Kintaro Kanemura Retirement Show “THE FINAL DIE HARD ~ The Last”, 12/27/2016 [Tue] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo 1,350 Spectators (crowded)
(1) Shinjiro Otani (ZERO1) & Kazushi Miyamoto (FREE) vs. Naoshi Sano (Sano-Damashii) & Shota (GUTS)
◆Winner: Miyamoto (9:24) with a Liger Bomb on Sano.
(2) High Fly Style: Hi69 (FREE), Makoto Oishi (DDT) & Shiori Asahi (K-DOJO) vs. Madoka (FREE), Yusaku Obata (ZERO1) & Saburo Inematsu (K-DOJO)
◆Winner: Hi69 (7:51) with the Stuka Splash on Madoka.
(3) FREEDOMS Offer Match: Takashi Sasaki, Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. Jun Kasai, GENTARO & Kenji Fukimoto
◆Winner: Toru (12:19) following the Swift Driver on GENTARO.
(4) Street Fight 6 Man Tag Deathmatch: Yoshihiro Takayama, Hideki Hosaka & Raiden vs. Ichiro Yaguchi, Buffalo & Keiichi Sato
◆Winner: Takayama (11:56) following a Running Knee Lift on Buffalo. ~ Atsushi Onita missed this match due to complications with an injury, Takayama took his place.
(5) Battle Royal: Shinjiro Otani, Magnitude Kishiwada, The Bodyguard, Shinjuku-same, Kazunori Yoshida, Kuuga, RG, Masato Shibata, Keisuke Okudo, Hayate, Nobutaka Moribe, Miss Mongol, Youseki, Keiichi Sato, Kotaro Nasu, Yousuke Enosimoto, DJ Nira, and Honey Hachiko
◆Winner: Shinjuku-same (13:12) sent Razor Ramon RG over the top rope.
(6) FMW 10 Person Tag Match: Mr. Gannosuke (GUTS World), NOSAWA Rongai (Tokyo Gurentai), Onryo (FREE), Gosaku Goshogawara (FREE) & Yuki Miyazaki (FREE) vs. TAKA Michinoku (K-DOJO), Ricky Fuji (K-DOJO), GOEMON (FREE), Minoru Tanaka (FREE) & TAJIRI (FREE)
◆Winner: Gannosuke (11:21) following a Fire Thunder on GOEMON.
(7) Kanemura Retirement Match: Kintaro Kanemura, Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (FREE) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW), Kohei Sato (ZERO1) & Yuji Hino (FREE)
◆Winner: Sekimoto (15:41) with a Deadlift German Suplex Hold on Kanemura.
~ Atsushi Onita came out on crutches to as the two showed their final respects. Onita apologized for being unable to compete today.
~ Tanaka and Kuroda came back into the ring as they took part in a final trademark dance with Kanemura.
~ Kanemura bid farewell to the fans as he respectfully ends his career after 26 years of competing in the ring.
~ Kanemura has been an active pro-wrestling since 1990 and became famous for matches, more notably death matches, in W★ING and FMW throughout the mid-90’s. He helped form the Apache Pro-Wrestling Army (in 2004) following the demise of FMW in 2002. He leaves the ring as the last WEW Champion which will be sealed away with is retirement.
All Japan announced that they have signed Koji Iwamoto to the promotion as of January 1, 2017.
Iwamoto was born on March 20, 1990, in Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture. He made his professional debut on November 4, 2012 in Sportiva against Shinya Ishida. He has notably competed in HEAT-UP, BASARA, and Hard Hit. He has regularly competed in All Japan throughout this last year, which his noted strength and skills has led him to being signed with the start of the new year.
~ Following the conclusion of Apache’s final show on 12/25, Tetsuhiro Kuroda and HASEGAWA announced that new promotion will be formed in 2017. Which is currently being dubbed as “A Team”. Their first show is expected to be held on April 16 at the Kitasenju Theater 1010 in Tokyo. HASEGAWA stated that the WEW Heavyweight belt will be sealed with Kanemura as the final champion to hold the belt. As he will be retiring from pro-wrestling on the 27th. Though the WEW Tag belts will continue to be contested with the formation of the new group.
~ Kanemura’s final show will take place tomorrow at the Korakuen Hall.
~ The full event card was announced for the Korakuen Hall show on January 3.
DDT “Shinshun Otoshidama Special! 2,000 Yen Seats Show! 2017”, 1/3/2017 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(0) King of Dark Championship 8 Man Tag Match: [Champion] Nobuhiro Shimatani, Hoshitango, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Dai Suzuki vs. Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase, Rekka & Daiki Shimomura
() 3 Way Tag Match: Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Soma Takao, Gorgeous Matsuno & Cherry
() Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii vs Shigehiro Irie & Yasu Urano
() Konsuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Shuji IShikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Pauley
() KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Dick Togo & Guanchulo
() Daisuke Sasaki vs. Candace LeRae
() Joey Ryan & Laura James vs. Gota Ihashi & Saki Akai
() DDT EXTREME Championship ~ Fluorescent Light-tube IPPON Death Match: [Champion] Jun Kasai vs. [Challenger] Jun Kasai
() KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [60th Champion] HARASHIMA vs. [Challenger] Mike Bailey
~ 2nd title defense.
~ The full event card was announced for the first shows of the new year on January 7 and 9 in Osaka. The show will feature the WDW Tag belts in defense as Numazawa and Takeda take on Mihara and TORU. Then several wrestlers from the Canadian based ASW promotion will be competing on the shows.
Doutonbori Pro-Wrestling/Taiyoto Kamen Produce, 1/7/2017 [Sat] 19:00 @ Tigre Gym in Osaka
(1) Yuto Kikuchi & Bambi Hall vs. Mede Tiger Mask & Liiza Hall
(2) Osamu Suganuma vs. The Great Kasaki
(3) Kazuaki Mihara, TORU & Taiyoto Kamen vs. “TKO” Cody Smith, Salty The Seaman & Matt Xstatic
(4) Battle Royal:
Doutonbori Pro-Wrestling, 1/9/2017 [Mon] 17:30 @ Oyodo Community Center in Osaka
(1) Orochi & Hideaki Sumi vs. Osamu Suganuma & Salty The Seaman (ASW)
(2) Billyken Kid & Real Inunakin vs. Masamune & Takaku Fuke
(3) Taiyoto Kamen, Mede Tiger Mask & Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru vs. Akagi, Bambi Hall & Liiza Hall
(4) Ra-pid, Kinryu & Yuto Kikuchi vs. Hiro Tonai, Katsumi Oribe & Matt Xstatic (ASW)
(5) Hiroto Okubo, The Great Kasaki (ASW) & “TKO” Cody Smith (ASW) vs. Magnitude Kishiwada, Kuuga & HUB
(6) WDW Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Jaki Numazawa & Masashi Takeda vs. [Challengers] Kazuaki Mihara & TORU
~ 2nd title defense.
~ A tournament was announced to take place on the first show of the new year on January 3. A single day tournament was announced for the show with 12 of the regular competitors of the promotion competing. The first round matches will take place over a 5 min. ruling, with the second round under 10 min., and the semi-finals under 20 min. The final match will have an unlimited time limit.
FREEDOMS “HAPPY NEW FREEDOM 2017”, 1/3/2017 [Tue] 12:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() New Year! Special Tag Match: MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
() 1st Round Match: Takashi Sasaki vs. Dragon Libre
() 1st Round Match: Jun Kasai vs. Yuya Susumu
() 1st Round Match: Daisuke Masaoka vs. Kenji Fukimoto
() 1st Round Match: Chikara vs. Masashi Takeda
() 2nd Round Match: GENTARO vs. Yuko Miyamoto
() 2nd Round Match: Toru Sugiura vs. Mammoth Sasaki
~ The full event card was announced for the promotions 4th anniversary show on January 29 in Kanagawa.
HEAT-UP “4th Anniversary Show”, 1/19/2017 [Sun] 18:30 @ Shinyurigaoka 21 Hall in Kanagawa
(1) HEAT-UP FUTURE ~ First Match of 2017 : Yu Iizuka vs. Tetsuya Ido
(2) 6 Man Tag Match: (to be announced)
(3) Mineo Fujita & Shinya Ishida vs. CHANGO & Kengo
(4) HEAT-UP vs BJW ~ Overcome! Heavy Wall: Daisuke Kanehira & Hiroshi Watanabe vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Takayuki Ueki
(5) New Year Dream ~ Dokonjo Samurai Shinyurigaoka e oritatsu no Maki: Shiro Koshinaka, Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo & Fuminori Abe vs. Kenichiro Arai, Hide & Yasu Kubota
(6) HEAT-UP Universal Championship Match: [1st Champion] Kazuhiro Tamura vs. [Challenger] Rocky Kawamura
~ 4th title defense.
~ K-DOJO will be kicking off the new year with the “BO-SO Golden Tag League 2017”. The competitors, blocks, and matches have been announced. The final match will be held on January 29 at Blue Field.
● Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami (ST-K TAG Champions)
● Tank Nagai & Yuki Sato
● Kaji Tomato & Yuma
● Daigoro Kashiwa & Marines Mask
KAIENTAI DOJO “CLUB-K 3000”, 1/8/2016 [Sun] @ Blue Field in Chiba
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-A Match: Taishi Takizawa & Kotaro Yoshino vs. Kengo Mashimo vs. Ayumu Honda
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-B Match: Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami vs. Daigoro Kashiwa & Marines Mask
KAIENTAI DOJO “CLUB-K 3000”, 1/14/2016 [Sat] @ Blue Field in Chiba
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-A Match: Shiori Asahi & Shinichiro Tominaga vs. Kengo Mashimo vs. Ayumu Honda
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-A Match: Taishi Takizawa & Kotaro Yoshino vs. GO Asakawa & Dinosaur Takuma
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-B Match: Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami vs. Tank Nagai & Yuki Sato
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-B Match: Kaji Tomato & Yuma vs. Daigoro Kashiwa & Marines Mask
KAIENTAI DOJO “CLUB-K 3000”, 1/15/2016 [Sun] @ Nagara-cho Longwood Station in Chiba
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-A Match: : Shiori Asahi & Shinichiro Tominaga vs. GO Asakawa & Dinosaur Takuma
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-B Match: Kaji Tomato & Yuma vs. Tank Nagai & Yuki Sato
KAIENTAI DOJO “CLUB-K 3000”, 1/22/2016 [Sun] @Blue Field in Chiba
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-A Match: Taishi Takizawa & Kotaro Yoshino vs. Shiori Asahi & Shinichiro Tominaga
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-A Match: GO Asakawa & Dinosaur Takuma vs. Kengo Mashimo vs. Ayumu Honda
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-B Match: Daigoro Kashiwa & Marines Mask vs. Tank Nagai & Yuki Sato
() BO-SO Tag League BLOCK-B Match: Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami vs. Kaji Tomato & Yuma
The first set of event cards were announced for NOAH’s first shows of the New Year. [Updates in regards to the GHC Junior situation which was initially reported on the Fb and Tumblr]
First up the first major show of the New Year will take place at the Korakuen Hall on January 7. The main event for the show will feature Katsuhiko Nakajima defending the GHC Heavyweight belt in a rematch against the former champion Takashi Sugiura. Nakajima has made it his goal to be the protector that NOAH needs, but Sugiura has turned as a lone wolf following Suzuki-gun’s expulsion from the promotion. Sugiura has taken offense to the formation of a new era in NOAH as he aims to show that his era still remains in control. NOAH’s “symbol of strength” is on the line as either Nakajima can decisively prove his reign or Sugiura once more puts a tight hold onto the belt.
Then Atsushi Kotoge has declared that he wants a chance to take on the heavyweight championships. Though this comes with a catch, As Kotoge will be forced to relinquish both of his reigns as the GHC Junior Heavy and GHC Junior Tag Champion if it is his desire to jump up to the next class. The now former double crown junior champion will be receiving his first heavy title challenge on 1/8. As he teams with Naomichi Marufuji to take on Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi. This a huge opportunity for the junior to prove his worth for NOAH as his decision will certainly be put to the test. The following days will also see him in singles competition against two of the top heavyweights as well. With Shiozaki on 1/9 and then Sugiura on 1/11.
Speaking of the GHC Junior belt, Taiji Ishimori and Hajime Ohara will be competing in a special single match on the 1/8 show to determine the next champion for the belt. Ohara is now left without a partner, after Kenoh announced his intentions to jump to the heavyweight division, and his only clear path is to try and prove himself as a singles competitor. Him and Ishimori have competed in the past more notably their GHC Title match back in January of 2014. Ishimori walked out the defending champion, but Ohara certainly showed that he had potential as a singles competitor.
Also it was announced that NOAH’s rookie Shiro Tomoyose will be forced to retire due to complications following his recent shoulder injury/dislocation.He has been undergoing treatment for the injury but after further judgment the injury has been deemed to hard to recover from. At least if he wants to maintain a rigorous and physical schedule in the ring.
He has been plagued with a shoulder injury off-and-on since he debuted in 2015. Which it appears his body just isn’t going to be able to keep up with the constant physical demand.
~ Two more matches were announced for Korakuen Hall show on January 8, which the full card is now released.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2017 SUNRISE, 1/8/2017 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
Newly announced…
() WRESTLE-1 vs Pro-Wrestling A.C.E. 8 Man Tag Match: Shuji Kondo, “brother” YASSHI (FREE), Yuji Hino (FREE) & NOSAWA Rongai (Gurentai) vs. Seigo Tachibana, Jun Tonsho, Takanori Ito & Ganseki Tanaka
() Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Shotaro Ashino
Previously announced…
(-) Seiki Yoshioka & Kohei Fujimura vs. KAI (FREE) & Hiroki Murase
(-) WRESTLE-1 vs All Japan Pro-Wrestling 6 Man Tag Match: Keiji Mutoh, Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. Takao Omor, Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi
() WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [6th Champion] MAZADA vs. [Challenger] Andy Wu
~ 1st title defense.
() WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [7th Champions] Kaz Hayashi & Kotaro Suzuki vs. [Challengers] Daiki Inaba & Yusuke Kodama
~ 3rd title defense.
() WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [10th Champion] Masayuki Kono vs. [Challenger] Manabu Soya
~ 2nd title defense.
Apache Army Final Show ~ FINAL GONG~, 12/25/2016 [Sun] 12:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo 400 Spectators (overcrowded)
() Dark Match: Wild Bear & Wild Seven vs. Naoshi Sano & Junichi Sasase
◆Winner: Wild Bear (6:08) following a Backdro pon Sasase.
(1) Hayate Office Offer Match: Hayate vs. Tetsuya Nakazato
◆Winner: Hayate (8:15) with a Hurrincarana.
(2) SHINOBU, Nobutaka Moribe & Keiichi Sato vs. Hazard, Kenichi Fujii & Yoshida
◆Winner: SHINOBU (9:43) following a Diving Guillotine Drop on Fujii.
(3) Daisaku Shimoda & Rikiya Fudo vs. Hideharu Fujiwara & The Blue Shark
◆Winner: Shimoda (15:07) following a Backdrop on Fujiwara.
(4) Boxing Rules: Shingo Garyu vs. Yosuke Enomoto
◆Winner: Garyu (3R1 :53) via TKO.
(5) MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki vs. Tatsumi Nakano & Masamune
◆Winner: Nakano (13:44) following a High Kick on Mizuki.
(6) WEW Tag Championship Match: [24th Champions] Tomohiko Hashimoto & Keisuke Okuda vs. [Challengers] Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
◆Winner: Kuroda (13:48) following a Lariat on Okuda.
~ Takaiwa and Kuroda become the 25th generation champions.
(7) WEW Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Koji Kanemoto vs. [Challenger] Kintaro Kanemura
◆Winner: Kanemura (15:53) with a Samson Clutch.
~ Kanemura becomes the 14th and final champion.
(8) Apache Army vs Onita Alliance Street Fight Barbed-wire Board Deathmatch: HASEGAWA, Hi69, Toshiaki Terao & Takumi Sakurai vs. Atsushi Onita, Ichiro Yaguchi, Hideki Hosaka & Masaru Kameda
◆Winner: Hi69 (13:15) with the Stuka Splash on Sakurai.
~ Tetsuhiro Kuroda and HASEGAWA announced that new promotion will be formed in 2017. Which is currently being dubbed as “A Team”. Their first show is expected to be held on April 16 at the Kitasenju Theater 1010 in Tokyo.
~ HASEGAWA stated that the WEW Heavyweight belt will be sealed with Kanemura as the final champion to hold the belt. As he will be retiring from pro-wrestling on the 27th. Though the WEW Tag belts will continue to be contested with the formation of the new group.
The full event card is now released for the upcoming Ryogoku show on November 27.
Among the announcements is that Jun Akiyama will be teaming with Kendo Kashin to take on the reunited “GET WILD” in Takao Omori and WRESTLE-1′s Manabu Soya. Kashin originally tried to form a partnership with Akiyama back on the October 9th show, which was Akiyama’s birthday. Though it is now obvious that the veteran has accepted Kashin’s offer as he looks to not give much room to Soya’s return to the All Japan ring. Which the animosity remains from when Soya left and joined W-1 a couple years back.
Then following their fated meeting at the last AJ PHOENIX show on 10/25, Naoya Nomura will be getting a singles match against Takuya Nomura, no relation, but it seems fated between these two as they share the same last name but that they also share they are the same age and also same birthday
Jake Lee and Yuma Aoyagi will be teaming with the highly talented young man from Nagoya Koji Iwamoto as they take on a established wrestler team of Ryoji Sai, Kengo Mashimo, and Konosuke Takeshita. Then lastly DARK NIGHTMARE will be full form as Mitsuya Nagai, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Takeshi Minamino and the mysterious Black Tiger VII will be taking on the team of Super Tiger, Ryuji Hijikata, Rey Paloma, and Diablo.
The now fully stacked show will feature all five of the All Japan belts in defense with a total of eleven matches throughout the show. Definitely making this a interesting show with so many dynamics to offer throughout the card. The match order is still yet to be determined…
All Japan Pro Wrestling “Carbell presents AJPW in Ryogoku Kokugikan ~ NEW EXPLOSION”, 11/27/2016 [Mon] @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo
Newly announced…
() Special Single Match: Naoya Nomura vs. Takuya Nomura (BJW)
() Special 6 Man Tag Match: Jake Lee, Yuma Aoyagi & Koji Iwamoto (Sportiva) vs. Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END), Kengo Mashimo (K-DOJO) & Konosuke Takeshita (DDT)
() Special 8 Man Tag Match: Super Tiger (RJPW), Ryuji Hijikata (FREE), Rey Paloma (DOVE) & Diablo (FREE) vs. “DARK NIGHTMARE” Mitsuya Nagai, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Takeshi Minamino & Black Tiger VII
() Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin (FREE) vs. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya (W-1)
Previously announced…
() Special 6 Man Tag Match: SUSHI, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (FREE) & Masao Inoue (FREE) vs. Kaji Tomato (K-DOJO), Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP) & Naoshi Sano (Sano-Damashii)
() Special 8 Man Tag Match: Dory Funk Jr., Chavo Guerrero Sr., Ultimo Dragon & TAJIRI vs. The Great Kabuki, Osamu Nishimura, Yutaka Yoshie & Isami Kodaka
() GAORA TV Championship Match: [13th Champion] Yohei Nakajima vs. [Challenger] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (W-1)
~ 2nd title defense.
() World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [41st Champion] Soma Takao (DDT) vs. [Challenger] Keisuke Ishii (DDT)
~ 2nd title defense.
() Asia Tag Championship Match: [99th Champions] Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. [Challengers] Masanobu Fuchi & Atsushi Onita (Fire Pro)
~ 5th title defense.
() World Tag Championship Match: [72nd Champions] Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. [Challengers] Zeus & The Bodyguard
~ 5th title defense.
() Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [55th Champion] Kento Miyahara vs. [Challenger] Suwama
~ 6th title defense.
~ It was announced that the WEW Tag belts will be in defense on the final Apache show on December 25. This match joins the previously announced WEW Heavyweight title match between Kanemoto and Kanemura.
Apache Army Final Show ~ FINAL GONG~, 12/25/2016 [Sun] 12:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Apache Army vs Onita Alliance Street Fight Barbed-wire Board Deathmatch: HASEGAWA, Hi69, Toshiaki Terao & Takumi Sakurai vs. Atsushi Onita, Ichiro Yaguchi, Hideki Hosaka & Masaru Kameda
() WEW Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Tomohiko Hashimoto & Keisuke Okuda vs. [Challengers] Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
() WEW Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Koji Kanemoto vs. [Challenger] Kintaro Kanemaru
~ Event card was released for the November 8 show at Shinkiba 1stRING. The event will feature a prelude tag match before the scheduled deathmatch title defense later in the month.
BJW, 11/8/2016 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Atsushi Maruyama vs. Kota Sekifuda
(2) Abdullah Kobayashi, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Jaki Numazawa, Shu Brahman & Kei Brahman
(3) Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Kazuki Hashimoto & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(4) Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
(5) Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Yoshihisa Uto, Kazumi Kikuta & Takuya Nomura
(6) BJW Deathmatch Prelude Tag Match: Kankuro Hoshino, Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi vs. Isami Kodaka, Yuko Miyamoto & Ryuji Ito
~ The full event card was also announced for the November 22 show, which features the previously announced main event of Hoshino defending the Death belt against Kodaka.
BJW, 11/22/2016 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Atsushi Maruyama & Kota Sekifuda vs. Shinobu & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
(2) Ryuji Ito, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Great Kojika, Shu Brahman & Kei Brahman
(3) Shuji Ishikawa, Kohei Sato & Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Yoshihisa Uto, Kazumi Kikuta & Takuya Nomura
(4) Hideki Suzuki vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
(5) Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Takayuki Ueki, Masaya Takahashi & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Yuko Miyamoto, Jaki Numazawa, Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto
(6) Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryota Hama & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Kazuki Hashimoto
(7) BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship Match: [33rd Champion] Kankuro Hoshino vs. [Challenger] Isami Kodaka
~ 3rd title defense.
