New Japan Pro Wrestling 10/13/2025 King of Pro Wrestling 2025

New Japan Pro Wrestling 10/13/2025 King of Pro Wrestling 2025

IWGP Women's Title Match - Sareee (c) vs. Syuri

This is an odd one. The women haven't been around on an NJPW show in a bit and Syuri's on a break of some sort from Stardom.

Syu blocks the takedown and Sare waistlocks her. Syu side headlocks her. They break and Sare side headlock takeovers her. Sare armdrags her and ducks a high kick then they stand off. Syu dropkicks her then underhook suplexes her for 2. Syu goes for the armbar. 

Sare grabs her by the hair and hair throws her. Sare ties up Syu's legs and falls backwards. Sare indian deathlocks her. Sare snapmares her and kicks her in the back. Sare PK's her for 2. They trade forearms. Syu spin kicks her in the gut then Sare dropkicks her. Sare rolls her into a double stomp. 

Sare dropkicks her through the ropes. They slap each other and headbutt each other. They then headbutt each other at the same time and both go down. They kick each other on the mat. Sare germans her and Syu germans her back. 

Syu hits chest kicks and Sare dagon screws her. Sare double stomps the leg twice. Syu 2nd rope hammerlock suplexes her. Syu bridging ddt's her. Syu emerald flowsion's her for 2. Syu powerbombs her then hits hard mounted shots. Sare running double stomps her for 2. Sre double stomps her off the buckles for 2. Sare uranages her three times for 2.

Syu high kicks her then hits hard knees to the gut. Sare hits another uranage for 2. Syu armbars her and running knees her for 2. Syu pumping knees her then buzssaw kicks her for 2. Syu buzzsaw kicks her. Syuu does an electric chair driver and wins.

Thoughts: It was a bit of random one. They had like a main event style match in the opener here. It was hard hitting and they really stepped things up a bit for this one to try and show off. I liked this match. The story behind this was probably more interesting than the actual match though as it strongly comes across as Sareee didn't like being booed in Stardom and wanted to drop the title before it got worse. 

Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Titan vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, David Finlay & Taiji Ishimori)

DF and Shingo go at it. Shingo knees him in the gut and DF side headlocks him. Shingo pulls the hair and throws him. DF is back body dropped. Shingo takes a double shoulderblock. Clark running low shoulders Shingo and bangs his head off the mat for 2. Clark takes a double shoulderblock then a senton and basement dropkick. 

Clark powerslams Hiromu. The heels then all do plancha's outside. Hiromu lifts TI and makes him headscissor his partner. Hiromu dropkicks Clark into TI. Hiromu basmeent dropkicks Clark. Titan springboard crossbodies TI. Titan then walks up the buckles and ropes and springboard dropkicks Clark. Shingo then lariats DF and clark over the top together. Titan tope con hilos outside. Titan springboard splashes TI. TI then handspring corkscrew kicks Titan.

DF uranage backbreakers Hiromu then hits oblivion on Titan for 2. Titan hits kicks on DF. DF lariats Shingo over him. Everyone starts hitting moves on each other. DF buckle bombs and overkills Titan to win.

Thoughts: It was a shorter rushed tag. It had a lot of action at a fast pace. It was fine but there wasn't enough time for it to be much else.

Riot In Ryogoku No Disqualification No Count Out Match - SANADA vs. Drilla Moloney

They have a fake Sanada come out for this. One of the Sanada's getsa fan's bag stuck on his guitar while walking around.

DM hits shots on Sanada then lariats him over the top. Sanada tries to hit him with a fork but gets hit with it. DM hits him with a chair. Sanada is sent into the seats. DM sets up some tables and throws a chair at Sanada's head. Sanada is busted open and takes a chair to the head and back. DM is back body dropped onto the tables but the tables don't break.

DM is backdropped through a table. Sanada hits punches in the corner inside. DM hits punches, Sanada falls down and kicks him in the crotch. DM dropkicks him. DM baseball slides him. DM hits a top rope elbow drop. 

