Various: Go Shiozaki Departing From Pro Wrestling NOAH, Hiroshi Tanahashi Provides Update on His Final NJPW Match Plans, Indies/Misc.

Sep 30, 2025

Go Shiozaki Departing From Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that Go Shiozaki’s contract has expired as of Tuesday and he will be leaving the company.

It was announced that the decision was made following talks between the two sides for a potential new deal that was not reached.

“Announcement of the Contract Expiration for Go Shiozaki
Following discussions based on the request from Go Shiozaki, we have decided not to renew the contract with Pro Wrestling Noah, and hereby announce that the contract has expired as of today.
September 30, 2025
CyberFight Co., Ltd. / Pro Wrestling Noah

潮崎豪選手契約満了のおしらせ

このたび潮崎豪選手からの申し入れを受けて協議をいたしました結果、プロレスリング・ノアとの契約を更新せず、本日をもちまして契約満了となりましたことをお知らせいたします。

2025年9月30日
株式会社CyberFight／プロレスリング・ノア#noah_ghc pic.twitter.com/cyahdgO4f9
— プロレスリング・ノア｜PRO WRESTLING NOAH (@noah_ghc) September 30, 2025

Prior to the announcement, Shiozaki had been with NOAH since 2015 for his second stint in the company. Outside of a brief period with All Japan Pro Wrestling from 2013 to 2015, Shiozaki has primarily worked for NOAH since 2003.

Hiroshi Tanahashi Provides Update on His Final NJPW Match Plans

As noted before, New Japan Pro Wrestling talent Hiroshi Tanahashi will be retiring from his in-ring wrestling career at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 20 event in January 4, 2026.

NJPW held a press conference on Tuesday in Japan. One of the topics discussed included Tanahashi providing an update on the current plans for the final match for his wrestling career.

“I like wrestling singles matches most of all, my debut was a singles match and I want my last to be a singles match. Every January 4 I change my costume up, but this year January 4 will be my last… So it’ll be a new costume just for that one match.
I want there to be a connection. I want to come full circle in a sense…. that’s all I’ll say!”

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

WWE’s parent company TKO Group announced that they recently signed a media rights deal with Paramount for their new professional boxing company Zuffa Boxing. It was announced that their Zuffa Boxing events will air exclusively on the Paramount+ streaming service in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) announced that they have reached an agreement deal to be acquired by a group of private investors including the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund and Silver Lake for $55 billion. In regards to a wrestling connection, Silver Lake is the parent company of Endeavor who is the parent company of TKO Group.

In a recent interview with Collider, former WWE talent Braun Strowman gave his thoughts about how he is currently semi-retired from his pro wrestling career. Strowman stated “Oh, I gotta give it to the extras, the ones that gave their bodies up for me, because in my scene, I’m rough with these guys, and they’re all pro wrestlers and stuff on their side jobs and stuff. So they were all unbelievably willing to give their bodies up to me for this film. We did a lot of takes with a couple of them, and it was very physical. They were like, ‘Lay it in harder.’ I was like, ‘No, no…’ In our business, too, like the wrestling business side of things — I say ‘our business,’ but I’m semi-retired from wrestling now, too, because I want to be an actor. But I always have so much admiration for these young and up-and-coming talents that are looking for a shoe in, a place to get in by going the extra mile, being the first one to raise their hand, not even knowing what I’m going to do to their poor soul, and just going, ‘I’ll volunteer for it.’ I was that kid at one point. I was doing that. I was the one going, ‘I’ll do it. I’ll eat that. I’ll go here. I’ll do that.’ That’s what gave me the opportunity to get to where I am in life. So those are a lot of the unsung heroes, too, that are behind the scenes, that no one ever knows about, and they never get credit for. So that’s big for me.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

This past Sunday’s NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2025 event in Kobe Japan featured YOH, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI, Yuya Uemura, & Shota Umino defeating HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO, Douki, Dick Togo, SANADA, & EVIL) in a 10-Man Tag Team match. Following the match, El Desperado officially declared himself and KUUAKI as a tag team for this year’s Super Junior Tag League tournament.

NJPW recently announced one new match for the card of their Road to King of Pro Wrestling 2025 event on October 6th in Tokyo, Japan:

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – DOUKI vs. El Desperado (c)

NJPW also recently announced one new match for the card of their Road to King of Pro Wrestling 2025 event on October 11th in Saitama, Japan:

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – El Desperado & KUUKAI vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO & DOUKI) (c)

Boca Raton Championship Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their November Knockdown event on November 2nd in Boca Raton, Florida: