August 31st, 2026

~ News and updates for AJPW [9/9 - 10/13], NOAH [Eita Injured], DRAGONGATE [9/3], GLEAT [9/4, 10/9], ZERO1 [9/21], Evolution [9/15, 9/23] & OZ Academy [9/13] 

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AJPW NEWS

~  The full event card were listed for the September 9th through the 13th shows, which will feature the first round matches of this years "Oudou Tournament".

 

AJPW "13th Oudou Tournament", 9/9/2026 [Wed] 18:30 @ Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Stella Ball in Tokyo 

(1) Dan Tamura, Seigo Tachibana & Hokuto Omori vs. MUSASHI, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuya Aoki
(2) Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Yasutaka Yano vs. Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino
(3) Jun Saito, Rei Saito & Rising HAYATO vs. Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji

(4) 1st Round Match: Hideki Suzuki vs. Timothy Thatcher
(5) 1st Round Match: Kento Miyahara vs. Hyo Ogawa
(6) 1st Round Match: Go Shiozaki vs. Ren Ayabe

AJPW "13th Oudou Tournament", 9/12/2026 [Sat] 16:00 @ Kurobe City General Gymnasium Main Arena in Toyama

(1) Ren Ayabe & Hokuto Omori vs. Toyama Ramenman #1 (Hideki Suzuki) & Toyama Ramenman #2 (MUSASHI)
(2) Kento Miyahara, Rising HAYATO & Shota Kofuji vs. Go Shiozaki, Timothy Thatcher & Yasutaka Yano
(3) Dan Tamura, Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai vs. Seiki Yoshioka, Jun Saito & Rei Saito

(4) 1st Round Match: Shotaro Ashino vs. Daisuke Sekimoto
(5) 1st Round Match: Xyon vs. Odyssey
(6) 1st Round Match: Ryuki Honda vs. Kumaarashi

AJPW "13th Oudou Tournament", 9/13/2026 [Sun] 15:00 @ Matsumoto City Kissei Culture Hall, Medial Hall in Nagano

(1) Shota Kofuji vs. Timothy Thatcher
(2) Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe & Hokuto Omori vs. Ryuki Honda, Daisuke Sekimoto & Kumaarashi
(3) Dan Tamura & Yasutaka Yano vs. Seiki Yoshioka & MUSASHI
(4) Kento Miyahara, Go Shiozaki & Rising HAYATO vs. Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino

(5) 1st Round Match: Rei Saito vs. Yuma Anzai 
(6) 1st Round Match: Jun Saito vs. Yuma Aoyagi

~ Then Seiki Yoshioka will challenge Dan Tamura for the World Junior title on October 2rd in Saitama.

 

AJPW "Hataage Kinen (Flag Raising Anniversary) Series 2026", 10/3/2026 [Sat] 14:00 @ Gyoda Green Arena in Saitama

() World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [74th Champion] Dan Tamura vs. [Challenger/Zennichi Jr Fest 2026 Winner] Seiki Yoshioka
~ 2nd title defense. 

 

AJPW "Hataage Kinen Series 2026", 10/11/2026 [Sat] 14:00 @ Gyoda Green Arena in Saitama 

() Asia Tag Championship Decision Match: Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka
~ Winners become the 133rd Champions.

() World Tag Championship Match: [100th Champions] Jun Saito & Rei Saito vs. [Challengers] (to be determined) 
~ 3rd title defense.

AJPW Event Cards 2026
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/ajpw-event-cards-2026.html 

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NOAH NEWS

 

~ It was announced that Eita will be unable to compete in the upcoming "N-1 VICTORY 2026" tour due to injury. No exact details were released about the injury, but he was assisted to the backstage area by Daiki Odashima Eita after competing at the 8/30 show in Kobe. He will remain out of action for the entire tour which puts him out until early October at the earliest.

NOAH Event Cards 2026
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/noah-event-cards-2026.html 

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DRAGONGATE NEWS

~ The full event card was listed for the "Rey de Perejas 2026" finals that will be taking place on September 3rd show at the Korakuen Hall.