Sanada back body drops him. Sanada hits DM with a guitar. DM is busted oepn and Sanada hits punches. Sanada sticks a fork in DM's head. Sanada hits a top rope fork shot on DM then he shining wizards him. Sanada sends DM into the ref. DM then hits a drilla killa but the ref is down. House of Torture come out then Clark Connors comes out. He clears of HoT with tire shots.

DM hits Sanada with a guitar then drilla killa's him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a hardcore match with a lot of weapons usage here. House of Torture got involved like always and surprisingly, both guys bled. It was alright but not great. 

Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & YOH vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa)

Goto's back here after filming Street Fighter. Oiwa and Goto go at it. Goto side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Oiwa shoulders him over. Oiwa takes a double shoulder then Goto hitposses his partners onto Oiwa. Hart then gets triple clubbed on and lands on Oiwa. 

Oiwa and Yoshi trade shots. Oiwa dropkicks him. Hart suplexes Yoshi for 2. Hart clears off his opponents. KF chops Yoshi and Yoshi chops back. Yoshi suplexes him. Yoh comes in and hits dropkicks. Hart no sells his dropkick. Yoh challenges him to sumo but then pulls Hart out on the charge. 

Yoh boots KF in the gut then KF step up enzugiri's him. Hart and Goto collide with lariats. Hart lariats him over. Goto takes sentons. Yoshi running lariats Oiwa. Hart takes a superkick into a russian legsweep + headhunter combo. Yoh plancha's outside. Hart takes an elbow slice + sitout bomb combo then Goto GTR's him for the win.

Thoughts: Like the Bullet Club tag earlier, it was shorter and rushed. I liked it and it was all action but it just didn't get a lot of time.  

NJPW World Television Title Match - El Phantasmo (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

ELP side headlocks Tana. They do the side headlock > headscissors spot twice. They trade forearms. Tana 2ns rope twisting crossbodies him. ELP 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him and asai moonsaults him. Tana blocks a superkick and hits a twist and shout.

Tana slams him. ELP puts Tana in tree of woe and stands on his crotch. ELP misses a baseball slide and goes into the post crotch first. ELP's legs are banged off the post. ELP is pushed into the rails. Tana cannonballs him off the apron.

ELP dragon screws Tana over the 2nd rope. ELP topes him. ELP misses a springboard over the top rope and goes onto the floor. ELP gets back in the ring and sells his knee. Tana dropkicks him in the knee then atomic drops him. 

ELP hits forearms on Tana then slaps him. Tana slaps him back. Tana goes for a slingblade and ELP rolls him up for 2. ELP cut throat spinning neckbreakers him. Tana no sells it then sling blades him for 2. ELP tries a top rope hurricanrana but Tana holds on and ELP takes a bad looking bump. Tana hits a top rope crossbody. 

Tana goes for a high fly flow but ELP gets his knees up. Tana dropkicks him in the knee. ELP superkicks him. Tana jack knife pins him for 2. Tana then cradles him. ELP hits a CR2 for 2. ELP springboard splashes him for 2. ELP does a cloverleaf but the time limit runs out.

Thoughts: They spoiled it here and made it obvious it was going to a time limit. ELP got his knee worked over a bit. ELP took a nasty bump off the buckles when Tana blocked a hurricanrana. Tana did a Liger style cannonball off the apron outside. It was okay overall. 

NEVER Openweight Title Match - Oleg Boltin (c) vs. EVIL

Oleg comes in and hits shots on Evil. He belly to belly suplexes him. They go out and Oleg's back is rammed into the rails. Evil shoves a mic in his face. Evil sends him into the exposed buckle. Evil single leg crabs him. Oleg is sent into the rails outside and HoT beat up on him there. Evil leglocks Oleg.

Evil face rakes him for 2 counts. Oleg hits forearms then suplexes him. Oleg shoulders him over and Karelin's lifts him. Oleg hits a vader bomb for 2. Evil rakes the eyes and swings Oleg's foot into the ref. Evil superkicks Oleg low. Togo tries to throw powder in Oleg's eyes but gets Kanemaru, then Kanemaru spits whiskey in his eyes on accident. Oleg goes for a dropkick and Evil moves the ref into the way.

