Various: NJPW Reportedly Had Discussed Shinsuke Nakamura as Potential Final Opponent for Hiroshi Tanahashi, Rhio Makes Stardom Return Appearance at 10/20 Stardom Starlight Kid’s 10th Anniversary Event, Indies/Misc.

Oct 21, 2025

NJPW Reportedly Had Discussed Shinsuke Nakamura as Potential Final Opponent for Hiroshi Tanahashi

As noted before, this past Friday’s WWE house show event in Tokyo, Japan featured Shinsuke Nakamura giving a shoutout to NJPW President and talent Hiroshi Tanahashi following his tag team victory at the show.

Fightful Select reported that their sources within New Japan Pro Wrestling had confirmed that Nakamura’s name was recently discussed internally as a potential final opponent for Tanahashi’s retirement match at Wrestle Kingdom 20. Those spoken to stated that Nakamura’s name was more of being a “pipe dream” than anything substantial.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that several factors make this potential match unlikely such as Nakamura being under a WWE contract and the unlikely chances of WWE allowing the match to happen. Those spoken reportedly also gave their concerns about how the impact of using a WWE talent would have on their current relationship with AEW and CMLL.

It was reported that it is currently not clear if Nakamura would even be available outside of WWE. NJPW officials reportedly currently believe that Nakamura had re-signed last year but this is something that has yet to be confirmed by their sources.

Rhio Makes Stardom Return Appearance at 10/20 Stardom Starlight Kid’s 10th Anniversary Event

Monday’s Starlight Kid’s 10th Anniversary event for Stardom in Tokyo, Japan featured AEW talent Riho making a return appearance for the company.

Riho teamed up with Rina & Ram Kaichow in a Six-Women Tag Team match against Emi Sakura, Hina, & Yuna Mizumori.

Riho makes her entrance at SLK 10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY.#SLK10th #AEW pic.twitter.com/7Xqf2vsL6t
— Himanshu Doi (@Himanshu_Doi) October 20, 2025

This was Riho’s first appearance in Stardom since December of 2020.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Major League Wrestling recently announced that Arn Anderson will be making an appearance for the company at their MLW x Don Gato Tequila event on November 20th in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Smashing Machine drew $329,751 for its third weekend box office in the United States. The film was ranked #16 at the box office this weekend in the U.S. The film has generated a total box office revenue of $18,500,000 with a split of $11,121,428 domestic and $7,378,572 international. This film starred Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and him portraying the role of MMA legend Mark Kerr.

Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that they have pulled Daga from their upcoming events on October 21 and 26 in Japan due to him recently suffering synovitis in his left knee, which is a type of inflammation of the joints in the knee.

West Coast Pro Wrestling recently announced that their final event this year will be called Winter Wonderslam and takes place on December 19th in Pacifica, California.

House of Glory recently announced that Scarlett Bordeaux will be making her official in-ring debut for the company at their co-promoted SUPERCLASH event on November 15th in Brentwood, New York.

Over The Top Wrestling recently announced that they have stripped B Cool of his OTT European Championship over his inability to fulfill his obligations as champion. It was announced that a new champion will be crowned at their 11th Year Anniversary event on October 25th in Dublin, Ireland.

Killer Kross, former Karrion Kross in WWE, released a new chapter of his One Big Work documentary titled “My Life After WWE” on Mondayy on his official YouTube channel.

All Caribbean Wrestling recently announced that former WWE talents Jin Tala and Drako Knox will be making an appearance for the company at their Caribbean Claus event on December 5th in Miami, Florida.

DDT Pro Wrestling recently announced that Konosuke Takeshita will be making three additional appearances for the company this November in Japan. It was announced that Takeshita will be making an appearance at their November 6th event in Tokyo and will be competing in a singles match against Antonio Honda. It was also announced that Takeshita will be making an appearance at their November 8th event in Fukuoka and will be teaming up with Ilusion & Daisuke Sasaki in a Six-Man Tag Team match against KANON, MAO , & Kazuma Sumi. It was also announced that Takeshita will be making an appearance at their November 9th event in Kumamoto and will be teaming up with Sanshiro Takagi & HARASHIMA in a Six-Man Tag Team match against To-y, Daichi Satoh, & Yuki Ishida.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their All Rise ’25 event on November 9th in Tokyo, Japan: