News Listings for August 7, 2018

SITE NEWS

As every August I will once again be away for 10 days this month starting on August 8th through August 19th. What this means is that all news and results may not be regularly covered during my absence. I have a couple people who may help out if time permits, but I do not expect anyone else to carry the load that I normally undertake. I will try and update anything if I have wifi access, but normally that is hard to come by in the locations where I will be. Thank you all for understanding and also for your continued support.

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BASARA NEWS

~ Isami Kodaka versus Masashi Takeda was announced for the September 21st show at the Korakuen Hall.

BASARA, 9/21/2018 [Fri] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka vs. Masashi Takeda

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/basara/

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BJW NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the August 12th show at the Korakuen Hall. The show will see the BJW Junior belt in defense in the main event as well as the first day of the 2018 Saikyo Tag League.

BJW, 8/12/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Ryuji Ito, Yuichi Taniguchi, Ryuichi Sekine & Yukihiro Mori vs. Yuya Aoki, Takuho Kato, Yuki Ishikawa & Akira Hyodo

(2) Saikyo Tag League Strong Block: Hideki Suzuki & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe
(3) Saikyo Tag League Death Block ~ Concrete Block + Circular Saw Board Death Match: Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Minoru Fujita & Kankuro Hoshino
(4) Saikyo Tag League Death Block ~ TLC Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Masaya Takahashi & Kyu Mogami
(5) Saikyo Tag League Death Block ~ Fluorescent Light-tubes Death Match: Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Yoshihisa Uto
(6) Saikyo Tag League Strong Block: Ryuichi Kawakami Kazumi Kikuta vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(7) Saikyo Tag League Strong Block: Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani

(8) BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [1st Champion] Shinobu vs. [Challenger] Kazuki Hashimoto
~ 7th title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/07/bjw-saikyo-tag-league-2018-tour-event-card-listings/

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DDT NEWS

~ The 3rd round matches for the KING OF DDT were announced for August 24th show at the Korakuen Hall.

KING OF DDT 2018 3rd ROUND, 8/24/2018 [Fri] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() 3rd Round Match: MAO vs. Mike Bailey
() 3rd Round Match: Kazuki Hirata vs. Tetsuya Endo
() 3rd Round Match: HARASHIMA vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
() 3rd Round Match: Daisuke Sasaki vs. Keisuke Ishii

KING OF DDT 2018 FINAL ROUND, 8/25/2018 [Sat] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Semi-final Match:
() Semi-final Match:
() KING OF DDT FINAL Match:

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/ddt/

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DNA NEWS

~ Akito was announced to replaced the injured Takeshita for the August 10th show. As mentioned previously this show will be the final run of the

DNA 57, 8/10/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Kitzawa Town Hall in Tokyo

() Fighting Gran Millimeters!: Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani
() Yuki Iino vs. Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS)
() Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Akito (DDT)
() MAO, Mike Bailey & Rising HAYATO (EPW) vs. Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase & Rekka
() Naomi Kingdom Showdown!: Naomi Yoshimura & Kengo (FREE) vs. Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joe (both FREE)
() DNA – End of a Chapter 11/24/2014 to 8/10/2018: Kota Umeda & Ryota Nakatsu (BASARA) vs. Shunma Katsumata & Kazusada Higuchi (both DDT)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dna

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NOAH NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the August 18th show at the Culttz Kawasaki. Among the major additions is HAYATA & YO-HEY challenging Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka for the GHC Jr. Tag belts as well as a special 10 man elimination match.

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Kawasaki City Sports Association 70th Anniversary ~ NOAH x Kawasaki Festival 2018”, 8/18/2018 [Sat] 15:30 @ Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa

() Yoshinari Ogawa & Seiya Morohashi vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Sugawara
() Maybach Taniguchi, Mitsuya Nagai, Cody Hall & KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Masao Inoue, Junta Miyawaki, El Hijo del Pantera & Alejandro (W-1)
() Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano
() Elimination Match: Naomichi Marufuji, Akitoshi Saito, Masato Tanaka, Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm vs. Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya, Atsushi Kotoge & Kaito Kiyomiya

() GHC Junior Tag Championship Match: [34th Champions] Hi69 & Minoru Tanaka vs. [Challengers] HAYATA & YO-HEY
~ 2nd title defense.

() GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Go Shiozaki
~ 4th title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/06/noah-event-cards-for-july-august-2018/

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TAKAYAMANIA NEWS

~ It was announced that Shuji Kondo will be replacing the currently injured Kaz Hayashi in the main event match of the show.

TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE, 8/31/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Battle Royal: (to be announced) Shinjiro Otani, Sanshiro Takagi…
(2) Jun Akiyama (AJPW) & Dick Togo (MichiPro) vs. Takao Omori (AJPW) & Danshoku Dieno (DDT)
(3) Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) & Meiko Satomura (Sendai Girls) vs. Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls)
(4) Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) & Isami Kodaka (BASARA) vs. Takaku Fuke (Pancrase MISSION) & Takuma Sano (FREE)
(5) NJPW Offer Match: Yuji Nagata & Ren Narita vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shota Umino

(6) Semi-final Match: Shuji Ishikawa (FREE), Yuji Hino (FREE) & Konosuke Takeshita (DDT) vs. Suwama (AJPW), Ryota Hama (BJW) & Kazusada Higuchi (DDT)

(7) Main Event: Minoru Suzuki (Pancrase MISSION), NOSAWA Rongai (Gurentai) & MAZADA (Gurentai) vs. Taiyo Kea (FREE), Shuji Kondo (W-1) & TAKA Michinoku (K-DOJO)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/takayamania/

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ Matches were announced for Shinkiba 1stRING show on August 19th.

ZERO1, 8/19/2018 [Sun] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() SUGI & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Takuya Sugawara & Hartley Jackson
() Masato Tanaka vs. TARU
() Kohei Sato vs. Chris Vice
() Shogun Okamoto vs. Yuji Hino

() NWA International Light Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Ikuto Hidaka & Fuminori Abe vs. [Challengers] Shinjiro Otani & Hiroshi Yamato

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/zero1/

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JOSHI NEWS

~ Misaki Ohata announced that she will be retiring at the end of this year. This follows the previous news that she was engaged fellow wrestler Makoto Oishi earlier this Summer.

~ Also in regards to WAVE, Yumi Oka will be taking over duties of WAVE as of April of 2019. The promotion will be going on a couple month hiatus after their final show of this year on December 29th at the Korakuen Hall. Which Oka looks to bring the promotion back with a “new wave” in the form of a fresh start. It appears that GAMI will be staying with the promotion in direct support role.

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BASARA results for August 5, 2018

BASARA “Fighting Beer Garden 2018 ~ BASARA DAY”, 8/5/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
600 Spectators (overcrowded)

(1) Clash! BASARA x DOVE: FUMA, Takumi Tsukamoto, Yusuke Kubo & Takato Nakano vs. ‘brother’ YASSHI, Kenshin Chikano, Yuki Aoki & Kohei Kinoshita
◆Winner: FUMA (13:15) following the Heavy Metal Anthem on Kinoshita.
(2) Clash! BASARA x DOVE ~ Drunkers Match: Isami Kodaka vs. Shoichi Uchida
◆Winner: Uchida (7th Round) via decision.
(3) Rey Paloma Produce Battle Royal: Rey Paloma, Trans Am ★ Hiroshi, SAGAT, Goma Ryu, Best Stretch Man V3
◆Winner: Paloma (6:25) via pin-fall on Hiroshi.
(4) Clash! BASARA x DOVE ~ Hardcore Tag Match: Ryota Nakatsu & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Gunso & Kabuki Kid
◆Winner: Nakatsu (13:22) following the V Slider on Kabuki, onto a chair.

(5) Clash! BASARA x DOVE ~ DOVE World Heavyweight Championship Match: [10th Champion] Naoki Tanizaki vs. [Challenger] Fuminori Abe
◆Winner: Tanizaki (17:54) with the Libido.
~ 4th successful title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/basara/

Upcoming…

BASARA, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 17:30 @Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo

() FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & Goma Ryu vs. Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Yasu Urano
() Sakigake! Kotetsu-kazoku vs Chimidoro Brothers: Trans Am Hiroshi, Trans Am Ryuji & SAGAT vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
() Kibatai vs Astronauts!: Ryota Nakatsu & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
() Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)

BASARA, 9/21/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Union MAX Championship Match: [Champion] Naoki Tanizaki vs. [Challenger] Ryota Nakatsu

News Listings for July 31, 2018

AJPW NEWS

Several updates were announced for the August tour of shows.

Yohei Nakajima was announced to miss the “Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY” due to a personal boycott of the league, as well as citing differences with Black Tiger VII, as Black Menso~re was announced to be teaming with Black Tiger VII instead. The junior tag league will begin on August 3rd in Yokohama.

The World Tag and Asia Heavyweight belts were announced to be in defense on August 18th at the Korakuen Hall. With Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa defending the World Tag belts against the Kento Miyahara and Yoshitatsu. Then The Bodyguard will be making his first defense of the Asia Heavyweight belt against Naoya Nomura.

The tour will culminate on August 26th in Chiba with three major title matches. As Zeus makes his first defense of the Triple Crown belt against Shuji Ishikawa. With Zeus looking to prove himself as a defending champion and Ishikawa seeking to become a 5-crown champion, that is if he can first defend the tag belts on 8/18. Then Atsushi Aoki will once more put the World Junior belt on the line against Koji Iwamoto. This match stems from Aoki suffering a direct loss to Iwamoto in an 8 man tag match on July 29th in Osaka. Then  Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi will defend their newly acquire Asia Tag belts against the “Axe Bombers” team of Takao Omori and Isami Kodaka.

The August tour of shows have been updated through the post below…

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/06/ajpw-event-cards-for-july-august-2018/

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BASARA NEWS

~ Matches were announced for the August 11th show. The main event will see Isami Kodaka taking on Daisuke Sekimoto in a special singles match.

BASARA, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 17:30 @ Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo

() FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & Goma Ryu vs. Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Yasu Urano
() Sakigake! Kotetsu-kazoku vs Chimidoro Brothers: Trans Am Hiroshi, Trans Am Ryuji & SAGAT vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
() Kibatai vs Astronauts!: Ryota Nakatsu & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
() Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/basara/

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DDT NEWS

~ It was announced that Konosuke Takeshita will be out of action for 2 months as he rehabs a shoulder injury, rotator cuff and joint damage. Due to this injury his group ALL OUT have also relinquished the KO-D 6 Tag belts. The previously announced title defense on 8/7 was also canceled.

DDT “Tatakau Beer Garden 2018 ~ HARASHIMA DAY”, 8/1/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. JARASHIMA, Hoshihebinki & Kazusada Jaguchi  w/ Poison Sawada JULIE
() Saki-sama, Masa & Yoshiko-sama vs. Emi Sakura, Riho & Mei Suruga
() HARASHIMA, KUDO & Danshoku Dieno vs. Shu Brahman, Kei Brahman & Gorgeous Matsuno

DDT “Tatakau Beer Garden 2018 ~ Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine DAY”, 8/2/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Dark Match: Hisaya Imabayashi vs. Tetsuya Koda

() Keisuke Ishii, Antonio Honda & Rekka vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yumeto Imanari
() Warming Up Muscle: Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda, Choun Shiryu, Pedro Takaishi & Yasu Urano
() Sandman-tekina iIsumonoare Special Match: (tba)

DDT “Tatakau Beer Garden 2018 ~ ALL OUT DAY”, 8/3/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Dark Match ~ Trans Am Yoga Kyoshitsu:

() Matsunaga style Drunk Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga, KUDO, Keisuke Ishii, Nobuhiro Shimatani, Yuki Ueno & Yuki Iino
() Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Kuishinbo Kamen

() Double Main Event: Shunma Katsumta vs. Violento Jack
() Double Main Event: Akito vs. Isami Kodaka (BASARA)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/ddt/

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The main event was announced for the night show of the double header at the Shinkiba 1stRING on August 11th.

FREEDOMS “unchain night! 2018”, 8/11/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) unchain vs Los Nomadas Irregular Rules 4 vs 4 Elimination Rumble: Masashi Takeda, Jun Kasai, Kenji Fukimoto & Minoru Fujita vs. Violento Jack, Daisuke Masaoka, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/freedoms/

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HEAT-UP NEWS

~ It was announced that Kazuhiro Tamura and Tatsumi Fujinami will be defending the Universal Tag belts against the team of Mitsuya Nagai and Akira Joe on August 27th at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

HEAT-UP “Monday Night UP”, 8/27/2018 [Mon] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Tetsuya Izuchi vs. Yusaku Ito

(-) Last Dokonjo vol.2: Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo vs. Daisuke Kanehira

(-) HEAT-UP Universal Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Kazuhiro Tamura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. [Challengers] Mitsuya Nagai & Akira Joe
~ 1st title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/heat-up

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NOAH NEWS

~ Due to Kaz Hayashi being out with right foot fracture he will miss Marufuji’s 20th anniversary show on September 1st. Due to his absence it was announced that Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio will be competing on the show in his place.

Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show “Hishou / Soaring”, 9/1/2018 [Sat] 15:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

(1) Muhammad Yone & Junta Miyawaki vs. Mitsuo Momota (Riki Enterprise) & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (FREE)
(2) Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue & Kishin Kawabata (FREE) vs. Takuma Sano, Tamon Honda & Shiro Koshinaka (all FREE)
(3) Quiet Storm & Tadasuke vs. Takao Omori (AJPW) & Cody Hall
(4) HAYATA & YO-HEY vs. Shuji Kondo & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (both WRESTLE-1)
(5) Hi69, Minoru Tanaka (FREE) & Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) vs. Hajime Ohara, Hitoshi Kumano & Seiya Morohashi (FREE)
(6) Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Taiyo Kea (FREE) vs. Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshinari Ogawa
(7) Kenoh, Atsushi Kotoge & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno (all DDT)
(8) Takashi Sugiura & Daisuke Harada vs. Jun Akiyama & Atsushi Aoki (both AJPW)
(9) Marufuji’s 20th Anniversary Match: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Hideo Itami (WWE)

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/06/noah-event-cards-for-july-august-2018/

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RJPW NEWS

~ A press conference was held as the full card was announced for the September 20th show at the Korakuen Hall. A special charity show was also be held on August 25th in Ishikawa.

RJPW “Myojoji Hondo Pro-Wrestling Charity Pro-Wrestling”, 8/25/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Myojoji Hondo Shrine Special Outdoor Ring in Ishikawa

(-) Alexander Otsuka vs. TK2
(-) Masao Orihara & KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Yukio Naya & (tba)
(-) Super Tiger vs. Garra Negra

RJPW “Return to Origin Pro-Wrestling”, 9/20/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) & Takatoshi Matsumoto (Reversal Gym ALPHA) vs. Shogun Okamoto (FREE) & So Daimonji (LAND’S END)
() Super Tiger vs. Takanori Ito (W-1)
() UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Rey Angel vs. [Challenger] Kouki Iwasaki (DNA)
() La Mascara, Maximo & Brazo de Oro Jr. vs. Billyken Kid, Mascara Diablo & El Pelo de Aquita
() World Maskman Tournament Semi-finals: Don Crocodile vs. Black Tiger Jr.
() Masayuki Kono (W-1), Hayato Mashita & Yukio Naya vs. Raijin Yaguchi (Asakusa Pro), Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END) & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (FREE)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/rjpw/

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TOKYO GURENTAI NEWS

~ A couple more matches were announced for the September 26th show at the Shinjuku FACE. There is currently no update on Shiryu’s status for the show, but it could be expected that he will miss.

TOYKO GURENTAI “TOKYO CARNIVAL 2018”, 9/26/2018 [Wed] @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

Newly announced…

(-) Vaccine Fight Offer Match: Takuya Kai & Hikaru Sato vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Takatoshi Matsumoto
(-) LIEN Offer Special 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Kasai, AKIRA & Manabu Soya vs. BxB Hulk, Akito & Yoshitomo Shimohigashi

Previously announced…

(-) Special Tag Match: Osamu Nishimura & Hidetaka Monma vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei

(-) Kotaro Suzuki vs. Raijin Thunder Akira

(-) Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [8th Champions] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. [Challengers] Masaaki Mochizuki & Rocky Kawamura
~ 1st title defense.

(-) TOP OF THE DX ~ TOKYO DX vs KAIENTAI DX: X-PAC, NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA vs. Dick Togo, Shiryu, TAKA Michinoku & MEN’S Teioh

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/tokyo-gurentai/

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ Shinjiro Otani was announced to be taking on Nanae Takahashi in an Electric Current Blast Death Match on August 5th in Kawasaki.

ZERO1 / Cho-Hanabi, 8/5/2018 [Sun] @ Kawasaki Keibajo

(-) NWA Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Masato Tanaka & Yuji Hino vs. [Challengers] Hartley Jackson & Chris Vice

(-) Electric Current Blast Death Match: Shinjiro Otani vs. Nanae Takahashi

(-) Bakuha-oh Championship ~ No Rope Barbed-wire Double Hell Death Match: [Champion] Yuko Miyamoto vs. [Challenger] TARU

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/zero1/

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BASARA results for July 22, 2018

BASARA, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Osaka Okinawa Hall

(1) SAGAT, Goma Ryu & Jun Masaoka (Shi-en) vs. Daichi Kazato, Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PRO) & Daiki Shimomura (DNA)
◆Winner: Shimomura (11:22) following a Swanton Bomb on Ryu.
(2) Takumi Tsukamoto & Fuminori Abe vs. Yuki Aoki & Kohei Kinoshita (both DOVE)
◆Winner: Abe (9:43) with the O’Manjigatame on Kinoshita.
(3) Itadaki 2018 Tournament 3rd Place Final: Trans Am ★ Hiroshi vs. Yasu Urano (FREE)
◆Winner: Urano (14:49) following a Tombstone Piledriver.
(4) Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE) vs. Takato Nakano
◆Winner: Tanizaki (12:39) with the Implant.

