With NJPW Power Struggle and the Super Jr. Tag League in the books, it is time for this year’s heavyweight version. The NJPW World Tag League line-up has been announced, with the tournament kicking off on November 23rd.
The Goddesses of Stardom Tag League continued on in Numazu with action in both blocks. Though it is still a tight race, Utami Hayashishita gave her team a leg up on the others as she scored a big pinfall on current world champion, Suzu Suzuki.
Over this past weekend, the current GHC Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito ventured to Australia to compete at World Series Wrestling’s MegaMania Adelaide. At the event, Naito suffered a loss to the promotion’s Heavyweight Champion, Killer Kross, in an anything goes match for the WSW World Heavyweight Championship.
Former WWE star Oddyssey has won his first AJPW singles championship as he defeated the dangerous Dragongate star Masaaki MochizukI for the title.
The final stop of the All Japan Pro-Wrestling “HOKKAIDO DYNAMITE SERIES 2026” tour took place on Nov. 3rd at the APA Hotel & Resort Sapporo.
DDT hosted Ultimate Party in the Ryogoku Kokugikan, headlined by MAO defending the KO-D Openweight Championship against his longtime friend Chris Brookes. The main event clash was as bizarre and chaotic as promised, with MAO managing to retain and a new challenger stepping up to him backstage.
The first matches for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom are in the works, with AEW’s MJF doubling down on his challenge to Ryohei Oiwa. Having called him out once before, MJF made his challenge more explicit, demanding a match at the Tokyo Dome.
The NJPW Super Jr. Tag League wrapped up at Power Struggle in Hiroshima, with the tournament finals pitting Unbound Co. against TMDK. Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X claimed the trophies, with Mistico making a big announcement following the match.
NJPW Power Struggle saw AEW’s Death Riders in action and cause a chaotic scene to close the show. After successfully retaining the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, Gabe Kidd kicked off a melee that saw he and Jon Moxley lay waste to Yuya Uemura, Shingo Takagi and NJPW President, Hiroshi Tanahashi.
NJPW Power Struggle saw Callum Newman and Will Ospreay go from teaming together to brawling with one another. After missing out on the IWGP Tag Team Championships, Newman sprung an attack on Ospreay and challenged him to a match in the Tokyo Dome.