The All Japan Pro-Wrestling Champion Carnival 2025 is entering it’s final stages with two competitors moving on to the semi-finals of the prestigious tournament.
On May 6th, Hideki Suzuki and Kento Miyahara finished first and second respectively in Block A of the Champion Carnival to punch their tickets to the semi-finals of the tournament.
On May 11th, the World of STARDOM Champion Saya Kamitani will be putting her title on the line against Cinderella Tournament 2025 winner Sayaka Kurara at Korakuen Hall. Kamitani initially wasn’t taking the challenge of Kurara seriously but that changed on May 1st when Kurara pinned Kamitani in a six woman tag match.
In a little over a month, STARDOM has been rocked by major departures from their organization. Mina Shirakawa and Mayu Iwatani both left STARDOM and signed with other promotions, Shirakawa with AEW and Iwatani with Marigold.
On May 4th, the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto successfully defended his title against United Empire’s Callum Newman in a thrilling bout.
The victory was Goto’s fifth successive title defense, which is the most since the inception of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Since May 1st, there has been a huge amount of attention set on Rossy Ogawa’s Marigold when it was announced the “Icon” Mayu Iwatani had officially joined the promotion.
On May 3rd, over 4500 fans were in attendance at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan to watch KENTA attempted to dethrone OZAWA for the GHC Heavyweight Championship at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s MEMORIAL VOYAGE 2025 IN KOKUGIKAN. KENTA was unsuccessful in regaining the GHC Heavyweight Title he lost over 10 years ago which prompted him to apologize to the fans.
The Marigold era of Mayu Iwatani has officially begun. On May 4th, Iwatani made her Marigold debut at Korakuen Hall as she faced Nanae Takahashi in a Passion Countdown match.
Mayu Iwatani confirmed to Tokyo Sports her intention to challenge for NOAH’s GHC Women’s Championship
Full match line-ups For NJPW Wrestling DONTAKU 2025 two night event set for May 3 & 4 in Fukuoka