(5) Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & HUB (FREE)
◆Winner: Nakatsu (18:02) following the V Slider on Kubo.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/basara/

Upcoming…

BASARA “Fighting Beer Garden 2018 ~ BASARA DAY”, 8/5/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Clash! BASARA x DOVE: FUMA, Takumi Tsukamoto, Yusuke Kubo & Takato Nakano vs. ‘brother’ YASSHI, Kenshin Chikano, Yuki Aoki & Kohei Kinoshita
() Rey Paloma Produce Battle Royal: Rey Paloma, Trans Am ★ Hiroshi, SAGAT, Goma Ryu, Best Stretch Man V3
() Clash! BASARA x DOVE ~ Drunkers Match: Isami Kodaka vs. Shoichi Uchida
() Clash! BASARA x DOVE ~ Hardcore Tag Match: Ryota Nakatsu & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Gunso & Kabuki Kid
() Clash! BASARA x DOVE ~ DOVE World Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Naoki Tanizaki vs. [Challenger] Fuminori Abe

BASARA, 9/21/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Union MAX Championship Match: [Champion] Naoki Tanizaki vs. [Challenger] Ryota Nakatsu

BASARA results for July 19, 2018

BASARA, 7/19/2018 [Thu] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
188 Spectators

(1) Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Takato Nakano
◆Winner: Tsukamoto (9:26) following the Zudon.
(2) Pro-Wrestling Trial: Goma Ryu (defense) vs. Banana Senga (prosecutor) vs. Minoru Fujita (accused)
◆Winner: Fujita (2:26) with a School Boy.
~ The deliberation continued after the match, which Fujita ended up pinning both at the same time to end the match for good.
(3) Trans Am ★ Hiroshi & Trans Am ★ Ryuji (BJW) vs. Yasu Urano (FREE) & Daiki Shimomura
◆Winner: Ryuji (15:40) following the Perfect Five on Shimomura.
(4) Isami Kodaka & Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP) vs. Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretch Man Amazon
◆Winner: Kodaka (10:41) with a School Boy on V3.
(5) FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT vs. Fuminori Abe, Manabu Hara & Akiyori Takizawa
◆Winner: Abe (13:56) with the O’Manjigatame on SAGAT.
(6) Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE) & Shiori Asahi (K-DOJO) vs. Ryota Nakatsu & Ryuichi Sekine
◆Winner: Tanizaki (14:22) with the Implant on Sekine.

~ Abe came forward and provoked Tanizaki as he previously challenged for DOVE Heavyweight belt on the line on August 5th for the BASARA x DOVE show at the Shinjuku FACE. Abe won the right to challenge on the DOVE show on July 15th.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/basara/

Upcoming…

BASARA, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Osaka Okinawa Hall

() Takumi Tsukamoto & Fuminori Abe vs. Yuki Aoki & Kohei Kinoshita (both DOVE)
() SAGAT, Goma Ryu & Jun Masaoka (Shi-en) vs. Daichi Kazato, Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PRO) & Daiki Shimomura (DNA)
() Trans Am ★ Hiroshi vs. Yasu Urano (FREE)
() Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE) vs. Takato Nakano
() Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & HUB (FREE)

BASARA, 9/21/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Union MAX Championship Match: [Champion] Naoki Tanizaki vs. [Challenger] Ryota Nakatsu

News Listings for July 17, 2018

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AJPW NEWS

~ The first round matches were announced for September’s “Oudou Tournament 2018”.

“6th Oudou Tournament”
~ Suwama
~ Shuji Ishikawa (FREE)
~ Kento Miyahara
~ Jun Akiyama
~ Zeus
~ Jake Lee
~ Naoya Nomura
~ Yuma Aoyagi
~ Joe Doering (USA)
~ Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END)
~ The Bodyguard (FREE)
~ Yoshitatsu (FREE)
~ Dylan James (New Zealand)
~ Gianni Valletta (Maltese)
~ Kengo Mashimo (K-DOJO)
~ Yuji Hino (FREE)

AJPW, 9/15/2018 [Sat] @ Sanjo City Kosei Fukushi Kaikan

() Oudou Tournament 1st Round: Kento Miyahara vs. Yoshitatsu
() Oudou Tournament 1st Round: Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryoji Sai

AJPW, 9/16/2018 [Sat] @ Nagano Arcs Center

() Oudou Tournament 1st Round: Suwama vs. Gianni Valletta
() Oudou Tournament 1st Round: Joe Doering vs. Dylan James

AJPW, 9/17/2018 [Sat] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Oudou Tournament 1st Round: Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kengo Mashimo
() Oudou Tournament 1st Round: Zeus vs. Naoya Nomura
() Oudou Tournament 1st Round: Yuji Hino vs. The Bodyguard
() Oudou Tournament 1st Round: Jun Akiyama vs. Jake Lee

AJPW, 9/21/2018 [Sat] @ Hiroshima Marina Hop

() Oudou Tournament 2nd Round: (Suwama/Valletta) vs (Zeus/Nomura)
() Oudou Tournament 2nd Round: (Aoyagi/Sai) vs. (Hino/Bodyguard)

AJPW, 9/22/2018 [Sat] @ Hakata StarLanes in Fukuoka

() Oudou Tournament 2nd Round: (Miyahara/Yoshitatsu) vs (Akiyama/Jake)
() Oudou Tournament 2nd Round: (Ishikawa/Mashimo) vs (Doering/James)

AJPW, 9/24/2018 [Mon] @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Gym

() Oudou Tournament Semi-finals:
() Oudou Tournament Semi-finals:

() Oudou Tournament Finals:

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BASARA NEWS

~ Some matches were announced for the July 19th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING, July 22nd show in Osaka, and for the Korakuen Hall show on September 21st.

BASARA, 7/19/2018 [Thu] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Takato Nakano
() Pro-Wrestling Trial: Goma Ryu (defense) vs. Banana Senga (prosecutor) vs. Minoru Fujita (accused)
() FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT vs. Fuminori Abe, Manabu Hara & Akiyori Takizawa
() Trans Am ★ Hiroshi & Trans Am ★ Ryuji vs. Yasu Urano & Daiki Shimomura
() Isami Kodaka & Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP) vs. Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretch Man Amazon
() Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE) & Shiori Asahi (K-DOJO) vs. Ryota Nakatsu & Ryuichi Sekine

BASARA, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Osaka Okinawa Hall

() Takumi Tsukamoto & Fuminori Abe vs. Yuki Aoki & Kohei Kinoshita (both DOVE)
() SAGAT, Goma Ryu & Jun Masaoka (Shi-en) vs. Daichi Kazato, Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PRO) & Daiki Shimomura (DNA)
() Trans Am ★ Hiroshi vs. Yasu Urano (FREE)
() Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE) vs. Takato Nakano
() Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & HUB (FREE)

BASARA, 9/21/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Union MAX Championship Match: [Champion] Naoki Tanizaki vs. [Challenger] Ryota Nakatus

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/basara/

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BJW NEWS

~ Updated event cards…

Big Japan Pro-Wrestling “Osaka Surprise 38 – STRONG WORLD 2018”, 7/21/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Stadium

(0) Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Akira Hyodo

(1) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuki Morihiro vs. Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa
(2) Junior Special 6 Tag Match: Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga & Kota Sekifuda vs. Dick Togo (MichiPro), HUB (FREE) & Tsubasa (FREE)
(3) Barbed-wire Board Tag Death Match: Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Kankuro Hoshino
(4) Special 6 Tag Match: Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Kendo Kashin (FREE), Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(5) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoua & Yuya Aoki vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Kazumi Kikuta & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(6) Special Tag Match: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuyuki Fujita (FREE) vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani

(7) BJW Tag Championship BLC (barbed-wire, ladders & chairs) Death Match: [46th Champions] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. [Challengers ]Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto
~ 3rd title defense.

(8) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Hideki Suzuki (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Yoshihisa Uto
~ 3rd title defense.

BJW “B(e) SELECT”, 7/30/2018 [Mon] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Frank Atsushi
(2) Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Akira Hyodo
(3) Yuya Aoki vs. Yuki Ishikawa
(4) Death Match: Jaki Numazawa vs. Takayuki Ueki
(5) Death Match: Masaya Takahashi vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda
(6) Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Yuki Morihiro & Takuho Kato
(7) Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe

Big Japan Pro-Wrestling, 7/24/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Yuki Morihiro & Takuho Kato vs. Yuki Ishikawa & Akira Hyodo
(2) Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Yuichi Taniguchi, Jaki Numazawa & Ryuichi Sekine (BASARA)
(3) Shinobu, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kota Sekifuda & Yuya Aoki
(4) Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
(5) Hideki Suzuki (FREE) & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani

(6) Yokohama Shopping Street 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [18th Champions] Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. [Challengers] Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
~ 4th title defense.

(7) 3WAY Tag Fluorescent Light-tubes & Symbolic Weapon Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito

BJW “Death Rules 17”, 8/5/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Sendai PIT in Miyagi

(1) Yuki Morihiro & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Takuho Kato & Akira Hyodo
(2) Yokohama Shopping Street 6 Man Tag Tournament 1st Round: Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(3) Yokohama Shopping Street 6 Man Tag Tournament Fluorescent Light-tubes Death Match: Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(4) Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Takuya Nomura
(5) Ladder 6 Man Tag Death Match: Shinobu, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga vs. Masashi Takeda, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(6) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
(7) Yokohama Shopping Street 6 Man Tag Tournament Final Hardcore Match: [Winners of Match #2] vs. [Winners of Match #3]

BJW, 8/12/2018 [Sun] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [1st Champion] Shinobu vs. [Challenger] Kazuki Hashimoto
~ 7th title defense.