Oleg shoulders Fale over. Toru Yano and the young lions take HoT to the back. Oleg is sent into the exposed buckle then lariats Evil. Evil hits lariats on Oleg. Evil sharpshooters him. Oleg powerbombs Evil for 2. Oleg F-5's him. SHO then comes out with a wrench. Oleg finlay rolls him then gets Evil with one. Douki comes in and hits Oleg in the knee with his pipe. Evil hits everything is evil on Oleg and wins.

Thoughts: It was all HoT shenanigans not much else. There was endless interference here and even after half of HoT was sent to the back, the other half then interfered. 

HoT stomps on Oleg after. The young lions try to help and are fought off. Aaron Wolf comes in and hits shoulder throws on HoT. Evil gets mad and says he will crush him.

IWGP Tag Team Title Match - Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura

They all trade shots to start. Yuya and Yuto grapple around. Yuto pulls the hair and hits shots on him. Yuto takes a double shoulder then Yuya kimura's him. Oskar hits a big slam on Yuya. Yuto hits kicks to the chest. Yuto running knees him in the corner. Oskar chops Yuya. Oskar catches Yuya's 2nd rope twisting crossbody and slams him. 

Yuya back elbows him out of the corner and 2nd rope diving bulldogs him. Shota comes in. He tornado ddt's Oskar off of Yuto. He then dropkicks Yuto. Yuto hits forearms on Oskar then Oskar hits chops on him. They trade forearms. Oskar drops him with a slap. 

Oskar elbow drops Shota's back for 2. Shota germans Oskar. Yuya and Yuto get in. They trade forearms and butt heads. Yuto hits a corner lariat on him. Yuto forearms him then suplexes him for 2. 

Yuya backdrops Yuto then goes for an armbar. Yuto slaps Shota and boots him in the face. Shota drops him with a big forearm. Oskar bangs his opponents heads together then he is caught with a double backdrop. 

Shota step up knees Yuto in the back of the head. Shota superplexes Yuto and Yuya top rope frogsplashes him, making it a powerplex. Yuya hits dropkicks on Oskar then Oskar is hit with a double dropkick. Yuya kimura's Yuto and rips Yuto's arm tape off. 

They headbutt each other and Yuya gets the edge. Oskar then comes in and sleepers Yuya from behind. He slams him down off of it then Yuto PK's Yuya. Shota lariats oskar over the top. Shota headbutts Yuto then runs into his forearm. Yuya hurricanrana's Yuto in an armbar. Oskar then breaks it up. Oskar holds Yuto for a straight punch on Yuya. Yuya then takes a headkick + tombstone and is pinned.

Thoughts: It didn't quite live up to expectations but it was an entertaining bout. Yuya worked Yuto's arm all throughout as he had injured it years ago. We got a lot of hard shots here but we didn't really get the southern tag format that might have helped this. I think it could have used more near falls as well.

IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match - Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Yota Tsuji

They lock up and wristlock each other. They take each other over then lock up again. Yota side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Yota flying headscissors him but Gabe cartwheels out. They collide with shoulders and Gabe dropkicks him. They fight outside. Gabe chops him outside.

Yota is sent into the rails then chopped down. Gabe chops him outside. Yota is laid on the top rope and Gabe boots him. Gabe double chops him as he hangs, then Yota flips over and is powerbombed down. Gabe chops and headbutts Yota. 

Gabe hits a corner lariat. Gabe misses a flying la silla in the corner. Yota baseball slides him. Yota topes him outside. Gabe chops him then is dropped onto double knees. Yota crabs him. Yota chops and forearms him. Yota knees him in the gut for 2.  

Gabe invites Yota to chop him and he does. They trade shots and Gabe lariats Yota down. Gabe powerbombs him for 2 then crabs him. Gabe kicks Yota around then double underhook suplexes him for 2. 

Yota flatliners him then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Yota drives his head into the mat with his feet. Gabe tombstones him for 2. Gabe takes a pumping knee then a canadian destroyer. Yota pumping knees him in the corner. Gabe goes for the spinning lariat and is flalinered. Yota flips him with a lariat for 2.