~ Then a couple matches were announced for the Osaka show on November 26.
BJW “Osaka Surprise 28”, 11/26/2016 [Sat] 17:00 @ Osaka Yodogawa Ward Community Center
() Yoshihisa Uto vs. Magnitude Kishiwada [FREE]
() Billyken Kid & Atsushi Maruyama vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
() BJW vs Doutonbori: Jaki Numazaw, Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Osamu Suganuma, Takaku Fuke & Hideaki Sumi
~ The full event card was announced for the Korakuen Hall show on November 24. Which will now feature a main event with for the new FMW 8 Man Tag belts.
Ultra Battle FMW, 11/24/2016 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Battle Royal: Pandita, Wild Seven, Naoshi Sano, Sase, Shocker #1, Raiden, Leatherface, and Minoru Tanaa
() Actress Girls Offer Match: Anno & Nichisato vs. Manki & Tamu
() Kikutaro & Gabai Jichan vs. Kuishinbo Kamen & Ricky Fuji
() FMW Joshi: Miss Mongol & Dump Matsumoto vs. Momo Watanabe & Koharu Hinata
() Gosaku Goshogawara vs. Tatsuo Nakano
() FMW Hardcore Match: Masato Tanaka & Ken Ohka vs. Kintaro Kanemura & Tomohiko Hashimoto
() FMW World Street Fight 8 Man Tag Championship Playoff Match: Atsushi Onita, Raijin Yaguchi, Hideki Hosaka & Hi69 vs. Great Tiger, 3rd Generation Tiger Mask Tiger in Masquerade, 5th Generation Black Tiger & Black Tiger VII
A new pro-wrestling group was announced for the new year in “NEXT EXCITING WRESTLING” or “NEW” for short.
IGF will be celebrating their 10th anniversary next year and with that the director Simon Inoki announced that this “new” brand will begin as well. IGF itself consists of big shows every other month, or so, but the goal of NEW is to focus on regional and smaller venues that never get to witness the larger scale IGF events. The shows will not be focused on Antonio Inoki’s name recognition hence why they have renamed the group. Though everyone involved will still work have the chance to work the larger scale IGF shows if able.
The first ever show is scheduled to be held on April 5, 2017 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. These shows will aim to showcase Inoki’s namesake of the true strong style, the term Inoki created, as they are focused on showing pro-wrestling as the very best martial art.
Masakatsu Funaki, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Atsushi Sawada, Shinichi Suzukawa, and Keisuke Okuda are among the early names who will be involved with this new venture.
~ Some updates were made to the upcoming AAA show at the Korakuen Hall on October 26. El Hijo del Fantasma was announced to replace Jack Evans on the show as he will team with Angelico to take on the ZERO1 team of Masato Tanaka and Ikuto Hidaka.
Lucha Libre AAA Japan Tour “STAR BATTLE JAPAN 2016”, 10/26/2016 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Primera Lucha: KENSO [FREE], Faby Apache, Pimpinela Escarlata & Dinastia vs. Toshizo [FREE (Ryuji Hijikata)], Natsu Sumire, Mamba & Mini Abismo Negro
(2) Lucha De Extremo: El Hijo del Fantasma & Angelico vs. Masato Tanaka & Ikuto Hidaka [both ZERO1]
(3) High Fly Triple Threat: Drago vs. Taiji Ishimori [NOAH] vs. Aero Star
(4) Lucha De International: DAGA & TAYA vs. Australian Suicide & Aja Kong
(5) Revancha De Triplemania 24: Psycho Clown vs Pagano
(6) Lucha De Super Estrellas: Rey Mysterio, Akebono [Oudou] & Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH] vs. Pentagon Jr., Brian Cage & El Texano Jr.
AJPW NEWS
~ Keisuke Ishii has asserted himself as the next challenger for the World Junior belt, which is held by his former tag partner in Soma Takao. A date for the title match has not been signed at this time.
~ Atsushi Onita has challenged the Asia Tag Champions to allow him to bring his staple of deathmatches for the Asia Tag challenge next month. As he wants to bring his electric current blast bat to the All Japan ring. The Asia Tag Champions do not seem to pleased to allow the stipulation, but at the same time want to take on the best that Onita has to offer.
~ Kintaro Kanemura announced that he wants his retirement match on December 27 at Korakuen to see him teaming with Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to take on the team of Kohei Sato, Daisuke Sekimoto, and Shingo Takagi. Nothing has been made official at this time, but it seems the 46 year wants to go out with one a final bang.
~ The full event card was announced for the October 31 show at Korakuen which will feature the finals of the “Saikyo Tag League”.
BJW “Saikyo Tag League ~ Finals”, 10/31/2016 [Mon] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Saiyko Tag Death Semi-finals: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
() Saikyo Tag Strong Semi-finals: Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
() Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga & Kota Sekifuda vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Atsushi Maruyama & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
() Kankuro Hoshino, Jaki Numazawa, Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Ryuji Ito, Toshiyuki Sakuda, Shu Brahman & Kei Brahman
() Hideki Suzuki, Yoshihisa Uto & Takuya Nomura vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Daichi Hashimoto & Kazumi Kikuta
() Abdullah Kobayashi, Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Shinobu
() Saikyo Tag Final Match:
DDT NEWS
~ Matches were announced for the 10/30 and 11/3 shows.
DDT “Road to DAIICHI Osaka ~ Dramatic Dream Tenroku”, 10/30/2016 [Sun] 18:00 @ Oyodo Community Center in Osaka
() Tetsuya Endo & Mad Pauley vs. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
() Road to DAIICHI Major Single Match: Akito vs. Makoto Oishi
() Road to DAIICHI Major Single Match: Soma Takao vs. Masahiro Takanashi
() Road to DAIICHI Special 6 Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Kuishinbo Kamen vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Guanchulo
DDT “Shinshu Chashu Minanoshu”, 11/3/2016 [Thu] 14:00 @ Saku Sozokan in Nagano
() Shuji Ishikawa vs. Hoshitango
() Soma Takao & Mizuki Watase vs. Keisuke Ishii & Kazusada Higuchi
() Special 6 Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, HARASHIMA & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Shiro Koshinaka
(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [57th Champions] Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. [Challengers] KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
~ 1st title defense.
~ The KFC Tag belts will be defended on the October 30 show as Susumu and HAYATA take on the Mexican deathmatch team of Violento Jack and Meido Xtremo.
FREEDOMS, 10/30/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Hirano Kumin Hall in Osaka
(1) Akagi & AK vs. Masamune & Hide Kubota (both FREE)
(2) GENTARO, Keita Yano (Wallabee) & Devil Magician vs. Takashi Sasaki, Yuki Tanaka & Dyna Mido
(3) Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
(4) FREEDOMS x DOVE Hardcore 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Kasai, Daisuke Masaoka & The Winger vs. Gunso, Sakigake & YO-HEY
(5) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [11th Champions] Yuya Susumu & HAYATA (DOVE) vs. [Challengers] Violento Jack & Meido Xtremo
~ 2nd title defense.
(6) DTU Ultra-Violent Championship ~ Fluorescent Light & Gadgets Board + Alpha Osaka Halloween Death Match: [18th Champion] Masashi Takeda (U-FILE) vs. [Challenger] Kenji Fukimoto
~ 1st title defense.
~ The UN Heavyweight belt was announced to be in defense on the November 6 show as Buffa defends against the team of KAMIKAZE and Hartley Jackson. This show of course will be Kohei Sato’s 15th anniversary show.
ZERO1 “Kohei Sato Pro-Wrestling Debut 15th Anniversary Show”, 11/6/2016 [Sun] 18:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) James Raideen & Yuji Okabayashi (BJW) vs. Akebono (Oudou) & Shogun Okamoto (FREE)
(-) Kohei Sato Debut 15th Anniversary Match: Kohei Sato vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)
Apache Pr0-Wrestling Army “Kintaro Kanemura Retirment Tour”, 10/2/2016 [Sun] 13:00 @ Kita-Senju Theater 1010 in Tokyo
(1) Kuniyoshi Wada & Toshiaki Terao vs. Freddy Krueger & Syuoh Fujiwara
◆Winner: Freddy (14:06) following a Tombstone Piledriver on Terao.
(2) MIKAMI, Masaru Kameda & Takumi Sakurai vs. Hayate, Masamune & Wataru Morube
◆Winner: Masamune (18:05) with the Yugakegiri on Sakurai.
(3) HASEGAWA & Rion Mizuki vs. Manabu Hara & Yosuke Enomoto
◆Winner: HASEGAWA (10:46) following a Fisheman’s Buster on Enomoto.
(4) WEW Tag Championship Match: [23rd Champions] Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. [Challenger] Tomohiko Hashimoto & Keisuke Okuda
◆Winner: Tomohiko (15:42) following the XCT on Kuroda.
~ Champions fall on their 1st defense. Tomohiko & Okuda become the 24th generation champions.
(5) WEW Heavyweight Championship Match: [13th Champion] Koji Kanemoto vs. [Challenger] Hi69
◆Winner: Kanemoto (21:02) with an Ankle Hold.
~ 2nd successful title defense.
~ Tomohiko Hashimoto challenged for the belt, but it was decided that Kanemura will be receiving the last title challenge on the final Apache show on 12/25.
Naomichi Marufuji, Akebono, and Taiji Ishimori took part in a press conference in Tokyo, Japan to release the event card for upcoming special AAA in Japan event on October 26.
Marufuji and Akebono namely will be apart of the big 6 man tag main event which will feature them both teaming with Rey Mysterio to take on the combination of Pentagon Jr., Brian Cage, and El Texano Jr. Which is sure to be a mix of speed and power with Akebono enormous size over everyone else, but then the strength of one Brian Cage to attempt to be the other teams balance for the match.
Ishimori was present as he will be taking part in a special triple threat match as he takes on Drago and Aero Star in what is sure to catch everyone’s eyes in terms of speed and high-flying.
Below is the announced event card at this time…
Lucha Libre AAA Japan Tour “STAR BATTLE JAPAN 2016”, 10/26/2016 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Primera Lucha: KENSO [FREE], Faby Apache, Pimpinela Escarlata & Dinastia vs. Toshizo [FREE (Ryuji Hijikata)], Natsu Sumire, Mamba & Mini Abismo Negro
(2) Lucha De Extremo: Jack Evans & Angelico vs. Masato Tanaka & Ikuto Hidaka [both ZERO1]
(3) High Fly Triple Threat: Drago vs. Taiji Ishimori [NOAH] vs. Aero Star
(4) Lucha De International: DAGA & TAYA vs. Australian Suicide & Aja Kong
(5) Revancha De Triplemania 24: Psycho Clown vs Pagano
(6) Lucha De Super Estrellas: Rey Mysterio, Akebono [Oudou] & Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH] vs. Pentagon Jr., Brian Cage & El Texano Jr.