BJW “Death Mania VI 2018”, 8/19/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ Nagoya International Conference Center, Event Hall in Aichi

(-) BJW Death Match Heavyweight Championship Match: [36th Champion] Masashi Takeda vs. [Challenger] Yuko Miyamoto
~ 8th title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/bjw/

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ The full card was announced for Jun Kasai’s produce show on July 29th in Osaka.

Jun Kasai Produce ~ Osaka Death Match Carnival 2018, 7/29/2018 [Sun] 12:30 @ Tsurumi Greenland Flower Expo Memorial Park, Museum Exhibition Hall in Osaka

() Drake Morimatsu & Idea vs. Dyna Mido & Dragon Libre
() Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei vs. Yasu & Hide Kubota
() Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Minoru Fujita vs. Mammoth Sasaki & GENTARO
() Yuya Susumu & Heisenberg (New Taiwan) vs. “brother” YASSH & Tiida Heat (Ryuku Dragon)
() Hardcore Tag Match: Takashi Sasaki & Tomoya Hirata vs. Gunso & Naoki Tanizaki (both DOVE)
() Ultimate No Holds Barred Death Match: Jun Kasai, Kenji Fukimoto, Kamui & Toru Sugiura vs. Daisuke Masaoka, Violento Jack, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/freedoms/

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K-DOJO NEWS

~ The “Neon Ninja” Facade was announced to compete on the July 21st show at Blue Field.

K-DOJO “ChiBattle 8”, 7/21/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ Blue Field in Chiba

() Ayame Sasamura vs. Rina Shingaki
() Tatsuya Hanami vs. Yuki Sato
() Ricky Fuji, Shiori Asahi, Kaji Tomato & Yuma vs. Taylor Adams, Latrell Upton, Alex Cupid & “Neon Ninja” Facade
() Kotaro Yoshino & Dinosaur Takuma vs. Ayumu Honda & Kyu Mogami
() Taishi Takizawa, Tank Nagai & Ayato Yoshida vs. Shu Asakawa, Kyu Mogami & Kunio Toshima

KAIENTAI DOJO “GRAND SLAM in TKP Garden City Chiba”, 7/29/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ TKP Garden City Chiba, 4F Concerto

() Yoshihiro Horaguchi vs. Tatsuya Hanami
() Kaji Tomato, Shiori Asahi, Ricky Fuji & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Taylor Adams (New Zealand), Latrell Upton (USA), Alex Cupid (England) & Kenzo Richards (Nederland)

() Bambi & Rina Shingaki vs. Ayame Sasamura & Yuki Shizuku (FREE)
() Chiba 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Yuma, Kotaro Yoshino & Dinosaur Takuma vs. [Challengers] Yuki Sato, Ayumu Honda & Kyu Mogami
() Special Single Match: TAKA Michinoku vs. Masamune (free)

(-) STRONGEST-K TAG Championship Match: [Champions] Kengo Mashimo & Kunio Toshima vs. [Challenger] Tank Nagai & Ayato Yoshida

(-) CHAMPION OF STRONGEST-K Match: [25th Champion] Taishi Takizawa vs. [Challenger] Shu Asakawa
~ 5th title defense.

K-DOJO “12th Chiba Hakken-den in Nage-machi”, 8/19/2018 [Sun] 14:00 @ Chiba Longwood Station Outdoor Ring

() Bambi vs. Rina Shingaki
() Kotaro Yoshino vs. Tatsuya Hanami
() Dinosaur Takuma vs. Kyu Mogami
() Yuma & Chojin Yusha G-Valion vs. Yoshihiro Horaguchi & Latrell Upton
() Taishi Takizawa, Tank Nagai & Ayato Yoshida vs. Shu Asakawa, Kengo Mashimo & Ayumu Honda

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/k-dojo/

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MASTERS NEWS

~ Another match was announced for the August 21st show at the Korakuen Hall. As Great Kojika & Kim Duk will team together to take on the revived Gaspar Brothers. The Gaspar’s were masked wrestlers that competed in NJPW in the late 1980’s. Though this is a new pair that is competing for the MASTERS show.

PRO-WRESTLING MASTERS, 8/21/2018 [Tue] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

~ Newly announced…

(-) Idainaru Tatsujin vs Yomigaetta Kaizoku Gaspars Special Tag Match: Great Kojika & Kim Duk vs. Curry Gaspar & Cory Gaspar

~ Previously announced…

(-) Lucha Master Assemble! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Kendo, Shiryu & SATO vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & FUJITA (all Tokyo Gurentai)

(-) MASTERS Special Single Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Ishinriki

(-) Special 8 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Hase (FREE), Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku), Taiyo Kea (FREE) & Shinjiro Otani (ZERO1) w/ Keiji Mutoh vs. Shiro Koshinaka (FREE), AKIRA (Makai), Masashi Aoyagi (FREE) & Akitoshi Saito (NOAH) w/ The Great Kabuki

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/masters

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NOAH NEWS

~ With LEONA (Fujinami) out with injury the shows from July 19th through the 20th were updated to reflect upon his absence. (The 7/28 show was not updated at the time of this post.)

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/06/noah-event-cards-for-july-august-2018/

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DOVE results for July 15, 2018

DOVE x BASARA 2018 in OSAKA, 7/15/2018 [Sun] @ Azalea Taisho in Osaka
278 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Naoki Tanizaki, Yuki Aoki & Kohei Kinoshita vs. Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Takato Nakano
◆Winner: Sekine (12:09) with the Implant on Nakano.
(2) “brother”YASSHI vs. SAGAT
◆Winner: YASSHI (11:02) with the Nice Jamaica.
(3) Shoichi Uchida & Kenshin Chikano vs. FUMA & Takumi Tsukamoto
◆Winner: Tsukamoto (12:28) following a Thrust Kick on Uchida.
(4) Rey Paloma vs. Trans Am ☆ Hiroshi
◆Winner: Hiroshi (10:48) with the Meditation Samson Clutch.
(5) DOVE Heavyweight Championship Next Challenger ~ TLC 4 THE HARD WAY: Gunso vs. Kabuki Kid vs. Isami Kodaka vs. Fuminori Abe
◆Winner: Abe (13:15) captured the challenge rights that were suspended over the ring.

~ Abe stated that he wants to challenge for the belt on August 5th at the Shinjuku FACE.

~ Gunso stated that DOVE will get their revenge come the FACE show, after the suffered a 3-2 loss today.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dove

BASARA results for July 12, 2018

BASARA, 7/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
360 Spectators

(1) Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano (FREE) vs. Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PRO)
◆Winner: Tsukamoto (10:44) with a Single Leg Crab on Nakano.
(2) Goma Ryu vs. Yoshihisa Uto (BJW)
◆Winner: Uto (5:41) following a Reverse Tiger Driver.
(3) Trans Am ★ Hiroshi, SAGAT & Yusuke Kubo vs. Fuminori Abe, Manabu Hara (FREE) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)
◆Winner: SAGAT (12:57) following the Gore Grind on Abe.

(4) Nombre Contra Nombre: Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) vs. Ryuji Sekine
~ If Ryuichi losses, he will be named Trans Am ★ Ryuji. If Sekine losses, he will have the Kanji in his first name changed from 龍一 to 龍二.
~ Special referee : Tsutomu Oosugi
◆Winner: Sekine (8:54) following the Ryu-Shuto.
~ Ryuichi will now have to go by Ryuji.
(5) Nombre Contra Nombre: Best Stretch Man V3 vs. Banana Senga
~ If V3 (Daichi Kazato) losses, he will be V3 for the rest of his career. If (Hercules) Senga losses he will be called Banana for the rest of his career.
~ Special referee : Tsutomu Oosugi
◆Winner: V3 (12:26) following an Explosion Axe Bomber.
~ Hercules Senga will be forced to remain as Banana Senga.

(6) Isami Kodaka Debut 16th Anniversary Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)
◆Winner: Hidaka (15:10) following the Iwami-Ginzan on Kodaka.

(7) Itadaki Tournament Final Match: FUMA vs. Ryota Nakatsu
◆Winner: Nakatsu (17:56) with the V Slider.
~ Nakatsu wins the Itdakai Tournament 2018.

~ Nakatsu earns the right to challenge Naoki Tanizaki for the Union MAX belt on September 21st at the Korakuen Hall.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/basara/

News Listings for June 29, 2018

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/06/july-2018-update/

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BASARA NEWS

~ Updated event card for the July 12th show at the Shinjuku FACE.

