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Dragon Gate USA: The Gate Of Sin City Full Match Card
Dragon Gate USA is back as apart of The Collective 2026. The Collective will span 13 shows across four days and it all kicks off on Wednesday, April 15 live at The Horseshoe Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada as apart of WrestleMania week.

Dragon Gate USA returns with a big event headlined by a massive six-man tag team match and a singles match many fans are looking forward to in YAMATO versus Jonathan Gresham. You can see the full card and information below.

Dragon Gate USA: The Gate Of Sin City Card
- Ho Ho Lun & La Estrella vs. Channing Decker & Rhys Maddox
- KAI vs. Willie Mack vs. El Cucuy
- Susumu Yokosuka vs. Marcus Mathers
- Los Hermanos De La Jungla (Aero Panther & Fight Panther Jr.) vs. Bustah And The Brain (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) vs. Love And Peace (Ben-K & Hyo)
- YAMATO vs. Jonathan Gresham
- Dragon Kid, Kzy & Yuki Yoshioka vs. Gajadokuro (ISHIN, Madoka Kikuta & Yoshiki Kato)
The event kicks off at 8PM local, 11PM ET on Wednesday, April 15. and will be streamed on TrillerTV+. You can subscribe to TrillerTV+ to watch all of The Collective events.
April 14, 2026
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors Participants Reveal

On April 4th, 2026 NJPW reveal the blocks & the last 2 participants for the 33rd annual Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament, the tournament starts on May 14th & ends on June 7th.

Here the blocks & participants in this year’s tournament.

Block A

Master Wato (6th entry) (2023 winner)

Ryusuke Taguchi (22nd entry) (2012 winner) (2011 & 2016 runner up)

Kosei Fujita (3rd entry) (2025 winner)

Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Robbie X (2nd entry)

Francesco Akira (5th entry)

Junior Heavyweight Champion Douki (7th entry)

Titan (7th entry) (2023 runner up)

Valiente Jr (1st entry)

Nick Wayne (2nd entry)

Jun Kasai (1st entry)

Block B

El Desperado (10th entry) (2024 winner) (2020 & 2022 runner up)

Kushida (13th entry) (2015 & 2017 winner) (2014 runner up)

Yoh (8th entry) (2021 & 2025 runner up)

Robbie Eagles (8th entry)

Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Taiji Ishimori (10th entry) (2018 & 2024 runner up)

Jakob Austin Young (1st entry)

Sho (9th entry)

Yoshinobu Kanemaru (9th entry)

HYO (1st entry)

Daisuke Sasaki (3rd entry)

The top 2 scorers in each block goes to the Finals & can watch all 13 shows on NJPW World.

Notes

Most entrants in this year’s field

Ryusuke Taguchi (22)

Kushida (13)

El Desperado & Taiji Ishimori (10)

April 12, 2026
AJPW Champion Carnival Night 1 Results – April 12, 2026
On April 12th, 2026 AJPW aired the 1st night of Champion Carnival live in Tokyo, Japan inside Korakuen Hall.

The event was held front of 1,194 fans and was also viewable on AJPW TV. The event was headlined by Go Shiozaki versus Yuma Anzai.

Go Shiozaki picked up the victory against Yuma Anzai in the main event, earning himself two points. You can see the full results and current block standings below.

AJPW Champion Carnival Night 1 Results
- 6 Man Tag Team Match
  AJPW TV 6 Man Tag Team Champions Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato & Hokuto Omori defeated Junior Heavyweight Champion Seigo Tachibana, Seiki Yoshioka & Shota Kofuji via La Magistral on Tachibana (10:45)
- Non Title Block A Match Of The 2026 Champion Carnival
  Rei Saito (2) defeated Gaora Television Champion Kumaarashi (0) via BBQ Bomb (8:22)
- Block B Match Of The 2026 Champion Carnival
  Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Yuma Aoyagi via Big Bang Catastrophe (15:14)
- Block A Match Of The 2026 Champion Carnival
  Kengo Mashimo (2) defeated World Tag Team Champion Talos (0) via Modified Small Package (7:31)
- 8 Man Tag Team Match
  Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato defeated Havoc (Shotaro Ashino & Odyssey), Ryo Inoue & Musashi via Shutdown Suplex on Inoue (12:14)
- Block B Match Of The 2026 Champion Carnival
  Xyon (2) defeated Hideki Suzuki (0) via Diving Headbutt (5:55)
- Block B Match Of The 2026 Champion Carnival
  World Tag Team Champion Ren Ayabe (2) defeated Jun Saito (0) via Death Roulette (20:12)
- Block A Match Of The 2026 Champion Carnival
  Go Shiozaki (2) defeated Yuma Anzai (0) via Lariat (23:49) (Recommend)
Standings After Night 1

Block A

1st Place- Go Shiozaki, Kengo Mashimo & Rei Saito (2 Points) (1-0)

Last Place- Gaora Television Champion Kumaarashi, World Tag Team Champion Talos & Yuma Anzai (0 Points) (0-1) & Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Kento Miyahara & Odyssey (0 Points) (0-0)

Block B

1st Place- World Tag Team Champion Ren Ayabe, Daisuke Sekimoto & Xyon (2 Points) (1-0)

Last Place- Yuma Aoyagi, Hideki Suzuki & Jun Saito (0 Points) (0-1) & Madoka Kikuta & Ryuki Honda (0 Points) (0-0)

Stay tuned for more AJPW Champion Carnival results in the coming days.
April 12, 2026
Shane Haste Makes Return To Pro Wrestling NOAH

Earlier today Shane Haste makes his first appearance in Pro Wrestling Noah since 2016 (10 years) as he was reveal to be Kenta’s friend who had WWE experience.

This came in a post match segment after Yoshiki Inamura defeated National Champion Alpha Wolf in 22:53 via Discharge, Kenta came to the ring & reveal that Haste was the friend he was talk about.

Inamura will defend the GHC Heavyweight Title against Shane Haste on May 2nd in Ryogoku Sumo Hall at Spring Mayhem.

https://x.com/noahglobal/status/2043271475277570369?s=46

Haste is no stranger to Pro Wrestling Noah as he held the GHC Tag Team Titles twice with Mikey Nicholls & won the 2015 Global Tag League Fighting Spirit Award with Mikey Nicholls.

You can watch Pro Wrestling Noah on Abema & Wrestle Universe.

April 12, 2026