[Side note: appears the event will air on AAA Sin Limite]
APACHE ARMY NEWS
It was formally announced today that the promotion would be coming to a close following Kintaro “WING” Kanemura’s retirement which is happening at the end of the year.
Three more shows are still scheduled for the promotion on 10/2 in Kita-Senju, 10/22 in Nagoya, and 12/25 at the Shinkiba 1stRING. The group was formed back in 2004 by Kanemura and their first ever show was held that August. The promotion suffered many setbacks and controversies, but was revived in 2010 with HASEGAWA taking over the role general manager of public relations. Then Tomohiko Hashimoto also acting as a representative for the promotion. HASEGAWA thanked everyone for their support throughout the years, but stated that is is painful to let have to let the promotion end. Though with that said he aims to see the final 3 shows to become a final united and strong effort from the wrestlers to the fans.
Apache Army, 10/2/2016 [Sun] 13:00 @ Kita-Senju Theater 1010 in Tokyo
(1) Kuniyoshi Wada & Toshiaki Terao vs. Hazard & Syuoh Fujiwara
(2) MIKAMI, Masaru Kameda & Takumi Sakurai vs. Hayate, Masamune & Wataru Morube
(3) HASEGAWA & Rion Mizuki vs. Manabu Hara & Yosuke Enomoto
(4) WEW Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. [Challenger] Tomohiko Hashimoto & Keisuke Okuda
(5) WEW Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Koji Kanemoto vs. [Challenger] Hi69
10/22/2016 [Sat] 19:00 @ Nagoya City Sportiva Arena in Aichi
“Final Show”, 12/25/2016 [Sun] 12:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
DDT NEWS
~ It was announced that HARASHIMA would be receiving the the KO-D Openweight title match at the big show in Osaka on 12/4, after he won the coveted #1 spot from the fan election. Though first the #2 ranked Danshoku Dino will be challenging Shuji Ishikawa for the belt on October 23 at Korakuen.
~ DAMNATION also won the #1 spot among the groups in DDT and will be receiving their own self-produced show in the near future.
~ Female wrestler Akai Saki will officially be joining DDT themselves as she has been competing under the DDT talent agency Oscar Promotion. Though she will still remain under Oscar Promotion in regards to all her media appearances.
DDT “DDT Special 2016”, 10/23/2016 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(0) Toru Owashi (#21) & Yuko Miyamoto (#24) vs. MAO (#21) & Kazusada Higuchi (#23)
(1) Shunma Katsumata (#11) & Makoto Oishi (#17) vs. Kazuki Hirata (#14) & Yasu Urano (#19)
(2) Soma Takao (#8) vs. Akito (#11) vs. Keisuke Ishii (#13)
(3) Konosuke Takeshita (#7) & Antonio Honda (#12) vs. KUDO (#8) & Yukio Sakaguchi (#15)
(4) DDT Special Great Single Match: Ken Ohka (#16) vs. Super Sasadango Machine (#18)
(5) DDT Special Great Single Match: Akai Saki (#9) vs. Cherry (#20)
(6) DDT Special Great Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki (#3) vs. Masahiro Takanashi (#4)
(7) DDT Special Great Single Match: HARASHIMA (#1) vs. Tetsuya Endo (#5)
(8) DDT Special Great Single ~ KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [Champion] Shuji Ishikawa vs. [Challenger] Danshoku Dino
DNA 22 ~ DNA-Grand Pix 2016, 10/17/2016 [Mon] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Mizuki Watase vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Mike Bailey vs. Daiki Shimomura
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Shunma Katsumata vs. Guanchulo
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Rekka vs. Royce Isaacs
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Kouki Iwasaki vs. MAO
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuki Ueno
DNA 22 ~ DNA-Grand Pix 2016, 10/18/2016 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Mizuki Watase vs. Mike Bailey
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Guanchulo vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Shunma Katsumata vs. Daiki Shimomura
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : MAO vs. Yuki Ueno
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Kouki Iwasaki vs. Rekka
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Kazusada Higuchi vs. Royce Isaacs
DNA 22 ~ DNA-Grand Pix 2016, 10/19/2016 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Mizuki Watase vs. Daiki Shimomura
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Guanchulo vs. Mike Bailey
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Shunma Katsumata vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Rekka vs. Yuki Ueno
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Kouki Iwasaki vs. Royce Isaacs
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Kazusada Higuchi vs. MAO
DNA 22 ~ DNA-Grand Pix 2016, 10/20/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Mike Bailey
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Guanchulo vs. Daiki Shimomura
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Shunma Katsumata vs. Mizuki Watase
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : MAO vs. Royce Isaacs
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Kouki Iwasaki vs. Yuki Ueno
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Kazusada Higuchi vs. Rekka
DNA 22 ~ DNA-Grand Pix 2016, 10/21/2016 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Daiki Shimomura vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Guanchulo vs. Mizuki Watase
() DNA-GP B BLOCK : Shunma Katsumata vs. Mike Bailey
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Yuki Ueno vs. Royce Isaacs
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : MAO vs. Rekka
() DNA-GP A BLOCK : Kazusada Higuchi vs. Kouki Iwasaki
~ Akira Tozawa formally announced that he will be leaving the promotion as he will be joining WWE for their cruiserweight division. His final match in DG is being set for 11/3 in Osaka.
~ Dragon Kid and Eita will be challenging Susumu and Kagetora for the Twin Gate belts on 10/2 at Hakata StarLanes.
~ 10/12 at Korakuen will feature a unit disbands match between ME and Verserk (Yoshino, Tozawa, Shachi, Shimizu & Peter vs Takagi, Doi, T-Hawk, YASSHI & Cyber). Also for the show Rindaman, who just joined Verserk, will be challenging Eita for the Brave Gate belt.
WRESTLE-1 NEWS
~ The full event card was announced for the 10/10 show.
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2016 UPDRAFT, 10/10/2016 [Mon] 16:00 @ Chiba Prefectural Tateyama Sports Park Gymnasium
() Koji Doi vs. Jay Freddie
() KAI & Hiroki Murase vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Sho Shindo
() Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachibana vs. Kaz Hayashi & Jun Tonsho
() Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Yuji Hino
() Manabu Soya vs. Kumagoro
() Daiki Inaba, Andy Wu, Seiki Yoshioka & Kohei Fujimura vs. Masayuki Kono, Shuji Kondo, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
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() Naoya Nomura vs. SUSHI
() Hikaru Sato vs. Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva]
~ Previously announced…
() Yuma Aoyagi & Soma Takao vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & 5th Generation Black Tiger
() Jun Akiyama & Yohei Nakajima vs. Takao Omori & Kazuhiro Tamura [HEAT UP]
() Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. Ryoji Sai & Rikiya Fudo [both LAND’S END]
() Suwama, Super Tiger & Atsushi Aoki vs. Kento Miyahara, Jake Lee & Masashi Takeda
AJPW “Samukawa Charity Show ~ Suwa-City Revival Series VOL. 10”, 8/14/2016 [Sun] @ Samukawa General Gymnasium in Kanagawa
() Naoya Nomura vs. Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva]
() SUSHI vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa [FREE]
() Takao Omori & Kazuhiro Tamura [HEAT-UP] vs. Yutaka Yoshie [FREE] & Masao Inoue [FREE]
() Jun Akiyama & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Zeus & The Bodyguard
() Coldriver Samukawa vs. 5th generation Black Tiger
() Suwama, Atsushi Aoki & Super Tiger vs. Kento Miyahara, Jake Lee & Yohei Nakajima
~ It was announced that Kankuro Hoshino will be defending the deathmatch belt against Abdullah Kobayashi and Hideyoshi Kamitani will be defending the World Strong belt against Ryuichi Kawakami on August 21 in Nagaoya.
BJW “Death Mania IV”, 8/21/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Nagoya International Conference Hall Event Hall in Aichi
(1) Ryuji Ito & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
(2) Ryota Hama [FREE] & Yasufumi Nakanoue [FREE] vs. Yuko Miyamoto [666] & Isami Kodaka [BASARA]
(3) HEAVY METAL vs BFJ Tag Match: Jaki Numazawa & FUMA [BASARA] vs. Masashi Takeda [U-FILE] & Takumi Tsukamoto [BASARA]
(4) Special Single Match: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yoshihisa Uto
(5) Handicap Match: Akebono [Oudou] vs. Tsutomu Osugi, Hercules Senga, Shu Brahman & Kei Brahman
(6) Special Tag Match: Yuji Okabayashi & Atsushi Maruyama [FREE] vs. HARASHIMA [BJW] & Daichi Hashimoto
(7) Double Main Event I ~ BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [8th Champion] Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. [Challenger] Ryuichi Kawakami
~ 1st title defense.
(8) Double Main Event II ~ BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship Match: [33rd Champion] Kankuro Hoshino vs. [Challenger] Abdullah Kobayashi
~ 1st title defense.
~ The full event card was released for the upcoming show on August 6.
DDT “Saitama Slam vol. 13!”, 8/6/2016 [Sat] 18:00 @ Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama
() KO-D 6 Man Tag Tournament Semi-final Round: (Winner of A) Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie vs. (Winner of B) Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
() KO-D 6 Man Tag Tournament Semi-final Round: (Winner of C) Yukio Sakaguchi, Masahiro Takanashi & Kota Umeda vs. (Winner of D) HASARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano
() Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Rekka vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase
() Antonio Honda & Mikey Bailey vs. Keisuke Ishii & Guanchulo
() Infomercial Match: Trans Am★Hiroshi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai vs. Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Gota Ihashi
() Ryogoku Assessment Match: [Assessor] Sanshiro Takagi vs. [Subject of Assessment] KENSO
() Special 4WAY Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Toru Owashi vs. Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kazusada Higuchi
~ It was announced that Kaji Tomato will be defending the CHAMPION OF ST-K belt against the ace of the promotion Kengo Mashimo on 8/20 in Chiba. Among that it was also announced that Shiori Asahi and MEN’S Teioh will be forming an alliance as they challenge for the ST-K TAG belts as well on that day as well.
KAIENTAI DOJO “CLUB-K SUPER in Blue Field”, 8/20/2016 [Sun] 18:30 @ Blue Field in Chiba
(-) STRONGEST-K TAG Championship Match: [Champions] Taishi Takizawa & Kotaro Yoshino vs. [Challengers] Shiori Asahi & MEN’S Teioh
(-) CHAMPION OF STRONGEST-K Match: [Champion] Kaji Tomato vs. [Challenger] Kengo Mashimo
~ The full event card was also announced for the Sendai show on August 14.
KAIENTAI DOJO “CLUB-K TOUR in SENDAI”, 8/14/2016 [Sun] 18:30 @ Miyagino District Culture Center
() Taishi Takizawa & Kotaro Yoshino vs. Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami
() Bambi & Manami Kanda vs. DASH Chisako & Alex Lee
() TAKA Michinoku & MEN’S Teioh vs. Yuki Sato & Dick Togo
() UWA World Middleweight Championship Match: [Champion] Shiori Asahi vs. [Challenger] Aizawa #1
() Kaji Tomato, Ayumu Honda & Hi69 vs. Kengo Mashimo, Tank Nagai & Yuma
The event cards for the August tour have been released as it was announced that the GHC Heavyweight and GHC Junior belts will be in defense on August 25 at the Differ Ariake.