BASARA, 7/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(-) Goma Ryu vs. Yoshihisa Uto (BJW)
(-) Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano vs. Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa
(-) Trans Am ★ Hiroshi, SAGAT & Yusuke Kubo vs. Fuminori Abe, Manabu Hara & Takuya Nomura (BJW)

(-) Nombre Contra Nombre: Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) vs. Ryuji Sekine
~ If Ryuichi losses, he will be named Trans Am ★ Ryuji. If Sekine losses, he will have the Kanji in his first name changed from 龍一 to 龍二.
~ Special referee : Tsutomu Oosugi
(-) Nombre Contra Nombre: Best Stretch Man V3 vs. Banana Senga
~ If V3 (Daichi Kazato) losses, he will be V3 for the rest of his career. If (Hercules) Senga losses he will be called Banana for the rest of his career.
~ Special referee : Tsutomu Oosugi

(-) Isami Kodaka Debut 16th Anniversary Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)

(-) Itadaki Tournament Final Match: FUMA vs. Ryota Nakatsu

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/basara/

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BJW NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the July 24th show at the Korakuen Hall. The main event will feature

Big Japan Pro-Wrestling, 7/24/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Yuki Morihiro & Takuho Kato vs. Yuki Ishikawa & Akira Hyodo
(2) Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Yuichi Taniguchi, Jaki Numazawa & Ryuichi Sekine (BASARA)
(3) Shinobu, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kota Sekifuda & Yuya Aoki
(4) Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
(5) Hideki Suzuki (FREE) & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani
(6) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(7) 3WAY Tag Fluorescent Light-tubes & Symbolic Weapon Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/bjw

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DNA NEWS

~ More matches were announced for the July 16th show in Osaka.

DNA 46, 7/16/2018 [Mon] 17:30 @ Osaka City Konohana Kumin Hall in Osaka

(-) Nobuhiro Shimatani, Daiki Shimomura & Koju Takeda (666) vs. Katsumi Oribe (FREE/Doutonbori), Yuto Kikuchi (Doubonbori) & Yuki Aoki (DOVE)
(-) Kouki Iwasaki & Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS) vs. Baliyan Akki & Rekka
(-) Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Iino vs. MAO & Rising HAYATO (EPW)
(-) Shunma Katsumata vs. TORU (Doubonbori)
(-) Kota Umeda vs. Sammy Guevara

(-) Irie Army vs Naomy Kingdom: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase vs. Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joe (both FREE)
(-) DNA Naniwa Showdown : Yuki Ueno vs. Naomi Yoshimura

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/dna

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ Updated event cards for the July 4th, July 22nd & August 6th shows.

Jun Kasai Produce 2018 Series, 7/4/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) GENTARO vs. Tomoya Hirata
(-) Yuya Susumu & Heisenberg (New Taiwan) vs. Chikara & Dragon Libre
(-) 3WAY Match: Takashi Sasaki vs. Ciclope vs. Gunso
(-) Hardcore Match: Mammoth Sasaki & KAZMA SAKAMOT vs. Kamui & Toru Sugiura

(-) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [32nd Champion] ‘brother’ YASSHI vs. [Challenger] Minoru Fujita
~ 1st title defense.

(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [14th Champions] Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. [Challengers] Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto
~ 1st title defense.

(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [10th Champion] Masashi Takeda vs. [Challenger] Miedo Extremo
~ 1st title defense.

FREEDOMS, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 14:00 @ Ichinoseki Sogo Taiikukan U-Dome, Main Arena in Iwate

(-) Yuya Susumu, Masamune & Aizawa #1 vs. Kamui, Dragon Libre & Heisenberg
(-) GENTARO & Tomoya Hirata vs. Shinobu & Koju Takeda (both 666)
(-) Joshi Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto & Makoto vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Ibushi Hoshi
(-) Kenji Fukimoto, Minoru Fujita & Chikara vs. The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
(-) FREEDOMS vs NOAH Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. Go Shiozaki & Hi69
(-) FREEDOMS vs The Nomads Bring Your Own Weapons 8 Man Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Takashi Sasaki, Jun Kasai & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Violento Jack, Daisuke Masaoka, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope

Pro-Wrestling Sengoku-Jidai, 8/6/2018 [Mon] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) FREEDOMS vs TakoSpi Tag Match: Kamui & Dragon Libre vs. Takoyakida & Ultimate Spider Jr.
(-) FREEDOMS vs PUZZLE Promotion & New Taiwan 6 Man Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki, GENTARO & Tomoya Hirata vs. Touyu, Senshin & Heisenberg
(-) Damz & DEWA vs. Shi-en Ikemen Tag Match: Yuya Susumu & Aizawa #1 vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Jun Masaoka
(-) FREEDOMS vs Gamashara Single Match: Toru Sugiura vs. Yoju
(-) Naniwa ☆ Bonjobinasu vs Team Dera Tag Match: Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru & Hibiscus Mii vs. Kengo takai & Grandpa Sho Mask #4
(-) The Nomads vs BADBOY (Michinoku): Violento Jack, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope vs. Ken45° & Manjimaru & Kengo
(-) FREEDOMS vs DOVE 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Kasai, Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Naoki Tanizaki, ‘brother’ YASSHI & Kenshin Chikano
(-) Tonogata vs Wakamusha “Gekokujo” 6 Man Tag Match: Takashi Sasaki, Gurukun Mask & Kazunori Yoshida vs. X, X & X
(-) Tenka Toitsu Noborihata Sodatsu 6 Man Tag Match: [Champions] Churaumi Saber, Shuri Joe & Hejor Kidman (Ryukyu Dragon) vs. [Challengers] TORU, Kazuaki Mihara & Katsumi Oribe (Doutonbori)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/freedoms/

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HEAT-UP NEWS

~ Kazuhiro Tamura held a press conference today to make several announcements.

~ First it was announced that Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo will be retiring from pro-wrestling following a retirement match on October 31st. Further details will be announced later, but Dokonjo stated that he wishes to face Daisuke Kanehira for his final match.

~ Then Kazuhiro announced that HEAT-UP will be partnering with Portugal based promotion CTW (Centro de Treinos de Wrestling). Masked wrestler and the promotions head coach Red Eagle and general manager David Curle were in Japan to make the alliance official. The agreement is for the two promotions to exchange wrestlers to both compete and train between Japan and Portugal.

~ Then Tamura took part in the title match signing between the champion Daisuke Kanehira and India based wrestler Baliyan Akki that will be taking place on July 28th in Itabashi.

GOING-UP “Middle Edge Series vol. 1”, 6/30/2018 [Sat] 19:00 @ BASEMENT MON☆STAR in Tokyo

(0) Exhibition Match: Kazuhiro Tamura vs. Red Eagle

(1) What is Strong Style?: Hiroshi Watanabe vs Tetsuhiro Kuroda
(2) Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo & Keito Murota vs. Keizo Matsuda & YUJI KITO
(3) Joji Otani & Josh O’Brien vs. Amigo Suzuki & Yuu Iizuka
(4) Daisuke Kanehira vs. Masked Mystery
(5) Middle-age Reform! Cross Over! Wall of Compliance: Guts Ishima & Tetsuya Izuchi vs. Syuo Fujiwara & Kazuhiko Matsuzaki

HEAT-UP, 7/28/2018 [Sat] @ Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo

(1) HEAT-UP Strong Style: Hiroshi Watanabe vs. Keito Murota
(2) It’s an Outer Space ~Fantasy World~: Masked Mystery & Yuu Izuka vs. CHANGO & PSYCHO (both FREE)
(3) HEAT-UP Heroes Tag Match: Prince Kawasaki & Inadaman vs. Hide Kubota & Akira Joe (both FREE)
(4) Last Dokonjo vol. 1 ~ Thank You: Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo vs. Guts Ishijima
(5) Scramble Bout in Itabashi ~ Burning Pro-Wrestling Spirit ~ 6 Man Tag Match: Kazuhiro Tamura, Joji Otani & Tetsuya Izuchi vs. Isami Kodaka (BASARA), Fuminori Abe (BASARA) & Yusaku Ito (DEP)

(6) HEAT-UP Universal Championship Match: [3rd Champion] Daisuke Kanehira vs. [Challenger] Baliyan Akki
~ 2nd title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/heat-up

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NOAH NEWS

The event cards were updated for July’s Junior Tag League tour as well as two title defenses announced as well.

The first of which will take place on July 28th at the Korakuen Hall, as Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya defend the GHC Tag belts against the veteran team of  Naomichi Marufuji and Akitoshi Saito. The match is coming about after Saito had picked up a direct singles and tag win over Kitamiya. Saito has seen much success as a tag champion in the promotion though he has not been crowned a champion in over 5 years. With the current generation struggle roaring ahead this could be a turning point for the veterans to either take further control or for the new generation to maintain themselves as fighting champions.

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “12th annual Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League War”, 7/28/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) GHC Tag Championship Match: [44th Champions] Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya vs. [Challengers] Naomichi Marufuji & Akitoshi Saito
~ 1st title defense.

Then Takashi Sugiura will defend the GHC Heavy belt against Go Shiozaki on August 18th in Kawasaki. Sugiura has already begun to set the bar for another strong run as champion, though Shiozaki, as the leader of the new generation army, looks to reclaim the belt and build the new generation as the leaders that they need to be right now. Sugiura has declared that he is far from ready to see his reign finish so soon and he will be prepared to defend it to no ends.

