On August 16th, Pro Wrestling NOAH star Kaito Kiyomiya took to social media following former partner Ryohei Oiwa’s G1 Climax 36 victory to share a cryptic message ahead of his participation in this year’s N-1 VICTORY tournament.
On Aug. 16th, the “MARIGOLD BURNING DESIRE 2026” tour continued in Shibuya as the promotion invaded the Shibuya Ward Sports Center. The main event was a big six woman tag team bout that featured a number of current Marigold Champions.
At the Aug. 16th G1 Climax 36 Finals event, United Empire’s Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan defeated the Unbound Co. trio of Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai. After the bout, Newman proceeded to attack Nagai which prompted Gedo to intervene. Gedo told Newman he had someone who could fix his attitude.
The round robin section of the STARDOM 5★STAR GP was completed in Act City Hamamatsu, with the leaderboard finalised. Now, Maika, Konami, Suzu Suzuki and Ami Sohrei are the confirmed block winners, with their next round matches to be decided by playoffs.
The semi-finals of the TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup took place in the Osaka 176BOX, with a final four narrowed down to a final two. Set for August 23rd, the final round will be contested between Suzume and Rika Tatsumi.
The most prestigious tournament in pro-wrestling has concluded as the 36th edition of the New Japan Pro-Wrestling G1 Climax came to an explosive end on Aug 16th.
On Aug. 15th, former Dragongate superstar Shun Skywalker appeared at the NJPW G1 Climax 36 event and aligned himself with the House of Torture faction as they were in the midst of attacking the NJPW World Television Champion KONOSUKE TAKESHITA.
The All Japan Pro-Wrestling Zennichi Jr. Festival Tournament continued on Aug. 15th as the promotion presented a SUMMER ACTION WARS 2026 doubleheader at Shin-Kiba 1st RING. Both the day and evening AJPW SUMMER ACTION WARS 2026 events were sold out.
The STARDOM 5★STAR GP rages on, this time taking things to the photogenic Kyoto KBS Hall. In the main event, Saya Kamitani suffered a rare loss, her undefeated streak in the tournament coming to an end at the hands of Ami Sohrei.
NJPW are in the Ryogoku Kokugikan for a double header of G1 Climax action, with the semi-finals first up. Four has been whittled down to two, as Yuya Uemura and Ryohei Oiwa have emerged as the finalists for this year’s tournament.
