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.
On May 2nd, Pro Wrestling ZERO1 returned to Urayasu for an event headlined by Junya Matsunaga and Katsuhiko Nakajima joining forces to take on Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka.
TJPW were back in Korakuen Hall for this year’s edition of Yes! Wonderland. In front of a capacity crowd, the night was punctuated by a trio of title matches on the top end of the card.
Former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA has returned to NJPW after being away from the promotion for three months.
Pro Wrestling NOAH superstar KENOH has slammed Tetsuya Naito who has been competing on a regular basis in NOAH since Jan. 2026. Naito is currently one half of the GHC Tag Team Champions with his Los Tranquilos de Japon partner BUSHI.
One month ago, Yota Tsuji was riding high atop New Japan Pro Wrestling as he held both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title. Tsuji was seemingly on his way to becoming a true leader and possibly even the new face of NJPW but it all came to a crashing halt in only one month’s time.
AEW superstar Andrade El Idolo has made the absolute most of a second opportunity that he was granted to him due to an injury. Yota Tsuji was originally suppose to defend the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title at WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026 against his hated rival Gabe Kidd on May 3rd.