Pro-Wrestling NOAH “Kawasaki City Sports Association 70th Anniversary ~ NOAH x Kawasaki Festival 2018”, 8/18/2018 [Sat] 15:30 @ Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa

(-) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [31st Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Go Shiozaki
~ 4th title defense.

The event cards were updated for the July tour of shows which will see the “12th annual Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League War” taking place. The updated event cards can be viewed through the link below.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/06/noah-event-cards-for-july-august-2018/

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The latest W-1 TV was released with full highlights from the Shinkiba 1stRING show on June 22nd. Which featured Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi defending the W-1 Tag belts against Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka and then WRESTLE-1 vs. STRONG HEARTS.

~ CIMA announced his STRONG HEARTS team for the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on July 18th, as he will team with T-Hawk, El Lindaman and Gao Jingjia. Following the complete shutout of the June 22nd show, CIMA stated that he will announce his team first to allow W-1 to attempt their own counterattack.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ikemen/Kono) vs. (Winner of Kaz/Ashino)
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ito/Kuma) vs. (Winner of Kondo/Doi)

(-) WRESTLE-1 vs STRONG HEARTS 8 Man Tag Match: X, X, X & X vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Gao Jingjia

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GRAND PRIX Final Match:

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BASARA results for June 28, 2018

BASARA, 6/28/2018 [Thu] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
251 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PROJECT) vs. Manabu Hara (FREE) & Fuminori Abe
◆Winner: Abe (10:13) with the O’Manjigatame on Nakano.
(2) Takumi Tsukamoto & Goma Ryu vs. Aaron Anders & Daiki Shimomura (DNA)
◆Winner: Tsukamoto (9:50) following the Zudon on Shimomura.
(3) Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretch Man Amazon (FREE) vs. Banana Senga (FREE) & Ryuichi Sekine
◆Winner: Senga (6:43) with a Small Package Hold on V3.
~ The battle will continue between Best Stretches and Senga will take place on 7/12, but an added stipulation will be added to the match in the form of a loser shall be renamed fro the rest of their in-ring career.
(4) Isami Kodaka, Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (ZERO1) vs. Trans Am ★ Tomato (K-DOJO), SAGAT & Yusuke Kubo
◆Winner: Kodaka (14:05) with a Moonsault Press on SAGAT.

(5) Itadaki Semi-final Match: FUMA vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi
◆Winner: FUMA (15:26) with the Kotetsu no Shojo (Iron Maiden).

(6) Itadaki Semi-final Match: Yasu Urano (FREE) vs. Ryota Nakatsu
◆Winner: Nakatsu (19:51) with the V Slider.

~ The final is now set on July 12th as Ryota Nakatsu will face off against FUMA.

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Upcoming…

BASARA, 7/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(-) Goma Ryu vs. Yoshihisa Uto (BJW)
(-) Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) vs. Ryuichi Sekine

(-) Isami Kodaka Debut 16th Anniversary Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)

(-) Itadaki Tournament Final Match: FUMA vs. Ryota Nakatsu

~ Also announced to compete : Manabu Hara, Yasu Urano, Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga, Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PROJECT) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)

BASARA results for June 24, 2018

BASARA, 6/24/2018 [Sat] @ Hotel Cent Inn Kurashiki in Okayama
333 Spectators (overcrowded)

(1) Daichi Kazato vs. Yuki Aoki (DOVE)
◆Winner: Kazato (8:44) following the Bakuhatsuteki-na Axe Bomber.
(2) Takumi Tsukamoto, Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA) & Daiki Shimomura (DNA) vs. Goma Ryu, Minoru Fujita (FREE) & Yasu Urano (FREE)
◆Winner: Tsukamoto (13:55) following a Dragon Kicker on Goma.
(3) Fuminori Abe vs. Manabu Hara (FREE)
◆Winner: Hara (8:50) with a Jumping Rolling Cross Armbar.
(4) FUMA & Yusuke Kubo vs. Gunso & Kabuki Kid (both DOVE)
◆Winner: Gunso (13:05) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster on Kubo.
(5) Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT
◆Winner: Sekine (12:43) with the Let’s Combine on SAGAT.
(6) Isami Kodaka vs. Takato Nakano
◆Winner: Kodaka (13:00) following the Zesso.
~ Kodaka put over his student following the loss. As he stated that he hopes to see his student where he is now in 15 years.

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Upcoming…

BASARA, 6/28/2018 [Thu] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Takumi Tsukamoto & Goma Ryu vs. Aaron Anders & Daiki Shimomura
() Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa vs. Manabu Hara & Fuminori Abe
() Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretch Man Amazon vs. Banana Senga & Ryuichi Sekine
() Isami Kodaka, Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Trans Am ★ Tomato, SAGAT & Yusuke Kubo

() Itadaki Semi-final Match: Yasu Urano (FREE) vs. Ryota Nakatsu
() Itadaki Semi-final Match: FUMA vs. vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi

BASARA, 7/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(-) Goma Ryu vs. Yoshihisa Uto (BJW)
(-) Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) vs. Ryuichi Sekine

(-) Isami Kodaka Debut 16th Anniversary Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)

(-) Itadaki Tournament Final Match:

~ Also announced to compete : Manabu Hara, Yasu Urano, Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga, Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PROJECT) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)

 

BASARA results for June 17, 2018

BASARA, 6/17/2018 [Sun] @ Sendai Miyagino Bunka Center

(1) Yusuke Kubo & Takato Nakano vs. Yasutaka Osera (MichiPro) & Daiki Shimomura
◆Winner: Kubo (10:03) with the Fujisai on Shimomura.
(2) Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretch Man Amazon vs. Banana Senga & Akiyori Takizawa
◆Winner: Senga (8:16) with a Jacknife Hold on V3.
(3) Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi, SAGAT & GAINA (FREE)
◆Winner: Sekine (16:14) with the Let’s Combine on SAGAT.

(4) Itadaki 2nd Round Match: Yasu Urano (FREE) vs. Fuminori Abe
◆Winner: Urano (16:42) with a Figure Four Leg Lock.

(5) Itadaki 2nd Round Match: FUMA vs. Takumi Tsukamoto
◆Winner: FUMA (12:52) following the Jawbreaker.

~ The semi-finals are now set for the June 28th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

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Upcoming…

BASARA, 6/28/2018 [Thu] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Itadaki Semi-final Match: Yasu Urano (FREE) vs. Ryota Nakatsu
() Itadaki Semi-final Match: FUMA vs. vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi

BASARA, 7/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(-) Goma Ryu vs. Yoshihisa Uto (BJW)
(-) Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) vs. Ryuichi Sekine

(-) Isami Kodaka Debut 16th Anniversary Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)

(-) Itadaki Tournament Final Match:

~ Also announced to compete : Manabu Hara, Yasu Urano, Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga, Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PROJECT) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)

 

News Listings for June 15, 2018

BASARA NEWS

~ More matches were announced for the Jul 12th show at the Shinjuku FACE.

BASARA, 7/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(-) Goma Ryu vs. Yoshihisa Uto (BJW)
(-) Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) vs. Ryuichi Sekine

(-) Isami Kodaka Debut 16th Anniversary Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)

(-) Itadaki Tournament Final Match:

~ Also announced to compete : Manabu Hara, Yasu Urano, Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga, Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PROJECT) & Takuya Nomura (BJW)

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/basara/

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BJW NEWS

~ The BJW Tag belts were announced to be in defense on June 30th in Susukino, as Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka defend against Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki in a death match format.

BJW, 6/30/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Susukino Mars Gym in Hokkaido

(1) Kazumi Kikuta & Akira Hyodo vs. Yuki Morihiro & Takuho Kato
(2) Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Kankuro Hoshino
(3) Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda vs. Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuki Ishikawa
(4) Hideki Suzuki & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Takuya Nomura
(5) 6 Man Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Jaki Numazawa & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Ryuji Ito, Abdullah Kobayashi & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(6) Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Yuya Aoki

(7) BJW Tag Championship Death Match: [46th Champions] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. [Challengers] Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki
~ 2nd title defense.

http://puroresuspirit.net/tag/bjw/

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DDT NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on June 24th.

DDT “What are you doing 2018”, 6/24/2018 [Mon] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(0) Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki vs. Mizuki Watase & Aaron Anders

(-) Mike Bailey vs. Sammy Guevara
(-) 3WAY 6 Man Tag Match: Takatimo Dragon, Hiratimo Dragon vs. Keisuke Ishii, Antonio Honda & MAO vs. Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie & Nobuhiro Shimatani

(-) KUDO Debut 15th Anniversary Match: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Super Sasadango Machine

(-) KO-D 6 Tag Championhip Match: [Champions] Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda vs. [Challengers] Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata

(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Match: [41st Champion] HARASHIMA vs. [Challenger] Soma Takao
~ 2nd title defense.

(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [62nd Champion] Shigehiro Irie vs. [Challenger] Kazusada Higuchi
~ 2nd title defense.

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ Several matches were announced Jun Kasai’s produce show at the Korakuen Hall on July 4th. Three title matches will be held as Masashi Takeda will defend the King of FREEDOM World Championship against Miedo Extremo, Violento Jack and Daisuke Masaoka will defend the FREEDOM Tag belts against the team of Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto, and ‘brother’ YASSHI makes his first ever single title career defense against Minoru Fujita.

Below is the current event card at this time…

Jun Kasai Produce 2018 Series, 7/4/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) Hardcore Match: Mammoth Sasaki & KAZMA SAKAMOT vs. Kamui & Toru Sugiura

(-) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [32nd Champion] ‘brother’ YASSHI vs. [Challenger] Minoru Fujita
~ 1st title defense.

(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [14th Champions] Violento Jack & Daisuke Masaoka vs. [Challengers] Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto
~ 1st title defense.

(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [10th Champion] Masashi Takeda vs. [Challenger] Miedo Extremo
~ 1st title defense.

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TAKAYAMANIA NEWS

Several more matches were announced, including the semi-final, for the Yoshihiro Takayama support show that will be taking place on August 31st at the Korakuen Hall.

Joining the previously announced main event is the team of Shuji Ishikawa Yuji Hino and Konosuke Takeshita taking on Suwama, Ryota Hama and Kazusada Higuchi, Jun Akiyama teaming with Dick Togo as they face Takao Omori and Danshoku Dieno, and then a mixed tag match as Takashi Sugiura teams with Meiko Satomura to take on Hikaru Sato and Chihiro Hashimoto. A battle royal was also announced as it will kick-off the show.

TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE, 8/31/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Battle Royal: (to be announced)

(-) Jun Akiyama (AJPW) & Dick Togo (MichiPro) vs. Takao Omori (AJPW) & Danshoku Dieno (DDT)
(-) Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) & Meiko Satomura (Sendai Girls) vs. Hikaru Sato (Pancrase MISSION) & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls)

(6) Semi-final Match: Shuji Ishikawa (FREE), Yuji Hino (FREE) & Konosuke Takeshita (DDT) vs. Suwama (AJPW), Ryota Hama (BJW) & Kazusada Higuchi (DDT)

(7) Main Event: Minoru Suzuki (Pancrase MISSION), NOSAWA Rongai (Gurentai) & MAZADA (Gurentai) vs. Taiyo Kea (FREE), Kaz Hayashi (W-1) & TAKA Michinoku (K-DOJO)

~ Also announced to compete : Noamichi Marufuji and Sanshiro Takagi

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WRESTLE-1 NEWS

~ The latest W-1 TV is up with the highlights from the June 13th show at the Korakuen Hall.

~ President Kaz Hayashi took part in a press conference to announced STRONG HEARTS presence on the June 22nd show and also formally announce two title matches.

~ In addition, STRONG HEARTS will be offering a singles match on the June 17th show.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/17/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Green Dome Maebashi in Gunma

(1) Takumi Baba vs. Masayuki Mitomi (EPW)
(2) Ganseki Tanaka vs. Kenichiro Arai (DG)
(3) Seiki Yoshioka & Jun Tonsho vs. Andy Wu & El Hijo del Pantera
(4) Masayuki Kono & Tsugataka Sato vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
(5) STRONG HEARTS Offer Match: X vs. X
(6) Kaz Hayashi & Takanori Ito vs. Shuji Kondo & Alejandro
(7) Manabu Soya, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi

Hayashi stated that he has delegated seven of his wrestlers to face CIMA’s STRONG HEART, from OWE Shanghai, on the June 22nd show at the Shinkiba 1stRING. Hayashi stated that he is still heated over their shocking presence, but that he expects the W-1 wrestlers to end this before it turns into a potential full-scale invasion.
The main event for the show will feature the W-1 Tag belts in defense as Ashino and Kumaarashi defend against the team of Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio and ZERO1′s Masato Tanaka. Ikemen claimed a direct win over Ashino on the 6/13 show, to earn this title challenge. This will mark the first defense for the champion as they take on Ikement and Tanaka who have shown multiple times that they can be a solid team, though given their inherent differences.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 OUTBREAK, 6/22/2018 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(-) Takanori Ito vs. Takumi Baba
(-) Yusuke Kodama & Kenichiro Arai vs. Alejandro & El Hijo del Pantera
(-) Masayuki Kono, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA vs. Koji Doi, Tsugataka Sato & Ganseki Tanaka

(-) Jun Tonsho vs. X (STRONG HEARTS)
(-) Kaz Hayashi & Seiki Yoshioka vs. X & X (STRONG HEARTS)
(-) Manabu Soya, Shuji Kondo & Andy Wu vs. X, X & X (STRONG HEARTS)

(7) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [14th Champions] Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi vs. [Challengers] Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Masato Tanaka
~ 1st title defense.

~ Then it was announced that Yusuke Kodama will be defending the cruiser belt against El Hijo del Pantera on July 18th at the Korakuen Hall. The show will also feature the finals of the GRAND PRIX.

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL, 7/18/2018 [Wed] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Yusuke Kodama vs. [Challenger] El Hijo del Pantera
~ 1st title defense.

(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ikemen/Kono) vs. (Winner of Kaz/Ashino)
(-) GRAND PRIX Semi-final Match: (Winner of Ito/Kuma) vs. (Winner of Kondo/Doi)

(-) GRAND PRIX Final Match:

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ The split blocks and matches were announced for the “Mid-Summer Fire Festival” which runs throughout the month of July.

“Mid-Summer Fire Festival 2018”

A BLOCK

☆ Masato Tanaka [current World Heavy/IC Tag Champion]
☆ Yuko Miyamoto (Dark Promotion 666) [Bakuha-o Champion]
☆ Takuya Sugawara
☆ Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (WRESTLE-1)
☆ Shogun Okamoto (FREE) [current UN Heavy Champion]
☆ Towa Iwasaki
☆ Chris Vice

B BLOCK

☆ Kohei Sato
☆ Yuji Hino (FREE)  [current IC Tag Champion]
☆ Shinjiro Otani
☆ Super Tiger (RJPW)
☆ SUGI
☆ Hartley Jackson
☆ Hiroshi Yamato (FREE)

ZERO1, 7/8/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Masato Tanaka vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Yuko Miyamoto vs. Towa Iwasaki
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Takuya Sugawara vs. Chris Vice
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Kohei Sato vs. Hartley Jackson
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Shinjiro Otani vs. SUGI

ZERO1, 7/10/2018 [Mon] 18:30 @ Nagoya City Tsuyuhashi Sports Center in Aichi

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Masato Tanaka vs. Towa Iwasaki
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Yuko Miyamoto vs. Takuya Sugawara
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Shogun Okamoto vs. Chris Vice
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Yuji Hino vs. Shinjiro Otani
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Super Tiger vs. Hartley Jackson
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: SUGI vs. Hiroshi Yamato

ZERO1, 7/13/2018 [Fri] 18:30 @ Miyagino Ward Cultural Center, Patna Theater

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Towa Iwasaki
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Takuya Sugawara vs. Shogun Okamoto
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Kohei Sato vs. Hiroshi Yamato
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Yuji Hino vs. Super Tiger
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: SUGI vs. Hartley Jackson

ZERO1, 7/14/2018 [Sat] 13:30 @ Aomori Hamanasu Kaikan

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Masato Tanaka vs. Shogun Okamoto
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Yuko Miyamoto vs. Chris Vice
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Takuya Sugawara vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Kohei Sato vs. Super Tiger
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Yuji Hino vs. Hiroshi Yamato

ZERO1, 7/15/2018 [Sun] 13:30 @ Aomori Hamanasu Kaikan

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Masato Tanaka vs. Yuko Miyamoto
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Takuya Sugawara vs. Towa Iwasaki
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Yuji Hino vs. Hartley Jackson
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Shinjiro Otani vs. Super Tiger

ZERO1, 7/16/2018 [Mon] 13:30 @ Hirosaki City Kasai Taiiku Senter

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Yuko Miyamoto vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Shogun Okamoto vs. Towa Iwasaki
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Kohei Sato vs. SUGI
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Shinjiro Otani vs. Hartley Jackson

ZERO1, 7/22/2018 [Sun] 17:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka, 2nd Statium

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Masato Tanaka vs. Takuya Sugawara
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Towa Iwasaki vs. Chris Vice
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Kohei Sato vs. Yuji Hino
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Shinjiro Otani vs. Hiroshi Yamato
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Super Tiger vs. SUGI

ZERO1, 7/25/2018 [Wed] 19:00 @ Bandai City Park Outdoor Ring in Niigata

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Masato Tanaka vs. Chris Vice
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Shogun Okamoto
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Kohei Sato vs. Shinjiro Otani
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Yuji Hino vs. SUGI
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Super Tiger vs. Hiroshi Yamato

ZERO1, 7/27/2018 [Fri] @ Shiba

() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Chris Vice
() Fire Festival A BLOCK Match: Yuko Miyamoto vs. Shogun Okamoto
() Fire Festival B BLOCK Match: Hartley Jackson vs. Hiroshi Yamato

ZERO1, 7/29/2018 [Sun] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Fire Festival Final Match: A BLOCK #1 vs. B BLOCK #2

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News Listings for June 11, 2018

AJPW PREVIEW

~ Tomorrow sees All Japan hosting a show at the Korakuen Hall with two title matches headlining the event.