In addition, Genba Hirayanagi formally announced that he would be retiring from the ring at the last show on 7/30 at Korakuen. During the press conference today he announced his retirement match will be on September 10 at Korakuen. He also stated that he wants his final match to have Captain NOAH, Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi all involved, but nothing has been decided as of yet.
As for the upcoming title matches, Takashi Sugiura managed to reclaim the belt on the last show by taking out the so-called “savior” in Shiozaki and Suzuki-gun once more aims to crush NOAH. Though that night did not go in total favor of the group as Maybach Taniguchi, once more dawning his mask, rushed in the ring and took out SZKG like no one single handily has done before. Taniguchi made it known that he wants to bring the belt back to NOAH and even gave Sugiura a dose of his own medicine, twice now, by putting the new champion through a table.
Then Kenoh will be getting the next shot against Kanemaru on the 8/25 show as well. Kenoh stands with a direct win over the champion stemming from the junior tag league match back on 7/25 and thus called out for the next title shot. Kanemaru though has made a direct line through the main NOAH juniors and looks to add Kenoh’s name to his defense record like everyone else. Kenoh has sworn though that he will bring the belt back home to NOAH where it belongs.
Below is the announced card for the 8/25 show…
Pro Wrestling NOAH “Summer Navigation 2016”, 8/25/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Differ Ariake in Tokyo
(1) Akitoshi Saito, Yoshinari Ogawa & Hajime Ohara vs. Hitoshi Kumano, Shiro Tomoyose & Kaito Kiyomiya
(2) Taichi, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku vs. Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori
(3) Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka vs. Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm
(4) Naomichi Marufuji & Go Shiozaki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
(5) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. [Challenger] Kenoh
~ 4th title defense.
(6) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [27th Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Maybach Taniguchi
~ 1st title defense.
~ Apache Army : Hi69 & HASEGAWA defended the WEW Tag belts against Masamune and Keisuke Okuda on 7/30. Hi69 (23:12) with the Stuka Splash on Okuda. Wing Kanemaru & Tetsuhiro Kuroda made the challenge after the match.
~ FREEDOMS : It was announced that Miedo Xtremo will be putting the DTU Ultra Violent belt on the line against Jun Kasai on 8/11 at the Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo.
~ JWP : Arisa and Fujimoto made their 3rd defense of the JWP Tag belts against Nakamori & Hana on 7/31. Arisa (17:17) with a German Suplex Hold on Hana.
~ Hikaru Sato managed to capture the World Junior belt against fellow Evolution teammate Atsushi Aoki. The new champion was overly joyous as he celebrates his first ever reign as the World Junior Champion. After suffering 7 losses in the past in pursuit of the belt he has finally managed to hold it.
~ Zeus stated that he is eager to reclaim the World Tag belts and that he will not stand to lose again.
~ Aoyagi once more stated that he wants to represent All Japan in the upcoming SUPER J-CUP, Akiyama stated that he accepts the offer.
~ A double header of shows were held today at the Blue Field.
~ First up saw the K-UP IMPACT special show with a main event of Akebono taking on up-and-comer Kotaro Yoshino.
~ Shiori Asahi also defended the Independent World Junior belt against GUTS’ Tatsuhiko Yoshino after a 15+ minute match. This marked his 8th defense of the belt.
~ Then in the evening the tournament to determine the wrestler who will represent K-DOJO in the SUPER J-CUP later on this Summer was held. After the conclusion of the tournament matches, Kaji Tomato defeated Ayato Yoshida in the final match to earn the right to represent K-DOJO in the SUPER J-CUP.
~ The main event saw Okada recapture the IWGP Heavyweight belt after a 28+ minute match. Following the win, Okada once more becomes champion as he stated that he aims to win the G1 once more as well.
~ Elgin captured his first singles title in New Japan after he grabbed the IWGP IC belt in the promotions first ever ladder match. Yoshitatsu and Captain attempted to make the save from “The Elite” teaming up against Elgin, but it took the actual help from Ricochet and Sydal to even the scale for Elgin to end Omega’s reign.
~ Shibata once more became the NEVER Openweight Champion after he beat Nagata in a nearly 15 minute match. Respect was shown between the two following the match after their on-going feud over the last several months.
~ The ROH team of Jay & Mark Briscoe became the new IWGP Tag belts from the Guerrillas of Destiny. After the match, Yujiro Takahashi and Hangman Page attacked the new champions after the match and asserted themselves as the first challengers against them.
~ In the only successful retain of the night, KUSHIDA defend the IWGP Jr. belt against the BOSJ winner Will Ospreay. KUSHIDA now continues on his path to re-build the junior division to mean something in the promotion.
~ Then that left the IWGP Junior Tag belts which were captured by the Young Bucks in the Elimination 4WAY match.
~ The main event saw Shiozaki, Taniguchi & Ishimori over the team of Sugiura, Benjmain & Desperado. Shiozaki once more with the win as he remains in charge over the invaders.
~ Suzuki showed up in posession of the GHC Tag belts as he took them once again following the win, Marufuji declared that he and Yano will reclaim the belts that rightfully belong to them.
~ Apache Army : Hi69 & HASEGAWA defended the WEW Tag belts against Hayate & Nobutaka Moribe. Hi69 (16:21) with the Stuka Splash on Moribe. Keisuke Okuda & Masamune will be getting the next challenge on 7/31 in Osaka.
~ ASUKA PROJECT : [6/19 RESULTS] ASUKA vs. HEAT-UP
~ DDT : [6/19 RESULTS] Main Event: Takeshita & Endo vs. Miyamoto & HARASHIMA
~ DRAGON GATE : Susumu & Kagetora captured the Twin Gate belts, Doi challenged the new champs following the match.
~ HEAT-UP : [6/19 RESULTS] First round of the HEAT-UP Universal Next Challenger Tournament. Semi-final’s set, winner earns a title match against Tamura on 8/31.
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All Japan announced the next set of defenses for the Triple Crown, World Tag, and World Junior belts.
First up the Triple Crown and World Junior belts will be in defense on June 15 at Korakuen. As Miyahara will be defending against K-DOJO’s ace Kengo Mashimo. This match is coming about after the two went to a draw in this years Champion Carnival back in April. Following Miyahara’s defense against Sekimoto, Mashimo took the opportunity to set his position as the next contender. Which has now been set in stone.
Then the World Tag belts will be in defense as the “Big Guns“, Zeus & Bodyguard, defend against BJW’s “Strong BJ“, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi. Following his Champion Carnival win, Sekimoto declared that he would be aiming to challenge all the main belts in the promotion, though a loss against Miyahara, Sekimoto and Okabayashi both hold wins over Zeus specifically which have left the champions in a perilous position.
Then on June 19, the World Junior belt will be in defense as Atsushi Aoki is set to defend against fellow teammate Hikaru Sato. These two have been both rivals and friends, but at the end of the day the aspect of true in-ring competition is what they strive to achieve. Aoki aims to be pushed to the limits as champion and has welcomed all to come forward and show him what it means to be a fighting World Junior Champion.
All Japan Pro Wrestling “Dynamite Series 2016“, 6/15/2016 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Jun Akiyama & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
() Ryoji Sai & Jake Lee vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Masashi Takeda
() World Tag Championship Match: [71st Champions] Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. [Challengers] Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
~ 3rd title defense
() Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [55th Champion] Kentao Miyahara vs. [Challenger] Kengo Mashimo
~ 3rd title defense
Also announced to be competing..
Ultmo Dragon, Atsushi Maruyama, Isami Kodaka, Yuko Miyamoto, Kazuhiro Tamura, Soma Takao, Kaji Tomato, Ryuji Hijikata
All Japan Pro Wrestling “Dynamite Series 2016“, 6/19/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Tokyo Dome Hotel Sapporo Peer Ridge Hall in Hokkaido
() Masanobu Fuchi vs. Yohei Nakajima vs. SUSHI
() Ultimo Dragon vs. 5th generation Black Tiger
() Yuma Aoyagi, Ryoji Sai & Tomoya vs. Yutaka Yoshie, Yoshihisa Uto & Kazumi Kikuta
() Takao Omori vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
() Jun Akiyama vs. Naoya Nomura
() World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [39th Champion] Atsushi Aoki vs. [Challenger] Hikaru Sato
~ 4th title defense.
() Kento Miyahara & Jake Lee vs. Zeus & The Bodyguard
~ Today’s show at Korakuen saw the “Twin Towers” recaptured the BJW Tag belts after best Ryota Hama and Hideyoshi Kamitani in the main event of the show.
~ After the scheduled match, Ito nominated Hoshino to be his challenger for the big Ryogoku show on 7/24. That if the World Strong belt will be contested among the young guys that he wishes to see the old guard showing the pride of what it means to be a deathmatch wrestler.
~ Hideki looked to have called out for a rematch, which caused Okabayashi to confront him. Okabayashi and Hideki looked to be in each others faces while Nakanoue jumped Hideki and a brawl was had. Uto then got enraged against Hideki as well, after trying to split him up away from Nakanoue. Currently unclear if this signifies the end of their team as of late.
~ Event Card Updates…
BJW, 6/9/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Atsushi Maruyama & Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Takuya Nomura
() Tsutomu Osugi, Hercules Senga & Shinobu vs. Shu Brahman, Kei Brahman & Toshiyuki Sakuda
() Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Jaki Numazawa, Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto
() Ryuji Ito & Masaya Takahashi vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Takayuki Ueki
() Yuji Okabayashi & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yoshihisa Uto & Kazumi Kikuta
(-) BJW World Strong Contendership Match: Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Daichi Hashimoto
~ Winner earns the right to challenge Yuji Okabayashi on 7/24.
BJW “Osaka Surprise 26”, 6/18/2016 [Sat] 17:00 @ Osaka City Nishinari Kumin Center
(0) Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Takuya Nomura
() Hideyoshi Kamitani & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Orochi & Osamu Suganuma
() Mixed 6 Tag Match: Bolshoi Kid, Takumi Tsukamoto & Takayuki Ueki vs. Kuishinbo Kamen, Kanjyuro Matsuyama & Kagetsu
() Daisuke Sekimoto vs. TORU
() Jaki Numazawa & Masashi Takeda vs. Tadasuke & Takoyakida
() Fluorescent Light & Barbed-wire Board Tag Deathmatch: Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Masaya Takahashi
() Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Tsubasa & Billyken Kid
() Yuji Okabayashi, Hideki Suzuki & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Magnitude Kishiwada, ZERO & The Bodyguard
BJW, 6/25/2016 [Sat] 19:00 @ Aore Nagaoka in Niigata
() Yuichi Taniguchi & Takuya Nomura vs. Masaya Takahashi & HAKUCHO
() Kankuro Hoshino & Takayuki Ueki vs. Debu Gaichu & Matcho Gaichu
() Joshi Offer Match: Meiko Satomura vs. Konami
() Abdullah Kobayashi, Fugofugo Yumeji & X vs. Yuko Miyamoto, Ricky Fuji & Koshi☆Hika~ru
() Ryuji Ito & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daichi Hashimoto
() Yuji Okabayashi & Shigeno Shima [Niigata] vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Big THE Ryokan [Niigata]
~ Konosuke Takeshita defeated Daisuke Sasaki to become the youngest KO-D Openweight Champion as he turned 21 that day as well. With the loss, Daisuke hinted that he plans to retire from active competition in the near future.
