On July 4th, STARDOM held it’s STARDOM IN IMABARI-EHIME 2026 JUL. at the Tex Port Imabari with an announced crowd of 485 in attendance.
On July 4th, the fourth day of Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Fire Festival 2026 took place at Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka, with four tournament matches featured on the card.
The New Japan Pro-Wrestling ROAD TO G1 CLIMAX tour continued at the Yamagata Big Wing with 1,210 fans in attendance for the event.
Back in May, Maki Itoh vowed to make her unit “Itoh Respect Army” an official STARDOM faction by the end of 2026. The “Itoh Respect Army” currently consists of Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa and Rian, who joined the unofficial STARDOM faction at the end of May.
Ring of Honor Women’s Champion Athena has held the the coveted title for nearly four years and has made an incredible 37 straight successful title defenses. It appears that the champion has an idea who she would like to be her 38th challenger for her title.
At a special press conference on July 2nd, the main event of TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE V was announced, with the featured bout being a special tag team match between Minoru Suzuki and El Desperado taking on Naomichi Marufuji and HARASHIMA.
TJPW are coming up on their annual summer tournament, the Tokyo Princess Cup. The promotion have confirmed the entrants and the schedule for the 13th edition of the competition.
Forbidden Door may have come and gone, but the spirit of crossover competition is still in the air. On this week’s edition of AEW Collision, STARDOM’s young prospect Rina is set to make her debut for the American promotion, while other NJPW roster members are scheduled to compete.
On June 28th, Starlight Kid participated in her first AEW/NJPW/STARDOM/CMLL Forbidden Door event as she challenged Thekla for the AEW Women’s Championship in San Jose, California.
On July 1st, GLEAT held its GLEAT 5th Anniversary Inaugural Event Sonic Wrestling In Ariake with an eight bout event at Tokyo SGC Hall Ariake.