Former All Japan Pro-Wrestling Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito received bad news earlier today. Saito injured his eye during a Champion Carnival 2026 Block B bout against Yuma Aoyagi.
With Pro Wrestling NOAH’s SPRING MAYHEM RYOGOKU 2026 rapidly approaching, and OZAWA and Yoshiki Inamura already sharing their opinions on who should be in the main event, it was time for the Tetsuya Naito to weigh in with his thoughts on the matter.
Multiple high-profile singles matches are set for Pro Wrestling NOAH’s SPRING MAYHEM RYOGOKU 2026 event on May 2nd. One of those matches is TEAM 2000X’s OZAWA finally getting his opportunity to go one on one with Los Tranquilos de Japon’s Tetsuya Naito.
While a good chunk of the TJPW roster have been busy in Las Vegas, others have been making moves back in Japan. After winning at TJPW Inspiration, Arisu Endo got on the phone to Yuki Arai and challenged her for the Princess of Princess Championship.
With Gabe Kidd out with injury, Andrade El Idolo gets a second bite of the cherry as it pertains to Yota Tsuji and the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship. After Tsuji’s match on the first night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku, a video played on the Korakuen Hall screen, confirming El Idolo’s challenge.
On top of an exciting card in the Pearl Theater, STARDOM AMERICAN DREAM saw some added chaos during the intermission. When STARDOM President Taro Okada stepped into the ring to address the fans in attendance, he was attacked by the AEW Women’s World Champion, ‘The Toxic Spider’ Thekla.
The All Japan Pro-Wrestling Champion Carnival 2026 continued on April 18th at Kinjo-Futo Arena Main Arena in Nagoya. The second night of tournament action drew 875 fans to the venue.
On May 2nd Pro Wrestling ZERO1 will head to the Oriental Hotel Tokyo Bay in Urayasu for an event headlined by Katsuhiko Nakajima & Junya Matsunaga joining forces to battle Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka.
The famed venue Korakuen Hall was the location for Kenta Kobashi’s Fortune Dream 11 event on April 16th. One of the featured bouts was a dream match between three of the best Joshi pro-wrestlers in the world.
After stints in the WWE and AEW, Parker Boudreaux has seemed to finally found a home in Japan within the promotion GLEAT.