~ Team Dream Futures also defended the KO-D 6 Tag belts against the team of HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano. Though the champions managed to win the match, Drift formally announced that they will indeed be splitting as a team, which has been hinted at all month with their goodby series. Thus they are relinquishing the belts in the process.
~ With the aided help of Mizuki Watase, the power of love that LiLiCo proclaims saw her become champion. She also stated that her next defense will be on 7/3 in Hakata.
~ Terry Funk and NOSAWA Rongai were announced for the Ryogoku show on 8/28.
~ KAI and Ken Ohka came out as they made their intentions known that they are going after the KO-D Tag belts. Amon GM stated that he would take their challenge into consideration.
~ It was announced that Akito has suffered a fractured rib and will be unable to compete for the time being.
~ The wrestlers who will be competing in this years KING OF DDT 2016 were released… HARASHIMA, Akito, Yasu Urano, Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi, Kota Umeda, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao, Antonio Honda, Tetsuya Endo, Kazusada Higuchi, Kazuki Hirata, KENSO, Mad Paulie, and Shuji Ishikawa. The tournament will begin on June 5 and run until the finals on June 26.
DDT “KING OF DDT 2016 SAITAMA”, 6/5/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama
(0) King of Dark Championship Match: [Champion] Yumeto Imanari vs. [Challenger] (to be announced)
() Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Hoshitango, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Heddi French vs. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, (tba) & (tba)
() 3WAY Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Daisuke Sasaki vs. Gota Ihashi
() KING OD DDT First Round: Mad Paulie vs Tetsuya Endo
() KING OD DDT First Round: Kazuki Hirata vs. (Winner of Katsumata and Iwasaki on 6/4)
() KING OD DDT First Round: Soma Takao vs. Keisuke Ishii
() KING OD DDT First Round: Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kota Umeda
() KING OD DDT First Round: Antonio Honda vs. KENSO
() KING OD DDT First Round: Masa Takanashi vs. HARASHIMA
() KING OD DDT First Round: Yasu Urano vs. Kazusada Higuchi
() KING OD DDT First Round: Shigehiro Irie vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
~ The full event card was announced for the next DNA show coming up on June 9.
DNA 17, 6/9/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Kitasenju Theater 1010 in Tokyo
() Rekka vs. Heddi French
() Kouki Iwasaki vs. Guanchulo
() Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Yasu Urano
() Daiki Shimomura vs. Shunma Katsumata
() Rainbow Kawamura vs. KENSO [FREE]
() Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda vs. Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
~ The 8th day of the BOSJ was held today in Tottori.
~ Ricochet has emerged as the current sole leader of the B BLOCK after today’s show and following a win over the veteran Liger.
~ A 3 way tie current stands in the A BLOCK between Sydal, O’Reilly, and Taguchi. Tomorrow will see the A BLOCK matches as a true shift in the standings should begin to be seen as the halfway point has been passed over.
~ After the big show in Osaka, Shiozaki emerged victorious after he bested Sugiura in a 30+ minute match. ~ After the match, Shelton Benjamin challenged the new champion after the match.
~ The GTL 2016 Winners Marufuji & Yano become the 34th generation champions. The former champions KES called out for a rematch for the belts.
~ Harada and Kotoge defeated KenOhara to retain the GHC Jr. Tag belts. After the match TAKA & Taichi came out to challenge the champions as well as the veteran team of Jado & Gedo came out as well. The champions accepted that they will defend the belts in a 3WAY match.
The full event card was released for the upcoming Korakuen show on June 12. This show is in honor of the late Mitsuharu Misawa and will feature three title matches.
The main event of the show will feature Go Shiozaki defending the GHC Heavyweight belt, which he captured from Sugiura on 5/29 in Osaka, against Shelton X Benjamin.
Go Shiozaki took part in a press conference today as he celebrates holding the belt for the first time in nearly a 4 and a half years.
Shiozaki declared that he aims to be a fighting champion and to keep the belt safe from the invading members of Suzuki-gun. Shiozaki said that Benjamin has a great physical ability and great strength and welcomes such a challenge as aims to show what it means to be a GHC Champion. Something that has been losing its place with the presence of SZKG. He then made a vow that he will defend the belt in honor of his mentor in Misawa, as the following day will mark the anniversary of his passing. He also wishes to stand as champion for Kenta Kobashi’s Fortune Dream show on June 14. The “Shiozaki regime“ begins as he aims to protect the belt and give his strength back to the earthquake hit region of Kumamoto, Japan which he calls home.
Then the newly crowned GHC Tag Champions Toru Yano and Naomichi Marufuji also took part in the press conference. As they are set to defend the belts in a rematch against the former champions in Killer Elite Squad. Always the relaxed Yano has brought that same mentality to Marufuji who has put too much pressure on himself in the battles against Suzuki-gun. Marufuji aims to show that this was no fluke that they became champions, while the former champions look revenge as their record setting reign was finally cut down.
The GHC Junior Tag belts will also be defended in a 3WAY match on the show Harada & Kotoge defend against the New Japan veteran team of Gedo & Jado and also the SZKG team of Taichi & TAKA Michinoku.
Below is the announced card at this time…
Pro Wrestling NOAH “Emerald Spirits 2016 in KORAKUEN”. 6/12/2016 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Taiji Ishimori & Andy Dalton vs. Hitoshi Kumano & Kaito Kiyomiya
(2) Muhammad Yone, Quiet Storm & Shiro Tomoyose vs. Yoshinari Ogawa, Akitoshi Saito & Genba Hirayanagi
(3) Kenoh & Hajime Ohara vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
(4) Katsuhiko Nakajima, Maybach Taniguchi & Masa Kitamiya vs. Minoru
Suzuki, Takashi Sugiura & Takashi Iizuka
(5) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship 3WAY Match: [27th Champions] Daisuke Harada & Atsushi Kotoge vs. [Challengers] Gedo & Jado vs. [Challengers] Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
~ 3rd title defense.
(6) GHC Tag Championship Match: [34th Champions] Naomichi Marufuji & Toru Yano vs. [Challengers] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
~ 1st title defense.
(7) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [26th Champion] Go Shiozaki vs. [Challenger] Shelton X Benjamin
~ 1st title defense.
~ NOAH announced that two international wrestlers will be coming to train Andy Dalton and Eclipse, and in Dalton’s case specifically compete, in the promotion this Summer.
It was announced that a tournament will be held to determine the 3 competitors who will be moving on to compete in the upcoming “SUPER J-CUP 2016”. Which is set to begin on July 20.
The NOAH tournament which feature 3 groupings in a single elimination ruling. Much like what is planned for the SUPER J itself.
The beginning of the first round of matches are scheduled to take place on June 16. This will feature the veterans against rookies with Taiji Ishimori taking on Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshinari Ogawa taking on Hitoshi Kumano.
NOAH “Navig. with Emerald Spirits 2016”, 6/16/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(-) SUPER J-CUP Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Taiji Ishimori vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
(-) SUPER J-CUP Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hitoshi Kumano
Then the rest of the first round will take place on July 3 and will look as follows…
NOAH “Navig. with Emerald Spirits 2016”, 7/3/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Shibata City Tsukioka New Hotel Kangetsu
(-) SUPER J-CUP Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Daisuke Harada vs. Shiro Tomoyose
(-) SUPER J-CUP Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Hajime Ohara vs. Andy Dalton [USA]
(-) SUPER J-CUP Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Genba Hirayanagi vs. Captain NOAH
(-) SUPER J-CUP Qualifying Tournament 1st Round: Kenoh vs. Atsushi Kotoge
The winners will then move on to compete in the semi-final and final match on July 5 at the Korakuen Hall.
The full event card was also announced for the next show on 6/10.
BARARA, 6/10/2016 [Fri] 19:00 @ Kita-Senju Theater 1010 in Tokyo
() Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto vs. Goma Ryu, Foreigner X & Foreigner XX
() Special Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Hi69 vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
() Itadaki A BLOCK League Match: Yusuke Kubo vs. SAGAT
() Itadaki B BLOCK League Match: FUMA vs. Takumi Tsukamoto
() Itadaki B BLOCK League Match: Hiroshi Fukuda vs. Daichi Kazato
~ DRADITION : It was announced that Mitsuya Nagai will be celebrating his 25th anniversary as a pro-wrestler on the 7/4 show at Korakuen. Nagai will be teaming with KENSO to take on the team of Masakatsu Funaki and Kengo Mashimo.
~ All Japan held a “Fan Appreciation Show” today in Osaka.
~ The main event saw Funaki and Nomura over Miyahara and Jake Lee. Funaki gave a lot of praise to the TC champion Miyahara and more specifically Lee following the match.
~ The trio of Tatsumi Fujinami, The Great Kabuki & LEONA also claimed the win over Akiyama, Fuchi, and Aoyagi. After the match, LEONA asked Akiyama to be his opponent for Kenta Kobashi’s Forturne Dream show in June.
~ It was formally announced that Jun Akiyama and Yuma Aoyagi will be taking on Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo on 6/15 at the Korakuen Hall.
~ Joe Doering also had a video update released to All Japan.
~ Some updates were released for tomorrow’s show. Kyohei Wada will be refereeing the semi-final match and the open match has been altered to be a tag bout.
BJW, 5/16/2016 [Mon] 18:30 @ Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka
(1) Tatsuhiko Yoshino [GUTS] & Takuya Nomura vs. Yuichi Taniguchi & Kazumi Kikuta
(2) Yuko Miyamoto [666] & Isami Kodaka [BASARA] vs. Masashi Takeda [U-FILE CAMP] & Atsushi Maruyama [FREE]
(3) Tsutomu Osugi, Hercules Senga & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Shu Brahman, Kei Brahman & Takayuki Ueki
(4) Yuji Okabayashi & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Hideki Suzuki [FREE] & Yoshihisa Uto
(5) Daisuke Sekimoto & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Alexander Otsuka [both FREE] (special referee: Kyohei Wada)
(6) Fluorescent Light 6 Man Tag Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Abdullah Kobayashi & Jaki Numazawa vs. Kankuro Hoshino, Takumi Tsukamoto [BASARA] & Masaya Takahashi [ASUKA]
~ Even though their split was being toyed with this month, Team Dream Futures, Keisuke, Irie & Takao, managed to capture the KO-D 6 Tag belts over the DNA team of Higuchi, Katsumata, and Iwasaki. HARASHIMA and his group, Smile Squash (Urano and Akito), were appointed as their first challengers. Look like this match could take place on 5/29, which could be the “potential” final match of Team Drift if they do not win.
