While HANAKO faced Akira Kurogane in the main event of STARDOM New Blood 29, a new challenger emerged for her Future of Stardom title. Current New Blood Tag Team champion Aya Sakura emerged and laid out a challenge for HANAKO’s championship.
NJPW fans were shocked by the recent news of Hiromu Takahashi’s incoming departure. On the eighth day on the Road to The New Beginning, Takahashi competed alongside his Unbound Co. teammates in the final main event of his NJPW stint, and spoke on his decision to leave.
The New Blood Tag Team Championships were on the line at the 28th edition of the rookie-oriented STARDOM series. In Tokyo Square, the duo of Aya Sakura and Sayaka Kurara defended their belts against Yuna Mizumori and Anne Kanaya.
NJPW return to the United States for The New Beginning USA later this month and a third title match has been added to the card. Syuri is in for a battle, as she will defend the IWGP Women’s Championship against ‘The Fallen Goddess’ Athena.
In another surprising announcement, New Japan Pro-Wrestling confirmed today that long time superstar Hiromu Takahashi will be leaving the promotion.
Eight days have passed since Mayu Iwatani successfully defended her GHC Women’s Title against Utami Hayashishita and today she confirmed who her next challenger will be.
The sixth leg of NJPW on the Road to The New Beginning took place in Korakuen Hall, with the big event in Osaka coming in just over a week. On this night in Tokyo, the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions faced their upcoming challengers in singles action.
On Feb. 1st, freelance superstar Unagi Sayaka held her FATE BURNS IN PURPLE event at Korakuen Hall that saw 1,275 fans in attendance for the show. Unagi competed a number of times on the event which included losses to Maki Itoh and Aja Kong in two singles bouts.
The All Japan Pro-Wrestling EXCITE SERIES 2026 tour got underway on Feb. 1st as over 2,000 fans filled the Okinawa Nippon Budokan for the event.
The New Japan pro-Wrestling Road To THE NEW BEGINNING tour rolled into the world famous Korakuen Hall as 1,234 fans were on hand for the event.
