🎙️ Desk intro

Ed: “Fans, from Tokyo to Louisville, the wrestling world has been hotter than a depot stove! New Japan Pro Wrestling has kept the strong‑style engine roaring on NJPW World, while Ohio Valley Wrestling has been grinding it out on Rise and Overdrive with hungry contenders and classic territory chaos.”

Gordon: “Indeed. A most eventful period, with each promotion emphasizing its own distinct strengths—New Japan’s global, faction‑driven ecosystem and OVW’s developmental, character‑driven grind.”

🟦 New Japan Pro Wrestling

NJPW World TV

Ed: “Let’s take you to this week’s NJPW World broadcasts, fans—multi‑man tags, rising contenders, and main events with real implications up and down the card.”

Full match results from cagematch.net

(20.04.2026) NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2026 – Tag 2 – TV-Show @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
Pre-Show Singles: Jakob Austin Young defeats Taisei Nakahara (5:50)
Masatora Yasuda, Taichi & Yuya Uemura defeat Six Or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi) & Tatsuya Matsumoto (8:43)
House Of Torture (Chase Owens, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi) defeat Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), Shota Umino & YOH (8:38)
United Empire (Francesco Akira & Jake Lee) defeat Unbound Co. (Gedo & Yota Tsuji) (8:07)
Aaron Wolf, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano defeat House Of Torture (Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita) (7:09)
Shingo Takagi defeats Zane Jay (5:04)
Singles: Callum Newman defeats Daiki Nagai (5:43)
Unbound Co. (OSKAR, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yuto-Ice) defeat TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa) (9:24)
IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contendership: Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeat United Empire (Great-O-Khan & HENARE) (25:16)

(19.04.2026) NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2026 – Tag 1 – Online Stream @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
Masatora Yasuda, Taichi & Yuya Uemura defeat Ryusuke Taguchi, Taisei Nakahara & YOH (8:23)
House Of Torture (Chase Owens, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi) defeat Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), Master Wato & Shota Umino (8:56)
United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jakob Austin Young) defeat Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, Tatsuya Matsumoto & YOSHI-HASHI) (10:23)
Aaron Wolf, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano defeat House Of Torture (Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita) (7:12)
Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Gedo, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) defeat United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee & Zane Jay) (13:04)
Unbound Co. (OSKAR & Robbie X) defeat TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita) (10:50)
TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa) defeat Unbound Co. (Taiji Ishimori & Yuto-Ice) (13:26)

(16.04.2026) NJPW Death Vegas Invitational – Pay Per View @ Horseshoe Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Fuminori Abe (16:48)
Cute Sexy Hardcore Three Way: ISHIN defeats Effy and Jimmy Lloyd (8:22)
Runway Rush And Crash A Drop Dead Gorgeous Three Way Tag Team: KUSHIDA & YAMATO defeat Bustah And The Brain (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) and MxM (Mansoor & Mason Madden) (10:08)
High-Stakes Heartbreak Jackpot Tag Team: El Phantasmo & Maika defeat Dragon Kid & Starlight Kid (12:29)
House Rules Hardcore: Gringo Loco & Joey Janela defeat Daisuke Sasaki & Gedo (18:44)
Love & Pieces Three Way Death: The H8 Club (Matt Tremont & Nick Gage) defeat El Desperado & Jun Kasai and Masashi Takeda & Rina Yamashita (14:26)

NJPW Champions

IWGP Heavyweight Championship Callum Newman
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Yota Tsuji
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Douki
NEVER Openweight Championship Ren Narita
Strong Openweight Championship Boltin Oleg
NJPW World Television Championship Konosuke Takeshita
IWGP Tag Team Championship Knock Out Brothers
(Oskar and Yuto-Ice)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Unbound Co.
(Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X)
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
Los Hermanos Chávez
(Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja)
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag TBoltin Oleg and Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
NJPW TAMASHII Tag Team Championship
The Pretty Boys
(Magic Mark and Pretty Richie)
IWGP Women’s Championship Syuri
Strong Women’s Championship Alex Windsor

NEWS

• NJPW Wrestling Redzone will be held at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima, Japan airing on NJPW World this Saturday featuring:
• IWGP Tag Team Championships Match: Knockout Bros. (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag team Championships Match: Unbound Co. (Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori) (c) vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles)
• Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Gedo & Daiki Nagai) vs. The United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay)
• Yuya Uemura & Tomoaki Honma vs. TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson)
• Boltin Oleg, Aaron Wolf, Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Don Fale, DOUKI & Dick Togo)
• Taichi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Masatora Yasuda vs. The United Empire (HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Francesco Akira)
• Shota Umino, Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs. The HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
• Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Taisei Nakahara

NJPW vs. DDT card announced for June 8. The featured match is a 10 man tag elimination match with Team NJPW vs TEAM DDT. You can watch on Wrestle Universe or NJPW World via PPV.

Callum Newman signs long term deal. In an interview on NJPW’s website the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion stated he recently signed a long term deal with New Japan.

Ed: “Fans, every NJPW World show feels like a chapter—nothing is random, everything is pointing toward the next big tour stop or tournament.”

🟫 Ohio Valley Wrestling

OVW Rise — weekly TV

Ed: “Now let’s head to Louisville, fans—Rise continues to be the proving ground where prospects, veterans, and champions all fight for their spot.”

Jay DeNiro defeated Jake Lawless to win the OVW Media Title.
The Troublemakers (Canaan Kristopher & Glenn Spectre) defeated Los Desafios (Jota Peso & Maximo Suave) to claim the OVW Tag Team Title.
Shalonce Royal won the OVW Women’s Title in a Fatal Four Way match.
Ashton Adonis defeated Jake Lawless in a Triple Threat match to win the OVW Media Title.
Tony Evans defeated Star Rider to claim the OVW United States Title.

OVW Overdrive

Ed: “Overdrive, fans, is where OVW keeps the engine humming between big Rise episodes—more reps, more characters, more chances to impress.”

Gordon: “Indeed. A most practical platform—Overdrive allows OVW to season its talent and test new combinations.”

NEWS

OVW RISE is going LIVE and the stakes just hit another level

Kal Herro vs Drew Hernandez headlines a stacked night you won’t forget.

April 23rd

Hotpoint Davis Arena

7PM ET

Streaming LIVE on YouTube and TrillerTV

Get your tickets now at ovwrestling.com

Ed: “Fans, Rise and Overdrive together make OVW feel like a full ecosystem—if you can get over here, you can get noticed anywhere.”

🎙️ Desk outro

Gordon: “Indeed. Between New Japan’s global strong‑style machine on NJPW World and OVW’s territory‑flavored grind on Rise and Overdrive, this has been a most compelling stretch from Tokyo to Louisville. Champions standing tall, contenders emerging, and rivalries simmering nicely.”

Ed: “And with that, fans… so long from the wrestling world.”