 

DRAGONGATE "Rey de Perajas 2026", 9/3/2026 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Semi-final Match: [A BLOCK #1] Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA vs. [B BLOCK #2] El Cielo & Luis Mante
(2) Semi-final Match: [B BLOCK #1] Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura vs. [A BLOCK #2] ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato 

(3) Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horiguchi & Jiro Shimbashi vs. Don Fujii, Toru Owashi & Punch Tominaga
(4) Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Kenichiro Arai vs. Madoka Kikuta, KAI & Jason Lee
(5) YAMATO Debut 20th Anniversary Part 2 ~ Special Exhibition Match: YAMATO vs. Hidetaka Monma
(6) Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita, Mochizuki Junior & Gianni "Myonmyon" Valletta vs. Kzy, Strong Machine J, Flamita, U-T & GuC
(7) Ryoya Tanaka, Homare & Kazuma Kimura vs. Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi 

(8) Final Match: 

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GLEAT NEWS

~ Atsushi Kotoge will officially challenge El Lindaman for the G-REX title on October 9th at the Korakuen Hall. 

 

GLEAT Ver.EX, 10/9/2026 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() LIDET UWF World Championship Match: [5th Champion] Takanori Ito vs. [Challenger] Simon Gotch
~ 3rd title defense. 

() G-REX Championship Match: [8th Champion] El Lindaman vs. [Challenger] Atsushi Kotoge 

~ Then the G-INFINITY titles will be in defense on September 4th. The full card currently looks as follows...

 

GLEAT "Underground Pro-Wrestling - 1st Season - Night 3", 9/4/2026 [Fri] 18:30 @ Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR in Tokyo 

(1) Takanori Ito, Junjie & Ventvert Jack vs. T-Hawk, Kotaro Suzuki & Jo Yamamoto
(2) Takahiro Yamamura & Kapy vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO & So Daimonji
(3) MICHIKO, Minoru Tanaka & Hayato Tamura vs. X, Rock Iwasaki & Kohei Kinoshita
(4) El Lindaman vs. Kaito Ishida vs. Tetsuya Izuchi

(5) G-RUSH Championship Match: [4th Champion] Soma Watanabe vs. [Challenger] G Sharpe
~ 3rd title defense.

(6) G-INFINITY Championship Match: [12th Champions] Ryuichi Kawakami & Quiet Storm vs. [Challengers] Shigehiro Irie & Yuya Aoki
~ 1st title defense.

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ The full event card was listed for the opening show of the "Tenkaichi Junior 2026" on September 21st at the ZERO1 Dojo. 

 

ZERO1 "Tenkaichi Junior 2026", 9/21/2026 [Mon] @ ZERO1 Dojo in Tokyo

(1) 1st Round Match: Takuya Sugawara vs. Kosuke Sato
(2) 1st Round Match: Bryan Ishizaka vs. Sho Mizuno

(3) Junya Matsunaga, Chris Vice & Shreddy vs. Koji Doi, Tsugutaka Sato & Ryunosuke Nagai

(4) 1st Round Match: Hide Kubota vs. Yuki Toki
(5) 1st Round Match: Reiya Igarashi vs. Seigo Tachibana

(6) Hayabusa & Ventvert Jack vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Naruki Doi

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EVOLUTION NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the September 15th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING. The main event will see Sasamura defending the Strong Joshi title against SOY.

Pro-Wrestling Evolution, 9/15/2026 [Fri] 18:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Hikari Shisui vs. Chi Chi 
() Chika & Yuka Satsuki vs. Miya Yotsuba & Chie Ozora
() Suwama vs. Hyo Ogawa
() 3WAY Match: Shuji Ishikawa vs. So Daimonji vs. Ayato Yoshida

() Evolution Strong Joshi Championship Match: [4th Champion] Ayame Sasamura vs. [Challenger] SOY
~ 2nd title defense. 

~ Then a few matches were announced for the September 23rd show in Yokohama. 

Pro-Wrestling Evoltion, 9/23/2026 [Wed] 13:00 @ Yokohama Nambu Market in Kanagawa

() Chika vs. Hikari Shisui
() SOY vs. Ryoko Sakimura
() Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Hyo Ogawa & Ryunosuke Nagai

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OZ ACADEMY NEWS

~ Mayumi Ozaki will take on Natsupoi in a singles match on September 13th at the Shinjuku FACE. 

 

OZ Academy "OZ30th & OZAKI 40th ~ Blooming Soul ~ OZ Academy Last Shinjuku FACE", 9/13/2026 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(1) Sayaka Unagi vs. Yuki Funa
(2) Jaguar Yokota & Misa Kagura vs. Rina Yamashita & ZONES
(3) Hiroyo Matsumoto & Itsuki Aoki vs. Saori Anou & Kaker
(4) Ryo Mizunami, Kurumi Hiiragi & Rydeen Hagane vs. Ram Kaicho, Kaori Yoneyama & Momoka Hanazono
(5) OZ Academy Last Shinjuku FACE Commemorative Match: Natsupoi vs. Mayumi Ozaki 

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