event Cards 2025
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/njpw-event-cards-2025.html

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TENRYU PROJECT NEWS

~ Ouji Shiiba was announced to be out of action with an injury. He will miss the upcoming match on June 26th, Jun Masaoka will take his place against Seiki Yoshioka. Also announced for the show is DASH Chisako & Senka Akatsuki versus Hiroyo Matsumoto & YUNA.

 

Tenryu Project "LIVE FOR TODAY Vol.3", 6/26/2025 [Thu] 18:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() DASH Chisako & Senka Akatsuki vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & YUNA
() Seiki Yoshioka vs. Jun Masaoka

() Masayuki Kono vs. Satsuki Nagao
() Kohei Sato vs. SUSHI vs. Kumaarashi 
() Hikaru Sato vs. Yuya Susumu vs. Koji Iwamoto

() Keita Yano vs. Ayumu Honda [2AW]

() IJ Single Next Challenger Decision Match: Kengo vs. Takuro Niki [2AW]

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DDT NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the D GENERATIONS show on July 2nd at the Shinjuku FACE.

 

D GENERATIONS 4 ~ DDT Meet & Greet & Fight July, 7/2/2025 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo 

() Soma Takao vs. Munetatsu Nakamura
() Takeshi Masada vs. Ryoma Tsukamoto
() Hideki Okatani vs. Lil Kraken
() Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie vs. To-y & Yuya Koroku
() Shota & X vs. Kazuma Sumi & Yuki Ishida
()  Battle Royal: To-y, Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida, Kazuma Sumi

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BURST NEWS 

~ The full event card was announced for July 6th show at the Saga Arena. 

 

BURST "Dreamer vol.2", 7/6/2025 [Sun] 13:00 @ Saga Arena 

(1) Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] & Akira Jumonji [JTO] vs. Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura [both Kakuto Tanteidan]
(2) Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tacihbana [both UP TOWN] vs. Shiro Koshinaka [Freelance] & Yuko Miyamoto [666]
(3) Ryo Inoue [AJPW] vs. TORU [Osaka Pro]
(4) Yusuke Kodama [Freelance] & Takahiro Katori [FREEDOMS] vs. Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox [both Freelance]
(5) Masakatsu Funaki [Freelance] & Hayato Mashita [SSPW] vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara [Fujiwara-gumi] & Ikuto Hidaka [Shawn Capture]
(6) Kodai Nozaki [Kyushu Pro] & Tomoya Hirata [FREEDOMS] vs. Kumaarashi [Freelance] & Koshiro Asakura [BJW]
(7) Hardcore Match: Masashi Takeda [Freelance] & Takumi Tsukamoto [BASARA] vs. Jun Kasai [FREEDOMS] & Rina Yamashita [Freelance]
(8) VENY [Freelance] vs. Risa Sera [Prominence]
(9) Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani [BJW] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [MichiPro] & Shuji Ishikawa [Evolution] 
(10) Towa Iwasaki vs. Minoru Suzuki [Pancrase MISSION]

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TJPW NEWS

~ Yoshiko Hasegawa's retirement match was announced for the July 8th show at the Shinjuku FACE.

 

TJPW "Yoshiko Hasegawa Graduation Commemorative Show ~ NonfictioN", 7/8/2025 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Yoshiko Hasegawa's Graduation ~ 1 vs 27 Handicap Match: Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misa, Suzume, Rika Tatsumi, Maki Ito, Yuki Kamifuku, Yuki Aino, Miu Watanabe, Raku, Pom Harujuku, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo, Yuki Arai, Kaya Toribami, Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Toga, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Mifu Ashida, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase, Uta Takami, Ren Konatsu & Ive Steele

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