~ Daisuke Sasaki and Shigehiro Irie successfully defended the KO-D Tag belts against Yasu Urano and Akito in the main event.
~ Makoto Oishi and Danshoku Dino made it known that they want a shot at the Asia Tag belts, which are held by Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto.
~ Guanchulo also claimed Kazuki Hirata’s anytime, anywhere challenge rights following a win on today’s show.
~ It was announced that the UWA Middleweight belt will be in defense on 6/3 as Teioh defends against Yuki Sato and the other remaining members of TEAM69ROLL and Magatsuki will face off in a 6 man tag match.
KAIENTAI DOJO “CLUB-K SUPER in Shinjuku FACE”, 6/3/2016 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() TEAM69ROLL vs Magatsuki 8 Man Tag Match: TAKA Michinoku, Ricky Fuji, Hi69 & MIKAMI vs. Tank Nagai, Kengo Mashimo, Kunio Toshima & Yuma
() UWA World Middleweight Championship Match: [Champion] MEN’S Teioh vs. [Challenger] Yuki Sato
() STRONGEST-K TAG Championship Match: [Champions] Taishi Takizawa & Kotaro Yoshino vs. [Challenger] Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami
() CHAMPION OF STRONGEST-K Contendership Match: Kaji Tomato vs. Saburo Inematsu
~ The main event saw Sugiura and Iizuka with the win over Shiozaki & Kitamiya. Suzuki-gun asserted themselves again following the win as Suzuki joked about the damage they inflicted to Kitamiya. They asked Shiozaki if this is the future that he wants as well.
~ Kumano continued to try and confront Kanemaru for the next GHC Jr. title challenge before the match, but the close of the match saw Suzuki take him out.
~ Apache Army : Koji Kanemoto defended the WEW Heavyweight belt against Wing Kanemaru in the main event. (14:58) with an Ankle Hold. HASEGAWA & Hi69 defeated MIKAMI & Rion Mizukito become the new WEW Tag Champions. HASEGAWA (20:23) following a Fisherman Buster on Rion.
~ Cho-Hanabi : Atsushi Onita defended the Bakuha-o (Blast King) belt against The Great Sasuke. (11:49) with a Thunder Fire Powerbomb.
~ Stardom : Io Shirai defended the World of Stardom belt against Mayu Iwatani (21:54) with a Moonsault Press. Kairi Hojo also defeated Santana Garrett to recapture the Wonder of Stardom belt (14:31) with a Diving Elbow Drop. Kimura & Kagetsu also asserted themselves as the next challengers for the Goddess Tag belts.
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~ The new KO-D Openweight Champion Daisuke Sasaki and the next contender for the belt Yukio Sakaguchi took part in a press conference for the upcoming match on 5/8 in Sapporo. Sakaguchi took offense to Daisuke taking advantage of a weakened HARASHIMA, with the challenge anytime, anywhere rights, following him defending the belt against the Higuchi prior. Yukio declared that he will be using his challenge rights in a rightful manner as he and the champion will come in at 100% for title match. With the champion having a lot to prove.
~ The a press conference was held for the upcoming KO-D Tag match that is now set to take place on 5/15. As Daisuke Sasaki and Shuji Ishikawa will be defending against the “Smile Squash” combination of Yasu Urano and Akito. The challengers earned the rights following the last Korakuen show as they look to claim a bit of revenge for their leader HARASHIMA. The champions stated that they will find Ishikawa’s weakness to become the new champions.
~ Following their announcement at yesterday’s show, Dream Team Futures (Team Drift), Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, and Soma Takao, took part in a press conference to announce that DDT officials have persuaded them to reconsider their decision. Keisuke stated that they will hold off for another month, but if they do not want any tag belts by the end of May that they will indeed split. The trio came together in 2012 to bring a change of the order of DDT. Though as of late they have not been achieving their original goals in which they think it is time to move on. Their potential last match is being touted for 5/29 at the Korakuen Hall.
DDT “Road to Ryogoku 2016 in SAPPORO ~ Dramatic Dream Tokeidai”, 5/8/2016 [Sun] 13:00 @ Axess Sapporo in Hokkaido
() Team Drift Sayonara Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao vs. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano
() SPW Southeast Asia Championship Match: [Champion] Masa Takanashi vs. [Challenger] Antonio Honda
() KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [57th Champion] Daisuke Sasaki vs. [Challenger] Yukio Sakaguchi
~ 1st title defense.
DDT “Friendship, Effort, Victory in Nagaoya 2016”, 5/15/2016 [Sun] 13:00 @ Nagoya International Conference Hall in Aichi
(-) KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [24th Champions] Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki vs. [Challengers] (to be announced)
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [54th Champions] Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa vs. [Challengers] Yasu Urano & Akito
~ 3rd title defense.
DDT “Audience 2016”, 5/29/2016 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Team Drift Sayonara Series Final ~ Team Drift Disband Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao vs. (to be announced)
(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [Champion] Super Sasadango Machine vs. [Challenger] LiLiCo
(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: ~ Ken Ohka though stated that he wants a match against Drift for the upcoming Ganbare show on 4/29 in Yokohama. He nominated Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine to be his partners for the match. Drift accepted the challenge for the match.
~ Previously announced 6 man tag match between New Japan and “The Elite” group of BULLET CLUB has been formally changed as the NEVER 6 Man Tag belts will now be in defense.
(1) Captain New Japan & Juice Robinson vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
(2) Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi, Jay White & David Finlay vs. Kazushi Sakuraba [FREE], YOSHI-HASHI, Will Ospreay, Gedo
(3) IWGP Jr. Tag Championship Match: [46th Champions] Rocky Romero & Barreta vs. [Challengers] Ricochet & Matt Sydal
~ 1st title defense.
(4) NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [5th Champions] Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yoshitatsu vs. [Challengers] Kenny Omega, Matt & Nick Jackson
~ 2nd title defense
(5) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [70th Champions] Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. [Challengers] Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma
~ 1st title defense.
(6) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [10th Champion] Katsuyori Shibata vs. [Challenger] Yuji Nagata
~ 4th title defense.
(7) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: [73rd Champion] KUSHIDA vs. [Challenger] Jushin Thunder Liger
~ 4th title defense.
(8) Special Single Match: Hirooki Goto vs. “KING OF DARKNESS” EVIL
(9) Special Single Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA [SP.E.]
(10) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [64th Champion] Tetsuya Naito vs. [Challenger] Tomohiro Ishii ~ 1st title defense.
~ New Japan announced the full card for the upcoming LION’S GATE PROJECT 2 show that will take place on May 19.
The show will continue the theme of primarily pitting New Japan against NOAH. The opening matches will see the rookies facing off in singles matches. With the 19 year old’s Kiyomiya and Kuwato taking on each other in the opening match. Then the recently returned from injury Tomoyose will be taking on Kanemitsu. Then the third will feature NOAH’s Kumano taking on K-DOJO’s 183cm tall rookie Ayato Yoshida. It’ll be interesting to see which rookies shine from the rest given this opportunity to do so.
David Finlay will then get to put his technical ability to the test as he taking on a veteran in Yoshinari Ogawa. The funky combination of Yone and Taguchi will reunite as well as they take on the team of Captain NOAH and Hirayanagi.
Jay White will take part in the biggest match of his career yet as he is set up against Noamichi Marufuji. White has been showing tons of potential since the start of this year and he will need of it if he wishes to attempt to following Maru’s work in the ring.
Then after taking on Nakajima at the last show, Juice Robinson will be taking on yet another heavyweight from NOAH this time in the form of the “Gowan” Go Shiozaki. Shiozaki boasts just as heavy strikes as Nakajima though in the form of chops and his usually match leading finishes with lariats.
Then main event will see the New Japan’s “third generation” veterans taking on the NOAH combination of Nakajima, Taniguchi, Masa Kitamiya and Quiet Storm.
LION’S GATE PROJECT 2, 5/19/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
(1) Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Hirai Kuwato
(2) Shiro Tomoyose vs. Teruaki Kanemitsu
(3) Hitoshi Kumano vs. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO]
(4) Yoshinari Ogawa vs. David Finlay
(5) Captain NOAH & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Muhammad Yone & Ryusuke Tagcuhi
(6) Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jay White
(7) Go Shiozaki vs. Juice Robinson
(8) Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Maybach Taniguchi, Masa Kitamiya & Quiet Storm
~ The fourth say of the GTL took place today in Osaka.
~ The main saw Marufuji and Yano finally capture a win in the GTL against Shiozaki and Taniguchi following a 3 loss streak.
~ The reigning GHC Heavy champion Sugiura and Shelton Benjamin claimed the win over the dominate GHC Tag champions Killer Elite Squad in the semi-final match. Though both teams still stand at the top of the league at this time.
~ Nakajima and Kitamiya claimed a win over Suzuki and Iizuka to come to a 2-2 standing in the league.
~ Tenzan and Kojima also claimed their second win as they took out the 50 Funky Powers.
~ The full event card was released for the upcoming Korakuen show on 5/4.
“WRESTLE-1 TOUR TRIUMPH”, 5/4/2016 [Wed] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) Kohei Fujimura vs. Keiichi Sato [FREE]
(-) Daiki Inaba vs. Koji Doi
(-) 8 Man Tag Match: Minoru Tanaka, TAJIRI, Ryota Hama & Andy Wu vs. Masayuki Kono, “brother” YASSHI, Hiroki Murase & Shotaro Ashino
(-) new Wild order vs REAL DESPERADO 6 Man Tag Match: Manabu Soya, AKIRA & Kumagoro vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
(-) Ikemen Single Match Trial Series – Hardcore Match: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Jun Kasai [FREEDOMS]
(-) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Keiji Mutoh, LEONA [DRADITION] & Daichi Hashimoto [BJW] vs. Yuji Okabayashi [BJW], Yasufumi Nakanoue & Seiki Yoshioka
(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [4th Champion] Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Kaz Hayashi
~ 2nd title defense.
(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [7th Champion] Yuji Hino vs. [Challenger] KAI
~ 3rd title defense.
~ FREEDOMS : It was announced that Kamui has suffered a right arm fracture and will be unable to compete on the 5/2 show at Korakuen. No update as to who will be his replacement on the show at this time.
~ Diana : Sareee vs. Yoshiko made official for the Korakuen show on 5/5.
~ Hiroyo Matsumoto Produce : Hiroyo vs. Aja Kong announced for 7/31 show.
~ Ice Ribbon : The full event card was announced for the upcoming show on 5/4. As Emi Sakura will be teaming with Nanae Takahashi to take on Tsukasa Fujimoto and Arisa Nakajima.