The main event will feature Kento Miyahara defending the Triple Crown belt against Dylan James. This will mark the first time for James to challenge for the prestigious singles belt, but he is though heading into this match as champion himself. As he holds the the World Tag belts along with Ryoji Sai. James states that he has nothing but respect for those who have come before him from the likes of Stan Hansen and Terry Gordy and he hopes to one day be considered good enough to stand among his predecessors. As for Miyahara, he is coming off of a successful first defense against Naomichi Marufuji, following a loss in the final match of this year Champion Carnival, and is eager to face new challenges with his third reign as champion. Miyahara acknowledges the strength and size that James brings to the ring, as the proclaimed “Saikou (highest)” champion in the world right now, though he aims to overcome all odds to be the champion that All Japan needs.

With Yuma Aoyagi making a successful return to the ring following in January, him and Naoya Nomura look to continue where they left off bef

ore by taking on Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata for the Asia Tag belts. This match was originally scheduled to take place on February 3 in Yokohama, but due to the injury the two were forced to vacate the belts which the veteran team went to win on the show. The up-and-comers acknowledged the role is now reversed heading into this time match and Nomura specifically wants to overcome the direct loss he suffered back in February. Aoyagi stated that he is full of regret for the issue that occurred with his injury, but at the same time he feels that the momentum is on their side to take charge of the current era. The veteran champion team have a proven edge over the youngsters and if they manage the defense it shall make it interesting as to who will eventually overcome them.

Then Jake Lee’s new group, which is currently unnamed, will be see him, Ryoji Sai and Koji Iwamoto taking on the currently established team of “Evolution” in Suwama, Shuji ishikawa and Hikaru Sato. Lee has made it that he is eager to face Miyahara in a singles match at the end of the month, but it looking to make it for even more if the champion can pull through in his match against James in the main event. Lee’s group already holds the World Tag belts, Sai and James, and he looks to bring even more prestige to solidify this new group’s position. Though this match will also be an early prelude for the tag belts as they defend against Suwama and Ishikawa on June 30th in Hokkaido.

Then also of note is Atsushi Aoki will team with Ishikiri to take on Yohei Nakajima and Ultimo Dragon in a prelude tag match before the World Junior defense on July 1st in Hokkaido. Though Yohei has yet to completely prove that he is worthy of being champion, Aoki finally accepted Yohei’s persistent challenge for the belt but he eager to see Yohei show his worth throughout the tour that takes place this month. This match could be the start that Yohei needs to prove Aoki wrong.

The show will be live on All Japan’s paid service
AJPW.tv with the results will be up on the site a couple hours after it is finished.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Dynamite Series”, 6/12/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Keiichi Sato (FREE) vs. Rionne Fujiwara (FREE)
(2) Masanobu Fuchi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Takao Omori & Atsushi Maruyama
(3) World Junior Heavy Prelude: Atsushi Aoki & Ishikiri (LAND’S END) vs. Yohei Nakajima & Ultimo Dragon (Toryumon MEXICO)
(4) Zeus & Black Tiger VII (FREE) vs. TAJIRI & Yoshitatsu (both FREE)
(5) World Tag Prelude: Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa (FREE) & Hikaru Sato vs. Jake Lee, Ryoji Sai (LAND’S END) & Koji Iwamoto

(6) Asia Tag Championship Match: [104th Champions] Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata (NJPW) vs. [Challengers] Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi
~ 2nd title defense.

(7) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [60th Champion] Kento Miyahara vs. [Challenger] Dylan James
~ 2nd title defense.

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BASARA NEWS

~ Isami Kodaka announced that he will be teaming with Naomichi Marufuji to take on the team of Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita for his 16th anniversary match on July 12th at the Shinjuku FACE. The show will also feature the finals of the currently on-going “Itadaki Tournament”.

BASARA, 7/12/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Isami Kodaka Debut 16th Anniversary Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE)
() Itadaki Tournament Final Match:

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DDT NEWS

~ The full event cards were updated for the 6/16 & 6/17 shows.

DDT “Road to Ryogoku 2018 ~ Dramatic Dream Tokasan”, 6/16/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Hiroshima Aster Plaza, Multi-Hall

() Hiratimo Dragon & Toru Owashi vs. Yuki Ueno & Saki Akai
() Soma Takao vs. Makoto Oishi
() Mike Bailey, MAO & Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Naomi Yoshimura, Kenshin Chikano & Takeshi Okada
() Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Kota Umeda & Kouki Iwasaki
() HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
() Danshoku Dieno vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Rey Paloma
() Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Antonio Honda

DDT & BJW Day & Night Wrestle Fest in Matsuyama 2018, 6/17/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Matsuyama City Community Center, Exhibition Hall in Ehime

() Hiratimo Dragon, Takatimo Dragon & Toru Owashi vs. Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai
() Naomi Yoshimura vs. Kazusada Higuchi vs. MAO vs. Antonio Honda
() Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Yuki Ueno
() Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase vs. Kota Umeda & Yuki Iino
() Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mike Bailey
() Ryutaro Watanabe Pro-Wrestling Debut Match: Tetsuya Endo vs. Ryutaro Watanabe
() HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao & Mad Paulie

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NOAH NEWS

~ The full event cards were updated for the June 16th through the June 24th shows. Then it was made official that Sugiura will defend the GHC Heavy belt against Kenoh on June 26th at the Korakuen Hall.

http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/04/noah-event-cards-for-may-june-2018/

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ The event cards were announced for the 6/17 and 6/24 shows.

Pro-Wrestling ZERO1, 6/17/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Juroku Plaza in Gifu

(1) Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Shoki Kitamura
(2) Yanagase Kamen Fuerza vs. Diablo
(3) Shogun Okamoto & Yutaka Yoshie vs. Hartley Jackson & KAMIKAZE
(4) Ikuto Hidaka vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
(5) ZERO1 vs Voodoo Murders: Shinjiro Otani, Kohei Sato, SUGI & Towa Iwasaki vs. Masato Tanaka, TARU, Takuya Sugawara & Chris Vice

Pro-Wrestling ZERO1 / Cho-Hanabi, 6/24/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Hakata StarLanes in Fukuoka

(1) Towa Iwasaki vs. Shoki Kitamura
(2) Ikuto Hidaka, Shogun Okamoto & Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Takuya Sugawara, Hartley Jackson & Chris Vice
(3) Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. KAMIKAZE
(4) Shinjiro Otani vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio

(5) NWA Intercontinental Championship Match: [38th Champions] Masato Tanaka & Yuji Hino vs. [Challengers] Kohei Sato & SUGI

(6) Electric Current Blast Death Match: TARU vs. Matazo Mimata

~ Then all 14 wrestlers were announced as official for the upcoming “Mid-Summer Fire Festival 2018”.

~ Previously announced…

☆ Masato Tanaka [current World Heavy/IC Tag Champion]
☆ Kohei Sato
☆ Yuji Hino (FREE)  [current IC Tag Champion]
☆ Super Tiger (RJPW)
☆ Yuko Miyamoto (Dark Promotion 666)
☆ Shogun Okamoto (FREE)
☆ Chris Vice [current UN Heavy Champion]
☆ Hartley Jackson

Newly announced…

☆ Shinjiro Otani
☆ Takuya Sugawara
☆ SUGI
☆ Towa Iwasaki
☆ Hiroshi Yamato (FREE)
☆ Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (WRESTLE-1)

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BASARA results for June 10, 2018

BASARA, 6/10/2018 [Sun] 18:00 @ Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo

(1) FUMA & Yusuke Kubo vs. Yasu Urano (FREE) & Daiki Shimomura (DNA)
◆Winner: FUMA (12:58) with the Heavy Metal Anthem on Shimomura.
(2) Goma Ryu vs. Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA PROJECT)
◆Winner: Akiyori (6:07) following a Step style Enzuigiri.
(3) Best Stretch Man V3 & Best Stretch Man Amazon vs. Banana Senga & SAGAT
◆Winner: Senga (9:23) with a Small Package Hold on Best Stretch V3.
(4) Isami Kodaka, Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Minoru Fujita (FREE) vs. Takumi Tsukamoto, Fuminori Abe & Takato Nakano
◆Winner: Fujita (15:29) following a Tombstone Piledriver on Nakano.

(5) Itadaki 2nd Round Match: Manabu Hara (FREE) vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi
◆Winner: Hiroshi (11:24) with a Ground Cobra Twist Hold.
(6) Itadaki 2nd Round Match: Ryuichi Sekine vs. Ryota Nakatsu
◆Winner: Nakatsu (16:37) with the V Slider.

~ Trans Am ★ Hiroshi and Ryota Nakatsu move on to the semi-final match on 6/28 at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

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Upcoming…

BASARA, 6/17/2018 [Sun] @ Sendai Miyagino Bunka Center

() Yusuke Kubo & Takato Nakano vs. Yasutaka Osera (MichiPro) & Daiki Shimomura
() Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Trans Am ★ Hiroshi, SAGAT & GAINA (FREE)

() Itadaki 2nd Round Match: FUMA vs. Takumi Tsukamoto
() Itadaki 2nd Round Match: Yasu Urano vs. Fuminori Abe

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