On Aug. 15th, former Dragongate superstar Shun Skywalker appeared at the NJPW G1 Climax 36 event and aligned himself with the House of Torture faction as they were in the midst of attacking the NJPW World Television Champion KONOSUKE TAKESHITA.
The All Japan Pro-Wrestling Zennichi Jr. Festival Tournament continued on Aug. 15th as the promotion presented a SUMMER ACTION WARS 2026 doubleheader at Shin-Kiba 1st RING. Both the day and evening AJPW SUMMER ACTION WARS 2026 events were sold out.
The STARDOM 5★STAR GP rages on, this time taking things to the photogenic Kyoto KBS Hall. In the main event, Saya Kamitani suffered a rare loss, her undefeated streak in the tournament coming to an end at the hands of Ami Sohrei.
NJPW are in the Ryogoku Kokugikan for a double header of G1 Climax action, with the semi-finals first up. Four has been whittled down to two, as Yuya Uemura and Ryohei Oiwa have emerged as the finalists for this year’s tournament.
After departing Dragongate back on Aug. 4th superstar Shun Skywalker has found a new home.
The STARDOM 5★STAR GP carried on in the Kobe Sambo Hall, with a card full of round robin action. While the Red Stars blocks are more or less decided, there is still much to play for the in Blue Stars, headlined by Suzu Suzuki keeping an undefeated run.
The proverbial wheel in the sky of Pro Wrestling ZERO1 keeps turning as a new challenger for Junya Matsunaga’s ZERO1 World Heavyweight title emerges in the wake of this year’s Fire Festival tournament
Having claimed the KO-D Openweight Championship at DDT Wrestle Peter Pan, MAO already made his firsts defence against an opportunistic Sanshiro Takagi. Now, his second challenger has emerged in the form of the youngster Daichi Satoh.
NJPW finished up the round robin phase of this year’s G1 Climax in Korakuen Hall, with the final pair of semi-finalists decided. Advancing from B Block, Yuya Uemura and Callum Newman move on to the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
On August 9th, Tetsuya Naito made headlines when he won the GHC Heavyweight Championship at NOAH’s LEGACY RISE 2026 at Korakuen Hall. Days later, after advancing into the semifinals of NJPW’s G1 Climax 36, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji had some things to say about his former stablemate’s recent championship win.