Ice Ribbon, 5/4/2016 [Wed] 15:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
(1) Maruko Nagasaki, Hiroyo Matsumoto & Bete Noire vs. Hiroe Nagahama, Makoto & Ryo Mizunami
(2) Mixed Tag 4WAY Match: Miyako Matsumoto & Takayuki Ueki vs. Takashi Sasaki & GENTARO vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Papakemi Beppin & Kazunari Murakami
(3) Kurumi, Manami Toyota & Saya vs. Hamuko Hoshi, Mochi Miyagi & Akane Fujita
(4) Yukihi Maya vs. Mayumi Ozaki
(5) Triangle Ribbon Championship Match: [Champion] Cherry vs. [Challenger] Kyuri vs. [Challenger] Misaki Ohata
(6) Meiko Satomura vs. Tsukushi
(7) Tsukasa Fujimoto & Arisa Nakajima vs. Nanae Takahashi & Emi Sakura
(8) ICE x ∞ Championship Match: [Challenger] Risa Sera vs. [Challenger] Yuka
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~ Big Guns (Zeus & Bodyguard) made their first defense of the World Tag belts over Kento Miyahara and Jake Lee. ~ Atsushi Aoki defeated Hikaru Sato to win the “Jr. BATTLE OF GLORY” and in the process becoming the 39th generation champion.
~ Takao Omori made a challenge for the Asia Tag belts against Yankee Nichokenju (Miyamoto & Isami). ~ Then lastly the matches for the upcoming Champion Carnival were announced. In which I have posted the next set of event card listings…
~ Koji Kanemoto defeated Tomohiko Hashimoto (11:18) with an Ankle Hold to become the new WEW Heavyweight Champion.
~ MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki defended the WEW Tag belts against Naoki Tanizaki & Hi69. MIKAMI (18:53) with a Swandive style School Boy on Hi69.
~ The BO-SO Golden Tag Tournament 2016 was announced to be held again this year. The first round matches are scheduled to take place on 2/27 and 3/6 and then the semifinals and final match on 3/13.
8 Team were announced as follows…
TAKA Michinoku & Hi69 [TEAM69ROLL]
Kaji Tomato & Ayumu Honda [SFU]
Hiro Tonai & Yoshihiro Horaguchi [Sekitoba]
Taishi Takizawa & Kotaro Yoshino [Sekitoba]
Saburo Inematsu & Daigoro Yoshino [Bozz Rengo]
Tank Nagai & Yuma [Magatsuki]
Kengo Mashimo & Kunio Toshima [Magatsuki]
Kyu Mogami & Ayato Yoshida [NEX4]
K-DOJO “BO-SO Golden Tag Tournament 2016”, 2/27/2016 [Sat] 18:00 @ Blue Field in Chiba
() BO-SO Golden Tag 1st Round Match: Hiro Tonai & Kotaro Yoshino vs. Tank Nagai & Yuma
() BO-SO Golden Tag 1st Round Match: TAKA Michinoku & Hi69 vs. Kaji Tomato & Ayumu Honda
K-DOJO “BO-SO Golden Tag Tournament 2016”, 3/6/2016 [Sun] 17:00 @ Blue Field in Chiba
() BO-SO Golden Tag 1st Round Match: Kyu Mogami & Ayato Yoshida vs. Kengo Mashimo & Kunio Toshima
() BO-SO Golden Tag 1st Round Match: Saburo Inematsu & Daigoro Yoshino vs. Taishi Takizawa & Kotaro Yoshino
~ TAKA & Taichi announced the full card for the upcoming “TAKA & Taichi Produce” show on 3/17.
TAKA & Taichi Produce, 3/17/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
() NOAH vs K-DOJO Special Tag Match: Mitsuhiro Kitamiya, Hitoshi Kumano & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Kyu Mogami, Ayato Yoshida, GO Asakawa
() Special Tag Match: Bambi & Kikutaro vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Koharu Hinata
() K-DOJO Offer Match: Kaji Tomato, Shiori Asahi & Ayumu Honda vs. Hiro Tonai, Taishi Takizawa & Kotaro Yoshino
() Despy Challenge 2: El Desperado vs. ???
() Special 6 Man Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Sugiura & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Kengo Mashimo, Tomoaki Honma & Hikaru Sato
() Okonomiyaki Toshiechan Cup Special Battle Royal:
() GHC Jr. Tag Championship 3WAY Match: [Champions] Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada vs. [Challengers] TAKA Michinoku & Taichi vs. [Challengers] Gedo & Jado
Team Dera ~ Grampus #4 defeated Kengo Takai to become the innagural Team Dera Drazeger Champion.
Sportiva
~ Koji Iwamoto vs. Isami Kodaka was announced to take place at the Sportiva show on 2/27. Iwamoto has been regularly competing in BASARA and Isami has taken favor to the skilled up-and-comer from Nagoya. Could this lead to Iwamoto joining BASARA? As Isami has been giving every a chance to join him if they so desire.
J-STAGE
~ Matches have been announced for the second J-STAGE show on Match 29th at Shinkiba.
J-STAGE 2nd, 3/29/2016 [Tue] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Daisuke Ssasaki [DDT], Yuki Sato [K-DOJO] & Yusuke Kubo [BASARA] vs. Shu Brahman [FREE], Kei Brahman [FREE] & Takayuki Ueki [BJW]
() Seiki Yoshioka [W-1] vs. HAYATA [DOVE]
() Tatsuhiko Yoshino [GUTS] vs. Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva]
JWP
~ Hanako Nakamori & Makoto won the “JWP Tag Tournament 2016” and will challenge for the JWP Tag Champions, Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto, on 2/9 in Asakusa.
~ Mayumi Ozaki vs. Arisa Nakajima for the JWP belt announced for 4/3 at Korakuen.
Stardom
~ Io Shirai made her 2nd successful defense of the World of Stardom belt over Viper.
~ Santana Garrett defend the Wonder of Stardom against Kairi Hojo, 7th successful defense.
~ Mayu Iwatani also defended the High Speed belt against Evie
OZ Academy
~ Sonoko Kato vs. AKINO was announced for the OZ Championship was announced to be taking place on 3/20.
~ Mika Nishio, who is married to NOAH’s Maybach Taniguchi, announced her official retirement from pro-wrestling, and that she is pregnant with their first child. Her retirement ceremony will be held on 3/20.
~ Shibata once more became the NEVER Openweight Champion after he beat Nagata in a nearly 15 minute match. Respect was shown between the two following the match after their on-going feud over the last several months.
~ Then that left the IWGP Junior Tag belts which were captured by the Young Bucks in the Elimination 4WAY match.
~ Ricochet has emerged as the current sole leader of the B BLOCK after today’s show and following a win over the veteran Liger.
~ After the match, Shelton Benjamin challenged the new champion after the match.
~ Even though their split was being toyed with this month, Team Dream Futures, Keisuke, Irie & Takao, managed to capture the KO-D 6 Tag belts over the DNA team of Higuchi, Katsumata, and Iwasaki. HARASHIMA and his group, Smile Squash (Urano and Akito), were appointed as their first challengers. Look like this match could take place on 5/29, which could be the “potential” final match of Team Drift if they do not win.
~ Daisuke Sasaki and Shigehiro Irie successfully defended the KO-D Tag belts against Yasu Urano and Akito in the main event.
~ Makoto Oishi and Danshoku Dino made it known that they want a shot at the Asia Tag belts, which are held by Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto.
~ The new KO-D Openweight Champion Daisuke Sasaki and the next contender for the belt Yukio Sakaguchi took part in a press conference for the upcoming match on 5/8 in Sapporo. Sakaguchi took offense to Daisuke taking advantage of a weakened HARASHIMA, with the challenge anytime, anywhere rights, following him defending the belt against the Higuchi prior. Yukio declared that he will be using his challenge rights in a rightful manner as he and the champion will come in at 100% for title match. With the champion having a lot to prove.
~ The a press conference was held for the upcoming KO-D Tag match that is now set to take place on 5/15. As Daisuke Sasaki and Shuji Ishikawa will be defending against the “Smile Squash” combination of Yasu Urano and Akito. The challengers earned the rights following the last Korakuen show as they look to claim a bit of revenge for their leader HARASHIMA. The champions stated that they will find Ishikawa’s weakness to become the new champions.
~ Following their announcement at yesterday’s show, Dream Team Futures (Team Drift), Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, and Soma Takao, took part in a press conference to announce that DDT officials have persuaded them to reconsider their decision. Keisuke stated that they will hold off for another month, but if they do not want any tag belts by the end of May that they will indeed split. The trio came together in 2012 to bring a change of the order of DDT. Though as of late they have not been achieving their original goals in which they think it is time to move on. Their potential last match is being touted for 5/29 at the Korakuen Hall.
~ Ken Ohka though stated that he wants a match against Drift for the upcoming Ganbare show on 4/29 in Yokohama. He nominated Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine to be his partners for the match. Drift accepted the challenge for the match.
![[NJPW News] New Japan announced the full card for the upcoming LION’S GATE PROJECT 2 show that will take place on May 19.The show will continue the theme of primarily pitting New Japan against NOAH. The opening matches will see the rookies facing off in singles matches. With the 19 year old’s Kiyomiya and Kuwato taking on each other in the opening match. Then the recently returned from injury Tomoyose will be taking on Kanemitsu. Then the third will feature NOAH’s Kumano taking on K-DOJO’s 183cm tall rookie Ayato Yoshida. It’ll be interesting to see which rookies shine from the rest given this opportunity to do so.David Finlay will then get to put his technical ability to the test as he taking on a veteran in Yoshinari Ogawa. The funky combination of Yone and Taguchi will reunite as well as they take on the team of Captain NOAH and Hirayanagi.Jay White will take part in the biggest match of his career yet as he is set up against Noamichi Marufuji. White has been showing tons of potential since the start of this year and he will need of it if he wishes to attempt to following Maru’s work in the ring.Then after taking on Nakajima at the last show, Juice Robinson will be taking on yet another heavyweight from NOAH this time in the form of the “Gowan” Go Shiozaki. Shiozaki boasts just as heavy strikes as Nakajima though in the form of chops and his usually match leading finishes with lariats.Then main event will see the New Japan’s “third generation” veterans taking on the NOAH combination of Nakajima, Taniguchi, Masa Kitamiya and Quiet Storm.LION’S GATE PROJECT 2, 5/19/2016 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo(1) Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Hirai Kuwato(2) Shiro Tomoyose vs. Teruaki Kanemitsu(3) Hitoshi Kumano vs. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO](4) Yoshinari Ogawa vs. David Finlay(5) Captain NOAH & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Muhammad Yone & Ryusuke Tagcuhi(6) Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jay White(7) Go Shiozaki vs. Juice Robinson(8) Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Maybach Taniguchi, Masa Kitamiya & Quiet Storm](https://i0.wp.com/40.media.tumblr.com/4d104e2728b509ea18ea403ac4bc47d9/tumblr_o66w4aEqtY1qj1jhno1_1280.jpg)
~ Atsushi Aoki defeated Hikaru Sato to win the “Jr. BATTLE OF GLORY” and in the process becoming the 39th generation champion.
~ Then lastly the matches for the upcoming Champion Carnival were announced. In which I have posted the next set of event card listings…
~ Koji Kanemoto defeated Tomohiko Hashimoto (11:18) with an Ankle Hold to become the new WEW Heavyweight Champion.
~ Grampus #4 defeated Kengo Takai to become the innagural Team Dera Drazeger Champion.
Puroresu Spirit 