Gabe hits a big lariat then a sitout powerbomb for 2. Gabe running boots him then is hit with a spear. Yota top rope reverse suplexes him. Yota runs at him and is piledriven for 2. Yota headbutts him down.

They trade headbutts on their knees then forearm each other. They chop each other and slap each other. Gabe drops him and Yota hits a spear for 1. Yota hits another spear and then crabs him. Gabe then submits.

Thoughts: It went as I expected with them mostly sticking to strikes, spears and lariats. The longer it went though, the less they sold and the less stuff stopped meaning. I thought they overdid it a bit here. I still liked it but it wasn't the world's smartest match and it was more focused on action.  

The War Dogs and LIJ come in after. The two groups shake hands for some reason. 

IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match - Zack Sabre Jr. (c)  vs. Konosuke Takeshita 

They lock up and trade. KT shoulders him over and side headlocks him. Zack misses a PK and KT slides out. Zac cravates him and side headlock takeovers him. Zack tries for a bow and arrow and KT turns it into a pin attempt. Zack armwringers him and KT flying lariats him. KT sentons him off the buckles then bodyscissors him. KT slams him. Zack trangles KT over the top rope. Zack stomps the arm.

Zack hits euros. Zack hits facekicks. KT forearms him. Zack rolling armbars him for 2. KT exploders him. KT facekicks him and then suplexes him. KT facekicks him off the apron. KT tope con hilos him outside. Zack stomps KT's arm into the apron. Zack hammerlocks KT's arm with his legs and pulls.

Zack hits a corner euro then is hit with a blue thunder for 2. Zack hits slaps. KT forearms him down. KT flips him with a lariat for 2. KT rebound germans him with a bridge for 2. They trade facekicks. KT hits a nice package tombstone then a wheelbarrow german. Zack michinoku drivers him.

KT drops him with a spinning forearm. Zack avoids a pumping knee then does a grounded octopus. Zack hits chest kicks. They lariat each other at the same time. KT powerbombs him then pumping knees him. Zack sunset bombs him off the buckles. Zack tornado ddt's him then KT no sells it and raging fire's him.

KT grounded chickenwings him. Zack runs into a knee from KT then Zack michinoku drivers him for 2. Zack piefaces him. KT drops him with a big forearm. Zack goes for an armbar. KT germans him twice. KT poisonrana's him. KT pumping knees him then does a second one for the win.

Thoughts: The IWGP merry-go-round continues here as we go from Mox > Naito > Zack > Goto>Zack>Takeshita within 2 years. I'm not a fan of it. Takeshita is never going to be around for smaller shows which will hurt them and hurt build to various matches. He's also working so much all over the place that he's just begging to get injured. Him winning the title really comes across like more of an AEW decision than an NJPW decision as that's the only promotion that really benefits from this. I can't stand Evil, but I'd even rather see him be champ than Takeshita.

They got a lot of time. They didn't overdo it much and there was a lot of striking here. Zack did his usual unfocused armwork and KT was really neither the face or the heel here. I just thought the match was average without much of a story to it.

Takeshita talks on the mic after. He brings up fans being mad about him winning. He says they need to complain to his face. Hirooki Goto comes out. He says KT knew he was coming and says he will be the next challenger. KT says he doesn't want to be caught up in his revolution and says his revolution is strength. Takeshita says he knows what it means to hold the title and says you can look forward to it. He then gets confetti.

Overall thoughts: I honestly like the women's match best here and that's not a good considering neither of the two women are around much. The War Dogs 6-man was fine. Sanada/Moloney was also an acceptable hardcore match. I liked the TMDK 6-man but we didn't get that much of it. ELP/Tana wasn't as good as it would have been a few years ago and they spoiled it by bringing up the time limits. Oleg/Evil was a joke. The IWGP Tag Title match wasn't bad but didn't hit my high expectations. I liked Gabe/Yota some but it went a little long for their skill level. I thought the main was just average. The big stories were Takeshita and Syuri winning here and that's a problem since neither will be doing the usual NJPW loop anytime soon. I'd give this one a low 6 out of 10 and didn't think we got anything great here. It was a little above average.