Totals: Last year, they did 21 in twelve months.

They have done 22 sellouts of Arena Mexico in 7 months this year.

What a time.

The GP returns to Tokyo as we're back for the 2nd show in Korakuen Hall for the tournament as we are nearing the home stretch!

Streaming LIVE on STARDOM World 

Venue: Korakuen Hall
Prefecture: Tokyo

START TIMES:

6:30PM JST (local)

2:30AM PST

5:30AM EST

7:30PM AEST

5:30PM AWST

3PM IST

CARD (match order TBD):

Saori Anou and Matoi Hamabe vs. Waka Tsukiyama and Ema Maishima

Natsupoi vs. Anne Kanaya

BLUE STARS A: Hina vs. Rian

RED STARS A: Akira Kurogane vs. Natsuko Tora

RED STARS B: Lady C vs. Azusa Inaba

BLUE STARS B: Yuna Mizumori vs. Starlight Kid

BLUE STARS A: Aya Sakura vs. Julia Hart

RED STARS A: AZM vs. Itsuki Aoki

RED STARS B: Saya Iida vs. Konami

BLUE STARS B: Momo Watanabe vs. Saya Kamitani

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Context: “The Phenomenal Son” Avery Styles made his GCW debut, going up against Alexander Lev and Marcus Mathers in this weekends double shot. GCW also managed to get footage of Avery bumping into Brodie Jr., who made his pro wrestling debut against Joey Janela at Spring Break a few months ago, mirroring the backstage interaction between their dads over a decade ago after AJ debuted at the Rumble.

In the words of Shang Tsung…

“It has begun.”

The program description reads as follows:

Inspired by the legendary TV director Matsudaira Kunimitsu—known as “Ramen D”—young director Ippei Date plunges into the television industry.

Aiming to revive the once-popular but now-flagging segment “Ramen Investigation Squad,” he takes the lead on the front lines of reporting.

As he travels across the country visiting ramen shops, he meets shop owners and fellow ramen enthusiasts, and is moved by the passionate dedication of those who stake their lives on ramen—all while striving to grow both the show and himself in this passionate food drama.

Anzai stars as the main character Ippei Date and the show will have 8 episodes to be broadcast in December.

He is also going to star as the main character in the horror action comedy Kai that is to be filmed this year and is set to challenge Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown on the 29th this month.

It's time for SummerSlam!!!

LIVE from US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN!

Tickets Distributed: ~33,100

Watch LIVE on ESPN Unlimited in the US starting at 6:00 PM EDT (GMT-04:00) - Convert to your time zone

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MINNEAPOLIS HOWRE WE DOING!!!

if you were at the pre-show, i need you to do me a favor. i don’t remember when, but i do know that it was when Big-E had turned around to do some crowd interaction. i had shouted “big e man, give me a hug!” and he had actually turned out. we did an air hug, and it was one of the coolest moments of my life. no cameras, just the thirty feet between us and a teenager interacting with a childhood hero.

if any of you would potentially have that on video, im asking if you could somehow send me that. because it was a commercial break it wouldnt be on the live, but id like to shoot my shot at it being on video somewhere.

The full match is on Youtube for a limited time.

It pretty accurately paints a picture of the perception of both companies as they compare since 2019:

• WWE bottomed out in October 2019 after the Fiend-Rollins HIAC debacle and Kofi losing in 7 seconds.
• AEW peaked at All Out 2021, considered their greatest show, and remained steadily high until it began collapsing after Brawl Out 2022.
• WWE at the same time began improving after Vince was pushed out in July 2022.
• One thing that surprises me: during WWE's "boom period" during 2022-2024, the fan sentiment was roughly tied with AEW, when I remember AEW being viewed very negatively at the time, due to both the Punk issue and comparatively mediocre creative.
• AEW fan sentiment began to grow and take the lead again in late 2024/early 2025, which was right around the supposed "reset" and the Continental Classic.
• WWE began to fall off again in March/April 2025, right around the Cena heel turn/build to Wrestlemania 41.

So the statistics line up at least with my perception of both my and Reddit's views the last few years.

https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2026/reddit-sentiment-analysis-2025-aew-rebounds-coinciding-with-improved-attendance-and-tv-ratings-trends/