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On July 19th, Daisuke Sekimoto teamed with Kengo Mashimo as the two challenged the AJPW World Tag Team Champion Jun & Rei Saito. The championship bout was the main event of AJPW’s SUMMER ACTION SERIES 2026 at a sold out Korakuen Hall.
Just days after retaining at SENJO THE BIGGEST, Chihiro Hashimoto was defending the Sendai Girls World Championship once again. This time, she was putting the belt on the line against the reigning IWGP Women’s Champion, Syuri.
Despite losing their challenge for the Goddesses of Stardom Championships earlier this month, HANAKO and Maika made statement wins in the STARDOM 5★STAR GP. The two women picked up points over the tag champions, and still have gold in their sights.
Fresh off of Summer Sun Princess, TJPW has got the ball rolling on their annual Tokyo Princess Cup tournament. With the first day of action in Shizuoka, the opening round saw many of the promotion’s top names picking up their first wins.
It was back on January 10th that the pro-wrestling world found out that ‘The Cutest Pro-Wrestler In The World” Maki Itoh had offcialy joined the STARDOM roster. Since joining STARDOM, she has become one of it’s most popular wrestlers.
NJPW were in Hokkaido for the third day of the G1 Climax, with B Block in the spotlight. In the main event, Yuya Uemura collected two points by defeating a formidable opponent in Zack Sabre Jr.
The STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026 continued with its second night of action on July 19th at the Loisir Hotel Toyohashi Holiday Hall with a capacity crowd on hand for the event.
The All Japan Pro-Wrestling Zennichi Jr. Festival 2026 tournament is set to get underway on Aug. 9th at Korakuen Hall.
The All Japan Pro-Wrestling “SUMMER ACTION SERIES 2026” tour hit Korakuen Hall on July 19th with another sold out crowd on hand for the event.
