On May 9th, New Japan Pro Wrestling held a press conference at Tokyo Dream Park and officially announced the first six bouts for Dominion which is scheduled for June 14th at Osaka Jo Hall.

The All Japan Pro-Wrestling Champion Carnival 2026 tournament is down to it’s final four. The remaining competitors are Go Shiozaki, Rei Saito, Hideki Suzuki and Dragongate Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta.

Rossy Ogawa’s promotion lost a number of key competitors as Mayu Iwatani, Victoria Yuzuki & Erina Yamanaka are all out indefinitely due to various injuries suffered by all.

On May 7th, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced the teams and schedule for its NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2026. The round-robin tournament is set to start on May 23rd at KBS Hall in Kyoto, with the finals being decided at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on June 16th.

Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling star Wakana Uehara is well known for her incredible eating habits. Whenever she travels overseas to compete, it is a certainty that she will be bring back a massive amount of snacks from whichever country has gone too.

On April 11th, Marigold superstar Mayu Iwatani broke her big toe in two places while competing in a tag team bout at Marigold Spring Victory Series 2026.

Junya Matsunaga and Tsugutaka Sato are set to defend the Intercontinental Tag Team Titles against Yuya Aoki and Daichi Hashimoto on May 9th when ZERO1 returns to Shin-Kiba 1stRING.

On May 6th, Yota Tsuji earned the right to challenge for Callum Newman’s IWGP Heavyweight Title after pinning the champion in a special tag match at NEW JAPAN ROAD in KARATSU: IGNITION to DOMINION.

On May 5th, Naomichi Marufuji made history in Pro Wrestling NOAH by becoming the promotion’s first-ever Grand Slam champion after defeating Alpha Wolf for the GHC National Title at NOAH’s LEGACY RISE 2026 in Korakuen Hall.

DDT brought the opening round to this year’s King of DDT Tournament to Korakuen Hall. The entire first round played out in front of a huge Korakuen crowd.